Cricket 1884

472 CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF T.HE GAME. N ov. 27. i m . and the opposition of leading cricketers on their own side. And on this subject every­ one must admire the conduct of the English cricketing peer, in standing up so resolutely against the majority of his countrymen in the interests of fair play. No man in Eng­ land was, perhaps, more sincere than Lord Harris in his wish to see the Australians bea:en, but he declined to take any doubtful steps to attain the much desired end, and refused to form one of a team in which the Lancashire thrower was included. This is the sort of chivalry that must benefit every game. The tone of the English press has been more unsatisfactory, however, than the conduct of any English cricketer. In th3 colonies sporting journals may with profit differ as to the constitution of Australian teams, and will continue to differ probably until everybody looks at the matter in the light of everyone else’s judgment. This is a small matter compared with the universal mud-throwing to which our cricketers have been subjected in the home of that much- vaunted factor “ fair play.’’ All the differ­ ent discreditable rumours set in circulation about the team have on inquiry turned out to be quite groundless, and the willingness of the English sporting press to accept the gossip of the crowd has been carried to the verge almost of manufacturing a case. The ungenerous, if not unfair, criticism of their play on those occasions when the team had suffered defeat, was referred to by “ Robin Hood,” the English sporting contributor of The Australasian. This condemnation is, after all, a matter of opinion, better answered by deed3 than words, and while after every defeat the Australians have been unani­ mously relegated to the position of a second- rate team, those entrusted with the choice of representative English elevens have never chosen to regard them in that light. O11the occasion of the second International match, twenty of the finest cricketers in the king­ dom were in waiting at Lord’s, weather charts were consulted, forecasts obtained, aud astronomers interviewed—excessive pre­ cautions, surely, for a second-rate team. At first sight this general abuse certainly ap­ pears unpleasant, but a little reflection will reveal a handsome compliment. “ Methinks they do protest too much.” There is an air of “ say it once again, and perhaps we may believe it,” about this reiteration, and it re­ quires no very critical philosopher to see that if Australian supremacy is not admitted in England, it is pretty generally feared. The comparison between the Australian and American cricketers was another little de­ vice of a shallow type. Had the Australians been less ambitious they would have been more welcome. Had they been content to give and take with amateur elevens from third-rate counties instead of ruffling British conceit and hurting British dignity by throw­ ing out a challenge to the United Kingdom and maintaining it in the field, there would have been less trenchant criticism. Napo­ leons are abused, Maximilians are pitied and tolerated. In a social sense, the greatest mistake the Australians ever made was when they vanquished an All-England Eleven on even terms. We have been constantly re­ minded this season that tbe Australians take gate-money and the Americans do not, but it has yet to be insinuated that they obtained any of that money under false pretences, by not giving full value for it in a cricketing sense. The position of the American team in this respect is apt, however, to remind one