Cricket 1882

150 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JULY 13, 18S2. A n o t h e r sensation, this time quite of a new kind. I was surprised, on reference to the only sporting daily paper of Monday, to find Mr. H. E. Web be engaged in two matches in the same afternoon. According to that paper he was playing for I.Z . against Eton College, at Eton, as well as for the Will o’ the Wisps against the Orleans Club, at Twickenham; at least, his name figures distinctly in the scores of both matches. This will recal to many of us the famous bull of the Irish Baronet, Sir Boyle Boche, when he said in the House, “ Mr. Speaker, it is impossible I couldliaye been in two places at once, unless I were a bird.” Mr. Webbe’s record is at least original. P e e l , the new Yorkshire bowler, who , made a promising debut at Sheffield against the Yorkshire Gentlemen on Friday, is much after Peate’s model. He bowls slow round left, and if anything, is a trifle faster than Peate. It was a good performance to take as lie did in the first innings of the Gentle­ men nine wickets for thirty-nine runs. It was a little strange, from the accepted theories of cricket, to find George Freeman, the once irresistible bowler of Yorkshire, on the side of the Gentlemen against the County Eleven. “ The whirligig of time,” &c. T h in k in g of four wickets in an over, reminds me of the performance of Mr. A., now the Bev. A., Cazenove, in the match between Oxfordshire and the Undergraduates of Oxford, on May G, 1853. He took five Oxiordshire wickets in an over nominally of four balls. Mr. Cazenove lias long been an active supporter of cricket at Beigate, and, if I mistake not, is Bural Dean. T o - m o r b o w Lord’s will witness the commencement of the fifty-eighth annual match between Eton and Harrow. The Harrow eleven, which will have eight new choices, is as follows:—Hon. E . W. H . Ward (captain), B. Moncreift'e, T. Greatorex, D. J. Spiro, H. E . Crawley, W . C. Staveley, H . T. Hewett, Hon. C. Anson, H. Stewart- Brown, L. Sanderson, and Lord Athlumney. Eton, who have six of last year’s eleven left, will be represented by W. H. Bainbridge (captain), W . F. Cave, B. J. Lucas, A. C. Richards, Hon. C. M. Ivnatclibull-Hugessen, J. Hargreaves, T. F. Jardine, B. H. Pem­ berton, F. Marchant, and two others. Both the schools appear to have fallen off since the opening of the season, and it seems as if neither would be up to the best standard. Each lias won 25 matches, so that this week’s game, if played out, will give one school the odd event. T he Australians are not to play a return match with Derbyshire after all. It is wise policy of the County Committee to give their supporters a chance of witnessing some better cricket than the Derbyshire team has been showing of late, and they propose to pit an Eleven of England, instead of one of the County, against the Australians on August 10. Mr. Hornby has promised, if possible, to get up the England players ; but this will not be an easy task, as York­ shire, Middlesex, Gloucestershire, and Lan­ cashire are’ all engaged. Still the Notting­ ham contingent will all be available, and there is in Notts alone the nucleus of a powerful eleven. Negotiations are on foot for another visit of the Australian team to Manchester on September 14 and two fol­ lowing days, but nothing has yet been defi­ nitely arranged. I f wliat I hear is true, the roller has again been causing agitation at Notting­ ham. Considerable difference of opinion seems to have existed on the Trent Bridge Ground early on Saturday, as to whether Lancashire, who had to commence their second innings, were entitled to use the roller overnight as well as in the early morning. The season has already produced amusing incidents enough, but I am told that the spectacle of a Trent Bridge con­ stable lecturing Mr. Hornby on the morality of cricket would have made the gods weep. “ The force ” at Nottingham is certainly not wanting in assurance. R o ya l A r tille r y v. R oyal E ngineers . — Played at Chatham on Friday and Saturday. Eoyal Artillery won by ten wickets. Mr. Wheble and Musician Boys made the 68 runs wanted by the R.A. to win in a little over half an hour. Score Royal Artillery, 307 (A. B. Purvis 60) and 68 for no wicket; Royal Engineers, 140 and 224 (L. B. Friend 64). L ondon and S uburban A ssociation .