Cricket 1910

A u g u s t 2 5 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 6 1 H. C r it c h l e y -S a l m o n s o n , who has been assisting Somerset recently, it will interest many to know, is a member of the Winchester Eleven and a promising medium-paced right-handed bowler. He is only sixteen years of age, but already exceeds 6 ft. in height. This reminds one of “ W .G .” on his appearances at the Oval and Lord’s for Gentlemen v. Players in 1865 ; but the latter, even then, could boast a flourishing crop of whiskers, which is not the case with the young Wykehamist. I t is welcome news that the Leinster C.C. have been granted a new lease by Lord Meath, terminating about 1930, at the rental o f .£100 per annum. Further­ more Lord Meath has undertaken to pay into the funds of the club the sum of .£10 annually during his lifetime. By the terms of the new lease the club has obtained possession o f forty yards of ground at the back of the pavilion, to utilize as they may deem advisable. The Leinster C.C. dates back to 1852. members a couple of handsome silver cups, and Thompson, on behalf of the team, four pieces of silver plate, each suitably engraved. Mr. Manning, in apt terms, returned thanks, and spoke of the pleasure it gave him to play with such a team. His cricket days had been among the happiest of his life. The speakers included Sir Henry Randall and others. The total receipts of Gloucestershire’s three matches during the Cheltenham Festival amounted to .£780. The takings at Bristol, however, have not been large, and it is feared that the County Club will experience a loss on the year’s working. In the M otor-Car Journal for August 20th appears the first part of an interesting account of a trip to Monte Carlo and back made by Mr. C. I. Thornton, the O ne is glad to know, says the Saturday Review, that the county cricket champion­ ship is settled; for that suggests an end. And for champion one could prefer no county to Kent. Kent generally play two or three gentlemen out of eleven ; and they always play the game. Kentish cricket is or seems more of a sport and less o f a business than county cricket generally; which has gone to the bad, much like Association football. We do not say at all that there is no place for the professional. What we lament is that there seems to be none for the gentleman. Well, “ Close of P la y” will soon be final for this year ; but how long before “ Cup Tie ” will flourish in its place ? Is it possible to spend a holiday where neither can be heard of? T iie e e was an ideal finish to the match between Worcester­ shire and Sussex on Saturday. The latter, for some considerable time before the finish, appeared to have the game in hand, and when Worcestershire’s eighth wicket fell with 67 runs still required the result seemed almost a foregone conclusion. Lyttelton then defended strongly whilst Burns hit, the ninth wicket thus adding 42, and after the former had been got rid of Bale stayed whilst the remaining 25 were obtained. Burns batted splen­ didly for an hour and a-half for his 78 not out, and won the game for his side by a great on-drive for 6 off a ball from Albert R elf which pitched on the middle stump. O ne of the most satisfactory features of the past week’s cricket, so far as Surrey men are concerned, has been the in­ nings of 69 by I. P. F. Campbell, this year’s Repton captain, against Somerset at Taunton. Last year his average for the School was 28’41, and this season he was chosen for the Public Schools v. M.C.C. match at L ord’s. G. A. J. Campbell, of Felsted, who played for the Young Amateurs of Surrey last week, is his brother. R. B. C o w l e y , who played an innings of 147 at Reigate last week for Hertfordshire against^Surrey 2nd X I. is, of course, the old Harro­ vian who was rather unfortunate to miss his Blue at Cambridge. In the Eton v. Harrow match of three years ago he scored 50 and 77,but was overshadowed by M.C. Bird, who made 100 not out and 131. He is a grandson of Mr. R. J. P. Broughton, another old Harrovian, now in his ninety- fifth year. S u s s e x . M a r t l e t s made a splendid effort to win their two- day match against M.C.C. at Eastbourne on Friday. Set 151 to win in an hour—M.C.C. declared their second innings with eight wickets down for 132 —they made 150 for the loss of six men in that time, the match accordingly ending in a tie. The Martlets’ run-getting woidd have been noteworthy in any circumstances, but the fact that it was against Thompson and East makes it almost remarkable. Reproduced by kind permission of “ The Motor MR. C. I. THORNTON AND HIS CHAUFFEUR. famous hitter of other days. From the article, which is illustrated, it is apparent that “ C. I. T .” is still fond of driving , though of a different kind from that with which his name will always be associated. M r . T. E . M a n n in g , at the Grand Hotel, Northampton, on Tuesday last week entertained at dinner the members of the Northamptonshire team, which he has captained for the past two seasons, and was the recipient of a couple of pleasing presentations in celebration of his marriage this week with the third daughter of Sir Henry Randall. Mr. T. Horton, who captained the team for several years, in a suitable speech presented on behalf of the presidents and J o h n T y l d e s l e y during the past week has scored his two-thousandth run for the season, and has now obtained such an aggregate on five occasions. His highest totals have been 3,04L in 1901, 2,439 in 1904, 2,270 in 1906, 2,132 in 1907, and at present 2,031 in 1910. It seems pro­ bable that he will be the only batsman to complete the second thousand this year, for his nearest rivals—Hobbs, Hartley, Humphreys and Hirst—are still some hundreds short o f such an aggregate. Tyldesley is as pre-eminent among batsmen this season as Smith is among bowlers. I t is evident that in Whysall, who hails from the Mansfield district, Notts possess a young batsman of exceptional promise. Last year he scored only 115 runs in ten innings for the second eleven, but this season he showed a marked advance, making 65 and 18 not out v. Norfolk, 55 and 33 not out v. Cheshire, 120 and 38 not out v. Staffordshire, and 35 and 6 v. Norfolk in the return match. On Thursday last he was given a trial for the County and at once showed his worth by scoring 50 and making 100 for the first wicket with George Gunn. He has a free style and obtains the majority of his runs in front of the wicket. F r o m the Sydney R eferee :— It is cabled from Auckland that W. W. Armstrong has declined the secretaryship of the Auckland Cricket Association, salary £250 per annum. He has accepted a clerical position with the Melbourne O.C., which is to be congratulated on being the medium by which the services of so eminent a player are retained to the.State and Australia.