Cricket 1885

232 CBIOKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. july a.isas. W . J . 3PX3L.E (L a te GANN & CO.) ATHLETIC OUTFITTER AND CLUB TAILOR, To the Assyrian, the London Athletic, the Blackheath Harriers, and other Clubs. 171, FENCHURCH STREET. Clubs supplied with every requisite. Q u a lit y G o o d . P r ic k s L o w . SHRUNK FLANNEL TROUSERS, 10/6, 12/6, 14/6. SHRUNK FLANNEL SHIRTS, 7/6 and 9/6, O U R O W N M A K E . RICHARD HUMPHREY, Member of Surrey and Australian Elevens. 16, K I N G ’ S RD ., B O Y C E ’ S A V E N U E CLIFTON, BRISTOL, Every article in oonneotion with C R I O K E T And other Sports supplied, of the Best Quality and at Reasonable Prices. GRAND CRICKET MATCH. K K M V I N G T O N O V A L . TO-DAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. G E N T L EM E N + + V, + + P L A Y E R S . A dm ission . . . O ne S h il l in g JULY 6 A 7,-SURREY C, & G. »• NORFOLK CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41 8T. ANDREW’8 HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1885. A N S W E R S to C O R R E S P O N D E N T S J. Gebnisji.—The batsman was not legally out, as the Umpire was not there to call play, and it might have been a no-ball. F. A dams (Constitution Hill C. C.)—If the batsman or his substitute is of! the ground, and the ball in play, the batsman is ont. G. F oster .— It is no uncommon thing to leave off when the runs are got in half-day matches. If the so-called winners refuse to play on, the match should be roanted as won by 2 runs. N D. W.—You were quite at liberty to put your batsman in when he arrived, and there is nothing unfair about it. ° Constant Reader r(Brenchley.)-As these was an error in thinking the game was won, it would ODly be fair to replace the stumps and play on, as the game was not won. ’ B M: 'T ; <*.—1. He can not call a no-ball before the ball is delivered. 2. B is out. W- ' V- c> C --O ne bail on is , nfflc4ent nd th tatT £ .n W,'}l,OUt: are 08 the stump must be pulled or knocked .ut of the ground with ball in hand. A.P. G ood .—There can only be two not outs. The other is put down hurt when the innings is completed. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. Hamlet. Mea Culpa! In a moment of for­ getfulness— even Homer, it must be remembered, -waswont himself at times to nod— in “ Gossip ” of last week I stated that Maurice Read had not as yet made a century for his county. In the hurry of writing, impressed by semi-official utterances, I overlooked a certain fine performance of the two Reads for Surrey against Glo«cester- shire at the Oval on June 1, 1883, As a very large number of corre­ spondents, whom I wish to thank heartily for the kindly manner in which they have corrected me, have reminded me, on that occasion the Reads knocked off the last 141 runs got by Surrey by some of the finest hitting ever seen at the Oval. The 208 wanted by Surrey to win were made in an hour and fifty minutes for the loss of three wickets. S n a p p er-u p o f unconsidered trifles as I am, I can hardly remember a more extraordinary day’s scoring than that recorded on the Felstead School Ground on Saturday last, in the match between M.C.C. and G. and the School. The captain of the Marylebone Team has been kind enough to send me full particulars of the performance, which cannot fail to be interesting to C r ic k e t readers. M.C.C. went in at 11.50, and stumps were drawn at 7 o ’clock. Exclusive of the interval for luncheon, they were batting for as nearly as possible six hours and ten minutes, during which time as many as 718 runs were made for the loss of only nine wickets. This gives an average of over 115 runs in the hour throughout the day, a most exceptiomal rate o f run-getting. W h e e l e r , who played a faultless innings, and Mr. Nepean put on as many as 285 runs for the second, and Messrs. Trevanion and Rowe 102 for the seventh wicket. Eight o f the School eleven bowled, and the boys worked really hard up to the very last, though the long score made by the M.C.C. was, iu a great measure, due to their inability to hold catches. The wickets fell as under :— 1 3 4 11 296 296 325 411 Parkin. Wheeler. Ridley. Nepean. Thursby. 6 7 8 9 483 M ycroft. 585 Trevaaion. 640 Rowe 705 Nares. There were three scorces of a hundred, Wheeler 181, Mr. Nepean 157, Mr. Trevanion 104 ,; and, as C r ic k e t readers have learned from me before, this is a feat of the rarest occurrence. Wheeler’s 131 is, I may add, the second three-figure innings he has played for the old Club against the School. A n o t h e r deep shadow has just passed over University cricket at Cambridge. It is only eight months since I had the painful duty to record the death of the Rev. A . R. Ward, to whose able management as President and Treasurer the Cantabs owe, in a great measure, the pros­ perity erf the University Club. And now Cambridge is mourning over the loss of his successor in the presidency, the Rev. Edward William Blore, who died at Trinity College yesterday week. M r . B l o r e , who was the Senior Fellow and Vice-Master of Trinity College, like his predecessor, Mr. Ward, was in his day a good criaketer- He was in the Eton College elevens of 1845, ’46, and ’47, and in the Winchester match of 1845 was run out with the game a tie. He was an excellent slow round-arm bowler with a break from the off, and was singu­ larly successful for Eton, particularly in 1846, in which year, in the two school matches against Harrow and Winchester, he took in all twenty- nine wickets. He subsequently figured with credit in the Cambridge elevens of 1848, ’49, ’50, and ’51, in which last year, when he was captain, his bowling contributed greatly to tho decisive victory of the Cantabs. A n o th e r cricketer to be added to the long list I have already given of candidates for Parliamentary honours at the next General Election. The East Islington Conservative Associa­ tion has unanimously adopted Mr. Cowley Lambert, of Farncombe Hill, Godalming, as the Conservative can­ didate for the Division. E x c h a n g e , it is said, is no robbery. The interchange of cricketers between Victoria and New South Wales just lately has been very free. Bonnor’s return to his native colony, New South Wales, from Melbourne was followed by the departure of two other promin­ ent Victoria players fronUho same city, McDonnell and Palmer, the former to settle in New South Wales, the latter