Cricket 1910

M ay 5, 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 103 R hodesia . First innings. L. G. Robinson, bSimpson- Hayward ........... ...........95 H. S. Keigwin, lbw, b Sim pson-Hayward.........34 F. Brooks, b Simpson- Hayward ..........................10 G. E. Bourdillion, b Leve­ son-Gower .........................10 Anderson, b Schwarz ... 1 W. S. Taberer, b Simpson- Hayward ..........................25 Pfaff, b Simpson-Hayward 0 Colin Duff, not out ...........11 Payne, b Schwarz ........... 9 Coker, b Schwarz ........... 0 N. Hen-wood, b Simpson- Hayward .................. ... 0 Byes, &c.................. 12 Second innings. c and b Hopley... 57 b Schw arz...........Ill c Cook, b Simp- son-Hayward.. 51 st Sherwell, b Schwarz ... ... 15 not out... b Hopley n o to u t................. 5 Byes, &c. ... 14 Total .................. 207 Total (5 wkts)*304 * Innings declared closed. M r . L eveson -G ower ’ s XI. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Duff ... . . 27 2 95 1 ... . . 4 0 11 4 Anderson . 20 4 1 78 7 ... ... 4 1 11 0 Henwood . 9 4 20 0 ... Taberer ... . . 10 2 35 0 ... Coker ... . . 14 0 78 2 ... Bourdillion . . 8 1 28 0 ... Payne ... . . 1 0 6 0 ... Hobinson . 2 0 16 0 ... Bourdillion bowled three no-balls and Henwood one. R hodesia . First innings. Secoud innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Schwarz... . . 20 5 57 3 ... ... 18 3 62 2 S.-Hayward . . IS"2 2 38 6 ... ... 18 2 67 1 L.-Gower . 6 1 24 1 .. 2 0 13 0 Hopley ... . . 5 2 16 0 ... !!.’ 19 5 63 2 Bird ... . . 7 1 29 0 ... ... 12 0 50 0 Cook ... . . 8 1 19 0 ... ... 6 1 16 0 Zulch ... . . 4 1 12 0 ... ... 7 1 19 0 A public luncheon was held in a marquee on the ground at which the teams and a good number of the public were present. The Deputy-Mayor (Mr. M. E. Cleveland), who presided, proposed tbe health of the visiting team and, in the course of his remarks, said it hardly needed any words from him to give Mr. Leveson-Gower’s team a formal welcome to the town. Indeed, it had been for weeks the sole topic in sporting circles in Salisbury. They were very glad to be honoured by the members of the M.C.C. team coming so far to that outpost of Empire to play the ancient same of cricket. Never­ theless, they were, should he say, just a litile disappointed when they beard that ten members of tbe team had returned to England. They hardly knew at one time whether the team would come or not, but they were pleased to see it had been possible to find better men in South Africa to take the place of those who had gone home. (Laughter.) In conclusion, he bade the visitors a hearty welcome to Rhodesia and hoped that when they returned home they would wish themselves back again. Mr. Leveson-Gower, in responding fur the M.C.C., returned thanks for the welcome extended to the team, and in the course of a brief, but witty, address referred to the visit to Rhcdesia as the most pleasant part of the whole tour, and he regretted extremely that the other members of the M.C.C. team were not with him. He hoped that, as the chair­ man had said, they would become discon­ tented at home and, consequently, return to Rhodesia. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most J. W. Zulch A. E. Cook... . F. L. Fane ... . R. 0. Schwarz not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. 4 0 168 221 55 25 . 5 1 101 197 49*25 4 1 103 123 41-00 3 0 63 111 37*00 Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. P. W. Sherwell .. ... 4 2 43* 68 34-00 G. H. S.-Hayward ... 3 0 49 95 31-66 F. J. V. Hopley ... 5 1 55 75 18-75 M. C. B ird ........... 5 0 17 42 8 40 H. S. Kaye........... 5 1 8 29 7 25 P. T. Lewis ... 5 1 12 24 6-00 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower ........... ... 2 0 3 3 1-50 G. W. V. Hopley ... 2 0 2 2 1-00 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. A. E. Cook ... ... 54 9 138 15 9-20 G. H. S.-Hayward... 61-2 S 185 17 1088 R. O. Schwarz .. 101*5 21 264 23 11-47 J. VV. Zul-jh ... ... 33 8 89 5 17 80 H. D. G. L.-Gower 9 1 38 1 38-00 F. J. V. Hopley ... 25 12 93 2 46-50 M. C. Bird .. 