Cricket 1910

J une 2, 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 171 — and then, dismissing Stamford Hill for 34, won by 177 runs. Paris, not content with scoring 53 not out, took five wickets for 1 1 runs. C h a r l e s N e w c o m b e , who made his first appearance for Derbyshire in last week’s match against Yorkshire,, was born at Chesterfield in 1890 and educated at the Grammar School there. He bowls medium-paced, left-hand, and is able to keep a good length, but does not appear to make full use of his commanding height. Although only 19 years of age, he stands 6 ft. 2 in. and weighs 11 st. 9 lbs. O n Saturday last Major W . C. Hedley, tbe well-known old Kent, Devonshire, Somerset, Hampshire and Army cricketer, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant- colonel in the Royal Engineers, in which he has served for over a-quarter of a century. For some time past he has been on Ordnance Survey work at Southampton. “ F e l ix ” of the Australasian , most delightful o f cricket gossips, was present at the match between East Melbourne and St. Kilda in the latter half of April, and met several old friends. He prefaced bis criticism of the second day’s play with the following remarks :— “ In addition to those whose names I gave in my notice of the first day’s play, I saw the ‘ bowler of a century,’ Frank Allan, who went to England with the first Australian team in 1878. Close to him is the veteran of old Richmond, J. V. Dunkinson, down from Narre Warren specially for this final match. He saw the great hit made at practice on the Rich­ mond ground by the lion-hitter, George Griffith, of the first All England Eleven, under the captainship of H. H Stephenson, in 1861-2. The ball, as stated last week by Mr. M. Ryan, did go into the Royal Hotel, and quite surprised the proprietor, Mr. Higgs, who, in returning the ball, sent across to the ground a gallon of beer; for, said he, ‘ if the ball is thirsty enough to come in for a drink, surely the cricketers must be thirsty too.’ Chatting with the Narre Warren veteran is another old Richmond warrior, Mr. Lampard, who can go back to the early days of Jack Huddlestone, Mortimer, Tom Wray, Jerry Bryant, Gid. Elliot, Greaves, Sam Cosstick, and Coulstock. Jim Cullin, another old Richmondite, is here too, with the veteran Mr. Jobbins, who played in the fifties. When I hear these cricket patriarchs talk of the fifties, I feel like a chicken amongst old poultry. You know, as well as I do, that ‘ there is no time like the old time, when you and I were young.' But these real old 'uns knock us clean out, and I must say that I fairly revelled in their real old-time talk of cricket.” Cricketers in many parts of the world are waiting patiently for the publication of the reminiscences of “ Felix,” who is, of course, T. Horan of the Australian teams of 1878 and 1882. I f the delay is due to the fact that he has so much of interest to tell, cricketers will gladly forgive him, but not otherwise. I n the match mentioned—East Mel­ bourne v. St. Kilda— the latter scored 487, and their success appears to have been most popular. To quote ‘ Felix ’ again:— “ The Saints are regarded as the weaker side, and as they scored and scored the hearts of the crowd went out to them in bursts of appreciative and en­ couraging cheers that did one good to hear. And when 400 was posted, how did the welkin ring. The volume of sound must have been heard down by the river side and beyond by the upland stretch to Government-house. Again, at the posting of 450, the echoes l’ang far and wide, and even the ranks of Jolimont could scarce forbear to cheer, so gallant was the stand made by the seasiders. The end came at 20 minutes to 6 o’clock, for the fine total of 487.” East Melbourne were dismissed for 93 and beaten by 394 runs. It was the final match for the Association pennant. D e t a il s reach me from Sydney o f a most exceptional performance on the part of E . J. Long, who, whilst wicket-keeping for North Sydney against Burwood at North Sydney on April 16th, dismissed as many as eight men in an innings. The score o f the Burwood innings is appended:— B urw ood . Ward Prentice,stLong, b Randall.................. 2 Randall ................... 0 A. Diamond, b Randall P. W. Docker, st Long, b Randall..................35 C. Docker, c Scott, b Middleton.................. 4 J. S. Taylor, st Long, b Randall.................. 27 K. Docker,'st Long, b Randall .................. 