Cricket 1911

.400 CE ICKET : A W EEK LY EECOED OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 5, 19 11. H. GRADIDGE Used and SONS, Manufacturers of all Requisites — F O R — C r i c k e t , L a w n T e n n i s , R a c q u e t s , H o c k e y , F o o t b a l l r and all British Sports. V' , % by all ^ the Lead- ^ ing Players ^ throughout the W o rld ^ Pricc Lists on ^ Application Of all First-Class Out­ fitters and Dealers. Reblading a Speciality. f a c t o r y ;— A r t i l l e r y P l a c e . WOOLWICH. Patentees and Sole Mahers S o u t h E a s t e r n & C h a t h a m R a i l w a y CRICKET WEEK AT C A N T E R B U R Y August 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th , & 1 1 t h C H E A P D A Y R E T U R N T I C K E T S ( 1 ,2 ,& 3 Class) ' Wl'U, EE ISSUED TO Canterbury West and Canterbury South. BY TRAIN LEAVING Charing Cross ... ... ... ... 9 2 a.m. Cannon Street ... ... ... ... a 8 58 ,, London Bridge ........................................... 9 10 ,, New Cross ... ........................................... 9 17 ,, a Ch vngc at London Bridge. Tickets are available to return by any train on day of issue. FRANCIS H. DENT, General Manager. L d R I N E ” For cleaning and whitening Buckskin and Canvas Boots and Shoes, Cricket Pads, &c. Packed in spun zinc container, with sponge. Of all dealers, or post free 6 d . Will not Rub Off or Cake. S T A N L E Y F E A S T & C O . , Cricket: A W E E K L Y RECORD Q F TH E GAME . 168, UPPER THAMES STREET. LONDON. E.C. pavilion (3osstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of .the time. —Hamlet. Monday last Mr. Frank Rowbotham Foster, the young captain of Warwick­ shire, took his hundredth wicket of the season, and joined Albert Relf and George Hirst in the double distinction of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets during 1911. On Saturday evening last Warwickshire stood level with Notts, in the third place of the County Championship table, with nine wins outright, and one lead on the first innings, to set against only four losses. That this fine record is largely due to Mr. Foster no one will gainsay, surely. N o t only have his own personal performances been great, but he has captained the side well, getting the best- out of his men. It struck us at Chichester, where we saw them together, that the Warwickshire players are distinctly a happy family. They have their little jokes in common — Frank Field’s preference for runs scored to wickets taken is one of them, the fast bowler priding himself much more on an innings of a couple of dozen or so than on the best of his fine bowling feats— and they seem the best of good comrades. P e r h a p s in after years Mr. Foster may look back upon June and July, 1011, as the brightest period of his cricket career. But perhaps not. He has it in him to do much more yet. Perpend a moment what he did during that time, or rather from June 8th to July 29th, for one may leave the Worcester match at Whitsuntide out of account. Warwickshire v. Yorkshire— Edgbaston— 105 and 18— 12 wickets (nine in first innings) for 202—match won. Warwickshire v. All-Indian Team— Edgbaston— 33— 7 wickets for 64—match won. Warwickshire v. Derbyshire— Blackwell— 5 and 5— 5 wickets for 91—match won. Warwickshire v. Gloucestershire— Gloucester— 13 and 6—2 wickets for 104—match lost. England v. The Rest— Lord’s— 8—9 wickets for 154— his side won. Warwickshire v. Surrey— Edgbaston— 200 and 1— 5 wickets for 134—points for first innings lead. Gentlemen v. Players— Oval— 40 and 6*— 2 wickets for 114. Gentlemen v. Players— Lord’s— 69 and 32— 6 wickets for 155—his side won. Warwickshire v. Northants.— Edgbaston— 24 and 98 — 9 wickets for 104—match won. Warwickshire v. Sussex— Chichester— 26 and 65— 7 wickets for 130—match won. Warwickshire v. Gloucestershire— Edgbaston— 56 and 87—8 wickets for 135—match won. Warwickshire v. Yorkshire—Harrogate—60 and 101 —6 wickets for 127—match won. D u r in g those seven or eight weeks he has thus led his county side to victory in seven matches out of nine, and has only once seen it beaten, has held his own in repre­ sentative cricket, has scored 1,058 runs in 21 completed innings, and has taken 79 wickets for 1,514 runs. It is not without reason that we expect much from Frank Foster in Australia. S p e a k in g o f A ustralia, on e m a y rem ark here that Mr. E. H. D. Sewell m akes a d istin ct p oin t— a ‘ 1 Cricket