Cricket 1883

AUGUST 23,1883. CftlCKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 341 Oval, 18G9 ; 245—W. L. Murdoch and S. P. Jones, New South Wales v. Victoria, 1882. W h i l e on the subject of long scoring, I may mention a feat in South London on Saturday week, which does not seem to have seen the light in any of the sporting papers. In a match against the Victoria Club at Dulwich, Clapham— I believe there are two clubs claiming this title—scored 463 for the loss of one wicket. The figures were—C. Campbell 23G; Frost (b Greenaway) 51; C. Cliees- wright (not out) 156 ; extras, 20;— Total, 463. This is, I should fancy, without a parallel in a Saturday match. Mention has already been made of the most memorable instances of high scoring, but in London I cannot call to mind such a total with only one batsman out. T h e highest individual score o f the season in an important match—Lock­ wood’s 208 for Yorkshire v. Kent, August 16. T h e champion batsmen of Eton and Harrow this year, both made their debut iu county cricket on Monday. P. Mar­ chant, who I hear just comes within the Kentish boundary, played for the first time for Kent at Gravesend, and T . Greatorex for Middlesex at Nottingham, v. Notts. The Law Club will wind up the season with a tour in Devonshire, commencing on Monday next. Matches are arranged at Torquay, Exmouth, Axminster, and with the South Devon Club at New­ ton Abbot. Their last match of the sea son on the club ground was played on Saturday, when they ran up a total of 425 against the Stygians, of which number Mr. E. V. Longstaffe contributed 171. T h u r s d a y last was indeed quite a red letter day for batsmen: Never, it is safe to say, lias there been in first-class cricket a day so remarkable for tall scoring in County matches. Lockwood 208 for Yorkshire v. Kent at Gravesend, Hon. A. Lyttelton 181 and Mr. I. D.Walker 145 for Middlesex v. Gloucestershire at Ciifton, Mr. W. W. Bead 93 not out for Surrey v. Somersetshire, and Lord Harris 80 not out for Kent v. Yorkshire. August 17, 1876, was, too, singularly a day of eventful scoring. “ A t l a s , ” in the World, has beenmuch troubled of late with correspondents anxious to set the universe of cricket right on the vexed question of the pre­ cise origin of round-arm bowling. There is a pleasing story that one John Willes took the idea of an over-liand deliveryfrom the skill shown by his sister in throwing the ball to him from practice. A Mr. Sidney Hodges writes to the World as follows My mother was the sister ot John Willes the cricketer, who was net only considered the best gentleman player in Kent, but had the reputa­ tion also of being the best shot and the best boxer in the county. It was, as yon state, my mother’s skill in throwing the cricket-ball to her brother for practice which suggested to him the idei of introducing round-arm bowling. If I remember rightly, Lord Charles Beauclerk was the next to adopt the system, and he introduced it at Lord’s, thereby exciting a stiff controversy as to whether the system was admissible. My uncle also trained a dog to fetch the ball; and there was a saying that Willes, his sister, and dog, could beat any eleven in England. The author of the “ Cricket Field” writes me on this subject as follows :— Willes, a Kent farmer, took the idea of round arm bowling from his sister’s throwing in a barn. Broadbridge and Lillywhite introduced it about 182G. The “ Cricket Field ” gives dates of the three trial matches, the new style v. the old, Willes is always credited with tho in­ vention, but I believe Mr. Knight, of Alton, who was chiefly the cause of this law being altered toallow of the hand above wrist, invented it independently from the action of his two sisters throwing to him. This I heard on an authority to me very satisfactory. A p e w weeks ago I pointed out the extraordinary ill-luck of the Surrey Cap­ tain this summer in losing the toss. A correspondent calls attention to the Up­ pingham Kovers, who in their recent tour lost eight tosses in nine matches. This, of course, always meant a day’ s fielding out before batting, and their bad luck told the more heavily