Cricket 1888

JU N E 21, 188P. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 217 afternoon the Burnley men continued to pile on runs at such a rate that the sum total at the end of the day was 527 with only seven wickets down. The game, too, only lasted four hours, so that it will be seen the runs were got at an average of 131 per hour, an extraordinary rate of run-getting. Of the aggregate 1G4 were contributed by F. II. Sugg, the Lanca­ shire professional. T he table which follows will show the results of the matches played between the nine principal counties so far this year. Derbyshire, I may add, in reply to a few correspondents, is knowingly in c lu d e d in th is lis t. Won. Lost. Drawn. Surrey ................ . 6 ... 0 ... 0 L a n ca sh ire ........... 1 ... 1 ... 3 N ottinghamshire 3 ... 2 ... 1 Kent ................., 2 ... 2 ... 0 Gloucestershire ... 2 ... 2 ... 2 Yorkshire ........... 2 ... 2 ... 0 Middlesex ........... 2 ... 4 ... 0 Sussex .................. 0 ... 3 ... 2 D erby shire.........., 0 ... 2 ... 0 Too much stress must not be placed on the decisive defeat suffered by Cambridge University at the hands of Surrey at the end of last week. The Cantabs, it will be admitted, had all the worst of the luck throughout—in the field as well as at the wickets—and their show was, con­ sidering all the difficulties against which they had to contend, after all, not such a very bad one. I f they arenot over strong in bowling, there is, at least, plenty of batting on the side, and it is not often, indeed, in a University Eleven, that the tail is so capable of getting runs. Great things are naturally expected of Mr. Woods’ bowling at Lord’s, and though he has oflate been rather expensive in several instances, if it ishis day some of the Oxford batsmen are certainly likely to find his pace too much for them. Mr. E. Crawley has not been playing as yet in the out­ matches, but I shall be surprised if he does not figure at Lord’s, and I am in­ clined to think he is being reserved for that ground. The bowling, though, of the Universities this year generally does not seem to be of a very formidable character, and the public will naturally be interested to see how the Oxford Eleven fare when they meet Surrey at the Oval on Monday next. Mention of Mr. Woods reminds me that that excellent all-round cricketer, who is a native of Sydney, by the way, will, as I announced last week, be in­ cluded in the Australian team for some of their later fixtures. 1 understand that he will not be able to take his place re­ gularly in the Eleven, but only for some of the more important matches. He has, I learn, promised to assist the Australians in the three matches against England, and his all-round cricket should be of material use to them. His lowest innings so far for Cambridge, unless I am mistaken, is 17. T he glorious uncertainty of the game is a phrase which has come to be accepted as an axiom above all possibility of dis­ pute. Jones and Smith were the other day discussing the subject with animation. “What an uncertain game it is, to be sure,” said the former, a consistent run-getter, who had the day before had his average materially reduced by a small score. “ Uncertain, do you call it ? ” chimed in Smith, ofthe very common or garden order of cricketer, “ I should think it was! Why, the other day in the first innings I got a duck, and in the second one run. Doosid uncertain game, Cricket.” T h e publishers of the “ Badminton Library ” have done wisely to complete the Cricket volume, which has been so long in preparation, in time to admit of its appear­ ance before the Inter-University match. I am informed by Messrs. Longman that the book will be published on the 28th of this month, so that cricketers will have an opportunity of perusing, when the season is at its height, what ought to be, con­ sidering the combination of talent en­ gaged on its production, one of the most valuable works ever issued in con­ nection of the game. The Badminton Library has been in every way a success, and C r ic k e t readers will confidently look forward to the forthcoming volume to maintain the high character of its pre­ decessors. T h e Parsee Cricketers, who, whether of set purpose or by accident they know best, deferred their appearance until the end of May, must have, after the bitterly cold weather of the last few days, I should fancy, regretted that they did not still further delay their arrival in England until our erratic climate had fairly settled down to the consciousness that we are in the middle of what ought in the ordinary course of events to be summer. Seriously, though, it must have been a