Cricket 1885

2 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME, jan, 29 , 1885 . thoroughly recovered, find, he was through­ out invaluable to the Surrey eleven by reason of his real’ly good all-round cricket. How heartily and loyally he identified himself with county cricket may be judged from the fact that he played in all the twenty-four matches in the Surrey pro­ gramme of 1883. His best feat of bowling was against Notts, at Nottingham, when he delivered 39 overs for 27 runs and 5 wickets, though on several other occasions he was of great service with the ball. 11was, however, his batting which eliiefly established his fame in 1883, and some of his performances were much above the average. 11is highest score wnk his 112 against Kent at the Oval, and a firm display of cricket it was, with only two cbancej, the first when he had got 20, the second at 110. Against Notts, too, at the Oval, he scored 81 out of 114. His hitting on this occasion, as many will re­ member, was of the most brilliant kind, and among his figures, in addition to thirteen fours, was a mighty heave from Flowers over the covered stand for six. The performance, though, which he would himself recall with most satisfaction was his second innings in the return with Lancashire, at the Oval on Aug. 24. Surrey went in a second time with 234 to win, and had got 122 of these for tho loss of seven wickets. Things looked quite hopeless for them at this point, and when Mr. Key joined Mr. Boiler 112 were still wanted with only Barratt and Mr. Horner to follow. These two amateurs, though, played up so pluckily that 56, exactly one- half of the number wanted, were made be- iyre the close of the second day, and the resKwer'e'gsd vriJ&ojjt si mistake on the third morning: as good a performance as was recorded during the season. Last summer Mr. Holler was not in the best of health, and on the whole did not show to quite the same advantage as in 1883. On several occasions, though, he came off very well with both bat and ball. At the Oval against Middlesex, he took four wickets for 44 runs, and against Leicestershire at Leicester was oven more successful, his eight wickets only costing 34 runs. The stand he made with Mr. Shuter at Derby in the first innings against Derbyshire was of the greatest assistance, and, indeed, had much to do in changing the aspect of the match, which had previously looked anything but favour­ able for his side. His best show, though, with the bat last year was against Hants at Southampton. On this occasion Mr. Shuter and he showed some of the cleanest hitting ever seen on the Antelope Ground, and while they were together the score was increased by 200 runs. Mr. Boiler is a good bat, garticulai'y against fast bowling. He IS possessed’ of considerable patience with, in addition, plenty of hitting powers, which, when set, he uses to tho greatest advantage. He is a right-handed medium pace bowler, with a break mostly from the off, and, as his delivery is high, takes a lot of playing w h en the wicket helps at all. He is a fair field, showing perhaps to th e best advan­ tage at extra imd-off. In other branches of a th le tics he has a lso shown h im ?elf an adept. W h ile at Cambridge he played h a lf-b a ck for Iris C ollege, and recentlyproved o f great ser­ vice to the Association team of the Clapham Kover3, acquitting himself w ith great credit in th e responsible position of goal-keeper. Mr.Boiler has also won more than one Handi­ cap in connection with the Surrey Swimming Club, and is, indeed, a keen