Cricket 1911

574 EUGBY FOOTBALL AND CEICKET. November 11, 1911. The Mbrar\}, {All Publications intended for revieio in “ Cricket' must be addressed o the Editor.) THE BARBADOS ANNUAL.* The fact that the Barbados Annual has reached its seventeenth issue is proof that the publication is one of use and interest. The last addition is more valuable than usual inasmuch as it contains a record of the M .C.C.’s team in the West Indies early in the present year. Intercolonial cricket is dealt with, and there is as usual much information concerning the local clubs. Mr. Wynfred Gibbons, who started the publication in 1894-5, is still responsible for the production. *The Barbados Annual , 1910-11, — Edited and compiled by J. Wynfred Gibbons. Barbados : Globe Office, Victoria Street. Price, Is. The An t iquary . T h e S e v e n t h E a r l o f B a e r y m o e e a n d C r i c k e t .— In his work “ The Last Earls of Barrymore,” Mr. J. R. Robinson gives the following account of cricket matches promoted by the 7th Earl :— “ Cricket formed one of the principal morning amusements of the Earl and his friends while at Brighton this year (1791). So soon as his lordship had improved himself and his friends by practice, he made a match with a Mr. Bean to produce an eleven against one he might select, and play them for 100 guineas. This was accepted. The Earl of Barrymore supplemented his private friends, players, by members of the Brighton Cricket Club, while Mr. Bean secured four professional players, supplemented by amateurs. The match took place on September 11th, 1791, and attracted a large number of spectators. The elevens appeared at first evenly matched, but in the end his lordship’s team won by a good many runs.”— (Pp. 179-180.) “ On May 28th, 1792, a cricket match was played at Lord’s for 1,000 guineas. This was arranged by the Earl of Barrymore on account of the Prince of Wales’s Club, Brighton, and Harvey Aston, Esq., on behalf of the Marylebone Club. A match of this character naturally attracted a large number of spectators. After some good play by both elevens, the Earl of Barrymore’s team won.”— (Pp. 203-4.) “ The Earl of Barrymore still maintained his liking for cricket, and played in a match at Wargrave, October 11th, 1792, for 100 guineas, viz., the Gentlemen of Wargrave and Twyford, with his lordship, against the Gentlemen of Wokingham. Wickets were pitched at 1 1 o’clock, but particulars are wanting of the result, which, it is safe to assume, was in favour of the Earl’s eleven.” “ At this period his lordship was a most enthusiastic cricketer. A t one time he played for hours in a drizzling rain, and then only gave up because he and his fellow-players were too wet to run ! ” — (P. 215.) Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, was born August 14th, 1769, and succeeded to the title at four years of age. He was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun on March 6 th, 1793, at Folkestone, whilst in command of a detachment escorting French prisoners-of-war from Rye to Dover. A . C. D e n h a m . H u d d e r s f ie l d . [The Earl was educated at Eton, and was over 6 ft. in height, slenderly built and agile. Although he died at the early age of 23, he lived long enough to squander about £300,000. His “ eccentricities ” were numerous. In 1792 he eloped to Gretna Green with a daughter of a sedan- chairman—a niece of Sir John Lade. On another occasion, when hoping to act as host to the Prince of Wales, his bill for luncheon worked out at about 350 guineas a head. The Prince did not attend.— E d i t o r , Cricket .] Cricket in South Africa. DURBAN DOINGS. Sat., Oct. lith, 1911. The cricket season opened this afternoon in fine weather, with a sunny sky and a cooling breeze. At Lord’s two matches were decided, but I chose the more picturesque ground of the Albert Park Oval as the best place to spend the afternoon, where the new club of the Senior League, the Escombes, were booked to meet that body of veterans known as the Wanderers. I was fondly anticipating a chat with the Sussex professional, G. R , Cox, who arrived in Durban last Sunday, and who, owing to the departure of Vogler, the South African cricketer, to the West Rand, will