Cricket 1911

524 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. S e p t . 16 1911. H e is q u ite y o u n g , b u t h e is a m o st p rom isin g w ick e t­ k eep er, w h ile h e has a b ro th er o f eleven or so w h o , fo r h is years, sh ow s rea lly v e r y g o o d fo rm in d eed . A l b e r t N a s h , o f G lam organ sh ire, has b een en gaged fo r n e x t season b y U d d in g ston . H e w ill su ccee d B ro a d b e n t, w h o has a p p eared o cca sio n a lly fo r Y ork sh ire. N i n e p la y ers h a v e scored 2 ,0 0 0 run s or m o re in th e season ju s t en d ed . H ere is a list o f th em w ith the d a te on w h ich e a ch re a ch e d 2,000 1.— R. H. Spooner, August 11. 2.—Hayward (T. W.), August 21. 3.—Hobbs (J. B ), August 24. 4.—Mead (0. P.), August 26. 5.— Denton (D.), August 28. 6.— Rhodes (W .), August 31. 7.— Tarrant (F. A.), September 1. 8.— Sharp (J.), September 4. 9.—P. F. Warner, September 12. T h e n am es o f R . H . S p oon er, M ead, T arra n t, P . F . W arn er, a n d S h arp are n ew t o th e list. G . L . Jessop, H a y e s , Jam es S eym ou r, a n d V in e h a v e a ll e x ce e d e d 1 ,8 0 0 . T h e n u m b er o f 2,000-ru n s scorers is th e b ig g est o n record , th o u g h as m a n y w e re re co rd e d in th e season 1901. I n all, 28 b a tsm e n h a v e a t on e tim e o r a n oth er to ta lle d o v e r 2,000 ru n s in a season o f E n g lish first-class crick et. T h eir n am es m a y b e g a th e re d from th e lis t g iv en b e lo w :— In 1910.—Tyldesley. In 1909.—W . Bardsley, Hayes, Hobbs, Rhodes. In 1908.—Hayward. In 1907.—Hayward, Hobbs, Tyldesley. In 1906.—Dtntou, Hayes, Hayward, Hirst, Tyldesley. In 1905.—W . W. Armstrong, Denton, C. B. Fry, Hayward, Hirst, M. A. Noble, Quaife. In 1904.— C. B. Fry, Hayward, Tyldesley. In 1903.— C. B. Fry, Hayward. In 1902.—Abel, C. J. Burnup, V. T. Trumper. In 1901.—Abel, R. E . Foster, C. B. Fry, Hayward, G. L. Jessop, A. 0 . Jones, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Tyldesley, C. J. B. Wood. In 1900.—Abel, C. B. Fry, Hayward, G .L . Jessop, K. S. Ranjitsinhji. In 1899.—Abel, C. B. Fry, Hayward, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, C. L. Towns­ end. In 1898.—Abel. In 1897.—Abel. In 1896.—Abel, W . G. Grace, K. S. Ranjitsinhji. In 1895.—Abel, W . G. Grace. In 1894.—None. In 1893.—Gunn (W .), A. E. Stoddart. Before 1893.— W. G. Grace (three times). T w e l v e E n g lish am ateu rs, th irteen professionals, an d th ree A ustralian s fig u re in th e list. S even teen nam es figu re o n ce e a ch o n ly , th o se o f H a y e s, H irst, G . L . Jessop an d R h o d e s tw ice , th o se o f D e n to n a n d H o b b s three tim es, th a t o f K . S. R a n jitsin jh i fo u r tim es, th ose o f VV. Gr. G race a n d T y ld e sle y fiv e tim es, th a t o f O. B . F r y six tim es, o f R o b e r t A b e l eig h t tim es, a n d o f T om H a y w a rd ten tim es. T h i s sea son ’s cro p o f cen tu ries— 257 fr o m first t o last— is th e h ig h est b u t o n e on re co rd . T h e h ig h est is th e 273 o f 1901. In 1904 (in clu d in g T a n cre d ’s 250 fo r S ou th A frica v . S cotla n d , w h ich rea lly o u g h t to ra n k , th ou g h for som e rea son it w as le ft o u tsid e ) th ere w ere 251, in 1905 234, in 1899 224, in 1900 206. A s m a n y as 118 b a tsm en qu alified fo r th e list in 1901, 107 in 1905, a n d 102 in 1904. T his y e a r 110 p layers d iv id e th e scores o f th ree-figu res am o n g th em . O p th e 58 b a tsm e n w h o h a v e sco re d 1000 run s an d ov er Ouffe a n d S ton e are th e o n ly m e n w h o h a v e n o t b een cred ited w ith a t lea st on e cen tu ry . T h e H a n ts, stum p er p la y e d inn in gs o f 83 v . M idd lesex a n d 82 v . S o m e r s e t; the W o r ­ cester all-rou n d er fr om fa r T o o w o o m b a m a d e 78 v . M idd lesex a n d 75 v . K e n t. T h e o th er 56 d iv id e 185 am on g th em , e le v e n o f th em h a v in g scored on e ea ch , th irteen tw o each , ten th ree ea ch , six (C h arlesw