Cricket 1911

448 CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 19 1911. m en chosen. U n fo rtu n ately, the career o f a fast bow ler is seld om a lo n g one, an d as B re a rle y is now in h is th irty-sixth y e a r he can n ot, in the o rd in ary, w ay, be expected to la st m a n y m ore season s. B u t as he tak es p ain s to keep h im ­ se lf in good condition, there w ou ld seem to be no reason w h y Pkoto by] [Hawkins tfc Co., Brighton. O . G U N N . h e should not p lay an im p ortan t p art in the T ria n g u lar T o u rn a­ m en t n ext y e a r. W e w ish he had been chosen to go to A u stralia, fo r w e feel su re he w ould prove a success, p ossessing, as he does, th at ex tra bit o f pace w h ich so m an y batsm en detest. T h e C om m ittee o f the M elb ou rn e C .C . h ave decided to erect a n ew stan d a t a cost o f Jd 500. I t w ill in crease the c a rry in g cap a c ity o f the groun d b y 10,00 0 people. S o m e r s e t are one o f th e m ost u n fo rtu n ate o f sides. N o t o n ly are som e o f th eir best p layers unable to assist re g u la rly ow in g to th e claim s o f busin ess, bu t th ey h a v e recen tly been deprived, b y accid en ts, o f the services o f L e w is and B ob son , th e ir tw o best bow lers. In th e circum stan ces w e con sider that th e y did b y no m ean s b ad ly to be beaten b y seven w ickets five m in u tes b efore tim e b y such a ru n -gettin g side as W o rcester­ sh ire. - ~ -: . ~ .ai I t is seldom indeed th a t B h o d es fails en tire ly to m ak e his m ark in a m atch w ith eith er bat o r ball. One o f the few ccasions occurred in th e latter p art o f la st w eek, w hen he obtained spectacles an d had 30 ru n s m ade o ff h is bow lin g w ith o u t tak in g a w icket. B u t on M on d ay— again st M iddlesex at B rad ford— he obtained h is 10 0 th w icket o f the season, h a v in g som e w eeks earlier scored h is 1,0 0 0 th ru n . T h e lack o f success on the p art o f L eicestersh ire h as been one o f the m ost cnrious featu res o f the season, fo r the side is a re a lly u sefu l one in all d ep artm ents o f the gam e, and is certain ly stronger th an one or tw o others w h ich w e m ight nam e. U n til Sa tu rd a y la st, h ow ever, victo ry did not come their w a y , but then it w a s to the exten t o f an in n in gs and 20 ru n s and at the expense o f Y o rk sh ire . T h e m atch w ill alw ays be rem em bered, for the w on d erfu l bow lin g o f Jo h n K in g on the third m orn in g w hen, on a p itch altogeth er again st run -gettin g, he sent dow n 35 b alls for five ru n s an d seven w ickets. H is perform ance w as o f so rem arkable a n atu re as to ju s tify the b all-by-b all an alysis being given :— .1 1 . w w 1 . 2 . w w w . 1 . 1 . w w F rom th is it w ill be seen th at w ith the last tw en ty b alls he sent down he took seven w ickets w ithou t a ru n being m ade off him Photo by] [Hawkins cfc Co., Brighton. M r. A. O. JO N E S . — a feat w hich has been equalled on ly once and approached but tw ice in the h istory o f first-class c r ic k e t :— 7 wkts. for 0 runs in 20 balls, Mold (A .); Lancashire v. Somerset, at Man­ chester ..........................................................1894 (Analysis for innings, 7 for 10.) 7wkts. for 0 runs in 20 balls, King (J. H .); Leicestershire v. Yorkshire, at Leicester ...............................................1911 (Analysis for innings, 8 for 17.) 7 wkts. for 0 runs in 25 balls, Hearne (J. W.); Middlesex v. Essex, at Lord’s 1910 (Analysis for innings, 7 for 87.) 7wkts. for 0 runs in 41 balls, W. G. Grace; Gloucestershire v. Notts., at Cheltenham ...............................................1877 (Analysis for innings, 8 for 34.) A bove w e h ave given the detailed an alysis o f K in g ’s bow ling, and w e now append sim ilar p articu lars o f M old’s, w ith w h ich it ran ks a sja record of its kind :— 1 3 2 .