Cricket 1887

FEB. 24, 1887. CKICKET : A WEEKLY EECOKD OF THE GAME. 19 N O T T IN G H AM SH IR E COUNTY C LUB . T here was a large attendance at the “ George Hotel,” Nottingham, on Saturday, January 29th, on the occasion of the annual general meeting of the above club. Lord Belper, the President, was in the chair. T h e annual report was as under :— “ Your committee have to report that they have examined the accounts and vouchers produced by the treasurer, and found them correct. A summary of the income and ex­ penditure for the past year is presented here­ with, from which it will be seen that there is abalance in hand of £714 13s. lOd. This shows an increase on lastyear’sbalance of £2566s. lOd. In addition to meeting the current expenses of the year, a balance of £300 has been paid for the erection of a new inn, and also another account of £'159 Is. 4d. for fences and sheds made the previous year when the enlargement of the ground took place The committee consider these financial results not unsatis­ factory, especially as the attendance at many of the matches was not so large asusual, or at any rate not so large as might have been anti­ cipated. As will be seen from the financial statement, the matches have but just paid themselves, the increased income being due to the large addition of members. The pasc quarter has been equalised by the opening of the new members’ pavilion. The committee are pleased to state that the construction and general surroundings of the new building have given great satisfaction, and visitors from all parts have declared it to be the finest cricket X>avilion in the country. Your committee cannot refrain from giving a word of j)raise to Mr H. M. Townsliend, the architect, for the care and ability displayed by him in the undertaking, and to Messrs. Fish and Sons, contractors, for the sound undertakings. With respect to the doings of the county eleven during the past season, the committee have again to record that the county took the champion position. The members of the club, and supporters of cricket generally in Not­ tinghamshire, will be heartily proud of the fact that the county has only lost one match during the past three years. The committee have arranged the following home and home matches for 1887: Gloucestershire, Lanca­ shire, Surrey, Kent, Middlesex, Sussex, and Yorkshire. A Yorks Colts’match at Notting­ ham is also included in the programme, a match with M.g.C. at Lord’s, and a fixture at Birmingham, with Warwickshire, in which an eleven of the county will take part. A pro­ posal of Lord Harris submitted to the annual meeting of the county cricket secretaries at Lord’s, to reduce the residential qualification of county players from two years to one, was strenuously opposed by your committee. As the proposal of Lord Harris was so entirely foreign to the feelings and wishes of the friends of cricket in this town and county, it is satisfactory to find that it was defeated by so large a majority of county representatives. With a view to preventing to some extent the loss of our cricketing resources caused by the settlement of young and rising players in other counties, the committee have considered it desirable to secure the services of several promising men for the next season. A fund has been voted for that purpose. Major Egerton having resigned his place on the com­ mittee, Mr, S. Britttle has, under rule 6» been elected in his stead. Your committee have decided to play a benefit match this year for J. Selby. The committee having represented to the lessee that there is a desire among members for carriages to be admitted to the ground, the lessee has consented to allot a limited space at the end of the east wing of the pavilion for that purpose. The auditors haying reported a considerable number of sub­ scribers in arrear, the committee recommend that the names of members whose subscrip­ tions are unpaid on the 1st of July each year, be posted in the pavilion, and that rule 11 be altered accordingly.” The financial statement referred to