Cricket 1887

APRIL 28, 1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 98 BOWLING AVERAGES. Inns. Balls. Mdns. Bun Wkts Aver W . Bruce 7 ... 615 ... 68 ..,. 232 ...13 ., 17.11 E . Evans 5 ... 438 ... 68 .. 83 ... 5 .. 16.3 J. F erris........... 10 ,...1473 ...165 ... 529 ...32 .... 16.17 T. W , Garrett 11 ,... 674 ... 83 .,.. 209 ...16 .... 131 P. G. M 'Shane 4 .... 424 ... 45 ... 153 ... 4 .. . 38.1 W . Midwinter.. 5 ... 260 ... 32 ... 79 ... 2 . .. 39.1 G. E . Palm er... 5 ... 508 ... 70 ... 192 ... 4 ... 48 F. R. Spofforth 7 ... 645 ... 62 .. 270 ... 7 ,. 38.4 C. J. T u rn er... 10 ...15J7 ...198 .,.. 354 ...52 ., . 6.42 J. W. Trum ble 7 ,.. 500 ... 61 .,.. 161 ... 4 .. 40.1 H . T rott........... 5 . 778 ... 78 ... 300 ...10 .. 30 LEEDS CLARENDON CLUB. F ix t u r e s f o r 1887. F ir s t E l e v e n . April 16—Otley, v. Otley April 23—Burley, v. Morley April 30—Wakefield, v. Hodgson & Sim pson’s May 7—Burley, v. Keighley May 14—Burmntfts, v. H ope Foundry May 21—Armley, v. Armley May 28—Burley, v. Hunslet ♦May 30—Huddersfield, v. Huddersfield ♦May 31—Burley, v. Huddersfield ♦June 1, 2—Burley, v. Scarbro’ ♦June 3—Burley, v. Bingley June 4—Bradford, v. B radford June 11—Burley, v. Harrogate June 15—H orsforth Park, v. Airedale Wanderers June 18—Manningham, v. Manningham June 25—Burley, v. Leam ington July 2—Hunslet, v. Hunslet July 9—Burley, v. Albion July 16—M ill Green, v. Leam ington July 23—Burley, v. Armley July 30—Burley, v. Hodgson & Simpson's ♦Aug. 1—Keighley, v. Keighley ♦Aug. 12,13—Scarbro’, v. Scarbro’ Aug. 15—Kirkstall, v. Kirkstall Educational Aug. 20—Cardigan Fields, v. Albion Aug. 22—Burley, v. Airedale Wanderers Aug. 27—Burley, v. Hope Foundry ♦Aug. 29—Bingley, v. Bingley Sept. 3—Burley, v. Bradford Sept. 10—Burley, v. Manningham Sept. 17—Burley, v. Otley Sept. 24—Morley, v. M orley S econd E le v e n . April 16—Burley, v. Otley April 23—Morley, v. M orley April 30—Burley, v. H odgson & Sim pson’s May 7—Keighley, v. Keighley May 14—Burley, v. H ope Foundry May 21—Burley, v. Armley May 28—Hunslet, v. Hunslet ♦May 30—East Hardwick, v. East Hardwick School June 4—Burley, v. Bradford June 11—Harrogate, v. Harrogate June 18—Burley, v. Manningham June 25—M ill Green, v. Leam ington July 2—Burley, v. Hunslet July 9—Cardigan Fields, v. Albion July 16—Burley, v. Leam ington July 23—Armley, v. Armley July 30—Wakefield, v. Hodgson & Sim pson’s Aug. 13—Burley, v. Harrogate Aug. 20—Burley, v. Albion Aug. 27—Burmntfts, v. Hope Foundry Sept. 3—Bradford, v. Bradford Sept. 10—Manningham, v. Manningham Sept. 17—Otley, v. Otley Sept. 24 -B urley, v. M orley * D ay M atches. SOUTH COAST NONDESCRIPTS CLUB. F ix t u r e s f o r 1887, May 2—County Ground, Brighton, v. Brighton Club May 30—Stcyning, v. Steyning June 11—Chichester, v, Chichester June 21—Tunbridge W ells, v. Tunbridge W ells July 25—Tatcham , v. Tatcham Aug. 1—Rottingdean, v. Rottingdean Aug. 3—Steyning, v. Steyning Aug. 4—^County Ground, Brighton, v. Brighton Aug. 9—v. Tatcham Aug. 18—County Ground, Brighton, v. Rottingdean Aug. 16—Arundel, v. Arundel Aug. 18—Lewes, v. Lewes CARMEN CR ICKETANUM . (A la T e n n y so n .) I. Many times the grass has grown and withered, Many times the golden wickets falleD , Since the King of Games aBsumod the sceptre. II. He renowned for simplicity Rare in Babel or mystery, Emperor too of Australia, First and foremost of pastimes, Ne’er indeed was a jollier, Now with hopeful prophecies Comes at last to the crowning Scoring year of the Jubilee. III. Nothing of the lawless or the cup-pot, Nothing of the spiteful or self-glorious, All ie noble, “ M.C.C.” and kingly. IV. You, then, Cricketers, all of you, Don your flannels and armoury, Roll your fields for a festival, And in each let a multitude, Loyal, hearty enthusiasts, Shout aloud for the “ boundaries’* Hail the runs in this plenteous Scoring year of the Jubilee. V. Game as fit for womanhood as manhood, Glorying in the glories of thy Graces, Mourning for the sorrows of the “ duck-egg!” VI. You, that revel in “ centuries,” Spare not now to be bounteous, Call together the luckless ones, Make them merry and cheerfuller, Give your help to the broken ones, Let the stumped-one be comforted, Let the seedy be banqueted, Let all in their hearts be glad In this year of the Jubilee. VII. Be’.dham’s naue phall never be o’ershidowed, Alfred Mynn still lives through every summer, Grace’s fame will ne’er be lialf-forgotten. VIII. You, the Cricket architect * You, the stately Leviathan* Shape a fitting memorial, Some Imperial record break, Rich