Cricket 1911

44 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a r c h 3 0 , 1 9 1 1 . and Cambridge (elder brother of N. J. Holloway, the blue of 1910, one believes), ran up 230 for the first wicket in the second innings, a record for the West Indies. Sydney Smith bowled well, and the tourists won by 235 runs. T he fifth match of the tour was nominally a second “ test.” But the West Indian team was hardly more representative than in the first “ test ” at Bridgetown, and certainly not as strong. Harold Austin, Percy Goodman, Allan Bourne, G. C. Learmond, L. Constantine and A. E. Harragin were all absent. The Barbadian contingent consisted of the younger Bourne (Cyril), Gibbs and Archer. Trinidad sent J. C. Bogers and John, the latter a coloured pro., good batsman and fast bowler, but seemingly with a doubtful action. The other six players were Demerarians. E. E. D. Moulder is the man who batted so finely against the English team of 1902 ; but he has gone off since then. Layne is the old Barbados pro., a member of the last West Indian team in England. H. C. Bayley is the best bat in Demerara at the present day, and H. A. Croal an all­ round left-hander of considerable promise. Hinds must not be confused with F. Hinds, of the 1900 team in England, who has now dropped out of cricket. A st a n d of 80 for the last English wicket in the first innings, Hearne’s bowling, and the batting of Bayley, Layne and Gibbs for the beaten side, were the chief features ofthe game. The nextmatch was altered from one v. British Guiana to an encounter with “ A West Indian Eleven,” but a hitch occurred. Archer was dropped ; his fellow-Barbadians, Gibbs and Cyril Bourne, refused to play in consequence, and the team was thus considerably weakened. It is worthy of note that C. V. Hunter, the man put in for Archer, was top scorer in each innings of his side. The English captain and H. L. Gaussen made a stand which produced 130 runs for the ninth wicket; Sydney Smith had a “ pair of them ” ; Hearne again bowled well; and the tour­ ists had much the best of a drawn game. Another twenty minutes would probably have given them victory. WATTS—THE LATEST? How doth the busy pendulum Sway to and fro each year! One time the word Arithmetic We cannot bear to hear ; And then the County Championship To wins outright attaches, Quite irrespective of the show Put up in other matches. Anon, we get the rule of three And points all reinstated, Indeed, with drawn games reckoned in, A trifle aggravated. So doth the busy pendulum Sway ever to and fro, Someday a sound and simple rule (Let’s hope) it may bestow! P 0 11 . OBITUARY. Me. F. A dams . Mr. Francis Adams, who played for New South Wales v. Victoria on the Sydney Domain in 1859, died on February 10th, aged 75. He was uncle of Mr. F. A. Iredale. M e . F. K . B amfoed . Mr. Frederick K. Bamford, a good all­ round player and for over twenty years captain of the Peninsula C.C., of Detroit, died on November 31st at Detroit (Michigan). He was born at Lamport, Northants, on August 29th, 1845, and settled in America when seventeen years of age. F.F.K. H. G eahasi . Harry Graham, of whom an obituary notice was published in the February issue of Ciicket, died in Dunedin, N .Z., on Tuesday, February 7th. M r . P. L acey . It is with much regret that we have to chronicle the fact that Mr. Patrick Lacey, the only son of Mr. F. E. Lacey, secretary of the M.C.C., and the late Lady Helen Lacey, died on February 27th in his twentieth year. M e . J. G. M ac K ay . Mr. John Gordon MacKay, who kept wicket occasionally for the Toronto C.C., died during the first week of February aged about 40. He was born at Toronto but was educated at Merchiston Castle School. In his time he was one of the best Rugby football players in Canada. F.F.K. T he R ev . A. E. N orthey . The Bev. Alfred Edward Northey, of the Cambridge Eleven of 1859 and 1860, died at Torquay on January 24th. He was born at Oakend, near Uxbridge, on August 2nd, 1838, and was educated at Harrow, where he was in the