Cricket 1910

M ay 12, i g i o . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 123 County Council), and Mr. E. W . Hussey (vice-chairman). Mr. Marsham has been, Lord Harris alone excepted, perhaps the most familiar figure on Kent cricket grounds during the last quarter of a century. He played for Kent in 1876 and 1877, was President of the Kent County C.C. in 1886, and is uncle of Mr. C. H . li. Marsham, under whose leader­ ship it was Kent won the Championship in 1906. So authoritative and level-headed a writer as “ Short-leg ” of The People seriously suggests that Lord Hawke may have advocated the Divisional system for the County Championship competition in order to punish the weaker counties for their temerity in both refusing fixtures which suited the convenience of the more important counties, and daring to agitate for the pooling of gates ! In this year’s issue of the Derbyshire Cricket Guide a curious experience of Mr. J. Chapman, the captain of the County team, is narrated. In the year 1808 he was playing at Malta for the passengers of the Orient Pacific Company’s steam yacht Lusitania against a strong Mediterranean Fleet Eleven. Whilst the match was in progress a sirocco was blowing, and the force o f the wind was so great, that when he drove the ball hard and high over the head of mid-off, the wind carried it back, and third man, standing deep, had the chance of a catch. The latter misjudged the ball, and it went over his head to the boundary for four. A l e x a n d e r K e r m o d e , the Australian who was induced to qualify for Lancashire, is now engaged with the Bacup C.C. On Saturday last he played against Tod- morden on his opponents’ ground, and in the course o f 19 overs took 8 wickets for 14 runs in a total of 71. At one period he obtained 5 wickets for a single. M r. G. L. J e s s o p , one is glad to hear, has been practising at the nets on the Bristol ground, and, what is more to the point, has been showing all his old power without suffering any inconveni­ ence from the severe injury he sustained in the Test match at Leeds last year. I f there is one cricketer, before all others, that followers of the game would wish to see in his best form, it is Jessop, and therefore the news that he has regained health, strength and his delightful ability to punish all kinds of bowling will be welcomed everywhere. B obso n and Lewis, who returned re­ cently from India, have been showing particularly promising form at practice, but Board has been suffering from lum­ bago since his arrival from New Zealand. The former speak in terms of high praise of the batting in India of Prince Narayan, who, so it is said, will be qualified this year for Somerset. As the Prince has been abroad during the winter months, it will, by Buie 4 o f County Cricket, be obligatory for the Somerset authorities to prove his qualification to the satisfaction o f the M.C.C. M r . S. T. W a t k in s , the honorary secre­ tary of the Lincolnshire County C.C,, has received a letter from the honorary secre­ tary of the Suffolk County C.C. (Mr. H. A. Groom) saying that, as he is unable to raise a side, the match arranged to be played at Lincoln on Monday and Tuesday next must fall through. He added, “ I very much regret to have to tell you that we shall have to make you a present of five points, owing to our finding it quite impossible to get up a side at such an early date in the season. I can only raise six players of any sort.” T h e fact that what has come to be known as the Crawford case would be referred to caused last week’s Annual General Meeting of the Surrey County C.C. at the Oval to be anticipated with more than usual interest. As was generally expected, the motion of which the Bev. J. C. Crawford had given notice was ruled out o f order, as it amounted to a vote of confidence in the Committee, and the Annual General Meeting had no power to over-rule a resolution passed by them. Free discussion, however, was invited, but interest, of course, centred in the remarks o f the Bev. J. C. Crawford and Lord Alverstone. Not a discordant word was uttered on either side, but the latter, whilst very sympathetic, was firm in pointing out that until J. N. Crawford expressed regret for his refusal to captain Surrey in the second match against the Australians, the resolution must stand: he added, how­ ever, that as soon as such a communi­ cation was received, the Committee would be only too delighted to rescind it. There the matter