Cricket 1889

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TO THE EDITOR 01’ “ CRICKET.” D e a r S ir ,— I read in your report of this match that in the second innings “ Mr. Shuter left his wicket, thinking that he had been bowled, but the ball, according to the umpires, rebounded from the wicket-keeper’s pads, and neither of them would hare given the batsman out.” Referring to the score, I find “ b Peel 6 ” against Mr. Shuter’s name. Surely this is incorrect, for the mere faot that the Surrey captain imagined that he had been bowled, whereas the umpires concurred in a contrary opinion, does not entitle Peel to the credit of a wicket. Fancies cannot alter facts, and it seems to me that, as it is not stated that the wicket was put down after Mr. Shuter left his ground, the only proper record to inscribe on the score-sheet is “ retired.’’ If the score is handed down to posterity as printed in your paper, and in many other papers also, it will be recorded that Mr. Shuter received his dismissal in a way contrary to fact, and that Peel obtained a wicket which, in reality, he did not obtain.—Yours faithfully, A. G. G. T he sporting folk of the East End will be untrue to their traditions if they do not turn out in goodly numbers to-morrow to welcome the “ Grand Old Man ” of Cricket in their midst. So far, the East Enders have not a chance of wit­ nessing what an erudite friend of mine, whose pleasant phraseology is not alto­ gether unknown to the followers of Surrey cricket, would in his own inimitable fashion describe as the manual skill and digital dexterity of Dr. W. G. Grace, and I shall be much mistaken if they do not show fall appreciation of the opportunity which is now furnished them. W.G. is, I understand, a certain starter for the Marylebone Stakes at Leyton—I mean in the match between M.C.C. & G. and Essex, which is to take place there to­ morrow and Saturday. Messrs. A. P. Lucas, R. C. Gosling, C. D. Buxton, H. G. Owen, P. A. Bishop, H. J. E. Burrell, J. Bastow, and A. S. Johnston, with Burns, Littlewood, and Cutts, are, I learn, to represent the county. The last named, who is, I believe, a Notting­ ham man engaged by the Wanstead Club, has only just come into residence in Essex, and if this be the case, the title of the match should surely be Essex Club and Ground. Mr. A. S. Johnston has been for some years actively identified with the Hampstead Club, and has been tried on some few occasions for Middlesex. His figure is also well known on the football field, as he has done good service for the Blackheath Club as full back for some seasons. T he doubts cast on the accuracy of the record which Australia has recently