Cricket 1914

302 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. J u ly 4, 1914. The Game and How to Play it. B y A . C. M ac L a r e n . (T h e photographs on the preceding pages, taken b y Messrs. Cherry Kearton, illustrate further leg-play b y Hobbs, and are given b y special permission of the Motograph Company.) Here we see Hobbs playing a ball just short of a length round to leg. It will be noticed th at the feet are kept within the crease. The body swings round with the stroke. In photo 6 the ball is being actually played in the direction of square leg. It has been an awkward ball to tackle, for the length has been too good for the batsman to score from it. Boys should remember th at correct leg strokes cannot be made b y a batsman who draws away. W ith balls outside the leg stump and short of a length, one must move the right foot back in front of the off stump to get into a proper scoring position. Ninety-nine out of 100 boys draw aw ay to this type of ball, and in consequence circumscribe quite unnecessarily their run-getting chances. --------+■-------- The Century List. T h u r s d a y , J u n e 18. Rev. A. S. Wetherall, 101*, Cleveland Clergy v. Bramcote. S a t u r d a y , J u n e 20. W. J. L. Brewer, 102, Finchley (East) v. Ardingly College Masters. M o n d a y , J u n e 22. F. C. G. Naumann, 101, Oxford Univ. Authentics v. Sussex Martlets. Capt. H. S. Poyntz, 174, M.C.C. v. Wellingborough School. B. L. Bisgood, 100*, Thespids v. Woodford Wells. Lieut. Chaplin, 133 (ret.), St. Germans v. H.M.S. Impregnable. Capt. Wethered, 134, Army Ordnance Dept. v. Army Service Corps. V. M. Fortune, 100*, 1st Black Watch v. 2nd Highland L.I. T u e s d a y , J u n e 23. R. G. Morrison, 118, Mr. F. Dames-Longworth’s X II v. Charterhouse School. F. H. Carroll, 154, Devon Dumplings v. Blue Mantles. A. P. F. Chapman, 200 (ret.), Oakham School (under 14) v. Stoneygate. W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 24. Carpenter, 106, Essex C. & G. v. Arlington and Levtonstone. F. R. Holmes, 119, Essex C. & G. v. Arlington and Leytonstone. C. P. Hurditch, 104*, Lansdown v. Miles (Hove). B. J. T. Bosanquet, 114*, Uxbridge v. Free Foresters. T. C. Kennedy, 172, Edinburgh Academy v. Grange. T h u r s d a y , J u n e 25. Capt. W. M. Darvill, 109, Kensington (N. & S.) v. Luton. F. S. Gillespie, 150, Surrey C. & G. v. Three Banks. Capt. G. Edwards, 117*, Household Brigade v. Old Wykehamists. C. W. Morrison, 107, North Middlesex v. Greville. V. Warboys, 134*, North Middlesex v. Greville. C. Gunasekara, 156*, Mr. F. E. Rowe’s X I v. Sussex Martlets. S. L. Bibby, 109, Malvern College v. M.C.C. H. Naylor, 113*, Steyning G.S. v. Steyning Town. R. E. Batson, 181, Edinburgh University v. Durham University. F r i d a y , J u n e 26. D. G. Smith, 101, Highgate v. M.C.C. Humphries, 135, M.C.C. v. Highgate. Dr. G. Laurence, 132, Old Hall Masters v. Wolverhampton. P. F. Warner, 100*, Free Foresters v. Rugby School. H. L. H. Du Boulay, 114, Cheltenham College v. Old Chcltonians. S a t u r d a y , J u n e 27. H. L. H. Du Boulay, 117, Cheltenham College v. Old Cheltonians. B. J. T. Bosanquet, 104, Uxbridge v. M.C.C. R. J. Sivers, 108, Hampton Wick v. Merton. N. F. Furze, 105*, Westminster School v. Mr. L. A. M. Fevez’s XI. D. Oake, 101, Old Olavians v. Bromley Town. L. M. Powell, 106*, Bickley Park v. Granville (Lee). T. P. Rothwell, 103, Croydon v. Horley. H. Clegg, 106*, Rest of Isthmian League v. Oxford City. — Cope, 103, Wimbledon v. Upper Tooting. — Randall, 107*, Finchley (East) v. Cockfosters. A. Beney, 133, Hastings Gas Works v. Bexhill Gas Works. J. H. Strachan, 102*, Charterhouse School v. Old Carthusians. A. M. Horsfall, 135, Marlborough Blues v. Marlborough College. — Millbourne, 100*, Edmonton v. Eastern Nomads. J. W. Ticehurst, 121*, South Saxons v. University School, Hastings. T. G. Grinter, 117, South Woodford v. Chigwell. F. F. Boles, 108, Spencer v. White House. R. F. Higgs, 104, L. &W. Bank v. Catford. W. P. .Day, 106, Buckhurst Hill v. Derrick Wanderers. A. E. Wilson, 120, .L. & N.W.R. v. West Shene. Lieut. O. B. Graham, 