Cricket 1889

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(x. was let loose; but, amusing as many of them were, there was none funnier than that told of the match at Marlborough College, when, as will happen sometimes to the finest cricketer, he was, to the dismay of the spectators, dismissed for a tiny figure in both innings. In ohapel at night the boys sang with as much gusto as devotion the words in the hymn for the evening—“ The scanty triumphs Grace hath won.” T h e general interest evinced on the other side of the big drink in the doings of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia this summer is a sufficient proof, were any wanting, of the growth of our national game in the United States. But there are other rroofs strong as holy writ that the development of cricket is going on steadily but surely, not only in one par­ ticular district, but in many parts of America. The latest evidence is fur­ nished by an announcement in the Philadelphia Public Ledger that it is contemplated to undertake the publica­ tion of a work of cricket reference on the lines of the Bed “ Lillywhite.” It is to be called the “ American CricketAnnual,” and, I presume, will contain a full and reliable account of the doings of all the chief clubs on the other side of the Atlantic. Americans have for several years had an organ of their own in the American Cricketer, and this new record cannot fail to tend to an increased interest in the game in the States. It will be, no doubt, a surprise to the majority of CRlCKET-readers to learn that Surrey’s score of 507 at the Oval last week is only the third innings of over 300 the County eleven have been able to score so far against Middlesex bowling. Up to last year, when they made 316 at Lord’s, they had, indeed, on only one previous occasion been credited with a total of 300 against Middlesex. On August 16, 1869, Surrey scored 353 at the Oval, and it speaks well for the out-cricket of the Middlesex teams that this was thehighest innings against them by Surrey for nine­ teen years. Surrey, too, has only twice made 300 against Notts, to wit, 468 at the Oval in 1864, and 315 in 1872, also on their own ground. The former is, I believe, the only occasion on which two Surrey batsmen have got over a hundred in an innings against Notts. H.. H. Stephenson contributed 119, and T. Lockyer 108 not out, to the total of 468. T he facetiae of cricket contain not a few good anecdotes of the playful freaks of some of the more lively spirits among the professional elevens, who used to stump the country in the good old days, before County Cricket had developed sufficiently to monopolise the public in­ terest. In many of these tales the late Tom Lockyer, the Surrey wicket-keeper, played a conspicuous part. He was the principal actor, too, in a story which was told me by a prominent member of the grand old Surrey eleven at the Oval the other day. L o c k y e r and the late John Lillywhite, another congenial spirit, were playing in one of the matches in which the All England and other travelling elevens used to try their strength against local twenty-twos. The ground, as was often the case in that class of contests, seems to have been not altogether unconnected with a local public-house, and Aunt Sallies, cocoa-nuts, and other similar attractions were provided for the amuse­ ment of the villagers who did not find the cricket sufficient to satisfy their desires. T h e match proved to be singularly exciting, and the last man'of the twenty- two went in with only a few runs wanted to win. The ball was hit down into the vicinity of the cocoa-nuts where John Lillywhite was fielding, and the batsmen urged on their wild career hopeful of the winning hit. Quite equal to the occasion John Lillywhite threw up a cocoa-nut to Lockyer, who whipped off the bails, pocketed the cocoa-nut, and the eleven retired to their tents with the blushing honours of a victory thick upon them, their opponents evidently quite uncon­ scious that the game had not been won in the proper and legitimate way.