Cricket 1910

1 0 2 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME M a y 5 , 1 9 1 0 . refuse to serve his country ? Oh no ! To use Blackham’s phrase he was always “ A king, cricketer and a gentleman.” And it was because I remembered traits like this that I affixed Virgil’s famous line descriptive of the hero Marcellus as motto to my book of 13 years ago —Victorque viros supereminet omnes. It was in 1002 that Clement Hill said that he thought W. G. should have played for England again, and W. G. was then nearly 54. Yet in 1899 at Nottingham, when W. G. was dismissed for 1 in his second innings, and the crowTd behaved so badly, jeering at him for his failure though he had helped Fry to put on 75 for the first wicket in the first innings, —even at his worst, W. G., by his scores of 28 an 1 1. averaged 14, and thus did better than England’s captain of last year. If W. G. had played as reward for past merits last year he could not have done much worse. The non-selection of Jessop when he was well and able to play, the passing over of Brearley’s name, the iguoriug of P. F. Warner, last season, as for many years past, in brilliantly consistent form, caused many to think that there was not even the wish to choose the best men available, though the evil has not been remedied. This is a some­ what stale subject at this late hour. I only mention it as an instance of the faulty methoi of the present system of select­ ing Englaud’s Elevens. Yet we must be compelled to admit that the very best team which could be selected at the present time would prove far inferior alike in batting, bowling, keenness of fielding and W’icket-keepins to our team of 1880-1890. Anyone has only to compare old “ Wisden’s Almanacks ” with the current issue to be­ come cominced of that, even though his own memory may not go back for so great a period as a-quarter of a century. H arold A. T ate . TH E LANCASH IR E L E A G U E .* The official Handbook of the Lancashire Cricket League for 1910 contains 116 pages and cannot prove anything but most useful to anybody connected with the League. The little book contains portraits and brief biographical notices of the profesionals engaged—F. G. Bull, of Essex; Dwyer, of Sussex; Rushby, of Surrey; and Bestwick, of Derbyshire, are among the number— tables of result*, averages, the lavs of cricket, aud several pages of matter relating to the history of the League since its formal ion. * The Official Handbook of the Lancashire Cricket League. Season 1910. Ramsbottom : William Barlow, 68, Bridge Street. Price Id. * * r r t n f t P » Cricket Bat has already and deservedly won favour among cricketers, for by Mr. Summers Brown’s patent every atom of shock caused by the impact of bat with ball has been not only prevented from reaching the hands, but made to add to the power of the bat, and this without weakening the driving power of the handle. Hobbs, who played so many brilliant innings in South Africa during the past winter, made all his runs with a “ Force” bat. Less known at present, but not less worthy of attention, is the waterproof cricket ball, which has been placed on the market at a reasonable price so as to meet popular demands. The ‘ ‘ Force ” ball can be obtained at 72s. per dozen, and the “ Clipper” at 60s. per dozen. A catalogue containing full particulars of these desirable commodities can be obtained from Messrs. Summers Brown & Co., of 40, Whitecross Street, London, B.C. THE “ FORCE’ CRICKET IN RHODES IA . (Cjntimied from p. 66.) XVIII. OF MIDDLE RHODESIA v. MR, H. D. G. LEVESON-GOWER’S XII. Played at Gwelo on March 28th.and won by the visitors by four wickets. The home side, which was composed of players from Gwelo, Selukwe and Queque, was captained by C. T. Stuart, an old Natal Currie Cup cricketer, now Native Commissioner at Selukwe. Bradley, an old Diocesan College player, made 31 