Cricket 1884

414 CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, s e p t . n , mm. a novelty, and the proceeds are for the benefit of a most deserving charity, the Cricketers’ Fund,it shouldliave the support of all well-wishers of the game. The members of Shaw’s Australian eleven, had they been able, would all have played, but the pre­ sence of eight members of the Austra­ lian team, four on each side, will give special interest to the game, and as the elevens are strong, some good cricket may be anticipated. T h e sides will be : Smokers— Lord Harris, C.I.Thornton,W.W.Read,P.S. McDonnell, F. R. Spofforth. G. Giffen, J. McC. Blackham, G. Palmer, T. Em­ mett, E. Peate, and W . Gunn. Non- Smokers—A. N. Hornby, W . G. Grace, T. C. O’Brien, S. Christopher­ son, W. L. Murdoch, H. J. Scott, G. J. Bonnor, A. Bannerman, R. G. Bar- low, W ; Attewell, and R. Pilling. Umpires, T. Hearne and E. Willsher. The President of the Fund, Mr. E. Wilder, a liberal patron of the game, has sent, I am informed, a donation of ten guineas, and I am desired to say that contributions will be thank­ fully received on the ground by Mr. V. E. Walker, the two umpires, and R. Thoms. ----------- T h e following are the highest bat­ ting averages, of not less than three completed inninings, against the Australians up to Saturday last:— Cmpltd. Innings * Bans. Most in . Inning*. ATer’ A. G. Steel .. .. 15 635 148 42.5 Seotton .. .. 7 294 134 42 W. G. Grace .. 13 527 116* 40.7 Barnes .. . . 11 377 105* 84.3 M, C. Kemp .. 4 127 63* 31.3 A . N. Hornby .. 4 121 94 30.1 J. H. Brain .. 5 150 108 30 Phillips .. 4 118 111 29.2 Flowers .. 8 227 90 28.3 Barlow .. 12 336 101 28 T. C. O’Brien .. 9 246 92 27.3 W. W . Read .. 10 264 117 26.4 W. W. F. Palien .. 3 90 68* 26.2 E. M. Grace .. 4 100 56 25 T h e following are the bowling aver­ ages against the Australians of all who have taken 10 wicket3 or over up to Saturday last. Ovei-g. Mdns. ftnns. Wkts. Aver. Attewell.. 287 .,. 173 . . 292 . . 31 .. 9.13 H.E.Whitby G6 . . 22 . . 137 . . 10 .., 13.7 Emmett.. 148’2 .,. 64 . . 178 . . 13 .. 13.9 Peate .. 421.3 . . 183 . . 631 . . 45 .. 14.1 Crossland. 160.1 . . 67 . . 274 . . 18 .., 15.4 S. Christ­ opherson 260.1 . . 12G . . 416 . . 2 6 . . 15 Barlow .. 294.3 . . 139 . . 414 . . 24 .., 17.6 Wootton. . 95.3 . . 35 . . 188 . . 10 .., 18.8 C.Cotterell 102 . 42 . . 190 . . 10 ... 19 Humphreys 79 3 . . 9 . . 207 . . 13 ... 20.7 Ulyett .. 2GG.1 . . 130 . . 415 . . 20 .,. 20.15 W.G.Grace 283.2 . . 127 . . 601 . . 24 . 20.21 Woof ..1 3 7 . . 69 . . 219 . . 11 ... 22.7 Barnes .. 202 .,, 103 . 280 . . 11 .., 25.5 C.T. Studd 186.2 . . 72 . . 363 . . 14 .,. 25.13 A. G. Steel 282.1 . . 88 . . 603 . . 22 .,, 27.9 T r u t h is said to be stranger than fiction. Beyond a doubt there can be nothing stranger than the ideas of the ■paper Truth on matters cricketical. The latest nation of that journal is to decide the choice of innings, instead of, as is now the custom, by the spin of a coin, by a shot at the wicket. A selected representative of each of the contending elevens is to shy at the wicket, and the winning thrower is to have choice of innings. This is indeed an original notion. A friend of mine who aspires to be a wag suggests that in County cricket therewould be some­ thing eminently appropriate in this decision by a shy at the wicket. It would be more than ever the cricket of the shyers. MR. A. WOMBWELL’ S XI. v. MR. W. FLACK’S XI. Played at Thriplow on September 5. M r . A. W o iib w e ll’s XI. First Innings. Second Innings. A . Wombwell, c Gambie, b D. Chamberlain 2 cW.FIack.b Hayden 11 Bev.L. Woodward, c Cole­ man, b D. Chamberlain 28 51 A. Purkiss. b D. Chamber- 1 b W. Flack .. 2 J. Wombwell, b W. Flack 0 c D. Chamberlain, b Abraham .. .. 6 A.Negus, b D.Chamberlain 0 b W. Flack .. .. 3 J. Jacombs, b W. Flack .. 0 run o u t .................. 4 G. Unwin, b D. Chamber- lain .................................. 3 st D. Chamberlain.b Abraham .. ., 0 C. Sheldrick, run out .. 3 st I). Chamborlain, b Abraham .. 0 H. Wiight, b D. Chamber- lain .................................. 0 bW . Flack . . .. 0 A.Beynolda.bD. Chamber- lain .................................. 5 b Hayden .. 2 J. Beynolris, not ou t.. .. 0 b Hayden .. .. 8 B 5, w 4 ...................... 9 B 3, w 4 .. 7 Total .................. 51 Total .. 89 M r. W . F la c k ’s XI. First Inning*. Second Inning3. W. Flaek, bPurkiss.. .. 1 st Woodward, b N egu s.................. 14 E. Abraham, c Unwin, b P u rk iss.......................... 1 st Woodward, b N egus.................. 0 A.Hayden, b A. Wombwell 13 c Sheldrick, b A. Wombwall .. .. 