Cricket 1887

MAT 5, 1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 99 CRICKET IN NEW ZEALAND . The following remarks on cricket in New Zealand are taken from a letter recently received by Robert Thoms from Mr. W . J. Ford, the well-known Middle­ sex cricketer, who is now Principal of Nelson College. The contents will be in­ teresting, not only for the particulars they contain of New Zealand cricket, but also as showing that Mr. Ford, whose friends in this country are legion, is not only in good health, but apparently well satisfied with his new sphere of usefulness:— Cricket is as noble a game here as at home, but we poor folk in Nelson have to strLggle with abominable grounds, and we shall never make runs till the new one, now making, is finished. We always reckon to play a match out in a day, and always do—in fact, 80 or 90 is a winning score 1 If you saw the shooters, you would not be surprised. At the big places there are excellent grounds, several of which I have sampled, though only in the way of practice, and anything better human be’-ngs can’t want and won’t get. Here in Nelson is the bowler’s paradise, and I’ve had a better time among the wickets than at the wickets, but with an average of 20 one can’t grumble, considering how scores run. You know I can’t reach a shooter, and it’s either been that or “ off his legs; ” add to which that they never dropped me, however hard or high. I ran over to Australia and saw Shaw and Co. polish off N.S.W. in great style; had a talk and a yarn with all the team, and it was very jolly to see old faces and old antagonists over again. I did not like the look of the Sjrdney ground, but we can’t beat Melbourne at home; a fine oval of turf, excellent pavilion and stand, and a wicket up to the best, say Brigh­ ton or Liverpool or Portsmouth. I can see that there is lots of good cricket in New Zea­ land if men had time to play, but we’ve no idle men, so that matches are few and far between. Next year, however, we hop 3 to make a trip to Tasmania and perhaps Aus­ tralia with an United Eleven, which would be very strong. We’ve a splendid bowler from Christchurch, Dunlop, of the Stratford type, but much straighter; another from Eden, d, la Barratt, and some minor lights. What they want here is to see good cricket, and ]iearn how to do strokes; there are lots of good eyes and strong arms, but very little style, and they seem to think that no man ought to hit; consequently when I got on to a half-volley, they opened their mouths and were, like Nebuchadnezzar, astonied. I met one Fletcher, a brother Incog., in Sydney, who is boss of an affiliated club of the same name there; it was curious to see the old colours about. How you would laugh at the umpires here! No professionals, of course, ana no qualifications as far as I can see. The batsman generally calls leg-byes , and the number of balls in an over varies hugely; but the difficulty is to get anyone at all. One point they look upon as all-important, that is to carry a bat, without which thev are not properly equipped. Some of the fielding is wonderfully good, especiallyamong thecountry fellows, who are as active as cats, and know no fear, however rough the ground is, and isn’t it rough fometimes! One of the beauties of the small scoring is the closeness of the matches; you have to back up in the field, as every run is of horrible importance, when you only win by a dozen or fifteen runs. If you put in a side to get 60, as we did yesterday, you rather expect to beat them. W’hat would you expect at home ? I n a match at Balham on April 80, between Sloane Park and W. H. Smith and Sons, J. Wilmshurst took 5 wickets (all bowled) of the latter for 4 runs. Cricket ixt Cambriftge.' ST. JOHN’S v. MAGDALENE. Played on the Johnian ground on April 30. The home team won by seven wickets and 162 runs. C. Toppin, the ’Varsity fast bowler, played on the stipulation that he did not bowl. M a g d a l e n e . R.W .Patton, b Price 0 H. G. Tringham . c Roughton.bSchiller 0 A. V. Pestling, b S c h ille r ................... 