Cricket 1910

J une i 6, ig t o . CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 201 O b ' the 38 matches which have been played between Yorkshire and Essex the former have won 22 and the latter 7, the remaining nine having been drawn :— RESULTS OF ALL MATCHES PLAYED BETWEEN YORKSHIRE AND ESSEX. Date of Won Won Ground First by by Dr’n. T’t’l. Match. Yorks. Essex. Leyton..................., 1890 12 3 5 20 Bradford .......... , 1890 4 0 1 5 Dewsbury .......... , 1892 2 0 0 2 Sheffield ......... ., 1893 0 2 1 3 H alifax.................., 1894 1 0 0 1 Harrogate ..........., 1895 1 1 0 2 Huddersfield . 1897 1 1 0 2 Leeds ................. 1904 1 0 1 2 Hull ................... 1908 0 0 1 1 In Essex 12 3 5 ~ 20 In Yorkshire 10 4 4 18 Totals . 1890 22 7 9 38 In the light of what took place at Leyton last week, it is interesting to recall that, in the interview with him which appeared in Cricket on the first day of the match, Mr. Douglas sa id:—“ 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.” The statement was almost prophetic. V. N o r b u r y , who has appeared occasionally for Hampshire, played a prominent part in the match at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, at the end of last week between Grange and Northumberland. In addition to taking twelve wickets for axiom that the smaller the boy the longer the pitch he considers necessary. The game was played under M.C.C. rules, six balls an over and so forth, and the batsmen had evidently studied the methods of some o f the most famous of modern cricketers for they showed a very decided tendency to cover the wickets (coats) with their shins. Alas ! they also showed a decided tendency to dispute very hotly the decisions of the umpire. It is almost unnecessary to say that the members of the batting side who were not actually engaged were seated in a group at a distance of not more than four yards from one of the wickets. Thus did the spectators sit to watch the matches T H E L E I C E S T E R S H I R E E L E V E N . Photo by] SHIPMAN. KING. JAYES. C. J. B. WOOD. COE. KNIGHT. ASTILL. SIR A. HAZLERIGG. V. F. S. CRAWFORD. J. SHIELDS. WHITEHEAD. [Hawkins <bC o ., Brighton. Of the twenty-two players who appeared in the first match of the series, only two — Mead and Hirst—took part in last week’s game. In the match of 1890—it was played at Leyton—the former took one wicket for 80 runs and scored a single, and the latter, going in last, made 0 and 0 not out and had 17 runs scored off him without obtaining a wicket. U n t il last week Yorkshire had not been beaten twice in one week since June, 1905, when they lost to Lancashire at Manchester by an innings and 52 runs and to Derbyshire at Derby by nine wickets. As the latter match was completed on the second afternoon, Yorkshire were actually beaten twice in the space of five days. 159 runs, he scored 33 and 110, his all­ round cricket being clearly the chief factor in the success o f the county by one wicket. He batted exactly 100 minutes in his second innings and hit a 6 and fourteen 4’s. T h e late Mr. Fred. Gale used to say that the real nursery of cricket was to be found in the streets and rough places on which the very small boy disports himself. He would have been delighted to watch a game in St. James’s Park the other day. The opposing sides were very small but enthusiastic boys several of whom showed unusual skill in batting and bowling. The pitch was at the very least thirty yards long—for it may be taken as an of ancient days, if the artists of the time are to be trusted. S id n e y B a r n e s was well to the fore in Saturday’s North Staffordshire League match between Porthill and Silverdale. He not only scored 51, the highest innings of the game, but took seven wickets for 42 runs in a total of 90 on a good wicket. Thanks to him, Porthill won by 66 runs after declaring with four wickets in hand. P l a y in last week’s match between Gloucestershire and Lancashire at Bristol was restricted by rain to three-quarters of an hour, during which time the visitors made 29 runs for the loss of one wicket. It must be decidedly amusing for the