Cricket 1909

Nov. 25, igog. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY R t CORD OF THE GAME. 459 Messrs. 0. P. Ram asam y Iyer and B . Singara B abu Secretaries. M e . J. M . F k a m ji P a t e l estimates that about 40,000 rupees w ould be required to send an Ind ian team o f fifteen m en to E n g la n d for four months. The G aikw ar o f B arod ah as contributed Rs. 5,000 (about ±‘330) to the guarantee fund. “ I n conversation w ith M r. V icto r T rum per to-day,” says T h e C e y lo n S p o rts m a n of October 2nd., “ we learnt that A. A . L ille y , the A ll-E n g la n d w icket­ keeper, and L ew is and Robson, both of Somerset were com ing out to Ind ia during the cold season to coach Indian players. T h ey are being got out by the M aharajhas of Cooch Behar and P atiala— two very keen sportsmen. T h is is a step, we believe, w h ich was foreshadowed some weeks ago, when the In d ian team ’s trip to E n g la n d was suggested.” A. D . N o u e s e , it w ill interest E n g lish cricketers to hear, has been showing excellent form in D urban for the Grey- ville C.C. On October 9th he played an innings o f 104 for them against Zingari, the next highest score in the total o f 194 being 17. H e made his runs in two hours and three-quarters and h it a 6 and seven 4’s. On the follow ing Saturday he took five o f the Casuals’ w ickets for 6 runs and contributed 61 not out towards a total o f 170 for three wickets (innings declared closed). Th e Casuals were dis­ m issed for 13, K in g and Nourse bow ling u n ch an g e d :— C asu als . R. S. Wilcox, c Perfect, b King .................. K. Mowatt, lbw, b Nourse .................. H. I). Clinch, b King W. B. Wade, b Nourse M. Jacobs, c Jury, b Nourse .................. Rayner, b K ing........... Randles, b Nourse .. Webb, b King ......... Brand, b K in g ......... Miller, not o u t ......... Horsfield, b Nourse.. Byes, &c............. Total ......... B ow lin g A n alysis . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. A. C. King... 10 5 7 5 |A. D. Nourse 0-2 0 0 5 K in g , w ho obtained h is success w ith “ a k in d o f googlie,” is the bow ler who took seven W est G riqualand wickets for 10 runs for N atal at Johannesburg on N ew Y e a r’s D ay, 1907. L . J. T a n c b e d scored 149 not out and S. J. Snooke 51 for E .R .P .M . against Pirates on the Pirates’ ground, Johannes­ burg, on October 2nd. E .R .P .M . made 310 for four wickets. T h e e e of D erbyshire’s county matches next year w ill commence on a Saturday. The P. & O. Steam Navigation Co., of 122, Leaden- hall Street, E.C., have issued a Diary and Almanac for 1910, which should prove both useful and interesting to those having business relations with the East. TEST MATCH SOUVENIR. Copies of the Official Score, printed on satin, of the match played at the Oval between England and Australia, P rice 1/-, including Postage. “ Cricket” Ofice: 168,Upper Thames St- ,E.C. OBITUARY. M r . A. C. B rentnall . Mr. A. C. Brentnall, a vice-President of the Derbyshire County C.C., died at Ash Bank, Biddings, on the 12th inst., at the age of sixty-one. L uke G reenwood . Luke Greenwood, one of the last of the Yorkshire players of the sixties, died at his residence in Fountain-street, Morley, York­ shire, on the 2nd inst., and was buried two days later at Kirkheaton. He was born at Cowms Lepton, Lascelles Hall, on July 13th, 1831, and was therefore in his seventy-sixth year at the time of his death. Scores and B iographies (ix-57) said of him :— “ He is an excellent batsman and hard bitter, besides being a fast and straight round-armed bowler. In the field he is generally short-leg or slip, but can take all places...................Height 5 ft. 9 in. or 10£ in., and weight 12 st. (or between 13 st. and 14 st.).” He accepted many engagements at various times, and Rugby, Marlborough and Winchester were among the Public Schools which benefitted from his services. He played in 51 matches for his county between 1861 and 1875, scor­ ing 1,006 runs, with an average of 12 89 and taking 85 wickets at a cost of 18-08 runs each. H is highest innings was 83 against Surrey on the Bramall Lane ground in 1865. In 1871, when Yorkshire won ten and lost three of tbe fourteen matches played, he captained the side. At the beginning of his career he shared the bowling with Slinn, Hodgson and Atkinson, and it was afterwards his good fortune to be in the eleven with George Free­ man and TomEmmett. H is best performance with the ball was in the match with Surrey at the Oval in 1867, when he and Freeman, bowling unchanged, got rid of Surrey for totals of 92 and 62, Yorkshire winning the match in a single innings. During his long career he delivered only one wide whilst bowling for Yorkshire, “ and tbat,” to use his own words, “ was at the Oval after a thunderstorm.” He was the first Lascelles H a ll cricketer who earned more than a local reputation. For the Players against the Gentlemen at the Oval in 1866 he played an innings of 66, and in 1870, at Lord’ s, helped to win a memorable match for Yorkshire against the M.C.C. by scoring 44 in the last innings. In 1874, in which year he captained the side, the match against Gloucestershire at Sheffield was given him as a benefit, and realised £300. After his days as an active player, Greenwood did a lot of umpiring. He was retained by some of the early Australian teams, and stood with Bob Thoms in the great match with England at the Oval in 1882. He was uncle of the late Andrew Greenwood, who played for Yorkshire from 1869 until 1880. D r . J. J. H ornby . Dr. James John Hornby, M.A ,D.D., D.C.L., Head-master of Eton College from 1868 to 1884 and Provost from the latter year until his death, died at The Lodge, Eton, on the 2nd inst. at the age of 82. He was in the Eton XI. in 1845, when the College beat a very young Harrow team by an innings and 174 runs and played a tie with W in ­ chester, both matches taking place at Lo rd ’s. Concerning the latter game, Mr. Arthur Duke Coleridge, in E to n in the F o rtie s , has said (page 186):— “ J. C. Patteson was our captain on that memorable occasion. A bad accident to his hand had deprived us of his services, except as adviser and controller of the match, and many of us attributed our misfortune to the fact of his being unable to play ; but candid people must admit that [E. W .] Blore’s bowling was a great com­ pensation for the loss, for Blore, as first choice out of the eleven, played for Patteson, temporarily disabled. We were never good at an uphill game, and [J. W .] Dewar, the Winchester change bowler, as nearly as possible secured the victory for his school.” Proceeding to Oxford, Dr. Hornby was a member of the B a llio l XI. from 1846 to 1849, but did not obtain his Blue. He rowed for Oxford at Putney in 1849 and at Henley in 1851, besides performing in a winning Stewards’ Cup four with the late Lord Justice Chitty and others. H e was born on December 18th, 1826. MR. F. E . LACEY ON CRICKET. At the annual dinner of the Cross Arrows C.C., at Lord ’s on Thursday last, the Secre­ tary of the M.C.C. made some most interest­ ing remarks in proposing “ Cricket and tbe M.C.C.” Fo r tbe appended report we are indebted to the Sportsman. “ Mr. Lacey said that the toast required nothing to recommend it either to himself or those present, for it was always welcome. They m ight feel a little depressed at past mis­ fortunes, and would close down damp and unsatisfactory pages which had little in them to cheer, but at the same time they had the stimulating hope that means would be found for turning recent defeat into victory. There had been a malignant spirit recently in their midst in the shape of the Clerk of theWeather, and the disposition which had come over batsmen to disregard the best style and to play with a crooked bat and to use their legs at times instead of the bat. He trusted that the Clerk of tbe Weather would with a little gentle persuasion mend his ways, and the batsmen also, for he hoped there would be no necessity to avail themselves of a medium in order to canvass the opinion of some of the heroes of the past, such as Alfred Mynn and “ Felix,” and to disturb the peace of those old cricketers in order to discover from them how the game ought to be played. We had just suffered defeat from Australia— all honour to them for having beaten us. He was bound to say that they were a very strong side, and much of their success, he thought, was due to their fine combination, their splendid spirit, and their cleverness in finding out the weak spots of their opponents. Man for man it was quite possible that we had as good material. It was said that cricket in this country had attained a high standard, but if we wanted to w in future Test matches it was, in his opinion, necessary that we should reach a still higher one. H e did not think that the deeds of W . G. Grace and A llan Steel could be emulated unless we returned to a different style of batting, with a scrupulous study of the fundamental principles. He did not believe in hugging the bat to the pit of the soomach and walking iu front of the wicket, Successful batsmen, whatever their style, would naturally have imitators, but ninety- nine out of a hundred who imitated a pecu­ liarity did not realise that the batsman has succeeded in spite of, not because of, it. At the Leeds Cricket Club’s annual dinner on Friday C. Oyston, the professional, who took his benefit last summer, was presented with a cheque for £78 2s. Od.