Cricket 1887

AUG. 18, 1887, CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD 0 ? THE GAME. 845 Seaton between the Seaton Buccaneers and Honiton, the Oxonian did a note­ worthy performance with the ball. In Honiton’s first innings he delivered five overs for four runs and eight wickets, and, indeed, nine overs were sufficient to get Honiton out, Underwood bowling the four remaining batsmen from the other endfor one wicket. “ The O ld B u ffe r ,” to whom I am indebted for the paper giving particu­ lars of this performance, points a moral from the following account of the little game pursued by the Honitonians intheir second innings. In Honiton’s second innings, however, the batsmen triumphed. The Coplestons, mis­ trusting their bats, used their legs to protect their wickets from Nepean’s extraordinary “ break.” Their tactios proved successful time after time. Th3 Rev. J. H. Copleston was very nearly bowled from Nepean’s first ball, and might have been stumped and caught more than once from him before ‘making a dozen. Then he settled down and^hit about freely, making 101 not out. J. H. H. Coples­ ton £inade 70, and E. L. Copleston 20 not out. Nepean bowled throughout the innings, but only 55 runs were made from him, while he got two of the three wickets that fell. “ Decipit exemplar vitiis imitabile ” is the moral the “ Old Buffer” deduces from a perusal of the account of thismatch. T h e following are the principal aver­ ages of the year in not less than 18 i inings, in the nine principal county and other first-class matches up to Saturday last:— Completed Highest Inns. Runs. Score. W. G. Grace ... W. W. Read ... U1yett.............. A. J. Webbe ... Hall ............... K. J. Key ........ J. Shuter ........ Quaife............... Lohmann........ A. N. Hornby ... Gunn.............. A. E. Stoddart... Barnes.............. P. Marchant ... Briggs............... Bates............... W. Rashleigh ... Flowers ........ Hon.M.B. Hawke F. Hearne........ G. G. Hearne ... Peel ............... Jesse Hide........ Bead ............... 1599 , 1353 1199 , 1004 , 860 , 1093 708 718 776 635 666 576 515 , 540 646 , 729 665 . 555 , 705 , 744 714 507 , 477 183* 217 199* . 213* .. 16) 281 111 111 115 105 90 151 160 49 68 103 105 76 78* .. 144 91 91 115 71 Aver. 55.4 ... 543 47.24 . 45.14 .. 40.20 .. 36.13 .. 35.8 .. 34.4 .. 33.18 .. 33.8 .. 33.6 .. 28.16 .. 28.11 ... 28.8 .. 28.2 .. 28.1 .. 27.17 ... 27.15 . 26.S .. 25.19 .. 25.14 .. 24.3 .. 23.17 .. 23.7 Shrewsbury’s scores this year will be found in a separate paragraph. I h ear that there is a serious intention on the part of some of the moving spirits onthe executiveof the Derbyshire Clubto reduce and very considerably thenumber of matches to be played by the County next summer. As far as I can gather, it is proposed to arrange only eight Inter- County fixtures, to wit, home and home matches with Kent, Sussex, Leicester­ shire, and Essex. The lack of interest shown by the public at Derby in the better class of cricket provided on the County ground has crippledthe resources of the management, and in the present state of affairs there seems to be no alter­ native but a curtailment of the matth list. The fixtures with Surrey and York- j shire—whose visits, ontheform shown by their respective elevens of late, ought to have been particularly attractive—I understand, entailed a loss this summer of over two hundred pounds. H in c illce lachrymce. The following case has been submitted tome:— A man [being hurt has a substitute to run for him. His substitute is at the bowler’s end, and he is standing beside the umpire. He happensto stray a little distance—a foot ortwo from the umpire—and the wicket-keeper hav­ ing the ball puts down the wicket, the other batsman being in his ground at the wicket­ keeper’s end, and appea!s on the ground that when standing with the umpire the batsman must be behind or within a straight line drawn from the popping crease. Question .—Is there any necessity for a man who is entirely out of the play, and who stands as a matter of con­ venience near the umpire, to be within the popping crease or a continuation of it. It being thoroughly understood that his substi­ tute and partner are both in their respective grounds. I replied to a similar question at length a year or so ago, and can only repeat my answer then. The batsman having re­ tired to stand by the umpire is legally done with the game, so far, that is, as to where he stands, though of coursehe must not cause or be guilty of any obstruction. The following are the various scores made by Mr. E. Diver during the present season. Mr. Diver, I needhardly remind CRiCKET-readers, played recently for Surrey under the residential qualifica­ tion, but is now settled in his