Cricket 1883

402 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. s e p t . 20 , isss. BICKLEY PARK JUNIORS v. W . E. NOAKES* XI. Played at Bickley Park on August 21. B ick le y Ju n iors. FirBt Innings. H. H. Carey, c Wyld, b Ormerod ....................34 G. C. Boosey, c G. Sourgess, b Ormerod 41 H.L.Carey, c N. Noakes, b Ormerod....................18 T. P. Hilder, c and b Ormerod ....................11 H. E. Boucb, b W . Noakes.............................17 F. Bouch b W . Noakes 0 R. Langmore,c Douglas, b W . Noakes .. .. 1 G. Townend,not out .. 6 E, P. Griffin, run out .. 32 J. M. Steele, b Ormerod 35 H.Ellis, c andb Ormerod 4 B 10,1 b 4,1 b 1 .. 15 CR ICK E T IN CH INA . To th e E ditor of ‘ £C r ick e t . ” Total ..214 In the Second Inning* H. H. Carey scored (not out) 24, G. C. Boosey (not out) 89—total (53. W . F. N o a 'ie s’ XI. A. D. Clarke, c Griffin, b Boosey............................ 18 T. Ormerod. b Boosey.. 24 B. A. Vian, b Griffin .. 14 T. Stoneham, b Griffin 0 A. P. Douglas, b Griffin 33 W . F. Noakes, c Ellis, b Griffin.............................60 N. Noakes, c Langmore, b Hilder ....................1 A. M. Sturgess, c H. H. Carey, b Hilder.. .. L. Hinton, b E llis.. .. H. Wyld, run ou t.. .. G. Sturgess, not-out .. B 2 , w l .................... Total....................178 BICKLEYPARK JUNIORS v. BLACKHEATH JUNIORS. Played at Bickley Park on August 22. B ick le y P ark. and b G. C. Boosey, b Ormerod 4 H. H. Carey, b Ormerod 4 H. L' Carey, st Wyld, b Ormerod ....................13 W . Rashleigh, not out. .148 T. P. Hilder, b Christo­ pherson ....................31 H. Ellis, b Christopher­ son .............................0 A. E. Carey, c and b Ormerod ....................19 B lackheath . T. Nicolas, Ormerod H . Huttson, c Ormerod, b Christopherson A. J. Latter, run out E . Silver, b Ormerod B 20,1 b 1, w 2 . 12 Total ..261 T. Ormerod, b Boosey.. 24 W . Livingstone,c Hilder, b Boosey ....................22 S. Christopherson, b Boosey.............................10 J. M. Steele, b Ellis .. 8 E. S. Griffin, not out .. 44 W . Anderson, c and b Boosey.............................7 N. Noakes, o Latter, b Boosey............................. 12 A. Wyld, c Hilder, b Boosey .................... G. Boys, run out A. Barnes, c H. Carey, b H u tto n .................... A. P. Douglas, absent B ............................. Total ..139 BICKLEY JUNIORS v. SOUTPIBORO’ JUNIORS. Played at Bickley Park on August 29. B ick le y P ark. First Innings. H.L.Carey, c B. Morgan, b E. Morgan H. Ellis, c Foley, b Cockerel .................... A. Latham, b Kelsey .. H . A. Hutton, not ou t.. B l, I b S .w l.. .. W . Rashleigh, c Ellis, b Kelsey.............................» H. H. Carey, b Kelsey.. 7 II. N. Alston, c A. Morgan, b Kelsey .. 4 T. P. Hilder, c Foley, b Cockerel....................24 J. Philpott, b E.Morgan 7 W.Philpott.b E.Morgan 0 Total . . ..122 H. E. Bouch, run out .. In the Second Innings W . Rashleigh scored (not out)19, T. P. Hilder (not out) 17, H.E.Bouch (c Wood, b Chapman) 6, A. Latham (o B. Morgan, b Kelsey) 15—total 57. S o u th b o ro ' Ju n iors. First Innings. E. H. Morgan, b J. Philpott 7 R. H. Hay-Chapman, c II, Bouch, b J. Philpott .. 0 T. H. Kelsey, c and b Ellis 12 II. Cockorel, c Rashleigh, b J. Philpott.............................0 b Ellis . G. M. Wood, c Rashleigh, b J. Philpott.............................4 b Ellis . F. W . Foley, c and b J. Phil­ pott ......................................33 B. Morgan, not out .. .. 13 Second Inninge. o II. H. Carey, b J. Philpott.................... b J. Philpott .. c Rashleigh, b J. Phil­ pott ............................. G. H. Milbank, c and b J. Philpott .............................4 T. H. Fielder, c and b Alston 3 F.Bonch, sub., b E llis.. .. 