Cricket 1911

O ctober 21, 1911. RUGBY FOOTBALL AND CRICKET. 563 RadclifTe, E. J. (Y.) ............... *2 Radcliffe, A. (Wk. 2) ............... 25-1 Rees, F. (M.) .......................... 5-3 Reynolds, F. H. (K. 2 ) .............. 45-0 Roberts, E. (C r.) ......................... 11-9 Roberts (W.) (K. 2) ............... 0^0 Robey, G. (M.C.C.) ............... 5 Rogers, R. (Co.) ............... 1-0 Rigby, Rev. P. (Ch.) ............... 9-3 Salaman, G. H. (Li.) ............... *17-1 Scott-Owen, A. (Dh.) ............... 6 Selmes, G. (Sx. 2) .............. 0 Sharpe, Rev. W. C. G. (St.) ... 3-1 Shaw, R. C. (Sx. 2) ............... Skinner (Wo. 2 ) ............. 11 14-10 Smart (IF.) ............... 11-0 Stead (Y. 2) .......................... 30-28 Stevens, J. E. (IF.) ............... 11-1 Street (Sx. 2) .......................... 67-8 Swann-Mason, Rev. R. (M.C.C.) 17-16 Sweet-Escott, E. R. (0.) 43 Tate (De.) ...................................... *33-7 Thomas, Gwyn (G.) ............... 0 Thomas, H. (G .) ............. 62 Trasenster, W. A. (Li.) ............... 8-4 Travers, G. F. (Ch.) ............... 16-5 Trubshaw, E. R. (C r.) ............... 49-0 Tufnell, C. W. (Sy. 2 ) ............... 6-3 Turnbull, B. (G.) ............... 12 Turner, M. (L i.) .......................... 6-0 Turner (R. E.) ( Wo. 2 ) .............. 29-5 Twigg, W. H. (St.) ............... 14-4 Tyldesley (E.) (La. 2 ) ............... 7-0 Vasey, G. H. (H.) ............... 1-0 Walby (Do.) .......................... 1-0 Watkins, E. W. (il/.) .............. 1-0 Weigall, G. J. V. (K. 2) ... 13-0 Whatman, A. D. (S f.) ............... 77-4 Whitaker, A. E. ( Wo. 2) ... 73-53 White (M .C .C .) .......................... 12-4 Wigan, D. G. (Sy. 2) ............... 70 Wilkinson, G. (No.) ... 5-2 Wilson, Capt. F. T. D. (S f) ... 74 Wilson, Dr. G. P. (Li.) .............. 49-36 Wilson (B. B .)(Y .) .............. 9 Winch, S. H. (Sf.) ............... 6-1 Wingham (N o .) .......................... 22-2 Wood, W. H. (St.) ............... 11 Wright, H. (M .) .......................... 0 Yockney, W. A. ( W .) ............... 7-0 Cave (Br.), Howell, P. (Cr.), Osborne, A. (£.) and Rees, C. (Cr.) each played in one match, but had no innings. The Team for Au s tra lia . SOME COLONIAL OPINIONS. V ictor T r u m per , asked his views as to the strength of the English team now on its way to Australia, said:— “ I think the M.C.C. are to be congratulated upon the result of their effort. In my view the men will weld into a very solid combination. The club met with a few disappointments, so far as invitations were concerned. The name of Fry alone would have been a great draw. There are two men in the running, in my opinion, for the title of best batsman in England. They are Spooner and Hobbs. Well, we will see one of them with the team. We are fortunate in that. Then there are a number of batsmen in the team who, if not brilliant, take a deal of getting out. They rarely or never take risks, and if they repeat their recent English form are sure to make scores. The bowling is of great variety, and the fielding should be first-class. Altogether, I think the team is rather a formidable one.” M. A. N oble remarked:— “ The summer has been a very hot one over there, and therefore the conditions would more nearly approach those of Australia than during a normal summer. It may turn out, although speculation in regard to cricket is a hazardous business, that the fine form shown there will be repeated here, on that account. The team contains many new men who have a lot of cricket ahead of them, and, in view of the English criticisms, it may be assumed that they are men of great promise. There appears to be a good time ahead for lovers of cricket in Australia." C lem . H il l said “ It is a strong batting side—a side of steady batsmen. The selectors’ aim seems to have been to get hold of the steady class. Of course, Hobbs stands out. He is really brilliant with the bat. The attack is composed of an even lot of good length bowlers, but Warner will be sure to feel the need of a fast man, which they do not seem to possess in England, if Brearley be excepted; but then Brearley is getting on in years.” J. N. C rawford :— “ From my knowledge of the players while I was in England, and from what I have seen in the press since, I should say that they will give Australia all they want. Much will depend on the success or otherwise of Hordern, the New South Wales googlie bowler. Without wishing in any way to disparage the efforts of the other Australian bowlers, I am strongly of opinion that if Hordern does not ‘ come off ’ England’s chances are very con­ siderable.” Books Received. The Record of an Adventurous Life .