Cricket 1884

a u g . i4, 1884. CRICKET; A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 349 -singular that in his very next ma.tch, against Leicestershire, at Leicester, he should have a second time topped the hundred for Lancashire. And talking of hundreds it may he inter­ esting to some to know that the score of 106 made by Abel for the Surrey Club & Ground against South Wales, at the Oval on Friday, is the first cen­ tury ever credited to the young Surrey professional. T h e eleven to represent Cambridge University Past and Present, against the Australians at Brighton, on Mon­ day week, will be a fairly strong one. Mr. C. T . Studd, whom everyone will be deeply grieved to hear is not likely to play again this season, will be greatly missed, but there is no reason why the team should not give a good account of itself on such wickets as those at Brighton. The eleven will consist of Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, Messrs. A. G-. Steel, A. P. Lucas H. Whitfeld, P. H. Morton, A. F. J. Ford, C. H. Allcock, J. E. K. Studd, F. E. Lacey,W. E. Roller, and either Mr. C. I. Thornton, or Mr. C. Wilson. Mr. Ford, who has not been seen of late in first-class cricket, is, I hear, bowling very well. Last week for Devonshire Park, at Eastbourne, he took all ten wickets of the Bexley Club. T he match between England and Australia finished at theOval yesterday will long be remembered for some of the most extraordinary scoring recorded of late years. In all 982 runs were scored for 22 wickets, and it is easy to calculate that this gives an average of 45 for each batsman. The Austra­ lian total of 551, too, is not only the largest of the year, but Murdoch’s 211 is the highest individual score of this season in England. In the first two days Spofforth was the only batsman who was bowled, and altogether the wicket was only hit directly by the ball four times. As has already been stated every one of the English eleven went on to bowl, and, accord­ ing to the Daily News, there were 35 changes in the English bowling after the first pair. Peate went on six times, Ulyett, Barlow, and Barnes five times each, Steel and Grace four times each, Read three times, Lyttel­ ton twice, and Scotton, Lord Harris, and Shrewsbury once each. The Australian wickets fell— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 158 365 432 454 494 532 545 549 T h e Grand Old Man—I allude to W. G. G., of course, not to W. E. G. -•-is never tired of making fresh records. His score of 116 not out, against the Australians, at Clifton, last week, was, I am told, by one who has watched closely every fixture in which the four Australian teams have been engaged, quite the best he has ever played, and every one will be delighted to see him adding to his laurels. This, I may add, is the third hundred he has made this season against the Colonists, and he is en­ titled to the distinction of being the only batsman who has thrice got into three figures against any one of the Australian elevens. Considering that he played his first match at Lord’s on July 21,1864, this is, indeed, an ex­ traordinary performance. Age cer­ tainly does not wither, nor custom stale his infinite variety. T he following will show the records of the nine first-class counties up to the present time this year— Won. Lost. Drawn. Notts ............... 8 .. 0 .. 1 Middlesex ....... 4 .. 2 .. 1 Yorks ............... 6 .. 3 .. 2 Surrey.......... ,. 5 .. 3 .. 2 L an cashire.... 3 .. 3 .. 1 Sussex.............. 5 .. 4 .. 1 Kent................... 3 .. 4 .. 1 Derbyshire . . . . 0 ... 7 .. 0 Gloucestershire. 0 .. 8 . . 1 T h e following are the principal bat ting averages in first-class matches only up to Saturday last :— Cmpltd. Moat in Innings. Innings. Bans. Avrg. A . G. Steel .. .. 16 148 690 43.1 W. G. Grace .. 28 116* 1106 39.5 Lord Harris.. .. 24 101 897 37.3 Scotton .. 20 134 722 36.1 W. Newham.. .. 14 137 458 32.7 Shrewsbury.. . . 26 209 752 28.9 Barnes .. .. 32 105* 895 27.9 M, C. Kemp .. 18 95 491 27.2 T. C. O’Brien .. 32 119 859 26.9 C. T. Studd .. 15 141* 398 26.5 133 787 26.2 Tester .. 21 80 549 26.1 Ulyett .. .. 134 899 25.6 I. D. Walker .. 