Cricket 1884

5 3 0 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, aug .28,1884. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. CRICKET MA.TCH AT GLYNDE, ept. 3rd, and 4th.—MARYLEBONE C.C. v, SOUTH- DOWN C.C. For the convenience of visitors to Glynde the follow­ ing Trains will call specially at Glynde Station on each of the above days :— From Victoria 9.55 a.m., arriving at Glynde 11.18 a.m. From Glynde 6.0 p.m., arriving at Victoria 7.50 p.m. By kind permission of the Right Honourable Lord Hampden, passengers to Glynde on the above days will be allowed to enter his Lordship’s Grounds to witness the above Match. (By Order) J. P. KNIGHT, General Manager. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. GRA.ND CRICKET MATCH at NOT­ TINGHAM, S ept . 1, 2, & 3. AUSTRALIANS v. NORTHJop ENGLAND. EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE b e t w e e n LONDON a n d NOTTINGHAM. L o n d o n (King’s Cross), dep. 5.15, 7.45, 9.0, 10.35, a.m. ; 12.30, 2.45, 5.0, 6.15, 8.30, 9.0, p.m. Sundays, 8.85, a.m. ; 5.0, 9.0, p.m. N o ttin g h a m (London Road), arr. 8.2,11,81, a,m,; 12.33,1.80, 3.30, 5.43, 7.55, 8.55, 11.20, p.m .; 1,25, a.m. Sundays 1,56, 8.50, p.m ,; 1,25, a.m, N o ttin g h a m (London Road), dep. 5.45, 8.18, 8.40, 10.10, 11,15, 11.55, a,a. ; 2,20, 3.5, 5.0, 7.0, 7.20, 9,50, p.m. Sundays 2.35,8,35, a.m .; 6.25, p,m. L o n d o n (King’s Cross), arr. 10.15,11.10,11.45, a.m ; 1.0, 2.5, 8.15, 5.20, 6.15,8.0, 10,0,10.50, p m . ; 3.0, a.m. Sundays 7.50,12.0 a.m,; 10.0 p,m. HENRY OAKLEY, General Magager. London, King’s Cross Station, August, 1884, KENNINGTON OVAL. TO-DAY, THURSDAY: S U R R E Y E L E V E N T . E I G H T E E N C O L T S . MONDAY NEXT : SURREY v, KENT. A dmisiion to G round S ixpence . Play will begin at 11,30 and cease at 6 p.m. Australians v. South o f England. S eptember , 11, 12, <k 13. Admission to the'Ground, One Shilling. Tickets for the Stands can now be had of the Secretary, Surrey County Cricket Club, Kennington Oval, London, S.E. Prices for the match—covered stand, 10s. ; uncovered stand, 5s. • TRENT BRIDGE GROUND, NOTTINGHAM. NORTH OF ENGLAND V . AUSTRALIANS, Monday, Tues., and Wed.,Sept. 1, 2, and 3. Admission 6d. each. Stands Is. extra. NOTICES. W e propose to publish in the September and Winter numbers of C ricket , Results of Matches, and Averages of tne principal Clubs. These will be inserted at the rate of 3/6 a column, with a minimum charge of 2/6. To ensure insertion in the following number, they must be received not later than the Saturday previous to day of publication. The last Summer Number of C ricket , for this year,Vill be published on Thursday, September 25. The Winter Monthly Issues will appear in the last Thursday of October, November, December, January, February, and March. The dates will be— No. 77, OCT. 30. I No. 78, NOV. 27. No. 79, DEC. 25. | No. 80, JAN. 29. No. 81, FEB. 26. j No. 82, MAR. 26. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TBE GAME. 41, ST. ANDREW’8 H ILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1884. ■ ------- ■ * 4 P 7 I Y IM 0 ] S [ > 6 ^ I P * « - The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. A v e r y peculiar occurrence took place in the second innings of Derby­ shire against Surrey at the Oval last Friday, which I have not seen noticed in any of the papers. Wood-Sims played a ball, and thinking no doubt that it would take his wicket hit it a second time, as he had a perfect right to do. He started off, though, out of his crease with the apparent intention of running and an appeal was made to the umpire. Pullen gave the bats­ man “ no t out ” on the ground that he struck the ball a second time for the purpose of guarding his wicket. So he did beyond a doubt, but still the case is a curious one and will possibly give rise to some discussion. It has always been an accepted un­ derstanding that a batsman hitting the ball, directly he shows an inten­ tion to run and consequent intent to score, has violated the rule giving a penalty for wilfully striking the ball a second time. I remember well some years ago Charlwood beiDg given out at Brighton in a match be­ tween Surrey and Susses for the same offence, and unless I am mistaken Barlow, when playing for the North against the South at Lord’s a season or two back, had also to retire in a similar way. The general accepta­ tion is that a batsman is out directly he shows an intent to score, but I must say that the new rule referring to this particular matter is by no means explicit. It runs thus—“ Or if the ball be struck and he wilfully strike it again, except it be done for the purpose of guarding his wicket, which he may do with his bat or any part of his person except his hands, ‘ Hit the ball twice.’ ” In last week’s “ Gossip ” I noted the very rare penalty of five runs inflicted on Mr. I. D. Walker for the ball touching his hat. Here, too, there has been a notable change in the rules which may have been overlooked in the case mentioned. Under the old code, Buie XXXIII simply provided that the ball should be considered dead and five runs added to the score if a fieldsman stopped the ball with his hat. There was no distinction between accidental and intentional stoppage, but the new rules specially provide for the enforcement of the penalty only in the case of a fields­ man “ wilfully stopping the ball with his hat or any other article,” A mong the many peculiar coinci­ dences which have occurred in cricket just lately I know of none more singular than the frequency with which two batsmen have scored 159 runs in important matches during the last three weeks. On August 9, for Gloucestershire against the Austra­ lians at Clifton Messrs. J ..H . Brain and W.W. Pullen raised the total from 22 for one to 181 for two wickets. Six days later, in the match between Notts and Middlesex, Gunn and Attewell brought the Nottingham­ shire score from 224 for seven to 883 for eight wickets, and for Sussex against Yorkshire last week Messrs. Newham and Whitfeld added 159 for the second wicket. There are other instances of the same kind unless my recollection is at fault, but I cannot remember the exact occasions. Their is some magic in these figures just now as Kent beat Somersetshires yesterday by 159 runs. A n o th er illustration of how history repeats itself can be found in the close similarity between the figures in the matches of Surrey and Derbyshire at the Oval in 1883 and 1884. In 1883 Surrey went in first and after scoring 339 got Derbyshire out for 160. The latter, following on in a minority between 179 totalled 300, and