Cricket 1910

S e p t . i , 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 8 1 CRICKET AND MUSIC. As long as it is not a case of interfering with the physical and mental comfort of the actual players, everything possible should be done for the greatest possible happiness of the greatest possible number, says a writer in The Times. But it is nothing less than an outrage against the spirit and traditions of cricket to allow a band to perform while play is going on. Some cricketers, no doubt, would merely grumble to themselves if a band were allowed to interfere with the business of their game, in which every stroke or stratagem is an “ intellectual thing.” like a tear or a laugh. But others will speak out in the emphatic language of the wisdom of intolerance (a kind of wisdom unwisely despised in this complaisant age) if the Lord’s experiment is made a precedent. Mr. C. 1. Thornton, g >ing in to take his innings at Scarborough, once ordered a band to stop playing, an 1 the order was obeyed. He was dismissed without scoring—no doubt there remained something of his saeva indignutio at an artistic outrage while he was at the wicket for the first fateful few ba'ls - and his successor, sad to say, went in without rebuking the musicians. There must be other iustances of the same timely outspoken common sense in the annals of first-class cricket. To descend from great things to small, the writer himself when going in to try to stop a rot in a village match annexed in passing a concertina which, in the hands of a small boy, had vexed the souls of many that afternoon. The small boy said, among other things, “ Don’t excite your silly gizzard” (curious phrase!), and was then taken home by his governess, but tbe concertina was given into the charge of the home team’s umpire. It is perhaps only fair to tell another short story, which shows that in certain circum­ stances the attendance of a band might make for the betterment of the game. Playing against a lunatic asylum, the writer skied the ball to deep square-leg, and the catch was judged to a nicety and held by the fielder, a gentleman with delusions alleged to be having a lucid interval. Excited by the applause (in which the writer forgot to join) he ran rapidly round the field and was not caught by the attendants, who appeared from nowhere, until ten minutes had been wasted. One of the doctois subsequently said that, though quite harmless, he was very susceptible to the charms of music. Had there been a band in att.-ndance the incident might never have occurred; for example, he might have missed the catch. If their music could be made incidental (in the theatrical sense), the band might be tolerated on county groands. For each characteristic stroke or bowling stratagem we might have leit-motiv; a late cut or a googly would elicit from the band a characteristic musical phrase. A ciicket symphony, composed by an English variant of Kichard Strauss, might be per­ mitted. It would begin, of course, by intro­ ducing the motive of the mowing machine, the sound of which, heard in the early morn­ ing of a midsummer’s day, is so delightful to the ears of cricketers. The time is not yet come for such delicate inventions ; until it does bands must not be admitted to the nation’s chief playing grounds because a few spectators wish to have their ears tickled. Admit a band for that unreasonab'e reason, and before we know where we are there will be (as Mr. Punch has suggested) side­ shows, electric theatres, and small cafes chantants, and switchbacks, an l flip-flaps, and aunt sallies, and all the rest, doing a brisk business round the field of play. CAM BRID G ESH IRE v. NORFOLK. Played at Cambridge 011 August 18 and 1!) and won by N orfolk by an innings and 198 runs. Norfolk made 422 for nine w ickets in four hours and a-half. Score and analysis :— N o r f o l k . R. W. Thurgar, e Ling, b Reid .................... 