Cricket 1885

424 CR ICKET ; A W E EK LY RECORD OF THE GAME . sept. 24 , ins. PHOTOGRAPHS of EMINENT CRICKETERS- M essrs. W r ig h t & Co. of 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London, E.O., have pleasure in submit­ ting the following list of Photographs of Eminent Cricketers D r . W. G . G ra ce . G rim shaw . M r . A. N. H o rn b y . H u n t e r . M b . J. S hu te * . P e e l . M b . W. W. E e a d . E m m ett. M b. \T. K. R o l l e r . A. Shaw. M b . F. M. L u ca s. A. S h r e w s b u r y . M r . W . H . P atterso n .T he F our H e a r s e s . M r . W . N ew ham . B ablow . M b . W. R. G il b e r t . P i l l i n g . U l t e t t . W a tson . P e ate . H a l l . B a te s . R . T homs (XJmpier). M b. W y i t t , P h illip s , H u m p h reys (grou p ,) M. P . and F. M. L u ca s (g ro u p .) Splendid Pictures , 12 X 10 inches , 5s. each ; Three jor 12s, post free; a lo groups of most of the County Elevens, 3«. 6d. each. 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Alpha, Office of C ricket , 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London, E.C. CRICKET : A WEEKLY SEOOBD OF THE GAME. 41 8T. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1885. AN SW ERS to CORRESPONDENTS A. C larke . —1. There is no book .ontaining all scores for last fiftaen years. 2 . It appeared in 1882. 3 . It is out of print, - ^ i : P ^ V m i 0 j \ : 6 B g ^ I P : i ^ The abstract and briefchronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T he following incident occurred in a recent match between two leading South London clubs. The case which seems to have given rise to a diversity of opinion has been referred to me and as it was one of some interest, I have thought it well to get two of the very best opinions, which I have appended. Question .—A batsman (A) has a substitute (B) to run for him. The latter (B) is at bowler’s end, while batsman (A) is by the umpire at the striker’s wicket. The other batsman (C) plays a ball to short leg, who seeing batsman A standing outside the crease at striker’s wicket, throws and knocks the wicket down. Umpire gives batsman A out. Was he right ? Answer No. 1. (Mr. H. Perkins, Secretary of the Marylebone Club).—No, the umpire was clearly wrong. When a batsman who has a substitute to run for him is not batting, he must stand in the place where he causes least inconvenience to the outside, but not necessarily within the crease. When not batting he is a nonentity. Answer No. 52. (R. Thoms).—No, when the batsman retires to stand by the umpire, he is legally done with the game in this instance until he again takes up his position to bat. T he English Amateurs now in America hav£ not been allowed to complete their tour with an unbroken record. The chief fixture on their programmewas, of course, thatagainst the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, and unless the cablegrams should prove to beincorrect, whichisnot likely, though the Englishmen tried hard to make a draw, their Philadelphian opponents were able to claim a very creditable victory by 108 runs. T hough no one on this side can have the slightest desire to extenuate the defeat of the English team, it seems as if they had been obliged to play at a great disadvantage in the absence of Mr. Roller. The Surrey amateur, who has been singularly unlucky in the way of accidents of late, sprained a muscle in his arm badly on the second day of the match against Ontario at Toronto a fewdays before, and if the reports in the American papers are reliable, was hardly likely to be able to help again during the rest of the tour. The loss of beyond a doubt their best all-round cricketer must of course had a very prejudicial effect on the prospects of the visiting twelve, and,, indeed, Mr. Boiler’s presence, it is only reasonable to urge, might have altered the result. T o - day , unless the programme should have been altered, the Englishmen are to commence a three- days match against United Philadel­ phia, at Nicetown. This ■will not be as originally intended, their last appearance, as onMonday and Tues­ day next they are to oppose aselected Fifteen of NewEngland on the ground and under the auspices of the Long- wood Club at Boston. The prepara­ tion of the ground, so I learn, had been entrusted to George Wright, who I take to be the well-known base- baller, who visited England some years ago with the Philadelphian and Boston players. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t writes me that the following had been selected to [represent the Fifteen, which had not been completed at the time the mail left.—George Wright, L. Mansfield, C. L. Bixby, 0. A. Browne, L. Curtis, and Chambers, professional of the Longwood Club ; O’Hair, of the Boston Club; Hindle, of the Fall River Club; Leach, of the North End Club of Fall Biver, Mass.: Thorpe, of the Albion Club of Highlandville, and Hampshire, of the Ashton Club of Ashton, B. I. T he batting averages of the Beckenham Club, which appeared in C r ic k e t of last week, showed some exceptionally fine figures to the credit of Mr. jjjeslie Wilson, the well-known Kent cricketer. The statistics of the Royal Military Academy Club, too, in another part of this paper, include a very excellent performance by a young Surrey amateur. Mr. A. P. Douglas, who was a member of the Next Issue October 29