Cricket 1885

i© j ) 1 K g „■ S B i■‘X'■] P I M P <&: 3 5 3 i y h - 1 ’A f=f ’ft'tPfl - •/ _ | J ew S’ /W=j p g f e C K f v 7 C s fA fjT ~ j? “ Toe ------- ---------------=3— jether joined in cricket’s man ly toil.”—J 3ijron. Begliber^?or9r?ul»Ii°L aIo.4. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1885. p r io e 2d improvement in his batting. Mostly going in first his defence was generally very useful to his side. It was especially so, indeed, in the great match of the year against Harrow, at Lord’s, and his two innings of twenty-two and twenty-three, the former the only double figure, were really very promising displays of cricket. The Captaincy of the Eton eleven in 1882 devolved on Mr. Bainbridge, and again he was seen to great advantage at Lord’s. Though he only got a couple of runs in his two innings against Winchester he was, as in the previous year, the highest scorer in the first innings against Harrow, contributing 32 to Eton’s total of 132. Taking up his residence at Trinity College, Cambridge, during the winter Mr. Bainbridge took part in the trial matches at that University in the early part of 1883. Though fairly succeesful both for the Freshmen, and later for the Sixteen against the Eleven, his cricket ap­ parently was not estimated very highly by the authorities, and he did not find a place in the Cambridge team. The Committee of the Surrey Club, how­ ever, more impressed with his capa­ bilities, were not slow to include him in the county team, in which he figured with some success. His first appear­ ance was against Notts on the Trent Bridge Ground, but he was unfortunate enough not to score in either innings, and indeed it was not till late in the season that he showed to much ad­ vantage in batting. In the return match with Notts at the Oval he carried out his bat for an excellent twenty- three, and in evidence of his defensive cricket it may be remarked that during his partnership with Mr. Boiler the latter scored 81 out of the 114 runs made. A week later though on the same ground, he showed that he was equally possessed of hitting powers, and while he was in with Mr. Diver against Leicestershire ninety runs were got in three-quarters of an hour, scoring very much above the average. Last year the Cambridge University eleven were greatly indebted to the consistently good batting shown by Mr. Bainbridge, From the first he proved himself a reliable run-getter and, indeed, he had the best average of the Cambridge batsmen of 1884. His highest scores were his eighty at the Oval against Surrey, and 64 against the Gentlemen, though neither of these was perhaps intrinsically so good as his 61 against the Australians, a careful display of batting against bawling of high quality. Family reasons pre­ vented Mr. Bainbridge playing for the County last summer, and his only appearance for Surrey was against Hampshire at Southampton, MR . H E R B E R T W M . B A IN B R ID G E . T he list of Old Etonians who have done good service for Cambridge University on the cricket field is a long and distinguished one. Among the numerous array of notable cricketers whose reputation has been in a great measure based on the judicious training received on the playing fields of Eton, Mr. H. W. Bainbridge is fairly entitled to honourable mention. Though himself born at Gowhatti, Assam, in North India (on October 29. 1862), his family has for many years been identified with, and taken an active interest in, Surrey cricket. When quite a youngster he figured conspicuously in the matches between Young Amateurs and Young Players of the District, arranged under the auspices of Mr. Wildman Cattley, the Treasurer of the Surrey County Club, and played on his ground at Northbrook, near Godalming. His public career, though, dates from his entry into the Eton College eleven, in which he was fortunate to secure a place before he had reached his seven­ teenth birthday. The Eton team of 1879 was a very strong one, including, in addition, many others who subse­ quently played a worthy part in first- class cricket, the Hon. M. B. Hawke, Messrs. C. T. Studd, S. W . Cattley, A. C. Cattley, P. J. de Paravicini, and A. E. Newton. Though not successful in his first match against Harrow, at Lord’s, in 1879, Mr, Bainbridge showed to some advantage in the second innings against Winchester, making eighteen in very fair style. The season of 1880 found him of more use with the ball than the bat, and his slow round-arm was at times of great service to the Eton eleven. In the match against Har­ row, at Lord’s (where, with Mr. Paravi­ cini, he bore the brunt of the attack for Eton) in particular, he was of considerable assistance, and his figures on this occasion were very creditable, showing six wickets at a cost of 104 runs, Though, in the following summer, he had evidently to a great extent lost his bowling, there was a corresponding and marked