Cricket 1885

APRIL 2?, 1885. CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 75 immense value to tlie English team, as the wicket was apparently well suited to his delivery. T he last mail from Australia brought with it an announcement of the marriage of Mr. G. F. Yernon, the well-known Middlesex cricketer. Mr. Yernon, who has been wintering in Australia, was married on the 3rd of last month to Miss Jeffray, of Toorak, a suburb of Melbourne. The best wishes' of cricketers will follow Mr. Yernon and his wife. CR ICKET IN AU S T R A L IA . T he following account of a match played under difficulties is taken from the Federal Australian of January 24tli. That it is not without its amusing features will, I think, be admitted. The game must have been something like one I remember as having played in many years ago, when a steady rain falling through­ out the day had no effect whatever inj terminating the match, for the play went on as though a bright sun were still shining overhead. About 4 o’clock, however, the umpires, who must have had a very bad time of it, came to the conclusion, after mature consideration, that the wicket ;•was unfit to play upon. That, however, might with truth have been said before we commenced, but it was not until the ball had stuck in the mud on the pitch that it was deemed necessary to sound the recall and beat a retreat. The efforts of the batsmen in that match were most amusing. A ball having been bowled which failed to reach the wicket was still the property of the batsman, who walking out on to the pitch—having previously rubbed some saw-dust on the handle of the bat—looked round at the position of the field, while his confrere , having plenty of time to “ back up,” joined him. and they both contemplated the ball. After several times preparing for a great hit, and thus inducing the field to deepen, the batsman simply tduched the ball with his bat, and his companion being ready, the run was accomplished. It was then decided to finish the over, and the bowler tried extra pace. The ball struck the mud on the pitch and stuck there, but displacing a fair sized piece of the said mud, which struck the wicket and dislodged the bails, the umpire upon being appealed to gave the batsman ou t; for he argued that if the ball, being unable to reach the wicket itself, sent on a messenger with a power of attorney to act, common sense must render the law on the point plain to everyone. The run made and the decision given by the umpire makes this over somewhat unique in the annals of cricket. T he Welbeck Tenants Club on Saturday last dismissed the Canteen in their first innings for ten runs. Three of these were extras, seven of the eleven failing to score. The Welbeck bowlers were Mr. G . G . Walker, the Derbyshire amateur, and Henry Morley. A n eleven of thePitsmcor Club, Sheffield, did some good scoring on £atu .day in a match on their own grounds agiinsi the Clarence Club. At the call of time i hey had made 268 for soven wickets. F. Frank.in retired when he had got 126. VICTORIAN CRICKETERS’ ASSOCIATION. A .meeting of the Victorian Cricketers’ Association was held on March 5, to con­ sider whether the disqualification of the Victorian members of the Australian eleven should be rescinded or not, in order that the eleven should play the English pro­ fessionals prior to their departure from the colony. Mr. Justice Williams presided. The attendance was large. The following letter from Mr. James Lillywhite, which had been received by the secretary of the association, was read :— Sydney, Feb. 24,1885.—To E. D. Heather, Esq, Will you kindly do all you can for us in removing the dis­ qualification of the Victorian players of the lite Australian Eleven, so that we can play them a matih at Melbourne, commencing March 21? They are all playing here for bare expenses, and we wish to play them a return in Melbourne to try and recoup ourselves for the unsuccessful tour we have had financially up till now. I have written to Mr. Justice Williams on the matter and Mr. Budd. I will also write to Mr. Wardill.—Very truly yours, J ames L illywhit e , P.S.—I might mention that Mr. John Conway will leave all management to me on this occasion. The Chairman pointed out that the resolu­ tion affirming the disqualification could only be rescinded at a special meeting, and by the votes of a majority of the association Therefore the letter oould not be dealt with at that meeting. The Secretary said a requisition signed by five members of the association, and five days’ notice was necessary in order to con­ vene a special meeting to reconsider the re­ solution. The Chairman drew attention to the fact that there was nothing before the association at present. If the members of the Australian Eleven who had been disqualified would intimate their willingness to play for their expenses only if they were selected