5 F. C. Rllis, sub., b Ellis .. 0 B 3, w 3 .............................6 c and b J. Philpott .. st W . Philpott, b Hil­ der ............................. cH.H.Carey,b Latham cW.Philpo,tt,bLatbam 87 c J. Philpott, b Hilder not out............................. B 7,1 b 2, w 2 S ir , —Some months back, you invited me to send you cricket news from Shanghai. I now attempt to send you a few lines, together with a record of the matches we have played, which have been furnished to me by the kind­ ness of Mr. W. H. Tottie, the Hon. Sec. of the S.C.C. _ ! Cricket, like riding, racquets, lawn tennis, rowing, and every other recreation that imagin­ ation can suggest, flourishes in Shanghai. The ground is situate just outside the settlement limits, and lies in the centre of the race-course. The race-course has a circumference of about miles, encircling a cricket-ground, athletic- ground, skating-pond, and rough ground, on which ponies are let loose during the non-raeing season, and the snipe descends from its flight north or south according to the season of the year (chiefly on its way south), when the racing season is in swing. Indeed, during the Autumn crieket season, it is not an uncommon sight to see cricket, racing, lawn tennis, a sort of base­ ball played by the Germans,and snipe-shooting, all going on simultaneously, and within view from the cricket-ground. Comprising about 45 mow (or 8 acres) the cricket ground, which was returfed and levelled last January, presents a billiard table appearance, and is one of the best grounds I have ever had the pleasure of playing on. The cricket season— which is divided into the Spring season, com­ mencing in the middle of May, and ending with the incoming of the hot weather at the end of June, and the Autumn season, commencing at the beginning of September, and continuing into November—was opened this year by amatch with H. M. Navy. With the exception of a fixture of this description all contests are what would be called in the old country in-matches, the greatest interest and excitement centering in England v. Scotland. We have a fair playing list comprising seventy members, besides many other non-playing supporters, one of whom generously both last year and this offers a bat for every individual score of GO, and one for the best bowling average of the year. As will be seen from a perusal of the scores enclosed, W. Dunman has already secured two bats by grandly hit innings of 84 and 70, and for the bowling average R. McGregor stands well to the fore, though T. Latham (an old Cantab) has actually the best average. With the exception of a little slackness in the field, especially in the catching department, which is no doubt partially due to the heat, glare, and the mushroom hats we are obliged to wear for protection, the cricket is really good, and in the interest taken in it far surpasses any shown by the members of many a Metropolitan Club with which I have come in contact. Every one is a keen if not efAeient cricketer. The great disadvantage we labour under is the want of professional bowling, in lieu of which we have to put up with the Chinese coolie, who throws straight and fast, or the erratic practice of some amateur, both inducing “ slogging” rather than defence. Out of old England, I have heard it said many a time “ there is no place like Shanghai,” and few though the months have been since I have been here, I can fully endorse that saying. For an unmarried man with no particular home ties, what with work, and almost any amusement at hand you could possibly indulge in, time flios very rapidly and pleasantly. Work gives way to everything, yet it is a life of amusement. During this and the succeeding month, lawn- tennis, when the sun gets low, is almost the only active game played, though there are a few tough ’uns who play cricket and racquets. A sail down the river for the happy owner of a house- favourite employment ofan evening, with a plunge into the muddy waters of the Whangpoo as a refresher, or lying in long chairs in your veran­ dah or the public gardens listening to the strain of the town band and smoking —not the Havan- nah, (a rarity here) but the Manilla.