Cricket 1888

26 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FEB. 23, 1888. Giving a total of 1,282 balls, 404 runs, 157 maidens, and 42 wickets, or an average of 9.61 runs per wicket against some of the finest batsmen in the world, on wickets which, in some instances, were all in favour of the bats­ men. Turner is down as certain to go in the Australian Eleven, and should he keep up his present splendid form the cricketers of the old country will find themselves in trouble, especially if the season be at all inclined to favour bowlers. Both Turner and Moses did excellently well against the last previous English team, and it must be very gratifying to them and to their numerous friends to find that their brilliant feats of last season are now being so magnificently maintained. P a l e death, advancing cequo pede, has removed another link between the cricketersofto-day and the “ forties,” when Kent was able to meet England, and beat it, too. Mr. William de Chair Baker, who died on Monday last, had been for nearly half a century a conspicuous figure in the cricket world. He played for Kent when the Mynns, Felix, Adams, Fuller Pilch, Wenman, Dorrington and Hillier were members of the County eleven, and about that time, nearly fifty years ago, was prominent among amateur cricketers. The Beverley Cricket Club, founded in 1835, with Mr. J. G. A, Baker as the lion, sec., played its home matches in St. Stephen’s Field, near Canterbury, on the estate of the Baker family. It was really the/ores et origo of the Canterbury Cricket Week, and Mr. de Chair Baker was one of the founders, if not the sole founder, of the great Kentish gathering, instituted, I may add for the benefit of the uuinitiated, in 1842. Mb. B a k e r was one of the Kent eleven which opposed England in the opening fixture of the first Canterbury Cricket Week, andhe never ceased to take the most active interest in his bantling. For years he had had the sole management of the meeting, and he retained his control until the end, as it was only last August that he received from the hands of Earl Sondes, another ardent supporter of cricket in general and of the Canterbury Week in particular, a testimonial raised in the County in appreciation of his long and honourable services to Kent cricket. The success of the Canterbury Week was, in a very great measure, due to his un­ tiring energy and application, and he spared no pains to make the cricket interesting and enjoyable. It was my fortune, some years since, to be a regular attendant at Canterbury during the week, and I can testify to the invariable courtesy and kindness shown by Mr. Baker to those whose duty it was to supply the public with a full, true and particular account of its incidents. C r ic k e t e r s who frequent the Surrey Cricket Ground will bo pleased to hear that some important alterations will have been made for adding to their comfort in the internal arrangements of the pavilion before next season. A new dressing room under that at present used by the members will be provided,with shower and ordinary baths, and this will enable hot and cold water to be provided throughout the building. The dressing room for the pro­ fessional players will also be enlarged and improved. A new and commodious Press Box, with convenience below for Printers and the Telegraph Staff, will also be erected adjoining the eastern end of the Pavilion. This addition will provide a great increase of accommodation for members on the roof, and the extension of the stands on each wing will also furnish a considerable enlargement of the space available for members of the Surrey County Club. P r in c e C h r is t ia n V ic t o r , of Schleswig- Holstein, one of the earliest C r ic k e t readers, by the way, it will be of interest to cricketers to know, will attain his majority on the 14th of April next. The young Prince, as I stated last month, is to be the Captain of the Sandhurst Eleven this summer, and his stay at the Royal Military College is a preliminary to his joining the 60th Rifles. His coming of age is to be celebrated with considerable festivity at Cumberland Lodge, and the inhabitants of Windsor propose, on the occasion, to make the Cricketer Prince a presentation in com­ memoration of the event. T h e news that the Assyrians and Stygians have agreed to unite their forces under one banner will be of interest to a large number of University cricketers, who have formed the main source of supply for the two Clubs. The Assyrian Club is one of many years’ standing, but those who are responsible for the amalgamation have decided to celebrate the union with another name—I can hardly say a new title—and the allied forces will, for the future, be known as the Peripatetics. The Rev. Arthur Carter, Messrs. C. S. Hunter, Norman Morice, J. F. C. Norman, J. B. Oakley, W . Sapte, jun., W . S. Shirley, T. S. Sidney, andW. M. O. Wilson form the Committee, and for the present Messrs. J. B. Oakley, Castelnau, Barnes, and W. M. O. Wilson, Ardleigh Park, Essex, will act as Honorary. Secretaries. T h e Sydney Mail of Jan. 14 is respon­ sible for the statement that Arthur Shrewsbury was married in Melbourne during the previous week. The lady on whom the great Nottingham cricketer has bestowed liis affections, I am told, comes from Ballarat. As Paul Pry says, “ I hope I don’t intrude ” in offering my congratu­ lations. A n o t h e r young cricketer who seems to have come to the front recently in Victoria is H . Trott, whose portrait and biography appeared in C r ic k e t of May 12, 1887. He was suffering from a bad strain last year, but this season has evidently re­ covered his form thoroughly. In the recent Inter-colonial match against New South Wales he won the bowling trophy, and shortly afterwards supplemented this with a capital performance against Mr. Vernon’s team. Four of the best wickets fell to him for under a dozen runs. He bowled Abel, Peel, and O’Brien, the last with a ball that broke round his legs. Trott is only about 24 years of age, and an Australian critic thinks there is every probability that he will take Palmer’s place as the crack medium-pace leg-break bowler in the colonies. T h e Committee of the Marylebone Club have acted on the resolution passed at the meeting of the Cricket Council on the subject of 1-b-w so far as to appoint a Sub-Committee to consider and report to them on the general question whether any undue advantage rests with the bats­ man or with the bowler under the existing rules of cricket, and if so what steps should be taken to remedy this defect. This sub-committee consists of the Earl of Bessborough, Lord Lyttelton, and Messrs. C. E. Boyle, W . E. Denison, A. W. Ridley, V. E. Walker, and A. J. Webbe, with the Treasurer and Secretary of the M.C.O. In the hands of so many practical and experienced cricketers it is certain that the subject will be thoroughly and carefully discussed, and the public will await the result of their deliberations with great interest. My own opinions have been already expressed, and I shall be curious to see how far the executive of the Marylebone Ulub are in accordance with the strong feeling expressed at the recent meeting of the Council. CRICKET IN FRANCE. A T IE MATCH. RESIDENTS v. V ISITO RS OF CANNES. Played at Cannes on Jan. 25. The result was a tie, each side making an aggregate of 68 . The match was a curious one, as the totals were the same on each side, 33 and 35. V isit o rs . First Innings. Rev. C. Garratt, c Young, b T ay lo r........................ 9 A. J. H ill, c Benbow, b Tay­ lor ...................................... 0 H. S. Barlow, lb w , b Folkett ................. ... 5 F. B. May, b Taylor........ 1 H. J. Fraser, c Benbow, b Folkett ....................... 0 H. Grove, b T a y lo r........ 0 E. W. Brock, b Folkett ... 1 F. F. Hill, c Voysey, b T aylor................................ 4 C. D Shipley, run out ... 1 J. B. Foreman, lbw , b T aylor................................ 3 E. B. H ill, not out .......... 6 B ................................ 3 Total .......... ... 33 R esidents . Second Innings. b P enbow .......... 4 b B enbow .......... 0 c Fry, b Benbow 12 b B e n b o w ......... 1 b Benbow ... ... 3 b Taylor ..........12 c Taylor, b Ben­ bow .................. 0 lbw, b Benbow 0 not out .......... 0 b B enbow .......... 1 b B enbow .......... 0 W l, n b l ... 2 Total ... 35 First Innings. F. Young, c Shipley, b Barlow .........................11 W . Folkett, b Grove.......... 3 W . J. Benbow, b Barlow... 13 \V. J. Taylor, lbw, b May 3 E . Hewetson. b M ay.......... 0 F. J. Newnhani, b Barlow 0 R. Lewis, run out .......... 0 J. Voysey, b M ay................. 0 R. Fry, b May ................. 0 Y. Chambers, not out ... 1 T Newby, c Grove, b May 0 B Total ... ... 35 Second Innings. c R . B. H iil, b Barlow .......... i b B a rlo w .......... i lbw, b Barlow... b Barlow ... b Barlow ... b Barlow ... st Brock, b May b Barlow , not out b May... . c A. J. H ill, b M a y .................. 1 Total ... S3 0 7 0 0 4 4 , 12 0 NEXT ISSUE, MARCH 29.