Cricket 1910

346 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 18, 1910. when falling on anything. The other newspaper rose triumphantly like a kite and soared high over the pavilion, and as the representative o f the Manchester Guardian was observed at the moment to smile even more placidly than usual it was thought that he had recognised the name of his paper on the front page. A few minutes later an old gentleman, who might have played for Yorkshire in the days of Alfred Mynn, placed himself in front of the press box, and, with lips drawn tightly together, frowned severely for some time on the assembled journalists. Then he asked coldy, “ Is Old Ebor among ye ? ” The rest of the journalists (myself included), glad to think that they at least were likely to escape the com ing storm, gleefully pointed the finger of scorn at Mr. A. W . Pullin, like boys who hope to see a comrade spanked. Mr. Pullin drew himself up with a boldness for which the Yorkshire Post ought ever to be grateful and firmly replied, “ I am here.” Whereupon the grim features of the questioner suddenly relaxed, a beautiful smile took the place of the frown, and in broad Yorkshire he said, “ And what do you think of our Yorkshire side now ? They used to call us Yorkshire Tykes ! ” And still smiling amiably he departed amid merry laughter in which Old Ebor heartily joined. W r it in g in the Sunday Times, Mr. Sydney Pardon sa ys:— “ The South Africans’ Test matches with the M.C.O.’s team last winter did not reveal any fresh talent of a striking kind, the rub­ ber being won by men who were here in 1907. Now I have not the smallest shadow of doubt that the Australians last year were vastly stronger in batting than the South African team of thre6 years ago, and there is the testimony of Mr. Leveson-Gower and other members of the M.C.C.’s side that the South Africans have in the meantime gone back rather than forward. There is another point. The M.C.C.’s eleven, though they lost the rubber in South Africa, made quite a credit­ able fight. Does anyone imagine that with their batting they would have had even a remote chance in Australia ? Nothing having occurred to alter the opinion I formed last year, I have the utmost confidence in pre­ dicting that in the coming series of Test matches the Australians will win the rubber, and what is more, win easily. If events prove me wrong I shall be the first to admit my error and I will offer no excuses. How­ ever, I have no misgivings. Given reason­ ably dry weather, I cannot believe in the South Africans on the Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide wickets, beating a side that, all being well, will include Clem Hill, Bardsley, Ransford, Trumper, Armstrong, Macartney, Gregory, and Cotter, to say nothing of two or three young men—not yet seen in England—who came oft in the Inter-State matches last season.” These views, I am glad to note, coincide with those expressed more than once in Gossip and “ At the Sign of the W icket.” T he South Africans will arrive in Adelaide on or about October 26th. They will play five Test-matches against Australia. I n a recent four-day match on matting in Malta between the King’s Royal Bifles and the Argyll and Sutherland Regiment, for the Governor’s Cup, as many as 1683 runs were made. The total scores were:— K .R .R ., 435 and 465 for nine wickets; Argyll and Sutherland Regiment, 434 and 349. The Rifles thus won by 117 runs. The aggregate has been surpassed on a few occasions in first-class cricket, but it exceeds the 1665 made in the match between Melbourne University (421 and 501) and North Melbourne (543 and 200) in November and December, 1894. O n Monday the Standard Athletic A.O., of Paris, opened their customary cricket tour in the South of England. Their fixture-list is as follow s:— August 15.— y . Burgess Hill. ,, 16.—v. Bognor. ,, 17.—v. Littlehampton. j, 18.—v. Haywards Heath. ,, 19.—v. 4th Dragoon Guards, at Preston Barracks. „ 20.—v. Sussex Martlets, at Hove. ,, 22.—v. Priory Park, Chichester. ,, 23.—v. Horsham. ,, 24.-^v. East Grinstead. ,, 25.—v. Steyning. „ 26.—v. Preston Park. The following will p la y: P. H. Tomalin (capt.), J. Spearman, W . D. Barnes, F. Caussidiere, T. Freed, E. A. Cawdron, J. P. Miller, W . Hanna, A. G. Slator, A. J. Williams, H . C. Edmonds, H. Taylor, E. A. Brymer, R. T. Smith, C. G. Smith, E . L . Burgin, and E . C. Martin, They had a very rough passage over on Sunday, I hear. A lec H e a rn e , it will interest very many to hear, has been engaged as coach by the Durban Cricket Union for the South African season of 1910-11. The best wishes o f all who know him will accompany him. P layin g on their own ground against Phoenix on Saturday, Thames Ditton made the largest score for the first wicket in the seventy-seven years’ history of the Club :— T hames D itton . H. D. Furze, lbw, b Robinson................171 A. Jenkins, not out ............................116 Byes, &c. ... ......................... 16 Total (1wkt)*..........303 *Innings declai-ed closed. Furze hit thirty-five 4’s and Jenkins 20. Thames Ditton won by 205 runs. S. E . B u sh er , who took five Somerset wickets for 13 runs at Taunton last week, is well-known to Metropolitan cricketers through his association with the Barnes C.C. The year before last he took 101 wickets at a cost of seven runs each for the club named, and in all matches 167 for 7'09 apiece. That season he appeared for Surrey against the Gentlemen o f England at the Oval, scoring 52 and taking seven wickets for 92 runs. Sub­ sequently he assisted Worcestershire, for whom he possesses the qualification of birth. O n Saturday last E. C. Kirk, the Surrey cricketer, played a not out innings of 99 for Private Banks against Wanstead. It is a great pity that this talented player is not seen more frequently in first-class cricket. W riting on last week’s Essex v. Middlesex match at Lord’s, Mr. P. F. Warner remarked: “ I am a believer in luck, and a curious incident happened to me on Wednesday morning. I was going to the nets to practice when George Bean, the old Sussex cricketer, came up to me and said, ‘ Mr. Warner, I am com ing to bowl to you. Whenever I have bowled to you at practice before you have made a hundred! ’— I shall look out for Bean in the future.” R ushby , the fast howler, who will be playing for Surrey again next season, took seven wickets for 13 runs in the Lan­ cashire League match between Accrington and Ramsbottom on Saturday. On the same day Dwyer, who has assisted Sussex, obtained seven for 43 for Rawtenstall against Church. T h e engagement is announced of Mr. Geoffrey Foster to Miss Meta Cammell, daughter of the late Mr. Charles Cammell and Mrs. Cammell, o f Haworth Hall, Hull. I n the course of the second innings of Sussex at Eastbourne on Saturday, Tarrant obtained his one - hundredth wicket of the season. He had already made over a thousand runs. This is the fourth year in succession in which he has achieved the double performance. I t is officially announced that next season Lancashire will play Kent and Sussex away from home, at Dover and Horsham respectively. Hitherto the county has not appeared on either of the grounds mentioned. A.D.T. writes :— “ Cricket statisticians who imagined that C. B. Fry had scored more runs for Sussex than any other cricketer were electrified at Eastbourne on Saturday last, when Harry Butt, the Sussex stumper, whose duty it was to make a presentation to W . H . Edwards, commenced by remarking that the recipient had scored more runs for Sussex than any other cricketer, living or dead. W . H . Edwards, the butt of the remark, is the official scorer of the Sussex C.C.C., and since he took up his Koh-i-noor on behalf of the County has ticked down 158,745 runs for his side, and possibly as many for the opponents —figures which surpass all existing records, so far as Sussex are concerned, that is. Realising the fact that scorers never receive talent money, the Sussex professionals took the opportunity of presenting Mr. Edwards with a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez, presumably in recognition of his many kindnesses in superintending their baggage during transit, but ostensibly in order that he can see the fours more distinctly when totalling up their scores.”