Cricket 1889

MAY 16, 1889. CRIOKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 125 CRICKET CHIRPS, J. C r a n s t o n had the honour of breaking the first pane of glass on the new Gloucestershire County Ground on Saturday last, in the Cup match between Westbury and United Press. He scored 91, including a hit into the refresh­ ment department, out of 153 for four wickets. O w in g to the heavy state of the ground at Lord’s on Monday and Tuesday the match be­ tween M.C.C. and Ground and Yorkshire was not commenced. L ie u t . C u r t is scored 215 for Royal Inniskil- ling Fusiliers v. Royal Marine Artillery at Portsmouth. The innings was declared at an end when the total was 339 for nine wickets. T h e Gentlemen of Philadelphia leave New York for England on June 19. E u s t a c e M a x w e l l , awell-known Tasmanian cricketer is now, in England. H. T y e r s is the professional to the Man­ hattan Club (Brooklyn) this year. Mr. J. A. D ix o n , playing for Notts Amateurs against Cropwell last Thursday, took seven wickets and scored 53 runs. B u r r o w s scored 105 not out of a total of 179 for three wickets, made by Colne against Keighley, on Saturday. I n a match between Grimsby Worsley and East Hull on Saturday, W . Oakley took nine of the latter’s wickets for 6 runs. A r t h u r S h r e w s b u r y scored 133 out of 211 for four wickets, made by Notts Castle v. Basford Park on Thursday last. I .T he Maloga Club (N.S.W.), entirely com­ posed of aboriginals, defeated the Wambooas at Echuca (N.S.W.) in March. A f t e r six days the match between South Melbourne and Melbourne ended in favour of the former by seven wickets. In all, 1,143 runs were scored for thirty-four wickets. A. N. H o r n b y takes a representative eleven of Lancashire to Dublin on June 17 and 18, to play the University. J. P. F it z g e r a l d , the well-known Irish cricketer, left Dublin last Friday night for Australia. J. E. L a id l a y , an old cricketer, beat L. M. Balfour, a present day cricketer, in the final for the Amateur Golf Championship, by one point. M e s s r s . C. E. Trafford and O’Brien took part in the pigeon shooting matches at the Ranelagh Club on Friday. The former won five out of eight matches from Sir C. Reid. I n a match between Kirkley Portland and Pleasley St. Michael’s last week, R. Lowe and W . Brown each took five wickets in seven overs for nine runs. Two New Zealanders, A. P. Bennett and E. V. Palmer, and two youngsters from the Cape, C. Hoffmeyer and S. Barker, took part in the Cambridge Freshmen’s match. P. K in g , the old Surrey cricketer, scored 55 not out of 110 for four wickets made by Newington against a scratch team of the Academicals on Saturday last. F o r the first time in Scotland, the new rule with regard to terminating the innings at pleasure was put in force on May 9th, by the captain of the Lasswade Club v. 20th Regi­ ment, who closed the innings when seven wickets were down for 147, and won, 20th Regiment scoriug 58. E d in b u r g h Academicals v . Carlton, May 1 1 , closed the innings for eight wickets (124), Carlton finished just on time amid excitement for 27. _________________________ CHIEF FIXTURES FOR NEXT WEEK. T h u r sd a y , M a y 16— Kenniogton Oval, North v. South; Lord’s, M.C.C. & G. v. Sussex; Oxford. Perambulators v. Etceteras; Clifton, College v. Liverpool Club; Repton, School v. Derby Friars. F r id a y , M a y 17—Halifax, Yorkshire Eleven v. Colts; Oldham, Lancashire v. Eighteen of District; Cambridge, Athenaeum v. I Zingari. M o n d a y , M ay 20—Lord’s, M.C.C. & G. v. Derby­ shire; Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Essex; Cambridge, University v. M.C.C. & G.; Leicester, Leicestershire v. Lancashire; Nott­ ingham, Notts v. Sussex; Oxford, University v. Gentn of England ; Bradford, Yorkshire v. Colts of County. KEW v. STAMFORD BROOK. Played at Kew on May 8. K e w . A. Watford, b Caudle 45 Rev. S. Goldney, run out ...................... 0 O. Sister, b Bishop ... 3 J. Taylor, c and b Hindmarsh .........15 A. Bell, c Harwood, b Hindmarsh ......... 0 H. Norris,c Harwood, b Caudle............... 9 C. Neave, b Hind­ marsh ................ A. Blake, b Caudle F. West, b Caudle ... Rev.A.Bene,cCaudle, b Hindmarsh J. Ashwell, not out Extras............... Total 79 S t a m f o r d B bo o k . W. Read, b Taylor ... 0 W.Allingham,cNeave, b T aylor............... 0 F. Bishop, b Sister ... 1 A.Hindmarsh,bTaylor 1 A. Gribble, b Taylor 8 A. Caudle, c Bell, b Taylor ............... 0 W. Young, c Neave, b Bell ......................12 M. Read, b Taylor ... 0 A. Allingham, b Sister ................ 0 F. Scatching, run out ......................16 T. Harwood, not out 0 Total 38 T. P r id e carried his bat through the innings for Harrogate Cyphers v. Ripon, on May 10. He scored 90 out of 153. M.C.C. a n d G. v. S u s s e x —The following are the announced teams in this match, to begin at Lord’s to-day. M.C.C.—Messrs. W. G. Grace, T. C. O’Brien, A. E. Leatham, C.E. de Trafford, C. W . Wright, H. T. Hewett, H. Ross, and S. W. Scott and three professionals, S u s s e x — Mr- W . Newham (capt.), Mr. W. H. Dudney, Quaife, Bean, J. and A. Hide,W.Hum- phreys, H. Phillips, Tate, Major and Hollands. T h e following is the result of draw for first round of Southwark Park Association Chal­ lenge Cup Competition.—Drummond v. Rotherhithe (Jamaica), Bermondsey Institute v. Cambridge, St. Luke’s v. Garnet, Thorburn Rovers v. Medway, Dockhead v. Southwark Conservative, Southwark Park Congregational v. Grange Institute, St. Stephen’s v. Shaftes­ bury, Peek, Frean & Co., United, a bye. To be played off on 18th inst. 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