Cricket 1887

454 C B IO K liT : A W E E K L Y HE CORD OE THE GAME . NOV. 24,188? THE COUNTY COUNCIL. The following draft scheme (as drawn up by the sub-committee appointed for the purpose) has been forwarded to us by Lord Harris. It will be submitted for approval at a meeting to be held at Lord’s on Monday, December 5. 1. This association shall be styled the County Cricket Council, and shall consist of delegates from each affiliated county cricket club. 2. The original county cricket clubs affiliated are as follows:—Notts, Yorkshire, Surrey, Kent, Lancashire, Sussex, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Derbyshire, Essex, "Warwickshire, Norfolk, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Somer­ setshire, Northamptonshire, Hampshire, Durham, Hertfordshire, and Cheshire. Any county cricket club other than the above-men­ tioned desirous of affiliation subsequent to [date] must be elected at the annual meeting, held in December, and must bo duly proposed and seconded, after notice given in accordance withllule 10. 3. The officers of the council shall be a chair­ man, a treasurer, and a secretary. 4. The chairman shall be elected at the meeting in December, and shall hold his office for one year, or until his successor has been appointed, and shall be eligible for re- election. 5. 1 he treasurer and secretary shall be ppointed for such time, and the secretary at such salary as the council see lit to determine, and shall be removable by the council at any time. 6. M eetings of the cou n cil shall be held tw ice in every year at least. 7. The annualmeeting, at which the election of officers and the affiliation of county cricket clubs shall take place, shall be held as nearly as possible on the first Wednesday in Decem­ ber, in London. 8. Special m eetings of the council, shall be sum m oned b y the secretary, on th e w ritten request o f th e chairm an or o f n ot less than [? five] m em bers o f th e cou n cil, bu t not less th an fourteen days’ n o tice shall be given to th e delegates or secretaries of such special m eeting, and no business shall be transacted at any such m eeting except that for w h ich the cou n cil has been specialty sum m oned. 9. The secretary shall send to all the sec- etaries of affiliated county clubs a notice, with agenda paper, of the date of tho council meet­ ings not less than twenty-eight days before such meetings. 10. Not less than thirty days’ notice shall be given of all motions, and such notice shall be sent to the secretary of the counoil in writing and signed by the mover. 11. The order of business at each meeting shall b e : (D Minutes to be read. (2) Reports of any sub-committees to be considered. (3) Letters. (4) Motions. And at each annual meeting the following in addition: (5) Election of officers. (6) Election of delegates. 12. No decision shall be come to upon any subject not on the agenda paper unless by the unanimous consent of all present, but other matters may be discussed by permission of the chair. 13. In the absence of the chairman, a chair­ man for the meeting shall be appointed by those present. 14. At all meetings of the council five shall form a quorum, and the chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his own, in the event of the voting being equal. 15. Each affiliated county club shall con­ tribute annually out of its funds such a sum s the council may from time to time fix . 16. The treasurer shall have charge of the funds of thecouncil, and shall keep its accounts in proper books to be provided for the purpose; ana at the annual meetings in December he shall present an audited aconnt up to [date] of all pecuniary transactions during the year past. 17. All orders for the payment of money shall be signed by the chairman or his deputy, and countersigned by the secretary. 