Eleven in 1856 and 1857, in which years the match with Eton was in abeyance: in the former year his average was 9 and in the latter 13. In Scores and Biographies (vii., 197) it is said that he “ was a good free hitter, and in the field he generally stood long-leg or cover-point.” In his two matches with Oxford he did little, scoring only 16 runs in three inniogs, but he had the satisfaction of being on the winning side on each occasion. During the time he was in residence Cambridge were very strong, among his contemporaries being T. E. Bagge, R. A. Bayford, W. H. Benthall, E. B. Fawcett, F. H. Norman, G. E. Cotterill, J. H. Marshall, D. B. Onslow, F. Lee, H. M. Plowden and B. Lang. Mr. Northey served on the Com­ mittee both at Lord’s and the Oval at various times, and was a man of delightful personality. M e . W . W . P h ipps . Mr.WilliamWilton Phipps, of the Eton XI. of 1864 and 1865, died at Chelsea on February 20th, aged 64. In Lillywhite's Guide for 1866 it was said of h im :— “ Although not scoring very largely during the season, there is no member of the eleven who, with judicious coaching, would turn out a better player. Hits well and straight; and did he but drive the same balls he hits, would play more correctly and safely. All he requires is the assistance of a mentor occasionally, and we should not then hesitate to place him in the first rank. Hits hard all round ; a good field. . . An excellent wicket-keeper.” In his two matches with Harrow, both of which were lost by an innings, he made 29 runs in four innings, and against Winchester six in two. He afterwards proceeded to Oxford, but did not obtain his Blue. C olonel J. P ennycuick , C .S .I. Colonel John Pennycuick, who died on the 9th inst., at Camberley, was born on January 15th, 1841, at Poona, the son of an officer in the East India Company’s service, who was killed at Chillianwalla. The colonel never played in first-class cricket in England, and did not get his colours at Cheltenham C ollege; but in India, where the greater part of his life was spent, he was a notable figure on the cricket field, and did much for the game there, especially in the matter of promoting and encouraging it among the natives. In all matches during his long career—he was still playing when nearer sixty than fifty— he scored over 12,000 runs and took con­ siderably more than 2,000 wickets. The Colonel was for 34 years in the Madras Public Works Department, of which he eventually became the head. J.N.P. M e . A. L. S ayer . Mr. Alfred Leighton Sayer, who played for many years with the East Sussex C.C., died of pneumonia at Yew Tree House, Westfield, on the 6th inst., aged 68. He was born at Silsoe, in Bedfordshire, and was educated at Brighton College, but was not in the Eleven. For about forty years he practised as a solicitor in Hastings. C apt . J. S choltz . Capt. Joseph Scholtz died suddenly at Hamilton, Bermuda, on February 21st, aged 71. He was born at Curaso, but had lived in Bermuda for forty-five years and was one of the oldest members of the Hamilton C.C. Me. W. S h iiim in . Mr. W. Shimmin, an ardent supporter of the game in Canada and President of the St. Jude C.C., of Winnipeg, died at Winnipeg on December 20th. He was born at St. John, Isle of Man, on December 12th, 1849. F.F.K. M r . A. C. W ilson . Mr. A. Cracroft Wilson, who played for Canterbury against Otago as far back as 1864—the first occasion upon which the two provinces met—died in Christchurch in the middle of January. BOOKS RECEIVED. East Melbourne Cricket Club. Its History, 1860 to 1910. By A. E. Clarke. Melbourne : George Bobertson & Co. Price, 3s. 6d. The Encyclopedia o f S port : Nos. xvii. and xviii., vol. iii. London : W . Heinemann, 21, Bedford Street, W.C. Price, Is . net. each. The Intercolonial Cricket Tournament, Sep­ tember, 11)10. Georgetown, Demerara; Estate of C. K. Jardine, dec. Price not stated. John Wisden's Cricketers’ Note Book, 1911. Edited by F. S. Ashley-Cooper. L ondon: •John Wisden & Co., 21, Cranbourn Street, W . C. Price 6d.