Cricket 1910

A u g u s t i 8 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD Ofr ffc[E GAME. 347 I n last Saturday’s match between the second eleven of the National Provincial Bank and Northern Assurance, J. H. Williams, playing for the former, did the hat-trick, each of his three victims playing-on. In another Bank match on the same afternoon, a son of F. R. Spofl'orth scored 158 for City and Midland against Bellefield. J. I rem o n g er ’ s bowling against Essex at Trent Bridge yesterday must rank as one of the best performances o f a season which has been marked by many re­ markable feats with the ball. In first- class matches last year he took forty- seven wickets for a fraction over 25 runs each—an analysis which scarcely suggests that he would prove equal to bowling through an innnings against Essex and dismissing six men at a total cost of seven runs. In 1908 he headed the Nottinghamshire averages with a record of fifty-seven wickets at a cost of 17-71 runs apiece, his greatest feat being to take ten for 43runs against Sussex at Hastings. O ne of the most prolific run-getters in Metropolitan club cricket is F. F. Boles, of the Spencer C.C., of Wandsworth. His doings this year, in fact, have been so out of the common as to warrant being recorded in some detail in Gossip :— April 23—Spencer v. Croydon ...................... 6 „ 30— „ v. Teddington .......................0 May 7— ,, v. Catford ....................... 64 ,, 14— ,, v. Beddington.......................4 ,, 16— ,, v. Havant.................................37 ,, 21— ,, v. Westcliffe-on-Sea ............. 7 „ 28— ,, v. North Kensington .............31 June 4— „ v. Croydon .......................56 „ 11— ,, v. Brixton.........................................29 ,, 18— ,, v. Mitcham ......................28 ( Burntwood | f St. George’s,) I Wanderers J ’ ( Ramsgate ‘ 25 27- |Westwood House - 104 ' \ School / ,, 28— ,, v. H yth e........................103 ,, 29— ,, v. Sibton Park ............. 6 July 1—Hythe v. XI. Hussars .........................138 ,, 9—Spencer v. Thames Ditton .............150 „ 16— „ v. Ibis ................................. 188 „ 20— „ v. S.C.C. and G........................... 25 ,, 23— ,, v. Clapton Wanderers............. 132 ,, 30— „ v. Epsom ............. ............. 65 Aug. 1— ,, v. St. Pancras .........................59 ,, 6— ,, v. Reigate Priory ...............29 It will be noticed that he has made three hundreds in successive innings, four in five, five in six and six in eight. A lth o u g h Middlesex were favoured by the conditions of the wicket at Sheffield yesterday, they deserve much credit for their success over Yorkshire. After being headed by 127 on Monday, they played a very fine uphill game on the second day and had established themselves in a strong position before three hours’ rain caused the wicket to change in favour of the attack. It is said that P. F. Warner misjudged the true state of the ground on Monday, and in consequence made a mis­ take in leaving out Mignon. Such a con­ tention seems likely to represent the facts of the case, for all ten wickets for Mid­ dlesex fell to fast bowling. Even assisted as he was, Hearne (J. T.)’s performance in taking six wickets for 20 runs against such a side was a meritorious one. This year he has been bowling with very much of his old deadliness, notwithstanding that he played his first match for Mid­ dlesex as far back as 1888. I n this week’s match at Chippenham between Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire, Hughes, whilst umpiring at the bowler’s end, could not get out of the way of a big drive by Overton, and was struck so severely on the ankle that he was obliged to retire from the match. Mr. J. G. P earn writes to me :— “ On Saturday last the Heathfield ‘ A ’ team were set by their opponents, The Chartered Company, 207 to get in an hour and a-half and actually obtained 238 for 4 wickets, and this although the mist over the ground was more like a fog. It was a good, sporting and successful elfort to force a win. P . Baxter (88) and Podmore (87) raised the score from 40 to 200 in less than an hour, the former hitting a 6 and fifteen 4’s and the latter fifteen 4’s.” E ven many who never saw him will be very sorry to hear that Allan Hill, the old Yorkshire cricketer, is lying seriously ill at his residence in Leyland, at which town he has been engaged as coach and groundsman for the last twenty years. He played his first match with Yorkshire, against Surrey, in 1871. H