Cricket 1884

CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME AMONG TH E PU B L IC SCHOOLS. P u b lic School players are to a very great extent dependent on the weather, more so, indeed, than those of older growth. Fre­ quent rains or a long succession of cold winds prevent a continuance of the steady practice which is essential to the succes3 of school cricket. The season at the Public Schools, too, is necessarily of such short duration that anything at all unfavourable in the weather during the early summer is cal­ culated to retard their development mate­ rially. Still, though the easterly winds so long prevalent have been hardly conducive to the enjoyment of the game, the wickets have at least been generally in good condi­ tion, and on the whole there is a satisfactory account of the cricket at the different schools. The Eton Eleven will only be a shadow of its former self of 1883, and, indeed, there are but three old choices remaining for this sum­ mer. The three bowlers of last season, Hon. A. E. Parker, A. C. Richards, and A. H. Studd, have all left, and R. H. Pemberton, Studd, and F. Marchant, the two last of whom played so well in the Harrow Match of 1883, will be missed in the batting depart­ ment. R. J. Lucas, who had an excellent average of 36 runs last year, is again captain, and the two other old choices are F. Thomas and H. W . Forster. The latter, who showed no small promise last year, played a capital innings on Saturday against Oriel College, Oxford, and he bids fair to be useful both as a batsman and a left-hand bowler. There is much promise among the new players, and C. E. Murdoch, H. Philipson, T. H. Bar­ naul, W. C. Bridgman, E. J. Bromley- Martin, and C. F. Dickinson, who all showed good form last season, are availaMe. The Winchester match will be played this year at Winchester on June 27 and 28, and Harrow will have to be met at Lord’s on July 11 and 12 . Harrow will lose its best batsman of 1883, T. Greatorex, but there are six mem­ bers of that team remaining. H. E. Crawley will again captain the eleven, and there will also be available E. M. Butler, F. H. Oates, C. D. Buxton, A. R, Cox, and W. A. R. Young. Crawley has been laid up for some time with a severe attack of rheumatic fever, but he is recovering slowly, and there is every chance that he will be able to take the school cricketin hand in good time. An Old Harrovian well quali­ fied to speak with authority is of opinion that there is no lack of promising material for this year, and there is every reason for hoping that Harrow will be able to send up to Lords’s an eleven fairly well equipped at all points of the game. Several of the more promising youngsters were trained under the watchful eye of the late Hon. Robert Grims­ ton, and it will be a year or two before the loss of his remarkable judgment in the train­ ing of young cricketers will be most severely felt. Winchester will lose four of its most use­ ful players of 1883, and it will be difficult to replace such a quartette, as B. E. Nicholls, their slow bowler, and three batsmen like A. R. Cobb, their captain, F. M. Ingram, and G. W. Ricketts. As far as we know J. M. Swayne, one of the School bowlers of 1883, is one of this year’s eleven, and P. Humphreys and A. L. Watson are also left. Winchester cricket has been above the average during the last two years, and there is noreason for doubting that the stan­ dard will be maintained this summer. Of last year’s Rugby School Eleven five members remain— S. N. Harrison, P. Coles, H. E. Cobb, G. Bradby, G. Bowden- Smith, and H. Highley. Harrison and Cole3, it will be remembered, played fine cricket at Lord’s last season against Marlborough, and there is every chance that the eleven will be fairly strong in batting. Lack of bowling has been the weakness of Rugby cricket for the last year or two, and it is to this depart­ ment that the captain, S. N. Harrison, will have briefly to direct his attention. The Marlborough match will be played at Lord’s on July 30th. T. Brown and F. Butler, both of Notts, are the professionals at Rugby. Marlborough loses one of its best all round players by the retirement of E. H. Buckland, who did such good service both with bat and ball in 1883. Still there are six of last year’s choices left in—F. G. Padwick, captain, H. T. Keeling, L. 0. Meyrick, J. P. Cheales, T. R. Sale, and E. C. C. Forth. All of these are capable of making a good score with the bat. Sale is a fast bowler, good while he lasts, but liable to tire very soon. Keeling Is a faster but more erratic bowler, dangerous on a treacherous wicket. A slow trundler has yet to be made, and there seems to be some material of promise. There are six or seven bowlers of one sort and another in the team, so at any rate there will be no lack of changes. It is to their batting that the Marlburians will have to look most, although there is every pros­ pect of a useful all-round eleven, Potter, of Surrey, and Thorneycroft, of Northampton, are at present the professionals at Marl­ borough. The Cheltenham match is fixed for July H and 12 at Cheltenham. Charterhouse retains five of last year’s eleven in E. Caw3ton, the captain, C. H, Vintcent, G. A. Coulby, C. W. Brown, and 0. M. Woodbridge. Vinteent and Cawston are now in the eleven for the third season. The bowling