Cricket 1911

J uly 22, 1911. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THEGAME . 361 only b y the shortest o f heads from H irst. A t D erby Dean qualified soon after lunch on the F r id a y ; at Huddersfield George, o f Y orkshire, secured his hundredth victim just after the tea interval. W o r c e s t e r s h i r e have had their fair share o f sensational finishes in recent seasons, but probably they have never been through a last innings m ore intensely exciting than that fine fight w ith Surrey at the Oval on Saturday last, which resolved itself at the finish into som ething very like a duel between the rival captains. A ll honour to Mr. M orice Bird for his dashing century— his first in coun ty cricket— and all honour, too, to Mr. Simpson-H ayward for his nerve and judgm ent at the crisis! L a s t season, in successive matches, W orcestershire defeated Sussex, thanks to M r. W . B . Burns’ grand hitting, and Essex each by one w icket. In 1909 they beat Gloucestershire by one wicket at W orcester, Somerset by 10 runs at Taunton, and Yorkshire by 12 runs at W orcester, a fine catch in the slips by Mr. H arry Foster finishing this last m atch. In 1908 Surrey beat them by 14 runs on the Severnside enclosure, in spite of H . K .’s splendid effort o f 174 out o f a last innings total of 292 ; and they beat H am pshire by two wickets, also on the hom e ground. F or further close finishes in w hich the W est-M idland county was concerned one has to go back some years. In 1901 there was a tie m atch with the South A frican s; in 1900 Leicestershire went down by 10 runs (this game was referred to in the interview with Mr. Cecil W ood last w eek ); and in 1899 Yorkshire w on the first C ounty Championship match in which W orcestershire ever figured by 11 runs, B row n, o f Darfield, taking, in nine overs, 6 wickets for 19 runs at the finish. G e o r g e H i r s t and H aigh have been asked to go out to India during the com ing winter, the invitation com ing from the Maharaja o f Cooch Bahar. B oth propose to accept the offer, but, as in the case o f Rhodes and the Australian tour, their form al acceptance is delayed pending the m eeting o f the Yorkshire C.C.C. Comm ittee. T h e Germantown C.C. team, o f Philadelphia, sailed for E ngland on Tuesday. Their tour opens at W oolw ich on F riday next w ith a m atch against R oyal Artillery. F r o m letters which have reached us it is evident that cricketers in Australia are looking forward w ith the greatest interest to the visit o f the M .C .C .’s team. A Melbourne corres­ pondent appears to voice the general opinion when he remarks, “ It w ould be a real delight to see Spooner, F ry and Brearley perform ing out here.” That, unfortunately, will be impossible, and although England will, in consequence, be unable to put her full strength in the field— as always is the case with these tours— the probabality seems to be that a very good all-round team w ill be got together. Som e m onths ago it was decided, m uch to the disappointm ent o f cricketers in the D om inion, that the side should not visit N ew Zealand, but we hope that a fixture can be arranged for C olom bo on the way out, for cricket in C eylon is boom ing just now , and a little encouragement from the prem ier club o f the world could not fail to have a good effect. A s the result o f the matches played on the first three days o f the week, Kent have regained first position in the C ham pion­ ship table with 73'33. M iddlesex are second with 71'66, Yorkshire third w ith 71’ 12, and Surrey fourth with 63’75. The following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket:— June 17.— J. Hargrave, Germantown British Americans v. Keystone ...................................................... ... 103 II 22.—J. Attwood, Grace Church v. Eatons... ... 137 II 24.—F. E. Huish, West Philadelphia v. Trenton... ... *131 11 24.—G. A. Dewleny, Hamilton v. St. George ... 101 July 29.—J. Horsfall, McGill v. Osborne ............................ *102 1.—P. Matthias, St. Alban’s v. Schomberg ... *161 2.—W . Badford, New York Veterans v. O.N.T.................. rl04 II 4.—J. B. Conyers, Merion Team C. v. Philadelphia 106 July 8.- C. V. Arnold, Old Forest Hillians v. Queenmore School ...................................................................*114 ,, 8.—W . J. Tovey, Cirencester v. Royal Agricultural College *130 ii 10.—Asst.-Paymaster Conde-Williams, United Services v. Devon Dumplings ......................................... 205 >■ 10.—R. H. Fox, I Zingari v. Green Jackets ... ... 130 ,, 10.—W. Pollock, North of Ireland v. Leinster ... ... 163 „ 11.—C. E. Fox, Henley Corporation v. Maidenhead Corporation...................................................................*117 ,, 11.— G. Tattersall, Bipon v.Old Rossallians ................. 109 ,, 11.—Cox (G. B.), M.C.C. and Ground v, Oatlands Park... *101 „ 11. —Bev. E. Beid, Clergy Eleven v. Somerset Stragglers 100 „ 11.— Bev. J. Turner, Clergy Eleven v. Somerset Stragglers 137 „ 11.—G. W . Hodgkinson, Somerset Stragglers v. Clergy X I. *229 ,, 11.— O. C. Biddell, Somerset Stragglers v. Clergy XI. ... *188 „ 11.—K. A. Denison, Butterflies v. Hampstead...................... 107 ,, 11.— J. F. Shelley, Devon Dumplings v. UnitedServices 107 „ 11.— S. P. Marsh, Bugby v. Bugby School ............. 123 Photos by ] , [Hawkins &•Co., Brighton. E . J . S M IT H . C . C H A R L E S W O R T H . July 11.— C. E. Squire, Past v. Present (Lancing College) ... 117 ,, 12.—H. D. Stiatton, Market Drayton v. Northern Nomads *138 „ 12.— Capt. Meldon, Market Drayton v. Northern Nomads 105 „ 12.—B. A. Clarke, Shropshire Gentlemen v. Worcester­ shire Gentlemen ................................................. 174 ,, 12.— Tyldesley (E.), Manchester v. Bolton .......*132 „ 12.—B. S. Cumberlege, Northumberland v. Oxford Authentics ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 „ 12.—W .W . Meldon, Northumberland v. Oxford Authentics 134 „ 12.—C. Williams, Hampstead Itinerants v.United Services 110 „ 12.—E. Smith,Wilkes’ XI. v.Old Beptonians (Eastbourne) 128 „ 12.— C. P. Hurditch, Twickenham v. L. S. W . Bailway 124 ,, 12.— Sergt.-Major Beardall, Hounslow Garrison v. Chis­ wick Park ..............................................................128 ,, 12.—Lieut.-Col. B. M. Poore, Hounslow Garrison v. Chiswick Park ................................................. 202 „ 12.—S. E. Day, Band of Brothers v. West K en t................ 136 „ 12.—M .H. Thursby, Sedbergh School v. Giggleswick School *159 „ 12.—D. D. Napper, Sutton v. Purley ............................. 164 „ 12.—H. C. Stewart, Free Foresters v. Tonbridge School... 124 ,, 12.—G. P. B. Toynbee, Green Jackets v. Aldershot Com­ mand (1st inns.) ................................................. 115