Cricket 1886

436 CRICKET: A WL VRLY RECORD OF THE GAME. SEPT. 23 SOUTH LONDON HARRIERS. A nnual A thletic M eeting , K ennington O val (A.A.A. L aws ), SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. Commencing at Three o’clock. P rogramme . F our H undred and N inety - three Entries have been received for the various Races, including the following well-known Athletes :— 220 Y ards M atch .— A. Wharton (10 ' Yards Ama­ teurChampion) v. C. G. Wood (440AmateurCham­ pion). L evel 1,320 Y ards P ace .— E. D. Robinson (880 YardsAmateurChampion), T. R. Bryden, F. Stuart- Howard, H. C. Mabey, W. J. Etkins, &c. O pen 100 Y ards , 440 Y ards , 1 M ile F lat , and 1 M ile W alking H andicaps . M embers ’ 220 Y ards . 880 Y ards , and 3 M iles F lat H andicaps — A. IWharton, C. G. Wood, W. H. Coad (10 Miles Amateur Champion), C. F. Levick, J. H. Julie (7Miles Walking Champion), F. Pettison, J. D. Bassett, C. N. Jones, O. W. Davis, &c., &c., B o y ’s 300 Y ards H andicap . 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T he Editor is desirous of preparing for the use of cricketers generally a List of Cricket Clubs throughout the United Kingdom, with names and addresses of their Secretaries. In order to make this as complete as possible he invites the co-operation of Secretaries, and any assistance with a view to the completion of a reliable list will be highly appreciated. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ______________ Hamlet. S ome fast scoring was recorded in a match played on Monday on the Central Recreation Ground at Hastings, between the Forest Hill Bovers, and Mr. E. J. W ilson’s Eleven. Mr. W ilson’s team, when play ceased, had scored 450 for the loss of nine wickets. Of this number Mr. Herbert Pigg, the old Cantab, who showed such capital all-round cricket on the same ground last week against the Australians, contributed 94, Mr. W . H . Stanton, 120, and Mr. A. Clark 139. The runs were got at the rate o f a hundred an hour. The wickets fell thus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 161 299 337 378 387 418 429 460 All the three batsmen named, I may add, are members of the Hastings and St. Leonards Club. I n the match played ftt Hastings la week, between the Australians and Eleven of the South of England, the ball with which Mr. H . Pigg bowled Mr. Giffen in the second innings, sent one of the bails a distance of forty-three yards two inches, from actual measurement. This, I may state, is, though, not a record something out of the oommon. M ost English cricketers who have visited Australia will have made the acquaintance of Mr. Curtis A. lteid, who was at one time Secretary o f the Mel­ bourne Club. Those Englishmen who knew him, and there were many no doubt, will learn with sincere regret of his death, which took place in Melbourne in July. Mr. Eeid played for Victoria against New South Wales some years ago, and officiated as umpire in several Inter-colo­ nial matches,amongst them the memorable contest of 1882 in Sydney, in which Murdoch compiled his famous score of 321. He was a keen sportsman in every way, and was not only an authority on cricket and football, but on most field sports. Unless I am mistaken, he latterly contributed the “ Crieket Article ” for The Federal Australian. Ho took great interest in this paper from its first ap­ pearance, and the writer of “ Gossip ” has been personally indebted to him frequently for interesting items of information respecting cricket in Australia. Colonial sport will miss him greatly. I am asked to mention that “ Johnson’s Benefit ” will take place on the Streatham Cricket Ground, on Saturday next. John­ son, who did good service for Surrey a few years ago, has acted as ground-man to the Streatham Club since H. W ood was drafted into the County Eleven, and is deservedly respected by the members of that society. Of m y own knowledge, I can say that he is a keen cricketer arid worthy fellow, and I hope that Saturday’s match will be a good thing for him. His Eleven, which will consist of Mr. M. P. Bowden of Surrey, Mr. B. P. Sewell of Essex, Mr. E. Brooks, Mr. J. H . Boberts, with E. Mills, Wood-Sims, Barratt, Abel, Bowley, Wood, and C. Mills, will oppose a team of the Streatham Club, and as the latter will include among other amateurs, Messrs. Stanley Scott, W . S. Trollope and M. P. Betts, there should be some good cricket. T he daily papers of Monday last contain a notice of a cricket match played on the previous Saturday on the Goodwin Sands. The contending sides were formed of a party of visitors staying at Deal, who hired a lugger, and were duly landed on the Goodwins. These famous sands, the paragraph adds, being high and dry at certain times of the tide, the party were enabled to remain nearly two hours at the stumps, when the returning tide, which came in some­ what quickly, compelled them to return to the shore.