Cricket 1889

124 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THU GAME. MAY 16, 1889. S u r r e y C o l t s . Betts, Ayres, c Pentelow, b F. Read ............... 38 Street, b Pentelow ... 10 Milbourn, lbw, b Fry 26 Huish, run ont......... 9 Matthes,c Sheppard, b F. Read ......... 3 Large, c Pentelow, b F. Read ............... 13 Figg, lbw, b F. Read 2 R ic h m o n d c and b F. Read...................... 0 Weston, c Jackson, b F. Read ................13 Roles, not o u t .........10 Embleton.c Jackson, b F. Read................ 6 B ...................... 1 Total ..131 F. Read, b Street ... 0 W. B. Pentelow, c Huish, b Betts ... 61 F. Fielder, b Roles ... 50 H. Jackson, b Roles 1 W. Ireland, b Roles 0 W. Ga r d n e r , c Matthes, b Betts... 0 H. Fry, c Matthes, b Roles............... ... 12 R. Ichmond, b Huish F. Hughes, c Roles, b Betts...................... Sheppard, not out... West, b Huish......... B5, lb 2............... Total O Read ... 25 Pentelow 17 Jackson 9 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y C o l t s . M. R. W. Street Betts Rolls 7 45 7 0 37 1 0 16 0 R ic h m o n d . O. M. R . W. 1 3 4 O. Fry ... 6 Gardner 5 17.1 4 11 2 15 1 28 O. Ayres ... 6 Milbourn6 Huish ..11 137 M. R. W. 0 27 1 2 5 0 M. R. W. 1 14 0 2 16 0 1 32 2 THE SURREY COUNTY CLUB MEETING. There was only a moderate attendance of members in the Pavilion at Kennington Oval, on Thursday last, on the occasion of the annual general meeting of the above club. The president, Viscount Oxenbridge,presided, and in moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet, congratulated the club on the successes of the County Ele Fen in 1888, when for the second year in succession they had secured the premier position amongst the counties. The results of the season showed that twenty-six matches had been played, nineteen of which were won, three drawn, and four lost. Great, though, as were these achieve­ ments, he could not help regretting the one loss which prevented the County obtaining an exceptional record which at one time seemed quite likely. In order to mark an exceptional year in a special manner the committee, following the precedent of 1887, had presented each of the professional members of the county eleven with an additional recognition of his services, and he felt sure in doing so they were carrying out the wishes of the members. He hoped that at the end of 1889 the committee would be able to congratulate themselves upon at least as good a result as in 1888. The committee had decided to give the proceeds of the Lancashire match to George Jones, who had rendered the county good service in the past. Looking at the balance sheet, Lord Oxenbridge said that in comparison with last year they were only about ±'300 to the good, but the sums expended on the new building operations amounted to over £1,700, so that really it was very satisfactory. The member­ ship of tbe club was larger by some hundreds than ever it had been before, and the com ­ mittee hacj done their best to study the com­ fort and c o nvenience of the members in the additions they were having made to the Pavilion. The chairman referred, too, feel­ ingly to the death of Henry Jupp, one of the most popular and excellent cricketers of his day. The news of Jupp’s death reached the committee some time after it occurred, but when it was known a sub-committee at once took steps to do what was necessary to aid the funeral arrangements, and they had also decided to have a suitable tablet placed over the grave. It was under consideration to make some provision for Jupp’s survivors, but at present the details could not be made known. The adoption of the report and balance sheet was seconded by Mr. Carter Morrison. In reply to a question of Mr. H. T. Smith, who asked for an explanation of the large and annual increase in payments to bowlers, it was stated that the