Cricket 1910

CRI CKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 5 , 1910 . “ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. No. 836. v o l . xxix. THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1910. o n e p e n n y . A CHAT ABOUT MR. H. J. GOODWIN. W arw ickshire ’ s N ew C aptain . When the announcement was made recently that Mr. H. .T. Goodwin had accepted the Warwickshire captaincy for half of the present season, everyone who follows the game at all closely must have been glad that the services of such an interest­ ing and capable player had been obtained, and have wished that he could have found it possible to undertake the leadership throughout the summer. Those who have had the opportunity of seeing Mr. Goodwin perform from time to time are unauimous in considering that he is a cricketer who would make a name for himself if he had decided to devote all his time and energies to the game. The subject of these remarks, however, although very fond of athletic pursuits, is by no means willing to allow sport to become the be-all and end-all of his existence, and thereby sets an example which many could follow with advan­ tage to themselves and the community in general. Mr. Goodwin possesses the most satisfactory of all qualifications to represent Warwickshire, for it was at Edgbaston that he was born on January 31st, 1886. He was educated at Marlbo­ rough, where he obtained a place in tbe Eleven in 1903, when seventeen years of age. He did not play against Chel­ tenham, and in the drawn match with Rugby, which marked his first appearance at Lord’s, he scored only nine runs in his two innings and took but one wicket, and that at a cost of 55 runs. In 1904 he was more successful, his batting average increasing from 8‘30 to 31-42 and his wickets being obtained at a cost of 21-38 runs each instead of 48. In each of the Public School matches that season he did something to show that he was a player to be feared. His bow ling- eight wickets for 100 runs—had much to do with the defeat of Rugby at Lord’s by nine wickets, but two fine innings of 52 and 64 on his part could not prevent Haverford College from winning by 118 runs. Iu the drawn match with Cheltenham he scored 43 and 20 and took two wickets. His last season at Marlborough—1905—taw him iu still better form, for he was first iu batting MR. H. J. GOODWIN. with an average of 46 72 for eleven innings and third in bowling with thirty wickets for 19 66 runs each. In the matches with Rugby and Cheltenham he did lit le, but when playing against the Free Foresters scored 193 in his first innings and 40 in his second, and in a house-match made 365 iu addition to taking fifteen wickets. Among his con ­ temporaries at Marlborough were A. P. and J. (>. C. Scott, L. G. Colbeck aud J. F. Ire­ land : R. O. Lagden was at the College at the same time, but the p-iir were not in the Eleven togethu-. Mr. Goodwin had performed so well in his last year at school that his doings at Cam­ bridge in the following season (1906) were anticipated with nb little in­ terest. He commenced well by scoring 43 and 53 in the Freshmen’s match, but upon being drafted into the Uni­ versity side could not do better than make 11, 7, 18 and 0, 5 and 0, and 58 — the last innings against.«Mr. W. G. Grace’s XI. at the Ciystal Palace. With the ball he was occasionally very useful, liis best performances being three wickets for 24 against Surrey and five for 62 in'a t>tul of 343 against “ W.G.” ’s side. In the latter match —both games were played at C »m- bridge — the University lost, despite a brilliantly-hit 175 not out by Mr. L. G. Colbeck: but the Champion scored 64 and 44 not out and received pood support. Mr. Goodwin did not receive his Blue, Mr. Buchanan being the only Freshman to obtain that dis­ tinction. In his second year, however, he Wus more for­ tunate. Quite early in the season he gave evidence of his fine hitting powers in the course of an innings of 99 for Seniors v. Freshmen : he hit sixteen 4’s and made his runs —the highest score for either side in the match - in an hour and a-half. Then followed a very successful week’s cricket, as the result of which his presence in the side against Oxfo-d became almost assured: against Lancashire he scored 47 and took twelve wickets ior 62 runs anl against Dublin University made 51 and dismissed half a-dozen men at a cost of only 27 runs. Lancashire were beaten by an innings and 204 runs, which was remark­ able as the Cambridge side contained only one old-Blue, and Dublin by an innings and 194. In the remaining fixtures Mr. Goodwin, without doing anything startling,