Cricket 1909

330 CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 12, 1909. first eight o f his opponents, catching four and stumping four. Th e score o f the in n in gs was as follow s T. H. H a n n a ’ s XI. G. Watson, st Alwyn, b C ollins................... F. Kenyon, st Alwyn, b W. B. Cotton H. M. Lemoine,notout T. H. Hanna, c Lepper, b W. E. Cotton W. Walker, b Collins... Byes, &c.............. Total ...229 C. Ryan, c Alwyn, b E. J. Cotton .......... J. A .Laidlaw,c Alwyn, b Collins .................. H. A. Bates, e Alwyn, b E. J. Cotton ... : II. B. Duce, e Alwyn, b C ollin s.................. W. Hanna, st Alwyn, b E. J. Cotton J.C.de Souza,stAlwyn, b E. J. Cotton.......... T h is is a feat to w hich, at the m om ent of w ritin g , I can recall only four parallels. T h e H o n . F . S. Jackson turned out for Skaine H a ll against a B ra dford X I . last week, w hen K n u tto n bowled h im for a duck in his first in n in gs and L u ck h u rst for 9 in his second. A lt h o u g h neither Y o rk sh ire nor W orcestershire was fu lly represented in last w eek’s match at Harrogate, each county put a very good side in the field and a keenly-contested game resulted. I n the absence o f H . K . Fo ster the visitors were led by Burns, w ho sent Y o rk sh ire in upon w in n in g the toss. T h a t his policy was correct was p lain ly shown, for at the end o f the match W orcestershire had a really good w icket to bat on and made the 167 runs required fo r four w ickets— the last 102 w ithout loss in' 50 m inutes. Y o rk sh ire had an u p h ill game before them when they went in th e second time, and, their ch ie f object being to stay in as long as possible in order to effect a draw, took six hours and three-quarters to make 238. H irst, though severely handicapped w ith a damaged leg, batted five hours and 10 m inutes for 87— a display as valuable as it was plucky. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e have gained some notable successes th is season, am ong the counties w h ich have gone dow n before them being Yorksh ire, M iddlesex, and K e n t— the first-named in both matches. W h e n at fu ll strength they are a fo rm id ­ able side, though the presence of another first-class bow ler w ould increase their m atch - w inning - powers considerably. G enerally playing very bright cricket, and alw ays in the true spirit o f the game, it is not surprising that the team should prove one o f the most popular in the w hole country. W i l f r i d R h o d e s was absent from the Yo rk sh ire team against W orcestershire last week in consequence of the death of his father. I n a m atch in the second division of the Bassetlaw and D is tric t League on Saturday between Shireoaks and H a rth ill, the former, w ho were playing on their ow n ground and had first innings, were dism issed for a single, made by the first m an in. G. C. Sm ith took six w ickets in four m aiden overs and J. P la tt three in three overs for a single. H a rth ill made 107 for two wickets. C ounty player, was at liberty to take part in club cricket on Saturday, the match w ith Gloucestershire having been finished in a couple of days. H e assisted Pon te­ fract against Castleford and made 173 not out in an hour and a -h a lf: he h it thirty-five 4’s, nine in succession. H e also took four wickets for 40 in a total of 150. J a g g e r , the E a st Stirlingshire pro­ fessional, was responsible for a fine bow l­ ing performance in the m atch w ith L e ith F ra n k lin on Saturday. H e did the hat- trick in his second over and again in his next, and took a ll ten wickets for 12 runs in an innings o f 30. R . H . S p o o n e r has been offered, and has accepted, the position of assistant estate-agent to M r. Leonard Brassey, of Apthorpe H a ll, N orthants. It is under­ stood that he w ill be unable to play again in first-class cricket this season. On the other hand, M ajor A . J. Turner, w ho made so welcome a re-appearance last week for Essex, w ill probably be available during the few rem aining weeks of the season. T h e final m atch o f the B elgium C ham ­ pionship was played at the V iv ie r d’Oie on the 1st inst. between G hent and the B team of the B a cin g C lub o f Brussels. T h e latter won easily, scoring 181 against 59 and 40 for three wickets. T h e C ham ­ pionship, however, was carried off by the Beerschot C.C., of Antw erp, w ith con­ siderable ease, the fin a l positions of the clubs being :— F . R . F o s t e r , the Warwickshire Played. Won. Lost. Dwn. Pts. Beerschot.......... ... 