Cricket 1909

362 CR ICK ET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugu st 26, 1909. Yo rk sh ire player reached double-figures in the innings. T he 98 matches p layed between Y o rk ­ shire and Surrey have resulted as follow s :— Date of Won Won Ground. First by by Drawn. Total. Match. Yorks. Surrey. Sheffield 1851 ,... 15 .,.. 11 ... 6 ... 32 Oval ..........., 1851 .,.. 20 .. . 17 ... 12 ... 49 Hull .......... , 1879 ,... 1 .... 0 ... 0 ... 1 Huddersfield 1881 ... 1 .. . 0 ... 0 ... 1 Holbeck . 1883 . ... 1 .,.. 0 ... 0 ... 1 Dewsbury ..., 1884 . ... 0 ..,. 0 ... 1 ... 1 Bradford , 1888 . ... 1 .. . 2 ... 3 ... 6 Leeds ........... 1892 ... 5 .. . 1 ... 1 ... 7 In Yorkshire 1851 ... 24 ..,. 14 ... 11 .. 49 In Surrey ... 1851 ... 20 .. . 17 ... 12 ... 49 Totals...................... 44 ... 31 ... 23 ... 98 Surrey did not w in at the O val between 1865 and 1886! M s . T. T. N . P erkin s , the old Le a th e r­ head, Cambridge and K en t cricketer, has headed the Lan sd ow n averages for the season w ith the splendid figure of 54’40. H is highest score was 203 not out. F r o m the L iv e r p o o l D a i l y P o s t :— “ The Knotty Ash Cricket Club possesses a wonder­ ful one-legged wicketkeeper in Mr. J. Lunt. When quite young he had the misfortune to lose his left leg just below tho hip, but his interest in the game of cricket was so keen that even that did not deter him from pursuing the game he loved so well. Resting his crutch under his arm in a diagonal position, he stands with hands together in most approved fashion, and can take the ball in a most facile and finished manner, and with equal ease on either the “ off ” or “ leg” side. His agility is nothing short of amazing against fast bowlers.” Sydney cricketers w ill recall that N . Blue, o f the G lenw ood C.C., although having to use a p air of crutches, is a recognised club bowler. W h e n playing he rapidly shifts one crutch under the other arm, so that at the tim e o f delivering the ball he has both under the same arm. T he rain, w hich played such havoc w ith cricket during the latter end of last w eek, caused as m any as five players to bat on each o f the three days in the first innings of their side, w hich m ust surely be a record in its w ay. The particulars are :— Score Score end of end of Final 1st day. 2nd day. Score. W. H. Kingston (Northants) 0 ... 21 ... 47 Langdon (Gloucestershire... 12 ... 16 ... 21 Wilson (Yorkshire) ........... 30 ... 38 ... 47 Rothery (Yorkshire) ........... 0 ... 12 ... 43 Mead (Hampshire) ........... 22 .. 58 ... 89 I f the N otts innings had not been closed first thing on Saturday P a y to n ’s name w ould have been added to the list. W a l k e r , p laying for H u ll against Brighouse on the form er’s ground on Saturday, took all ten wickets in an innings for 48 runs. N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e concluded the most successful season in their h istory on Saturday when they beat D erbyshire on th eir opponents’ ground by eight wickets one m inute before tim e. It cannot be said, as in m any previous years, that the side owed w hat success rewarded their efforts chiefly to the efforts of one man, for this season Sm ith shared the honours w ith Thompson. E a st and W e lls also did w e ll w ith both bat and b a ll; in fact everyone seemed to do his very best, and had it been possible to avoid so m any changes in the team it is probable tbat an even more successful campaign would have been experienced. O n Thursday last F . G. J. F o rd played a not-out innings o f 205 for E y e v. F o lk e ­ stone on the form er’s ground. On the same day Spring scored 217 fo r Surrey C lub and G round against E a st Molesey. S idney B arnes took eight w ickets for 27 runs in an in n in gs of 91 for P o rth ill v. B urslem on Saturday. H e was, however, on the losing side, Deyes dis­ m issing eight P o rth ill m en for 23 in a total o f 66. In the M in o r C ounties’ com petition this season Barnes obtained 93 w ickets at a cost o f slig h tly more than seven runs each. D uring the course o f last week’s m atch at T re n t Bridge between Notts and M id ­ dlesex A . 0 . Jones made his 500th catch in first-class cricket. H is record for each season, in clu d in g h is two trips to A u s­ tralia, is as follow s :— Season. Caught. Season. Caught. 1892 .. 8 1901-2 ... ... 13 1893 .. ... 22 1902 ... ... 34 1894 .. 4 1903 ... ... 28 1895 .. ... 25 1904 ... ... 33 1896 .. ... 