Cricket 1885

34 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. m a r . 26 , ms. In all, Mr. Horner figured in eight Surrey matches in 1882, and with very fair results, bowling 436 overs for 617 runs and 44 wickets, or an average of just over fourteen runs. In 1883 he helped Surrey on eleven occa­ sions, but his figures were not quite as good, and his best show for the County was against Lancashire, at the Oval, when he was credited in the first innings with six wickets for 36 runs. In other matches of lesser importance, during the year, he showed that he was in great form with the ball, and on more than one oocasion, for the Incogniti, he did the rare feat of taking all ten wickets in the innings. Last season his services were really invaluable for Surrey, and he was certainly the most consistent bowler of any pace in the South. He identified himself thoroughly with Surrey cricket, as will be gathered from the fact that he represented the County in as many as twenty matches during the year. More than once, too, it was in a great measure to his bowling that the success of his side was due. At Brighton, against Sussex, he was credited with eight wickets in the two innings at a cost of 43 runs, and at Lord’s, a few days later, he did equally good service against Middlesex, se­ curing eight batsmen for an aggregate of 59 runs. His effective bowling at Liverpool, at the close of the Lancashire match, did much to give Surrey a narrow victory, and in the two succeeding engagements, against Hants, at Southampton, and Yorkshire, at Dewsbury, he was very successful, taking, in these two matches, twenty-three wickets. His best performance of all, though, was in the first innings of Kent, at the Oval, and on this occasion his seven wickets were got for only 31 runs. On his consistently good form for Surrey the authorities were quite justified in awarding him a place in the Eleven which represented the South of Eng­ land against the Australians at the close of the season, and here again he was success-t |_ ful, his four wickets costing 19 runs. Mr. Horner’s bowling for Surrey was one of the most noteworthy features of tlie County sea­ son of 1884. Altogether he delivered just under a thousand overs for 1,610 runs and 110 wickets, and his average (14.70) was the best on the Surrey side. Considering, indeed, the quality of the batting which he had to oppose his figures were very good, and he was certainly entitled to be con­ sidered as one of the best amateur bowlers of the year. A thoroughly cheery cricketer, always working hard and never losing heart, even when the game is apparently lost, Mr. Horner has been of the greatest use to Surrey, and no member of the eleven is more popular among the frequenters of the Oval. He bowls fastish round arm, with a high delivery, is rarely off the wicket, and indeed he has such command of the ball that he has usually only one man on the on-side. His style of bat­ ting is peculiar to himself, but when occasion requires he can hit hard and as he has plenty of pluck has often been of great service in an emergency. Our portrait is from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co. The next number o f C r ic k e t , on April 16, will contain a portrait and biography o f Bev. Yernon Boyle. (Lancashire) “ N ew C ricket P hotograph ,” just published, containing portraits of ninety of the leading cricketers of England. Cabinets, Is.; large size (lOin. by 7£in.), 2s. 6d. “ It is one of the best things I have seen.”— Sheffield Daily Telegraph. “ The best shillingsworth ever entered at Stationers Hall.”— Cricketer's Herald. “ The likenesses generally are excellent.’— Cricket. —M. H urst , 23, Church Street, Sheffield.— (A dvt ) THE INTER -COLON IAL MATCH. VICTORIA y. SOUTH AUSTRALIA . Neither Colony was able to boast its full strength for the eighth Inter-Colonial match, played on the Melbourne ground, on Jan. 23, 24 and 26. Victoria indeed was especially weak, as, in addition to the absence of several of the last Australian team which visited England, Groube, Horan, Slight, Robertson, Musgrove, Worrell, Trumble, and Swift were all unable to get leave. The South Australians went in first on a capital wicket, and were unfortunate enough to lose their best bat, George Giffen, caught at point, the first ball delivered. Watling, though he was twice missed, however, gave the Victorian bowlers con­ siderable trouble, and King and McKenzie hit'freely, the latter, a left handed batsman, particularly so. Bruce and Lewis both played excellent cricket for Victoria, and these two with McShane contributed 160 out of 184 from the bat, eight of the eleven there­ fore being only responsible for an aggregate of 24. Giffen made up for his previous ill- success by some vigorous hitting in the second innings of South Australia, and while he was in, scored 73 out of 107, in the best style. The Victorians only wanted 136 to win, but Giffen and Rundeil bowled so well that no change was required, and the result was a very poor total of 82. South Australia thus secured a very creditable victory by 53 runs, though it must be added that the worn pitch at the close was very much in their favour. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. G. Giffen, c Morris, b B ru ce...................0 c Bruce, b Barrett .. 73 J. Noel, b Morris .. .. 13 c M’Shane, b Barrett 1 J. Lyons, b Tobin .. .. 