Cricket 1910

9 8 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 5 , 1 9 1 0 . invariably accrmp’ i hed something ireful, and in the Oxford match, which Cambridge won by five wickels, made 26 (the highest score in the first innings of his side) and took two wickets for 20. In first-cla:s matches for the University that year he scored 238 runs with an average of 19 83 and took twenty-eight, wickets f« r 19 75 runs each : onlv Mr. Napier dismissed more men, and only five men vere above him iu the batting list. It w;*s during that season, 1907, that he made his first appearance for Warwickshire—against Nortbants at Peter­ borough—when he scored only 2 ahd 10 and had 13 runs made off him without taking a wicket. In 1908, his last year as a member of the University side, he showed ' ery useful all­ round cricket, especially against M.C C. and Ground, at Lord's, when, besides scoring 1G and 49 not out, he took eight wickets for 141 runs. In the match with Oxford, Cambridge were beaten by two wickets, but Mr. Goodwin will be able to reca 1 the pame with some personal satisfaction inasmuch as he made 40 and 21, the former score ranking a^ the highest in the fir*t innings of his side. In the five innings which he played for Warwick­ shire he scored 277 runs and averaged 30 77, but for his high position he whs indebted very largely to a score of 101 against Sussex at Brighton. He hit fifteen 4’s in the cou>se of the innings and, though missed when 13, helped Mr. Glover, who carricd out his bat for 117, to add 179 runs for the seventh wicket in 95 minutes. Last year, owing to an accident met with at hockey, he was not seen in first-class cricket. Mr. GoodwTin, in addition to being a slow leg-break bowhr who rt quires veiv careful watching when at his best, a free and vigorous hitter and an ener.etic field, has gained high honours at hotkey, tennis ami Association football. At Cambridge he took mathematical hontuis, but was never, as occasionally reported, Senior Wrangler, though his grandfather, great-uncle and uncle were all hi^h wranglers and Fellows of their College. Mr. Goodwin’s father, Mr. F. S. Goodwin, is the Treasurer of the War­ wickshire County C.C. Mr. Goodwiu’s innings of 365 for Cotton House v. Littlefield was played on June 1st and 8 th, 1905, and was described as follows in the Marlburian: — “ Goodwin won the to s, and went iu to bat on a perfect wicket, with Sturgeon, lleiss aud Fagan bowled, but presented no difficulties to the batsmen. Runs came freely, but it was n t until £0 had appeared that a change of bowling was tried. By this time loth the batsmen were well set, aud no changes produced any effect. Goodwin sent the 200 up with a hit for 11. At 276, Siurgeon was out. He had given at least three chances, one a very easy one, but his patient innings was most valuable to his side. Thorburn came in and remained with Goodwin till the close of play, when Goodwin was 268 not out and the total 416. Goodwin had given four chances, but they did not detract from the merit of his vigorous innings. On June 8 ih, Cotton House continued their innings on a slow wicket. Both batsmen p’ayed with the same confidence as before. At 540, Thorburn was caught at the wicket. He had given no chance. Meanwhile Goodwin had easily beaten the record score in House matches (295), but at 554 his brilliant display came to an unlucky end, whereupon he declared.” Littlefield had the wor&t of the wicket and were beaten by an innings and 421 runs. Goodwin took fifteen wickets for 57 runs. C otton II ouse . H. J. Goodwin, run \ P. H. R. Jephson, not out .......................... 3G5 j out .......................... 3 G. V. Sturgeon, lbw, Byes, &c..............30 b Lagden.......... ’ ... 73 ] — M. P. '1horburn. c Out- Total (3 wkts)*554 erbridge, b Uhthoff 83 ♦Innings declared closed. E. Clover,C.L. Norman, F. G. Mirfield, R. H. A. D. Love, S. Giffard, R. T. Ainsworth, and A. C. Wolf- son did not bat. L ittlefield . First innings. Second innings. S. L. Reiss, b Gocdwin ... 5run out ............15 R. lv. Uhthoff, bGoodwin... 1b Goodwin............ 0 H. P. Hill, c Jephson, b T h orbu rn ......................... 6 b Goodwin.......... 5 A. Tylor, bThorburn........... 0 c M ir fie ld , b Goodwin ... 35 C. F. F. Fagan, b Goodwin 2 b Goodwin........... 4 L. C. Outerbridge, b Good- hit wkt., b Ains- win ..................................13 worth .......... 0 W. II. Bucknall, c Ains- c Clover, b Good- worth, b G oodw in........... 7 w in .......... 0 J. M. Du Buisson, c Wolf- st Love, b Good- son, b Goodwin ........... 0 w in .......... 9 H. C. Marshall, c Sturgeon, b Thorburn, ................... 6 b Goodwin.......... 5 Fitld (R. E.), b Goodwin... 4 b Goodwin.......... 0 •J. C. Ptthoerick, not out .. 0n o to u t................... 2 R. <3. Lagden, absent ill ... 0 ........................... 0 By op , &c...................... 5 Byes, &c. ... 9 Total ... 49 Total ... 