Cricket 1884

490 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. d e c . 25 , u m . south wind blows keenly alter sundown in Melbourne. Looking through the daily jjapers for news of what is toward, we shall iind all the world crazy about cricket. The last team of Australians that went to Eng­ land, or the last team of Englishmen out from home, are to play on the perfect wickets of the Melbourne or East Melbourne Clubs. There is to be a general half-holiday, and the executive have behaved scandalously in charging something extra for the privilege of seeing the giants play. The heavens will fall because the club committee have per­ mitted their prize bowler, who was to have been preserved in lavender and served up hot on toast, to give half an hour’s practice to some of the visitors. Brownson— the celebrated Brownson of the Gitano Cricket Club—won’t play in the International match unless the ex-vice-chairman of the North- West Melbourne Club apologises to the present vice-chairman of the Gitanos for having said in Parliament that he was nearly related to the animal that served Balaam so well. Why, it is Christmas time, and the world is full of cricket; anyhow, Australia—and Australia is a very important part of the world—is full of cricket. Thus, in a very few moments we have taken a rather exten­ sive tour, and though we’ve found d o ho ly or mistletoe, nor snow and frost, we have found the same hearty English greetings, the same beneficent kindliness, the same charity and goodwill that surround Christ­ mas with a halo of pleasant thoughts and fancies that no other season of the year possesses. And finding cricket in these many lands, so many thousands of miles away from its home, are there not some serious thoughts which may fairly come into the cricketer’s m ind; thoughts that may well be serious, for they are connected with the progress of a great nation in the greatest work ever undertaken by a great people. Proud thoughts they are, too, that a humble, simple game, played with a piece of leather and a few bits of wood, should occupy and —for here is the point —beneficially occupy the minds of so many thousands of people all the wide woild over. When the English cricketer realises the mighty work England has set herself to do, of giving to the many millions of races, oppressed for centuries by the horrors of tyranny and misrule, the benefits of many of her own free institutions; of establishing and of protecting, until they are strong enough to protect and govern themselves, colonies of Englishmen in every sea, he may well rejoice that the game he loves so well is doing something, it it be but little, to unite with the mother country and with each other the peoples of all these lands. It is raising among them a medium of common interest. It is bringing them together, and thus pro­ curing a more intimate knowledge of each other. It is carrying in its wake those blessed results—the eradication of petty jealousies, the discouragement of vicious propensities, and the encouragement of generous, courageous, and amiable feelings, which cricketers believe are more charac­ teristic of their game than of any one among all the sports and pastimes the world has ever known. Cricket has raised a great bond of friendliness, of charity, and of good­ will among its votaries. No more sincere greetings pass among friends at this season of the year than those which flash, quicker than the electric spark, backwards and for­ wards between all cricketers, whether of the old country or the new, that each and all may have A M e r r y C hristm as. T H E G E N T L EM E N OF P H IL ­ A D E L P H IA . T h e American Cricketer gives the follow ­ ing balance-sheet of the tour of the P h il­ adelphian Cricketers in England last sum ­ mer. T reasurer ' s R eport . GENERAL ACCOUNT, R eceipts . Suljsciiptions to Guarantee Fund .. .. $8,230 CO Net proceeds, matchV.NewYorkXI., May9,10 349 60 Net balance receipts English matches .. *658 62 Net balance, match Philadelphia v. TJirted States, Oct. 4, 6, 7 .................................. 847 15 Interest on Deposits mPhiladelphiaTrustCo. *3 12 $9,577 89 E xpenses . Travelling Expenses, 18 Cricketers at $550 $7,150 00 A. Reach, for cricket b a l l s ........................ 27 00 G. Lane, professional, tor services in April and M a y ............................................. 80 00 T. S. Dando and Co., score book .. .. 4 25 Cablegrams .. .. ........................ 85 51 Stationery and postage ........................ 22 45 $7,319 21 Balance in hand ........................$2,258 18 Dividend 25 per cent, on $8,200 ,, $2,050 00 Reserve Fund................................... $208 18 ENGLISH ACCOUNT. R eceipts . £ s. d. Mat hat Trinity College .. .. .. 4 5 0 0 ,, Scarborough.................................. 6 0 0 „ Lord’s ............................................... 80 5 6 „ Southampton ......................... 24 8 0 „ Cheltenham.................................... 32 0 0 „ B a th ...............................................23 13 0 „ Rochdale .................................... 17 0 0 „ O v a l ............................................... 38 6 6 ,, Brighton ....................................8 17 6 „ M aid ston e.................................... 8 16 2 £281 6 8 E xpenditube . R. Dait, for Implements ........................8 18 0 Carpenter, services as umpires........................ 