Cricket 1910

D e c . 2 2 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 6 9 8 th M atch . - v. XV. OF NEWCASTLE AND DISTRICT. Played at Newcastle on December 16 and 17. The South Africans won by five wickets. Nourse and Sinclair added 104 for the visitors sixth wicket and the former hit twelve 4’s and the latter*eight. Pegler took seven wickets for 46 runs in the first innings of Newcastle and Sinclair six for 45 in the second. Edgar carried his bat through the second innings for 60. Score :— XV. of N ew castle . — 174 (Moy, 23, not out; Ebsworth, 26) and 175 (Edgar, (50not out). S outh A f r ic a . First innings. J. W. Zulch, b Morley ... 15 M. Commaille, lbw, b Mc­ Namara .......................... 4 G. A. Faulkner, b Mc­ Namara ..........................26 M. Hathorn, c Morley, b McNamara.......................... 3 A. D. Nourse, b Morley .. C. B. Llewellyn, b Mc­ Namara ......................... J. H. Sinclair, c Morgan b Ebsworth .................. O. C. Pearse, b Morley S. J. Pegler, run o u t......... It. O. Schwarz, b M orley... 10 T. Campbell, not out........... 3 Byes, &c. ... ,..........12 Second innings. notout.................. 1 c Murdock, b Fawcett ........... notout.................. 4 lbw, b M cLean... b F aw cett........... b Mathieson run out Byes, &e. Total ...253 Total (5 wkts).. 9S THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY C.C. Mr. R. D. Walker, president, took the chair at the annual meeting of the Middlesex County Cricket Club at Lord’s on November 25th. The proceedings were very brief, the report and balance-sheet being unanimously adopted. Owing to the wretche I weather, Middlesex had, in a financial sense, a bad season, the loss on the matches being £140 17s. 8d. The club is now faced with a total deficit of £719 3s. 6d., and a sub­ committee is being appointed 10 deal with the monetary position. Mr. W. Williams suggested that too many matches were played, and that it would be better for counties to meet each other only once during the season, as was done in the Rugby County Championship. Mr. A. J. Webbe, however, pointed out that nothing could be done until 1912, when, should the Triangular Tournament take place, the number of county fixtures would of necessity be reduced. Middlesex will play the same counties next year as in 1910. The Whit Monday match both next year and in 1912 will be with Sussex. Next year’s match has been set aside by the Marylebone C.C. for the benefit of Rawlin, an old member of their ground staff. So many young cricketers did well for the team during the past season that the outlook for Middlesex is quite hopeful. GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and A th letic Clothing Manufacturers . OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the M.C.C. South African XI., 1909-10 ; the Aus­ tralians, 1896, 1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s XI., 1894-1895, 1897-1898; Mr. MacLaren’s XI. 1901-1902 ; West Indian XI., 1900 and 1906 ; South Africans XL, 1901 and 1907; and M.C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Counties, Wanderers, Stoics, Bromley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs, and Queen’s Club.—Write for E stim ates F re e . Telegraphic Address ; “ Leotdde , London .” Telephone: P.O. City 607 1 8, Crooked Lane, Monument, London Bridge, E.C. OBITUARY. Mr. F. L. E velyn . Mr. Francis Lyndon Evelyn, J.P. the old Rugby and Oxford cricketer, was bom at Presteign, Radnorshire, on May 24th, 1859, and died there on the 8th inst. He was in the Rugby Eleven from 1876 to 1878, being captain in his last year, when illness inter­ fered greatly with his cricket. In his two matches with Marlborough he scored only 25 runs in four innings and on each occasion was on the losing side. Among his co temporaries there were E. T. Hirst, C. F. H. Leslie and F. D. Gaddum. He obtained his Blue for Oxford in 1880, but made only 0 and 1 against Cambridge, who won by 115 runs. Scores and Biographies described him as “ A good average batsman, and in the field generally cover-point or long-field.” He played for Herefordshire from 1879 to 1891. C anon A. H. F abek . Canon Arthur Henry Faber, the old Wykehamist, was born in India on February 29th, 1832, and died at Doncaster on November 27th. He went first to Harrow, but was removed to Winchester where he was in the Eleven in 1847 and 1848 and therefore a contemporary of W. Bidding and E. H. L. Willes. In the four Public School matches-all lost by Winchester—in which he took part he scored 54 runs in eight innings and obtained ten wickets. He did not secure his Blue at Oxford, but he kept up his cricket and in 1862 made 100 for Gentle­ men of North v. Gentlemen of South at Lord’s and (a