Cricket 1887

6 CRIOKEt: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. JAN. 27, 18b?. J u ly S— B righ ton . Kent v. Sussex. In the three days 1,063 runs w ere s co re d fo r th irty -six w ick et3. July 10—Lord’s. Eton y. Harrow, E. Crawley and J. St. J. Fair made 114 runs for first wicket in Harrow’s second innings. July 10—Liverpool. Rock Ferry y, Dingle. James Ravenscroft and A. E. Pater­ son put on 170 for first wicket of former. July 12.—Sheffield. Australians v. York­ shire. H. J. H. Scott won the match for the former by getting 22 runs (6, 4, 6, 6,) off Wade the last over. July 11.—West Buckland. Devon County School y, Clifton Wanderers. W. Thomas carried his bat through former’s first innings for 28 out of - 70' July 15,—Halifax. Cheshire v. Yorkshire. S. M. Crosfield carried his bat through Cheshire’s second innings for 52'out of 134. In same innings Hart got three wickets with succes­ sive balls. July 15.—Blackburn. East Lancashire v. Great Blackwood. J. Crossland took all ten wickets of latter. July 15.—Lancing. Lancing College v. Brighton College. S. M. J. Woods took fourteen Lancing wickets (all bowled) for 27 runs. July 16.—Woolwich. Quid Nunes v. Royal Artillery. Quids scored 530 (E, M. Butler 111, G. B. Studd 107, and E, A. J. Maynard 102). Three hundreds in an innings. July 22. —Lord's. M.C.C. and G. v. Norfolk. G. Hay and West put on 179 for ninth wicket of M.C.C. July 22.—West Backland. Devon County School v. Arlington. W. Thomas carried his bat through former’s innings for 48 out of 115. July 24,—Beckenham. Kent v. Surrey. Surrey won two minutes before tim?. J uly 26.—Lord’s. M.C.C. and G. v. South Wales. A. S. Winterbotham and Chatterton (W.) made 180 for first wicket of M.C.C. July 29.—Nottingham. Notts v. Glouces­ tershire. Only thirteen wickets fell in the three days for 664 runs. Ju’y 29.—Kennington Oval. Australians v. Surrey. M. Tvead and Abel put on 330 runs for the fourth wicket. On the second^day only two Surrey batsmen were got out for 388 runs. Abel was batting a part of each of the three days. Bead’s 186 and Surrey’s 501 were the highest indi­ vidual and collective scores against the Fifth Australian Team up to date. Surrey won by an innings and 209 runs. July 31.—Eton and Middlesex. Albemarle v. Junior Middlesex. — Jordan carried hi3 bat through former’s innings, scoring 45 out of 76. August 2.—Eastbourne. Incogniti v. Devon­ shire Park. C. A. Smith had a hand in the downfall of seventeen of nine­ teen wickets. In first innings he clean bowled seven, caught one off his own bowling, and two others in the slips. August 2. — Teddington. Teddington v. Barnes. A. S. Bull carried his bat through the former’s innings,scoring 108 of 222. August 4 — Hampstead. Hampstead v. Stoics. Hampstead made 814, A. E. Stoddart485. Largest individual score on record. August 5. — Manchester. Lancashire v. Notts. Mr. A. N. Hornby and Barlow made 109 for first wicket of Lancashire. August 5.—Kennington Oval. Surrey v. Derbj shire. Mr. J. Shuter and Abel made 186 for first wicket of Surrey. Surrey’s 494 was the largest total of the season in Inter- County matches. August 5.—Tufnell Park. Tufnell Park v. Holloway College (Old Boys). Tufnell Park scored 635 for five wickets. August 6.—Canterbury. Kent v. Yorkshire. Hall carried his bat through first innings of Yorkshire for 74 out of 172. In the second innings he went in second wicket down and was not out (75) at the close. August 7.—-Priory Farm. Star (2) v. Acorn. T. Bartlett took all ten Acorn wickets. August 12.