Cricket 1909

440 CR ICK E T : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O c t . 28, 1909. NOTICE TO OUR R E&D ER S . C ricket w ill be published monthly during the W inter as follows :— No. 827.— O C T O B E R 28th, 1909. No. 828.— N O V E M B E R 25th, 1909. No. 829.— D E C E M B E R 30th, 1909. No. 880.— JA N U A R Y 27th, 1910. No. 831.— F E B R U A R Y 24th, 1910. No. 832.— M A R C H 31st, 1910. The above series sent post free to any part of the world for 9d. C ricket is the only paper in the world solely devoted to the game. Weekly, April to September. Monthy, October to March. T eems of S ubscription :— 3/9 per annum. P ay ab le in advance. A ll communications to be sent direct to the Offices of C ric k e t , 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. F o r S a le . —Haverford 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. 9 th Australian Tour (3 copies) (Cricket Office), Id. Melbourne C.C. 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The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. B e f o r e leaving E n g lan d on their return home the Australians motored through Scotland, from Glasgow to Joh n o’ Groats and back, as the guests o f M r. Peter Dawson. F iv e cars were occupied by the party, whose luggage was con­ veyed in a sixth. D u rin g the trip, w hich one member of the team described to me as the most enjoyable experience he had ever had, B a lm o ra l was visited by per­ m ission of H is M ajesty and the travellers were entertained by the Duchess of P o rt­ land, the D uke o f Fife and Princess R oyal, and the Duchess of Sutherland. N o serious accident m arred the long journey, though I was told that Bardsley had a spill but fortunately managed to fall on something soft. T h e players were entertained at dinner by the Aberdeenshire County C.C. at the Palace H otel, Aberdeen, and at luncheon by the N orth o f Scotland C.C. at the A lexandria H o tel, Inverness. W h ils t they were at Inverness they took part in a m atch against a strong team of the N o rth ern Counties, when they had the unusual experience o f being played by four stalwart bag-pipers up to the crease. Th e ground is not a very large one, and some o f the players accordingly indulged in big hitting. H o p k in s scored 24 runs off an over, and Ransford h it the ball out of the ground more than once. The score of the m atch w ill be found on page 444. I t was hoped that the Australians w ould play against the W est o f Scotland at Titw ood, Glasgow, on October 5th, but ow ing to the havoc resulting from pre­ vious very heavy rain it was not found possible to make a start. T h e wicket, w h ich had been protected, was fa irly firm , but the outfield was little better than a quagm ire. Th e decision to abandon the m atch was not come to u n til the cricketers had w aited for an hour-and-a- h a lf in the hope that the ground w ould recover sufficiently to enable a start being made. I t is a matter for congratulation that no m em ber of the team was induced to q ualify for an E n g lis h county. It was shown very p lain ly during the past season that opinion is very strong indeed against the em ployment o f such tactics, and there can be no doubt that, had any county succeeded in prevailing upon one o f the A ustralians to throw in his lot w ith it, the side w ould have been ostracised, and very deservedly so, by the other counties. I t has been officially announced that the total receipts from last season’s Test matches amounted to ±1 6,397 9s. 6d., made up as follow s :—- Edgbaston ...... £1,572 15 2 Lord’s ............. 4,720 13 0 Leeds ... ... 2.744 4 0 Manchester... ...3,153 6 0 Oval........................ 4,206 11 4 T h e Australians take ±5,451 13s. 6d., their half-share o f the gross gate m oney. The balance for appropriation is .£8,729 Is. Gd., and of this 60 per cent, goes to the first- class counties and the M .C .C . (±'308 1s. 9d. each), 30 per cent, to the grounds on w h ich the Test matches were played (±523 14s. lid . each), and 10 per cent, to the second-class counties (±45 18s. lid . each). W r it in g on the subject o f the recent tour in the October num ber of B a i l y ’s M a g a z in e , M r. Spofforth says:— “ Now, there must be some great reason for the success they have achieved. In my opinion everyone underrated the team at the start, and also they improved while in England. Their bowling was really not good, but every bowler was different, and each one had his own peculiarity, so that no matter what the wicket was like, it suited one of them—at oue time it was Mr. Arm ­ strong, then Mr. Macartney, Mr. Laver, and so o n ; in fact, in all the great matches one bowler seemed to have struck a pitch to his liking. Their captain, Mr. Noble, had no fads or faucies, and possibly there never was a team better skippered; the way he used his fast bowler was as near perfection as could be. Again, the placing of the field was excellent, nothing could have been better; all the ‘ gaps ’ were filled up, and an almost certain four was only one. Mr. Noble must get a great deal of credit for this; but, still, the bowlers themselves must share it with him, for a bowler should have some say in this matter...................I am forced to the opinion that England had the better cricketers, as far as bowling and batting were concerned; but Australia was better led, played nearer to their true form, and were far ahead of England in ground-field- ing, catching, running and throwing, besides in placing of the field, and as I have stated previously, two good left-handed batsmen, such as Mr. Bardsley and Mr. Hansford, are a factor to be reckoned with, and made a much better combination than the side chosen to represent the home country.” D u r in g 1909 I Zin g ari played thirty- seven matches, o f w h ich they w on 17, lost 7 and drew 13. M r . A r t h u r G e o r g e G u il l e m a r d , author o f R u g b y S c h o o l C rieTcet Scores, 1831-1893, and one o f the founders of the Butterflies C.C., w ho died on August 7th, at the age o f 63, left estate valued at ±13,163. Am ong the legacies was one o f ±100 to his m edical attendant, D r. Len n ard Stokes, who played for Kent occasionally in 1877 and 1880.