Cricket 1911

S ept . 9, 1911. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 507 So far the thirty-sixth Scarborough Festival has been favoured with fine weather and as m uch good cricket as any of its predecessors. The two matches which have already taken place have caused history to be written. The concluding stage of the gam e between Yorkshire and the M .C.C. was productive of keen and exciting cricket, the result being in doubt until the very last ball sent down. O f not m any matches can such be said. It was a splendid achievem ent on the part .of the visiting side, when set 339 to win in three hours, to make as m any as 334 for seven wickets. "With a little luck the M .C.C. would have pulled through, for King, when well set, was struck severely by a ball and bow led by the next. Mr. Spooner played a delightful innings o f 102, but chief credit for the fine attempt to obtain the runs rests w ith Mr. Jessop, who carried out his bat for 117. In the last over o f the match the last-named ran for a single and lost the bow ling, and then, with only five runs wanted, T hom pson was bow led within a m inute o f time and stumps were drawn. M r . B o s a n q u e t’s success on Tuesday makes one regret that so talented a cricketer is seen so seldom on the field. Like every other player he has his off days, but when he is at his best no other player is m ore attractive to watch. Further­ m ore, he is one o f the few cricketers of whom it m ay be said that, by his unaided efforts, he is able to change the whole aspect of a m atch in a very short period. H is bow ling m ay at any time bring about the downfall o f the strongest o f teams— did it not once win a Test m atch for England against time ?— and, until he has been dismissed, his side never need despair of making a good total. T o comparatively few m en w ould it have been possible to play an innings such as he did at Scarborough. W ith everything having gone against the Gentlemen, he not only kept up his wicket, but scored fast and in an attractive manner, and, furthermore, obtained his runs without the semblance o f a mistake. The game is distinctly the poorer ow ing to his inability, or disinclination, to appear frequently in first-class cricket. T h e m embers of the A ll-India team sailed from Marseilles by the P. & 0 . S.S. M acedonia on the 1st inst. Mr. K . Sesha Chari, by-the-w ay, who captained the side in Scotland and Ireland, took 37 wickets— 26 caught and 11 stumped— during the tour. A t L eyton on Saturday last Fielder, the last man in, by keeping up his wicket enabled James Seymour to establish a record for Kent cricket in the shape o f an innings o f 218 not out. H e h im self scored 01 and caused the last wicket to put on 102. It is a coincidence that in the game with W orcestershire at Maidstone seven years ago, Fielder, by scoring 37, enabled Seymour to obtain his second hundred in the match. On that occasion the tenth partnership realised 103. A c o m p lim e n ta ry dinner will be given to the Warwickshire team on September 21st at the Grand H otel, Birm ingham , when a presentation w ill be made to Mr. Foster in recognition o f the able m anner in which he has led the side, and also to Lilley, to mark the close o f tw enty-four years o f faithful service to the club. N e w s of the death o f Earl Cathcart on Saturday last recalls the fact that it was at Shaw Park, a seat o f the fam ily, that one of the earliest-recorded matches was played in Scotland. It was betw een the H on . Col. Talbot’s X L (83 and 62) and the Duke o f A thole’s X I. (30 and 21) in September, 1785. The L ord Cathcart o f the period, playing for the latter, scored 0 and 1, made a catch and bow led a wicket. L a s t Saturday saw the Championship of the Durham C ounty Senior Cricket League reduced to two clubs. Before play started Sunderland, Cliester-le-Street and B oldon had each played 20 games and had 29, 28 and 27 points respectively, but as a result o f the day’s matches Chester dropped out o f the running. Sunderland easily defeated H endon (179 to 49) ; B oldon beat W earm outh (142 to 1 1 6); but the sensation