Cricket 1888

74 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. a p e il 19,1888. for the highest individual score (227 against the Break o’ Day in Hobart) is held by that genial and sterling cricketer George Bailey, of the pioneer Australian Eleven, C. W . Bock, the old Cantab, was one of the bowlers opposed to Sidebottom, who has three times headed the century this season. T h e inhabitants of Windsor and Dis­ trict showed their loyalty as well as their gratitude for the good works done to the Town by his family, by presenting His Highness Prince Christian Victor the honorary freedom of the Borough on Saturday last, the day on which the young Prince cricketer came of age. The Mayor presented the freedom, which was enclosed in a carved oak casket bearing the following inscription :—• “ Presented to His Highness Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, upon his coming of age, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of New Windsor with the honorary freedom of the Borough. April 14, 1888.” A mong the announcements of forth­ coming marriages I notice one which will interest cricketers, more particularly those connected with Derbyshire. It is that of Mr. Walter Boden, who is to be married to Miss Vaughan Lee, at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, at the commencement of next month. Miss Lee, who is a daughter of the late Major Vaughan Lee, M.P. for one of the Divisions of Somersetshire, resides at Ilminster in that county. My informant states that she is a keen sports­ woman, and a very good rider to hounds. Mr. Boden, I need hardly add, was for twelve years honorary secretary of the Derbyshire County Club, and is himself a liberal supporter of sports of all kinds. O ld Public School men, as their names will show, have very near a monopoly of the entries for the Amateur Racquet Championship now in course of progress at the Queen’s Club. Unless I am mistaken W. C. Hedley, of the Boyal Engineers, is the only one of the fourteen competitors who has not qualified at a Public School. Harrow is, as usual in racquet matters, to the fore, and the School, indeed, furnishes six of the entrants, to wit, H . Ashworth, C. D. Buxton, A. J. Webbe, M. 0. Kemp, who, by the way, commenced the duties of his Mastership at Winchester College in January last, E. M. Hadow, and E. O. P. Bouverie. Of Etonians there are two, in the persons of P. St L . Grenfell and E. P. Balli ; in d of Old Cheltonians also two, 0. D. Kin,;', of the Boyal Artillery, and L . B. Friend, of the Boyal Engineers. Wellington and Haileybury have each furnished one representative, in A. Cooper Key, of the Royal Artillery, add Major Spens respectively. T he news of Alick Bannerman’s inclusion in the Australian team now on the way to England seema to have fur­ nished the subject for a homily on the fickleness of the Australian public in the matter of cricketers. “ Felix,” the A u s­ tra la sia n critic, states that he would pick Bannerman in the best team that could be got together in Australia, a,nd adds his willingness to wager a modest trifle that his batting average will not be below third in the team at the close of the English season, whether it bo wet or dry. He adds:— Ono woiild think little Alick was well on towards fifty, judging by the remarks passed upon him. But then it is nearly always so in this country. If a tried man plays a bad innings or two, or misses a chance or two, or lets a ball go through his legs, the cry is, even by those who ought to know better, “ He is done, get some new blood.” Any man, if he be of temperate habit and of average physique* and health, can bat nearly as well at 40 as at 35, and little Bannerman has to live almost another ten years before attaining 40. I remember Maurice Bead, in the course of an interview during his visit to Aus­ tralia in the winter of 1886, expressing himself in much the same way with regard to the cricket public of Australia. HAMPSTEAD NONDESCRIPTS CLUB. F ix t u r e s f o ii 1888. M ay 5—at W illesden, y. Willesden. May 12—at Clapton, v. Upper Clapton. May 12—at Romford, v. Romford. May 14,15,16—at CatfordBridge,v.Bank of Englnd. May 19—at Epsom, v. Epsom . May 19—at Finchley, v. Christ’s College. May 21—at Penge, v. Penge. May 26—at Sutton, v. Sutton. June 2—at Ewell, v. Ewell. June 2—at Plaistow, v. Plaistow. June 5—at Addiscombe, v. Addiscombe. June 9—at Beddington, v. Beddington. June 9—at Notting Hill, v. St. Charles’s College. June 16—at Surbiton, v. Surbiton. June 23—at Hendon, v. Hendon. June 23—at Willesden Green, y. Univ. Coll. Schl. June 25,26,27—at Catford Bridge, v. Private Banks. June 80—at Ealing, v. Ealing. July 7—at Carshalton, v. Carshalton. July 14—at Brentwood, v. Brentwood School, July 21—at Croydon, v. Croydon. July 