Cricket 1909

474 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Dec. 21, igog. club hopes to arrive there o il Christm as m orning and begin a m atch on the 27th Dec. against M elbourne C.C., the cham pion of that Colony. F iv e other matches w ill be played that week. Capt. G o ld in g is practising h is men, as he hopes to put a strong team on the field.” O n September 2nd Cayuga W est (91) beat Cayuga E a st (17 and 37) by an in n in gs and 37 runs. I n the first innings o f the latter J. A . G o ld in g ’s lobs “ played a havoc and took seven w ickets.” A t the conclusion of the game G olding, the W est captain, “ congratulated the m en on both sides for their excellent fielding, and, although he had n early 4 m iles to go, he went home satisfied that he had given the E a st a crushing defeat. . . . H e has been w o rkin g very hard for h is club and his highest am bition is to defeat B ritis h H o n d u ras.” THE M.C.C. TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA. T r ia l M a tc h .— v. X V I. W E S T E R N P R O V IN C E CO LTS. Played at Newlands on December 1 and 2. Drawn. E n gland . —Ilobbs, 110 ; Rhodes, 30 ; Denton, 10 ; F. L. Fane, 8 and not out 24; Thompson, 49 ; W ool­ ley, 0; M. C. Bird, 67; Capt. E . G. Wynyard, not out 19; G. H. Simpson-Hayward, not out 0 and 2, Blytlio (2nd inns.), 23 ; N. C. Tufnell (2nd inns.), 0 ; byes, &c., 18 and 0.—Totals (7 wkts., inns, declared closed) 320 and (3 wkts.) 49. T h e C o lt s scored 223 (F. J. V. Hopley, 96). 1 st M a tch .— v. W E S T E R N PR O V IN C E . Played at Newlands on December 4 and 6. England won by an innings and 133 runs. E n g la n d . —Hobbs, 114 ; Rhodes, 10 ; Denton, 1 ; F. L. Fane, 40; Woolley, 3; Thompson, 7 ; M. C. Bird, 76 ; H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, 40; Strudwick, 5 ; Buckenham, 22; Blythe, not out 10; byes, &c., 23.—Total 351. W estern P rovince . —Commaille, 13 and 14 ; Ben­ nett, 9 and 12 ; D. Snooke, 6 and 14 ; Holmes, 0 and 5 ; Horwood, 2 and 2 ; Hopley, 12 and 12 ; Jackson, 5 and 1; Short, 0 and 20 ; Whitehead, 0 and not out 18; Lundie, 0 and 15; M. Bissett, not out 14 and 22; byes, &c., 6 and 16.—Totals 67 and 151. 2 nd M atch .— v . X V . O F G R IQ U A LA N D W E S T . Played at Kimberley on December 1 0 ,1 1 & 13. England won by ‘200 runs. E n gland . —Rhodes, 11 and 27; Capt. E. G. W yn­ yard, 58; Denton, 1 and 21 ; F. L. Fane, 11 and not out 62; Woolley, 0 and 22 ; Thompson, 7 and 5; M. C. Bird, 22 and 27 ; H. D. G. Lcveson-Gower, 0 ; G. H. Simpson-Hayward, 8 and 41 ; Buckenham, 54 and not out 26 ; N. C. Tufnell, 0 ; Strudwick, not out 4 ; byes, &c., 14 and 20.—Totals 190 and (6 wkts., inns, declared closed) 251. XV. ok G riqu alan d W est scored 116 (Tapscot 22) and 125 (Walcott, 28). 3 r d M a tc h .— v. XV . O F O R A N G E R IV E R CO LON Y. Played at Bloemfontein on December 15, 16 and 17. England won by 200 runs. E ngland . - Hobbs, 5 and 55; Rhodes, 28 and 35; Denton, 3 and 3 , F. L. Fane, 14 and 44 ; Woolley, 0 and 50; N. C. Tufnell, 5 and 0; M. C. Bird, 115 and 12 ; Buckenham, 37 and not out 5; H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, 7; Blythe, not out 15 and 3; Strudwick, 0 and not out 5; byes, &c., 2 and 4.—Totals 231 and (8 wkts., inns, declared closed) 216. XV. of O range R iv e r C olon y , 112 (Richardson and King, each 22) and 135 (Fraser, 32). 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. THE CHIEF FIXTURES FOR 1910. MAY. 2. —The Oval, Surrey v. Warwickshire. 4. -L ord ’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Notts. 4.—Lord’s, M.C.C. Anniversary Meeting and Dinner. 5.—The Oval, Surrey v. Derbyshire. 5.—Bray, Yorkshire v. Woodbrook C. and G. 5.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Eighteen Colts. 9.—Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Kent. 9.—The Oval, Surrey v. Leicestershire. 9.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Yorkshire. 9.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Warwickshire. 9.—Derby, Derbyshire v. Sussex. 9.—Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Essex. 9.—Bi-ay, Hampshire v. Woodbrook C. and G. 12.—Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire. 12.—Glossop, Derbyshire v. Lancashire. 12.—Oxford, Oxford University v. Kent. 12.—Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Surrey. 