Cricket 1909

'392 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 9, 1909. H. GRADIDGE And SONS, Manufacturers o f all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, an d all British Sports. P A T E N T E E S A N D S O L E M A K E R S Used by all the Leading1 Players. lfade In Man’i, Email Men's, «r Callage, 6, 5, 4, A 8 slzea. P ric e F r e e 011 A p p lica tion . Of all First-Class Outfitters and Dealers. OF TH E Reblading a Speciality. Factory; A rtillery P lace , WOOLWICH. “ U R IN E ” For cleaning and whitening Buckskin and Canvas Boots and Shoes, Cricket Pads, &c. Packed in spun zinc container,with sponge. Of all dealers, or post free 6 d , WILL NOT RUB OFF OR CAKE. STANLEY FEAST & C07” sTS; F o r S a le . — Haver/ord College Athletic Annual, 1895-6 (James Babbit), 2/6. History of Haverford College (Philadelphia), 2 6. Centuries scored in U.S and Canada (F. F. Kelly) 2/6. 9th Australian Tour (3 copies) ( Cricl:et Office), Id. MelbourneC.C. Annual Report, 1!,05-6, 1/-. Record of Matches between (har- terhouse and other Public Schools, 1850-90 (B. Ellis), 3/6. Hampstead C.C. (Ashley-Cooper), Published by Club, 1901, 2/6. Indian Field Athletic handbook, 1898, 2/-. John Lawrence's Cricket inlreland, 1866-7 (P. J. Lawrence), 2/-. Annals of the West Kent C.C., 1812-96 (P. Norman), 12/6. MC.C. Scores and Biographies:—'Vola. V. and VI., 1855-60 (A. Hay- Karth), 6/6 each. Norfolk Cricket Annual, 1893 (Robin Legge), 6d. Cricket in North Hants, 4/6. Oxford v. Cambridge Inter- University Records, 1827-i887, (Cricket Pr.ss\ 1/-. History of Cambridge University C.C., 1820-1901 (W. J. Ford), 7/6. Ranjitsinhji, Prince of Crickct, 9d. Chronicles of Cricket amongst Parsees (Shapoorjee Sorabjee), 1/6. Parsi Cricket (M. Pavri\ 2/6. Rugby Cricket Club, Rise and Progress, 1844-94 (Buchanan), l/«. Surrey at the Wicket (A. Benitez de Lugo), 7/-. Winchester (R. Townsend Warner), 10/-. Winchester College Cricket Matches (C. E. S. Mason), 2/6. 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Cricket , Weekly Record of the Game: Vol. I., 1882, £\ 1/-; II., 1883, £Y 1/-; I II, 1884, 17/-; IV., 1885, 15/-; V., 1886, 10/-; VI., 1887, 10/-; VII., 1888. 10/-; VIII. 1889, 10/-; IX., 1890, 8/-; X., Ib91, 8/-; XIV., 1895, 5/-; XV., 1896, 5/-; XIX., 1900, 5/-; XXI., 1902, 5/-; XX II., 1903, 5/-; XX IIL, 1904, 5/-; XXIV., 1905, 5/-. Fred Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores and Biographies: Vol. I., 1746-1826, £1 10/- (John Lillywhite), Euston Square; Vol. I I , 1827-1840, £1 10/- (Fred Lillywhite), Oval; Vol. III., 1811-1848, £4 (John Lillywhite), Euston Square. Cricket Field, Vol. I., 1892, 10/6. Lillywhite’s Companions (green, u n b o u n d )1864, 2/-; 1865, 5/-; 1869, 2/-; 1875, 5/-; 18/6 to 1878, 2/- each; 1879 to 1885,1/- each. Lilly­ white’s Annuals (red, bound):-1872 and 1873, 8/- each; 1876, 2/-; 1877 and 1878, 2/» each ; 1879 to 1884, 1/6 each; 1886 to 1888,1/6 each; 1893 and 1894, 1/6 each; 1896, 1/6; 1898 and 18 9, 1/6 each. Wisden’s Cricketers' Almanack:— 1871, 15/-; 1872, 15/-; 1873, 10/6; 1876, 15/- and 12/6; 1879 to 1881, 2/- each, bound; 1881, 1882 and 1887, 1/6 each, unbound; 1893, 3/-; 1895 and 1896, 1/6 each; 1898 to 1901, 1/6 each; 1902, 7/6; 1904 and and 1905, 5/- each. Apply, Mrs. A lcock , Hazelwood, Ennerdale Road, Richmond, Surrey. 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.G. THURSDAY, SEPT. 9 th , 1909. |Jstbiliun (Bosstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. T h e record o f the A ustralians is now as follow s :—-Matches played, 36; won, 13 ; lost, 3 ; drawn, 20. Th ey have won the toss 17 times and lost it 19 times. T h e i r return m atch w ith Essex, unlike the first between the sides, was ruined by rain, w h ich restricted play on the third day to half-an-hour. Th e C ounty held th eir own during Thursday and Friday, and when the game was given up were 42 runs on w ith one w icket down in their second innings. H a d the weather been fine on Saturday some keen cricket, and perhaps a good finish, w ould have been seen. B u t the ill-lu ck w hich had pursued Essex throughout the greater part of the season did not desert them for the last match on their card. It w ou ld be diffi­ cult to im agine a worse experience than that w h ich had befallen the side this season. F o r them it has been “ A year o f rain, a year of woe,” and it is quite likely, now that all their matches are over, that a spell of real summ er weather w ill set in. W h e n the rain came down at a-quarter past four on Saturday, and caused the game to be abandoned, the Australians accepted an in vitation by the Ley ton Club to w atch the second h a lf o f the L ey ton v. N ortham pton Southern League football match. T h e best innings played in the match was undoubtedly the 71 by Trum per, who gave a really b rillian t display. H e not only appeared thoroughly at home w ith all the bow ling brought against him , but made his runs by a great variety of strokes. H is driving was perfection, and he did some w onderful things on the leg- side. F o r an hour-and-a-half he was the Trum per of old, and he seemed set for at least a hundred w hen a catch at slip sent h im back. W h e n playing against Essex Trum per either does very poorly or plays a long and characteristic in n in g s ; there is no intermediate stage of success. H is scores against the C ounty have been 0 and 3 in 1899, 9, 109 and 119 in 1902, 18 and 11 in 1905, and 74 in the first match and 71 in the return th is year. E s s e x w ill be able to look back upon the match w ith no little satisfaction. F o r their total of 263 they owed a great deal to M cG ah ey and G illingham , w ho made a very valuable stand w hich lasted an hour and a-half after three wickets had fallen for 81. M cG ah ey sprained his thigh and was obliged to have the services of a runner, but, even w ith that handicap, batted a couple of hours for 46. G illin g ­ ham was in half-an-hour longer for 73, the highest score for either side in the m atch. In the early part of h is innings he did not appear to be very com fortable, but when he had settled down he made some very good drives. The E ssex total was quite satisfactory, although at times the rate o f run-getting was rather slow, and the County supplemented their useful batting display by getting the A ustralians out on a good w icket for 278. It was generally expected that, as the conditions were, the visitors w ould obtain a sub­ stantial lead w ith ou t m uch trouble, but