7 C. Coleman, b Purkiss .. 0 0 D. Chamberlain, b Purkiss 0 bNegus .. ... .. 0 G. Carter, b A. Wombwell 0 2 S. Chamberliia, b A. Wombwell .................. 0 b A. Womb well 0 A. Flack, b Curtis .. .. 5 c Unwin, b A.Womb­ well .................. 1 W . Fuller, run out .. 0 not o u t .................. 3 W. Carter, not ont .. 3 c Unwin, b Negus.. 0 J. Gambie, b A. Wombwell 8 c Shcldrick, b A. Wombwell .. .. 2 10 10 Total.......................... 41 Total .. .. 39 SUBKEY v. SUSSEX. Surrey won its last match of the season at the Oval yesterday, when it defeated its neighbour and old rival, Sussex, after a very exciting finish, with four wickets to spare. Owing to the heavy rains of late, the ground was all against the batsman, and the Surrey Captain winning the toss, elected to put Sussex in. This was rather a risky pro­ ceeding, but it proved successful, and at the end of an innings the home team were eighty runs to the good. For this advantage they had chiefly to thank M r. W . W . Read, who contributed 83 ou t’ o f 131 while he was in. H e was m issed three tim es, but, con- sideiing the wicket, his perform ance was a very fine one, and his hitting all round was exceedingly good. Sussex had to bat in a very bad light on Tuesday afternoon, and their second innings was on ly rem arkable for the extraordinary defence o f M r. W hit­ feld. H e went in first, and carried out his bat, having been three hours and a quarter at the wicket without anything like a chance. Surrey had only SO to get to win, and 20 went up for one w icket. A fter this cam e an unexpected collapse, and am idst some excitem ent the winning run was g ot with four wicuets in hand. Lohm ann bow led ex­ ceptionally w ell for Surrey aa his figures w ill show, S usbex . First Innings. Second Inningg. Mr. H. Whitfeld, b Loh­ mann ...............................10 not out.................41 Mr. E. J. M'Cormick, b Bar­ ratt ................................ 5 b A bel................. 0 J. Hide, b Lehmann .. .. 12 c M. Bead, b Loh­ mann .. ,. 0 Humphreys, c Wood,IB oiler 3 b Horner .. . . 15 Mr. W. Newham, c Barratt,b B oiler...............................0 b Lohmann.. .. 0 Mr. G. N. Wyatt, c Abel, b Lohm ann........................2 b Lohraann.. .. 4 Tester, not out ................ 17 bLohmaun.. .. 3 Mr. W. Blackman, b Barratt 13 cBol!er,bLohmann 2J Phillips, b Lohmann .. .. 7 Bt Wood,b Barratt 14 A. Hide, b A b e l.................1 st Wood,b Barratt 0 Juniper, b A b e l.................2 b Boiler .. .. 1 L b ...............................2 B ................... 11 Total........................74 Total .. ..10 SURREY. First Innings. Seconl Innings. M. Boad, b Blackmin.. .. 2 c Phillips,b Black­ man .................2 Mr. E. J. Diver, c Hum- c Tester, b Black- phreye, b J. Hide .. .. 1 m an .................8 Abel, b Blackman................ 7 eJuniper,b J.Hide 14 Mr. W. W. Bead, b Newham 83 b Blackman .. 0 Mr. J. Shuter, b Blackman 20 c M’Cormick, b Blackman .. 1 Mr, M.P. Bowden, b A. Hide 16 c Humphreys, b J. Hido .. .. 1 Mr. W.E. Boiler, st Phillips, b Juniper............................9 notout .. ,, 1 Lohmann, st Phil ips, b Juniper ........................1 notout............... 4 Wood, c Tof»te^, b Juniper.. 7 Barratt, b Tf'st'-r.................2 Mr. C. E. Horner, not out.. 0 B 5. l b l ............................ 6 N b .. .. 1 Total................. 154 Total.. . . 32 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S ussex . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. B.W. O. M. B.W> Horner .. .. 20 14 12 0 .. .. 33 29 15 1 Barratt . . . . 22 8 17 2 . . . . 6 2 11 2 Roller .. .. 26 19 18 2 .. .. 23.317 11 1 Lohmann .. 19 11 23 4 .. .. 87 2i 35 5 Abel . . . . 3 2 2 2 . . . . 21 12 22 1 M. Bead 5 2 4 0 S urrey . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. B.W. O. M. B.W. Blackman .. 40 20 44 3 . . . . 14 8 11 4 J .H id e.. .. 26 16 26 1 .. .. 9.1 6 11 2 Juniper.. ..34.116 40 3 .. .. 41 9 0 Tester . . . . 6 2 9 1 A. Hide . . . . 4 0 12 1 Humphreys .. 5 2 8 0 McCormick .. 2 1 2 0 Newham .. 6 S 7 1 Blackman bowled a no-ball. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. YORKSHIRE. The Yorkshire Eleven, after having all the worst of the game on the first innings, suc­ ceeded in defeating a fairly strong eleven of M.C.C. and Ground at Scarborough yesterday by 42 runs. The chief merit of tho success was due to Ulyett, and he has never shown to greater advantage as a batsman than on this