Cricket 1910

IOO CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 5, 1 9 1 0 . Minshall, M iller, and Parmore, with Lumpey nnd May, (b) Fresh laurels have gain’d by their conquest to-day; W ood , P attenden , S immons , with F oggles and.WniTE, (c) With Boorman we'll join and we’ll toast them all night, (d) With heroes like these even Hampshire we’ll drub,' And bring down the pride of the Hambledon Club ; The Duke 1 with Sir Horace are men of true merit, (e) And nobly support such brave fellows with ■ spirit. Then fill up your glass, he’s the best who drinks most, The D uke and Sir Horace in bumpers we’ll toast; Let us join in the praise of the Bat and the Wicket, And sing in full chorus the Patrons of C ricket . And when the game’s o’er, and our fate shall draw nigh, (For the heroes of C ricket like others must die). Our Bats we’ll resign, neither troubled nor vext, And give up our Wickets to those that come next. Derry down, &c. I > the second elitira of Ric’iard Dagl-y’, Death’s Doings London: 1820] it is state i: - “ Our thanks are due to Mr. T. W. Bowers Mathematical Master in the School of Win­ chester College, for the MS. copy of this Song, written more than h ilf a century since, by the liev. Mr. Cotton, who’ at the time was the Master of Hy.le Abbey School in that city.” The title there given is “ Ver.-e< in Praise o ' Cricket.” I u George Huddesford’s Wiccim.'cal Chaplet [London : 1804] the lines are described as a “ Crieket- Song. For the Hamble Ion Club, Hants., 1707.” The date given, is, however, pro­ bably incorrect, being possibly a misprint for 1776. In this version variations are made iu favour of the Hampshire men. 1 Of Dorset. (6) Parmore is a misprint for Palmer. In 1773 he scored 52 not out for England v. Hamblcdon in the Artillery-Ground, and (38 in the return on Broad- Halfpenny Down. Lumpy. See footnote, page 388, col. 2. May. See footnote, page 380, col. 1. Richard May died in a drunken fit about 179(5, aged about 4(3. “ His dying request to George Ring was that he would kill his favourite dog and bury it with him. This was done in despite of the remonstrance of the officiating clergyman, on the score of sacrilege.” An old poem tells how : Each good old Kentish farmer Had a good old Kentish grin, Upon his jolly countenance, When the brothers May went in. (c) John Wood, of Seal. See footnote, page 3S9 col. 1. W. Pattenden, of Maidstone. Played for Kent in 1773. Simmons. See footnote, page 3S9, col. 1. James Fuggles. Played for Kent in 1773, but was probably at his best beforo that time. Thomas White. See footnote, page 389, col. 1. (iZ) John Boorman, a left-handed bfitsman, played twelve seasons for Kent and afterwards for fcssex. In 1773 he scored 55 for England against Hainbledon in the Artillery-Ground, and in 1789 made 126 in a single-wicket match with NVoolett, of NVrotham, whom he beat by an innings and 119 runs. («) Sir Horatio Mann, Bart. See footnotes, page 383, cols. 1 and 2. Mr. Cotton was born at Rudgwick in 1717, and entered Winchester College in 1780. He died at Winchester on October 29ih, 1779, having been for many years Master of Hyde Abbey School. Y.