Cricket 1887

FEB. 24,1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 31 at Sydney have, it seems, promised the promoters the best dates, and it is said that the following have been reserved for them:— 1887: 18, 19, 21, and 22 Nov.; 9, 10, 12, and 13 Dec. 1888: 6, 7, 9, and 10, and 20, 21, 23, and 24 Jan.; 24, 25, 27, and 28 Feb.; and 2, 3, 5, and 6 March. On the other hand, the Committee of the Melbourne Club are equally determined to carry out their plan of bringing out a mixed team. Mr. G. F. Vernon is acting on their behalf here, and he will, in con­ junction with Mr. W. W. Read, select the players. These will in all probability consist of nine amateurs and four profes­ sionals, and already the nucleus of a good team has, we learn, been secured. The Yorkshire Captain, Hon. M. B. Hawke, W. E. Roller, A. E. Stoddart and J. G. Walker have,it isrumoured,promised to go. Mr. W. G. Grace is hardly likely to be able to spare the time from his professional duties for a trip to Australia, and Messrs. A. G. Steel and W. H. Patterson, we hear, cannot join the party. The weak­ ness apparently will be in the bowling, but the tour will at least afford an oppor­ tunity for some cricketers new to Australia to show their form, and there is a cer­ tainty that constituted as the team will be the trip will be a most enjoyable one. It is of course very much to be re­ gretted for obvious reasons that the possibility of two English teams simul­ taneously touring in Australia, which everyone fondly hoped had been removed by the withdrawal of the Mel bourne Club last season, should have again arisen. It is not, we trust, too late even now to arrive at some basis of agreement which will prevent such an alternative. The Melbourne Club, as far as we can gather, has, indeed, signified its readiness to act in conjunction with the Sydney Association, to secure the presence of the strongest English combination in honour of the centennial year. Whether the pro­ posal will be accepted or not remains to be seen. I f it should not be, the Melbourne Club, we think everyone will almit, has this time the priority of claim on its side, and the arguments which were used last summer to support the case of the professional triumvirate apply with equal force in the present instance in favour of the Melbourne Club. For ourselves we have consistently urged that it is to the interests of cricket that these tours, whether of English or Aus­ tralian players, should be under the direct control of some recognised and representative body, responsible for the proper management and conduct of the whole arrangements. It would appear, too, as if some of the experiences of the latest visit of English cricketers to Australia tended to prove the correct­ ness of such a contention. They certainly confirm the opinion we have repeatedly expressed that cricket would be benefited considerably were this interchange of visits between English and Australian cricketers governedby some definiteprinci­ ples and settled by agreement between the leading authorities at home and in the Colonies rather than on the present lines. Disputes of any kind do more or less injury to the game, and it seems to us essential that a recurrence of those to which we are now particularly alluding should be rendered impossible. PALLINGSWICK CLUB. F ixtu r es for 1887. May 7—Home, v. Northbrook.* May 11 —Biekley, v. Bickley Park May 14—H ome, v. Ealing.* May 14—Plaistow, v. Plaistow* May 18—H om e, v. Christ’s College, Finchley May *1—Uxbridge, v. Uxbridge. May 21—Home, v. Hampstead Nondescripts* May 28—Lee, v. Northbrook*. May 28—Hendon, v. Hendon* May 28—Home, v. Brookfield* May 30—Chiswick, v. Chiswick Park. May 30—Home, v. Kensington. June 4—Home, v. W illesden* June 4—Clapton, v. Clapton* June 4—Strawberry Hill, v. Strawberry Hill June 7, 8 —Home, v. L. & W . Bankf June 11—H ome, v. Barnes*, June 11—Highbury, v. Highbury* June 15—H ome, v. Granville. June 18—Hornsey, v. Hornsey* June 18—Home, v. H am pton Wick C ricket W e e k . June 20—H om e, v. Ham pstead June 21—Home, v. Mr. Milner H olt’s’XI. June 22—H om e, v. E ccentrics June 23—H ome, v. United Thespians June 24—Home, v. M.C.C. June 25—H ome, v. Uxbridge Home, v. Guy’s H ospital Enfield, v. Enfield* -Erith, v. Erith -Lee, v. Granville •Finchley, v. Christ’s College, Finchley Home, v. Hornsey -Dulwich, v. Ibis —Tonbridge, v. Tonbridge —H ome, v. Enfield T h e T our . 