Cricket 1911

386 C E IC K E T : A W EEK LY EECOED OF THE GAME. J u l y 2 9 ,1 9 1 1 . Club Cricket. Barnes gained a notable victory over W imbledon on Saturday at Barnes. The home club ran up 378 for one wicket in two hours and twenty minutes, P. B . Earnshaw (203 not out) and H. E. Burham (128 not out) putting on 360 together without being separated. Wimbledon could total only 41, P. M. Bees taking six wickets for 19 and Bird four for 15. Another noteworthy score was the 212 not out of M. H. C. Doll, for Much Hadham v. Bishop Stortford on the latter’s ground. He hit a 5 and thirty-six 4’s, and it is believed that his innings is the highest played against Bishop Stortford since Alfred Adams made his famous 279 for Saffron Walden as far back as 1837. C. P. Younger, playing for Clackmannan v. Stirling County at Alloa on Saturday, took all ten wickets in a total of 97, and enabled his side to pull through by 14 runs. Ou the same day A. Makin took all ten for 13 runs for Breightmet v. Kearsley, at Kearsley, and G. W . Bea eight for 10 in the Birmingham League match between Aston Unity and West Bromwich Dartmouth. On the Nevill Ground, at Tunbridge Wells, on the 21st, J. H. Kelsey made 113 not out for Blue Mantles v. Old Eastbournians. For several years he has been a prolific run-getter in good-class club cricket, and would probably have made a name for himself had he chosen to play regularly in first-class matches. He was educated at Repton, where, in 1882, in conjunction with F. G. J. Ford, he performed a feat which was altogether remarkable. It was in an Under Sixteen House-Match, for the Priory (the Rev. F. C. Hipkins’) v. the Rev. Joseph Gould’s. Ford made 202 and Kelsey 102, both not out, and with the total 312 for no wicket it was decided to send the other side in. They went in—and out, being dismissed for 8 in each innings. Ford and Kelsey followed up their successful run- getting by obtaining ten wickets each. Ten years ago Kelsey was concerned in another prolific first-wicket partnership, he and J. F. Reynolds (214 not out) making 309 together for Tonbridge against. Hastings, on the Angel ground. In last Saturday’s match at Beckenham between Bellevue and Cyphers 2nd X I., the former declared with eight wickets down for 244, J. D. Fyvie following up his 71 in 20 minutes of the previous week with 143 made in an hour and three-quarters. He hit twenty- seven 4’s. The home team replied with 194 for six, C. W . Adye making 61 of the number. On the same afternoon T. A. Bradford (131 not out) and J. Turnbull (115) made 206 in 80 minutes fcr the first wicket of Chester-le-Street v. Seaham Harbour, on the former’s ground. Turnbull made nine successive boundaries and a 6 and Bradford seven boundaries off the reel— 70 runs from seventeen consecutive strokes. It is not often that a game is won by an unfinished partnership of over 250, but such an event was chronicled in last Monday’s match between the Motor Club and Slough. The former ran up 239, and Slough, after losing one wicket for 1, went right ahead without further loss, Dr. Weaver-Adams making 125 and E . H. D. Sewell 155. The latter was missed off the second ball he received, but gave no other chance. To that date he had made 867 runs during the present season in fifteen innings. Dr, Weaver-Adams should have been caught before reaching double-figures. P. J. Higgins’ innings of 155 not out for Santa Monica v. Los Angeles on July 8th is said to be a record for Southern California. He hit five 6’s, a 5, and twenty 4’s, and scored 44 in three overs off R. C. Bailey. The Santa Monica total was 207 for seven wickets, and the only other double-figures were 17 by V, Cochrane, 12 by R. Walters, and 10 by H. Lewis. In the match at Aldershot, on Monday and Tuesday, between Aldershot Command and I Zingari, Capt. L. F. Renny (83) and Major T. J. T. Bosanquet (51 not out) added 134 for the former’s last wicket. In the last issue of Cricket the announcement was made that the Incogniti C.C. have decided to commemorate in some manner the fiftieth anniversary of their formation. Not to many cricket clubs is the opportunity given to celebrate their jubilee; the more reason, therefore, why so well-known and deservedly popular a band as the Incogniti should do so in a manner befitting so important an occasion. Unlike many clubs, the Incogniti C.C. did not commence with a dinner. It was, in fact, due almost to a passing remark that its formation was decided upon. It was in this wise. On May 25th, 1861, Mr. C. J. Brune, the old Cambridge and Middlesex cricketer, who died thirty-four years ago, took a team to Lord’s to play the X .Y .Z. Club. The scratch side won with considerable ease, and, the match having proved a very pleasant one, it was suggested by some o f the players that they should form themselves into a club. The idea was acted upon, and, after some discussion, the title of the Incogniti was decided upon. It was, however, not until February, 1862, that Rules were passed and a Committee and Officers duly appointed. The Tufnell Park Cricket Ground was chosen as the head-quarters