follower of most of our out-door sports. It may be i dded that he has been considerably handi­ capped during his cricket career in having a loose cartilage in his right knee which has occasionally seriously interfered with his active pursuit of the game. Our portrait is from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company. CR ICK E T IN HONG KONG . The following matches have been played this year on the pleasant little cricket ground at Hong Kong. By local rules, every match is decided by the first innings, if not played out in two afternoons. FIRST XII. v. NEXT XXVI. Played on October 4 and 6. Won by (fhe XII. by 19 runs on first innings. Mr. H. G.Bice.D.A.C.G. c Wallace, b Wood .. 6 Mr. R. C. Hodder, R. N. b Smith ..................0 Liout. G. V. Dauglish (The Buffs) c Pike, b S m ith ..........................0 Mr. E.J. Coxon, b W ood 1 Liout. V. T. Bunbury, (The BuffV) not out 49 Mr. F. H. 0. Wilson, run out ..................11 Lieut. G. G. H. D’Aoth, (The Buffs) c Stokes, b Smith ..................0 Lieut. H.Sfc.D.Jarrett, (The Buffs) b Pike.. ] ftjr. C. S.Barff, bWood Mr. F. S. C. Hare, D.A..C.G., b Pike .. Mr. J. C. C. Hendry, c Tripp, b Stokes .. Mr. W. H. F. Darby, 8t Foss, b Stokes .. B 1, w 4, n b 1 Total ,, < The XXVI. scored 80 and 133. H.K.C.C. v. RACQUET COURT. Played on October 10 & 11. H.K.C.C. won by 28 runs on first innings. Racquet Court had 5 wickets down and 59 to get. H.K.C.C. First Innings. Lieut. G. Y. Dauglish (Tho Buffs) c Bunbury, b Rice 4 Mr. J. C. C.Hendry, c Stuart, b R ic e ..................................17 Capt. Gordon, (The Buffs) c D’Aeth, b Coxon .. .. 31 Mr. G. Grimble, b Rice .. 13 Mr. R. C. Hodder, R.N., b L lo y d ..................................24 Mr. G. S. Coxon, run out.. 7 Mr. F. H. O. Wilson, c Bun­ bury, b C o x o n ..................11 Mr. H. Foss, c Coxon, b L lo y d ..................................4 M--.Y. A. C. Hawkins, not out 7 Mr.'W. Watson-Pike, A.M.D. b Coxon .......................... Mr. E. R. Wood, c and b C ox on .................................. Extras .......................... Sccond Innings. c D’Acth, b Rico 4 b Lloyd .. .. 20 c Lloyd, b Stuart 11 b Coxon .. .. 7 b Stuart b Rice .. 44 c Hare, b Rice .. 3 notout..................4 st D’Aeth,b Coxon 8 2 b Coxon c Stokes, b Coxon 1 Extras .. .. 11 Total ..130 Total ..117 R acquet C ourt . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. H. G. Rice, D.A.C.G., c Pike, b W ilson ..................12 not out.....................6 Lieut. C. B. Vyvyan (The Buffs) run o u t ..................1 Lieut. C. P. Lloyd (Tho Buffs) b Grimblo .. ..2 8 b Hendry .. 0 Mr. F. S. C. Hare, D.A.C.G., b Wilson .. ..................3 Rt Coxon, b Wilson 5 Mr. E. .T. Coxou, b Wilson 9 b Hendry .. ..3 5 Lieut. V. T. Bunbury (The Buffs), re tire d ..................S Lieut. G. G. H. D’Arth (Tho Buffs), 1b w, b W ilson .. 0 b Hendry .. ..1 6 Mr. H. H. Taylor, b Wilson 1G Mr. W.H.F.Darby, 8t Coxon, b W ils o n ..........................6 Mr. C. U. Stuart, c sub, b Handry ..........................8 not out.......................3 Mr. 'A. G. Stokes, not o u t.. l b Wilson .. .. 12 Extras ..........................10 E xtras.. .. 10 Total .1UJ Total .. 87 “ LONGS” ( over 5 ft . 10 in .) v . “ SHORTS.” Played on October 17 and 18. “ Longs ’’ won by 28 runs on the first innings, and had 144 to get in the second, with nine wickets to go down. S horts . First Innings. Lieut. C. P. Lloyd, c Vernon, b Smith ..........................25 c Rice, b Hendry 12 Mr. F. S. C. Hare (D.A.C.G.) b Stuart ..........................