Cricket 1910

O c t . 2 7 , 1 9 1 0 . CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 439 This competition is on the lines indicated in these columns last winter. If Lord Hawke’s scheme had been adopted, Worcester would also have been included (finishing eighth with —3 points), Kent would have been further ahead with two more wins and 10 points, and Hampshire, with an extra win and loss, would still have been bottom and presumably subject to relegation. How interesting the competition would have been may be indicated by the fact that, so late as the third week in August, only one position would have been assured (Kent at the top), whilst only two other counties (Surrey and Lancashire) would have been absolutely sure of avoiding the bottom place. How such struggles amoDg nearly level comjjetitors whet the pub’ic interest will be evident to all who saw the twenty thousand absorbed spectators watching every move­ ment in the Oval match when the top and second counties of 1910 were finally matched. In the Qualifying Competition (of the remnining seven first-class counties and two promoted minors) the interest would have been equally keen, with the entrants playing anything like full programmes against equal competitors. Unfortunately the weaker counties contrive as much as they can to avoid each other, with the idea (which a Qualifying Competition would soon knock on the head) that their meetings are not attractive. The two minor counties were not admitted, and no county, in fact, played more than four others that could be reckoned in this section. As far as they went the results were:— Warwick, pi. 8, w. 4, d. 3, 1. 1, pts. 3 ; Gloucester, pi. 6, w. 3, d. 1, 1. 2, pt. 1; Essex, pi. 4, w. 2, d. 1, 1.1, pt. 1; Worcester, pi. 8, w. 2, d. 4,1. 2, pt. 0 ; Derby, pi. 6, w. 2, d. 1, 1. 3, pt.—1 ; Leicester, pi. 4, w. 1, 1. 3, pts.—2 ; Somerset, pi. 4, d. 2, 1. 2, pts.—2. In the outcome (provided no more matches had been arranged) Warwick would be super­ seding Hants in the Championship Proper of 1911, and, judging by the show that Stafford and Glamorgan have made in first-class com­ pany this year, no doubt one of tho “ pro­ bationary ” minors (probably Wiltshire) would have been giving place in the Qualify­ ing Competition to Norfolk, the Minor Champion of this year. But, even if a minor continued to descend yearly for long to come, satisfaction would be given that no injustice was beiog done by non-recognition of their claims to promotion, and at length a com­ plete, fair, level and interesting competition would have been consummated. The 98 first-class county games, actually played in 1910 but not included in the above tables, resulted in 61 wins fur the “ Proper ” counties, 13 for their “ Qualifying” rivals, and 24 drawn games between them. These extraneous matches (which had, as usual, little real bearing on the Championship), as well as all the matches in both divisions of the competition, would still have been re­ garded as first-class, and could hardly have suffered in interest by the leading counties having no desperate incentive to annex the scalps of their opponents for purposes of percentage. BOOKS RECEIVED. The Lanca ter Cricket Club , 1841 — 1909. By J. J. Gilchrist. Lancaster : Beeley Bros., ffranee’s Passage. Price, 7s. 6 d .; post free, 7s. lid . Only 250 copies printed. THE CRICKET TOURNAMENT IN THE WEST INDIES. The eleventh Tournament in which Bar­ bados, Demerara and Trinidad have taken part was commenced on the Bourda grounds, British Guiana, on September 19th. Rain affected the wickets considerably, and two days more than sufficed for each game. Barbados had the very good fortune to win the toss in both matches, and it is hardly too much to say that in doing so they were assured of success on each occasion — es­ pecially against Trinidad, who held the Cup. The feature of the Tournament was the batting of Tarilton, the captain of Barbados. 1 st M atch .—BARBADOS v. DEMERARA. Played at Bourda on September 19 and and 20 and won by Barbados by eight wickets. Score and analysis :— D em er a r a . First innings. Second innings. F. Abraham, c Worme, b Bailey..................................30 b Worme ............ 0 D. Drayton, b Bailey........... 8 c Austin, b C. R. B row n e........... 7 H. C. Bayley, c Gibbs, b Bailey.................................. 2 b C. R. Browne... 7 J. Nurse, c Bailey, b C. R. Browne .......................... 0 lbw, b Bailey ... 17 C. Simpson, c Batson, b f C. R. B row n e.................. 0 b C. R. Browne .. 11 W. Y. Sherlock, c Worme, b C. R. B row n e.................. 6 lbw, b Worme ... 0 C. d’Ornellas, b Bailey ... 4 b C. R. Browne... 0 R. B. Butts, c C. R. Browne, c Yearwood, b b Bailey ........* . 2 Bailey ....................11 H. R. Vyfhuis, c C. R. Browne, b Bailey ........... 4 b C. R. Browne... 0 E. A. Fraser, run out ... 0 n otou t ... ... 0 H. A. Croal, not o u t........... 0 cTarilton,b Gibbs 44 Byes ... ... ...........17 Byes ............. 