Cricket 1884

SfiPT. 18, 1884. CRiCKE'T; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4^9 “ Orient ” to-morrow, and are due to reach Adelaide on November 1st. No arrangements have even now been made with tlie Fourth Australian Team for a match or matches in the Colonies on their return home. T h e giant of the Australian Team furnishes the picture for last week’s Vanity Fair. Were it not for Bon­ nor’s size I should almost be inclined to add that this latest caricature is in “ Ape's " happiest style. My friend, the writer of “ Freshest Gleanings from the Fields of Sport,” in tho London (Ontario) Advertiser, whose kind attentions I have a’ready gratefully acknowledged, says, in another paragraph of August 29, “ that, generally speaking, the best Australian Cricketers are non- smokers.” I wonder what Spofforth, Palmer, McDonnell, Blackham and Giffen would say to this. I am dis­ posed to think that “ The Demon ” might object. T h e following are the chief batting averages of over 22 runs for not less than 10 completed innings in all county (first, as well as second-class) and principal matches up to Saturday last: Oomptd. Most in Innings. Runs. Innings. Argu. E, 0. Powell .. 10 551 140 55.1 A. G. Steel 25 967 148 38.17 W. W. F. Pullen 11 396 161 36 W. W. Read 45 1618 162* 35.43 Lord Harris 40 1412 112* 35 12 Scotton 28 985 134 35.5 W. G. Grace 39 1351 116* 34 25 F. A. Mackinnon 14 470 115 33.8 W. Newham .. 23 741 137 32.5 Ulyett . . .. 45 m i 146* 29.29 Gunn .. .. 24 710 138 29 14 W . H. Patterson 16 476 73* 29.12 Barnes . . .. 41 1197 107 29 8 Shrewsbury 32 908 209 28.12 W . Blackman .. 16 454 77* 28.6 I. D. Walker .. 24 674 83 28.2 T . C. O’Brien .. 41 1124 119 27.17 Hall . . . • 39 1068 135 27 5 C. T. Studd 15 398 141* 26.8 H. B. Steel 15 397 100 26.7 A. N. Hornby .. 33 857 94 25.32 Barlow . . .. 37 943 119 25.28 Hon. A. Lyttelton 16 417 103 25.17 E. J. McCormick 10 256 73 25 6 J. H. Brain .. 32 791 143 24.33 Painter 26 618 133 24-24 J. Shuter 40 968 125 24.8 Flowers .. .. 35 839 122 23.34 Bates 42 990 133 23.24 H. W. Bainbridge 16 381 80 23.13 Tester ., 27 631 80 23.10 (Irimshaw .. 29 674 115 23.7 J. E. K. Studd .. 16 370 82* 23.2 E, M. Grace 22 505 67 22.21 A. J. Webbe .. 21 476 83* 22.14 M. P. Bowden .. 33 739 89* 22.13 M. C. Kemp 25 559 95 22,9 As a non-smoker, I am of course highly gratified at the signal defeat of those who indulge in what some one—a smoker, evidently—has quite erroneously called “ the fragrant weed.” Of course it is only what every non-smoker expected. The only fear I have is, that the remit may have a serious effect on the thousands who earn their living in providing new sources of gratification in some shape or form for the great army of smokers. On the other hand, though, it is quite possible that the world may continue its revolutions all the same, unaffected by this significant event. I should myself have been more pleased with the result of the cricket, had 1 been perfectly satis­ fied of Bonnor's qualifications as a non-smoker. Unless I am mistaken, I distinctly saw tho Giant towering over the crowd in arecent disturbance at the Oval at the end of a very long cigar. A c o m p l im e n t a r y dinner was given on Monday night to Maurice Read, the well-known Surrey player, by the members of the Thames Ditton Cricket Club, in which village Read was born, and has always lived. The occasion was his departure for Aus­ tralia to-morrow, with the team orga­ nised by Shaw, Shrewsbury and Lillywhite ; and an opportunity was taken to present himwith a gold ring, subscribed for by the cricketers of the neighbourhood, No professional in England is more deservedly re­ spected everywhere ; and Read is sure to win the same high opinion on the cricket-fields of Australia as he has at home. Everyone will hope to see him successful on the hard wickets of the Colonies. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t who adopts the signature of “ Fair Play,” writes as follows:— With reference to the method of deciding “ the championship of the counties.” I think it hardly fair that a county which, as Mid­ dlesex, lcses three out of seven completed matches, should be placed before one, like Yorkshire, which is beaten in four out of twelve completed matches. Allow me to suggest what I think is a better way: Take the number of completed matches and find what decimal of them is lost, e.g., Surrey played eleven completed matches, and lost four, the decimal equal -36, &c. The order then would be— of 9 completed watches equal ‘0 T h e Australian team, as has already been announced in these columns more than once, leave England on Thursday next in the P. and 0. steamer “ Mirzahpore.” It will be of interest to many English cricketers to know that the special train pro­ vided by the P. and 0 . Co. to carry passengers for the “ Mirzahpore ” to Gravesend, where the embarkation takes place, leaves Liverpool Street at eleven o'clock on Thursday morn­ ing. C r ic k e t readers will kind'y take note of the fact that next Thursday’s paper is the last of tho summer issues for this year. The mmthly winter numbers will commence on Thursday, October 30, and be con­ tinued on the last Thursday of each of the five succeeding mouths. ENGLISH BATTING AVERAGES AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS. Most in Times Inns. Runs. Inns, not out. Avar. A. G. Steel . . . . 16 635 148 1 42.5 Scotton.................. 8 294 134 1 42 W. G. Grace 17 577 116* 2 38.7 Barn es.................. 12 377 105 0 31.5 A. N. Hornby 4 121 94 0 30.1 Phillips .. 4 118 111 0 29.2 Flowers .. 8 227 90 0 28.3 Barlow .. 15 336 101 3 28 M. C. Kemp .. 6 127 63* 1 25.2 T. C. O’Brien 11 268 92 0 24.4 W. W. Read 12 284 117 0 23.8 J .E .K . Studd .. 4 88 59 0 22 Gunn ., .. .. 5 108 68 0 21.3 Lord Harris 13 214 60 1 17.10 A. P. Lucas.. .. a 173 28 1 17.3 Shrewsbury .. 14 223 43 1 17.2 13 219 76 0 16.11 B rig g s.................. 10 129 46 0 12.9 Hon. A. Lyttelton 9 111 37 0 12 3 Hall .................. 8 96 51 0 12 H. W hitfeld.. .. 8 88 34 0 11 Peate 13 74 19 6 10.4 H. B. Steel .. .. 5 54 41 0 10.4 M. Read .. .. 8 70 31 0 8.6 9 70 24 0 7.7 8 59 29 0 7.3 C. T. Studd.. .. 5 36 23 0 7.1 ENGLISH BOWLING AVERAGE3 AGAINST AUSTRALIANS. Orers. Mdns. Rons. Wkts. Aver* Attewell.. 287 .. 171 . . 292 .. 31 .. 9.13 Emmett.* 148.2.. 84 . . 178 .. 13 .. 13.9 Peate . . 421.2 .. 185 .,. 631 . . 45 .. 14.1 Crossland. 160.1.. 68 . . 274 .. 18 .. 15.4 S. Chriot- oplierson 260.1 .. 126 . . 416 . . 26 .. 16 P.H.Morton 03 .. 29 , . 121 .. 7 .. 17.2 Barlow . . 284.3 . . 139 . . 414 . . 21 . . 17.6 Wootton. . 116.3 . . 45 . . 223 .. 12 . . 18.7 Shaw . . 104.8 .. 58 . . 136 . . 7 .. 19.3 Humphreys 79.2 .. 9 . . 267 .. 13 . . 20.7 Ulyett . . 266.1 . . 130 . . 415 . . 20 .. 20.15 W.G.Grace 390.2 . . 131 . . 514 . . 24 .. 21.10 Barratt . . 53 .. 15 . . 112 .. 5 . . 22.2 Flowers . . 103.3 .. 60 . . 173 .. 7 . . 21.5 Barnes .. 202 ,. 103 . . 280 ., 11 . . 25.5 C.T. Studd 187.1.. 72 . . 363 . . 14 .. 25.13 Woof ..1 8 8 .. 82 . . 292 .. 11 .. 26.6 A. G. Steel 282.3 .. 88 , . 618 .. 22 .. 27.9 Notts lost 0 out Yorks „ 4 Surrey ,. „ 4 » Middlesex „ 8 Sussex .. 5 ii Lancashire » 4 n Kent.. 6 Gloucester It 8 ii Derbyshire >1 0 ii