Cricket 1884

Nov. 27 ,1884. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 475 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL. Martches played IP ; won 9 ; lost 5 drawn 4. B a ttin g A v e r a g e s . Times Most Inns. not out, Runs, in Inns Aver. G. D. B. Levick . 16 .. 3 . 213 . 42* 16 5 A. Moritz .. . 19 .. 2 . 201 . 78* 11.14 L. H a ll................ 11 .. 2 . . 91 . . 33 10.4 C. E. Hedges . 18 .. 1 . 171 . . 28 10.1 T. H. C. Levick . . 8 .. 0 . 80 . . 26 10. E. N. Raokin . 13 .. 2 . 156 . 29 9.12 R. J. Hutchinson. 15 .. 2 . 126 . 41 9.9 A. C. Cook .. . 18 . 2 . 138 . 29* 8.10 R. H. Gossage . 16 .. 3 . 105 . . 42 8.1 63 . . 14 5.3 M. De Mercado . . 12 .. 8 . 41 . . 11* 4.5 E. L. Mansergli . 9 .. 2 . 31 . 15 4.4 II. B. Shepherd .. 7 B owling .. 1 .. 16 . A v e r a g e s . 4 2.4 Overs Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. H. Wade .. . . 93.2 .. 82 . . 162 . . 28 .. 5.il A , Moritz .. . 277 .. 86 . 459 . . 68 .. 6.51 M. De Mercado . . 87 .. 27 . . 161 . . 22 .. 7.7 A. C. Cook .. . 237 .. 71 . 419 . 55 . 8.9 E. N. Rankin . 43 .. 9 . . 124 . . 10 . . 12 2 R. J. Hutchinson 60 .. 14 . 110 . . 11 .. 12.8 T. H. C. Lsviek t*>ok 9 wnVets for 36 runs; E. L. M iuse gh 2 for £ for 45. ; L . H a 1 2 for 25; C. E. Hedges 1 T H E A M E R IC A N SEA SON OF 1884 . The following particulars relative to tbe American Cricket Season of 1884 will be read with interest. They are reproduced from the American Cricketer. A merican C enturies in 1884, Batsman. Match. S co re . W . Brockie, Jun .Gentlemen of Philadelphia v. Scarborough........................... 113* H. I. Brown .... .Germantown Academy v. Penn Charter Sch >ol....................... 107* C. S. Farnum... Germantown (2ndXI.) v.Qaaker City........................................... 132 Philadelphia I Zingari v. Pitts­ burgh........................................ 125 W. C. Morgan,Jun.Gentlemen of Philadelphia v. 108 Morley ..••••.•> Oxford v. Germantown................ 147 P. S. Newhall... Gentlemen of Philadelphia v. 126 W. S. Newhall... .Young America v. Girard (21 X I’s.)........................................ 103 W. W. N oble.... ..Mr. Wister’s Eleven v. Mr. Welsh’s Eleven...................... 100 .Pittsburgh v. Philadelphia I Zingari.................................... 114 .Manhattan v. Newark.............. 114* .Philadelphia I Zingari v. Pitts­ burgh........................................ 145 .Gentlemen of Philadelphia v. Cheshire.................................. 106 D. P. Stoever.... .Gentlemen of Philadelphia v. Scarborough........................... 100 A. H. Stratford. ..Pittsburgh v. Philadelphia I Zingari.................................... 109 H A L IF A X CUP . Record of matches played by the six competing clubs:— N am es . Bc s a a £ 0 a 1 « 0 |Girard. o CD a |O xford di- - S<3 bia 0 o | W on. ■d 1r P S3 a D ri 8? ft o » 1 i 1 1 4 ft 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 1 0 * * * * 0 4 1 0 1 • 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 * 0 . 1 1 1 0 0 1 * i In 2 1 ft 0 3 0 2 )3 2 B a ttin g A v e r a g e s . The following are the batting averages of all Phila­ delphian amateurs in matches played for the Halifax Cup who have batted in at least five innings— rteS cS to . s s •5* g ©to .9 00 •** a o S3 N ames . rO 13 o '3a a0 P h J ! S.S o ta a a o a ■5 1—W. W. Noble.. Y.A. 6 164 85* 83 2 41.00 2—F. W. Ralston,Jr.Gtn 9 292 95 111 1 86.50 3—R. L. Baird.... .Y.A. 8 231 35 70 0 28.88 . f F.B.Mulenberg ..Bel. 7 136 42 73 0 19.43 J. S. Watts.... 