Cricket 1884

N o v .j27,1884, CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 473 T H E C R IC K E T E R S ’ A L P H A B E T for 1884, A stands for Attewell, of Nottingham fame, For Abel of Surrey—both cracks at the game; B is for Barlow, Boyle, Bonnor and Black­ ham, Barnes, Bates and Blackman—the latter can crack'em, C for Christopherson—the C names are few And this one the best, to give him his d u e; D stands for Diver and Docker who’s boss Of the Derbyshire team, and can’t win a toss ; E is for Emmett the old Yorkshire crack Who’ll play till he’s fifty and never feel slack; F ig for Flowers, a good all-round man, And also the Fords—a numerous clan; G stands for—well, I will not tell you who, Perhaps “ W . G.” will give you a clue ; H for Lord Harris, a peer too at cricket, Also for Hall who takes root at the wioket ; The Hides, too, of Sussex, I must not omit, And Horner and Hornby—a, rare one to h it; I is for—well, there, I know only one, That’s Roger Iddison, whose cricket is done; J stands for Juniper, who last in is sent. For “ boy ” Jones of Surrey and B. S. of K ent; K is for Kemp, very good behind wicket, Also for Key, who at Clifton learned cricket ; L for three Cantab3, their names here you see, Lyttleton, Lacey and Lucas (A. P.) M is for Murdoch, great Antipodean, Of colonial interests safe custodian; N is for Newham, whose cricket is splendid, And average high for season just ended ; 0 for O’Brien—Xwould that all Paddies Were useful to England, as this active lad is ; P Btands for Phillips, Pago, Pullen and Pilling, For Peate, the great trundler, whose bowling is killing; Q is for Quaife, the young Sussex colt, Who played in two matches and then shot his b olt; R for the Beads who great service have done For Surrey, and Roller, one more Surrey one; S for the Studds, for John Shuter and Steel, For Shrewsbury and Spofforth, who bowls like the De’i l ; For Shaw and for Sherwin, for Scotton and Scott, I think you’ll agree ’tis a very strong lo t; T stands for Tester and Thornton, 0. I., Who pleases the crowd when he hits hard and high; U is for Ulyett the great Yorkshire bat, When in form he is grand, you’ll not deny that; V stands for Vernon who plays a fast game, And also for Vizard—a Glo’stershire name; W for Whitfeld, for Walker and Wood, Webbe, Watson and Wright, whose bowling is good; X —I’m quite stumped, for I can’t find a name, I don’t think old Xerxes took part in the game; Y is for Young—Hampshire bowler, who bumps, And also for “ Yorker ” which uproots the stumps; Z for Zingari, the red, black and gold, The alphabet’s finished—my story is H . E. H a rr is . WARWICKSHIRE CLUB. KESULTS OF MATCHES. Played 7; won 2; lost 4; drawn 1. May 19 and 20—at Aston, v. Birmingham and District Cricket Association. Won. Warwickshire, 179 and 75; Birmingham Association, 142 and 71. June 4 and 5—at Wellington, v. Northamptonshire. Lost. Northamptonshire, 201; Warwickshire, 76 and 61. June 6 and 7—at St. Alban’s, v. Hertfordshire. Drawn. Hertfordshire, 76; Warwickshire did not bat owing