Cricket 1886

SEPT. 9,1886. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EE CORD OP THE GAME. 405 the umpire on the head, and went from there to mid-oi, who caught it, but he not knowing that the ball had not touched the ground, threw it in sharply to the wicket-keeper, who ran the striker out, as he had only got a few yards up the pitch. Meanwhile one of the players had appealed for the catch, and got the following reply. “ Why it ’it me on the ’ead.” This I consider a curious cannon, the more so, that the man whose bat the ball struck was named Cannon, and so was the Umpire. T he bowling of J. Hulme for the Colts of Derbyshire against the County eleven at Derby on Monday and Tuesday, was so exceptional as to deserve a prominent record. In the first innings he bowled 12 overs for one run and four wickets, in the second, eight overs and a ball for no runs and five wickets, so that alto­ gether he got nine wickets at a cost of only one run. Hulme, who hails from Ghurch Greesley in Derbyshire, played in the Easter Monday Colts’ match at Nottingham, and was put down on the official card of that fixture as of Huck- nall Torkard. On that occasion he bowled fourteen overs for nine runs, with­ out taking a wicket, and in addition scored twenty-four in his one innings, lie bowls left-hand round. I a m indebted to a friend for the follow­ ing interesting statistics, showing not only the doings of the Australian cricketers this summer, but also of the English bats­ men and bowlers who hare been most successful against them. The latter will be found at the end of these notes. The figures, I may add, are all computed up to Saturday last:— A U S T R A L IA N T E A M . B atting A verages . T im es M ost in Inns n ot out an ln n s. R uns Aver. Q . G iffen ............ 53 ... 8 ... 119 ... 1,287 .... 28.27 S. P. Jones ............ 54 ... 2 .. . 151 .... 1,272 ..,. 24.24 H . J. H . S cott ... 55 .. . 4 .. . 123 ... 1,125 .. 22.3 E . P alm er 48 .. . 3 .,,. 94 ... 005 .... 20.5 G . J. B onnor sr.. . 3 .. . 49 ... 58L ... 18.23 J. W . T ru m ble ... 45 .. . 7 .. . 56*... 682 .... 17.36 J. McC. B lackham 42 .. . 4 .. 71 ... 6 4 .... 16.6 W . Bruce ... ... 40 ... 3 ,. 106 ... 588 ..,. 15.33 A . H . J a rv is............ 42 ... 5 .. . 96*... 542 .. . 14.24 E . E vans ............ 34 .. . 13 .. 74*.. . 289 .. 13.16 T . VV. G arrett ... 42 ... 5 . .. 49*.. 461 .. 12.20 J. M cllw raith ... 32 ... 5 ..,. 41 ... 320 ..,. 11.23 F . R. S pofforth ... 28 .... 7 .... 37*- . 166 ... 7.19 It. J. P ope ............ 8 ... 4 ... 12 ... 31 .. 7.3 ♦ Signifies n ot out. F owling A verages . O vers. M dns. R uns. . 1,437.3 ... 614 ... 2,268 . W kts. Aver. . 137 ... 16.76 G . Giffen F .R .S poffortn 929.3 . T . W. G arrett 1,367 . E . E vans ... 433.2 . G . E . P alm er 1,187.1 . J.W .T rum ble 330.3 . S. P. Jones ,.. 104 . W . B ruce ... 241 . J. M cC. B lackham has bow led 18 overs (8 m aidens) fo r 31 runs and n o w ickets. M atches pla yed 33—w on 9; lost 7; draw n 17. 371 ... 1,527 .... 89 .. . 17.14 647 .. . 1,784 .. . 98 .. . 18.20 220 .. . 499 .... 2 ) ... 19.24 479 ... 1,956 .. . 9.J .,.. 21.3 128 ... 561 .. . 15 .,.. 37.6 37 .. . 197 .... 5 ... 39.2 78 .... 462 .. . 9 .. . 