Cricket 1884

44 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. mar .27, 1884. A F E W A U S T R A L I A N MEM S . G. S mith scored 153, not out, of a total of 238 for Melbourne Warehousemen v. Sydney Warehousemen, at Sydney, on Dee. 29. T he Victorian Cricket Association, the Sydney Mail states, took over £1,600 at the inter-colonial match commenced on Boxing Day. D ickens made 113, not out, in the Inter­ colonial Junior Match, Derwents and Our Boys (N.S.W.) v. South Australian Juniors, at Sydney, on Jan. 7. D yer scored 141 for South Australian Juniors, v. Carthona and Osborne Clubs, at Sydney, on Jan. 9. T he following remarks in the Sydney Mail of Jan. 12, in a report of a match between South Australian Juniors and Carthona and Osborne Clubs, show that there are doubtful deliveries in Australia as ■well as in England:— “ The bowling of the combined team was very tame, Coucher being the only one who gave the resisting batsmen any trouble to play, but he at times openly set the tenth law of the game at defiance by throwing in the most palpable manner, and the breach of the rules was very noticeable when the bowler sent down a fast ball.” A lderson and Chalmers made 100 for the first wicket of Sydney Warehousemen against Melbourne Warehousemen, at Sydney, on Jan. 5. F or the Melbourne Club, v. Fifteen of Hobson’s Bay Bailway, at Melbourne, on Jan. 9, W. McEvoy scored 142 out of 311. Crooke took ten of the Railway wickets for thirteen runs. B arrett took seven wickets of Sandridge for South Melbourne, on Jan. 5. The Australasian describes Barrett as a very promising left-hand medium-pace bowler, and adds that he bids fair to be heard of in more important contests before long. A team of Aboriginals played a match against the Camperdown Club (Victoria), on Jan. 10. They scored 77 against 137. I n a match between the Heidelberg and Preston Clubs (Victoria), on Jan. 5, Wingrove took six Preston wickets for four runs. T. H oran has been obliged to give up the post of selector of teams foi the Victorian Association, to which he was appointed on the resignation of W. H . Cooper, who comes to England with the Fourth Australian Team. G. Major has been elected to take his place. T h e takings at th e last inter-colonial match at Melbourne, less the percentage paid to the Melbourne Club, on the grand stand, are stated to have been £1,583 3s. 6d. as against £1,077 16s. for same match last year. M inchin scored 128, not out, for South Melbourne, v. Kew (second elevens), on Jan. 12. T. J. D. K elly carried out his bat for 126 for St. Kilda, v. The Rioters, at St. Kilda, on Jan. 17. A y o d n g e r brother of W. Bruce, who scored for East Melbourne v. Hotham, for Second Eleven of East Melbourne, v. Bich- mond, in the two innings took twelve wickets for 75 runs. I n a match in Victoria between the Albany Club and a team of Deaf Mutes, Phillips, for the latter, took eight wickets for three runs. F o r Non-Players of East Melbourne, v. Melbourne, on Jan. 15, Maddox took three wickets with successive balls. W, M c E voy scored 144 for Melbourne Club, v. 16 of Berwick District, at Mel­ bourne, on Jan. 16. A young bowler named Wood, of the Sydney Grammar School, did a good per­ formance in taking no fewer than nine wickets in the first innings of the Australian Eleven in the match against 18 of New­ castle. I n a match played on Jan- 26, between Temora and Barmedwan, in New South Wales, the former scored only 10 in their first innings, owing to the successful bowling of Bock, who took seven wickets for four runs. O n January 18, W . W. Bobinson scored 124 for Auckland and Our Boys v. Waikato (N.Z.). Three days before, the same batsman made 157 for Vagabonds at Auckland also against Waikato. F ob second eleven of South Melbourne v. a mixed team of East Melbourne on February 2, Windley went in first and carried out his bat for 55 out of 100. P. D eely scored 103 out of 294 for six wickets for South Melbourne v. Bohemians on February 2. T rinnick contributed 116 not out to a total of 215 for eight wickets made by Richmond v. Melbourne Club at Melbourne, on February 9. K elly scored'122 out of 294 at Sydney on Jan. 26, [for Carthonas v. Marrickvilles in a match for Stedman Imperial Cup. I n a match between Surrey United and Camden at Sydney on Jan. 26, Croker con­ tributed 118 not out to’a total of 276. A. B annerman scored 113 and P. Marr 101 for Carlton v. Warwick at Sydney on Feb. 2. INCOGNITI CLUB. BOWLING AVERAGES IN 1888. Of those who bowled in Four or more Innings. Thie table which has not been published before willbe found interesting. Mr. Horner, the Surrey amateur, it will be seen took eighty-bix wickets. B. M. R. W. Avge. E. W. Lake .......................... 290 28 111 13 8.7 C. E. H orner.......................... 2320 218 848 86 9.74 A. L. Stewart.......................... 566 54 232 24 9.16 S. W. S c o t t .......................... 758 100 £17 21 10.7 M. J. D ru itt.......................... 638 61 223 20 11.8 J. R obertson.......................... 932 88 420 35 12 F. S. Ireland.......................... 