THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1988.
QUARREL STARTED M.C.C.
HIGHEST SCORE YET AT
BOWLING ALLEY
At the Bowling Alley last night,' E. Hearther, of the Dollar Line scored 230, the highest for the month of August, and seems assur- ed of the trophy presented by Messrs. Loxley and Co., agents for: U. B. Beer. His previous best effort was 229.
"H.B." DARTS LEAGUE
PROVES POPULAR
WING
INDIVIDUALSCORE TABLE
TO DATE
CLUB HAD TO PAY DEARLY FOR A MISTAKE
WILLIAM WARD'S FINE GESTURE
NE hundred and fifty years ago, the Marylebone Cricket Club
Nayed their first recorded match. This took place on the
first of the cricket grounds laid out by Thomas Lord; and it is pro- bable that, but for the quarrel which led to the formation of the M.C.C., and the foundation of the ground which was to become Lord's, world-renowned as the headquarters of the sport.
Cricket would never attained
The to the absence, of the Royal Navy from Hong Kong on nor would it have spread to other parts of the present pre-eminence; result that again this year the whole country has been looking for- and Army Senior Rank Messes are more in favour of outdoor reward to the visit of the Australian Touring Team as though the visit creation during the Summer Season; it was decided to run the pre-were of grave national importance. sent "H.B." Darts League as a preliminary, with the view that in the cooler weather it may be possible to conduct a League on a much larger scale and to divide it into two sections i.e., Senior and Junior. The game of darts is becoming increasingly popular, and is a pastime which caters for all classes and tastes. To play the game requires a keen eye, a steady hand and self control. The games so far played reveal that, the majority of players throw a "pretty" dart, and consistent high scoring has been shown in all matches.
The highest score to date is held by R. Burden (R.A,O.B. (G.C.)) with 60, 20, 60=140. This is closely followed by D. Shutler (P.O's. Course.) with 134.
The best game finish goes to S. Fleeton (Embassy Cafe) with a three dart finish of 8, 16 double 2064. This is only one point ahead of J. Sheppard (P.O's. Course) with 4, 19 double 20-63.
F. Rowlands hold the distinction of finishing 801 for game, with scores of 77, 54, 65, 44, 58, and 1st dart miss 2nd dart double 4, a total of 17 darts.
LEAGUE TABLE
P. W. L. For. Agt. Up.
6 2
Matches Games Games
Legs
played. won...
lost.
Up.
Down.
Points.
R.A.O.B. (G.C.)
4
15
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344
17
15
'P. O's. Course
5
12
13
28
33
12
Embassy
11
9
28
20
11
Jolly Roger
4
6
9
14
4
Imperial
3
12
10
25
B
Neptune
Totals
18
46
45
109
109
45
INDIVIDUAL. SCORE TABLE
Down.
Funnell (R.A.0.B. (G.C.)) Rowlands (P.O's. Course) Burden (R.A.Q,B. (G.C.)) Pringle (R.A.0.B. (G.C.)) Jones (R.A.0.B. (G.C.))
4
4
0
8 -1 7
4
1
8 4 4
4
3
1 7 3
3 3
4
2
Rolls (Jolly Roger)
2
Ripper (Imperial)
1
Payne (P.O's. Course)
Hiscock (Embassy)
Sheppard (P.0's. Course)
Fleeton (Embassy)
Gough (Embassy)
Mitchell (Embassy)
2
Ledger (R.A.0.B." (G.C.))
Pratt (Embassy)
Sibley (Jolly Roger)
Goodair (Jolly Roger)
Dodd (Imperial)
Scott (Embassy)
Drake (P.O's. Course)
Taylor, A. (Imperial)
Curd (R.A.0.B. (G.C.)) Thompson (Jolly Roger) Shutler (P.O's. Course) Oakenfull (P.O's. Course)
Marshall (Imperial)
Wilson (P.O's. Course)
Adams (P.O's. Course)
McNally (P.O's. Course)
Thomas (Jolly Roger)
Cribble (Imperial)
Taylor, D. (Imperial)
Stone (Imperial)
Cheek (Imperial)
French (Jolly Roger)
Burnett (P.O's. Course)
Totals
1
5
3
1
0
3
0
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109 109
40 45 The following are the results of the latest matches played:--
P.O.'s Course v. Jolly Roger McNally
R.A.O.B. (G.C.) v.. Embassy Cafe.