fortnight later) 79 for XVI. Free Foresters v. the All England XI. at Leamington. The latter innings was played against the bowling of Wootton, Jackson, Tinley and Tarrant. Scores and Biographies described him as “ An excellent batsman,” and added that in the field he was generally point. After taking Holy Orders he played frequently nnder the name of St. Fabian. He was the first headmaster of Malvern College (1865-1880). J.D.B. M r . W. W. F oulkeod . Mr. W. W. Foulkrod, who died at Edding- ton, Philadelphia, on November 13th, was born at Frankford, Pa., on November 22nd, 1846. He was one of the founders, and at onetime President, of the Frankford County C.C. His son, Mr. W. W. Foulkrod, jun., has acted as captain of the team for several years and at the present time is one of the most useful all-round cricketers in Phila­ delphia. F.F.K. M r . C. W. G regory . Mr. Chas. William Gregory, who was born at Sydney on September 30th, 1878, died of blood poisoning at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Darling- hurst, on November 14ih. He was brother of S. E. Gregory, and, therefore, a son of the late Ned Gregory. He was a most delightful batsman to watch, possessing many brilliant strokes and being a very severe punisher when he had got the measure of the bowling. In club cricket he was a very heavy run- getter, and in 1901-2 scored 828 runs for Waverley with an average at 103-50: in 1904-5 his average was 78 25 and in the following season 55 72. In February, 1904, he made 137 not out for Bathurst v. the English team, but he will always be remembered chieiiy on account of his innings of 383—the second highest individual score in a first-class match —for New South Wales against Queensland at Brisbane in November, 1906. Against Victoria and South Australia he did not meet with any very pronounced success, but he was nevertheless in the first flight of batsmen and one to whose merits full justice was not accorded by the selection committees. M r . R. S. N ew h all . Mr. Robert Stuart Newhall, who was born at Philadelphia, Pa., on September 10th, 1852, died at his native place on the 9th inst. He was one of the best exponents and most generous supporters the game ever had in America, and in 1884 c iptained the Gen­ tlemen of Philadelphia during their tour in England. For very many years he was prominently identified with the Young America Club, which amalgamated with the Germantown C.C. in 1889. He was a skilful captain and a fine batsman, and in 1880, ] 881 and 1885 won the Childs Cup in the Halifax Cup competition. Bis highest innings was 126 v. Gentlemen of Cheshire iu 1881, but his best was probably played against the Australians in 1878. His portrait and an account of his career were published in Cricket in August, 1884. CRICKETERS AND THE GENERAL ELECTION. Among the cricketers who have been elected to the new Parliament are the Rt. Hon. A. Akers-Douglas (U.), a former Presi­ dent of the Kent County C.C. ; W. C. Bridgeman (U), of Eton, Cambridge and Staffordshire; G. D. Faber (U), of Marl­ borough; H. W. Forster (U.), of Eton, Oxford and Hants ; L. Hardy (U.), a pist President of the Kent County C.C. ; Sir G. Kemp (R.), of Shrewsbury, Cambridge and Lancashire; the Rt. Hon. A. Lyttelton, K.C. (U.), of Eton, Cambridge and Middlesex, a former President of the M.C.C.; the Hon. J. C. Lyttelton (U.), of Eton ; the Rt. Hon. W. H. Long (U.), of Harrow and a former President of the M.C.C.; the Rt. Hon. J. A. Pearse (R.), of Durham ; Mr. A. Priestley (R.). who took a team to the West Indies in 1897 ; Col. R. H. Rawson (U ), of Eton ; A. W. Soames (R.), of Brighton College, Cam­ bridge and Sussex; Col. C. Warde (U.), Vice-President of the Kent County C.C.; S. Hill Wood (U.), of Derbyshire. The following were not successful:—H. L. Brackenbury (U.), of the Lincolnshire County C.C. ; E. G. Hemmerde, K C. (R.), of Winchester; H. M. Hyndman (Soc.), <f Sussex; and G. W. Ricketts (R ), of Win­ chester and Oxford. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE C.C.C. At the Annual General Meeting of the Cambridgeshire County C.C., held on November 26th, Viscount Clifden, the Lord- Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, was elected President. The Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, who sent a donation of £25 last season, was elected a vice-president. Major Oliver Papworth was re-elected hon. secretary, aud Mr. W. G. Hobbs hon. treasurer. The committee wtre chosen as follows; —Rev. W. Crouch, Col. Fortescue, Capt. Mander and Messrs. A. E. Bellars, O. W. Bocock, Newton Digby, P. A. French, P. W. Gray, W. W. Gray, R. S. Hicks, R. W. B. Jenys, J J. Newman, C. Pigg, W. F. Taylor, G. H. Verrall, H. C. Richford and J. H. Widdicombe.