51.3 “ O n the 31st of August, at St. Peter’s, Marlborough, by the Rev. Canon Hough­ ton, Hector, and the Eev. A. G. Bleack, Yicar of Preshute, William Samuel Bam­ bridge, Mvis. B., son of the late William Bambridge, late of Windsor, to Louisa Maria Coombes, daughter of Henry Coombes, Marlborough.” I need hardly say that tlje gentleman most interested in the above announcement, taken from the Times of Thursday last, is the Hon. Sec. of the Wiltshire County Cricket Club, the senior member of a brotherhood which has taken a prominent part in cricket and football, more particularly in the winter game, of which E. C. and A. L. have been such distinguished exponents. H is friends —and their number is legion—will wish “ Old B am ” and his wife the very best of wishes. will be glad to hear of this generous con­ tribution from one who bears a well-known cricket name. M r . W . E. W . Collins, who played for the Gentlemen of England against I Zingari in the first match of the Scar­ borough festival, and later in the week showed such free hitting at the close of the innings of Lord Londesborough’s England Eleven on the occasion of his first appearance against the Australians, is an old Eadleian. He was in the Badley College Eleven about 1805, and was cap­ tain the last year of his stay there. He has always been known as a fine hitter, and on one occasion, on August 27, 1874, playing for Northwood against Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, scored 338 not out, it is said in just over four hours, one of the most noteworthy instances of fast scoring ever recorded. S. ukrey was not allowed to remain long in possession of the distinction of the highest innings ever made against an Australian team in this country. The score of 501 made by the Surrey men at the Oval on July 29 and 30 was beaten considerably by the performance last week at Scarborough of Lord Londesborough’s England eleven, who knocked up 558 before the tenth wicket fell. The match was very curious in its way. On each side over a hundred and fifty runs were made before a wicket fell—a circum­ stance of the very rarest—while in addition none of the English eleven was able to reach his hundred, though every one, be­ sides “ extras, ” got double figures. The Australian team have had, indeed, more than their fair share o f leather hunting just lately, as the scores made against them in the last four matches ending on Saturday will show : Cambridge Past and Present Sussex South of England Lord Londesborough’s XX. This gives altogether an aggregate of 2,028 for 53 wickets, or an average of over 38 runs for each wicket. 349 149 (4w) 352 170 450 (9w) 658 I t is stated that the Committee of the Yorkshire County Club have agreed to give George Ulyett a benefit match next year. He thoroughly deserves one, and everybody will wish him a substantial success. Mr. G. H . S t r d t t , one of the vice-Pre- sidents of the Derbyshire Club, has just given a donation of .£'175 to defray the debt still remaining on the Pavilion on the county ground. Derbyshire has had so little luck of late that C rick et readers As the future movements of the Aus­ tralian team will be of interest, it will be as well to give their remaining engage­ ments. Sept. 9, Brighton, v. S outh o f E ngland. Sept. 13, L o rd ’s, v. A n E ngland E leven (te sti­ m onial m a tch for M r. J. A. M urdoch A ss. Sec., M.C.C.) Sept. 16, H astings, v. A M ixed Eleven. Sept. 20, Skegness, v. A n E leven captaln od b y Mr R . D aft. Sept. 23, B irm ingham , v. A M ixed E leven. Sept. 27, H arrogate, v. A M ixed E