Cricket 1911

S ept . 16, 1911. CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 523 A t one time it seemed as though there w ould be what old W illiam Lilleyw hite used to call a ^accident in the M .C .C .’s Australian team ’s m atch at Scarborough in the latter part of last week, as for tw o days the tourists were quite outplayed. All, as it happened, eventually ended well, with honours easy, but whilst Spooner and Jessop were piling on the runs on the second afternoon everything appeared to point to a victory for L ord L ondesborough’s X I. It must not be forgotten that the M .C .C .’s team took the field without some o f their best players, and that W arner, ow ing to indisposition, was obliged to go in last. M issed catches played an important part in the game, both Spooner and Jessop being let off early in their innings. But the fieldsm en’s loss was the spectators’ gain, for each man remained in long enough to take his score to over a hundred and whilst they were in the cricket was worth going m iles to see. I t is reported on what appears to be good authority that J. W . H earne is likely to be invited to go to Australia this winter. That he w ould strengthen the side is beyond dispute, but it is very doubtful whether it w ould be in the best interests o f English cricket to allow him to make the journey. H e is still only tw enty years o f age, and if he should m ake the tour it w ould m ean that he w ould have five seasons off the reel, w ith the fifth— that o f 1912— as the m ost arduous o f all. H e played throughout the E nglish seasons o f 1910 and 1911, and during our last season visited the W est Indies, so he is surely entitled to a good rest. O n th e 6 th inst. Mr. C. B . F r y m a d e h is six th su ccessive ce n tu ry , w h ilst p la y in g fo r th e M ercu ry C .C ., H a m b le , again st B ish o p ’s W a lth am . T h e scores w ere 112 a n d 121 T H E S U F F O L K E L E V E N . P e n k o ld . H o n . R, G o r e li. B a r n e s . J. F. I r e la n d . H . A. G r o o m , lion. Sec. K. R a y n o r . R e v . H. F. S t e e l. S. H ill- W o o d . F. H . M u s t a r d . E. P r it c h e t t . C a it . F. W ils o n . H . L. W ils o n . O . H . W a l t e r s . In the course of an over sent down by Field in the M .C .C .’s team ’s first innings, H obbs was finely caught by M r. K . L. H utchings off a no-ball, H itch made a drive for four and was m issed from a “ skier ” by Sharp at m id-on off consecutive I deliveries and was then m agnificently caught at square-leg by Mr. G. A . Faulkner off a no-ball. A s a cu riosity it m a y be m en tion ed th a t o f th e 376 runs sco re d from th e b a t during th e secon d d a y o f th e m a tch a t S carb orou g h betw een L o rd L on d e sb o ro u g h ’s X I . an d th e M .C .C .’s A ustralian T eam , H o b b s (117 n o t ou t), S p oon er (89 n o t ou t) a n d Jessop (101 n o t o u t) m a d e n o few er th a n 307. T h e n e x t best score was V in e ’s 19. N o t often u n der con d ition s fa vou ra b le to run gettin g can b a ttin g h a v e b een m ore uneven. P l a y i n g o n th e 2n d inst. fo r U lster v . D ow n p a trick , W . E . C. M illiken, a slow bow ler, to o k all th e te n w ickets fo r 52 runs in a to ta l o f 113. v . K e n t, 258 n o t o u t v . G lou cestersh ire, 108 n o t o u t v . M ercu ry C .C., 112 v . S o u th a m p to n L aw , an d 118 n o t o u t v. B is h o p ’s W a lth am . A t th e P arish C h u rch , B y fle e t, on S atu rd ay last, I T . R u s h b y , o f th e S urrey E lev en , w as m arried t o Miss E th el j M a y F reela n d , d au gh ter o f a w ell-k n ow n loca l resident. T h e h a p p y pair are sp en d in g th eir h o n e ym o o n in B righ ton . I t is u n d erstood th a t as th e resu lt o f th e en d eavou rs o f M r. J . H . P h illip s, ca p ta in o f th e N u n e a to n C .C ., it has b een p ra ctica lly d e cid e d th a t on e o f W a rw ick sh ire’s m atch es w ill be d ecid ed a t N u n e a to n n e x t year. A co n d itio n is th a t certain im p rov em en ts b e e ffecte d in co n n ection w ith th e W e d d in g to n L an e grou n d , a n d this w ill entail an ex p en d itu re o f a b o u t £150. I t is pleasing to hear th a t M r. F . R . F oster has tw o broth ers w h o sh ow p rom ise. O ne is a y o u th a t R ep ton .