35 C. J. II. Treglown, b Coulson .................... 55 G.A.Stevens,**Coulson IS Rev. G. B. Raikes, b H u n t.............................63 M. F a lc o n , lb w , b Coulson ...................... 1 R. W . Collinson, c Teb­ butt, b Reid ...............63 C a m b rid o : First innings. F. Roberson, b Gibson L. J. Reid, lbw , bGibson ... A. S. Ling, st Thurger, b H. C. Tebbutt, c Thurger, b Gibson ............................. O. W. Bocock, c G. A. Stevens, b R a ik e s ............ F. Hayward, b Raikes N. C. H unt, c and b Gibson Watts, c G.Stevens, b Gibson H. Pigg, c Falcon, b Gibson G. A. Rose, c Treglown, b Raikes ............................. Coulson, not o u t.................... Byes, &c......................... Total J. D. Birkbeck, c Rob­ erson, b Keid . ...Ill A llsopp,cH unt,bR eid 27 R.D . Stevens, c Watts, b Coulson ............ 9 E. J. Fulcher, not out 12 G ibson, not out ... 4 Byes, &c...............24 Total (9 wkts)*422 * Innings declared closed. Second innings. 15 c G. A. Stevens, b Raikes ............10 0 b Gibson ............ 1 63 cA llsopp,b Falcon 0 1 c and b Raikes ... 15 c Thurgar, b Fal­ con........................ 3 c Collinson, b Allsopp ............ 8 b Falcon ............ 5 cR aikes,bAllsopp 47 c Falcon, b Raikes 3 1 not ou t............ 3 b G ibson 3 Byes, &e. O. M. R. W . 1 44 0 1 24 0 0 71 4 ............127 T otal............97 N o r f o l k . O. M. R. W. H u n t ............21 1 106 1 Pigg ... 7 Rose ............ 13 2 59 0 Tebbutt.. 4 W atts............ 4 0 13 0 Reid ... 13 Coulson ... 29 7 81 4 H unt bow led four wides, Reid one, and Tebbutt a w ide and a no-ball. C a m b r id g e s h ir e . O'. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Falcon ............. 9 1 38 0 ............. 12 4 41 3 G ibson ............ 18*5 6 39 6 ............ 15 6 26 2 Raikes ............. 11 0 47 4 ............. 7 2 17 3 A llsop p ... 3 4 1 8 2 Falcon bow ledtw o w ides andRaikes one. LIN COLNSHIRE v. BED FO RD SH IRE. Played at Grim sby on A ugust 19 and 20 and left drawn. Score and analysis:— B e d f o r d s h ir e . H oldstock, b R iley ... 19 I D. H. Peel, c Allen, b W harm by, b Worman 8 R iley....... 6 H. R. Orr, b Day ... 28 W. Brown, b Day ... 0 E. Apthorpe, c Allen, R. C. Gutteridge, c b R iley ..................... 2 Geeson, b R iley ... 1 S.Leventhorpe.bR iley 0 Pilgrim , not out ... 7 H. Grierson,b Worman 0 Byes, &c. ... 5 T. W. Saunders, c Wor- — m an, b hiley ............ 0 T o t a l...............76 Second in n in g s: Peel,c W orman, b Riley, 5 ; H oldstock, not out, 10 ; W harm by, b R iley, 0 ; A p­ thorpe, not out, 1 ; byes, &o., 11.—Total (2 w kts) 27. L in c o l n s h ir e . T. D. Edwards, c A p­ thorpe, b W harmby 3 Rev. C. -G. W a rd , c Brown, b Pilgrim ... 12 Day, c Leventhorpo, b P ilg rim .................... 68 W. A. Trasenster, c Apthorpe, b P ilgiim 45 Riley, b W harm by .. 0 C. L. Prior, b W harm by 4 B e d f o r d s h ir e . Geeson Day ... J. N. W orm an, n otou t 43 V. Pennell, b Peel ... 27 Geeson, lbw , b Peel... 0 ILSheckell.b Grierson 2 J. Allen, c Apthorpe, b Peel ..................... 3 Byes, &c. ... 14 Total ... .221 Pilgrim W harm by ...18 Peel 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. , 5 0 9 0 1 W orman . ..11 4 22 2 . 8 3 14 2 1 Riley . 13-5 4 26 6 L in c o l n sh ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. .23 1 73 3 I Grierson . ..12 3 48 1 2 51 3 Orr ... ... 4 0 15 0 . 