—Kennington Oval. England v. Australia. Mr. W. G. Grace and Scotton put on 170 runs for first wicket of England. England won by an innings and 217 runs. The most decisive defeat suffered by an Australian team in England. August 12,—Gravesend. Kentv. Middlesex. In the three days 1,027 runs were totalled for 2 5 wickets, an average of over 41, A. J. Webbe and A. E. Stoddart made 205 for first wicket of Middlesex. G. G. and F. Hearne scored 226 for second wickot in second innings of Kent. Two bats­ men on each side got over a hundred runs, Aug. 14 —Plymouth. Plymouth v. Llan- hydrock. A. O. Whiting carried his bat through former’s innings for 59 out of 147. Aug. 16—Windmill Hill. Windmill Hill v. Ashburnham. H. Curteis took seventeen Ashburnham wickets for 13 runs. Aug. 19—Norbury. J. W. Hobbs’ Eleven v. Cheam. E . Mills for former made 121 not out in just over the hour. In three overs he got 49 runs. Aug. 20—Tyneside Wanderers v. Newcastle Wanderers. E. B. Brutton carried his bat through former’s innings, scoring 209 out of 381. Aug 21—Addiscombe. Old Alleynians v. Addiscombe. H. G. W yldandF. Colcloughin former’s second innings made 66 in eighteen minutes for no wieket. Aug. 21—Godalming. Oitlands Park v. Broadwater. H. Lyon carried his bat through former’s innings,scoring 111 of 176. Aug. 23—Brighton. Sussex v. Yorkshire. 1,023 runs were scored in the three days for thirty-five wickets. Aug. 29—Kennington Oval. Surrey v. Kent. Surrey won three minutes before time. A curious repro­ duction of the same match at Beck­ enham on July 24. August 30.—Gravesend. Australians v. South of England. M. Bead and F. Hearne added 191 runs for second wicket in the second innings of South. At one time they scored 115 runs in 85 minutes. August 31.—Scarborough. Gentlemen cf England v. I Zingari. C. I. Thorn­ ton for former made 107 out of 133 in an hour and twenty minutes. Sept. 3.—Hastings. Hastings v. Bexhill. H. Pigg and L. G. Stileman-Gib- bard made 216 for first wicket of Hastings. First 100 were got in thirty-six minutes. Sept. 4.—Brighton. St. Patrick’s v. High School. H. Roberson carried his bat through former’s innings for 118. Sept. 4.—Scarb rough. Lord Londes- borough’s England Eleven v. Aus­ tralians. Former scored 558, the largest total against an Australian Team in England. Sept. 6.—Poona. North v. South of Bom- b iy Presidency. A. D. Wilkins Ecored 81 and 218, bo'.h not out, for - North. Sept. 8.—Blackheath. Christophersons v. a Blackheath X I. Ten Christoph­ ersons (father and nine sons) played a Blackheath Eleven. Sept. 8.—Matoh played on the Goodwin Sands. Sept. 13.—Buckhurst Hill. Loughton Juniors v. Buckhurst Hill Juniors. E. F. Nicoll (not fourteen years of age) carried his bat through for­ mer’s first innings. He scored 21 of 22, the other run was a bye. Sept. 13.—St. Alban’s. Mr. H. A, Young’s Twelve v. Mr. Rumball’s Twelve. II. O. Cheatterton took all eleven wickets of former. Sept. 15.—Croydon. E. Sturgeon’s X I. v. A. Allan’s XI, Former scored 208 for first wieket. Sept. 16.—Ealing. Twelve Hrarnes played Twelve of Ealing Club. G. G. Hearne carried his bat through former’s innings, scoring 84 of 178. Sept. .—Lindley v. Woodborough. F. E. Whitworth took all the nine w icket3 which fell to the bowlers in the two inning3 of Woodborough. The re­ maining batsman was run out. Dcc. 2.—Wellington (N.Z.) Australian Team v. XXII. of Wellington. Australians scored 475. The largest innings recorded in New Zealand. Dec. 8.—Litbgow (N.S.W.) English Eleven v. XXII. of Lithgow. Twenty-two were out for 27 and 18 (forty alto­ gether from tho bat. W. E. Barton, of the Auckland Club, the finest bat in New Zealand, is an old Cranleigh School boy. N ondescripts C l u b . —The Aunual General Meeting of this Club will be held on Friday, February 4, at 2, Old Burlington Street, when the resolutions passed at the extraordinay generalmeeting on the 7th inst. will be brought forward for confirmation. On a previous occasion it was decided to arrange a short programme for the ensuing season, and we believe the committee have already received offers of three or four most pleasant fixtures. All the old officers of the club have been re­ elected, while the committee has been reduced in number to fh e, three of the old members, Messrs. E. H. Bambridge, A. M. Hill, and Spencer J. Weston, being joined by Messrs. M. P. Betts and A. S. Francis. Next Issue February 24