Cricket 1888

2 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JAN. 26, 1 Gloucestershire, in August, in the opening match of the Cheltenham Week, and, indeed, there were few better exhibitions of batting during a month remarkable for heavy scoring. He made 113 out of 228 got while he was at the wickets in three hours and ten minutes, and there was nothing like a flaw in his innings, with the exception of a difficult one-handed catch after he had reached his hundred. Altogether his batting was one of the most noteworthy features of the L an­ cashire season. He was not at the head of the averages, it is true, but, considering that he usually went in early, and that he only had the advantage of one not out in his nineteen innings, his figures will bear very favourable comparison with those of Robinson and Sugg, who were both placed ahead of him. In any case, he could boast the double distinction of the highest aggregate as well as the highest individual score for Lancashire, and his average of 31 was abundant proof of his great ability. On his form of 1887 there are indeed not many better amateur batsmen at the present time, certainly none who give promise of a more successful future than Mr. Eccles. He plays thoroughly sound cricket, gets well over the ball, and, watching it carefully, is rarely seen to disadvantage, whatever may be the state of the pitch. His style, too, is of the best; and, in addition to good defence, he scores fast when settled down, getting runs well on both sides of the wicket. He is, too, a smart field. Mr. Eccles is a cotton manufacturer, residing at Ashton-on-Ribble, near Preston. Our portrait is from a photograph by Messrs. Hawkins and Co,, of 108, King’s Road’ Brighton. ___________________________ CRICKET IN CALCUTTA. CALCUTTA CLUB v. D E R B Y SH IR E REGIMENT. Played at Calcutta on December 3. C alcutta . T. P. Hewett, b T hurnham .......... C. B. W atkins, c and H. Hensm an, c M il­ lington, b Green ... 25 L.C. Ogbourne, b Bell 32 Col. M cKinnon, run out .............................41 C.Mitchell, b M illing­ ton ...........................128 W . Booth, c M illing­ ton, b Thurnham ... 0 R. G. D ill, b Thurn­ ham ........................... 6 J. Henderson, c and b M illin g to n .......... 7 D e r b y s h ir e R eg t . not 33 b Green E . G. Colivin. out .........................36 F. G. Patteson, b Millington ..........24 B 21, lb 3, w 4 ... 28 Total ...365 Lieut. Bell, not out 12 B 1, lb 1 .......... 2 Col.-Sergt. McCarthy, b D ill......................... Priv. Green, b D ill ... Priv. Bell, not out ... 26 1 Total Lt.-Col. McCleverty, Priv. Thurnham , Lieut Le W arne, Priv. M illington, Lieut. Roy, Priv. Allen, and Corp. L em m an did not bat. ... 50 CALCUTTA v. BARRACKPUR AND DUM DUM . Played at Calcutta on Dec. 10. B arra ck pu r and D um D u m . W . Stephen, c Patto- son, b Thomas ...16 Lieut. Heym an, b T h o m as................. 0 Priv. Green, not out 0 Priv. M illington, run out ......................... 4 B 12, lb 1, nb 2... 15 P rir. Bell, c Thomas, b Ogbourne .......... 7 Dr. Fischer, run out... 11 J. R . Fox, run out ... 15 Lieut.Roy, b Showers 20 M ajor Woodhouse, c and b Henderson... 37 Lieut. Lo W arne, c Ogbourne,b Thomas 50 Lieut. Ostrehan, b Showers ................. 1 Total ..176 C alcutta . W . Mellor, c Bell, b Ostrehan ..........10 R . E . S. Thomas, b B e ll.........................43 B 16, lb 3, w l ... 20 L. C. Ogbourne, b Bell .........................27 J. Manners-Smith, b Bell ........................ 40 Capt. Rawlinson, not out ........................ 42 C. M itchell, b Bell ... 6 I T otal.......... 188 F. E . Patteson, b Bell 0 I J. T. Hewett, J. Henderson, R . G. D ill, and W. Showers did not bat. CALCUTTA v. UN ITED SERV ICES. Played at Calcutta on Dec 22, 23 and 24. C alcutta . F. E. Patteson, b Mead .....................19 R . E. S. Thomas, b Mead ..................13 F. T. Paine, run out 3 W . Mellor, c Mead, b Rogers ................... 9 L Ogbourne, b Rogers .................. 2 G. F. Alexander, c Hewett, b Meade ... 54 C. Mitchell, c Mere- wether, b Cleaves...140 C. T. G. Paterson, b Mead ...................107 T. n . Heckle, c Mead, b M ilne .................. 9 U nited S ervices , First Innings. T. Henderson, b Mead .................. 