addition was due to the number of young cricketers who were taken on to the ground in the interests of Surrey cricket. A paragraph in the report, “ It has also been decided that the right of free admission hitherto accorded to soldiers and others in uniform shall be suspended on the occasion of the Football Association Final Cup Tie, or at any other time that the Committee may deem advisable,” gave rise to some dis­ cussion, Major-General Marshall, who was for many years President of the club, very strongly deprecated any such suspension of the old privilege, and the reflection created on a deserving body of men. After some dis­ cussion the chairman stated that the Committee were agreeable to the withdrawal of the para­ graph. Mr. F. Gale, alluding to Jupp’s death and his own connection with that once famous player, suggested “ That as Jupp and Tom Humphreys had been contemporary, the former’s memorial should be similar in char­ acter to that raised over poor Humphreys’ remains.” He also pointed out that there were thirty-one days this season for which no cricket had been arranged at the Oval, and proposed that on these days practice wickets should be placed at the disposal of young Surrey players for trial matches, to give fair opportunity to youngsters of promise. In reply to a question why Pooley had not been selected as one of the Surrey umpires, the Chairman said that Barratt had been nominated in Jupp’s place. The report with­ out the paragraph objected to was then carried unanimously. Viscount Oxenbridge was re-elected pre­ sident, Earl of Bessborough, vice-president, Mr. Wildman Cattley treasurer, Messrs. H. E. Broad and F. Blake auditors. The following, retiring by rotation, were re-elected on the comm ittee:—Messrs. L . A. Shuter, F. Bur- bidge, W . Burrup, G. Carter-Morrison, D. R. Onslow, W . S. Trollope, and Drs. Blades and Jones. Mr. R. Russell, the only candidate proposed, was not elected. A question was asked as to the decision of the committee with regard to the appli­ cation of Derbyshire to play Mr. Spofforth this year, and the chairman replied that they had decided to carry out the rules of County cricket. Cordial votes of thanks to the County Eleven,those who hadplayedfor the Club and Ground, the President and the Secretary, brought the proceedings to a close. CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. SOUTH MELBOURNE v. MELBOURNE. After nearly six- days, the match between these crack Melbourne clubs, begun on Feb. 16 on the ground of the latter, ended on March 30. The game was memorable for some excep­ tionally high scoring throughout, and in all 1,143 runs were totalled for thirty-three wickets, an average of nearly thirty-five runs for each wicket. South Melbourne, who went in first, had an advantage of 220 runs when each side had completed an innings, Trott con­ tributing nearly one half of the runs made by the South from the bat. Walters, who had shown fine cricket for Melbourne in the first innings for 126, in the follow on failed to score, but Mcllwraith, a member of the Melbourne Club Australian team which visited England in 1886, gave great trouble to the bowlers of South Melbourne, and his 132 was a fine dis­ play of free batting. In the end South Mel­ bourne had to go in to get 84 to win, and although H. Trumble bowled well, the runs required were got for the loss of three bats­ men. This left the South in possession of an easy victory, with seven wickets to spare. Trumble’s bowling on the last day was much above the average. Up to a certain point his figures were 108 balls, 16 maidens, 5 runs, 2 wickets. “ Felix,” the critic of the Austra- lasian, attributed the high scoring in a great measure to the bad fielding. “ If in the match under notice,” he wrote, “ the numerouscatches given had been taken, the aggregate of 1,143 runs would have been reduced to nearly half that number, and the complaints as to long continuance of the match would not have to be made.” S o u th M e l b o u r n e . First’ Innings. Morris, b Trumble ... 