Cricket 1886

468 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. NOV. 25, 1886. TXT A N TE D .—V olum e 3 o f L illyw hite’s S cores and ” Biographies. W ill give good price or ex­ change V olum es 1 or 2. H .L., care o f J o h n W is­ d e n a n d Co., 21, C ranbourn-street, L on don , W .C . TXTAN TED , CRIC K E T G RO U N D or part, situate * ’ East or N orth o f L ondon. Alf. P age, 39 M alvern R oad, D alston. P R IC K E T P A V IL IO N T O B E SO LD .—Size ^ about 25-ft b y 18-ft. b y 14-ft. high. E rected three years ago, on w heels. C om pletely fitted. C ost £90. A p ply to M r . F r an k K in g , C um berlow H ouse, South N orw ood, S.E. Cricket: A WEEKLY BEOOBD OF THE GAME 41, 8T. ANDREW’8 HILL, LONDON, E.O. THUESDAY, NOV. 25 t h , 1886. IM P O R T AN T NOT ICE . Results of the Season, and Averages of the Principal Clubs will be inserted in the forth­ coming Winter Numbers at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. To insure insertion in the following number, they must be received not later than the Thursday previous to day of publication. The Winter Monthly Issues will appear on the last Thursday of October, November, December, January, February, and March, commencing on October 28. The dates Will b e: No. 137, OCT. 28. No. 140, JAN. 27. No. 138, NOV. 25. No. 141, FEB. 24. No. 139, DEC. 30. No. 142, MAE. 81. The six numbers will be forwarded imme­ diately on publication for Is. 3d., to be sent to M b . W. E. W bight , Manager of C bicket , at the office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, London, E.C. D a f r i f e f e s t p . T h e a b stra ct and b rie f ch ro n icle o f th e tim e .— Hamlet. Only a very short time ago English cricketers were sorrowing over an an­ nouncement that Percy McDonnell, the famous cricketer, whose brilliant hitting won for him so deservedly high a repu­ tation on English cricket grounds, was dangerously ill. The private information I had was very far from satisfactory, and it is therefore with additional satisfaction that I am able to announce, his thorough restoration to health, on the authority of a well-informed Australian correspondent, who describes him as looking strong and hearty. That he must have recovered satis­ factorily has been proved by the brilliant form in which he recently opened the season in Sydney. In a match played between the Carlton and Warwick clubs on the Association Ground in that city, he was credited with 133 of the Carlton’s total of 340. “ Censor,” in the Sydney Mail, states that those who witnessed the game described his innings as one of the finest displays o f batting ever seen on the Association ground. “ McDonnell,’’“ Censor” adds,“ battedwith all his accustomed brilliancy and skill, and his score of 133, obtained almost without a blemish, shows that his health has been quite restored. Though he opened his shoulders and sent the ball three times clean over the boundary, his play was not marked by any reckless hitting. Some of the critics aver that it was the best innings he has ever played.’ M c D o n n e l l ’s numerous friends in Eng­ land will be heartily glad to hear of his return to health, and at the same time will congratulate him on another addition the long number of brilliant performances attached to his name. I observe, too, that McDonnell had in this match on his side two cricketers known to Englishmen. I refer to T. Nunn, who played a lot of cricket in the neighbourhood of London during the summer of 1884, and S. Wearne. The latter, a left hand bowler, has trundled, and with some success, unless I am mistaken, against the last two or three English elevens during their visits to Queensland, where he was resident for some years. He was an old Carlton player, and seems to have returned to Sydney to settle down. As the annual conference of County Secretaries is to be held on Tuesday, the seventh of December, at Lord’s, some items of information respecting the pro­ jected arrangements of some of the princi­ pal clubs will be interesting. N o t t s proposes to play Surrey, Kent, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Sussex, Middlesex and Gloucestershire. Yorkshire, to play Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Lan­ cashire, Middlesex, Notts, Sussex, Surrey, Cheshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, and Cambridge University. In addition there will be the usual fixtures between the Yorkshire and Notts Colts, between the Gentlemen and Players of the County, and between the Eleven and the Colts of the County, while it is rumoured that a few trial matches may also be played early in the season. The Gloucestershire programme will consist of out and home fixtures with Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Notts and Ken.t The Middlesex ear/1 will be, with the exception of the Australian matches, identical with that of 1885, consisting of engagements with Surrey, Notts, York­ shire, Kent, and Gloucestershire. Surrey will add still another opponent to its list in Warwickshire, and two matches will be played, as in 1884, with Oxford. There will also be a match for Barratt's benefit at the Oval, in addition to the annual fixture between Gentlemen and Players, and one match with Cambridge Univer­ sity as usual. The other Counties to be met will be as in 1885, Notts, Derbyshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hants, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Sussex, and Yorkshire. S u s s e x has decided to play out and home matches with Yorkshire, Lanca­ shire, Notts, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and Gloucestershire. Lancashire pro­ poses to meet Derbyshire, Kent, Notts, Middlesex (if matches can be arranged), Gloucestershire, Surrey, Sussex, York­ shire, Cheshire, Oxford University, and M.C.C. and Ground. I hear that the Lancashire executive, mindful of the behaviour of the crowd at Derby on the occasion of the last two visits of the Lancashire eleven there, is not prepared to arrange a fixture in that town. Kent’s card will consist entirely of matches with what are termed first-class counties. Its opponents will be Notts, Surrey, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Sussex, Middlesex, Derbyshire, and Gloucestershire. Two of these are to be played at Canterbury, two at Tonbridge, and one each at Maid­ stone, Beckenham, Gravesend, and Black­ heath. It is also proposed to bring off another attractive fixture, Players of North v. Players of South, at Beckenham. The following announcement taken from the Adelaide Observer will be read with interest:—- Major Wardill thinks he can satisfactorily conclude his arrangements for a mixed team to visit Australia in 1887*8. It will consist of about eight amateurs and five professionals. Most of the following gentlemen have prom­ ised to go if nothing of importance should require their presence at home:—Messrs. W. W. Eead, W. E. Boiler, J. G. Walker, H. V. Page, Hon. M. B. Hawke, J. H. Brain, T. C. O’Brien, M. C. Kemp, and W. H. Patterson. The Major has net yet had absolute promises from the three last named, but he is m treaty with them. Of the professionals it is pretty certain that G. G. Hearne (Kent) andW. Chat­ terton (Derby) will be among the number. Of my own knowledge I am able to state that the information respecting cer­ tain of the amateurs named is correct. The appointment of Dr. Butler, the late Dean of Gloucester, and for many years Head Master of Harrow School, to the Mastership of Trinity College, Cam­ bridge, has given universal satisfaction. To Harrovians it was sure to be gratifying, if only for the knowledge that the greatest of academical distinctions had fallen not only to an Harrow boy and a Harrow master, but to one who had shown himself pre-eminently qualified to fill the position with dignity. As I have had occasion to remark before, Dr. Butler was in his school days an excellent cricketer. He was in the Harrow Eleven of 1851, and it is only two years since his son acted as captain of ,the school tean?, Next Issue December 30