Cricket 1883

SEI>*. 6,1863. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD O f THE GAME. 3 7 5 “ S tu m p s ,” 50, Fleming Road, Ken- liington Park, writes me tliusly :— Responding toyour invitation in to-day’s issue as to three scores of three figures in a match, I bag to extract from my cricket diary the sub­ joined score of a match, Surrey v, Cambridge­ shire, ptayed at Kennington Oval in 1861, which is the only instance of the kind I have recorded. In this matchCambridgeshirein the firstinnings scored 329, Hayward 108, and Carpenter 100. Surrey in its second innings scored 259, Julius Csesar 111. On this occasion Mr. Burrup, the popular ex-Socretary of the County Club, col­ lected in a couoanut shell about £23—tills from memory—and presented the amount to Julius Csesar on tho Pavilion steps, in recognition of his splendid display of batting. This famous batsman scored 50 on the first day, 01 (not out), on the second day, adding 50 more to his score on the third day. No doubt it will be especially interesting at the present time, when the star of Surrey is again in the ascendant, if you will allowm 3 to add that in the year referred to Surrey baat Nottinghamshire twice, first by 103 runs, and in the return by 8 wickets; 16 of Ox­ ford University by 42 runs; The North of England by 92 runs ; England by 56 runs ; and Yorkshire twice, by 6 wickets, and 2 wickets. In the majorityof thesematches Surreywas represented by three gentlemen and eight professionals, the toamagainst England being Messrs. F.Burbidge, E. Dows on, and F. P. Miller,and W. Caffyn, Julius Ctesar, G. Griffith, T. Lockyer, W. Mort- lock, W. Mudie, H. II. Stephenson andT. Sewell. I h a d fancied that there were few, if any, instances of three hundreds in the same innings, but thanks to the kind assistance of several correspondents well versed in cricket lore, I am able now to give more than one. Mr. H. F. K e e d , of Fullands Taunton, calls my attention to some scoring in a match between Fullands Taunton and South Molton, on July 12, 1877. In this Fullands scored 518 for the loss of only three wickets—Gr. F. Wiiles 210 not out, W. Massey 126, Rev. F. Reed 113 not out. South Molton only made 21. •J. C. S. also points out another memor­ able instance in the run-getting match on Chatham Lines on August 20 and 21, 1875, between the Royal Engineers and I Zingari. On that occasion R. E . were in the whole two days, and only lost eight wickets for 724, to which Hon. M. Gr. Talbot contributed 172, L . K. Scott 164, and P. G. Von Donop 101. The most notable occurrence, though, of the kind, was in the Inter-Colonial match, between New South Wales and Victoria, iu February, 1882, when the former made their huge total of 775, the largest on record in a first-class match. Murdoch, it will be remembered, was then credited with 321, Garrett with 163, and S. P. Jones with 109. I have to thank H. P. Church for a reminder of the last men­ tioned occurrence. In the recent match Sussex v. Notts, W . Tester, on going in with Jesse Hide, played so patiently, that his 20 runs took two hours all but five minutes to get. In the first hour and a half he only compiled five runs. Two very rapidly hit innings were made at Chichester and Portsmouth respectively last week byMr. A .E . Barton, an old Haileybury boy, now at the Oxford Military College. Playing for the Southsea Rovers against Priory Park, Chichester, he went in first in the second innings with just an hour to bat, and in that time scored 102 not out. The preceding week, playing against Ports­ mouth Grammar School, he again went iu first in the second iunings, and in an hour and five minutes had made 11 2 not out, thus in each innings showing an average of nearly 2 runs a minute. He gave only two chances, both innings being very fine displays of batting. It may not be generally known that Surrey is the only county which can this season claim to have known no defeat in a County match on its own ground. Notts was defeated by Lancashire at Trent Bridge, Yorkshire by Sussex sit Bramall Lane, Lancashire by Yorkshire at Old Trafi'ord, Middlesex by Yorkshire at Lord’s, Sussex in three matches at Brighton, K nt a" Cant rbury and Gravesend, Gloucestershire by Surrey at Cheltenham, Hampshire by Surrey at Southampton, Derbyshire by Sussex and Yorkshire at L'erby, Somersetshire by Gloucestershire and Surrey at Taunton. This year the Surrey eleven have beaten Sussex, Gloucestershire, and Somerset­ shire twice, Middlesex, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, and Hertfordshire once, been beaten once by Middlesex, Notts, Yorkshire, Lanca­ shire, Leicestershire, and Derbyshire, drawn twice with Kent, and once with Notts, Yorkshire, and Hampshire. Out of their full programme of twenty-three matches twelve have been won, six lost, and five drawn. This is a record with which the Surrey authorities may well be gratified, after a long succession of ill fortune, and one with which those who have so zealously worked, notably Mr. Frederick Burbidge, with a view to the education of the young cricketers in the County, have good reason to be proud. S om e months ago I called attention to the promising cricket shown at Welling­ ton College by H .H . Prince Christian Victor. As a rule the members of the Rq#al Family have hardly shown extra­ ordinary enthusiasm for ' the national game of England, and the name of a Prince ofthe Royal blood amongst the like­ ly colts of the year is a refreshing novelty. I do not know whether it is the force of example, but last week witnessed another important figure on the cricket field—- that of no less a person than the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord Spencer represented I Zingari against the Military of Ireland at Dublin on Friday and Saturday last, and, according to the newspapers, effected a brilliant catch. LordSpencer,aswasone ofhispredeeessors at the Vice-Regal Lodge, the late Earl of Carlisle, is a liberal supporter of cricket. W h e r e does my respected contem­ porary, the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, get its reliable informa­ tion on cricket from ? I am compelled to make the enquiry on account of the startling intelligence it contains with re­ gard to Surrey affairs in last Saturday’s paper. This is what the I. S. d D, N. says:— We hear, on good authority, that Surrey will lose the services of Mr. M. P. Bowden next sea­ son, as “ the Dulwich hoy” has been secured for Kent. It is rumoured that unless something is decided definitely with regard to the Lancashire bowlers, Surrey will not arrange matches with that county next season. I should like to wager my bottom dollar that there is not the slightest foundation of any ldndlor eitlierofthe aboverumours.I have the very highest authority for stating that tlie first at least is altogether incor­ rect, and the second is quite as mythical. Two rather peculiar incidents occurred during the progress of thematch between Surrey and Kent at the Oval, which I omitted to mention last week. In the second innings of Surrey Mr. Cliristo- plierson’s last ball bowled Mr. Bowden, and both the off and leg stumps were floored, the middle alone remaining quite erect. On the dismissal, too, of one of the Surrey batsmen, the bails were projected forward and rested iu front of the popping crease together, as if they had been on the stumps. Tlioms says that this is the only occasion in a long experience in which he has seen the bails deposited in the curious position men­ tioned. T h e Derbyshire eleven have only won one toss this season, when they beat Surrey at Derby. T hose Town Mailing cricketers have been at it again. A bowler, seeing that the batsman at his end backed up a little too much, performed the old sharp’s trick of running up to the wicket as if to bowl, and then disarranging the furni­ ture just as MasterBat had started. “How’sthat?” Umpire: “ Not out. ’E’s put there for bowl­ in’ o f’em, not for stoompin’ of ’em.— Spo ting Times.