Cricket 1911

472 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 26, 1911. Club Cricket. D uring the W inkle W anderers’ Yorkshire tour Mr. P. J . Reiss did a somewhat rem arkable piece of rapid run-getting. It was in the m atch with Sir R . W alker’s X I. at Sandhutton. After the home side had been dism issed for 287, Reiss made 228 off his own bat in an hour and three-quarters, hitting thirteen 6’s and twenty-six 4’s. The total of the side was 465. The expression “ off his own bat ” recalls a little story which may be new to some. Scene : Cricket match in Surrey between boys and girls. G irls have made 81 ; boys go in, and one of them m akes 47. Gentleman (to a frien d ): “ He has beaten them off his own bat.” Sm all boy (who is listen ing): “ It isn ’t his bat, it’s m ine.” Another game in which some heavy scoring was chronicled was that between Bourton Vale and Eton Ram blers at Bourton-on-tbe- W ater on August 16 and 17 . A fter being 22 behind on the first innings, Bourton went in and performed as follows :— G. E. Chambers, c Drummond, b Cassavetti....................................143 J. H. Stratton, b Cassavetti ... 2S G. Marsden, c Nicholl, b Cassavetti 121 F. Taylor, not o u t ........................103 R. C. Byass, c and b Ponsonby ... 1 Hon. K. Hardinge, c Tabor, b Cassavetti.................................... 0 Hill, c Nicholl, b Ponsonby ...1 A. E. Yearp, b Ponsonby.............. 9 E. Bee, b Cassavetti .............. 51 J. C. Cheetham, not o u t .............. 0 B 22, lb 3, w 3, nb 1 .............. 29 Total (8 wkts)* ... ... 486 *Innings declared closed. T be Ram blers were dism issed for 284 (J. C. Tabor 128 not out) and beaten by 180 runs. On the same days W arnham Court’s second innings against W arnham Lodge was somewhat u n u su al: — B. Meakin, c Scott-Walden, b i C. S. Rattigan, not out ............. 1 Vincett ... ......................... 85 ! Byes, &c............................. 17 N. C. Tufnell, b Cox .............. 85 ! — A. C. Wilkinson, not o u t ..............103 Total (3 wkts)* ... 378 C. Palmer, c Waterhouse, b Vincett 87 I * Innings declared closed. Mr. N. C. T ufnell had made 170 not out in his first innings, going in first and carrying his bat through. The total was 3 13 . Although Canon Bashleigh played his first match for Kent as fa r back as 1885, he is still only forty-four years of age, and should, therefore, prove a most serviceable player in club cricket for m any years to come. L a st week he turned out for St. Lawrence against Incogniti and scored 12 8 in his first innings and 26 not out in his second— eloquent proof that his hand has not yet lost its cunning. H is father and an uncle both played in their time for the Gentlemen of Kent, and it was only to be expected that the future Canon should, as a sm all boy, be taught the way he should go crieketically. He was educated at Tonbridge and, like Kenneth Hutchings in later years, was something of a phenomenon there. In 1883, when but sixteen years of age, he made 124 v. Marlborough Nomads and 97 and 95 v. Old Tonbridgians, whilst in 1884 he scored 203 against Dulwich College and at the age of eighteen averaged 40 runs an innings for Kent. B ut he will always be remembered chiefly for his first-wicket stand with M r. K . J . K ey in the University match of 1886. Bashleigh scored 107 and Key 14 3, and the total was up to 243 ere a wicket fell. Strange to say, no one else on the side reached double­ figures. On the N evill Ground at Tunbridge W ells last week, Mr. N . F . Druce played a not-out innings of 305 for Blue Mantles v. Notts. Bam blers, going in first and carrying out his bat. He hit forty-two 4’s and seventy-two singles, and the total of the side was 5 3 1. Unfortunately, he was unable to play regularly in first-class cricket, Surrey thereby losing the services of a brilliant batsman. He was born at Beigate on New Y ear’s D ay, 1875, and has played for Marlborough, Cambridge, Surrey, the Gentlemen and—in Australia in 1897-8—for England v. A ustralia. Another famous batsman who has recently entered three-figure land in club cricket is Mr. L . C. H. Palairet, who scored 1 19 last week for Seaton against Incogniti on the Seaton ground. The game w as distinctly the poorer when this player decided to retire from first-class cricket, for he combined grace of style and effect as few men have done. In the innings wherein he obtained the 119 mentioned above Mr. P. F . C. W illiam s scored 100. The latter, as perhaps many w ill recall, was in the Eton Eleven in 1902 and 1903 and in his m atches with Harrow and W inchester scored 17 5 runs with an average of 29-16, his highest effort being 89 v. Harrow in his second year. A t Slough three years ago he gave a rather remarkable display for Dorset v. Bucks, m aking 163 in a total of 258 and the next highest score being only 16 . The foregoing rem arks invite reference to the recent successes of Lord H arris. Like the late D r. E . M. Grace, he reckons not by years ; it is, therefore, scarcely likely that he w ill ever be a veteran in the sense in which the word is generally understood. H is career as an active player w ill lengthen with the