55 Lord, l b w , b Shee 31 M‘Leod, c Dickson, b Trumble ......... 3 Kemp, c Curr, b Shee 14 Rains, not out......... 2 Extras............... 22 Total ..488 E. A. Barrett, b Shee 12 Tarrant, c Bruce, b S h ee.................... 21 J. E. Barrett, c Ross, b Trumble ....... 49 Trott, c Dickson, b Bruce................... 216 J. Slight, c Morris, b Trumble..............63 Bowman, run out ... 0 In the Second Innings E. A. Earrctt scored c and b Trumble 20, Tarrant b bhee 17, J. E. Barrett (not out) 19, Trott, b Trumble 2, Slight(not out) 24 ; extras 2—Total, 84. M e lb o u r n e . First Innings. Second Inninca. Bruce, b M'Leod Walters, b Trott......... M'llwraith, c Bowman, Morris...................... Swift, c Morris, b Trott Ross, b Barrett......... Morris, b Barrett Dickson, Barrett c Kemp, ... 15 c Lord, b Kemp 44 ...126 run out ... 0 b ... 14 b M'Leod ... ...131 ... 36 b M'Leod ... ... 59 ... 10 c Bowman, b Trott ... .„. 19 ... 6 c Slight, b Barrett ... ... 7 b ... 0 c M'Leod, b Trott ... , 0 ... 5 lbw, b Barrett,... 8 ... 31 c Morris,b Trott b ... 11 b M'Leod ... . ... o ... 0 not out ... .... 2 ,.. 14 Extras... .... 24 ...268 Total .. 303 Curr, run out ......... Duffy, not out ......... Shee b Barrett......... Trumble, b M'Leod ... Extras ................ Total ......... BOWLING ANALYSIS. S o u t h M e l b o u r n e . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Trumble ...420 22 1294 ........... 150 17 24 2 Duffy......2i4 11 640 ........... 30 2 15 0 Shee ........... 243 11 884 ........... 66 1 23 1 Bruce........... 276 17 771 ........... 48 8 20 0 Dickson ...108 6 46 0 Walters ... 24 0 9 0 R oss............ 54 2 21 0 Morris ... 30 1 22 0 C u ir............ 12 0 .10 0 M e l b o u r n e . First Innings. Sec- nd Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Trott.......150 5 982 ........... 132 3 58 3 M'Leod ...124 5 642 ........... 237 8 80 3 Kemp ... 42 0 230 ........... 126 7 63 1 Morris ... 60 2 281 ........... 120 4 23 0 Barrett ...156 10 414 ........... 102 3 58 2 THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The following are the official averages of the English team in South Africa :— BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver R. Abel ............... 26 ... 4 ... 1075 .,.. 1:6+ ... 4866 G. Ulyett .........14 ... 0 ... 329 .. 103 ... 23.50 H. Wood............... 24 ... 2 ... 492 .... 85 ... 22.36 F. Hearne .........25 ... 4 ... 411 ,. 48* ... 19.67 J. M. Read .........27 ... 0 ... 485 ... 82 ... 1800 J. Briggs...............25 ... 1 ... 373 ... 93* ... 15.54 Mr. M. P. Bowden 25 ... 0 ... 34) ... 50 ... 13X0 Mr. C. A. Smith ... 23 ... 1 ... 268 ..,. 50 ... 12.18 Mr. J. H. Roberts 2 ... 0 ... 24 .,.. 20 ... 1200 Mr. B. A. F. Grieve 25 ... 7 ... 210 ... 19* ... 11.67 Hon. C. Coventry 22 ... 5 ... 174 ... 33* ... 10.23 A. Fothergill.........25 ... 5 ... 193 ... 32 ... 9.65 Mr. E. McMaster 17 ... 2 ... 107 ... 31* ... 7.13 Mr. A. C. Skinner 5 ... 0 ... 1 .,.. 1 ... 0.20 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Briggs ......... 1254.1 ... 645 ... 1513 ... 290 ... 5.23 Fot ergill ... 688.3 ... 835 ... 814 ... 39 ... 7.09 Smith ......... 757.3... 369 ... 1001 ... 134 ... 7.48 Grieve ......... 121 ... 53 ... 197 ... 25 ... 792 Ulyett ......... 110 ... 59 ... 127 ... 10 ... 12.7 The following bowled less than fifty overs Abel............... 46.3 ... 20 ... 79 ... 2 ... 39 5 Hearne......... 5 ... 2 ... 11 ... l ... n.OJ Bowden......... 22 ... 14... 15... 3 ... 5.10 Hon. Coventry 33 ... 11 ... 68 ... 3 ... 23.34 J. M. Read ... 2 ... 1 ... l ... o ... — Fothergill bowled 39 no-balls, and Hon. C. Coventry one. Fothergill bowled three wides, C. A. Smith 2, and. B, A. F. Grieve and Hon. C. Coventry each 1.