Cricket 1909

CR ICK E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 5, 1909. innings, averaging 101'43 ; this year his average for the same side is no less than 155 for six innings commenced. T h is very prom ising player was born at Leytonstone twenty-two years ago. Since the above was w ritten he has made 104 against Beckton. F o r the second tim e in h is life Charles B en n ett L le w e lly n has made two separate hundreds in a first-class match, the first occasion being in August, 1905, when he scored 102 and 100 against D erbyshire on the D erby ground. Since he qualified for H am p sh ire he has proved a tower of strength to the side both as batsman and bowler. In 1901 and again last year he made over a thousand runs in addition to takin g more than a hundred wickets. B o l d advertisement deserves to be given in G o ss ip to the bow ling feat p er­ form ed by Sidney Barnes for Staffordshire against Cheshire at Stoke on M onday. H e bowled unchanged throughout the m atch and had the follow ing a,nalyses :— O. M. R. 1st inns. ... 11*5 ... 6 ... 6 2nd inns. ... 8’4 ... In the circum stances it is not surprising that Cheshire were dism issed for 29 and 14 and beaten by an innings and 108 runs in a single day. w. ... 8 7 ... 6 T h e defeat o f M idd lesex at the hands of K e n t at C anterbury and the d ow nfall o f Lan cash ire at B ra dford have combined to give K e n t a very good lead in the C ham pionship table. Y o rksh ire also go above Lancashire, w ho descend to th ird place, w ell ahead o f Surrey, th eir closest rival. T h e positions o f the leading sides are now as under :— Per Plyd. Won. Lost. Drn. Pts. cent. Kent ................... 19 12 2 5 10 71 ’42 Yorkshire ........... 19 10 2 7 8 66'66 Lancashire........... 18 11 3 4 8 57‘14 Surrey................... 22 12 5 5 7 41-17 K e n t have still seven matches to play, and as they appear to be at the top of th eir form just now their prospect o f regaining the Cham pionship is very bright. I t is very gratifying to know that, despite the long w ait on M onday, H a ig h ’s benefit has proved a financial success. Th e m atch was very w ell patronised, and the cricket from start to finish was of the keenest description. T h e excellent form shown by Spooner and Bhodes was very pleasing in view of next M o n d a y ’s great m atch at the Oval, and the fact that the latter obtained his 1,000th run as w ell as his 100th w icket o f the season was not lost sight o f by the observant crowd. H u t c h in g s , also, has given striking evidence— no je u de m o ts intended— that he is in capital fettle at the present time. I t was no mean feat to h it up 50 out of 65 in 34 m inutes against the M iddlesex attack, especially after the bowlers -had met w ith a couple of early successes and were on their mettle. N ow that Jessop is not available, his presence in the E n g la n d team is indispensable. F u rth e r­ more, his splendid fielding is always a source o f strength to a side. C o n s id e r a b le improvements have been effected at the county ground at Canterbury by the erection of a grand­ stand accommodating 600 people, and the laying o f a m otor track. B o th these conveniences have been highly appreciated during the present week. Am ong the stewards for the county ball to-morrow are L o rd Camden, the Lord-Lieutenant, L o rd H arris, the E a r l o f Darnley, Lo rd G uilford, M r. H e n n ik e r H eaton and M r. Akers-Douglas. M o r e than a passing word deserves to be given to the remarkable feat performed by Buckenham in D erbyshire’s first innings on M onday. So irresistible was his bow ling that he obtained six wickets w ithout a run being made off him , the first w icket falling at 29 and the seventh at 33. Derbyshire seem fated to have such performances recorded against them, for in 1901 Beeves took five o f their w ickets w ithout cost and last year M arshal, on behalf of Surrey, did the same. The record in such matters stands to the credit o f “ W . G .” , who obtained seven wickets in 41 balls w ithout a run being made off h im for Gloucestershire against Notts at Cheltenham in 1877. F a v o u r e d though they were by fortune, A rn o ld and B u rn s accomplished a note­ w orthy performance on Tuesday, when they put on 393 together for Worcester­ shire’s fifth w icket at Edgbaston. The