passing of the seasons, but so long as he continues to play so long will his presence be felt. Over forty years have gone by ere he made his debut for Kent, and only a few weeks have elapsed since he was seen in the County’s ranks at C atford'Bridge. Kent has been peculiarly fortunate in its patrons for a period of two hundred years, but none has rendered greater service to the county’s cricket than his lordship. He has been captain, honorary secretary and president, and for some years —before he went to India as Governor of Bom bay—he practically was Kent Cricket. Then might he have said with the poet— “ I am the batsman and the bat, I am the bowler and the ball, The umpire, the pavilion cat, The roller, pitch and stumps and all." Last week he was taking part in good-class club cricket, and in consecutive innings scored 68 for Band of Brothers v. St. Lawrence and 25 and 54 not out for the same club v. Hythe. In the latter match Mr. C. J . Kortright, late of the E ssex eleven, also did well. “ Who is Kortright ? What is he That Lang doth so commend him ? Bowly, fierce and fast is he ; The heaven such pace did lend him That he might admired be.” But against the Band of Brothers it was as a batsman that he made his m ark, with scores of 46 and 12 2 . H is bowling was not particularly deadly, although he claimed three of the eleven wickets lost by his opponents. A cricketer of whom a great deal was at one time expected, but who has so far failed to realise expectations, is Mr. Jo h n W illiam W illiam Nason, of Sussex and Cambridge. In club cricket he has done some remarkable things, and last week showed some of his old form in the course of an innings of 13 5 for the W anderers against Tonbridge. As he completed his twenty-second year this month, there is still plenty of time for him to fulfil bis early promise. In explanation of two of his Christian names being W illiam it has been suggested that the clergyman stuttered at his christening, but we do not credit the rumour. There is an exciting race in progress for first place in tbe Durham Senior Cricket League. Before play started on Saturday Sunderland, Boldon and Chester-le-Street had each played 18 games and had 28, 26 and 25 points respectively, but as tbe result of the day’s m atches the margin between the three sides was reduced to only two points, Chester-le-Street winning and Sunderland and Boldon being beaten. In the same competition Seaham Harbour, for the second successive week, won by a single run, Philadelphia being their latest victims. F o r the Oxford University Authenties during the past season H . C. H extall’s batting figures were 6 -2 -5 13-12 8 -2 5 -2 2 0 * and E . C. L ee’s 3 -2 -12 0 -12 0 00-83*. E igh t hundreds were made for the side and ten against, and, of the 26 matches played, 8 were won, 1 1 lost and 7 drawn. Since the form ation of the club 298 games have been won, 1 16 lost and 262 drawn. SUSSEX M ARTLETS v. M r . G. M. MARYON-W ILSON’S X I.— Played at Searles on August 16. Score First innings. M r . G. M. M aryon -W ilson ’ s XI. Second innings H. Wade, c Fox, b Doyle ......................... 6 not out ...........................31 V. S. Ross, c Summers, b Baker .............. 33 b Fox.......................... E. W. Sutton, lbw, b Doyle ........................ 8 not out ........................... 8 G. R. Jackson, st Fox, b Doyle .............. 2 c Trist,b Sundius-Smith 16 E. Woollan, b Doyle .................................... 5 b Latham ........................... 1 Rev. H. Williams, c Welch, b Doyle............. 0 c Trist, bBaker ................ 0 A. K. Wilson, not out .............. .............. 11 c Latham, b Baker ... 1 F. Mackintosh, c Flynn, b Baker .............. 0 F. B. Savill, c Trist, b Baker......................... 5 b Fox..................................... 0 G. M. Maryon-Wilson, c Flynn, b Welch ... 7 P. M. Maryon-Wilson, c Sundius-Smith, b Welch .......................................................... 0 Byes ... ... ... ... ... 4 B 4, lb 2, nb 1 ... 7 23 Total ........................ 81 S u s sex M a r t l e t s . Total (6 wktsj* L. H. Trist, c A. K. Wilson, b Ross 91 D. G. Sundius-Smith, cand b Ross 85 T. H. Curtis, c Jackson, b Ross ... 14 Sir A. Conan Doyle, b Ross ... 1 A. W. Fox, c Jackson, b Ross ... 9 T. H. Flynn, lbw, b Ross.............. 0 H. Misa, b Ross ......................... 0 J. S. Welch, b Woollan ... W. D. Summers, c Woollan, b Ross E. C. Baker, not out B 7, lb 2, w 1, nb 4 ... Total .............. P. n . Latham did not bat. S7 2 14 THE WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY C.C. The Warwickshire County Cricket Club on Frid ay last decided to give a complimentary dinner to the members of their team to celebrate the splendid series of victories gained this season, and the fact that three of the players—F . B . Foster, Kinneir and Sm ith— have been chosen by the M .C.C. for the tour in A ustralia. It was also decided to promote a fund to provide talent money for the professionals and to make presentations to F . B . Foster, to mark his most successful first year as captain, and to Lilley, their famous wicketkeeper, on his retirement from the game.