Cricket 1886

MAY 20, 1886. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 137 Reynolds, a player on the side of the former, went in third wicket down, and, notwith­ standing that he was in occupation of the creases during the remainder of the innings, carrying out his bat, and seeing over 60 runs scored, he, strange to relate, did not succeed in getting a “ strike.” A m on g those who tooli their degrees as Masters of Arts at Cambridge last Thurs­ day, were Messrs. G. M. Lambrick, the old Wykehamist if I mistake not, and F. L. Lucas. Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, the Captain of the University Eleven, took his B. A. Degree at the same time. I t is not many months since I had to notice the appointment of Mr. Courtenay Boyle to the Local Government Board. Another step in the way of promotion has just been his good fortune in his selec­ tion to the Assistant Secretaryship of the Board of Trade. It is only a fortnight ago since Mr. Boyle, one of the best men of his day at Oxford, was chosen to serve a^ain on the Committee of the Marylebone Club. M b . C . E. Chapm an, who was tried for Cambridge as a fast bowler a year or two ago, and did good service in the Bugby Union team of that University, as I have had oceasion to mention before, is now located in Melbourne, holding a mastership at the Church of England Grammar School in that city. I notice, too, that he was in form in a match against the second eleven of the Melbourne Club at the end of March. He contri­ buted 111 to the score of 201 for four wickets on the first day. A n o t h e r Lancashire amateur had just reached Melbourne at the time the last mail was despatched. I refer to Mr. E. E. Steel, a younger brother of Mr. A . G. Steel, who has also figured in the County eleven occasionally with success. He has taken the trip to Australia for the benefit of his health. It is some time, how long I am unable to say, positively, since the First Gentleman in England gave the countenance of his presence to a cricket match on one of the great metropolitan cricket grounds. I am able, though, to state without fear of con­ tradiction, that this is the first occasion on which His Royal Highness has wit­ nessed a cricket match on the ground of which, as Duke of Cornwall, he is the landlord. T h e new Bishop of Manchester, Dr. Moorhouse, who,by the way,was enthroned on Monday last, as I have had occasion to remark more than once, showed his partiality to cricket in a marked way during his occupation of the see of Mel­ bourne. Another Colonial Bishop, and once well-known English athlete, Bishop Selwyn, as every one knows, is amuscular Christian. The Melbourne Leader, of April 10, states that his arrival with Mrs. Selwyn and the Rev. Dr. Codrington at Norfolk Island, was signalised by a cricket match between the Melanesian Mission and Norfolk Island. The Bishop captained his own team, but the laymen were too strong, and defeated the Mission eleven with an innings to spare. T h e Prince’s presence at the Oval, though, will, I should fancy, generally be attributed to a natural desire on the part of His Royal Highness to show courtesy to the Colonies as they are re­ presented in the persons of the Australian cricketers. As President of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition his sympathies are just at present—as they have, indeed, always been—actively enlisted in two of the most important sections of the British Empire. It is needless to add that the ne.ws of this royal recognition, as it were, of the Australian team will be received with enthusiasm throughout the Colonies. T h e New York Tribune gives the fol­ lowing as the fixtures arranged by Mr. F. M. Bissell, of Philadelphia, for the Eng­ lish Amateurs who are to visit America and Canada this autumn under the charge of Mr. E. J. Sanders :— Sept. 1, 2, 3, at New York, v. Staten Island. Sept. 7, 8, 9, at Toronto, v. Toronto. Sept. 11,13,14, at Montreal, v. Montreal. Sept. 15,16,17, at Boston, v. New England. Sept. 20, 21, 22, at Baltimore, v. Baltimore. Sept. 23, 24, 25, at Philadelphia, v. Philadelphia. Sept. 27, 28, 29, at New York, v. All New York. Oct. 1, 2, 4, at Philadelphia, v. Philadelphia. T h e visit of the Prince of Wales to the Oval to-day is an event of more than usual significance to the cricket public. T h e arrangements for the second visit of English Amateurs to America under the charge of Mr. E. J . Sanders, Captain