Records, Incidents, and Curiosities 1908-1911

Reference

SCR284

Date:

1908 - 1911

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of unusual cricket matches and statistics compiled by Cecil Spiegelhalter. Includes lists of innings over 200, longest aggregate innings, high scoring partnerships, list of players taking 10 wickets or more in a match.

The scrapbook contains newspaper reports and scores from the following matches:

1908

India: Royal Artillery vs. The Station (Nowgong), Royal Fusiliers vs. Royal Artillery (Secunderabad)

South Africa: Cape Peninsula Garrison vs. Second Cruiser Squadron (Newlands)

Hong Kong: Navy vs. Army (Hong Kong), HMS King Alfred vs. The Buffs (Hong Kong), Navy vs. Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Canary Islands: Las Palmas vs. RMS Akabo (Las Palmas)

Southern Nigeria: Calabar vs. HMS Dwarf (Calabar), Calabar vs. Hope Waddell Institute (Calabar), Calabar vs. Native Team (Calabar)

Sierra Leone: Veterans vs. Rest of Garrison (Sierra Leone)

1909

West Indies: Barbados vs. British Guiana (International Challenge Cup, Barbados), Trinidad vs. Barbados (International Challenge Cup, Barbados)

Sierra Leone: West African Regiment vs. Royal Artillery, West India Regiment vs. Captain Udal's Team, Garrison vs. Civilians

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Western and Southern Camps vs. Northern Camps (Hurlingham), Southern and Western Camps vs. Entre Rios (Hurlingham), North vs. South (Hurlingham)

Egypt: Port Said vs. MCC, Military Cairo vs. MCC (Cairo), Cairo Civilians vs. MCC (Cairo), Khedivial Sporting Club vs. MCC (Cairo), Egypt vs. MCC (Cairo), MCC vs. Alexandria (Alexandria), MCC vs. Egypt (Alexandria), MCC vs. Egypt (Cairo)

United Kingdom: Layerthorpe A.S. vs. Boston Spa United (Boston Spa), Durham School vs. Officers 6th Northumberland Fusiliers (Durham), Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery vs. Royal Garrison Artillery (Shoeburyness), Winchester College vs. Old Wykehamists (Winchester College), Worcestershire Gentlemen vs. Incogniti (Worcester), Huby vs. Flaxton (Flaxton: Flaxton were bowled out for a score of 6), Ardingly College and Masters vs. MCC and Ground (Ardingly), Royal Artillery vs. Yorkshire Gentlemen (Woolwich), Royal Scots Greys vs. Royal Fusiliers (Tidworth Garrison Cup, Tidworth), Army Ordnance Corps vs. Royal Artillery, Woolwich (Woolwich), Brighton College vs. Sussex Martlets (Brighton College), Eton Ramblers vs. Free Foresters (Felixstowe), Folkestone vs. Oxford University Authentics (Folkestone), Shaw vs. Leighton (Leighton), Household Brigade vs. Royal Fusiliers (Burton's Court), Trojans vs. Army Service Corps (Southampton), Darlington vs. Barnard Castle (Darlington), Scotland vs. Ireland (Perth), Boldon vs. Hendon (Boldon), Ascott vs. Harrow Wanderers (Ascott), Backwell House (made up of 11 Robinson's) vs. Flax Bourton, 4th Dragoon Guards Officers vs. Sergeants' Mess (Brighton), Royal Artillery vs. Phoenix (Dublin), Somerset Stragglers vs. Hampshire Hogs (Taunton), MCC and Ground vs. Staffordshire (Lord's), MCC and Ground vs. Romford (Leyton)

1910

United Kingdom: MCC and Ground vs. Staffordshire (Lord's), Bradford vs. Wakefield (Bradford), Grimsthorpe vs. Billingborough (Grimsthorpe), Jesus College vs. Northern Nomads (Cambridge), Emmanuel College vs. Queens' College, Eastbourne vs. Sheffield Collegiate (Eastbourne), Clare College vs. Christ's College, Essex Club and Ground vs. West Ham and District (Leyton), Sutton vs. Hampton Wick (Hampton Wick), United Services vs. Aldershot Command (Portsmouth), Wellingborough Masters vs. Burton-on-Trent (Wellingborough), Glamorgan vs. Carmarthen (Swansea), Rugby School vs. Old Rugbeians (Rugby), Worcestershire Gentlemen vs. Warwickshire Gentlemen (Worcester), Taunton School vs. Queen's College (Taunton School), Herefordshire vs. Radnorshire (Hereford), Royal Agricultural College vs. Mr E V Cope's XII (Cirencester), Yorkshire Second XI vs. Durham (Barnsley), Essex Second XI vs. Sussex Second XI (Leyton), United Services vs. Devon Dumplings (Mount Wise, Devon Dumplings), Mr G A Paley's XI vs. Bury and West Suffolk (Ampton), Eastbourne vs. Notts Ramblers (Eastbourne: this match ended in a tie), Royal Artillery vs. Household Brigade (Burton's Court), Old Etonians vs. Old Harrovians (Newcastle), Mr R W Awdry's XI vs. Leighton (East Lavington Manor, Wiltshire), Leicester Ivanhoe vs. Blue Mantles (Tunbridge Wells), Folkestone vs. Old Tonbridgians (Folkestone), Old Foresters vs. Old Felstedians (Forest School), Scorpions vs. Northwich (Northwich), Old Sherburnians vs. Exmouth (Exmouth), Worcestershire Second XI vs. Warwickshire Second XI (Worcester), Blue Mantles vs. Old Biltonians (Tunbridge Wells), Maidenhead vs. Brondesbury (Brondesbury), Priory Park vs. Teddington (Chichester), Tonbridge vs. Wanderers (Tonbridge), Northern Nomads vs. Malton (Malton), Sir H Harben's XI vs. Sussex Martlets (Warnham Lodge), MCC vs. Hampstead (Lord's), Birkenhead Park vs. Western (12 a side match, Birkenhead Park), Worcestershire Gentlemen vs. Shropshire Gentlemen (Worcester), R N Barracks Devonport vs. Hampshire Hogs (Devonport), Staines Post Office vs. Windsor Post Office (Windsor), Eastbourne vs. MCC (Eastbourne), Maiden Newton vs. The Kenites (Maiden Newton), The Bedouins vs. Mr W H A Heald's XI (Allerton), Band of Brothers vs. Folkestone (Folkestone), Brympton vs. Reverend M C Goodford's XI (Brympton), Hampstead vs. West Hertfordshire (Hampstead), Eastbourne vs. Blue Mantles (Eastbourne), Horton Asylum vs. Sutton (Horton), Sutton vs. M F S Jewell's XI (Sutton), Norfolk vs. Berkshire (Minor Counties Championship), Mr H D Keigwin's Team vs. Mr H D Swan's Team (12 a side, Colchester), Albermarle and Friern Barnet vs. Young Amateurs of Middlesex (Barnet), Whitcomb Wanderers vs. Mr Jones's XI (Acton), The Abel Family vs. The Early Birds (The Oval)

