Cricket 1910

J u l y 1 4 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 6 7 that “ in many of the negro churches prayers were offered for Johnson’s success,’] remarks a contemporary, A more sceptical mind might have hesitated to presume on the interest of the Deity in pugilism, and a more fastidious taste might have scrupled to invoke His interference. When, in “ The Little "White Bird,” David played cricket and skied a ball, he prayed that his opponent might miss the catch. But, recognising instantly the unsportsmanlike nature of the proceeding, he confessed and apologised. PI. Won. Dm. Lost. Pts. Kent ........... ... 7 ... 5 . , 2 .. 0 . . 5 Yorkshire ... 8 ... 3 . . 3 .. 2 . . 1 Sussex ........... ... 6 ... 3 . . 0 .. 3 . . 0 Northants ... ... 7 .. 3 . . 1 .. 3 . . 0 Middlesex ... 5 ... 2 . . 1 .. 2 . . 0 Lancashire ... ... 7 ... 2 . . 3 .. 2 . . 0 Surrey ........... ... 7 ... 2 . . 2 .. 3 . —1 Notts ........... ... 8 .. 2 . . 3 .. 3 . —1 Hants ........... ... 7 .. 1 . . 1 .. 5 . . —4 H a m p s h ir e have been responsible for some good and attractive cricket during the past week. On Saturday they lost to Northamptonshire after making a very plucky effort to accomplish a great task, and on Tuesday they beat Warwickshire at Edgbaston by an innings and over a hundred runs. A great innings of 184 by S. G. Smith and one o f 101 by Thompson were the chief cause of their downfall against Northants, but had Johnstcn and Llewellyn received better support in the final stage of the game it is probable that Hampshire would have w o n ; as it was, the players named made 185 between them and the rest only 66. Llewellyn is enjoying a very successful season, and to date has made over 750 runs and taken 118 wickets. The spectators were so pleased with his cricket on Saturday that they subscribed twelve guineas for him. I t was somewhat remarkable that in this week’s match at Leicester between Derbyshire and Leicestershire three left- handed batsmen should reach three- figures. Needham scored 159, L . Oliver 104 not out, each making his highest score for his county, and Coe 101. A l l cricketers will regret to hear that, owing to failing health, the Bev. G. E. Cotterill, the old Cambridge University and Sussex player, has resigned the living of Idlicote, South Warwickshire. Mr. Cotterill will complete his seventy-first year on the 28th inst. “ H . P. T .” w r it e s :—1 In connection with the intimation that the ‘ Lancashire rule ’ may possibly be continued in county cricket for another season, it is note­ worthy that the mid-seasonal Public School, University and representative matches have produced at least as exciting sport and as many definite finishes as the county matches without the assistance of any such artificial stimulus. With such aid the counties will have to wake up if any of them are going to beat the record of thirteen successive victories that Kent set up under the old order in 1906. A fort­ night ago a table was inserted in ‘ Gossip’ showing how the counties would have stood under Lord Hawke’s scheme. It may interest close readers of Cricket to know how matters would be progressing if the modification of that scheme advanced in these columns 1a t winter had been adopted. The following would be the present position if that method had been in continuous application since 1895:— CHAMPIONSHIP PROPER. By the mode of scoring points three distinct values are preserved for the win, draw and loss; ‘ saving the game ’ serving a side better than losing but not so well as winning outright. And, as the bottom club was to have ‘ gone down ’ at the end of the season, there would have been plenty of incentive for all of them to keep trying their best. In the ‘ Qualifying ’ section, rendered actually and numerically stronger than Lord Hawke’s ‘ B ’ Division by the inclusion of Worcestershire as well as two principal minor counties, Warwickshire would be the present leading candidate for promo­ tion (with 2 points), with Essex and Gloucestershire (1 each) in close attend­ ance. Up to Monday last the remaining 51 games between counties in the different divisions, which would not have counted for Championship purposes, had resulted in 32 wins, 12 draws and 7 losses for the clubs in the upper nine. Which signifies a measure of relief that the lowlier-placed counties would have felt in their efforts to attract support.” THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Plyd. Won. Lost. Dm. Per­ cent­ K e n t.................. ... IS 10 1 2 age. 76-92 Middlesex ... 10 6 2 2 60-00 Lancashire ... 16 8 2 6 50 00 Sussex .......... ... 12 6 4 2 50-00 Northants.......... ... 11 5 4 2 45-45 Hampshire ... 14 6 6 2 42*85 Yorkshire.......... ... 14 6 3 5 42-85 Notts . .......... ... 10 4 3 3 40-00 Surrey .......... ... 15 6 5 4 40-00 E ssex ................. 