5 F. McMullen, not ou t. 21 Long got rid of three men off consecutive balls, and stumped seven and caught one during the innings. H. Dupain, c Long, b G. Saunders, st Long b Randall T. Owen, st Long, Randall .......... J. Smith, st Long, b Randall ........... , Byes Total R e d f e r n made 301 against Waverley on the Redfern Oval on April 16th. S. H. Emery, who had just returned from New Zealand, scored 76 of the number in 22 minutes. Four 6 ’s were his principal hits. M o r e than once it has been my lot to refer to the scoring of the Rokeby team in Tasmania, and the last mail has brought me particulars of a curious innings played bythe side in their match against Kingston on the Kingston ground on April 16th. Their score was as follow s:— R ok eby . O. Suckling, b E. J. Lucas..........................14 E. Young, retired ...115 W. Free, b B. Pearsall 86 G. Suckling, c K. Coombes, b E. J. Lucas.......................... 1 A. V. Richardson, retired .................. 105 Jas. Roche, retired ... 20 Gordon Free, retired 64 Les. Richardson re­ tired .......................... 46 C. Suckling, not out 8 V. Chipman, b Sher- b u rd.......................... 0 E. P. Free, not out ... 13 Byes, &c..................16 Total ...488 Kingston had previously been dismissed for 107. As many as five of the Rokeby players retired during the innings, a num­ ber which, although unusually large, has occasionally been exceeded. The record for that kind of performance still stands, I believe, to the credit of the Moonta United C.C., of South Australia, who, when playing against X X II. Nondescripts on the Moonta Park Lands on June 6 th, 1877, scored as follow s:— M oonta U xite d . Bennett, retired ... 22 Rossiter, retired ... 2 Roach, „ ... 30 Symons, ,, ... 6 Adams ,, ... 20 Whitford, ,, ... 1 Hendry ,, ... 5 Cockin, ,, ... 0 Thomas ,, ... 4 Byes, &c.............. 14 Southcombe, c Smith, — b Hocking ........... 2 Total ...118 Pleass, retired ......... 3 The twenty-two had previously been dis­ missed for 10. Concerning the match the South Australian Cricketers' Guide for 1877-78 remarked (page 74) —“ When time was called at five o’clock, all the eleven had had an innings and retired, only having lost one wicket through Southcombe carelessly giving a catch, which by some mistake was accepted. It is only fair to say that the Nondescripts had not handled a bat since the days of their boyhood.” “ I t is often said,” Mr. Warner remarks, “ that each year there is probably another eleven at the University which would defeat the eleven which appears at Lord’s at least three times out of six.” Mr. H a r c o u b t T u r n e r , of 199, Picca­ dilly, W ., for several years prominently connected with the Middlesex County C.C., left estate of the gross value of .£63,375 17s. Id. Dr. W . G. Curgenven, the old Devonshire and Derbyshire cricketer, and father of Messrs. Harry and Gilbert Cur­ genven, left estate valued at ,£1,70519s. 2d. gross. A t Cricklewood, on Saturday, Brondes- bury got rid o f London County Council for 84 and then made .335 for the loss of a couple of wickets. E . J. Wilson scored 200 not out, F. W . Ogden 56 and C. G. McKay 64. Wilson hit twenty-nine 4’s. M r. W . N. C r a ig s , the scorer of the North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, writes :— “ In a match played at Rokeby, Yorks., on May 28th, the fall of wickets for each team formed a remark­ able coincidence, and, thinking that it would prove o f interest to your readers, I forward you particulars.” The wickets fell thus:— 2 9 20 24 25 26 28 29 41 43 0 16 19 24 24 26 27 28 40 41 The lower linerefers to the Rokeby wickets. It will be seen that in only one instance did the scores differ by more than a single run in the fall of the last seven wickets. O n Saturday last whilst Walter Brear- ley was fielding in the slips for Manchester in their match at Longsight, he over­ reached himself to such an extent that one of the ligaments in his left leg snapped. He was carried into the pavilion and afterwards removed to his home at Davenport, where it was found that one of the muscles in his right thigh had been either strained or torn. It is unlikely that he will be able to play again during the season, which is certainly un­ fortunate for Lancashire as well as for himself. P l a y in g for Chigwell against East Beckton on Saturday, P. Campbell made 121 not out in a total o f 159. He hit three 6 ’s and sixteen 4’s. L ast year Arnold, by making 200 not out for Worcestershire v. Warwickshire at Edgbaston, played the highest innings o f his career, but he has not allowed the