Cricket 1884

july 24,1884. c e ic k e t ; a W e e k ly r e c o rd o f t h e game. 30 1 several correspondents. They con­ tain several instances in which four brothers have figured in the same County eleven. The most notable are those of the Graces and the Walkers. Messrs. Henry, E. M., W. G. and G. F. Grace played for Glouces­ tershire against Devonshire and Somersetshire in 1863, and eight years later against M.C.C. and Ground and Surrey in London. Messrs. John, V. E., R. D., and I. D. Walker represented Middlesex against Bucks and Sussex in 1864, against Cambridgeshire in 1866, and the Walker family had even a better record in 1859, when five of them—John, A. H., F., A., and Y. E .—all played in both matches of the season with Kent. Mr. Richard Green, to whom I am mostly in­ debted for these statistics, gives another instance of a brotherhood of five in the same County match, when Berks met Bucks on Aug. 13, 1857. The eleven of the former included five Austen-Leighs, E .,C ., Cholmeley, Arthur, and S. of that name. O n Sept. 3,1850, the Earl of Veru- lam, Hon. E. H., Hon. R. and Hon. F. Grimston represented Hertford­ shire against Clapton, and in Gentle­ men’smatches there are several similar cases, among others those of the Lytteltons, the Hornbys and the Nortons. I fear that my remarks of last week relative to the Hearnes were not quite so clear as they ought to have been, to judge by the use several writers in country newspapers have done me the honour of making of my note. The presence of the four Hearnes in the eleven of Kent against Yorkshire at Sheffield this season, is not a parallel incident, and I never meant to imply that it was. G. G .,F ., and A. Hearne are brothers, but H. Hearne is their cousin, so that their case i8 not a similar one. Up to Saturday last the record of the Australians stood, 19 matches played, 12 won, 4 lost, 8 drawn. In those 19 matches the Colonists scored 5,380 runs for the loss of 286 wickets, or an average of 18.232 runs per wicket. Their opponents 5,268 runs for the loss of 328 wickets, or an average of 16.20. The Australians have given away 400 extras, against only 272 by their opponents, though in justice to Blackham it must be admitted that a large number were scored when he was not behind the wicket. Reckoning the runs scored from the bat only, our visitors have taken 328 wickets at a cost of 4,868 runs, or an average of 14.276 runs per wicket ; while their opponents have been credited with 286 wickets for 5,108 runs, or an average of 17.246 per wicket. The Bowling Averages of the Colonists in the 19 matches are as follows:— Wickets Runs scored Average runs taken, from bowling, per wicket. Spofforth .. 127 1,452 11 o 5 Boyla .. 45 643 14 12 Palmer .. 89 1,371 15.36 Giffen .. 53 951 17 50 Alexander has taken 2 wickets for 24 runs; Scott, 2 for 57 ; Cooper, 2 for 149 ; Bonnor, 1 for 99 ; and Mid­ winter, 1 for 99. Bannerman and M’Donnell have bowled a few overs without taking a wicket. The Bowling Averages in the first ten matches were :— Spofforth, 11*2 ; Palmer, 13-31; Giffen, 14-20; and Boyle, 18-6. In the other nine matches they were :—Spofforth, 10-53; Boyle, 11-22; Palmer, 16; and Giffen, 29-9. It will be seen, therefore, that while Spofforth and Boyle have bowled with greater suc­ cess in the later matches, Palmer and Giffen have not been so effective, and the latter, indeed, has proved very expensive. T h e Australian team of 1884 will have good reason to appreciate Mr. A. G. Steel’s continuous success against their bowling. The Lanca­ shire Amateur’s latest and most bril­ liant score of 148 against them at Lord’s on Monday and Tuesday, is the highest made against any of the Australian teams, except Mr. W. G. Grace’s 152 at the Oval in 1880. It will be interesting to many to know that up to the present time, Mr. Steel has this season played ten completed innings against the-Australians. In these ten he has made 555 runs, a splendid average of 55£. I t is now, I believe, definitely decided that the Australian team will not go home via America, but from England direct. In all probability they will make a fixture for August 14th and two following days, which have been left open, and another match will also be arranged in September, though nothing has, as yet, been concluded. A provincial contemporary has stated that thero is a chance of Bonnor remaining in England; but I am assured on the very best authority that the giant’s passage is taken on the P. and O. Steamer “ Mirzahpore,” which will carry the team home. The same paper has also started a report that Bonnor was born in Lancashire. It' so, the generally accepted idea in the Colonies that Bathurst in New South Wales is his birth-place, must be wrong. I am, though, inclined to be­ lieve the Colonial version. T h e records of the nine first-class counties up to the present time will be of interest. It will be seen that Notts has won all the seven matches it has played, and Gloucestershire lost all its six. Won. Lost. Dr 7 . . 0 . . 0 5 . . 2 . . 0 3 . . 2 . . 1 5 . . 3 . . 1 2 . . 3 . 1 Lancashire . . . . 2 .. 3 . 0 Sussex............... 3 . . 4 . . 1 Derbyshire___ 0 .. . 4 . . 0 Gloucestershire. 0 .., 0 . . 0 M r . M. H gbst , of 23, Chureh-street, Shef­ field,bas forwarded us a photograph of ninety of the leading cricketers of Ifingland. The likenesses generally are excellent. P laying for the St. Clement's Ciub against the Hornsey Vale, at Hornsey, on Saturday last, M. 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