16.—(Whit Monday).—Lord’s, Middlesex- v. Kent (Pougher’s Benefit). 16.—Leeds, Yorkshire v. Lancashire. 16.—Nottingham, Notts, v. Surrey. 16.—Taunton, Somerset v. Gloucestershire. 16.—Brighton, Sussex v. Hampshire. 16.—Leyton, Essex v. Derbyshire. 16.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Warwickshire. 16.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Northamptonshire. 19.--The Oval, Surrey v. Essex. 19.—Aldershot, Hampshire v. Somerset. 19.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Kent. 19.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Yorkshire. 19.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Northampton­ shire. 19.—In Sussex, Sussex v. Derbyshire. 19.—Oxford, Oxford University v. Worcestershire. 23. —Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Leicestershire. 23.—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Somerset. 23.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Essex. 23.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Kent. 23.—Leamington, Warwickshire v. Sussex. 23.—In Worcestershire, Worcestershire v. Surrey. 26.—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Sussex. 26.—Chesterfield, Derbyshire v. Yorkshire. 26.—Liverpool, Lancashire v. Somerset. 26.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Notts. 26.—Southampton, Hampshire v. Gloucestershire. 26.—Oxford, Oxford University v. Surrey. 30.—The Oval, Surrey v. Gloucestershire. 30.—Bradford, Yorkshire v. Hampshire. 30.—Brighton, Sussex v. Notts. 30.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Lancashire. 30.—Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Kent. JUNE. 2.—Leyton, Essex v. Surrey. 2.—Bath, Somerset v. Middlesex. 2.—Nottingham, Notts, v. Yorkshire. 2.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Hants. 2.—Derby, Derbyshire v. Kent. 2.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Lancashire. 4.—Coventry, Warwickshire v. Leicestershire. 6.—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Middlesex. 6.—Dewsbury, Yorkshire v. Kent. 6.—The Oval, Surrey v. Hampshire. 6.—Bath, Somerset v. Lancashire. 6.—Cardiff, Glamorgan v. Worcestershire. 9.—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Worcestershire. 9.—Leyton, Essex v. Yorkshire. 9.—Derby, Derbyshire v. Surrey. 9.—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Lancashire. 9.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Warwick­ shire. 9.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Kent. 9.—Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Sussex. 13.—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Somerset. 13.—The Oval, Surrey v. Worcestershire. 13.—Gloucester, Gloucestershire v. Warwickshire. 13.—Nottingham, Notts v. Leicestershire. 13.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Hampshire. 13.—Tonbridge, Kent v. Sussex (Tonbridge Week). 13.—Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Yorkshire. 1(5.—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Yorkshire. 16.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Notts. 16.—Tonbridge, Kent v. Leicestershire (Tonbridge Week). 16.—Brighton, Sussex v. Surrey. 16.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Hampshire. 18.—Blackwell, Derbyshire v. Warwickshire. 20.—Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Oxford University. 20.—The Oval, Surrey v. Lancashire. 20.—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Northamptonshire. 20.—Brighton, Sussex v. Cambridge University. 23.—Lord’s, M.C.C. and Ground v. Cambridge University. 23.—Leyton, Essex v. Lancashire. 23.—Portsmouth, Hampshire v. Middlesex. 23.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Yorkshire. 23.—Blackheath, Kent v. Surrey. 23.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Notts. 23.—Worcester, Worcester v. Somerset. 23.—Brighton, Sussex v. Oxford University. 25.—Chesterfield, Derbyshire v. Northamptonshire. 27.—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Gloucestershire. 27.—The -Oval, Surrey v. Oxford University. 27.—Leeds, Yorkshire v. Worcestershire. 27.—Nottingham, Notts v. Lancashire. 27.—Southampton, Hampshire v. Warwickshire. 27.—Gravesend, Kent v. Essex. 30.—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Notts. 30.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Surrey. 30.—Taunton, Somerset v. Hampshire. 