Cricket 1910

I 7 S CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF TIIE GAME. J une 9, 1910. cricketer and had played with my father in matches near London. My father still keeps up the game, and is now captain of Wanstead. For many years he was connected with the old Clapton Club, whose president, Mr. C. M. Tebbut, was treasurer of the Essex County C.C. It was at Clapton that my father came across Walter Mead, who, as a boy, was en­ gaged there to make himself generally useful —by leading the horse in the roller, giving assistance in mowing, &c. It was on his recommendation that Mead went to Brox- bourne and was afterwards engaged at Leyton. The old Clapton Club gave several men to the County team, including H. Boyton and F. A. Bishop, but the old ground is now all bricks and mortar.” “ When did you play first for Essex? ” “ In 1901, just after I had left Felsted. I had played in a couple of matches for the second eleven against Middlesex second eleven, and besides getting some wickets in each game scored 145 at Leyton and carried my bat through the innings at Lord’s. On the strength of this I was invited to play in three matches for the county—against York­ shire at Leyton, Gloucestershire at Clifton, and Derbyshire at Chesterfield.” “ Can you remember how you fared ? ” “ O h ! quite well, for I made ‘ a pair ’ against Yorkshire and got^another duck in my fiist innings at Clifton. Hirst, whose swerve was very pronounced, bowled me each time in the Leyton match and took twelve wickets for less than thirty runs. It was really a shocking wicket; in fact, Yorkshire won easily by an innings although their score was only 104. When I was out in the first innings four wickets were down for one run, and that a chance given by Fane. In the match with Derbyshire I got on much better, and carried out my bat for 61.” “ Can you say anything as to the prospects of Essex? ” “ It seems to me that <n paper we have one of the best batting sides in the country, yet we don’t make many large scores—there seems to be just something lacking, but what it is I don’t know. But our great need just now is a slow left-handed bowler. Walter Mead is bowling very well again this year, and, with Tremlin back, we are hoping for a better season than any we have had recently. At the Public Schools, too, there aresome young players that we hope will prove useful, two that occur to me at the moment are Womers- ley, of Marlborough, who is good all-round, and is going to the University, and Coleman, of Dulwich—a wicket-keeper, who is also a fair bat and can bowl a little left hand. But whether we receive good support from the } ublic or not depends on the amount of suc­ cess with which we meet in our matches; it is a case of “ Nothing succeeds like success ” - if a team dees well people will go to see it play; if it does not they will stay away. Essex have had the staunchest of friends in Mr. C. E. Green, who has spent a lot of time and a lot of money on the Club and works very hard to keep the game going in the county. He, I feel pretty certain, pays for the three weeks’ special practice at the beginning of the season, when a well-known professional is engaged to coach the young players and to bowl to and practise with the older members of the side. Alfred Shaw, Peel, Lockwood, Thompson, of Northants., Trott, Barlow, and others have all been down at different times.” “ Did you enjoy your cricket tours abroad ? ” “ Very much indeed. After the season of 1900 I went to New Zealand and a year later visited America, each time as a member of the M.C.C.’s team. Capt. Wynyard was our captain in New Zealand, but in our third match he wa=? unfortunate enough to snap a tendon in his leg and was obliged to return home, de Tr .fforJ led us for the rest of the tour, and we were only beaten twice—by Canterbiiy at Christchurch and by a combined New Zealand team at Wellington at the end of the trip.” “ How do you consider that New Zealand cricket compares with American ? ” “ I think the game in New Zealand is quite as good as it is in the United States and Canada. Teams from Australia have frequently visited the Dominion, and the cricket there must have benefited consider­ ably in consequence. Then they have bad coaches both from Australia and England to instruct them, and the advice of such men as Callaway, Harry Graham, S. P. Jones, Relf, Albert Trott, Humphreys and Board must have raised the standard of cricket there in addition to increasing the popularity of the game. The opinion I formed of-New Zealand cricket was that there was plenty of excellent material which needed only experience of “ big ” cricket to enable it to become quite first-class.” “ Was there anything in connection with your American trip thatpart:cularly impressed you? ” “ Perhap? what we noticed most was the excellence of the pavilions, or club-hoases as they are called over there. The accommoda­ tion they provide is everything that could be desired ; there are banqueting halls, dining rooms, card rooms, racquet and squash courts and, on at least one ground, a swimming bath. In Phi'adelphia, where all these things are to be