Cricket 1909

A pril 29, 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 87 last of Mr. Joseph Beckett Wostinholm in his seventy-fourth year. The deceased gentleman played a leading part in the development of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the County’s cricket, and his loss is bound to be very severely felt. He succeeded Mr. George Padley as Secretary and held the position until the end of 1902, when he retired after thirty-eight years’ service. During the time he held office he saw the Club grow from quite a small body into one of the leading organisations of the day, but, although his efforts were always employed in an endeavour to secure a large membership, success came only during the last decade of his secretary­ ship, when the doings of the Eleven caused a wave of enthusiasm to pass from one end of the County to the other. As recently as 1892 only 176 names were on the books, but during the next few seasons the membership increased to such an extent that by the time the deceased gave up the reins the number hud lisen to [over three thousand. In 1864 the Secretary’s salary was ten per cent, on the subscriptions, in 1870 ten pounds, and in 1882 twenty-five guineas. Mr. Wostinholm, whilst naturally very keenly interested in the cricket played in all parts of the County, was especially so in that of Lascelles Hall and Sheffield, and among the meu for whose introduction to Yorkshire cricket he was primarily responsible may be mentioned Allen Hill, Bates, Pinder, Ulyett and Edward Wainwright. Upon his retire­ ment he was elected a life-member and vice- president of the County Club and the sum of £200 was voted to him for a presentation, which took the form of articles of silver and a life-sized portrait of himself painted in oils. He was a useful player in his younger days and took part in several single-wicket matches, the score of one of which is appended:— Onthe Queen's Ground, Sheffield, July 15&16, 1879. Balls Balls reed. Runs. reed. Runs. J. B. Wostin- 84 b Sides ... 21 ... 49 b Sides ..10 holm — — 21 10 W. B. Sides (of 17 c & b Wos- 9 ...10 c & b Wostin- 7 Winston, nr. tinholm— holm — Matlock) 9 7 Wostinholm won by15 runs. This was Mr. Wostinholm ’s eleventh consecutive victory at single-wicket. There was no play on the first day until 4 o'clock owing to a disagreement about t.he’ umpires (W. Cuttell and T. Brownhill). Mr. Wostinholm, who was for nearly forty years Secretary to the Sheffield United C.C., was senior partner in the firm of Wostinholm and Stevenson, chartered accountants and stock and share brokeis. THE CURRIE CUP MATCHES. (ContinuedfromPage 77.) The following are the averages of the four centres which took part in the Currie Cup matches at Cape Town last month :— BATTING AVERAGES. F. W. Porter N. O. Norton G. Hartigan S. J. Snooke A. Cook........... J- P. Wood ... C. Johnson ... S. G. Fuller ... H. Phillips ... A. Sprenger... J- Swallow ... R* H. Randall H. Brown Most InnNot in an ings. out. inns. Runs. Aver. . 5 0 62 148 29-60 . 5 0 57 141 28-20 . 5 0 54 110 22-00 . 5 0 55 102 20-40 . 5 0 60 95 19-00 . 3 1 25 34 17-00 . 6 1 34 77 15-40 . 4 2 8 18 9 00 . 4 0 12 24 6*00 . 6 2 10 * 23 5-75 . 4 0 10 18 4-50 . 3 0 7 11 3-66 . 4 1 0 * 0 — * Signifies not out. EASTERN PROVINCE. Most Inn- Not in an ings. out. inns. Runs. Aver. A. T. Lyons... ,.. 6 2 41* 109 27-25 E. Fock ... 6 0 51 75 12-50 E. Lundie ... ... 6 0 25 69 11-50 A. Lawrence .. 4 0 34 46 11-50 D. S. Lumsden ... 6 0 23 50 8*33 H. Dorrington ... 2 1 6 * 8 800 F. J. Hippert ... 6 0 13 45 7-50 C. K. Allison ... 6 1 19 35 7-00 A. E. Smith... ... 2 1 6 6 6-00 A. J. Hazell... ... 6 0 15 31 5-16 E. H. Beck ?.. ... 6 0 16 30 5-00 F. Bayes ... 4 1 6 10 3*33 H. B. Londt... ... 4 0 5 8 2-00 O. Wigg * ... 2 0 3 Signifies not out. TRANSVAAL Most Inn- Not in an 3 1-50 ings. out. inns. Runs. Aver. J. W. Zulch... ... 