Cricket 1910

A u g u s t i i , 1 9 1 0 . CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 335 TH E IND IAN TEAM FOE ENGLAND . The announcement that the Indian Cricket Team Committee have definitely decided to send a representative Indian team to England in April next, will have been received with satisfaction by the sporting public of India. The generous support that has been extended to the project has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the Committee. On this side the first to accord his cordial support to it was H.E. Sir George Clarke. The Euling Princes of India vied with one another in contributing to the guarantee fund, of which the position was set beyond all doubt by the donation from Mr. Batan J. Tata, At home the project had among its supporters men like Lord Harris, Lord Hawke and Mr. Lacey of the M.C.C. The only difficulty which the Committee experienced in the beginning was not as to the sinews of war, but as to the men. But even that was speedily sur­ mounted, and from the list, which we published yesterday, of the players who have accepted the Committee’s invitation to make a trip to England if selected, it will be seen that almost all the leading cricketers have consented to play and that the team will be thoroughly representative of Indian cricket. Those who have witnessed the wonderful progress of Indian cricket during the last decade will admit that the tour may have many a surprise in store for the leading cricket counties in England and the organisers of the tour are even hopeful of the team competing on equal terms with Yorkshire, Lancashire, Kent, Sussex and Middlesex. In H.H. the Jam Sahib, Dr. H. D. Kanga and K. M. Mistry of Patiala, the team possesses a triplet of batsmen, to dislodge whose wickets would be no light task for the most resourceful among the English bowlers; while in Warden, Balu and Bulsara, the home teams would find bowlers of a calibre, whose every ball would have to be watched. In the beginning, of course, the visitors will have to put up with a good number of reverses, but as they get accustomed to the English wicket, they will render a better account of themselves. As Mr. J. M. Framji Patel, to whose exertions the success of the project is in the main due, said at the preliminary meet­ ing held last year, “ They are not going to set the Thames on fire; they might get a sound thrashing at the hands of the cricket giants of Yorkshire and Lancashire; but that the team will, on the whole, acquit themselves creditably there is little doubt.” But as we said on a previous occasion, it is the educa­ tional and political value of a tour like this that the organisers of the project had in mind from the very beginning. Even if the tour does not prove the success which its organisers expect it to be, it will have done incalculable good to Indian cricket. It will furnish unrivalled opportunities for the members of the team to watch the play of the leading English exponents of the game. A fight at the home of the game, with the foremost cricketers of the world, cannot but be of immense advantage to the team Turning to the political aspect of the tour, at the preliminary meeting referred to above, this point was emphasised by Mr. Patel and subsequent speakers, and it was this con­ sideration which in the main seems to have prompted the different gentlemen to sub scribe to the funds. In fact, it may safely be asserted that this was the prime motive of the whole project. If the tour assists towards removing, to some extent at least, the misunderstanding between the ruling nation and the governed, it will have done an immense service to both England and India. The healthy spirit of co-operation and mutual regard between tbe rulers and the ruled, which has been the most notable feature of the public life of our city, and which has been the envy of other parts of the country, might, with confidence, be ascribed, in some measure at least, to the unrivalled opportunities of friendly intercourse and conversation which the Presidency and other fixtures have provided in our midst. The friendly contests on the democratic field of cricket between England and Australia have, it is claimed, done more than anything else to bind the Colony to the Mother Country.— The Bombay Gazette. R E V IEW S *. Craig’s Cricket and Football Rhymes, Sketches, Anecdotes, dtc., is the title of a publication of 97 pages which will probably appeal to admirers of the late Albert Craig, who was known on many fields as “ The Surrey Poet.” The booklet has been printed at cost price, and the profits resulting from the sale of the publication will be handed over to the widow of the poet. Life and Reminiscences of Robert Abel in the Cricket Field consists of 118 pages of matter relating to the career of the famous Surrey batsman, from the day that he commenced to play cricket until, owing to failing eyesight, he was obliged to retire from his position as coach to the young players at the Oval. He deals in chronological order with all the important matches in which he appeared, and thus we obtain glimpses of practically all the well-known players of the last thirty years. Mr. John Shuter contri­ butes an introduction, and in the course of his remarks says :—“ It has sometimes been said that he was not partial to extra fast bowling. Certainly on fiery wickets there was nothing surprising in this considering his small stature, but during his long career he must have met all the fastest bowlers of note, and on all sorts and conditions of wickets, and his records prove the fallacy of the idea. ” BUCKINGHAMSHIRE v. BERKSHIRE. Played at Aylesbury on July 29and 30 and won by Berkshire by ten wickets. Score and analysis :— B u c k in g h a m s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. W. Wheeler, b Baker......... 7 c Shoosmith, b Belcher........ 0 G. Boddy, c Todd, b Simp- c Shoosmith, b son ............................ 52 Belcher .. 5 Orton, c Shoosmith, b c Wichelow, b Hawksworth ............... 12 Hawksworth .. 17 W. F. Lowndes, b Wood­ burn ............................ 7 run out ..68 E. Leat, c Hill, b Simpson 8 c Hill, b Belcher 20 A. H. Parez, c Nepean, bc Simpson,bWood- Simpson ......................12 b u r n .. 4 Wright, b Belcher .........42 lbw, b Woodb'irn 47 Boddy (E.), run o u t.........13 c Bennett, b Woodburn ... 5 P. L. Frith, lbw, b Hawks- c B elcher, b worth............................ 0 Hawksworth... 16 E. Eyles, not out .........18 c Todd, b Wood­ burn 8 Vickerstaff, c and b Wood­ burn ............................ 0 not out...4 Byes, &c.................... 9 Byes, &c. ...10 Total .........180 B e r k s h ir e . Total.........210 Hawksworth,cVicker- staff, b Wright ... H. S. Baker, c Vicker­ staff, b Wright Simpson, c Vicker­ staff, b Wright A. F. Todd, not out... Byes, &c.............. Total .........; * Craig's Cricket and Football Rhymes. Price 3d. Life and Reminiscences of Robei't Abel. Price 6d. London : Cricket and Sports Publishing Co., 115-117, Cannon Street, E.C. C. C. M. Bennett, c Eyles, b Wright ... 50 Capt.C.G.Hill,cVicker- staff, b Wright ...118 G. Belcher, b Wright 49 Shoosmith, b Frith . 14 Wichelow, c Eyles, b Vickerstaff ......... 1 Sir C. Y. Nepean, c Lowndes, b Wright 43 W. V. Woodburn, c &b F rith.....................19 Second innings: Bennett, not out, 17 ; Hill, not out, 0. Total (no wkt), 17. B uckinghamshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hawksworth.. 20 7 35 2 ......... 21 7 44 2 Baker ....... 13 3 45 1 ......... 4 1 16 0 Simpson ... 19 3 44 3 ......... 4 0 15 0 Woodburn ... 15‘53 42 2 ............ 16 2 38 4 Belcher....... 3 0 5 1 ......... 20 3 69 3 Bennett........ 5 0 18 0 B erkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. G. Boddy .. 6 0 40 0 .......... Frith ....... 15 2 67 2 .......... Wheeler....... 1 0 6 0 .......... Wright ....... 39-18 120 6 ............. 2 1 1 0 Vickerstaff ... 23 3 127 2 ............. Parez ... 2 0 16 0 G. Boddy bowled one wide and Vickerstaff nine no-balls. 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