Cricket 1885

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A dinner, followed by a dance, given by the ladies of Zeerust, brought what must have been a very enjoyable outing for the Garrison to a singularly agreeable termination. AN SW ERS to CORRESPONDENTS S.C.C.—He cannot legaliy be objected to if a member of the club. It has often occurred, even in County and other first-class matches, that the full Team has not been on ihe ground at the start, and substitutes have fielded until their arrival. A.B.—The side winning the toss has soleright to decide whether it will have tho innings, or take the field. A P la y e r. —He is not out. G. A. B a ily .— The umpire must not call “ no-ball ” until it is delivered. G.H.—Rule 46 settles your question. E n q u ire r. —The over ought to be completed. W . C o le y . —The batsman ia out. H. M e llo r . —Beaumont was born in Yorkshire. He was, we believe, engaged with the Hoibeck at one time. Chas. E. W a lla c e . —Theie was no address to your letter, so we could not answer. C.A.T.—1. It is a good distance. 2. If the ball is out of reach of the batsman, it Is a wide. S.C.C.—It was very un-cr;cket-like, but as substitutes were allowed to field for members of the club who were absent, you cannot legally object, if they arrive in time to go in. C. J. B e n n e tt.— Dr. E. M. Grase was born on Nov. 28,1841. W . G. on July 18,1818. - > * P 7 I Y I M 0 N v G ^ I P ^ The abatract and brief chronicleof the time .— Ham let A v a lu e d correspondent has kindly sent me a copy of the Transvaal Advertiser, containing an account of two matches played on May 21 and two following days, which created very great interest in the district. These were between the Garrison at Mafeking, in Bechuanaland, in the British Protectorate, and a team representing Zeerust in the Transvaal. The Garrison had in each case the best of the play, though in the return a capital second innings of sixty hy Mr. A . Francis, left the game in a more favourable position for the Zeerusters. T h e Military eleven included more than one player well-known on English ground, notably Capt. F. F. Crawford, whom I remember playing his first match for Kent against Surrey, at Maidstone, just fifteen years ago — eheu fwjaces — and Captain Hon. D. A. Bingham. Altogether the two fixtures seem to have been productive, not only of enjoyment cricketically, but socially, and to judge by the reception given to the soldiers in the return at Zeerust, they must altogether have had a pleasant time. The match was witnessed by a great number of the Dutch population, who enjoyed them­ selves, it is said, as much as any of the spectators, and conversed freely J u st a month ago it was my painful task to have to record the death of a professional who had done much service as a fast bowler for Sussex. At the time I was noticing the death of poor “ Jumper ” I little thought that another cricketer of even greater value, whose, it was hoped, temporary absence the county was lamenting—I allude to Mr. William Blackman— had even then passed over to the majority. T h e members of Shaw's team who saw him in Melbourne just before their departure for home—he had gone on a trip to Australia in the hope of restoring his health—noticed a great change, and it was then said that his chance of recovering was almost, if not quite, hopeless. No one, though, could have fancied that his end was so near, and the news of his death at Melbourne on June 2 must have been a severe shock to Sussex cricketers, particularly with the recent loss of Juniper so fresh in their minds. The executive of the Sussex County Club will have the hearty sympathy of everyone in this double, and for a time irreparable blow. M e . B la c k m a n ’s loss is the greater because of the marked development in his all-round cricket of late, par­ ticularly last summer. On his form of 1884, indeed, he was one of tho very best, if not quite the best, player in the Sussex eleven, and there were good grounds for hoping that he would be of even more use in the future. Though his connection with Sussex cricket only dated from 1881 he had been of immense service to the County, and many will remember, as in­ deed I well do, his last appearance for it at the end of last summer. His bowling, indeed, very nearly pulled the Surrey match at the Oval out of the fire, and I still recollect the ex­ traordinary excitement as the Surrey wickets fell in quick succession. Though, when Mr. Diver and Abel were in, only eight runs were wanting to win with nine wickets to fall, five batsmen retired before the eight were got, and four of the six wickets down were got by Mr. Blackman at a cost