to meet the Englishmen, the association would be set in motion, and the matter referred to by Mr. Lillywhite could be dealt with. If what he proposed was done he should be very glad to move that the resolution be rescinded, but it would be useless to take any action unless the players alluded to sent some notification of the kind to which he had alluded. It might even happen that if the resolution were rescinded without knowing the intentions of the players, the association might meet with a blank refusal from them to take part in the match. Hence it would be well for any member of the association who had influence with the Australians, to ask them to send a letter to the secretary, who should be instructed to call a special meeting as soon as it came to hand, but in the absence of any communication of this kind, the association could not act. Mr. Rowe moved a resolution to the effect that Mr. Lillywhite be informed that when the Australian Eleven signified its willing­ ness to play the Englishmen, the association would consider the question of removing the disqualification upon the Victorian mem­ bers. Mr. Tennant seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. J. M. Blackham, c M’llwraith, b Shaw 14 G. F. Vernon, c sub., b A llee..........................67 P. JM’Donnell, b AUee 33 J.Lawlor, c M’llwraith, b Alles .................. G. Alexander, o Rogers, b Bowman .. J. Crooke, not ont .. E. Power, st Ros?, b A lleo .......................... MELBOURNE CLUB v. ROVERS. In this match played on the Melbourne Grounds on Feb. *25, the former retained P ossession of the wickets throughout the ay. Mr. G. F. Yernon, of Middlesex, it will be seen, contributed 67 to the big total of 460. M elbourne C lub . 57 W. Bruce, cBowman,b A lle e .......................... Watsford,cM ’llwraith, b Allee .................. Cotter, 1b w, b Allee .. Pearce, b M’Greger .. Extras .. Total ..460 LASCELLES HALL v. LEYLAND. This match, in which several well-known Yorkshire cricketers took part, was played on Saturday last. Ephraim Lockwood was the chief scorer for Lascelles Hall, who won on the first innings by 20 runs. L ascelles H all . First Innings. Second Innings. J. Thewlis, b Tonge .. 19 cGerrard, b Cross .. 6 J. Castle, st Whiteside, b Ward .........................21 b T o n g e ....................0 G. Hardy, b Tonge.. .. 0 1b w, b Newsome .. 0 Henry Thewlis, c and b W a r d ..........................5 not out ................. .. 3 E. Lockwood, b Bem- b r id g e .........................27 c Haslewood,b Ward 24 H. Lockwood, b Bem- b r id g e ..........................7 c Haslewood, b New- some..........................1 G. Bates, run out .. ..1 0 c Haslewood,b Ward 2 Herbert Thewlis, not out 6 c Bateson, b Tonge 4 J. Ambler, c Gerrard, b Bem bridge..................2 D. Lockwood, run ou t.. 6 G. Pinder, c Whiteside, b Cross ..........................1 Extras .....................15 Extra .. .. 1 T o ta l..................119 T ota l.. ..4 1 J. H.Gerrard,bG.Bates 32 C. Haslewood, c J. Thewli8,b Ambler.. 0 F. Ward, st Pinder, b Hy. Thewlis .. .. 2 J.Tonge,c Hy. Thewlis, b Ambler....................1 Bembridge, b Ambler 6 W. Coop b Ambler .. 0 Newsome, run out .. 16 J.P.Whiteside,b Hardy 16 J. Bateson,c Ambler, b Hy. Thewlis .. .. 11 J. Kirkman, b H. Lock­ wood ..........................0 J. Cross, not ou t.. .. 4 E x tr a s ..................3 Total 91 WEST HAMPSTEAD CLUB. May 2, at Tufnell Park, v. Quebec May 9, at Walham Green, v. Wulham Green May 23. at Tafnell Park, v. Upton Amateurs *May 25, at Cobham, v. Cobham May 30, at Pages’, v. Dartmouth Park (2nd XI.) June 6. at Tufnoll Park, v. Fitzroy June 13, at Hendon, v. Hendon Town June 20, at Walthamstow, v. Chorlis June 27, at Tufnell Park, v. Barnet July 4, at Cricklewood, v. London & Midland R. C. July 11, at Blackheath, v. Ulenvilic July 18, at Tufuell Park, v. Dartmouth Park July 25, at West Ham Park, v. Upton Amateurs August 1, at East Acton, v. St. Stephens ‘‘August 3, at Barnet, v. Barnet August 8, at Tufnell Park, v. Chorlis August 15, at Walham Green, v. Walham Green August 22, at Tufnell Park, v. London Midland R. C. August 29, at Pages’, v. Fitzroy September 5, at Willesden, v. Quebec September 12, at Tufnell hark, v. St. Stephens September 19, at Tufnell Park, v. Englieh Gymnastic Society * Day Matches. H odgson & S impsons v . C olne , —Ilaj'ed at Wakefield on Saturday, 18th inst., several Yorkshire county players being included in the former eleven. Scores—Colne : First innings, 14; second innings, 22. Hodgson and Simpsons : First innings, 112 (S. Cross- land32, Woodhouse 21,F. Lee 15, Denton 14, Peate 12). For the winners Peate and Eoo were in fine form, Peate obtaining 11 wickets for 19 runs, and Eoo 8 for 14. Peate has bowled in four matches so far this season, capturing 32 wickets for 53. He has also scored 65 runs in 3 innings.