Cricket 1883

d e c . 27,1883. CRICKET; 16, Gravesend. Yorkshire v. Kent. E. Lock­ wood made 208 for Yorkshire. The highest individual scsre of the season in an im­ portant match. 16, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, Mr, E. B. Howlett’s Eleven v. Mr, A. B. Howlett’s Eleven. In their second innings Mr. Howlett’s Eleven were all dismissed without a run. The only innings of 1883, as far as we know, in which nothing was scored. 16, Clifton. Middlesex v. Gloucestershire. Hon. A. Lyttelton and I. D. Walker put on 324 runs while together. This is the largest number of runs made by two bats­ men in an important match. In an hour and three-quarters they scored 226 runs. 23, Deddington. Deddington v. Free Foresters. Shillingford (Deddington) bowled a bail 42 yards from the wicket. 24, Kennington Oval. Lancashire v. Surrey. Mr. I'. Taylor and Barlow made 123 for first wicket in Lancashire’s second innings. Messrs. Roller and Key became partners in Surrey’s second innings with 112 to win and three wickets to fall; they made the runs without either getting out. 25,-King’s Lynn. Mr. Beck’s Eleven v. Mr. Arnold’s Eleven. A. W. and L. K. Jarvis scored 211 for first wicket of Mr. Beck’s Eleven. S e p t e m b e r . I, Scarborough. M.C.C. and Ground v. York­ shire. G. F. Vernon scored 16 from one over of Bates in M.C.C.’s first innings. J, Bassett. Bassett v. Eastleigh, A. Coward took air ten Eastleigh wickets at a cost of only six runs. 3, Herne Bay. Visitors v. Residents. H. V. Doulton took all ten wickets in first innings of Residents. 8, Darwen v. Werneth. Bray took all ten wickets of Werneth. II, Corfe. Miss Douglas’ Side v. Miss Hickley’s Side. Miss Douglas’ Side won by two wickets. 13, Nottingham. Notts v. M.C.C. and Ground. Notts were dismissed in first innings for 23. The smallest score of the season in an important match. At one time five of the best wickets were down for one run from the bat. , Denton Park, Grantham. Miss Travis’ Side v. Mrs. H. P. Dickinson’s Side. Former won by one run. A F E W A U S T R A L I A N MEM S . T h e Queensland Association were so fortunate in their venture in bringing the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team to Queensland, over £400 having being netted by the transaction. At a recent meeting of the Association it was decided that the money in question should be devoted to the purchase of a cricket ground for the Association. O n Oct. 13, and20, Percy McDonnell scored 162 not out, for Melbourne v. Kew. He went in first and carried his bat through for 162 out of 301. S outh M elbou rn e , on Oct. 13, scored 131 for one wicket, against St. Kilda, J. Slight, of the first Australian eleven, not out, 53 ; F. Walters, not out, 71. W. H. Cooper took seven of St. Kilda’s wickets for 47 runs. E a st M e l b o u r n e , on Oct 13, made 142 for one wieket, against Fitzroy. Scott, not ouf, 63; Groube, 55 ; Horan, not out, 9. A p e c u l ia r match took place on Oct. 13, at Melbourne, between second elevens of Mel­ bourne and Kew Clubs. Kew went in first. The score off the bat totalled 5 runs, and there were 2 leg-byes. The bowling of De Little and WEEKLY RECORD OF Sutherland was something extraordinary, the former getting five wickets without a run being scored, and the latter five wiokets for five runs. M.C.C. had eight wickets down for 267. O n Oct. 13 Albert Park were dismissed by Domain, at Sydney, for nine. A. Hogan took six wickets for three, J. Pirani four for six runs. The latter got three wickets with successive balls, F or Alma Road Grammar School v. All Saints’ Grammar School, Melbourne, on Oct. 19, Stiffe took seven wickets for three runs. F o r St. Kilda v. East Melbourne, on Oct. 18, Bonnor scored 48 out of 54 while in. M id w in t e r , Alexander and Blackham played for H. F . Boyle’s XI. v. 18 of Sandhurst, on Oct. 17. Midwinter scored 59, Blackham 30, Boyle 17, and Alexander 15. E a s t M e l b o u r n e scored 406 v. St. Kilda, on Oct. 18. I n a match between the Albert and Belvidere Clubs, at Sydney, on Oct. 20, Cleeve took eight of nine Belvidere wickets which fell to the bowlers at a cost of only ten runs. T h e Inter-colonial match between New South Wales and Victoria has been fixed for December 26, and two following days, at Melbourne. M r . C. W . B e a l , the Manager of the Third Australian Team in England (th a t of 1882), has promised D ot only to take a strong Sydney team to Adelaide, but also for a lengthened tour in Queensland. A C ricket Association for Auckland, New Zea­ land, has recently been formed. It is said that a Tasmanian team will visit Dunedin. There are two enclosed grounds in that city. T h e first important match of the season was played at Sydney, on Saturday, Oct. 13, between the Albert and Carlton Clubs. Alick and Charles Bannerman played for the Albert, and the for­ mer, who went in first with his brother, was last out for 64 out of ll8 from the bat. F or the Incogniti against Sydney Grammar School, on Oct. 17, R. Allen scored 135, not out, to a total of 320. T. W. Garrett also bat­ ted for same side, contributing 41. O n Oct. 13, at Sydney, the Hawkesbury Club were