Cricket 1910

456 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 24, 1910. NOTICE TO OUR READER S. Six numbers will be published during the Winter, as follows :— No. 857.—THURSDAY, OCT. 27. No. 858.—THURSDAY, NOV. 24. No. 859.—THURSDAY, DEC. 22. No. 860.—THURSDAY, JAN. 26. No. 861.—THURSDAY, FEB. 23. No. 862.—THURSDAY, MARCH 30. The above series sent post free to any part of the world for 9d. Cricket Office, 168, Upper Thames Street, London. C r i c k e t : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET. LONDON. E.C. THURSDAY, NOV. 2 4 th , 1910. T he abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. The progress o f the South Africans through Australia has been followed in this country with the greatest interest, and although they have lost two of the three matches played they have no reason to be depressed. They defeated South Australia in most pronounced fashion, and would very likely have won each of their other games had fortune been just a little kinder to them. The accident to Stricker, who has already proved himself one of the most valuable members of the side, handicapped them severely at Mel­ bourne, whilst had Trumper or Bardsley failed in either innings at Sydney, New South Wales would probably not have succeeded in pulling off the game. I t was remarkable that in the opening match, against South Australia at Adelaide, Nourse should make the second highest score of his career in a match of note. The list of innings of 200 or more played in first-class cricket in Australia is now as follows :— 383 C. W. Gregory. 365*C. Hill. 321 W. L. Murdoch. 297*H. Moses. 292*V. T. Trumper. 287 R. E. Foster. 281 M. A. Noble. 279* W. L. Murdoch. 271 G. Giffen. 271 R. A. Duff. 264 W. BarJsley. 253 V. T. Trumper. 239 P. S. McDonnell. 237 G. Giffen. 236 Shrewsbury (A.) 232 Shrewsbury (A.) 231* W. W. Armstrong 230 V. T. Trumper. 230 M. A. Noble. 228 A. C. MacLaren 219 Ward (A.) 218 A. J. Hopkins. 218 G. Healy. 213 M. A. Noble. 211 C. McKenzie. 210*A. Diamond. 210 J. Darling. 208 V. T. Trumper. 206*C. Hill. 206 Shrewsbury (A.) 206 F. A. Tarrant. 205 G. Giffen. 205 C Hill. 203 G. Giffen. 203 J. R. M. Mackay. 201*A. D. Nourse. 201 S. E. Gregory. 201 S. E. Gregory. 200 C. Hill. 200 M. A. Noble. 224 P. A. McAlister. On two other occasions Nourse had com ­ pleted the second hundred, having made 212 for Natal v. Griqualand West at Johannesburg in 1906-7 and 200 not out for Natal v. Western Province at New­ lands in 1907-8. In the first innings of the latter match he made 98. So far the lack of a fast bowler does not appear to have troubled the side to any pronounced extent, the highest totals obtained against them being 301 by Victoria and 287 by New South Wales. Nourse, Faulkner and Stricker found their form at the very start of the tour, but Llewellyn has yet to justify his presence in the team. I t is of interest, in view of the Test matches, to find that Kortlang, who batted with such wonderful success in West Australia in the early part o f the year, continues to score well. In his first Pennant match of the season he made 95 for Essendon v. East Melbourne, and upon making his first acquaintance with South African bowling played an innings of 60. H is success, however, is quite over­ shadowed by the fact that Trumper is evidently showing all his old form and scoring with the brilliancy of his best days. His success should mean much to Australia, provided, that is, the demands o f his business do not prevent him from playing away from Sydney. J. N. Craw­ ford also has been showing capital all­ round form, and if he were eligible would assuredly be one o f the first men chosen to represent Australia in the Tests. V. F. S. C raw ford , whose forthcoming departure for Ceylon was announced in Cricket several weeks ago, leaves England on Friday, December 9th, and it is safe to say takes the best wishes of thousands o f followers of the grand old game with him. H is departure will mean a heavy loss to Leicestershire cricket. During the past season he made 1,185 runs and took 13 wickets and his respective aggregates during his career are now 34,453 and 1,267. By-the-way, his father, the Rev. J. C. Crawford, headed the Cane Hill batting averages during the past season— not a bad performance for a young gentle­ man of sixty-one. Some clerical appointments of interest to cricketers have recently been an­ nounced. The Bev. E. L. Colebrooke, M.A., the Rector of Sneaton, Whitby, and uncle of Mr. K. L. Hutchings, has accepted the living of Sheldwich, Favers- ham, which is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral. Mr. Colebrooke was a member of the Oxford Eleven of 1880, in which year he also played for Kent. The Rev. Joseph M ’Cormick, D.D., Bector of St. James’, Piccadilly, W ., and Canon of York Cathedral, who played for Cambridge in 1854 and 1856, has accepted the Chaplaincy to the Lord Mayor of London, and the Bev. F. H . Gillingham, curate o f St. James-the-Less, Bethnal Green, has been appointed to the Vicarage o f H oly Trinity, Bordesley, Birmingham. The last-named, all who are interested in Essex cricket will be glad to know, has expressed the hope that he will play for the county during his holidays. A. T. Sharp, the Leicestershire bats­ man, recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, and is making an ex­ cellent recovery. D u r in g the past season the Accrington C.C., one of the Lancashire League clubs, benefited considerably as the result of engaging Rushby. Their receipts amounted to £700, and the club were enabled to wipe out a debt of £40, build a new stand and have a substantial balance in hand at the close of the campaign. O n October 27th Earl Carrington made a presentation to the Venerable Arch­ deacon of Buckingham, the Bev. E . D. Shaw, M.A. (the old Oxford, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire cricketer), in recog­ nition of his sixteen years’ zealous work as Vicar of High Wycombe, the largest parish in the county, on his resignation of the benefice to fulfil the duties of the archdeaconry, to which he was recently appointed by the Bishop of Oxford. The testimonial consisted of a purse of over .£400, subscribed by the parishioners, whose names were contained in a morocco bound album, which was placed in a handsomely-carved oak coffer, made from the bell frame, dated 1711, removed from the Parish Church, and replaced by a new one last November. This was enriched by emblems of the two principal churches in the parish, together with the arms of the diocese of Oxford and of the borough of Wycombe. At the same gathering, Countess Carrington presented to Mrs. Shaw a handsome necklace of pearls and aquamarines. F oe considerably over a hundred years the Sondes family have been staunch supporters of Kent cricket and have furnished several players to the County Eleven. For this reason, if for no other, the news that their ancestral home Lees Court, near Faversham, was totally destroyed by fire in the early hours of Sunday morning last will be regretted by all cricketers. Only a few o f the contents were saved and the damage is estimated at .£'200,000. Lees Court dated from 1651 and was built from the plans of Inigo Jones. W h i l s t out rabbit-shooting on the 4th inst. Walter Mead was accidentally shot in the arm and leg. The shot was soon removed and the “ Essex treasure ” has made a good recovery. Speaking at a dinner of the Bohemians at Bristol on October 28th, G. L. Jessop remarked that with 1,500 subscribers the Gloucestershire County C.C. would have no occasion to fear a deficit at the end of a season. At the present time there are only eleven hundred members, but G.L.J. is doing his best to increase the number by 400 at least. Good luck to him ! J. H . P a r r y , who headed the Shrews