Cricket 1888

—• « # - < » * ■ * A ') ^ MAR. 29,1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. 4 3 form. As far as I have gathered there is a consensus of feeling that the deliberate practice of legging of late indulged in by some notable cricketers should be thoroughly and resolutely checked. At the same time, as I made a point of saying in “ Gossip” three months since, I am disposed to think that public opinion would of itself curb thegrowing inclination towards this style of batting, and that any alteration of the rales is perhaps after all not actually essential. I n d e e d , I fancy that some of those who supported Mr. Webbe’s proposition have come to the conclusion that the difficulties in wording a rule sufficient to meet the cases which require to be met, and which could not be evaded, are so great that it would be inexpedient to make any alter­ ation at all, though personally I am of opinion that Mr. Webbe’s enactment, if passed, would practically hardly ever require to be enforced, if at all. Moreover, it is right to say that in addition to the amateurs, the professionals and umpires who have been communicated with or personally examined, are generallyopposed to any alteration in the existing law. Most of the more experienced umpires were interviewed by the Sub-Committee of the M.O.C., and I may add were unanimously of opinion that it was inadvisable to alter the law as suggested by the County Council, though several were in favour of an addition to meet in some way the particular abuse to which I have referred. As a matter of fact it seems that a very large majority of practical cricketers are against any alteration in the direction proposed by Mr. Ellison. And after all it is only reasonable, as a well-known authority appositely remarked in a conversation on the subject, that the dancers should choose the tunes. But what of the Coupon Penners ? I w o n d e r whether the executives of the Middlesex, Kent and Surrey County Clubs have read with any degree of care the provisions of the Local Government Bill now before the House of Commons. If not, I would recommend them, and with­ out delay to consider the probable effects of the measure as at present formulated on the interests which they have re­ spectively to safeguard. The second read­ ing I may state is fixed for April 12, and it seems to me to be of the greatest importance that no time should be lost in discussing the possibilities of the Bill if it should pass in its present state. A ccording to the Melbourne corres­ pondent of the Sportsman, the Australian cricketers now on their way to England consist of P. S. McDonnell, S. P. Jones, C. T. B. Turner, F. J. Ferris, A. C. Bannerman of New South Wales, H . F. Boyle, J. M. Blackham, J. Edwards, H. Trott, J. Worrall of Victoria, and J. J. Lyons and A. H . Jarvis of South Australia. G. J. Bonnor, who has remained here since the last visit, will join the team on their arrival, and R. Allen of New South Wales, who is “ coming home” on pleasure intent, will also be available if required. T h e absence of H . C. Moses of New South Wales, now without a doubt the first batsman in Australia, will be of course an immense disappointment to the British public. The Sixth Australian team,which, by the way, willbe personally conducted by our old friend C. W. Beal, will, too, feel the loss of George Giffen, beyond all question the best all-round cricketer in the Colonies at the present time. The team were to have left Adelaide in the French steamer “ Oceanien ” on Saturday last, and I take it they have done so, as the vessel sailed at the appointed time. All being well they should be due in London at the end of April, following close on Mr. Vernon’s team, who embarked at Adelaide on the 19th, on the Orient steamer “ Austral ” homeward bound. As I foreshadowed in “ Gossip” of last month, Shrewsbury has determined to take an active part in the management of the tour of English footballers now on their way to star in the Australian Colonies during the summer, and unless anything should transpire to alter his decision, English cricket this year will be deprived of the help of a batsman certainly on his form of last season with­ out a superior. “ ’Tis true, ’tis pity.” I t will be news perhaps to some C r ic k e t readers to learn that Prince Hassan, brother of the Khedive of Egypt, who died a week or so ago, was in his time a cricketer. He was in residence at Oxford University for a time, and while there was seen more than once in active work on the cricket field- His name figures on one and only one occasion in “ Scores and Biographies,” at Oxford, on June 14, 1870, when as eleventh man, he con­ tributed ten to a total of ‘250 made by the Bullingdon C lu b against the Butterflies. THE INTERCOLON IAL MATCH. V ICTOBIA v. N EW SOUTH WALES. The fortieth Inter-colonial Match between Victoria and New South Wales, played on the Association ground at Sydney on January 26,27, and 28, was productive of some ex­ ceptionally high scoring. In