19 82 484 25.4 No batsman’s average is inserted unless it exceeds 25, and no players are included who have figured in less than fourteen completed innings W. W. Bead’s average is 22.5, Hall’s 22.1,Bowden’s 22.9, Jesse Hide’s 22.2 and Brain’s 22.04, while Barlow’s is only 15.9, and Flowers 19,7. C r ic k e t C o m ic a litie s a n d T it -B its , second edition, with six Illustrations. Price Id ; 9d. per doz.,poat free.—M. Hurst, 23, Church-street, Sheffield. ELTHAM y. SIDCUP. Played at Eltham on August 4. S id c u p . First Innings. Poole, b E. Haywood 0 Johnson.b E. Haywood 3 Mann, c Eagleton, b E. Haywood .. .. 7 Bartlett, c W. Hay­ wood, b Goodey .. 23 B ........................3 Usher, 1b w,b E. Hay­ wood ........................0 W. Ashdown, not out.. 3 Lewis, b Hughes .. .. 3 Brewer, b E. Haywood 1 Shepherd, c Hughes, b E. Haywood .. .. 0 J. Johnson,bHughes.. 3 Smith, c Haviland, b Goodey ................ 37 ;In the Second Innings Usher scored, c Eagleton, b B. Haywood, 8, Shepherd, c Smith, b Hughes, 8, John­ son, b Hughes, 0, Mann (not out), 2—Total 18. E lth a m . T o ta l.................80 H. E. Storrie, t John- Bon, b Mann .. ..32 A. Smith, b Poole .. 3 E. Haywood, b Poole.. 38 J. Eagleton, b Poole .. 14 J. Hamilton, b Ash­ down ........................ 25 W. Hughes, c Shep herd, b Ashdown .. 7 W. Haywood, run out 18 E. Havergal, run out 0 C. J. Haviland, b Ash- wood ........................14 P. Goodey, b Smith .. 2 H. Akhurst, not out.. 0 B 20,1 b 2, w 3,n b 1 26 T o ta l.................177 GRANVILLE (LEE) v. CROYDON. Played at Lee on August 9. C roydon . H. R. Groom, b W . J. P. Austin, b W. Ed­ Edwards................ 2 wards........................ 0 J. A. Knight, run out.. 0 E.H. Balch, b W. Ed­ B. D. Wilkinson, c wards....................... 0 Pierce,bW. Edwards 3 T. L. Boberts, b Sha­ J. C. Neech, c and b W. rood ........................ 1 E dw ards................ 1 H. Freeth, not ont .. 1 J. A'is, b W . Edwards 1 D. H. Gaskain, run out 1 C. F. Evans, b W. EdB 1,1 b 1................. 2 wards ........................ 3 15 G r a n v il l e . J. Wilson, jun, c E. A. Ferry, b Boberts 0 Neech, b Austin 3 H. S. Dominy, c Balch, W. L. Pierce, b Neech 6 b Knight................. W. Edwards,b Boberts 101 J. S. Clarkson, b P. H. Lockhart, c B oberts................. 0 Groom, b Boberts .. 55 II. W. Edwards, not A. Sharood, st Gas- kain, b Knight.. .. S. O. H. Hart Davis, c o n t ........................ 3 22 B 10, w 1 .. .. 11 sub,b Boberts.. .. 16 Total .. ..218 GRANVILLE (LEE) v. BUCKHURST H IL i (S econd E levens ). Played at Buckhurst Hill on August 9. B u ckh urst H il l . H. Tidswell, c Jerrard, b W. W . Aspinall .. 4 A.Charlesworth.bWebb 3 H. Furze, b May .. .. 10 B. L. Allport, c Taylor, b W e b b .................4 G.Palmer, b H. Jerrard 34 A.Sworder,b H. Jerrard 7 G r a n v ille . H. Deed, b Palmer .. 1 T.Jerrard,c andb Tids­ well ........................65 F. Taylor, c Wrighton, b Palmer................ 11 W. W.. Aspinall, b Palmer .................1 P. P. Webb, c Tidswell. b Allport................ 9 E. Furze, b Allport .. 22 J. M.Seabrook.run out F. G. H. Wrighton, b Jerrard................. H.Vaughan,bHJerrard G. Bates, b Webb .. A. Oxley, not out .. L b 3, n b 1 .. .. Total................ 77 F. Edwarde, b Allport 7 W. P. May, not out .. 21 H. Jerrard, junr., c Tidswell, b Allport 0 W. E. Moxon, c Furze, b Palmer.................7 A.P.Aspmall, b Palmer 11 B 2,1 b 1, w 1 .. 4 Total. .159 T h e C r ic k e t F ie l d . By Bev. James Pyeroft. The Standard Work on the Game. Cheap edition, just out, cloth bound, price 2s. 6d.; post free, 2s. 9d. Contains :—Origin of the Game of Cricket ; The General Character of Cricket; The Hambledon Club and the Old Players ; Cricket generally established as a National Game by the end of the last Century ; First Twenty Years of the Present Century : A Dark Chapter in the History of Cricket; The Surrey—its History ; The Zingari—their Origin ; Battalogia, or the Science and Ait of Batting ; Hints against Slow Bowling ; A Chapter on Bowling ; Hints on Fielding ; The Gentlemen and Players Matches to end of 1883.— Wright and Co. (Cricket Press), 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E.C.