Cricket 1885

264 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JULY 16, 1885. lW . J . [ P I L E (L a t e 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 e s L ow . SHRUNK FLANNEL TROUSERS, 10/6, 12/6, 14/6. SHRUNK FLANNEL SHIRT3, 7/6 and 9/6, O U R O W N M A K E . RICHARD HUMPHREY, Member o f Surrey and Australian Elevens. 16, K IN G ’ S RD ., B O Y C E ’ S A V E N U E CLIFTON, BRISTOL, Every article in connection with C R I C K E T And other Sports supplied, of the Best Quality and at Reasonable Prices. CRICKET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41 8T. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1885. The abstract and brief chronicle of the that.—Bamlet L ast Thursday, in commenting on the extraordinary run-getting recorded at the Oval in the previous week in the matches Surrey v. Sussex and Gentlemen v. Players, I expressed a doubt as to whether any ground had been able to claim as good a record for a week o f first-class cricket. A correspondent (F. F . Kelly) has been good enough to point out a higher aggregate registered during the Canterbury week o f 1876. The particulars of the scoring then will be read with interest:— „ , . 1st inns. 2nd inns. Kent and Gloucestershire) 345 206 v. (8 wkte) England 226 355 Kent (12 a side) l 473 — Gentlemen of M.C.C. j 144 575 (9 »kt8) This gives a grand total of 2,306 runs for 69 wickets, or an average of nearly 33 i runs per wicket, against a total of 2,085 for 65 wickets, or an average of just over 32 runs, at the Oval. The Canterbury week of 1876 was indeed remarkable for a succession of high scores, ofwhich the following were the b e st:—W . G. Grace, 344 ; Lord Harris, 154 ; W . E. Gilbert, 143 ; A. J. Webbe, 109 ; W . G. Grace, 91 ; P. C. Crutchley, 84 ; E . Lockwood, 6 3 ; T. Emmett, 5 8 ; G. Hearne, jun., 57 not out ; and H. E. Weblie, 52. After this I am bound to admit the Surrey ground must “ pale his unefifectual fire.” A c o r r e s p o n d e n t points out to me the following coincidences in the recent match between Gentlemen and Players, at Lord’s. In their two innings Messrs. F. M. Lucas and A. G. Steel scored 171 runs, exactly the amount of the first total made by the Gentlemen. Tho other twenty batsmen, including “ extras,” were responsible for 98, precisely the number made by the side in their second venture. It will thus be seen that nine of the Gentle­ men only together subscribed 84 runs in their two innings. The curious in the matter of coincidences +may also be interested to know that the last four inter-University matches have each been won by a majority of seven wickets. A n o t h e r curious coincidence of recent occurrence has also been brought before my notice. In the match between Wollaton and Scar­ borough, at Scarborough on Friday and Saturday last, after the latter had completed an innings of 215, Wollaton commenced batting with Mr. C. W. Wright, of Cambridge University, and his father, Mr. W. Wright. The former was the first to leave, and after Mr. H. B. Daft’ s appearance Mr. W . Wright retired. The younger Daft was then joined by his father, E. Daft, the well-known batsman, and so it happened that two fathers and two sons were play­ ing in the same match and batting together— a peculiar coincidence. I am asked to notify to all whom it may concern that a match will be played at the Oval on the 30th and 31st of this month between Eleven Young Amateurs and Eleven Pro­ fessionals of Surrey. Several pro­ minent members of the Public School Elevens of this year hail from Surrey, and a fixture of this kind should be full of interest. The secretary of the Surrey County Club will be glad to receive the names of any public school cricketers who have a Surrey qualification. In calling attention to the con- sistent'y successful batting o f Mr. C. W. Wright for Cambridge in the Inter-University matches, I pointed out that his aggregate of 292 was fourteen runs in advance of the pre­ vious best on record by Mr. Yardley, another Cantab, The statement was strictly correct, as the nearest approach to Mr. Wright’s aggregate was Mr. Yardley’s 278 for seven completed innings. In the matter of averages, though, as I have taken pains to discover, the latter’s figures are not so good as those of Mr. E. A. H. Mitchell, who in his four years at Oxford (1862 to 1865) realised 254 runs in dx completed innings, an average of 42 1-3, against Mr. Yardley’s just under 40. W h en it is considered how much more difficult Lord’s was in Mr. Mitchell’s time to what it has been during the last sixteen or seventeen years, it must be admitted that the performance of the Oxonian was really of a higher order of merit than Mr. Yardley’s. In proof of the diffi­ cult character of the ground at Lord’s while Mr. Mitchell was at Oxford, I may add that the highest contributions by Cambridge batsmen in the four Inter-University matches were in 1862, 32 ; in 1863, 24 ; in 1864, 33 ; and in 1865, 38. On the other hand, Mr. Mitchell three times got over 50 in addition to 37 and 35, and, indeed, the only scores to beat the two last named were Mr. F. G. Inge’s 48 not out in 1868, and Mr. F. E. Evans’ 43 in 1865. M a i n l y through the excellent all­ round cricket shown by more than one member of the team of American amateurs who visited England last summer, Philadelphia was able in the match played on June 19 and 20, to avenge the defeat it suffered last summer at the hands of New York. Though Messrs. E. S. Newhall, J. B . Thayer, jun., J. A. Scott, and W . Brockie, jun., were all prevented from helping Philadelphia, the eleven still included seven of the party over here in 1884, to wit, Messrs. E . W . Clark, jun., F. E . Brewster, H. McNutt, W. C. Morgan, jun., D. P, Stoever, S. Law, and W . C. Lowry. Their victory by five wickets, too, was in a great measure due to the three first named. Brewster showed good cricket in each innings for 36 and 32, and Clark’s fine second score of 59 not out fairly won the match for liis side.