native town of Cambridge:— 1st 2nd 48* 70 84 22 19* 37* 2 213 101 May 22—St. Ives v. The Jackdaws „ 30—Cassandra v. Haverhill June 1—Victoria v. Leys College „ 7—Victoria v. Fitzwilliam Hall „ 8—Perse School v. Jesus College „ 22—Victoria v. St. Mark’s College „ 30—Victoria v. Royston July 8—Victoria v. Bedford „ 14,15,16—An England XI. v. North of Ireland „ 18—North of Ireland v. Cookstown „ *22—Victoria v. Royston ,, 25,5-6—Victoria v. Jesus Coll. L.V.C. „ 28—St. Ives v. Ramsay August 2, 3—Victoria v. Caius Coll. L.V.C. „ 5,6—OldPerseans v.JesusColl.L.V.C.127 ,, 9,10—Rev. Ponsonby’s XI. v. Trinity Coll.L.V.C. 71 34* „ 12,13—Victoria v. St. John’s L.V.C. 312* Total—1,546runs for 15innings. Average-103.1. 10 60 117 36 137 46 Shrew sbury’s performances with the bat this summerhave beenso consistently brilliant as to challenge comparison with the doings of the “ great master of cricket,” Dr. W. G. Graca, at his best, than which there can certainly not be higher praise. The Nottingham pro- fessor’slatestexhibitionagainstMiddlesex, at Trent Bridge on Monday andTuesday, is, I should fancy, without a parallel as an exhibition of defensive cricket. Full details of a remarkable innings have ap­ peared, and I amnot going to travel now over ground already well-trodden. As an instance of unwearying patience his play on Tuesday though is worthy of special notice, and, indeed, a reference to the score will show that he was at the wicket all that day increasing his runs from 161 to 267, adding himself only 97 of 278made by the eight wickets which lell. Thanks to his extraordinaryplay, Notts were able to beat the best total previously recorded this year in a first-class match, and cricketers of all classes will congratu­ late the County eleven and their own bright particular star on one of the most conspicuous of themanybrilliant achieve­ ments on the cricket field of late years. As by an accident Shrewsbury’snamewas omittedfromthe list ofthemost successful batsmen of 1887, which appeared in this paper a fortnight ago, I shall make what amends I can by giving a list of hisscores in important matches up to date. From this list it will be seen that he can claim an aggregate of 1,334 runs for fourteen completed innings. This gives the extra­ ordinary average of over 95 runs. 1st 2nd Ttl. May 30—Nottingham,Notts v. Surrey 17 5 Jane 9—Lord’s, Notts y. Middlesex ... 119 June13—Lord’s,England v.M.C.C.&G. 152 June16—Nottingham, Notts v. Yorks. 81 June30—Nottingham, Notts v. Lancs. 130 July 11—Lord’s, Players v. Gentlemen 111 July 14—Oval, Players v. Gentlemen 2 July 18-Nottingham,Notts Y. Kent... 24 July 21—Brighton, Notts v. Sussex ... 101 July 28—Nottingham,Nottsv.Glouces. 86 — 86 Aug. 1—Oval, Notts v. Surrey ........ 41 5 46 Aug. 8—Clifton, Notts v. Glouces. ... 119* — 119 Aug. 15—Nottingham, Notts v. Middx. 267 — 267 Shrew sbury’s innings of267thisweekat Nottingham is,I may add, the fifth score of over two hundredhehasmadefor Notts, a distinction that I believe can not be claimed by any other cricketer, not even byMr.W. G. Gracehimself. Hisprevious scores of over two hundred have been as follow:—207 against Surrey at the Oval in 1882, 209 against Sussex at Brighton in 1884, 224 (not out) against Middlesex at Lord’s in 1885, and 227 (not out) against Gloucestershire atMoreton-in-the- Marsh last year. — 119 — 152 — 81 — 130 — in — 2 74* 98 — 101 T he following are the results o f the various matches played between the nine leading counties this season up to Satur­ day la st:— Played. Won. Lost. Drawn Surrey ............... 13 11 2 0 Notts ......................... 10 6 2 2 Lancashire ..... 11 8 2 1 Middlesex ........ 9 3 2 4 Yorkshire ........ 13 5 2 6 Sussex .............. 9 2 6 1 Gloucestershire . . 1 2 1 8 3 Kent .................. 11 1 7 3 Derbyshire........ 6 0 6 0 SCORE BOOK— Continued. yEOLIANS v. OLD CHAKLTON. Played at Charlton Park on August 6, .ZE o l ia n s . T. Pearce, b E. Land 5 G. Thomson, c A. Sheffield, b E. Land 20 W. Morris, b E. Land 0 C. Carter, c and b H. Stapley .............. 22 E. J. Heasman, c E. Bradbury,bE. Land 11 E. H. Heasman, lbw, b E. Bradbury ... 33 O l d C h a r lto n . W. H. Hutchinson, b H. Stapley ........ P. Fitch, not out ... J. J. Clark, run out... L. F. Parrot, c and b E. Bradbury........ B 3, lb 3, w 1 ... Total ...106 H. Stapley, c and b W. Morris ........ 11 J.Leamv, b W.Morris 3 E. Land, c G. Thom­ son .................... 11 E.Leamy.b W.Morris 18 A. Sheffiald, c E. J. Heasmm, b E. H. Heasman.............. 6 H.Lovejoy.c (.i.Thom- ton,bE.H.Hea*man 19 E. Bradbury, c andb W. Morris ........ W. Maidmenfc, b W. Morris ...............; J.Earnev. b^, Morris Crawford, b T. K. Pearce ............... Light, not out........ B 4, lb 3, w 2 ... Total ...127