above was as follows : Balance for the last year, £'456 7s.; match receipts, £2,104 8s. 6d; mem­ bers’ subscriptions, £1,163 7s.; bank interest allowed, £5 11s.; total receipts £3,729 16s. 6d.; expenditure, match expenses, viz., Colts’ match, £45 12s. 9d.; Australians (first county match) £129 10s. 6d.; Australians (first county match, half gate), £86 13st 9d.; Yorkshire Colts’ at Sheffield, £25; Sussex at Brighton, £80 10s.; Lancashire at Nottingham, £105 3s.; Surrey at Nottingham £97 7s. 3d.; Middlesex at Lord’s, £72; Australians v. Players, £177 13s. 5d.; Australians v. Players (half­ gate), £128 8s. 6d.: Kent at Maidstone, £83; Gloucestershire at Moreton, £75; Yorkshire at Nottingham £104 13s. 9d.; Australians (second county match), £137 10s. 7d,; Austra­ lians (half gate), £130 7s. 3d.; Sussex at Not­ tingham, £95 18s.; Gloucester at Nottingham, £91 4s. 6d.; Surrey at the Oval, £73; Lanca­ shire at Manchester,£59; Yorkshire at Shef­ field, £56; Middlesex at Nottingham, £92 17s. 3d.; and Kent at Nottingham, £91 8s., totalling £2,037 18s. 6d.; salary of assistant secretary, £100; balance of contract for new public house, £300; expenses of complimen­ tary dinner to Australians, £24 19s. 6d.; cost of new fences and sheds, £159 Is. 4d.; petty cash and various payments, including paint­ ing, &o., £240 3s. 3d.; printing, stationery, and other accounts, £88 l£s. 3d.: new seats for pavilion, screen, &c., £60 11s. 4d,; bank com­ mission, £3 13s. 6d.; balance at bank, £714 13s. lOd.; total, £3,729 13s. 6d. The ground rents during the year were as follows: Notts Football Club, £150; Forest sports, £35; Amateur Cricket Club, £18 10s.; Commercial Cricket Club, £18; Zingari C.C., £10; Forest Cricket Club, £10; Bank Cricket Club, £10; I and R. Morley Cricket Club, £7; W. Gibson and Co., £7; Castlegate Cricket Club, £8; Rangers Football Club, £5; other smaller lettings, £14; Total, £292. This amount had been disbursed in matters con­ nected with the maintenance of the ground, including labour, laying of new turf, rates, taxes, and other expenses, the payments amounting to £247 19s. lOd. The receipts thus exceeded the ground expenses by £44 0s. 2d, In moving the adoption of the report, the Chairman said it gave the members of the club very great satisfaction to take that oppor­ tunity of recognising the proud position in which the club had stood for the third season in succession as the champion county of the United Kingdom. They had lost one match only during the whole three years. He felt sure all the members of the club recognised the steadiness and i)luck with which the county eleven played up on all occasions, even when things were sometimes adverse to them at first, (Hear, hear.) With respect to the financial position of tlie club, he thought on the whole the report might be considered satis­ factory. It was certainly true that the gate money did not amouuu to such a large sum as it had done in some years, but the expenditure at the matches had been more than covered. He believed the diminution in the gate money was not only due to the depression in the business of the town and neighbourhood, but also to the unfavourable weather on some occasions when matches were played. On the' other hand, while they had built a new pavilion, at considerable cost, they found that more than 100 members had joined the club. That represented a satisfactory increase in the funds, and in the strength of the club, and showed the continued interest taken in cricket in the town and county of Nottingham. He might mention that besides paying their way they had paid off the expenses connected with the public house and other things amounting to £460, and had left a larger balance than they had before. He referred with satisfac­ tion to the fact that the proposal of Lord Harris to reduce the residential qualification for county crickec from two years to one had not been passed. Mr. Frank Foljambe, of Osberton, was elected President for the ensuing year, and the Mayor of Nottingham, Alderman Turner, J.P., Vice-President, in