Cricket 1886

JULY 8, 1886. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 259 think I must be right in claiming his as the first instance of a cricketer making a tie of it in a parliamentary match. At Ashton-under-Lyne his figures were exactly the same as those of the Conser­ vative candidate. Unlike cricket, though, the game could not be left a tie, and the Mayor gave his casting vote against Mr. Rowley, who was beaten by one run—I mean vote—after, to use the language of the cricket scribes, one of the most excit­ ing finishes ever remembered. T h e Nottingham Guardian of Satur­ day last contains the following acrostic on the celebrated Yorkshire bowler Peate, written by Mr. J. S. Hayd>n, a York- shireman, who has been acting with great success at Nottingham in Hoodman Blind. Endowed with wondrous skill; known far and wide, Devoted to thy art; old Yorkshire’s pride; Match after match, thy sterling worth hath shown, Unique thy style, a pitch and break thine own. No doubtful throw, hut bowling fair and true, Destructive, scientific, graceful, too. Prince thou of English bowlers, sav we all, Endowed by Spofforth, demon of the ball. Among our Yorkshire cracks long may we greet Thy face, my friend, and see success complete Enrolled on England’s scroll with Edmund t eate. T h e performance of Messrs. Key and Rashleigh for Oxford on Tuesday will make the fifty-second match between Oxford and Cambridge memorable, if only in two respects, above the best of its predecessors. In the first place, their achievement in making 243 runs for the first wicket far surpasses the best record of the kind, that of 152 made by Messrs. H. W. Bainbridge and C. W. Wright last year. Oxford, too, can now claim the distinction of the highest individual score in Inter-University matches. Mr. Key’s 143 is in fact thirteen runs above the highest innings of either an Oxford or Cambridge batsman in the great contest of the year. Mr. Yardley’s 130 in 1870 until this week was the best performance. T h e success of the two batsmen will be very popular. Everyone will be glad to see Mr. Rashleigh, who deservedly won such a high reputation during his school career at Tonbridge, realising so thoroughly in his first Inter-University match, the expectations of his boyhood. There is, too, no Keyner player than the Surrey amateur, who helped to make the fixture just over historical, and he will have the hearty congratulations of all who appreciate a sterling cricketer. I may add, too, that on no previous occasion have two scores of three figures been made in the same innings in the series of Inter-University contests. T h is time last year I called attention to the arrangements then in progress for a visit of English cricketers to Holland, commencing on the August Bank Holiday. Our national game has recently received a material development in the Low Countries, and it will interest many C r ic k e t readers to know that the Dutch tour is now, to all appearances, an annual affair. From an advertisement in another part of the paper, it will be seen that three fixtures have already been arranged in Holland for this August Holiday week. It is possible that when it is known that Dutchmen are interesting themselves greatly in the game, that other English clubs may be able to see their way to a very pleasant, and at the same time, instructive tour. T h e programme of the Parsees has recently undergone several changes. I believe they are playing at Birmingham to-day, against the Warwickshire Club and Ground, having been able to alter the date of the Edinburgh fixture to July 28. The original fixture with Scarborough for July 28 was advanced to June 25, and Dr. Patell hopes to be able to play at Stockport on July 28, and Northampton on July 30. The Parsee Captain has, I understand, had several applications for matches in August, but no definite arrangements have as yet been made. H.R.H. Prince Christian has sent a courteous invitation to the team to play at Windsor Park early in August. T h e annual match between Eton and Harrow to be commenced at Lord’s to­ morrow is the sixtieth between the two Schools, tha sixtieth, that is, about which there can be no doubt. According to some papers, which include the meetings of 1805 and 1857 in the list, it will, of course, be the sixty-second, though the twoj ust named cannot fairly be considered real fixtures. Ten games have been unfinished, and ac­ cording to the above calculation Harrow has won 25, Eton 24 matches. The elevens will be as follow:— E ton .—H. J. Mordaunt (captain), T . W . Brand, R . C. Gosling, S. S. Green, W . D. Llewelyn, H. R. BTomley-Davenport, H on. H. Coventry, W, H. Hoare, G. H. Duckworth, L . C. M'Lachlan, and C. P. Foley. H abbow .—M. J. Dauglish (captain), A. D. Ramsay, H . F . Kemp, E . Crawley, W . M. Torrens, N. T. Holmes, C. F. Hutton, J. S. F. Fair, E. D. Mackie, L . G. Arbuthnot, and J. A. M ‘Lar n. P e c c a v i ! It seems that the paragraph I wrote last week relative to my unsuc­ cessful visit to the Streatham ground on the previous Saturday, in the hope of seeing the later stages of the match between Streatham and Leatherhead, appears to have conveyed an impression to the Leatherhead team that I attributed the early close of the game to the fact of the leather-hunting they had received. I may say such an idea was never for a moment in my thoughts, and I regret if my words could, by any means, be con­ strued in such a way. As a matter of fact I understand it was mutually agreed some days before the match to draw at six o’clock, as the train service to Leather­ head is very awkward. W h i l e on the subject ofleather-hunting, the Stoics had a pretty good spell of it last Friday. The Sussex County ground is, aa a rule, one of the easiest for run-getting, and the Stoics had a regular day out there on the occasion of their match with the Brighton Brunswick. They never got in, for when play ceased the Brunswickers were still in possession, having scored 544 with only five wickets down. G. Hum­ phreys scored 97, B. J. Saunders 96, W. H. Dudeney 174, C. M. Perkins 103, W. Clements 3, F. Clements 27, and extras 44 Tho first wicket fell at 158, the second at 282, the third at 401, and the game closed with the dismissal of the fourth batsman at 544. J u s t at the present time, indeed, the Brunswickers seem to be in a rare vein for run-getting, for on Monday they had another long dav, this time at the expense of Dorking. G. Humphreys, the old Sussex player, aid Mr. C. M. Perkins were again in the thick of it, the former contributing 210 not out, the latter 165 to a total of 449 for four wickets. On the same day at Eastbourne, a much better performance was recorded to the credit of the Eastbourne Club. Playing against Nunhead they were in all day, scoring for the loss of only half their wickets, 643, to which G. Cuthbert contributed 168, W, W. Larby 187, and Jesse Hide 170 not out. Last year just about this time there was, as many C r ic k e t readers will remember, some very tall scoring. On Monday, July 13, 1885, it may be interesting to recal, 1,191 runs were scored in three County matches with only twenty-six wickets down. T h e wedding of Mr. Edgar Lubbock seems somehow or other to have escaped the usually watchful eyes of the sporting editors. Mr. Lubbock, as many C r ic k e t readers know, not only made his mark as a cricketer, but was also in the front rank of Association footballers and lawn tennis players. He was married on June 23 to Miss Amy Middleton Peacock, at Greatford Church, near Stamford. The Rev. W. Law, of Harrow and Oxford fame, was one of the officiating clergymen, and another cricketer, Mr. W. C. Higgins, acted as best man. The bouquets of the brides­ maids were tied with the ribbon ot the I Zingari, of which honourable fraternity Mr. Lubbock is a member. On the pre­ vious day there was a very interesting four-handed lawn tennis match between the Rev. W. Law and the bridegroom on the one side, and the best man and Mr. John Lubbock on the other. I need hardly add that the bridegroom won. T h e following will show the position of the nine leading shires in Inter-County matches up to date. Notts Won. 5 Lost. 0 Drawn 2 Surrey 7 1 1 Lancashire 3 2 1 Middlesex 2 3 1 Yorkshire 1 3 3 Sussex .. 1 3 1 Kent 1 3 1 Gloucestershire 1 3 1 Derbyshire .. 0 3 1