Cricket 1910

2 C 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 16, i g i o . H. GRADIDGE “ LIRINE” For cleaning and whitening Buckskin and Canvas Boots and Shoes, Cricket Pads, &c. Packed in spun zinc container,with sponge. 01 all dealers, or post free 6 d . W ILL NO T RUB OFF OR CAKE. STANLEY FEAST & CO., u*™ ” ": C r ic k e t : A WEEKL V RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JU N E 16 th , 1910. | ) a ln l in n © 0 sstp . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. B r e v e t -M a jo r C l iv e W ig r a m , M.Y.O., who has been appointed Assistant Private Secretary and an Equerry in Ordinary to His Majesty, was in theWinchester Eleven in 1889 and 1890. In the former year he was described as “ A useful all-round cricketer, being a fair bat, good, useful, medium-pace bowler, and a safe field,” and in the latter as “ An excellent fast bowler, quite difficult enough, alters his pace well, and can last; a good field any­ where ; plays a very good innings at times, but wants to know more about batting.” In his two matches with Eton he scored only 16 runs in three innings, but in 1890 took five wickets for 56 runs. In his second year at Winchester he had a batting average of 18'41 and headed the bowling figures with forty-one wickets for 18 41 runs each. Among his contemporaries in the Eleven were 0 . W . Little, J. R. Mason and H . D. G. Leveson-Gower. For five years he was aide-de-camp to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, when Viceroy of India, and soon after his return home was appointed Extra Equerry to the present King. He played much cricket in Calcutta and made some very large scores there. In the last week o f December, 1931, he contributed 173 to a total of 507 for eight wickets made by Calcutta v. Behar Wanderers, and in the following February, when playing for his own eleven against Calcutta, scored 188 and in partnership with Capt. Akers- Douglas (101) made 272 for the first wicket after Calcutta had been dismissed for 337. He has been a member of the M.C.C. since 1892. L a st week it was my pleasant duty to congratulate Mr. E. W . Wallington, C.M .G., the old Oxford Blue, upon be­ com ing a Commander of the R.V.O. Since then he has been appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber in Waiting to His Majesty. I notice, too, that Lieut.- Col. the Bight Hon. Sir Fleetwood Isham Edwards, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., I.S.O ., has been nominated an Extra Equerry to His Majesty. Sir Fleetwood, who has been a member of the M.C.C. since 1870, was educated at Harrow, where he just failed to get into the Eleven. He afterwards made some good scores for the Boyal Engineers and in 1865 began to play for the Gentlemen of Kent. T h e following notice has been issued by the M .C .C .:— “ The M.C.C. Committee consider it necessary to call attention to objectionable, if not illegal, action on the part of batsmen which the Committee know from their own observation, and hear from members, is becoming a practice. After playing tho ball, the batsman, if 'the ball is within his reach, knocks it back to the bowler, although his wicket is in no danger, thereby, in the opinion of the Committee, infringing the spirit of Law 27. This is usually done when the wicket-keeper is standing back, and the Committee have observed, not infrequently, cases in which an easy run ought to have been made. The Committee venture to suggest that this is a bad practice, and hope that cricketers will support them by discontinuing it. ” This is advice which cannot fail to put one in the position of the page who so reverenced the butler as “ always to say ditto to Mr. Giles here.” “ I a m a great friend to public amuse­ ments,” said Samuel Johnson, “ for they keep people from vice.” F. W . T a t e , the old Sussex bowler, took eight wickets for 13 runs in a total of 29 for Beckton v. Epping on the latter’s ground on Saturday. Six of his wickets were bowled down. J u n e 11th, 1910, will probably prove a red-letter day in the history o f Leicester­ shire’s cricket, seeing that it marked their first win over Kent and at a time when the latter were the Champion County, It was not until 1906 that the two sides met, which is somewhat strange, for Kent placed a team in the field as far back as 1719 and Leicestershire as early as 1789. All the eight matches played between the counties before last week had been won by Kent—three of them in succession by an innings, and it must be admitted that, useful side though Leicestershire are, their success had not been anticipated, even by their most enthusiastic supporters, especially as two of their most successful players in King and Jayes were away. But cricket would lose its greatest charm if the stronger side always won and the unexpected never happened. I h o pe I shall not be accused of wish­ ing to discount the worth of what Leices­ tershire and Essex did in the latter part of last week when I suggest that both Kent and Yorkshire were feeling the strain of the match in which they met each other immediately before. There is, however, no getting away from the fact that both sides were very anxious to win their match at Dewsbury, and the keen cricket which the game produced must have affected the players to some extent. Having said that, however—not in any way to excuse the defeat of Kent and York­ shire—one may congratulate both Leices­ tershire and Essex very heartily on what they accomplished. U n t il Saturday last Essex had not beaten Yorkshire since 1899, when they gained the day by nine wickets at Sheffield, and not at Leyton since 1897, when the margin in their favour was three wickets. Everyone will hope that their latest success will tend to bring the side better support, for there has been much to contend with during recent years, and if the County Club experienced a time of prosperity— cricketically and financially—it would be only what was its due. And SONS, Manufacturers of all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS Used by all the Leading Players. I£»de In lten’t, Small Mea’s, #r C«ll#*e, 6, 5, 4, * I •lZM. P r i c e L ta ta F r e e o n A p p l i c a t i o n . Of all First-Class Outfitters and Dealers. 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