trying ordeal for Mr. Kanga and his Parsee comrades to play cricket under the freezing in­ fluence of a north-easterly wind, as they have for the last few days, and, indeed, it is much to their credit that under such inhospitable and trying conditions they have come out fairly well. As a matter of fact, they have shown considerable improvement on the form of their prede­ cessors, and it is to be hoped that the end of the present tour will witness a still greater development. I n last week’s “ Gossip ” I called atten­ tion to the fact that the visit of a team of English amateurs to India was on the cards. Mr. Vernon, who is the moving spirit in the matter, is hopeful of getting a party together to make the trip in the fall of 1889. He hopes, too, to keep the tour altogether free from any question of gate receipts, in fact to make it essentially a pleasure trip, without idea of shar­ ing or participation in the ground receipts, in fine, a purely amateur trip in the strictest sense of the word. Everyone, I am sure, will hope to hear that Mr. Ver­ non has been able to complete the arrangements for what ought to be a most enjoyable vacation trip. “ B. T.,” who is always much interested in the doings of his past Middlesex Colts, calls my attention to the scoring of Mr. J. S. Haycraft, who whilst in his teens made such a promising debut at Lord’s a few seasons back—v. the M.C.C. and Ground—during the last fortnight. Mr. Haycraft’s recent performances against strong clubs, during the present month of June, are well worthy of repro­ duction. The following are his scores in his last ten matches :— June 5 -For Hampstead Nondescripts v. Addiscombe ....................................128 June 6—For Stoics v. Bedford School.............. 18 June 8—For M.C.C. v. H urst C o lle g e ..............106 June 9 —For Stoics v. Lewes Priory ... ... 23 June 11— „ v. Hurst College ...................*12.4 June 12— „ v. W orthing College 0 & 15 June 13— „ v. South Lynn ................ 23 June 14— „ v. Ardingley College ... 15 June 15— „ v. Eastbourne .......... *44 June 16— „ v. Brighton College ...*129 It will be seen that in eight completed innings he made an aggregate of 623, giving an average of just on 78 runs. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t has sent me the averages of the Australian Cricketers up to Saturday last. Up to that date they had played twelve matches, of which seven were won, three lost, and two drawn. It is worthy of remark, too, that they have lost the toss eight, and only won it four times. Turner is, my corres­ pondent adds, the only one of the team who hasnot made the unenviable “ duck,” though he was bowled against Gentle­ men of England for one run. BATTING AVER1GES. Inns. Times not out* Buns. Aver. P. S. McDonnell .. 15 . . 1 ... 513 ... 3t*.6 S. P. Jones................ 11 . . 1 ... 274 ... 27.4 G. J. Bonnor ......... 19 . . 2 ... 489 ... 258 J. D . E dw ards......... 12 .. 6 ... 125 ... 20.8 H. Trott ................ . 19 . . 1 ... 36L ... 19. J. McC. Blackham.. 17 . . 0 ... 301 ... 17.7 A. C. Bannerman . . 16 . . 2 ... 245 .. 175 C. T. B. lurner . 30 . . 0 ... 200 ... 16.2 J. Ferris ................ . 16 . . 3 ... 2t 1 .. 16.2 A .H . Jarvis ... . . 35 . . 1 ... 218 ... 15.6 J.. W orrall................ . 16 . . 1 ... 219 ... 14.5 H .F . Boyle ... . . 9 . . 3 ... 49 .. 8.1 J. J. Lyons ......... 11 . . 2 ... 63 ... 7. B O W L IN G A V ERA G ES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. W kts Aver. Jones .......... t'8.3 ... 21 ... 153 ... 14 .. 10.9 Ferris ..........814.1 ... 893 ... 1090 ... 81 .. 13.4 T urner..........910.1 ... 410 ... 1253 ... 85 .. 14.8 Trott ..........196.1 .. 57 ... 476 ... 17 .. 28. Bonnor ... 28 .. 30 ... 61 ... 2 . . 30.5 L y o n s .......... 25 .. 4 ... 68 ... 2 . . 31. Boyle and W orrall also bowled, but without taking a wicket. T h e A merican Cricketer gives an in teresting instance of cricket zeal running in a family and perpetuated to the extent of four generations. According to the American Cricketer , the Wister’s seem to have a vested and hereditary interest in Philadelphian cricket. Mr. W illiam Wynne Wister, of German­ town, is the oldest of a quartette of members of the Germantown Cricket Club who deserve a special notice in our columns. Mr. Wister, at the age of 82, the active and honoured Pre­ sident of the Germantown Bank, has been a member of the Germantown Club since its foundation in 1854. His son, Alex­ ander W . Wister, one of the founders of the club, served for very many years as its President, and has just retired from the office of Treasurer, a position he has filled ably for ten years. His eldest grandson