on them, as during the tour every member of the team was placed hors de combat in one way or another, with the' exception of A. P. Lucas, and he, the last day at Chichester, put his finger out aud split it very badly. The following are the aveiajes of the most successful batsmen of the season. They are compiled from County and other important matches, and calculated up to Saturday last. No batsmen are inserted who have played iu less than sixteen iunings :— Completed Highest Innings. Runs. Score. Average. \V. W . Read............30 1437 168 47.24 G. T. Studd ............26 1069 175* 41.3 Shrewsbury ............24 900 98 37.12 W. G. Grace .............32 1194 89 37.10 A. P. Lucas................20 064 9T 33.4 Ulyett.................. •38 1210 80 33. Lord Harris ............ 24 760 118 31.16 I. D. Walker ...........21 664 145 31.13 Barnes........................31 922 120 29.23 E. M. Giace .............19 561 71 29.10 Hall............................28 809 82* 28.25 M. Read.................... 35 979 113* 27.34 .Lockwood ................31 827 208 26.21 P. J. deParavicini ..19 484 65 25.9 J. Shuter....................27 667 108* 24.19 G. G. Hearne.............28 C84 125 24.12 A. N. Hornby............28 673 96 24.1 Barlow........................26 611 71 23.13 W. B. Gilberl 23 502 79 21.19 33 710 131 21.17 33 683 79 20.23 W. E. Boiler 33 C52 81 19.25 Abel.............. 30 585 83 19.15 Hon. M. B. Hawke 31 498 141 18.13 19 324 46 17.1 Henderson , 31 498 ■ 67 16.2 Principal bowlers in County and first-class matches Runs per Overs. Hdns. Runs. Wilts Wkt. Watson . . . . 539.2 . 207 .. 613 .. 62 .. 9.55 Harrison .. 654.3 . 284 ..1028 .. 89 .. 11.49 Emmett___ 384.1 . 179 .. 534 .. 42 .. 12.32 Crossland .. 380.3 . 146 .. 608 .. 45 .. 13.23 777.2 . 463 .. 618 .. 45 .. 13.33 Flowers 882.3 . 403 ..1199 .. 8 S .. 13 55 309.2 . 129 .. 524 .. 37 .. 14.6 Barlow . . . . 9C1.1 . 461 .. 1245 .. 86 .. 14.41 1027.1 . 493 ..1305 .. 89 .. 14.49 Barratt . . . . 369.1 . 556 ..2209 ..151 .. 14.95 A. G. Steel.. 362 . 175 .. 502 .. 33 .. 15.10 Woof 780 . 333 ..1171 .. 74 .. 15.61 Ulyett . . . . 401.2 . 171 .. 662 .. 39 .. 16.38 Barnes . . . . 695.2 . 286 ..1081 .. 65 .. 16.41 W. E. Boiler 557.3 . 262 .. 770 .. 45 .. 17.5 C. T. Studd 1007.3 . 451 .1406 .. 81 .. 17.29 650 2 . 330 .. 830 .. 47 .. 17.31 616.2 . 284 .. 844 .. 43 .. 19.27 W. G. Grace 891.1 . 309 ..1623 .. 79 .. 20.43 C.E.Horner 490.1 . 195 .. 650 .. 30 .. 21.20 Wright . . . . 437.1 .. 205 . .659 . . 3 0 .. 21.29 The following statistics will show the relative positions of first-class counties in Inter-County matches up to date. Won. Lost. Drawn. Derbyshire 1 4 1 Gloucestershire .. 0 . . 6 2 Hampshire . . 1 2 1 Kent 2 6 1 Lancashire 6 3 1 Middlesex 4 2 3 Surrey 6 5 4 Sussex 4 6 ’ 0 Yorkshire 9 2 4 Notts 4 .! 1 5 The results of some Somersetshire matches were wrongly introduced into this table last week, and hence apparent discrepancies. KENSINGTON PARK v. NEER-DO-WEELS. Pjayed at Chessingdon on August 16. K en sin gton P ark. First Innings. T. C. O’Brien, b Harbot- T. J. Wyn-Mackenzie, tie ..................................65 not out ...................20 W. F. Thompson, b C. W. Raker, b J. Har- Cooper..........................2 b o ttle ...........................2 P. K. Stothert, run out 7 Extras ..................14 G. Charters, c Colman, b — Bradshaw ................7 Total . f ..117 T. Rixon, l b w , b J. H arbottle................0 G. IT. P. Street, H.Mellor, W. Mews, and H. Anthony were absent. In the Second Innings T. C. O’Brien scored (not out) 26, W. F. Thompson (uot out) 2U; extras 6,—total 52. N e ’ er - do -W eels . First Innings. Second InninRS. A G. Bradshaw, b O’Brien Commander Muggeinlge, Rixon .......................... C. J. H. Cooper, b Rixon O’Brien.......................... J. Harbottle, b O’Brien E. C. Bambridge, not out J. VV. Hoiway, b Rixon B. Posno, b Rixon.. H. E. Anthony, run out R. E. Harbottle, b O’Brien J. Colman, absent. Extras .. 0 c Colman (sub.), b 11 b 1 c Thompson,b O’Brien 5 U c Anthony (sub.), b 51 , b 18 21 0 cT.B.ll arbottle(sub-), b Charter:: 81 a;> II 0 7 0 n 0 0 0 e Bakor, b Rixon 0 M 5 26 Total..- . .174