of Mrs. Mieawiper’s declaration that she should never desert Mr. Micawber, which had some point until the philosophic W il­ kins retorted that she had never been asked to do so. The comforting reflection is that if the position of the Australians is to be successfully assailed, it will be done by good cricket only, and not by bad criticism. NORWOOD CLUB, ADELAIDE. S eason 1883-84. F ib st E le v e n . Played 8 matches; won 6, lost 1. and drawn 1. Cup matches—played 4, won 3, and lost 1. In all matches Norwood scored 1,851 runs and lost 98 wickets for an average of 19.18 runs per wicket; the opponents scored 1,576 runs and lost 142 wickets for an average of 11.14 runs per wicket.* RESULTS OF MATCHE3. Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 19—Hindmarsh, 66 and 139 ; Nor­ wood £0 and 48. Lost by 107 runs. Nov. 9, 10, 12—Melbourne 74 and 70, Norwood 117 and 29 for 1 wicket. Won by 9 wickots. Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10, Jan. 9—North Adelaide 161 and 143, Norwood 181 and 216. Won by 93 runs. Dee. 27—Northern Areas Association (Fifteen) 107 for 13 wickets, Norwood 2?5. Drawn. Dec. 29—Kadina Association 74, Norwood 165 for 3 wickets. Won by 7 wickcts. Jan. 5, 12, 19.- Kensington 102 and 138, Norwood 209 and 33 for no wicket. Won by 10 wickets. Feb. 2, 9, Maic-h 1, April 5, 19—South Adelaide 287 and 98, Norwood 259 and 77 for 4 wickets. Won by 6 wickets. April 12,14—Clare 120 and 47, Norwood 242. Won in one innings by 75 runs. B a t t in g A v e r a g e s . Most in limes Inns. Runs. Ions, not out. Aver. J. Quilty W . Giffen T. O. Richards ■ J. E. Gooden.. - F. Letchf 3rd.. J. O’ Halloran J.Lyons.. .. ■ H. Blinman .. ■ J. F. Traynor | M. S. Rowe .. G. Liston A. E. Waldron G. Brown T. T. Lucas .. The following played in one match only—W. O. Whitridge 38, G. Giffen 5 and 1, T. Letchford and E. T. Woods 1 each. B o w lin g A v e r a g e s . Balls. Runs. M( 105 .. 33 .. 60 238 All 5 . 120 . 68 .. 2 . 40. Cup 2 . 2 . 2 .. 1 . 2. All 8 . . 229 . . 81 .. 1 . 32.5 Cup 7 •. 148 . . 69 .. 1 . 24.4 All 11 . . 304 . . 75 .. 1 . 30.4 Cup 8 . . 214 . . 75 .. 1 . 30.4 All 10 . 265 . . 73 .. 1 . 28.3 Cup 6 . . 138 . . 40 .. 0 . 23. All 8 . . 187 . . 73 .. 1 . 26.5 Cup 5 . 105 . . 73 .. 1 . 26.1 All 5 . . 26 . . 12 .. 4 . 26. Cup 4 . . 25 . . 12 .. 3 . 25. All 10 . . 179 . 83 .. 1 . 19.8 Cup 7 . . 83 . 36 .. 0 . 12.5 All 9 . . 95 . . 59*.. 3 . 15.5 Cup 7 . . 93 . . 59*.. 3 . 23.1 All 5 . . 69 . . 32 .. 0 . 13.4 Cup 4 . . 69 . . 32 .. 0 . 17.2 All 6 . . 36 . 15 . 2 . 9. Cup 4 . . 18 . . 10 .. 0 . 4.2 All 5 . . 44 . 24 .. 0 . 8.4 Cup 2 . . 1 . 1 . . 0 . All 9 . . 70 . . 23 .. 0 . 7.7 Cup 7 . . 59 . . 23 .. 0 . 8.3 All 6 . . 32 . . 13 . 0 . 5.2 Cup 4 . . 21 . . 13 .. 0 . 5.1 All 8 . . 80 . 10 . . 0 . 3.6 Cup 6 . . 28 . . 10 . 0 . 4.4 STYGIANS CLUB. Matches played, 46; won, 16; lost, 20; drawn, 10. B a tt in g A v e r a g e s . Inns. Runs. Most Times in inns, not out. Aver Rev.T. Bell (jun.) 8 . . £98 . 127* . 2 .. 49.6 B. Burton .. 8 . . 231 . 62* . 1 .. 83 T. C. Prior.. .. 9 . . Ib9 .. 70 . 0 .. 21 D. F. Poulter .. 6 . 84 .. 70 . 1 .. 16.8 W. M. O. Wilson 9 . 149 .. 37 . 0 .. 16.5 E. Y. Drew 5 . 76 .. 41 . 0 .. 15.2 J. B. Oakley 6 . . 91 .. 27 . 0 .. 15.1 W. W . Drew .. 10 . . 151 .. 40 . 0 .. 15.1 W. S. Shirley .. 10 . . 126 .. 33* . 1 .. 14 L. Clarke .. 7 . . 91 .. 25 . 0 .. 13 W. Sapte .. ,. 7 . 74 .. 81 . 1 .. 12.3 H. S. Dominy .. 18 . 170 .. 26 . 8 .. 11.3 C. S. Hunter .. 15 . 134 .. 53 . 2 .. 10.8 P. Bridges .. 5 . 39 .. 18 . 1 .. 9.9 A. H. Newington 15 . 113 .. 20 . 8 .. 9.4 W . Lawrence .. 13 . 84 - .. 27 . 8 .. 8.4 T. W. Bell .. 