Cricket 1910

M ay 26, igro. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J53 12th, 1883, and became a member of the ground-staff at the Oval in 1906. For the County’s second eleven he averaged 16'33 in 1907 and 28-27 in 1908, when he played an innings of 1 2 1 against Buckinghamshire at Eeigate. Last year he made 336 runs for the first eleven with an average of 15-27, his highest score being 81 v. Sussex at Horsham. Just before last week’s match with Essex he had made 125 for Surrey C. &G. v. King­ ston and 110 for Surrey 2nd. X I. v. Kent 2nd. X I. in consecutive innings. Two cricketers meet outside the Parish Church after hearing the new vicar preach for the first time. F ir s t C r ic k e t e r : “ He has delivery.” S e c o n d D it t o : “ Yes, and he kept a good length.” good J a m e s H a l l o w s , who died last week before completing his thirty-fifth year, accomplished a very great deal during his comparatively brief career in first-class cricket, and but for ill-health would have done even better. Lancashire have always been a side to be feared during recent seasons, and if Hallows had been able to play regularly and in his form of 1904 —when, more than any other man, he enabled his county to win the Champion­ ship—they would have been almost invin­ cible. He and Barlow are the two greatest all-round cricketers Lancashire has yet produced. Briggs would, of course, rank above Hallows, but, although he was associated with Lancashire throughout his career, he was a Notting­ hamshire man by birth. L. C o o k , the Lancashire bowler, did the hat-trick for Manchester against Ashton- under-Lyne on Saturday. C r ic k e t e r s will be interested to hear that, in the opinion of a contributor to the Daily Telegraph, “ O f course it is still an open question as to whether a man ought to be allowed to bat left-handed at all.” S e v e r a l well-known cricketers dis­ tinguished themselves in last Saturday’s match between Ineogniti and Blackheath, Capt. H . S. Bush scoring 123 for the former and J. B. Mason and B. N. B. Blaker 110 and 91 respectively for the latter. There was, too, a close finish to the match, Blackheath making 238 for seven wickets after Ineogniti had declared with eight down for 248. L o r d H a w k e arrived at Southampton on Saturday after a visit to Brazil. W. B. L y m b e r y is an outstanding figure in local cricket in Nottingham and the surrounding district, says the A thletic News, and enjoys very great popularity. Though he is close upon 70 years of age he asserts that he does not feel a bit over 50, and he finds life just as pleasant as ever he did. He has occupied the positions^ of captain, secretary and treasurer of the Notts Forest Cricket Club for 38 years, and five times in the last 15 years he has headed the bowling averages. J. H . P h il l ip s , o f Nuneaton, who captained Warwickshire in their match with Northamptonshire last week, is 6 ft. 6 in. in height and weighs 14 st. 10 lbs. He was born on December 2nd, 1881, and was six and a-half feet tall when only fifteen years of age. O w in g to an oversight, Broadbent, whilst bowling for Sheffield United against Keighley on the former’s ground on Saturday, was allowed to send down as many as nine balls in an over. G il b e r t C u r g e n v e n , who scored so well for Derbyshire last week, is a son o f the late Dr. W . G. Curgenven and younger brother of H. G . Curgenven, who only just missed his Blue at Cambridge and played for Derbyshire in 1896 and 1897. He was born at Derby on December 1st, 1882, and learned the game in the county, first at Spondon House School and afterwards at liepton. His first appearance for Derbyshire was in 1901, when he captained the school eleven and headed their averages, and, except in 1906 and two following years, he has played for the County at least occasionally every year since. H . T . W . H a r d in g e , of Kent, has been confined to his bed for a fortnight, but is improving in health and will probably be seen in the County eleven again early in June. H a r r y W r a t h a l l , the old Gloucester­ shire player, turned out for Hull against Castleford on Saturday and took six wickets for 24 runs. Castleford scored 65 and were beaten by 109 runs. T h e leading averages in the West Australian Cricket Association “ A ” Grade matches during the past season were as follow s:— BATTING AVERAGES. . Times Most Coyne (W .)