4 1 112 * 178 59-33 G. A. Faulkner ... 4 1 68 * 169 56-33 A. Difford ... 4 0 91 187 46-75 P. M. Marvin ... 1 0 29 29 29 00 J. H. Sinclair ... 4 0 55 84 2100 A. E. Vogler ... 4 1 33 58 19-33 N. V. Lindsay ... 3 0 21 39 13 00 F. Le Roux ... ... 4 0 19 38 9-50 E. W. Marvin ... 2 0 18 18 9-00 T. Campbell... ... 3 1 15 16 8*00 E. A. Halliwell ... 1 0 8 8 8-00 C. R. Handfield ... 1 0 5 5 5-00 S. J. Pegler... ... 4 0 13 16 4 00 R. A. Thompson ... 2 0 3 4 2-00 J. H. Tandy... ... 3 1 1 * 1 •50 *Signifies not out. WESTERN PROVINCE. Inn­ ings. Most Not in an out. inns. Runs. Aver. M. Commaille ... 5 0 74 192 3S-40 W. F. Yeoman ... 5 0 65 142 28-40 R. Luyt.......... ... 5 0 49 114 22-80 J. P. During ... 5 1 54* 86 21 -50 T. Holmes ... ... 4 1 19 53 17*66 F. Conry ... 1 0 16 16 16-00 B. Melle ... 3 1 19* 26 13-00 Whitehead ... ... 5 2 17* 42 14-00 C. Bain........... ... 2 0 14 25 12-50 S. D. Snooke ... 5 0 24 61 12-20 D. C. Jackson ... 5 0 26 55 11-00 M. A. Bell ... ... 1 1 10 * 10 * 10-00 J. J. Kotze ... ... 3 0 8 15 5 00 A. R eid........... ... 2 0 6 7 3-50 F. Luyt........... ... 1 0 2 2 2-00 E. A. Budgeon ... 2 0 1 1 •50 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. BORDER. Ovrs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. N. O. Norton... .. 81-5 18 198 17 11-64 A. Sprenger ... .. 34 9 92 7 13-14 F. W. Porter ... .. 7 1 21 1 21-00 S. J. Snooke ... ... 93 16 223 9 24-77 G. Hartigan ... .. 57-5 12 177 7 25-28 J. F. Wood ... ... 12 2 32 1 32-00 H. Brown .. 181 2 66 2 33-00 H. Phillips ... .. 7 0 19 0 , — A. Cook .. 4 0 21 0 — EASTERN PROVINCE. r- Mb Ovrs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. E. Lundie 75 19 156 11 14-18 A. T. Lj'ons ... 88-3 22 244 13 18-76 C. K. Allison... 61-1 12 184 8 23 00 A. Lawrence ... 3 0 3 0 — E. Fock ........... 3 0 15 0 __ F. J. Hippert... 3 0 20 0 — F. B ayes........... 12 2 TRANSVAAL 27 0 Ovrs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. S. J. Pegler ... .. 22-4 11 31 4 7*75 A. E. Vogler ... .. 76 26 155 19 8-15 R. A. Thompson .. 17 3 34 3 11-33 G. A. Faulkner .. 114-2 18 358 25 14-32 J. H. Sinclair .. 58*3 19 125 8 15-62 J. H. Tandy ... ... 4 0 11 0 — WESTERN PROVINCE. J. P. During ... Ovrs. 8 Mdns. 1 Runs Wkts. 28 3 Aver. 9*33 J. J. Kotze 83-4 20 178 15 11*86 D. C. Jackson 56-3 11 146 11 13-27 Whitehead 130*1 38 277 20 13-85 R. L u y t ........... 34-4 4 113 7 16-14 M. A. Bell ... 7 1 25 1 25-00 C. Bain ........... 1 0 2 0 __ S. D. Snooke ... 8 2 10 0 _ E. A. Budgeon 7 0 29 0 — Cricketers assembled in force at the Royal Hotel, Cape Town, on March 30th, Mr. W. V. Simkins being elected to the chair. The meeting was convened on the authority of the South African Cricket Association to discuss the question of the desirability of competing for the Currie Cup under a system that would admit of an Inter-Colonial basis only. This means that in future the Cape Colony would be allowed to put in only one team, and presumably such old-established centres would lose their individuality on the South African Cricket Association. Anyone was allowed to attend and participate in the discussion, as well as to vote, so that it was, as the chairman put it, merely an informal meeting for the purpose of getting an opinion from cricketers. The discussion was a long one, and the meeting lasted until eleven o’clock. A motion to the effect that in future Currie Cup Tournaments be conducted on the Inter-Colonial basis was lost; so, too, was a motion to the effect that some means be found of reducing the number of competing centres. The discussion was then re-opened, and finally it was decided: “ That in the opinion of the meeting it is desirable that the number of competing centres should be reduced.” As a means to an end it was suggested that the Cape Colony should be divided into two divisions. 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