MCC tour of Belgium for the Brussels Exhibition, 1910: MCC vs. Belgium (Brussels), MCC vs. Holland (Brussels)

Malta: 3rd Battalion King's Royal Rifles vs. 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1911

United Kingdom: Downing College vs. Selwyn College (Downing), Magdalen College vs. Exeter College (Magdalen, Oxford), Bedford Modern School vs. Mr H Willett's XI (Bedford), Boston Park vs. Albermarle and Friern Barnet (Finchley), Teddington vs. MCC (Teddington), Oxford University Authentics vs. Magdalen College (Oxford), 'C' Company vs. 'E' Company (RMC Inter-Company Cup), Malvern College vs. Mr H K Foster's XI (Malvern), Melbourne Terrace vs. Yorkshire Printing Company (Heslington Road), Warwickshire Gentlemen vs. Incogniti (Warwick), Chiswick Park vs. Sanatorium (Virginia Water), Crusaders vs. Northern Nomads (Cambridge University), Chigwell vs. King's College (Chigwell), Folkestone vs. Hythe (Folkestone), Household Brigade vs. I Zingari (Chelsea), Folkestone vs. Warwick Gentlemen (Folkestone), Granville vs. Mr H Gramshaw's XI (Lee), Pallingswick vs. The Stoics (Acton), Duncombe Park vs. Pickering (Helmsley), Addlestone vs. J U C Watts's XI (Addlestone), Household Brigade vs. Eton Ramblers (Burton Court), Devon Dumplings vs. Devon Regiment (Exeter), Hayward's Heath vs. Sussex Nursery, Royal Engineers vs. Free Foresters (Chatham), United Services vs. Devon Dumplings (Mount Wise, Devonport), Nottingham Forest Amateurs vs. Skegness Druids (Skegness), Carmarthenshire vs. Glamorgan (Minor Counties Championship), Clergy XI vs. Somerset Stragglers (Taunton), Chiswick Park vs. Hounslow Garrison (Taunton), Cornwall vs. Devon (Tavistock), Aldershot Command vs. Green Jackets (Aldershot), Free Foresters vs. Green Jackets, Shropshire Gentlemen vs. Herefordshire Gentlemen (Ludlow), MCC vs. Royal Engineers (Lord's), Bucks vs. Monmouthshire (Slough), Bishops Stortford vs. Much Hadham (Bishops Stortford), Worcestershire Gentlemen vs. Oxford University Authentics (Worcester), Cambridgeshire vs. Suffolk (Newmarket), Old Cliftonians vs. Blue Mantles (Tunbridge Wells), Old Brutonians vs. Sidmouth (Sidmouth), Hartley Whitney vs. Basingstoke, Leighton vs. Harrow Wanderers (Leighton), Eastbourne Residents vs. Visitors (Eastbourne), Marlow vs. Mr A Scott-Murray's Team (Marlow), Oundle Rovers vs. Leicester Ivanhoe (Leicester), Bexhill vs. Eastbourne (Bexhill), Blue Mantles vs. Notts Ramblers (Tunbridge Wells), Ightham vs. Barming Asylum (Asylum), Winkle Wanderers vs. Sir R Walker's XI (Sandhutton), Sidmouth vs. Hampshire Hogs (Sidmouth), Band of Brothers vs. Royal Marines (Walmer), Sussex Martlets vs. Madcaps (Hove)

India: Secunderabad Sports Club vs. Futtah Maidan Gymkhana (Fattah Maidan Cricket Cup Semi-Finals), Royal Artillery Cup Semi-Final matches.

Associations

Cecil Spiegelhalter

Subject

cricket in Sierra Leone, cricket in Nigeria, cricket in Argentina, cricket in Hong Kong, cricket in Canary Islands, cricket in Malta, cricket in Egypt, Curiosities, statistics, MCC in Egypt 1909, MCC in Belgium 1910

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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