Cricket 1911

M a y 13,1911. CRICKET : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. 147 m any years since Mr. Stevenson took part in his first game of note, but it is evident that his right hand has not yet lost its cunning. W e can recall him bowling at L ord ’s thirteen years ago for the Grange, and only just failing to pull off the g am e ; he took five wickets for 25 in a total o f 83 and the M .C.C. got home by a wicket. A s a batsman, too, he was to be feared in his time. H is best innings was perhaps his 151 for Edinburgh against South o f Scotland. Y o r k s h ir e have every reason to be satisfied with what they did at L ord ’s this week, for the M .C.C. team w hich they beat by 45 runs was a very good all-round side. Tarrant’s cricket was o f such a nature as to emphasise the regret which all English cricketers feel that he w ill never be eligible to play for this country in Test matches. A t his best he w ould be certain o f a place in the W orld ’s E leven— if it were found necessary to choose such a side— and it certainly seems strange that he should be eligible for the Players o f England, an English county, and the prem ier club o f England, but not for the E ngland team. A t Johannesburg on A pril 8 th, D . K. Bain threw a cricket ball 130 yards. This is said to be a record for South Africa. The w orld’s record stands credited to JR. Percival with 140 yards 2 feet, on the Durham Sands Racecourse on Easter M onday, 1884. A ll the honours o f Surrey’s m atch at Cambridge this week rested w ith the county's players. B ushby has lost no time in showing to what an extent his presence increases the match- w inning pow er o f the team . B oth H ayw ard and H obbs have also given evidence o f being in form , and on M onday put up three figures for the coun ty’s first wicket for the twenty-seventh time in six seasons. B row n and Tunnicliffe, we m ay add, were credited w ith nineteen such partnerships for Y orkshire, M r. A. 0 . Jones and Irem onger with tw enty-four for Notts, and Mr. C. B . Fry and V ine with thirty-three for Sussex. “ P o in t ,” w riting in the Adelaide R egister, states :— Next season is likely to be even m ore exciting than the one that has just closed because the E nglish team will be here, anxious to regain the ashes as a curtain-raiser to the triangular matches which are to be played in England next year. Our visitors intend to thoroughly try out their candidates for selection, and we shall probably get here the best England can produce. Against an eleven that Australia can put into the field at the present tim e nothing but E ngland’s best can hope for success. Before our m en go hom e they will have a strenuous season, but there seems now every reason to believe that Clem H ill w ill be able to lead to England as fine an all-round eleven as Australia has had for m any a day. A s a batsman he w ill quite take the place o f N oble, who led the last team. Bardsley and Hansford should have improved by then, and, with Arm strong and Macartney to back them up, the batting strength o f the team leaves nothing to be desired. Great things m ay be expected from W hitty. A left-arm bow ler o f his pace on English wickets may achieve anything, and one would not be surprised to see him secure averages which w ill be rem iniscent o f the days o f Turner the Terror 20 odd years ago. I f H ordern proves as successful as good judges think he will, the Australian attack should be stronger than it was in the last team, with A rm ­ strong, M acartney, K ellew ay and Cotter to support W h itty and H ordern. “ S econd thoughts are sometimes best.” Warwickshire people certainly have good cause to think so, for M r. Frank Foster, w ho announced his retirement from county cricket after accepting the captaincy o f the E leven, has reconsidered his second decision and w ill— at least, according to the latest information available— still be seen fairly frequently in first- class cricket, and leading the W arwickshire team. It would have been alm ost a tragedy if the services o f so fine a youn g cricketer had been lost to the game. The following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket: — March 18.—L. Chadwick, Grange v. Carisbrook A. (Dunedin)... 121 ,, 2 5 . - S. J. Fennelly, Valley v. Toombul (Brisbane) ... *113 „ 29.—R. Ollivierre, Richard Ollivierre’s X I. v. Dr. Durrant’s XI. (St. Vincent) ... ... ... 100 April 1.— S. McKenzie, South Launceston v. North Launceston *134 „ 29.—I ’. B. N. Finley, Royal Military College Trial Game (Sandhurst) ................................................130 May 3.—J. C. MacBryan, R.M.C. v. R.M.C. Staff (Sandhurst) 102 ,, 3.