6 ... 5 . .. 0 ... 1 ... 10 Racing A. ... 6 ... 3 . .. 1 ... 2 ... 7 Racing B. ... 6 ... 2 . ... 1 ... 3 ... 5 Ghent ........... ... 6 ... 1 . .. 0 ... 5 ... 2 T h e leading averages were :— Times Most Not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. G. Alpen .. ......... 8 3 100* 304 60-80 J. MacFarlane ... ... 8 3 101* 229 45-80 R. Worthington ... 5 0 63 219 43-80 F. Bartlett.................. 10 2 70 256 32-00 O. D. Knight ......... 7 1 57 161 28-83 * Signifies not out. Overs. Mdus. Runs. Wkts. Aver. T. Heaton ... 69 9 207 27 7-66 W. J. Fowler... ... 105 20 245 30 8-16 R. F. Worthington. 89 5 0 248 27 9-18 S. Flitton ... 75 12 235 24 9-79 J. MacFarlane ... 98*5 10 240 22 10-90 B o th George A lp en and Tannett Heaton, w ho headed the batting and bow ling figures respectively, are members o f the Brussels R a cin g C.C. Th e form er is an A u stralian and the latter an ex-member o f the U xbridge C.C. A n inquest was held last Tuesday at P a lm e r’s G reen on Thom as Jo h n Corne, aged 13, who was struck on the back of the head by a ball w hilst standing close to one of the playing pitches in the B rom fie ld Park. H e fell unconscious and died the fo llow in g m orning. Verdict, accidental death. “ I t has been a point of criticism in regard to Test match players this season,” says the A th le tic N e w s , “ that they have too often been grizzled veterans. There is something in the criticism , although the oldest player on the E n g lis h side has probably done as w ell as anybody else. W e refer to A rth u r L ille y , comm only called “ D ic k .” C ertain it is that A rth u r L ille y can claim to be the only grandfather in the E n g lish eleven. H is youngest daughter has just been blessed w ith a son.” B . W . C o llin s o n , of the Carrow C .C ., N orw ich , has made the follow ing scores this season:— v. Thetford ..................... v. C .E.M .Y.S ................. v. Overstrand .......... v. Sinapis ..................... v. Crayford ................. v. Y .M .C .A .................... v. Dereham ................. v. C .E.Y.M .S ................ v. Low estoft................. v. Dereham ................. v. Overstrand .......... v. Thetford ................ * Signifies not out. T h is gives an aggregate o f 876 w ith an average o f 109‘50. Collinson is qualified for Norfolk, but is a Yorksh irem an by birth. 0 86 52 51 55 40 *121 30 20 *122 *192 *107 W . M e ld o n , w ho made a successful d e b u t for W arw icksh ire last week, was born in D u b lin and is a brother of the w ell-know n cricketers who have played w ith success for D u b lin U n iv e rsity and the Gentlem en o f Ireland. A fte r taking part in the South A frica n W ar, he stayed for some tim e in Pretoria, where he made m any runs in good-class cricket. N o w he holds an appointment w ith the D a im le r M o to r Co., and plays for Coventry and N o rth W arw ick. S i l v e r l o c k , the M onm outhshire cricketer, earned his bat through an innings o f 479 for 246 against C arm ar­ thenshire at N ew port on F rid a y . L a st year he headed his county’s averages w ith the high figure of 65'63 for twelve innings commenced, and w ith only one not out to help him . A n o t h e r prolific scorer in South W ales is Bancroft (W . J.), the old international Rugby full-back. H e has already made a couple o f thousand runs th is season, in cluding 1,029 for Swansea C.C. H is three-figure innings number six. N e w s reaches me o f a double-tie match played at Aylesb u ry on the 2nd inst. between A ylesbury and Tham e. E a ch side scored 91 in their first innings, and, w ith one m an absent, 55 in their second. A t a meeting of the South A frican Cricket Association in Johannesburg on J u ly 9th it was decided that the last two Test matches o f the forthcom ing M .C .C . tour should be played at Capetown, and o f the other three Tests one should be played at D u rban and two at Johannes­ burg. Several centres had not at that date completed th eir guarantees for the matches, and a definite programme was considered u n lik e ly for a fortnight. A t the meeting referred to the Transvaal