Cricket 1911

466 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. AUGUST 26,1911. H . GRADIDGE and SONS, Manufacturers of all Requisites — F O R — C r icke t , Lawn Tennis, Racquets , Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. the Lead. ^ ing Players ^ throughout the W o rld Pricc Lists on Application Of all First-Class Out* fitters and Dealers. R e b la d ln g a S p e c i a li t y , Factors A rtillery P lace , WOOLWICH. Patentees and Sole Makers TH E A M E R IC A N C R IC K E T E R . F o u n d e d 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on behalf or The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 008, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. p r ic e — IB I- per annum, poat 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. 66 L I R I N E ” For cleaning and whitening Buckskin and Canvas Boots and Shoes, Cricket Pads, &c. Packed in spun zinc container, with sponge. Of all dealers, or post free 6 d . Will not Rnb Off or Cake. STANLEY FEAST & CO •J L O N D O N ,R S .e : Cricket: A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. pavilion <5osstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. Y W A R D 'S 17 7 at the O val on F rid a y last w as the second h ig h est inn in gs he has ever p la yed again st Y o rk sh ire bow lin g, being exceeded o n ly by his 2 7 3 on the sam e ground tw elve years ago. T h e in n in gs w as in ev ery w ay w o rth y of h im , and strength ened us in our b elief th at he is still our greatest professional batsm an . It m a y prove o f interest to m en tion that in m atches betw een S u rrey and Y o rk sh ire H a y w a rd h as com m enced G6 inn in gs and, w ith five not outs to help him , has scored 2,345 ru n s w ith an average o f 38 '44. F iv e three-figu re in n in gs— 273, 17 7 , 1 6 4 ,1 1 5 and 10 8 —are credited to h im in the series o f gam es. M a jo r S ir E v e ly n R . B r a d f o r d , P .S .C ., th e w ell-know n H an ts and A rm y cricketer, has fin ish ed his four y e a rs’ term on the staff at the W ar Office, and in the o rd in a ry course retu rn s to regim en tal duties w ith the Seaforth H igh lan ders. S ir E v e ly n h as seen active service in the Sou dan, C rete and South A frica. In the Motor Car Jo u rn a l fo r A u g u st 19 th ap p ears the first p art o f an in terestin g article by M r. C . I . Thornton, entitled “ A G allop to Ja p a n .” A s one w ould n atu rally expect, m ore than one reference to cricket is to be found. In the course o f h is rem arks on the v o yage through the R e d Sea, he says : “ I n ever could see the fun o f ath letics on deck. I w as, how ever, d raw n into a gam e o f cricket— -the first one fo r eight years, and got on first-rate, though I a lw a y s hated p la yin g on cocoanut m attin g. T h ere w ere tw o or three p retty fa st bow lers, and I alm ost w ished fo r a gam e w h en w e arrived at C olom bo.” A n d ag ain— “ W e follow ed it [a F a n c y D ress B a ll] w ith a cricket-m atch, in w hich I captained the first-class team and we beat the second-class fellow s in one inn in gs. W e had some good p la y e rs— C am pbell, the captain o f th e M a la y P en in su la C lu b ; D arlin gton , an old R o ssa ll b o y ; and R an d all, a sub­ p urser on the M on golia. C u rio u sly enough I had the best bow ling average— four w ickets for no ru n s.” W h ilst n earin g Colom bo, it fell to M r. T horn ton ’s lot to propose a vote o f th an k s to th e captain for arran gin g a th eatrical perform ance. “ H e replied, ” w rites the fam ous h itte r; “ and, referrin g to m e, said, I w as the only first-class cricketer w ho had n ev er bowled h im ou t.” A voice in the g alle ry cried, •* W h y not take him on to-m orrow , sir ? ” M r . Jesso p w on th e toss for G lou cestersh ire ag ain st N o rth ­ am ptonshire at C heltenham on M on day. H e h as lost it thirteen tim es out o f nineteen th is season. A t Colom bo in th e last w eek o f J u ly W . T . G resw ell took all ten w ickets for the C .C .C . ag ain st the M alay C .C ., and Y . F . S. C raw fo rd scored 1 1 2 in an hour and a-q u arter. U ntil the tw o p la yers nam ed jo in ed the C .C .C ., the club h ad to fight h ard to w in even a th ird o f the n um ber o f m atches th e y p layed ev ery year. T h e m oral ad van tage th e y h ave gain ed b y the acquisition of the p air has been in calcu lab le. T o the end of J u ly C raw fo rd had m ade 898 ru n s in tw en ty-th ree com pleted innings, averagin g 39-42, and G resw ell had obtained 16 0 w ickets at a cost o f 7 ‘06 runs each. F o r these figu res w e are indebted to our in terestin g con tem porary, Am icus. T h e scoring w as at tim es very brisk du rin g W arw ick sh ire’s inn in gs again st L eicestersh ire, at H in c k le y on S a tu rd a y, and