7 Total Total..........104 B arbad o s . First innings. Second innings. L. T. Yearwood, b Fraser... 8 F. Austin, b d’Ornellas ... 4 R. Batson, c d’Ornellas, b Fraser.................................. 5 b Nurse ........... C. R. Browne, c Sherlock, b Fraser .13 not out ........................................ W. Gibbs, st Simpson, b Vyfhuis ........................... 7 P. H. Tarilton, c Abraham, b Fraser .......................... G. Challenor, c d’Ornellas, b Fraser .......................... L. Archer, not out C. A. Browne, c Nurse, b Vyfhuis .......................... P. Bailey, st Simpson, b Vyfhuis .......................... 8 not out 8 b Nurse ... 17 0 Vyfhuis ........... 4 B 10, lib 1' ...........11 B 4,lb l,n b 2... 7 Total ... ...........86 Total (2 wkts) 95 D em er a r a . First innings. Sccond innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Challenor 7 1 15 0 ... Worme ... ... 8 3 18 0 ... ... 12 1 40 2 C. R. Browne.,. 10-3 5 11 3 ... ... 16-2 9 26 5 Bailey ... ... 9 2 12 6 ... ... 9-2 1 16 2 Gibbs ... ... 4 0 15 1 B arbados . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Abraham . 2 0 9 0 ... ... 4 0 11 0 d’Ornellas ... 4 0 13 1 ... ... 4 0 14 0 Fraser ......... . 11 2 32 5 ... ... 5 1 19 0 Nurse ... ... 4 0 7 0 ... ... 5*1 1 14 2 Vyfhuis... .... 5 1 14 4 ... ... 2 0 10 0 Croal ... 3 1 6 0 Butts ... . . . 1 . 1 0 0 Bayley ... ... 4 0 14 0 2nd M a tc h .— BARBADOS v. TRINIDAD. Played at Bourda on September 26 and 27 and won by Barbados by an innings and 48 runs. Score and analysis :— T r in id a d . First innings. Second innings. L. Constantine, c Gibbs, b Worme .......................... 15 b Austin ..........27 O. P. Bennett, c C. R. Browne, b W orm e.............. 1b C. R. Browne... 12 N. Grell, c Yearwood, b c Austin, b C. R. Worme .......................... 1 Brown ........... 8 G. C. Learmond, b Worme 10 b Worme ........... 0 C. Rogers, st Yearwood, b C. R. B row n e...................... 0 c sub, b Gibbs ... 29 F. de Gannes, c O. A. Browne, b W orm e.............. 4 b Austin .............. 6 A. Maingot, b C. R. Browne 8 b Austin .............. 0 V. Pascall, b W orm e... ... 0 c Austin, b C. R. B row ne........... 9 W. Johnson, b Austin ... 6 lbw, b Austin ... 0 M. Hector, c Worme, b C. R. Brown .................. 16 notout...................... 1 J. Small, not out .............. 0 b Austin .............. 4 Byes .......................... 5 B 13, lb 1 ...14 Total ... L. Yearwood, b Pascall 0 R. E. Batson, c Con- stantine,bdeGannes 34 C.R.Browne,c Rogers, b H e cto r................... 1 W. Gibbs, b Johnson 3 P. Tarilton, b Pascall 99 G. Challenor, c de Gannes, b Pascall... 1 L. Archer, c Constan­ tine, b Johnson ... 4 66 B arbado s . Total ...116 C. A. Browne, c Hec­ tor, b Small ...........29 P. Bailey, lbw, b Ben­ nett .......................... 12 F. Aug.tin, b Pascall 0 S. Worme, not out ... 7 B 33, lb 3, nb 4 40 Total ...230 T r in id a d . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Challenor 3 0 14 o :.. .. Worme ... 9 3 18 6 ... ... 10 1 22 1 C. R. Browne 10 5 13 3 ......... 15 2 39 3 Austin ... 3 1 16 1 .......... 10*4 0 29 5 Gibbs .......... 3 1 12 1 B arbados . O. M. R. W O. M. R. W. Pascall ... 24 6 59 4 Bennett 14 4 23 1 Hector ... 16 6 11 1 de Gannes 13 3 23 1 Johnson ... 9 1 29 2 Small . 9 2 31 1 Constantine 11 4 14 0 Johnson bowled two no-balls and Pascall and Hector one each. Bayley and Fraser bowled one no-ball each. THE DERBYSHIRE COUNTY C.C. The Duke of Devonshire presided on Friday afternoon last over an important meeting of subscribers to the Derbyshire County C.C. at Derby, to consider the critical situation that has arisen in consequence of the loss of £600 on last season’s working, and generally to determine the future of the Club. There was not a large attendance. The chairman read a long letter from Lord Curzon of Kedleston, in which he said he did not think there was any reasonab’e chance of carrying on ihe Club unbss they could increase the subscription list from £!)50 to £1,500. Lord Scaredale wrote expressing the opinion that the Club ought to be wound up, but he added that if it were deci ied to carry it on he would continue his support. The Duke said if £600 were forthcoming he would give another £100 to free the Club from debt, but be thought that after such a recent appeal to the county as a whole they ought to confine any appeal they made to those who were first and foremost interested in cricket. A large number of offers of increased support were made, including £15 a year for a term of years from Mr. S. H. Evershed, and £10 a year from Mr. Charles Wright, of Wirksworth, provided that ninety-nine others did the same. This offer produced a large number of responses, and after further con­ sideration the Duke said there appeared evidence of a substantial desire to see the Club continued, and the meeting was adjourned to Dec. 2 to issue an appeal and see what the promise of support amounted to.