Cricket 1889

6 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JAN. 24, 1889- 204 against them, the School at first fared badly, losing two wickets for 15 runs, but H. Fox and Sowerby brought the score to 55, when play ceased for the day. When these two players were dismissed on the following day a rot set in, Rice doing the “ hat trick.” Smyth’s 26 was of extreme value at this time, but the last three wickets were unproductive, and a follow on was not averted. The School in their second innings played far better cricket. Smyth again showed to advantage, and his score of 51 included several fine cuts. Sowerby and Strong hit freely for 29 and 30 respectively, and the inniDgs closed for 207. Calcutta thus had 123 to win, but the match was drawn through want of time. Appended is the score :— TH IRD MATCH.—v. CALCUTTA. Played on December 14 and 15. C alcutta . E. M. Showers, b Sowerby............... 2 C.Plowden.bSowerby 20 F. Simson,c Stephen, b Smyth............... 19 D. Stewart, not out 3 Extras............... 13 Capt. Rice, run ont 38 Booth, c Strong, b Thomas .........19 R. Bignell, c Smyth, b Vaughan ...........30 C. J. G. Paterson, b Vaughan.................12 R. J. P. 'ihomas, b Vaughan................ 6 Swinhoe, b Clarke ... 83 J. H. Hechle, c Ansell, b 8 owerby............... 9 S t . P aul ’ s S chool . First Innings. H Fox, c Showers,bSimson 30 Total .........204 H. Ansell, b Simson......... 5 C. Clarke, c and b Rice ... 7 L. Fox, c Hechle, b Rice ... 0 A. Sowerby, c Hechle, b Rice ............................... 20 M. Stephen, b Rice ......... o G. Smyth, c Showers, b Hechle ......................26 A. Thomas, c Bignell, b Hechle ....................... 3 H. Godfree, b Booth......... 5 P. Vaughan, b Hechle ... 6 H. Strong, not out ......... 0 Extras ... 17 ...119 Second Innings, c Plowden, b Swinhoe......... 1 4 not out ......... 3 at>pent............... 0 c Hechle, b Rice 15 st Showers, b Booth ..........29 b Swinhoe......... 12 c Showers, b Hechle .........51 b Bice................ll b Hechle ......... 3 c Hechle, b Kice 2 c Showers, b Hechle .........3*) Extras.........37 Total ...207 The concluding match was played on Dec. 19 and 20 on the Ballygunge ground, against a team selected from the S chools of C alcutta . The ground was fiery and bumpy, and no less than seven of the St. Paul’s batsmen fell to catches by the wicket-keeper and slip. Stephen, last year’s captain, played in some­ thing like his old form ; his 47 comprised several fine cuts. Smyth again played a good game. The School was minus three of its usual players. The combined Schools did very badly against the deliveries of Smyth and Sowerby, who bowled throughout both innings. The former took nine wickets for 42 runs, and the latter e’even wickets for 49 runs. Strong’s wicket keeping was good, not a single extra being recorded in either innings. Score FOURTH MATCH.—v. COMBINED SCHOOLS OF CALCUTTA. S t . P aul ’ s S chool , Smith, b H. Fox, c Byers......................13 L. fox, c Byers, b Chow Hla............... 4 Ansell, b Chow Hla ... 11 G. Smyth, c Smith, b Coleman............... 23 M. Stephen, c Hodg­ kins, b Chow Hla .. 47 A. Sowerby, c Smith, b Byers ............... 7 H. Strong, c Byers, b Hodgkins............... 17 D arjeeling . . Godfree, c Smi'h, b Hodgkins ......... 4 Smyth, c Heffer- man, b Hodgkins 0 .Stewart, st Smith, b Hodgkins......... 