Cricket 1909

344 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 19, 1909. H. GRADIDGE And SONS, Manufacturers o f a l l Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, a n d a l l British Sports. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS >F THE Used by all the Leading- Players. Made In Men’i, Small Men's, «r College, 6, 5, 4, A 3 P r i c e L is ts F r e e o n A p p l i c a t i o n . Of all First-Class Outfitters and Dealers. Refcladlng a Speciality. Factory; A rtillery P lace , WOOLWICH. Cricket: A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G A M E . 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 t h , 1909. ^atrtltnn ffiussrp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the tim e. — Hamlet. T h e record of the A ustralians is now as fo llow s:— M atches played, 30: won, 12 ; lost, 3; drawn, 15. Th ey have won the toss 17 times and lost it 13 times. A f t e r the strain of the Test m atch at the Oval the A u stralian s travelled by n ig h t to B lackp oo l and, as generally happens in such a case, lost the toss and wrere obliged to take the field and see their opponents— in this case a very useful E n g la n d side, led by M cG ah ey— ru n up a big score on a perfect wicket. The visitors n atu rally rested some of their best men, and the Englishm en, finding everything in favour of run-getting, made the most of their opportunity. In six hours and five m inutes they compiled 567, thus com ing w ith in nine runs of the score made by E n g lan d at the Oval ten years ago, w h ich remains the largest yet h it against A u stralian bow ling in this country. Run-getting proved an easy matter last week— 1,283 were made in the match for the loss of only 27 wickets— but I am glad that E n g la n d ’s record total referred to was not beaten in what was generally regarded as a h oliday fixture. F o r their great score the hom e side were indebted to a very great extent indeed to Albert K n ig h t and J . W . H . T . Douglas, who, scoring 1G3 and 102 respectively, made 284 for the first wicket. T h is was the twenty-second occasion on w h ich over 100 runs had been made for the opening partnership against A u stralian bow ling in En glan d, and the figures are the best yet recorded, exceeding the 185 made by H a yw a rd and F . S. Jackson for E n g lan d at the O val in 1899. T h e tourists had little difficulty in saving the game, though when their fourth w icket w ent down for 138, after they had followed-on 241 behind, the out­ look for them was not particu larly bright. Fortunately, Trum per happened to be in his very best form and in less than two hours ran up 150 w ithout a m istake of any kind. It was a very characteristic innings, rem iniscent o f the most b rillian t of h is earlier days, and those w ho were lu cky enough to witness it were for­ tunate indeed. H e quite overshadowed M cA liste r, but the V icto rian , whose double success in the match was most welcome, played a very im portant ro le in each innings, seeing that failure on his part on either occasion m ight very possibly have prevented the game from being saved. N o b le has stated that the B lackp ool w icket was one o f the best he has played on this season. Over .£650 was taken at the gates during the three days. I f what I hear is true, two of the first- class counties are endeavouring to per­ suade W arre n Bardsley to settle in E n g la n d w ith a view to qualifyin g for the side. I f this really is so, no words w ould be too strong in condemnation o f such a p olicy on the part o f the clubs. E a rly in the season I expressed the hope that no county w ould be so u n ­ sportsmanlike as to attempt to rob Au stralia of any o f her wonderful young players, and I most sincerely hope that, in the event of Bardsley, or any other member of the Au stralian team, being induced to sever his connection w ith his native land, the counties w ill combine to deprive the club responsible for such a deplorable state o f things of its fixture- list. I n a recent twelve a-side m atch at Saffron W alden the w hole o f the players were deaf and dumb, and most o f them were related to each other. I t is good to Ijear that G ilb ert Jessop is m aking steady, i f slow, im provem ent. D u rin g the past week he has been prac­ tising putting on the law n o f h is house at Shirehampton. H e was present on the Cheltenham ground on M onday, and it has been suggested that he m ay take part in one of. G loucestershire’s matches before the season closes. T u u jo u rs Sidney Barnes ! P la y in g for P o rth ill against Crewe A lexandra on the form er’s ground on Saturday, he took the whole o f the ten wickets in an innings. Crewe Alexandra made 110 and P o rth ill replied w ith 127 for the loss o f three wickets. “ T o us all this m u ltiplyin g and in ten ­ sifying o f serious cricket, already too serious, seems to be a perversion and not a development .” — T h e S a t u r d a y R e v ie w . N e w s has been received from India that the Jam Sahib of N aw angar (R an jit­ sinhji) has been confined to h is bed w ith a slight attack o f fever. B u t I notice that in the last week o f J u ly he was w ell enough to score 105 and 60 not out for Jam nagar against Rajkot. A lo n z o D r a k e , who made so successful a d e b u t last week for Y o rksh ire in the m atch w ith D erbyshire at B ram a ll Lane, was born at Parkgate, near Rotherham , on A p ril 16th, 1884, and is therefore in his twenty-sixth year. After playing for a couple o f seasons w ith Sheffield U n ited he joined the H o n le y Club, near H u d d ers­ field, and w h ilst there came to the notice of the Y orksh ire C ounty authorities by means of his m any good all-round per­ formances. H e is a left-handed medium - paced bowler and is above the average as a batsman. Consistent w o rk this season w ith the Y o rksh ire 2nd X I . earned h im his trial w ith the C ounty team. F rom the account (w hich appears in another column) of this week’s match w ith Middlesex, it w ill be seen that he took four wickets in an over for one run on Tuesday. “ S h a rp ’s Century ” was the topic on Sunday evening at St. M a ry -at-H ill, Monum ent, E .C . I n the N o rth Staffordshire League m atch at Fen ton on Saturday between Leek H ig h field and Fen ton the home side gained the easiest of victories. T h ey ran up 238 w ithout loss in an hour and forty minutes, declared, and dism issed Lee k H ig h fie ld for 96. E . H . B ourne scored 96 not out and H . D earin g 128 not out, the latter h ittin g as m any as twenty-one 4’s. T h e closing stage of last week’s m atch at O ld Trafford between Lancashire and M iddlesex was m arked by some fine h ittin g on the part o f A lbert Trott, who showed more than a glimpse of his old- tim e form . H e w ent in when h is side