Cricket 1883

J u n e 2i, 1883. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 191 Thus to the English stem is added the French su ffix . I quite agree with Mr. Gale about the origin of the game of cricket, except, perhaps, I should trace it more to club ball and less to tip-cat than he does. But when he says in Echoes from Old Cricket Fields —one of the best books ever written on the subject—“ No one can well doubt that cat and dog, tip-cat, rounders, club-ball, and cricket are all, so to say, blood relations,” I say “ hear, hear,” with all my heart. But I agree with those writers who derive the name cricket from the bat or the stick which took the place of the bat in early forms of the game. As the preface to Lillywhite’s Scores and Biographies says, pagexiii., “ A wicket of any kind was a later intervention.” Then in time by a process of association which is often seen at work in the changing of words, the ground where the wickets were pitched was also called the wickets. But I can find no evidence that the word wieket was used in connection with the game as early as the word cricket, and by the rule that the junior cannot be parent of the senior, I am unable to accept Mr. Bolland’s explanation.—Yours, &o, T h om as K e yw o e t h . 52, Selborne Street, Liverpool. TH E P A S T SEASON IN A U S T R A L IA . B y M id -o n , o f Melbourne Leader. A t length, and with feelings of more than or­ dinary regret, I take up the pen to bid adieu to the season 1882-3. That the past seven months comprise an epoch in the history of Yictorian cricket,unprecedented in importance, few, if any, will deny. The first item of unusual interest was the conclusion of the long struggle which had been commenced in the previous season for possession of the Cleeland Challenge Cup, which was ultimately won by the Melbourne cricket club, who defeated in turn Richmond and South Melbourne, thus securing final possession of the trophy, without once suffering defeat. No sooner had the last of the cup matches been com­ pleted than the arrival of the Hon. Ivo Bligh and his team was announced, followed immediately by the return of the eminently successful Aus­ tralian eleven, whose doughty deeds on British turf had been so brilliant as to completely eclipse the previous high class performances of the two preceding teams that had visited the old country, for to that team belongs the credit of being the first in the history of the national pastime to defeat the strongest representative team that could be got together in all England on English turf. Then commenced a series of contests of unexampled interest and excitement, for Mr. Bligh boldly avowed that his highest ambition was to recover the revered ashes of English cricket which he admitted honestly had been secured by the Australians in that memorable match on Kennington Oval. The contests be­ tween the Englishmen and Murdoch’s eleven were unfortunately in every else affected by bad weather, Australia winning once with (he assist­ ance of the elements being iu their favour, and the visitors twice under similar circumstances. Crestfallen indeed were Australia’s supporters at this unexpected reverse, aud so elated were the Englishmen that they determined to emulate the deeds of Murdoch and his merry men in England, and challenge the full strength of Australia to a final encounter. Those who like myself were fortunate enough to witness that match will not soon forget how worthily the honour of Austra­ lia was sustained and the verdict recorded on Kennington Oval thoroughly endorsed. Thus were “ honors divided,” for I freely admit that Murdoch’s e!ev< n were a team thoroughly repre­ sentative of Austra'ia’s strength, and each side had won twice, leaving our representatives with the Enpr’ish ac mired victory still to the good. So much for international contests to which I have only given a passing glance, my duty on this occasion being to provide a short resume of the season so far as Victorian cricket only is concerned. Representatives of the colony met Mr. Bligh’s team twice, and on the first occasion were defeated by ten wickets. It is due, how­ ever, to the Victorians that I