Cricket 1910

226 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 30, 1910. incom ing batsman said to bim , “ L ook here, I ’ve got a bet on of a fiver tbat I make a boundary.” L ohm ann prom ised b im one on the leg side, and had to explain which si ie that was. At the second attempt the bats­ m an snicked a four. He then hurried towards the pavilion, Lobm ann explained to him th it he was not ou t; the batsman replied that he knew that, but he was going to look after the fellow he bad made the bet with ! One is sorry to learn that so poor a sportsman got the m oney. “ H e was not what I should call a keen cricketer,” said Lohm ann. T he influence of m oney on the gam e appears only a little less unfavourably' in a story of a wicked headmaster, now long gone to his place. H . H . Stephenson was bow ling, and the headmaster was umpiring in a boy’s m atch. A fter a tim e the umpire said, “ Stephenson, you don’t ask for l.b.w . B y-the-bye, Stephenson, there will be six­ pence for you for every wicket you get.” “ I m ade half-a-crown out of that m atch,” said Stephenson. “ A ll the five wickets were, l.b.w .” It occurs again in an anecdote of Peate. England, thanks to Mr. A. G . Steel, had made enough runs, and when Mr. Stanley Crjristopherson wrent iu as last man his captain’s instructions were, “ G o in and have a h it; don’t waste tim e.” But when Peate saw him acting on this hint, he came up to M r. Christopherson and sa il. “ D on’t . hurry, sir, don’ t hurry. I ’m getting ten shillings for every ten runs I m ake.” A fellow -ciicketer of Peate's, T om Emm ett, m oves gloth.usly through th^ book, spreading cheerfulness as he di I on the fie'd. Unhappy is the m an not old enough t ) rem mber Tom Emm ett! B ut here he m ay get glim pses of him addressing a Sheffield crowd (which had differed from him as to a short run) from the m iddle o f the ground, “ as a father m ight talk to an erring child : ” he m ay read of Emm ett playing as a boy in the road at the risk of breaking window s, au event w hich he said made thtm unhappy fo r a tim e—“ not that he particu- lirly m inded breaking windows, bu*. the consequences were always very trying t> our constitutions.” W hen lie was asked to play for the County the Comm ittee, with ill-tim ed thriftiness asked him to accept less than the usual pay, b it Emm ett mai fully refused. W hen fam e had com e and the team were n obly entertained to dinner, he decline 1 to share a cab with any one. A fter such a superb affair, he said, it would be undignified to have m ore than one in a cab, and again he had his way. At Canterbury once the ball went flying past his nose or hit his body. “ W ait a m inute, m y little m an,” he said to A lec Hearne, who was going to b jw I, “ let’s go and straighten the carpet a little ” W hen he had patted the w icket to his satisfaction he observed Lord Harris standing cl>se in at short-leg. H e inquired, di 1 his lordship value his life at all ? H e did ? W ell he, Emm ett, had killed so m any m en who would stand close in, that he thought perhapi he ought to ask. E ven where he was umpire the stories gathered thick about hi n ; but he him self, he said, did not believe more than half of them . So the cricketer m ovei in good com pany through this stout and com fortable volume, and he will corns b.ick to it sure of finding fresh and interesting things. T he frailty of hum an m em ory leads even cr'cketers into inaccuracy, an t Mr. Bettesworth congratu­ lates him self on the h ippy thought which enabled him t >cbtain foo'n otes fr m another pen, correcting the e-rors, and suppl; ing the deficiencesdue to the forge'fulness or m odesty of the players. One is amazed at