Cricket 1911

542 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. S ept . 23,1911. four wickets w ithout any other player reaching double-figures. The score, o f the innings was as follow s :— R o y a l S a v o y . T. Cartwright, run out A. C. Mahoney, b Boyle J. Abrey, not out N. Cooper, b King ... L. Ford, not out 5 6 135 6 6 F. S. Arnold, c Head, b Young ... 7 Byes, &c.................................11 Total (4 wkts) ... 176 E. Cooper, C. Cohen, R. C. Curnow, J. King and F. Wright did not bat. The opposing side, City Seltnam , had been dism issed previously for 193. A l t h o u g h th e o fficia l figu res are n o t y e t a vaila ble, it is sta ted o n g o o d a u th o rity th a t this y e a r ’s S ca rb orou g h F estiv a l resu lted in a p ro fit o f a b o u t £500. T h e ba la n ce o f m o rtg a g e o n th e g ro u n d am o u n ts to £800. A t o t a l o f 230 fo r on e w ic k e t as th e resu lt o f e ig h ty m in u tes’ b a ttin g is fa st ru n -g e ttin g , a ll w ill adm it. T h a t w as th e resu lt o f th e W h ite H o u se inn ings a g ain st B rom le y T o w n a t B ellin g h am o n th e 9 th in st., a fte r th e side h a d b e en se t 130 to w in in th e p e rio d n am ed . A . J e a co ck e a n d W . W a tts o p e n ed th e in n in gs a n d e a ch ex ce e d e d th e ce n tu ry . T h e fo rm e r, w h o is o n ly eig h teen years o f age, has m a d e o v e r 2,400 runs th is season an d ta k e n 100 w ick ets. “ T h e r e is n o o th er g am e in w h ich record s are so co n sta n tly bein g b ro k e n as in crick e t,” says th e Tasm anian M a il ; ‘ ‘ b u t a re co rd w h ic h th e Y o rk sh ire p rofession a l, E m m e tt, se t u p w ill p ro b a b ly rem a in s o lo n g as stum p s a n d ba ts en d u re. O n e sp rin g S ir P ry c e P ry c e - Jon es ask ed E m m e tt to c om e d o w n to N e w to w n , w h ere h e h a d a p riv a te g ro u n d , a n d g iv e th e lo ca l ta le n t som e coa ch in g . T his h e d id d u rin g th e d a y ; in th e even in g h e h im self w o u ld g o to th e n ets an d ta k e th e b a t. A t th e beg in n in g o f his v isit h e la u g h in g ly d efied a n y o f th e lo c a l bow lers t o g e t h im o u t, eith er b y b ow lin g o r ca tch in g h im . M ore th a n a sco re o f th e b est o f th e lo ca l bow lers d id all th e y k n ew ; b u t E m m e tt w as in v in cib le , a n d a fter th ree w eek s’ b a ttin g , retu rn ed t o Y ork sh ire still ‘ n o t o u t .’ ” M r . C. R . H a r t l e y , eld er b ro th e r o f Mr. A lfre d H a rtle y , o f th e L an cash ire elev en , has th is y e a r m a d e ov e r a th o u sa n d run s fo r th e S ale clu b , his av erag e b ein g 62 fo r sev en teen c om p le te d in n ings. H e also t o o k 75 w ick ets a t a co st o f eleven run s each. S i r H o m e G o r d o n , Bart., the w ell-know n writer on cricket, is going out to the Indian Durbar on N ovem ber 13th as the guest o f “ B a n ji.” O u r statement last m onth to the effect that “ the de Saram brothers are as batsm en in the same class as M ajor M istri is open to very grave doubt— to say the least ” appears to have given rise to som e discussion in C eylon. Several letters on the subject have reached us, and in one or two o f them the writers endeavour to support the opinion the soundness o f which we questioned. But the m ajority o f the correspondents agree w ith the view we expressed. One o f them , whose opinion carries m uch weight, rem arks: “ Out here there is a tendency to regard a duckling as a swan. There are several good players, o f course, but cricket in C eylon is not so strong as m any o f its adm irers are disposed to think. The de Saram brothers are certainly good batsmen, but they do not belong to the same class as Mistri, w h o is, at his best, w orth a place in alm ost any team . It is the same w ith W . T. Greswell. H e is, as w e expected he w ould prove, the best bow ler out here. But to say, as som e local critics have done, that his presence w ould strengthen the E ngland side next year in the Triangular Tournam ent is— m ay I say ?