Cricket 1911

S ept . 23, 1911. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 29,000), D a v id D en to n (over 28,000) an d Mr. P . F . W arner. T h ose ov e r 20 ,000 b u t un der 25,000 are Messrs. Gr. L. J essop, A . O. J on es an d A . C. M acL a ren (an absen tee this y ear), H a y e s a n d Q uaife. O v e r 19,000 are Messrs. P e rcy P errin a n d C ecil W o o d , w ith B h o d es ; o v e r 18,000 Mr. C. P . M cG ah ey, K illick and K n ig h t ; ov e r 17,000 L o rd H aw k e (including som e m atch es in In d ia n tours to w h ich a stickler fo r classification m igh t o b je ct), Mr. J . R . M ason, an d J o e V ine (17,916) ; over 16,000 M r. F . L . F an e ; ov e r 15,000, Messrs. H . K . Foster a n d C lem H ill (the h igh est am on g th e A ustralian s), A rn old , H o b b s, L ille y , A lb e rt R e lf an d Sharp. A ll th e p rofes­ sionals in this la st class e x ce p t L illey becam e q u alified for it during 1911. Messrs. L . C. H . P alairet a n d S. M . J. W o o d s a n d A le c H ea rn e, th e latter tw o w ith o v e r 16,000 th e first-n am ed w ith 15,777 m ig h t b e ad d ed here ; b u t one fears th a t th e y are all p layers o f th e p ast as far as first-class crick et is con cern ed . O n e A u stralian a n d p rofessionals m ake u p the 14,000 con tin g e n t— M r. V . T . T rum p er, B o a rd , B o w le y , B rau n d, C arpenter, Irem on ger, K in g . O n ly J o h n G u nn a n d K inn eir, besides Messrs. M . A . N o b le an d S. E . G regory are betw een 13 an d 14,000, a n d Jam es S eym ou r stands alon e a t 12 b u t un der 13,000. A t 11,000 an d ov e r w e fin d Messrs. W . W . A rm stron g , B . J . T . B o sa n q u e t a n d R . H . S p oon er (ex a ctly 11,000), H u m p h re y s, L lew ellyn , T arra n t an d H a rry W h ite ­ h ea d . A t 10,000 an d ov e r w e h a v e Messrs. A . J . L . H ill a n d E . M . S p ro t, C oe, G eorge G u nn, H a ig h a n d A lb ert T ro tt. S ev en o f these— Messrs. S p oon er a n d S prot, G eorge G u nn, H a ig h , H u m p h rey s, T arran t, a n d W h iteh ead — entered fiv e figures during th e season ju st ended. T o M r. A . J . L . H ill th e sam e rem ark m ad e in L o rd H a w k e ’s case applies. B e l o w 10,000 w e shall m ake n o a ttem p t to g iv e a full list, b u t a few nam es m a y b e o f interest. A m o n g th ose b etw een nine a n d ten th ou sa n d , th e n , are Messrs. E . W . D illon , R . E . F oster, K . L . H u tch in g s an d C. L . T ow n sen d, H a rd sta ff, P ea rson an d R o b s o n ; b etw een e ig h t a n d nine, Messrs. W . B . B u rn s, Jam es D ou gla s an d J . W . H . T. D ou gla s, C harlesw orth, L a n g d on , P h ilip M ead a n d T h om p ­ so n ; b etw een sev en a n d eigh t M essrs. J . N . C raw ford, S. H . D a y , A . H . H o rn b y , A . E . L a w to n a n d H . D . G. L ev eson -G ow er, B ow e ll, B u tt, G eorge C ox, L ees, L ew is, R o b e r t R e lf a n d W o o lle y ; b etw een six an d seven , Messrs. P . R . J oh n son , E rn est Sm ith an d G. J . V . W eig a ll, Cuffe, J a ck H ea rn e, H u ish , N eed h am , S antall a n d S t o n e ; b etw een fiv e a n d six, Messrs. G . N . F oster a n d C. L . A . S m ith , th e R e v . F . H . G illingh am , B a k er (C. S .), C adm an, L e a ch , M o rto n , P a y to n an d R e e v e s, w ith fo u r A ustralian s, Messrs. W a rren B a rd sley , A . J . H op k in s, F ra n k L aver a n d V e rn o n R a n sford . J a c k H e a r n e is, o f course, at the head o f th e bow lin g, w ith 2,850 w ick ets. R h o d es (2,447) is ru n n er-u p , w ith H irst (2,428) in th ird p la ce, a n d lik ely to o v erta k e his y o u n g e r com ra d e n e x t year. N o on e else has tak en 2,000 w ick ets, b u t B ly th e sh ou ld reach th a t num ber in his first m a tch n e x t season , fo r he is n ow 1,994. H a ig h a n d W alter M ead are o v e r 1,800, A lb e rt T ro tt ov e r 1,600, L ees over 1.400, W ass a n d A lb e rt R e lf ov e r 1,200 an d S an tall over 1,100. W ith b etw een 1,000 a n d 1,100 fig u re A rn old , B ra u n d , B u ck en h am , F ielder, J oh n G u n n an d L lew ellyn . G e o r g e C o x (986) an d T arra n t (935) w ill in all p ro b ­ a b ility reach a fou r-fig u re aggregate in 1912. In th e 80 0’s w e fin d three am ateurs, Messrs. W . B rearley, G . L . Jessop a n d J. R . M ason , w ith F ield , ‘ ‘ R a z o r ” Sm ith, an d W arren . D ean , K illick an d J oh n K in g form th e sm all 700 