Cricket 1887

Aug. 4, m r . CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THB GAME. 818 think, after noticing this record, con­ gratulate themselves to some extent that they were able to get rid of him twice this week at Lord’s before he had time to get very dangerous. I h e a r that Mr. H. Philipson, the Oxford wicket-keeper, will after all not be able tojoi 1 Mr. G. F. Vernon’s party, which leaves England in the middle of September for Australia. Beaumont, I learn, will go for certain, and it seems very probable that Mr. W. W. Head will accompany Mr. Vernon. There were great hopes that Mr. W. G. Grace would be able to see his way to visit Australia again, but he has been obliged to give a definite refusal. Gunn was asked, but he has made up his mind to remain in Eng­ land this winter, and footballerswill have a chance of oncemore testing his prowess at the winter game. M r. H. J. H. S oott, the Captain of the Australian team of 1885, has, I hear, passed the last medical examination for which he has been working sohard since last autumn. He played for M.C.O. against Bugby last week at Lord’s, and also, if I am rightly informed, for the Australian Club at Ealing. He was present, as, by-the-way, were the majority of the Canadian team, in the pavilion at the Oval during the latter part of the match between Surrey and Notts, and as he was present at the finish had the opportunityof witnessing one of the very b:st displays of all'-round cricket seen on the Surrey ground, or indeed anywhere, for a long time. The Gentlemen of Canada are to be congratulated on the creditable show they made at Lord’s on Monday and Tuesday against a strong batting side representing the Gentlemen of M.C.C. They had not in any way the best of the drawn game, but it was certainly not a bad perform­ ance to get rid of an eleven including Messrs. A. J. Webbe, I. D. Walker, A. E. Stoddart, C. I. Thornton, T. C. O’Brien, and G. F. Vernon for an aggregate of 501 in their two innings. In D. W, Saunders the Canadian team have a wicket-keeper much above the average of amateurs, and in W. A. Henry, an old Merchiston Col­ lege boy, by-the-way, a brilliant out-field who will bear comparison with some of our very bestperformers “ inthe country ’ The Gentlemen of Canada leave Lon­ don for Portsmouth to-night, where they are to meet a team representing the United Services to-morrow and Saturday. Some of the party visited the Houses of Parliament yesterday through the kindness of Viscount Oxenbridge and the Hon. E. Chandos Leigh, and several—among them Mr. A, Gillespie, who stayed till the match was over—were, as I hare already said, at the Oval. Their next appearance in London is on the Surrey ground on Monday, when they are to commence a two days’ match against the Gentlemen of Surrey. The six remaining fixtures arranged forthem are as under, though they, or at least some of them, I understand, con­ template making a longer stay than was originally intended— AUGUST. 8,9—Kennington Oval, v. Gentlemen of Surrey 10,11—Southampton, v. Gentlemen of Hampshire 12,13—Yatton, v. Gentlemen of Gloucestershire 15,16—Stoke-on-Trent, v. Gentlemen of Stafford­ shire. 17, 18—Birmingham, v. Gentlemen of Warwick­ shire 19, 20—Leicester, v. Gentlemen of Leicestershire 22, 23—Liverpool, v. Gentlemen of District I hear, indeed, on the best authority, that they will play an eleven captainedby Mr. C. I. Thornton, on Aug. 27, at the pretty ground attached to Mr. J. W. Hobbs’ estate at Norbury Park, Streatham. A f t e r the severe strain of the three days’ continuous excitement of the Notts match, the Surrey eleven have to meet Gloucestershire at the Oval to-day. Wood, who batted with such remarkable pluck, in spite of a very bad hand, and had the satisfaction of making the win­ ning hit against Notts, will have a rest again, and his place at the wicket will be taken by Mr. M. P. Bowden. Mr. W. E. Boiler and Jones are still incapaci­ tated, and room will be found for Mr. A. P. Douglas who played such good cricket in the later fixtures of 1886, andhas been recently scoring heavilyinminormatches, at Shoeburyness in particular. The following are the principal aver­ ages, in not less than 16 innings, in the nine principal county and other first- class matches. Completed Highest Inns. Runs. Score. Aver. W. W. Read ... 18 .. 1232 .. 247 .. 68.8 w. G. Grace ... 25 .. 1385 . . 183* .. 55.10 Ulyett.............. 22 .. 951 . . 199* .. 43.5 K. J. Key ........ 23 .. 871 . . 281 .. 37.20 Gunn............... 17 .. 594 . . 90 .. 34.16 Hall ... ... ... 18 .. 570 . . 