Cricket 1910

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Within the next week or two it must be decided definitely whether a South African team will or will not be seen in Australia during our non-cricket season of 1910-11. Practically everyone in this country who takes more than a passing interest in the game had been looking forward to the event as one destined to mark the commencement of an important epoch in the history of cricket, and therefore the regret will be especially keen if the trip should fall through at the eleventh hour owing to the question of a guarantee. From the moment that a differ­ ence of opinion on the point was known to exist, my point of view has coincided with that of the Australian Board of Control, who could hardly be expected to guarantee £5,000 for a team the constitution of which was unknown. Should the South Africans decide to undertake the tour without a guarantee being provided, they would have nothing to fear financially provided they played good cricket. It was by nine votes to three that the Board of Control decided against the guarantee. Those who opposed it were New South Wales (3 votes), Victoria (3), Queens­ land (2) and Tasmania (1), whilst South Australia (3), who were in favour, supported the idea only on condition that the Board should have a voice in the selection of the team. It will thus be seen that Australia is strongly opposed to undertaking financial risk, and it would seem that if the trip is to be made it will be because someone in South Africa is willing to become surety for the expenses of the side. To enjoy Kent cricket to the utmost it is necessary to attend one of the county’ s matches during one of its many Festivals. Those supporters of the side who were present at Tunbridge Wells in the latter part of last week should have been supremely happy, for the weather was appropriate to the time of year, there was much excellent cricket, and— the home side gained an overwhelming vic­ tory, thereby to some extent making amends for the heavy reverse sustained from the same opponents the year before. On the first day I found myself in the vicinity of many maids of Kent, whose remarks proved them to be well versed in the finer points of the game. Their chatter was charming, and although they were keen to see their own side do well they were generous in their plaudits when one of the opposing eleven accomplished some­ thing worthy of recognition. Woolley gained their admiration—as he did everyone’s—by his delightful cricket, and when, after driving Makepeace to the boundary, he hit him over the ring they applauded him until they burst their gloves. When Makepeace was put on one of the fair on-lookers recalled that earlier in the week he had taken seven wickets for nine runs against the second eleven of her beloved county, and her remark produced a silence which showed with what trepidation her companions regarded the change of bowling. But Woolley has an arm like a hop-pole, and treated the new attack in such cavalier manner that quickly the lament was raised that Makepeace could not bowl throughout from both ends. But every­ thing has an end, and Woolley’s innings came to a close when another big hit would have enabled him to enter three-figure land. The remark that he deserved to be one of the first chosen in the event of an England eleven being selected would pro bably have received whole-hearted and unanimous support had not a lady, who obviously regarded all the proceedings from a social rather than from a cricket point of view, created a little diversion by begging permission to borrow the programme from one of the bevy of maidens. Later in the day everything in the press-tent seemed strangely prosaic, but is it to be wondered at? After the match I was informed that, although there was no play on the Wednes­ day, owing to the Somerset match being over on the second afternoon, the receipts for the week amounted to £575, and that on Friday as much as £189 was taken—a record “ gate ” for the Neville ground. The day cannot be far distant when the advisa­ bility of allowing spectators to view the game from motor-cars will be considered. On Thursday last there were ninety-nine such vehicles on the Tunbridge Wells ground, some of them close to the ropes and the others—the majority—behind the spectators. As the Field truly remarked, the arrival and departure of the cars is, unfortunately, not free from an element of inconvenience to the pedestrian part of the company. Those who tabulate the notabilia of the game will be interested to hear of a remark­ able match which was played at Stanton Drew, in Somerset, on the 9th inst. between E. and W. Greenslade and Stanton Drew. The latter were dismissed without a run, W. Cotterell taking seven wickets and W. L. Dascombe the remaining three. There are now about forty instances on record of a side being dismissed scoreless. BRIGHTON COLLEGE v. LANCING COLLEGE.— Played at Brighton on July 9 and ended in a tie. The last wicket of Lancing, and the ninth and tenth of Brighton each added 62. Score:— L a n c in g C o ll e g e . H. S. Machin, b Baker 56 R. O. Clark, hit wkt, b Havelock Davies... 27 G. B. Liddelow, c Cubitt. b Baker ... 0 L. R. C. Sumner, b Baker.......................... 1 R. K. Simms, c Cubitt, b Baker .................. 14 G. L. Selby, b Read ... 4 W. Longman, b Mur­ doch .......................... 24 R.C.Birkett, c Cubitt, b Havelock Davies 15 T. Lodor Symonds, b Baker .................. 5 A. H. Stenhouse, not out .......................... 31 H. B. Bulkley, b Havelock Davies ... 41 Byes, &c..............10 Total ...228 B r ig h t o n C o ll e g e . R. W. Dower, b Simms 0 | B. B. Cubitt, b Lidde- P. Havelock Davies, c Birkett, b Clark ... 7 1 A.J. Murdoch, c Lidde­ low b Simms ...........41 M. Frisch, b Simms... 22 W. E. I. Read, c Long­ man, b Liddelow ... 17 R. Cadman, c Machin, b Liddelow ........... 0 low .......................... 0 N. M. Morris, run out 11 W. S. Ross, not o u t... 36 E. C. Baker, b Simms 43 O. R. Cloustori, b Selby .................. 25 Byes, &c..............26 Total ...228 SOUTHGATE v. UPPER TOOTING.—Played at Southgate on July 16. S o u t h g a t e . H. A. Milton, c Parez, b Sandilands ...........46 W. G. Walker, lbw, b Abney .................. 5 E. J. Mann, b Sandi­ lands ..........................47 J. R. Hudson, c and b Harvey ...; ...........11 N. Peterson, b Abney 43 A. G. Turner, b Sandi­ lands .......................... 3 E. T. Vint, c Morgan, b Harvey.................. 3 F. S. Lewis, lbw, b Abney .................. 10 F. B. Dent, b Abney 0 C. C. Thicknesse, not out ...........................19 G. W. Cranfield, b Abney .................. 24 B 9, w 1 ...........10 Total ...221 U p p e r T o o tin g . L. V. Harper, b Cran­ field .......................... 1 H. Thompson, b Hud­ son .......................... 71 A. H. Parez, lbw, b Lewis..........................15 R. R. Sandilands, not out .......................... 53 R.M.Harvey,st Thick­ nesse, b Turner ... 27 B 6, lb 4 ...........10 Total (4 wkts) 177 A. C. de Morgan, N. D. Kennington, H. White- legge, G. W. Butcher, L. E. G. Abney, and H. G. Brewer did not bat.