Cricket 1885

106 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. H ay 7 ,-lass. at Eton College, W . Goulder, profes­ sional to Repton School, W . Price, one of the staff at the Aigburth cricket ground, Liverpool, and G. Banner, jrom Sutton-in-Ashfield. T he season at Lord’s commences to-day with the match Marylebone Club and Ground against Sussex. The county, it is said, will be repre­ sented by the following eleven:— Messrs. G. N. Wyatt, 0. A. Smith, R. T. Ellis, and W . G. Heasman, with A. Hide, J. Hide, Humphrey, Tester, H. Phillips. Quaiferepresented Sussex twice last year, but Mr. Heasman has not as yet, as far a s l know, been seen in county cricket. I h a v e to thank Robert Thoms for the names of the Middlesex Colts, who are to oppose M. C. C. and G. at Lord’s, on Thursday next. They are Messrs. E . W . Brewer, L. B. Bynoe, J. J. Green, R. Hedges, J. S. Haycraft, G. Hartley, W. Lock, F. Louis, C. S. Rayner, M. Sweetlove, A. C. Thomas, A. Wheatman, R. M. Walbancke, C. Wall, F. J. Westcott, and Bovington, Dunckley, East, Hubbard, Melhuish, Saunders and West. Either Mr. P. M. Thornton or Mr. I. D. Walker will captain the team. T he following are the batting and bowling averages of the Englishmen up to and inclusive of the match against Twenty-two of Wellington :— B atting A verages . Times Inns. Rung, notout. Aver. W . Barnes...............88 .. 1089 .. 8 .. 81.4 G. U ly e tt................ 83 .. 872 .. 2 .. 24.8 W. B a t e s ...............36 .. 790 .. 2 .. 23.8 J. B r ig g s ................. 85 .. 703 .. 3 .. 22.4 W. Scotton..............43 .. 811 .. 4 .. 20.31 A. Shrewsbury .. .. 41 .. 771 .. 5 .. 19.30 M. Read ...............83 .. 593 .. 3 .. 1(5.83 W . Flowers .. .. 89 .. 5J9 .. 0 .. 15 14 W. Attewell .. .. 86 .. 459 .. 5 .. 11.25 Lillyw hite.................. 2 .. 14 .. 1 .. 14 R. Peel .................. 36 .. 283 ..1 1 .. 11.13 J. H unter................. 82 .. 221 .. 8 .. 9.5 A. Shaw ................. 9 .. 18 .. 5 .. 4.2 B owling A verages . Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wkts. Aver. R. Peel.. .. .. 72S9 .1845 . 892 . 389 . 5.118 W . Attewell .. 5r62 .1076 . 841 . 181 . 5.171 W. Bates .. .. 1999 . 561 . 2*9 . 80 . 7.1 W . Flowers.. .. 8139 . 905 . 393 . 220 . 7.65 W. Barnes .. .. 1284 . 334 . 177 . 40 . 8.14 G. Ulyett .. .. 1560 . 541 . 180 . 45 . 12.1 J. Briggs .. .. 232 . 65 . 23 . 5 . 13 Bates bowled nine wides, Ulyett one, and Barnes two no balls. Scotton, Shrewsbury, and Read bowled in one innings only. A t the finish of the match, at Mel­ bourne, against the Combined Team, the Englishmen had played thirty- two matches in the colonies. Of these they won sixteen, lost two, aud drew fourteen. Against teams represent­ ing Australia they played five times, winning three and losing two. The following extract from 1 ‘ Mid- On’s ” notes, in the Melbourne Leader of March 28, will be read with interest by cricketers here— I am sorry to say that one (but only one) Australian player has been found whose dealings 'with the Englishmen have been on no more liberal a scale than those of the V. C. A., and that in consequence one of the most prominent players in New South Wales must be considered to have voluntarily joined the ranks of professional cricketers, his stip­ ulation having been for a fixed sum of money with expenses additional, which Lillywhite paid, a circumstance which can reflect little credit on Australian cricket. In each of the three last matches played Lillywhite informs me that A. Bannerman, the player alluded to, has applied for and received pay­ ment, but to prevent any misunderstanding either here or in the old country it is desir­ able that publicity should be given to the fact that the other representatives of the colonies have only desired to be recouped the cost of their hotel and travelling expenses. C b ic k e t, like the sport whose name it baars, has no politics. It is none the less interesting to notice how many cricketers are likely to go to the wickets at the next General Elec­ tion. The Evening Standard of Mon­ day, in its list of candidates, includes at least four names well-known in connection with our national game. Mr. J. Round, one of the sitting members for East Essex, will bo a Conservative candidate for the Harwich Division of that county. Mr. W. H. Long, M.P., who had a great hand in winning the Eton and Harrow match for the latter in 1873, is to contest the Devizes and Marlborough Division of Wiltshire. General Owen Williams, now Member for Great Marlow and a great supporter of cricket, has been selected as Conser­ vative candidate for Anglesey. A new aspirant to Parliamentary honours is Lieut. Col. Kenyon Slaney, who will contest the new Wellington Division of Shropshire. The Colonel, who is well-known on the cricket-field in connection with the Household Brigade, M.C.C., and I Z., was also an International footballer (Associa­ tion). I am not sure whether Mr. A. B. Winterbotham, of Cam, who is to contest the Cirencester Divi­ sion of Gloucestershire, is the same gentleman under whose auspices “ The CamWeek” has taken place now for some years. I s h o u l d think English cricketers will hardly be satisfied if W.Bruce does not form a member of the next Aus­ tralian team which visits this country. He seems to have played capital cricket against our professionals in tho last representative match at Mel­ bourne, and indeed, as far as we can judge here, he seems to be one of the best all-round players in the Colonies. His score of 328, not out, for Melbourne v. Hotham, the highest ever made in Australia, in January, 1884, will not be forgotten. He is, too, one of the foremost bowlers of Victoria. T he ninety-eighth anniversary meeting and dinner of the Marylebone Club took place at Lord’s yesterday. I understand Lord Wenlock is to succeed the Earl of Winterton in the Presidential chair. T he annual meeting of the Surrey County Club takes place at the Oval this afternoon,at half-past five o ’clock. A special general meeting for tho purpose of discussing some altera­ tions in the rules, one of which will involve an increase of subscription to new members, is to be held an hour earlier. T he trophies given by the pro­ prietors of the Sydney Daily Telegraph for the highest aggregate score and the best bowling average in the second match between the English Players and a Combined Eleven of Australia, at Sydney, were both won by Barnes. T he Adelaide Observer states that A. J. Watson, in a match between the South Parks and Kent Towns, on March 21, scored 21 runs— an eight, two fives, and a three—from four balls. The same paper a week before made mention of a hit for ten by one Bowes. T he new ground of the Hampshire County Club at Southampton, is to be opened to-morrow by the Countess of Northesk, the wife of .tlie, president. The match to be played will be between two elevens representing respectively the Northern and Southern Divisions of Hants. A bazaar is also to be held with the object of, if possible, clearing off the debt on the ground.