Cricket 1912

A p r i l 27, 1912. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. to bo deprecated. College 178 (V. Clarkson 61, W . Stock- dale 36, (J. Shaw 23 not out) and 69 (G. Shaw 27) ; Standard, 207 for 8, declared (0. Payne 59, E. Arbuthnot 43, H. F. Dowling 42) and 67 for 2 (C. Payne 40, J. Dales 28 not out). E. Lamond had 6 wickets for 60 in Standard’s first. Our men sailed in the “ Balmoral Castle ” on Thursday, and will be in England by the time you receivo this. With them went from Durban two old Natalians, Tom Campbell and Roland Beaumont. It may not be generally known that no fewer than nine of the seventeen Afrikanders are really Natalians, and of these only Nourse was born outside tbe limits of the province. Besides Cox, Taylor, Carter and Llewellyn, Campbell and Beaumont, Gordon White and Sid Pegler (whose father used to play the game in Natal) are ours by right of origin. Gerald Hartigan joined the boat at East London yesterday, and the rest will board her at Cape Town. Good luck to them ! Critics may carp, but they are a good team, and South Africa has conlidence in them There was quite a crowd of enthusiastic sportsmen at the Point to wish the travellers from Durban bon voyage. The boat also carried the Natal aspirants to Olympic honours at Stockholm, on their way to the test sports at Cape Town. F. S. © M t i t a r n . Mu. YVlIXIAM M ii . nk D on 'AM) (lied at New Brighton, Staten Island, If.S.A., on March 8th. He was born at lluntly, Scotland, on January 18th, 1842, and was in his younger days a line all-round sportsman, cricketer, athlete, oarsman, and lawn-tennis player. He was for 25 years one of the Governors of the New York Stock Exchange, and at the time of his death was, as he had been for several years, President of the Staten Island C.C. F. F.K. T h e R e v . R. B. D u n d a s , of the Harrow elevens of 1838 and 1839, died at Leamington on February 6th, aged 90. Mi;. G erald F it z G ib b o n , who died at Brooklyn on March 16th, was born in London in 1852. He played cricket for Leatherhead and other clubs in the 80’s ; in ’87 he left England for the States, where he played for the Manhattan and Brooklyn clubs. He was a steady batsman and useful wicket-keeper. A t the time of his death he was a member of the Bensonliurst club and the New York Veterans’ C.A. F . F . K. T h e R e v e r e n d ( ' iia iu . e s C. E l l is o n died at the Manse, Bracebridge, Lincoln, on March llth , aged 77. He was a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and there played in the ( 'ollege eleven, afterwards representing the Gentlemen of Lincolnshire for several seasons. In 1865 he made 55 against the Gentlemen of Yorkshire at York. A. C. 1). Mil. I s a a c H e m in g w a y W il l ia m s o n died at Dewsbury on February 28th, aged 59. For nearly twenty seasons lie was (be wicket-keeper of the Dewsbury and Savile Club, and was also a successful batsman of the “ slow and sure ” type. A. C. D. Mr. C h a r l e s H e n r y A r c h ib a l d L o c k died at Norwich on August 23rd, 1911. He was well-known in club cricket in Norfolk, and represented the county on one or two occasions. A. C. D. T h e o ld e st o f A u stra lia ’s cricketers passed a w a y at R a lw y n , V icto ria , on F ebru ary 19th. T his w as Mr. James Chalmehs B ro d ie , w h o p la y ed fo r V ictoria v. T asm ania in the first o f all the lon g roll o f in tercolon ial m atch es in A ustralia. H e represen ted his C olon y v. N .S .W ., to o . and in his th ree m atch es fo r V icto ria tota lled 43 runs in 6 innings. H e also figured in tw o or three m atch es again st th e F irst E nglish T eam . It is o f n o slig h t interest to k n ow th a t it was be w h o read th e p roclam ation b y w h ich V icto ria was declared a separate c o lo n y in 1850. P reviou sly, w h at