Cricket 1910

2 5 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 7 , 1 9 1 0 . the same clubs, and in view of the recent result, a most interesting game should ensue.” Mr. L ivy Walker, a former Surrey captain, has been settled in Shanghai for some years, and, as the score shows, is still able to play a long innings. F r o m the same correspondent I have received a newspaper cutting which should prove o f interest to Hampshire cricketers. The clipping is as follows :—“ It is stated in cricketing circles that Captain E. I. M. Barrett, our leading local batsman, has been medically advised not to play this year, in order to give his knee as much rest as possible. It will be remem­ bered that he underwent an operation a short while ago to have a cartilage removed, which was proving very trouble­ some, and after the operation had been performed it was considered advisable for this famous all-round athlete to refrain from participating for a few months at least in any sport whatever. The Captain will no doubt chafe under this restriction, considering what a keen cricketer he is, but he will doubtless derive some con­ solation from the knowledge that when the football season comes again, he will very probably be able to indulge in his favourite pastime, and help to restore the fallen prestige of the Police team. The cricketing public will no doubt receive the aews of his enforced absence from the greensward with regret.” D u r in g the luncheon interval at Man­ chester on Monday, Mr. O. P. Lancashire, on behalf of the Lancashire County C.C. Committee, presented Tyldesley with a solid silver salver in recognition o f the two separate 100’s he made last month against Hampshire. The performance was a record for the ground, no other batsman having ever performed the feat at Old Trafford. The salver bears the following inscription: “ Lancashire v. Hampshire. An Old Trafford Becord.— John T. Tyldesley, 136 and 101. Presented by the Lancashire County Committee, June, 1910.” W . S p e a k took all ten wickets for 22 runs in a total of 38 for Attenborough v. Dixon and Parker on the former’s ground at Nottingham on Saturday. Five of the players were stumped by P. J. Clarke. W h it e h e a d , of Leicestershire, was dis­ missed in an unusual manner whilst playing against Derbyshire on Saturday. The first ball he received— from Cadman — he glanced into the wicket-keeper’s pads, where it settled. Humphries raised the ball from its resting-place and the batsman retired. There is no foundation for the statement that this instance of “ quick cricket” should be attributed to the fact that this year the Championship is being decided by “ the Lancashire rule.” I t is more than likely, I am told, that B. O. Lagden, of this year’s Oxford team, may settle in South Africa later on. In that case he might—like B. 0 . Schwarz, F. Mitchell, A. D. Nourse, E. A. Halli- well and others— be seen again in this country as a member of a South African team. Sir Godfrey Lagden, his father, is a keen cricketer who played for the M .C.C.’s team against The Army at Pretoria in 1905-6. T h e Hon. F. S. Jackson scored 77 not out for Old Harrovians v. Harrow School on Saturday. He also took one of the two wickets lost by the School. On the same afternoon H . V. Hordern, the Australian “ googlie ” bowler, who has visited England more than once as a member of an American team, made 116 not out for Eastbourne against Eastbourne Wan­ derers. B. B. H e y g a t e ’ s consistent scoring has been one of the most noticeable features o f Sussex cricket this season. Last week he played three consecutive innings of over fifty— 71 and 73 v. Somerset at Brighton, and 63 v. Warwickshire on the same ground— and to Monday last had made 688 runs with an average of 38’22. He and his brother “ H .J.,” who has obtained many fine scores in Canada, were educated at Epsom College, where their heavy run-getting attracted much attention. In the match against Middle­ sex Hospital, on the College ground in May, 1898, “ B .B .” scored 157 not out and in partnership with J. H . Napper (160 not out)— another familiar name in Sussex cricket—put on 335 runs without loss after two wickets had fallen. D e r b y s h ir e ’ s match with