Cricket 1888

476 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. DEC . 27,1888. C U R I O S IT I E S O F 1888. ( Continued from Page 460.) March 28.—Christchurch (N.Z.). Shrewsbury and Lillywhite’s English Team v. Eighteen of Canterbury. M. Bead carried his bat through former’s first innings for 44 out of 78. May 26.—looting. Mansfield v. Wandsworth and Summers Town. H. T. t'A 0 O Sneezum carried his bat through innings of Mansfield, scoring 37 out of 59. For the other side John Hod- son also went in first, and was not out for 53 out of 90. June 28.—Manchester. Australians v. North of England. In the second innings of Australians P. S, McDonnell made 82 of the first 86 runs scored. August 18.—Tooting. Mansfield v. Wands. worth and Summers Town. F. J- Barber, who went in first, was not out at the end of former’s innings, having made 16 out of 28. For Wandsworth, Fraser, who scored 3 of the total of 15, also carried his bat through. October 13.—Sydney. Carlton v. Warwick. G. Cowper carried his bat through the former’s inniDgs for 127. October 27.—Brisbane. South Brisbane v. Marylebone. T. Rogers clean bowled six .wickets of latter with successive balls. November 7—Melbourne. New South Wales Land Department v. Victorian Lands Department. W . O. Hanlan carried his bat through former’s innings for 74 out of 162. November 21.—The first English team which has visited South Africa left London in the steamer “ Garth Castle” for the Cape. TORONTO CLUB. Matches played 33—won 25, drawn 4, lost 4. BATTING AVERAGES. The following played in 5 innings and over. Times Most in Inns notout.Runs an Inns Aver. D. W. Saunders... 8 ... 2 ... 252 ... 82*.... 42. W .J. Fleury.......... 19 ... 2 ... 548 ... 110 ..., 32.4 A. H. Collins 26 ... 5 ... 631 ... 85 .... hO.l R. C. McCulloch... 9 . 2 . 161 ... 83 .... 23. P. C. Goldingham 13 ... 1 . 292 ... *•3 ... 22.6 K. H. Cameron ... 6 ... 0 ... 93 ... 76 .... 16.3 W. W. Jones 13 ... 0 ... 192 ... 71 ..,. 14.10 A. W inslow.......... 31 ... 3 .. . 359 ... 60 ..., 12.23 I. Ambery .......... 6 ... 0 ... 74 ... 55 ..,. 12.2 W. H. Godwin ... 5 ... 2 ... 36 ... 19*.. . 12. A. C. A lla n .......... 13 ... 0 .. . 150 ... 51 .... 11.7 C. N. Shanly ... 7 ... 1 ... 60 ... 28 .... 10. T. W. Dixon 10 ... 0 ... 91 ... 45 .... 9.1 F. G. R. Allan ... 8 . .. 0 .. . 74 ... 24 .... 9.1 A. G. Brown......... , 16 ... 2 ... 126 ... 35 ... 9. F. S. Dickey.......... 22 ... 4 ... 170 ... 21 .. . 8.16 G. H. M untz........ 9 . .. 1 .. . 69 ... 31 .... 85 H. J Bethune ... 6 . .. 1 .. . 37 ... 18 .. . 72 «*. W. Saunders ... 9 . .. 0 .. . 53 ... 13 .... 58 I. S. Johnston ... 8 . .. 0 .. . 43 ... 12 .... 53 R. Robertson 7 ... 3 ... 20 ... 7 . 5. G. N. Reynold ... 7 . .. 0 .. . 23 ... 8 .. . 3.2 J. H. Sinclair ... 7 . .. 0 .. . 20 ... 8 .... 2.6 W. R. Wi son ... 8 . .. 1 .. . 18 ... 11 ... . 2 4 K. A. Campbell ... 6 . .. 1 ... . 14 ... 5 .... 2.4 A. H. S. Hector ..., 6 . ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... . .1 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver W. R. Wilson ... 105. ... 36 .,.. 165 ..,. 33 .... 5.3 W H. Godwin ... 87.2 ... 42 ,... 131 ..,. 25 .. . 5 25 F. S. Dickey 225 1 ... 64 .,.. 392 ..,. 72 .... 5.41 Leigh (prof) 107. ... 22 .,.. 218 .. . 39 .. . 559 P C. Goldingham 45.1 ... 6 ... 124 ., .. 2 a ... . 6.63 A. C. A lla n .......... 64.4 ... 32 .... 216 ... 40 ..., 6.15 W. W. Jones ... 218.3 ... 38 ... 477 ..,. 69 .... 6.63 Wilson bowled 3 wides and Godwin 1 no-ball. P la y in g for Warrnambool against Fifteen of the Hovers Club, on October 27, Frank Allan, of the First Australian Team, in thirty- six balls took seven wickets for eleven runs. CRICKET IN PH ILADELPH IA. T he H a lifa x C up The annual meeting of the Halifax Cup Committee was held in Philadelphia on November 27. The records showed the standing of the Clubs to be as follows :— Won. Lost. P.C. Merion ...................................7 1 .675 Germantown ........................ 6 2 .750 Belmont ................................... 4 4 .50 > Young A m e r ic a ........................ 3 5 .370 Philadelphia ........................ 0 8 .000 The Halifax Cup, therefore, was awarded to the Merion Club. The candidates for the various Clubs for the individual batting and bowling Cups,presented by George W. Childs, showed the following averages :— BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inn. not out. Runs, an Inn.Aver. W. Scott, Belmont 8 ... 