Cricket 1884

480 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECOED OF THE GAME. n o v . 27, ism . May 24. Oldham. Oldham v. Bury. A. Smith carried his hat through Old­ ham innings for 74 out of 149. May 27. Oral. Leicestershire v. Surrey. W . H. Hay carried his bat through Becond innings of former for 69 out of 186. May 27. Birmingham. Australians v. an Eleven of England. Match com­ pleted in one day. Thirty-six wickets realised 217 runs. Time of actual play, about four hours. May 27. Oval. Surrey v. Hants. Mr. W. W. Read and Barratt put on 163 for last wicket of Surrey. May 28. Cambridge. Yorkshire v. Cam­ bridge University. Yorkshire scored 539 with Lockwood absent. Three batsmen scored 100—Bates 133, Hall 116, Grimshaw 115. May 28. Gravesend. Hants v. Kent. 1,085 runs totalled for 33 wickets. May 30 and 31. Cambridge Athenaeum v. Bullingdon. Oxford. D. G. Spiro scored 117 in the first and 106 in the second innings, for Athenaeum. May 31. Eor Orleans Club v. Revellers, Messrs. C. I. Thornton and J. E. A. Greatorex put on 273 for the second wicket. May 31. Stratford-on-Avon. Trinity Coll. v. Town. Latter scored 7 (three extras) in first innings. June 2. Eltham. Eltham v. Fairfax. The former scored 210 for first wicket. June 2. W. Mycroft, in a match at Marlow, sent a bail 45 yards without dis­ turbing the stumps. June 2. W, Brockwell, for Ham v. Mel­ bourne, took all ten wickets of lat­ ter, in first innings, for three runs. Jane 2. Crystal Palace v. Bickley Park. Mr. C. C. Parr scored 101 of Bickley’s first 135. June 2. Kensington Park. Kensington Park v. Nondescripts. Former got 110, wanted to win, in 46 minutes, o£f 89 balls, within two minutes of time. June 3. Sheffield. Yorkshire v. Kent. One over of Emmett’s produced eighteen runs, fifteen to Lord Harris and three wides. June 4. Richmond scored 510 in 4 hours and a quarter against Pallingswick. June 5. W . F. Holms, for Blair Lodge v. Campsie Glen, scored 303 n'ot out. The highest individual score recorded in Scotland. The first wicket of the former put on 333 runs. June 6. Manchester. Australians v. Lan­ cashire. In the latter’s innings Giffen did the hat trick. June 10. Oval. Middlesex v. Surrey. Mr. A. J. Webbe carried his bat through former’s first innings for 83 out of 196. June 11. Wimborne v. Poole. In the second innings of the former, New­ man, a professional, played the first ball of the innings and the last, from which he was caught, June 13. Huddersfield. Yorkshire v. Kent. Hall carried his bat through York­ shire innings for 128 out of 285. June 13. Croydon. Mr. Hobbs’ XI. v. Sur­ rey C. and G. Gorman took all former’s wickets in first innings, altogether eighteen wickets in the match. June 14. Radcliffe Bridge. Wesleyans v. Bingley. Former scored one run, a bye. June 14. Knutsford v. Chelford. N. C. Schou took all ten wickets of Chel­ ford. June 14. Alnwick. Alnwick v. Preston (2nd Elevens). Latter scored three. Seven wickets were down for 0. One batsman was caught, one run out, and eight clean bowled. June 14. Fairfax Club v. L. & S. W. Rail­ way, at Putney, scored 4 runs, in­ cluding a bye, in their first innings. June 14. Bexley. Emeriti v. Bexley. Mr. E. Fennessey carried his bat through the innings of the former for 74 runs. Messrs. J. Shuter and T. Ashdown, with the help of 36 extras, scored 402, without losing a wicket, in three hours and fifty minutes. Juns 16. In a match One and All v. Clifton House School, at Eastbourne, T. M. Bergg, of latter, was given out hit wicket. The string in the blade of his bat became loose and got en­ tangled with the off bail. June 16. Oval. Surrey v. Gloucestershire. A hundred was scored for first wicket in first innings of each side. June 17. F. H. Stevens and C. Roberts scored 220 for first wicket of the Witham v. Coggeshall. June 18. Southampton. Kent v, Hants, 1,122 runs were scoredfor 37 wickets. Mr. F. E. Lacey made 211 for Hants. The largest score of the season in a County match. June 18. Hastings Football Club v. Win­ chelsea. Wincbelsea scored 9 and 1. Hastings 41. Three completed innings without a double figure. June 21. West Buckland. Devon County School v. Rev. J. Wodehouse’s XI. Messrs. T. R. Potbury and F. W. Taplin scored 122 for former before a wicket fell. June 21. Brighton. Sussex v. Gloucester­ shire. 