Cricket 1910

J une g, 1910. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 187 Hospital and Wellingborough Grammar School Masters on the latter’s ground on Saturday. Bart’s made their score in three hours and a-quarter, leaving the Masters exactly three hours in which to make the runs. The match was won five minutes before time, the last 175 runs being made in an hour and a-quarter. S t . B a r t h o l o m e w ’ s H o s p it a l . A. J. Waugh, b H. B. Simpson ..................34 N. F. Norman, c C. C. Simpson, b Henfreyl65 B. P. Wallis, b Knight 14 II.W.Barnes,c Oxland, b H. B. Simpson ... 5 R. M. Barrow, b Ox­ land .........• ...........86 A. G. Turner, not out 41 Byes, Ac.............. 6 Total (5wkts)*351 *Innings declared clos'd. J. R. Neale, P. A. With, E. M. Grace, A. Brough- ton-Alcock, and R. Van Braun did not bat. W e l l in g b o r o u g h G r a m m a r S ch o o l M a s t e r s . P. A. Fryer, c Brough- ton-Alcock,b Waugh 19 H.B. Simpson,b Waugh 2 P. F. Knight,c& b Neil 125 C. ’I. Rudd, not out ...122 G. R. W. Dickenson, not out .................. 7(3 Byes, &c..............13 Total (3 wkts) 357 A. G. Ilcnfrey, C. C. Simpson, H. W. McCowen, F. J. Mul< s, C. H. Oxland, and J. White did not bat. It is interesting to speculate how many runs would have been scored if each side had completed two innings. W h e n in his best form no batsman is more worth watching than Y . F. S. —Very Fast Scoring, that is—Crawford. At Coventry on Monday he was seen in fine fettle, scoring 64 out of 85 in three- quarters of an hour and carrying out his bat. It was unfortunate that the innings C am e to an end when it did, for it looked as though the batsman, like the brook, could “ go on for ever.” He hit a six and ten 4’s, the big hit being a huge drive off Quaife which landed the ball on a cow in an adjoining field. M e m b e r s of the Crawford family were well to the fore in last Saturday’s matches. The Parson made top score, 47, for Cane H ill Asylum against Burntwood Wander­ ers ; R. T. did the same for Wanderers v. Ealing—he made 73 and took five wickets for 27 runs; and V . F. S., in the match which commenced on that day between Leicestershire and Warwickshire made 04 not out, as mentioned above. A l l who can recall him will be very sorry to hear that Mordecai Sherwin, for so many years the Nottinghamshire wicket-keeper, is seriously ill at Hovering- ham, and will wish him a speedy and complete recovery. K e n t ’ s success at Dewsbury yesterday by eight wickets will give great satisfac­ tion to the county’s supporters, for if there is one match more than any other which they would desire to be won it is that with Yorkshire on their opponents’ ground. The bowling of Fielder and Blythe on the first day on a wicket favourable to run-getting paved the way to success, but the victory was due quite as much, if not more, to the splendid batting of Dillon. The Kent captain has played several fine innings in his time, but never a more valuable one than his 138. The runs were made not only when opposed to true and steady bowling but at a time when no other member o f the side could make much headway against it. T h e Earl of Plymouth, as president of the Glamorgan County C.C., has signed a circular letter which has been issued by the joint hon. secs., Messrs. W . G. Bowden and T . A. L. Whittington, calling the attention of residents in the county to the efforts being made to raise the status of the county’s cricket. It is pointed out that matches have been arranged with Worcestershire, Somerset, Sussex and Surrey II., in addition to other interesting fixtures, and that a strong attempt will be made to justify the county’s claim to promotion to first-class rank. To succeed in this, however, a substantial increase in the club’s mem ­ bership and in subscriptions and donations is necessary, and an appeal is made for assistance in these directions. A t Cardiff, on Monday last, Glamor­ ganshire cut'up very badly against W or­ cestershire, being dismissed for 36. Cuffe, who only just failed to do the hat-trick, was almost wholly responsible, for he bowled unchanged through the innings and took nine wickets at a cost of only 5 runs. It was a remarkable performance, although, taking the strength of the opposing sides into consideration, not more meritorious than his record of nine wickets for 38 in a total of 91 against Yorkshire at Bradford three years ago. D e p r iv e d , through an injured finger, of the services of Huddleston, the Lanca­ shire bowling was handicapped severely this week in the match with Somerset at Bath. But in Dean the County possess a bowler who may be destined to play a prominent part in international cricket, and he proved fully equal to the occasion by taking nine wickets for 77 runs in a total of 168. He was wonderfully steady and during the innings was hit for only a couple of four’s—by Hardy and Poyntz. On three previous occasions he had obtained nine wickets in an innings for Lancashire—for 46 runs v. Derbyshire at Chesterfield in 1907, for 35 runs v. Warwickshire at Liverpool and for 31 runs v. Somerset at Manchester in 1909. At the present time Lancashire are at the top of their form. Everyone, probably, expected them to beat Somerset, but no one can have forseen how decisive the success would be. R. H . S po o n e r scored 137 for Lord Lilford’s X I. against Oundle School on Saturday last. On the same day Major A. J. Turner made 139 for S ta ff College v. Incogniti at Camberley. F e w things during the past week can have been more pleasing to cricketers than the success which has attended W. J. Abel, a son of the famous Robert, on his first appearances in inter-county cricket. His not out innings of 49 in the final stage of Surrey’s match at Leyton last week was one which would have done even his father credit for he made the runs in ex­ cellent style at a critical time and clearly pulled off the game for his side. In ad­ dition to being a batsman of great possibilities, he is a useful right-hand medium-paced bowler, and when he was- put on to bowl against Hampshire on Monday he created much enthusiasm by getting Bowell caught off the first ball he sent down. W . J. Abel— one of several cricketing brothers—was born at South Bermondsey in August 29th, 1887, and became a member of the Oval ground-staff in 1908. L a s t Tuesday’s “ London Gazette ” contained the following interesting announcement : — “ Second Lieutenant Pelham F. Warner to be Lieutenant, 4th Battalion The Queen’s Own (Boyal West Kent Regiment). Dated 1st February, 1910.” C a p t . E. L. C h a l l e n o r (170) and Major C. F. Higginbotham (117) made 295 together in two hours and a-half for Aldershot Command v. United Services, on the Officers’ ground, Portsmouth, on the 3rd and 4th inst. Each player offered a couple of chances. The partner­ ship just exceeded that of 290 by Capt. F. S. Nisbet and C. W . Woods for 2nd Batt. Manchester Regiment v. 1st Batt. King’s Boyal Rifle Corps oh the same ground in August last. In each case the runs were scored for the first wicket. I n a match at Matfield, in Kent, on the 1st inst. between Matfield and Horsmonden Rangers, W . Larkin, playing for the former, made three catches at mid-on off the last three balls of an over delivered by G. Castley. Off the first ball of the next over, whilst fielding at third man, he made another catch, thus dismissing four men off consecutive deliveries. The names of the players who were dismissed are Ward, Munn, Remnant and Bromley. P e r u s a l o f the County Championship tables to-day provides interesting reading. W ith Kent’s position at the top probably no one will grumble, but it is certainly curious, to say the least, that Middlesex, who have played four matches and lost one, should be ahead of Lancashire, who have played eight and have not met with defeat. Furthermore, both Yorkshire and Surrey have played eight matches, and although the latter have, lost three times as many as the former they are bracketed equal. HAMPSTEAD v. MILL H ILL SCHOOL. — Played at Mill Hill on June 4. H a m pste a d . R.S. Everitt,c Altham, b D exta r................... 0 J. Mackie, b Dextar... 18 F.E. Dempster, b Dex­ ter ....................... 25 R. D. Robertson, b Dextar ................... 0 H. Wade, st Altham, b Douglas...............29 L. E. Thomas, c Leic­ ester, b Dextar ... 1 C. D. McMillin, c Higham, b Dextar G R. S. Challands, b Douglas .................. 2 H. P. Davis, b Douglas (J H. F. Edwards, c Hawkins, b Dextar 45 ll.W .Atchley. notout 14 B 9, lb 1 .......... 10 Total ...150 M il l H il l S c h o o l . R.M. Dextar,cAtchley, b M ackie...................57 A.C.Altham,c Mackie, b Challands ...........10 H. G. Hawkins, c Ed­ wards, b Everitt ... 35 H. E. Parsons, c Me Millin, b Mackie ... 4 H. A. Link, D. not bat. G. J. Timpson, b Everitt .................. 9 W.E.Marler ,b Mackie 1 T. A. Higham, not out 32 S. P. Douglas, notout 11 B 8, nb 1 ... 9 Total (6 wkts)168 C. Smith, and T. B. Leicester dic^