— am using.” A v a l u e d correspondent writes :— “ W h y not open a com ­ petition (w ith a prize) for the best guess at what w ill be the w ay o f reckoning cham pionship winners next season ? A lso please compile a statement o f the winners o f the championship as they w ould have been under the different w ays o f com puting it. Personally, I like the Butlandshire m eth od o f counting tw o points for every m an w ho scores 13, deducting one point for a score o f over 100 and adding one for losing on the first innings if the match is finished.” W e have a suspicion that our corre­ spondent is not quite serious, but so m any remarkable schemes have been brought forward during the last few years that we may be doing him an injustice, in which case we apologise. B a r r e t t ' s bottle, a fam iliar landmark o f South London for a quarter of a century, is being demolished, and frequenters o f the Oval w ill know it no m ore. Its cost was about £1,000, for it was made of glass and enclosed in an iron frame. It was twenty feet long and had a girth of seven feet, and so easily did it m ove on its thirty-tw o iron rollers that a child could set the five tons weight in m otion. It had, how ever, lon g ceased to fulfil its functions as a weather vane and a Tham es lighthouse. M r . R ic h a r d T h o r n t o n T h o r n t o n , the old Devonshire and Kent cricketer, has been invited to be M ayor o f East­ bourne, and has signified his intention to accept the position. Mr. Thornton captained the late M r. E . J. Sanders’ team in Am erica in 1885, and is one o f three brothers who were w ell-known cricketers. Mr. A . J. appeared for Sussex and Kent, and Mr. W . A . for W inchester, Devonshire and Oxford. D r . A r t h u r B ie u s e t t L it t e l j o h n , who bow led so well for M iddlesex at one period o f the season, has been doing great things this year for the H anw ell A sylum C.C. H e has scored 1,037 runs with an average of 54-57, and taken 103 wickets at a cost o f 7-59 runs each. H is brother, D r. E dw ard Satterne L itteljohn, was third in the batting, with an aggregate o f 671 and an average o f 51. P l a y in g on the United Services’ ground at Portsmouth on M onday last for Married Ladies and G entlem en against Single Ladies and Gentlemen, Mrs. F oster made 101 out o f a total o f 220 before she retired. D u r in g the past season Mr. T. G. Grinter, w ho has made an occasional appearance for Essex, has made 2,420 runs in twenty-eight com pleted innings, which shows an average o f 86-42. W e hope to give a detailed list o f his scores in our next issue, but in the m eantime it m ay be stated that in the course o f a fortnight’s cricket he made 125 not out, 119 not out, 115 not out, 151 not out, 15, 205 not out, 91 and 144 in succession. During the season he obtained eleven hundreds. The following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket:— July 30.—W . B. Jackson, Officials v. Settlers (Nairobi) ... *101 „ 30.—H. Pickwoad, Officials v. Settlers (Nairobi) ... ... 117 Sept. 4.—E. L. Phillips, Interstate League v. Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia ............................ 141 „ 5.—W. Crossman, Merion Juniors v. Philadelphia Juniors ...................................................................109 ,, 9.—A. Jeacocke, White House v. Bromley Town ... 104 ,, 9.—W. S. Watts, White House v. Bromley Town ... *100 „ 12.—H. Carrick, Thespids v. Cross Arrows ................ 106 „ 15.—Hobbs, Sir E . D. Walker’s X I. v. J. Bucbnell’s XI. 175 „ 16.— C. T. Burgess, Shepherd’s Bush v. Boston Park ... *155 „ 16.—F. Twyford, Neasden v. War O ffic e .............................*102 ,, 16.—J. F. Hosken, Upper Tooting v. Epsom ... ... 105 „ 16.—C. B. Nicholls, W. J. Hampton’s XI. v. Chiswick Park 104 „ 16.—M. C. Bird, Silwood Park v. B.M .C. (Sandhurst) ... 102 ,, 16.—J. Abrey, Boyal Savoy v. City Seltnam ................*135 „ 18.—Mrs. Foster, Married Ladiesand Gentlemen v. Single (at Portsmouth) ................ ... ... ... r l01 „ 18.— Dr. F. W . P. Holton, Xonians v. H. D. Swans’s IX. 137 „ 19.—C. P. McGahey, Xonians v. Cross Arrows ................ 134 „ 19.—H. White, Cross Arrows v. X on ian s.............................*102 THE AMERICAN CRICKETER. F o u n d e d 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on behalf of The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia. An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 608, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. PRICE— IB/- per annum, post paid anywhere. Specimen copies mailed on request.