rests for the present, and whether there will be any development— Lord Alverstone said that he was still corresponding with Crawford, and in a friendly spirit— time alone can show. A c o in c id e n c e ! In last week’s match at Lord’s between M.C.C. and Ground and Notts, twenty wickets fell for 312 runs. In the Freshmen’s match at Cambridge 311 runs were made for twenty wickets. T h e Essex team marked the occasion of the first appearance of the county at Cambridge by a success which cannot fail to delight their supporters. The fact that Gillingham and Perrin are already in form counts for much, and as the Cambridge downfall was due to several bowlers, and not almost solely to the efforts o f a single individual, the outlook of the side appears to be distinctly promising. For several years past the county has had much to contend with, and if the side should enjoy a successful season even many who have no connection with the Club would rejoice. O n the form they showed on the first two days of the week Yorkshire were clearly a better side than Northampton­ shire, and their success by 145 runs was thoroughly deserved. One must sympa­ thise with the beaten side in losing the services of W . H . Denton early in his first innings, owing to a blow in the face from a ball which got up quickly, but at the same time it cannot be suggested that his absence had any bearing on the result. It is worthy of note that in Northants’ first innings the highest score was only 19 and that in their second no player scored as many as 30. This would seem to suggest that the Yorkshire attack is likely to prove equal to the demands made upon it during the season, especially as the wickets were shared by Hirst, Newstead and Drake and such useful bowlers as Bhodes and Haigh did not obtain a wicket between them. CRICKET IN N EW ZE A LAN D . HAWKE’S BAY v. WELLINGTON. Played at Napier on March 26 and 28. Drawn. Rain interfered greatly with this match and pre­ vented a definite result being reached. Score and analysis : — W e l l in g to n . First innings. H. Burton, c and b Fenton 6 A.Birch,cAshcroft,bNel.son 62 F. A. Midlane, c Smyrk, b Fulton..................................22 E. Roberts, Ibw, b Fulton. 28 J. D. Kinvig, b Nelson ... 0 W, Patrick, c F u lto n , b Nelson ........................... 2 A. Finlayson, st Ashcroft, b Nelson ........................... 7 A. Aldersley, c Anderson, b Fenton .......................... 11 F. Smith, b Fenton ...........12 A. Hales, not out ........... 3 0. Hickey, b F enton........... 1 Second innings, c M acassy, b Fenton .......... 20 b Fenton .......... 21 b Nelson ... ... run put .......... lbw, b Fenton ... c Bailey, b An­ derson .......... c F e n to n , b Smyrk .......... not out !S, &c. Total ............... 158 Total(4 wkts)*180 •Innings declared closed. H awke ’ s B ay . First innings. Second innings. E.W. Smyrk, candb Hickey 14 G. Hawke, lbw, b Patrick . 20 not out ......24 J. E. Macassy, b Patrick ... 3 not out ........ 1 P. R. Fulton, b Patrick ... 0 b Hickey ........ 0 J. Hindmarsh, b Finlayson 24 cRoberts.bHickey 0 A. Fenton cH ales,bH ickey 7 b Finlayson ... 0 J. O'Brien, b Hickey........... 3 B. Bailey, b Finlayson ... It) N. Anderson, b Kinvig ... 2 P. Ashcroft, not o u t ........... 7 F. A.Nelson,b Finlayson . 0 Byes ... .............. 9 Byes, &c. ... 6 Total ...105 W e l l in g to n . Total (3 wkts) 31 First innings. Second innings. R. W. R. W. Fenton ....................... 42 4 .................... 59 3 Nelson ....................... 55 4 .................... 57 1 Smyrk ....................... 15 0 .................... 13 1 Fulton ....................... 42 2 .................... S 0 Anderson .. 23 1 O’Brien ... 13 0 H awke ’ s B ay . First innings. Second innings. It. W. R. W. H ickey ... ................... 49 3 .................... 10 2 P a trick ................. ... 33 3 Finlayson ................... 10 3 .................... 15 1 Kinvig ....................... 4 1 T H E DERBYSHIRE CRICKET GUIDE. Season 1910. Compiled by L. G. Wright and W. J. Piper, Jun. (Fifteenth Year.) Contains: Portraits and Biographies of Mr. J. Chapman and Ernest Needham ; First-Class Cricket in 1909(by “ L.G.W.”), Derbyshire Records and Statistics ; The Laws of the Game ; Fixtures of the Leading Counties and M.C.C., and over 100 Local Clubs; Secretaries’ Names and Addresses; and other useful and interesting infor­ mation. Price Twopence, by Post Threepence from Bacon & Hudson, Printers, Derby,