Cricket 1913

C R I C K E T : A Weekly Record o f the Game.— TULY 26 th, 1913 . “ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. No 4M t o t a . 3" ' " - S A T U R D A Y , J U L Y 26, 1913. A Chat about Lord Dalmeny. L o r d D a lm e n y ’s a ccessio n to o ffice n ot o n ly d id a w a y w ith th is a dm itte d d r a w b a c k o f a d iv id e d com m an d , b u t it a lso h a d th e g o o d e ffe c t o f p u ttin g fre sh h e a rt in to th e team an d b rin g in g out th e b e st th a t w a s in its in d iv id u a l B y P e r c y C ross S t a n d in g . A u th o r o f 11 R a n jitsin h ji, P rin c e of C ric k e t.” T h e fu tu re E a rl o f R o se b e ry is on e am o n g several p eers w h o h a v e e n jo y e d th e p riv ile g e o f le a d in g a cou n ty c ric k e t elev e n in th e field , th e o th e r m ost n ote­ w o rth y in stan ce s in p o in t h a v in g b e e n th e E a r l of D a rn le y ’s an d L o rd H a rris’s le a d e rsh ip o f K e n t and L o rd H a w k e ’s c le v e r ca p ta in cy o f Y o rk s h ire . L o rd D alm en y ’s e x p e rie n c e w a s in som e sen se unique, h o w ever, in asm u ch as h e has p la y e d c ric k e t fo r no few e r th an th re e co u n ties— B u ck in g h am sh ire , M id d lese x and S u rre y . B u t fo r th e first n am ed tw o , h is a p p e a r­ an ces w e r e m e re ly te n ta tiv e in c h a ra cte r, and th e few m atch es in w h ic h h e fig u red fo r B u ck s h ad , I b e lie ve , som e re la tio n to h is so jo u rn ;it h is alma mater , E ton C o llege. B o rn on Jan u ary 8, 1882 , A lb e rt E d w a r d H a rry M eyer A rc h ib a ld P rim ro se, L o rd D alm en y, is little m ore th an th irty y e a rs o f a g e n ow , so th a t th e re m ust h ave been a d e a l o f c ric k e t still le ft in h im if o th e r in terests h ad n o t a b so rb e d h is tim e. A t E to n h is v igorou s b a ttin g m e th o d s a ttra c te d atten tio n from th e a u th o rities ; but o w in g to th e circum sta n ce th a t h e p assed th e n c e to a com m ission in th e G re n a d ie r G u a rd s, h e d id not a ctiv e ly fo llo w up th e g am e at e ith e r U n iversity. A t the start o f th e summ er o f 1905 , h e fou n d it p ra ctica b le to d ev o te a g re a t d e a l o f tim e to c ric k e t in th e co u n ty of h is a d o p tio n— S u rrey . H e h ad in th e m ean tim e im ­ p ro ved ou t o f a ll k n o w le d g e as a p u n ish in g batsm an. It w a s in th e s e h a p p y circum sta n ces th a t th e S u rrey C om m ittee in vited L o rd D a lm en y to ta k e re gu lar ch a rge of th e ir co u n ty e lev e n , an d h e fo u n d h im self a b le to a cc ep t a n d to d o am p le ju stic e to th e trust. S u rre y h a d n o t th en h e ld th e C h am p io n sh ip of Cricket since 1899 , a n d h a d for some time p ast been suffering severely from th e la ck o f a regular cap ta in— th e e le v e n h a v in g b een le d in to th e field b y as m an y as seven o r e ig h t d iffe re n t com m an d ers in a sin gle season. m em b ers. T h e y e a r o f 1905 w a s a m em o ra b le c r ic k e t seaso n . O n e o f th e m ost fo rm id a b le A u stralian com - Photo by LORD DALMENY. E. Hawkins A Co., Brighton