Cricket 1885

MAY 7, 1885. CRICKED; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 101 NOTTS COLTS v. YORKSHIRE COLTS. A match between two elevens of young players, representingNottsandYorkshire, was played on Trent-bridge Ground last Friday and Saturday. The wickets were in perfect order, and owing to slight showers of rain were very easy for the batsmen. Notts began batting with Beau and Price. The latter played on after making 5, and Mosby, of the Notts Castle Club, appeared. Mosby made no sign whatever of batting ability, and on his departure Bean was joined by H. B. Daft. Both batsmen played well and runs came freely. Bean displayed really sound cricket, while the young amateur at the other end batted with great strength and confidence all round, his cutting being especially clean and sharp. H. B. Daft was the first to go, being 1-b-w after playing the ball very hard to a fielder, the umpire adjudging that the ball grazed the pad first. R. P. Daft, who followed his brother, played nervously at first, but, on becoming more at home, showed elegant style and presented a straight bat to every delivery. He rendered valuable assistance to Bean and was at length caught in the long field for 37, the latter part of his score being made by free hitting. The two Dafts are the two sons of Hr. Richard Daft, and it is most gratifying to think that a name so long and honour­ ably associated with English cricket has passed down to another generation. The younger brother (H. B.) is perhaps the better all round player, being exceedingly smart in the field, a very useful bowler, and a dashing free bat with any amount of pluck and endurance. The other brother (R. P.) reminds ua more of the finished style of his father, and plays the game very correctly. T. Lindley suc­ ceeded the brothers Daft, and continued to increase the score with Bean until the latter was finally bowled for a most excellent innings of 72. M. Wright, a young pro­ fessional from Keyworth, made a long stand with Lindley, the bowling by this time being considerably reduced in quality, while the wicket played very easy. Lindley was event­ ually caught at third man, and Wright rather unluckily run out, the innings closing for 316, including 34 extras. The out-fielding of the Yorkshiremen was decidedly loose at times, there being several overthrows, and the wicket-keeping decidedly poor, though it is but fair to state that the stumper injured his hand during the innings. Seven of the Yorkshire Colts bowled, the best of the lot being Hudson and Sterricker, the former (left hand) having a nice easy delivery, and getting a good work on the ball occasionally. The Yorkshire side began their innings with Lee and Dyson, at five o’ clock on Friday, and scored 42 without losing a wicket before time was called. On resuming next morning, some grand batting was shown by Lee, who played, perhaps, the best innings ever seen in a Colts’ match. He was remarkably safe throughout and played every ball correctly, cutting and driving with great freedom and treating all bowlers pretty much alike. His innings lasted over four hours and the catch which finally settled him was a very smart one, made by H. B. Daft at cover point. Leadbeater, who is a left- handed bat from Scarborough and has made long scores there in local matches, played a fine free innings for 61, and showed sterling cricket. Keld got 49 and. played well, though his style is not elegant, and when the eleventh man was in, the big total of Notts was passed. Amidst much cheering the innings finally closed for 325. Notts had tried nine of their bowlers, but no fresh talent in this department was discovered. Bean was the best performer, reminding us very much of Flowers both in his style of bowling and his general make and shape, He is engaged as a professional on the Sussox County ground, and will be tried in the Notts eleven in their first County match, Notts lost 3 wickets for 52 in their second venture, and then the play ceased. A1 together the match was most interesting and well contested throughout. A. Price, b Hudson .. Mr. H. 0. Mosby, lbw , b H udson...............0 Mr. H. B. Daft, 1b w, b Preston..............84 Mr. R. P. Daft, cSmith, b Worsley.............. 87 Mr. T. Lindley, c W il­ son, b Hudson.. .. 54 G. Bean, b Sterricker.. 72 N otts C olts . First Innings. 5 A. Constable, b Wors­ ley .......................... M Wright, run out .. 58 W. Goulder, c and b Sterricker..................13 R. Mee, not o u t.. J. White, b Sterricker B 28,1 b 6 .. .. 34 Total ..816 In the Second Innings. Price scored, o Smith, Keld, 8. Bean, c Leadbeater, b Keld, 20, Lindley (not out) 8, H. B. Daft (not out) 12 ; b 4—Total, 52. Y orkshire C olts . W. J. Dyson, b Bean.. 11 H. Lee, o H. B. Daft, b Wright ..............141 C. Smith, b Bean .. 