7 H. Hensman, not out 3 E x tras....................23 Total ..........389 Capt. Rawlinson, b T hom as................. 20 J. M Sm ith, c P at­ teson, b Thomas ... 45 C. C. Mead, c Alex­ ander, b Heckle ... 34 E . G. Colvin, run out 24 Col. Mackinnon, b Heckle ................. 7 not out .................. 0 T P. Hewitt, lbw, b Extras.................. 3 Heckle ..................30 Capt. Milne, c Paine, Total b H e c k le ................. 0 In the Second Innings Capt. Rawlinson scored c Paterson, b Ogbourne 8, J. M. Sm ith (not out; 52, C. C. M eal, b Hensm an 0, E . G. Colvin, b Thomas 1, T. P. Hewitt, lbw, b Ogbourne 21; extras, 1.—Total, 83. Corp. Cleaves, b Heckle .................. Priv. Rogers, b Alexander .......... W . Merewether, c Thomas, b Alex­ ander ................. C. D. Evans-Lombe, ,..175 C A L C U T T A v. C IV IL S E R V IC E . P laye d at C a lcu tta on Decem ber 30, 31, and Ja n u a ry 1. C iv il S e r v ic e . First Innings. Second Innings. C.C.Mead,cFramjee (sub), b Paine .........................65 c D ill, b Hender­ son ..................17 E . W . Collin, b D i l l ..........81 b Henderson ... 16 J. P. Hewett, b Paine ... 33 c Paine, b Hen­ derson .......... 3 J . A. Bourdillon, b H en­ derson .26 c Smith, b Hen­ derson ..........44 E . G. Colvin, b Henderson 0 b Henderson ... 0 P. Gray, c Milne, b Paine 5 b Paine ..........23 J. Hair, c Foulerton, b Henderson .................. 3 run out .......... 3 C. Cuthbertso ', b Paine... 0 b Paine .......... 1 F. McBlaine, not out ... 11 c Dill, b Heckle 8 C. A. W ilkins, c Showers, b Paine ............................ 0 b Henderson ... 4 J. Stevenson-Moore, b Henderson ..................... 0 not out ........... 0 Extras ......................... 8 Extras ... 10 Total ..................182 Total ...132 C alcutta . First Innings. ^ Second Innings. J. M. Smith, c W ilkins, b M e a d ................................60 c Cuthbertson, b Gray ..........46 .T. H. Heckle, b G ray..........11 b Gray..................17 G. F. Alexander, b Mead 8 c Gray, b Mead 9 C. M itchell, b C ollin..........16 c W ilkins, b Mead ..........48 C. J. G. Paterson, c Col­ vin, b Mead ................. 22 b Gray.................. 1 Capt. Foulerton, b Gray... i b Gray................. 3 F. T. Paine, c Collin, b Mead ................................... 1 c Colvin, b Gray 29 Capt. Milne, run out ... 4 c Cuthbertson, b Gray .......... 0 J. Henderson, run out ... 1 b Mead ........... 1 E. M. Showers, b Gray ... 6 not out ........... 0 Dr. R . D ill, not o u t .............. 5 b Gray..................15 Extras ......................... 1 Extras............. 7 Total ..................137 Total ...176 MR. C. J. FOX. W e had frequently during last summer to call attention to the long scores made by Mr. C. J. Fox for the Crystal Palace Club. His batting throughout the season was so success­ ful that it will be of interest to C rick et - readers to have a full list of his performances. In all it will be seen he took part in 57innings, including nine not-outs. His highest score was 261 not out for Crystal Palace v. Charlton Park, and he was also credited with another innings of 200, making 243 not out v. Hamp­ stead a month before. In addition he scored over a hundred four times. Mr. Fox, who is an Old Westminster, played for Surrey in 1876, in which year he was captain of the Westminster School eleven. Absenee for several years in In d ia prevented his c o n tin u ­ ance in first-class cricket. F o r some little tim e past he has been liv in g in K ent, a nd w ill, we believe, be qualified for th a t C oun ty by residence next sum m er. i—i HC (M® April 30—at Crystal Palace, for Single v. M arried................................................ 22 0 May 9—at Oval, for C lapham Wanderers v. Surrey C o lts ................................. 12 0 May 12—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Chatham House Wanderers... 23 — May 14—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Guy’s Hospital .......................... l — May 19—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Clapton ........................................ 107* — May 21—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. bt. Bartholomew’s H o sp ital... 5* — May 25—at Wormwood Scrubbs, for C.P.C.C. v. Kensington Park ... 