Cricket 1889

MAY 9, 1889- CRICKET : A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 107 T he Colts of the North had their annual field day—the match rarely lasts into the second day—at Lord’s this week, and with/the usual result—a walk over. Lancashire had the best reason to be satisfied with this year’s fixture, for Paul, Wa*d, and Irving all showed to great advantage, and the form of this trio proves that there is at least some promising talent in reserve for Mr. Hornby’s use in case of need. The Southern wicket-keeper (Large) was above the average, and if it is true, as I have heard, that he is in the employ of the Carlton Club, there is a sufficiently strong cricket element among some of the leaders of theConservative party to ensure that he will be able to follow the game without let or hindrance. Mr. M. C. K emp , the old Oxford captain, has written an article on Harrow School for Baily's Magazine for this month, which also includes a contribution on the subject of Cricket from the pen of The Old Buffer, F.G. MR. J. H. BRAIN ’S ELEVEN v. CARDIFF. Mr. J. H.Brain,the Gloucestershire cricketer, took a strong eleven down to Cardiff on Friday last for a two days’ match against the local club. Among those who assisted him were Messrs. W. G. Grace and E. L. Griffiths, of Gloucestershire; Mr. Buckland, of Middle­ sex,and Mr.Ricketts,of Surrey. Mr.Grace made 67, but Mr. V. T. Hill proved to be the highest scorer on Mr. Brain’s side with 73. The local players as the game went were overmatched at all points, and were beaten by an innings and 167 runs. C a r d if f . First Innings. T. Robinson, b Buckland 0 D. E. Jones, lbw, b Grace 8 Wilkinson, b Btickland ... 7 J. G. CJarke, run out......... 13 A. W. Morris, c Ricketts, b Grace ......... ......... 0 Mettham, c Grace, b Buck­ land ... ............... ... 6 C. A. Mizen, b Buckland... 1 W. H. Williams.b Grace... 16 W.L.Yorath, c Mirehouse, b Buckland ............... 8 A. Morgan, b Buckland 0 T. Nicholls, not out... ... 0 Second Innings. b Moline ......... 5 c and b Grace... 1 c Clay.bRicketts 6 c Griffiths, b ' Ricketts......... 8 c E. Hill, b Hill 32 c Clay, b Hill ... 0 c Clay, b Hill ... 7 b H ill............... 2 b H ill____ _ b Ricketts... not out Extras Total ... 59 Total ... 65 M r . J. H. B rain ’ s XI. J. H. Brain, !c Mor­ gan, b Mettham ... 35 E. P. Hill, c Morris,b Mizen ............... 0 H. H. Clay, not out... 26 C. H. Moline, c Rob­ inson, b Mizen ... 25 Extras............... 29 Total ...281 W. G. Grace, c Nich­ olls, b Wilkinson 67 W. H. Brain, b Wil­ kinson ............... 3 V.T.Hill,b Wilkinson 73 E. H. Buckland, b Robinson... ... ... 3 G. W. Ricketts, b Robinson............... 4 E. L. Griffiths, b Robinson ......... 0 On Saturday a return match was begun. Mr. Brain’s X I. batted again, and when play ceased had made 295 fcr the loss of seven wickets. Of this total Mr. W . G. Grace con­ tributed no less than 161. M r . B r a in ’ s E l e v e n .— W. G. Grace, 161, G. W. Ricketts, 12, E. H. Buckland, 4, E. L. Griffiths, 11, E. P. Hill, 33, W. Hill (not out) 36, C. H. Moline, 0, G. T. Mirehouse, 0, J. H. Brain (not out) 9; extras, 29—Total, 295. F. H. Sugg helped Burnley against Bacup at Burnley on Saturday. He failed to score. W. G u n N and A .' Shrewsbury played for Notts Castle v. Ruddington on Saturday. The former scored 85, the latter 50.not out. DUBLIN UN IVERSITY v. STOICS. Played at College Park on May 4 and 5. U n iv e r s it y . F. H. Browning, c Halloran.bG.Casey 80 P. Considine, c and b G. Casey............. . 