Cricket 1888

J tfL * 26, 1888. &EICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME- 297 majesty o f the new white coats, which may, and no doubt do, add in many in­ stances dignity to his appearance, fails to impress—certain circumstances of weather when they can hardly be regarded as an unmixed blessing. It is gratifying on the other hand, to know that a deserving body of men have the sympathy of some of the more impressionable section of the British public. During the progress of the recent match between the Austra­ lians and Cambridge University at Ley­ ton, the administrators of the law,Thoms and Nicholas, were the objects of the special solicitude of a dear old lady who evidently thought it selfish to be herself enjoying the comfortable accommodation o f the ladies’ wing of the pavilion while the two officials were exposed to the alternations of sunshine and cloud. “ Poor men,” she said, “ can’t they have a seat ? ” And she even went further in her anxiety for their well-being to suggest that it would be as well to provide them each with a paper. “ They must be dread­ fully tired,” was her opinion, and I verily believe had she not been obliged to yield to gentle pressure she would have pro­ vided the two umpires with chairs and newspapers there and then. 1 ‘ F a r m e r ’ ’ B u rto n ’ s undoubtedly brilliant performance at the Oval on Saturday last, in the first innings of Surrey, has naturally drawn attention to feats of a similar kind. The instances of a player securing all the wickets off his bowling are of the rarest, as everyone knows, in what is termed first-class cricket; and, as far as I know, there has been none, prior to Saturday, since Mr. W. Q-. Grace got all ten wickets of Oxford University for Marylebone Club and Ground at Oxford, on June 22, 1886. A somewhat but not quite similar feat in a fixture between Surrey and Middlesex occurs to me, in the match at Islington on July 26 and 27, 1866, when the late George Ilowitt had a hand in the down­ fall of all Surrey's wickets in the first innings—seven from his own bowling and three caught from Tom Hearne. T h e following list contains, I believe, every case of the kind recorded in impor­ tant matches up to date. Prom this it will be seen that Mr. Y. E. Walker is the only cricketer who can claim to have gained the distinction more than once. The late John Wisden, who, though a Sussex man, played on that occasion for the North by reason of his joint tenure of a cricket ground with George Parr at Leamington, boivled all the ten wickets, and this performance is believed to be unique in the better class of matches, although Mr. J. H. Kirwan, of the Eton Eleven, did the same against M.C.C. in 1835, and Bingwood, for Saffron Walden against St. Andrew-the-Less, Cambridge, in 1840. The late W. Slinn, C. Lawrence, and the Bev. W. B. Money, are included, because the wickets taken were of good elevens. No. of Name. Match. Date. Bans. E. Hinkly ...........Kent v. England, July 11, ’48, n.a.* C. Lawrence ...England v. 22 of Scotland May 7,’49, 24 J. Wisden ...........North y. South, July 15,'50, n.a.* Mr. V. E. Walker ...England v. Surrey, July 21,’59, 74 Mr. E. M. Grace... M.C.C. v. Kent, Aug.14, ’62, n.a.* \V. Slinn .........22of Scarboro’v. A. E. E., Sep. 23,'62, 23 Mr.Y. E.Walker... Mid. v. Kent June 16,’G4, 37 Gr. Wootton......... A.E.E.v.Yorks Julyl9,’65,n.a.* Mr.V.E.Walker... Middlesex v. Lancashire July 22,’ 65, 104 Mr.W.B. Money...19 of Godalming v. U. S. E. E. Sep. 16,’ 67, 66 W. Hickton.........Lancs, v. Hants July 21,’70, 46 J. C. Shaw .........Notts.v.England Sep. 15, ’70, 20 G. K. Buller.........Oxford v. Camb. June26,71, 38 J. Lillywhite ... South y. North Aug. 7,'72, 129 Alfred Shaw ...M.C.C. v. North June 1,’74, 73 E. Barratt .......... Players v. Australians Sep. 2,'78, 43 G. Giffen ... «,Anglo-Australian Team v. Combd. AustralianTeam Feb.16,’ 81, 66 Mr.W. G. Grace...M.C.C. v. Oxford June 22,'d6, 49 * No Analysis. T h e r e are, in addition, several notable feats of a similar character, of which the following may be mentioned: “ Chris.” Tinley, in a match, obtained all seventeen wickets of the side ; and he also has the distinction in another fixture, Eng­ land v. Twenty-two of Birmingham, on August 81, 1854, of having caught no less than twelve men standing at point. Another very peculiar record is that of Mr. A. Cazenove, who, playing for the Undergraduates of Oxford in 1853, secured sixteen wickets of Oxfordshire, all ten in the first innings. This, perhaps, is the most curious of all, as, by accident, in one over the umpire allowed five balls, and the result was five wickets, a unique experience, I fancy. Few performances of the kind of late years, though, have been more remarkable than that achieved in Bathurst (N.S.W.), in 1881, by Mr. C. T . B. Turner, the crack bowler of the Australian