19 1905 ... ... 35 1S97 .. ... 24 1906 ... ... 34 1898 .. ... 15 1907 ... ... 42 1899 .. ... 18 1907-8 ... ... 18 1900 .. ... 22 1908 ... ... 46 1901 .. ... 31 1909 ... ... 29 It w ou ld be interesting to know how m any other players, apart from w icket­ keepers, can boast such a record. “ W . G .” is credited w ith more than 800 catches and T u n n icliffe w ith over 600. Perhaps some statistician can add to the list. P laying in a C entral Lancashire League m atch between C rom pton and Rochdale on the form er’s ground on the 17th inst., L . C ranfield performed the hat-trick twice during the Rochdale innings. F iv e of the w ickets were bowled down and one lbw. T he team o f Irish Gentlemen is due to sail from Liv erp o o l in the M e g a n tu to­ day. Th e opening matches o f their tour w ill be against Canada, at O ttawa on September 4th and 6th and at Toronto on the 7th and 8th. T h ey w ill after­ wards visit N ew Y o rk and Philadelphia. O n J u ly 7th a special meeting o f the N ew South W ales Cricket Association decided that another conference should be held w ith the Sydney Cricket G round representatives, to take place w ith in a week, w ith a view to arriving at an agreement as to terms for future in te r­ state and international matches. 3 his proposal was agreed to as an amendment of the Executive Comm ittee’s recommen­ dation that the offer of the W en tw orth P a rk delegates should be accepted, and it was o n ly carried after the L o rd M ayor, M r. C. F . W . L lo y d , M r. Clayton, and other member o f the Association, had advocated it. It was indicated in speeches that if the E xecu tive Comm ittee failed to arrive at terms agreeable to the Associa­ tion, the alternative proposal o f the Executive Comm ittee should be accepted. T he follow ing remarks made by “ W . G. ” in the course of a letter to M r. C. W . B u tler, the w ell-know n Tas­ m anian cricketer of other days, w ill be read w ith in te re s t:— “ The first Test m atch is just over, and E n g la n d w on very easily at the finish. I saw them beaten at the Oval, and one day’s play at Leeds. T h e bow ling is very ordinary. Arm strong is far and away the best. H o p kin s was not played ; I th in k he is one o f the best men, taking him all round. M cA liste r is slow in the field: so is Noble, and some o f the others as well. The weather up to the Test match has been fine, and all the wickets hard and fast. B u t, n o tw ith ­ standing this, the M .C .C . and G round beat them after a good finish. F rom w hat I have seen they are the weakest bow ling side that ever camc. Alth ou gh they have struck a bad patch, they w ill make lots o f runs i f the weather holds up, but I shall be very surprised i f they beat E n g lan d w ithout a lot o f lu ck .” T his year the A ustralians and Y o rk ­ shire w ill be the visitin g teams during the B rig h ton and H o ve C ricket W eek w h ich commences to-day. E v e ry effort seems to have been made w ith a view to inducing visitors to stay to both matches, for various attractions, such as fetes and promenade concerts, have been arranged. Furtherm ore, a band w ill play on the ground on the two first days o f each match. So m any excursion trains run to B rig h to n from Lon don during the summer that attendances w ell above the average should delight the eyes o f M r. N ew ham and others responsible for the arrangements. I n this w eek’s m atch at L o r d ’s be­ tween M iddlesex and the A ustralians it was agreed that all hits over the ropes should count six. There is m u ch to be said in favour o f such an arrangement, w hich should prove an inducem ent for players to hit, and thereby make the game more attractive from the point of view of the public. M r . W arner ’ s big innings was a very characteristic display, and served but to strengthen the general opinion that he is one o f the very greatest of present-day amateur batsmen. A t times he was rather slow, but he played a sound game, and it was not u n til he had scored 126 that he made anything like a m istake. It was very appropriate that he should obtain a hundred against the Australians at L o rd ’s seeing that that ground has been the scene of his greatest trium phs. F . B urton , the th ird son o f George B urton, the M iddlesex bow ler o f former days, took all ten w ickets for 25 runs in a total o f 89 for O ak v. W h itcom b W a n ­ derers at A cton on the 22nd. T he rain w h ich played such havoc