0 Mr. H. Worsley, b Bean 10 Mr. J.Wilson, st White, b Bean ................4 Mr.J. Hudson,c White, b Bean ................1 Mr. H. Leadbeator, b Lindley 61 A. Keld, not out .. .. 49 J. M. Preston, c H. B Daft, b Bean .. .. 1 Mr. T. Sterricker, st White, bB ean.. .. J. E. Shelton, b M ee.. B 16, lb 5, n b l .. Total ..325 Bean.. . Constable Mosby Mee .. . Wright . BOWLING ANALY8IS. Y orkshire C olts , First Innings, M. R. W . 0. M. R.W. 44 857 I H, B. D aft.. 6 0 10 0 22 58 0 Goulder .. 5 i 9 0 6 89 0 Lindley ..16 5 25 1 2 21 1 Price .. .. 5 0 15 0 O. 80 41 18 6.J 16 N otts C olts . First Inningp. O. M. R. Sterricker .. Keld .. .. Preston .. Hudson .. Shilton Leadbeater Worsley .. 82.3 9 9 2 20 7 84 16 13 6 8 0 14.2 2 W. 64 8 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. .. .. 11 6 19 0 17 6 21 8 L eicester C ounty C bicket . —A meeting of secretaries of cricket clubs and others interested in the game was held on Friday last, at the Aylestone-road Grounds, to con­ sider what steps could be taken to secure better support for county cricket in Leicester­ shire. The meeting was convened by circular by the County Committee, many of whom were present. The hon. secs, of local teams were invited to co-operate with the county club in endeavouring to bring forward good men to play in county matches, and in arousing more enthusiasm among the inhab­ itants generally. It was stated that the county club was much out of pocket by bringing good teams there, the support accorded by the public being extremely meagre. Nothing definite was arrived at but a public meeting for the same purpose is to be held in the Temperance Hall, at Leicester next week, under the presidency of the Mayor. D E R B Y SH IR E CLUB . The annual meeting of the Derby County Cricket Club was held on Friday at the Bell Hotel. The Hon. W. M. Jervis, the pre­ sident, was in the chair. The annual statement of accounts was presented by the hon. secretary, and showed the following receipts:—Subscriptions, £450 10s. 6d.; rent of ground £85; gate money—Surrey match, £12 5s. ; Kent £27 3s. ; Yorkshire £21 13s. ; Sussex, £20; Lancashire, £58 ; club matches, £23 7 s.; colts’ match, £14 4s. 6d.; ditto, £8 5s. ; Australian match, £150; football, £300; total, £1,170 8s. The expenditure included—Lancashire match. £51; Lancashire (Derby), £60 12s. 6d.; Yorkshire (Derby), £65 16s.; Yorkshire (Bradford), £54; Kent (Derby), £60 13s.; Kent (Gravesend), £54; Sussex (Derby), £60 19s. ; Sussex (Brighton), £45 ; Surrey (Derby), £54 19s.; Surrey (London), £54; colts’ match, £31 12s. ; ditto, £16 4 s.; rent of ground, £50; keeping ground in order, £75; club matches, £67 10s. Besides this there were payments to ground men, scorers, printers, & c.; the total expenditure being £1,140 8s. lid. to which was added £124 12s., making £1,265 0s. lid ., to be set against the receipts of £1,170 8s. Mr. Bemrose criticised the manner in which the accounts were presented, com­ plaining that the balances were not shown. Some discussion ensued upon the point, and eventually it was decided that separate accounts for cricket, football, and the pavilion should be got up, audited, and printed as soon as possible. On the motion of Dr. Curgenven, seconded by Mr. Small, the Hon. W- M. Jervis was re-elected president. Messrs. G. H. Strutt, E. M. Wass, and W. Boden were re-elected vice-presidents; and Sir Henry Wilmot, Mr. Henry Boden, and Mr. W. H. Worthington were also elected vice-presidents. The old committee was re-elected with the addition of Mr. R. P. Smith. Mr. A. Wilson was re elected hon. secretary, and Mr. S. Richardson hon. assistant secretary. BECKENHAM v. WEST WICKHAM. Played at Beckenham on May 2. B eckenham . b E. G. H. Collier, Gripper ..................4 . Crosskey, c Payne, b Aste ..................17 W. B. Friend, c Aste, b E. Gripper .. .. 1 . M. Inglis, st Hol- lamby, b Aste .. . .104 G. F. Browne, b Mc- A n d r e w ..................9 C. M. Champneyg, b McAndrew .. .. 2 G. J. Sullivan, c and b McAndrew .. .. 4 T. Atkinson, c Payne, b Aste .................. 22 T. N. Noakes, b Mc­ Andrew ..................1 D. W. Williams, c H. Gripper, b Matthews 13 T. P. H. Jacks, not out 15 B 5,1 b 3, w 3 ..1 1 Total .203 W est W ickham . First Innings. Aste, c Friend, b Browne ..................12 V. Thomassett,cInglis, b Atkinson .. .. 0 A. Payne, b Atkinson 7 E. Gripper, b Atkinson 0 C. McAndrew, b Atkin­ son ..........................4 T. Goodhard, b Atkin­ son ..........................0 H. Gripper, c Wil­ liams, b Browne .. 4 H. Payne, c Inglis, b Atkinson .. .. W . Champion, c Wil­ liams, b Browne .. W. Hollamby, not out A. Matthews, c Inglis, b Atkinson .. B 5 ,l b l .. .. Total 47 In the Second Innings J. Aste scoied (not out) 54, A. Payne, c and b Friend, 6, E. Ciripi.er (not out) 13, W. Hollamby, b Collier, 4 ; b 10, w 3—Total 90,