Cricket 1912

J une 29, 1912. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 275 Cricket: A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. 33 and 35, MOOK LANE, LONDON, E.C. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1912. Communieations to the Editor should be addressed to him at 33 & 35 Moor Lane, E .C . Advertisements, Subscriptions, &e., should be sent to the Manager, at the same address. The following are the rates of subscription to C ricket :— Great Britain. Abroad. One Y ear ... ... ... 6s. 3d. ... 7s. 6d. The 24 Summer Numbers ... 5s. Od. ... 6s. Od. The 6 W inter Numbers ... Is. 3d. ... Is. 6d. NOTICE. M e s srs. W R IG H T & CO ., of 7 , T em p le Lan e, Tudor S tre e t, E .C ., are A d v e rtisem e n tC o n tra c to rsfo r CR ICKET , and w ill be glad to g ive th e ir b est atten tio n to a n y Firm s d esirin g to a d v ertise in th e paper. S c a le of C h a rg e s w ill be sen t on ap p licatio n . pavilion (Sossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. “ S t ir l in g w as ru n out through a lo vely retu rn by H obbs.” Q uotation from P . F . W arn er’s “ E n g lan d v. A u stra lia ,” the chapter d ealin g w ith the first m atch down under. L a te r we read th at C raw fo rd w as ru n out through another m agnificent com bined effort b y H obbs and Strudw ick ; in the pages dealing w ith the first V icto rian m atch th at H obbs threw down K ort- lan g’s w ic k e t; in the account o f the second T est th at H obbs threw out B ard sley from cover ; in that o f the retu rn w ith N ew South Wrales that H obbs threw out T rum p er ; and in that o f the last T est that H obbs ran out H ord ern from cover. T h e se w ere not the on ly instances during the t o u r ; in all, I believe, H obbs ran out som e 1 5 m en. B u t five m in utes’ searchin g has revealed these. W h at o f them ? O nly this : th at in the Su rrey m atch last w eek S y d G regory in the first and Je n n in g s in the second inn in gs w ere ru n out (the score in Cricket gave the latter not out, but th at is the sort of thing th at is bound to occur at tim es w hile com positors and proof­ read ers rem ain so very—-well, hum an, sh all be say ?), th at H obbs w as the fieldsm an in each case, an d th at D avid Sm ith w as in each case the u n lu ck y batsm an ’s partner. E n o u gh s a id ! N obody w ants to rub it into D avid. H e w ill learn by experi­ ence. B u t that second ru n out g ave Su rrey the m atch, beyond reason able doubt. A n esteem ed correspondent in the States w rites that he was being d riven recen tly by an Irish coachm an, and that the conversation turned upon cricket. T h e ja rv e y had once been a stable-boy at a big place in Leicestersh ire, and “ the squire ” there had organised a cricket club fo r the m en. K afferty fielded short slip, and on h is own testim on y w as a m arvel in that position. “ W an day, so rr,” said he, “ w e w ere p la yin ’ a great club from som e near-by town. W h y, sorr, they had two p layers from the National League * w id them ! A 'pitcher an ’ a catcher th ey w or, thim tw o bhoys, sorr. A n ’ the captain, he tould m e to w atch the p itcher, for he w as ju st the gr-r-r-and batsm an. W ell, sorr, I kep’ the eyes o f m e on him . A n ’ he drove a ball, sorr, an ’ I gave a great lep an ’ caught it. W an out, sorr ! A n ’ I seen the other batsm an had started to run, for h e’d n ever thought I ’d k etch it ; an ’ w id th at I thrun the ball —like th at, sorr— an ’ down w int his w ic k e t! T w o ruin out w id w an p lay, sorr— an ’ h ow ’s th at for h ig h ? I t ’s the thruth I ’m tellin ’ ye, sorr ! ” • The County Championship ?