Cricket 1910

A p r i l 14, 1910. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 63 Results. — New South Wales won 45 matches (27 at Sydney, 18 at Melbourne), Victoria 39 (24 at Melbourne, 15 at Sydney) Total Rum Scored. — In the whole 84 matches there were scored : For N .S.W ., 32,630 runs for the loss of 1,401 wickets—average 21’8. For Victoria, 31,596 runs for the loss of 1,533 wickets—average 20*6. In the first 22 matches, played before an Australian team had visit* d England, and while the standard of batting in the Colonies was very much lower than it became during the next few years, N.S.W. scored 4,278 runs for the loss of 400 wickets (average 10-7), Victoria 4,561 for 398 (average 11-4). Deduct­ ing these totals, we have for the matches since 1878 (the modern period) : N.S. W. 28,352 runs for 1,091 wickets—average 25'9. Victoria 27,035 ,, „ 1,135 „ -average 238. (To be continued.) THE SURREY COUNTY C.C. The Surrey Committee in their annual report to be submitted at the Annual General Meeting on May 5th, announce that H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, although he may not be able to play during May, will again captain the side, and that M. C. Bird has been appointed vice-captain. Two hundred and thirty-one members were eh cted during the past year Notice has been received that the Rev. J. C. Crawford, at the meeting, will move: “ That the Committee of the Surrey County Cricket Club be asked to rescind tl.e resolution passed with regard to Mr. J. N. Crawford.” Revenue account shows, on the credit side: Subscriptions, £5,091; entrance fees, £'450 ; rents received, £572; and interest, £199. The match receipts amounted to £11,332, the chief items being England v. Australia, including staLds, £4,2')6; Test matches, share of surplus, £828; Surrey v. Aus­ tralians, £1,397; stan-ls (for the season), £1,090; Nolts match, £639; Kent, £198; Middlesex. £128 ; Lancashiie, £274 ; Yoik- shire, £258; Champfon County, including stands and insurance, £299; Gentlemen v. Players, £ 202 . Second eleven matches pro­ duced only £61; Surrey v. G oucestei shire, £37; and Surrey v. Oxford University, £15. On the debit side of the account: Rent, rates, taxes, and insurance amounted to £1,345; general expenses, £2,095; grants, £445 ; bowlers’ wages, £1,657; ground ex­ penses, £1,124 ; repairs and renewa’s, £570. Match expenses tolalled £9,786, the chief items under this head being: Engl md v. Australia, to Board of Control, £2,552 ; Aus tralians’ share of gate, £1,343; and expenses of match, £329 ; Surrey v. Australians (t*o matches), £697 to Australians, and expenses £306; second eleven matches, £472; club and ground and colts’ matches, £215; a d luncheons and refreshments, £248. The Champion County match entailed expenses of £265, leaving less than £17 each for the Cricketers’ Fund, Friendly Society, and Kent County C.C. The aveiage cost of the out matches with other counties was about £180, the m st expensive being that with Notts, at Nottingham, which amounted to £213. There was a profit of £622 on the year’s working. The balance shtet shows : Invest­ ments, £4,951; sundry debtors. £103; cash in hand aud at bankers, £1,900; furniture, &c., £538. On the other side, sundry creditors and subscriptions paid in advance, £346, leaving a surplus of £7,146. CORRESPONDENCE. [The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the opinions of his correspondents .] SPORT v. MATHEMATICS. To the Editor of C ricket . S ir , —As a genuine amateur I am scan­ dalized by the agitation which- you have countenanced, to amend, as it is proftsse l. the reckoning in the Championship competi­ tion. What has reckoning to do with cricket ? Just as modern art is superior to perspective and poetry to metre, so true sport should be absolutely above arithmetic. An 1. if this utter independence cannot be imme- di itely attained, by all means let us have our arithmet c as bad and discreditable as it can be. For this reason I rejoice at the Advisory Committee’s recommendation to defy its disgraceful laws. Cricket would be a painer if reckoning could be eradicated entirely, and scoring of every description abolished. Gentlemen should play only for their own enjoyment, and, if winners were ueces?ary, the umpires could decide at the finish of a game who had won, uninfluenced by any degrading record in figures. What have so many runs, for and against, to do with a win ; or so many wins, for and (especially) against, to do with a Ch im- piouship? If a. Championship be necessary, let the M.C.C. award it to the side which ha* enjoyed itself the most ; such is the only satisfactory test of real, true Amateur Sport. Another thing. While the clubs emp’oy the names of different counties, the c mmion people of those counties suppose that the clubs in some way represent themselves, aud that they have therefore an excuse to med le in affairs which, of course, concern only the gentlemen who are (or ought to be) enjoying themselves in playing for the clubs. Wh\ not cut the ground from under the feet of these presumptuous busybodies by rechi i-ten- ing the clubs, as Grasshoppers, Moles, Vam­ pires, Owls, Bluebirds, and so forth ? I am, Sir, your esteemed patron, “ SOLOMON, THAT’S ME.” S age G reen , April 5th, 1910. OB ITUARY . M r , S. D river . Mr. Samuel Driver, captain of the Nelson C.C., of Lancashire, died on March 21st in his fiftn th year. He played for many years for the Nelson and Keighley Clubs and scored over ten thousand runs during his career. M r . H. E aton . Mr. Hubeit Eaton, J.P., a well known cricketer and follower of the Cottesmore Hunt, died at Ketton Grange, Stamford, on March 25th, at the early age of 46, and was buried at Little Casterton thiee days later. He was educated at the Oratory School, Bir­ mingham, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, an 1was in each Eleven. In after years he was most prominently identified with the Burghley Park C.C., of which he w’as captain. He was an effective and stylish batsman, and played for M.C.C., which he joined iu 1881, I Zingari, the Quidn mcs and the Free Foresters. Mr. Eaton was born in January, 18r‘4, and was High Sheriff of Rutland in 1906. Db. E. J. O g d en . Dr. Edwin Joseph Ogden, who died in Chica.o on February 14th, aged 80, was born in Cooksvil!e, Canada. On removing to Chicago in 1875 he organized the Chicago C.C., and was its President for many years. He was instrumental in secur­ ing the ground at Parkside, on which the Wanderers play. His son, Dr. E. Russell Ogden, cp tiim d the Canadian team which came to Englaud in 1887. M r . H. T urner . Mr. Harcourt Turner, who succeeded Mr. V. E. Walker as Treasurer of the Middlesex County C.C. in 1906, died ( n March 27th, and was buried at Perivale, near Ealing, four days later. He became a member of the Marylebone Club in 1873 and served on the Middlesex County C.C. Committee for many years. He was educated at Cheltenham, but was not in the Eleven. T he R t . H on . J. T omkinson . The Rt. Hon. James Tomkinson, Liberal Member for the Crewe Division of Cheshire, BLANCO For Cleaning and Whitening White Baokskin ana Canvas Shoes, Cricket Fads, and all other articles of a similar nature. It Is prepared in a very careful manner, and extra procautions are taken to ensure an avenneti of colour. 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