Cricket 1884

j o l y si, 1884, CRICKET; A WEEKLY REGORD OF THE GAME. 3J7 T h e brilliant innings o f 396 made by the Sussex eleven against the Australians last week is a feat of which the County has good reason to be proud. The batting of the Sussex players throughout the season has been decidedly above the average, and their last performance entitles them to the distinction of the highest total made by a county against an Australian team. Mr. G. N. Wyatt and Phillips’ partnership at the fall of the seventh wicket, resu'ting in an addition of 182 runs to the score, was an incident in Sussex cricket of which not only the batsmen them­ selves, but everyone interested in the County may recall with pride. T h e long scores made by the Sussex eleven in their recent matches have been very noticeable, and the very same eleven which made such a good show at Brighton last week, had just previously totalled 302 against Notts, and 404 against Kent. The big inn­ ings recorded to Sussex this summer are the more noteworthy, as during the ten seasons immediately preceding the County eleven had only four times secured 300, and twice 400 runs. In 1876 they made 811 against Surrey; in 1880, 383 against Hants; in 1881, 300 v. Derbyshire, and 310 v. Hants. Their two scores of over 400 were 414 v. Kent in 1876; and 402 v. Hants in 1882. T h e Londonderry Sentinel gives an account of a cricket m itch of a very unusual character, played on the 22nd inst. during the Donegal Assizes, in the grounds of Camus Eectory, near Strabane. Eleven ladies chal­ lenged the same number of gentle­ men to a match, the former to use bats, and the latter broomsticks. The ladies were captained by Miss Clau- dine Humphreys, of Miltown House, and the game resulted in a victory for the ladies by one wicket. An Irish Queen’s Counsel, Mr. Bichard- son, leader of the North West Bar, wielded his broomstick to great effect, scoring 93 runs. The match was very appropriately won by Mrs. Knox. The Daily News suggests that we shall, presently, have eleven ladies of Ireland playing eleven ladies ol Australia. T h e innings of 302 credited to Sussex against Notts was a fine per- ormance, the more significant as it was the first time the Sussex eleven had ever totalledover 300 v. Notts. Indeed, in the ten years, 300 against Notts has only been made on six other occasions, and on three of these by Middlesex. The Middlesex team in 1877 made 400; in 1879, 318 for six wickets ; and in 1882, 352. In 1881, during the s*liism which kept Alfred Shaw, Barnes, Flowers, and Morley out of the Notts team, Gloucestershire,who had in 1876 totalled 400, scored 483 in 1881, and in 1878 Yorkshire reached 419. From this it will be seen that Sussex, Middle­ sex, Gloucestershire and Yorkskire are the only counties which can claim to have made over 300 ill an innings against Notts, during the last decade, though the Surrey.eleven were credited with 315 at the Oval in 1872. Ow in g to the refusal of the execu­ tive of the Notts County Club to allow any of their players leave of ab­ sence from thematch against Glouces­ tershire, to be commenced at Trent Bridge Ground to-day, the eleven to represent the Players in their second fixture against the Australians, at the Oval to-day, will not include one Nottingham professional. Lancashire has also retained Barlow for its match against Cheshire, although the com­ mittee have allowed Briggs to help the Players. The other ten Profes­ sionals to oppose the Australians wiQ be Ulyett, Peate, Bates, Hall, Emmett, Huuter, Je3se Hide, G. G. Hearne, M. Bead, and Humphreys. The in­ clusion of the last named, after the good fortune which attended his “ lobs” last week at Brighton, will be popular, and the public will be inter­ ested to see whether he can repeat his success when he again meets the Australians. T h e selection of the team to repre sent England in the third and last match, against Australia, at the Oval on August 11, will be awaited with considerable interest. If I were of a prophetic term of mind I should be inclined to predict that the eleven will be selected from the following;—Lord Harris, Hon. A. Lyttelton, Messrs. A. G. Steel, A. P. Lucas, W. G. Grace, W. W. Read, C. T. Studd, S. Christo­ pherson, Shrewsbury, Peate, Ulystt, Barlow, Barnes, Bates, Flowers and Scotton. T h e Philadelphians to-morrow com­ mence the last match of their tour at Portsmouth, against officers of the United Services. It has been announced that they are to play next week at Norwich and Tor­ quay, as well as against I Zingari at New Court on the 11th. I am re­ quested, though, to state that they have made no such fixtures, and, in ­ deed, though some members will re­ main in Europe for a time, the majority of the team sail for America on Saturday week. T h e West of Scotland Clubbrought a very enjoyable tour in the South to a conclusion on Saturday last. They played in all six matches against the Gentlemen of Sussex, Bickley Park, Richmond, Kensington Park, Horsham, and Crystal Palace Clubs. Of these they won that at Bickloy, lost that against Kensington Park by 49 runs, and the other four were drawn. In all they scored 1,859 runs for 92 wickets, or an average of over 20 runs for each wicket. Their batting throughout was very credit­ able, and they have, therefore, every reason to be satisfied with the suc­ cess of their trip. T he forty-thirdCanterburyweek is to be opened on Monday next. The two fixtures arranged are the same as in 1882, and after opposing the Austra­ lians on the three first days, Kent will be engaged with Middlesex at the end of the week. The County eleven, the advertisements state, is to be selected from Lord Harris, Hon. Ivo Bligh, Bev. R . T. Thornton, Messrs. A. Penn, M. C. Kemp, C. Wilson, L. Wilson, R. S. Jones, S. Christopher­ son, F. Marchant, F. Lipscomb, with George Hearne, Wootton, and Collins. The mention of the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s name, though, must be a mistake. I am told, on the best authority, that he will not play any first-class cricket, or, indeed, any cricket at all, this year. Every one, though, will be glad to hear that Mr. C. T. Studd has so far recovered as to be able to play for Middlesex in the second match of the week, in which, so far as I can hear, Mi. A. J; Webbe will also take part. I see it announced in some of the sporting papers that the English team to be taken out to Australia this winter, ntider the auspices of Alfred Shaw, Shrewsbury and Lilly- white, is now almost complete. Ul­ yett, Bates, Flowers, Scotton, Pilling, M. Read, Barnes have all promised to go, as also Barlow, who, it is said, originally refused. So far, the in*