Cricket 1910

3 6 ° CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 2 5 , 1910. H. GRADIDGE And SONS, Manufacturers o f all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, a n d all British Sports. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS Used by all the m Leading yk Players. ^ •Cade In Mea’s, ■mall Ifea’s, «r C «U «g«, 6, 5, 4, 4 I P r i c e i j s t i F r e e 0 1 1 A p p l i c a t i o n . Of all First-Class Outfitters and Dealers, .4 • Bebladlnjr a Speciality. Factory; A rtillery P lace . WOOLWICH. URINE For cleaning and whitening Buckskin and Canvas Boots and Shoes, Cricket Pads, &c. Packed in spun zinc container,with sponge. 01 all dealers, or post free 6 d . W ILL NOT RUB OFF OR CAKE. STANLEY FEAST &CO, r „ S RsT£ C d c k e t : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 5 t h , 1910. I J a ln l t n t t f f in s s tp * The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. D uring the luncheon interval at Dover on Thursday a handsome silver loving-cup was handed to Mr. J. E. Mason, as acting captain of the Eleven, as a souvenir of Kent having won the Championship twice in successive seasons. It was the gift of Mr. George Francis Raggett, the ex- Mayor o f Dover; but in his unavoidable absence, owing to a family bereavement, the presentation was made by Councillor Geddes. F o r t u n e was unkind to Hampshire in their match with Kent at Dover, rain during the early hours o f Friday quite changing the condition of the wicket after the home side had run up a good score on the first day. Kent at one time looked like compiling a huge score, as before lunch they made 204 for one wicket (Humphreys 102 not out), but the innings closed for 381. Handicapped as they were as the result of the change in the weather, Hampshire did well to score 214 and 170. Mead played a sound game for 95 in the first innings and Llewellyn hit magnificently for 91 in the second. The latter roused the spectators to a high pitch of enthusiasm by his powerful strokes. Six times during his display of 57 minutes did he hit the ball over the ring—five times at the expense of Blythe, and on ten other occasions did he reach the boundary. H is delightful cricket was reminiscent of that of Jessop at his best. T h e manner in which K. L. Hutchings has invariably failed at Dover is quite re­ markable. During the last three seasons he has played five innings there with the following result :— v. Yorkshire, b H irst ...................................... 1 v. Somerset, b Lewis ...................................... 0 v. Leicester, c Thom pson, b Shipm an ... 3 v. W orcestershire, c Cuffe, b Arnold ... 0 v. Hampshire, c Brow n, b Llew ellyn ... 0 Five completed innings for a total of four is extraordinary for a player of such A l t h o u g h five of Kent's thirteen home matches were completed in a couple of days, the side has been so well supported by the public that the receipts have averaged £350 per match. A c o u p l e of months ago I drew7 attention to some rather remarkable run-getting on the part of R. A. Harman, of Woodford House School. His averages for the season are so out of the ordinary that they deserve setting out in full in G ossip :— N ot H ighest Inns. Out. Score. Total. Aver. 20 6 133* 1,269 90‘64 Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 225-5 38 715 98 7*29 He made six scores of a hundred or more and on four occasions obtained as many as eight wickets in an innings. A c o in c id e n c e ! On Thursday even­ ing last, in their match with Essex at Harrogate, Yorkshire had ten minutes’ batting before them after the conclusion o f the Essex innings. W ilson and Rothery proceeded to the wickets and before a ball had been bowled made an appeal against the light. This was up­ held, and therefore when stumps were drawn the score read Y orkshire . W ilson, n ot out ............ Rothery, not ou t ............ Byes, &c................. Total (0 w k t .) ..................... 0 On the second afternoon Essex opened their second innings near the end of the day, and when two overs had been bowled stumps were drawn with the score as follow s:— J. W. H. T. Douglas, not out ............ 0 Freeman (J.), n ot o u t .......... ............ 0 Byes, &o. ... ............................. 0 Total (0 w k t .) ..................... 0 Before a ball had been delivered Douglas appealed against the light, but the protest was not upheld. Again, at Portsmouth on Tuesday evening Hampshire received a single over before play ceased with their score thus :— H . C. M cDonell, n ot out N ewm an, n ot out ... ... Byes, &c. Total (0 w k t .) ..................... 0 For such an occurrence to take place three times within the short space of five days must surely be unprecedented. A t one period of their partnership of 192 for the seventh wicket of Wanderers v. Eastbourne at the Saffrons on August 17 and 18, T. C. Stafford (94) and R. Kenward (86) added 113 in forty minutes. A l l students of the game must be aware that during the last two decades Surrey have fared badly on their visits to Taunton. Last week, however, they won by 131 runs and it is an interesting fact that it was their first success on a Somerset ground since 1894. O f the twelve matches in the intervening years— in three seasons the counties did not meet— Somerset won seven and five were drawn. A f e w weeks ago it was announced in Cricket that an effort would be made to found a Somerset nursery for young cricketers. It has now been decided that one shall be established at Taunton, with Tyler, the slow bowler of other days, as coach.