Cricket 1911

438 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 19,1911. in the face in trying to take a ball on the leg-side. Mr. Graburn expressed the opinion that I was too yonng to jo in the grouncPstaff, but I did so in 18'.i8, at the age of eighteen.” “ Was it long before you were tried for S u rre y ? ” “ I played a few times in 1900 and 1902, when Stedman was the recognised wicket-keeper of the side, and in 1903 appeared regularly. I suppose I must have made a favourable impression, for at the end of the season I was asked to go to A ustralia with the M .C.C. team .” “ Did you enjoy the to u r?” “ Very much indeed. In fa c t I had a nice, easy time, for with L illey as first wicket-keeper I was not called upon to play in any of the Te«t m atches.” “ And you went once to South A frica ? ” “ T hat was in 1909-10. We played all our games on m atting, off which the ball cnmes along at a nice height. Hobbs and Rhodes made a splendid first-wicket pair, but the all-round cricket of Faulkn er and the bowling of Vogler caused us to lose the odd game of the rubber.” “ Whom do you consider the most difficult bowler to ta k e ?” “ So fa r as actual experience is concerned I should, without hesitation, say *R azor ’ Sm ith on a hard wicket, for he bowls so much on the leg-side for catches.” “ You have probably noticed a great difference between “ keeping” in club cricket and in first-class crick et?” “ I find it much easier work in first-class matches. There are so m any erratic bowlers in club cricket, and in county matches, where you play on much better wickets, the ball comes along true. Besides, you soon get acquainted with a bowler’ s methods when you stand up to him at all regularly, and therefore know to a certain extent what he is going to do.” “ You have taken part in m any close finishes ? ” “ There was a lot of excitement when we played Kent at the Oval about five years ago. It was not a very heavy scoring m atch, and when Fielder went in, last m an, and joined Woolley with 19 to get to win we thought our chance of pulling through was rosy. But Woolley kept his head splendidly and Kent won by a wicket. I ’m glad he’s going to A u stralia.” “ Perhaps you can recall another tight finish ? ” “ There was Surrey’s first m atch with the last Australian team that came over. W e won that by five runs, Mr. Crawford m aking a successful change in the bowling right at the end. B ut the most rem arkable thing about the m atch was that three of our men should play a ball on to their stumps without removing a bail. ” S trud wick ’ s W icket -K eeping in F irst -C lass M atches . Season. Ct. St. Total. Season. Ct. St. Total. 1902 .. 9 1 10 1907 .............. 50 7 57 1903 .. 71 20 91 1908 .............. 52 11 63 1903-4 (Aust.) . . 11 9 20 1909 .............. 65 11 76 1904 .. 42 9 51 1909-10(S.-Africa) 15 8 23 1905 .. 47 7 54 1910 .............. 57 12 69 1906 .. 67 3 70 1911t .............. 46 11 57 t Compiled to Thursday morning last. Total caught, 532 ; total stumped, 109 ; grand total, 641. During the nine years that Strudwick has been a regular member of the Surrey team he has proved him self one of the most valuable men on the side. Furtherm ore, his skill has added lustre to the history of his county’s cricket. It is in order to mark their appreciation of h is services that the Surrey County C.C. have set apart the match with Kent at the Oval as a benefit for h im — a recognition he thoroughly deserves and one which, we hope most sincerely, will prove a “ bumper.” Those who attend the match w ill have an opportunity of helping to m ake the event a su ccess; whilst those who cannot be present can forward their contributions to Mr. W. Fin dlay, Secretary, Surrey County C.C., Kennington Oval, S .E . TO SECRETAR IES OF CLUBS AND SCHOOLS, Score-sheets and O rd e r op G o in g-in Cards___ A dozen of either w ill be sent on receipt of Twopence in stamps, to cover postage. Larger quantities at proportionate rates. A ddress: Manager, Cricket, 168, Upper Tham es Street, E .C . G E O R G E E E W I N & C O . , (Established 1869.) C lu b C o lo u r S p e c i a l i s t s Si A t h l e t i c C lo t h in g M a n u fa c t u r e r s OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the M.C.C. West Indian XI., 1911 ; M.C.C. South African XI., 1909-10 ; the Australians, 1896, 1899 and 1902; Mr. Stoddart’s XI., 1894-1895, 1897-1898; Mr. MacLaren’s XI., 1901-1902; West Indian XI., 1900 and 1906 ; South African XI., 1901 and 1907 ; and M.C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Counties, Wanderers, Stoics, Bromley, Sutton,- and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs, and Queen’s Club.— Write for E stimates F ree . W O R K S C A M B E R W E L L . Telephone: P.O. City607. 8, CROOKED LANE, MONUMENT, LONDON BRIDGE, E.C. THE GERMANTOWN TOUR. (Continued from •page. U23.) 6 th M atch . — v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Lord’s on August 9 and 10 and won by M.C.C. and Ground runs. Young took eleven wickets for 130 runs. Score and analysis First innings. M.C.C. and G round . Second innings, Major F. G. Guggisberg, run out A. Worsley, c Mann, b O’Neill B. S. Foster, c Mann, b Clark............ E. A. C. Druce, c Savage, b O’Neill . Capt. G. A. M. Docker, b Savage Dr. F. W. P. Holton, b Priestman E. E. Barnett, c Jordan, b Clark Rev. R. S. Swann-Mason, c Mann, b ( Cecil Headlam, c Savage, b Clark Coleman, b Mann.................................. Young, not o u t ................................... Byes ........................ by 172 R. L. J. R, H. P. R. P. W. P. T. C. P. H. A. G. Dr. J. J. H. E. M. Total... First innings. Innings declared closed. G ermantown . ... 32 c Jordan, b Clark ... .. 12 ... 0 b Clark ......................... 35 ... 100 c Anderson, b Clark .. 4 ... 14 b Savage ...................... .. 8 ... 0 c Priestman, b O’Neill ... 26 ... 5 b Savage ...................... .. 27 ... 19 not out ...................... .. i)9 c .. 1 lbw, b Clark...................... .. 5 ... 16 c Mann, b Savage ... .. 31 ... 29 not out ...................... .. 28 ... 16 ... 14 B 7, lb 5, w 8... .. 20 ... 246 Total (8 wkts)* ... 265 Pearson, c Young, b Druce .............. 35 Stewart, b Young....................................38 Austin, b Young.................................... 0 Anderson, b Swann-Mason .............. 32 O’Neill, b Coleman ......................... 24 Jordan, not out ... ......................... 30 Clark, lbw, b Young ............. ... 29 TPriestman, c and b Young .............. 1 , N. Henry, c Young, b Holton ... 1 Savage, jun., b Y o u n g ....................... 5 Mann, b Y o u n g ....................................10 B 3, lb 3 .................................... 6 Second innings. b Young .........................12 b Holton ......................... 6 b Young ......................... 8 b Young .........................22 c Docker, b Holton ... 34 b Holton .........................15 c Barnett, b Young ... 6 not out ......................... 4 c Headlam, b Holton ... 10 c Foster, b Holton............. 5 c Worsley, b Young ... 0 B 4, lb 1, nb 1 ... 6 Total ... ... 211 Total 128 First innings. M.C.C. and G round . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Clark .............. 18 2 85 4 ................. ... 22 7 71 4 O’Neill .............. 19 3 69 2 ................. ... 12 1 58 1 8avage .............. 10 3 33 1 .............. ... 15 3 61 3 Mann .............. 5 0 24 1 .............. ... 7 1 26 0 Priestman.............. 4 1 21 1 .............. ... 5 0 21 0 Anderson.............. ... 2 1 8 0 Anderson bowled three wides, O’Neil and Savage two, and Clark one. First innings. G ermantown . Second innings. C. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Coleman .............. 14 3 55 1 ... Young .............. 22*5 2 81 6 ................. !” 13 2 49 5 Druce .............. 6 0 46 1 .............. Swann-Mason ... 3 1 12 1 .............. Holton .............. 6 2 11 1 .............. *.!.* 12*4 1 73 5 Young bowled one no-ball. 7 th M atch .— v. M ITCHAM . Played at Mitcham on August 12 and won by Germantown by 56 runs Score:— G ermantown . R. L. Pearson, c and b Stagg ... 37 J. R. Stewart, b Stagg .............. 53 H. S. Harned, b Stagg .............. 20 R. P. Anderson, b Atkinson ... 2 H. Z. Maxwell, c Pillinger,b Stagg 17 W. P. O’Neill, st Taylor, b Stagg.. 52 T. C. Jordan, b Atkinson.............. 43 P. H. Clark, c Sandham, b Stagg 15 J . N. Henry, not out .............. 46 E. M. Mann, st Taylor, b Stagg ... 7 J. H. Savage, cWilliams, b Atkin­ son ...............................................16 Byes, &c. .............. 5 Total , ... 313 G. H. Hadfeild, b Savage.............. 58 A. Sandham, c Mann, b Clark ... 22 P. L. Williams, c Jordan, b Savage 21 H. Pillinger, b Clark .............. 24 A. Stagg, b Clark .........................12 G. Brett, c O’Neill, b Mann ... 62 H. Lacy, c Anderson, b Clark ... 13 W. Taylor, no to ut........................... 21 R. Chart, b C la r k ........................... 4 F. Duckit, c Clark, b Anderson... 7 L. V. Atkinson, b Clark ... ... 1 Byes, &c ............................12 Total ... 257 8 th M atch . — v. BLACKH EATH . Played at Blackheath on August 14. “ W. G.” took seven wickets for 76. Score B lackheath . W. G. Grace, c and b O’Neill ... 15 A. P. Day, b Anderson ............... 59 A. S. Jackson, b Clark ............... 5 E. S. Jordein, c Clark, b O’Neill... 24 R. N. R. Blaker, b Savage............. 7 H. D. Banning, c Stewart, b Savage .................................... 0 Capt. H. D. Montgomery, c Tripp, b ~ Rev. K. Clarke, b Savage.............. J. A. Shuter, b Anderson............. Capt. J. F. B. Turner, c Stewart, b Savage .................................... A. B. Craddock, not o u t .............. Byes, &c. .............. Total 32 G ermantown . R. L. Pearson, b Grace ............... 4 J. R. Stewart, c Banning, b Grace 0 H. P. Austin, c and b Grace ... 5 H. S. Harned, b Day ............... 12 R. P. Anderson, b G race............... 0 W. P. O’Neill, c Montgomery, b Grace...............................................35 J . N. H enry, lbw , b Grace ... 32 P. H. Clark, c and b Grace F. H. Tripp, b Jackson ... A. G. Priestman, not out ... J. H. Savage, b Craddock... Byes, &c. Total................ 20 43 20 8 3 , 182