Cricket 1883

446 ORICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. nov. 29 , i8s3. Last wicket scored 128 runs .. 6 '294 Match lost in one innings notwith­ standing scores of ,338 and 92 .. 12 ’86 No wicket lost and no chance given in whole day’s play .. .. 13711 Three matches inone day, played hy same person .. .. .. 12 '27 145 extras in three innings (including 58 wides ... .. .. .. 5 352 50,235 runs scored by batsman in 984 innings in 13 years .. .. 8 417 26,775 runs scored by batsman in 610 innings ip 14 years .. .. 7’115 S coring in M atches — T H E N E X T A U S T R A L I A N T E A M . Large Scoring. 1,238 runs for";101 wickets 13-397 1,136 „ „ 21 „ 11-141 724 „ „ 8 „ 10-566 7H „ 8 „ .. .. 10-711 507 „ „ 5 „ .. 7-430 502 „ „ 4 „ 13-952 462 „ „ 2 „ 13-360 402 „ „ 2 „ 12-954 356 „ „ 0 „ .. 13-711 253 „ ,, 0 „ 8-471 238 „ „ 0 „ . . 13-592 Rapid Scoring. 331 runs in 100 minutes 12-916 170 „ „ 65 „ .. 12-866 238 „ „ 120 „ .. 13-592 Slow Scoring. 16 runs in 90 minutes.. 7-389 W e understand that the programme of matches for the Australian team to visit England next summer is now almost completed. A very large number of applications for fixtures has been received by the Secretary of the Surrey County Club, who has the arrangement of the match list, but it is obviously impossible to accept all invitations. The Committee of the Marylebone Club have generously granted the Australians the use of Lord’s for three matches, viz., against M.C.C and Ground, the Gentlemen, and Eng­ land, and undertake to pay all the expenses. We believe that three matches in all will be played against England, at Lord’s, at the Oval, and Manchester •two against the Gentlemen, at Lord’s and the Oval; two against the Players, at the Oval and Sheffield; two against the North, at Nottingham and Manchester; and one or two against the South, as may be con­ sidered most advisable. It will thus be seen that in all probability there will be as many as ten or eleven repre- sentative matches. There is every possibility that, as in 1882, the opening match of their tour will be against Oxford University at Oxford on May 15 or 19. Two matches will be played with Yorkshire, Notts and Gloucestershire, one each with Lancashire, Kent, Surrey, Middle­ sex, Sussex, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire, and in all likelihood they will have the usual fixture at Scarborough in the first week of September. No official intelligence has as yet been received of the constitution of the team. Small Scoring. 0 runs for 13 wickets 10-231 0 „ 10 ,, 1-534.10-230.12-815 4 „ ,, 19 „ *• i • 7-133 13 „ „ 22 „ •. •• 13-17 16 „ „ 10 „ (M.C.C.) 12-324 20 ,. io „ (Kent) .. 11-488 61 „ „ 30 „ •• 10-315 16 „ in 2 innings of side .. 10-315 94 „ in 4 „ »» )> •• 1-248 lObatsmen out of 20 scored 0 runs .. .. .. .. 10593 27 batsmen out of 41 scored 0 runs .. .. .. .. 10593 31 batsmen out of 44 scored 0 r u n s ...................................... 7'445 8 batsmen in All England 11 made 0 runs in one innings 4-360 4 runs only made by side in each of 2 innings of match.. 8 ’284 Side requiring 10 runs to win match only scored 6 ., .. 8-525 Club. 1 ao o i aS 5 3o d 5 fe >3 M « Young America 8 8 0 0 1654 Belmont 10 7 1 2 1672 Girard 9 5 2 2 1451 Germantown .. 8 3 4 1 1570 Merion 12 6 6 0 1927 Oxford 7 1 6 0 575 Haverford Coll. 8 3 5 0 775 University of Pa. 3 2 1 0 359 Tfo owing. 137 yards.. 132 „ .. Ii7 1 foot, 3 inches 1-X1X.415 12-806 12-740 Umpiring. Decision ending match in conse­ quence of 4 minutes delay .. 12-199 Decision overruled by M.C.C. .. 4’582 Decision that ground was too muddy to play on ... .. 6-167 No ball called before delivery .. 12-6 Umpire objected to twice in one match .. .. .. .. 