Cricket 1911

522 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. S e p t . 16,1911. H. GRADIDGE and SONS, M a n u f a c t u r e r s o f a l l R e q u i s i t e s — F O R — C ricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. Used by all the Lead. ^ ing Players ^ throughou t wk 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 . F a cto ry ;— A rtillery P lace . WOOLWICH. Patentees and Sole Makers SPEC IAL NOTICE. If any difficulty is experienced in obtaining Ckicket 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 Australia, &e. : Gordon and Gotch, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston, Hobart an I Wellington (N .Z.). For South Africa: Central News Agency, Ltd., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches. 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A C C O R D IN G to a co n tem p o ra ry the d u ra b ility o f th e tu rf a t St. J o h n ’s W o o d d u rin g th e e x trem ely dry sum m er lias arou sed som e com m en t, th e w ick ets p ro v id e d fo r th e co n ­ clu d in g gam es bein g am on g th e best o f the season , in sp ite o f th e bare patch es w h ich w ere u n a v o id a b ly in ev id en ce. In all 42 m atch es h a v e been p la y ed o n th e fam ou s stre tch of tu rf in fr o n t o f th e L o rd ’s p av ilion , an d o n ly three were left un finished. N o few er th a n 83,552 runs h a v e been scored for th e loss o f 1,384 w ick ets, g iv in g a n average of 2 4 ’24 per w ick et. T h e bow lers h a v e sen t d o w n 9,002 overs, o f w h ich 1,774 w ere m aiden s. L arge scores have been plen tifu l, three bein g re cord ed o f ov er 500, eig h t of ov e r 400, a n d 27 o f ov er 300. In d iv id u a l scores o f over 100 n um b er 45, a n d 17 o f these w ere m ade in M iddlesex m atch es, J . W . H ea rn e claim in g fo u r, P . F . W a rn er three, an d B . S. F oster an d T arrant tw o each . T h e low est score was 78 b y E ssex again st M iddlesex. O n th e a ftern oon o f the se co n d d a y ’s p lay in th e m a tch at S ca rb orou g h betw een L o rd L on d e sb o ro u g h ’s X I . and the M .C .C .’s A ustralian team , a co lle ction w as m ad e on beh alf o f R h o d e s’ ben efit fu n d , a sum o f £43 3s. being su bscribed. L a s t w eek, for th e fifte en th yea r in su ccession , the sta ff o f th e L ancashire C ou n ty C.C. h a d a p icn ic a t B la ck ­ p ool. A b o u t fo r ty persons sat d o w n to lu n ch eon , Mr. T a lb o t F air, th e h on ora ry treasurer o f th e clu b , presiding. In th e cou rse o f a sp eech M r. F air expressed th e op in ion th a t, h a d it n o t b een fo r th e ill-lu ck th e y ex p erien ced in th e early p a rt o f th e season, th e y w o u ld h a v e been the ch am p ion co u n ty . D u rin g th e course o f th e lu n ch eon A lb e rt W a rd , on b e h a lf o f th e co u n ty profession als, h anded to M r. S. L u n t a silver m a tc h -b o x , w ith in scrip tion , to m ark his retirem en t from th e p o sitio n o f officia l scorer a fter tw e n ty -fiv e y ears’ service. M b . A . J . D a r n e l l has b een a p p o in te d b o ro u g h coron er for N o rth am p to n . It is said th a t liis letter o f a p p lica tion con ta in ed o n ly on e sh o rt sen ten ce. M a n y o f ou r readers w ill b e in terested to h ea r th a t the R e v . H u g h A lex a n d er T a p sfield , M .A ., V ica r o f B em b rid g e, Isle o f W ig h t, has b een offe re d , a n d has a cce p te d , the v ica ria te o f W o o tto n S t. L aw ren ce, B a sin g stok e, th e g ift o f w h ich is in th e h a n d s o f th e D ea n a n d C h apter o f W in ­ chester. F o r th ree years, com m e n cin g in 1886, M r. T ap s­ field w as in th e B ra d field E lev en , a n d in his la st season, w h en h e h a d a b a ttin g average o f 20 a n d to o k 45 w ick ets fo r 12 run s ea ch , it w as said o f h im :— “ A n e x ce e d in g ly g o o d b a t, w h o , from w a n t o f co n fid e n ce , has ra rely d on e h im self ju stice ; on a s o ft w ick e t is a v e ry p u zzlin g bow ler, b u t has n o t en ou g h com m a n d o f p itch to be d an gerou s on a g o o d o n e.” H e p erform ed th e g reatest fea t o f his career o n th e B ra d fie ld g rou n d in J u ly , 1898, w h en , p la y in g for B ra d fie ld W a ifs again st th e R e v . H . B . G r a y ’s X I ., he sco re d 101 in his first innings a n d 154 n o t o u t in his secon d .