308 16 116 10 11.6 S. K. M. S tob a rt.................. 605 56 232 19 12.4 A. H. Browne.......................... 329 18 192 14 13.10 F. W. Maude.......................... 462 34 225 16 14.1 J. Sm ith.................................. 184 17 75 5 15 E. A. P a r k e .......................... 1401 101 662 40 16.22 E. Cassan .......................... 2291205 1127 67 16.55 Captain Cuitis .................. 1115 93 492 28 17.16 E.C. F rie n d .......................... 220 19 111 6 18.3 E .J .C . Studd .................. 432 27 245 13 18.11 W. S. Trollope .................. 880 64 375 20 18.15 D. D. Pontifex .................. 412 30 204 10 20.4 G. J. F r a s e r .......................... 302 17 167 8 20.7 W. B. Friend.......................... 656 57 331 15 22.1 T. Whitehead.......................... 408 87 212 8 26.4 H. J. Hill.................................. 333 19 172 6 28.4 A. T. T h rin g.......................... 180 20 73 2 35.3 In one match (Kensington Park) the bowling analy­ sis was not^taken. L inden C ricket C lue . — A private ground has been taken by this club, situate in Marmora-road, close to Honor Oak Station, Crystal Palace Line, where all matches are to be played this season. For matches see C ricket of February 28th.—Bobt. J. Fry, Hon. Sec., 61, Kirkwood-road, Nunhead, S.E.— A dvt . C ricket in the A ustralian C olonies .— Manders and Mitchison, merchants, of 8, Qneen-street, Melbourne, are open to act as agents for leading manufacturers of all classes of materials for out-door games. Reference can be had from their London representative, Mr. Muddiman, 80, Watling- street, where samples can be sent for.— A dvt . T H I R T E E N OR F O U R T E E N A U S T R A L I A N S . F elix , of the Australasian, one of the most competent writers in the Colonies, makes the following comments on the policy of sending only thirteen Australians to England. His remarks on the probabilities of the three representative matches, will be read with interest. “ As a matter of course, the greatest interest centres in the contests against the pick of England, or, in other words, the representative matches. Accord­ ing to the programme there are no fewer than three of these test matches to be played—one at Manchester, one at Lord’s, and one at Kennington Oval. These are the contests in which we all want our men to be at their very best, to have Murdoch full of energy with the bat, to have Palmer all life and vigour with the ball, to have Bannerman keen and active in the field, and, above all, to have Blackham fiesh and in his best trim behind the 3ticks. How may this be accomplished ? Certainly not by the decidedly impolitic course of taking only twelve men, and a manager. If those who are interested in the present team persist in their foolish notion of taking no more than the number mentioned, they will be doing a glaring injustice to Australian cricket. Some men are bound to be laid up during such an arduous tour, in which there is nothing but cricket day after day for more than four months. Each preceding team found it hard work to send eleven men into the field more than once, and this team will have harder and more trying work than any previous team. In addition to the representative matches above noticed, there are several other matches, which may be set down as almost equal to the full strength of England, and it need hardly be pointed out to the members of the present team what very heavy work these dozen matches mean. Our men will not enter the field in these matches with a jaunty one-innings-victory look upon their faces such as they would wear when facing Northampton,Newcastle, or Edinburgh. They know very well that in these dozen matches, not to mention the strong county matches, they will have to do their level best each time to hold their own against the splendid teams that willoppose them. This constant demand upon the best efforts of skill possessed by our men may not be much in itself, but associated with it is an anxiety peculiar to cricket contests of the highest class between teams evenly matched. It is this anxiety, kept up as it will be match after match, that will speedily tell its tale. It is this, added to the staleness consequent upon continuous cricket and long night rides by rail, that will seriously militate against the success of our men. Hence the object of the promoters should be to give their principal bowlers and their wicketkeeper as much rest as possible, especially a rest immediately prior to each representative match. And they can do this only by taking extra men. With such a heavy programme thirteen men and a manager, who is also a player, are a sine qua non, that is, if the intention be to make an effort to retain the laurels won by the 1882 team. Indeed, fourteen men and a manager would not be too many to take for such a splendid programme as has been arranged by Mr. Alcock for the 1884 eleven. It is far better to err on the side of excess than on the side of defect in such a case as this. Next Issue of CRICKET will be published Thursday, April 17.