—T he J ovial C ricketers . [From the Canterbury Journal, May 7-14, 1770.] Tune— Come, Cheer up, my lads, tbc. Come, fill up the glass, ye gay sons of the plain, Let Comus and Bacchus unite in the strain; Now jocund welve play’d, shall loud echo repeat That Cricket's the game for the low and the great. Fall of play are our young, full of glee is our game , We ever are merry, merry, boys, merry, We beat, and are beat, unambitious Jor fame. Should the contest be warm, perhaps Chloe is nigh, And our spirits are rais’d by the beams of her eye; We feel the warm impulse; ye deities say, Coul 1you feel it, and not condescend to our play? Full of play are our youth, d'c. Had Homer, or Horace ,.or Virgil but seen This best of diversions, the pride of the green, To this famous game they’d have tun’d all their lays, And sung little else but the Cricketters praise. Full of pity are our youth, d’c. Ye bucks and ye bloods, from the field now return’d, Come taste of the liquor so playfully earn’d; I’ll give you a toast; May each Cricketter’s name, For honour stand high in the annals of fame. Full of play are our youth, full of glee is our game, U’e ever are merry, merry, boys , merry , We beat, and are beat, unambitious for fame. YI.—T he C ricketeis . A C atch . The author of these lines, which were “ set to Musick by Mr. Porter,” was Mr. Burnby, who wrote The Kentish Cricketers. They were published in the Kentish Gazette dated November ‘20 to 23, 1782. See the Cricketers of Kent, All in white, With delight, Play before the shady Tent. Mind the Bowler in the vale; Pitch’d with strength, There’s a hngth, Mark the shiv’ring’s of the Bale. Now the Batsman stands compleat, Sends the Ball Over all, Score six Notches for tbe feat. Eajjer now to gain the prize, Mounted high, Just a tie, Heaves the Captive to tbe skies. There the Wicket-Keeper stands, See his Eye, See him fly, The leathern Globe’s between his hands. Look! the Bowler’s taking aim; Now he’s out, Hark, th^y shout! Closed is th’ athletic Game. CnoRTJF. Then of CRICKET, of CRICKET, we'll cheeifully sing; Fcr a gume of such Innocence, pleasure must bring. Mr. A. L. Ford, of Lynmouth, kindly draws my attention to an eight-paged pamphlet with this title page: — T H E CANTIAN OLYMPIA; OR, ALLUSION TO CRICKET. A N ODE. I M P L U M I . Expectata dies aderat Famaque Jlnitim os ..................................... Excierat, loetoque complerant littora caetu. V ir . 7E n . v. 104. GRAVESEND: PRINTED BY T. G'ADDEI,, KINO-STREET. No date is given, but the water-mark is 1814. A manuscript note on title-page states the verses to have been written “ By J. Varly,” Tbe curious thing concerning the publication is that, despite its sub-title, it makes no reference whatever to cricket, but each of the four stanzas of which it is com­ posed is headed with a letter of the word Kent. T he E nd . AU STRAL IAN PUBLIC SCHOOL AVERAGES , 1909-1910. SYDNEY CHUUOH OF ENGLAND GEAMMAIt SCHOOL. INTER-SCHOOL MATCHES. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. H. A. II Merewcther 5 0 182 313 62-60 II. C. M. Boyce........... 9 0 90 294 32-66 F. P. Macintyro 8 0 118 239 29-87 C. V. McOulloch 6 3 49 76 25-33 D. C. Suttor ........... 8 1 57 177 25-28 R. D. II. Merewether 8 1 89 139 19.-85 J. W. Forbes ........... 2 0 37 38 19 00 R. J. A. Massie 10 1 43 164 18-22 W. L. Trenerry 4 0 26 63 15-75 R. Thornton ........... 4 1 17* 31 10-33 K. A. Fraser ........... 7 0 37 66 9-42 T. W. M. Busby 4 0 13 30 7-50 C. F. Macintosh 4 0 19 29 7-25 J. M. Gregory ........... 5 1 4 7 1-75 The following also batted:— E. L. Grainger, 0; J. Hedges, 3* and 0. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. R. J. A. Massie ... 197‘5 40 610 55 11-09 J. M. Gregory ... 3T5 7 139 10 13-90 D. C. S u ttor...79-112 258 15 • 17-20 The following also bowled R. D. H. Mercwetlier, 6 for 59; R. Thornton, 2 for 29; C. F. Macintosh, 3 for 36 ; F. P. Macintyre, 0 for 7 ; C. V.McCulloeh, 5 for 143 ; W. L. Trenerry, 2 for 162 ; R. C. M. Boyce, 0 for 11; A. M. Garbeth, 0 for 4. n lC U A R D D A F T ’S N O T T IN G H A M S H IR E lA MARL.—Particulars apply RadclifTo-on-Trent, Notts.