ill, who is 68 years old, is suffering from cancer, and there is no hope of his recovery. T h e success of P. R. Johnson against Sussex this week makes one regret tha,t the services o f so fine a batsman are not always available for Somerset. His presence is a tower o f strength to the side, as he has just shown so clearly, and it is highly probable that if he had not been assisting the county Sussex would have won with the greatest ease in a couple of days. At Eton and Cam­ bridge he obtained a place in the Eleven, and with more opportunities might have developed into an England batsman. His best season so far has been 1908, when he headed the first-class averages with 75-375 and scored four hundreds in eight innings, three of them in succession and two in a match. Strange to say, it was as a fast bowler that he first came into note. S u r r e y commence their return match with Somerset at Taunton to-day, and very many followers of the game will be anxious to learn how the visitors are faring. Surrey have often been beaten in the West, but, remembering the positions occupied by the two counties, it would be strange indeed if they should meet with defeat there again this week. I t was announced in Gossip some months ago that it had been decided to obtain the services o f an English player to coach the Indian cricketers who will tour England next season. As yet it has not been settled who shall be engaged, the choice appearing to rest between Humphreys, Blythe, Braund, Llewellyn and Pearson. The player chosen will undertake his duties at Bombay, and will, by permission of the Maharajah of Patiala, be assisted by Tarrant. RALLY ROUND SOMERSET. Somerset, a summer’s set indeed if you go under: Western star that lit the cricket world with pride and wonder! Shire of marvell’d exploits, sparklingvictories, e’er best When matched against the greatest; sports­ men then and through the rest; Of paragon Palairet, prince of batting’s perfect style; Of Tyler, the pacific, of the priceless pace- less wile; Of Hewett who punched manfully, right shoulder to the foe ; Of Braund, the breaker, Johnson, Martyn, Newton, Wickham, Roe, The lion-unfearing Daniell, Samson, Fowler, in their moods, And Samuel Moses James, who laid severely on his Woods, Lewis, Robson, twain inseparable, excellent . all round, Names that flood the recollection—few of many that abound. Jaok the killer of the giants in the realm of cricket, thou: Oft before thy champion-baiters have strongest had to bow, From the Trent, and from the meadow where the Effra underflows, And the long elsewise invincible sons of the snowy rose; E’en Kent was hard put to it in the tide of greatest might To overcome thy remnant shadow’d by the closing night. But, no, no night on Somerset — pulse- stirring name !—can fall, Whose famous deeds, while cricket thrives, must thrill U3 to recall; Nor she, surveying such a field, be yet content to leave i t : Men of the West; don’t say she can—we can’t and won’t believe it ! —P ott . GENTLEMEN OF WARWICKSHIRE v. PLAYERS OK WARWICKSHIRE.—Played at Edgbaston on August 8 and 9 and left drawn. Score :— G entlemen . F. G. Stephens, c Lilley, b Charlesworth ... ... 0 R. G. Pridmore, lbw, b Charlesworth .............. 13 E. B. Crockford, lbw, b Charlesworth ...............61 F. R.Foster, bCharlesworth 3 G. W. Stephens, b Bates(B.) 33 J. F. Byrne, c Baker, b Charlesworth ... ........ 28 F. E. Taylor, b Quaife ... 6 F. B. Clark, b Quaifc........ 4 W. C. Hands, not out ... 20 II. W. Smith, b Bates(B.)... 53 J. W. Roberts, b Bates (H.) 0 B 5, lb 7 ............... 12 c P arson s, b Bates (B.) ... 40 c Baker, b Char­ lesworth ........... 15 c S uckling, b Bates (B.) ... 25 cSuckling,bQuaife 74 not out................ 103 not out... 15 B 4, lb 1, w 1 6 Total .........233 Total (4 wkts) *278 * Innings declared closed. P layers . Kinneir, c Pridmore, b Roberts .....................45 b Foster ...........11 Parsons,cSmith, b Roberts 35 notout...............26 Charlesworth, b Roberts ... 13 bF. G.Stephens... 58 Quaife, c Smith, b Foster... 4 cSmith,bRoberts 27 Lilley, b Roberts............... 12 lbw, b Foster ... 24 Ashford,cPridmore,bFoster 0 Baker, b Byrne ............... 0 not out............... 43 Field, b Roberts............... 6 Bates (B.) not out ......... 3 Suckling,c Foster,bRoberts 4 (H.), b Foster......... 0 B 15, lb 5, w 1 .........21 B 15, w 2... 17 Total .........143 Total (4 wkt8)206 N. Miller, playing against Richmond on Saturday, made his 50tli three-figure score for Streatham.