Cricket.

Free Lance, Volume XVIII, Issue 988, 11 June 1919, Page 27

Cricket.

The decision of the Cricket Association to award the Gilbert Howe trophy to EL Lambert, the captain of the Old Boys' team, was a good one. This youth is one of our most promising local cricketers, and is as unassuming as it is possible for a lad to be. The death of Alonzo Drake, the well known Yorkshire County cricketer, came as a painful surprise to his many friends. A left-hander, in his 35th year, he was first- tried against Derbyshire in 1909, scoring 54 and 2-1, taking four wickets for 34 runs, and making two fine catches. By the end of the 1914 season lie had scored 4352 rxi lie at an average of 26.66 for Yorkshire, and taken 489 wickets at a cost of 17.68 runs a wicket. He made two bowling records for the County, taking four wickets with successive balls balls against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, and capturing all ten wickets in the second innings againsit Somerset at Weston, in August, 1914.