Cricket 1910

N o v .*,'24, 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 457 bury School batting averages this year, is now in residence at Oxford, where he recently ran a-quarter o f a mile in 52 2-5 seconds and cleared 20 ft. 9 in. in the long jump. He is a son o f Judge Parry and is qualified for Lancashire. W h a t a happy life A. E. Keif’s must b e ! Including the present, he has escaped the rigours o f six recent winters, having visited New Zealand three times, and Australia, South Africa and India once. In first-class cricket (including Australia in 1903-4 and South Africa in 1905-6, but not Plunket Shield matches in New Zealand) he has scored 12,623 runs and taken 1,186 wickets, whilst in similar class games for Sussex his figures are 10,879 and 1,055 respectively. The present is, per­ haps, an appropriate time to give a list of the batsmen who have made as many Mr, J. H. Maden, a vice-president, has requested that bonds to the value of £500 held by him should be cancelled. Sharp is to have the proceeds of his benefit match handed to him at a banquet on December 13th, when Lord Derby will be present. A r t h u k P a is h , the old Gloucestershire cricketer, who has been living at Bath since his duties at Downside College ended, has been appointed professional to the Gloucester C.C. I t is with the greatest pleasure that I am able to chronicle the fact that, as the result of the bazaar opened in the Shire Hall on October 27th, the continuance of the Worcestershire County C.C. for at least two more seasons is assured. When performing the opening ceremony, Lord Cobham stated that the Club’s debt had M r . H . C. W is d e n - L u f f , on behalf of the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society, announces that he has received from the secretary of the Surrey County C.C. a cheque for £'192 10s. 5d., being half the proceeds of the match Champion County v. Rest of England, played at the Oval last September. A t the Annual Meeting of the Cam­ bridge University C.C., held on October 31st, J. F. Ireland (Trinity) was elected captain for next season, M. Falcon (Pembroke) honorary secretary and E. L. Kidd (Pembroke) assistant-secretary. The new leader is, of course, an old Marlburian, and has represented his Alma Mater at hockey and golf in addition to cricket. D u r in g the first week of the present month Mr. A. N. Hornby sustained an T H E A D E L A I D E O V A L . T h e G r o u n d on w h ic h t h e S o u th A f r ic a n s o p e n e d t h e ir t o u r b y d e f e a t in g S o u t h A u s t r a l ia b y 281 r u n s . as ten thousand runs for that county and o f the bowlers who have taken not less than five hundred wickets : — Over 10,000 Runs. Over 500 Wickets. C. B. Fry 20,056 Tate 1,340 K. S. Ranjitsinhji 17,810 Relf (A. E .)........... 1,055 Killick (E. H.) ... 10,652 Cox ................. 919 Vine ................. 15,339 Lillywhite 'Jas.)... 917 W. Newham 14,554 IIumphreys (W.A.) 767 G. Brann ........... 11,465 Killick (E. H.) ... 687 Relf (A. E .) ........... 10,890 W isden................... 57S Bland ................... 552 The above figures, which are given on the authority of Mr. Alfred D. Taylor, include the matches played this year against Glamorgan. T h e Committee of the Lancashire County C.C. are, notwithstanding the bad weather last season, redeeming bonds to the value of £3,000, so that the ground will soon be paid for. In addition, been reduced in three years from £4,500 to £1,350, of which £700 was in suspense, so that only £U50 was required from the bazaar to relieve the Club of its immediate liability. He added that if the profit reached four-figures Worcestershire could continue to place an eleven in the field until the end of 1912, and as the sum reached £1,029 19s. 6d. a new lease of life has been granted to the Club. This is, indeed, most welcome news, for no side could play the game in a more sporting spirit. A t the “ Cheshire Cheese ” on Saturday last a large number of Old Merchant Taylors congregated to dine and to make a presentation to J. E. Raphael, the well- known cricketer and Rugby footballer, who is leaving England shortly for a two years’ trip round the world. accident which-caused him to be confined to hia house, Parkfield, Nantwich, for some days. Whilst out riding, his horse became restive and fell, pinning its rider to the ground and rolling over him. Mr. Hornby was at once conveyed home in a motor-car, and his medical attendants found extensive and severe bruises, but, fortunately, no bones were broken. J a m e s , it appears, is not to be the only player whose services will not be available for Notts, next season, for Albert Iremon- ger, who has proved himself a very useful all-round performer, has been engaged by the Aberdeenshire C.C. He was very strongly recommended by A. O. Jones and William Gunn. S p e a k in g at the annual dinner of the Ilford C.C. on Friday last, C. P. McGahey