is Uow V icto ria h a d been part o f N ow S ou th W ales, as Queens­ land was till 1859. Mr. Brodie’s ago is variously given, but 91 is correct. He was a Scotsman by birth. It is worthy of note that he was the compiler of one of the earliest Australian cricket annuals, the “ Victorian Cricketers’ Guide for 1860-1.” Mr. George Moore, Macartney’s grandfather, is now the oldest living Australian cricketer, having just turned 91. M r . C. A w d r y , .T.P. (Wilts), who was born on February 12th, 1847, died at East Lavington Manor on March 28th. Ho was in the Winchester elevens of 1863, 1864, and 1865, and afterwards at New College, Oxford, where lie took up rowing in preference to cricket. For many years a partner in Messrs. VV. If. Smith and Son, he retired in 1911. He was High Sheriff of Wilts, in 1891-2, and was one of the founders of the county club there ; indeed, it was to bis generosity and that of Mr. G. H. Palmer, that the county ground at Trowbridge owed its existence. .1. D. 15. Mr. J o h n R e g in a i . d Y o r k e , who sat jus M.P. for Tewkesbury and for East Gloucestershire at different times, and was High Sheriff for Gloucester in 1892, died at Bletcliingley, Surrey, on March 27th. He was born at Forthainpton Court, Tewkesbury, on January 25th, 1836, was in the Eton elevens of 1852 and 1853 (top scorer in the second innings v. Winchester with 41 in the latter year), and afterwards at Balliol, Oxford. J. D. B. S ir A l f r e d E r a s m u s D r y d e n , who was born October l ltli, 1821, died at his residence Canons Ashby, Bylield, Northants, on April 2nd, aged 90. Ho was educated at, Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, and played in the Winchester Eleven in 1839 and 1840. In the matches against Eton and Harrow at Lord’s he totalled only 40 runs in eight innings. A t Oxford he gained his blue as a freshman, and played in three matches against Cambridge;—• in 1841,1842 and 1843. In six innings lie made 56 runs, his highest score being 28 in his tirst match. On all three occasions he was on the losing side. In 1847 he became a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple. He succeeded his brother as the 5th and 8th Baronet (there were two creations) in 1899. He was a direct descendant, though on the distaff side, of John Dryden, the immortal poet and dramatist, who was himself a grandson of the first Baronet of the original creation in 1619. A. C. D. Landmarks of Cricket in North America. (Continued from payc 52.) It is the intention of the compiler of these rough jottings to give, wherever possible, the birth-dates of leading Canadian and U.S. players. He will be glad of any to supplement his record, which is especially defective as far as Canada is concerned. The dates of birth of the players born before 1854 are given hereunder:— 1819.—W. P. Pickering (Canada), October 25. 1820.— J. 0 . Heward (Canada), November 19. 1833. — llev. T. D. Phillipps (Canada and Chicago), April 16. 1836.—T. C. Patteson (Canada), October 5. 1839.—Col. N. W. Wallace (Canada), April 20. 1845.—F .#Bamford (Detroit), August 29. 1847.—C. A. Newhall (Phila.) March 3 E. Hemsted (Canada), October 18. 1849.— D. S. Newhall (Phila.), April 7. 1851.—John Hargrave (Phila.), November 2 (died December 2, 1879). 1852.—F. E. Brewster (Phila.), March 17; K. S. Newhall (Phila.), September 16 (died December 9, 1910). 1853.—J. M. Fox (Phila.), February 4 ; S. Law (Phila.), June 19. 1854.—The Philadelphia Club, still in existence and flourishing greatly, was formed. A Philadelphian side, composed of members of this club and of the Washington (a Philadelphia team of English mechanics) played New York ; William M. Bradshaw, one of the early mentors of cricket in the Quaker City, scored 57 not out. Only two American-born players were included W. li. Wister and Hartmm Kuhn.