Cricket 1910

J u l y 2 1 , ig io . CRICKET 1 A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. unable to play, and Lancashire were, of course, still without Brearley. The latter side opened the season in most promising form, but have failed in a remarkable way on the hard wickets in the South ; against Surrey at the Oval they scored only 166 and 127 and in last week’s match at Tunbridge Wells they were dismissed for 185 and 141. O n Thursday, whilst Dean was bowling to C. Y . L. Hooman and Fairservice in the first innings of Kent, W . A. J. West, the square-leg umpire, stood at point owing to the fact that the bowler had placed four men close in on the leg side. There is everything to recommend the course adopted by West, quite apart from the fact that it cannot be comfortable to umpire in a crowd. W h en K. L. Hutchings went in to bat in the second innings of Kent on Friday he wanted five runs to complete his thousand for the season. He made 33, and the 1,028 he has scored this year have been obtained in twenty-one innings, which gives him an average of 48'95. Only Tyldesley (J. T.), Hobbs and Hirst had reached a four-figure aggregate earlier in the season. O ne of the Lancashire batsmen was much bothered by the reflection of the sun on a glass motor-screen at Tunbridge Wells on Friday, and at E. W . Dillon’s request a rug was thrown over the screen. To Edward Humphreys the Tunbridge Wells Week of 1910 will always prove a pleasant memory. Against Somerset he scored 69 and 29 and against Lancashire 77 and 200 not out, and in each match was on the winning side, Somerset being beaten by 306 runs and Lancashire by 321. In the same matches Woolley scored 212 runs with an average of 53'00 and took nineteen wickets for 9'10 runs each. Although this is the twelfth season in which he has appeared for Kent, Humphreys has not yet completed his twenty-ninth year. Woolley was twenty-three in May. A t Shrewsbury last week C. H . B. Marsham kept wicket for the Gentlemen o f Shropshire against the Gentlemen of Worcestershire. In the latter’s innings of 327 for nine wickets appear the entries :—Major Wodehouse, st Mars­ ham, b Pelham, 31 ; F. A. Walsham How, c Marsham, b Jones, 39; and G. F. Jones-Williams, c Marsham, b Etliel- ston, 14. P layin g for Old Bossallians against Yorkshire Gentlemen, in the fifth match of their tour, at York on Thursday last, T. A. Higson scored 200 not out. He has played in his time both for Derby­ shire and Lancashire, and just now would probably prove a most useful member of the former side. The Old Bossallians, in the match mentioned, replied to a score of 414 with one o f 562 for eight wickets. I n Harrison, the Dewsbury professional, Yorkshire possess a very promising player. Originally he was a medium- paced left-handed bowler, but, on the advice of Hubert Myers, developed into a slow bowler, varying his pace very successfully. Occasionally he has ap­ peared for Yorkshire 2nd X I., as well as for the County, and in last week’s match against Cheshire at Kotherham played a not-out innings of 64 in addition to taking eleven wickets for 49. For a few years he was engaged by the Yeadon United C.C., for which his bowling record in one season showed a hundred wickets for two runs each. L a s t week Kinneir, in the match with Yorkshire at Huddersfield, obtained a pair of spectacles for the first time in his career. He was caught in his first innings and bowled in his second. T h e brothers Beay, of Beddington, were responsible for a good performance at Banstead on Saturday. Bowling unchanged throughout, they dismissed Banstead for 38, W . Beay taking four wickets for 20 runs and G. Beay the remain­ ing six for 16. The latter obtained five wickets with the last twenty balls he sent down without a run being scored off him. Beddington made 77 and won by 39 runs. L e f t - h a n d e d batsmen continue to score well. In last week’s Gossip it was pointed out that in the match between Derbyshire and Leicestershire three such players—Needham, L . Oliver and Coe reached their hundred. Other triumphs during the week by left-handers were 111 by Mead (for Hampshire v. Warwick­ shire), 99 and 94 by Woolley at Tunbridge Wells, 105 by Killick (for Sussex v. Leicestershire) and 204 and 60 by S. G. Smith (for Northants v. Gloucestershire). The 204 is the highest innings ever played for Northamptonshire, exceeding Dr. H . C. Pretty’s 200 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield four years ago. In an article on boy’s cricket in the Saturday Bevietv, the writer says : “ It is delightful to hear the confident cheers which burst invariably from the boys’ stands when the last batsman, with an average of three, steps forth to deal with a situation which requires a century.” C. L. B r e e d e n , who made his first appearance for Warwickshire last week— against Yorkshire, at Edgbaston—is a nephew of Frank Breedon, who was played for the county some years ago for his slow bowling. In 1908 he was captain of King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and during the last two seasons has been playing for Moseley in the Birmingham League. A t a d c a st e r correspondent of the Yorkshire Evening P ost vouches for the following :— An amusing incidont occurred iu the Tadcaster v. Church Fenton (ordinary) cricket match on Satur­ day last (July 9tli) at Church Fenton. Tadcaster | were short of an umpire, and a local man who agreed to act was a bowler of some repute. Swinden, who was bowling for Tadcaster, was on the point of appealing for l.b.w., but before he could get the words out the umpire shouted, ‘‘ How’s that?” (evidently thinking ho was bowling). Swinden said to him, “ I was going to say that. How is it ?” “ Not out,” said the umpire. This recalls the story of an old county professional who, soon after his career in great matches had finished, found himself stationed as umpire at square-leg in a club game. Play had not been in pro­ gress long when a ball chanced to be hit in his direction. Quite forgetting that he was not taking an active part in the game, the umpire dived after the ball, brought off a remarkable catch and cried “ H ow ’s that ? ” Then, suddenly realising the state of things, he added, “ Out! Such a grand catch must not go unrecorded.” I n a Paris Championship match at St. Cloud on the 10th inst. between Stade Francais and Albion, M. Keller- mann, playing for the former, scored 207 not out and took four wickets for five runs. So far as I am aware this is only the second individual innings of over two hundred ever played in France, the other being 239 by Capt. J. G. Greig for Visitors v. Besidents at Dinard. M r . J ohn H . M ason , the President of the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia, and Miss Mason are now in England on a short visit. The former expects to see a lot of county cricket whilst over here, and hopes to pick up a few points on the game. T he game in Ceylon will benefit in the very near future by the arrival in the island o f J. A. Macdonald, who played for Derbyshire occasionally in 1905 and 1906. His appearances for the county were restricted to a very few matches by the claims of business, but for Belper Meadows he played frequently. T o the end of last season he had commenced 143 innings and made 3,186 runs for the club with an average of 26'H , reaching three- figures on three occasions. He has recently accepted an important position in the Ceylon police force. “ T he time-honoured custom of hoist­ ing was observed amidst scenes of the greatest excitement at Eton last night, in honour of the school eight having won the Ladies’ i Challenge Plate at Henley, and beating Harrow at Lord’s in the same week,” says the Daily Telegraph. “ It is some years since Eton brought off the double event, and there was there­ fore some excuse for the jubilant spirit exhibited. The scene was witnessed by thousands of people, including all the college boyi. A notice had been posted that the streets were not to be blocked, that there was to be no disturbance, and that all boys were to be in their houses by lock-up time at half-past eight. The members of Pop assembled on Barnes Pool Bridge at 7.30, some attired in flannels and ducks, and others wearing top hats. Shortly after there was a cry of Wiggi/is, and the captain of the eight was seized and raised shoulder high. He