to rain. July 4 and 5—at Coventry, v. Leicestershire. Lost. Leicestershire, 1*_3; Warwickshire 89 and 108. July 11 and 13—at Rugby. v. Northamptonshire. Lost, Northamptonshire, 95 and 207; Warwick­ shire, 57 and 92. July 24 and 25—at Coventry, v. Hertfordshire. Won. Herts, 48and 48; Warwickshire, 7 7 a iid lll. September 4 and 5—at Leicester, v, Leicestershire, Lost. Leicestershire, 96 and 178; Warwick- shiie, 65 and 87. B a ttin g A v e r a g e s . Times Most in Inns, not out. R ‘E8. Inns. Aver. E. Wheeler .. 4 .. 0 .. 81 . . 53 . 20.25 150 . . 84 . 18 7 H. C. Mau'e .. 8 .. 0 .. 130 . . 63 . 16.2 W. G. Michell.. 4 .. 0 .. 64 . 24 . . 16 71 . 82 . . 8.8 S. Williams 4 .. 0 .. 85 . 10 . 8.7 A. Rotherham.. 6 .. 0 .. 81 . 13 . . 5.1 W. Ansell 4 ... 0 .. 17 . . 11 . 4.25 G. H. Gartland 4 .. 0 .. 16 . . 12 . 4 Widdowson .. 4 .. 0 .. 15 . . 9 . 8.7 Morgan .. 6 .. 0 .. 15 . 6 . 2.5 D. Buchanan .. 8 .. 4 .. 7 . 2 . 1 7 E. W. Hopewell 4 .. o .. 5 . 8 . 1.25 R. A. Rotherham 4 .. o .. 4 . 8 .. 1 B ir d .................. 6 .. 2 .. 8 . 2 . 7.5 The following played in three in n in g s J . Parnell (Rugby) 17, Mason (Rugby) 28, In two innnings— Payton (Salters), 87; Coliishaw (Salters), 36 ; Rose (Mitchell) 80; W. F. Smith (Rugby) 17; Packer (Aston Unity) 11; Arthur Mason(Rugby) 11; F.Breedon (King’s Heath) 11; H. Pallett(Aston Unity) 5; Harborne (Strat­ ford-on-Avon) 10; P, Lester (Coventry) 8 ; W. W. Nivens (King’s Heath) 8 ; Col. Jervis (Rugby) 6; C. Wheeler (Smethwick) 5; Holmes (Britannia Works) 3 ; Richards (Pickwick) 2; P. G Brackenbury (Rugby) 2; H. O. Whitby (Oxford University) 1; Johntton (Coventry) 0, B ow lin g A v e e a g e s . Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Bird .. .. 110 .. 44 . 165 .. 17 . 97 H. Rotherham 174 .. 70 . 265 . 27 . 9.8 D. Buchanan 193 .. 56 . 864 . 34 . 10.7 H. Pallett .. 86 .. 11 .. 61 .. 5 . 12.2 W. Parsons .. 87 .. 9 .. 86 .. 7 . 12.2 H. O. Whitby 84 . . 16 .. 41 . 3 . 13.6 A. Mason 82 .. 8 . 71 . 3 . 28.6 F. Breedon .. 31 . . 10 . 50 . 2 . 25 The following bowled less than 20 overs. For two wickets—C. Wheeler three overs for 5 runs, Payton 14 overs for 21 runB. For one wicket—A. Rotherham 7 overs for 11 runs, A. Mason 8 overs for 19 runs. For no wickets—Widdowson 9 overs for 17 runs, Harborne 2 overs for 13 runs, A. F. Smith 7 overs for 12 runs, W. G. Michell 16 overs for 22 runs, Col. Jervis 1 over for 1 run. I n a match between the Oxford and Ger­ mantown Clubs, at Nicetown, Philadelphia, on Sept. 23, Morley scored 147, out of a total of 271, in Oxford’s second innings. STAR CLUB. Ground: Priory Farm, Peckham Rye. Matches played, 43; won, 22 ; lost, 14; drawn, 7* B a t t in g A v e r a g e s . Most Times [nns. Runs. in Inns, notout. Aver, F. Harrison .. 18 .. 804 .. 78 .. 0 . 16.16 F. Anderson . 18 .. 265 .. 56 .. 1 . 15.10 H. Holford . 15 .. 175 .. 41 .. 0 . 11.10 W. Murden .. 27 .. 296 .. 43 .. 0 . 10.26 T. King .. 20 .. 168 .. 32 .. 4 . 10.8 C. Bartlett .. 14 .. 136 .. 58 .. 1 . 10.6 T, Swain.. .. 24 .. 222 .. 32* .. 2 . 10.2 J. H, Lacy 22 .. 190 .. 46 .. 