Cricket 1885

MA.Y 28, 1885. CRICKET J A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 153 brother of the bridegroom, who acted as his best man. The ceremony was perlormed by the Rev. Capel Cure, assisted by the Hon. and Revd. Arthur Lyttelton, another brother, who is the Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. A feature in the pro­ ceedings emblematic of cricket, was the introduction of a little page dressed in flannels, who bore the bride’s train. The ways of umpires— I do not allude, of course, to the experienced persons who officiate in the more im­ portant matches— are, like those of the heathen Chinee, very peculiar at times. I have, myself, had occasion more than once to give publicity.to some of the vagaries which have marked the decisions of some of the less responsible members of the fraternity. “ Censor,” in the Sydney Mail, of April 4, gives another instance of an umpire’s oddities. He says :— The latest and most approved style of umpiring was brought into fashion on Saturday last, during the Junior Cup match, Carthona v. Orientals. One of the latter eleven played a straight yorker with his leg before the wicket instead of the bat. On the bowler appealing, the umpire answered, “ Out, but a no-ball; ” and the batsman con­ tinued his innings amidst the angry looks of the fieldsmen and the laughter of the spectators. E n g lish cricketers generally will be interested in the intelligence that in every likelihood, another Australian team will visit the old country next summer. As far as I can hear, indeed, the arrangements for the trip are even now advanced. At least, a thoroughly reliable and well informed correspondent, located in Adelaide, writes me by the last mail that an Australian Eleven has been already formed to visit England in the summer of 1886. Murdoch, he adds, is work­ ing very hard in the practice of the law. From this, I should infer that the Australian skipper intends to reduce his cricket materially. O ur right good friends the cricketers of Philadelphia, are, I learn from the official organ of the game in America, congratulating themselves, and with good reason, on the appointment by the new President, of one of their number to an important office abroad. To use their own expression, President Cleveland has made himself “ solid ” with them by his selection of Mr. Victor A. Sartori to the Consulship at Leghorn. The new Consul was for many years a prominent member of the Philadelphia Club, of which he is now a director, Mr. Sartori, I hope, will be able to “ boom ”— 1 think that is the correct Americanism— our national game in his new location. I am glad to learn from the honorary secretary of the Ontario Cricket Asso­ ciation that there is every prospect of a good season in Canada this year. The Governor-General, the Marquis of Lansdowne, who is the patron of the society above named, has, I under­ stand, announced his intention to be present at the international match between America and Canada, which has been fixed to take place on August 3,4 and 5, in all probability at Toronto. Mr. W . P. Pickering, who played for Eton at Lord’s in 1884 when only fourteen years old, has just given up the dual office of secretary and treasurer to the Ontario Association. Mr. Pickering, who also figured in the Cambridge eleven, and was in his day one of the finest coverpoints ever seen, has taken a great interest in the development of cricket in the Dominion. A good supporter of cricket passed away last Thursday in the person of Mr. Jeremiah Colman, the senior partner of the well-known firm of mustard manufacturers. The deceased, who was in his 79th year, was one of twelve sons of the late Mr. Robert Colman, a tenant farmer for over seventy years at Rockland, Norfolk, who died at the age of 92. He was also one of the eleven brothers who played several matches against Nor­ folk teams in or about the year 1845. His ground at Carshalton Park is well known to amateur cricketers. His friends, and their name is legion, will be glad to hear that the Hon. E . Chandos Leigh has so recovered from his long and severe illness, as to be able to sit up for a short time daily. Mr. Leigh, who is the Counsel to the Speaker, was one of the Harrow eleven of 1849, and in his day a good all-round cricketer. He has for a long time been actively identified with the Marylebone Club, and for some years also been a member of the Surrey Club. If I remember rightly he is the standing counsel of the distinguished brother­ hood of I Z., with which he has also been prominently associated. A n o th e r Intercolonial player of a past generation has recently passed away. Some of the surviving members of the first English team which visited Australia in 1862 will still, perhaps, remember Mr. George Curtis, who played against them twice, once for New South Wales and once for a Combined Eleven. He represented New South Wales against Victoria in the Inter-colonial match of 1862, and also figured in the same fixture at the close of 1865. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Albert Cricket Club of Sydney, and, indeed, his interest in cricket remained keen to the last. He was highly respected by all classes of sportsmen in New South Wales. M ore than one instance of small scoring is recorded in the Adelaide Observer of April 18. In a match between Eleven of Truro and Fifteen of Dutton, the latter were dismissed for an aggregate of thirty-seven runs in the two innings, scoring twenty- three in the first, and fourteen at the second attempt. On April 11, Sixteen of Coromandel Valley were got out by the Norwood Club of Adelaide for a total of twenty-five, in which were seven extras. G. Giffen, well known in England, and J. Lyons were responsible for the brevity of this innings, which lasted a little over half-an-liour. Giffen was credited with eight wickets for twelve, Lyons six for a like number of runs. T h e Daily News states on the authority of a telegram from Dublin, that Mr. J. R . Dasent, of the Council Office, London, has been appointed private secretary to the Lord-Lieut- enant of Ireland, in the room of Mr. Courtenay Boyle, who has accepted the Assistant-Secretaryship of the Local Government Board. Mr. Boyle is well known to a large number of cricketers. He was in the Charter­ house and Oxford elevens, and was also Tennis champion of the Univ­ ersities in 1866 and 1867. He has for a long time been an active member of I Zingari. I notice some fast run-getting in a match played recently in Australia between the Bendigo United and Richmond Clubs. The Bendigonians, after making 260, were unable to get a wicket of Richmond before time was up, the score at the close showing 142 runs, with no batsman out. The