7 136 62 69 0 19.13 5—T. H. Dixon.. .Y.A. 8 114 46 46 2 19.00 9 128 85 67 2 18.28 7—D. S. Newhall. .Y.A. 8 120 48 56 1 17.14 8—G.S. Patterson .Gtn. 9 136 85* 89 1 17.00 9 -E . N. Wright, Jr. Y.A. 8 118 40* 53 1 16.75 10—L. W. Wister.. .Gtn. 9 115 46 46 0 16.11 11—C. E. Ilaines.. ..Mer. 9 109 31 41 1 13.63 12—C. Coates......... .B j I. 7 89 45 47 0 12.71 13—R. L. Rutter.. .Mer. 8 83 17 82 1 12.57 14—J. N. Woolman ..Bel. 7 62 31 81 2 12.40 15—E. Eastwood.. .Oxf. 10 111 31 89 1 12.83 16—W. I,. Barker....Bel. 7 73 24 87 1 12.17 17—W. F. Wingate ..Oxf 10 121 36 41 0 12.10 18—M. L. Savage. ..Oxf. 7 60 20 87 2 12.00 19—V. F. Valdes.. 9 90 66 66 1 11.25 20—J. I. S cott..,, 7 75 18 35 0 10.71 21—C. Salter.......... 6 61 28 29 0 10.67 22—J. S. Clark..........Y.A. 8 85 44 46 0 10.63 23—G. W. Pepper. .Gtn. 6 39 19 19 2 9.75 21—H. W. Brown. .Gtn. 8 57 21 27 2 9 50 25—W. R. Philler.. .Mer. 9 66 34* 42 2 9.43 26—J. Scott, Jr. ,, . .Bel. (5 37 29 83 2 9 25 27—T. G. Cupitt . . ..Gtn. 5 36 16 18 1 9.00 6 38 16 20 1 7.60 29—L. Cooney.... Oxf. 6 45 16 20 0 7.50 30—II. L. Brown.. .Y.A. 7 52 16 20 0 7.43 o, ( \. Broadhead.. 1 J. Lee.............. .Gtn. 5 35 14 14 0 7.00 .Oxf. 7 49 23 38 0 7.00 8 47 29* 29 1 6.71 33 R .W . Clay,.. 6 40 23 S3 0 6.67 34—W. E. Bates... 7 46 16 81 0 6.57 35—E.IIsley............B. A. G 2 j 14 17 2 6.50 ( N. Etting........ 5 30 22 22 0 6.00 G. S. Philler.. .Mer. 5 18 7 10 2 6.00 37- J . C. Comfort.. .Gtn. 7 30 9 16 1 5.00 38—R. Halstead... .Oxf. 8 32 18 19 1 4.57 39—C. Morris........ Mer. 5 18 8 8 0 3.60 41—S. G. Thayer... Mer. 8 25 9 12 1 3.57 41—R. Rowland... Oxf. 6 16 10 11 0 2.67 42—G. Cooney....... 8 19 9 15 0 2.38 Signifies not out. B ow ling A v e r a g e s . For the bowling prize, the leading eligible can­ didates, taking one from each club, are as follows — ,Q § 3 a 2 m "© 1 N ames . a 5 0 P3 « S l > < J. I. Scott____ Bel. 421 172 15 22 7.82 W . Jarvis.......... 545 180 25 19 9.47 W . F. Wingate. ..Oxf. 713 825 29 32 10.16 W. W. Noble... .Y .A . 495 207 17 17 12.18 A. C. Craig........ 654 288 12 22 13.10 H. W. Brown... Gtn. 474 187 13 10 18.80 A R T H U R R O B E R T W A R D , M .A . Ob. Sept. 25, 1884. F ew men can have attracted more attention at Lord’s or the Oval <>« big days than the Hon. Kobert Grimston and the Revd. Arthur Robert Ward: the one the Instructor of Harrow, the other the Patron of Cambridge. Both have closed their innings within a few months. It is of the latter that we write. The fourth son of William Ward, Esq., but probably educated at some school where the now usual professional bowler was unknown, he imbibed no love of the noble game until ho arrived at Cambridge. He was a man whose mind was capable of most easy and, at the same time, lasting impressions. A joke that tickled his fancy would last him for weeks : hence it was that when he set his mind upon a place in the University eleven, he left no stone unturned to secure it. He practised batting for several hours every day, and after his practice, would demolish tho greater portion of a leg of mutton, leaving but small residue for the faithful Tom