Cricket 1910

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I notice that he played for Eltham against Bickley Park on the latter’s ground on Saturday and scored 41 not out and took a wicket. F o r t u n a t e indeed were those who were present at Lord’s on Saturday and saw E ton obtain their wonderful success over Harrow. To R. St. L, Fowler, the Etonian captain, the match will always be a pleasant memory, seeing that he obtained the highest score in each innings of his side and, almost unaided, got Harrow out for 45 at the end o f the day when only 55 runs were wanted to win. It was a splendid wind-up to his school career, and one which will cause his name to be remembered at Eton for generations. “ No game is won until it is lost ” is a saying which has long been quoted in connection with cricket, and no better example of its truth could be given than the Eton v. Harrow match of 1910. Eton, after following-on, were only four runs ahead when their ninth wicket fell, but a rousing not-out innings of 40 by the Hon. J. N. Manners, who put on exactly 50 for the last wicket with Lister-Kaye, rendered just possible the brilliant victory which Fowler's bowling afterwards made an accomplished fact. F o w l e r is a right-hand medium-paced bowler, and, had Fortune been kind to him, would have played an even more prominent part in the match, for in Har­ row ’s first innings he beat the bat several times only to miss the wicket by a shade. It is not likely that very much will be seen of him in first-class cricket, as it is under­ stood that he will go into the Army. His second innings (64), which was the highest in the match for either side, was the result of confident, and almost of aggressive, cricket. That he put plenty of power into his strokes is evident from the fact that among his hits were eight 4’s, a 3 and ten 2’s. It is unlikely that he will ever forget the remarkable reception accorded him, alike by Harrovians and Etonians, upon his return to the pavilion. W h e n Harrow entered upon their apparently easy task of making 55 runs, the innings was opened by W ilson and Jameson. The former fell to the first ball, but the latter played a really remarkable innings. For forty minutes he batted without making a run; at the end of that time he obtained a couple; and then he stayed in for another ten minutes without increasing his score before being bowled by the all-conquering Fowler. When he left the total was 32, of which his own share was 2, made in 50 minutes. He did not make his scoring hit until seven wickets had fallen. Such an innings recalls some of the performances on the same ground by the late Mr. Haygarth in the middle of the last century. O n Monday morning J. T. Hearne was at the head of the bowling averages with forty-six wickets for l l -82 runs each. He is now in his forty-fourth year, and made his first appearance for Middlesex as far back as 1888. The second place was occupied by Blythe, who had taken ninety-two wickets at an average cost of 12-67 runs. A l a n M a r s h a l was well to the fore in the match between Ashford, Middlesex, and A. H . Marriott’s X I. on the Ashford ground on Thursday last. Assisting the latter, he played a very fine innings of 83, which included five hits out of the ground for 0 each, and took all ten wickets for 28 runs. Ashford made 81, as follow s:— A sh fo r d C. E. G. Lee, b Marshal E. R. Cook, b Marshal E.H.Laycook, c O. Mar­ riott, b Marshal ... H. Webb, c Batson, b Marshal .................. R.S.Deverall,bMarshal H. W. IJurrell, c A .H . Marriott, b Marshal H. S. Laycock, lbw, b Marshal ................... W. Sapte, c Batson, b Marshal ........... A. Trewin, not o u t... A. AylingjCHurlimau, b Marshal ........... T.S. Holden,b Marshal Total ........... Marshal’s figures were 16 overs, 3 maidens, 28 runs and 10 wickets. I t is certainly curious that Blythe should have played regularly in first-class cricket for over ten years without doing the hat-trick, and (hat he should then perform the feat twice within the space of seventeen days. The first occasion was against Surrey at Blackheath in the latter part of June, and the other at the expense of Derbyshire on the Bat and Ball ground at Gravesend on Thursday last. C a p t. F r a n k P e n n , a son of the famous amateur of the same name who made such excellent scores for Kent about thirty years ago, played an innings of 97 for House­ hold Brigade against the Gentlemen of Sussex at Burton’s Court, Chelsea, on Thursday last, and carried out his bat. He was born at Owsden, in Suffolk, on August 18th, 1884, and played in five matches for Kent in 1904 and 1905. In minor cricket he has made many large scores. For Household Brigade against Boyal Artillery at Burton’s Court in 1906 he made 101 in his first innings and 123 not out in his second, whilst two years earlier, at Gore Court, he scored 91 out of 108 in 35 minutes for Welsh Begiment v. Gore Court. Mr. W . B. B urns has occasionally proved very useful to his side as a bowler, but not many followers of the game would have considered him equal to doing what he accomplished against the Players at the Oval last week. He was the only bowler o f great pace on the side, and he did all that could have been hoped