Cricket 1885

S e p t . i? , 1885, CRiOKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 409 mer, as all C r ic k e t readers will remember. The New York Tribune states that Hazen Brown and J. M. Fox will be the absentees on the Philadelphian side, and the eleven to oppose the Englishmen will be as follows:— H. MacNutt, F. E . Brew­ ster, E . W . Clark, juu., C. A. New- liall and B. S, Newhall, of the Young America; W . C. Morgan, jun. and W il iam Brown, jun., of the German­ town ; John B . Thayer, jun., S. Law and W . C. Lowry of the Merion, and J. A. Scott and D. P, Stoever of the Belmont. S urrey cricket seems to have found a generous critic in our old friend Punch to judge by the following lines in last week’s paper— A t th e T op of the (W illow ) T r e e . Oh, Yorkshire and Lancashire both are big pots, But Cricket’s top honours again go to Notts. Surrey, who hoped with iti record to vie, Found it one o{ those Notts very few can e’er tie. Well, Surrey showed pluck, So here’ s wishing her luck, A’ld first place when next Season’s last wickets are struck. It would be well if we could all settle our little differences with respect to County status as tersely as Mr. P. A W imbledon correspondent sug­ gests that the fairest plan in esti­ mating the positions of the various first-class counties would be to judge by the proportion of matches won to matches concluded. In this case the order for 1885 would be : Won. Lost. 1. Notts .. .. G .. 1 i.e. 6-7 ?. Yorkshire .. 7 .. 2 i.e. 7-9 3. ( Surrey .. 8 ( Lancashii e .. 6 5. Kent .. .. 4 (i. Gloucester .. 4 7. Middlesex .. 2 8. Sussex .. .. 2 9. Derbyshire .. 1 3 !**• 2 3 3 ie. 4-7 7 i e . 4-11 7 i.e. 2-9 8 i.e. 1-5 5 i e. 1-6 T h e editor of the New York Tribune does not seem to have been particu­ larly impressed by the opening match of tho English team in New York, to judge by the appended leaderette on the morning following the conclusion of the game. The New York verdict in regard to cricket has always been that it is “ slow sport,” and although much interest has been shown in tho contest on Staten Island between the English and the American players, nothing hns occurred to change the public's opinion. These players worked faithfully for two days from an hour before noon until dark, and then the game had to be called a “ draw ’’ becaupe there was no time to finish it in. Th s is really rather too much of a good thing. Yet it was “ pretty cricket,” and the American eleven (which have, by the way, not more than four Americans among them) played well, even if they were 201 runs behind when the game stopped. The sport would have bean livelier if the ball had been handled by the pitchers of the New York or Chicago base-ball nines—at least that is what the crowd generally remarked. T h is is how the New York Herald describes the arrival of the English cricketers in New York. “ While the gang planks were being swung a short man, with a pair of black-rimmed eyeglasses on his nose, poked his head over the side of the- ship and beamed upon Mr. Cyril Wilson, of the Staten Island Club, who was looming up above the crowd on the dock. The short man was Parson Thornton, captain of the visiting team. Behind him stood Mr. E . J. Sanders, the manager of the team, and strung along the railing were the rest of the famous players.” Some of the Herald's expressions sound very quaint. The team went to the Staten Island grounds “ to shake the kinks out of their sea legs.” In the first match the light was the best on tap. “ The Staten Islanders began to locate themselves over the green cricket platform.” “ Newton had five chances to stump the unwary batsmen, and he connected every time.” T h e announcement of Mr. A. P. Lucas’ wedding on Tuesday last will be read with interest by cricketers, with whom the old Uppingliamian is a great favourite. The event which was celebrated at St. John’s Church, Lewes, attracted a large gathering of friends and visitors. The ceremony, which was fully choral, was performed by the Rector of the Parish, the Bev. A. P. Perfect, assisted by the Bev. Arthur Lucas, a cousin of the bride­ groom. The bride was Miss Bessie Lucraft, third daughter of Captain Lucraft, R.N., Governor of the Royal Naval Prison at Lewes, and Mr. Herbert Whitfeld, another Zingaro, who captained the Sussex eleven so ably last year, was Mr. Lucas’ best man. It has been my fortune to have seen a good deal of Mr. Lucas of late years, and I am sure I am expressing the sentiment of every C r ic k e t reader in wishing his wife and him long life and happiness. I believe they leave England in the Orient steamer, “ L i­ guria,” in a few days for Australia for a trip. I n last week’s “ Gossip” I mentioned a match in which Walter Wright beat an eleven at Nottingham recently. As I had no details at the time, the following particulars, taken from last Saturday’s Nottingham Guardian, will be interesting. “ The game was played on Monday Week, Wright challenging eleven frequenters of his house (“ The Nag's Head Inn ” ) to a game at single wicket, the only assistance he asked for being the services of one fielder. The match took place on the Meadows ground, in the presence of a laige number of spectators. The eleven won the toss, but as the wicket was very, .dead, they sent Wright in. Despite the number of fielders out against him, the pro­ fessional was not dismissed until he had scored 61 runs, among his hits being one 5, and ten 2's. The eleven fared badly against Wright’s fast ones, two batsmen alone scoring 3 runs each— grand total 6. Following their innings, they were again dis­ missed for half a dozen runs. Wright winning by one innings with 55 runs to spare. He took four wickets in the first innings with consecutive balls, and five wickets in six balls in the second innings.” I t will be of interest to C ricket readers to know that next Thursday’s issue will be the last of the weekly summer numbers for this year. C ricket will bo published as hitherto during the winter on the last Thurs­ day of the month, and I am not, I hope, going outside my province in referring those who are desirous of arranging for the six monthlies to appear during the coming winter to an announcement on the subject at the head of this budget of “ Gossip.” BUCKHURST HILL v. MONKHAMS. Played at Buckhurst Hill on September 9. B u c k h u r s t H i l l . G. Palmer, b Martin.. 0 M. Wallace, run out.. 43 F. Thorowgood, b Martin ............. 8 R. L. Allport, o and b Martin .................. 3 R. W, Muir, c Dent, b C arr..........................7 W. W. Tween,b-Martin 16 H. Palmer, c and b Martin ..................9 M onkhams Fir.t Inuings. A. C. Dent, b Wallace.. . . 1 T.Carr, b G. Palmer .. . . 1 4 W. Kemsley, b Wallace .. 5 H. H. Tween, c sub, b Bar- well ...................................34 E. Shove, c and b Wallace 0 G. Maitin, c Allport, b Wallace .......................... 2 W. J. Lloyd, c BonS, b Kemsley .. .. 23 W. J.Philips, b Martin 15 T. 8. Barwell, not out 4 W . Topham,c A.Kem- sley, b Martin.. .. 2 B 3, w 1 .. .. 4 Total ..137 Second Innings, b Wallace .. .. 0 b Wallaco .. . . 1 3 c Lloyd, b Tween 11 c and b Wallace 0 b Wallace .. .. U A. Kemsley, b Wallace F. Keysell. run out W. J. Gard, b Barwell.. A. Bond, b H, Palmer.. H. Webster, not out .. 'B ........................... Total 0 8 14 0 ► 0 8 10 c Barwell, b G. Palmer .. .. b Wallace .. .. b Wallace .. .. b Wallace .. .. not oat.................. b Tween .. .. B 8, lb l .. Total .. 48