—B. S. Cumberlege, Emmanuel Coll. v. Sidney Coll. (Cambs.) ............................................................127 ,, 4.—G. B. Simpson, Trinity Hall v. Magdalene Coll. (Cambs.) ...........................................................*108 ,, 4 .—J. M. de Freitas, Clare Coll. 2nd. v. Caius Coll. 2nd. (Cambs.) ... ... ... ... ... ... rl0 3 „ 5.—A. J. Leeming, Corpus Coll. v. Selwyn Coll. (Cambs.) *104 „ 5.—E . K. Quick, St. John’s Coll. v. King’ s Coll. (Cambs.) ............................................................I 35 ,, 5. —K. L. Gibson, Essex C. & G. v. Loughton............. 107 „ 5.—C. L. Norman, Trinity Coll. v. Christ Church (Oxford) ........................................................... 141 „ 5.—H. S. Altham, Trinity Coll. v. Christ Church (Oxford) ........................................................... 125 ,, 6 .—R. L. Gottwaltz, St. Lawrence, v. Unit«d Services... *106 „ 6 .—R. O. Browne, Dalgety’s v. E. Bedford’s XI. ... *100 „ 6 .—Coldwell, Albemarle and Friern Barnet 2od v. Fulham 2nd ...............................................126 „ 6 .—W. R. Williams, Forest Hill v. Ibis ............. 195 „ 6 .— G. L. Hunting, Loretto v. Murrayfield ............. 109 „ 6 .—J. Robinson, Chester-le-Street v. Eppleton ... »102 ,, 6 — A. H. Wilmot, Shepherd’s Bnsh v. Ealing Deau ... 144 tt 6 — H. T. Moran, Royal Military College v. Borden Brigade ........................................................... 105 ,, 6 .—E. R. Hopwell, Magdalene Coll. v. Corpus Coll. (Cambs.) ..........................................................*109 ,, 6 .—F. R. Turner, Oxford City v. Pembroke Coll. ... 135 ,, 6 .—K. Dixon, Teddington v. East Molesey ............ n g ,, 6 .—Armstrong, Dumfries v. Crichton ..................... *107 „ 6 .—Freeman (J.), Essex C. & G. v. Chelmsford ... 142 „ 6 .—R. M. Lloyd, Dublin University v. Pembroke ... *102 ,, 6 .—H. Holland, Thames Ditton v. Old Lancastrians... *102 „ 6 .— C. Purnell, Highgate v. North Middlesex .. ... 105 ,, 6 .—R. E. Bullen, Leys School v. Cambridge Butterflies 103 ,, 8 .—L. W. Bridges, Selwyn Coll. v. MagdaleDe Coll. (Cambs.) ..........................................................*124 „ 8 .—A. Millward, Eastbourne Wanderers v. Eastbourne 100 ,, 8 ____G. H. B. Sullivan, Christ's Coll. v. Jesus Coll. (Cambs.) ..........................................................*120 ,, 8 .—C. P. Leese, Manchester v. Prestwich ............. 107 „ 9 .— F. E. Southwell, St. Catherine’s Coll. v. Corpus Coll. (Cambs.) .............................................*110 „ 9 .— Sandham, Young Players of Surrey v. Richmond Town ... ... ... ... ... ... *152 „ 9. —R. Sale, Oxford University Trial Match ............. 130 „ 9.—H. F. R. Rawson, Trinity Coll. v. Clare Coll. (Cambs.) ..........................................................*108 „ 9.—E. K. Quick, St. John’s Coll. v. Emmanuel Coll. (Cambs.) .......................................................... *117 TAUNTON v. BRIDGWATER.-Played at Taunton on May 6 and won by the the home side on the stroke of time. Score B r id g w ater . H. Hill, e Sliorrocks, b Lewis ... 1 W. Morris, b Dyte .......................... 27 J. Phippen, b Lewis ................. 8 E. Robson, c Lewis, b Bridges ...17 H. Chidgey, c and b L ew is.... 0 H. Taylor, c Lyall, b Shorrocks ...25 R. Nichols, not o u t .......................... 4 W. M. Milton, c Dyte, b Lewis ... 0 E.H.Gurney,c Newton,bShorrocks 1 J.W. Hughes, st Newton,bNurton 0 Brown, b Nurton .......................... 0 Byes, &c.................................... 7 Total .......................... 90 T aunton . A. E. Newton, run o u t ................ 2 C. 11. Lyall, b Hobson ................ 7 Bridges, c. Chidgey, b Taylor ... 18 A. E. Lewis, c Gurney, b Robson 20 E. E. Shorrocks, b R obson ........ 7 J. Dyte, b Taylor ........................ (} E. P. Pauli, c H. Hill, b Robson... 0 C. Hill, b Robson ........................ o H. Fear, b Taylor ........................ 3 W. Nurton, not out........................ 13 G. Fowler, not out ... ................ 13 Byes, &c................................. h Total................................ 95 N OW R E A D Y ! THE DERBYSHIRE CRICKET GUIDE. — Season 1911.—Compiled by L. G. Wright and W. J. Piper, Jun. (Sixteenth year) Contains portrait and biography of Arthur Morton; First-class cricket in 1910 (by L. G. W .); Derbyshire Records and Statistics ; the laws of the gam e; Fixtures of the leading Counties and M.C.C. and over 100 local clubs ; Secretaries’ names and addresses; and other useful and interesting information. Price 2d., post free, 3d., from B acon & H u d son , Printers, Colyear Street, Derby.