1 — May 28—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. St. Thomas’s Hospital .......... 101*__ May 30—at Bickley, for C.P.C.C. v. Bickley Park ........... ................................ 31 4 Jnne 9—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. R ic h m o n d ........................................ 51 __ June 11—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C v. M.C.C.................................................. 13 — June 15—at Streatham, for C.P.C.C. v. S tre a th a m ........................................ 5 8 ___ June 18—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Beckenham ................................ 21 2 June 21—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v- United Hospitals......................... 66 __ June 23—at Brighton, for C.P.C.C. v. Brighton College ......................... 50 __ June 25—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Reigate Priory ......................... 54 __ June27,28—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Incogniti... ................................ 58 _ June29,30—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. S.C.C. and Ground ................. ‘ 177* — July 1—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. G ipsies............................................... 65 _____ July 2 - at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Ham pstead........................................ 243* __ July 5—at Littlebury, for C.P.C.C. v H. J. E . Burrell’s X I.............................. 185* __ July 6—at Crystal Palace, for S. A. Fox’s XI. v. S P.C.C..................................... 36* — July 8—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. A uthentics........................................ 44 — July 9—at Richm ond, for C.P.C.C. v. Richm ond ....................................... 0 _____ July 13—at Crystal Palace, for S. A. Fox’s X I. v. K ing’s College H ospital ... 86* — July 16—at Crystal Palace, for Crystal Palace v. Broadwater ................. 0 — July 19—at Crystal Palace, for Crystal Palace v. Thespians ................. 65 — July 22—at Oval, for Clapham Wanderers v. S.C.C. and Ground ................. 20 — July 23—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C.v. Kensington Park ......................... 0 _____ July 26, 27—at Beckenham, for Band of Brothers v. Beckenham................. 4 38 July 28—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. B lackheath....................................... 4 _____ July 80—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Bickley ........................................ 37 — Aug. 1—at Beckenham, for C.P.C.C. v. Beckenham....................................... 23 — Aug. 4—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Charlton P a r k ................................ 261* — Aug. 8, 9—at Torquay, for C.P.C.C. v. Torquay ........................................ 7 n Aug. 10, 11—at Newton Abbott, for C.P.C.C. v. South Devon .......... 10 — Vug. 12 13, - at Exm outh, for C P.C.C. v. Exm outh ....................................... 5 2* Aug. 15.*16—at Sidm outh, for C.P.C.C. v. Sidmouth ......................... ... 4 2 Aug. 17, 18—at Seaton, for C.P.C.C. v. S eason............................................... 15 — Aug. 19, 20—at Salisbury, for C.P.C.C. v. S o uh W ilts....................................... 41 — A.ug. 22 23—at Southam pton, for C.P.C.C. v. South H a n ts ................................ 41 — AuUg. 24,25 -at Chichester, for C.P.C.C. v. Priory P a rk ....................................... 6 20 Vug. 26,27—at Eastbourne, for C.P.C.C. v. E astbourne...................................... 43 — Aug. 29, 30 -at Hastings, for C.P C.C. v. South Saxons ................................ 84 — 3ept 3—at Crystal Palace, for C.P.C.C. v. Stygiane ....................................... 0 ■— Sept. 7—at Bromley, for X I. of Kent v. X V III. of B ro m lo y ......................... 37 — Sept. 10—at Crystal Palace, for Tourists v. C.P.C.C........................................... 33 — ■*ept. 12—at Wormwood Scrubbs, for G. E. Bickneli’s X I v. Kensington F a rk ...................................................... 123 — Total runs Average 51‘20. 2,417 NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 23,