Cricket 1910

S e p t . 8 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 399 twenty-six Championship fixtures were left unfinished, but suffered six more defeats. Seven different counties had the satisfaction of beating them, Kent and Middlesex doiDg so twice. Some of their matches were very well fought : thus, they beat Surrey at Horsham by one wicket and Lancashire at Brighton by 11 runs, and in turn lost to Worcestershire on the Worcester ground by a single wicket. Perusal of the seore- sheets leads one to infer that they were far more formidable at home than away, for of their thirteen out-matches they won only three. C. L. A. Smith, who led the side in 1909, was obliged to resign the captaincy owing to the claims of business, but H. P. Chaplin, fortunately, was able to undertake the duties. He proved a popular leader and showed a marked advance as a batsman. Twice he scored over a hundred, and often made a useful score when runs were badly needed. The younger Relf, though incon­ sistent for some considerable time, again heads the averages, but with 31-00 against 40'30 in the previous year. His brother did much better than in 1909, and with Hirst, Woolley, Llewellyn and Tarrant shares the distinction of scoring 1,000 runs and taking 100 wickets. Heygate was consistent and had the personal satisfaction of being chosen for the Gentlemen against the Players, whilst Vine’s defence, though at times wearisome and almost inexcusable, was often of value to the side. And here it may be said that occasionally—on the second day of the match with Surrey at Horsham for example —the cricket of the side was unpardonably lifeless and dull. In bowling the team had plenty of material available, but only Killick and Relf (A. E.) obtained their wickets for less than 20 runs each. The veteran wicket­ keeper, Butt, performed well throughout the season. BATTING AVERAGES. Tim es Most Inns. not out. in an inns. Total Runs. Aver. Relf (R. R .) ... ... 47 2 194 1395 31-00 R. B. H eygate ... ... 35 3 108 953 2)-78 H. P. Chaplin ... ... 43 7 172* 950 26-38 Vine ..................... ... 47 3 83 1154 26-2-2 Relf (A. E.) ... 45 i 87 1098 24-95 Jupp ................... ... 13 4 53* 190 21*11 K illick.................... ... 45 1 105 869 1975 Cox (G. R .) ... 45 7 75 749 19-71 V incett ............ ... 44 9 90* 6S4 19-54 P. Cartwright ... ... 37 2 83 651 18-60 L e a c h ..................... ... 37 4 70 540 16-36 Butt ..................... .. 38 15 45* 232 10 08 C. L. Tudor ... 4 1 12 26 8 66 J. W. W . Nason ... 4 0 10 26 6-50 P. G. II. Fender ... 4 0 12 19 4*75 Also batted : J. L. S. Vidler (23 and 4) *Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. P. G. H . Fender Overs. ... 3 Mdns. Runs. W kts. Aver. 1 14 1 14-00 K illick ............ ... 285-5 66 897 49 18-30 Relf (A. E .) ... ...1109-2 372 2559 128 19-99 Leach ............ ... 427 1 78 1385 59 23-47 Cox (G. R .) ... ... 599 143 1650 70 23-57 V in e ..................... ... 120 25 347 13 26-69 H . P. Chaplin ... 13-4 1 82 3 27-33 Vincett ............ .. 382 64 1274 45 28-31 R elf (R. R .) ... ... 408-1 73 1193 42 28-40 P. Cartw right ... 52*5 10 164 4 41-00 J u p p ..................... ... 60 9 217 3 7-2-33 J. L. S. Vidler ... 10 1 38 0 — The follow ing also bow led :— J. W. W. Nason ... 1 0 8 0 B utt ............ ... 4 0 16 0 __ R. B. H eygate ... 7 0 33 0 — HU NDREDS H IT FOR THE SIDE. H. P. Chaplin, v. Ham pshire, at Southam pton ’*'172 II. P. Chaplin, v. W orcestershire, at W orcester 103 R. B. Heygate, v. W arwickshire, at Leam ington 108 K illick, v. Leicestershire, at B r ig h t o n ................ 105 Relf (R. R.), v. Notts, at Brighton ................ 101 R elf (R. R .), v. Som erset, at Bath ................ 194 R elf (R. R.), v. W orcestershire, at Brighton ... *100 *Signifies not out. (To be continued.) CAM BRID G ESH IRE v. LINCOLNSHIRE. Played at Newm arket on August 22 and 23 and won by Lincolnshire by four w ickets. Score and analysis:— C a m b r id g e sh t r b . First innings. Watts (G.), b Day ............ F. R. Collier, c W orm an, b Day ...................................... O. W. Bocock, b Day............ H. C. Tebutt, c Worman, b D a y ...................................... L. J. R eid, b Riley ............ F. Roberson, c W orm an, b R i le y ...................................... F. Hayward, c A llen,b R iley E. W . Bryan, not out H. B. Hart, b R ile y ............ G. A . Rose, c Worman, b Geeson ............................. Coulson (H .), run out Byes, &c......................... 18 Second innings c W o rm a n , b Geeson ............ 0 0 c Prior, b Day ... 9 2 c Prior, b Day ... ii 7 c Geeson, b Day.. 7 30 c Allen, b Riley... 0 23 c Allen, b Geeson 5 0 b D a y ..................... 0 29 c Allen, b Day ... 7 0 c Prior, b Day ... 16 44 c and b Day 2 1 n o to u t............ ... 2 6 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total ..1G0 Total............48 L in c o l n sh ir e . First innings. Rev. C. G. Ward, b Rose ... 0 E. Pullein, c and b Coulson 7 W . Rose, b Bryan ............17 W. A. Trasenster, b Coul­ son ...................................... 2 DajT, c Bocock, b Coulson.. 2 C. L. Prior, b Coulson ... 27 Riley, b C oulson....................18 J. II. W orm an, b Coulson... 0 Geeson, n ot o u t .................... 11 J. A. Brooke, c Reid, b Coulson .............................34 Allen, c Hart, b Rose ... 2 Byes, &c.........................20 Byes, I Second innings, c Hart, b Coulson 16 lbw , b Bryan ... 13 c W atts, b Bryan 4 c H a y w a r d , b Coulson ............17 lbw , b Coulson ... 0 b Bryan ............14 not ou t..................... 0 not ou t.................... 6 Total .................... 140 Total (6 w kts) 73 C a m b r id g e s h ir e . Second innings. First innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. It. W. D ay............ .. 23 10 53 4 ... . . 13-4 7 24 7 Riley .. 20 3 49 4 ... . . 11 3 17 1 Geeson ... .. 9-4 4 11 1 .. . . 3 0 7 2 Trasenster .. 1 0 3 0 . . . . W orm an .. 10 1 28 0 ... Brooke. ... .. 7 4 10 0 ... L in c o l n sh ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M R. W Coulson ... .. 18 8 33 7 ... .. 7-4 0 36 3 Rose .. 11 0 56 2 ... .. 1 0 8 0 Bryan ... .. 5 1 22 1 ... .. 6 0 26 3 T ebbu tt... .. 2 0 9 0 ... THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME. Considering the importance of gate-money to county cricket, it is singular that com­ mittees do not deal more firmly with those professional members of their teams who turn money away from the gates. There are men physically qualified to keep the game lively and interesting, as they prove when they engage in minor matches, who must cost their county clubs a £100 a year in addition to the sums paid to them in wages. A captain can do much to make his men play the game in its fulness, but he needs the support of the committee, who should inform delinquents that they will not continue to be selected if they bore col­ leagues, opponents and spectators. The season just over has seen much improvement in the spirit pervading first-class cricket; for example, there.has been less readiness to appeal against the light on the smallest provocation, and batsmen and fielders have been decidedly more brisk than usual. Some people think that the change lias been brought about by the new system <>f reckoning points in the Championship. We believe that system to be so bad that the players have regarded it as practicably negligible, and that the improvement has been brought about by public opinion voiced first by Lord Harris and then by the Press. We are not altogether without hope that the same agents may induce some of the less hardened offendeis against the canons of orthodoxy to give up walking in front need­ lessly and to keep the left shoulder over the ball. We would remind those whose case is not hopeless that one young man of such brilliant capacity that he won a place in re ent Test matches has this season been left out of his county team for several matches, and all because he cramped his scoring strokes by excessive use of modern methods of defence. 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