Cricket 1910

J une i 6, 1910. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 205 THE VICEROYSHIP OF INDIA. AN OLD HARROVIAN APPOINTED. It has been officially announced that the Right Hon. Sir Charles Hardinge, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, will succeed the Earl of Minto as Viceroy of India. Sir Charles Hardinge, P.O., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., C.B., I.S.O.,who will complete his fifty-second year on Monday next, was in the Harrow Eleven of 1876, under the captaincy of H. E. Meek, In fourteen completed innings he made 162 runs, his average there­ fore being 11'57. Against Eton at Lord’s he made 24 and 8, the former score being his highest during the season. Lillywhite said of him, “ Goes in first, good defence, and has played some excellent innings during the year: very lazy in the field.” The Com­ panion remarked, “ An excellent steady bats­ man, lacking power somewhat, but bound to improve with age and strength; a fair field.” A year later, when at Trinity, Cambridge, he was summed up as “ A good bat, with a dignified gait and strong defence; has de­ veloped into a good bowler, takes a hint well, but is rather slow in the field.” He played in some of the Cambridge trial matches in 1877 and two following years, but, doing little, never appeared in the Eleven. He took part in a lot of College cricket, however, and concerning his connection with the Trinity L.V.C. in 1877 the Hon. and Rev. Edward Lyttelton, the present Headmaster of Eton, has said :—“ We won our matches by good fielding and possibly by what may perhaps be called ‘ cheek.’ Our first match was, I think, agaiDst John’s. When we went into the field we looked round for a bowler. There was not one in the team. Then we remembered we hal seen the Hon. C. Hardinge, a freshman from Harrow, who had played in 1876 for the school, sending down a few balls at the nets. As far as I know he had never bowled in a match, but we put him on at one end, treating thematter with the utmost solemnity, and taking great care that we did not laugh, though it was difficult at first to refrain from so doing when we saw our oppomnts playing our bowleis as carefully as possible. Hardinge, who got six wickets in this match, hal to do nearly all the bowling during August, and improved greatly.” Doubtless the remark that he “ takes a hint well” referred to his success in looking serious whilst tryiDg to bowl straight. The Rev. Edward Lyttelton officiated at his wedding. Sir Charles Hardinge, who is the brother of the 3rd Viscount Hardinge, entered the Diplomatic Service thirty years ago, and for sixteen years acted as Secretary of the Legation at Teheran. From 1898 to 1903 he was Secretary of the Embassy at St. Petersburg; in 1903-4 Assistant Under-Secre­ tary for Foreign Affairs, and in 1904-6 British Ambassador at St. Petersburg. He left Russia in order to succeed Lord"Sander­ son as Permanent Under-Secretary in Downing Street. He holds many foreign decorations, and, it is understood, will shortly be raised to the Peerage. THE CRICKET YEAR BOOK. ONE PENNY. CONTAINS : PHOTO GROUPS OF THE COUNTIES, KENT NOTES AND VARIA. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, E.C. KENT v. SUSSEX. Played at Tonbridge on June 13, 14, and 15. THE TONBBIDGE WEEK. Kent won by 161 runs. This was Kent’s first home match of the season, and the large crowd prtsent on ihe opening day taw some keen and interesting cricket, Kent, when stumps were drawn, being 63 runs on with nine wickets in hand. Both sides were well represented, but so much progress was made with the game on Monday that during the day twenty-one wickets went down for 259 runs. After Humphreys and Seymour had been got rid of for two, Dillon and Hutchings added 54 in half an-hour, the last-named hitting brilliantly and making his 47 out of 77 in 45 m inutes: he hit ten 4’s, a 3 and four singles. Hutch­ ings was fourth