Warwick­ shire at Blackwell proved such a success financially that an arrangement has been come to whereby the game with Notts, will take place on the same ground— on August 18th, 19th, and 20th—instead of at Derby, as originally planned. The ground, which is on the borders of Derby­ shire and Nottinghamshire, is the property o f the Blackwell Colliery Company. A m e m b e r o f an old Kent family settled abroad writes to me as follow s:— “ Your recent announcement in Gossip to the effect that Lord Harris had been appointed Joint Master of a pack of hounds in Kent gave rise to a very amusing incident. It is m y custom to allow Cricket to circulate in the servants’ quarters after the various members of the household have done with it, and one afternoon, soon after receiving the issue which contained the state­ ment concerning Lord Harris, I was in the garden and chanced to overhear this conversation between two of the maids :— 1 st M a id (reading from the p a p er): “ It says “ Lord Harris has been appointed Joint Master o f th e -------Hounds, . . . &c.” ” 2 n d M a id : “ What do they mean by Joint Master ? ” 1 st M a id (after a little hesitation) : “ I ’m not quite sure, but I expect they eat the foxes they shoot and that Lord Harris sees that they are cut up properly! ” ” S e ld o m indeed does it happen that so many interesting matches are down for decision within six days as is the case this week. One’s only regret is that it is im­ possible to be at more than one at a time. On Monday the Universities were playing their annual match at Lord’s, Yorkshire were meeting Surrey at Bradford, and the two leading counties — Kent and Sussex— were struggling for supremacy at Hastings. To-day will see the start of the Gentlemen and Players match at the Oval, and to-morrow Eton and Harrow will meet at Lord’s. Altogether, it should prove to be a notable week’s cricket. T h e teams for the Gentlemen v. Players match at the Oval will be :— G e n t l e m e n — H, K. Foster, P. F. Warner, R. H. Spooner, A. Hartley, N. C. Tufnell, F. E. Foster, P. R. Le Couteur, V. F. S. Crawford, H. A. Gilbert, W. B. Burns, and M. C. Bird. P l a y e r s —Hayward, Hirst, Tyldesley (J. T.), Hobbs, Tarrant, Sharp, Rhodes, Jayes, Strudwick, Dean, and Smith (W.C.). At Lord’s on Monday the sides will b e :— G e n t l e m e n — H. K. Foster, K. L. Hutchings, P. F. Warner, R. H. Spooner, A. Hartley, N. C. Tufnell, S. G . Smith, G. H. Simpson-Hayward, N. A. Knox, and two others. P l a y e r s — Hayward, Hirst, Tyldesley (J. T.), Hobbs, Tarrant, Sharp, Rhodes, Blythe, Fielder, Smith (W.C.), and Board. These are strong sides without being thoroughly representative. The Gentle­ men’s team for the match at Kennington is a very good one considering that, for various reasons, Hutchings, Knox, Jessop, Simpson-Hayward, Mason, Dillon, Smith, Heygate and Jones did not accept the invitation they received to play. M r . F. F. K e l l y , of New York, draws my attention to the fact that it was found necessary to abandon the match between Brooklyn and Biclimond County at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on June 18th, after four balls had been bowled and two wickets lost without a run being made. He asks, “ Do you, or any of your readers, know of any game started in which so few balls were bowled ? ” The Sports­ man of September 3rd, 1884, provides a somewhat similar instance to that quoted above. On September 1st, 1884, P. L. Kaye’s X I. should have played H . Y. Green’s X I., but on account of rain only one over was bowled, no runs were scored, and after waiting until two o’clock it was decided to draw stumps. The score was :— II. V. G r e e n ’ s XI. C. D. Hamilton, not I Byes, &c......................... 0 out ................. ... 0 — A. E. Lucas, notout... 0 | Total (0 wkt) 0 It was stated that the previous year’s match had been productive of some long scoring. W . B o n n a r , bowling for the New York and New Jersey Cricket Association against University o f Pennsylvania at the Crescent Athletic Club’s ground at Bay Bidge, Brooklyn, on June 22nd, took five wickets in six balls—four of them in succession. W h a t is claimed as a record for cricket in Ceylon was performed by a player