23, 24, 25—at Catford Bridge, v. B ank of England. July 28—at Teddington, v. Teddington. A u g u s t T o u r . Aug. 4—at Brentwood, v. Brentwood. Aug, 6,7 —at Devonport, v. Plym outh Garrison Aug. 8,9 —at Exm outh, v. Exmouth. Aug. 10,11—at Sidmouth, v. Sidmouth. Aug. 13,14—at Seaton, v. Seaton. Aug. 18 -at Plaistow, v. Plaistow. Aug. 25—at Clapton, v. Upper Clapton. Sept. 1— Sept. 8—at Acton, Y. Pallingswick. SUBBITON CLUB. F ix t u r e s f o b 1888. A pril 28—Surbiton, Club Match M ay 5—Surbiton, v. St. Bartholomew’s H ospital M ay 12—Weybridge, v. O atland’s Park May 19—Surbiton, v. Upper Tooting M a7 21—Surbiton, v. Peripatetics May 25—Maidstone, T. Mote Park May 26—Tonbridge, v. Tonbridge School June 2—Surbiton, v. Kensington Park June 9—Surbiton, v. Ne'er-do-Weels June 16—Acton, v. Pallingswick June 16—Surbiton, v. Hampstead Nondescripts June 23—Streatham, v. Streatham June 30—Surbiton, v. Law Club July 7—Leatherhead, v. Leatherhead July 11—Surbiton, v. Rev. C. It. Bailey's X I. July 14—Surbiton, v. W im bledon July 21—Esher, v. Esher July 28—Beigate, v. Eeigate H ill S u b b it o n W e e k . July 80—Surbiton, v. Thespians July 31, Aug. 1—Surbiton, v. Authentics. iu g . 2—Surbiton, v. Beigate H ill Aug. 3,4—Surbiton, y. Marlborough Blueg Aug. 6—Surbiton, v. H am pton W ick Aug. 11 —Surbiton, v. Oatlands Park Aug. 18 —W ormwood Scrubbs, v. Kensington Park Aug. 25 —Broadwater, v. Broadwater Aug. 25—Surbiton, v. Pallingswick Sept. 1—Upper looting , v. Upper Tooting Sept. 8—Hampton W ick, v. H am pton W ick CRICKET C IIIBPS. T he friends ofMr. H .H . Hyslop—Australians included—will be glad to know that he is now on the road to recovery, after a long and serious illness. T he test practice of Surrey Colts begins at the Oval on Monday next. T he Greenock Club visits Dublin at the commencement of July. It plays the Phoenix, Garrison and Leinster Clubs on following days, starting on July 5. T he Notts Colts match postponed from Easter Monday commences to-morrow. A nnual general meeting of Surrey County C.C. at Oval, on May 3. T he “ Austral,” with Mr.-Vernon’s team on board, entered the Suez Canal on Saturday. T h e “ Oceanien,” carrying the Sixth Australian team to England, reached Aden on Sunday. T he Nutfield Cricket Week begins on July 23. Matches are—Authentics, Iieigate Hill, Dorking and Incogniti. T h e Croydon Cricket Club Week also begins on July 23. The six fixtures are Burlington Wanderers, Addiscombe, Surrey C. & G., Granville, Clapton and Sutton. E. H. B uckland won the local 100yards race at the Surbiton sports on Saturday. M r. F. G ale is writing Coun try cricket, not County cricket, for the forthcoming cricket volume of the Badminton Series. T h e score of 447 made by Kandapolla against D.M.C.C. at Darawella on March 9 and 10, is the highest innings so far recorded in Ceylon. N u t ley scored 4and 6 against Heron’s Ghyll, at Heron’s Ghyll, near Wakefield, on April 6. Very near, if not quite, a record ! T. H oran was presented with a trophy of the value of £5, by Mr. D. Blanshard, an old Australian cricketer, for his two scores of 63 and 68 in the Intercolonial match in Sydney. T he committee of the New- South Wales Association have decided that in all matches played under the patronage of the association, six balls shall be bowled to the over. I n a match betweenthe Norwood and Gawler Clubs at Adelaide, on March 3, the former scored 453 runs in three hours and a quarter. W . Giffen and McKenzie got the first hundred in thirty-five minutes. A lfred S haw and Wm . Mycroft have been hard at work for the last week coaching the young cricketers of Sussex, on the County Ground, at Brighton. M essrs . L il l e y and S k in n e r , of Paddington Green, have just issued their Card Calendar of the principal fixtures for the coming season. It can be had free on application to the publishers. T h e “ Cricket Calendar ” will be published on May 1. T h e Parsee cricketers will play the Cam­ bridge University Long Vacation Club, at Cambridge, on August 8. T h e Hon. E. Chandos Leigh, Messrs. A. Appleby, E. Rutter and J. S. Udal have been nominated to serve on the committee of the Marylebone Club for the ensuing year. T h e balance-sheet of the Surrey County Cricket Club for last year shows the receipts to have been £3,867, and expenses £3,170. Balance to the good, £697. T he steamer “ Riverina,” with the captain of the Australian team of 1886, Mr. H. J. H. Scott, on board, reached Adelaide on April 15. T he Gloucestershire Colts’ match w ill be played on the New County Ground on May 4 and 5. J. H. C om ber , of Sussex, has been engaged by the St. John’s Club of New Brunswick for the forthcoming season. H. H. P r in c e C h r is t ia n V ic t o r came of age on Saturday lastg