1 ... 222 ... 100 ... 31.71 N. Brockie, jr., Ger. 8 ... 0... 218 ... 108 ... 27.25 A. G. Thomson, Mer. 8 ... 0... 205 .., 76 ... 25.6i T. E. Brewster, Y.A. 10 ... 2... 359 ... 35 ... 19 87 W. Goodwin, Phila. 7 ... 0... 51 ... 22 ... 7.71 BOWLING AVERAGES. Balls. M. R. W. Aver. H. I. Brown, Ger. ... 690 ... 27 ... 261 ... 36 ... 7.25 W. C. Lowry,Mer. ... 542 ... 16 ... 223 ... 30 ... 7.43 R. C. Palmer, Y.A. ... 523 ... 31 ... 170 ... 22 ... 7.72 W.Scott, Belmont... 9b8 ... 68 ... 263 ... 3> ... 8.76 W.Goodwin.Phila.... 556 ... 31 ... 182 ... 14 ...13.00 The Cups, therefoie, were awarded to W. Scott and H. I.JSrowu. R. D. Brown, of the Germantown Club, had on the returns the best individual batting averages, his figures being 31.83, but he failed to play in eoough innings to render himself eligible for Cup competition. GENTLEMEN OF PH ILADELPH IA. The following are the fixtures arranged by the Secretary of the Surrey County C.C. for the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, who are to visit England next summer. A fter the Irish fixtures the matches w ill be continued into the third day if unfinished on the second night. July 2, 3—at Dublin, v. Trinity College L.V.C. July 4, 5—at Dublin, v. Gentlemen of Ireland July 8, 9—at Edinburgh, v. Gentlemen of Scot­ land July 11,12—at Liverpool, v. Gentlemen of Liver­ pool July 15,16-at Clifton, v.Gentlemen of Gloucester­ shire July 18,19-at Kennington Oval, v. Gentlemen of Surrey July 22. 23—at Lord’s, v. Gentlemen of M.C.C. July 25,26—at Town Mailing, v. Gentlemen of Kent July 29, 30—at Southampton, v. Gentlemen of Hants Aug. 1, 2—at Portsmouth, v. United Services Aug 5, 6 - at Brighton, v. Gentlemen of Sussex Aug. 8, 9—at London, v. Oxford and Cambridge or I Zingari W a t e r l o w a n d S o n s ’ C lu b . —The annual dinner in connection with the above club was held in the Venetinn Saloon at the Holborn Restaurant, on Saturday, December 15, when about one hundred members and friends assembled, under the pr«sidency of Mr. G. S. Waterlow. The club, it was stated, had played twenty matches, of which nine were won, nino lost, and two drawn. The second eleven on the other hand had been v ry unfortunate, as out of eleven matches played they had only won one. The prizes fell to the following:—First Eleven: President’s prize, highest average batting (1*2.7), Mr. J. Howard; club prize, second average batting (8.13), Mr. J. S. Coats; club prize, best average bowling (3.53), Mr. J. Howard. Second Eleven : Mr. C. E. Stuart’ s prize, highest score, Mr. F. Hoyland ; club prize, highest average batting, Mr. J. Smart; club prize, best average bowling, Mr. H. Bennetts. T h e Hon. Ivo Bligh has accepted tho dual office of Hon. Sec. and Treasurer to the County Council, recently vacated by Mr. A. J. Webbe. M r . F. M a rs d e n , an old Victorian cricketer, died at Melbourne on Oct. 30. M r . D. W. G r e g o r y ^captain of the First Australian Team which visited England in 1878) was appointed on Oct. 29 sole selector of teams for the New South Wales Association. G. C o w p e r carried his bat through the innings for Carlton v. Warwick at Sydney, on October 13. His 127 not out is the first score of three figures in New South Wales so far this winter. In a match between Rose worthy College and Freeling, in South Australia, at the end of October, A. Turbill took five wickets in au over of six balls. The fifth ball hit the stumps without removing the bails. M r . H a r r y M o s e s has been made a life member of the Association Cricket Ground at Sydney by the trustees, in recognition of his score of 297 for New South Wales against Vic­ toria last spring, and for his generally brilliant display during that season. M r . F. E. S t r e e t , who has held the post of Secretary to the Chiswick Park Club for the last two years, has placed his resignation in the hands of the Directors, who have asked Mr. Sydney Beckley (12, Brandenburgh Road, Gunnersbury, W.), to act as Hon. Sec. pro. tern. Mr. W . J. Compton has also consented to their request to officiate as Honorary Managing- Director. D A R K ' S C ele bra ted CRICKET BALLS. 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