Cricket 1887

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JAN. 27, 1887. COMING FOOTBALL MATCHES At Kennington Oval. J a n . 29.— Old Westminsters v. Partick Thistle (Fiftli Round Football Association Cup). F e b . 5.—Old Westminsters v. Clapton (Semi-final London Asso. Cup'. 9. —Corinthians v. Cambridge Uni­ versity. 12.—Corinthians v. Queen’s Park, Glasgow. 19.—London v. Staffordshire. 23.—Oxford v. Cambridge. 26.—England v. Wales. M a e . 5.— Corinthians v. Preston North End. 19.—Final Tie, London Association Cup. A pril 2.— Final Tie, Football Association Cup. NOW READY. JOHN WISDEN’S Cricketers’ Almanack For 1887. COMPILED BY GHABLES F, PARDON, The Only Publication giving Full Scores and Bowling Analysis of all First-class Cricket Matches. A COM PLETE RECORD OF TH E AUSTRALIAN TOUR And all Statistical Inform ation relative to the year. ONE SHILLING , POST -FREE 1/3. 1886 On Sale Same P rice. THE Australians in England, 1886. For Charles F. Pardon’s com plete record see the above. 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Postal Orders to be sent to M r . W . R. W r igh t , Manager of C r icket , at the office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Common,s London, E .C . f j a f r t l k m : ( S n s s t p , The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Sam let, A K e n t is h correspondent has been good enough to call my attention to the death of an old cricketer, of which no intelli­ gence had reached me. Mr. C. G. Whit­ taker, who died suddenly on Nov. 15, 1886, at the age of sixty-seven, was born at Banning, in Kent, where he resided, on Sept. 8, 1819. He was educated at West­ minster, and was a fine fast round-arm bowler as well as a neat bat, though his scores will not be found very large. He was a member of the Town Mailing Club, for which his father had also played, and began to assist it in matches in 1838. In 1839 he firstplayed for Kent, and appeared regularly in the county eleven up to and including the year 1847. In the early part of 1848, however, he was unfor­ tunate enough to get his thumb broken, and subsequently did not appear in any important matches, though he played several seasons subsequently in minor contests. He won a place in the Kent eleven at a time when it was at its strong­ est, and this will be sufficient to prove his abilities as a cricketer. I h a v e received the following letter from Mr. W. J. Ford, whose appointment to the Head Mastership of Nelson College, New Zealand, I announced some months ago. His friends, and they are many, will be glad to see that he is showing the same keen interest in the game in New Zealand which characterised him in the old country. I think the following bowling feat deserves record, if only to show that some of us poor colonists can bowl a bit. In a match between Nelson Town and Nelson College, the third wicket fell at 59, of which one man got 46. Eleven balls disposed of the other seven with­ out a run being scored, one of the boys, Morton by name—and a good bowling name, t o o - taking the last three wickets in as many balls. The other bowler was Mr. A. P. Bennett, who appeared some time ago for the Kentish colts. Is not this worthy of “ Pavilion Gossip? ” T h e Cambridge captain will have plenty of scope this year for the display of judgment in the selection of likely talent. Only five of last year’s choices will be left, F. Marchant, the captain, C. D. Buxton, G. Kemp, F. Thomas, and Hon. C. Knatchbull-Hugessen, so that there will be as many as six vacancies to fill. G. Cotterill, the Captain of the Brighton College Eleven of 1886, will not be in residence till next October, and as far as I know the most likely Freshmen will be II. Hale, the young Australian who made a promising debat for Gloucester­ shire last summer; L. G. B. Ford, the Repton Captain, who represented Middle­ sex in the later matches of 1886; E. Crawley, Harrow’s crack bat, and II. J. Mordaunt, last year’s Eton Captain. C. W. Rock, who did such excellent service for Cambridge in 1884-5-6, I believe has either returned or is on his return to his native colony of Tasmania. T h e exceptionally brilliant performance of the two bowlers, Turner and Ferris, who contributed mainly to the very un­ expected victory of a weak team of New South Wales over Shaw and Shrews­ bury’s team in Sydney, as was only to be expected, was the cause of immense grati­ fication to the Australian critics. Turner’s bowling, in particular, was worthy of the highest praise. Altogether he sent down 259 balls for 64 runs and thirteen wickets, Next Issue February 24