Cricket 1913

M ay 17, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 207 Obituary. Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. G e o r g e F r e d e r i c k E l l i o t t , who died on April 23, at I Farnham (where he was born on May 1 ,1850), was for a short time a useful member of the Surrey team, though it cannot be said that he was ever quite a first-class player. In 43 matches he j totalled 1,037 runs with an average of 13 82, and the 8 wickets he took cost 59 runs each. In 1874 he played in a couple of \ matches for Kent; his term in the Surrey elevens was from 1875 to 1878. Among his best scores were 51 v. Cambridge University j at Cambridge in his first match for the county, 46 v. Middlesex at Princes, 52* v. Yorkshire at the Oval, and 53 V. Notts at the Oval in 1875, when his first-class average was over 19. He never did quite so well again ; his best score in ’76 was 38 v. Cambridge j University, his average under 12 ; in ’77 he made 52 and 36 against the Cantabs at Fenner’s and 49 v. Kent at Maidstone, and averaged nearly 17 ; in ’78 he only played in four matches, and I his highest score, 28, was again v. Cambridge. G e o r g e F r o s t , an old Derbyshire player, died at Wirksworth in F e b ., aged 54. He played for the county between 1872 and 1880, though not quite regularly. Among his best performances were 32 v. Lancashire at Manchester and 37 v. Kent at Wirks­ worth in 1874, 36 v. Lancashire at Manchester in ’75, 52 and 47* v. Hants at Derby in ’76, and 46 v. Hants at Southampton in ’77. In '78 he had 14 innings for 70 runs, only once reaching double figures. Altogether he played in 40 matches for the i county, making 776 runs in 67 completed innings— average, H'58. Later he had engagements with Allsopp’s Brewery C.C. at Burton and with the South Derbyshire C.C. F o r e s t H i l l (Hon. Sec., Mr. G. C. Hast, 62, Sunderland Road, Forest Hill, S.K.) runs four XI.’s, and has a card of over 80 matches in all. Nearly half the first team’s fixtures are day matches. The Home Week is July 7-12. First XI.’s card : April 26—Catford (H.). , July May 3— Ibis (A.). ” ,, 10 Dulwich (A.). ,, 12—Merton (A.). „ 17— L.C. &W. Bank (H.). ,, 24—Cyphers (A.). „ 28—Kent C. & G. (H.). ,, 31—Private Banks (H.). June 7—Nat. Prov. Bk. (H.). Aug. ,, 13—Granville (Lee) (A.). „ 14—Croydon (A.). ,, 21— Ibis (H.). ,, 25—Guy’s Hospital (A.). ,, 28—Sutton (H.). July 5— Spencer (A.). ,, 7—Guy’s Hospital (H.). ,, 8—Granville (Lee), (H.). „ 9—M.C.C. (H.). j Sept. 10—Wanderers (H.). 11 -Upper Sydenham (H.). 12—White House (H.). 16—White House (A.). 19— Dulwich (H.). 26— Mr. E. J. Smith’s XI. (A.). 2—Cyphers (H.). 4— Merton (H ). 7— Crofton Park (A.). 9— Croydon (H.). 16— L.C. & W. Bank (A.) 23—Old Whitgiftians (H.). 30— Mr. E. A. Brymer’s XI. (11.). 6— Catford (A.). Another former Derbyshire cricketer in J o s e p h M a r s h a l l passed away on January 15, at Derby. His connection with the county team was a short and intermittent one, dating from 1887 to 1890, and in all he played only six matches for the county, scoring 73 runs in 9 innings, 31 v. Surrey at Derby in his first match being quite his best effort. He was a brilliant short slip, and won fame as an Association football player with Derby County. Born at Staveley, he was about fifty at the time of his death. The club holds open-air entertainments on Wednesday, May 28, Wednesday, July 9, and Monday, August 4. Except for games with St. Dunstan’s College. St. Dunstan’s Masters, Mr. E. J. Smith’s XI. (an evening match, June 16 and 17), O. M. T.’s II., Beddington II., and Brentwood Wanderers, the second XI.’s card is made up of the second strings of clubs opposed by the first. Among the sides played by the third team are Belmont, Ralli Bros., Old Amplefordians, and Streatham Hill II. The fourth team's ten matches are all against II. and IV. elevens of clubs met by one or another of the other three F.H. sides. B e l l e v u e (Hon. Sec., Mr. Alec McCabe, 64, Norbury Crescent, Norbury, S.W.), dispossessed of their ground, will try their