Cricket 1885

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The six numbers will be forwarded im­ mediately on publication for Is. 3d., to be sent to Mb. W. R. W right . Manager of C ricket , at this office, 41, St, Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E .C . CRICKET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41 8T. ANDREW’8 HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1885. AN SW ERS to CORRESPONDENTS R. S later .— 1. Out of print. 2. Bl'iggs appeared in the issne of Feb. 26, 1&5, which is still to be had. 8. All three played for Oxford. T.H.—Spofforih has been a member cf each cf the Four Ausirslian Teamn. M..T. F le t c h e r (Brighton). — There isno date to match. C.E.P ledoer .—1. The ballmustpitchstraightbetween wicket and wicket. 2. Out. 8. Not out. C. J. B e n n e t t — 1. Certainly. 2. Yes. 3. If he strikes at the ball. 4, Notts. f>. He has played in most of the matches 6. Henderson has not played owing to ill health. Messrs. Key and Roller have played. II. M o n tr o s e (Huil).—1. Grundy, Wisden, Hayward, Caffyn, Parr, Caesar,Diver, John Lillywhite, Lockyer, H. H. Stephenson, Jackson and Carpenter. 2. R, A. Fitzgerald, W. G. Grace, A. Lubbock, A. N. Hornby, A. Appleby,Hon. G. (now Lord) Harris, W.H. Hadow, C. J. Ottaway, C. K. Francis, F. F. N. Pickering, W. M . Roso and E. Lubbock. .3. Willsher’s Team in 1868, Daft’s Team and Gentlemen of Ireland in 1879. Shaw’s Team played some matches in America in 1881 on their way to Australia. P a u l H an sen .— Rule 32 says—“ The striker being caughtno run shall be scored.” - > $ P 7 I Y m i 0 ] S v G ^ I P ^ The abstract and briefehronicleo! the time,— Ham let To judge by tlie statistics which appear in another part of the paper, the Blackheath Morden Club seems to be bent on maintaining the reputation it has always enjoyed for effective bowling. It may not be generally known that the Morden is about to remove from the heath whose name it bears to the enclosure at Charlton, loved of and known to Bugby foot­ ballers as the Rectory Field. That ground is to be laid during the present autumn by G. G. Hearne for cricket purposes, and, for one, I heartily wish the members of the Morden Club many seasons as successful as that just over. T h is is how the reporter of the New York Herald describes the delivery of Mr. A . J. Thornton, who, in a previous issue of the same paper, is spoken of as “ the great Kentish lob bowler.” “ His style,” says the critic of the Herald, “ is most peculiar. He takes a long run, doubles himself as if he had the cramps, and the ball squirms slowly into the air.” This is indeed realistic. How a little of this style would relieve tho wearisome monotony of our cricket reports. “ Squirms slowly into the air ” is delicious. A ccordin g to all accounts, though, Mr. Sanders, “ Parson Thornton,” as the Herald terms the captain, and tho rest of the team seem to be having a jolly time of it. Their reception, as far as one can judge from the news­ paper reports which have reached me, appears to have been of the warmest on all sides. Even the “ Adriatic,” the steamer which carried them out, was not insensible to the compliment paid her in having such passengers, and celebrated the occasion in appro­ priate fashion by making her fastest trip on record. T h e team have been a little dis­ appointed by the abandonment of the match at Chicago, the second on their programme. The ground in that city, it is said, is such a poor one that the local authorities deemed it advisable to give up the fixture. The Peninsular Club at Detroit, however, at once took up the vacant dates (September 5 and 7), and, as far as I can see, the other matches will be as follow :— Sept. 9,10, 11, in Ontario v. Ontario. Sept. 14, 15, at Montreal v. Montreal. Sept. 17, 18, 19, at Philadelphia v. Gentle­ men of Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 22, 23, at New York v. New York. Sept. 24, 25, 26, at Philadelphia v. Uiited Philadelphia. Sept. 28, 29, at Boston v. Longwood Club. Unless the programme should be altered the team are to leave on the first of next month, returning, as they went, in the “ Adriatic.” T o-day, if the original arrangements are carried out, the English cricketers are to meet our right good cricket friends, the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, who spent some weeks here last sum-