Cricket 1911

446 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 10,1911. H. GRADIDGE and SONS, M a n u fa c t u r e r s o f a l l R e q u is it e s — F O R — C r icket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets , Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. V v % Used by all the Lead- ^ ing Players ^ throughou t wk the W o rld Prlcc Lists on ' I Application Of all First-Class Out fitters and Dealers. R e b la d i n g a S p e c ia lity , Factory :— A rtillery P lace , WOOLWICH. Patentees and Sole Makers T H E AM ER IC A N CR IC K E TER . F o u n d e d 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on beha'f or The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 608, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa , U.S.A. p r ic k — 10/- per annum, post paid anywhere. Specimen copies mailed on request. SPEC IAL NOTICE. If any difficulty is experienced in obtaining C kicket from the news­ agents or bookstalls kindly communicate with the publisher, or a copy will be sent direct from the office on receipt of 2Jd . in postage stamps. Agents for A ustralia, & c. : Gordon and Gotch, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, Hobart and W ellington (N .Z.). For South A frica: Central News Agency, L td ., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches. Cricket: A W E EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET. LONDON. E.C. lpavulion (Sossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. E . C . B . F E Y en joyed a pronounced success last w eek, w hen his three innings in first-class cricket w ere p rod u ctive of 1 2 3 and 1 1 2 again st K e n t and 258 not out at the expense o f G lou cestersh ire. A t the p resent tim e the bow lin g of n eith er H am p sh ire nor G lou cestersh ire is o f a v e ry h igh stan dard, an d it was not altogether a su rp rise to fin d the m atch betw een the sides en d in g in a draw on account o f h e a v y scoring. F o r the second tim e during the seasonover 1,8 0 0 ru n s w ere obtained in a m atch at Southam pton, the p revio u s in stan ce h a v in g been fu rn ish ed by the m eetin g o f H am p sh ire and K e n t w h erein 1,4 4 6 w ere m ade for the loss o f 33 w ickets. F r y ’s unfinished effort o f 258— an in n in gs o f v e ry great m erit, and one resu ltin g from a succession o f m asterly strokes — is h is h igh est score to date and his fifteenth o f 200 or m ore in first-class cricket. H is largest in n in gs in great m atch es are as follow s :— Score. Year. 258* ... Hampshire v. Gloucestershire, at Southampton ... 1 9 11 244 ... Sussex v. Leicestershire, at Leicester ... ... 1901 241 ... Sussex v. Cambridge University, at Brighton ... 1901 234 ... Sussex v. Yorkshire, at Bradford ............................... 1903 233 ... Sussex v. Notts, at Nottingham .............................. 1905 232* ... Gentlemen v. Players, at Lord’s ............................... 1903 229 ... Sussex v. Surrey, at Brighton.............................................1900 229 ... Sussex v. Yorkshire, at Brighton ... ... ... 1904 226 ... Sussex v. Derbyshire, at B r i g h t o n ...............................1904 219 * ... Sussex v. Oxford University, at Eastbourne ... 1901 2 14 ... Sussex v. Worcestershire, at Brighton ................. 1908 2 1 1 ... Sussex v. H am pshire, at B r ig h t o n ............................... 1904 209 ... Sussex v. Yorkshire, at Brighton ............................... 1901 20 1* ... Sussex v. Notts, at B rig h to n ............................................. 1905 200 ... Sussex v. Surrey, at Brighton............................................. 1903 *Signifies not out. T h is is the largest n um ber of such scores obtained b y one in d ividu al, but “ B a n jitsin h ji ” h as fourteen to h is credit and “ W . G .,” w ho w as at h is best in the pre-billiard -table w icket d ays, thirteen. B ut great a part though F r y p la yed in last w eek ’s m atch at Sou th am pton, he did not over-sh ad ow M r. G . L . Jesso p , w ho scored 15 3 in his first inn in gs and 12 3 not out in h is second. I t seem s to n s that those who en jo y h e av y scoring, an d w ere present at th is m atch, m ust have h a d a p articu la rly h app y tim e. T h e two in n in gs p layed by Je sso p w ere ch aracterised b y the m ethods one alw ay s associates w ith h is b a ttin g : furtherm ore, h is 15 3 p reven ted his side from lead in g off w ith a poor total, and his 12 8 not out, i f it did not ac tu a lly save G lou cestersh ire from the dan ger o f defeat, c ertain ly enabled the cou n ty to effect a v e ry honourable draw . M r. Je sso p ’s double-centuries perform an ces are now as under :— 104 & 139 Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire, at Bradford ... 1900 143 & 13 3 * Gloucestershire v. Somerset, at B a t h .................. 1908 16 1 & 129 Gloucestershire v. H am pshire, at B ristol ... 1909 15 3 & 12 3* Gloucestershire v. H am pshire, at Southampton 19 11 *Signifies not out. In addition to the above, he also m ad e 109 an d 10 0 not out for G lou cestersh ire X I I . v . N ext X V I I I ., in E a r l B a th u rst's P ark , C irencester, eigh t y ears ago. M e . E . J . P . 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