Cricket 1887

464 C R IC K E T : A W E E E L Y RECORD OF THE GAME . NOT 24, 1887. Carrcspanfttnxc. CWe are not anawerable for the opinion* expressed by our Correspondents.] D R A W N M ATOH JSS. To th e E d it o r of “ C r ic k e t .” S ir ,— T he best rem edy fo r draw n m atch es is fo r both captains to agree— (1.) T h at th ey w ill observe strict tim e to the second, and w ill instru ct th e um pires to be at th eir post, and call “ play ” at th e appointed h ou r fo r beginning, and also at th e appointed tim e after any break in th e gam e, fo r d in n er or otherw ise, to a second. (2.) T h at th ey w ill do th eir very best to lim it th e tim e betw een each over to as nearly th irty seconds as m ay be. (3.) T h at th ey w ill com m en ce at eleven o ’clock on th e second and th ird days. (4.) T h a t unless th e um pires shall decide that the ligh t is not sufficiently good, eith er side m ay cla im an extra half h ou r on the th ird day if the um pires shall be of opin ion that it is possible to finish th e m atch. T h is w as done at E to n this year in the W in ­ ch ester m atch . B y agreem ent th e E to n claim ed th e extra h a lf-h ou r and w on the m atch. T h e N otts and Y ork sh ire “ d r a w ” o f this year at Sheffield stands alone in the h istory of cricket. T h e y com m en ced at a quarter past tw elve on the first day instead o f tw elve o ’clock, and drew the stum ps by agreem ent at six p .m . O n tho third day at call o f “ (tim e,” Y ork sh ire w anted three runs w ith tw o w ickets to fall, and th e m atch w as left draw n. “ A m agnificent finish ! ! ! ” say th e papers. O h ! shades of B ill B eldham an d F u ller P ilch , preserve us from another su ch a “ m agnificent finish ! ” if cricket is to rem ain a “ grand E n glish gam e.” T h is “ draw ,” I believe, accord ­ in g to th e M odern C olensos, counts h alf a w in to each , in reckoning a ch am pion sh ip county. G ive m e a w h ole season o f honest lickings w hat I could n ot help, sooner than one ch am pion sh ip so scored. T h e m atch ought to have been fin ish ed ; such a draw is n o t a “ noble gam e ” but a pu b lic calam ity— F .G . ARTHUR SHREWSBURY. T o t h e E d i t o r o f “ C r ic k e t .” A lth ou gh C r ic k e t ch irp s less frequently during the w in ter m onths, yet th e readers th ereof, I venture to say, are som ew hat eager to receive th e m on th ly part as soon as p u b ­ lished. N ay, th ey should be m ore so this w inter, as you r colum ns w ill have to ch ron icle the fu ll particulars o f two E n g lish cricket team s p la yin g at the A n tipodes, in th e ranks of one o f w hich, “ A rth u r,’ ’ as he is fam iliarly called, takes a prom in ent position . In V ol. II. of C r ic k e t , page 333, an excellen t b io ­ graphical sketch of A rth u r’s ” career w as published, w h ich m ay be supplem ented b y the follow in g tables, in w h ich w ill be fou n d the w hole of his scores for th e cou n ty o f N ottin g­ ham shire du rin g the period com m en cin g w ith his first m atch in 1875 again st D erbysh ire to the close of th e season of 1887. In all, he has taken part in 154 contests, played 250 innings, scored 7,229 runs, and has a general average of 31.192, m ade in thirteen seasons. O n four occasion s he has m ade over 100 runs at T rent B ridge irrespective of 267 th is season, v iz.— 118 ,137 ,13 0,13 5, also 127, 118, 119, 130, 101, 119 n o t out, aw ay from hom e. H e has also played five in n in gs of over 200, as fo llo w s:— 207 against Surrey in 1882, 209 against Sussex in 1884,224 n ot out against M iddlesex in 1885, 227 n ot out against G loucestershire in 1886, and 267 against M iddlesex in 1887. In both innings 2*24 *nd 227 respectively he w ent in first and carried his bat through th e innings. H is 267 is the highest individual in n in gs ever m ade at T ren t B ridge, G unn com in g n ext w ith 205 n otou t, and in the w h ole innings “ A r th u r” h it n oth in g higher than a four. H e ju st failed to obtain three figures in 1883 by tw o runs and b y three runs, m aking 98 and 97 respectively, and b y fou r runs in 1887 scorin g 96. It w ill be seen th at K ent is th e on ly so-called first- class cou n ty against w h ich ne has failed to m ake 100 runs. O f h is truly splendid play it is needless to expatiate upon, as latterly he has so gran dly taken fron t rank in th e lon g and brillian t roll o f exponen ts o f our national gam e. F . G . S p y b e y . N ottin gh am , N ovem ber 1,1887. Australians 8 Derbyshire 8 All England 1 Glouces. ... 22 Kent ...........10 Lancashire 17 Leicestersh. 2 U.C.C. & G. 7 Middlesex... 22 Surrey ... 21 Sussex ... 9 W arwicksh 1 18ofW akef’ld 1 16ofKeighley 1 Yorkshire... 2t ® d ■* n.S oq 'S -2 o 'O ' W O ’® «■& M 2 3 $ » 13 297 72 6 4 12 818118 8 9 1 50 56 1 0 34 1036 227*23 2 16 509 74* 8 4 81 649130 18 9 2 38 35 2 0 12 22G 85 6 4 34 1120 267 17 9 85 1282 207 22 6 12 669809 7 3 1 96 96 0 1 1 12 12 0 1 2 6 0 1 1 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 a < 2 27. 0 2R.6 0 56. 4 34.16 2 36.5 2 23.2 0 19. 0 18.10 5 38.18 5 42.22 0 55.9 0 96. 0 12 . 0 3. 3 22.35 Total ...154 260 7229 13861 811 3 0 2331.192 CRICKET GROUNDS and TENNIS COURTS T O I 5 K L E T A T H YD E FARM , BALH AM . (Under New Management) close to Railway Station. W . B A R T O N , H o l l y C o t t a g e , H o l l y G r o v e , B A L H A M . J UST OUT. PRICE SIXPENCE SPLEND ID PO R TR A ITS OF > 11 - . w . W . H E A D . 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