Cricket 1909

S e p t . g, igog. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 389 A gainst this -well-intentioned ball H is hand so rig h tly held, That, ere the foe could ground his bat, H is ardour Lewis quell’d, (k) T his game d id last fro m Monday morn T ill Wednesday afternoon, F o n o h e n B e ll* Harry ru n g to prayers, The batting scarce was done. W ith good S ir Horace, there teas beat Hussey o f Ashford town, (I) Davis, for stops and catches fam’d, A worthy Canon’s son ; A nd w ith the Mays, both Tom and Dick, Two hands o f good account, Simmons was beat, and M iller too, Whose bowling d id surm ount, (m ) F o r Wood of Seale needs must I w a il, (n) As one in doleful dum p*, F o r if he e’er should play again, It must be on his stum ps. f A nd w ith the K a r l the conquering bat Bartholomew did wield, And slender Lewis, who, though sick, W ould never leave the field . White, Yalding, Woods, and Stevens too, As Lumpey better known, Palmer, for batting w ell esteem'd, Childs, Francis, and ’Squire Stone, (o) * At Canterbury Cathedral. t One of this poor man’s legs was bound up, and it is feared must undergo an amputation. As the stanza here parodied has been injudiciously sub­ stituted in the later copies of Chevy-Chace, printed in 1524, the sense at the same time being so burlesqued, that the Spectator dared not quote it, the original stanza, in which that absurdity is avoided, is here added, from the “ old ballad of Otterburn,” printed in the reign of Henry VI., together with a parody, that the reader may take his choice. ORIGINAL. For Witherington my heart was woe, That ever he slain should b e ; For when both his legs were hewn in two, Yet he kneel’d, and fought on his knee. PARODY. For bare-footed Wood my heart xoas woe , That his leg bound up should be , For if both his legs should be cut off, He would kneel, and catch on his knee. (k ) In the second innings of Kent Davis was “ c out by Mr. Lewis, 0.’’ (1) Mr. Edward Hussey was educated at West­ minster and played for Kent six times between 1773 and 1796. He died at Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, in 1816, aged 68. (m) Little is known of the brothers May, but an old poem says of them :— “ Dick May for Bowling ; and his Brother For Batting, scarcely such another.” Simmons played seven times for Kent between 1773 and 1777, and Miller in 18 matches between 1773 and 1783. The latter was one of the best batsmen of his tim e: his highest score was 95 v. Hambledon at Sevenoaks in 1774. (n) John Wood, of Seal—“ tall, stout and bony”— was a good all-round cricketer. He played for Kent six times between 1773 and 1783. ( 0 ) Thomas White (batsman) and William Yalden (wicket-keeper) were very famous players. The former, who made 197 for Surrey and Kent v. Middlesex and Hampshire at Sevenoaks in 1771, died at the age of 91: Yalden lived to be 84. White, once playing at Hambledon, appeared at the wicket with a bat as wide as the stumps and, in con­ sequence, a law was passed limiting the width to four inches and a-quarter. Richard Francis was celebrated for his bowling, which in the opinion of the Hambledon men was a jerk—presumably only when he played against them, for occasionally his services were enlisted for that Club. Of Yalden it has been recorded that once, when fielding, he jumped over a fence, fell and, when on his back, caught the ball. (It was not stated whether he was keeping wicket at the time.) It was Yalden who got together the Surrey XI. which was to show the game