—Editor. O n e w ho know s H erbert T ay lo r, the you n g South A frican batsm an , w ell, w rites m e th u s concerning him : “ H e h as an old head on you n g shoulders, is alw ay s w illin g and quick to learn , and possesses a w on d erfu lly equable tem per. H is foot­ ball train in g w ill stand him in good stead. M atch after m atch he has gone on to the field, know ing that it w as his opponents’ intention to tackle him h eavily in the hope o f putting h im off his gam e, for as a ‘ fly h a lf’ he w as a big asset to his side. Y e t I n ever saw him ruffled, and how ever badly hurt he n ever retaliated .” T h is is testim ony w orth havin g, and w ill be o f interest to all those who have the pleasure o f m akin g H erbert T a y lo r’s acquaintance— probably to m any m ore. T om H a y w a r d ' s n inety-ninth century 1 Tom is not w o rry ­ ing, I am sure, an y m ore than he is about that single in test m atches w hich w ould give him 2,000 runs in those gam es; but p lenty o f T om ’s adm irers w ill be very an xious till he has put the hundredth cen tu ry on the books. T hree o f the 99 w ere m ade in A u stralia, one w as registered in South A frica, and 95 cam e on E n g lish turf, 57 of them at the O val. T he other 38 are shared am ong 19 grounds : six each to L o rd ’s and T ren t B rid g e, three each to B irm in gh am , H o ve, and L eicester, tw o each to B lackh eath , D erby, and H astin gs, one each to B ra d ­ ford, B risto l, C an terbu ry, Chesterfield, C ry sta l P alace, D u dley, Old T rafford, Scarborough, South am pton, T aun ton , and W orcester. E ig h t y - t h r e e o f the 99 w ere m ade for S u rrey , 73 in the Cham pionship, 10 in extraneous m atches. H ay w ard has registered nine v. Su ssex and v. W arw icksh ire, eight v. N otts, seven v. Leicestersh ire, six v. K en t, five v. D erbysh ire, v. G loucestershire, and v. Y ork sh ire, four v. L a n cash ire an d v. M iddlesex, three v. E sse x , v. Som erset, and v. W orcestershire, and one v. H an ts and v. N orth an ts, besides three v. London C ounty, tw o v. C am bridge U n iv ersity and v . O xford U n iversity, and one v. A u stralian s, v. Philadelp hian s, and v. South A frican s. T h e other tw elve in E n g lan d are thus accounted for : seven for P lay ers v. G en tlem en, two for E n glan d v . A u stralia, and one for South v. N orth , for South v . A u stralian s, and for M r. C. I. T horn ton ’s X I . v. South A frican s. T he three in A u stralia w ere v. N ew South W ales, v. So u th A u stralia, and v. T asm an ia. T he one rem ain in g w as v. South A frica at Joh an n esb u rg. H is 10 0 v. Leicestersh ire in 18 9 3 does not count, the M idland county not then ran kin g first-class. H e r e u n d e r are the d ates on w hich the first A u stralian batsm an to reach four figu res m ad e his thousandth ru n in each tour in w h ich a n y A u stralian registered su ch a total in eleven- a-side gam es. 19 12 . C. G . M acartn ey, on Ju n e 19 , at the O val. 1909. W . B ard sley , on J u ly 5, at B irm in g h am . 19 0 5. M . A . N oble, on Ju n e 27, at B irm in g h am . 19 0 2. Y . T . T rum p er, on Ju n e 26, at B rad ford . 1899 . M . A . N oble, on J u ly 1 1 , at B irm in g h am . 189 6 . J . D arlin g, on J u ly 14 , at Leicester. 18 9 3. H . G rah am , on J u ly 18 . at L o rd ’s. 189 0. W . L . M urdoch, on A u gu st 9, at Leyto n . 188 8 . P . S. M cD onn ell, on A u gu st 1 1 , at Clifton. 1886. S . P . Jo n e s, on A u gu st 6, at C lifton . 1884. W . L . M urdoch, on A u gu st 1 1 , at the O val. 188 2. W . L . M urdoch, on J u ly 14 , at D ew sbu ry. M u rdoch’s in 188 2 is the on ly other case in w hich the batsm an w as not preceded by an y E n g lish m an in reach in g four figures. J . F . O r c h a r d , the D evon ian batsm an, w ho for Sidm outh last season averaged 97 for 14 inn in gs, and in 19 10 m ade over 1,0 0 0 runs w ith an average of 10 5 for 2 1 inn in gs, is again p iling up the run s. T o Ju n e 20, I learn , his average, w as over 13 5 per inn in gs. T h o u g h the calls o f h is profession h ave kept him from p layin g reg u larly for D evon, th is accom plished batsm an has done good w ork for the cou n ty, h is best y e a r being 19 10 , w hen he totalled over 500 and averaged n early 40. W h a t e v e r befalls the N orth an ts team d u rin g the rem ain der o f the season— and one sees no p articu lar reason w h y the side should not continue to do w ell— th ey have had the satisfaction o f doing w hat th ey h ave n ever done before in figuring for a tim e at the head o f the C ham pionship table. 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