found, the clubs are run far more on social liues than over here, and special provision is made for lady members.” “ Which match do you consider the most enjoyable in which you have played ? ” “ If by that you mean the one in which something I have done has afforded me the keenest pleasure, 1 should say the match with Yorkshire at Leyton five years ago. On the second day I bowled Tunmcliffe with a slow yorker, with the fifth b ill of an over, and then we went in to lunch. After the interval I completed the over by bowling Hirst, and in the next over got rid of Rhodes, Huigh and Myers with the last three balls. Those were the only wickets I took during the innings, and all were bowled down in e:ght balls. But I have had some delightful times at Scarborough, where the genial Leveson- Gower is the life and soul of everything both ou and off the field. I heard an amusing story there of “ W. G.” The G. O. M., bo it was said, was bowling slow stuff and hit the batsman on the leg. He appealed to Sherwin, who was umpiring—“ How’s that, Sher? ” “ Not out. Doctor,” was the reply. Exactly the same thing happened two or three balls later, when “ W. G.” remarked Never mind : I shall get him in a minute ! ” In the following over the Doctor again hit the player’s pad, an i then turned round to the umpire and said, “ There! I told you so, Sher.” I hen Shenvin’s hand went up, anl the batsman retired.” BOOKS RECEIVED. C r ic k e t H in t s . By J. Herbert Farmer, field,” Mundesley, Norfolk. ‘ Fair- At Leeds on Saturday last only 19 runs were made in the completed match between Knight and Forster (9) aud Roberts, Mart and Co. (10 for two wickets). THE FIRST-CLASS AVERAGES. (Compiled to June 5). BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. Langdon .................. 6 0 156 356 59-33 W ilkinson.................. 7 3 95* 229 57*25 Tyldesley (J. T.) 11 0 158 590 63*63 Tarrant ................... 8 1 140* 370 52 85 Pearson ................... 7 0 104 365 52*14 G. NT Foster ........... 8 2 123 311 51*83 K. L. Hutchings 10 0 122 514 51-40 Arnold.................. ... 7 0 215 349 49*85 Baker (C. S.) ........... 9 1 155* 396 49*50 A. H artley.................. 11 0 234 538 48-90 Bowley .................. 6 0 157 293 48-83 Whitehead (R .)........... 6 2 129 193 48*25 A. O. Jones ... ... 9 0 121 404 44*88 P. A. Perrin ........... 7 0 144 300 42 85 Cox (G.) ................... 9 2 75 293 41-85 R. B. H eygate........... 9 1 10S 309 38-62 Brown (G .)................. 7 2 86 185 37-00 Kinneir .................. 9 2 73 279 39*85 Humphreys ... ... 9 0 83 310 34 -44 W. B. Burns ........... 7 1 56 205 3416 A. C. MacLaren 10 1 127 304 33*77 Rev. F. H.Gillingham 10 0 141 328 32-80 G. hi Jessop ........... 6 1 74 164 32*80 H obbs................. ... 16 1 70* 489 32-60 B oa rd .......................... 6 0 77 1S5 30-83 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Blythe .................. Fielder .................. Hirst .................. P. R. Le Couteur ... Huddleston ........... Smith (W. C .)......... Fairservice ........... Haigh .................. Thompson ........... Dean........................... Leach .................. Newstead ........... Tremlin .................. Llewel yn .......... Wass (T .).................. Wells .................. Relf (A. E.) .......... Cook (L ) .................. Mead (W.) ........... Jayes.......................... Buckenham ........... B urrow s................. G. II. S.-Hayward 187*3 53 393 38 1034 9*1 17 277 25 J1-os 204-4 47 489 42 11-64 642 12 236 20 11-80 17*2 4 61 315 26 1211 304*5 77 738 60 12*30 84-5 17 231 18 12 83 133 22 330 25 13 20 263 63 704 51 13*60 234-5 83 407 28 14-53 123-5 31 339 22 15*40 185 53 369 25 15*56 151-2 27 411 26 15*80 142-5 33 417 25 16*6S 149-2 27 420 25 16\'0 112-1 10 43J 27 16 14 299-5 95 693 42 16-50 143-1 42 324 19 17*05 196*4 54 463 27 1714 95-4 19 2 8 15 17-20 153 31 469 27 •1.7'37 115 17 378 21 18-00 90 10 288 16 18-00 MARLBOROUGH BLUES v. II.A.C.—Played at H.A.C. Headquarters, Finsbury, on June 4. S. B. Kimbell, b Lewis 44 R. A. Christopher, c Gatey, b Lewis ... 69 Hon. R. P. Preston, b Lewis ................... 0 W. O. Hubbard, st Church, b S. Rogers 72 J. D. H. Watts, c Lewis, b S. Rogers ........... 0 D. Hill and H. J. Bonsor did not bat. M a r l b o r o u g h B l u e s . E. W. P. Fitzgerald, b Jenkins ........... ... 0 A. J. Adams, not out 15 R. C. Cole, b L. Rogers IS R. N. Ayers, b Jenkins 1 B 5, lb 1, nb 1 ... 7 Total (8 wkts)*226 •Innings declared closed. H. M. Rogers, c Bon- Bor, b Kimbell .. 55 A. W. Dickinson, not out ...........................20 B 13, lb 3, nb 1 ... 17 Total (7 wkts)... 189 C. FI. M. Till ing, c Hub­ bard, b Fitzgerald... 25 K. Gatey, b Hubbard . 1 L. N. Rogers, b lionsor 1 M. O. Lewis, c Watts, b Hubbard ...........33 11.Chureh,b Fitzgerald 0 M. S. Rogers, b Fitz­ gerald ................. 37 O. S. Jenkins, H. L. Wynne and A. N. Rogers did not bat. GEORGE LEWIN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and A th letic Clothing Manufacturers . OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the M.C.C. 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