Cricket 1885

404 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. nov .26, was. Stokes Bay, near Gosport, was the scene of Mr. Woolgar’s debut , 70 years ago. It is a charming spot, facing the Isle of Wight, and the parishioners played on the green close to the Bectory on Sunday evenings ; and here, when a boy, he played as substi­ tute for an absent mate, and was placed as “ bat’s-end,” as point was always called, and distinguished himself, and became a regular mate, having caught out a celebrated hero on the opponents’ side, taking the ball almost off his bat. At Winchester, point was always called “ off bat,” until the introduction of cricket guides, Ac , set the fashion of uniform practice, and “ point” was substituted for “ off bat.” “ Tue most marvellous catch I ever saw,” writes Mr. Woolgar, “ was at Stokes Bay, when a player by the name of Jurd, a gardener at the Rectory, was playing ‘ long field,’ who, when a tremendous skyer was hit, rightly judging its fall, made a desperate running jump across a stream, and arrived in time to get under the ball, and caught it." The reader may remember that Mr. Pycroft records a similar catch made by an officer in the Phoenix Park, who jumped some railings, and actually caught the ball when in the air in transit. This Jurd was a favourite, and a good “ all round man,” though small of stature, and, when he made a good hit, the Hampshire lads of the village would roar in their broad dialect: “ Goo along, Jurd ; run for a week; they’ll never live to fetch ye wboam.” Jurd was a rare trencherman, and possibly a little over eager to t»ke thought for to-morrow, so to say. At a cricket dinner, some mashed potatoes were browned and “ crimped” into patterns tastily in small cakes. They caught Jurd’s eye ,and he somewhat greedily deposit: d one or two alongside his plate, ready for his second innings when he had done with his meat, thinking they were pastry—which was Jurd’s weakness. Like the fat boy in “ Pickwick ” overa pork pie, he took a loving bite, and, exploding with a mouthful of what he had hoped to be a jam pie, blurted out: “ Well, I’m d----- d, if this ’ere ain’t tearturs arter all 1” During Mr. Woolgar’s long stage career, which commenced about sixty-five years ago, when on the country theatrical circuits, he never missed a chance of playing cricket and mixing with cricketers, which practice, beyond the pleasure which it gave him, was very useful when be took a benefit, and he mixed with tome of the greatest men of the land ; and now, in his eighty-fifth year, he is quite as keen at it as the writer of this paper. He remarks, with much truth, that it strikes him that modern practice, so called, is more a pastime than a study of the science of the game; and that, pending a match when a man is out, the good old custom of throwing and catching, which was part of the regular drill during a match, is almost wholly dis continued. He is by no means a rampant laudator tcmporis acti, and fully admits the existence of the cricket of the modern day, though he maintains, what I perfectly believe, that the cricketers of the past made fielding, throwing, and catching a constant study, which brought it to very great per­ fection, and they worked hard to acquire the greatest excellence, and felt that the match depended on the unselfish exertion of each for the common good, and that individual excellence was thought much less of than victory—and Mr. Woolgar is not far wrong. He assured me that the straight bat was very carelully studied, and thought as much of as now, and that wicket-keeper and^long stop between them were very loth to give away a bye. Though some of the bowling was excessively quick, and the fielding ground behind the wicket was not prepared as now. There never was a man with a better memory; in proof whereof, after a very long talk about the noble game of the past and present, he gave us, in a voice which would fill a theatre now, an admirable representa tion of the late Edmund