Cricket 1882

SEPT. 14, 1882. CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 283 been recorded, but a remarkable array of amateur batsmen would not at this moment anxiously await the advent of that fast bowler of the future, without whose aid success can be but transient. Anyhow, the need for a County Eleven in Middlesex would be satisfied elsewhere even did not the M.C.C. appreciate the value of keeping their amateur talent on Lord’s. The management of the Middlesex Club might, one would think, take a leaf out of the Lancashire book, and import some likely young bowler, and so be masters of a perfect cricket machine, but it is a fact that the very presence in town which has otherwise added to Middlesex stength, precluded those in authority from taking an advantage they still hope to gain by reason of their own unaided efforts. Whether or not the present system in vogue for discovering hidden talent be theoretically the best we are not prepared to say, but it is certain that the London or suburban cricketer who escapes the eagle eye of R. Thoms, that warm friend to Mid­ dlesex cricket, will not be likely to turn the tide of disaster at Nottingham or Manchester. Neither should the ever proffered and valuable advice of Mr. C. Absolon go unrecorded. It was as far back as 1864, that owing to the batting of Mr. R. D. Walker, Middlesex beat Notts on the Trent Bridge Ground. By a like agency Cambridge once sue cumbed in the days of Carpenter, Hayward, and Tarrant, while the last occasion on which Mr. R. D. Walker played against Surrey at the Oval, he topped the century. With such men in the team as the Lytteltons, Studds, and C. F. Leslie, with Mr. C. Robson and Mr. Stanley Scott in reserve, there must be better luek in store for the Metro­ politan County than later records would warrant us to expect. Messrs. I. D. Walker and Webbe have moreover lately proved that they are them- "*1“ w ” " ' • * C 0 I ( f ( E g P e r i D E ] T O E - > We are not responsible lor the opinions expressed by our cor- respondents. No communications can be inserted unler.s they bear the name and address of the writer, as a proof of good faith, not necessarily for publication. LANCASHIRE CRICKET. TO THE EDITOR OP “ CRICKET. ” S ir , —In your number of the 24th ult., ‘ Old Harrovian,” on page 238, speaking of the dearth of good bowling in the South of England, proceeds, “ We are not quite sure the real article exists in a native form so far north west as Lancashire.” Barlow, who has this year taken 73 wickets for Lancashire at a cost of just under 10 runs apiece, was born at Bolton. Vide “ Cricketers’ Annual.” -— Yours truly, A, N. B. “ BIG HITTING.” TO THE EDITOR OP “ CRICKET." S ir , —In your last issue of C r ick et , you ask for confirmation, with date, of your statement that W. H. Caldecourt once hit six sixes in one over. I am unable to give you the date, but can con­ firm the fact, for it is mentioned in Caldecourt’s biography in vol. 1821 of Frederick Lillywhite’s “ Scores and Biographies.” It stated that the hits were made “ in apractice match offan inferior bowler, and consequently neither the date nor the full score of the match had been preserved.” The match was played either on Noman’s Land or at Watford.—I am, yours faithfully, F. P a g e . C r ic k e t score sheets can be had at 17, Pater- noster-sq., London, E.C., price 9d. a dozen— A d v t . A N S W E R S T O C O R R E S P O N D E N T S . J.G.—I feel sure that many lovers of cricket, in common with myself, would feel greatly obliged if you would kindly describe exactly the manner in which Jones was “ run out” in the recent Aus­ tralia v. England match. I gather from the different accounts that Murdoch made a short hit to leg, that the wicket-keeper ran after it, and as usual in such cases, Dr. Grace took his place, and that Jones having safely accomplished the run, then left his ground to pat the earth, believing the ball to have been returned to the bowler. As you were probably a spectator, will you kindly state “ how long did Dr. Grace retain the ball before Jones left his ground ?’’ In other words, did Jones leave his ground as soon as he entered it, or was the ball retained long enough to induce him to think it had been returned to the bowler ?—(Your account is correct, except that it was Peate, from short slip, who went towards the wicket, not actually up to it. Peate missed taking the ball that was thrown in, and it was fielded by Dr. Grace backing him u p; the latter went up to the wicket andtook the bails off. If he had thrown at the wicket he would have run the risk of making an overthrow, for which the batsmen could have run. Jones probably thought that Dr. Grace would return the ball to the bowler, but it is the batsman’s duty to keep an eye upon the ball until it is finally settled in the bowler’s or wicket-keeper’s hands.) 5 f f I E v g C 0 ^ E :B 0 0 K . Scores of Matches with a postal orderfor one shillingmust be sent in to reach us by First Delivery on Tuesday morning at the latest, or they will have to wait until the issue of olloxving week IJ payment has not been made for the season's scores in advance, each score, to ensure insertion, must be accom> panied with a Postal Orderfor One Shilling. WILL-O’-THE-WISPS v. PLYMOUTH GAR­ RISON. Played at Plymouth on August 14, 15, and 16. W ILL-O’-THE- W ISPS. First Iunings. A. 0 .Whiting, c Kellie, b Oscroft 3 H. Morris, b H u g h e s..................11 G. L. King, b K e llie ..................27 II. E. Rhodes, b Wilbraham ..4 3 W. Lindsay, absent .. . .. 0 C. H. Wollaston, b Oscroft.. .. 40 G. H. Goldney, c Wilbrahrm, I Sainsbury................................. n. C. Clarke, c Kellie, b Wilbra ham ......................................... 26 H. T. Couey, not o u t ..................6 J. Bradshaw, run o u t ..................0 J. Bennett, c sub, b Oscroft .. 0 B 26,1-b 6, w 1 ..................83 Second Innings. 1b w, b Osoroft .. .. .st Gilpin, b Oscroft .. c Oscroft, b Hughes .. b Kellie .. absent.......................... run out.......................... 13 c Aylmer, b Hughes .. 17 not out..........................22 b H u g h e s ..................16 b Oscroft ..................0 b H u g h e s ..................1 B 11,1-b 1 .. .. 12 Total................................. 212 Total .. ..195 P lym outh G arrison . First Innings. Lieut. Sainsbury, st King, Wollaston .. Lieut. Wilbraham, c Goldney, b W ollaston..............................3d Oscroft, c Rhodes, b Wollaston.. 41 Capt. Kellie (82ud), c King, b Goldney ................................8 Lieut. Gilpin (82nd), c Goldney, bWollaston...............................18 Col. Watson (11th), runout .. 4 Sergt. Hughes (82nd), c Goldney, b Wollaston .......................18 Major Kay (R.M.L.I.), b Ben­ nett Second Innings, c Goldney, b Wollas- 6 ton .......................... c Rhodes, b Goldney 87 c Clarke, b Wollaston 22 c Goldney, b Wollas­ ton .. .. .. .. 2 bWollaston.................2 c Rhodes, b Wollaston 11 Capt. Beatly (39th), st King, W ollaston.......................... Capt. Aylmer, b Goldney .. Capt. Capel (82nd), not out B 9 ,1-b 2, w I.................. 21 b . 39 . 1 . 16 . 12 b Bennett .. b Wollaston WILL O’ THE WISPS v. TORQUAY. Played at Torquay on August 17, 18, and 19. W il l o ’ th e W is p s . c Rhodes, b Wollaston 41 not out..........................0 c Clarke, b Wollaston 0 B 2,1-b 1, w 6 .. 9 First Innings. S. H. Akroyd, b R e l f ..................89 F. M. Hargreaves, b Relf .. .. 8 H. E. Rhodes, c Styles, b Tritton 13 G. L. King, b Relf..........................1 C. H. Wollaston, b Relf .. .. 12 W. Lindsay, b E. H. Oldham .. 9 G. H Goldney, 1 b w, b E. H. Oldham............................................ 16 H. C. Clarke, c Ross, b E. H. Oldham...............................................5 S. M. Sturgea, c Poland, b E. H. Oldham.............................................10 H. Morris, not ou t.. ., .. ..1 8 W. R. Sheldon, b Hall.....................39 Second Innings, c Hughes, b Relf ..189 c Ross, b W hite.. .. 10 c Stiles, b Relf .. .. 5 b H a ll..........................24 run ou t.. ' ..................48 c Stiles, b Relf .. .. 22 c White, b Relf... .. 0 c Hughes b Hall .. 13 not ont..........................9 c Poland, b Relf . . .. 