Cricket 1913

188 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 10, 1913. Obituary. Mr. Robert Henry B u llo ck Marsham, the second of three famous brothers (of whom only one, the Rev. C. D. B. Marsham, Rector of Harrietsham, Kent, for a quarter of a century, now survives), died on April 7. Born at Merton College, Oxford, on September 3, 1833, he was in his eightieth year ; but almost up to the last he discharged his duties as the magistrate at Bow ; Street Police Court, to which office he was appointed in 1899, ■ after having held similar appointments for Greenwich and Wool­ wich and Westminster since t 879. Never so famous in the cricket world as his two brothers, of whom the youngest was perhaps the best amateur bowler of his day, Mr. Marsham was a good steady batsman with a forward style, and a useful change bowler of the slow round-arm type. Privately educated in his earlier days, he was afterwards at Merton, and played for Oxford v. Cambridge in 1856, scoring 3* and 13. He thrice (1859, i860, and 1862) appeared for the Gentlemen v. the Players at Lord’s ; he represented Oxfordshire in most of its matches— not many in all— from 1853 to 1864 ; and in 1864 he played for Bucks also. His best scores in first-class cricket were : 59, Bucks v. Middle­ sex, at Newport Pagnell in 1864 ; 49* and 25* for Old Oxonians v. Oxford University in 1859 ; and 43* for Oxfordshire v. the University in 1864. In the bowling line quite his best feat was 12 for 67 (8 for 27 second innings) for M.C.C. v. Surrey Club at Lord’s in 1859. With the death from consumption of W illia m C h a t t e r t o n at Flowery Field, Hyde, on March 19, the last of the most famous trio of players Derbyshire ever had has passed away. George Davidson was the first to go, while yet in his prime as a player ; William Storer followed a year or so ago ; and now the eldest of the three (though there was little more than four years’ differ­ ence in age among them) has paid the last debt of nature. Steady, watchful, but by no means lacking in strokes, Chatterton was a very fine batsman indeed, and he did much to help in the revival of Derbyshire cricket, which brought the county again into the first class in 1894, after a six years’ spell in the lower ranks. In 1885, '86, ’88, '89, ’9 1, ’93 and ’94 he headed the Derbyshire batting averages, and his place in the county team was held from the middle of the 1882 season to the middle of that of 1902, full twenty years, during which he played 510 innings (48 not out) for the county with a total of 11,6 1 9 and an average of 2 5 1 5 . In the principal matches of the M.C.C. during the same period he made 2,445 runs in 101 innings (5 not out), average 25'46. A useful change bowler, at one time indeed looked upon as likely to develop into something better than a mere change, he took 199 wickets for Derbyshire at about 23 runs each, and 64 for M.C.C. at a trifle over 16 each. He had 24 for the.county in 1884, 31 in 1885 (when he was second in the bowling), and 26 in 1897, at a time when he had fallen into the place of a very occasional trundler. Altogether his batting record in matches of importance (not all first-class, since Derbyshire games from 1888 to 1893 are included) was : 14,064 runs in 558 completed innings (average 25-20) ; his bowling figures give 263 wickets for 5,339 runs (average 20-30). He only went on tour once, with Mr. W. W. Read’s Team to South Africa in 1891-2, when he batted in most consistent form, and was one of the mainstays of the side. Here is a list of his centuries in matches of import­ ance, though a few of those for M.C.C. are not included in his total, complete figures for the premier club’s matches against minor counties not being available:■— 113 Derbyshire v. Essex, at Leyton, 1886. 168 Derbyshire v. Essex, at Leyton, 1889. 106 Derbyshire v. Yorkshire, at Derby, 1891. 101* Derbyshire v. Yorkshire, at Derby, 1893. 127 Derbyshire v. Leicestershire, at Derby, 1895. h i Derbyshire v. Essex, at Leyton, 1896. 104 Derbyshire v. Lancashire, at Manchester, 1896. 120 Derbyshire v. Essex, at Leyton, 1897. 142 Derbyshire v. Hampshire, at Derby, 1898. 169 Derbyshire v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol, 1931. 165 M.C.C. v. Northants, Lord’s, 1886. 108 M.C.C. v. South Wales, Lord's, 1886. h i M.C.C. v. Wilts, Lord’s, 1887. 109* M.C.C. v. Lancashire, Lord’s, 1892. 113 M.C.C. v. Cambridge University, Cambridge, 1894. 