158*, Colchester Garrison v. Colchester and East W. G. O. Gill, 117, Dulwich v. Sutton. G. U. B. Roose, 127*, Kenley v. Beckenham. — Skinner, 104, Malden Wanderers v. Walton-on-Thames. — Mills, 100, Charlton Park A v. Lessness Park A. — Nash, 117, Gresham v. Minerva. — Smith, 101, Elland v. King Cross. — Hayley, 122, Wakefield, v. Brighouse. A. F. Maynard, 119, Durham City v. Chester-le-Street. — Wilkinson, 116, Kirkheaton v. Dalton. R. Sykes, 112, Kirkburton v. Huddersfield. . — Roebuck, 138*, Lockwood v. Linthwaite. — Haigh, 149*, Lockwood v. Linthwaite. Peach, 108, Young Players of Surrey v. Oxshott. T. Standring, 156*, Honor Oak II v. Ilford II. Allen, 112*, Pelham v. Lauderdale. Sergt. D. Moles, 105*, Royal Sussex Regt. v. Byfleet. C. T. Rudd, 100*, Wellingborough Masters v. Richmond. J. Howell, 202*, Repton School v. Old Reptonians. Rev. R. C. Guy, in , Old Foresters v. Forest School. C. P. H. Duncan, 135, Epsom School v. Old Epsomians. A. J. Dewey, 105*, Bushey II v. Aldenham School II. R. D. Clark, 139*, Dalgety’s v. London and County Bank II. A. E. Carlton, 156, Queen’s University (Belfast) v. Holywood. W.- Rose, 108, Lincoln Lindum v. Normanby Park. F. Swinhoe, 108, South Moor v. Burnopfield. W. M. Miller, 112*, St. George’s (Newcastle) II v. Blyth. A. Harle, 148, Benwell Hill II v. Seghill. M o n d a y , J u n e 29. A. R. Rawlinson, 132, Incogniti v. Bury and West Suffolk. H. W. Lake, 126, Bury and West Suffolk v. Incogniti. Hon. A. E. Mulholland, 132, Household Brigade v. Green Jackets. J; Burgess, 107, Druids v. Northants C. & G. K. L. Gibson, 162, Eton Ramblers v. West Kent. C. K. Douglas, 102, West Kent v. Eton Ramblers. T u e s d a y , J u n e 30. Hon. A. E. Mulholland, 123, Household Brigade v. Green Jackets. E. S. B. Williams, 137, Green Jackets v. Household Brigade. Thorpe, 167, Northants C. & G. v. Druids. E. Scriven, 121, Northants C. & G. v. Druids. O. C. White, 107, Northants C. & G. v. Druids. ------------ + ------------ From “ The C larion.” By George Bernard Shaw— ’nuff said ! Anyone who thinks Shaw’s opinion on cricket important is already lost to cricket—and not much loss either ! But the quotation is of interest as showing how very spiteful a great genius (Shaw is that—he says so himself, doesn’t he ?) can be when he runs up against something too high for him :— “ We know also that cricket is not a god, except to fools. We know that it flourished almost to the point of becoming a mad­ ness, hand in hand with Capitalism, and that the most sheepish tools and the most blackguardly agents of Capitalism were cricketers to a man. We know that with the advance of Socialism and the improvement in public conscience, and healthy instinct of which that advance is a symptom, cricket has decayed until it is now a despised, dull, silly game, which gets kicked even in the columns of The Times. Here and there ancient men who subscribed shillings to the Grace Testimonial practise on the credulity of innocent little boys in Norfolk, and try to persuade them that, to quote the henceforth immortal words of Robert, ‘ cricket is a very valuable means of moral training. Cricket teaches habits of honour, of manliness, of honourable discipline. Cricket has become, and deservedly, a synonym for fair and honourable conduct. Boys get a hundred fold more good on the cricket field than in any church or chapel.’ Substitute the words ‘ Socialist meeting * for ‘ church or chapel,' and the passage would be quoted in large type in the nearest parish magazine or public school journal, but for one unhappy fact. Cricket is no longer good form even with public schoolmen. Men now play real games, like tennis and hockey and football, and even golf. When they can afford it, they fly. They ride motor bicycles and drive motor cars. And they simply walk over the silly people whose notion of play is to turn a green field into a sham billiard-table and loaf about on it for hours waiting for lunch or tea when they are not retrieving balls like puppy dogs, or drinking in a pavilion to fend off the boredom of waiting to go out (which they call going in) and bat.”