9 3 3 3 33-33 Gloucestershire ... 9 3 5 1 33-33 Leicestershire... ... 9 2 6 1 22-22 Worcestershire ... 11 2 4 5 18-18 Warwickshire... ... 13 2 5 6 15-38 Derbyshire ... 13 2 8 3 1538 Som erset.......... ... 11 0 10 1 ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL v. BEDFORD GRAMMAR THE UN IV ER S IT Y AVERAGES . SCHOOL.—Played at West Kensington on July 9 and won by Bedford Grammar School by 160 runs. Score:— B ed f o r d G r a m m a r S c h o o l . N. S. Maitby,b Pollard 24 A. L. Thomson, c James, b Jones ... 52 E. H. Holland, b Pol­ lard .......................... 2 B.L. Williams,b Buck­ ley ..........................11 D. B. Candy, c Nor­ man, b Pollard ... 3 D. A. Wilkins,bNorman 7 H. Grierson, not out..108 O. H. Lee Lum, c and b Pollard........... ... 10 A. J. Beeves, c James, b Pollard................... 9 D. F. Roberts, b Pol­ lard ........................... 0 L. G. Phillips,c James, b Norman ...........48 B 9, w 1 ...........10 Total S t . P a u l ' s S c h o o l . ...284 S. I. James, cWilliams, b Grierson ........... R. T. Pollard, b Grier­ son .......................... C. J. Farr, b Grierson F. C. Fawkes, lbw, b Phillips .................. P. J. Buckley, c Lee Lum, b Grierson ... G.E..Sellers,c Roberts, b Wilkins ........... J. M. Boyd, b Grierson D.W.Jones,stRoberts, b Grierson ......... R.C.Cumming,not out F. L. Wainwright, b Grierson .................. J. Norman, c Candy, b Grierson ........... B 8,*lb 2 ........... Total ...........1 Appended are the Oxford and Cambridge averages in first-class matches. It will be noticed that Le Couteur has the best all-round record for either side, his bowling figures being especially good, and that C. V. L. Hooman, who is qualified for Kent by birth, has a batting average of 14*63. OXFOftD. Played 10; won 4, lost 5, drawn 1. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out inns. Runs. Aver. C. V. L. Hooman ... 11 0 115 491 44-63 P. R. Le Couteur ... 15 0 160 465 31-00 G. H. Cartwright ... 4 1 38 80 26-66 R. V. Bardsley ... ... 3 0 35 75 25-00 It. O. Lagden ... ... 17 2 69 353 23-53 M. G. Salter ... ... 7 0 57 153 21-85 R. H. Twining... ... 16 1 79 296 19-73 R. Sale .......... ... 13 0 56 213 16-38 M. K. Mackenzie ... 5 1 48* 65 16’25 It. L. L. Braddell ... 13 0 60 208 16-00 A. J. Evans ... 16 0 65 240 15-00 H. S. Altham ... ... 7 0 39 104 14-85 A. G. Pawson ... ... 16 2 37 185 13-21 J. L. S. Vidler ... ... 11 1 55 131 1310 C. P. Leese ... 11 1 48 120 12-00 F. N. T u ff........... ... 11 4 34* 78 11-10 J. C. M. Lowe ... ... 13 6 21 63 9 00 The following also batted: M. E. Coxhead, 7: G. E. V. Crutchley, 1. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. P. R. Le Couteur .. 243-4 39 845 59 14-32 R. L. L. Braddell .. 21-5 3 81 5 16-20 J. L. S. Vidler .. 1405 23 381 22 17-31 It. O. Lagden... .. 118 16 382 20 19-10 F. N. Tuff ... .. 132 26 375 16 23-43 J. C. M. Lowe .. 153-2 19 557 20 27*85 M. K. Mackenzie .. 65 12 185 6 30-83 A. J. Evans ... .. 109 19 424 12 35-33 R. Sale ........... .. 43 1 198 4 49-50 G. H. Cartwright .. 50-2 3 232 4 58-00 The following also bowled : R. V. Bardsley .. 8 1 23 0 — C. V. L. Hooman .. 11 1 46 0 ___ M. E. Coxhead .. 15 0 90 0 — CAMBRIDGE. Played 9 ; won 3, lost 5, drawn 1. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. D. C. Collins ... ... 13 4 72* 392 43-55 J. F. Ireland ... ... 13 1 107* 398 33-16 O. Hughes................. .. 7 1 65 155 25*83 E. L. K idd................ .. 14 1 65 298 22-92 M. F a lcon ................ .. 15 0 96 343 22-86 M. Susskind ... ... 6 0 92 122 20 33 N. C. Tufnell ... ... 15 1 102 268 19-14 J. W. W. Nason ... 13 2 63* 205 1863 N. J. Holloway... ... 10 4 29 107 17-83 F. T. Mann ... ... 15 0 55 251 16-73 H. G. Bache ... ... 4 0 23 44 1100 J. H. B. Lockhart ... 14 0 40 123 8-73 A. G. Cowie ... . 7 2 28 39 • 7-80 Hon. A. Windsor-Clive 6 0 15 44 7*33 The following also batted: L. H. Adams, 21*, 2*, 0*, 14 ; H. Forman, 8 and 1; A. W. Griffin, 1 and 11; E. H. Cuthbertson, 0 and 0. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. L. H. Adam s......... . 82-2 19 243 12 20-25 A. G. Cowie ......... . 166"5 19 718 35 20-51 N. J. Holloway ... 190-3 47 584 27 21-62 T. H. B. Lockhart.. . 258-2 41 892 30 29-73 J. W. W. Nason ... 41-2 8 156 5 31-20 J. F. Ireland........... 76 17 213 7 34-71 E. L. Kidd .......... . 15-4 0 72 2 36-00 Hon. A. Windsor Clive ................. . 44-5 6 121 3 40-33 The following also bowled : H. Forman (15*3-3-71-4), A. W. Griffin ( 18-0-34-0\ D. C. Collins (5-0-25-0), H. G. Bache (4-1-6-0), F. T. Mann (2-0-18-0). Playing for Granville (Lee) on Saturday v. The Royal Ordnance Corps, Woolwich, at Woolwich, A. S. Johnson, the old Essex County cricketer, took eight wickets for 22. C. E. C. Kendle made 132 not out, and hit 20 fours. The scores were Granville (Lee), 218, Ordnance Corps, 65.