Cricket 1910

A u g u s t 4 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. when the innings, was declared closed with seven wickets down for 443. "When it is added that he was seen quite at his best whilst making the runs, it will be understood that those who witnessed his display are to be envied. “ T h e theory that howling is a matter of temperament goes a long way to account for the scarcity of good amateur bowlers,” says the Meriting Post. “ An amateur, as his title implies, is a person who does a thing for the love of it. Few people derive much physical pleasure from the act of bow ling; batting is quite another thing. It follows, then, that the pleasure which comes to the bowler is moral or intellectual, and so we arrive at temperament. Temperament is what no man can communicate to another. A teacher who can himself make the ball do something can show his pupils how he arranges his fingers on the leather in order to produce certain effects, but he cannot provide him with the determination hours and a-half for 168, and Hornby, admirably adapting his play to circum­ stances, credited himself with his highest score (83) for two seasons: when runs were coming readily from the other end he was content to play a quiet game, but when the end appeared in sight he hit at everything. Sharp, the highest scorer in the first innings, made 81 in the second and required only five more to complete his thousand for the season when Sturman caught him. A lth o u g h Lancashire played an up­ hill game to such perfection, Leicester­ shire enthusiasts may be forgiven if they remember the match chiefly on account of Coe’s not-out innings of 156—his highest score in first-class cricket. Curiously enough, his previous highest effort was also against Lancashire bow l­ ing—at Leicester the year before last, when he carried out his bat for 145. The innings he played last week—his third hundred of the season—was marked by very bright cricket, his driving being very powerful and two 6’s, a 5 and twenty 4’s being his chief hits. I k last Thursday’s match between Past and Present of Durham School, W . E. Maynard made 104 for the former and his brother, A. F. Maynard, 123 for the latter. B ohn at Westmeon, Hants, on January 15th, 1831, Canon William Benham died at St. Edmund's Bectory, Finsbury Square, on Saturday last in his eightieth year. By his death an interesting link with the past has been severed. As a small boy he met John Nyren, who pub­ lished his Young Cricketer's Tutor in 1833 and died four years later. There can now be few people living who can recall that famous old player. The Canon, who was fond of cricket though never a performer, had many interesting remin­ iscences, one of which was seeing Talley­ rand, who died over seventy years ago, walking down Piccadilly. It is unlikely that J. Daniell will be seen in the Somerset team again this season. Last week he strained the injured muscles on which an operation was performed early in the year. This is heavy news for the county, to whom Fortune has been anything but kind throughout the season. T hose who have seen the Public School matches at Lord's this year have witnessed some excellent cricket. The manner in which Eton overcame Harrow has passed into history, and for very many years will be quoted as an ideal occurrence. The Bugby v. Marl­ borough and Cheltenham v. Hailey­ bury matches, whilst not producing such exciting play, furnished some bright and most interesting cricket. On the first day of the former game 561 runs were made for eighteen wickets in under six hours, but on the first day of the latter this rate of run-getting, great though it was, was exceeded, 587 being obtained for thirteen wickets in five hours and a-half. Bugby won their match by an innings and seven runs, after going in against a total of 221, a performance which stamped the side as one of much ability. It was Marlborough’s first defeat of the season, and it is but right to point out that they were handicapped severely in being obliged to take the field without Woodroffe, their best bowler. I t was shown very conclusively that in Linnington and Le Gros Bugby possess two bowleri well above the average. Both are right-handed, but whereas the former is medium-paced, the latter is fast. As reference to page 310 will show, Le Gros obtained T H E A T R E RO YA L . CANTERBURY. 69 th SEASON or the “ OLD STAGERS.” The “ Old Stagers” have the honour to inform the Nobility, Gentry and the Public, that they will produce on the first night of their 69th Season, MONDAY, AUGUST 1 s t, and FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 th , “ L O V E L Y W O M A N ,” A New and Original Farce by PAUL RUBENS O.S., and HAROLD WHITAKER, O.S., and on TUESDAY, Aug. 2nd, and THURSDAY, Aug. 4th, “ U N D ER T H E R ED RO B E ,” A Play in 4 Acts (from Stanley Weyman’s book), by EDWARD ROSE. Period-Louis XIII. Followed on FRIDAY, August 5th, by a NEW AND ORIGINAL EPILOGUE. Characters by Sir Frederick Adair, Mr. Bell Roper Bart. Mr. G. C. Taylor Mr. Hugh Brodie Captain Tomlinson Colonel Chater Mr. Harold Waeher Mr. Arthur Ellis Mr. Harold Whitaker Mr. Percy Lee and numerous members Mr. Alan Mackinnon of the Mr. G. Rentoul Smith Family. Assisted by Lady Susan Fitzelarence Miss Lena Halliday Mrs. Charles Crutchley MissKathleenHilliard Mrs. Fraser Miss Lloyd Miss Sylvia Campbell And Others. The Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Louis D’Egville, O.S. T he O ld S tagers ’ P lay -B ill for 1910. nine wickets in Marlborough’s second innings and caught the tenth man. This recalls the fact that in the match of 1869 C. 1C. Francis took seven wickets in the first innings and all ten in the second. O f the eighteen matches played between Cheltenham and Haileybury the former have won seven and the latter six. The remaining five have been drawn. P . A. P e r k in , after being away from county cricket for some time, turned out on Friday last for the Gentlemen of Essex against Toronto Zingari. At the end of the first day his score was 36, and on the second he carried out his bat for 160 necessary to make him persist in well­ doing. Even the Public School boys who over-bowl themselves lack this quality in most cases. They go on slinging the ball down the pitch when they are tired, but that is all. The professional excels because it is necessary for him to excel: his bread and butter depend upon his success. There must be hundreds and hundreds of boys in that class of life from which professional cricketers come who would readily take to the game as a means of livelihood if they could. But o f the total number only a small percentage achieve the object of their ambition. Opportunity i3 hard to find. But given the opportunity comparatively few fail entirely. On the other hand, any young amateur who has the requisite physical gifts gets plenty of opportunity to develop them. But he lacks the compelling in­ centive, and so soon as he is in any degree discouraged he devotes his atten­ tion to batting and leaves the “ donkey work ” to whoever will undertake it. Consequently there has never been among amateur bowlers the counterpart of Alec Watson or Hallam.” W . H . L ockwood , it will interest many to know, continues to bowl well in club cricket in Nottinghamshire. Last week, playing for Notts Amateurs, he took eight wickets for 23 v. Burton-on-Trent and seven for 9 v. Old Beptonians. The latter side included such useful run-getters as B. Sale, B. H . T. Turner, F. G. J. Ford, J. L. S. Vidler and H . S. Altham. I t is to be feared that Quaife’s benefit— Warwickshire's match with Surrey in the latter part of last week—has not proved anything like the success which he had the right to expect. Fine weather was experienced on each of tho three days, but the attendances were poor, averaging about a couple of thousand a day. The gate receipts amounted to £140, and collections to about £50. Even if the subscription lists bring in £250, the total receipts will not reach £500. This is a very poor re­ cognition o f the excellent service he has