Cricket 1909

S e p t . g, 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 387 The construction of the Demon Drivers is fully described in The E vo lu tio n of a Cricket B a t , which may be obtained free upon applica­ tion. CRICKET •CATALOGUE- < ON APPLICATION. IMTROVEDMAKE-KEEP THEIR SHAPE-LAS LONGER I CATALOQUE UPON APPLICATION . CATALOGU E UPON APPLIC ATION . CATALOCUC ON APPLICATION. CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION . AT THE SIGN OF THE WICKET. By F. S. A sh l e y -C o o pe r . O LD K E N T IS H C R IC K E T PO EMS. I .— “ S u r r y T r iu m ph a n t . ” At the present time, when Kent occupies first place among the counties, it w ill be appropriate to reproduce in C ricket some of the old poems which told of the doings of the men who played their part, and played it well, on the stage of Kent Cricket many years before the Championship was instituted. Of the very early sets of verses, three stand out beyond all others— James Love’s C rick et , Duncombe’s S u rry T riu m p h a n t , and Burnby’s The K entish Cricketers. The first-named was written in celebration of the historic meeting between Kent and England in the Artillery-Ground, London, in June, 1744, and was reproduced in this column in C ricket of November, 1898. Duncombe’s verses, published as a quarto pamphlet of 24 pages, were a parody on Chevy Chase and furnished a description of Kent’s match with Surrey at Bishopsbourne in July, 1773—a match which was won by Surrey by 153 runs. The Eev. John Duncombe was born in London in September 29th, 17'i9, and was educated in Essex and at Oxford. In 1773 he was appointed by Archbi.-hop Cornwallis to the living of Herne, near Canterbury, * which afforded him a pleasant recess in the summer months,” and to be Master of St. John’s Hospital, at Canterbury: at one time he had been Curate of Sundridge, near Sevenoaks. He died at Canterbury on July 19th, 1786. The title-page of his poem, on which is a small illustration showing cricket being played with a wicket of two stumps, is as follows :— SURRY TRIUMPHANT: OB T H E K e n t i s h - M e n s D e f e a t . A N E W B A L L A D ; B E IN G A P A R O D Y C H E V Y - C H A C E , ------------------- Vicisti , et victum tendere nummos Cantiaci vidi-re --------- Viro. jEn. xii. variat. And sw ift flew the cricket-ball over the lawn. A n o n . L O N D O N : Pr'nted for J. JOHNSON, No. 72, in St. Paul's Church-yard. 1 7 7 3 . On the succeeding page of the pamphlet appears the score of the match, set out in this fashion:— E xtract from the K e n tish G a z e t t e of Saturday, July 24, 1773. [The following is a list of the Noblemen and Gentle­ men Cricketers, who played on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last, in Bourn-Paddock, S u r r y against K e n t , for Two Thousand Pounds.] Thosemarked thus B were botriedout: S U R R Y . Out by Names. Whom. 1st. Lord Tankerville, B. out by May, 0 Mr. Bartholomew, C. out by Simmons, 3 Mr. Lewis, B. out by tho Duke, 0 Mr. Stone, B. out by the Duke, 12 C catchedout. Out by Whom. 2d. C. outby Mi*. Davis, 3 B. out by Miller, 10 Last Man in, 21 B. out by Miller, 24 Stevens, alias B. out by Lumpey, Miller, 6 John Woods, C. out by Sir Palmer, Thomas White, Yaldin, Childs, Francis, H. Mann, 6 C. out by Mr. Davis, 22 B. out by tho Duke, 5 Last Man in, 17 B. out by May, 0 B. out by the Duke, 5 Byes 1 K E N T . Out by Names. Whom. 1st. Duke of Dorset, B. out by Woods, 25 Sir Horace Mann, B. out by Woods, 3 Mr. Davis, B. out by Woods, 4 Mr. Hussey, Last Man in, 0 B. out by Miller, 8 C. out by R. May, 6 C. out by the Duke, 38 C. out by Mr. Hussey, B. outbythe Duke, B. out by the Duke, C. out by Wood, Byes 00 30 217 2d. Out by Whom. B. out by Woods, 1 C. out by L. Tankerville, 22 C. out by Mr. Lewis, 0 B. out by Woods, 0 Miller, Simmons, R. May, Thomas May, Loucli, Pattenden, Wood of Seale, C. out by Yaldin, 13 B. out by Lumpey, 5 B. out by Woods, 0 B. out by Lumpey, 4 C. out by Mr. Stone, 5 C. out by Mr. Lewis, 0 C. out by W oods, 1 Byes 3 63 Run out, 10 C. out by Yaldin, 4 Last Man in, 0 C. out by Childs, 5 B. out by Lumpey, 26 B. out by Lumpejr, 1 C. out by Mr. Bartholomew, 9 Byes 0 It is interesting to note the manner in which the amateurs are separated from the pro­ fessionals by a dividing-line, though in the Kent innings Mr. George Louch is incorrectly included among the latter. In Scores and B iographies (i-12) B. May is credited with 3 in his second innings instead of with 0, the total in consequence not adding-up correctly. “ Last Man in,” of course, signifies not out. Before entering upon his description of the match, the author makes a few introductory remarks : thus, t i To THE BEADEK. T H E greatest modem Critics,” says Mr. Addison, “ have laid it down as a Eule, that an Heroic Poem should be founded upon some important Precept of Morality, adapted to the Constitution of the Country in which the Poet w rites;” and then proceeds to shew, that the Plans of the Iliad, the iEneid, and Chevy-Chace, are “ all formed in this View.” * In humble Im ita­ tion of those great Masters, the Author of the following ParoJy begs Leave to observe, that he has a farther View than merely tracing the Outline of a most beautiful Original, and in ­ dulging an innocent Pleasantry, which has strict Truth for its Foundation ; it being his Intention to convey, at the same Time, a M o­ ral Pieeept of no small Importance to his Country Neighbours, which the Beader may collect from several of the Stanzas. * See the Spectator Vol. I, No. 70. CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION . D R IV E R S 7 U ARE OUTAND OUT THE BEST, f 0 7 C.t C & - A 'e-A '-& e CATALOGU E UPON APPLICATION TO GEO. G. 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