0 . Lawrence, not out ...................... 0 Extras............... 4 Total ...130 S chools of C alcutta . First Innings. Second Innings. Coleman, c Lawrence, b G. Smyt h ...................... 0 c Stewart, b G. Smyth ......... 2 Thompson, c Stephen, b Sowerby ...................... 7 c L. Fox, b Sowerby......... 1 Hodgkins, c H. Fox, b G. Smyth............................ 6 c Stephen, b Sowerby......... 4 Smith, c Sower!y, b G. Smyth...................... ... 8 b G. Smyth ... 0 Hefferman,b Sowerby ... 1 b Sjwerby......... 25 Chow Hla, st Strong, b Sowerby ...................... 3 c Godfree, b Sowerby......... 0 Hodges, c Sowerby, b G. Smyth............................ 4 b Sowerby......... 0 Grieff, b Sowerby ......... 0 not out ......... 0 Craven, not o u t............... 0 b Sowerby......... 4 Byers, c J. Smyth, b ti. Smyth............................ 15 c Stephen, b G. Smyth ......... 4 Hodges, c and b Sowerby 0 c Stephen, b G. Smyth .......... 7 ... 44 Total ... 47 UPPER CLAPTON CLUB. The Lord Bishop of Bedford has accepted the presidentship of this club for the ensuing season. All applications for membership are requested to be made to Mr. J. Willocks, the treasurer, 21, The Common, Upper Clapton ; Mr. J. K. City, hon. sec., 21, Clapton Square, N .E .; Mr. J. Fox, assistant hon. sec., 76, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, or to any member of the Committee. F ixtures for 1£89. April 27—Upper Clapton, Club Match May 4—Upper Clapton, v. Islington A1 ion May 11—Tottenham, v. Tottenham May 15—Willesden, v. Willesden May 18—Tottenham, v. Trafalgar May 25—Upper Clapton, v. Buckhurst Hill June 1—Cheshunt, v Cheshunt June 8 —Hornsey, v. Hornsey .Tune 10 —Upper Clapton, Married v. Single June 15—Southgate, v. Southgate June 22—Upper Clapton, v. Woodford Wells June 29—Upper Clapton, v. Upton Park July 3—East Acton, v. Pallingswick July 6 —Upper Clapton, v. Brookfield July 13—Finchley, v. Finchley July 15—Upper Clapton, v. M.C.C. and Ground July 16—Upper Clapton, v. Hornsey July 17—Upper Clapton, v. Willesden July 18 —Upper Clapton, v. Essex Club and Ground July 19—Upper Clapton, v. Wanstead July 20—Upper Clapton, v. Finchley July 27—Upper Clapton, v. Tottenham August 1 —wanstead, v. Wanstead August 3—Lee, v. Granville August 5—Upper Clapton, v. Trafalgar August 10—Buckhurst Hill, v. Buckhurst Hill August 17—Upper Clapton, v. Southgate August 24—Woodford, v. Woodford Wells August 28—Upper Clapton, v. Pallingswick August 31—Upper Clapton, v. Hendon September 7—Upper Clapton, v. Cheshunt CRICKET IN AMERICA. T he H alifax C up . The standing of the clubs for 1888 was as under:— o fl # to C lubs . -2 ^ S & o d fl a < ^3 -S § «* O fcD ^3 . 5 *§ § £ § a 3 ® ® '<3 o !3 o <0 S O « P h H P4 Merion.............. Germantown Belmont ........ Young America.. Philadelphia Total lost........ . 2 2 1 2 7 .875 0 . 2 226 .750 0 0 . 2 2 4 .500 1 0 0 . 2 3 .375 0 0 0 0 . 0 .000 1 2 4 5 8 20 Runs. Wkts. lost. Average, Germantown ......... 1261 81 35.58 Opponents............... 1059 100 10.59 Germantown ahead of opponents 4.99runs pr. wkt. Belmont ............... 1287 74 17.39 Opponents............... 1094 81 13.50 Belmont ahead of opponents 3.89 runs per wicket. M erion...................... 939 78 12.03 Opponents............... 700 79 8.86 Merion ahead of opponents 3.17 runs per wicket. Opponents............... 