be attached to the Escombes for the season. Nor was X disappointed, for I had the pleasure of his congenial company all the afternoon ; and what with watching some really interesting cricket, and chatting on the game in general with the Sussex cricketer, I spent a really enjoyable time. Cox was thus a spectator of his club’s debut in Senior League cricket, and a very promising show the youngsters made, time alone practically saving the more experienced Wanderers from defeat. As it was, all three matches which had to be decided yesterday, owing to the fact that all cricket in Natal was cancelled last week subsequent to the death of the Natal veteran cricketer “ Don ” Davey last Saturday, resulted in drawn games. “ Dave ” Nourse and J. Cox, the fast bowler, both bowled exceedingly well for Greyville, a fine last-wicket stand by P. C. Lilburn and A. Grice alone saving the Queen’s Park from defeat. In the match between the Zingari and Casuals, the former compiled a really good score before declaring, 109 being registered for the first wicket, but the Casuals made a most determined and successful stand, and thus saved the game. Cox, who will turn out regularly for his club from next Saturday, when the Escombes will meet last year’s League Champions, Queen’s Park, at Lord’s, was greatly impressed by the creditable show put up by the youngsters, and they certainly are a most enthusiastic and promising combination. They all seemed anxious to excel, knowing who was watching them ; and when the elder brother, Karl Siedle, joined his younger brother Basil at the wickets, the former was proudly pointed out to the Sussex man as “ our hitter.” He certainly kept up his reputation, for in the next few minutes the score rose rapidly from 40 to 64, Karl’s boundary hits, which included one six, evoking great enthusiasm. Basil, who had previously knocked up two or three 4’s by nice clean hits along the turf, seemed anxious to follow his elder brother’s example, and commenced hitting at anything and everything, but he eventually settled down, and his innings of 49 not out was the feature of the afternoon’s play. Karl was unluckily caught from a fast rising ball which he failed to get hold of properly or the result of the game might have been far different. In conclusion, I can safely say that Cox seems amply satisfied with his present surroundings. He had a splendid voyage out, so he told me, on the Walmer Castle, and was immensly pleased with his reception. A representative crowd of cricketers and their friends met him on his arrival on Sunday, and he has already been shown all the sights of the town. He is at present domiciled at Butterworth’s Hotel, which is situated exactly facing Lord’s ground, where he has already had one busy week at the nets. So far he has 16 pupils, and it should not be long before the Durban Cricket Union receive at least another eight names, and so bring the total to 24, which was Alee Heame’s number last season. Cox especially remarked on the beautiful surroundings of the Albert Park Oval, and it is certainly, at present, a long way ahead of Lord’s in that respect. A belt of trees and shrubs displaying every possible shade of green is without doubt far more pleasing to the eye than white painted railings, and galvanised iron sheds ; and the Oval is quite a sylvan retreat on a hot summer’s day in comparison with the bare surroundings of the more aristocratic sounding Lord’s. The following are the details of the three matches :— Z ingari v . C asuals . — Zingari, 152 for 4 (declared)—H. E.Rachmann 51, V. C. Robbins 48 ; Casuals, 97 for 2—J. E. Beningfield 41 not out, W . A. Johnstone 28. For Casuals H. A. Rayner took 3 wickets for 41. Q ueen ’ s P ark v . G reyv ille . —Queen’s Park, 97—H. W. Taylor 19; Greyville, 40 for 4. For Greyville Nourse took 6 wickets for 20, J. Cox 3 for 31. Nourse did not bat. W anderers v. E scombes . —Wanderers, 136 for 5 (declared)—W . K. Thomson 49, B. C. Cooley 26, F. N. Miller 23 ; Escombes 105 for 7—Y. B. Siedle 49 not out. For Wanderers E . W. Brickhill took 3 wickets for 18. F. S. R i c h a r d d a f t ’ s N o t t i n g h a m s h i r e m a r l . —Particulars apply Radclifle-on-Trent, Notts.—(A dvt .)