Cricket 1910

202 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. J une 16, 1910. other counties to note that each side will, owing to what has become known as the Lancashire rule, be penalized, so far as the County Championship table is con­ cerned, as heavily as though they had been beaten by an innings and 500 or more runs. As the Morning l'ost's critic remarks, it is fortunate that the regulation which thus tries to reduce cricket to an absurdity does not emanate from L ord’s. Six Horsham youths, who were sum­ moned for damaging growing grass by playing cricket on it, have been bound over “ for the cricket season.” T h e highest score in last Saturday’s match on Agar’s Plough between Eton College and Free Foresters was 44 for the latter by B. E. Foster. The F.F. won by 51 runs, which was scarcely surprising seeing that, in addition to B. E. Foster, the side included such players as C. H . B. Marsham, F. A. Phillips, C. H . Eyre, W . G . Druce, Major E. B. Bradford, A. F . Morcom, E. B. W ilson and G. W . Bicketts. T h e cousins, Kenneth and A. L. Gibson, have proved themselves very useful members of the Essex team this season, for, although neither has done anything really remarkable, each has more than once rendered service to the side at an opportune time. The former was in the Eton Eleven in 1906 and 1907, averaging 25'90 in the former year and 16'92 in the latter. In 1906 he scored 77 and 3 against Harrow and 63 and 12 against Winchester, in the first innings of the former match putting on 163 for the third wicket in two hours with P. Pear- son-Gregory, who made 90. In his second year he was not so successful, making only 28 and 0 v. Harrow and 12 and 8 v. Winchester. In addition to being a useful batsman, he is a wicket­ keeper of great promise. A. L. G ib s o n was in the Winchester Eleven in 1894 and two following seasons, and in 1895 and 1896 headed the averages with 52’16 and 55'60 respectively. In the matches with Eton he did singularly little, his best performance being in 1894, when he made 31 and 16. In his last season he was described as “ a very sound and patient bat, frequently ‘ stopping a rot ’ with excellent judg­ ment. A steady slow bowler and a fair field.” In 1895 his 41 wickets cost 22’19 runs each, while in his last year he took 40 for 20 57 apiece. For over a decade he has been regarded as one of the leading players in Ceylon, and to his credit stands the highest score ever made in the island in a first-class match — 218 for Dimbula v. Dikoya, at Radella, in March, 1902. In other matches between the same sides he has scored 103, 137 and 97, and for Up-Country v. Colombo 170, 109, 146, 145 and 148. On Saturday Lord Hawke played for Free Foresters 2nd X I. against Eton 2nd X L on Upper Club aud scored 8. The College made 218 in response to a total of 74. B a b n e s , who played for Notts, against Leicestershire this week, is a son of the late William Barnes, of world-wide fame, and has been for several seasons a mem ­ ber of the ground-staff at Trent Bridge. He is a right-hand medium-paced bowler, and in second eleven matches last season took fifty-five wickets for 13-49 runs each. In the latter part of last week he took ten wickets for 61 runs against Yorkshire 2nd X I., having much to do with the success of his side by two wickets. Cricketers everywhere would be glad to see the well-known name of Barnes once more prominent in the game. I t has happened at la st! A match has been interrupted by an aeroplane. The game referred to was that at Halifax on Saturday between K ing’s Cross and Brig- house. Grahame-White had been en­ gaged to give exhibitions of flying at Halifax, and when he appeared above the ground in which the match was taking place the players stopped the game for a few minutes and joined the spectators in cheering him heartily. T h e return of Hayward to the Surrey team has been followed by three victories on the part of the county in succession. During his absence the side never seemed comfortable, but with him available again to start the innings with Hobbs the match- winning power of the team should be in­ creased considerably. In the Hampshire match he played a fine innings of 74, and although he was dismissed for a single at Derby Hobbs fully atoned for his failure by scoring 133. On Tuesday Hayward was again to the fore with a splendid 75, and thereby had much to do with the success of his side by 55 runs. H a r d in g e and Morfee turned out for Tonbridge against Folkestone on the latter’s ground on the 8th inst, and not only took all the wickets of their opponents between them, but exceeded the Folkestone total (191) off their own bats. Hardinge obtained five wickets for 20 runs and carried out his bat for 138, and Morfee, after taking the remaining five wickets, scored 71. L a s t week C. F. Daft, of Nottingham, celebrated his eightieth birthday, and Mr. W . South Norton, Kent’s oldest surviving captain, entered upon his eightieth year. The former, who was born five years before his famous brother Bichard, did not play as a boy, and it was, in fact, not until he was almost twenty-seven years of age that he took to the game. In the circumstances, it says much for his perservance that he gained a place in the Nottingham team and was chosen by Parr to play in his All England Eleven. W h e n stumps were drawn in the New­ market and District League match be­ tween Cheveley and Exning, it was under­ stood that the latter had won by four runs, scoring 99 against 95. After the Exning team had left on their way home, a mem ­ ber o f the Cheveley eleven suddenly dis­ covered that, owing to an error, Exning had been credited with five runs too many, and had therefore really been beaten by one run. A further research revealed the fact that the Cheveley score should have been returned as 96, giving them the victory by two runs. The Cheveley secretary went over to Exning, -and he and the Exning captain compared the two scoring books. The consequence was that the books were found to differ in three instances, and that both teams claim to have won the match, which was played on June 4th. T h e Sydney First-Grade Premiership for 1909-10 was won by University, who beat Central Cumberland on May 14th. I h e a r on good authority that C. T. B. Turner, “ The Terror,” is about to write a volume of cricket reminiscences, contain­ ing special references to the game as played by Australians in England. H . L o fts took all ten wickets for 25 runs for St. Silas v. Springvale in the Western Suburbs Association third grade final at Sydney on April 30th. The total made by the side was 78. I t is good to hear that B. H . Spooner will re-appear for Lancashire next Mon­ day, against Surrey at the Oval, and that there is a distinct probability of his being seen in the side several times this season. Quite recently he made 137 in a club match, and if he can show his best form for his county Lancashire batting should be quite as strong as Kent’s. O n the 29th inst. B. S. Foster, a mem ­ ber of the cricketing brotherhood, who is now playing the part of the Earl o f Quorn in “ The Dollar Princess ” at Daly’s Theatre, is to be married to Miss Gwen­ doline Brogden, of Daly’s and His Majesty’s Theatres, at St. James’ Church, Spanish Place. G. N. Foster will be best man, and after the honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Foster will go on tour from Daly’s Theatre in “ The Merry W idow ,” the former taking the part of Prince Danilo and the latter that o f Frou Frou. I n the first innings o f the home side at Gloucester on Monday, Santall, of War­ wickshire, accomplished a piece of work with the ball to which the annals of first- class cricket furnish few parallels. In the course of thirteen balls he obtained five wickets without a run being scored from him, one of his victims being Jessop, who was leg-before-wicket. This recalls the fact that in the match with Essex at Edgbaston in 1898 he got rid of McGahey, Lucas, Fane and Bussell (T. M.) in six balls with the score unchanged. In this connection it may be recalled that in 1877 “ W . G.” took seven wickets in 41 balls for Glou­ cestershire against Notts, at Cheltenham, without a run being made off him, a fact which is unique so far as great matches are concerned. For Essex against Derbyshire