Cricket 1889

188 * CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 23,1889, M r . R . C ourtenay W elch , well-known to C ricket readers in connection with tlie Nondescripts C.C., has undertaken the duties of Hon. Sec., and, as I am able to vouch from a personal acquaint­ ance extending over many years, there is no one I could name better qualified for the position. The ground, too, has been recently re-laid by S. Apted, the superin­ tendent at Kennington Oval, and there is every promise of good wickets. Apted, indeed, is of opinion that, in the matter of the pitch, the ground at St. Ann’s will he second to none in the neighbourhood of London. J. W. S harpe , the young professional who made such a creditable debut for Surrey against Essex at Kennington Oval this week, is not, as most C ricket readers are probably well aware, a Surrey man by birth. He was born at Ruddington, in Notts, on December 9, 1866, and is now consequently in his 23rd year. His first outing as a professional was in the sum­ mer of 1884 with the Bedford Town Club, an engagement not unattended with success, as he rendered good service with the ball as well as with the bat. Prior to his appearance at the Oval as a ground bowler at the commencement of 1887 he had spent two summers as professional with the St. Helens C.C., and there also his all-round cricket was of great use. H e got the ball for the best bowling average for the Notts Colts in their annual trials against the County Eleven both in 1886 and *87, but, I believe I am right in stating, had no chance of being tried in the Notts team until the close of last sum­ mer when he had practically completed his second year with the Surrey Club. Sharpe comes of a good cricket stock, ashis father, after being twenty-two seasons with the Rock Ferry Club, was professional in turn at Chigwell Grammar School and Shrews­ bury School, and has for the last three years been engaged with Mr. Seaton at Heath House, Aston-on-Cum. The son was for several years, employed on the Rock Ferry ground under his father and it Was there that he really first learnt the rudiments of the game. I t is not an uncommon experience among cricketers in after life to wish that they had a record not only of their own doings, but of their contemporaries at School, the Universities, or in County cricket. To such, the new Charts just issued by Mr, Carleton F. Tufnell, who will be remembered as a member of the Kent Eleven some few years back, will come, like the Waverley Pen, as a boon and a blessing. Mr. Tufnell’s idea, in his Charts, is not only to provide in a con­ densed form a permanent record of the batting as well as the bowling perform­ ances of any player, but to portray their performances in such a way that the main features maybe easily detected from the commencement to the end of the Beason, and also facilitate the computation of a player’s average, and record such average graphically and numerically, match by match as^the season proceeds. Mr. Tufhell’s arrangement is as ingenious as it is complete, and to those who are desirous of keeping a record of their own doings or those of any other players, I can confidently recommend them. I may add, for those who do use them, that instead of using colour as in the specimen plates with “ The Cricketer’s Form at a Glance,” pen or pencil can be used with almost equal effect. M r . L. II. B acmeister . the young amateur who made such a successful debut in important matches for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University at Oxford this week, is well- known to cricketers in the neighbourhood of London. He was very successful for the Hornsey Club last year, and a refer­ ence to C ricket of Nov. 1 last will show that he had the best bowling average for that Club in 1887. The amount of work he did for Hornsey can be seen, too, when I say that he delivered, in all, last sum­ mer, 290 overs, for 394 runs and 72 wickets, giving an excellent average of under five and a half runs. Mr. Bac­ meister, who took three wickets of the London Scottish for Hornsey last Satur­ day, at a cost of 12 runs, is, I learn on good authority, not yet twenty years of age, so that Middlesex seems likely to have in him a very promising youngster. NOTTS v. SUSSEX. The Nottinghamshire eleven proved too strong at every point for Sussex in this match, the first of the important inter-county fixtures of the year, begun at Nottingham on Monday last. The occasion was invested with peculiar interest if only for the re-appearance of Arthur Shrewsbury, who was absent in Aus­ tralia last summer, in the home team. W in­ ning the toss, Mr. J. A. Dixon, who has succeeded to the captainoy of the Notts Eleven in place of Sherwin, decided to go in, and Sussex were kept in the field until just before six o’clock. Mr. Dixon, who opened the batting with Shrewsbury, was bowled by Bean with the total only eight, but Gunn, his suc­ cessor, was in his best form, and while Shrews­ bury and he were partners the Sussex men had a bad time of it. Shrewsbury had a life in the long field when he had got 21 , but Major did not start in time for the catch and the chance was lost. Otherwise he made no mistake, and making runs far faster than has been his wont was seen to the greatest ad­ vantage, playing all the bowling with great freedom and confidence. Gunn, too, batted in brilliant style and when he was out, after helping to raise the score by 160 runs, he had given no chance in his innings of 74. Shrews­ bury was batting altogether just under three hours, and his score of 104 was thoroughly worthy of his high reputation. His play was characterised as usual by consummate judg­ ment and his style was as masterly as ever. Barnes, who was missed at mid-off when he had got eleven, and Scotton of the rest alone did much, and it is worthy of remark that the latter was stumped. Going in on Monday evening, Sussex had made 12 without the loss of a wicket when play ceased, and 81 were added on the following morning before the innings closed. Only five of the eleven got double figures and the highest scorer was Humphreys, who carried out his bat for a useful score of 22. Sussex had a very difficult task before them on Tuesday afternoon, whem they followed on 184 to the bad, and their position was made worse by the early dismissal of one of their most reliable batsmen, Quaife. The young professional. Major, however, lent Mr. Newham very valuable assistance for two hours, and his innings of 30 was a thoroughly sound dis­ play of cricket. Mr. Newham continued to bat steadily, but no one stayed with him, and when he was stumped after being three hours and a half at the wickets play ceased with the total 124 for the loss of eight wickets^. A very short time sufficed to finish the match yesterday. After helping to add fourteen, Arthur Hide was run out, and when Phillips, the last batsman, was caught at mid-on tne end had come, leaving Notts the winners by an innings and forty-two runs. Attewell’s bowling figures in the second innings of Sussex were, as will be seen, very noteworthy. N otts . Attewell, b Shrewsbury, c Phil­ lips, b Tate .........104 Mr./.A Dixon,b Bean 8 Gunn, b Tate .........74 Barnes, at Phillips, b Humphreys .........46 Mr. H. B. Daft, hw, b Tates......... ... 0 Flowers, c and bTate 1 Scotton, st Phillips, b Humphreys .........20 S u s s e x . First Innings. Quaife, h w, b Attewell 10 Major, b Richardson ... 16 Mr. W. Newham, lbw, b Attewell ...................... 8 G. Bean, b Richardson ... 0 J. Hide, b Richardson ... 13 W. Humphreys, not out... 22 Hum­ phreys Richardson, b Hum­ phreys ................ Carlin, b A. Hide ... Mee, not out ......... B 5,1 b 2, w 1 ... Total ..277 Mr. W. H. Dudney, c Atte­ well, b Mee ............... 15 Hollands, b Flowers......... 3 A. Bide.b Mee ............... 1 Tait, b M ee...................... 0 Fhillips, b Flowers......... 1 Second Innings, c and b Mee ... 6 b Flowers.............30 st Carlin,b Atte­ well .................. 59 b Flowers.......... 7 b Attewell.......... 9 c Dixon, b Atte­ well ................. 5 B 2,1 b 2 .. Total ... 93 b Attewell......... 0 run out ......... 0 run out .........10 not out ......... 4 c Dixon, b Richardson .. 0 B 11,1 b l ... 12 Total ...142 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N o t t s . O. M. R. W. Hide ... 40.217 59 1 Bean ... 25 10 87 1 Tate ... 80 9 56 4 O. M.R. W. Hide ... 27 5 65 0 Humphreys21 4 50 4 Major ... 6 4 2 0 Humphreys bowled a wide. S u ss e x . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Attewell ... 28 18 21 2 ......... 53 34 34 4 Mee............... 25 11 22 3 ......... 37 22 26 1 Barnes......... 8 4 13 0 ......... 5 1 10 0 Richardson... 21 11 24 3 ......... 13.2 6 14 1 Flowers......... 9 3 5 9 2 ......... 36 14 46 2 HORNSEY v. PRIVATE BANKS. Played at Catford Bridge on May 18. P r iv a te B an ks. W. B. Tyndall, b ColS. A. Ponsonby, not let ...................... 5 out ...................... 8 T. G. Buchanan, b N. G. Whitby, b Collet...................... 52 Swinstead ......... 0 C. H. M. Thring, run C. P. Johnston, b out ...................... 25 Collet ................ 3 A. M. Inglis, c Smith, T. Sedgwick,b Swin­ b Rood ............... 7 stead ................ 1 T. W. Liddall,b Rood 0 L b 1, w 3 ......... 4 B. A. H. Goldie, c — Clarke, b Collet ... 13 Total .........119 A. F. Dashwood, b Collet...................... 1 H ornsey . T. B. Dent, c and b H. W. Priestley, not Thring ................ 4 out ...................... 16 H.Rood, c Buchanan, T. Smith, b Inglis ... 5 b Thring................ 0 T. A. Nicholls, b James Clarke, c BuJohnston ......... 1 chanan, b JohnR. H. King, not out 8 ston ...................... 2 B 3, w 1, nb 1 ... 5 G. H. Swinstead, b — Dashwood ......... 55 Total ......... 109 B. A. Clarke, b Thring 13 H. Collet and G. C. Rayner did not bat,