Cricket 1887

Jan. 27 , 188 ?. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 5 wicket down, and was not out at the end of the innings without having a strike. May 12.—Oxford. Seniors’ Match —A. E. Cobb’s side v. H. T. Arnall-Thomp- son’s side. P. Coles (70) and R. G. Glennie (138) scored 210 for first wicket in second innings of former. May 19.—Lord’s. M.C.C. & G. v. Lanca­ shire. The match was begun an,d finished in one day (the second). Thirty-four wickets realised an aggregate of 264 runs. Only three similar cases, we believe, before in first-class matches. May 19.- Plaistow. Plaistow (Kent) v. Croy­ don. .T. E. Shaw carried his bat through former’s innings for 32 out of 74. May 20.—Kennington Oval. Australians v. Surrey. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales’ first visit to a cricket match at the Oval, his property as Duke of Cornwall. May 21.—Parsee cricketers arrived in Lon­ don. The first visit of an Indian team to England. May 22.—Loughborough. Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. Waverley. G. H. Harnett carried his bat through former’s innings, scoring 75 out of 114, May 22.— Willesden. Law v. Hampstead. J. E. Shaw carried his bit through former's innings for 3S out of 72. May 22,—Kennington Oval. Australians v. Surrey. Surrey won by three wickets. Surrey’s first victory over an Australian team. May 24.—Plaxtol v. Sevenoaks Town. W. A. Ari3 carried his bat through former's innings. May 24.—-Lord’s. M.C.C. and Ground v. Australians. Rain prevented a ball being bowled on the two days for which the match was fixed. As far as we know there has been only one similar else for many years. That was in 1875 when the wickets for Surrey v. Middlesex were never even pitched at the Oval, on July 15 or two following days. —Croydon. Croydon v. Clapton. W . A. Aris carried his bat through former’s innings, scoring 29 out of 67. .—Kennington O.al. Surrey v. Yorkshire. Surrey won by 27 runs. They had not beaten Yorkshire at Oval since 1865. May 26, May 26 May 27. May 29 May 29- May 29- June 3- —Huddersfield. Yorkshire v. Sus­ sex. Emmett and Peate bowled through both innings of Sussex without a change. Hall carried his bat through Yorkshire’s second innings, scoring 50 out of 173. -Charlton Park. Charlton Park v. Erith. A. P. Zambrano took all ten wickets of Erith. —Oxford. M. C. Kemp’s Eleven v. Hertford College. H. V. Page took all ten wickets of latter. -Buxton. Buxton v. Tideswell. J. Walker carried his bat through the latter’s innings. He scored 3 out of 15. -Nottingham. Lancashire v. Nott’ . Lancashire were dismissed for 42 and 48. The Yorkshiremen, it is said, are the only other team that have dismissed Lancashire twice for less than fifty runs in a county match. June 3—Plaxtol v. Hadlow. W . A. Ari carried his bat through the former’s nnings. June 3—Llanfairfechan. Mr. S. Platts’ Eleven v. Carnarvon. A. S. Gripps carried his bat through former’s innings, scoring 231 out of 362. June 3—Southampton. Freemantle v. All Saints. Freemantle scored 8 and 0. June 4,—Brighton. Sussex v. Hante, F. M. Lucas and G. Brann added 226 for fourth wicket of Sussex. June 5—Teddington. Taddington v. St. Thomas’s Hospital. W. Furze carried his bat through former's innings. June 7—Lord’s. Middlesex v. Yorkshire. In all 1,093 runs were scored for twenty-four wickets. June 7—Derby. Australians v. Derbyshire. G. Giffen took sixteen of twenty Derbyshire wickets. He got all nine which fell to bowlers in the second innings. June 10—Lord’s. Middlesex v. Gloucester­ shire. Mr. 0. G. Radcliffe carried his bat through the second innings of Gloucestershire, scoring 104 of 207. June 14.—Sheffield. Kent 'v . Yorkshire. Mr. W. H. Patterson and F. Hearne made 106 for the first Jwicket in Kent’s first innings. June 14.—Manchester. Australians v. Lan­ cashire. G. Giffen took sixteen Lancashire wickets at a cost «f only 65 runs. June 14.—Lord’s. Eleven of North v. Eleven of South. Parnham of Leicestershire and White of Notts added 157 for the last wicket of North in first innings—the largest number made by the two last bats­ men in an important match. June 14.