........... Parker (W.) ... Howe (W .)......... Ramsden (W.) ... H. Rowe (N. P.) Christian (C.) ... Anderson (W.) ... Brine (N. P.) ... R. Everett (VV. P.) Veryard (W. P.) Bolton (W.) Hennah (C.) ... Hamilton (W .) ... Barrow (H. P .)... Gouly(N. P.) ... Evans (N. P.) ... T. Hogue (N. F.) not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. 14 5 92 440 48-88 11 0 132 476 43-27 3 1 57* 86 43-00 5 0 122 181 36*20 15 1 135 475 3392 15 2 135* 419 32-23 5 1 38 108 27-00 13 1 99* 323 26 91 9 2 73 174 24-85 13 2 98* 262 23 81 6 2 32 90 22-50 8 1 53* 156 22 28 4 2 26 44 22-00 . 18 1 64 368 21*72 9 1 66 173 21-62 11 1 51 213 21-30 13 1 55* 246 20-50 *Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Anderson (W.) Christian (C.) Rayner (W. P.) C. Munro (N.F.) . Garrett (C.) ... . T. Hogue (N.F.) . W. Hogue (N.F.) . Everett (C.) ... . Bandy (H.P.)... . Moffatt (H.P.) Overs Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 57 14 128 15 8-53 197 37 603 68 8-86 — — 198 19 10*42 201 47 624 59 10*57 61 10 218 20 10-90 74 14 189 17 11-11 185 42 501 45 11-13 119 13 453 37 12-24 65 12 186 15 12-40 75 18 189 15 12-60 The following hundreds were hit in the matches R. Carter, South Fremantle v. Austral "........... 100* A. Christian, Corinthians v. South Fremantle 135* E. F. Parker, Wanderers v. South Fremantle 132 E. F. Parker, Wanderers v. North Fremantle 107 J. Ramsden, Wanderers, v. Corinthians........... 122 H. Rowe, North Perth, v. Henley P a rk ........... 135 * Signifies not out. The final order of the clubs was :— C5 2 I t s i a E5 5 • 3 O C S m Q North Fremantle ... 9 7 1 1 W anderers......... .. 9 1 6 1 1 Corinthians “ A ” ... 9 6 __ • 3 S. Fremantle “ A ” .. . 9 4 2 3 __ North Perth ......... . 9 3 1 4 1 West Perth ......... . 9 __ 2 7 Austral ................. . 10 2 8 __ Henley Park .......... 10 1 — 9 — 21 14 10 —15 — 16 —21 F r o m the Sydney R eferee :— “ Sydney Gregory, who is an old campaigner* relates how, in the Test match at Leeds in 1905, the light became so dark that he could see flickering lights all round the enclosure as the spectators lit their pipes. He had appealed vainly against the light, and expected to get out almost every ball. What proved to be the last over was commenced by Blythe, during which Gregory could not see the ball. However, one ball was coming straight at his head, and was only a few yards away when the batsman noticed it. Quick as thought ho put up his bat to protect himself, when the ball luckily flew off to the fine-leg bouudary. The Hon. F. S. Jackson, who was fielding at point, rem arked: ‘ That doesn’t look as if the light was bad, Gregory.’ However, the little batsman says that it was the only time during his long career that he ever felt frightened.” F r o m an announcement which appears in another column it will be seen that a series o f matches of an international character will be played next month at Brussels. Belgian, Dutch, French and English teams will take the field, and the games will be played on matting. It is interesting to note that the old-fashioned “ Mary-le-Bone ” has crept into the official printed programme. T h e presentation o f a Cup for com ­ petition between Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent is an event which merits mention in Gossip. The first Tournament took place last month at Queen’s Park, Grenada, and, after considerable excite­ ment, was won by St. Vincent. Whilst Ruston and C. Phillips were together in Grenada’s second innings everything pointed to the defeat of St. Vincent. The Searchlight (of Grenada) said :— “ That we would win no one doubted, or, at any rate, if there were any doubters none dared to express their views. In fact, towards the end of the evening’s play, when Ruston and Phillips had collared the bowling and the result seemed no longer in doubt, reserve was cast to the winds and the pent-up feelings of the intensely excited spectators broke loose in almost continuous out­ bursts of indiscriminate applause. Even dignified matrons and staid young ladies fell to applauding with hands and feet, utterly regardless of the fate of their gloves and the conventional proprieties.” But Ollivierre took six wickets for 10 runs on the third morning and St. Vincent pulled off the match. W it h characteristic enterprise, Udding- ston have arranged a match with a strong