Cricket 1889

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Grace, which is good enough to bear repetition :— In the match between Surrey and Glouces­ tershire at Clifton in 1880, Surrey led off with 285 first innings, Gloucestershire followed with 351. It was well on in the third day when Surrey began their second innings, and opinions were B trong and freely expressed that the match would not be finished. G. F. Grace evidently thought so, and laid fifty to one about it, which was eagerly taken by W. G. and L. A. Shuter. Surrey finished with 117 second innings, leaving Gloucestershire 52 to make, and 45 minutes to do in, E. M. had from time immemorial gone in first with W. G., and put on his pads determined to do his part and teach his youngest brother a lesson in batting. Fancy his disgust to find that W. G. had told W. R. Gilbert to get ready. It was enough to raise the temper of the most Job-like, and create doubts about their captain’sjudgment and sanity. “ There they go,” said B. M. “ the slowest pair o f run- getters in England ! ” The 52 were hit in 25 minutes. The climate of New Zealand has evi­ dently not affected Mr. W. J. Ford’s powers of batting, to judge by some of his performances during the fewweeks which have passed since his return to England on retirement from the office of Principal of Nelson College. On Wednesday of last week he was in his very best vein, and the eleven which represented the Warwickshire 0. and G. against the Old Eeptonians at Birmingham will retain a vivid recollection of the severity with which hepunished their bowling. In seventy minutes he scored 113 runs, and among his hits, one of which pitched just 120 yards from the bat, were twenty “ fourers.” It is worthy of remark that owing to a strain in the early part of the innings, a substitute ran—or rather watched—the bulk of the runs. L ie u t. L. A. H . H am ilton, who scored 203 for the United Services against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, at Ports­ mouth, on Friday last, belongs to the First Battalion of the King’s Own York­ shire Light Infantry (late 51st L.I.) Regiment, now stationed at Gosport. He learned his cricket at Tonbridge School, where he was in statu pupillari from 1875 to 1880, forming one of the cricket eleven during the last two years. In 1888 he had an average of 42 for the United Services, and this season, in addi­ tion to his big innings of last week, he has scored two other hundreds for the club—to wit, 108 against the Corinthians, and 155 not out against Bishops Wal­ tham. He also made 118 not out for his regiment against the Rifle Depot, at Winchester. He is a steady and most consistent bat, as well as a very useful bowler (slow medium) and a good field. A co rre sp o n d e n t has kindly sent me some particulars respecting the cricket played by Blundells School this summer. The eleven have had a remarkably satis­ factory season, one indeed of unbroken success, having won eight and drawn four of the twelve matches played. C. W. Brabant’s scores, too, are well worthy of reproduction: v. T iv e rto n ............................... 42* V. W ellington........................ 12 v. Bridgwater ........................ 20 v. Uffculme ................. •• 129 V. Old B lundellians................. 87 v. An Oxford and Cambridge Team 63 v. T iv e rto n ................................ 55 v. All Hallows School, Honiton 90 v. Newton College . . .. .. 108 v, 'W ellington........................ 96 Devon County School................. 35 This gives an aggregate of 687 for ten completedinnings, and anaverage of 68.7. T h e following are the results of the matches played between the eight leading counties up to date : Won. Drawn. Lost. . 0 .., 1 .. 7 . . 0 .., 2 Lancashire .. .. 7 . . 0 .,. 3 Middlesex .. .. 3 . . 0 ..,. 4 Kent................. .. 3 . . 0 .,. 3 Gloucestershire .. 3 . . 1 ., . 5 Sussex . . 1 . . 1 ., . 7 Yorkshire . . 1 . . 0 .. , 8 No play took place at Lord’s in the first match between Middlesex and Kent, on June 10,11 and 12, owing to rain. It will not be because they do not deserve it if the managers of the Hastings Festival do not command success for their