1058 80 13.22 Young America......... 1016 98 10.36 Opponents ahead of Y.A. 2 86 runs per wicket. Opponents............... 3007 64 15.76 Philadelphia ......... 416 73 5.69 Opponents ahead of Philadelphia 10.07 rns pr.wkt. During the series of games Young America and Philadelphia each batted 24 different players ; Belmont, 22; Germantown, 19; and Merion, 14. Philadelphia tried 12 bowlers ; Germantown and Belmont, 11; Young America, 10, and A'erion 10. BATTING AVEBAGES. Following are the averages of all who have batted in at least five innings, averaging at least 8 runs per innings. P layer . C lub . Innings. Not out. Highest. Total Runs 6to 25 > <3 R. D. Brown, Germantown ... 6 0 86 192 31.83 Walter Scott, Belmont......... 8 1 110* 222 31.71 D. P. Stoever, Belmont......... 5 0 84 327 2-. 0 W. Brockie, jr., Germantown 8 0 108 218 2725 A. G. Thomson. Merion......... 8 0 76 205 25.62 A. M. Wood, Belmont ......... 7 0 55 374 24.85 H. I. Brown, Germantown ... 8 3 37* 115 23. N. Etting, Merion ............... 6 1 48 306 21 20 F.E Brewster,YoungAmerica 10 2 35 359 19.87 C. S. Farnum, Merion ......... 9 1 81* 346 38 25 J. A. Scott, Bilmont ......... 8 1 70 121 17.28 E.W.Clark.jr.,Young America 10 1 71 155 37 22 C. Coates, jr., Belmont......... 8 2 31 303 17.16 N. Downs, Young America ... 8 3 28 85 17. G. S. Patterson, Germantown 9 1 63 336 17. F.W.Ralston,Jr.,Germantown 5 0 31 79 15.89 D.S.Newhall, Young America 8 2 27 94 15.68 J. I. Scott, Belmont............... 6 0 75 P0 15. M. D. Smith, Belmont ......... 7 1 31 89 14.83 a . S. Valentine, Germantown 7 3 27 57 14.25 S. Bettle, Jr., Germantown ... 5 2 24* 42 14. S. Law, Merion...................... 8 1 38* 86 12.28 F. L. Altemus, Belmont......... 5 1 24 47 11.75 H. P. Baily, Merion............... 6 3 13* 34 11.33 S. B. Colladay, Belmont......... 8 0 24 89 11.12 J. S. Clark, Young America 11 0 28 115 1045 R. S. Ne»hall,Young America 10 1 24 93 10.33 J. W. Sharp, Jr., Merion 8 1 35* 72 10.28 S. G. Thayer, Merion ......... 7 1 17* 61 10.16 M. C. Work, Belmont ......... 7 1 23 59 983 W.C.Morgan,Jr. Germantown 9 0 37 84 9.33 G. S. Philler, Me ion ......... 7 1 33 51 8 50 L. A. Biddle, Philadelphia ... 5 0 22 41 8 20 E. T. Comfort, Germantown 9 0 24 73 811 BOWLING AVERAGES. Following are the averages of all who have bowled over 100 balls and obtained an average of less than 20 runs per wicket., W. W. Noble, Y.A. ... H. I. Brown, G.......... W. C. Lowry, M. C. R. Palmer, Y. A. ... H. MacNutt, Y.A. ... H. P. Baily, M........... J. W. Sharp, Jr., M. W. Scott, B............... J. H. Patterson, P. ... G. S. Patterson, G. ... F. F. Brewster, Y.A. E.Usley, Y.A............ S. Law, M.................. A. M. Wood.B.......... W. N. Goodwin,P. ... C. Coates, Jr., B. ... E. T. Comfort, G. ... W.L Barclay, P. ... C ■». Newhall, P. ... H. Helmbold, P. 326 31 2 9 6 5.5° 690 261 4 27 36 7.36 538 222 2 16 30 7.46 511 170 0 31 22 7.72 130 82 0 4 4 8. 419 137 0 22 17 8.5 70R 194 2 48 23 8.52 968 262 1 68 30 8.76 144 78 1 3 9 8.77 954 394 1 38 42 9.40 564 173 0 26 17 10.37 288 83 1 17 8 30.-0 264 97 2 13 8 12/7 79 >240 1 48 1!) 32 68 556 182 0 31 14 13. 246 90 4 11 7 13.42 354 151 4 15 11 34.9 658 261 8 22 17 15.82 246 98 0 12 6 36.3, 323 154 5 16 9 17.63 6 M r . F. G ale (The Old Buffer) presided at the annual dinner of the Elton Club, held at the White Hart Hotel, on Thursday, Dec. 20. NEXT ISSUE, FEBRUARY 21.