6-1 0 21 3 1 SOMERSET v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Taunton on August ‘29, 30 and 31. Drawn. So m uch rain fell in Taunton during M onday and the early part of Tuesday that it was n ot until 2.35 p.m . on the latter day that a ball could bo bowled. The original w icket had been dam aged to such an extent that it was found necessary to m ark out a new one. Yorkshire, going in first, lost Wilson and Bates for 10, but D enton hit so freely that 50 w ent up in 30 m inutes. The last-nam ed m ade 51 out of 04 in 45 m inutes and was then caught at m id -off: he hit tw o 6 ’s and six 4’s. Legard reached double­ figures and Hirst, forcing the gam e well, m ade 45 in an hour, a 6 and four 4’s being his chief hits. R ad­ cliffe fell to a brilliant catch in the country and, except for a last-wicket stand of 30 in 20 m inutes by Booth and Dolphin, the tail did little. I 11 the last 15 m inutes of the day Som erset lost three w ickets, all bowled by Hirst, for 10 runs, Hardy and Samson being dism issed in the first over. Yesterday the innings, w hich was interfered w ith by rain, closed for 59 after lasting 80 m inutes, H irst and Haigh bow ling unchanged throughout. Lew is w ith 15 was the highest scorer, the bowlers carrying all before them . Yorkshire scored 48 for 3 w ickets in half- an-hour before lunch and declared during the interval, setting Som erset a task w hich they could not have hoped to accom plish as the w icket was. The hom e side quickly lost a few w ickets and then rain cam e to their aid and caused the gam e to be abandoned. It w ill be seen that H irst’s nine wickets cost only 45 runs. Score and analysis :— Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Wilson, c New ton, b Rob- Second innings. 3 c Daniell, b Lew is 33 2 1 c Robson, b Joy... 0 Bates, c Joy, b Robson Denton, c H ill, b Joy Capt. A. D. Legard,b Lewis 14 Hirst, e N ew ton, b Joy ... 45 Rhodes, c Samson, b J oy... 10 c Leat, b Joy Myers, c Samson, b Joy ... 1 n otou t... .. Haigh, c Joy, b Lewis ... 9 Booth, c and b Lewis . ... 30 E. J. Radcliffe, c Leat, b Joy ...................................... 4 Dolphin, n o to u t... B 12, lb 8 ............ ... 20 Byes, &c. 0 Total .................,..196 Total (3 w kts) *48 * Innings declared closed. S o m e r se t . Hardy, b H irst ............ ... 0 b H irst................... 2 J. Daniell, b H irst ... ... 13 O. M. Sam son, b Hirst ... 0 b H irst.................... 3 Braund, b H ir s t ............ ... 6 c Rhodes, b H irst 11 R. B. Porch, b Haigh... ... 4 Lewis, b hirst ............ ... 15 not ou t.................... 9 Robson, b H aigh.................... 12 V. T. H ill, b Haigh ... ... 2 E. G. Leat, c Dolphin, b H ir s t ...................................... 6 F. H. D. Joy, b Haigh ... 0 A. E. N ew ton, not out ... 0 Bye ..................... ... 1 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total .....................59 Total (3 wkts) 25 Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lewis ............ 22-5 4 69 3 ............. 5 0 18 1 R o b so n ............ 14 4 55 2 ............. J o y ..................... 14 3 44 5 ............. 5‘5 1 30 2 B ra u n d ............ 2 0 8 0 ............ S o m e r se t . H irst ............ 10-5 0 34 6 ............. 6 1 11 3 Haigh ............ 10 2 24 4 ............. 5 2 14 0 Haigh bow led one no-ball. LONDON SCOTTISH v. CHISW ICK P A R K .— Played at Chisw ick on August 27. L o n d o n S co ttish . E. A. Bennett, b B ran d on ..................... 0 C. Powell, c Ham pton, b Brandon ............18 S. Lienard, run out..104 J. S. C h o w n , c Buchanan, b Park­ inson............................. 5 E. A. Hom er, run out .............................38 A. Angus Thomas and & C h is w ic k P a r k . A. H. Read, c Bran­ don, b H am pton ... 9 R. A. Bennett, c and b H am pton ............ 3 E. H ogg, not out ... 7 R. Suttill, not out ... 11 B 14, lb 2, w 1 ... 17 Total (7 wkts)*212 •Innings declared closed. Artaud did not bat. P. M. Reed, st R. A. Bennett, b Hogg ... 44 E. VV. Pewbronner, c Chown, b Hogg ... 42 P. A. Buchanan, c Lienard, b Thom as 5 S. W. Page, not o u t ... 0 N. Robertson, c E. A. Bennett, b Thom as 1 B ye ..................... 1 Total (4 w kts) 93 W. R. Parkinson, L. H orton, H . Lovegrove, W. H am pton, G. Brandon, and E. W. Evans did not bat.