84 SURREY TRIAL MATCH. A. W. F. RTJTTY’ s XII. V. E. H. D. SEWELL’S XII. Flayed at the Oval on April 29 and 30. A. W. F. Rutty’s XII. won by an innings and 1 run. Some good bowling by Smith and capital batting on the pa»t of TTayes and Goatly combined to enable Mr. Rutty’s XII. to win without going in a second time. For the losing side, Davis, Platt and Hitch were seen to advantage, the last-named scoring 74 in 70 minutes and hitting a 6, eight 4’s and seven 2’s. Score and analysis:— E. H. D. S ewell ’ s XII. First innings. Second innings. D. Knight, run out ...........16 b Ducat .......................20 Hobbs, b S m ith ...................27 c Smith, b Ed­ wards 4 Marshal, b Smith ........... 0 c Hayes, b Smith 18 J. I. Piggott, b Ducat ... 3 b Smith .......................6 Alwin, b D u ca t...................16 c Spring, b Black- lidge ............ 0 c Hayes, b Ducat 26 TH E COUNTY CHAMP IONSH IP . Davis, b Edwards ...........44 I’latt, c Smith, b Spring ... 5 Myers, lbw, b Spring........... 1 Lees, b Smith ...................10 Strudwick, b Edwards ... 14 Hitch, c Ducat, b Smith ... 6 E. H. D. Seweli, not o u t... 1 B 7, lb 5 ...................12 b Abel... absent.................. c Abel, b Smith., lbw, b Spring ... b Smith .......... not out .......... B 19, lb 2 ... Total Total... A. W . F. R utty ’ s XII. J. E Jewell, b Lees... 5 Harrison, c Strudwick, b Hitch .......... 22 ITayes, c Hitch, b Platt 91 Ducat, b H obbs...........26 Goatly, lbw, b Davis SO Abel (W. J.), c Knight, b Platt .................. 9 Spring, b H itch...........11 Blacklidge, c Sewell, b Myers ...................17 E. H. D. S ewell ’ s S ide . Vigar, b Lees ...........36 Smith (W. C.), run out ..........................11 Edwards, run out 26 A. W. F. Rutty, c Davis, b Alwin ... 34 B 13, lb 2, w 1... 16 Total ... ..3S4 First innings. R Second innings. O. M. W. O. M. R. W. Smith ...........16 7 20 4 ... ... 13 2 36 4 Edwards ... 13-4 2 53 2 ... ... 13 3 22 1 Ducat .......... 9 4 23 2 ... ... 9 2 33 2 Hayes .......... 6 0 19 0 ... ... 5 0 17 0 Abel ........... 5 0 21 0 ... ... 4 0 27 1 Spring ........... 4 1 7 2 ... ... 5 0 32 1 Blacklidge ... 13 3 40 1 A. W F. R utty ’ s Team. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. L ees... ... 29 7 93 2 Marshal... 3 0 19 o Myers. ... 11 1 42 1 Platt ... 13 2 43 2 Hitch . ... 16 4 69 2 Davis ... 7 0 30 1 Piggott . . 3 0 22 0 Alwin ... 1-1 0 3 1 Hobbs ... 7 0 47 1 Myers bowled a wide. At any rate for this season, Lancashire’s method of deciding the County Championship is to be given a trial. Losses and draws are to be ignored, the result being arrived at simply by the percentage of actual wins to matches played. Frankly, I think the plan is open to the gravest objection, but the counties wanted it, and the M.C.C. Com­ mittee, though not, I fancy, unanimous, would not stand in their way. The official announcement last Monday had been antici­ pated by Mr. C. E. Green at the Essex meeting, and therefore caused no surprise. Things may turn out all right, but I cannot reconcile myself to the idea of treating defeat at cricket as no worse lhan a draw in which, perhaps, neither side has ever had a chance of winning. To give au obvious illustration of what is quite likely to happen, we may at the end of the season have to place an unbeaten side below one that has lost three or four matches, and that is contrary to the spirit of any championship. What com­ parison can there be between a record of, say, sixteen wins and four defeats and one of fourteen wins and six draws? Yet, under the system now adopied, the side beaten four times would be champion county. In tbe event of this season’s play lunding us in such a quagmire, the new method will, I think, go by the board. 1 am quite aware of the defects of the plan t’ at has been in force since 1895. The penalty for defeat was excessive, and there was always the danger of a county with an absurdly small proportion of wins coming out first, but curiously enough there has never, so far as concerns the actual winner, been tbe smallest cause for complaint. In no case during fifteen seasons has the championship been cairied off by a county that did not fully deserve the honour. The same good fortune may attend the new scheme, but the risk of injustice is, in my opinion, far greater. For the present, how­ ever, protest is useless. The counties are to have their own way, and there is nothing for it but to wait the result. We are not yet ripe for such a change, but the ultimate solution of the difficulty may be found in the decision of an independent committee, who would judge the season’s play as a whole and place the counties accordingly. This would please old-fashioned cricketers, but it might not appeal to the crowd. Anyway, it is not at present within the range of cricket politics. There will be time to discuss the whole question during the autumn in the not improbal le event of the present method proving unsatisfac'ory. — T alin in The Referee. GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and A th letic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the M.C.C. 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