Cricket 1885

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(Richard Humphrey's Benefit.) A dm ission - - - O ne S h illin g . NORTH. M r . A. N. H ornby . E mmett . S cotton . G unn . S herwin . W . W right . B ates . P eate . H all . G rimbhaw . B riggs . SOUTH. M r . W . W. R ead . M r . W . E. R oller . M r . W. R. G ilbert . M r . H. W . B ainbridge . T ester . G. G. H earne . W oof . B eaumont . W ood . M. R ead . A bel . JUNE 29.—SURREY v. SUSSEX. JULY 2.—GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. CRICKET : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 41 8T. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1885. A N SW E R S to C O R R E S P O N D E N T S W . B elton . —You can get all back numbers except April 80. A. R endall . —Mr. W . G. Grace is about 6 ft. 2in. in height. He was fixteen years old when he first played for the Gentlemen. His first match for Gloucestershire was at Lord’s against M.C.C. and G. on June 5,1871. W . A. T.—Maurice Read’* biography appeared in C ricket of Nov. 29,1 88JJ. N.P.—Mr. O’Brien scored 92 and 13 for Oxford Uni­ versity v. Australians. The abstract and brief chronicleof the time.— Hamlet. T h e intelligence o f the sudden death of John Juniper, the well-known Sussex/professional, on Saturday last, has excited deep regret among all classes of cricketers. Though many learned from the reports in the papers that he had to retire in the middle of the match between Sussex and Cambridge University at Cam­ bridge, the general public was quite unaware that his illness had taken such a serious form, and that his life was at all in danger. “ R. T. ” has sent me a kindly notice o f his later matches which will be read, I feel sure, with interest by cricketers generally. “ The sad death of John Juniper brings forcibly to my mind the lamented decease of Mr. G. F. Grace from similar causes — a cold con­ tracted on the cricket-field. Poor , Jumper,’ as hewas familiarly termed, caught cold whilst playing at Brad­ ford for Sussex v. Yorkshire in the middle of last month. When on at my end in the match against Hants, at Brighton, on the Bank Holiday— in which he bowled wonderfully well— he whispered to me that he felt very unwell. I met him, too, in the match between Kent and Sussex at Graves­ end, at the beginning of this month, and again he informed me that he was still far from well. He com­ plained of having such bad nights, and yet in this very match he not only bowled most successfully, but batted, too, also in, perhaps, the best form that he ever exhibited for his county ; proving unmistakeably the indomitable pluck of the man. I little thought that I had seen the last of poor ‘ Jumper,’ when he was run out in going for a third run, through weakness. It may be truthfully added that no more genuine, honest cricketer ever tried to uphold the fortunes of Sussex than John Juniper, who has passed away at the early ago of twenty- four years, much regretted by his brother cricketers and all who knew him.” I c a n myself from personal ex­ perience thoroughly endorse “ R. T ’s ” tribute to poor Juniper’s honesty and pluck. It was as recently as 1880 that he figured in the Sussex Colts’ match, and during the six years he has represented his County no one has worked more earnestly according to his lights to improve its status on the cricket-field. He was a thoroughly honest, good fellow, and his death, following so closely as it does on the loss of Mr. W . Blackman, from ill- health, is a heavy blow to Sussex cricket. He died at Southwick, near Brighton, where he was born (on Feb. 6th, 1861), and had lived all his life, I believe. There, too, his body found a last resting place on Monday afternoon. Tie matches are rare enough, as most C r ic k e t readers are fully aware. There are very few instances, though, I should fancy, in which two ties have been recorded to the same team in successive matches. A curiosity of this kind of recent occurrence has just come under my notice. On the 13th inst., the second elevens of the Sutton Coldfield and Edgbaston Clubs each scored 54. On the following Saturday tho second eleven of the latter, in a match against Tettenliall College, totalled 52, precisely the same score as made by their opponents.