Parmenter, He was of great stature, but it is reported that on one occasion his much taller brother and he were mistaken for him and “ Billy Wingfield” respectively. He appears to have made his debut at Lord’s in 1852—and to have played in several matches in 1858—in which year he appeared for his University against Oxford. Though Captain in 1854, he did not play, illness being the preventive cause. In a match, Cambridge University v. Gents of Leicestershire, he made the winning hit, and in triumphant joy threw up his cap, as he leapt over the wickets : (so the Chronicle of the date). After giving up playing for the more dignified calling of Holy Orders, he established at Fenner’s what was called the Bench—where only the elder and choicer spirits were allowed to sit and make observations on the gam?. Here he gained the name of the "C h ief” (Justice). Subse­ quently he made a ooign of ’vantage the famous Cambridge corner on the top of the Pavilion at Lord’s, whence among many other matches—surrounded by Cambridge Past and Present—he witnessed the excite­ ment of Cobden’s year (1870), and the triumph of Yardley’s or rather Thornton’s (1872). In 1873 he was elected President of the C. U. C. C., and thenceforth managed the finances per se. He obtained a forty years’ lease of Fenner’s Ground — now called the University Ground—and by means of unflagging energy collected subscriptions sufficient to build a most noble and commo­ dious Pavilion, walls on two sides of the ground, and new entrances with turnstiles. Suffice it to say that his heart and soul were in Cambridge cricket, and that he made himself known and respected by all who frequented or visited the Pavilion. As Vicar of St. Clements, he for some years was a popular preacher, drawing large attendances of under­ graduates and throwing that zest into his ser­ mons which he did into his cricket-lore : but when in 1871, after Cambridge had lost v. Ox­ ford, he tried to console two admirers of his sermons and crioket by a discussion on the “ Finding of the Pearl of Great Price,” his discourse was irreverently termed inappro­ priate. Among other accomplishments he possessed that of a fine musician—being an excellent performer on the organ, the piano­ forte, and the clarionette. He had paid large sums for the possession of various tricks, being an expert conjuror, and was possessed of artistic thimbles for rigging. Once on a long vacation cricket tour he dealt himself thirteen trumps at whist, but did not offer to continue the rubber. Being of a hospitable and convivial turn, he had many friends, of whom some delighted to call him by the sou­ briquet of “ Kopke,” while at a later period he was the subject of a ditty, the refrain of which was “ Oh! Bollinger ! ” So has de­ parted “ Old Ward,” a man of genial disposition, absence of guile, singular appearance of person, comical turn of mind : a man liked and respected by all—especially cricketers—with whom he came in contact. J. P. That useful little journal C ricket .— Mel­ bourne Leader, Oct. 11. That ably conducted little publication C k ic k e t. — Federal Australian, Sept. 27. Me. W. G. Q u en ter y , of Wellesley Grove, Croydon, has recently been elected Hon. See. of the Addiscombe Club, in succession to Mr. E. W . Foss, Next issue of Cricket Dec. 25*