Kean in a very long long part of one of Shakespeare’s plays, with­ out hesitation, and absolutely every word perfect. And Iso concluded one of the pleasantest evenings which I have passed for many a long day. When an old gentleman is the repre sentative of the third generation of a family who were born and bred either at or in the neighbourhood of Hambledon, and well acquainted by oral information conveyed by father to son of many particulars which are unrecorded in books of the game, I thought it worth while to put on paper a record of what is a family tradition ; and family traditions which depend on “ I heard my father say”—or “ My father told me that my grandfather told him, &c., &a .”— generally have a solid foundation of truth, particularly when the family had pretty much the same local surroundings. Impressions made in younger days never wear off. I remember the first grand match I ever saw, “ Kent and Nottingham,” at Town Mailing, in 1837, much better than one out of many matches last year, and early memories are the truest. If any one has never had experience before any tribunal about old boundaries, old rights, &c., he would bo surprised, on his first experience, to see how eager the most astute judges and lawyers are to catch up the words of old village patriarchs who “ mind the time when, &<s . ; ” and how telling is the evidence when two or three of these old patriarchs agree as to matters of fact. F. G. LENNOX CLUB. Matches played 24, won 10, lost 4, drawn 10. BATTING AVERAGES. A. G. Booty .. 7 W .M . Douglas 13 J.Rimmington 19 T. S. Tregellas 24 R. Heasman.. 4 B.W.Heasman 21 j. Smith .. 4 0. P. Tregellas 18 G. V. Lambe.. 16 R. E. Mayo .. 12 F 8 . Mayo . • 9 R. Nevill .. 13 T. E. Marshall 13 W . V. Goad .. 13 J. H. Farrer.. 12 J. Eeson .. 8 F. G. Hodsoll 3 Tbe following plaved in two innings only:—F.Dore, 2, 8 , J. Allan, 0, 4, F- Ainsworth. 0, 2. The following played in one innings o n ly S . Wood, 0, Armitsge, 0 *. * Signifies not out. Times Most in not out Buns an Inns. Aver. . 1 .. 114 .. 52* .. 19 . 1 .. 214 .. 75* .. 17 10 . 2 .. 278 .. 65 .. 1 H .6 . 3 .. 827 .. 70 .. 15.12 . 0 .. 53 .. 42 .. 13.1 . 3 .. 186 .. f 3* .. 10.6 . 1 .. 28 .. 35* .. 9 1 . 4 .. 124 .. 48 .. 8.12 . 1 .. 123 .. 24 .. 8.3 . 0 .. 77 . . 31 .. 6.5 . 0 .. 54 .. 23 6 . 1 .. 71 .. 19* .. 5 11 . 5 .. 86 .. 8 * .. 4.4 . 5 .. 86 .. 11 * .. 4.4 . 8 .. 40 .. 11 .. 4.4 . 0 .. 30 .. 14 .. 8.6 . 1 .. 5 .. 3* .. 2.1 BOWLING ANALYSIS. R. E Mayo F. Dore.. W . M. Douglas C. P. Tregellas B. W. Heasman A. G. Booty R. Nevill Hodsoll. Overs Mdns. Runs W kts. Aver. , 35 .. 8 . . ?7 .. 13 . . 5.12 i 316 .. 112 . .5 1 8 .. 83 . . 6.20 i 221 .. 47 . . 491 .. 62 . . 7.57 . 37 .. 11 . . 67 .. 8 . . 8.3 » 8 < .. 9 . . 91 .. 8 . . 11 4 i 56 .. 12 . .155 .. 12 . 12.11 i 52 .. 12 . . £5 .. 6 ... 14.1 31 .. 8 . . 82 .. 5 ... 16.2 27 .. 6 . . 52 .. 1 ., , 52 bowledin one innings only- R . Hoas- be, F. S. M lyo, J. Smith, an I F. G # HENDON CLUB. Matches played 15, won 7, lost 1, drawn 7. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inn p . not out Runs an Inns. Aver. J. G. Ferns .. 10 . . 0 .. 397 . 138 .. 82.7 C. H. Page .. 15 . 2 .. 823 . 73 .. 24.8 H. Tyers 7 . 4 .. 74 . 29* .. 24.7 H.W. Macdcna 11 . . 0 .. 251 . . 76 .. 22.8 II. Munday .. 5 . . 0 .. l f 8 . . 50 .. 21.6 T. A. Fison .. 14 . 1 .. 275 . . 101 .. 21 2 J. Grnwse .. 4 . . 1 .. 59 . . 88 .. 19.7 H. E. Langton 13 . . 2 .. 150 . . 63 .. 13.6 G.Qurk 13 . . 0 .. 1«0 . . 48 .. 128 T. Mackintosh 6 . 2 .. 39 . . 8 * .. 9.8 W. G. Dickson 4 . 1 .. 18 . . 23 .. 9.8 F. W. Andrew 10 . 0 .. f 8 . . 26 .. 8.8 G. E. Waller '6 • 0 .. 46 . - 23 .. 7.7 J. Woolley .. 6 . . 8 .. 19 . . 10 * .. 6.8 G. Hannaford*5*,4 . : i .. 8 . . 4 .. 2.7 T. P. Stevens* 4 . 0 . . 7 . 3 . . J .8 The following played in Tees then 4 innings—H. Andrew. 5. 2. 1 : W. M. Playford. 2, 13, 7 ; 8 . Thomp­ son. 0, 8 , fi*; F. Tootcll, 2, 4 ; A. 8 . Johnston, 56; R H. Fieon.’ lO. * Signifies not out. 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