Cricket 1910

A u g u s t 4, 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 0 7 The construction of the Demon Drivers is fully described in The Evolution of a Cricket Bat , which may be obtained free upon applica­ tion. 1 : 1 m m J b a l l s T| C R I C K E T IMF ROVED MAKE- KEEP THEIR SHAPE LA S LO N C E R CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. BUSSEYS .RACKETS CAIALOQUE UPON APPLICATION. CATALOQUE UPON APPLICATION. F J D O T B I L L S i MPRWEDMAKE-KEEPTHEIR SHAPE-LASTLflMGER CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. DEMON D R I V E R S ARE OUTAND OUT THE BEST. g r a d es 7 - 6 '-S'- 4'6-4-3'e-3'-2'6-2'- g&TA106UEiON'APftQ ICATjO N .^| |> i g a 1 7 % CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION TO GEO. G. BUSSEY & Co.. L td . 36 & 38, Queen Victoria St., LONDON. Manufactory — Timber Mills — PECKHAM, S.E. ELMSWELL, SUFFOLK Agents all over the world. AT THE SIGN OF THE W IC K E T . By F. S. A sh lf.y -C o o p e r. Cricketers and followers of the game may be reminded of the fact that Ernest Harry Killiek takes his benefit in the early part of next week, when Sussex meet Lancashire at Brighton. Most devoutly is it to be hoped that fine weather will be experienced through­ out the three days and that the game will be well patronised by the public, for Killick has rendered very great service to his county. Born at Horsham in January, 1875, and learning the game in his native county, he is possibilities. "When I saw him make 57 not out and 102 against Surrey at the Oval that year I felt assured that, unless something very unexpected happened, he would make a name for himself. Since July, 1898, he has taken part in every match played by Sussex—• a feat which testifies to his physique as well as to his skill. In all matches in which he has played for Sussex he has scored over sixteen thousand runs and taken more than six hundred and fifty wickets, which are ex­ cellent figures when one remembers that the county does not arrange so large a programme of matches as do Surrey, Yorkshire, Lancashire and perhaps one ort wo other sides. As all E. H. KILLICK. Photo by ] [ffawkins <& Co., Brighton. a Sussex cricketer by every right, and further­ more is the third member of his family who has played for the county. In his early days it was as a wicket-keeper that he gave promise of gaining note, but, with Butt in the side throughout all the years of his career in first- class cricket, it has been very seldom indeed that he has been called upon to don the gloves. Killick made his first appearance for Sussex in 1893, but did not assist the side regularly until three years later, when, with 191 against Somerset at Taunton as his highest score, he made 1,073 runs with an average of 34-61. He was then twenty-one years of age, and the form he showed throughout the season stamped him as a young player of very great the world knows, Killick is a left-handed bats­ man, with a cut behind point, a drive in front of cover and a leg-stroke as his chief scoring hits, and a right-handed bowler of two styles —the ordinary medium-paced with a good off-break, and slow, curly leg-twisters. He was at his best as an all-round player in 1905, when in all first-class matches he scored 1,392 runs and obtained 108 wickets. Subscrip­ tions to the benefit fund of this most deserv­ ing cricketer may be sent to Col. E. A. Bruce, the Hon. Secretary of the Sussex County C.C. Cricketers have been treated so unkindly by the weather this year that the recent spell of sunshine [all over the country has been peculiarly welcome. Occurring at