in sixes and ornament, Which may speak to the cricketers, All the cricketers after us, Of this year of the Jubilee. IX. Fifty years of ever-broadening Cricket! Fifty years of ever-spreading influence ; Fifty years of ever-widening Empire I X. You, the Old and the New World, You, the lords of Old England, You, the bosses of Yankeedom, You, the hitters laborious, Patient batsmen of Albion, You, Lancastrian, Surreyman, Australasian, Indian. All for once be in harmony, All your throats be in unison, Drinking “ Hail to the golden Scoring year of the Jubilee! ” G. W e b b H a r d y . ♦“ W.G.” COMING CRICKET. (From t h e Daily Telegraph) C r ic k e t is upon us once more, and over many a broad English county the athletes of the willow and the leather are getting themselves into “ form,” while hope tells a nattering tale of long scores or flying stumps. A true epitome of life is here for those who love to contemplate analogies, but only such philoso­ phers would care to have the parallelism exactly laid down. It is rather at the end of an experience than at the beginning that men will put up with moralising, and just now cricketers are buoyed by thoughts of the possibilities before them. Who knows what may happen in connection with a game proverbial for its uncertainty? The proud may be abased, truly, but the humble may be exalted, and more reputations made than spoiled. If, at this juncture, the individual cricketer attach to himself a certain import­ ance, he can plead ample justification. For months to come cricket news will eagerly be read in mansion and cottage throughout the length and breadth of the land; the struggle of county against county will excite as much interest as ever did the jousting of King Arthur’s knights at many-towered Camelot, and the achievement of a three-figure score, or the “ hat trick,” will lift the lucky performer to an enviable height of renown. There is iro abating the enthusiasm of Englishmen for the best of summer games. Nero fiddled while Rome burnt, and Notts would meet Lanca­ shire, or Middlesex tackle the county of the Graces, were it certain that an earthquake would disturb the stumps for good and all. WTio will say, then, that we are not warranted in treating a just-issued report upon cricket as a national document ? Truly, it is much to be desired that all national documents were as innocent in their origin and as harmless in their purpose. A time may come—with the millennium, perhaps—when this will be the case, and, if so, here is the shadow before. The report referred to is that of a Committee appointed last December “ to consider the laws of county cricket, and the desirability of forming a council for the regulation of all matters concerning county cricket.” It may be noted that the gentlemen entrusted with this deliberative function are representatives of southern counties only—Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Kent, and Gloucester. Yet though drawn from no more than one section of England, they carry weight over all the land; any conclusion at which Lord Harris, Messrs. I. D. Walker, Shuter, Montagu Turner, and W. G. Grace may arrive being certain to com­ mand respect, if not adhesion. Possibly some ardent reformers of the game will stigmatise the report of the Committee as illustrating the ingrained and indiscriminating conservatism of the English character. True it is that Lord Harris and his colleagues show a disposition to let things alone as much as possible. Their recommendation with regard to the present powers of the Marylebone Club may be expressed in two words, *•Hands off.” and they would have the cricket parliament in St. John’s-wood-road go on exercising its legis­ lative and executive functions undisturbed, be­ cause change “ would be inimical to the best interests of the game and opposed to the views of cricketers generally.” As the gentlemen expressing this opinion know perfectly well what they are talking about, there is no more to be said. Nor, indeed, does the matter con­ cern the general public, who are simply amateurs of the sport, and never take part in contests which, all the same, they love to look upon. Scarcely a reader of these remarks, however, lacks some measure of personal interest in the concluding recommendations of the committee. We do not so much refer to county status and the nomination of um- ires as to the “ unsatisfactory prevalence of rawn matches.” On this point matters came to a head last season, and developed into a real grievance, keenly felt in many places along the