119* .. 31.12 Briggs............... 19 .. 593 . . 68 .. 31.4 Quaife... ... ... 17 .. 510 . . 91 .. 30 Lohmann........ 17 .. 507 . . 79 .. 29.14 A. E. Stoddart... 17 497 . . 151 .. 29.4 Jesse Hide........ 16 .. 452 . . 115 .. 28.4 Flowers ........ 17 .. 462 . . 63* .. 27.3 A. J. Webbe 21 .. 552 . . 63 .. 26.6 W. Rashleigh ... 22 .. 577 .. 105 .. 2fl.5 Bates............... 23 .. 599 . . 84 .. 26.1 G. G. Hearne ... 28 .. 714 . . 91 .. 25.14 Peel ............... 18 .. 429 . . 91 .. 23.15 Abel ............... 16 .. 382 . . 92 .. 23-14 Hon.M.B. Hawke 24 .. 568 . . 78* .. 23.12 Read ............... 19 .. 446 . . 71 .. 23.9 F. H. Gresson ... 21 .. 451 . . 64 .. 21.12 The lovers of County cricket will find no small ground for satisfaction in the universal interest excited in the great strugglebetweenSurreyandNotts, brought to a conclusion at the Oval yesterday afternoon. Up to this year, unless I am in error, the largest number of persons who have paidto see cricket onthe Surrey Ground was on the occasion of the first match between England and Australia in 1880, when 20,822 passed through the turnstiles. This record, though, was quite outdone by the attendance on Mon­ day last, and I should be curious to know if there has been anything to beat the gathering on that day, in Inter- County Matches in particular. As many as 24,450 parted with the sixpence re­ quisite to obtain admission^on Monday, and as 16,943 paid on Tuesday, and 10,214 yesterday, it can easily be reckoned that 51,607 persons con­ tributed to the receipts of the Surrey County C.C. during the course of the three days. SCORE BOOK— Continued. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SUSSEX. The Gloucestershire eleven secured their first victory of the season at Clifton yesterday morning, when they defeated Sussex with six wickets to spare. Though Gloucestershire, who went in li st, were fairly well got rid of for a total of 207,r Sussex fared much worse, and were all dismissed for 109, Mr. Page taking four wickets at a cost of 31 runs. In the follow-on Sussex were seen to better ad­ vantage, and eight of the eleven got double figures, the most successful being Quaife, Bean, Humphreys and Mr. Dudney. Gloucestershire, who wanted 161 to win, had made 70 of them for the loss of two wickets when play ceased. Yesterday morning Mr. Pullen hit in brilliant style, and chiefly through his help and that of Mr. W. G. Grace the remaining runs were obtained for the loss of two more batsmen, G loucestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. W. G Grace, c Hum­ phreys, b Smith ........ 9 notout ......... £2 Mr.E.M.Grace,c Phillips,b Tester........................... 1 lbw, b Smith ... 19 Mr. W. W. F. Pullen, c Dudney, b Tester........ 27 c and b Hum- phre. s ... 62 Mr. O. G. Badcliffe, < Humphreys, b Smith ... 57 b Humphreys ... 81 Mr. F. Townsend, c J. Bide, b Bean ...............18 not out .......... G Mr. H. V. Page, c Phillips, b A. Bide .....................28 Painter, b J. Hide ........ 22 Mr. G. Francis, lbw, b Smith............................ 2 b Smith ......... g Mr. E. L. Griffiths, not out ...........................19 Woof, c A. Hide, b Bean ... 11 Roberts, c and b Tester ... 4 B 4,1 b 5..................... 9 B . 3 Total ................207 S ussex . First Innings. Tester, c Pullen, b W. G. orace..............................15 Quaife, b Roberts ......... 0 Mr. F. M. Lucas, b Page... 9 Mr. G. L. Wilson, b Page 5 Mr. C. A. Smith, b Woof 21 J. Hide, b W. G. Grace ... 0 Pean, b Page ................ 7 Mr. W. H. Dudney, b Woof ..............................18 Humphreys, b Roberts ... 1 Phillips, c Pullen, b Page 9 A. Hide, not out................. 18 B 4,1b 2 ...................... 6 Total ................ 109 Total ...162 Second Innings. run out ... ... 0 c Page.bRoberts 5L st Pullen, b W. G. Grace........ 15 c and b E. M. Grace ......... 0 b Page ........ 22 c Francis,b Page 22 b W. G. Grace ... 54 c Townsend,bW. G. Grace ... 30 run out ........ 35 st Pullen,b Page 11 not out ........ 7 B 3, lb 8 ...11 Total ...258 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G loucestershire . Tester ... Smith ... A. Hide ... Bean J. Hide ... First Innings. O. M. 11 W. ... 32.215 59 3 ... 47 3t ... 22 ... 18 10 ... 11 5 59 38 19 Second Innings. O. M. K. W. 2 32 (I 9 33 0 ... 13 ... 17 20 4 9 42 First Innings. O. M. R. W. Humphreys 15 Sussex. Roberts ... 20 Woof ......... 15 Page ............19 W. GK Grace 14 26 2 29 2 31 4 17 2 Second Innings. O. M. X. W. ........ .c0 12 47 1 . 21 10 a3 0 ... 40 17 . 19.1 6 E. M. Grace 20 Badcliffe