out, at 93, but after he left Cox and Vincett bowled with such effect that the innings closed for 138. Sussex also found run-getting a difficult matter, and in 135 minutes were dismissed for 98. Vine, playing a very patient game, carried his bat through the innings for 23. The only player to give him much support was Killick, who helped him to put on 34 for the second wicket. Going in again, Kent made 23 for the loss of Dillon ere stumps were drawn for the day. On Tuesday Seymour was out with the total unchanged, and Hutchings, who took his place, batted 18 minutes before scoring. Once he had settled down, however, the amateur hit finely and claimed 51 of the 80 runs added in an hour for the third wicket. Humphreys played very steadily for his 03, and, although Day made a useful 29, eight wickets were down for 203. Then Blythe joined Hubble and 67 were put on, the latter hitting ten 4’s, chiefly cuts and off-drives, during the 90 minutes he was in. Left with 311 to win, Sussex (Robert Iielf and Vine in) made 08 for the first wicket, but matters subsequently favoured Kent to such an extent that by the end of the day half the side were out for 95. Vine was not out 24. Yesterday the player named was bowled with 23 added, for a remarkably patient innings, and at the same total two more wickets fell, eight men then being out for 118. Cartwright and Vincett made a few hits, but the result was never in doubt. Score and analysis:— K e n t . First innings. E. W. Dillon, c Relf (R. R.), b Vincett ........... Humphreys, c Vincett, b Cox ................. ........... Seymour, c Killick, b Cox K. L. Hutchings, c Relf (R. R.), b Vincett ........... Woolley, b Cox .................. A. P. Day, c Relf (A. E.), b Vincett ........... .......... Hubble, b Cox .................. 35 Second innings, c Heygate, b Relf (A. E.) ...........11 c Cox, b Relf (A. E.) ...........03 c Lcuch, b C ox... 4 b Leach lbw, b Vincctt Huish, b Vincett.................. Fairservice, not out ........... Blythe, c Relf (A. E.), b Cox Fielder, c and b Vincett ... Total ...138 lbw, b Relf (A. E.) 29 c Butt, b Relf (A. E.) .......... 58 c (R. R.), b Relf (A. E.) .......... 4 runout.................. 2 b Relf (R. R.) ...17 not out.................. 0 B 10, lb 5, nb 2 23 Total ...270 Relf (R. R.), c Hutchings, c Hutchings, b b W oolley.......................... 4 Fairservice ... 44 Vine, not out .................. 23 b Fielder ........... 34 Killick, b Woolley ........... 23 b Woolley ........... 2 1{. B. Heygate, b Woolley 1 lbw, b Woolley... 11 Cox (G.), c Humphreys, b Blythe .......................... 4 lbw, b Fielder ... 1 Relf (A. E.), c Hutchings, b W oolley.......................... 13 c Huish, b Fielder 3 P.Cartwright,lbw, b Blythe 0 candb Woolley... 20 H. P. Chaplin, lbw, b Blythe 2 c Huish, b Fielder 0 Leach, c Day, b Blythe ... 4 c Dillon,b Fielder 0 Vincett, c Humphreys, b c S e y m o u r , b Blythe.................................. 16 W oolley........... 14 Butt, b W oolley................... 1 not out.................. 2 Byes .......................... 7 B 6, lb 0, nb 3 15 Total ................... 98 T otal.........146 C ox.......... Relf (A. E.) Vincett ... Relf (R. R.) Blythe ... W oolley... Fairservice O. K e n t . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ... 20 8 44 5 ... ... 20 6 41 1 .. 9 4 23 0 ... ... 35 18 67 5 ... 13-4 5 38 5 ... ... 17 2 52 1 ... 3 0 19 0 ... ... 4*1 1 5 1 Leach ... ... 16 1 75 1 Cartwright ... 3 0 5 0 Killick ... ... 2 1 2 0 Leach bowled two no-balls. S u ss e x . O. M. R. W. O. M., R. w. ... 21 5 51 5 ... ... 9 3 15 0 ... 20-3 8 32 5 ... ... 21-4 8 35 4 ... 4 2 8 0 ... ... 9‘ 1 22 1 Fielder ... ... 22 5 59 5 Fielder bowled three no-balls. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. WARWICK­ SHIRE. Played at Gloucester on June 13,14 and 15. santall ' s bowling feat . Warwickshire won by 110 runs. So much progress was made with this game on Monday that during the day twenty-two wickets fell for 227 runs. Weak batting, rather than a difficulty wicket, was responsible for the dismissal of so many players. Charlesworth took 50 minutes to make 20, ana Quaife was in slightly more than an hour for 30. They alone did much against Dennett and Parker, who took all the wickets between them. When Gloucestershire went in, Langdon and Board gave the side a useful start. 40 being made for the first wicket, but after they had been separated Santall took five wickets in 13 balls without a run being made off him, and, although Parker and Dennett put 32 for the last wicket, the innings closed for 82. Leading by 35 the visitors, going in again, made 28 for the loss of Kinneir and Charles- worth by the end of the day. The wicket was faster on Tuesday, but, that notwithstanding, Quaife and Lilley took 75 minutes to put on 70. The latter was at times very slow, and in all batted 110 minutes for 00. Baker and Foster also made useful scores, and Gloucestershire were left with 204 to win. Board and Langdon again gave their side a promising start, but Truman and Barnett again failed, and, although Jessop made 32, the home side were still 121 behind at the end of the day and had only two wickets in hand. Yesterday the two outstanding wickets went down in half-an-hour, leaving the visitors successful by the margin stated. Score and analysis:— W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. Lilley, c Langdon, b Den­ nett .................................. 8 Kinneir, b Parker ........... 0 Charlesworth, c Godsell, b Dennett .......................... 20 Quaife, c Brown, b Dennett 30 Baker, c Langdon, b Parker 2 F. R. Foster, c Jessop, b Dennett .......................... 15 C. F. Cowan, c Board, b Dennett .......................... 8 J. H. Phillips, lbw, b Den­ nett .................................. 0 Santall. b Parker................... 1 Smith (E. J.), c Langdon, b Parker..................................14 Field, not out ...................10 Byes .......................... 3 Second innings, st Board, b Den­ nett ...................00 run out ........... 8 c Brown,b Parker 11 c Board,b Brown 43 st Board, b Den­ nett .................. 44 c Dennett, b Par­ ker ................. 35 c Jessop, b Den­ nett .................. 3 st Board, b Den­ nett ................... l not out ........... 0 b Parker ........... 3 cBarnett,bParker 4 B 6,lb2,w l,n bl 10 Total ...117 Total...........2 G LOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings. Board, lbw, b Santall Langdon, lbw, b Santall . T. A. Truman, b Santall C. S. Barnett, c and b San­ tall .................................. 0 G. L. Jessop, lbw, b San­ tall .................................. 0 W. S. A. Brown, c Foster, b Santall .......................... 0 Mills, b Foster ................... 3 R. T. Godsell, b Foster ... 0 D. L. Priestley, run out ... 1 Parker, c Baker, b Santall 14 Dennett, not out................... 7 B 13, lb 7 ...................20 Second innings c Smith, b Field.. 55 st Smith,bSantall 14 b Foster ........... o b Foster ........... 2 c Quaife, b Santall 32 b Foster ........... 4 c Smith, b Santall 17 b Foster ........... 5 b Foster ........... 9 c Smith, b Field 1 not out ........... 0 B 8, lb 6 ... 14 Total ... 82 Total... .......... 153 W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett.......... 24 7 57 6 ... ... 40 9 90 4 Parker ...........10 2 0 34 4 .. ... 38 3 14 79 4 Mills .......... 7 1 23 0 .. ... 11 4 21 0 Brown ... ... 9 1 21 1 Truman... ... 1 0 1 0 Parker bowled one no-ball and Mills one wide. G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Foster Santall Field O. 20 22 2 M. R. W. 9 27 2 . 8 32 7 . 0 3 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 29-2 7 04 5 ... 20 10 02 3 ... 7 2 13 2 BOOKS RECEIVED. The. Encyclopedia of Sport. —Vol. 1, Part. 1. 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