Cricket 1911

A u g u s t 19, 1911. CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME. 449 This show s an an alysis fo r the innings of nine overs, 10 runs and seven w ickets. F o r y e a rs K in g h ad been know n to be a v e ry u sefu l left- hand m ed ium -paced bow ler, but he had n ever done an yth in g to approach w h at he accom plished last S a tu rd a y. P ro b ab ly the best feat w ith w hich he h ad credited h im self w as his thirteen N ottin gh am sh ire w ickets fo r 73 runs at Leicester in 19 0 1, though tw o y ears later he took five Su ssex w ickets for 6 runs for M .C .C . at L o rd ’s, an d again st the sam e cou n ty later in the season p erform ed the h at-trick for Leicestersh ire at B righ to n . B u t it is, after all, as a b atsm an that he w ill alw ay s ch iefly be rem em bered, h is scores o f 10 4 and 10 9 not out on his debut in the G en tlem en v. P la y e rs m a tc h—at L o rd ’s in 19 04— being in them selves sufficient to ensure his n am e occupyin g a v e ry prom inent place indeed in the h istory of the gam e. T a r r a n t ’s 207 not out at B rad ford ran k s as the h igh est score o f h is career in first-class cricket, being exceeded o n ly by his 2 6 1 fo r P a tia la again st C ashm ere on the U m b alla ground in the e a rly p art o f th is y e a r. H is p reviou s la rg est in n in gs in a first-class m atch in E n g la n d w as 16 8 again st E s s e x at L o rd ’s Photo by ] [Hawkins 6c Co., Brighton. H A R D S TA F F . a few w eek s ago, and in A u stralia 206 fo r V icto ria v . N ew South W ales at S yd n ey in 19 07-8 . H is great effort this w eek p u t M idd lesex in a w in n in g position, but Y o rk sh ire , ow in g to a fine fig h tin g in n in gs by H irs t, m an aged to escape defeat w ith th e last tw o m en in. S in ce our last issu e the fo llow in g h a v e qualified for inclusion in the list o f those w ho h ave scored a thousand ru n s or m ore, w h ich then stood at fo rty :— 4 1.—Booth (M. W.) Aug. 10. 42— F . L . Fan e Aug. 10 . 43.—Arnold (E. G.) Aug. 10. 44.—Tyldesley (J. T.) Aug. 1 1 . 45.—M. C. Bird; Aug. 1 1 . 46.— Quaife (W. G.) Aug. 1 1 . 47.—Bowley (F. L .) Aug. 12 . 48.— King (J. H.) Aug. 14 . 49.— Cadman (S.) Aug. 15 . 50.—Pearson (F.) Aug. 15 . O n F rid a y , A u gu st 1 1t h , M r. R . H . Spooner for the first tim e credited h im se lf w ith 2,000 ru n s in a season. T h e list o f b ow lers who h a v e tak en a hundred w ickets now stan ds at 15 . T h e n in e qualified at the tim e w e last w rote h ave been jo in ed b y :— 10 .—Hearne (J. T.) Aug.1 1 . 1 3 .—Bhodes (W.) Aug. 14. 1 1 . —Field (F. E .) Aug.12 . j 14 .— Shipm an (W.) Aug. 15 . 12 .—H itch (J. W .) Aug.14 . | 1 5 .—Tarrant (F. A.) Aug. 15 . G e o rg e G u n n h avin g accepted, there are n ow thirteen p la yers w ho h ave u n dertaken to go to A u stralia w ith the M .C .C .’s team , n a m e ly :— P . F . W arner. F , B . Foster. J . W . H. T . Douglas. Hobbs. Strudwick. Rhodes. Kinneir. Gunn (G.) Sm ith (E . J.) Woolley. Mead (C. P.) Iremonger. Barnes. So far, C . B . F r y and R . H . Spooner are the o n ly cricketers w ho h ave declined the in vitation . T h e fo rm er’s decision not to m ak e th e trip w as an nounced to the public on W ednesday. H is absence w ill, o f course, w eaken the ru n -gettin g o f the side, but the team should n everth eless prove equ al to scoring w ell again st an y bow lin g th ey m a y m eet. I t w ill be rem em bered th at the F ie ld new spaper opened its colum ns on the 5th in st in the hope o f raisin g £ 5 ,0 0 0 to help c a rry on th e w o rk o f the train in g ship M ercury, and thereby enable M r. C . B . F r y to v isit A u stralia w ith the M .C .C .’s team d u rin g our w in ter m onths. L a s t w eek the public subscribed £45 14 s., in clu d in g £25 from M r. C. E . G reen , m ak in g, w ith the sum o f tw en ty guin eas w ith w h ich th e proprietors o f the F ie ld h ad opened th e list a w eek before, a total o f £ 6 6 14 s . to th e 12 th in stan t. In c lu d e d in the G en tlem en o f S u rre y team w h ich took the field again st G erm an tow n at the O val th is w eek w as M r. H . H . C orn ish , the E d ito r of the American Cricketer. B efo re settlin g to business in the U n ited States M r. C ornish took p art in a lot o f crick et in th is cou n try, p la yin g for, am on gst m a n y sides, the G en tlem en o f Su ssex, S u rre y 2n d X I . an d M iddlesex. S u ss e x are d eservin g o f v e ry h e arty con gratu lation s upon the w a y in w h ich th ey w on th eir m atch w ith H am p sh ire th is w eek. A fter being in a position w h ich seem ed to point to the side being con sid erably behin d on the first inn in gs, th ey played an u p h ill gam e to perfection, and, after lead in g b y one ru n , w on b y seven w ickets. F o rtu n e h as not been kin d to th e team this year, but th at th ey are a side o f g reat possibilities m u st be patent to all w ho follow the gam e at all closely. The following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket:— Aug. 7.—Capt. T . W . Sheppard, Free Foresters v. County W icklow ....................................................................125 „ 7 .—A . R . Litteljohn, E a lin g v. F. H . D angar’s X I. ... 149 „ 7.—E . Brotherton, Catford v. Old Citizens ............ *128 „ 7.— T. Hammond, Croydon v. Norbury P ark ................. 13 5 ,, 7.— E . J . D arby, Brom ley Town v. W hite House ... 100 „ 7.—H . Stapleton, Brom ley Town v. White House ... 129 „ 7.— J . F. Nightingale, Beddington 2nd v. Sutton 2nd ... 104 ,, 7.—G . Hodgson, Beddington 2nd v, Sutton 2nd... ... 142 „ 7.—M. Howell, Esher v. Pyports ... ............................. 100 „ 7 .—P . J . R eiss, Pyports v. E s h e r ......................................... 1 1 2 „ 7.—A . M. H orsfall, Pyports v. Esh er ...........................*106