the three days 1,117 runs were totalled for thirty wickets, and though the aggregate of the Victorians in their two innings was 541 they were beaten by an innings and 35 runs. The chief feature of a run-getting match was the remarkable performance of the great batsman of New South Wales, H. Moses. “ It took him ,” writes “ Mid-on” in the Melbourne Leader , “ about ten hours and a half to compilehis magnificent score of 297 not out, out of a total of 576, and even the Victorians regretted that he did not make another three, so as to give him the full round three centuries.” “ W ith the exception of Murdoch’s immense score of 321, made in less than two days’ play in the Inter­ colonial Match of February, 1882, Moses’ 297 (not out) is,” according to the Sydney Mail, “ the greatest achievement in the colony in first- class cricket.” N e w S outh W a les . A. C. Bannerman, st Blackham, b Trott 19 P. S. M ’Donnell, c Bruce, b Robertson 42 H. H. Massie, b Bruce 1 H. Moses, not out ...297 P. J. Burton, b Trott 47 S. P. Jones, 1 b w, b M’Shane...............27 H.D onnan.b M'Shane 2 C. T. B. Turner, c Bovle, b M ’Shane 5 H. Wood, b Trott ... 81 T.W.Garrett,cBlack- ham , b Trumble ... 21 W . Richardson, st B lackham ,bB ruce 5 E x tras................. 29 Total ...576 V ict o ria . First Innlnga. W . Bruce, c Garrett, b W o o d ................................55 F. W alters, c Jones, b W o o d ................................18 R. Houston, c and b W ood 81 P. G. M ’Shane, b Turner 0 Second Innings. b G a rre tt.......... 24 b Turner .............44 lb w, b Richard­ son ................. 36 c Richardson, b Turner .......... 2 J. M ’O. Blackham , b Richardson ................. 54 b Richardson... 17 T. Horan, c Burton, b Garrett .........................63 H. Trott, b Richardson ... 0 W. Robertson, b R ichard­ son......................................................... 0 not out H . F. Boyle, c B urton, b Garrett ......................... 4 J. W orrall, b Richardson 31 b T u rn e r......... 68 b Turner .......... 16 ... 32 3 H. Trumble, not o ut.......... 0 Extras .........................11 b W ood .......... c M ’Donnell, b Turner .......... h ru no ut ..........12 Extras ... 18 Total ...267 Total ...274 B O W L IN G A NA LYSIS. N ew S outh W a les . B. M. R. W . H. Trumble 212 32 49 1 Trott ... 296 49 124 3 Bruce ... 226 29 82 2 Robertson 152 14 64 1 Boyle ... 184 23 47 0 B. M . R .W . W orrall... 212 20 66 0 M ’Shane 120 12 64 3 Horan ... 60 6 28 0 W alters... 44 5 16 0 Houston 16 1 7 0 H. Trumble bowled five no-balls, V ic t o r ia . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R . W . B. M. R . W , Turner ... 184 19 791 ............ 284 25 102 6 D onnan ... 40 2 280 ............ 21 2 8 0 Garrett ... 161 18 542 ............ 212 35 41 1 Richardson 50 4 18 4 ............ 120 7 73 2 W ood ... 176 17 653 ............ 128 17 32 1 Jones........ 12 0 7 0 Moses ... 12 0 5 0 Garrett bowled one wide, and Jones one wide and one no-ball The Melbourne Punch asks, in reference to the Intercolonial match, “ Where was Moses when the side went o u t?” “ Why! still at the wickets! ” was the answer. P ercival K in g ’ s S cottish C r ic k e t e r s ’ A nnual for 1888 has reached us. It is replete with information of use to Scottish cricketers. A photograph of the Lasswade eleven forms the frontispiece. T hough late in appearing ,J ames h illy - white's Cricketers' Annual for 1888 is welcome just as every one is preparing for the work of another season. Cricket in 1887 by “ Incog,” Public School Cricket in 1887, an exhaustive article by Bev. A. F. E. Fornjan, a complete summary of the doings of the tenth English team in Australia, and a short article on the Canadian team in England comprise the first part. The usually elaborate statistics of the last cricket year, which follow, combine to form a more than usually interest­ ing volume. Arthur Shrewsbury, and an excellent likeness, too, furnishes the custom­ ary portrait. W e have received from Messrs. Watson and Pilling, the well known cricket outfitters, of 35, Oxford Street, Manchester, their Illus­ trated Catalogue of Sporting Goods. N ew nham — Y onova . — March 5, at the English Church, Moscow, by the Bev. H. Bernard, and also in the Bussian Church, Arthur Tristram Herbert Newnham, Bombay Staff Corps, eldest son of Heurtley Newnham, Esq., late of the Bombay Civil Service, to Ekaterina Fedorovna, daughter of the late Titular Councillor Fedor Yonova, of Moscow. N o vello , E w er and Co.’s U nit ed C lu b .— The members of the above club gathered together at Morland’s Hotel, in Dean Street, Soho, on March 12, for a festive evening. Soon after seven convivialities commenced, and were continued until about 11 o’clock, under the chairmanship of Mr. F. Akerman. Among those who contributed were Messrs. Burgess, Cavaili, Goodspeed, Munro (violin), Smith, Davy (cornet), Stathara, Chapman, Smetzer, Burgess, Nash, and Savage (recita­ tions). V V*" NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 12.