team now here. The match was between Bathurst and the English team taken out by Shaw and Lillywhite. Turner was not put on until three bats­ men were out, and, as he not only got the seven wickets left in the first, but all ten wickets in the second innings, he took, as will be gathered, all the last seventeen wickets, and at a cost of only sixty-nine runs. I h ave a lready in cid e n ta lly referred to th e ch ap ter o n B o w lin g con trib u ted to th e C rick et volu m e o f th e B a d ­ m in to n L ib ra ry ju st p u b lish ed . T h ere are som e rem arks, th ou g h , in th a t ch apter w h ich , I th in k , m o st CRicKET-readers w ill a dm it are n ot altogeth er ju stifiab le, an d w h ich are certa in ly n o t ap p lica b le to a m ost d eservin g class o f m en at the p resen t tim e. “ T h e first-class p rofe s­ sion al crick eter,” th e w riter says, “ is usu ally a w ell-m ad e, stron g-look in g m an , ra n g in g from tw o or th ree-a n d -tw en ty to th irty-five, w ith agreeable, q u iet m an n ers to h is superiors an the crick et-field , the result, n o doubt, o f b ein g con sta n tly in th eir society . H e is g en era lly dressed, w e are b ou n d to say, in rather dirty white flannels, and always in the hottest ivcather wears thick woollen drawers, half an inch o f which is generally visible above the waistband o f his trousers." It has been my fortune for several years to see a great deal of professional cricketers, and I do not hesitate to say that the picture presented in the above de­ scription is grossly—well, to use the mildest expression—overcoloured. It is certainly not what Arthur Hum- mingtop, in the Arabian Nights, calls “ the straightforward, honest, manly truth ” of the latter-day race of pro­ fessionals, however accurate it may have been in a few cases some years ago. T he eternal fitness of things cricketical could hardly have been more strikingly exemplified than on Saturday last at Brighton. The first victory of Sussex over the Australians, according to the papers of Monday, was due chiefly to the efforts of two men, Humphreys and Arthur Hide. Some small credit, though, I think may be fairly given to the master hand which directed the movements of the Sussex eleven throughout the game, and to whose judgment may fairly be ascribed at least a proportion of the success. It was a happy coincidence that the only triumph, as yet, claimed over an Austra­ lian team by Sussex should have been re­ corded on the birthday of its Captain. Mr. C. A. Smith, I have no doubt, will con­ sider it a good omen. I h ave to thank an old correspondent, Mr. E. B. Abbott, of 28, Abingdon-road, Kensington, for the following averages of the Australian team, compiled up to Saturday last— BATTING AVERAGES. Times Highest Inns. not out. Runs. Score. Aver. P. S. McDonnell 31 ... 1 ... 832 ... 105 .... 27.22 S. P. Jones 11 ... 1 ... 274 ... 61 .... £7.4 G. J. Bonnor ... 35 ... 2 ... 846 ... 119 .... 25.21 H. Trott .......... 35 ... 1 ... 618 ... 83 .... 19.2 J. D. Edwards... 25 ... 9 ... 251 ... 5,*..,. I5.lt A. C. Banntrman 31 ... 3 ... 436 ... 65 ..., 15.16 J. J. Ferris.......... 31 ... 7 ... 364 ... 37*.... 15 4 J. W orrall.......... 33 ... 4 ... 400 ... 46 . 11.8 C. T. B. Turner 32 ... 1 ... 441 ... ll 3 .... 14.7 J.McC.Blackham 3J ... 0 ... 401 ... P6 .... 12.17 A. H. Jarvis ... 31 ... 1 ... 342 ... 39 .... 11.12 H. F. Boyle ... 20 ... 8 ... 131 ... 36 ..., 11.2 J. Lyons ... ..! 18 ... 4 ... 106 ... 20*.... 7.8 S. M. J. Woods played two innings, scoring 18 and 3. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver C. T. B. Turner 1531 ... 746 ... 2009 .... 185 .. . 10.15 J. J. Ferris ... 1263.3. .. 585 ... 1671 ..,. 134 ..., 12.P3 S. P. Jones ... 68.3... 19 ... 134 .,,. 10 ..., 13.4 J. Worrall ... 138.1. .. 74 ... 209 .. 14 ... 14.13 H. Trott.......... 331.2... 109 ... 723 ... 33 ... 21.30 H. F. Boyle ... 79 ... 35 ... 108 ..,. 5 ..., 21.3 G. J. Bonnor 31 .,,. 12 ... 66 ... 2 ... 33 A.C.Bannerman 47 ... 16 ... 103 ..,. 3 ..., 34.1 J. Lyons 38 ... 12 ..., 82 .. . 2 ... 41 J.M’C.blackham 12 ... 4 ... 26 .. ,. 1 ... , 26 S.M. J. Woods 4 ... 2 .. 6 .. . 1 ... 6 P.S.McDonnell 8 ... 2 ... 28 .. . 0 — J. D. Edwards 5 . u .. . 17 .. . 0 — PBINCIPAL MATCHES FOR NEXT WEEK. T h u rsda y , J uly 26: Lord’s, M.C.C. and G. v. Cheltenham College-Brighton, Surrey v. Sussex— Huddersfield, Yorkshire v. Australians —Liver­ pool, Lancashire v. Gloucestershire—Maidstone, Kent v. Notts. F b id a y , J u ly 27 : Norwich, Nor­ folk v. Hants—Stockport. Cheshire v. Stafford­ shire— M onday , J u ly 30 : Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Australians—Lord’s, M.C.C. and G. v. Leicester­ shire—Bath, Somersetshire v. Warwickshire— Derby, Derbyshire v. Essex—Halifax, Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire—Brighton, Sussex C. and G. v. M.C.C. and G.