of the club, but in 1864, when it was resolved, except in very special cases, to play matches only with clubs possessing grounds of their own, the association with Tufnell Park ceased. It may be news to many of the present members that the original colours of the club were red, white and green: these were changed in 1866, as many members objected to them and it was discovered that they were identical with those adopted by another club. The fortunes of the Incogs, were narrated in Cricket for several years by Bob Thoms, who was most intimately associated with the club for very many seasons. In July, 1902, the famous old umpire was presented by the members with a testimonial, of which he was naturally very proud. The presentation was made at the Cafe Royal, Regent Street, and Thoms, knowing that he would have to acknowledge the gift, was at pains to prepare a neatly-worded speech, which he committed to memory. When he rose to reply—1 Why, bless m e !” he observed to the writer; “ I couldn’t remember how it com­ menced ! ” That, however, was by no means regrettable, for Thoms was always most worth listening to when his remarks were un­ studied, as proved to be the case on this occasion, when he made a capital speech. The draft of the unmade speech, in Thoms’ handwriting, is in the writer’s possession. It concludes with the following words— “ I cannot at present say much m ore; but with the hope that the old club may flourish in this century, as it has in the past, I still further hope that ‘ Health, Happiness and Prosperity may attend all Incogs, of the present and the future.’ ” There are very many who share that sentiment. Playing for Derbyshire Friars v. Notts. Amateurs, at Derby on July 20fch, C. H. Campbell showed some powerful hitting. He scored 169 before being caught, and hit altogether thirty 4’s. Not till he had scored 143 did he make a two. Two days later H. G. Holloway made eighteen 4’s in successive scoring hits for Mitchells and Butler’s v. Handworth Wood, at Browne’s Green. In a match on the Dover County Ground on the 19th inst. between Dover Wednesday and the Worcester Regiment, M. R. Fishwick, upon going on to bowl a second time, took six wickets for 10 runs in four overs and obtained his 100th during the season. He is second cousin of the Warwickshire ex-captain, T. S. Fish- wick, and is a schoolmaster by profession. During the last four seasons he has taken nearly five hundred wickets for under five runs a-piece. He is only twenty-one years of age, so there is plenty of time for him to come to the front. In the two-day match at Lord’s—on July 19 and 2 0—between M.C.C. and Royal Artillery, 1,152 runs were made for 33 wickets. On the first day 669 were obtained and sixteen batsmen dismissed, which, although capital progress, had been surpassed, both at Taunton and Lord’s, a few days before, as mentioned in last week’s Cricket. Mr. Frank Ashley Phillips, the old Rossall, Oxford and Somer­ set cricketer, came within measurable distance of obtaining two separate hundreds in a match last week, as, playiDg for Gentlemen of Radnorshire v. Gentlemen of Worcestershire, at Knighton, he scored 89 and 96. Nine years ago he made a couple of centuries in a match for the Somerset Stragglers on the County Ground, Exeter, and for a player of his ability is seen all too seldom in first-class cricket. Being a schoolmaster, he is generally unavailable before August. Another player who has just missed the double-hundred is H . C. Hextall, who made 87 not out and 220 not out for Oxford University Authentics v. Worcestershire Gentlemen at Worcester on Monday and Tuesday. He carried his bat through the first innings and saw all five wickets fall in the second. C. E. C. Kendle, who has been identified with the Granville (Lee) C.C. for several years, will probably not be seen in Metropolitan club cricket after this season. He has secured an important head- mastership at Swindon and is leaving soon to take up his duties preparatory to the autumn term. John Stanley Heath, aged nineteen, has been showing remark­ able form for Porthill Park, a North Staffordshire League Club, during the past few weeks. Since boyhood he has shown exceptional promise as a slow leg-break bowler and when eleven years old took five wickets for 10 runs for Porthill II. against Norton, the champions at the time. This year he has come on by leaps and bounds. On July 1st, against Knypersley, he made 39 runs and took six wickets for 28. A week later he made 21 and had six wickets for 42. On July 15th he went in first with Barnes and the pair put on 160 runs for the first wicket before Heath ran himself out for a fine innings of 74; and he still further distinguished himself by taking six wickets for 5 runs. On Saturday last, July 22nd, he again opened the innings with Barnes, and their partnership realised 117, of which Heath claimed 61, including nine boundaries. This he followed-up by taking five wickets for 38. When it is remembered that Barnes bowls from the other end this youth’s form is still more pronounced. He has well earned a place in the County team,