Cricket 1887

JUNE 80, 1687. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 238 AVERAGES AGAINST FIRST-CLASS COUNTIES. Times Most in Inns, not out. an Inns. Runs. Aver. Surrey ......... 35 ... 4 ... 141 ... 1304 ... 37.9 Middlesex . 40 ... 1 ... 107 ... 1197 ... 29.37 Sussex ....... . 30 ... 0 .. . 91 ... 813 ... 27.3 Kent............. . 24 ... 0 . .. 79 ... 601 ... 25.1 Derbyshire ... 24 ... 4 ... 59* .. 597 ... 24.21 Lancashire .,.. 42 ... 2 ... 91* ... 956 ... 22.32 Glo’stershire... 48 ... 1 .. . 109 .,.. 1078 ... 22.22 Not*s............ .. 46 ... 3 ... 94 ... 996 ... 21.30 289 15 7542 26.28 OTHER THAN COUNTY MATCHES. Camb. Univ.... 13 1 . .. 84 ... 467 ... 35.8 M.C.O. A G. ... 35 ... 2 ... 146* ... 895 ... 25.20 Australians ..,. 19 ... 0 ., .. 38 .,.. 274 ... 14.8 I Zingari... ... 9 ... 0 . ,. 36 .,.. 129 ... 14.3 H is doings for Yorkshire against Surrey have been as under :— Batting. Bowling Bowling 1st inns. 2nd inns. Fielding, o. m. r. w. o. m. r. w. caught 1874—6, 0 ...... 36 16 52 5 ... 39 13 69 4 ... 2 1875—29, 0, 2J ... 15 9 12 1 ... 32 14 40 7 ... 2 1876—46,21,9 ... —— — ... — — — ... o 1877—-12,0,7,25* — — — o 22.313 15 4 ... 26 13 35 2 ... 1 1878—67 ............2414300... — — — ... 0 1880—3, 92*, 141... 10 4 17 0 o 4 3 8 1 ... — — — ... o 1881—112,3,6 ... — — — ... — — — ... o 1882—120,25*,46,46*— — — ... — — — ... o 4 2 43 ... 14 5 20 1 ... 0 1883—21, 11,23 ... 64 70...11520 ...0 1884—43, 53, 36 ... 7 2 152 !!.’ 19 827~1 1 24 12 432 ... 4 2 9 1 ... 0 1885—14,43,37,0...— — — ... — — _ ... o 1886—18, 0, 33, 78...29 23 20 5 25 12 40 3 !!! 1 5 2 60 ... 13 3 19 4 ... 2 17 9 821 ... 7 2 17 1 ... 0 223.3 119291 31 201 81 294 24 14 Inns. Runs. Aver. 35 1,3;4 37.9 Both innings. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 424.3 200 585 55 10.35 C e n tu r ie s v . S u r r e y . 1880...........................141 |1881 .....................112 1882...........................120 Innings of 90runs and upwards, but less than a hundred.—1880. 92\ * Signifies not out. The following are Uiyett’s most remarkable bowling performances against Surrey:— Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 1878........ 20 ... 9 ... 30 ... 7 1882........ 4 ... 2 ... 4 ... 3 1885........ 29 ... 20 ... 20 ... 5 Number of times that Ulyett has bowled throughout an innings againsi Surrey.—1874-78, twice. How disposed of against S u r r e y 17 bowled, 14 caught, 1 lun out, 1 lbw, 1 hw, 1 stumped, and 4 not out. It will be seen that Ulyett has, oddly enough, scored most runs, highest individual innings, highest average, also most wickets and best aver­ age in bowling, all against Surrey, the County against which Yorkshire will contend for his benefit. This is very appropriate. It will be of Interest if I state how these counties stand against eaeh other in the fifty-two matches they have so far played :— Won. Lost. Drawn. Runs.’ Yorkshire ........ 30 ... 12 ... 10 ... 14,018 Surrey .............. 12 ... 3J ... 10 ... 12,566 Yorkshire, it will thus be seen, are eighteen wins to the g o o d . ---------- As I said a week or two since, there seems to be no doubt whatever that two English teams will be louring in Australia next winter. Mr. G. P. Vernon, acting on behalf of the Melbourne Club, has already secured the Hon. M. B. Hawke, Messrs. A. E. Stoddart, W. E. Roller, andT. 0. O’Brien, as well as Bates, Attewell, Peel and Bowley. Mr. W. W. Read, though not certain, it is probable will join the team, and in addition Mr. Vernon, who will probably take another professional, has the promise of several well-known amateurs to com­ plete his team. On the other hand Shaw, Shrewsbury and Lillywhite announce that the team which they are taking out under the guarantee of the Trustees of the Association ground at Sydney, will leave England about the 17th of September. Ulyett and Preston, it is said, too, have been added to the party, which I take it will be composed mostly if not entirely of professionals. I have reason to believe that Mr. Vernon and his party will leave in the Orient steamer “ Iberia” on Sept. 15. T hough I have expressed the opinion frequently I cannot help repeating that the Melbourne Club is not responsible for this double visit of English players to Australia. On the contrary, they were clearly first in the field, and even “ Felix,” the cricket contributor to the Australasian, who has always been a stout supporter of the English profes­ sional teams visiting Australia, expresses the strongest views on this point, as the following remarks taken from an article on the past season will