orth , H a rd in ge, H a yes, J. W . H earn e, H o b b s, S h a rp ) fou r ea ch , e ig h t (C. J . B . W o o d , H a rd sta ff, H a yw a rd , R h o d e s, S eym ou r, T arra n t, V ine, P . F . W a rn er) fiv e each , fo u r (P . A . P errin , D en ton , K in n eir, W o o lle y ) six each , th ree (C. B . F ry , G . L . Jessop, R . H . S p oon er) sev en each , a n d on e (P h ilip M ead ) nine. B o th George Cox, o f Sussex, and Harrison, o f Surrey, have accepted coaching engagements for the winter months in South A frica. The latter is already on his way out. I n last Saturday’s m atch at A cton between Marlborough and W ar Office some unusually fast run-getting was seen. The form er declared with five wickets down for 215, leaving their opponents 80 m inutes in which to make the runs. That number they succeeded in obtaining with a few m inutes to spare, and when stumps were drawn had made 228 for four wickets. D . T . Kirkpatrick scored 95 not out, D . H ulton 35 and J. H . Johnson 32. E v e n m ore rapid rungetting was seen in last Saturday’s Durham Senior Cricket League match between Philadelphia and Chester-le-Street, when runs were put on by the latter at the rate o f 200 per hour. The total was 309 for tw o wickets in the remarkable short time o f one hour and a-half. This was brought about by the terrific hitting displayed by T . A . Bradford, the county player, w ho credited him self with 207 not out, which included no less than 17 hits clean out o f the field, or a total of 102 in 6’s. In one over from Matt Soppitt he hit four 6’s, and no less than five balls were used in the Chester innings. This is a record for Durham Senior League cricket. The next previous best score was by T. Coulson, who scored 200 in the W earm outh v. South Shields game on July 4th, 1903. M o r r is , the Sunderland professional, has ju st concluded his m ost successful season on record. In all matches, he captured 209 wickets, o f which 100 were in the Durham Senior League, and 97 in D urham County engagements, including the fixture with the Indians. This is the first occasion M orris has exceeded tw o hundred wickets in one season. F or the club he obtained 106 wickets at an average cost o f 7'87 each. H e is the only player who has ever taken 100 wickets in the Durham Senior Cricket League in a season, and he has perform ed the feat in 1909, 1910 and 1911. A c r ic k e t match has just been played on the G oodw in Sands b y a number o f ladies and gentlemen from Deal. Such games have, o f course, taken place several times, and a representation o f one which took place in August, 1854, can be seen in the H isto ry o f K en t C ounty C rick et , facing page 348. Further details can be gleaned from the Illustrated L on d on N ew s o f August 26th, 1854, and C ricket of D ecember 27th, 1883. O n M onday last Hearne (J. W .) took his hundredth wicket of the season, being the twenty-first bow ler to reach three- figures, and the seventh all-round player to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets. George Thom pson, who finished up with 947 runs and 113 wickets, had hard luck in failing to join the list, as one m ore innings m ight very likely have qualified him , and he has had m ore than his fair share o f knocks this year— knocks in the meaning em ployed n ot being synonym ous with innings. P la y in g for Oxford City against W itney, on the latter’s ground on M onday, W . C. Sm ith, o f Surrey, took fifteen wickets for 45 runs in totals of 51 and 58 and scored 107. H e also perform ed the hat-trick. C o n g r a tu la t io n s are due to M r. F. W . Stancomb, of Harrow and W iltshire, upon his recent marriage. F o r thirty years he has been captain of the Trow bridge C.C., and during that time has scored 10,238 runs for the club with an average o f 25, having been dismissed 411 times. During the last thirty seasons he has made 25,560 runs in 915 innings in club and county cricket and obtained thirty-five centuries. In addition he has frequently kept wicket.