—T his Asso­ ciation has been formed with the object of encourag­ ing cricket in the neighbourhood of Loudon, The following are the officers : — President, H. Perkins, Marylebone Club; Vice-President, C. W. Alcock, Surrey County Club ; Treasurer, A. J. Roper, Champion Hill; Committee : J. Bott, Brockwell Park; H. Gregory, Greville; E. H ol­ brook, Holborn ; W. A. L. Humphries, Shakespeare; T. Lovell. Finsbury; C. F. Nash, Balham; W. H. Pa’mer, Junior Middlesex ; W. Peters, Southwark Park ; H. A. Mortimer-Sage, Edmonton ; D. Grant Smith, Bees; Hon. Secretary, H. G. Cross, 123, Seymour Street, N.W. The second rule of the Association provides that the management of the Association be vested in a President, Vice -President, Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, and a Committee of sixteen Members, to be annually elected (equal numbers from clubs playing North and South of the Thames respectively), with power to add to their number—five to form a quorum. L ew es P riory v. S outh -E astern C ircuit .— Played at Lewes, on Monday.—Score :—Priory, 80 and 126— C. A. Brown 16 and 6, H.1 S. Cooper 12 and 14, R. K. Sampson 1 and 11, F. B. Whitfeld 2 ar?d 57, A. L. Whitfeld 11 and 7, L. Weedon (not out) 11 and 5. C. K. Francis secured seven, and J. E. Raven sis wickets. South-Eastern Circuit, 85 and 20 for four wickets—C. K. Francis 35 and 4, S. Holland 13 and 1, M. D. Chalmers 11 and 2, E. Baggaley 2 and 10. E. Winter took eight wickets, and R. K. Sampson caught one, stumped one, and j bowled one. Mr. Baron Pollock was on the ground during the afternoon. A N SW E R S TO C O R R E S PO N D EN T S . M. G oddard . —What is a no-ball ? Does it mean that the whole of the foot shall be behind the bowling crease; if a bowler lias his toe on the crease, and the remainder of his foot behind, and does not raise his heel, is that a no-ball ? (Law 9 defines what constitutes a no-ball. The whole of the bowler’s foot must be behind the bowling crease, and within the return crease.) S corer .— One of the batsmen is rather too sharp in “ backing up.” This is noticed by the bowler, who as soon as possible puts down the wieket, the batsman having left his ground before the ball had left the bowler's hand ; should this be recorded in the score-book as run out or stumped ? (Law 29 makes a special pro­ vision for this case. The batsman is taking an unfair advantage, and should suffer the penalty. He is run out.) R. J. A cres . — The following point occurred in a match a short time since:—The batsman in stopping a ball sent it up in such a manner that if the ball had been caught he would have been out; however, before the ball touched the ground the batsman, with the evident intention of keeping the ball off his wicket, again hit it, •and it was caught before it had touched the ground from the lirst hit. On appeal the umpire gave him out. Was this decision correct ?—(He is caught out, and, if we understand the facts cor­ rectly, if it had not been caught the umpire would have been justified in giving him out for obstructing the field.) A G erman C ric k e ter (Moravian School, Neuwied, a.m. Rhine).— 1. If a batsman hits the ball high into the air, and the two batsmen have crossed before the ball is caught, can that run be counted?—(No run to be counted.) 2. Can a man be out leg-before for a ball that pitches off the wicket, and breaks into the wicket?— (Not out.) 3. Can a man be leg-before for bowling round the wicket ?—(Yes.) E. W. P ratt (Hon. Sec. Esher Village C.C.).—If an umpire allows a bowler to have six balls in an over (after five balls have been arranged for), and the bowler bowls a wicket with that extra ball, shall the batsman be out, or would it be a no-ball ? The above happened in a match played at Hersham, Surrey, on Saturday, June 24, be­ tween Hersham-Bunvood and Esher Village C.C.’s. ? (The batsman, through the negligence of the umpire, has to suffer, and is out.) W. A. H ickox (Colebroolc C.C.).—I have heard it said that it is impossible to be out leg before wicket to a bowler who bowls round the wickets. Is this the case ? May a bowler bowl with both feet behind the bowling crease? (I. Out.) (2. Yes.) B. W. R epton (Hon. Sec. Pallingswick C.C.).— What do you consider the most approved man­ ner of dressing a cricket ground, and at what time the said work should be done ? (The dress - ing depends upon the nature of the soil. Octo­ ber is the best time.) C urious (Liverpool).—1: Thebatsman at the bowler’s end is going over the crease, backing up before the ball is delivered, the bowler seeing this turns round and throws at the wicket to run him out, the ball m isse3 the wicket, aud goes to the boundary. What are the runs called ? (The runs have always been scored as byes.) 2: The batsman comes out to meet the ball, the bowler sees him coming, and throws, not bowls, the ball over the batsman’s head to the wicket-keeper, who puts the wicket down. How is the batsman out ? (The striker is not out, and the umpire ought to have called no-ball. Rule 29 applies to the batsman at the bowler’s end.) 3 : When the innings of one side finishes the day’s play, can the other side have the wicket rolled that night and also in the morning, and for as long as they like? (Yes.)