was at B urnm oor, where the hom esters were dism issed by Chester for a meagre 78, and Chester, w h o are looked upon as the best batting side in the League, collapsed in hopeless fashion before D odson and Summerill for 81. T o-day, the last day o f the local season, Sunderland entertain B oldon , so an exciting encounter should be the result. Should Sunderland win or draw they carry off the Championship, but should B oldon be successful the teams w ill m eet in a deciding m atch next week on the H endon enclosure. In the 2nd D ivision South Shields I I . and Sunderland II. are at the top with 32 points each. J. H . B o a rd sailed for N ew Zealand yesterday in the S.S. Ion ic to fulfil an engagement w ith the Hawkes B ay Cricket A ssociation. H is past services have been m uch appreciated, and since his first visit cricket has im proved there considerably. E a r l N e ls o n , w ho recently celebrated his 88th birthday was an interested spectator at the m atch on August 26th. betw een the staff o f “ T ra falgar" and the H ardcott H ouse team, from Barford St. Martin. B oth teams were entertained by his lordship, who also' kept the score during part o f the match. T h e follow ing have been invited to represent E ngland against W arw ickshire at the Oval on M onday n e x t:— Messrs. C. B . F ry, P. F . W arner, R . H . Spooner and W . B rearley, with H obbs, Strudwick, Rhodes, Barnes, W oolley, H earne (J. W .) and Philip Mead. The following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket:— Aug. 16.— Subramaniam, Madras United v. Mylapore Athletic *100 ,, 25.—C. E. Horsey, Ealing Dean v. Chudleigh ... ... 108 ,, 28.—F. U. Gresson, Blue Mantles v. Madcaps ... ... 126 „ 28.—P. Paine, Stoics v. Essex Club and Ground................*108 ,, 29.— T. Stacey, Buckingham v. Butterflies ... ... *106 ,, 30.-—E. G. Carr, Boughton Hall v. Gentlemen of Cheshire 118 „ 30.—Crowther, Batley v. Hopton Mills .............................*231 ,, 30.—P. Cartwright, Lewes Priory v. The Madcaps ... 110 ,, 30. —Surg. Jacob, Itoyal Marines v. Band of Brothers ... 115 ,, 30.—G. F. Earle, Old Harrovians v. Co. Wicklow ... 124 ,, 31.—H. Austin, Overstrand v. M. W . Ireland’s XI. ._ *176 ,, 31.—J. K. Mathews, Worthing v. Egbam and Thorpe ... 163 ,, 31.—B. Meakin, Staffordshire v. Surrey 2nd X I.... ... 133 ,, 31.—Capt. W . G. M. Sarel, Band of Brothers v. Boyal Marines ... ... ... ... ... ... 222 ,, 31.—J. Snowden, Band of Brothers v. Boyal Marines ... 112 ,, 31.—F. G. Turner, Bexhill v. Eastbourne... ................ *104 ,, 31.—R. D. Cochrane, Sussex Marlets v. Madcaps ... 151 ,, 31.—D. G. Sandius-Smith, Sussex Martlets v. Madcaps... 122 ,, 31.—F. G. Calthorpe, Sussex Martlets v. Madcaps ... *151 Sept. 1.— S. de Saram, Madcaps v. Eastbourne ................ 136 ,, 1.—R. Wood, Egham and Thorpe v. Horley ... ... 103 ,, 1.—H. Wright, Leamington Wanderers v. United Service 101 ,, 2.-—R. C. Shaw, Hailsbam v. Eastbourne .............. 148 ,, 2.—M. Blaber, Hailsham v. Eastbourne ... ... ... 126 ,, 2.—H. T. Clarke, Albemarle and Friern Barnet v. Neasden *131 ,, 2.—R. Forbes, Albemarle and Friern Barnet v. Neasden 109 ,, 2.—li. G. Cowley, Charlton Park v. Granville (Lee) ... 122 ,, 2.—D. H. Butcher, Upper Tooting v. Richmond ... I l l ,, 2.—H. A. Watson, Old Lancastrians v. Capital and Counties Bank ... ... ... ................*103 „ 2.—H. A. Bates, Honor Oak v. Townley Park ... ... 177 ,, 2.—A. E. Wilson, L. & N. W. By. v. Richmond Town... *105 ,, 2.—N. Firth, Chiltern Wanderers v. Beaconsfield ... 101 ,, 2.—N. Andrews, Eppleton 2nd v. Durham 2nd. ... 102 ,, 2.—H. Richmond, Shrewsbury v. Crewe... ... ... *101 ,, 5 .—H. Wright, Leamington Wanderers v. Boyal Naval Barracks ...................................................................*100 M EM E N T O O F A M E M O R A B L E M A TCH . In accordance with the wish of several followers of the game, copies of the official score-card of the recent Kent v. Surrey match at the Oval have been printed on Satin, suitable for framing. Price I s . ; post free, Is. Id. from T h is M a n a g e r of “ C b ic k e t ,” 168 Upper Thames Street, E .C .