—I am, &c., G k if f in . Shanghai, July 27, 1833. SHANGHAI 1 st X I v. TWENTY-TWO. Played at Shanghai on June 2. W. C. Ward, b Dunman 7 H.E.Fulford, b Latham 0 H.R. Hearn, b Dunman 5 D. Nesbitt, c Reynell, b Dunman .................... 0 A. Andersen, run out .. 5 B.Ruttinjee, b Tottie.. 10 C. H. Hutchings, b M cGregor.................... 4 J. H. Osborne, c McGre­ gor, b Dunmon .. .. 2 G. do St. Croix, b McGhrcgor.................... H. A. Easton, b Tottio 2 R.H. Harris, b Dunman 0 E. B.DoArley, b Tottie 11 H. Smith, c and b Latham ....................0 J. Baird, b Tottie.. .. 1 C. J. Inchbald, not out 8 J. McKie, b Tottie .. 5 W.Lamond,cGoreBooth, b Tottio ....................0 L b 2, w 1 . . . . 3 W. Dunman, b Baird .. 23 E.E. Gore-Bootli.bBaird 4 T. Latham, c Inchbald, b F u lford ....................6 H. H. Taylor, b Fulford 26 A. Burrows, c Lamond, b Baird............................ 11 A. E. Reynell, c Ander­ son, b Inchbald.. .. 0 0 Total . . . . C9 E leven . G. T. Veitch, b Baird.. 5 W.H.Tottie,c Anderson, b Baird .................... 18 F.Andorson, b Anderson 7 R. MeGregor.notout .. 6 J. S. Ezekiel, did not bat 0 B 3, w l4 ,n b 2 ..1 9 Total ..125 UNDER THIRTY v. OVER THIRTY. Played at Shanghai on June 9. O ver T h irty . H. R. Hearn, c Fulford, b Baird ....................2 H. H. Taylor, b Me Gregor ....................88 A. J. Leach, c Baird, b McGregor ....................46 A. BurrowB,run out ..2 4 G. T. Veitch, not out .. 84 E. J. O. Rowland, b Me Gregor............................. 4 A. Anderson, b Me Gregor.............................4 C M. Ford, b McGregor 6 W . C. Ward, b Baird .. 1 C. H . Hutchings, b Me Oregor.............................10 J. H. Scott, c Anderson, b McGregor .. .. 0 B 2,1 b 4, w 1 .. .. 7 Total ..176 U n der T h irty . W . Dunman, c Iloarn, b S c o t t .............................82 H. E. Fulford, b Scott.. 14 A. E. Reynell, not ou t.. 19 W . II. Tottie, b Leach 0 F. Anderson, b Leach.. 41 J. S. Ezekiel, not out .. 12 L b l ,w 2 .. .. 8 .129 J. Baird, R. McGregor, E. Tomlin, Ritchie, and C. J. Inehbald did not bat. SHANGHAI v. SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS. Played at Shanghai on June 16. V olunteers . First Innings. W . Dunman, c and b Fulford 21 G. T. Veitch, c Taylor, b M cG regor.............................5 J. Neilson, c Ischbald, b Fulford..................................... 1 F. Andorson, c sub, b Baird 11 E. J. O. Rowland, c and b M cG regor.............................3 A. Anderson, b McGregor .. 1 Easton, cLatham,bMcGregor 0 B. Ruttenjee, not out .. .. 14 W . C. Ward, b McGregor .. 0 McKie, c Inchbald, b Baird.. 2 Kennody, c Fulford, b M cGregor.............................8 b L a th a m .........................0 Second Innings, b Baird.............................18 notout.............................3 c Inchbald, b Latham 2 c Taylor, b McGregor 1 b McGregor....................3 not out.............................13 Total.............................84 Shanghai. 0 Total 40 T. Latham, b Neilson .. H. R. Hearn, 1 b w, b V eitch............................. H. H. Taylor, c F. Andor­ son, b Dunmati.. A. E. Reynell, run ou t.. H. E. FufcfQrd, b Veitch A. Burrows, c and b R. McGregor, b Veitch 0 C.H. Hutchings, runout 1 C. J.IuchbaldjbDunmau 12 J. Baird, not out .. .. 15 E. H . Gore Booth, b D u n m a n ....................0 B 1,1 b2, w l .. •• 4