—Buckhurst Hill. Buckhurst Hill v. Chelsea United. Buckhurst Hill scored 631. June 14.—Nottingham. Notts v. Surrey. In Surrey’s first innings Diver and Read made 114 in the hour. Scotton carried his bat through former’s innings, making 110 of 223. June 15.—Oxford, I Zingari v. Bullingdon. I Zingari scored 658 (L. K. Jarvis 152, Lord Dalkeith 120, H. W. Forster 107, and Lord G. Scott 100). The only instance of four hundreds in one innings in Eng­ land. June 16.—Maidstone. Mote Park v. Boyal Marines. Mote Park scored 574 for four wickeos. June 17-—Ken»ington Oval. Australians v. Gentlemen of England. 1,064 runs were totalled in the three days for 28 wickets. Messrs. W. G. Grace and W . H. Patterson put on 104 runs for the first wicket of the Gentlemen; Messrs. Garrett and Evans 69 for the tenth wicket of the Australians. The latter, who went in second, headed the Gentle­ men’s total of 471 by 17 runs. June 17.—Portsmouth. South Lancashire Regiment v. Worcester Regiment. Former scored 508 for five wickets. June 19.—Southall. Notting Hill v. Southall. J. P. A. Geoghegan carried his bat through former’s innings. Jane 19.—Upner. Old Brucians v. Hundred of Hoo. Latter scored 240 in less than two hours for one wicket. Of the 240 C. Rcbson scored 177not out. June 21.—Sheffield. Cambridge University v. Yorkshire. Mr. G. M. Kemp scored 103 out of 284 in first in­ nings of the University—his third successive score of a hundred against Yorkshire. June 21.—Nottingham. Australians v. Players. Barlow and Flowers added 172 for ninth wicket of Players. June 21.—Oxford. M.C.C. and G. v. Oxford University. W. G. Grace took all ten wickets in second innings of Oxford, and scored 104 out of 260. June 22.—Repton. Repton School v. Up­ pingham School. J. H. Kelsey carried his bat through Repton’s first innings, scoring 77 out of 158. June 25 —Shoebury. Free Foresters v. Shoeburyness Garrison. Foresters scored 603. June 25.—Clifton. Clifton v. Lansdown. Clifton scored 618. The largest score ever made on Durdham Downs. June 25.—Bexley. Bexley v. Incogniti. C. E. Horner got all ten wickets in second innings of Incogniti. Al­ together he obtained eighteen of nineteen wickets. In first innings of Bexley W . W. Mann played a ball hard on to his wicket which went through without displacing the bails. June 26.—Philadelphia, Germantown v. Young America. F. W. Ralston and G. S. Patterson put on 113 for first wicket of former. The largest score for first wicket in America. June 28.—Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Notts v. Gloucestershire. Shrewsbury carried his bat through second in­ nings of Notts for 227 out of 430— the highest individual score of the season in Inter-County matches. June 28.—Manchester. Lancashire v. Ox­ ford University. Mr. A. N. Hornby and Barlow put on 191 runs for the first wicket of Lancashire. July 1—Lord’s. M.C.C. and G. v. Oxford Univ. In the two days 879 runs were totalled for only 23 wickets. Mr. G.F.Vernon contributed 160(includ- ing twenty-two fours) of last 225 made by M.C.C. July 2—Bickley Park. Beckenham v. Bickley Park, L. Wilson carried his bat through Beckenham’s inn­ ings for 250 out of 480. July 2—Brighton. Brighton Brunswick v. Stoics. Brunswick scored 544 for five wickets. July 3—Leathsrhead. Old Brucians v. Leatherhead. C. Robson carried his bat through former’s innings for 123 of 201. July 3—Edinburgh. Grange v. Brunswick. Reid of Brunswick bowled an over which cost 29 runs. He began with four wides, three for four, and one for a single, and the four remaining balls were hit by R. H. Johnston for four each. July 5—Eastbourne. Eastbourne v. Nun- head. Eastbourne scored 643 for five wickets. July 5—Lord’s. Oxford V. Cambridge. In second innings of Oxford, Messrs, K. J. Key and W. Rashleigh put on 243 runs for the first wicket. The largest number before the fall of a wicket in Inter-University matches. Mr. Key’s 143 is also the highest individual score in these contests. Next Issue February 24