leven. Mr. Spofforth, who is to be married on the 24th, with his English wife, Mr. and Mrs. Garreit, and Mr. and Mrs. M cll­ wraith, will sail in the new Orient steamer “ Orizaba,” leaving London on Sept. 30, in advance of the rest o f the team, who will go to New Zealand in the “ Arawa,” from Plymouth on Oct. 9. Messrs. Spofforth, Garrett, and Mcllwraith will join the “ Arawa ” at Hobart Town, as the team intend to play a series of matches in New Zealand, at Christ Church, Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, and perhaps elsewhere in that Colony. The team will on their return to Australia meet the English players leaving England next week as already announced. T he following are the batting averages of the principal batsmen who have played not less than six innings or got an average of twelve and over against the Australians. H ighest T im es R uns. Inns,. Score. n o to u t Aver. M. R ead... ... 358 ... 6 ... 186 ... 0 .. . 59.4 W . G. G race... 054 ... 14 ... 170 ... 0 .... 46.10 L oh m an n 151 ... 8 ... 43* ... 4 .. . 373 F lo w e rs............ 253 ... 8 ... 93 ... 1 .. . 36.1 S h rew sbu ry... 431 .... 14 ... 164 ... 2 .. . 35.11 P a t e s ................ 211 ... 7 ... 57 ... 1 .... 35.1 F . M. L u ca s... 169 ... 6 ... 93* ... 1 .. . 33.4 W . W . R ea d ... 432 ... 14 ... 94 ... 1 .. . 33.3 H u m p h reys... A . G; Steel ... 137 . 156 . .. 7 .. 7 ... 51* ... 55 ... 2 .. ... 1 .. . 27.2 . 26.0 W .H .P atterson 181 ... 8 ... 44 ... 1 .. . 25.6 S c o tto n ............ 280 ... 11 ... 71 ... 0 .. . 25.5 J. H. Brain ... 153 ... 6 ... 70 ... 0 ... 25.3 B arlow ............ 249 ... 12 ... 113 ... 2 .. . 24.9 C. W . R ock ... 249 ... 10 ... 75 ... 0 .. . 24.9 B arnes ............ 188 ... 8 ... 58 ... 0 .. . 23.4 G . B. Studd ... 147 ... 8 ... 48* ... 1 .. . 21.0 E.F .S .T ylecote m ... 7 ... 33 ... 1 . 20.4 G. F . V ernon 114 ... 6 ... 37 ... 0 .... 19.0 U lyett ............ 209 ... 12 ... 48 ... 0 .... 17.5 W .E . R oller... 102 ... 6 ... 63 ... 0 .. . 17.0 H. V. Page ... 93 ... 6 ... 66 ... 0 .. . 15.3 M . C. K em p... 88 ... 9 ... 21 ... 3 .. . 14.4 Briggs ............ 117 ... 11 ... 53 ... 2 . 13.0 * Signifies n ot out. The following are the bowling averages against the Australians of players who have taken not less than eight wickets. H . O. W h itby Jones (Surrey) W a tson ............ C ropper A .H .J.C ochral •arnes ............ Shaw ............ P eate ............ W o o tto n B u r t o n ............ B riggs ............ L oh m an n ... W o o f ............ H . V. P age ... B o w le y ............ B a r lo w ............ W . G. G race... Ulyett ........ J. H id e ............ C. w, Rtjck ... Overs. M dns. R uns. W kts. Aver. 43 ... 28 ... 35 ... 9 . 3.8 65.2 ... 41 ... 60 ... 8 . 7.4 115.1 ... 63 ... 87 ,... 12 ... 7.3 59 ... 33 ... 63 ... 8 ... 7.7 ie 61.2 ... 23 ... 100 ... 11 ... 9.1 182.2 ... 1U9 ... 210 ... 21 ... 10.0 123 ... 78 ... 94 ... 9 ... 10.4 2u8 ... 117 ... 225 ... 20 ... 11.5 178.3 ... 82 ... 264 ... 20 ... 13.4 104.2 .... 37 .... 192 ... 14 ... 13.10 345.1 ... 192 ... 401 ... 29 ... 13.24 327.2 ... 156 ... 470 ... 32 .. 14.22 157 ... 79 ... 184 ... 12 ... 15 4 78 ... 29 ... 126 ... 8 ... 15.6 162 ... 86 ... 192 :.. 12 ... 16.0 271.2 ... 146 ... 325 ... 20 ... 16.5 278.2 ... 119 .... 443 ... 20 ... 22.3 150 ... 79 .... 225 ... 10 ... 22.5 175.2 .„. 90 ,... 227 ... 10 .... 22.7 348.3 ... 159 . 483 • m 2i ... 23.0