the industry, and the unfailing knowledge, and m ay even be amused at the remorseless accuracy of the annotator. “ I m ade some forty ru ns,” sa 's the cricketer; forty-six says the footnote. “ I stumped A lfred M ynn,” says H . H. Stephenson; the score-sheet suggests that it was W illsher, says Footnote. T he weather was cold that year, says the cricketer. Ah ! says Footnote, it was much colder in 1837! The reader has a vision of Father Tim e rea ling (and naturally unwilling to leave) these pages, his white beard resting lovingly on Mr. Bettesworth’s manuscript That is doubtless why Tim e stands still with the cricketer, and the veterans are doing so well this year. One ought to be grateful to Footnote for rescuing from oblivion the description of a player who was “ renowned, and justly, for his p >sture at point.” “ Good wine needs no bush, yet to good wine they do u s e g o o l bushes,” and Mr. Be'tesw orth’s capital book is m ade even better by the results of his happy thought. E . B . V. C h ristian . THE FIRST-CLA.SS AVERAGES. (Compiled to June 26). BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. Tyldesley (J. T.) ... 19 2 158 1096 64-47 H. K. Foster ... ... 11 0 126 620 56-36 A rn old................. ... 13 1 215 627 52-25 K. L. Hutchings ... 17 1 122 774 48-37 Bowley .......... ... 12 0 157 571 47-58 A. H artley........... ... 20 3 234 802 47-17 Tarrant ........... ... 16 1 142 707 47-13 Hardstaff .......... ... 15 2 111 597 45 92 Langdon ........... V. F. S. Crawford ... 12 0 156 525 43 75 ... 13 3 95 416 41-60 Pearson ........... ... 13 0 104 4% 38 07 P. A. Perrin ... 13 0 144 479 36-84 A. O. Jones ... 15 0 121 551 36-73 Whitehead (R.)... ... 12 2 129 367 36 70 C. J. B. Wood ... ... 14 0 69 508 36 28 Brown ........... ... 16 4 106* 434 36-16 Kinneir ........... ... 18 ‘2 94 575 35 93 A. C. Johnston .. ... 13 3 130 359 35-90 Quaife.................. ... 18 4 109* 493 35-21 E. W. Dillon ... ... 17 0 138 585 34-41 Charlesworth ... ... 19 2 216 585 84-41 Cox (G.) .......... ... 18 4 75’ 476 34-00 G. N. Foster ... 15 2 123 436 33-53 E.S.Litteljohn ... ... 13 1 129 401 33 41 R. B. Heygate ... ... 15 1 108 460 32-85 H obbs................. ... 26 1 133 815 32-60 S h a rp .................. ... 17 0 103 552 32-47 Hirst .................. ... 24 1 1C8 746 32-43 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Smith (W. C .)......... 548-5 158 1200 99 12*12 Blythe .................. Thompson ........... 388-4 113 838 67 12-50 373 96 928 68 13-64 Woolley .......... ... 219-2 55 495 36 13 75 Hearne (J. T.) 234 80 475 34 13*97 Dean.......................... 475 3 133 952 68 14-14 P. R. Le Couteur... 194-2 27 697 47 14-82 Hirst .................. 3)9-4 78 881 58 15-18 Huddleston ........... 255-2 82 496 32 15-50 Mead(W .) .......... 300-3 79 692 41 15-72 Fielder .................. 278-2 52 805 51 15-78 Wells .................. 149-1 16 553 34 16 26 Llewellyn ........... 427-4 68 1301 79 16-46 Relf (A. E.) .......... 549 1 182 1209 72 16-79 Tremlin .................. 219-2 43 606 36 1683 G. H. S.-Hayward 159-3 19 478 28 17 07 Haigh .................. Buckenham .......... 252-5 41 654 37 17.67 241-1 39 791 44 17-97 Santall .................. 339-2 67 854 47 18-16 J. W. H. T. Douglas 134-2 15 45S 25 18-32 Cox ( G .) .................. 296 71 835 45 18 55 Fairservice .......... 178-5 35 485 26 18-65 Parker ................... 186-5 57 448 24 18 66 Tarrant .................. 366 115 842 45 18-71 D en n ett.................. 279-2 76 675 36 18-75 BOOKS R E C E IV E D . A Guide to Ceylon Rugby Football. Edited by E. W. Foenander of the Ceylon Sportsman. Price and name of publisher not stated. CR ICK E T IN SCOTLAND. DUMBARTONSHIRE v. LANARK SH IRE.