Cricket 1910

8 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J a n . 27, 1 9 1 0 . NOTICE TO OUR RE&DERS. Cricket will be published monthly during the Winter as follows :— No. 827.—OCTOBER 28th, 1909. No. 828.—NOVEMBER 25th, 1909. No. 829.—DECEMBER 21st, 1909. No. 830.—JANUARY 27th, 1910. No. 831.—FEBRUARY 24th, 1910. No. 832.—MARCH 31st, 1910. The above series sent post free to any part of the world for 9d. T eem s o f S u b s crip tio n 3,9 per an n u m . Payable in advance. C r i c k e t : A WEEKL V RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.O. TH U R SD A Y , JAN . 27 th , 1910. l^ a t r tU n n ( S t f s s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. ____________________________________— Hamlet. S in c e the publication o f the December number of Cricket the English team in South Africa has not fared well. O f the six matches played three have been lost and two drawn, only one— the return with Natal—being brought to a successful con ­ clusion. Two of the reverses have been in Test matches, and to gain the rubber the tourists must therefore win the remaining three games in the series. The other defeat was sustained at the hands of-the Transvaal, nine of whose players are included in the South African team. I t was no disgrace to be beaten by so narrow a margin as 19 runs in the Test match at Johannesburg; the English­ man, in fact, can claim to have shared the honours of the game with their opponents. When, at the end of the first day, the touring side had made 147 runs without loss in reply to a total o f 208, it seemed almost as though a winning advantage had been gained. But once Hobbs and Rhodes had been parted, the bowlers had a comparatively easy time. The fact that, apart from the two players named, no one made as many as 30 runs in an innings until Thompson and Leveson-Gower came together near the end of the game, shows very plainly the cause to which the English defeat may be attributed. In the match which ended yesterday, the opening pair re­ ceived better support, but the side never appeared likely to make the 348 runs necessary to win. F o r Aubrey Faulkner’s all-round cricket it would be difficult to spea,k too highly. In the two Test matches and the game with the Transvaal he made 451 runs with an average of 112'7/i and took twenty-six wickets. Such figures are eloquent testimony to his skill, and stamp him as one of the best all-round players in the world. As he is only twenty-eight years of age the greater portion o f his Career should be before him. T h e result of Lord Hawke’s request to the County Clubs to furnish him with their opinions concerning the advisability of splitting the Championship into divisions is being anticipated with re­ markable interest. It will be recalled that, when several county officials and various other acknowledged authorities on the game were invited to express their views in Cricket on the subject the year before last, the replies were far from being unanimously in favour of the change, which has been advocated so ably in this journal by “ H .P.-T.” Since that time, however, many who had seen little in the project to recommend it have come to recognise its merits and to admit that not much harm could be done in giving the scheme a trial in 1911 or 1912. The circular which Lord Hawke sent to the Counties is reproduced on page 5. I am officially informed that Hayward’s Testimonial realised £383 7s. 3d. L o r d S o m e r s , who scored 115 not out against Westminster in 1904 (in which year he headed the Charterhouse averages with the splendid figure of 68’50), recently returned home from a visit to British East Africa. In the middle of the present month, whilst out with the Windsor draghounds, he received two nasty kicks on the head, which brought on slight concussion. He hopes to return to Windsor, where his regiment, the 1st Lifeguards, is now quartered, some time during the next week. D a v id H u n t e r , who retired at the end o f last season after more than twenty years’ service for Yorkshire, has accepted the position of cricket coach at Marl­ borough, and will commence his new duties in April. H e had received a number o f tempting offers, including appointments in the Colonies, but decided to accept the Marlborough position. On February 4th the Earl of Londesborough will preside at a dinner in his honour at the Grand Hotel, Scarborough. His lordship will then present Hunter with an illuminated address and a cheque for .£150 publicly subscribed by followers of the game. D u r in g the com ing season Glamor­ ganshire will play the following first- class counties:—Worcestershire, Sussex, Gloucestershire and Somerset. All the games will take place at Cardiff. C r i c k e t e r s , and especially Surrey cricketers, will be interested to hear that Mr. Neville Knox, the fast bowler, is now a member of “ The Dollar Princess ” company at Daly’s Theatre. This is his first venture on any stage, and, curiously enough, he is under- studying Mr. B. S. Foster, one of the famous Worcestershire brotherhood, in the part of the Earl o f Quorn. D u r in g 1909 Dr. W . G. Grace, for the first time since 1864, did not appear in a match of note. As a matter of record it may be stated that he played only twice during the season, on each occasion for G. W . Beldam’s Eleven. In the fir.-t match — against Hanwell Asylum, at Hamvell—he played-on when he had scored 3, and in the second— at Mill Hill Park—made 38 not out in a total of 110 for three wickets. One who took part in the latter game tells. me that “ The G.O.M. would have made a hundred if there had been time enough.” L o r d H a w k e does not expect to be in England for the commencement of the cricketing season, as he is leaving for the Argentine on the 4th prox., and will probably not return until the end of May. T h e announcement has been made that next season the coaching of young cricketers in Yorkshire will be in the hands of an old Cambridge cricketer, a former member of the Kent Eleven. The proposal has yet to come before the full Committee of the Yorkshire County C.C. O n Saturday last a memorial to the late Cardinal Manning was unveiled by Archbishop Bourne in the Crypt of W est­ minster Cathedral. On the front of the tomb has been placed a central panel of deep-red marble bearing the inscription: — “ CARDINAL HENRY EDWARD MANNING. “ Second Archbishop of W estminster; born July 15, 1808; consecrated Archbishop, June 8 , 18(55; created Cardinal priest March 15, 1875 ; died January 14, 1892, and buried at Kensal Green. His body was translated to this tomb January 25, 1907.” As H . E. Manning the Cardinal played at Lord’s in 1825 and 1826 as a member of the Harrow Eleven, and a letter he wrote to the Editor of Cricket con­ cerning the Public School matches in which he appeared was published in fac­ simile in Gossip of January 28th, 1892. M r . F. C. N e w t o n , of Mickleover Manor, has found it necessary owing to the illness of his wife to resign the honorary secretaryship of the Derbyshire County C.C. For some time he and Mrs. Newton will live in the South of England. D u r in g last season G. C . Wingham, a veteran of 72, took 188 wickets, his record for the season being 573 overs, 61 maidens, 2,047 runs, 188 wickets, average 10‘88. In the previous year he obtained 331 wickets, and during the last four seasons has taken 1,030 at a cost of 8'44 runs each. Some of his best feats— duly chronicled at the time in Gossip — were performed for Folkestone during the Week. T h e annual meeting of the Somerset County C.C. was held at Taunton on Saturday last, Mr. C. E. J. Esdaile pre­ siding. Mr. Gerald Fowler, in presenting the financial statement, which showed a balance in hand of nearly .£300, said this was the first time for about sixteen years that the Committee had been able to make both ends meet. Sir Spencer Ponsonby- Fane was re-elected President, Mr. Daniell captain, Mr. Murray-Anderdon