19—Tunbridge Wells, v. Tunbridge W ells 21—Eastbourne, v. Eastbourne (Saffrons) 23—Eastbourne, v. South Lynn July 2 July 2- July 5 July 7- July 9- July 9 July 9- July 16 July 16 July 18, July 20, July 22, Jaly 23—H ome, v. Clapton* July 27—Surbiton, v. Surbiton July 30—Ealing, v. Ealing* July 30—H ome, v. West Kent W an brers* Aug. 1—Sutton, v. Sutton Aug, 1—Home, v. Hendon Aug. 6 —Hampstead, v. Hampstead* Aug. 6 —Home, v. Kensington* Aug. 13—Crystal Palace, v. Crystal Palace Aug. 13—Home, v. Ibis* Aug. 2)—Willesden, v. W illesden* Aug. 20—Home, v. Erith* Aug. 27—H am pton Court, v. East M olesey* Aug. 27—Home, v. Clapham W anderers Sept. 3—H am pton Wick, v. H am pton W ick Sept. 3—Home, v. Barnes* Sept. 10—Home, v. Sutton * Half-day m atches, t Comm ence at 5 p.m . THE GENTLEMEN OF CANADA. The following matches have been arranged for the Gentlemen of Canada who are to visit England this summer. They are ex- E ected to arrive in Dublin on July 8, and will ave a week’s practice there before playing their first match against the Gentlemen of Ireland, the Phoenix Club having kindly granted them the use of its ground. July 15,16—Dublin, v. Gentlem en of Ireland. July 18,19—Edinburgh, v. Gentlem en o f Scotland. July 22, 23—Newcastle-on-Tyne, v. G entlem en of Northumberland. * July 25,26—Sunderland, v. Gentlem en of Durham.C July 27, 28—Buxton, v. Gentlem en of Derbyshire. July 29,30—Brighton, v. Gentlemen of Sussex. Aug. 1,2—Lord's, v.Gentlemen of Marylebone Club. Aug. 5, 6 —Portsm outh, v. U nited Services. Aug. 8 , 9—Kennington Oval, v. Gentlem en of Surrey. Aug. 10, 11—Southampton, v. Gentlemen of Hampshire. July 12,13—Clifton, v.Gentlemen o f Gloucestershire. July 17, 18—Birmingham, v. Gentlem en of W ar­ wickshire. Aug. 15, 16—Stoke-on-Trent, v. Gentlemen of Staffordshire. *Aug. 19, 20—Leicester, v. Gentlem en of Leicester­ shire. Aug. 22, 23—Liverpool, v. Gentlemen of District. * P rotable OLD CLIFTONIANS CLUB, F ixtu r e s for 1887. Aug. 1, 2—Reigate, Old Cliftonians v. Reigate. Aug. 3, 4—Portsm outh, Old Cliftonians v. United Services. Aug. 5, 6 —Southam pton, Old Cliftonians v. Hampshire. Aug. 8 , 9—Manchester, Old Cliftonians v. M an­ chester. Aug. 10,11—Stoke, Old Cliftonians v. Staffordshire Aug. 12, 13—Birkenhead, Old Cliftonians v. Birkenhead. C R IC K E T IN N E W Z E A L A N D . C A N T E R B U R Y v. W E L L IN G T O N . T h e In ter-p rovin cial m atch betw een C anter­ bury and W ellin gton , w as played at W e llin g ­ ton on D ec. 27 a n d 28. O w ing to rain the w ick et w as n ot in th e best con dition , and the W ellin gton C aptain, th ou gh he w on th e toss, decided to put his oppon ents in. D u n lop and H ailey bow led th rou gh ou t the m atch fo r C an ­ terbury, T h e form er in second in n in gs of W ellin gton at one tim e delivered fifty balls for 1 run and five w ickets, C anterbury w on by 112runs. C anterbury . First Innings. Second Innings. M ilton, b Gore ................... 6 run out .....15 Dunlop, b G o re ...................16 c M oorhouse, b M cGirr ......... 0 Secretan, run out ...........15 lbw, b McGirr ... 0 Barnes, not o u t .......................49 c Dryden, b M cGirr ......... 5 W heatley, c Burns, b M cGirr ...............................11c A. Blacklock, b M cGirr ... 13 Harman, c M oorhouse, b M cGirr ........................... 5 c Law son, b Dryden ....... 25 Rayner, c R. Blacklock, b Dryden ............................ 0 b D ry d e n ....... 0 Fowke, c Dryden, b M cGirr 3 c M oorhouse, b M cGirr ......... 0 Hargreaves, c M cGirr, b Dryden ............................ 0 not out ....... 4 H ailey,c M cGirr,b Dryden 0 b Dryden ....... 4 M. Murray, run o u t ...........12 b M cGirr ....... 3 B 12,1 b 1 .......................13 B 5,1b 6 ... 11 Total ..130 Total ... 83 W e llin g to n . First Innings. Second Innings. M otley, lbw, b Dunlop ...10 b Dunlop ............ l Gore, st Fowke, b Hailey 3 b Dunlop ............ 1 Roberts, c Dunlop, b H ailey..................................14 c Millton, b Dunlop .. 1 R. Blacklock, c Barnes, b H ailey.................................. 7 b Dunlop ...... 0 M oorhouse, b Dunlop ... 3 c Secretan, b Hailey ...... 1 Heenan, c Fowke, b Dunlop ............................. 6 b Hailey ............ 7 Lawson, b Hailey .........12 not out ............ 7 A. Blacklock, b Dunlop ... 4 c Hailey, b Dunlop ... ... 0 Burns, b H a iley ..................... 0 b Hailey ............ 0 McGirr, not o u t ...................... 3 b Dunlop ........... 0 Dryden, run o u t.................... 0 c Secretan, b Hailey .. 8 B 1 ,1 b 3. ........................... 4 B 4 ,1 b 4 ... 8 Total ................... 66 T otal ... 34 BOW LING ANALYSIS. C an te r b u r y . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. W. B. K. W. L a w so n ........... 120 26 0 ............. 35 14 0 G ore................... 125 29 2 ............. 15 1 0 Dryden ........... 120 41 3 ............. 49 18 3 McGirr ........... 85 21 3 .............. 95 36 6 W e l l in g t o n . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. W . B. R W . Dunlop ........... 125 29 4 ............. 70 7 6 Hailey ........... 121 33 5 ............. 67 19 4 J ames L il l y w h it e ’ s C ricketers ’ A nnual for 1887, which has just reached us, is quite upto thehigh characterof itspredecessors. The new issue contains, in addition to the usual elaborate statistics, interesting articles on the Public School Elevens of 1886, County Cricket, and full scores of the matches ofthe Melbourne Club Australian team in England last summer. The frontispiece this year is an excellent photograph of the Oxford Eleven of Next Issue March 31