Cricket 1888

“ Together jo ined in cricket’s m a n ly to il.”— Byron . No. 1 9 5 . VO L . V II. egistered for Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1888. P R IC E 2 d . THE PARSEE CRICKETERS. With the completion of their return match against the Gentlemen of Surrey at Kenning­ ton Oval to-day, the second visit of Parsee Cricketers to England comes to a close. In our biography of Mr. P. D. Kanga, the captain of the team, a fortnight ago, we incidentally referred to the general aspect of the tour, as well as to some of the most noteworthy per­ formances of the players who have worked under Mr. Kanga’s command during the last three months. Two members of the party, Messrs. D, C. Pandole and J. M. Divecha, were summoned home on im­ portant business some weeks since, and to the credit of the Parsees it must be remembered that for the last month they have been under a considerable disadvantage, through the loss of the former, their best slow bowler. This makes their recent show all the better, and though they have had, in some cases, none the best of the drawn games, it deserves to be recorded that since they were beaten by a strongish eleven of the Maryle­ bone Club and Ground on August 23rd, they have not experienced an actual defeat. Next week, when the last match has been finished, we hope to be able to give full results of the tour with averages of the various players. Meanwhile, we feel sure that cricketers will appreciate the group we are able, through the courtesy of the pro­ prietors of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News , to present on the third page. W ith the exception of some three or four, who are staying on iu England for a time, the remaining members of the team are leaving London to-morrow on their homeward journey. Though unfortunately their trip has been, owing to a combination of causes, disastrous from a financial point of view, as cricketers they have earned the respect of every one they have met by the good spirit they have shown on the cricket field. They have played the game,it can with truth be asserted, throughout, and moreover have generally played it well, showing a very marked improvement on the form to which their predecessors aconstomed us in 1886. In leaving us, we desire to convey to Mr, Kanga and his comrades the heartiest wishes of English cricketers. The pluck and energy they have shown iu carrying out an arduous undertaking, and in the best interests of cricket, entitles them to the good-w ilfof all who take interest in England’s national game. THE IR IS H GENTLEMEN IN CANADA. A fter a fine passage out in the “ Sardinian,” with the exception of a fog off the coast, which detained them two days, the Irish Cricketers reached Quebec safely on August 19. After visiting the Citadel at Quebec, on the following day they made their way to King­ ston, where they were met by Mr. G. C. S. Lindsey, the manager of the Canadian team which visited England last year. The open­ ing engagement took place there, against a local fifteen, commencing on August 21. The Kingstonians went in first, and gave a fairly good display of batting, scoring 141? though the greater part of this sum was due to three of the eleven, Rivers,Williams, and Strau- benzee, who were responsible for 83. Hynes, who went in first for the Irishmen, played well, and with useful assistance from Dunn, Max­ well, and Meldon, the Canadian total was headed by 39 runs. In their second innings the local players fared much worse than in the first, and Straubenzee and Field, who unless we are mistaken is the Old Uppinghamian, alone got double figures. The Irishmen having disposed of the fifteen on the second day for 78, were only left with 40 to win, and this number Dunn and E. Fitzgerald obtained without difficulty, giving the Irish team their first victory, with ten wickets to spare. Journeying on from Kingston, the Irishmen appeared at Ottawa on Friday, August 24th, to meet fifteen of the District. Though recent rains had made the wicket slow, the eleven, who went in first, made a good total of 150, to which Mr. Hynes was the chief contributor with 61, an innings devoid of a chance. The fifteen in their turn were seen to great dis­ advantage against the slow bowling of Hyne and Kennedy, who were able to get a lot of work on the ball. At the end of the first day nine wickets were down for 33, and as the remaining batsmen on the following morning only added a single, the innings was over for a small total of 34. Following on in a minority of 112 the local team did but little better on the treacherous wicket, and when the four­ teenth wicket fell, the score was only 61> leaving the Irishmen in possession of an easy victory by an innings and 50 runs. Hynes’ bowling was very successful for the Irish team. In the two innings of the Canadians he took seventeen wickets for 42 runs. On the first evening a moonlight excursion took place on the Ottawa River. The match between the Irish team and fifteen of the Northern Counties, begun at Orillia on August 27th, ended on the following day in a draw. The Irish players, who wen: in first, were fairly well got rid of for a total of 144. The fifteen when they went in to bat made a good show at the outset, thanks to some ex­ cellent batting by A. C. Allan, of the Canadian team of 1887, who was not out 29 at the end of the day with the total 59 for the loss of only three wickets. Allan, a left-handed bat, who plays in neat style^ only added seven, though, on the following morning, and the Irish bowlers were supported 'b y such excellent all-round fielding that when the last wicket fell the Canadians were, still 23 short of the opposite total. In their second innings most of the Irish batsmen showed to advantage, and the result was that when the stumps were drawn on the second night only nine wickets were down with the total 283. Maxwell’s 64 not out was a brilliant exhibition of batting, and J. Fitzgerald and Meldon of the rest were the most successful. Reuter’s telegrams have given us bare results of the next four fixtures* which ended as follows:—v. All Canada,at Toronto, August 30 and 31, Irishmen won by an innings and 80 runs, scoring 249 to 114 and 49 ; v. Fifteen of Hamilton, Hamilton, September 3 and 4, drawn, Irishmen scoring 146 and 173 to 175; v. Pittsburgh, September 3 and 4, drawn, Irishmen 193 to 97, and 2 for two wickets ; v. Sixteen of Baltimore, September 8 and 10, drawn, Irishmen 173 for eight wickets, Sixteen 119. The full scores of the first three matches will be found on the next page.