Cricket 1886

OCT. 28, 1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOKD OP THE GAME. 453 reputation indeed, in his own colony, is so great that his claims to a place in the Australian team -which visited England this year were strongly urged. His figures in New Zealand last season were sufficiently brilliant to bear reproduction in this column. In fourteen innings he had an aggregate of 759 runs, with 195 as his best score. As he was three times not out, his average, it will be gathered, was exactly 69. L o v e r s o f County Cricket will be pleased to learn that the Leicestershire Club had a very successful season in every way in 1886, so much so that I under­ stand the Committee are desirous of mak­ ing fixtures with more than one of the chief counties besides Surrey. A. D. Pougher, the fast bowler, who proved so remarkably successful this year for Leicestershire, will, I understand, join the ground staff at Lord’s next summer. Davidson, who made a very promising debut last season for Derbyshire, in all probability will form one of the ground bowlers at tho Oval in 1887. The Surrey Committee, I hear, have engaged several other promising professionals for next T he White Star line steamer “ Adriatic,” which took Mr. E. J. Sanders and the other English amateurs to America last August, brought them safely back again to England, arriving at Queenstown on the tenth of this month. Though the team were unlucky in having a very bad passage out as well as home they all enjoyed the tour immensely, and those whom I have seen speak in the highest terms of the hospitable reception they met with everywhere on the other side. The “ Adriatic ” was in the Irish Channel during the recent gales, and the twelve travellers had a very rough time of it during the last few hours of their trip, though none of them can be said to have been any the worse for the journey. Everyone, moreover, will be highly pleased to learn that Mr. W . E. Roller, who was not in the best of health during the summer, derived the greatest benefit from his travels. I hear, indeed, that he is looking remarkably well S u r r e y cricketers will be particularly gratified at the excellent performances of the two representatives o f the County, Messrs. W . E. Holler (the Captain) andK . J. Key, o f the Oxford University eleven. The latter has, indeed, considerably the best batting average of any member of the team, and his consistently good scoring was no small factor in the general success which attended his side on the cricket field. With the exception of the first match at Longwood, which was a very close thing, and only won by the English team by three wickets, none of the games were really ever in doubt, and the unbroken record of the English Amateurs cannot fail to give universal satisfaction. K e y ' s hitting seems to have been highly appreciated by the American cricketers, and the reporter of the Herald, in describing the match against All N ew York, speaks of him feelingly as “ Key, the terrifier.” It was the good luck of the Oxonian to go in at the finish of that con­ test with three minutes left of time, and the same critic tells in glowing language how the match was won. “ Key,” he wrote, “ filled the vacant hole, and slammed the ball to the realms of bliss.” Where these may be the writer knows best, but it has occurred to a friend of mine of a facetious turn of mind that he must have been referring to the ladies’ tent. I h a v e the authority o f Major Wardill for stating that it is the intention of the Melbourne Club to invite a mixed team of English cricketers to visit Australia during next winter. I am able, too, of m y own personal knowledge to add that more than one prominent amateur has actually promised to go if required, while several others have signified their willingness to make the trip should there be nothing to prevent. ----------- T h e crack New Zealand steamer “ Arawa,” with the greater part of the Australian team on board, passed Teneriffe safely;on the 14th inst., and left the follow­ ing morning on the way to Otago. She is due at that port on Nov. 21st, so that all being well Major Wardill and his com ­ rades should be on dry land again in a little over three weeks. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t writes me anent a paragraph o f mine in “ Gossip ” of Sept. 23rd on the subject of the match between the eleven Hearnes and Ealing Dean. He points out the still more noteworthy in­ stance of family cricket mentioned by me on May 28th, 1885, of the eleven Brothers Colman, who played several matches against Norfolk teams in or about the year 1845. As far as I remember, too, they were only once defeated. The ten Christophersons who played against the Blackheath Club on Sept. 8th consisted, if I am rightly informed, of Mr. Derman Christopherson and his nine sons. When the match was first instituted there were ten brothers, but one has since died. A w e l l - i n f o r m e d correspondent at Oxford has kindly sent me the following notes on the cricket prospects at that University:— The election for captain has not yet taken place, but there is no doubt that J. H. Brain will be chosen to succeed H. V. Page in that position. There will