Cricket 1911

402 C E IC K E T : A W EEK LY EECORD OP THE GAME. A u g u s t 5, 1 0 11. in odds and ends, so to speak. First playing for the county, in three matches, in 1901, he appeared pretty frequently in 1902 and 1903, a few times in 1908, after a long absence, and in about a dozen matches last year. In 1902 he scored tw o centuries— a chanceless 122 v. Sussex at Hastings, Photoby] [Haiokins tfc Co., Brighton. J. W . HITCH. in a match of big scoring, and 111 v. Lancashire at Man­ chester, when he and Frank Crawford played a splendid fighting game in partnership. Seven wickets had fallen for 90 ; these two added no fewer than 188. H is best score in 1903 was 78 v. Sussex at the O v a l; last year he made 81 and 33 not out against Lancashire on the Surrey enclosure, and 71 and 45 v. Warwickshire at Edgbaston. In five successive innings for the county lately he has aggregated 375 runs— 88 and 27 v. Essex, 135 v. Derbyshire, 73 and 52 v. Kent. O f the 128 recorded matches between K ent and Surrey the former county have won 38 and the latter 00 ; 25 have been drawn, two have ended in a tie and the results of the remaining three are unknown. I n making his 104 not out v. Middlesex at Lord’s, that worthy fellow and fine batsman, Frederick Lloyd Bowley, did not score at anything approaching his usual p a ce ; but he was engaged in an uphill fight, and his steadiness was quite justified. Is this the first time a Worcestershire batsman has played right through an in­ nings ? It was Bow ley’s twenty-seventh century, and his first v. Middlesex. Of other batsmen who have recently run up three-figure scores, one notes that John Tyldesley has played 72 such innings, Mr. A. O. Jones 34, John Sharp, 25, Killick 22, Tarrant and Vine 21 each, James Seymour 19, John Gunn 18, and Payton 7. Mr. C. R. B ro w n e , Barbados’ best bowler, and for that matter one of the best bowlers in the West Indies, sailed for England on July 26th, on the B.M.S. “ Clyde,” with the intention of proceeding to the Middle Temple, London, where he will study law. On August 17, 1908, Mr. J. F. Ireland ran up 221 for Suffolk v. Cambridgeshire at Newmarket. On July 27, 1911, he scored 229 against the same county on the same ground. Suffolk made 498 ; Cambs. replied with 397, Ling, the Brentford goalkeeper, scoring 181 ; and rain stopped play when Suffolk had added 111 more for four wickets. Among other items of interest in recent Minor Counties’ matches were another century by Mr. F. H. Carroll (for Devon v. Berkshire) and one by Mr. T. A. Bradford (for Durham v. Norfolk). E ve ryth in g would seem to suggest that Kent will once more carry off the Championship. They are strongest in Photoby] [Hawkins «£• Co..Brighton. E. G. HAYES. August, and as they are already at the head of the counties the probability is that they will retain their position until the end. All their players are just now at the top of their form, as Sussex experienced this week. The re-appearance of Mr. Carr, has strengthened the team enormously, for it is a great thing