—By H. M. Hyndman. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., St. Martin’s Street. Price, 15s. net. [The reminiscences of one who was a cricketer, and who played in his time for Sussex, Cambridge University and the M.C.C. A review will appear in due course.] Mr. A. J. Spelling of Kynance, Park Avenue, has taken over the duties of Hon. Sec. to the Ilford Cricket Club, a position he previously filled for about six years. Ths 24th annual presentation of cups, &fi., in connection with the Victoria Park Cricket Association was held at the Hackney Baths on the 12thlinst, pavilion (Sossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the times. — Hamlet. GOOD cricket story is told by his honour Judge Parry, who, prior to his removal to Lambeth, was a member of the Lanca­ shire County C.C. Committee, in his book “ Judgments in Vacation,” which has just been published. He says :—“ I remember taking an eminent antiquarian to Old Trafford on the occasion of a county cricket match. It was in the historic days of A. N. Hornby, and Lancashire were in the field. My friend — who by the bye had written dramatic criticism in his early days —knew little or nothing about cricket but was not wanting in thatkind ofcourage that goes to the making of a great critic. "Viewing the game solemnly for about a quarter of an hour, he at length delivered judgment. ‘ If I were Hornby,’ he said, ‘ I should never have chosen those two fellows in the long white coats for a Lancashire team; they haven’t tried to stop a ball for the last ten minutes.’ ” M r . R o b e r t E d w in B u s h , who completed his 56th year on the 11th inst., is to be the next Sheriff of Bristol. He was still at Clifton when, in 1874, he was given a place in the Gloucestershire team. In June, 1875, in a match at the College between South Town and Brown’s he scored 80 and 228 not out and took five wickets. The second innings of his side was of so remarkable a nature that we reproduce the South Town score:— S outh T ow n . First innings. R. E. Bush, c Cooper, b H. Evershed S. D. Piers, ht wkt, b Spence.............. F. Leir, b Spence...................................... C. Haynes, b Spence ........................... J. P. Bush, b H. Evershed .............. F. Bryant, b Spence ........................... J. E. Bush, b Spence .......................... J. Evans, b Spence A. G. Hobart, b H. E verslied.............. J. F. Evans, b S p e n c e ........................... K. O. Young, not o u t ........................... Byes, &c. ............... Second innings. 80 not out ......................... 0 b Spence .............. 0 b Spence ......................... 11 b H. Evershed 0 b H. Evershed ............. 8 b Spence ......................... 12 b H. Evershed 5 b Spence .. ............. 0 c and b Spence ............. 0 lbw, b Spence ............. 0 b Spence ......................... 21 Byes, &c........................ 228 1 2 0 0 107 6 1 0 0 0 34 Total 137 Total Brown’s were dismissed for 95 and 59 and beaten by 362 runs. In his second innings Mr. Bush went in first and carried out his bat. Of the 345 runs made by his side from the bat lie and Mr. Bryant made all but 10 ! They put on 252 together for the fifth wicket. C o n g r a tu l a t io n s are due to Mr. H . E . Kingston, the youngest of the well-known brotherhood, upon his recent marriage to Miss Frances Atterbury, two of whose brothers are well known in the jvorld of football. Mr. Kingston, like the majority of his brothers, was a good cricketer and has played in his time for Northamptonshire. He is a solicitor by profession. A r r a n g e m e n ts have been completed whereby both the Australians and the South Africans will play a week’s cricket next season under the auspices of the Scottish Cricket Union. Instead of two games being given to Glasgow and two to Edinburgh, the matches will take place at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee. A t a meeting of the Australian Cricket Board of Control, held in the latter part of last week, Mr. Hill was appointed captain and Messrs. McAlister, Hill and F. A. Iredale the selectors of the Australian eleven to meet England in the five Test matches during the coming season. From the selection of Hill to the captaincy, and his acceptance of the position, we are glad to believe that he will make another visit to this country next year. I t is with pleasure we are able to state, on the authority of the player himself, that Ernest Bobson’s reported retirement