be in residence besides Brain, K. J. Key, A. H. J. Cochrane, L. I). Hildyard, H. T. Hewett, and W. Bashleigh. B. H. Buckland will in all probability be available, though he will not be in residence. Bowling as usual will be a weak point. It is improbable that H. O. Whitby will again be able to play, though his absence will be much regretted. There appears to be no new bowl­ ing talent among the freshmen, but it is hoped that the Freshmen’s Match will develop some. M. J. Dauglish, the Harrow captain, is up at Magdalen, and at present Cobb’s place appears to be open to him ; H. Lyon, the Winchester wicket-keeper, will also be a com­ petitor for the post. Dauglish, Jones, and Gresson seem likely to be useful additions in the batting line. Among last year’s freshmen F o r s te r , B r o m le y -M a rtin , F o w le r, W a tso n a n d W re fo rd -B ro w n , fr o m th e ir p e rfo rm a n ce s in th e v a ca tio n , m a y p o s sib ly b e o f u se, a n d it is to b e h o p e d th a t B r a d b y m a y re g a in h is 1885 fo rm . B ra in w ill h a v e a stro n g b a ttin g lo t a t h is d isp osa l, b u t th e b o w lin g d e p a rtm en t, u n less B u ck la n d a n d W h it b y ca n b e p re v a ile d u p on to p la y , w ill b e sa d ly d eficien t. S e v e r a l c o r r e s p o n d e n t s h a v e w r it t e n a s k in g f o r M r . W . W . B e a d ’s s c o r e s in im p o r t a n t m a t c h e s t h is s e a s o n . T h o s t a t is tic s w h ic h fo llo w h a v e b e e n p r o c u r e d fr o m t h e b e s t s o u r c e . 1st. 2nd ins. ins. A pril 26.— Surrey v. G loucestershire ... 69 ... 8 M ay 13.—L o rd Sheffield’s E leven v. A ustralians ... %. ... 5 ... — „ 17.— Surrey v. H am pshire ............. 51 ... — „ 30.— ,, v. A ustralians ............ 14 ... 0 „ 24.— „ v. Y orkshire ............. 18 ... 17 ,, 27.— „ v. M iddlesex ............. 43 ... — „ 31.— „ y. E ssex ..................... .1 ... 27 June 3.—G entlem en v. A ustralians ... 13 ... 4 „ 7.—Surrey v. L ancashire .............. 62 ... — „ 10.— „ v. E ssex ... ............. 2 ... — „ 14.— „ v. N otts .................... 28 ... 28 „ 17.—G entlem en v. A ustralians ... 34 ... 1 „ 21,— Surrey v. M iddlesex ........ 8 ... 2 „ 24.— „ v. C am bridge U ni­ versity ......................................114 ... — „ 28.— Surrey v. Y orkshire ............ 23 ... 19 July 1.— ,, v. L ancashire ... ... 95 ... 32 „ 5.—E ngland v. A ustralia (M an­ chester) ...................................... 51 ... 8 „ 8.— Surrey v. L eicestersh ire ... 3 ... 3 „ 15.—G entlem en v. P layers ............. 40 ... 0 ,, 19.—E n glan d v.A u stralian s(L ords) 22 ... — „ 22.— Surrey v K e n t .............................. 87 ... — „ 29.— „ v. A u s tra lia n s ............. 80 ... — A ug. 2.— „ v. N otts ...................... 6 ... 74 „ 5.— „ v. D erbyshire .............115 ... — „ 12.—E n glan d v. A ustralians ... 94 ... — „ 16.— Surrey v. Sussex ..................... 4 ... 3 „ 19.—Surrey v. K en t.............................. 51 ... 18 „ 23.— „ v. G loucestershire ... 120 ... 50* „ 26.— „ v. L eicestersh ire ...157* ... — ,, 30.— S outh o f E n glan d v. A us­ tralians ...................................... 7 ... 87 Sept. 2.—Surrey v. H ants .................... 32 ... — „ 9.—S outh o f E n glan d v. A us­ tralians ...................................... 0 ...102* ,, 13.—v. A n E ngland XI. (L o rd s )... 0 ... 37 ,, 23.—A n England E leven v. Aus­ tralians (B irm ingham ) ... 97 ... — * Signifies n ot ou t. T otal 2,100 runs fo r 64 in nings (4 n ot outs), average 42. TH E ENG L ISH G EN T L EM EN IN AM ER IC A . (Continued from page 451). G e n t l e m e n o p E n g l a n d . R ev. A. T . F ortes­ cue, c C. A. N ew - hall, b H. I. B row n C. E. C ottrell, c 31 M organ, b C. A. N ew h a ll...................... 2 H . R oth erh am , c M organ, b C . A . N ew h a ll........................ 27 F. T . W elm an, n ot ou t ............................... 7 B 4, lb 5, w 4 ...1 3 T ota l ............. 323 J. A. T urner, c C. A. N ew hall ........................11 H . B. B ainbridge, c B rew ster,b W .S cott 10 K . J. K ey, c W . S cott, b H. I. B row n.............109 W . E . R oller, c Clark, b H. I. P row n ...............75 T . R . H ine-H aycock, b H . I. B row n ............. 5 E . H. B uckland, c Brew ster, b C. A. N ew hall ........................19 A. R. C obb, c R . S. N ew hall, b H . I. B row n ........................ 14 B O W L IN G A N A L Y S IS . G e n t l e m e n o p P h il a d e l p h ia . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. B. R . M . W . B. R . M. W . R otherham 80 30 6 1 ..................... 44 14 4 0 R oller ... 116 28 15 0 ...................... 52 9 10 2 C ottrell ... 109 19 15 1 ...................... 76 23 11 0 B uckland... 180 53 20 0 ..................... 150 52 14 6 T urner ... 60 22 8 2 ..................... 60 24 7 0 H in e-H aycock 16 5 2 1 B ainbridge ... 8 5 1 0 R oller bow led one n o-ball, and B ainbridge and T urner on e w ide each. G e n t l e m e n o p E n g l a n d . B. R.M. W. B .R . M. W B rock ie ... 16 11 2 0 1P atterson 96 43 11 0 W . S cott ... 76 61 3 1 B row n ... 224 113 16 5 C.A.Newhall 194 54 24 4 |Clark ... 52 28 2 0 Next Issue November 25