show. One thing should not be forgotten in reviewing the past season, and it is to place on record an expresssion of opinion that the trustees of the New South Wales Cricket ground have acted very unjustly in making arrangements to bring out an English team next season in opposition to the team to be brought out by the Melbourne Club, which was first in the field by a long way. This simultaneous visit of English cricketers, and in opposite views, will do no good to cricket either at home or in the Colonies. Th e Annual Dinner of the Authentics, a Wandering Club composed of present and past members of Oxford University, will be held at the Grosvenor Restaurant, on Thursday next. The President (Mr. Thomas Case, M.A., of Corpus Christi College), the Treasurer of the University Cricket Club, will be in the chair. The Authentics can put a very strong team in the field, as among the hundred members are such well known cricketers as the Rev. R. T. Thornton, Messrs. A. J. Webbe, J. G. Walker, T. C. O’Brien, W. E. T. Bolitho, T. R. Iline-Haycock, H. V. Page, J. H. Brain, E. II. Buckland, K. J. Key, W. Rashleigh, H. O. Whitby, F. H, Gresson, A. G. Grant Asher, H. Philipson, R. G. Glennie, G. W. Ricketts, F. T. Higgins, J.H.Ware, A. E. Newton, H. T. Arnall-Thompson, H. T. ilewett, H. H. Castens and others. The following will show the positions of the nine leading Counties up to Satur­ day last. Surrey.............. Won. 4 Lost. 0 Drawn. 0 Lancashire ..... 3 1 0 Yorkshire........ 2 1 1 Middlesex........ 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 Derbyshire ..... 1 1 0 Gloucestershire 0 2 2 0 3 1 O ld Harrovians, particularly those who were associated with the School on the Hill during the latter part of Dr. Vaughan’s Head-mastership, will hear with great sorrow of the death of E. K. Hornby, elder brother of the dis­ tinguished amateur who has long led the Lancashire team. Though not in the Harrow eleven, he was in the front rank of cricketers at that school about the year 1855, as the writer knows of his own personal knowledge. Subsequently he showed to great advantage as a cricketer, and in 1862 he represented the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at Lord’s with success, scoring 31, the second highest contribution on the side. Mr. Hornby, who died on Sunday in his forty-ninth year, who was at one time M.P. for East Cheshire, and a good sportsman in every way. Old “ Benites ” will be particularly sorry to hear of the death of one of their number, and will sympathise heartily with Mr. A. N. Hornby in his loss. The old race of cricketers was repre­ sented in the recent match beween Eton and Winchester, and well represented too. Unless I am mistaken, W. D. Llewellyn, who played such fine cricket in each innings for Eton, is a son of Mr. J. T. D. Llewellyn, who was for many years ac­ tively identified with the South Wales Club, and did good service in its English tours. And if my information is correot, F. IIarvey-Bathurst, who played for Eton in the same match, is a grandson of a cricketer far more famous in his day, Sir Frederick Bathurst, who in 1858 with Mr. M. Kempson bowled for the Gentle­ men against the Players without being changed. T h e Committee of the Surrey County Club intend playing a test match on July 11 & 12, at the Oval, between 11 of the Ground Staff and 14 Colts of the County. Young Players who have shown excep­ tional ability this season are requested to send a statement of their performances, together with a recommendation from tho Captain of their Club, to the Secretary, Surrey County C. C., Kennington Oval, not later than July 5, so that their claim to a place in the team may be properly considered. T h er e was a general skedaddle at Bickley Park last week, when the Band of Brothers were playing the Bickley Park Club. Mr. A. W. Fulcher, a B. B., was batting and Parson Thornton bowl­ ing, when a swarm of bees caused a rapid dispersion of the principal performers by their sudden appearance at the bowler’s end. Bowler, batsman, and umpire were lost to view in a moment, and for a moment or so the Busy Bees (B.B.’s) were thorough masters of the situation. It is very curious that in the recent match between Surrey and Lancashire at Manchester, while the former were fielding a swarm of bees also interfered with the play, and to a certain degree with the spectators. M b . A. J. W e b b e ’ s performance in carrying his bat through the first innings was perhaps the one redeeming feature of a moderate show by the Middlesex eleven against Oxford University, at