Cricket 1910

J une 16, 1910. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 203 at Derby last year Buckenham took six wickets off the reel without being scored from ; in 1901, in the match be­ tween the same counties, Beeves had taken five in eleven balls, while at Man­ chester last year Dean obtained five in a couple of overs against Somerset, and in 1908 Marshal secured a similar number for Surrey v. Derbyshire at the Oval in 13 balls. I n the twelve a side match at Beigate on June 11th between M.C.G. and Ground and Beigate Priory H . Budgen, who was tried for Surrey in 1904, 1905 and last year, took ten wickets for 81 runs. The score o f the innings is appended :— M.C.C. AND Smith, c Motion, b Budgen ...............55 R. S. Le Bas, e and b Budgen ................. 2 Storer, b Bugden ... 0 Young, b Budgen ... 8 V. A. O’Connor, lbw, b Bugden...............38 Rev. C. J. M. Godfrey, b Budgen................ 0 C. H. Gascoyne, c and b Barrett ...............52 G r o u n d . Comdr. Hotham, c Nea'e, b Budgen... 12 K. J. Cox, c Roberts, b Budgen .......... 11 S. Langton,not out 9 Major Bochin, b Bud­ gen .......................... 0 G. Scrivens (sub), c Nightingale, b Bud­ gen ......................... 0 B 12, lb 2 ......... 14 Total .. 201 On the same afternoon W . Beay, to whom reference was made in “ At the Sign of the "Wicket ” last week, took eight wickets for 10 runs in a total of 36 for Beddington against Ewell. His brother, G-. Beay, made 84 not out in the same match, and Beddington declared with four wickets down for 177. I t is fifteen years since Tyldesley (J. T.) played his first match for Lancashire, but, judged by the form he has been showing this season, the day of his retire­ ment should be far distant. For a cricketer to make two separate hundreds in a first-class match has become a far more common occurrence than it was even fifteen years or so a go: in fact, until 1892 the feat had been performed in great matches only by Lambert—in 1817—and W . G. Grace, though by the latter three times. Tyldesley has now credited him ­ self with the feat for the third time—he made 106 and 100 not out v. Warwick­ shire at Edgbaston in 1897, and 121 and 100 not out for North v. South at Hastings in 1900— and he is now in his thirty- seventh year. Not many cricketers will be found to have made two hundreds in a match when past thirty-five, although Shrewsbury was 46 when he did so, L. G. Wright 43, “ W . G .” 39 and 40, and Lambert 38. T y l d e s l e y (J. T .) has proved such a tower o f strength to his side this year— he has already made four hundreds, and as yet it is only mid-June—that if an England team had to be placed in the field he would, in the event of his merits receiving the recognition they deserve, be one of the first players picked. The name of Tyldesley will probably be found in the forefront o f Lancashire cricket for several years to come, for “ J. T .” has expressed the opinion that his brother Ernest, who made 52 against Hampshire on Monday, is as skilful a batsman as himself. Jas. and W . Tyldesley, whose names also have come to the front recently, are brothers, but are not related to J. T. or Ernest. Before this week “ J. T .” has never made a hundred off Hampshire bowling, but he has now made at least one century against each of the first-class counties. J. D a w so n , the Burnley goalkeeper, while playing cricket at Holme, near Burnley, on Saturday, had the misfortune to fall and break his collar-bone. He was fielding at slip and making a dive for the ball when the accident happened. A l b e r t K n ig h t ’ s hundred, after a run of small scores, was particularly pleasing, for he is so keen a cricketer that one is always glad to hear of his success. He is one of those players who have only just failed to attain the very highest honours of the gam e; he has never played for England against Australia in this country, yet he has made his century in the Gentlemen v. Players match at Lord’s and can claim to be, with William Gunn, the only living professional cricketer who has played an innings o f over two hundred on that ground in a first-class match. He has now made thirty-one centuries in matches of note. I n an Inter-Dormitory match at Hurst- pierpoint College, Sussex, T. J. Boyer, playing for Fleur-de-Lys, has taken seven wickets in seven balls, six in an over, and in the innings obtained nine