of T. W . Blenkiron will be missed, but Yintcent and Brown were two of the best bowlers of last year,' so that the eleven will be fairly strong in this depart­ ment. Coulby had a batting average of 29 in 1883, and as there is no lack of promising new material the Charterhouse Eleven ought to be up to the average. The Westminster match will be played at Charterhouse on July 26, and that with Wellington College at Wellington on the 5th of the same month. The retirement of F. T. Higgins will be a great loss to the Westminster Eleven, and his batting will bo much missed. Five of last year’s eleven remain—R. A. Ingram, captain, A. R. Hurst, A. Armitage, C. Gib­ son, and C. Sherring. The team seems likely to be fairly strong in batting, but their bowling doe3 not appear to be of a high quality, and the Westminstsr captain will have to keep a watchful eye on any likely material to strengthen the eleven in this de­ partment. [To be concluded next week.) fine bowling of Jesse Hide, who took twelve Gloucestershire wickets at a cost of 59 runs. G lo u c e ste r sh ir e . GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Gloucestershire suffered its second defeat of the season at Gloucester, on Tuesday, at the hands of Sussex, who won with seven wickets to spare. The scoring on both sides was only moderate, and th-e only noteworthy feature of the match was the stand made on the first day for Sussex by Mr. Me Cormick and Humphreys, who put on 101 runs while they were together. Mr. W. G. Grace's first score of 56 not out was a capital innings considering that he had to bat under the dis­ advantage of a bad hand. The victory of Sussex was, in a great measuie, due to the First Innings. Mr. E. M. Grace, b Juniper 20 Mr. W. R. Gilbert,b A. Hide 84 Mr. J. Hatton, c Wyatt, b Juniper ..........................4 Painter, b J. Hido .. .. 18 Mr. W. G. Grace, not out .. 53 Mr. H. Clowes, b J. Hide .. 1 Mr. W. H. Game, b J. Hide 0 Mr. F. Townsend,st Phillips, b J. H i d e ................. .. 4 Gregg, b A. H id e..................2 Mr. J. A. Bush, b J. Hide .. 0 Woof, b Tester .................. 7 B 19,1 b 6 .................. 25 Second Inning?, b A. Hide .. .. 7 c Humphreys, b J. Hido .. . . 1 7 b J. Hido .. .. 0 b J. Hide .. .. 8 c Juniper,b-J.Hide 1 b J. Hide .. .. 22 b J. Hide .. .. 2 cJuniper,b J.Hide 0 cPhillips,bJuniper 1 b Juniper .. .. 2 not out.. .. .. o L b .. .. 6 Total .171 Total 66 S u ssex . Fiist Innings. Second Innings. Mr. R. T. Ellis, b Woof ., 4 b W. G. Grace .. O Tester, b Woof ................... 6 notout.................... 19 Mr. C. M. Sharp, c W. G. Grace, b W o o f.................. 2 c Bush, b Woof .. 10 Mr. H. Whitfeld, b Woof .. 0 b W oof.................... 5 Mr. E. J. M’Cormick.bSregg 73 n otout.. .. i(j Humphreys, c Bush,b Gregg 41 Mr. y. N. Wyatt, not o u t.. 16 J. Hide, c Bush, b Woof .. 11 H. Phillips, 1 b w, b W. G. G ra ce ..................................0 A. Hido, b W o o f.................. 1 Juniper, c Gregg, b W. G. G ra co ..................................13 B 6,1b 6 ..........................12 Total .179 B 4,1b 5 .. 9 Total .. 59 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G lo u c e ste r sh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R W. O. M. R.W. Juniper.. .. 17 7 34 2 . . . . 4.1 1 5 2 A. Hide.. .. 38 18 51 2 . . . . 21 9 83 1 Tester . . . . 6.1 2 13 1 Me Connick.. 2 1 8 0 J. Hido .. .. 23 9 37 5 .. .. 26 16 22 7 S u ssex . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. W. G. Graco.. 36.212 55 2 . . . . 16 5 27 l Woof .. .. 36 16 G5 6 .. .. 17 l l 19 2 Gilbert .. .. 4 0 18 0 Gregg .. .. 22 10 21 2 .. .. 3 2 1 0 Townsend .. 3 2 8 0 Painter 2.3 0 3 0 PHILADELPHIAN TEAM v. ALL NEW YORK. Played at New York on May 9 and 10. The Philadelphians won by nine wicketa. A l l N e w Y ork . t „ ? iret InninSs- Seeoud Innings. J. R. Moore, st Brown, b Low ry.................................. 4 runout.. .. 5 R. S. Hill, st Brown, b Lowry 1 c and b Thayer *’ 0 Lane, b Lowry .................. 4 runout.. .. ' 0 H Fox, c Brown, b Clark .. 0 c Law, b C. A. t tt T v, . , Newhall .. .. 6 J. H. Lambkin, b Clark .. 0 c Stooyer, b C. A. n xt o * Newhall .. .. 4 F. N. Saunders, c Thayer, 0 Brown, b C A b Lowry .. 0 Newhall 1 0. Wilson, l b w, bC lari .. 9 1b w, b C.Newhall U S ' 2 ' ° L? v t* ■■ 8 bC . A. Newhall.. 8 N. S. Walker, jun., not out 12 b C. A. Newhall n Cleverloy, c R. S. Newhall, b Clark.................................. 8 b C. A. Newhall 12 J. L. Pirn, c R. S. Newhall, b ** U L ow ry.................................. 7 n otou t.. .. 2 Brewster, c M‘Nutt, b Clark 1 c Lowry, b Thayer 0 B ...................4 Total..................49 Total.. ~ T h e P h il a d e lph ia n s . J. A. Scott,b Fox .. 11 r D .P . Stoever, c Walk C. A. Newhall, c Fox, ” b Lane .................. 11 J. B. Thayer, jun., b Walker ..................16 R. 8 . Newhall, c Pim, * ' 0 48 b Lano ................ E. W. Clark, jua., c Lambkin, b Fox .. S. Law, c Wilson, b L ane.......................... or, b F o x .................. Hazen Brown, b Lane W. C. Mory. n jun., b Lane ., H. M’Nu 5 Walker W. Broc jun#| c Walk 1 j Lano .. W. C. l. wry, not out B 1, 1 b 1, w 4 .. Total.. .. 63 In Iho Second Innings, C. A. Newhall scored (not out) 19, R. S. Newhall (not out) 4, Scott, c Dary, b Lano, 10, Thayer, b Brewster, 2—Total, 85.