record the fact that in the match referred to they played with little better than a second eleven, amongst the absen­ tees being Boyle, Blackham, Palmer, M ‘Donnell, Horan and Bonnor. The return match is of too recent date to require the recording of details. Victoria, playing her full strength, achieved a most brilliant and undeniable victory in one innings. The inter-colonial matches between Victoria and New South Wales resulted similarly, each side winning once. In the first match, which our neighbours won, Victoria was crippled by the loss of Palmer and Cooper ; and in the second, which we won in an innings, the losers were un­ fortunately deprived of Bannerman’s services through an accident in the field. Later on South Australia boldly entered the lists against Victoria on even terms, bmt conld make no headway against the wonderful bowling of Boyle and Palmer, who had previously in Sydney performed the unexampled feat (in an inter-colonial match) of bowling right through the two innings without a change being made. The foregoing facts am ply prove that during the past Season V ictoria as a colony has lost none of her prestige, but can undoubtedly at the present tim e put into the field a stronger eleven than in any form er season. Regarding the performances of individual players, itis gratifying to note that improvement has been decidedly the order of the day. Times Mo3t Most in Inns, not out. Runs, in Inns. Match. Avge. W. Midwinter.. 7 . 2 . 215 .. «92 . 92 . . 43 G. J. Bonnor . 11 . 0 . 853 ♦. 87 . 90 . . 32.1 T. Horan .. 12 . 0 . 300 . 129 . 129 . 25 J. Rosser .. 5 . 1 .. 97 .. o33 . 83 . 24.1 J. M. Blackham 13 . 1 .. 285 . a58 . 115 . 23 9 P. S. M ’Donnell 10 . 0 . 212 .. 70 . 70 . 21.2 E. Turner.. 8 . 0 . 60 .. 25 . 42 . 20 H. E. Scott .. 7 . 0 .. 185 .. 29 . 55 . 19.2 H. F. Boyle 5 . 0 . 72 .. 29 . 33 . 14.2 P. G. M’Shane. 5 . 0 . 68 .. 27 . 27 . 12.3 W. Bruce.. 4 . 0 .. 43 . 40 . 40 . 10.8 T. J. D. Kelly . 4 . 0 . 40 .. 20 . 20 . . 10 G. E. Palmer .. 9 . 2 . 65 .. 34 . 84 . 9.2 BATTING AVERAGES IK FIRST CLASS MATCHES ONLY. England v. Victoria (two), Australian Eleven v, England (three), Combined Australia v. England, Victoria v. South Australia, and Victoria Edwards, Swift, Allan, Baker and Logan only played two innings each. J. Slight played but one innings, in which he made 44. a Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES IN FIRST CLASS MATCHES ONLY. (Compiled from same Matches as first class Batting Averages). Runs. Mdns. . 245 . 19 . 5*23 . 136 .. 78 45 . 144 . 169 . 39 . 128 . 135 Cooper bowled 1 m ball, Boyle 2, and Palmer 18. M’Donnell, Kelly and Logan bowled a few balls each, but failed to get a wiokot. Turner bowled 36 balls, and secured two wickets for 18 runs. Balia. H. F. Boyle .. 969 Slows..................... 82 G. E. Palmer .. 1582 W. H. Cooper .. T. Hcran .. P. G. M’Shano H. E. Scott .. W . Midwinter.. J. D. Edwards.. F. E. Allan .. W. Bruce 252 208 117 864 113 876 9H 123 2 182 19 24 14 88 109 12 47 87 Wkts. . . 2 4 . ” 44 .’ .. 10 . .. 5 . . . 2 . .. 6 . .. 6 . .. 1 . 2 2 Avge. 10.5 11.39 18.6 15.3 22.1 24 28.1 89 64 67.1 SCORES OF 103 B itsman. J. Slight .. . G. E. Palmer J. Ronser . . . C. S. Johnson J. Swift.. .. M’llwraith .. W . F. Hastings P. Lewis F. Walters .. H. Scott T. Horan AND UPWARDS DURING SEASON. Match. Score. . S. Melbourne v. St. Kilda.. .. i79 S. Melbourne v.Williarastown.. a201 . S. Melbourne v. St. Kilda .. .. 192 E. Melbourne v. Williamstown (2nd elev tn s)........................................... 157 Melbmine v. Ballarat.................... 156 Melbourne v. Camberwell .. .. «146 E. Melb. (2od) v. Yarra Bend .. al39 Ballarat v. C orio............................. 138 Carlton v. H o th a m ....................al$4 E. Melbourne v. Corio .. .. 133 Victoria v. New South Wales .. 139 R. P. Dickson . Melbourne v. Britannia (15) .. 126 123 T. J. D. Kelly . Melbourne v. Castlemaine.. 122 E. P. Hastings . E. Melbourne v. Corio.................... 120 W . Brown .. . East Melbourne v. Carlton (2nd 119 G. Gordon .. . . E. Melbourne v. WilliamBtown (2nd eleven s)............................ 