49 11 156 3 52 00 H. S. Kaye (l-l-O-O) also bowled. CORRESPONDENCE. [The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the opinions of his correspondents .] COVERING THE WICKET. To the Editor of C ricket . S ir , —What on earth is the idea of the proposal re covering the wickets adopted by the Advisory Committee on the 21st March ? Is it seriously desigued to doubly handicap the bowler after rain by giving him a firm d»y pitch to bowl on in addition to a wet ball ? Surely the present-day tendency is to help the bowler, not the batsman. (Jr can it be that it is intended merely to provide dry standing room for the wicket­ keeper, bowlers, umpire and batsmen, as being (presumably) most likely to take cold from standing still on wet ground ? The inclusion of the batsmen under this category is a profoundly cynical comment on the methods of latter-day “ run-getters.” I am, &c., ZUMMERZET. C eylon , April 11th, 1910. [The primary object of the innovation was to dispense with the long periods of waiting often caused by rain. This would tend not only to decrease the number of drawn matches but, by making the hours of play less restricted, to increase the attendances.] SLOW COUNTY CRICKET. To the Editor of C ricket . D ear S ir , —Thoms is reported to have said, “ The best and most exciting cricket that I have ever witnessed has been when, with pluck and skill, batsmen have stone­ walled bowlers hour after hour, playing for a draw.” For my part I cannot see where the pluck, the skill or the interest in such an exhibition would come in ; such play might suit eighteenth century experts but not twentieth century crowds, and few sixpences would now be paid to see such cricket. The strenuous spirit of crowds, now accustome 1 to football, demands that county cricket must move with the times if it is to enjoy a healthy, vigorous life—which it ought to do. The cricket crowd, unlike the football crowd, is not paying its share for the upkeep of the noble game, and county cricket could not be kept going if it were not for the subscribers’ guineas. Slow cricket has been, and is, the main cause of the decreasing interest of the crowd ; and we cannot ignore the crowd, for they create by their enthusiasm an interest in a game that is infectious to all classes and upholds its popularity, and except to experts even a game of cricket without a crowd is a tame affair. I do not mean playing to the crowd; but is not a batsman who plays a bright attractive innings, taking some risks, better to watch than one taking no risks with no other thought iu his mind than his individual average ? I submit to the Committees of all county clubs the proposition to distribute talent money according to the celerity of scoring. Suppo.-ing that eveiy professional receives a pound for each fifty ruus, I would add to the remuneration of the quick scorer by deducting proportionately that of the slow scorer. As an example: A scores 150 runs in three hours, B scores 60 runs in one hour and C 80 in two hours. A would receive £3, B £1 4s. and C 16s. It will thus be seen that, although C scores 80 runs, he receives less than B, who scores only 60 runs. Yours truly, W. M. WHITEHEAD. 21, C olville S tre et , N ottingham . May 2nd, 1910. CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. To the Editor of C ricket . D e ar S ir . —In a kindly reference to my contribution “ Championship Point Scoring ” in Cricket of 14th April “ H. P.-T. ” hints that the inclusion of a proportion of the drawn games in the denominator of the formula would to some people “ savour of the higher mathematics.” So long as we obtain an accurate order of merit the simplicity or otherwise of the formula should be of minor importance, but there is an alternative method which is very easily calculated. It is as follows : “ The Championship shall be decided by taking the mean percentage be­ tween the percent ge of w.ns in games finished and the percentage of wins in games played.” The extreme and intermediate positions would be :— Lost. Dra-vn. Percentage. — ... — ... 100 — ... Half ... 75 Half ... — ... 50 Applied t) 1909 the order and iercentages would be ;— Won. All half Half None Played. Won. Per Lost. Drawn, cent- 1 . Kent ... 26 16 2 8 75 20 2. Lancashire ... 24 14 4 6 68 05 3. Surrey ... ... 30 16 7 7 61*44 4. Yorks. ... ... 26 12 4 10 60‘57 5. Northants. ... 18 9 8 1 51-47 6. Sussex ... ... 26 7 3 16 48-46 7. Worcester ... 20 8 8 4 45-00 8. Middlesex .. 21 6 5 10 41-62 9. Hants. ... ... 22 7 7 8 40-90 10. Notts. ... ... 19 6 8 5 37-21 11. Somerset ... 16 4 7 5 30-68 12. Warwick ... 20 3 8 9 21-13 13. Leicester ... 21 3 10 8 1S-67 14. Essex ... ... 18 2 7 9 16-66 15. Derby ... .. 21 2 15 4 10-64 16. Gloucester ... 22 1 13 I am, 8 5 84 Yours, &c., J. B. PAYNE. TE NN IS COURT BORDER NETS, good colour, 1 especially prepared, with strong line attached to net at top and bottom ; easy to erect or take away ; will not rot, can be left out in all weathers ; 25 yds. by 2 yds., 6s. 6d. ; by 3 yds., 7s 6d. , by 4 yds., 8s. 6d. ; any size made. 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