8-390 Umpire for 18 years in 3,030 m atch es....................................... 10-599 Wicket-keeping. 15 wickets obtained by wicket­ keeper out of 32 .. .. 12-408 12 wickets obtained by wicket­ keeper out of 20 .. .. 10-480 7 wickets obtained by wicket­ keeper out of 10 .. .. 13377 4 wickets obtained by wicket­ keeper in 4 balls .. ., 5 395 (To be continued). R avensboubne Club Dinner was held at the Bridge House Hotel on November 16, Mr. J. M. Cook in Chair. S t . I vo and t h e A sh es . —A correct, true, par­ ticular, and humorous history of the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s Campaign in Australia, with eleven comic illustratious, full page. Post free, Is. Id; To be had of W . R . Wright, Office of C ricksit 17, Paternoster Square, London, E.C.— A d vt T he members of our staff are very fond of boasting of their prowess at cricket. A match was commenced on Thursday, and on the evening of that day our hero went to the wickets, but before he had received a hall stumps were drawn for the day. All Friday it rained, and there was no play. On Saturday morning he was clean bowled by the first ball he received, and now he boasts that it took an All England Eleven three days to get him out .—Household Words, Nov. 17. TO PRESIDENTS op CRICKET CLUBS. BATS, B A L L ?, and W ICKETS Urgently required to start a Cricket Club for Working Men. Donations of any of these articles will be gratefully received and acknow­ ledged by L ad y B a y l e y , The Wilderness, Ascot. C R I C K E T I N A M E R I C A . The following are the averages for the Phila­ delphia cricket clubs for the season just closed : Opponents. Club. 0 a> M 5o 2 ° is" Average runs. Total rans. Wickets lost. Average runs. Young America 121 13.67 1006 129 7.79 Belmont.. 117 14.29 1898 166 11.43 Girard 122 11.89 822 118 6.96 Germantown.. 133 11.80 1531 125 12.25 Merion 174 11.07 1521 175 8.69 Oxford 117 4.91 1092 77 14.18 Haverford Coll. 120 6.46 1074 118 9.10 University of Pa. 30 11.97 445 58 7.67 W ANTED, 1 ‘Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack ” for 1874, 1875, and 1877. Apply to B. F' Stevens, 4, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cr osb . S UNDERLAND CRICKET CLUB—Wanted, a First-clas 3 PROFESSIONAL, at £3 per week and a Benefit: Ground man kept.—Apply to the Hon. Sec., J. B. S sa k k e s , Claremont- terrace, Sunderland. SOUTH CRICKET NORTHUMBERLAND CLUB. First-class PROFESSIONAL for nex Ground man kept. Apply to J ohn G. B oss, Hon. See., Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. W A N T B D , ! Season. IMPORTANT NOTICE, T HE W INT ER “ C b ic k e t ” will during the Winter W isd en ’ s C ricketeb s ’ A lmanack jo b 1884. We have received a copy of the twenty-first edition of this useful compendium of cricket in­ formation. It consists of 268 closely printed pages including the scores of all the principal matches of the past season, and as far as we c«n judge, the figures maintain the character for accuracy the work has always enjoyed. It is, indeed, a cheap shilling’s worth, and for refer­ ence the Almanack should be of value to all cricketers. J a m e s L il l y w h it e ’ s C bich ete es ’ A nnu al for 1884, will be published next month, by Wright and Co. (The Cricket Press), 17, Paternoster Square. The. frontispiece will be an excellent photograph of the Surrey County Eleven of 1883. be published Monthly on the following dates: T h ursday , Nov. 29th.—No. 48 ; T h ursday , Deo. 27th.—No. 49 ; T h u r sd a y , J a n . 31st.—No. 50 ; T h u r sd a y , Feb. 28th. — No. 51 ; T h u r sd a y , M ar . 28th. — No. 52. Vol. I I , will end with No. 49. 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