Cricket 1913

5 8 8 CR I CKET : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. September 6 , 1913. Cricket: A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 5 , WHITE STREET, MOOR LANE, E.C. S A T U R D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 6, 1913 . Letters for the Editor should be addressed to M r , J. N. P e n t e l o v v , Malvern, Steyning, Sussex. Advertisements, Subscriptions, &c., should be sent to : The Manager of C r ic k e t , 25, White Street, Moor Lane, E.C. The follow ing are the subscription rates: — United Kingdom. Abroad. One Year ... ... ... 6s. 3d. ... 7s. 6d. The 24 Summer Numbers 5s. od. ... 6s. od. The 6 Winter Numbers ... is. 3d. ... is. 6d. pavilion (Bossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the tim e.— S h a k e sp e a r e . This season’s first-class cricket ends up leanly, with only two matches at Scarborough and the big match at the Oval left after September 3. Surely we might have a few more games in that month ? B a th in g in the river Nene at C o g en h o e one Sun ­ day m orn in g recently G eo rg e T h om p son , the N ortham ptonshire cricketer, wh o is an expert sw imm er, saved the life o f a com p an ion . H e was not alone in the re s cu e ; but it was on e not w ithout difficulty and risk, even fo r a g o o d sw immer, and he deserves much credit. But G eo rg e Th om p son always was a reliable man ! In a match between A lton and B asingstoke the R e v . F . Farebrother, w h o has p layed for W ilt ­ shire, bow led a ball wh ich knocked one o f the bails into the air. It fell upon the other bail and lod g ed . T h e um p ire’s decision was “ not o u t .” M r. A rch iba ld W illiam Barrett, o f the Cottage, Hampstead, d istinctly scored when he chased a bu rg la r who had broken into his residence, and knocked him dow n with a cricket bat. P o ssib ly M r. Barrett is a century m a k e r; but he cannot often have used a bat to much m ore telling effect. Tha t much -paragraphed ind ividual, the W e y - b rid g e Centenarian, cctat 104, has again bow led the first ball o f a match on his b irthday. Let us hope it w ill fall on Sunday next year. T h is sort o f th in g is all very well on ce in a w a y ; but M r. John D u r- rant has rather ov erdon e it. Let him take a rest, and get fit for his hundred-and-sixth ! W h e n one read in large letters on the contents bill o f a weekly paper, “ H I T C H about the R o y a l W e d d in g ,” one wondered whether Su rrey ’s great fast bow ler— perhaps the w o rld ’s greatest fast bow ler on present form— had found a new outlet for his activities. It was quite a relief to find that the b ill referred to som eth ing else. A correspondent wh o on ce had the cu riosity to ask R an jitsinh ji whether he ever felt nervous on the cricket field, received this reply : “ A nx iou s often, nervous on ly on ce. W h e n was th a t? On the eve o f the match which was o r w asn ’t g o in g to get me b y ‘ blue ’ fo r C am b rid g e .” T h e late M r. M ichael M aybrick (“ Stephen Adam s ” ) was a keen cricketer and supporter o f the game fo r many years. H is adopted coun ty was Hampshire and his home the Isle o f W ig h t , and du ring his successive terms o f office as M ay or o f R yd e the famous com poser was enthusiastic in his support o f the local cricket club s and o f anyth ing that cou ld prom ote the welfare o f the gam e. H e was a fair player and a g o o d ju d g e o f cricket. Dennett’ s recent b ow lin g feat reminds a corre­ spondent that this great player was con sp icu ou s in a Gloucestershire v . M iddlesex match at L o r d ’s in M ay, 1905, wherein Pelham W a rn e r— w h o earlier in the same week had scored 204 fo r M .C .C . v. Sussex on the same g round— was dism issed for “ a p a ir.” H is record read, “ b . Dennett o c. Board b. H u g g in s o . ” Dennett took 6 for 70 in the second inn ings, B oard scored 119 not out, and G loucester­ shire won b y nine wickets. W h en K en t met Northants at Dover last week, three Ken t-born players— W o o lle y (C .), Seym ou r (John), and H a yw ood— two o f whom have brothers in the K en t eleven, were p la y in g for the visitors. M oreover, I believe, H a yw o od has a brother who is engaged at the T on b rid g e nursery. T h is is likely to be Leonard B raund’ s last season with Somerset, if the story be true that he goes to Cardiff as assistant manager o f a music-hall, de­ serting the greensward for the g reen room (really I d o n ’ t know much abou t these things, and perhaps I am w ron g in speak ing o f the g reen room o f a music-hall, or in im ag in ing that the assistant mana­ g er wou ld find his duties therein), as B adcock , o f Hants, the fast bow ler o f on e season, d id before him . Braund has done rare g o o d service for his adopted coun ty, and ju d g in g b y his form this year he is by no means at the end o f his tether. But— he d id n ’t always play as he played at W o r ­ cester, p rov ok in g a burst o f adm iration from Bosanquet— “ approbation from S ir H ubert Stan­ le y ,” so to speak. T h e y grum b le at Joe V in e ’s slow n ess; bu t upon m y word I never saw V in e so slow as was Braund at the b e g in n in g o f h is second