Cricket 1883

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Manufactory and Warehouse:— 4 and 6, Newington Causeway, and 78 and 74, London Road, London. © m d u t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1883. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. I f that catch which Mr. Lucas gave to Lockwood at point had only been seen by the umpires, Mr. A. P. Lucas would have been out when he had got eight,and in all probability the Gentlemen would have been beaten at the Oval on Saturday afternoon. If Bates bad only caught Mr. Rotherham at the close the Gentlemen would have been out with seven runs still wanting to tie. On the other hand, if Mr. Rotherham had played his usual game with the last two balls delivered instead of trying cautious tactics, Peate would not have got his one wicket of the match, and the Gentlemen might have won. If—but there, if every­ thing came off, what would a humble snapper up of unconsidered trifles like myself have to write about. It is the very uncertainty of the game which furnishes the straw for the manufacture of these cricket bricks. C o n s id e r in g that the Gentlemen had not by any means their full strength, and that the Players were strong favourites, the result of the match, a tie, was in many respects gratifying. Taking into account, too, that of the twenty-six matches previously played between Gentlemen and Players each side had won ten, there was a real fitness in the arrangement which left the balance of power still un­ decided. Saturday’s tie leaves the ques­ tion of superiority between Gentlemen and Players 011 the Surrey ground still in abeyance. So much has been written about the details of Saturday’s play, that I hardly care to go over the ground again. At the same time, too much praise oannot be given to Mr. A. P. Lucasfor the brilliant defence he showed in going through the Gentlemen’s second innings on a tricky wicket with only one mistake. No higher praise can be bestowed on his 47 not out than that it saved his side. It is singular that in two big matches begun on Thursday and completed on Saturday, a batsman should have carried his bat through the innings. The other instance I allude to, is that of Mr. C. R Seymour, who went in first for Hants v. Surrey at Southampton on Thursday, and contributed 77 not out to the total of 154, exactly one half. T he number of important matches at the Oval, which have ended in a tie, is singular, and in fact the Surrey ground can claim a distinction solely its own in this respect. In 1847, the second year of its transmutation into a cricket ground, the Oval was the scene of a tie match between Kent and Surrey, and in 1868 Surrey twice tied on its own ground with M.C.C. and Ground anckMiddlesex. It is a little curious, too, that in all these three matches a Tom Sewell was in at the death, T. Sewell, sen., in 1847, and T. Sewell, jun., in 1868. I was an in­ terested witness of the second tie between Surrey and Middlesex in 1876, as well as of Saturday’s grand finish. Last week’s match was the fifth important contest at the Oval resulting in a tie. The Surrey ground, truly, has had more than its fair share of sensations. I am glad to hear that the Surrey authorities propose to revive next season, at the Oval, the once popular fixture between Gentlemen of the South, and Players of the South. Many of the leading amateurs have promised their active help, and, as the match may be of great use in the development of pro­ fessional cricket in the South, it deserves to be heartily supported. I w o n d e r how often the policy of put­ ting your opponents in when you have won the toss, proves to be a beneficial one. Hampshire gave Surrey the in­ nings at Southampton on Thursday, and had the worst, instead of the best of the wicket throughout. The Eton Captain tried a similar experiment with W in­ chester at Eton on the same day, and the Wykehamists won easily. The cases are indeed of the rarest to justify such a dangerous practice. M r, W. S. S h ir le y writes me as follows on the subject of two George Free-