Cricket 1911

MAY 27, 1911. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 187 M r. L . O liver, the you n g left-handed D erbysh ire batsm an , m ade 83 for G lossop again st M oorside, but the valu e o f the display w as discounted b y the fact that he should h ave been caught when eleven . C a p ta in A . C . G . L u t h e r , the M .C .C . cricketer w ho is also know n in connection w ith Su ssex and Y o rk sh ire G en tlem en ’s cricket, h as been appointed adjutant o f the 2n d B attalio n the K in g’s Own Y o rk sh ire L ig h t In fa n try in Irelan d , w h ich has Captain H . S . K a y e , the Y o rk sh ire C ou n ty cricketer, as a com ­ pany com m ander. W . A . B . w r ite s :— T h e question o f the m atinee h at does not often concern spectators at a cricket m atch, but the other day at L o rd ’s tw o hats o f am azin g size brought discom fiture to m an y an honest in d ivid u al w ho w as intent on the gam e. T hey arrived on th e M ound w ith (apparently) a m other and daughter underneath them , and for som e tim e th ey rem ain ed station ary while th eir w earers looked round for a place. H a v in g caused several spectators to shift th eir seats, the hats w ere taken to a coign o f v an tage from w hich their w earers m igh t su rvey their surroundings. A gain a stam pede o f spectators. F in a lly , havin g spotted tw o vacan t seats n early in the front row the w earers of the hats sw ooped dow n on them , and once m ore drove aw ay m any who h ad hitherto had an uninterrupted view . H ap p ily the free seats at L o rd ’s on the M ound are arran ged in such a w ay th at the biggest h at ever invented could not shut out the view from spectators who w ere tw o seats above them . M e. A l f r e d D . T a y l o r d raw s attention to a fact w hich seem s to h ave escaped everyon e’s notice, and one o f sufficient im portance to m erit “ bold ad vertisem en t” in Gossip. I t is nothing less than the fact th at, w h en he took the field against Notts at B rig h to n , H a rry B u tt w as m ak in g his 500th appear­ ance in first-class cricket for Su ssex. In those gam es, too, he has scored 6,972 run s, caugh t out 8 8 1 p layers and stum ped 259. It is a w on d erfu l record, an d one w hich represents m uch faithful service and excellen t w ork. C o lo u re d pictures relatin g to the gam e serve to brighten any cricket pavilion , hut it is su rp risin g to find h ow few are the “ club-houses ” w h ich can boast such adornm ents. T h is m ay be because hitherto there h ave been com p aratively few such productions to appeal to th e gen erality o f cricketers. W e believe th is to be the case, and therefore the series o f six pictures entitled “ T h e C rick eter’s N igh tm are ” should be w e l­ com ed. T h e y h ave ju st been published at the non-prohibitive price o f a sh illin g each b y M essrs. L aw ren ce and Jellico e, L td ., o f 34, H en rietta Street, C ovent G arden , W .C ., w ho w ill forw ard the series post free on receipt o f 6 s. 3d . T he pictures h ave been draw n w ith considerable hum our b y M r. F re d L e ish , and h ave been coloured in a sk ilfu l and artistic m an n er. E a c h m easures eight an d -a-half in ch es by eleven and is n eatly m ounted, read y for fram in g. T he titles are “ T h e W icket- K eep er,” “ H o w ’s T h at ? ” , “ T h e B a tsm a n ,” “ L o n g F ie ld D ropped I t ! ” “ S illy P o in t” and “ R u n O ut.” T w o of them are reproduced in th is w eek’s issue o f Cricliet b y the courtesy o f the publishers. * A c o rre s p o n d e n t k in d ly d raw s our attention to a p erform ­ ance o f an u n u su al nature, and one w h ich , it w ould seem , has hitherto eluded the ken o f th e cricket chron iclers. A t W est K en sin gton on M ay 6 th, St. P a u l’s Sch ool played M r. L . J . M ath ew ’s X I ., and, in response to a total o f 1 8 1 , had nine w ickets dow n for 148 w hen J . T . R id d le an d E . H . W ootten cam e togeth er. N ot only did the pair succeed in obtainin g the 34 ru n s req u ired to give their side th e victo ry, but before W ootten w as caugh t had taken the total to 2 9 1, their stand for the last w icket thus producing 14 3 . W ootten m ade 86 and J . T . R id d le carried out h is bat fo r 67. T h e arran gem en ts m ade for an M .C .C . tour in J u ly h ave been som ew hat m odified. I t is now proposed to p lay at C open ­ hagen on J u ly 15 th , 16 th , and 17 th , an d in H ollan d on J u ly 19 th , 20th, 22n d, and 28rd. T h e M .C .C . a re doing th eir best to get a side together. I n last S a tu rd a y ’s N o rth Stafford shire L e ag u e m atch betw een P o rth ill and Stoke, on the la tter’s ground, S id n ey B arn es w as prom inent w ith an an aly sis o f seven fo r 3 1 in a total o f 109. H is side w on b y 36 run s. B e tte r still, h ow ever, Reproduced by kind pzrmission oj Messrs. Lawrence and Jellicoe, Ltd. THE CRICKETER’S NI(iHT.VlARE.-“ Run Out.’’ w as the bow lin g of M r. F . R . F o ster for M oseley again st W alsall on the C oun ty ground, Ed gb aston , seein g th at he took seven w ickets in eleven o vers for ex actly three ru n s each. M oseley declared w ith seven m en out for 288 and w on b y 224 ru n s. T h ey had six cou n ty [men p layin g fo r them , inclu d ing the R e v . F . H . G illin g h am an d M r. G . W . Stephens, who scored 13 3 . Repr duced bp kind permission of Messrs. Laicrence an I Jellicoe, Ltd. T H E C R IC K E T E R ’S N IG H TM A R E .— “ Long-Field Dropped I t ! ”