18. There shall be two auditors, who shall be appointed at the annual meeting in December, and they shall hold office for one year only, but shall be eligible for re-appointment. STAFFOBDSHIRE. Matches played 10—won-6, lost 4. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Inns.'not out. A. H. Heath........... 12 ... H. T. D ixon..............15 ... D. H. Brownfield 9 .. F. T. Cozens............ 8 .. M ost in Runs.an inns. Aver. . 2-28 ... j 23 21 , 10 . 14 , 7 .. 143 ... 53 . . _ . _ ... 101 ... 51 W . H. Calkin ... 7 ... 0 ... 47 ... 21 B r o o k s ................ 9 ... 0 ... 224 ... 58 Shaw ................. 10 ... 3 ... 154 ... 46 ... 15 Marlow ................. 16 ... 3 ... 232 ... 85 ... 18 B r is c o e ................ 13 ... 3 ... 105 ... 27 ... 10 H aw kin................ 14 ... 0 ... 327 ... 88 ... 23 B urroughes........ 7 ... 0 ... S8 ... 39 ... 14 {The following played less than 5 innings. F. 8 . Heaton .. F. J Stanley... . C.H . Allcock Haw ke ............ , P ayton ............ , J. H. Copestake , 0 .. 0 0 1 1 0 . 1)5 ... 83 , . 10 ... 16 . ,. 8-3 ... 39 . ,. 35 ... 17 , . 40 ... 37* , . 0 ... 0 , Briscoe S h a w ........... Marlow C. H. Allcock F. T. Cozens W. H. Calkin A. H. Heath BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. .. 415 3 ... 163 . 373.2 ... 175 , 191 91 ... 80.1 ... 32.2 ... 11 ... , 690 . 558 , 384 . 146 , 221 , 55 33 W kts. ... 43 . ... 42 . ... 27 , ... 15 . ... 18 . ... 3 . ... 3 29 . 29 , 12 , 20 Aver .. 16 2j .. 13.1 ... 14.6 a .. 9.1 .. 12.5 .. 18.1 ,.. 10.2 FOREST HILL CLUB. Matches played 42—won 22, lost 11, drawn 9. BATTING AVEBAGES. Rev. H. Biddell Inns. ... 17 Times not out. Runs. ... 2 ... 209 M. P. Bowden ... 2 ... 0 ... M.C. Capes ... , E. H. Edwards ... 25 ... 3 ... 192 ... 22 ... 2 ... 350 P. J. Edwards ... 20 ... 9 ... 180 T. vv. Foyson ... 10 ... 4 ... 67 H. Garlant ... ... 21 ... 2 ... 178 E W . Gurney ... 11 ... 2 ... 170 Dr. Gwynn ... .... 19 ... 0 ... 254 F. Greenway... ... 14 ... 2 ... 146 5d. H o lt........... ... 10 ... 1 ... 151 Dr Hatfield... ... 12 ... 2 ... 116 G. A. Lingham ... 22 ... 4 ... 230 G. J. Newman ... 20 ... 2 ... 861 E. Pem ell ... ... 19 ... 1 ... 170 W . N. R ook ... ... 19 ... 3 ... 166 P. F. R ook ... ... 2i ... 2 ... 188 H. G. Robinson ... 18 ... 3 ... 92 G. F. Reckitt ... 23 ... 3 .,.. 170 F. Skipper ... ... 27 ... 2 ... 297 A. Taylor ... 13 ... 1 ... H72 R. Taylor ... ... 14 ... 0 ... 280 J .J. Todd ... ,... 7 ... 0 .,.. 40 T. H. Vernon ... ?2 ... 3 .,.. 297 H. W atm ough ... 11 ... 3 ..,. 59 Most*in an Inns.Aver. ... 64 ... 13.93 ... 43 ... 33 ... 34*... 8.72 ... 6 ) ... 17.5 ... 32 ... 9.0 ... 19 ... 9.5 ... 27 ... 9.35 ... 49 ... 18 88 ... 69 ... 13.30 ... 57 ... 12.16 ... 39*... 16.66 ... 25 ... 11.16 ... 38*... 12.77 ... £4 ... 20.05 ... 40 ... 9.4 4 ... 51 ... IO .87 ... 36 ... 9.4 ... 33 ... 6 .I 3 ... 19*... 8.5 ... 76*... 11 . 88 ... 89 ... 31.0 ... 73 ... 20.0 ... 16 ... 5 7i ... 69*... 15.6» ... 21 *... 7.25 BOWLING AVEBAGES. Bev. 3. B id d ell.. 5380 M. P. Bowden... 70 M. C. Capes ... 483 E. H. Edwards...1508 P. J. Edwards... 4^7 H. Garlant Dr. Gwynn M. Holt ... H. W . Lewis ... G. J. Newman... 350 E. P em ell.......... 449 W . N. R ook ... 421 P. F. Book...........645 H. G. Robinsonl276 A. T a ylor........... • sv» T. VernoM.......... 1241 Balls. Mdns. Buns. Wkts. Aver. 510 738 . 214 , 671 174 13 ... 224 ... 577 ... 213 ... 217 ... 278 ... U.6 2.6 14.93 10.30 18 ... 11.1 21 ... 11 76 31 8 24 ... 8.96 11.0 18 ... 178 .. . 9 .. . 19.77 14 ... 204 .. . 12 .,.. 17.0 20 . .. 178 .... 16 .... 11.12 29 .... 364 .... 34 .,.. 10.70 72 ... 563 .... 48 .,.. 11.72 Q . - 99 8 ..,. 12.27 72 ... 654 .. . 69 .,.. 