partnership is the most prolific in the C ounty’s history, and, furthermore, each batsman played the highest innings of his career so far as first-class cricket is concerned. B u rn s made 334 last year for Gentlemen o f Worcestershire against Gentlem en of Staffordshire, but the match had sm all claim to be regarded very seriously. I n an account w hich has reached me of last week’s m atch between Notts. Am ateurs and M r. J. Potter’s X I., this entry appears:— “ B . H . H ow itt, broke rule 55, 0.” A s there are only 54 rules in the recognised code, is one to assume that the batsman lost his w icket owing to an um pire’s m istake ? T h e matches arranged for the" E n g lish tour o f the Standard A th letic Club of Paris are as follow s :— Aug. 16.f Shorncliffe, v. N. Staffordshire Regt. Aug. 18. Ashford, v. Ashford. Aug. 19.f Folkestone, v. All Souls’. Aug. 21. Hythc, v. Hythe. Aug. 23. Folkestone, v. Wingate. Aug. 24. Deal, v. Deal and District. Aug. 25. Sittingbourne, v. Gore Court. Aug. 26. Lyminge, v. Sibton Park. Aug. 27.1 Ramsgate, v. St. George’s. +Two-day matches. T h e Standard A . C., by the way, have had more cricket in Paris this year than in any previous season, but the Stade Fran^ais managed to pull off the Paris Championship. T h e S. A. C. were second, and the B acin g Club de France third. The second team of the Standard A . C. won the Second Eleven Cham pion­ ship, losing only one match in nine. Fressard, a Frenchm an who learned his cricket in E ngland, had an average o f 48. T H E JIG G L E Y -W IG G L E Y. [With explicit directions, in the approved manner, for delivering the same.] Since batting’s reached perfection on our marly billiard beds The attack has had to seek defence in wiles. Now the game is often bats and legs opposed to balls and heads And the bowler has to try new-fangled So, no matter what the ball does— it can’t do much at most— If his manner of delivery Can make one faint and 6hivery H e’ll use that means to serve one up on toast. Thus, opponents to amaze, H e’ll run up in funny ways And then let go queer specimens of bowling: Leg-breaks, googleys, lobs and swervers, And still more eccentric curvers That, at times, we find ballisticists extolling. But these whimsical discoveries are not exhausted all For I ’ve just found out a new one in the jiggley-wiggley ball. Just attend, and I ’ll explain how you make the jiggley whiz : (But, of course, you’ll let the secret go no further, For if George Hirst, for example, got a hint of what it is I am tolerably sure there’dbe blue murther.) Walk twelve paces off the pitch, Then your trousers up you hitch And deftly turn a dozen Catherine wheels As you weave fantastic tangles To the wicket, at right angles, To suddenly light upright on your heels ; Then the batsman further mystify by swing­ ing up one fist And commence to do the splits slick, if you please, Give the ball a corkscrew twist with the other hand and wrist Aud eject it, from behind, between your knees. If you follow these instructions you should make the batsman funk, (Failing which one might advise that you, yourself, should do a bunk.) H. P.-T. SOUTH HAMPSTEAD v. NEASDEN.—Played at Cricklewood on August 2. W. Walgrave, st Dove, b Hughman ........... 8 C. Pinckam, b Hugh­ man .......................... 11 F. E. Chennell, run out .......................... 8 W. Ginger, b Lane ... 15 F. Twyford, c and b Hughman ........... 0 G.Mayeock,cBrooman, b Hughman ........... 3 F. Elborn, b Bamford 25 M. C. Gregory, b Lane 13 A. C. Fowler, lbw, b B am ford................... 0 C. Dell, c Barrett, b Lane.......................... 13 A. Pinckam, b Lane 0 F. King, not out ... 3 B 14, lb 1 ...........15 Total ..114 S o u t h H a m pste a d . R. H. Moore, b Wal­ grave .......................... 2 H. W. Brooman,b Wal­ grave .......................... 2 A. E. Hill, b Walgrave 6 A. J. Doughty, b C. P inckam .................. 29 R. W. Hughman, b Walgrave................... 6 F. C. Barrett, c and b C. Pinckam .......... 1 G. W. Bamford, c Gregory, b Walgrave 90 T. W. Hine, st King, b C. Pinckam .......... E. C. Lane, c and b Walgrave.................. J. G. Q. Besch, not out ........................... E. H. Dove, c A. Pinck­ am, b C. Pinckam ... G. E. Every, absent h u r t........................... B 3, lb 2 ........... Total ...189