place of Alderman Lambert the retiring Vice-President. A hearty vote of thanks was passsed to Lord Belper for the valuable services he had rendered the club during the last two years. The ballot for the election of three mem­ bers to the committee in the place of the three retiring by rotation resulted as under:— Lord Belper 94, Mr. Creasy 66, Mr. Mason 74, the Rev. Mr, Hayman 54, Mr. Turner 36, Mr. Fillingham 12, Mr. Truswell 15, and Mr. Spyby 8. Lord Belper, Mr. M. Mason, and Mr. G. Creasy having received the largest number of votes, were elected. RAVENSBOURNE CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB. Matches played 16, won 4, lost 6, drawn 5, tie 1. BATTING AVERAGES. F irst E l e v e n . Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver. WAV .Woodfield G ... 1 ... 133 ... 37 .... 26.3 A. T. Pearce ... 11 ... 2 .. . 213 .,.. 101 * ... . 23.6 J. P. Clarkson... 5 ... 0 ... . 95 .... 36 ..., 19 E. J. Pritchard 14 ... 1 ..,. 156 ... 26 ..., 12 H. A. Gore 11 ... 1 ... 120 ... 45 ... , 12 W. George 10 ... 1 .. . 95 .... 47 .... 10.5 J. P. James ... 4 ... 0 .. . 39 .... 22 . 9.3 J. S. Kistruck... 14 ... 1 .... 105 ... 26 ..., 8.1 F. Ellingham ... 14 ... 1 ..., 81 ... 23 ... 6.3 A .D arlow 5 ... 1 ..., 27 ... 15* ... 6.3 Hy. Guillc 7 ... 1 .. . 35 .,.. 14 ..., 5.5 A. J. Prior 10 ... 0 ..,, 50 ... 28 ..., 5 W. J. Cowley ... 3 ... 0 ..., 15 ... 12 ... 5 P. W illiam s ... 11 ... 0 .. . 50 .... 17 .... 4.G Hy. W illiam s ... 8 ... 0 .... 31 .,.. 22 . 3.7 S econd E l e v e n . R. J a m e s ............. 9 ... 1 ..., 86 ... 26* ..., 10.G Hewish ............. 8 ... 0 .. . 61 .... 28 .... 7.5 Nichols ........... 7 ... 0 ..., 70 ... 26 ... 10.5 Tirrell ............. 7 ... 2 ... , 10 ... 4 ... 2 Foster ........... 7 ... 0 ... 68 ... 18 ..., 9.5 T. P. Jam es ... 6 ... 0 ..., 48 ... 30 ... 8 J. Stapleton ... 5 ... 3 .... 35 . ... 8 .., 7.1 W. George 5 ... 0 .. . 33 .,.. 18 .... 6.3 Hoskin ............. 5 ... 0 .... 18 .,.. 15 ... . 3.3 C. P. P earson ... 4 ... 0 .... 34 . ... 18 ... , 8.2 K in g ................... 4 ... 1 ..., 15 ... 7* ... 3.3 BOWLING AVERAGES.. F irst E le v e n . Balls Mdns. Runs Wides Wkts.Aver. J. S. Kistruck 930 ... 63 ... 289 ... 5 ... 45 ... 6.19 P. W illiams ... 429 ... 18 ... 183 ... 0 ... 22 ... 8.7 E.J.Pritchard 793 ... 37 ... 330 ... 1 ... 32 ... 10.10 W. W oodfield 149 ... 4 ... 94 ... 0 ... 8 ... 11.6 Kistruck bowled 2, and Woodfield 1 no-balls. S econd E le v e n . B. Hewish ... 256 ... 18 ... 193 ... 1 ... 37 ... 5.8 J. S. T irrell... 316 ... 7 ... 143 ... 0 ... 21 ... 6.17 YORKSHIRE COUNTY CLUB. F ixtu r es for 1887. May 16—Sheffield, Yorkshire Eleven v, Colts oi County. May 23—L ord’s, Yorkshire v. M.C.C. May 27—Huddersfield, Yorkshire v. W arw ick­ shire. May 30—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Kent. June 2—Cambridge, Yorkshire v. Cambridge University. June 3—Nottingham, Yorkshire Colts v. Notts Colts. June 6—L ord’s, Yorkshire v. Middlesex. June 10—Dewsbury, Yorkshire v. Leicestershire. June 1G—Nottingham, N otts v. Yorkshire. June 20—Bradford, Yorkshire v. Sussex. *June 27—Derby, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, i June 30—Gloucester, Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire. ;July 4—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Surrey. ' July 8—Halifax, Yorkshire v. Cheshire. July 11—Birm ingham , Yorkshire v. Warwickshire. July 13—York, Yorkshire Gentlemen v. Players. !July 15—Stockport, Yorkshire v. Cheshire. July 18—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire. July 25—Dewsbury, Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire. Aug. 1—Canterbury, Yorkshire v Kent. Aug. 5—Leicester, Yorkshire v. Leicestershire. Aug. 8—Bradford, Yorkshire v. Lancashire Aug. 11—Huddersfield, Yorkshire v. Middlesex. Aug. 15—Brighton, Yorkshire v. Sussex. Aug. 18—Oval, Yorkshire v. Surrey. Aug. 22—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Notts. Aug. 25—Manchester, Yorkshire v. Lancashire. Aug. 29, Sept. 1.5—Scarboro’ Fixtures. Next Issue March 31