117 E. P. Hastings . . E. Melb. v. S. Melb. Trades 116 R. Little .. . St. Kilda v. Richmond (2nd 115 J. Swift.................. . Melbourne v. Camberwell.. .. all2 H. Scott .. . E. Melb. v. Williamstown allO C. Dunne . Melbourne v. Ballarat .. al09 W . H. Figgis . Ballarat v. Corio.............................. al07 J. Trumble .. . Kew Asylum v. Robertson and Moffat ..................................... al05 R. Hosie . Richmond v. Sandridge .. al05 Carlton Imp. v. Adelphians a-105 J. Trumble .. . Melbourne v. Coburg (15).. .. a104 Wingrove . Melbourno v. Nunawading (15) 102 W . Tobin .. . Bohemians v. Incognito .. a Signifies not out. alOO REMARKABLE BOWLING PERFORMANCES. Bowler. W . Tobin J. Munro .. .. — O'Brien W . Tobin .. R. Pearce (pr.).. P. G. M‘Shane.. W. Vint .. W . Logan (pr.).. W. Bruce ., .. D. Chapman .. J. Munro .. D. Wilkie .. H. F. Boylo — O’Brien W. Logan (pr.).. J. Munro H. Scott .. .. — Walsh .. .. W. M’Evoy F. Walters.. .. P. S. M’Donnell Gordon .. W . H. Cooper .. W. Matheson .. Cotter (pr.) W . M’Evoy .. J. Munro G. Alexander .. W. Logan (pr.) R. Pearce (pr.).. G. E. Palmer .. W . Bruce .. H. F. Boyle .. Crooke .. R. Hosie .. Cotter (pr.). .. T. J. D. Kelly .. P. S. M’Donnell T. J. D. Kelly .. G. E. Palmer .. Match. Bohemians T. Colac .. , Hotham v. S. Melb. .. , Hotham V. 8. Melb. .. . Bohemians v. Geelong . Melb. v. H. B. Railways . Ascot Vale v. Melb. .. Bohemians v. Heidelb. . Melb. v. Camberwell .. , Melb. v. Richmond .. . Carlton v. Hotham .. . Hotham v. Coburg .. . Bohemians v. Colac .. . Victoria v. S. Australia . Hotham v. Fitzroy .. , Mslb. v. Nunawading.. Hotham v. Ascot Vale E. Melbourne v. Corio . Hotham v. Ascot Vale Bohemian v. Geelong Carlton v. Hotham .. Melbourne v. St. Kilda Melb. v. St. K Trades Melb. v. Prahram Trds. Bohem. v. Ch. of E. G. S.. Melb. v. Glenferrie .. Melb. v. S.M. Trades .. Hotham v. Melbouren Melb. v. S. M. Trades Melb. t . Williamst. Melb. v. Nunawading.. , Victoria v. S. Australia . Melb. v. Richmond .. Victoria v. N.S. Wales . Melb. v. H.B. Railways Richmond v. Melb. .. Melb. v. United Trds. Melbourne v. Oakleigh Melbourne v. Kew Melb. v. Camberwell .. . Victoria v. S. Australia . | I . 21 0 1 2 4 4 5 0-2 04 5 4 6 06 6 0-6 6 0-8 6 1 1.1 8 1.1 3 1.1 . 18 7 . 85 6 . — 18 . 48 15 . — 15 . 61 16 . — 23 . 49 8 . 48 10 . 12 4 . 26 7 . 88 24 . 84 18 . 92 16 . 36 16 . — 16 .126 21 . 72 16 . 48 18 . 84 16 .153 13 . 84 14 . 90 24 . 62 23 . 87 83 .114 85 . 20 8 .126 89 .179 28 1.1 1.2 1.2 11 1.2 10 1.5 8 1.7 9 1.7 12 1.11 2 2 2 2 8 2.1 11 2.2 5 2.8 6 2.4 2.4 2.4 3 8.1 8.1 y.i 3.1 3.2 8.6 :j.5 8.8 3.8 •1 4.3 53 TH E R ICHMOND W E E K . R ICHM OND v. B IC K L E Y P A RK . The first m atch of the R ichm ond W eek was played in the Old Deer Park on Monday and Tuesday. R ichm ond won by an innings and 18 runs. B ick ley Park. First Innings. E. P. Barlow, c and b Bing­ ham ......................................84 A. D. Blvth, c Studd,b Bing- 14 ham F. E. Street, c sub., b Bing­ ham ..................................... D. D. Pontifex, b Pobertson C. J. H. Cooper,1b w,b Bing­ ham ...................................... C. J. Boosey, b Robertson .. B. H. Latter, b Robertson .. C. M. Baker, b Bingham .. P. Merton, not out .. R. Hilder, c Studd,b Robert­ son ..................................... H. Hartley-Smith absent .. Extras .............................4 Second Innings, c Davies, b Yerburgh 40 b Robeitson .. . . 1 1 oYeiburgh,bRobertson 88 c Bingham, b Studd.. 85 8 c A. M., b Capt. Inglis 41 b Studd. b Studd.. . not out.. b Robertson. b Yerburgh....................0 H. Dixon, st James, b Yerbuigh................... 28 E xtra s....................11 Total............................ 75 R ich m ond . Total ..218 H. K. Avory, retired hurt .............................124 R. E. Yerburgh,c Blyth, b Baker ....................1 E. D. Cecil, c Pontifex,b B ak er.............................15 E. C. Studd, b Cooper .. 21 W . Lindsay, b Blyth .. 1 Capt. Inglis, c Latter, b Hilder.............................81 A. M. Inglis, run out .. 80 J. H. Bingham, c Merton, b Boosey .. 10 J. Robertson, c Merton, b B o o se y .................27 C. P. James, b Baker .. 20 E. D ivies, not out .. 14 E x tr a s .................17 Total ..811