of the Devonshire team, are well advanced. Outing, an illustrated monthly magazine of recreation, and a very interesting one, in its May number contains the following letter from Mr. Sanders on the subject of the trip to be undertaken this autumn. We all made so many friends in America last year, and were treated so royally, that we are all anxious to go again. I am, however, sorry to say that Parson ” Thornton cannot, no more can Bolitho, who has turned banker, or Newton, who is now a farmer. Horner, besides, has become a coal merchant, and says he cannot get away, but all the rest of my boys will go. Cobb has actually promised. To oblige Mr. Satterthwait, who seems partial to “ parsons,” I have got the Reverend A. J. Fortescue, who for three years was in the Oxford University eleven. I would not advise you to let him stop long at the bat, else he will make it warm for you and no mistake. Colonel Walrond is my captain. He was for many years in the Grenadier Guards, and is now colonel of the oldest volunteerregiment in England—the First Rifle Volunteers, a Devonshire Regiment. He is a wonderfully good sportsman, and one of the best rifle and game shots in England. The colonel was one of the team of English volunteers who visited America a few years ago and shot against you fellows, and, I am glad to say, beat them. Turner, who again plays for Cambridge Univ­ ersity, will go. My new wicket-keeper is Welman, who is about the best in England. He is a brother-in-law to Mr. Cyril Wilson, of the Staten Island club. I have my doubt about Steel (A. G.), but have the promise of H. Rotherham, who is considered one of the best bowlers in England. B y this time all the members of the Parsee team who are to star in England this summer will have safely arrived in London. Mr. A. B. Patell, the Secretary of the Parsee Club, who is to act as manager of the tour, with two others of the party left the “ Clyde ” at Plymouth, and were present at the Oval on Tuesday, witnessing the early part of the second day’s play in the match between Surrey and Hants. The first fixture of their programme was to have been against the Marylebone Club at Lord’s on Thursday and Friday next. Our Indian visitors, though, have done well to accept the invi­ tation of Lord Sheffield to open their campaign on his ground, and the first match will be played at Sheffield Park on Monday and Tuesday next. T h e completion of an important match in a day, is an event so much out of the common as to deserve prominent notice in “ Gossip.” Since the First Australian team defeated M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s in 1878, only one fixture of general interest, I think I am right in saying, has been fought out in a day up to Tuesday last. The occasion I refer to was the meeting between the Fourth Australian Team and an Eleven of England at Bir­ mingham, on May 26, 1884. The only similar case that I can remember, except­ ing, of course, that of Tuesday, was in May, 1872, whem Surrey beat M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s, the first match, unless I am in error, played by the Surrey Club after the accession of the present Secretary to office. M.C.C. in the first innings lost seven wickets of a fairly good batting side without a run, and all the eight runs got at the fall of the eight wicket were made by the last batsman out. The total of the Marylebone Club in the first hands was only sixteen. CHRIST’S COLLEGE, FINCHLEY v. HENDON. Played at Hendon on May 15. C hrist ’ s C olleg e . P. B. Vanderbyl, run out ........................10 A.H.Wynne,b Waller 0 P. E.Tuckwell.cPage, b Andrew.................73 C.F.Martin, c Woolley, b W aller................. 7 J. H. Yearsley, b Woolley ................. 3 E. M. Liddell, b Woolley ................. 0 C. Page, c Bisserot, b Vanderbyl ..........46 J. G. Ferns, 1b w, b Bisserot ................. 4 W. H. Macdonna, b Vanderbyl ......... 11 W.Dickson,bBisserot 1 F. W. Andrew, c and b V anderbyl.......... 1 T. A. Fison, b Van­ derbyl ................. 8 E. C. Bisserot, cMac- donna, b Woolley 52 S. Brown, c Langton, b Woolley .......... 0 D. S. Smith, run out 1 W.L.Windus.bAndrew 0 S.G.Layman, not out 0 B 5, lb 4, w 2,n-bl 12 Total ...158 H. Langton,cWynne, b Vanderbyl.......... 4 J.Brown.b Vanderbyl 0 G.E.Waller,bBisserot 0 H. Tyres, c Wynne Bisserot ................. 0 J. Woolley, not out... 0 W ........................ 2 Total 77