wickets for one run. T h e r e was a remarkable partnership at the end o f Leicestershire’s second innings at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. V. F. S. Crawford had settled down to a good game, and had scored 51 when Shields went in, last man. The latter devoted all his attention to keeping up his wicket, whilst his partner manoeuvred for the bowling. The result was that the stand put on 48 runs, of which four were byes and 44 were made by Crawford, who was then caught in the long-field when five short of his hundred. T h e success o f Notts over Leicester­ shire at Trent Bridge this week, after being set almost 300 to win, was a very meritorious one, notwithstanding that the bowling at the disposal of the visitors was very limited. The win by eight wickets — a very large margin, considering the number of runs required— should spur the team on to great deeds, for Notts is un­ doubtedly a side of very great possibilities. Iremonger, George Gunn and Hardstaff have recently shown a return to their best form, and a series of successes by the side would not come as the least surprise. T h e readers of the Yorkshire Post and the Sheffield Daily Telegraph would have liked to see their representatives examin­ ing on Tuesday morning at Cambridge the now famous bowling machine invented last year by Dr. J. Venn and his son. Mr. A. W . Pullin (“ Old Ebor ” of the York­ shire Post) had risen early to play golf, and, wearied with victories, did not bat against the machine. But Mr. J. H. Stainton, of the Sheffield Daily Tele­ graph, faced it with apparent equanimity, although he haS seen what an extraor­ dinary break could be put on the ball. Although he has not played cricket for seven or eight years he was considered good enough to be asked to play for the Yorkshire colts in his earlier years, when men did not play everything back. Con­ sequently, despite his want of practice and the absence of pads and gloves he was able to keep up his w’icket in the most honour­ able manner and without giving the ghost of a chance. The alacrity displayed by the Yorkshire Post in fielding a ball would have gladdened the hearts of tbe readers of the paper, and it is said that the representative of a London paper, who also kept up his wicket, etc. (see above), was heard to murmur something about the mountains skipping like young rams and the little hills like Old Ebors. A l t h o u g h Yorkshire were not at full strength, Cambridge University have every reason to be proud of their success over the County by nine wickets, especially as it was due to the fine play of the side generally and not to the efforts o f one or two men. A s many as seven different players exceeded the half-century, and Cowie, who is very fast indeed—far more so than when he bowled for Charterhouse — took nine wickets. To cricketers generally, however, the most pleasing feature of the game will probably prove to be the success of Hirst, who, now in his thirty-ninth year, played a vigorous innings of 158, which contained only twenty singles. S u r r e y ’ s performance at the Oval yesterday, when they beat Worcestershire by 55 runs, was a capital piece of work. The visitors set about their task of making 219 to win with such success that they had 110 on the board with only one man out. Yet the innings closed for 163, leaving Surrey successful by the margin stated. For the great change which took place in the game Hitch was almost wholly responsible. Bowling at a great pace from the pavilion end, he kept a good length and whilst he obtained his six wickets had only 17 runs made off him : at one period he sent down 37 balls for 9 runs and five wickets— a remarkable feat on a good wicket against so strong a side. O y e z , Oyez, O yez! This is to give notice that Mr. Bettesworth’s book entitled “ Chats on the Cricket Field ” will be ready on or about the 25th inst. It will contain nearly five hundred pages, and will be published— by Messrs. Merritt and Hatcher, Ltd., Cricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C.— at five shillings. An appeal is made to cricketers to send in their orders as early as possible, for the author would never forgive himself if a fatality occurred in a wild rush for the book on the day of publication. Thomas Kaye took four wickets with consecutive balls for Colombia Lodge v. Empire Lodge at Van Cortlandt Park, New York, on June 4.