30.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Essex. 30.—In Sussex, Sussex v. Warwickshire. JULY. 2. —Derby, Derbyshire v. Leicestershire. 4.—Lord’s, Oxford v. Cambridge. 4.—Bradford, Yorkshire v. Surrey. 4.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Worcestershire. 4.—Nottingham, Notts v. Northamptonshire. 4.—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Hampshire. 4.—In Sussex, Sussex v. Kent. 7.—Lord’s, M.C.C. v. Haverford College. 7.—The Oval, Gentlemen v. Players. 7.—Portsmouth, Hampshire v. Northamptonshire. 7.—Leyton, Essex v. Sussex. 7.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Gloucestershire. 7.—Catford Bridge, Kent v. Derbyshire. 7.—Cardiff, Glamorgan v. Somerset. 8.—Lord’s, Eton v. Harrow. 11.—Lord’s, Gentlemen v. Players. 11.—Tunbridge Wells, Kent v. Somerset (Tunbridge Wells Week). 11.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Hampshire. 11.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Derbyshire. 14.—The Oval, Surrey v. Somerset. 14.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Middlesex. 14.—Huddersfield, Yorkshire v. Warwickshire. 14.—Tunbridge Wells, Kent v. Lancashire (Tunbridge Wells Week). 14.—Nottingham, Notts v. Derbyshire. 14.—Brighton, Sussex v. Leicestershire. 14.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Gloucester­ shire. 18 —Lord’s, Middlesex v. Lancashire. 18.—The Oval, Surrey v. Sussex. 18.—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Notts. 18.—Southampton, Hampshire v. Derbyshire. 18.—Maidstone, Kent v. Northamptonshire (Maid­ stone Week). 18.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Gloucestershire. 21.—Leyton, Essex v. Middlesex. 21.—Maidstone, Kent v. Yorkshire (Maidstone Week). 21.—Nottingham, Notts v. Sussex. 21.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Gloucestershire. 21.—Southampton, Hampshire v. Sui-rey. 23.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. 25.—The Oval, Surrey v. Northamptonshire. 25.—Liverpool, Lancashire v. Sussex. 25.—Leyton, Essex v. Kent. 25.—Nottingham, Notts v. Gloucestershire. 25.—Bradford, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire. 2S.—Hull, Yorkshire v. Sussex. 28.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Kent. 28.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Lancashire. 28.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Surrey. AUGUST. 1.—The Oval, Surrey v. Notts. 1.—Canterbury, Kent v. Middlesex (Canterbury Week). 1.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Yorkshire. 1.—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Somerset. 1.—Southampton, Hampshire v. Sussex. 1.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Leicester­ shire. 1.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Worcestershire. I.—Derby, Derbyshire v. Essex. 4.—The Oval, Surrey v. Middlesex. 4.—Leyton, Essex v. Notts. 4.—Canterbury, Kent v. Gloucestershire. 4.—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Sussex. 4.—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Yorkshire. 4.—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Derbyshire. 4.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Lancashire. 8.—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Essex. 8.—Leeds, Yorkshire v. Leicestershire. 8.—Bath, Somerset v. Kent. 5.—Chesterfield, Derbyshire v. Hampshire. 8.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Surrey. 8.—Brighton, Sussex v. Lancashire. S.—Cheltenham, Gloucestershire v. Worcestershire (Cheltenham Festival). II.—The Oval, Surrey v. Yorkshire. 11.—Brighton, Sussex v. Middlesex. 11.—Cheltenham, Gloucestershire v. Kent (Chelten­ ham Festival. 11.—Taunton, Somerset v. Worcestershire. 11.—Southampton, Hampshire v. Lancashire. 13.—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Derbyshire. 15.—Manchester, Lancashire v. Leicestershire. 15.—Sliellield, Yorkshire v. Middlesex. 15.—Nottingham, Notts v. Essex. 15.—Dover, Kent v. Worcestershire (Dover Week). 15.—Cheltenham, Gloucestershire v. Surrey. 18.—Liverpool (?), Lancashire v. Middlesex. 18.—Harrogate, Yorkshire v. Essex. 18.—Derby, Derbyshire v. Notts. 18.—Taunton, Somerset v. Surrey. 18.—Dover, Kent v. Hampshire. 18.—In Worcestershire, Worcestershire v. Sussex. 22.—Nottingham, Notts v. Middlesex. 22.—The Oval, Surrey v. Kent. 22.—Portsmouth, Hampshire v. Yorkshire.