luck as a wandering club. May it be good ! Fixture list:—- M r . O l i v e r R e d g a t e , who played in a few matches for Notts in 1891, 1892, and 1894, died at Nottingham on February 11. He was a well-known figure in club cricket in Nottingham, play­ ing for the old Notts Castle club, Nottingham Commercial, Notts Amateurs, and Forest Amateurs, one of his comrades in the last-mentioned team being A. M . Wood, the crack Philadel- phianjbatsman of later years. A good scorer in club cricket, Redgate never did anything remarkable in big games, though for Notts in 1892 he had the fair average of 16. In 1891 he played five innings in three first-class matches—Notts v. M.C.C., Sherwin’s Notts XI. v. Hall’s Yorkshire XI., and Sherwin’s Notts. XI. v. Gentlemen of England, at Scarborough, and totalled 5 runs ; but this was certainly not his tour form. May 10—Walton. ,, 12—Private Banks II. ,, 17—Roupell Park. „ 24—Egham & Thorpe. „ 31—Midd. Cty. Asylum. June 7— Alexandra Park. „ 14—Walton. ,, 21— (Vacant). ,, 28— Epsom II. July 5— Farrow’s Bank. July 12—Addiscombe. ,, 19— Sanderstead. „ 26— (Vacant). Aug. 2—Merton. „ 4— Malden Wanderers. ,, 23— Farrow’s Bank. „ 30—Chislehurst. Sept. 6— Phoenix Assurance. „ 13—Hook and South- boro’. No second XI. will be run ; and the middle dates of August are left blank, one assumes, on account of holidays. M i c h a e l P i e r c e died in Sydney on February 4, after a long illness. At one time Pierce was looked upon as a coming great bowler, and he was also a sound batsman and a good field ; but he did not persevere, and soon fell out of first-class cricket. He could break the ball either way whilst keeping a good length, and had whip from the pitch. In his first big match, for N.S.W. v. South Australia at Adelaide in December, 1892, he took 13 wickets for 265, and got George Giffen out in both innings. At Melbourne in the next match he_ took 6 for 100 and 1 for 63 ; against South Australia at Sydney he scored 32, and against Queensland at Brisbane he had 3 for 30 in the first innings ; but in 1893-4 he did nothing, and was not included in a represen­ tative N.S.W. team again. For a short time he was in Brisbane ; but his only match for Queensland was against the English team of 1894-5, and he did not distinguish himself on that occasion. J o h n P r e s t o n died at Birmingham on Feb. 16, aged 7 4. A well-known player in and around the hub of the Midlands he played in a few matches for Warwickshire in 1882 and ’83, just after the old county club had been strengthened by amalgama­ tion with the Birmingham and District C.A. But he was then quite a veteran, and after ’83 he was seen in the team no more. Up to last season he was a regular attendant at the Edgbaston Ground when a county match was on there. G r e a t W e s t e r n R a i l w a y (Hon. Sec., Mr. F. K. Honeyball, j Chief Goods Manager’s Office, Paddington Station) run three elevens, and have croquet and lawn tennis sections at their charming home at Castle Bar Park. The first XI.’s card is :— May 3—Hounslow (A.). : July 12— Broxbourne (A.). ,, 10—Sonraep (H.). ,, 19— (Wilkinson C.C. ,, 12—Westbourne Pk. W. Final). (H.). ,, 26— Ealing (H.). „ 13— Kilburn (H.). Aug. 2— Hanwell Asy. (A.). ,, 17— Slough (H.). ,, 4— (Vacant). „ 24—Clapham R. (H.). ,, 9—North London (H.). „ 31—Wargrave (A ). „ 16—Parsons Green (H.). ; June 7—West Drayton (H.). „ 23— Slough (A.). „ 14—Hounslow (H.). ( „ 30—Brookfield (A.). „ 21—Reading Bisc. Fac- Sept. 6—Clapham R. (A.). tory (H.). j ,, 13—Westbourne Pk. W. „ 28—West Drayton (A.). (H.). July 5—Reaiing Biscuit „ 20—Parsons Green (A.). Factory (A.). The second XI. number among their opponents North Pad­ dington, Fillebrook, Taplow, Birkbeck College, Old Exonians, and Brentham, as well as a number of second teams of the clubs listed above. The third XI. play Chevening, Mount Zion, Bedford Rovers, Stanley Rovers, Rivercourt, and other teams. R ICH AR D D AFT'S N O TTIN G H AM SH IRE M A RL.— Particulars, apply Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts.— (A dtt .)