-Played at Dumbarton 011 June 22 and won by the home side. Score:— L a n a r k sh ir e . R. Paterson, c Wright, b F. Johnson........... A. Gillespie, run out.. Dr. 1). Logan, b E. A. ‘Johnson ................... J. T. Brown, c and b E. A. Johnson J. Lavelle, c Batty, b F. Johnson ........... J. M'Millan, b F. Johnson ................... M. Murray, e Young, b F. Joh n son.......... G. L. Delaney, not out Byes, &c............... Total ........... < D um bartonsh ire . E. M.Tarbet, c M'Mil­ lan, b Logan ... ... 0 W. G. Wright, c La­ velle, b J. T. Brown 1 T. Golding, c Logan, b B row n.................. 6 T. Hains, c Lavelle, b Logan ................... 0 E. A. Johnson, c F. Johnson, b Brown.. 12 A. Chalmers,b Murray 14 W. R. Gardner, b Delaney .................. 13 W. Batty, run out ... 1 F. Johnson, run out... 23 D. R. Dawson, c sub., b Brown ................... 8 J. Young, not out ... 1 Byes, &c ...............10 Total ...........95 PERTHSHIRE v. ABERDEENSHIRE.—Played at Mannofield on June 25 and won by Aberdeenshire by 2 runs.' Benskin took seven wickets for 70 runs and Webster seven for 02. Score:— A b e r d e e n s h ir e . G. Scott, b Benskin ... W. Webster, c J. L. An­ derson, b Benskin... J. N. F. Elmslie, b Benskin ................... Bridges, b Benskin ... R S. Clark, lbw, b Fraser ................... W. Mackintosh, b Ben­ skin ......... .* ...........28 52 J.Mortimer,bBenskin S Dr. Mitchell, b Fraser 1 Colin Miller, c Ben­ skin, b Fraser ... 0 C. II. Miller, c Stuart, b Benskin .......... 0 J. Scott, not out ... 14 Byes, &e. ... 18 Total ..140 P e r th sh ir e . Joe Anderson, b Web­ ster ........................... 7 F. Smith, b Webster... 2 R. W. Smith, lbw, b Webster ................... 4 J. L. Anderson, b Web­ ster .......................... 1 Dr. Stuart, b Webster. 28 Benskin, c and b J. S c o tt.......................... 17 J. Hailey, run out ... 22 A. Latto, b Webster.. 3 R. M. Mitchell, c Clark, b Webster ......... 4 A. S. Fraser, run out 20 J. Wood, not out ... 25 Byes, &c. ... 5 Total ...138 FORFARSHIRE v. STIRLING COUNTY.—Played at Fortliill, Broughty Ferry, on June 25th and won by Forfarshire by ten wickcts. Kyd and Tait made 335 without being parted in just about three hours. Score:— S t ir lin g R. E. Adair, c Bat­ chelor, b Ringrotje .. 20 W. Wilson, c M‘Intyre, b Ringrose ........... 0 A G Oswald, c A. Lind­ say, b l.inarose ... 8 J. A* L. Dunlop, c Tait, b hingr« sc ... ... 13 J. W. Ferguson,b Ring­ rose .......................... 2 Gooder, st Chalmers, b Sturrock ...........16 C ounty . T. B. Jones, c Kyd, b b Sturrock ........... 0 J. H. Orr, b Ringrose 32 J. R. Baker, b Ring­ rose ........................... 1 J. W. Duncan, b Stur­ rock .......................... 3 A. Oswald, not o u t... 4 Byes, &c. ... 4 F o r fa r sh ir e . J. A. Kyd, not o u t.................. R. G. Tait, not o u t ................. Byes, &c....................... Total ...103 ..151 ..178 .. 6 Total (no w k t).................. 335 GEORGE LEWIN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and A th letic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the M.C.C. South African XI., 1909-10 ; the Aus­ tralians, 1896, 1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s XL, 1894-1895, 1897-1898; Mr. MacLaren’s XI.. 1901-1902; West Indian XI., 1900 and 1906 ; South Africans XL, 1901 and 1907 ; and M.C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Counties, Wanderers, Stoics, Bromley, Button, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs, and Queen’s Club.—Write for E stim ates F r e e . Tel>graphic Address: “ Leotdde , London .” Telephone : P . O. City 607, 8, Crooked Lane, Monument, London B r i d g E . C .