Cricket 1885

j u n e i8,i8B5, CRIGKET; A WEEKLY REGORD OF THE GAME. 201 following days. Surrey cricketers need no reminder of the excellent service Humphrey rendered to the county for some years, and I feel sure that his efforts will meet with substantial recognition next week. I can myself bear witness to his loyalty to and un­ ceasing interest in Surrey cricket, and I can honestly say, after a long ex­ perience, that I know no professional ever connected with the county more thoroughly deserving of the support of Surrey men. Messrs. W . G. Grace and A. N. Hornby will captain the respective sides, and as, in addition to the other leading players, the two most successful run-getters of the season, so far, Mr. W . Read and Gunn, will both take part in tlie match, the play should be pro­ ductive of unusual interest. I g a t h e r from the Australasian of May 2 that the committee of the New South Wales Association have passed a resolution that a residence of four months in either Victoria or New South Wales immediately preceding an Inter-colonial is necessary to entitle a person to play in these matches. This was passed contin­ gent on a similar enactment in Victoria, but as the Victorian Asso­ ciation first suggested the idea it will, in all probability, become law. I t will be inteiesting, too, to crick­ eters here to know that at the meeting just referred to a letter was read from the South Australian Association, stating that its committee thought that the next Australian Eleven should be sent home under the joint auspices of the Victorian, Nev.' South Wales, and South Australian Asso­ ciations, and that those bodies should undertake the entire management of the affair. The South Australian Association was, the letter added, prepared to take its share of the responsibility in proportion to the number of players selected from South Australia. A special meeting was to be called to consider this communica­ tion. I t will be satisfactory to cricketers, no doubt, to learn that the new Cabinet will, in all likelihood, include two members who have earned a reputation in connection with our nationalgame. I notice, at least, that in addition to Lord George Hamilton, who is put down as probable to occupy the post of Vice-President of the Council under Lord Salisbury, the Hon. Edwd. Stanhope is named for the pos­ sible Presidency of the Local Govern­ ment Board. Mr. Stanhope played for Harrow against Eton in 1859, and was subsequently president of the Christ Church eleven at Oxford. Lord George Hamilton, who. like Mr. Stanhope, held a place in the last Tory Government, all but got into the Harrow eleven of 1862. T he following announcement will interest C ricket readers, more par­ ticularly those associated with Derby­ shire, for which county Mr. Evershed has played frequently and with great success:— On June 3, at Kirk Langley Church, by the Eev. Francis W. Meynell, Sydney Herbert, second son of Sydney Evershed, Albury House, Barton-on-Trent, to Alice Constance, youngest daughter of the late Henry Meakin, shopnall Grange, Burton-on-Trent. I hear, too, while on the subject of marriages, that Mr. T. S. Pearson is about toj oin the noble army of mar------- I mean Benedicts. O ld H arrovians will be pleased to notice that the School eleven have been indulging in some big run-getting just recently. On Thursday last, though, they outdid all their previous per­ formances by scoring, against the Household Brigade, 412 for the loss of only seven wickets, to which A. K. Watson, who showed very fair form iu the second innings against Eton last year, alone contributed 140. Only a few days before, as many will remember, the boys, against the Town, made 387, of which W . H. Dent subscribed 131. The 412 against the Brigade is the largest score ever made at Harrow. T h e fact that the return match between Surrey and Essex was played on the new ground known as the Lyttelton Ground, the joint property, I believe, of Lord Lyttelton and Mr. li. Crawley, deserves prominent notice if only for the reason that it is the first important fixture played in that enclosure, leased, I think I am right in stating, by the Insurance Offices The wicket played well on the first day, and as there is plenty of space outside to make the ground broader—- the only improvement needed— there is every reason for its selection in the case of the more important fixtures of the Essex Club if suitable arrangements can be made. Situated as it is within an easy railway journey of London, and close to the populous district of Stratford, good cricket should be well supported there. I have, too, every reason to believe that, though as is always the ease with a first match, the expenses this week were very heavy, the Essex authorities were quite satisfied with the attendance. Indeed, had the game only been fairly even, to judge by the numbers on the first day the venture would have been a decided success financially. A nother name well-known in con­ nection with cricket is to be found among the list of candidates for parliamentary honours at the coming General Election. Harrovians in particular will be interested in the announcement that Mr. E . E . Bowen will stand in the Liberal', terest for the Northern Division of Laeds. A s every one connected with Harrow knows, Mr. Bowen is Head Master of the Modern Side of the old School, and in his time has done very much to help cricket and football, at both o f which games he has been no mean per­ former, there. His School songs, “ Underneath the Briny Sea,” “ Follow Up,” and “ Willow the King,” are well-known far outside the limits of Harrow. His charming lines recently on the late Hon. Robert Grimston, too, delighted everyone who knew anything of that grand old sportsman. I n o tic e that the Loretto boys, who have of late years furnished so many of the most prominent exponents of University atheletics, had a very easy victory over Rossall School at Pinkie Mains on Saturday. Their win by 244 runs, as far as I can judge, too, seems to have been a complete surprise. The Rossall batsmen could do very little with the Loretto bowling,more particularly with that of M. Rose, who in their two innings took nine wickets at a cost of only 31 runs. The performance of this youngster Rose, who proved a thorn indeed for the Rossallians, is the more noteworthy, if, as the Scots­ man asserts, his talent had previously lain buried in the third eleven of Loretto. A v a l u e d correspondent, who will, no doubt, be generally identified under his initials, “ R. T .,” calls my attention to a recent performance of a Surrey veteran on the other side of the Border. He refers to Percival