Cricket 1910

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L ondon : M E R R ITT & IIA T C llE R , L td ., Cricket Office, 168, Upper Tham es Street, E.C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 st , 1910. | 3 a b t l u m d n s s i j i . The abstract and brief chronicle o f the time. — Hamlet. I n winning two consecutive matches by the narrow margin of a wicket, Worcestershire have had an experience which has fallen to the lot of few sides. On the Worcester ground on August 20th they beat Sussex with their last two men in, Burns finishing the game with a huge drive for six off a ball from the elder Relf which pitched on the middle stum p; exactly a week later Essex went down before them at Leyton with Bale and Burrows together and no-one to follow. The latter day’s play was full of incident. When the game was continued in the morning an innings defeat for Essex appeared quite possible, but the side made such a splendid fight that they only just failed to pull otf the match. Worcester­ shire were set 84 to win, and lost their wickets thus :— 13 22 33 50 57 64 65 67 74 Burrows showed wonderful nerve at the most critical time, and carried his bat for 12, but the pleasure of making the winning hit fell to Bale. O n no other day during the season have Essex been seen to greater ad­ vantage. The honours of Saturday's play clearly rested with them, although Perrin and Fane were not supported by the tail as they deserved to be, and if they had won their success would have been thoroughly deserved. To Bucken­ ham especially will the day’s play always furnish a pleasant recollection. On a wicket which was apparently fast and true, he bowled at a great pace, and, having all the side in difficulties, took eight wickets for five runs each. In addition he caught Turner, and so had a hand in the downfall of every wicket. O n Saturday E. C. Kirk played an innings o f 123 for Private Banks against Northbrook at Catford Bridge. He also took four wickets. The Banks won by 109 runs alter declaring their innings closed with four wickets down for 228. L l e w e l l y n , who was left perfectly free to choose whether he would or would not go to Australia this winter as a member of the South African team, received a remunerative offer for next season from Accrington, one of the Lancashire League clubs, and in consequence decided to make the journey notwithstanding that by so doing he would lose his qualification for Hampshire. The engagement with the Accrington Club, I understand, would be contingent on his disqualification. Although he may be lost to County cricket, Englishmen will probably find him taking part in first-class matches in this country again in 1912 as a member of the South African team which will visit us that year in order to take part in the Triangular Tournament. His decison has naturally been received with sincere regret by Hampshire folk, but there would seem to be a probability of the County bringing the matter before the authorities at Lord’s with a view to the disqualification not being enforced. A b o w l e r named Staples performed a remarkable feat on Sir Spencer Pon­ sonby-Fane’s ground at Brympton,Yeovil, on August 23rd. Playing for the Rev. H . C. Goodford’s X I. against Brympton, he took five wickets in an over with con­ secutive balls and six in eight balls. “ However good a batsman is, and however prolific a scorer he may be, there always comes a time when, for some unexplained reason, he has to pass through a period when nothing goes right for him,” writes J. E. Raphael in the September W indsor Magazine. “ He gets out in the most impossible ways, and if ever he makes a risky shot he has inevitably to suffer for it. The connection between out of form and out of luck is very curious. They usually come together, and when in conjunction nothing can be done against them. It is pitiable to see a really great nm-getter under such trying conditions and it is difficult to know what he ought to do or what could be done for him. The cloud may roll by very quickly, and if you rest him you never know what you may be losing. No general rule can be laid down for dealing with cases of this nature. They are very disturbing to all concerned, and perhaps the only thing is to let the man use his own discretion in the matter. A rest altogether or a change in the class of cricket played may or may not prove beneficial. There is a story concerning a famous bat who tried the latter cure with great effect. In his first knockin less exact­ ing cricket a hard return from the other batsman touched bowler’s foot, and being just out of his ground, he was run out. In his next attempt a chip from his bat just removed the off bail, and in his third innings he hit mid-on’s head so hard that the ball bounced back to the bowler and he was caught and bowled. History does not relate whether an inquest followed this last achievement, but it is on record that our hero’s scoring for the rest of the season was most consistent.” W i l f r e d R h o d e s ’ innings o f 111 for Yorkshire against Sussex at Brighton last week was his first three-figure score of the season. H. B u d g e n , who has made an occasional appearance for Surrey, was in capital form with both bat and ball on Saturday. Playing for Reigate Priory against Kenley, he scored 111 of the 175 runs made by his side for six wickets and