Cricket 1910

34- CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a r c h 31, 1910. captaincy and popularity, Lillywhite’s Guide remarked, “ . . . His thorough knowledge of the game was most valuable to him in the management of the eleven ; very few gentle­ men ba e fulfilled that important oflice to the satisfact'on of all more than he has done. The high estetm in which he was held by the whole school is sufficient to testify this fact, as well as a presentation of a beautiful silver tankard, as a memento of his leaving the school.” Among his contemporaries at Rugby were T. W. Wills, W. H. Bullock, C. T. Royds and M. T. Martin. His name is still to be seen cut out on the wall there, near that of Tom Hughes, the author of “ Tom Brown’s Schooldays ” and a former member of the Eleven. Proceeding to Christ Church, Oxford, Mr. Sandford obtained his Blue as a Freshman, and in the match with Cam­ bridge, in addition to taking two wickets f >r 32 runs, proved the highest scorer for his side with innings of IB and 39; Cam­ bridge, however, won by 28 runs. It was that season (1859) that he was asked to appear for the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s. The Gentlemen were overmatched, but Sandford—still only nine­ teen years of age—made 28 and 13 against the bowling of Wisden, Willsher, Jackson and others, thereby thoroughly justifying his inclusion in the match. His form naturally led all good judges to assume that he would develop into one of the very best amateur cricketers of the time, but ill-health un­ fortunately interfered seriously with his cricket. He was unable to play in 18G0, and in the following year took part in the Lord’s match only after Cambridge had con­ sented to allow him the services of a runner. Mr. T. E. Bagge described the incident (in Mr. Ford’s book on the Cambridge University C.C.) in the following words :—“ In 1861 the Oxford secretary wrote to the Cambridge secretary asking to have a man to run for E. G. Sandford, who was stated to be suffering from a weak heart. After dis­ cussion it was considered that it would be more chivalrous to make the concession, though we did not think that Oxford should have asked for it, and when we got to Lord’s we were condemned by our friends, as it was contrary to strict cricket to make such a concession to a man who had not been incapacitated during the match.” Sandford scored only 9 and 3, and Cambridge won by 133 runs. The Archdeacon, edited the Memoirs and published an appreciation of the late Arch­ bishop Temple, under whom he was at school at Rugby, aud later a member of the Exeter Chapter while Dr. Temple was Bishop of the diocese. SOUTH AFR ICAN CRICKET . An interesting official handbook of the English team in South Africa has been issued by Mr. I. D. Difford, Secretary to the South African Cricket Association, on behalf of the Transvaal Leader. The pro­ duction is profusely illustrated, contains portraits and biographies of the visiting team and the leading South African players, and may, in short, be described as a Whitaker of South African cricket. The performances of the South Africans in England are tabulated, and those who revel in statistics have a big menu provided. Only one criticism can be offered in regard to this handy production, published at Is., namely the absence of an index. TH E CR ICKET TOURNAMENT IN THE W E S T IND IES . The tenth Tournament in which Barba­ dos, Demerara and Trinidad have taken part was commenced at Trini lad on January 19th. From the scores which follow it will be seen that the home team won both their matches with considerable ease. The games were played on matting, and consequently the visiting sides, which are accustomed to turf wickets, were at a disadvantage. TRINIDAD v. DEMERARA. Played at St. Clair Oval on January 19, 20 and 21, and won by Trinidad by an innings and 180 runs. Constantine batted three hours and a-quarter and hit ten 4’s. Scores and analysis T rinidad . G. C. Learmond, b Jordan ................... 2 O. P. Bennett, st Far- num, b Abraham ... 9 A. Cipriani, b Jordan 14 L. Constantine, c Far- num, b Jordan ...110 A. E. Harrigan, e Reid, b Parker ...................35 N. F. Hart, c Chabral, b Abraham ........... 9 V. Pascal, c D’Ornel- las, b Abraham ... 23 D emerara . First innings. F. Abraham, bSm all... J.A.Small,c Abraham, b D’O rnellas........... 7 C. S. Rogers, run out 51 C. R. Smith, lbw, b Chabral ...................62 F. E. de Gannes, not out B 12, lb 11 ...378 Second innings. 31 c Constantine, b E. O. Pilgrim, b Cipriani.. J.Farm im , b Rogers......... J. Nurse, lbw, b Rogers ... J. E. Chabral, run out .. C. A- Reid, b S m a ll......... C. C. D’Ornellas, not out.. P. Ouckama, b Small J. E. Barker, st Constantine, b Rogers ......................... N. B. Jordan, e Bennett, b Small .......................... J. Veerasawmy, c Small, b Rogers .......................... 0 Byes ..........................10 Pascal... 1 b Rogers ... 20 b de Gannes 5 c Constantine, de Gannes 21 c Harrigan, Rogers ... 2 c Bennett, Cipriani... 3 c Constantine, Bennett... 0 run out st Learmond, 0 de Gannes 3 b Bennett notout... ... B3, lb 6 ... 