Cricket 1889

AUG. 8, 1889. C E IC K E T A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. 817 annual celebration this year. So far, the Festival has been a distinct success, not only financially, but also from the excel­ lent cricket it has furnished. There is every sign, so far as one can judge, too, that the gathering of 1889 will not only bear comparison with either of its two predecessors, but will attract even greater interest. F o llow in g the wise policy which con­ duced to the success of last year’s F estival, the management have chosen two really first-class matches to constitute the pro­ gramme, and, as most of the best amateurs and professionals will be seen on the Recreation Ground in one or both of the matches, the lovers of cricket on the South coast are sure of a real treat next September. Mr. W. G. Grace has, with his characteristic good feeling, assisted [the management in every way, and,’as hewill captain the South andMr. J. A. Dixon the North, the opening fixture is sure to be keenly contested. T he Festival is to open on Thursday, Sept. 12, with North and South, and with Sunday intervening, to extend to Sept. 18, finishing with the completion of the match between Gentlemen and Players. My trusty correspondent and genial gossip, “ R.T.,” who will be easily recog­ nised as Robert Thoms, and Carpenter, have been chosen to officiate, so that the High Court of Appeal will be represented by two of our most capable judges. I am assured on the best authority that the players will be selected from the fol­ lowing names, and these will be enough to show that those who visit Hastings during the Festival will have an oppor­ tunity of witnessing all the best available talent of the day, At the risk of being considered officious, though, I should like to know how Mr. Philipson, who, I was under the impression, was captain of the Northumberland eleven, and certainly a Northumbrian by birth, can be legiti­ mately included in a Southern team. N o r th : Messrs. J. A. Dixon (captain) and H. B. Daft, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Barnes, Atte­ well, Sherwin, Richardson, Ulyett, Peel, Lee, and A. Ward. S o u t h : Dr. W, G. Graoe (captain), with Messrs. K. J. Key. W. W. Bead, A. E. Stoddart, W. Newham, T, C. O’Brien, J. Cranston, E. A. Nepean, H. Philipson, E. J. M’Cormick, and H. Pigg, Abel, Lohmann, and Wright, G e n t l e m e n : Dr. W. G . Grace (captain), Messrs. W. W. Bead, K. J. Key, A. E. Stod­ dart, W. Newham, E. A. Nepean, S. M. J. Woods, J. A. Dixon, J. Cranston, H. Philip- Bon, H. Pigg, and E . J. M’Cormick. P l a y e r s : Shrewsbnry, Gunn, Barnes, Sher­ win, Attewell, Ulyett, Peel, Lee, Lohmann, Abel, and Wright, or Bichardson, I should be curious to know how long it is since a hundred and forty runs had been made for the first wicket against Notts as Lockwood and Abel did yester­ day at the Oval. For several reasons C r ick e t readers will regret that the extraordinary succession of victories ofthe Nottinghamshire Eleven this season has been broken, if only because, as was the case with Surrey last year, it prevents them enjoying the distinction of an un­ broken record. At the same time the Surrey team deserve all the credit of an exceptionally good performance in de­ feating an eleven which had not only proved itself to be invincible this sum­ mer, but won in every case with such sub­ stantial majorities. I t is not often, indeed, that Cricketwas so well represented by so many brilliant exponents as spectators as were to be found in the Pavilion at the Oval yester­ day. The “ Grand Old Man,” fresh from Gloucestershire’s decisive victory over Sussex at Bristol, sawthe'last hour or so of play, and was an interestedwitness of the later stages, as were most if not all the members of the Gloucestershire Eleven, on their way to Canterbury to take part in the second match of the Week. C aptain N e w h a ll and' the rest of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, who had a day off and were passing through London en route for Cambridge, where they begin the last match of their tour to-day, were also in evidence, as were many well- known cricketers of the past as well as present, including Lord Charles Russell, whose connection with the Marylebone Club dates from [more than sixty years back, Mr. W. H. Hadow, who has not been seen in English cricket of late, and is, so far as I can hear, now, like so many other followers of our national game, an ardent golfer, and a bright particular star of the younger school in the person of Mr. F. S. Jackson, the captain of the Harrow eleven, who goes up to Trinity College, Cambridge, in October, and ought on his School form to be of use to the University. M r. Joh n S h u te r ’s termination of Surrey’s second innings at the Oval yes­ terday was only in accordance with the eternal fitness of things, considering that it was mainly his action in instructing his men to get out at Nottingham on Whit Monday, 1887, that induced the Marylebone Club to consider the ex­ pediency of legislating to allow a captain to declare his innings at an end in legal form. Not a few were of opinion that the Surrey captain was somewhat precipitate in deciding on taking advantage of the new rule, and that it would have been more judicious to have waited a quarter of an hour or so longer. As it was, though, Mr. Shuter’s judgment was proved to be the more correct, and con­ sidering that it required some pluck to take the step at the time he did, it must have been especially gratifying to find that the move was attended with such signal success. T a lk in g of terminating an innings reminds me of by no means a bad story which W.G. was telling at the Oval yesterday of “ The Coroner’s ” ingenious adaptation of the new enactment to his own particular use. Playing recently at Thornbury, E.M. made one of his biggest and best cracks, and seeing the ball in imminent danger of falling into long- field’s grasp, thought it a fitting oppor­ tunity to utilise his privilege as captain, and declare the innings at an end. As it happened, not a frequent case at Thornbury, where he is not in the habit of keeping the ball in the ground, he was in this instance caught, and I am in doubt as to whether he is still discussing this ingenious application of the closure or not. As in his kindly allusion to the action of the Surrey Committee in regard to the surviving relatives of the late Henry Jupp, “F.G.” last week slightly erredwith regard to the actual arrangements made by the executive of the County Club, I feel sure he will only too glad for me to put the matter right. I am given to understand on the best authority that the whole of the expenses of the funeral, as well as the cost of providing a suitable memorial over the grave, were borne by the Club, who also made a grant of fifty pounds to poor Jupp’s only son to start him in business, as well as of twenty-five pounds each to his two sisters. Jupp’s widow has received the amount paid by the Burial Club, and originally received by the son. CHIEF FIXTUBES FOR NEXT WEEK. T h u r sd a y , A ugu st 8.—Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Middlesex; Canterbury, Kent v. Gloucester­ shire; Leicester,Leicestershire v. Derbyshire; Southampton, Hampshire v. Warwickshire ; Torquay, Devonshire v.Wiltshire; Cambridge, University L.V.C. v. Gentn. of Philadelphia. F r id a y , August 9.—Lord’s. M.C.C. & G. v. North­ umberland; Huddersfield, Yorkshire v. Ches­ hire; Norwich, Norfolk v. Hertfordshire. M o n d ay , A u g u st 18.—Lord's, M.C.C. & G. v. Somersetshire; Kennington Oval. Surrey 2nd XI. v. 18 Colts of West Surrey; Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Gloucestershire; Brighton, Sussex v. Lancashire; Leyton, Essex v. Sur­ rey; Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Hertfordshire; Nottingham, Notts v. Middle­ sex ; Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Kent. T u e sd a y , A u g . 13.—Hereford, Hereford v. Worces­ tershire. W e d n e sd a y , A u g u st 14.—Lord’s, M.C.C. & G. v. Cheshire. I n the match between Past and Present of Harrow and Bugby School, playedat Althorpe Park on Friday and Saturday, J. St. J. Fair andF. S. Jackson, this year’s Harrow captain, put on 178 for Harrow’s first wicket.