105* English Team v. Country 22, at Cape Town, 1892. At Leyton in 1896 he made 111 and 85*, and probably only the closure of the innings prevented his recordingtwocenturies in the game. He was one of the three batsmen(Davidsonand Storer the others) who scored centuries in one innings v. Lanca­ shire at Manchester in 1896, and one of the four (Davidson, Storer, and L. G. Wright his comrades), who made four in an innings v. Hampshire at Derby in 1898. He was born at Flowery Field, Hyde, on December 27, 1863, and was thus only in his fiftieth year at the time of his death. In days when the Derby­ shire team was a difficult one to handle, William Chatterton was credited with an influence over his fellow-players which he was never slow to exercise in the cause of discipline, and no Derbyshire professional has had a longer or more honourable career than his. ---------- The death of T h o m a s J a y e s at Ratby on April 16 came with no shock of surprise. Every one knew that the poor fellow was doomed. Consumption had him also in its awful grip, and though all that could be done for him was done, all was in vain. Jayes left a good record as player and as man ; it is possible that if he had belonged to a stronger county he might have earned more fame as a bowler. He did not shirk an uphill fight, but un­ doubtedly he was worked too hard, as a fast bowler on a side short of bowlers is bound to be. With less work at the crease hemight, too, have developed his undoubted batting possibilities. But, setting might-have-beens aside, he did excellent work. First playing for Leicestershire in 1903, when he had 5 innings for a total of 5 runs and took 8 wickets for 192, he was, bar accidents or illness, a regular member of the team from 1905 to 1910, and he played his last match in 1911. In all first-class games (practically confined to Leicestershire’s fixtures, however, though he appeared for the Players in 1910, and was chosen for i England in 1909, but left out at the last moment), he took 109 wickets at under 21 each in 1909, 104 at just over 27 each in 1906, and 102 at a shade under 24 in 1905. In 1910 he had 83, in 1907 67, and in 1908 62. Altogether he took 535 at a cost of 12,846 runs, an average of 24-01, which scarcely does his ability justice. His best year with the bat was 1906, when he totalled 708 with an average of 19-04, and rattled up a level hundred v. Warwick­ shire. His batting figures in all first-class were: 210 innings, 20 times not out, 2,764 runs, average 14-54. Jayes was born at Ratby (where he was laid to rest on April 19), on April 17, 1877. A fine all-round cricketer and a good fellow, he had but a short life ; but it will be long ere Leicestershire supporters forget the fast bowler and hard hitter who always did his best for a luckless side. M r . F r ' ncis M atthew B uckland died, after an operation, at Bexhill on March 7. His career in first-class cricket was very brief; but in the course of it he did enough to prove himself one of the best all-round cricketers of the day. Born on August 27, 1854, he gained his colours at Eton before he was seventeen, and appeared for three seasons (1871-2-3) against Harrow and Winchester. In these six school matches he took as many as 62 wickets at a cost of under 8 runs each, bowling slow medium and keeping an excellent length. The season of 1874 found him in residence at University College, Oxford, and why he did not get his blue in that season is not easy to understand. He hit up 136 in the Freshmen’s match, took 7 for 45 for 16 Freshmen v. the Eleven, and made 51 and 49 against the Gentlemen of England ; possibly failure in the last game before the ’Varsity match— that v. M.C.C.— spoiled his chance. Playing for the XI. v. the XVI. in 1875, he took 10 wickets for 43 in one innings. Against Cambridge he scored 22 and o, and took 5 wickets for 72. Eight for 107 v. the Gentlemen, and 5 for 86 v. M.C.C. at Lord’s were his chief performances in 1876 ; against Cambridge he made 32 and o, and took 1 wicket for 105. It was not until 1877 that he was seen at his best. In his first match for Middle­ sex v. Surrey at Lord’s, he scored 5 and 36*, and took 7 wickets for 64. During the same week he hit up 104 (a 6, eight 4's, eleven 3’s included) for his University against his county, and took 10 wickets for 67— an all-round performance quite in the manner of W. G. and George Giffen. But in his last ’Varsity match he outdid this. Three Cambridge wickets fell to him for 23 in the first innings. The total was 134. The brothers Webbe and A. H. Heath were all out for 13 when he went in, and Walling- ton, Greene, and Savory had joined these three by the time the score reached 31. But H. G. Tylecote stayed and defended while Buckland hit, and 142 were added for the seventh wicket. The old Etonian’s splendid 117* included nineteen 4’s. In Cam­ bridge’s second he took 4 for 29, and wound up his Oxford career in a blaze of glory. A few matches for Middlesex in 1877 and 1878, and a single game for M.C.C. v. Somerset at Taunton in 1891 represented all his first-class cricket thereafter. Mr. E. H. 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