1 E. Clapton, e Grenfell, b Schiller ...........12 J. R. Shaw, c Toppin, b Sharman .......... 1 G. C. Ives, b Hanmer 0 T. M. Broadbent, b H a n m e r.................. 0 E. A. Poole, b Price 31 Hon. M. O. Forbes, c Hanmer, b Schiller 7 J B.Luckham .bPrice 7 G.B. Ashman, notout 1 B 6, lb 10, w 1 ... 17 Total S t . J o h n ’ s . J. S. E. Grenfell, c Forbes.b Tringham 21 G. D. White, c Ives, b Tringham ..............13 C. Toppin,c Ashman, b Trincham ...........79 A. H. Sharman, not out ..........................77 H. Hanmer, not out 36 B 9,1b 4 ...........13 Total ..239 B. Ellis, W . n. Ainger, F. N. Schiller, C. Hayden, II. Roughton, and W . G. Price did not bat. SURREY C. it G. v. BROADWATER. The Surrey Club as usual opened the season with a match against the Broadwater Chib at Godalming, on Monday. Abel played capital cricket, and Hulme, of Derbyshire, and Sharp, of Nottingham, who are both engaged at the Oval, bowled with success. The Surrey Club won by 88 runs. B r o a d w a t e b . C.C. Clarke, b Hulme 5 P. J. de Paravicini, b Hulme .................. 1 W. D. Marshall, c Hulme, b Hardstafl 0 C. E. Cottrell, b Hard- s t a ff.......................... 2 A F. Somerset, b Abel 39 A.C. C ittley, b Hulme 0 S u r r e y Abel, b Lockyer ... 65 W ood, c M.C. Clarke, b Mellersh ..........28 Prockwell.b Mellersh 7 Smith, c C. C. Clarke, b Somerset ........... 2 M ills, c C. C. Clarke, b P a ra vicin i.......... 0 W . W. Read, b Vfel- le rs h ..........................31 F. Hill, c Somerset, b Paravicini ........... 7 E. M oney-W igram, b Sharp .................. 22 M. C. Clark, b Sharp 0 T.D.M ellersh.bSharp 0 Street, b Sharp ... 6 Lockyer, not out ... 6 B .......................... 1 Total , 82 C .& G . Hulme, b L ock yer... 5 Bowley, not out ... 20 Sharp, c Street, b j Paravicini ........... 0 Hardstaff.cC.C.Clarke, b Lockyer ........... 1 B 1, lb 3 ........... 4 Total ...170 PENGE v. NORWOOD. Played at Norwood on Apnl 30. P e n g e . Cook, b Elborough ... Moberly, st Feather- stone, b G ibson ... Watts, not out.......... Chater, cW iltshire, b Elborough ........... Cane, c H. Austin, b Elborough ........... 3 D illon, b W . Austin 1 B row n,b w. Austin... 0 King, b Elborough ... 16 Oldham ,b Elborough 0 Middleton, h w, b G ibson .................. 9 Buxton, c Bassett, b Elborough E xtras... Total H. Goodwyn, b Cook G. Featherstone, b Oldham .................. 7 W . Austin, b Brown 18 T. G i'son. b Oldham 0 F. W iltshire, b Crock- ston ..........................21 F. H allam .b Brown... 7 W . P. Heall, b P.rown 11 N o r w o o d . W. C. Elhorough, b Crockston ... 19 H. Austin, b Cook ... 8 J.L. Worship, b Cook 8 J. D. Bassett, not out 1 E xtras.................. 4 Total ...112 S m a ll S corin g.— In a match played on the Barrack Ground at Christchurch between Pokesdown and the Royal Artillery, the former were dismissed in their first innings for six, of which five were got from the bat. On the same day Cheadle dismissed Compstall for three runs, three batsmen each getting a single. CRYSTAL PALACE CLUB.—MARRIED v SINGLE (12 a - s id e ). Played at Crystal Palace on April 30. S in g l e . First Innings. Second Innings. G. E. Bicknell, c Hender­ son, b C osen s................... 0 c Hetley, b S h orter.......... 