803 EASTBOURNE CLUB. We are authorized to state that Mr. George H. Wood has accepted the Secretaryship of the above Club for tne ensuing year. All commu­ nications respecting matches, &c., to be ad­ dressed, G. H. Wood, 3, York Street, Portman Square, W. At a general meeting of the cricket club held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, it was decided to hold a Cricket Week during the season 1888, com­ mencing Monday, August 13. The Secretary was requested to endeavour to arrange the fol­ lowing matches for the week: I Zingari, Surrey Club and Ground, and M.C.C; and Ground. It is also intended, if practicable, to arrange for the Australians to visit Eastbourne during August or September. We append herewith the results of matches together with batting and bowling averages of the past season. RE SU LTS OF MATCHES. M atc h es W on , 23. May 11—Saffrons, v. Colts of the District. Won by 46 runs. Eastbourne, 139; Colts, 93. May 14—Glynde, v. Southdown. W on by 26 runs. Eastbourne, 104; Southdown, 78. May 21—Brighton, v. Brighton Dist. Teachers. W on by 18 runs. Eastbourne, 95; Dist. Teachers, 77. May 21—Devonshire Park, v. 3rd Brigade C.P., R.A. Won by 10 runs. Eastbourne, 92 for no wickets; 3rd Brigade, 91. May 28 —vaffrons, v. Old Eastbournians. W on by 82 runs. Eastbourne, 241; Old East- bournians. 159. May 30 —Devonshire Park, v. Old Eastbournians. W on 1y 122 runs. Eastbourne, 171; Old Eastbournians, 49. June 6 - Saffrons, v. Brighton, W on by 364 runs. Eastbourne, 424; Brighton, 60. June 11 —Saffrons, v. M.C.C. & G. W on by 128 runs. Eastbourne, 167; M.C.C., 39. June 18 —Saffrons, v. New College. Won by 93 runs. Eastbourne, 189; New College, 96. June 27—Saffrons, v. Hastings. W on by 315 run?. Eastbourne, 372; Bastings, 57. July 1 —Devonshire Park, v. Blue Mantles. W on by 22 runs. Eastbourne, 162; Blue Mantles. 140. July 7 - Saffrons, v. Coll. House, Eastbourne. W on by 109 runs. Eastbourne, 217: College House, 108. July 13—Hastings, v. Hastings. W on by 181 runs. Eastbourne, 248; Bastings, #7. July 14—Saffrons, v. Brockwell Park. W on by 99 runs. Eastbourne, 246; Brockw ell Park 147. July 19—Saffrons, v. Coll. House, Eastbourne. Won by 98 runs. Eastbourne, 150; College House, 52. July 20, 21 —Saffrons, v. Pallingswick. W on by 9 wickets. Eastbourne, 236 and 71 for 1 w icket; Pallingswick, 169 and 137. Aug. 1,2—Saffrons, v. Rossall Bangers. W on by 4 wickets. Eastbourne, 173 and 221 for 6 w ickets; Rossall Rangers, 182 and 208. Aug. 5, 6 -Saffrons, v. University Nomads. Won by 189 run 3 . Eastbourne, 115 and 259; Nomads, 52 and 123. Aug. 8 , 9—Saffrons, v. Chatham House Wanderers. W on by 4 wickets. Eastbourne, >68 and 155 for 7 wickets; C.H.W., 182 and 161. Aug. 19, 2 0 -Devonshire Park, v. M.C.C. & G. *Won by an innings and 17 runs. Eastbourne. 190; M.C.C., 79 and 91. Aug. S3—Saffrons, v. Kensington. Won bv 194 runs and 2 wickets. Eastbourne, 340 foi 8 w ickets; Kensington, 146. Aug. 25—Saffrons, v. Brixton. Won by 13 runs. Eastbourne, 125and 180; Brixton, 112. Sept. 3—Saffrons, v. Brighton D istrict Teachers. Won by 173 runs. Eastbourne, S27; Teachers, 54. M a tc h es L ost , 13. May 23—Saffrons, v. Lewes. Lost by 6 runs. East­ bourne, 117; Lewes, 123. June 20—Lewes, v. Lewes. L ost ly 104 runs. Eastbourne, 133; Lewes. -237. June 21—Devonshire Park, v. M.C.C. & G. Lost by 141 runs. Eastbourne, 95; M.C.C., 23d. June 28-Saffrons, v. Colveston. Lost by 4 runs. Eastbourne, 142; Colveston, U 6 . July 12—Devonshire Park, v. Authentics. Lost by 7 runs. Eastbourne, 82 ; Authentics, 89 . July 16—Devonshire Park, v. South Lynn. Lost by 23 runs. Eastbourne, 152; South Lynn 175. July 25—Devonshire Park, v. Pallingswick. Lost by 43 runs. Eastbourne, 110: Pallines- wick, 153. b July 29,30—Saffrons, v. Mr. H. Gibson’s XI. Lost by 9 wickets. Eastbourne, 133 and *2 •Mr H . Gibson’s XI., 130 and 76 for 1 wicket. N E X T IS SU E . DECEM BER 29.