0 J. M. Meldon, b G. Casey......................21 J. W. Hynes,c Pigott, b G. Casey ......... 0 J. P. Fitzgerald, c Comyn, b G. Casey 1 St. J. Considine, b G. Casey...................... 1 E. J. Goldsmith, c Tisdall, b T.Casey 15 R. W. Johnston, not out ...................... 19 W. Hardy, lbw, b G. Casey ................ 6 E Townsend, b T. Casey ......... ... 19 C.L.Johnson.c Fran­ cis, bG. Casey ... 2 ii 4, lb 2 ......... 6 Total . ...170 S t o ic s . , First Innings. T. H. G. Welch, b John­ son ... ......... 7 J. H. Pigott, run out ... 17 G. D. Casey, b Johnson .*. 0 G. A. Tisdall, b Hynes ... 8 Rev. J. C. Creed, b John­ son ............................ 0 F. Francis, not o u t .........18 N. O’C. Comyn, c John­ son, b Hynes ... ......... 1 R. Hailoran, b Hynes ... 0 E. Thompson, b Johnson 5 T. Casey, b Johnson......... o Rev. J. N.Lombard,absent 0 Extras ...................... 8 Second Innings. c Browning, b Hynes .........18, run out ......... 1, lbw, b Johnson 0 b MeldoU.........12 run out ......... 2 c Johnston, b Johnson.........18 b Meldon......... c and b Hynes... not out ......... c Hynes,b John­ son ............... absent... ... ... Extras Total ... 64 Total ... 63 CHARLTON PARK CLUB. F ix t u r e s f o b 1689. Charlton Park, v. Point HouseRamblers Eltham, v. Eltham Charlton Park. v. Oakleigh Wanderers Lee, v. Granville Charlton Park, v. Granville Rectory Field, v. R.N. College Brondesbury, v. London Scottish Charlton Park, v. Forest iaill Gravesend, v. Gravesend Charlton Park, v. Royal Naval School Blackheath, v. Proprietary School Charlton Park, v. Blackheath Catford Bridge, v. Private Banks Charlton Park, v. Old Charlton Charlton Park, v. Ne’er-do-Weels Charlton Park, v. Bank of England Charlton Park, v. M.C.C. New Cross, v. Royal Naval School Charlton Park, v. Burlington Wanderers Charlton Park, v. St. Bartholomew’s Dulwich, v. Dulwich Charlton Park, v. Eltham Charlton Park, v. Old Charlton Charlton Park, v. Oakleigh Wanderers Charlton Park, v. Emeriti Charlton Park, v. Granville Lee, v. Granville Charlton Park, v. Hampstead Catford Bridge, v. Private Banks Charlton Park, v. Gravesend Woolwich, v. R.A. (Woolwich) Forest Bill, v. Forest Hill Charlton Park, v. Point House Ramblers Crystal Palace, v. Crystal Palace Catford Bridge, v. Bank of England Rectory Field, v. Blackheath Hampstead, v. Hampstead Charlton Park, v. Marlborough Blues Charlton Park, v. R.A. (Woolwich) Charlton Park, v. London Scottish Charlton Park, v. Burlington Wanderers Charlton Park, v. Dulwich T h e T o u r . Aug.12,13 Wifcham Park, v. Witham Aug. 14 Felstead School, v. Felstead Schl. L.V, Aug.15,16 Colchester, v. Colchester & East Essex Aug. 17 Brentwood, v. Brentwood May 4 May 11 May 11 May 18 May 18 May 22 May 25 May 25 June 1 June 1 June 8 June 8 June 10 June 10 June 12 June 15 June 19 June 22 June 22 June 26 June 29 June 29 July 6 July 6 July 10 July 13 July 13 July 18 July 20 July 20 July 25 July 27 July 27 Aug. 1 Aug. 3 Aug. 5 Aug. 7 Aug. 10 Aug. 21 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 F . L e e obtained the top score (30) of the match for Baildon v. Idle on Saturday. S p l e n d id P o r t r a it s of D r . W. G. G r a c e , M r . W. W. R e a d (the Surrey amateur), and M r . A. N. H o r n b y (the Lancashire Captain), Price 6d. each. Size 9in. by 6in. Also fac simile of Signatures. Sent securely packed on receipt of Seven Stamps. The Three for Is., post free. Wright and Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors Commons, E.C. Special photograph of G. G, Hearne, carte size, 8d., cabinet, 6d. CRICKET AT OXFORD. THE SENIORS’ MATCH. The Seniors’ Match, which, according to custom, opens the season at Oxford University, played in the Parks on Monday and Tuesday was productive of some fairly high scoring. The sides were not as usual captained by old Blues, Messrs. C. Wreford-Brown and A. K. Watson taking charge of the respective teams. Mr. Brown’s twelve batted first, but with the exception of the captain and Mr. Wilson, the Old Brightonian, who had hitherto failed in any way to come up to the great expectations created by his exceptionally promising all­ round cricket at Brighton College in 1887, no one made a lengthy stay. On the other hand the bowling at Mr. Brown’s disposal did not seem to present any great terrors for Mr. Watson’s side, and eleven of the twelve batsmen succeeded in getting double figures. More than one half of the aggregate from the bat were contributed by Messrs. Watson and Schwann, who-were re­ sponsible for 151 of an aggregate of 267. Mr. Watson was the premier bat of the Harrow eleven of 1885, and his innings of 135 against Eton, at Lord’s that year, will still be remem­ bered by those interested in that match. So far he has failed to fulfil his school promise at Oxford, although, last year, he just missed getting into the University eleven, after play­ ing in several of the trial matches. Mr. Schwann §was [captain |of the Clifton Col­ lege eleven in 1887, and was by far| the most successful batsman of that year, having an average of over forty-eight runs for eleven completed innings. The two batsmen named added 119 runs while they were together, and in each case by excellent cricket. Watson’s 85 was the more taking of the two displays, though his partner batted with great care and in good style. Watson’s score included eleven fours, and four threes. At the end of the first day Brown’s side had all of the worst of the game, their opponents with six wickets to fall having a lead of 76runs. When Brown’s twelve went in a second time, 162 to the bad, Wilson again batted well, but his was the only note­ worthy performance in the early part of the innings'. »Towards the last, though, some use­ ful batting by Fair, the Harrow Captain of 1887, Lyon and Moss,the Radley bowler of 1886, proved of great assistance. As it was, Watson’s side had in the end to go in to get 30 runs, which were got for the loss of two batsmen, play having been prolonged a few minutes beyOn1 the prescribed time on Tues­ day to admit of a finish. Mb. W r e f o r d -B r o w n ’ s S id e . First Innings. P. C. Joy, c J. E. Jones, b Smith ... ......... ... 2 J. A. Gibbs, b Marriott 0 G. L. Wilson, c Mar­ riott, b Smith............... 49 L. L. Hemmerde, c Smith, b Llewellyn ... 12 A. Hepburn, lbw, b Smith 0 econd Innings. c Smith, b Mar­ riott... .........12 b J. E. Jones ... 19 c Watson, b Smith .........29 run out .........14 c Llewellyn, b J. E. Jones ... 5 cSt.Hill.bJ.Jones 14 T. R. Spyers, b Smith ... 11 C. Wreford - Brown, b Christopherson .31 b J.E. Jones C. G. Slocock, c G. M., b J. E. Jones .............. 2 c Dauglish, J.E. Jones b Marriott... lbw, b Smith J. St. F. Fair, run out ... 3 H. Lyon, not out .......... 0 H. Bassett, lbw, b Christo­ pherson ....................... 0 not out R. H. Moss, b Christor pherson ............. ... 0 B 10, lb 1, nb 1 ... ... 12 b ... 0 ... 23 Total ... ...122 b Smith .........2 B15, lbb, nb 1 19 Total .191