Funnell
2 Fleeton
Jones
2 Gough
Ledger
0 Mitchell
Pingle
Burden
2 Hiscock
Scott
Best game finish--Burden
JULY 28
1 Payne
2 Shutler
1 Sheppard
Rowlands
6
Points
8. Points
2 Points
48
Highest score
Burden
(60, 20, 60)
A. Taylor
D. Taylor
Dodd
Ripper
Cribbe
0 Sibley
2 French
1. Rolls
0 Goodair·
Thomas
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40
Points
.134
.140 Highest score-Shutler
AUGUST 4
Imperial Cafe v. P.O.'s Course
1 Rowlands
Burnett
Adaras Bhatler
1 :Drake
7
Points
Points
8
Highest
Taylor
99
BY ERICK MIDDLETON
For the real origin of the M.C.C., one has to go back to the Artillery Ground which flourish- ed early in the 18th century. This club had its headquarters at Finsbury until 1750, when it was removed to White, Conduit
to move again. Quickly they transfer- Fields, and changed its name to red to the position since held by them. White Conduit Club.
This soon became the most im- portant cricket club in London, and but for the trouble which Icaused a split in the membership, in place of the M.C.C., which in as its the world to-day stands leading and authoritative club, the cricket world might have had at its head the W.C.C.
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They played their first match at the Lord's we know to-day in 1814. But, although they were playing on ground, the turf of the table" was the same, as Thomas Lord had been careful to take that along with them.
RARELY. EXCEEDED 10!;
The rapid rise in the popularity of cricket as a national game is well re- flected in the growth of the M.C.C. Only a hundred years ago, the number of matches played in a year by the club rarely exceeded ten, and the mem- bership in 1845 was only 465. It is It is not known just what caused the recorded that in 1886 the ground staff quarrel which broke up the White Con-consisted of but six practice bowlers duit Club, but many of its members and two boys.
NOW DORSET-SQUARE
left, including Lord Winchilsea and Siri To-day that ground staff numbera went over sixty, the membership is to the Horace Mann, and with them Thomas Lord, who had previously limit of 5,000, with many thousands on served with the White Conduits in the the waiting list, and as many as 180 capacity of a professional. Lord was matches are played in one season." asked to find a suitable ground to serve as headquarters for the dissenting members who wished to form a new club. A ground was found, on the site of what is now Dorset-square.
The new club formed was named the Marylebone Cricket Club, and came into being in 1787, but it was not until 1788 that any mat- ches were played by them. Cur- lously enough, their first engage- ment was with their old club, the White Conduit, whom they defeat- ed by 88 runs.
NEAR DISASTER ZU
Lord's nearly came to an end in 1826, when following a fire which completely of a destroyed the pavilion, a scheme came into operation for the erection number of houses along the two road This was frontages of the ground. only stopped at the last moment by the purchase of the ground by Mr. William Ward, a great player of the time, who thus secured the whole lease for the MC.C.
This state of affairs, however, lasted until 1886, when Mr. Ward sold the Again the ground to a Mr. Dark.
ANOTHER MOVE. Though the two clubs were now re-ground was 'leased to the M.C.C. for conciled, the question of a ground for £11,000. A Mr. Marsden bought the offered first the M.C.C. was far from being settled: freehold of the land in 1860 for £7,000, Lord Portman, landowner of the Dor- although the club was set-square Ground, even then known as option. The M.C.C. eventually paid. "Lord's." wished to increase the rent. dearly for not effecting a purchase for The club decided to move, rather than six years later they had to buy the
and
another ground from Marsden for $18,813, pay the extra money, ground was taken at North Bank by Another $18,500 was spent by the club in 1887 in purchasing more land, so Regent's Park.
now constitutes The M.C.C. had time to play only six that by then they held all the twenty
which until matches on the new Lord's between acres 1811 and 1818 before the cutting of Lord's, venue of the second Test the Regent's Park Canal forced them June 24,
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