Cricket 1885

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ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1885. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. M r . W. H. G am e ’ s throw of 116 yards, in the only heave he had, too, at the recent sports at Surbiton, is a per­ formance that should not pass un­ noticed. The value of the feat is enhanced -when it is considered that the old Oxonian has had very little practice at cricket during the last few years, and that his muscles must have lost much of their elasticity. As many C r ic k e t readers are aware, Mr. Game, when only nineteen years of age, in the Oxford University Athletic Sports in 1873, threw the cricket hall 127 yards, 1 foot, and 8 inches. Until Mr. W. F. Forbes outdid it with his 132 yards in the Eton College Sports of 187C, this was the best authenti­ cated throw on record. Mr. Game’s latest record recalls to my mind a big feat of his in the same line some years ago. During the visit of the American baseball players, some ten years ago, a great supporter of the game —I do not mean this as a joke— in Surrey made a bet of five guineas with a well-known member of the Marylebone Club that the young Surrey amateur would throw a cricket ball one hundred and twenty yards both ways. T he stipulation of the gentleman who backed the ball was that the task should be accomplished on any day of the following year between daylight and dark. This stipulation was made with the view of securing the opportunity of throwing down the wind, from east to west, in the morning during August, in which month the wind usually goes with the sun, and from west to east in the evening, when the wind commonly changes towards sunset and blows from west to east. The conditions of the wager were duly written out and signed by the two contracting parties. U n f o r t u n a t e l y Mr. Game threw his arm out the next spring, tut despite this tlie attempt was made on the conclusion of the match between Surrey and YorksMire, at the Oval, in August. Mr. Game, who had been playing in the match, went out just as he was in cricketing dress, in flannel shirt and trousers, and each of his throws out and back reached exactly 111 yards, a great perform­ ance, considering that he was not by any means in the best condition for his work. The distances were, I may add, properly chained out and attested by independent and capable judges, amongst them Mr. C. F. Buller, the once famous cricketer. T h e r e used to be a mistaken notion that it was not possible to throw a ball a hundred yards both ways. The feat is a very difficult one, as those