Cricket 1910

39 + CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 8 , 1 9 1 0 . in to field a hard drive, and the photo­ grapher fled, to return with boldness directly afterwards. A humorous request to Fry to pose himself in an elegant man­ ner was met by the laughing reply that a catch might come to him, and the words were hardly out of his lips when the eatch came—a hard drive by Knott—Fry taking the ball on the left side after run­ ning for some yards. Apparently the photographer gave up after this. I u n d e r s t a n d that an invitation has been received by the cricketers of Jamaica to pay a return visit to the United States and play a series of matches in Philadelphia in June next. The news caused much enthusiasm and a committee was at once appointed to consider the matter. A definite statement to the effect that the invitation has been accepted may be expected at an early date. C. J. T. Pool has expressed the opinion that the bowling of Northants is as good as that of any county in England. He adds: “ The shocking fielding has been the most regrettable and disappointing part of the season’s work, and combined with batting failures have constituted our chief weakness. The keenest fielder we have is Seymour.” W . G. Q u a ife ’ s benefit was such a disappointment that the Warwickshire County C.C. have issued a special letter appealing on behalf o f his benefit fund. The receipts of his match—with Surrey at Edgbaston—were only £140 8s. 9d., from which sum have to be deducted £100 for expenses and £34 13s. 7d. for insur­ ance. So that all that Quaife received from the match was £5 15s. 2d.! Dona­ tions, however, total £335 7s. 9d., and it is hoped that, as the result of the special appeal mentioned, the sum of £341 2s. lid . will be increased to £500 at least. I n the score of a match played on August 14th between the Philomatic C.C. and the Madras Aryans, the following entry appears in the form er’s innings:— Venugopal, c Krishnasam i, b Subram aniam .............................. 0 A case o f “ Much ado about nothing.” T h e Selection Committee which will choose the South African team to visit Australia this winter includes Frank Mitchell, the old Cambridge and York­ shire cricketer, J. H . Sinclair, G. Allsop (Secretary of the Wanderers Club, Johannesburg), G. S. Kempis, and T. W . Bell (Acting Chairman of the South African Cricket Association). C o n g ratu latio n s to Mr. F. C. Wheeler upon his wedding at Holybourne, Hants, yesterday to Miss Nellie Maude Houston, daughter of the late Alexander Gilmer Houston, of Yentnor, Isle of Wight. For several years Mr. Wheeler was honorary secretary of the Hampstead C .C ., and is now a vice-president of the club. J . J ohnson , playing for Methodists against Visitors at Yarmouth on Satur­ day, bowled down four wickets with consecutive balls. Earlier in the innings J . Bruce had clean bowled five wickets at a cost of a single. T y l d e s l e y , one is glad to note, is finishing the season in a style befitting the batsman who heads the averages with the largest aggregate of the year. In his time he has enjoyed many per­ sonal triumphs, but one may say without fear of contradiction that he has never shown better form than during the present season. On all kinds of wickets and against all kinds of bowling he has displayed his genius, frequently making runs when his companions have been all but helpless. H is 105 at Scarborough on Monday is his second three-figure score in a Gentlemen v. Players match, his previous having been 140 at Lord’s nine years ago. Judging by his form this season, the career of “ The Wizard of the North ” should last several more years. O n Tuesday last Mr. John B. Moisant, an American, completed his flight on a Bleriot monoplane from Paris to London with a passenger by alighting on the New Beckenham cricket- ground. The newspaper reports state that in coming to ground lie buckled the running wheels, damaged the under framework and broke a propeller, but they omit to mention whether the cricket- pitch sustained any hurt. THE MINOR COUNTIES. P. Won on 1 st W. inns. D. Pts Pts Pos. Obt. Per cent age. 10 0 2 0 50 36 72-00 8 5 1 0 40 28 70-00 9 4 2 0 45 26 57-77 8 4 1 0 40 23 57-50 12 6 1 0 60 33 55-00 10 3 2 0 50 21 42-00 10 4 0 0 50 20 40-00 9 2 2 0 45 16 35-55 8 2 0 0 40 10 25-00 10 0 4 0 50 12 24-00 8 0 0 0 40 0 — W akefield was FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES. N O RTH AN D EAST. N orfolk ............ S u ffo lk ............ Yorkshire II. Northurnberlanc Staffordshire Lincolnshire Durham N otts II. Bedfordshire Cheshire Cam bridgeshire Yorkshire II. v. N otts 11. at abandoned on account of rain. SOUTH AN D WEST. Berkshire ............ 10 9 0 0 50 45 90-00 G lam organshire... 10 9 0 0 50 45 90’00 M onm outhshire... 8 5 J 0 40 28 70'00 Surrey 11.................. 10 5 2 1 45 31 68-88 Carm arthenshire.. 8 3 0 0 40 15 37-50 H ertfordshire ... 8 3 0 0 40 15 37*50 Devon ..................... 10 2 2 1 45 1(3 35‘55 Dorset ..................... 10 2 1 0 50 13 20-00 Cornwall ............ 8 2 0 0 40 10 25'00 W iltshire ............ 10 1 2 0 50 11 22-00 Buckingham shire 8 0 0 0 40 0 — F IN A L MATCH. Norfulk beat Berkshire at N orw ich by an innings and 150 runs. Five points for a w in, three points for a match decided on the first innings, drawn m atches— i.e., m atches in w hich no result on the first innings is attained—ignored. R i c h a r d d a f t ’ s N o t t i n g h a m s h i r e M A R L .—Particulars apply Radcliffc-on-Trent, Notts. THE COUNTY TOURNAMENT. [Continued Jrom page 227.) The battle is finished : say, King, Lord and Knight,* Have your tattered colours prevailed in the fight, (That gave all the four chosen leaders a worster,) Or has some other County than Leicester made more stir? What, yes!—not the Knight whose white rose ceded best To the rival who wears the red similar cres>t? Nor that rival himself who proposed the new counting That, queerly, ensured his own certain dis­ mounting ? Nor the gate-warden Southron, o’erthrown at the close By you when he’d crippled sixteen of his foes? None of these succeeded, you say. Then, I ’m jiggered ! The White Horse, twice running, as best must have figured. ’Tis so; though the fight has been stern, I surmise, For his whiteness enhances two lovely black eyes ; One from a punch of that darling old neighbour He loves more than anyone else to belabour, And one from 'the Knight of the ever-game fox, While the mark of three seaxes shows plain on his houghs. Yet other opponents, in number nineteen, By him sorely battered and bruised have been, So he has earned the honour full well And little besides remains to tell. [—Except that we can’t overlook altogether This Tomfoolish season’s so-called weather. In a game that’s known by tradition as “ funny ” Things get topsy-turvey unless it keeps sunny, And the Champions, p’r'aps, best earned their positions By conq’ring that bugbear, “ climatic con­ ditions.”] But all who contended, as ever, have striven To take in good part what they meant to have given And, whether defeat they inflict or must “ stick it,” They all know the diff’rence ’twixt crooked and cricket. — P o tt . 6th Sept., 1910. * Three of Leicestershire’s representatives in 1910 were so nam ed. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “ An A dm irer o r A .H .”— Born at N ew Orleans, U .S.A ., 011 A pril 11th, 1879 and cam e to England four years later. H e is qualified b y residence. We do n ot think he is married. P. C. R. F in .— H e lives at Tonbridge. W e do not know w hat his w inter occupation is. H . E. Vigar, the w icket-keeper of the Surrey 2nd X I., was m arried on Tuesday at St. John’s, Redhill, to Miss A. J. Sm ith, the youngest daughter o f Mr. W. Sm ith, a local printer. C. Clifton, th e Nottingham shire player, has severed his connection w ith the coun ty and has been engaged b y Enfield, one of the Lancashire League clubs.