brigade. A t 600 com e in tw o A ustralian s, Messrs. A rm stron g and N o b le , w ith Messrs. B . J . T . B osa n q u et, J . N . C raw ford (on e m ig h t h a v e said three A ustralian s, b u t th e great b u lk o f J o h n C raw ford ’s w ick ets w ere tak en a t h om e), a n d J . W . H . T . D ou gla s, B u rrow s a n d R o b so n . I n the 500’s are Mr. G . H . S im p son -H a yw a rd (in clu din g his tour in In d ia in 1902-3), C uffe, H u ggin s, Jayes, L ew is, V ine a n d Y o u n g , o f E ssex. A s m a l l selection o f th e oth ers m u st su ffice. F a ir­ serv ice, J o h n N ew m a n a n d W o o lle y are all b etw een 450 a n d 500. H itc h has ta k en 386 w ick ets, B arnes 384 (as w ell as som e fiv e or six h u n d red fo r S ta fford sh ire, w h ich o f cou rse d o n o t co u n t h ere), Irem on g er 344, M r. F . R . F oste r 325, J . W . H earn e 227, M r. D . W . Carr (in th ree A u g u sts, p ra ctica lly ) 213, P h ilip M ea d 149 a n d J o h n H o b b s 74. A l t o g e t h e r the 16 m em bers o f th e M .C .C .’s team fo r A u stralia (in clu din g J. W . H ea rn e, w h o is a n n o u n ce d t o be a starter) h a v e m a d e am o n g th em o v e r 154,000 runs in first-class crick et, an d h a v e tak en o v e r 6,000 w ick ets. T h ese figures are g iv e n m erely as a cu riosity , an d n o in fer­ en ce can b e draw n from th em w ith a d v a n ta g e, fo r the th in g th a t m atters is n o t w h a t the m e n h a v e d on e b u t w h a t th e y are g oin g to do. G e o r g e T h o m p s o n sailed th is w eek fo r N ew Z ea lan d , w h ere he w ill a c t as co a ch to A u ck la n d d u rin g ou r com in g w in ter. O p th e e lev en m a tch es w h ich h a v e b een p la y e d b e tw e e n E n g la n d an d the C h am p ion C ou n ty o n ly o n e— th a t a t th e O v a l in 1905— has b een w o n b y th e la tte r. O f th e o th er gam es fou r h a v e resu lted in fa v ou r o f E n g la n d a n d six h a v e b e e n le ft u n fin ish ed . P articu la rs are a p p e n d e d :— 1901.—England (52G) beat Yorkshire (220 and 182), at Lord’s, by an innings and 115 runs. 1902.—Yorkshire (204 and 60 for one wicket) v. England (193), at Lord’s. Drawn. 1903.— Middlesex (230 and 254 for eight wickets, innings declared closed) v. England (184 and 229 for live wickets, at the Oval. Drawn. 1904.—England (235 and 156 for four wickets, innings declared closed) v. Lancashire (177 and 107 for five wickets), at the Oval. Drawn. 1905.—Yorkshire (190 and 213) v. England (172 and 166), at the Oval. Yorkshire won by 65 runs. 1906.—England (392 and 344 for eight wickets, innings declared closed) beat Kent (365 and 120) by 251 runs. 1907.—England (297 and 235 for one wicket, innings declared closed) v. Notts. (179 and 211 for three wickets), at the Oval. Drawn. 1908.— England (483 for seven wickets, innings declared closed) v. Yorkshire (264 and 170 for two wickets), at the Oval. Drawn. 1909.—England (327) v. Kent (151 and 132 for three wickets) at the Oval. Drawn. 1910.—England (404 and 247 for six wickets, innings declared closed) beat Kent (218 and 189), at the Oval, by 244 runs. 1911.—Warwickshire (129 and 137) v. England (631 for five wickets, innings declared closed), at the Oval. England won by an innings and 365 runs. O n ly tw o h u n d reds h a v e b een h it fo r th e C h am p ion C o u n ty , M r. P . F . W arn er m ak in g 115 fo r M id d lesex in 1903 an d J o h n G u n n 105 n o t o u t fo r N o tts, fou r years later. B o th scores w ere m a d e a t th e O val. O n th e oth er h a n d , a d o ze n th ree-fig u re inn ings h a v e b een p la y e d for th e E n g la n d side :— 233 G. L. Jessop 1901 214 B. J. T. Bosanquet 1908 ' 105 C. B. F r y ................ 1901 120 P. F. Warner ... 1910 109 Tyldesley (J. T.)... 1906 103* Sharp ................ 1910 116) *113 f P. F. Warner 1907 101 244 Mead (C. P.) ... P. F. Warner ... 1911 1911 *114 Tyldesley (J. T .)... 1907 102* C. B. Fry 1911 * Signifies not out. M r. W a rn er has taken p a r t in all th e m atch es refei red to w ith th e e x ce p tio n o f th a t o f 1905 a n d has sco re d 29, 12, 6 an d 115, 24 a n d 16, 2 an d 77, 116 an d 113 n o t ou t, 16, 70, 126 a n d 18, a n d 244. T h is sh ow s an aggrega te o f 984 an d an a v erag e o f 70 '28 . A re m a rk a b le run-getting feat was performed on the W est L on d on ground on Saturday last by J. A brey, who, playing for R oyal Savoy, m ade 135 not out in a total o f 176 for