dismissed, in their second innings, by the Ineogniti (with one absentee), for eleven runs, seven of the team failing to score. T. W. Gar­ rett bowled for the Incogs., but in the two innings of Hawkesbury he only got five wickets. E ast Melbourne Second, in match on October 13, 20, and 27, against Fitzroy Second, scored 511, and won by an innings and 384 runs; Fitzroy making 84 and 44. C. G. Allee (209 not out) and R. Little, 159, had possession of the wickets for nearly two Saturdays. J. O. H anlon scored 127 out of 241 for Essex Juniors v, Marylebone, at Melbourne, on October 27. S o u t h Melbourne, with 473, beat St. Kilda on October 27 by an innings and 338 runs, W. H. F ig g is scored 115 out of 278 for Ballarat v, Melbourne, on October 27. On other side McDonnell made 118 not out, of 188 for four wickets. The Selection Committee of the New South Wales Association have chosen the following players to practise for the Intercolonial match, which will take place on the Melbourne ground on 26th, 27th, and 28th December:—Messrs. R, Allen, A. Bannerman, C. Bannerman, J. Cleeve, Elder, T. Garrett, A. Gregory, Hall, J. Hiddle- stone, S, Jones, Lee, H, Massie, H. Moses, E. Powell. D. Gregory was chosen, but as he will be unable to visit Melbourne his name was withdrawn. R. C. Ramsay, who was instru­ mental in causing the defeat of the last Austra­ lian Eleven at the hands of Cambridge Uni­ versity, and who is now a resident of the Bourke district, has, it seems, been com­ municated with, and notes have been sent also to Spofforth, and Evans. It is said that the latter is not likely to appear again on the cricket-field, at any rate in first-class matches. THE GAME. 459 C R I C K E T ON H A M P S T E A D H E A T H . IMPORTANT DECISION. In the Queen’s Bench Division on December 11, before Lord Coleridge and Justices Stephen and Mathew, the case of the Metropolitan Board of Works v. Pritchard was heard. It was a special case stated by two Justices for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the Court as to the validity of a certain bye-law made by the Metropolitan Board of Works under an Act of 1877, for regulating sports and games played on Hampstead Heath. On November 1, 1882, at the Hampstead Petty Sessional Court, a summons was heard against Mr. George Pritchard for unlawfully playing cricket on a portion of Hampstead Heath, not being one of the parts authorised by the Metropolitan Board of Works Act, 1877. At the hearing it was proved on behalf of Mr. Pritchard, that he was a rate-paying inhabitant of Hampstead, and that the inhabitants of Hampstead had been accustomed as of right from time immemorial to play lawful games on the portion of the heath in question at all times of the year, and that such right had never been interrupted by any one till the Metropolitan Board of Works erected certain notice boards in 1882. The Justices being of opinion that Mr. Pritchard played cricket on the day in question in the bona fide exercise of a right, supported by immemorial usage, considered their jurisdiction ousted, and refused to hear the matter. The Queen’s Bench Division subsequently ordered them to hear it. Accordingly, on the 4th of July, 1883, they heard the matter, and dismissed the summons on the ground that the bye-law was not valid in so far as it excluded Mr. Pritchard and the other inhabitants from playing on that portion of the heath. It appeared that in the Act of 1871, by which the Metropolitan Board of Works acquired the heath, there was a clause giving power to the Board to purchase certain common rights, rights of way, and other rights, and thereby to extinguish them, but it was provided that nothing in the Act should take away or prejudice any right not so dealt with, and that every such right should remain as if the Act had not passed. The question wa? whether the bye-laws passed under the Act of 1877 overrode tnat provision. The Court, after hearing counsel for the Board, were of opinion that the decision of the Justices was right, and dismissed the appeal with costs. J a m e s L il l y w h it e ’ s C r ic k e t e r s ’ A n n u a l 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. W il l W h ittam :, the Score-Card Printer’s^ “ Modem Cricket, and other manlysports.” The second year’s issue of this remarkable Sixpenny Annual will appear in February. No advertise­ ment can be received later than January 21st. The book will, as last season, be sold by Mr. Whittam, his numerous men and boys, on the various cricket grounds during the forthcoming season, and may also be obtained from John Heywood, Manchester, and Wright &Co. (Cricket Press), London. From the Author himself, 38, BramallLane, Sheffield, from Mr. G. T. Groves, Journalist, Walkley, Sheffield (the Editor), and at all Bookstalls, Sporting Outfitters, and Stationers. The book is entirely different from all the other Cricket Annuals, entering not statistics only, but very funny stories, rattling, racy poems, short pithily written articles, &e., on various matters connected with the game during the past and previous seasons. Or,e hundred and three press notices last year all extremely complimentary.