2 J. Dives, b Barry ......... 4 c W oolloton, b S h orter........23 F. A. Rehder, b Cosens ... 7 C. J. M. Fox, b A s te ........... 21 b S h o rte r ........ 0 W . R. Hawkins, b Cosens 1 c W oolloton, b A ste... ... ... 9 W . F. Umney, run out ... 0 not out ...........22 J. N. Noakes, c Smith, b B a r r y ..................................... 13 c Barry, b Aste 0 C. Dorm an, c Shorter, b Aste ................................... 5 b Currey .......... 2 T. S Welch, c W oolloton, b A ste................................... 0 b Asto.................10 C. M ountford, b Aste ... 0 A. Cipriani, st W oolloton, b Aste.................................... 0 c W oolloton, b S h orter........13 A. Kayess, not out ..............14 b Smith .........It B 3, lb 2 ......................... B Total Total ... 95 J. A s'c, b M ountford... J. M. Henderson, b Um ney.......................... 0 S. Shorter, c and b U m ney.......................... 5 H. Hetley, b Umney ... 0 F. Barry, b Noakes ... 10 C. E. Smith, c Fox, b U m n ey.......................... 3 F. Cam pbell, b M ount­ ford .......................... 1 G. Cosens, b M ountford 0 ...........70 M a r r ie d . 7 P. Cram pton, b Um ney.................. 0 A. H. Jackson, not ou t.......................... 7 A. W. Gardner- W oolloton, b Umney ...........11 P. Currey. c D or­ man, b Umney... 1 B 3, lb 2 ........... 5 Total 50 GHENT y . ST. LAWRENCE SCHOOL, BRUGES. Played at Bruges on April 21. S t . L aw rence S chool . First Innings. Second Innings. R Turner, b Perkins ... 4 c C. Mermagen, b Sorsbie ... 7 E. Green, b S orsb ie ........... 0 b S o r s b ie .......................5 W . Saberton, c C. Mer­ magen, b P e rk in s........... 0 cYoung.b Stokes 0 Rev. L. B. Towne, b Per­ kins .................................. 0 b P erk in s...0 H Russeii] not out ...........30 b Sorsbie ......... 3 S. Cheffins, b Perkins ... 3 b S orsb ie.......... 2 J. W hite, b P erk in s........... 0 c Stokes, b Sorsbie .......... 0 K. Hamm ond, b Stokes ... 2 b P erk in s......... 0 H. Machrane, b Stokes ... 0 b Sorsbie ......... 2 F. Clarke, b Stokes ........... 4 not out .......... 0 E. O. R oid.b C. Mermagon 2 b S o rs b ie ......... 0 B 3, lb 1 .......................... 4 B 2, lb 2 ...4 T otal ...................49 Total G h e n t J. D. Hoper, b Turner 0 E. Mermagen, b Rus- 23 L. Donnv.c Saberton, b Cheffins ........... 2 C .E . Stokes,bCheffins 31 N. Perkins, b Turner 1 E. Sorsbie, b Turner 0 C. F. Mermagen. c Russell, b Cheffins 29 W . E. Young,c Qreon, b Russell..................17 sell M.Donny.cSaberton, b Russell.................. H. Milnes, b Cheffins J. Lane, not out B 1,1b 2 ........... Total 2 3 3 91 CROYDON v. MITCHAM. Played at Mitcham on April 30. C r o y d o n . S. F. Kemp, b Harvey H. R. Groom , b Harvey J. A. Knight, not out... 1 A. L. Kemp, c and b H arvey.......................... A. W . Allan, b Harvey J. C. Neech. b Harris .. E. H. Burkitt, b Harris W . T. Grant, b Harris E. J. Day, c Gould, b Harris .......... C. W . M. Feist, b H arvey ........... E. H. Balch, b Lyddon ........... Total... 44 M it c h a m . Lyddon, b B a lch ...........17 IHambling,low, b Jos. Caffarey, b B alch 14 N e e ch .................. 0 W . Lee, c Allan, b Harris, c Groom , b Balch .......................... 0 ! N e e ch .................. 4 Jas. Caffarey, not out 24 IPeters, b Day ... 0 T. P. Harvey, run out 7i — A. J. Clarke, b Day ... I f Total...........72 Southerton, b Day ... 0 Gould, c Knight, b N eech .......................... 5