in Paris: the side journeyed as far as Dover and was then met by the (3rd) Duke of Dorset, our Ambassador to France, who had suggested the trip, and was flying before the outbreak of the French Revolution. O f byes and overthrows but three, The Kentish heroes gain’d, And Surry victor on the score, Twice seventy Jive remain’d. Of near three hundred notches made By Surry, eight were byes ; The rest were balls, which, boldly struck, Re-echo’d to the skies! T h e ir husbands w^oful case that night D id m any wives bew ail, T h e ir labour, time, and money lost, B u t a ll ivould not p re v a il. T h e ir sun-burnt cheeks, though bath’d in sweat, They kiss'd, an d w ash'd them clean, And to that fatal paddock begg’d They ne’er would go again. To Sevenoak town this news was brought , W here Dorset has his seat, T h a t, on the Nalebourn’s banks, his Grace Had met with a defeat. “ 0 heavy news /” the Rector said, “ The Vine can witness be, “ We have not an y cricketer “ O f such account as he .” L ik e tidings in a shorter space , To Barham’s Rector came, (p) T h a t in Bourn-paddock knightly Mann Had fairly lost the game. “ N oiv lest his bat,” the Doctor said, “ S ith ’tw ill no better be ; “ I trust we have, in Bishopsbourn “ F iv e hands as good as lie. “ Yet Surry-men sh all never say, “ B u t Kent return w ill make, “ A nd catch or bowl them out at length, “ F o r her Lieutenant’s sake.'” T h is vow , ’tis hop’d, w ill be p erfo rm 'd , Next year, on Laleham d o w n ; When, if the Kentish hearts of oak Recover their renown, From grey goose-wing some bard, I trust, W ill pluck a stouter q u ill: Thus ended the fam’d match o/Bcurn, W on by E arl Tankerville. God save the K in g , an d bless the land W ith p len ty and increase ; A nd g ra n t henceforth th a t idle games In harvest-time m ay cease! F I N IS . T H E W A N D E R E R S . (p) Dr. John Fowell. HAMPSTEAD v. COLNEY HATCH ASYLUM .- Played at Southgate on September 4. H a m ps te a d . W. Pollock, c Cherry, b Garrett.................. G. P. Perkins, c Rus­ sell, b Garrett M. A. Sturt, c Harris, b Birley .................. A.C.Hayhoe, c Cherry, b Sides .................. G. F. Farmiloe, c Gilfillan, b Garrett.. H. S. Maclure, b Sides 34 C o ln e y H a t c h A s y l u m . H. Harris, run out ... 21 Att.Birley,c Farmiloe, b Sturt ..................10 Att. Downing, c Far­ miloe, b Sturt ... 3 Att. Cherry, lbw, b Sturt.......................... 2 Dr. Gilfillan, b Farmi­ loe .......................... 1 A. Fitz-Gibbon, c Harris, b Sides ... 14 H. Crisp, c Cherry, b Garrett .................. 37 E. H. Jackson, c andb Sides..........................32 W. O. Times, b Sides.. 0 F. D. Thomas, notout 0 .. 4 B 3, lb 1 Total ..178 Matches arranged, 36 ; played, 34 ; won, 21 ; lost, 7 ; drawn, 6. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. F. W. Robarts ........... 8 0 10S 414 39*93 Dr. H. C. Pretty............ 11 0 89 437 39-72 T. C. Stafford .......... 15 0 108 529 35'26 S. Stafford .................. 10 0 89 302 35-57 T. A. Darke.................. 11 1 78 278 27*80 T. J. Wheeler ........... 8 0 77 214 26*74 L. S. W e lls.................. 10 1 57 228 24*44 S. Colman .................... 29 15 50 336 24*00 R. Kenward.................. 25 2 105 51S 22*52 R. T. C raw ford.......... 9 0 84 199 22*11 R. Brooks .................. 19 1 70 377 20*94 E. H. Fischer ............ 8 1 79* 134 19*14 J. H. A. Tolkein ... 6 0 56 114 19*00 P. G. Gale .................... 26 4 63* 393 17*86 N. Leicester-Clarke .. 