2 . 9.10 J. Spalding . 18 .. 145 .. 83 .. 1 . 8.9 J. W. Lacy .. 18 .. 104 .. 16 .. 1 . 6.2 T, Bartlett .. 24 .. 181 .. 35 .. 3 . 5.14 G. W, Largen 25 .. 128 .. 19 .. 3 . 5.13 E. Dines.. .. 25 .. 110 .. 20* . 5 . 5.10 W . H. Patterson 13 62 .. 18 .. 1 . 52 C. Lawder 16 .. 65 .. 81 .. 2 . 4.9 W. Holford .. 15 .. 67 .. 17 .. 2 . 4.5 J. Langworthy 22 .. 86 .. 15 . 1 . 4.2 The following played in less than 10 innings, but in 6, or more :— G. O. Smith . 7 .. 89 .. 12* . 4 . 13 E. Langworth 6 .. 62 .. 21 . 0 . 10.2 G. Harrison . 7 .. 66 .. 18 .. 0 . 9.3 W. I. Tyler . 7 .. 61 .. 25 .. 0 . 91 J. Gilby .. . 7 .. 54 .. 42* .. 1 . 9 J. Rodgers . 6 .. 33 .. 29 . 1 .. 6.3 C. Turner 8 .. 34 .. 15* . 2 . 5.4 T. Baldwin . 8 .. 23 .. 6 . 1 . 3.2 J. Suffield . 6 .. 19 .. 12 .. 0 . 8.1 F, Grover 9 .. 24 .. 7 . . 0 . 3 The following played in less than 6 innings and scored:— H. Fardel], 28, 2, 16, 10 ; W. Tulk, 28, 0, 3*, 7 ; A Kent, 1, 6. 17, 9 ; T. Dear, 4, 9,11 ; E. Hnok<*. 10,1* 11*, 0 ; A. Brouphton, 8 ; B. Parker. 8*, 8* ; A* Wantjh, 1, 5*, 11*, 0, 2 ; J. Bell, 0, 9 ; G. Crake, 5, 0, 8 ; W. Underdown, 4* ; R. .Jrep-nwood, 4 ; R. Latto, 4 ; T, Chnrch, 0*, 2. 8, 4 ; L. Roohaix. 0, 0, 0*, 6; T. VVen- ham, 8 ; R. Wood, 0* ; U. Upward, 0, 0* ; W.North, 0. B o w lin g A verages . Overs. Mdns. Runs, Wklg Aver. F .H a n isn .. 176 . 48 . 306 . 65 . . 4.46 G. W, Largen .. .. 185 .. 4) . 352 . 71 . 4.68 W. Murden.. .. .. 295 .. 78 . 509 . 90 . . 5.59 T. Bartlett.. .. .. 73 .. 20 . 136 . 28 . . 5.21 J.H . L a cy.. .. .. 160 .. 80 . 875 . 51 . 7.18 J. Langworthy.. .. 71 . 16 . . 171 . 16 . . 10.11 Tho f llowing bowled in less than 10 more innings:— , but in 6 or G. Hi rrinon .. .. 8 . 2 . 19 . 5 . . 3.4 J. Spoldiiig .. 4 . 1 6 . 1 . 6 FT. Holford.. .. .. 16 . 3 . 36 . 5 . . 7.1 T. Kinff .. .. .. 62 .. 14 . 117 . 16 . . 7.5 J. Su£ield .. .. .. 23 . 4 . 55 . 7 . 7.6 C. Bartlett.. .. 52 .. 9 . 145 . 15 . . 9.10 F. Grover .. .. .. 26 .. 5 . 52 . 8 . . 14 In one innings : —W. Holfo*d 2 for 21, C. Lawder 1 for 12, W. Patterson 2 for 35, J. W. Lacy 0 for 5, It. Greenwood 0 for 14, R. Ellis 0 for 15 and two wides. F. Harrison bowled 3 no-balls and 2 wides. J. Spa ding 2 wides, and H. Holford, T. King, and J.Suftlcld 1 no-ball each. Mr. A . W. G r ah a m , Hon. Sec. Pallings­ wick C.C., 24, Norland Square, Notting Hill, W ., wishes to purchase Wisden’s Almanack for the years 1869 and 1876, containing doings of seasons 1868 and 1874. C r ic k e t in C hin a . — Mr. A. J. Leach, playing for the Shanghai Club, on 13th Sept., against a strongish team of the Race Club, on a splendid wicket, took all ten wickets for 27 runs in 55 balls. Six wickets were clean bowled, one leg before, one hit wicket, the other two caught. In his last seven balls he took six wickets, two in suc­ cession, then an unproductive ball, and, lastly, four wickets with following balls. R eading C ases — (cloth boards) for holding four numbers of C ricket , 2 s ., can be had at the office, 41, St. Andrew’s-hill, Dootors’ Commons, E.C. Next issue o f Cricket Deo. 25-