Cricket 1909

54 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 15, 1909. THE CRICKET TOURNAMENT IN THE WEST INDIES. In the February issue of Cricket were published paiticulars of the ninth Tourna­ ment in which Barbados, Denierara, and Trinidad have taken part. A few facts relating to the who’e series of matches may, therefore, be considered appropriate at the present time. The Tournament has now been won by Bnibados on five occasions :— 1893 ... Barbados 1901 ... Trinidad 1894 ... Demerara 1904 ... Trinidad 1897 ... Barbados 1906 ... Barbados 1900 ... Barbados 1907 ... Trinidad 1909 ... . . Barbados. Appended are brief particulars of eveiy match played in the nine Tournaments:— ' A t S i . C la ir O v a l, T rin id a d , S e p t ., 1893. Barbados (168) beat Trinidad (35 and 41) by an innings and 92 runs. Demerara failing to send a team, Barbados were declared winners of the Tournament. A t B ourda , B r itish G uiana , A ugust and S eptem ber , 1894. Demerara (444) beat Trinidad (84 and 143) by an innings and 217 runs. Demerara (259 and 195) beat Barbados (162 and 117) by 175 runs. A t K ensington , B arbados , S e p t ., 1897. Barbados (443) beat Trinidad (92 and 116) by an innings and 235 rjins. Bari ados (152 and 17 ior no wicket) beat Demerara (77 pnd 91) by ten wickets. A t S t . C lair O val , T rin idad , J a n ., 1900. Demerara (187 and 86) beat Trinidad (175 and 52) by 46 runs. Barbados (191 and 82 for three wickets) beat Dimerara (187 and 84) by seven wickets. A t B o u rd a , B r it is h G uiana, S e p t., 1901. Trinidad (175 and 255) beat Demerara (188 and 167) by 75 runs. Trinidad (148 and 271) beat Barbados (133 and 114) by 172 runs. A t K en sin g to n , B a rb ados, Jan uary, 1904. Barbados (353 and 302 for nine wickets, innings closed) beat Demerara (115 and 206) by 334 runs. Trinidad (344) beat Barbados (243 and 75) by an innings and 26 runs. A t S t . C lair O v a l, T rin idad , J anuary , 1906. Barbados (122 and 156) beat Demerara (114 and 99) by 65 runs. Barbados (54 and 258) beat Trinidad (183 and 113) by 16 runs. A t B ou rd a , B r it is h G uiana, S e p t., 1907. Trinidad (274 and 20 for one wicket) beat Demerara (173 and 120) by nine wickets. Trinidad (290 and 7 for no wicket) beat Barbados (50 and 246) by ten wickets. A t K e n sin g to n , B a rb ados, Jan u ary, 1909. Barbados (427 and 15 for one wicket) beat Demerara (245 and 193) by nine wickets. Barbados (286 and 178 for five wickets) beat Trinidad (163 and 299) by five wickets. The following individual scores of 50 or more have been made in the series of matches:— ABRAIIAM , F, 56 ... Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1907 04 ... Demerara v. Barbados, at Kensington 1909 AUSTIN, H. B. G. 129 ... Barbados v. Trinidad, at Kensington 1897 j- ... Barbados v. Trinidad, at Kensington 1909 BARNEg, H. 59 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Kensington 1904 BAYLEY, P. H. 54* ... Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1907 BROWNE, C. A. 52 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Kensington 1909 CHABRAL, J. 53 ... Demerara v. Bardados, at Kensington 1904 CHALLENOR, R. 73 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Kensington 1909 CLARKE, A. B. 54 ... Demerara v. Trinidad, at St. Clair ... 1900 COLE, H. A. 70 ... Barbados v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1901 09 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Kensington 1904 CONSTANTINE, L. 71 ... Trinidad v. Barbados, at Bourda .. 1901 COX, G. B. Y. 161 ... Barbados v. Trinidad, at Kensington 1897 135 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Kensington 1904 COX, P. I. 70 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at St. Clair ... 1900 GOODMAN, P. A. 50 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Kensington 1904 180 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Kensington 1909 115 ... Barbados v. Trinidad, at Kensington 1909 GOODMAN, W. E. 50 ... Demerara v. Barbados, at Bourda ... 1895 HARRAG1N, A. E. 73 )> ... Trinidad v. Demerara, at Bourda ... 1901 103 ... Trinidad v. Barbados, at Kensington 1904 123 ... Trinidad v. Demerara, at Bourda ... 1907 HART, N. 147 ... Trinidad v. Barbados, at Kensington 1909 KING, C. H. 96 ... Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1895 50 ... Demerara v. Barbados, at St. Clair ... 1900 104 ... Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1901 LEARMOND, G. C. 50 ... Barbados v. Demerara, at Bourda ... 1895 60 ... Demerara v. Barbados, at St. Clair ... 1900 78 ... Trinidad v. Barbados, at Bourda ... 1907 73* ) 5g J- Trinidad v. Barbados, at Kensington 1909 MASON, K. 50 ... Barbados v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1907 MOULDER, E. R. D. 52 .. Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1901 SMITH, SYDNEY. 57 ... Trinidad v. Barbados, at Kensington 1904 SNOW, S. C. 52 ... Demerara v. Barbados, at Kensington 1909 SPROSTON, S. W. 52 ... Demerara v. Barbados, at Bourda ... 1S95 WRIGHT, E. F. 96 ... Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1S95 85 ... Demerara v. Barbados, at Bourda ... 1895 * Signifies not out. Subjoined are particulars of the most noteworthy bowling performances in the seventeen games:— BARROW, L. 4 for 8, Barbados v. Demerara, at St. Clair ... 1906 BLADES, C. E. 3 for 9, Barbados v. Trinidad, at St. Clair ... 1906 DARE, A. 4 for 6, Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1895 GOODMAN, C. E. 8 ^ 31c } Barbados v- Trinidad, at St. Clair... 1893 GOODMAN, P. A. 10 ^ 31c 1®ar^a(^os v* Trinidad, at St. Clair... 1893 7 ,, 58, Barbados v. Demerara, at St. Clair 1906 HECTOR, M. H. 3 for 12, Trinidad v. Barbados, at St. Clair ... 1906 11 ,,101, Trinidad v. Barbados, at Bourda ... 1907 MASON, K. 7 for 82, Barbados v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1907 POLLARD, C. 8 for 63, Trinidad v. Demerara, at Bourda ... 1901 SMITH, SYDNEY, 6 for 22, Trinidad v. Barbados, at Kensington 1904 6 ,, 17, Trinidad v. Barbados, at St. Clair ... 1906 RUDDER, S. A. 5 for 5, Barbados v. Trinidad, at Kensington 1897 SPROSTON, S. W. 4 for 5, Demerara v. Trinidad, at Bourda ... 1895 VYFHUIS, H. 4 for 15, Demerara v. Trinidad, at St. Clair ... 1900 WRIGHT, E. F. 7 for 53, Demerara v. Barbados, at Bourda ... 1895 a Signifies 1st innings, b second, and c both. OBITUARY. Mr. R. D. C leasby . Mr. Richard Digby Cleasby, D.L., J.P., of Penoyre, Brecon, died at Abbots Langley, Herts., on March 18th. He was born in London in 1838, and was the elder son of Sir Anthony Cleasby, formerly Chairman of the Breconshire Quarter Sessions and for some time Baron of the Court of Exchequer. R. D. Cleasby was educated at Eton, where he was in the Eleven. He was not a recog­ nised member of the side in 1855, but he played against Harrow that year, scoring 0 not out and 11, he and F. Atkinson taking the places of Bagge and Pepys who were ill. In 1856, when there was no match with Harrow, he made 4 not out v. Winchester, and in 1857 scored 6 against the same side and 0 and 2 not out in the match between Eton Under 21 and Harrow Under 20. He afterwards proceeded to Cambridge, but played for the University on only one occas- sion—in the match with Surrey at the Oval in 1859, when he made 18 and 0 and the County followed-on and won. He was elder brother of S. F. Cleasby, of the Eton Eleven of 1860 and two following years, and had been a member of the M.C.C. since 1869. He was also a popular member of the Home Circuit and the Quidnuncs. J. D. B. T h e H on . W. M. J e rv is. The Hon. William Monk Jervis, J.P., D.L , M.A., B C.L.. brother of the third Viscount St. Vincent and uncle of Lord Harris, died at Quarndon Hall, near Derby, on March 25th in his eighty-third year. He helped to establish the Derbyshire County C.C., and was its President from 1871 until 1887. In his early days he was a useful cricketer, but was naturally past his best when the County Club was formed, and it was on this account that his appearances for Derbyshire wrere restricted to a single match- that v. Lancashire, at Derby, in 1873, in which he scored 0 and 6. Since 1860 he has been a member of the M.C.C., and he had also been identified with the Baud of Brothers, the Oxford Harlequins, and other well-known clubs. He wTas born in London on January 25th, 1827. [An in­ teresting biographical sketch of the deceased will be found in the Derbyshire Cricket Guide for 1904.] D. P o lla r d . David Pollard, a well-known Yorkshire professional cricketer of a previous genera­ tion, was found dead in his bed at Hudders­ field on March 26th. Scores and Biographies (ix-25) says of him: —“ He is an average batsmau, a middle-paced, high, round-armed bowler, and in the field is generally short- slip.” He was born at Comus Lepton, near Huddersfield, on August 7th, 1835, and was therefore in his seventy-fourth year at the time of his death. His only appearance for the County was against Surrey at Sheffield in 1865, when he scored 0 and 3 and bowled 32 balls for 19 runs without taking a wicket. In his earlier days he was connected with Lascelles HjiII cricket, and for many jears was a familiar figure at the Scarborough Festival. From 1864 to 1871 he was engaged by the Yorkshire Gentlemen’s Club and sub­ sequently coached at Winchester and Harrow. M r . D. W ith in g to n . Mr. David Withington, whose death occurred on March 18th at Paterson, New