11 1 88 171 17*10 D. L. A. Jephson ... 21 3 35 288 16*00 P. P. Lincoln ........... 8 2 45 87 14*50 Hon. S. R. Beresford... 9 0 64 117 13*00 A. M. Latham ........... 8 0 21 72 9*00 A. H. Behrend .......... 9 5 12 34 8*50 W. M. Bradley .......... 10 2 21* 66 8*25 N. A. Damian ........... 18 0 2*2 83 4*65 O. Taylor .................. 12 4 11 32 4*00 Played less than six innings P. H. Slater.................. 5 2 197 414 138*00 J. N. C raw ford.......... 4 0 79 169 42*25 A. L. K em p.................. 4 0 91 164 41*00 C. N. Lambert .......... 5 0 83 191 38*20 B. H. H ollow ay........... 4 0 59 131 32*50 G. D a w d ry.................. 5 1 38 86 21*50 Also played:— C. F. Reiner (52, 11, 33); H. D. Wyatt (5, 23, 45); C. Tolkein (1, 24); A. L. Sloper(39, 3); G. Parsons (73, 8) ; A. E. Waller (8, 2), N. J. Holloway (2, 0, 0); R. D. Lambert (49, 27); E. D. H. Sewell (121) ; C. D. Mclver (101); F. W. Christian (12, 6, 5); J. E. G. Hadath (8, 1); B. Batchelor (0) ; W. Bruce Ronald (11, 3) ; W. T. Graburn (9, 6) ; L. de Montezuma (1); H. T. Bull (5). The following hundreds \^ere hit for the side:— C. D. Mclver, 101 ; R. Kenward, 105 ; P. H. Slater, 197, 145* ; T. C. Stafford, 108 ; F. W. Robarts, 108; E. D. H. Sewell, 121. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. R. T. Crawford ...173 39 464 54 8*50 A. L. Kemp .............. 27 2 95 10 9*50 L. S. Wells .............. 67 7 204 15 13*60 O. Taylor......................188 40 599 41 14*60 F. W. Robarts ...104 20 343 22 15*58 W. M. Bradley ...194 38 574 3*2 17*93 T. C. Stafford.............. 99 18 350 18 19*44 D. L. A. Jephson .. 191 11 715 36 19*87 J. N. Crawford ... 69 12 239 1*2 19*91 N. A. Damian ... 85 13 321 15 21*40 N. Leicester-Clarke 75 15 284 13 21*84 Less than 10 wickets :— C. N. Lambert, 7 for 118 ; W. Bruee-Ronald, 4 for 97 ; Dr. H. C. Pretty, 9 for 252; E. H. Fischer, 2 for 47 ; R. M. Bell, 3 for 47 ; J. H. A. Tolkein, two for 123 ; C. F. Reiner, 1 for 26; L. de Montezuma 4 for 73 ; T. J. Wheeler, 8 for 116 ; II. D. Wyatt, 4 for 78 ; B. H. Holloway, 1 for 17 ; N. J. Holloway, 9 for 76. Also bowled :—B. Batchelor, Hon. S. R. Beresford, C. Kenward, F. W. Christian, C. Tolkein, F. Kahlen- berg, S. Stafford. Att. Sides, c and b Hayhoe ..................14 Dr. McArthur, not out .......................... 9 Att. Green, not o u t... 13 Byes .................. 2 Total (6 wkts) 75 STHEATHAM v. THE VILLAG E.-Played at Streatham on September 4. T h e V il l a g e . W. Horne, c and b Miller .................. 9 A. Pulling, lbw, b Att. Garrett, Att. Russell, and Att. Beasley did not bat. R i c h a r d d a f t ’s N o t t i n g h a m s h i r e MARL.—Particulars apply Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. . Hooper .......... ... 10 H. Barnes, st Kerr, b Miller .................. 21 B. Barnes, b Feeny ... 34 H. Smith, st Kerr, b S cott.......................... 7 F. Sawyer, c Taylor, b Miller ..................11 Total (9 wkts) *137 * Innings declared closed. W. Wright did not bat. G. Dickenson, c and b Scott.......................... 10 L. Gasken, c Thomas, b Scott .................. 0 W. Jones, c Kerr, b Scott.......................... 1 G. Gazzard, not out .. 20 C. Maynard,notout... 8 B 2, lb 4 ........... 6 S t r e a t h a m . J. F.W. Hooper,run out 3 N. F. Feeny, not out... 54 J. L. Phillipps, lbw, b B. Barnes.................. 4 N. Miller, not out B 4, lb 3 ... 49 7 Total (2 wkts) 117 R. G. Candy, C. M. Thomas, E. K. Shattock, H. W. Joynson, H. H. Scott, E. P. Pulbrook, D. O. Kerr, and A. C. Taylor did not bat.