1,027 runs scored for 40 wickets. June 21. Beddington. Addiscombe v. Bed­ dington. W . S. Shirley carried his bat through former’s innings for 28 out of 129. June 24. In a match, Sefton v. Kirby Lons­ dale, the wicket was hit four times (twice in one over) by the bowlers without the bails being disturbed. June 25. In a match between second elevens of Rochester, and Gravesend, at Rochester,ilin the latter’ s seeond innings Mr. Drury, the first man in, scored 20, the rest was made up of byes. Mr. Mead took four wickets in one over and three in another with successive balls. June 28. For Goole Town v. York, at Goole, F. Goodall clean bowled 4 wickets in 4 successive balls. June 28. Rooksnest. Rooksnest v. Mr. W. Foord-Kelcey’s X I. Rooksnest in first innings scored 25, T. S.Pearson 15 not out, A. G. Bonsor 1, and 9 extras. July 2. A match took place in Worcester between two elevens of the Blind College. The ball was a bell in a wicker-work case, so that the batsmen and fielders could be guided by the sound, and the wicket­ keeper clapped his hands to let the bowler know where the wickets July 3. Charlton Park. St. Luke’s (Old Charlton) Choir v. St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir School. In their second innings the former scored 9. July i . Oval. Gentlemen v. Players. Bar- low, in second innings of former, did the hat trick. July 4. Chatham. Hundred of Hoo v. 66th Regt. Mr. Curteis carried his bat through former’s innings for 129 out of 219. July 5. In a match between H.M.S Britan­ nia and Mr. Dennison’s team, Lieut. Thomas and Underwood put on 151 runs for third wicket of former. Both batsmen were dismissed in the same over and in exactly the same man­ ner, being caught at slip from a fast kicking ball on the leg side. July 5. Brighton. Sussex v. Kent. 1,122 runs scored for 37 wickets. July 5. Eltham. Eltham v. Buckhurst Hill. A tie, each side scoring 85. July 7. In a match at Shepperton, v. Shep­ perton, G. Jackson, of the Surrey Colts two years ago, took five wickets for five runs. Shepperton scored nine runs, three of them being extras. July 8. Sheffield Park. Lord Sheffield’s XI. v. Brighton Rangers Football Club. Another instance of three centuries in an innings—Huggett scored for the former 155, A. Payne 108, R, T. Ellis 105, out of a total of 536. July 8. Playing for Bagshot Club v. Brack­ nell, T. Rose (a very fast bowler) twice during first innings of Brack­ nell bowled the wicket without re­ moving the bails. July 9. In the match Liverpool v. Sefton, played in Sefton Park, 388 runs were got in 138 minutes, after rain had stopped the play. D. Q. Steel scored 226, and H. B. Steel 100 towards this total. July 9. Lord’s. Gentlemen v. Players. 1,000 runs scored for 34 wickets. July 10. Playing for H.M.S. Crocodile v. H.M.S. Malabar, W. H. Smith took 4 wickets in four successive balls. June 11. Shrewsbury School v. Mr A. F. Chance’s eleven. Sitwell carried his bat through latter’s innings for 77 out of 174. July 14. Lord’s. Middlesex v. Surrey. Mr. I. D. Walker carried his bat through the first innings of Middlesex for 47 out of 126 runs. July 17. Liverpool. Lancashire v. Surrey. Four brothers Steel played for Lan­ cashire. July 18. Lord’s. Middlesex v. Australians. Spofforth and Palmer bowled un­ changed throughout the match for the Australians. July 19. Carlisle. Carlisle v. Dennistown, _Glasgow, J. Buchanan, for former took five wickets for no runs, the last three bowled, with successive balls. July 19. Mr. H. B. Steel and A. Price scored 128 for first wicket for Liver­ pool v. Notts Castle Club at Notting­ ham. July 19. Mr. F. H. Pickworth soored 162 (not out) out of a total of 198 for five wickets, for Birkenhead Park v. Childwall Rovers, at Birkenhead. July 19. F. G. Allen, for Old Charlton v. Lennox, took eight wickets for four runs—four wickets with successive balls and five wickets in six balls. Next issue o f Cricket Dec. 25•