1 .. 0 ... 10 b .. 33 b b .. 10 b Total . 96 Total... ...102 T rinidad . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jordan ... 27 1 100 3 Chabral.. 6 0 24 1 Parker ... 9 0 48 1 D’Ornellas 8 0 33 1 Nurse ... 4 0 7 0 Reid .% 3 0 15 0 Abraham 24 2 80 3 Ouckama 2 0 6 0 Veerasawmy 8 0 37 0 D emerara . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Cipriani 7 2 23 1 ........... 10 6 19 1 Pascal ... ... 10 0 25 0 ........... 6 1 11 1 Small ........... 10 2 16 4 ........... 9 3 16 0 Rogers ........... 6 ‘4 2 22 4 ........... 4 1 12 2 Bennett 15 4 25 2 Constantine... 2 0 5 0 de Gannes ... 4*4 1 5 3 TRINIDAD v. BARBADOS. Played at St. Clair Oval on January 24, 25 and 26 and won by Trinidad by 215 runs. Score and analysis:— T rinidad . First innings. Second innings. G. C. Learmond, c Austin b C. R. B row n e......................60 b C. R. Browne... 3 O. P. Bennett, c and b C. R. Browne ..............................25 run out ... 4 A. Cipriani, c Tarilton b c Austin, b G M ason..................................... 53 Challenor ... 64 L. Constantine, c R. Chal- loner, b M ason.....................11 run out ...20 A. E, Harragin, lbw b Worme ............................ 0 not out ...35 N. F. Hart, not out .......... 100 b Worme .......................0 V. Pascall, c C. R. Browne, e R. Challenor, b b W orm e.............................. 13 C. R. Browne 2 J. A. Small, c Mason, b lbw, b G. Chal- Worme ..............................17 lenor... 8 C. S. Rogers, b C. R. c R. Challenor, b Browne ..............................15 C. R. Browne 51 C. R. Smith, c Batson, b c R. Challenor, b M ason................................... 7 C.. R. Browne 0 F. de Gannes, c Austin, b c Worme, b C. R. Worme ..............................21 Browne ...........................2 B 17, lb 2, w 1, nb 4 ...2 4 B 2, lb 2 ... 4 Total . 346 Total ...193 B arbados . First innings. G. Challenor, e and b Cip­ riani ................................ 0 R. Challenor, c Rogers, b Pascall ......................... 0 P. H. Tarilton, not out ... 49 R. E. Batson,cConstantine, b Cipriani.......................10 H. B. G. Austin, 11 dw , b Constantine ... .......31 C. A. Browne, e^ind b Con­ stantine ........................ 5 W. Gibbs, c and b Small ... 23 C.R. Browne, b Constantine 2 K. Mason, b Constantine... 0 F. A. Clairmonte, lbw, b Constantine .................. 0 not out S. Worme, lbw, b Constan­ tine .................................. 0 B 9, lb 5 ...................14 Second innings. b Constantine ... 17 lbw, b Pascall ... 3 c Rogers, b Pas­ call ..................36 b Pascall ........... 1 run out .......... 53 b C ipriani.......... 45 lbw, b Constan­ tine .................. 1 b Rogers ...........13 b Cipriani .......... S ... 0 b Cipriani ........... 0 B 10, lb 1, w 2 13 Total .................. 134 Total...........190 T rinidad . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. W orm e.......... 22‘1 3 55 4 ............ 26 10 46 3 C. R. Browne 42 5 115 3 ............ 32 11 77 4 Clairmonte .. 13 0 55 0 ............ C. A. Browne 13 3 29 0 ........... 3 0 11 0 Mason ........... 27 4 68 3 . . . . 9 3 20 0 G. Challenor........ 4'4 0 19 2 Gibbs ................... 6 1 16 0 Worme bowled awide and C. R Browne four no-balls. B arbados . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cipriani ... 16 7 29 2 ............ 14 6 14 3 Pascall ............... 19 10 19 1 ............ 32 14 43 3 Small .......... 13 2 18 1 ............ 14 4 34 0 Rogers .......... 8 2 16 0 ............ 11 1 24 1 Constantine ..1 8 S 17 6 ............ 28 10 37 2 Bennett.............. 7 2 12 0 ............ 3 2 3 0 de Gannes ... 2 0 9 0 ............ 5 0 22 0 Cipriani bowled two wides. THE AU STRAL IAN TEAM IN N EW ZE A LAN D . On February 5th an Australian team sailed from Sydney in the SS. Moeraki for a short tour in New Zealand, and arrived at Wellington on February 9th. The side was expected back in Sydney on April 12th. Mr. A. C. K. Mackenzie, the manager, visited the Dominion in 1894 as a member of Mr. Coleman Davis’ team. The following players were chosen for the team :—W. W. Armstrong (capt.), D. Smith, T. S. Warne, W. Bardsley, C. Kelleway, S. H. Emery, C. R. Gorry, A. J. Hopkins, W. J. Whitty, C. E. Simpson, E. R. Mayne, A. C. Facy, and N. Dodds. 1 st M a tc h .— v. WELLINGTON. Played at Wellington on February 11, 12 and 14 and won by Australia by six wickets. The total scores were :—Wellington, 107 and 208 (F. Mid­ lane, 67); Australia, 130 (Simpson, 51) and 188 for four wickets (Maync, 58 ; Dodds, 53). 2 n d M a tc h . — v. AUCKLAND. Played at Auckland on February 18, 19 and 21 and won by Australia by an innings and 12S runs. The total scores w e re A u ck la n d , 112 (Whitty eight wickets for 28) and 115 ; Australia, 355 (Mayne, 136; Warne, 54). 3 rd M a tc h .— v. CANTERBURY. FINE SCORE BY REESE. Commenced on February 25 and at the end of the second day the position w as:—Canterbury, 321 (D. Reese, 108; Carlton, 63) and 132 for three wickets (Lusk, 35); Australia, 240 (Emery, 50 not out; Smith, 49). 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