95 0 0 T. Robins, j an., services as Secretary .. 80 0 0 Postage, stationery, telegraphing, and mis­ cellaneous expenses.................................. 14 8 8 Balance .. .. .. .. ..136 0 5 £284 0 8 £ 131 8s. 5d.sold at $ 4.84 .. .. * 636 08 £ i 12s. Od. „ $4,90 .. . . $22 54 *£186 0s. 5d. Bold f o r ..........................$658.62 (see General Aoconnt). The follow ing kindly m ention of the recep­ tion given to the Philadelphians by E nglish C ricketers appears in the official report of the Comm ittee w hich had charge of the arrangem ents on behalf o f the Am erican p la y e rs;— E very kindness was shown our m en by the cricketers with whom they were brought in contact, and their experience on the other side of the water was one o f unalloyed pleasure. From the tim e they landed in L iverpool until their return hom e, they were the recipients of the m ost graceful courtesies, and n othing was left undone that could contribute to their com fort. The Gentlem en of Ireland, their old tim e opponents, the authorities and students of Trinity College, and the officers and m embers of the Phoenix Cricket Club, all united to make their visit to D ubiin, where the opening m atches were played, an occasion long to be rem em bered ; while special acknow ledgm ents are due for the m any kindnesses received from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the m em bers of his staff. On reaching L ondon the M arylebone Club extended a hearty w elcom e to the team , and both there and at the Oval— where Mr. C. W. A lcock , the Secretary of the Surrey County Cricket C lub, was unrem itting in his attentions to the team— the P hiladel­ phians were treated as honoured guests. The team, and those of the Committee who were fortunate to accompany them, hope for an early opportunity to reciprocate some of the courtesies received from the gentlemen of the different localities, and last but not least from the officers of the United Services, with whom the final match was played, and from the Royal Albert Yacht Club, Admiral Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby and the officers of the Eoyal Navy and Boyal Marine and Land Forces stationed at Portsmouth. The hearty welcome prepared at that point by Major Wallace, of the Sixtieth Bifles, so prominently identified in past years with Canadian cricket, will not soon be forgotten. While it would be impossible for the Com­ mittee to name all those to whom they are indebted, they feel that they are under special obligation to Lord Harris for the most kindly advice and aid in perfecting the arrangements for the trip abroad, MR. J. W. HOBBS’ CLUB. Matches played, 22; won, 14; losf, 5; drawn, 3. B a ttin g A v e r a g e s , Most Times Inns. Buns, in Inns, not out.Aver. Constable .. .. 5 . 95 . 52 . 0 .. 19.0 Brown.. .. ..2 1 . 395 . 94 . 0 .. 1P.17 Mills .. .. .. 6 . 91 . . 43 . 1 . . 18.1 Wheeler .. .. 23 . 848 . . 61 . 2 .. 16.12 Riley .. .. 5 . 88 . 43 . 0 .. 16 8 Nuttall .. 23 . 321 . . 68 . 3 .. 16.1 Adams .. 22 . 835 . 45 . 1 .. 15.20 Bowley .. .. 3 . 89 . 28 . 0 .. 13.0 , 23 . 288 . 40 . 0 .. 12.12 10 . 115 . . 82 . 1 .. 11.2 Hooker . . 12 . 123 . 40 . 1 .. 11.2 Beaumont.. .. 6 . 61 . 20 . 0 .. 10.1 Prters.. .. ..1 5 . 98 . 20 . 3 .. 82 Woollett .. .. 14 . 98 . 21 . 2 .. 8.2 R. Thomson ..1 5 . 119 . 55 . 0 .. 7.14 Gorman .. 21 . 93 . . 22 . 7 .. 6.9 Crowhurst.. .. 10 . 48 . . 15 . 0 .. 6.0 Wooldredg** .. 4 . 23 . 7 . 0 .. 5.3 . 31 . 14 . 0 .. 3.7 Churcher .. .. 4 . 13 . 10 .. 0 .. 3.1 A . Thomson . . 10 . . 19 . 10 .. 1 . . 2.1 W«st, Horne, and Coleman played in three innings only. Wootton, Smith, and Jakaman played in two innings only. B o w lin g A v erag es . Balls Runs Mdn’ Wkts. No-blls.Aver. Gorman .. 1700 . 715 . 103 .. 100 .. 9 .. 7.24 Peters .. 681 . 264 . 45 .. 27 .. 0 .. 9.21 Hooker .. 523 . 220 . 25 .. 24 . 1 .. 9.1 R. Thomson 420 . 154 . 31 .. 23 . . 0 .. 6.16 Ayers 194 . 121 . 6 .. 6 .. 0 .. 20.1 Brown 91 . 68 . 2 .. 5 .. 0 .. 13.3 Sleet.. 80 . 53 . 1 .. 5 .. o .. 10.3 Gould .. 111 . 46 . 5 .. 9 . . 0 . . 5.1 Bowley .. 372 . 118 . 25 .. 31 .. 0 .. S.<5 M ills.. .. 506 . 175 . 39 .. 31 .. 0 .. 5.20 Beaumont 508 . 281 . 27 .. 27 .. 0 .. 10.11 Riley.. .. 255 . 116 . 14 .. 9 .. 0 .. 12.8 Wootton .. 95 . 34 . 5 .. 2 .. 0 .. 17,0 J am es L il ly w h ite ’ s Cricketers9 Annual for 1885 (The Red Book), will contain an article by Lord Harris on the visit of the Philadelphian Amateurs to England last summer. T h e C r ic k e t F ie l d . By R=v. Jjmea Pycroft. The Standard Work on the Game. Cheap edition, just out, clc-th bound, price 2s. 6d. , post free, 2s. 9d. Contains Origin of the Game of Cricket; T he General Character of Cricket ; The Hambledon Club aud the Old Players ; Cricket generally established an a National Game by the end of the last Century ; First Twenty Years of tho Present Century ; A Dark Chapter in the History of Cricket; The Surrey—itb History ; The Zingari—their Origin; Battalogia, or the Science and Art of Batting; Hints against Slow Bowling ; A Chapter on Bowling ; Hints on Yielding ; The Gentlemen and Players Matches to end of lb83.— Wright and Co. (Cricket Press), 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E . C , ___u Next issueof Cricket Jan. 29.