Cricket 1884

j u n e 5,1884. CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 173 Most cricketers will, I feel sure, re­ gret the action of the Australians in their recent match with the Gentlemen in objecting to one of the umpires ap­ pointed by the Marylebone Club. None know better than the Australians that the best and most experienced umpires are liable to mistakes, and it might Easily be argued that they themselves have profited by errors of this kind. Walter Price has the satisfaction of being able to point to a long and altogether unblemished career on the cricket-field, and his honesty and in­ tegrity can in no way be oalled in question. Whether he made a mis­ take or not in the match between the Australians and M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s is a mere matter of opinion. Of his bona fid.es there can be no doubt, and his character will in no way be affected by the not over judicious attitude of the Australian captain. T hat was a pretty good over of the worthy veteran, Tom Emmett, for Yorkshire in the second innings of Kent, at Sheffield, on Tuesday. Fifteen runs from the bat and three wides! It is lucky that it does not often fall to the lot of a bowler to achieve such distinction. The details of the performance may well be re­ corded. The first two balls were wides, the third Lord Harris cut for four, the next was a wide, and the fifth Lord Harris again cut for six, one of which came from an overthrow. The sixth Lord Harris cut for four, and from the next he got a single, so that all the fifteen from the bat be­ longed to the Kentish captain. I t is so rare for a batsman to score a hundred twice in the same match that the performance of Mr. D. G. Spiro, the old Harrovian who it was thought by many would have a good chance of a place in this year’s Cam­ bridge University eleven, last week deserves prominent record. Playing for the Cambridge Athenteum against the Bullingdon Club at Oxford on Friday and Saturday last, he made 117 in the first and 106 in the second innings. A curious friend of mine is anxious to know whether the match between the Australians and an Eleven of England at Birmingham is not unique in one respect—the number of balls delivered. He is of opinion that in no important match have so few balls been bowled. At Birmingham only 419 balls were sent down, and the second innings of the England eleven only necessitated the delivery of 67 balls. When the Marylebone eleven were dismissed by Surrey, at Lord’s in 1872, for 16, Southerton and Marten got them out in 18 overs (72 balls), but this was beaten by the First Aus­ tralian eleven when they got rid of M.C.C. in the second innings, only 69 balls being then required. T hrough an accident an omission was made in a very important portion of the biography of H . Scott in last week’s C ricket . So many inquiries have been made of me on this subject that I deem it advisable to give the prominence of this column to a recti­ fication of the error. H enry J ames H erbert S cott Is the full title of the young Austra­ lian who played two such fine innings against Surrey and the Gentlemen. Cmpltd. Innings. Runs. Most iu Innings. Avrg, W. W. Read .. 6 394 162* 65.4 Barnes .. 8 431 105* 53.7 M, C. Kemp 5 255 95 51 G. G. Hearne .. 7 306 116 43.5 C. T. Studd .. 6 239 111* 39.4 Bates .. 7 262 13 i 37.3 Lord Harris .. 6 206 112* 342 G. Jones .. .. 5 161 85 32.7 G. F. Vernon .. 13 382 60 29.5 Shrewsbury .. 5 148 70 29 Abel .. .. 8 229 93 28.5 T. C. O’Brien . . 9 242 92 26.8 Hall . . .. .. 7 187 116 26.5 I. D. Walker . . 6 152 55 25.2 Briggs.. .. . . 8 202 112 25.2 J. G. Walker . . 8 198 92 24.6 W. G. Grace . . 11 249 101 22.7 * Not ont. S. M c R ae , the well-known Inter­ national Association footballer is, as many cricketers in the Midlands have reason to know, also a pretty good performer at the summer game. A correspondent writes me that the English half-back played a very fine score of 138 not out for the Notts Amateurs against Trent College on Saturday last. Mr. McBae’s score is the more notable as it is the only hun­ dred ever made against the College on their ground. M r . W. E. S m ith , of the General Post Office, has kindly furnished me with an addition to the list of three hundreds in an innings which I gave in last week’s C ricket — May 19th, 1880, Warnliam Cotirt.—For Warnham Court v. Horsham, F. 11. Lucas, 141 not o u t; M. P. Lucas, 137 ; A. P. Lucas, 115; total, 585. My correspondent adds that he be­ lieves the same performance was re­ corded in another match either by Horsham or the Warnham Court. Perhaps some one can supply the information. Another instancehas also been sent us of a match played on the Association Ground, Sydney, between King’s School and Oaklands on April 28rd, 1878. King’s School occupied the wickets for upwards of five hours and succeeded in putting together 532. J. Hillas contributed 120, W. S. Brown 114, E. Pelll05, and C. Wade 95; Oaklands were dismissed for 66. T he following are the highest bat­ ting averages of not less than five completed innings in all county and first - class matches up to Saturday last— A correspondent has sent mci the following, as the averages of the Australian team during May ;— B atting . Runs per Runs pet Innings. Innings, Spofforth . Midwinter.. . ..2 3 . Bannerman ...2 2 . McDonnell ...2 1 .7 Blackham ...17.9 Alexander. B o w m sg , Runs per Runs per Wicket. Wicket. ...11.3 Palmer . . . . ...14.8 Against the Australians Mr. Grace’s bowl­ ing average is 1B.B, and Mr. C. T. Studd’s 21.6 ; and in batting, the following are tho chief averages:—A. G. Steel, 106.5; Barnes, 75; T. C. O’Brien, 59; W. G, Grace, 35 ; W. W. Bead, 17.8; and E. J, Diver, 17. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL v. DULWICH COLLEGE 2 kd XI. Played at Dulwich on May 28. D u lw ic h C o l l e g e . R. N. Douglas, 1b w, b Moritr, .. .. ..1 7 Chefllns, b Moritz .. 6 G. Skipwith, c de Mer­ cado, b Moritz.. .. 22 Matthews, b Wade .. 1 Cobbing, c Cook, b de M erca d o..................20 W. Bouch, b Moritz .. 11 Anderson, run out .. 8 Blachford, e Wadej b Hutchinson .. F. Reid,c Wade, b do M ercado..................4 S. Heilgers, c Hall, b de Mercado ,» .. 12 Appleton-Fitt, not out 1 B 8,1 b 1..................4 Total..................119 U n iv e r sity C oi . l . S chool . R.H. Go88age,b Appel- t o n -F itt .................. E.N .Rankin ,cCobbing, b B o n c h ..................! G. D.B. Levick,bAppel- ton-Fitt . . . . A. Moritz, not out H. Wade, c Matthews, b Heilgers C. E. Hedges, L. Hall and W. A. Mo3es - id not bat. A. C. Cook, b Apple­ 1 ton-Fitt .................. 5 R. J. Hutchinson, b 17 Skipwith.................. 41 M.de Mercado, not out 1 23 13 78 — 18i 6