21 b Tobin ...............21 W, Watling, c Browning, b Barrett ..............53 b Barrett.............. 4 l#C. Chittleborough, b T o b in ..................... 0 c Bruce, b Barrett .. 3 F. King, st Lewis, b Mor­ ris ..........................28 c Browning,b Barrett 1 .T. M’Kenzie, c Vint, b Barrett....................82 b M’Shane.............. 0 J. E.Gooden, c M’Shane, b Barrett .............. 0 b M’Shane.............. 4 J. U. Rundell, b Barrett 0 c Cotter, b Barrett.. 5 C. Kemp, notout.. .. 11b M’Shane................88 T. A. Caterer, b Barrett 0 not out .................0 B ..................... 7 B ...................4 Total .. .. 170 Total .. 154 VfCTORIA. First Innings. Second Innings J. Trinnick, run out .. 0 b Rundell..............18 W. Bruce, c M’Kenzie, b Lyons.................... 63 b Rundell................ 2 R. Houston, run out .. 7b Giffen .............. 0 P, G. M’Shane, 1b w, b Caterer.................... 32 b Rundell................ 22 P. Lewis, c Watling, b G iffen......................65 b Rundell .. .. .. 13 W. Vint, b Giffen .. .. 0 b Giffen .............. 4 J. Lawlor, cand b Giffen 0 notout .............. 8 W. Tobin, c Lyons, b G iffen....................... 2 b Rundell . ^ .. .. 0 G.Browning, c M’Konzie, b Rundell .. .. .. 2 c Chittleborough, b Giffen .............1 J. Barrett, not out .. 6 c Noel, b Giffen .. 10 S.Morris,c King, b Giffen 7 o Chittleborougb., b Giffen .............2 B .........................5 B ............. 2 Total...............169 Total . . . . 82 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S outh A ustralia . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. M. W, B. R. M. W. Browning 82 9 1 0 ................ 28 15 1 0 M’Shane.. 32 13 2 0 .................................. 82 943 Tobin.. 7217 10 2 ................ 40 20 3 1 Morris 12866 7 2 ................ 24 19 2 0 Barrett 8881 105 ...................128 49 16 6 Bruce .. 11237 18 1 ............. . 76 88 7 0 Browning bowled one wide. Barrett and Morris each bowled a no-ball. V ictoria . Second Innings. B. R. M. W. .. .. 127 49 10 .. .. 124 81 13 5 First Innings. B. R. M. W. Giffen .. 200 87 16 5 Rundell 68 10 11 1 Kemp .. 8 9 0 0 Noel .. 02 17 1 0 Caterer.. 124 42 15 1 Lyons .. 33 19 4 1 Rundell bowled a no-ball. The following will show theresults of matches played between Victoria and South Australia :— Winning No, Date. Where played. side.Won by 1* Nov., 1874 Adelaide Victoria 15 runs 2* Feb., 1876 Adelaide S. A. t inn. & 70 3 Nov., 1883 Melbourne Victoria 7 wkts. 4 April, 1881 Adelaide Victoria 151 runs 5Mar., 1882 Adelaide S.A. 32 runs 6 Mar., 1888 Melbourne Victoria 1inn.& 93 7 Feb., 1884 Adelaide Victoria 4 wkts. 8 Jan., 1885 Melbourne S.A. 53 runs *On each of these occasions a Victorian Eleven played a South Australian Eighteen. TONBRIDGE SCHOOL. May 9, at Tonbridge, v. Revellers May 16, at Tonbridge, v. Town May 30, at Tonbridge, v. Surbiton June 6, at Tonbridge, v. M.C-C. June 13, at Tonbridge, v. Marlborough Blues June 24, at Tonbridge, v. Lancing College June 27, at Dulwich, v. Dulwich College July 1, 2, at Tonbridge, Past v. Present July 4, at Tonbridge, v. Brighton College STAR CLUB. May 6, at Kennington Oval, v. Surrey Club and Ground May 14, at Priory Farm, v. Grove June 4 at Orpington, v. Crays and Orpington June 11, at Priory Farm, v. Lower Clapton June 18, at Priory Farm, v. Stormont June 25, at Priory Farm, v. Trafalgar July 2, at Priory Farm, v. Columbia July 9, at Priory Farm, v. Crays and Orpington July 16. at Priory Farm, v. Orpheus July 23, at Dulwich, v. Grove Aug. 27, at Priory Farm, v. Orpheus Sept. 10, at Priory Farm, v. Brixton Wanderers Sept. 26, Athletic Meeting George. Wm. Largen, Hon. Sec., 74, Gellatly Road Peckham, S.E. CLIFTON COLLEGE. May 14, at Clifton, v. Knole Park May 23, at Clifton, v. Clifton Club May 27, 28, at Clifton, v. Liverpool Club Juno 9, at Clifton, v. Oriel Coll., Oxford June 19, 20, at Clifton, v. Old Cliftonians June 24, 25, at Cheltenham, v. Cheltenham Coll. July 3, 4, at Clifton, v. M.C.C. and G. July 10, 11, at Clifton, v. Sherborne School July 27,28, at Lord’s, v. M.C.C. & G. FREE FORESTERS. May 25, 26, at Woolwich, v. Royal Artillery May 80, at E?her, v. Esher June 6, at Wellington, v. Wellington College June 10, at Elstree, v. Elstree School June 12,13, at Horsham, v. Horsham June 13, at Eton, v. Eton College June 18, at Bucknall’s, Watford, v. C. J. Hegan’s XI June 20, at Crookham, v. The Moors June 22, 28, at St. Cross, Winchester, v. Green Jackets June 24, 25, at Weybridge, v. Oatlands Park June 26, 27, at Shoeburyness, v. School of Gunnery July 4, at Henley, v. Henley July 6, 7, at Rugby, v. Rugby School July 7, 8, at Longwood, v. Lord Northesk’s XI. July 15,16, at Abbott’s Langley, v. Abbott’s Langley July 18, at Woolwich, v. R.M. Academy July 21,22, at Aigburth, Liverpool, v. Liverpool Club July 24,25, at Manchester, v, Eccles Club July 27, 28, at Cheltenham, v. East Gloucestershire July 29, 30, at Ludlow, v. Ludlow July 31,Aut?. 1, at Reigate, v. Rev. Churchill’s XI. July 31,Aug. 1, at Kuighton, v. Radnorshire Aug. 6, 7, at Hitchin, v. Gents of Herts Aug. 17,18, at Middleton, Bicester, v. Lord Jersey’s XI Aug. 19, 20, at Banbury, v. Deddington Club Aug. 25, at Shepperton, v. E. Rutter’s XI. Aug. 26, 27, at Aldershot, v. Division Aug. 28,29, at Chatham, v. Royal Engineers Next issue of Cricket April 16,