Cricket 1885

J uly 30, 1886. CRICKET; A 'WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 297 Last week I was able to announce that the arrangements for the visit of a team of English amateurs to America this autumn had been completed. I am now in a position to give the fix­ tures, which will be as follows :— Sept. 1 and 2, at New York. „ 4 and 5, at Pittsburgh. „ 7 aud 8, at Chicago. „ 10 and 11, at Toronto. , 14, 15, and 10, at Philadelphia, against the Gentlemen of Philadel­ phia who visited England last summer. ,, 18 and 19, at New York, ,, 21 and 22, at Philadelphia. It is probable that one more match may be arranged. T h e following, I understand, have all promised :— Bev. E. T. Thornton, A. J. Thornton, T . E . H ine-Haycock (Kent), W . E . Eoller, C. E . Horner (Surrey), A . E . Newton (Som erset­ shire), H . 0 . Whitby (Warw ickshire), J. A. Turner (Leicestershire), an dH . Bruen. As there are several others ready, if required, to take the trip, there w ill be no difficulty in com ­ pleting the team. As several communications have reached me on the subject of Mr. P . M. Lu ca s’ performances in lirst-class matches this year, it will be perhaps of interest if I g iw them in detail:— 1st 2ad Total Sussex v. Cambridge Univ. 7rn o70* — 83 Sussex v. Gloucestershire 215* — — 215 Gentlemen y. Players .. 89ct. 31ct.— 120 41# Five innings (three completed), avge. 139.1 • Not eut. T h e extraordinary scoring of the Norfolk eleven at L ord ’s, last Thurs­ day and Friday, deserves a special and detailed record for more reasons than one. In the first place their total o f 695 is the largest ever made at L ord ’s in a match of any kind. Then again, though there have been, as far as I can remember, only three other instances in which three bats­ men have each been credited with a score of a hundred or more in the same innings in a match o f im port­ ance, to the best of my recollection on no previous occasion have the three first batsmen on a side been able to get over a hundred in a fixture of the same class. W ith the exception, too, o f the match between England and Australia, at the Oval last year, when McDonnell 103, Murdoch 105 not out, and Scott 101 not out, each got into three figures, there is no other record, unless I am in error, in which three centuries have been made for the same side on the same day, at least in an English fixture o f any public interest. T h e brothers L . K . and C. J. E . Jarvis, who put on 241 runs for the first wicket, are well-known to most C r ic k e t readers. Both were in the Harrow Eleven o f 1876, and the former, who subsequently got his blue at Cambridge, also represented his University in the Athletic Sports. He is,indeed, aproficient at most sports. Though their record o f 241 for the first wicket has been beaten, taking the rate of scoring, too, it has, perhaps, never been equalled, the runs having been made in two hours and forty minutes. Singularly, too, the first wicket of Marylebone produced 108, and it is worthy o f remark that 992 runs were scored in the two days with only sixteen wickets down. Unless I am wrong in my calculations, too, 1,827 balls were delivered in the match. Hansel], the third of the Norfolk team to reach the “ century,” is, it may not be generally known, a left- handed batsman. Here are a few, if not all tho innings of four hundred or more recorded during the last week. 695. Norfolk v. M.C.C. & G „ Lord’s, July 23, 24. 551. M.C.C. & G. v. Clifton College, Lord’s July 27, 28. 499. M.C.C. <feG. v. Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, July 27, 28. 482. Boyal Engineers v. Royal Artillery, July 24, 25. 432 (six wickets.) Harrow Wanderers v. Lincoln Lindam, Lincoln, July 24, 25. 427. Pitsmoor v. Derby C. & G., Derby, July 27. 404 (five wickets.) Notts Castle v. Hemor, Nottingham, July 25. 405. Gentlemen of Surrey v. Gentlemen of Derbyshire, Eeigate, July 27. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t has sent me a few particulars o f the scoring in the match at Nottingham on Saturday, which is unprecedented in the annals of the Notts Castle Club. The innings com ­ menced at 2.55 and play ceased at 7, so that the runs were got at the rate of about a hundred an hour. Among the bowlers on the Heanor side were Dr. Dixon, who plays for the Gentle, men o f Derbyshire, and W . Bigley- the old Derbyshire player, I under­ stand, too, that the Beanor Club had this season so far beaten all comers. A . Paul contributed 153 not out, H. C. Mosby 101 to the Castle total, and the former’s figures contained one very noteworty item, a leg hit for eight converted by an overthrow for two into a tenner. A r e m a r k a b le instance o f low scoring which occurred at D rayton Park on Saturday last has been brought under m y notice. In a match between the Alliance and Granville clubs, and the latter were all dismissed without a run. To make it still more curious Eae was credited with the whole of the ten wickets. The glorious uncertainty of cricket, too, was forcibly exemplified in another case also on Saturday, details o f which have been sent me. In a match on the Vine, between Sevenoaks Vine and the Blue Mantles, the former, after being all out for 36 in the first, scored 240 for the loss of only one wicket in the second. My remark in last week’s “ G ossip,” in commenting on Shrewsbury’s re­ cent performances, that I could recal no other batsman except Mr. W . G. Grace who had scored two hundred runs in an innings three times in first-class cricket, was of course meant to apply to English cricketers. I have thought it right to make this explana­ tion, as I have a distinct recollection of three scores of over two hundred in good matches by the Australian Captain, W . L . Murdoch. It will be perhaps of interest if I enumerate them again. 321, New South Wales v. Victoria, Sydney, Feb. 1832. 286 not out, Australians v.Sussex,Brighton, May 19, 18S2. 211, Australians v. England, Oval, August 11, 1884. T h e following is a list of Arthur Shrewsbury’s innings in first-class cricket this season in England. 1st. 2nd. Miy 21, 22, at Sheffnld Park, Shaw’s Aus­ tralianXI. v. Lord Sheffield’s XI. .. 28 „ 25, 26, 27, at Nottingham, Notts v. Surrey ..................................................21 .. 11 June 11, 12, 13, at Nottingham, Notts v. England..................................................56 „ 29, 80, July 1, at Sheffield, Notts v. Yorkshire .......................................... 2 .. 81 July 2, 3, 4, at Oval, Players v. Gentlemen 64 .. *31 „ 6 ,7, 8 , at Lord’s „ „ 81 .. *12 ,, 9,l'», 11, at Manchester,North v South 4 l .. 101 „ 18, 14, 15, at Nottingham, Notts v. Yorkshire .......................................... 24 .. 43 16,17,13, at Lord’s,Notts v. Middlesex *224 ,, 19,20, at Brighton, Notts v. Sussex 1 .. — „ 23, 24, 25, at Njttingham, Notts v. Gloucester .......................................... 137 Toial, 866 iuns for seventeen innings, three not outs. Average 61.12. * Net out. M r . J . H o w a rd S w in s te a d , o f S t. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, has ju st been elected Captaiu of the Uni-