out of 66 in an hour and a-half by good cricket without a chance, and Devitt, an old Rhodes scholar, made 20 in plucky style. The visitors lost eight wickets for 74 runs in an hour and a half, Simpson-Hayward, who made 36 out of 51 in 55 minutes, alone reaching double-figures. Cook and Zulch added 41 together and the latter and Sherwell 26. Zulch made his 44 out of 67 in an hour. Against Schwarz and Cook the Rhodesians made only 09 in their second innings, leaving the visitors 60 to win. The seventh wicket fell at 49, but Fane and Cook made the remaining runs without further loss. Scorc and analysis :— XVIII. of M iddle First innings. C. T. Stuart, b Schwarz ... 0 Juul, run out ................... 0 Bradley, c Sherwell, b Simpson-Hayward...........31 Fowler, b Schwarz ........... 0 Heywood,c Lcvesou-Gower, b Cook.................................. 6 H. Greenfield, b Sch varz ... 0 E. Wriglit, b Schwarz ... 0 W. Urquhart, b Cook ... 7 R iiodesia . Second innings. b Schw arz........... 0 c Sherwell, b Bird 26 st Sherwell, b S.-Hayward ... 12 c Cook, bSchwarz 8 c Simpson-Hay­ ward, b Cook... 20 lbw, b Schwarz... 4 b Cook.................. 6 c G. Hopley, b Cook ........... 5 A. Campbell, c Zulch, b Cook .................................. 0 b Schw arz.......... 0 Sammel, b Schwarz ........... 1 b Cook.................. 0 Collier, b Schwarz ........... 2 b S ch w a tz .......... 0 G. Bean, c Fane, b Sehwaiz 2 st Sherwell, b Schw arz........ 3 Devitt, st Sherwcll b S.- Hayward .......................... 20 lbw, b Cook ... 0 Barrington, c Kaye, b S.- Hayward ..........................14 b B ird.................. 0 Watkinson, b Simpson- llayward .......................... 0 not out .......... 1 Davidson, c Lcveson- Gowcr, b Simpson-Hay­ ward .................................. 0 b Cook.................. 0 Elsworth, b Simpson-Uay ward ................................. Bailey, not out ................. Byes, &c. Total b Schwarz ... c F. Hopley, Schwarz ... Byes, &c. Total...........99 M r . L eveson -G ower ' s XII. First innings. G. W. V. Hopley, b Bailey 2 M. C. Bird, c Wright, b B ailey.................................. 6 G. H. Simpson-Hayward; b Bailey ..........................3 6 F. L. Fane, lbw, b Davidson 5 F. J. V. Hopley, c Watkin­ son, b Bailey ................... H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Stuart, b Bailey ........... 3 P. T. Lewis, b Bailey ... 0 H. S. Kaye, hit wicket, b Bean .................................. 8 A. E. Cook, c Davidson, b B ailey..................................13 J. W. Zulch, b Bailey...........44 P. W. Sherwell, not out ... 15 R. O. Schwarz, b Collier ... 0 Byes, &c....................... 4 Second innings. b Bailey ......... 0 c Harrington, b b C o llie r.........16 b Bailey .......... 19 not out ... ... 7 8 lbw, b Collier ... 2 Ibw, b Bailey .. 12 Ibw, b Collier ... 4 not out .......... 5 b Collier ........... 0 Byes, &c ............ 4 Total .................. 144 Total (7 wkts) 60 XVIII. of M iddle R hodesia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Schwarz .. ... u 0 25 7 ... .. 22 9 27 8 Cook ... 11 2 19 3 ... ... 8 2 7 6 Bird ... 9 2 30 0 ... ... 7 4 8 2 Simpson-Hay­ ward ... ... 7 3 17 6 ... ... 7 0 23 1 Zulch ... ... 1 0 1 0 ... ... 4 0 6 0 J. Hopley ... ... 11 5 14 0 Leveson-Gowcr. 1 0 1 0 M r . L eveson -G ower ’ s XII. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . Bailey ... ... 28 0 81 8 ... ... 17 5 36 3 Collier ... ... 16 4 32 1 ... ... 16 7 20 4 Davidson ... 4 1 :o 1 ... Bean ... 6 0 10 1 ... Elsworth ... 