Cricket 1884

154 CEICKET; A WEEKLY EEC0ED OF THE GAME, m ay 29,1884. SAFETY IN THE CRICKET FIELD. TH E “ M .C.C.” DAMP -RES IST ING C R I C K E T BOOTS ISHOES STAMPED on EVERY PAIB Made upon LILLET & SKlNNER’s New Principle. P rice L ist . 8. d. Gent.’s Brown or White Canvas Shoes ............... 4 11 Youths* „ „ ,, „ . . . . . . . . 4 8 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Shoes ....................... 6 6 Gent.’s Brown Calf Leather Boots ...................... 8 8 With every pair a Set o f Spikes t* given free of eharge. A Discount o f 2£ per cent, upon all orders o f twelve or more pairs. 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MIDDLESEX, JU: E 9, 10, and 11. Admission to Ground - - S ix p e n ce. c r i c k e t g o s s i p . T OXGMAN’S MAGAZINE, for June, (P rice S ixpence ,) contains an article by A ndrew L ang , entitled CKICKET GOSSIP. CRICKET this week consists of twenty pages. Four extra pages will be given weekly, CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 1, S T. ANDREW ’ S H IL L, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1884. #-«■ The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamit, B e f o r e Thursday last three scores of over a hundred had never been made in the same innings iu an important match on an English ground. As every one knows, Mr. W. G. Grace, Mr. A. G. Steel, and Barnes broke the spell at Lord’s last week for M.C.C. & G. against the Australians, and it is very odd that a feat, hitherto without a precedent in the history of Eng­ lish cricket, sliou’d have been re­ peated within the short space of five days. I a l l u d e , of course, to the throe hundreds made for Yorkshire against Cambridge University in the match concluded at Cambridge yesterday. For the purpose of reference it will be interesting to tabulate the only three occasions on which three batsmen have secured the hundred in the same innings in a first-class match. They are •— Feb., 1892, Sydney.—For New South Wales v. Victoria. W. L. Murdoch, 321, T. W. Garrett, 163, S. P. Jonts, 109— Total, 775. May 22 & 23, 1884, Lord’s.—For M.C.C. & G. v. The Australians. Mr.A. G. Steel, 134, Barnes, lOo (not out), Mr. W. G. Grace, 101—Total, 481. May 26 & 27, Cambridge.—For Yorkshire v. Cambridge University. Batts, 133, Hall, 116, Grimshaw, 115.—Total, 539. T h e feat is so exceptional that it will be well worth while to enumerate the instances of the kind in minor matches. The only cases I know are as under:— Aug. 2, 1861.—Cambridge, for Graduates v. Under Graduates of Cambridge Uni­ versity, Hon. C. G. Lyttelton, 104, A. W. Daniel, 123, F. Lee, 119—Total, 529. Aug. 11, 12, 1868.—Cambridge, for Univer­ sity L.V.C. v, University Servants, W. J. Batchelor, 289, A. E. Tillard, 152, W. A. Prince, 114. Aug. 20, 21, 1875.—Chatham, Royal Engi­ neers v. I Zingari. Hon. M. G. Talbot, 172, L. K. Scott, 161, P. G. Von Douop, 101—Total, 724 for eight wickets. July 12, 1877.—For Fullaudsv. South Mtl- ton, G. F. Willis, 210 (uot out), W. Massey, 126, Rev. F. Heed, 113 (not out)—Total, 518 for three wickets. July 19, 1880.—For Thornbury v. Newport (Mon ), E. M. Grace, 207 (not out), J. Cranston, 110, W. G. Grace, 151 (not out). April 18, 1881.—For Thornbury v. James Thorne’s E. M. Grace, 228, W. G. Grace, 196 (not out), J. Cranston, 174 (not out)—Total, 674 for three wickets. I shall be glad to hear if there are any additional instances. M o r e than one cricketer played an important part in the recent engage­ ments in the Soudan, and it is grati­ fying to find that they have partici­ pated in the honours awarded by the Queen on the recommendation of the War Office. Among the appointments to the Order of the Bath gazetted last week appeared the names of two soldiers who have in their day done good service in the cricket-field. C ol . H e r b e r t S t e w a r t , C.B., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, is gazetted as an extra member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and Lieut-Col. Percy Harry Stanley Barrow, C.M.G., of the 19tli Hussars, has been made an ordinary memIer of the Third Class, or Companion of the Order. Col. Stewart was in the Winchester eleven of 1860, and was not only a capital wicket keeper but a very free hitter, and made some large innings for the College. Of Col. Barrow’s services to cricket, particu­ larly at Aklersliot, I have written more than once. The exploits of Barrow’s Horse in Zululand wiil still be remembered. Barrow, of Barrow’s Horse, rose from Cornet to Lieut. Colonel in fifteen years and seventeen days. A c a s e tried in the Bridgnorth County Court last week is interesting to cricketers as showing the relative responsibilities of secretaries and com­ mittees of cricket clubs. The sec