£ Mr. H. H. Taylor, b Stuart 19 Lieut. G. G. H. D’Aeth, run out .................................. Second Innings. ftHendry,bBowles 14 cHendry, b Bowles 0 Mr. E. J. Coxon, c Ycrnon, b H en d ry ..........................! Capt. Gordon, c Stokes, b Stuart......................... .. 2 Lieut. J. H. Plumbe, b Rice 6 Mr. E. Mackean, b Hendry 0 Mr. W . H. F. Darby, absent 0 Capt. Brackenbury, absent .. 0 Lieut. C. B. Vyvyan, b Rice 0 Lieut. N. H. Vertue, not out 1 Extras ..........................13 c Cochrane, bHen- d r y ..................47 c sub., b Bowles.. 83 not out..................Is run out..................o 0 3 0 0 4 25 b Hendry c Cottell,b Bowles c Scewart, b Rico b Hendry .. b Hendry .. Extras .. Total Mr. H. G. Rico,c Darby, b Plum be.................. Mr. J, C. C. Hendry, b . ..126 L ongs . First Innings. Total.. ..209 15 Plumbe .................. Mr. C. U, Stuart, b Plumbe .................. Dr. W. Watson-Pike, c Coxon, b Darby Mr. A. G. Stokes, b Plumbe .................. Mr. J. Y. V. Vernon, b Darby......................... 3 Mr. A. G. Smith, c and b Coxon .................. 3 10 15 Major W. F. D. Coch­ rane, c D’Aeth, b Darby ..................13 Mr. G. Stewart, b Lloyd ..................27 Mr. C. E. Bowles, run out............. .. Dr. A. B. Cottell, not o u t ................................ Lieut. A. M. B. Gage, h w, b Coxon .. .. 0 E xtras..................7 Total ,.154 In the Second Inning* H. G. Rice scored (not out) 15, J. C. C. Hendry, b Coxon, 18, C. U. Stuart (not out) 5—Total 38. ; PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. THE WORLD. Played on October 24 and 25. Won by the World by 12 runs and an innings. P ublic S chools . Second Innings. 2 c Gamble, b Barff 2 not out.................. 4 run out.................. 2 c and b E. Coxon 3 runout.................. First Innings. Lieut. G. G. H. D’Acth (Harrow), b Barff .. Lieut. N. H.Vertue (Clifton), b Barff................................. Capt. Gordon (Harrow), b B a r f f ................................. Lieut. H. St. D, Jarrett (Harrow), b Barff .. Mr. C. E. Holwortliy (Wel­ lington), b Rice.................. Lieut. C. P, Lloyd (Shrews­ bury), b Rice ..................44 c and b E. Coxon 0 Mr. H. Foss (Marlboro1), b Rice ................................. 4 b E. Coxen .. .. 6 Mr. S. G. Bird (Marlboro’), b E. Coxon......................... 10 absent........................... Capt. Brackenbury (Marl­ boro’), not out ..................24 b Barff.. . 1 Mr. W. H. F. Darby (Win- ’ " C h ester), b E. Coxon .. 7 cBunbury, b Barff 0 Mr. C, E. Bowles (Hailey- bury, b E. Coxon .. .. 4 c Barff, b E. Coxon 1 Mr.E.R.Wood (Winchester), absent................................. 0 run out...................17 E x t r a s ..........................7 E xtras.. .. 5 Total ................113 T iie W orld . Total., .. 58 Lieut, V. T. Bunbury, run out ..................1 Mr. E. J. Coxon, c Bowles, b Lloyd .. 16 Mr. II. G. Rice, c Foss, b W o o d ..................37 Mr.G.S.Coxon,b D’Acth 20 Mr.C.U,Stuart, bDarby 85 Mr. F. S. C. Hare, c Darby, b D’Aeth .. 15 Mr. A. G. Stokes, c Bowles, b Darby .. 10 Mr. H, H. Tajlor, run o u t ................................ Mr. C. S. Barff, cWoo’d, b D a r b y ..................26 Mr. T. E. Davies, b D’Aeth ..................3 Lieut. D. Gamble, R.N. cBrackcubary,bDarliy 3 Mr. A. J. May, not out 0 E xtias..................12 Total ..181 H.K.C.C. V. LADIES’ BECBEATION CLUB. Played on October 31 and November 1. Won by tho H.K.C.C. by 8 wickets. For Next issue of Cricket Feb. 26'