8 . 52 .. 18 . 1 .. 7.4 W. S. Tindall .. 6 . 28 .. 11 . 1 .. 6.6 E. W Foss.. .. 10 . 56 .. 28 . 0 . . 5.6 G. Gorton .. 7 . 28 .. 8 . 2 .. 5.6 H. A. Trevanion 13 . . 65 .. 22 . 0 . . 5 C. H. Barker .. 9 . 35 .. 10 . 1 . . 5 A. H. Millson .. 5 . 15 .. 7 . 2 .. 5 A. R. Oakley 5 . 19 .. 6 . 1 . . 4.7 H. W. Ricketts.. 8 . . 24 .. 7 . 0 . . 8 C. A. Stein.. .. 6 . 18 .. 13 . 0 . . 8 M. H. Spielman 10 . . 7 .. 2 . 2 .. 8 Fifty-one members played in less than 5 innings. NORTON CLUB (DURHAM). Matches played, 19; won, 6; lost. 11; drawn, 2. B a tt in g A verages . Inns. Runs. Most in inns. Times not out. Aver. J. Thompson . . 15 . . 300 .. 97 . . 1 .. , 21.6 R. Williams . . 15 . . 257 . . 9J . . 1 .. . 18 5 J. Heavisides . . 13 . . 221 .. 41 . . 1 . . , 18.5 G. Newby.. . . 15 . . 228 .. 45 .. 2 ... 17.5 J. Rowntree . . 20 . . 264 .. 55 .. 4 .., 16.S H. S. Crosby , . 14 . . 219 .. G9 . . 0 ., . 15.9 G. Kirk .. . . 13 . . 117 .. 29 . . 3 ... 11.7 A. B. Crosby . . 11 . . 115 .. 48 . . 1 .. . 11.5 F. V. Surtees . . 5 . . 57 .. 28 . . 0 .. . 112 A. Lee .. . . 16 . . 128 .. 85 . . 0 .. . 8 T. H. Hitch . . 10 . . 42 .. 12* . . 1 ., . 4.6 T. Laverick . . 5 . . 21 .. 13 . . 0 ., . 4.1 W. Mowbray . . 5 . . 21 .. 8 . . 0 . . 4.1 W. G. Strother 10 . . 29 .. 9 . . 0 ., . 2,9 B o w lin g A v erages . Balls. Rnns. Mdns. Wkts. Aver. A. B. Crosby .. .. 810 . . 270 . . 66 . . 32 . . 8.14 R. Williams ., .. 896 . . 849 . . 43 . . 40 . . 8.29 J. Rowntree .. .. 1186 . . 415 . 75 . . 88 . . 10.85 H. 8. Crosby .. .. 426 . . 208 . . 15 . . 18 . . 11.10 J. Thompson .. .. 817 . . 158 . . 12 . . 12 . . 12.9 . 141 . . 15 . . 7 . . 20.1 F. Letchford.. G. Giffen .. J. Lyons.. .. J. O’Halloran J. F. Traynor G. Liston J. Qailty.. A. E. Waldron T. T. Lucas .. T. O. Richards (All t Cup ] All 1 Cnp t All \ Cnp 215 ( All 644 ( Cup 536 j All ( Cup 347 j All (Cup (All 'I Cup 188 (A ll 1154 t Cup 1016 I A 1 1004 \ Cup 667 { All 480 ( Cup 456 24 .. 2 .. 83 .. 18 .. 16 325 72 30 414 , 14 81 , 32 . 207 . 59 .. 6 331 .. 68 , 282 .. 57 . 246 .. 79 , 174 .. 44 . 141 .. 28 . 131 .. 28 8 3 3 18 , 5 23 S econd E le v e n . scored 1,304 runs, and lost 118 wickets for an average of 11.6 per wicket. Tbe opponents scored 831 runs and lost 89 wickcts fur an average of 10.1 per wicki t. FINCHLEY CLUB. Matches played, 21 won,'8 lost, 9; drawn, 4 . B a it in g A v e r a g e s . i. Aver. Most Times .. 5.1 Inrs. Runs. in Inns, notout. Aver .. 12. T. M. Oliver . . 14 .. 29 . 76* . 1 .. 23 .. 5.8 T. Howe .. . 7 .. 128 . 89* . 1 .. 21.8 J. Euerby .. . .1 9 .. 801 . 84 . 3 .. 18.8 .. 9.3 F. O. Tubby . . 5 .. 83 . 58 . 0 .. 17.6 .. 10. E. Tate .. . . 2 .. 22 . 11 . 0 .. 11 .. 9.12 A. W . B row ne. . 15 .. 1G4 . 58 . 0 .. 10.9 .. 14. H. Melhuish . . 6 .. 49 . 21 . 1 .. 9.8 J. Cotton .. . . 11 .. 105 . . 40 . 0 .. 9.5 .. 10.1 E.M.Edenborough6 .. 83 . . 11* . 2 .. 8.2 .. 10.2 W .T. Hailey . . 10 .. 55 . 14 . 3 .. 7.8 .. 1. H. Whiting . 10 .. 70 . 13 . 1 .. 7.7 .. 11.9 H. Hearn .. . 5 .. 82 . . 17 . 0 .. 6.4 .. 10.9 C. H. Sanderson 14 .. 76 . 25 . 2 .. 6.3 .. 14.9 W . B. Browne. .1 3 68 . 18* . 2 .. 6.1 ..15.12 R. Hailey.. .1 7 .. 94 . 23 . 1 .. 58 ..1 5 6 A. Atkinson . . 7 .. 2i . £* 5.5 ..1 9 3 F. Tootell.. . 1 .. 5 . . 5 . 0 .. 5 .. 2 ».l F. Hailey .. . .1 2 .. 51 . . 14 . 0 .. 4.7 .. 18.5 H. Judd .. . . 2 .. 4 . 4 . 1 .. 4 W. B. Loft . . 11 .. 45 . 13 . 0 .. 4 J. Collister . 2 .. 7 . 7 . 0 .. 8.5 5 and H. W atts.. . . 4 .. 12 . 7 . 0 . . 3 I n B ow lin g J. Euerby tcok 55 wickets, A. W . Browne 34, T. M. Oliver 2o, F. O. Tubby 15, W. B. Browne 13, H. Melhuish 13, H. Broadbelt 13. Next issue of Cricket Dec- 25.