Cricket 1887

424 C R IC K E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF TH E GAME . SEPT. 22, 1881 A SPLENDID TEAM . W . G. GRACE OUTING Contributes to W . METHVEN-BROWNLEE O T T T T N tt Contributes to G. C. LINDSAY (Football) OUTING Contributes to “ RO CKW OO D ” (Shooting) O T J T T N O Contributes to ^ Dr. DARRISHIRE (Rowing) OUTING Contributes to All the above Contribute to “ Outing,” the American Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport and Travel. Read G r a c e ’s A b t i c l e . MORE FAMOUS MEN. BARON YON BISSING (Boar OUTING Hunting) Contributes to G EN ER AL MARCY (Big Game) O T T T T N fi. Contributes to U W. BADEN POW ELL (Canoeing) O T T T T N fi Contributes to V U 1 1 1 1 U J. E. B E LL (Yachting) OUTING Contributes to U The October Number of “ OUTING,” (First Issue of English Edition) can be had Beautifully Illustrated , at every Bookstall and Bookseller’s if ordered. ONE SHILLING MONTHLY. Published by C arr & Co., 26, Paternoster Square, E.C. NEW BOOK ON C R I C K E T . 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R.E.A.—In the absence of any agreement to that effect, in our opinion a club professional should not be entitled to the bat. A F iv e Y e a r s ’ S u b s c r i b e r .— Pilling has ap­ peared. W e hope to give particulars requested if not portraits and biographies. K y t e . — A ball which is not within reach of the batsm an ought to be called wide. Cricket: A W SSRL 7 nSCOBD OF TES 9 AltM II, IT. MOSES'S HILL, LOS ej OR, E.O. THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 n d , 1887. The abstract Midbrief chronicle of the time.— Samlet. S o m e time B in ce , I stated that the two great Cricket Associations of South Aus­ tralia and Victoria had come to an agree­ ment to bowl six balls instead of four to the over in Inter-colonial matches. At that time there was a doubt whether New South Wales would join the other Colonies in this arrangement. At a recent meet­ ing held in Sydney, however, it was decided to agree to the proposition, so that in the future, I take it, in all Inter­ colonial matches played in Australia, tho over will consist of six balls instead of four as heretofore. T h o u g h the Hastings Cricket Week proper came to a close on Thursday last with the completion of the third fixture, between the Gentlemen and Players of Sussex, some of the more ardent among the local cricketers were not apparently satisfied with the seven days’ cricket provided for their amusement. The Central ground at Hastings, accordingly, was utilised for another match on Friday, making eight days of continuous sport. The game, too, furnished some of the most sensational play seen during the meeting, and the scoring was in fact very much above the average. M r . H e r b e r t P i g g had collected an eleven to oppose the Hastings Hovers, and the latter, who were assisted by several good cricketers outside the district, after being dismissed for 192, had a lively period of leather-hunting, their oppon­ ents scoring 313 for the loss of only three wickets. The first seventy runs got by Mr. Pigg’s Eleven were made in an horn-and five minutes, but subsequently the Kovers’ bowling was completely collared, and the balance of 243 runs was obtained in an hour and twenty - five minutes, or at the rate of 171 runs an hour. The two batsmen who were re­ sponsible for this extraordinarily rapid scoring were Messrs. E. Matheson of Eastbourne (122) and 0. J. M. Godfrey,who played in some of the Oxford University trial matches of 1885 (97), both of whom were still in at the finish. In all 505 rims were scored during th« day. Ix will interest cricketers to know that Mr. W. G. Grace and his friend and bio­ grapher, Mr.W. Methven Brownlee, will be among the contributors to the October number of the well-known American Magazine Outing, which is just being N E X T IS SU E , OCTOBER 27.