28 c Poland- b E. H. O ld h a m ..................0 B 18, 1-b 11, n b 1 25 Total. .170 Total ..818 T orquay . First Innings. F. W. Poland, c Hargreaves, b Akroyd..........................................32 H. Ross, c Sturges, b Wollaston 6 Rev. J. H. Hall, b Sturges .. .. 44 Rev. C. Hughes, 1 b w, b Sturges 5 White, b Sturges..........................11 W. H. Stiles, b Sturges .. .. 85 E. H. Oldham, b Sturges .. .. 8 E. Oldham, b Sturges..................2 C. P. Tritton, c Akroyd, b Sturges 4 J. R. Divett, not o u t ..................4 Relf, b Sturges .. .. .. .. 1 B 10,1-b 1 ..........................11 Second Innings. b Wollaston .. .. 49 c and b Wollaston .. 33 b G oldn ey..................9 b G oldn ey.................. 1 b Akroyd ..................4 b Sturges .................. 1 c Hargreaves, b Wol­ laston .................. 7 c Rhodes, b Sturges.. 6 not out..........................19 c Rhodes, b Wollaston 12 c King, b Goldney .. 10 B 8 ,1-b 2, n b 1.. 11 Total. .164 Total ..162 WILL O’ THE WISPS v. SIDMOUTH. Played at Sidmouth on Monday and Tuesday, August 21 and 22. S idm ou th . Second Inniugs. c aud b Wollaston . b Goldney •.. b G old n ey..................28 c Rhodes, b Goldney.. 2 First Innings. Rev. J. H. Copleston, b Gold­ ney .......................................................................................... .....13 G. G. Gutteres, run out .. .. 0 D. D. Pontifex, c Akroyd, b Goldney .................................................................. .... 18 W. A. Thornton, c Goldney, b W ollaston................................................................................... .....9 F. S. Ireland, c Lindsay, b Goldney ..................................... 18 c Clarke, b Goldney .. 1 Rev. R. T. Thornton, cFortescue, b Wollaston .............................28 c Fortescue, b Goldney 16 T. R. Hine-Haycock, b Wol­ laston ................................................................................................16 O. B. Martyn, b Fortescue.. .. 15 E. Gripper, b Wollaston .. ..1 5 G. K. Watts, c Wollaston, b F ortescue.......................................................................................... 8 A. W. L. Hemming, not out .. 8 B 4 ,1-b 11, w 1 .........................................................................16 b Wollaston b Wollaston b Wollaston notout..........................20 1b w, b Goldney .. 11 B 4 ,1-b 2, w 1 . 7 Total. S. H. Akroyd, c Grjpper, b Irela n d ..........................16 H. R. Webbe, c and b Ire­ land ..................................8 Rev. A. T. Fortescue, c W. A. Thornton, b Ire­ land ................................. 19 W. Lindsay, c W. A. Thornton, b Ireland .. 13 H. E. Rhodes, c Martyn, blroland..........................3 G. L. King, b R. T. Thornton ................. 4 ................. 159 Total .. ..103 W il l o ’ th e W isps . First Innings. C. H. Wollaston, c R. T., b T. W. T. Thornton .. ..2 2 H. C. Clorke, b R. Thornton ........................2 A. H. Luard, b R. T. Thornton...............................o H. Morris, c Watts, b Ire­ land ....................................... 8 G. H. Goldney, not out .. 7 B 5 ,1-b 7 ......................1‘J T o t a l.....................i n In the second innings Ak oyd scored (not out) 57, Webbo (c and b Ireland) 8, Fortescue (b Ireland) 8, Lindsav (notout) 24, Rhodes (retired) 49 ; b 2 , 1-b 3, w 5, a b 2; total,' 153. WILL O’ THE WISPS v. TEIGNBRIDGE. Played at Teignbridge on August 23 and 24. Total. .216 Total ..171 T eign brid ge . P. H Fernandez, run out *..................................56 Rev. J. H. Coplestone, b Akroyo. ..........................20 Rev. A.J. Luck, c Lindsay, b E van s..........................19 F. J. Welman, c King, b Evans ..........................0 H. Ridley, b Evans .. .. 8 E. Anderton, st Akroyd, b Evans ........................23 Rev. W. H. Arundel, b G olding.......................... W. Fortescue, b Goldney 2 J. J. Harding, c King, b Wollaston ..................5 C. H. Luxton, not out .. 13 C. Mitford, retired .. .. 14 B 9 ,1-b , w 12 ., .. 23 T o ta l..................192