2 0 7 0 ... During their stay in Gwelo, Mr. Leveson- Gower’s team received much hospitality, horse-riding being the most enjoyable form of entertainment. Mr. Hugh Williams, who possesses most modern stables and kennels, placed several saddle horses at the disposal of the cricketers, who made early morning trips. Two mules were in the party and mule races created much fun. The mule upon which Lewis was mounted took the hedges in splendid form. Williams runs coaches to the Zimbabwe Ruins. Host Bradley, of the Royal Hotel, entertained both teams to a champagne dinner, and, in the course of a happy sj eech, Mr. Leveson- Gower said that he appreciated tbe efforts of the Gwelo cricketers to make their stay par­ ticularly enjoyable, and he had been so impressed with cricket matters in Rhodesia that he would forward a strong recommenda­ tion to Marylebone that Rhodesia must be included in future trips of English cricketers. Club life and skating rink practice were also indulged in. It was entirely through Mr. Bradley that the match was arranged, that gentleman guaranteeing £50, as well as making the visitors his guests at his hotel. RHODESIA v. MR. LEVESON-GOWER’S XI. Played at Salisbury on March 30, 31, April 1. Drawn. The home side, representing the foil strength of Rhodesia and captained by W. S. Taberer, brother of the old Oxford Blue, II. M. Taberer, lost the toss, and visitors batted on a beautiful ant heap pitch. The ground was in excellent condition and was larger and lighter than even the Wanderers’ at Johannesburg. Splendidly equipped, the capital city can boast of possessing one of the very best, cricket grounds in Africa. Mr. Leveson-Gower’s team put up a fine score of 379, F. L. Fane con­ tributing a tautless 103 in three hours ten minutes, including eleven 4’s. Cook was in for an hour and a-half for 72 which included eight 4’s, while Schwarz, Simjjson-Hayward and John Hopley hit away with rare dash and spirit. Schwarz and Fane put 011 113 together for the fourth wickct in an hour. Anderson is a left-hand bowler, and his last five wickets were taken for under a dozen runs. Rhodesia started very well, and mainly through Robinson, brother of Rev. Cyril Robinson, reserve wicket keeper with the last South African team, the fifth wicket did not fall till 187 was reached. The old Natal player was at that total bowled by Simpson-Hayward after having batted for close on three hours. The last five wickets added only 20 runs. Following on, the Rhodesians, thanks to slack fielding and bad misses in the field, scored 304 for five wickets. Keigwin, the old Cantab who missed getting his Blue from Gilbert Jessop, scored 111in three and a-half hours but he was let off several times, his first before he had scored. There wero thirteen 4’s in his century. Robinson (57), Brooks the English Rugby International (51), and Taberer (44 not out) all batted well but were lucky. Keigwin and Brooks put on 94 for the first wicket and then Robinson and Keigwin took the score to 222. The fifth wicket fell at 275. In a very bad light the visitors, tired out, made a sorry show. Bird was bowled first ball, Zulch went at 6, Cook at 9 and Kaye at 15. Colin Duff had just returned from six months’ leave, which he spent at Capetown, where he had much to do with the Green Point C.C. winning the Western Province Championship. Score and analysis :— M r . L eveson -G ower ’ s XI. First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, b C ok er............ 103 J. W. Zulch, b Duff ............ y c and b Duff A. E. Cook, c Keigwin, b A n derson..............................72 b D u ff............ M. C. Bird, b Anderson ... 3 b D u ff........... R. O. Schwarz, c Taberer, b Coker ..............................48 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c and b Anderson .............. 49 F. J. V. Hopley, c Keigwin, b Anderson ......................55 not out............ P. W. Shei-well, c Robin­ son, b Anderson 0 II. S. Kaye, notout ... . P. T. Lewis, b Anderson . II. D. G. Levesou-Gower, Duff, b Anderson ... . Byes, <cc.................... Total .................. 379 10 6 1 0 23 c Henwood,b Duff 5 notout.................. ll Byes, &c. ... 0 Total (4 wkts) 22