Cricket 1911

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TITE GAME. M a y 27,1911. H . GRADIDGE and SONS , Manufacturers of all Requisites - F O R — Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. * T . Used by all ^ the Lead. ^ ing Players throughou t the W o rld Pricc Lists on Application Of all F irst-C lass Out fitters and Dealers. Reblading a Speciality. Factory A r t i l l e r y P l a c e , W O O LW IC H . Patentees and Sole Mahers Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET. LONDON, E.C. SATURDAY, MAY 27 t h , 1911. A ll communications intended for the Editorial Department should, in order to prevent delay, be addressed to “ The Editor of C k ick e t, 168, Upper Tham es Street, E .C .,” and not to any pi rsun by name. The same rem ark applies to all publications intended for review. 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F or South A frica : Central News Agency, L td ., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches. B IR T H . Bup.ntjp. —On May 17 , 1 9 11 , at Fordwood, Ashford, M iddlesex, the wife of C. J . Burnup of a son. p a v i l i o n ( S o s s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. H E m em bers o f the In d ia n team arrived in E n g lan d on Su n d ay la st, having reach ed M arseilles the previou s d ay and jo u rn eyed w ithou t interruption , except for a stay o f 90 m in u tes in P a ris, direct to Lon d on . T he p la yers are :— H .H . The M aharaja of Patiala (capt.), A. Salam-ud-dln (Aligarh), Shafkat Hussein (Aligarh), Syed Husstin (Aligarh), B . Jayaram (Bangalore), v P . Balu (Bombay). > Dr. H . D. K anga (Bombay), E . P . Meherhomji (Bombay), ' H . F. Mulla (Bombay), M. P ai (Bombay), B . Shivram (Bombay), J . S. Warden (Bombay), M. Bulsara (Delhi), K . Sechachari (Madras), K . M. M istri (Patiala). N eith er N oor Illa lii nor M an ek C han d found it con ven ient to m ake the jo u rn e y, and S h iv ram , of B om b ay , the first o f the reserve p layers, cam e into the side. T h e tour opens on T h u rs­ d ay n ext again st O xford U n iversit}', and w hen th ey tak e the field th ey should be found in good form , for by p erm ission of the M .C .C . th ey have put in som e p ractice at L o rd ’s, an d to-day m an y o f them w ill be p la yin g at H am p stead . M ay th e ir tour he en joyable, and as successful as p le a sa n t! T h e M ah arajah is a m an o f fine p hysiqu e, and w hen he aligh ted from the train at C h arin g C ross w as seen to be gorgeou sly arrayed in rich flow ered silk o f bright h u e and to be garlan d ed w ith roses. A n account o f H is H igh n ess’s career w ill be found “ in an other p lace.” M a d e centuries are sw eet, but those unm ade M ore fre q u e n t; therefore batsm an d ream ,— d ream on O f in n in gs such as n ever m ortal p layed , F au ltle ss, superb, beyond com parison. B en eath those d ream land trees thou g ro w ’st not cold A s in the shade o f th is pavilion , B u t still dost score unchecked for d ays and d a y s ; S till m ust th ey bow l, and still thou art not bow led, N o r stum ped, n or leg-before, ru n out, nor caught. W ake not, O d ream er ; w akin g, do not gaze T h ere w here they hoist the hatefu l telegraph, R eco rd in g the too m ournful epitaph, “ 0 - 1 — 0 .” — E . B . V. Christian. R o t h e r y , the Y o rk sh ire cricketer, g ave a v e ry bright d isp lay o f battin g on S a tu rd a y at B ra m a ll L a n e . H e w as p layin g for Scarborou gh again st Sheffield U n ited , an d it w as due to no fault o f h is that the fo rm er w ere beaten . Scarb orou gh w ere set 17 6 to w in in ju st under tw o hours and a-half, but although R o tliery scored 70 out o f 98 in 70 m in u tes the in n in gs closed for 15 7 tw en ty m in utes before tim e. On th e sam e afternoon