Cricket 1889

SEPT. 12, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME; 399 been credited with. There are few counties, however, who would not hail with delight the invention of a new bowler; while a good amateur or two who could bowl well would be of the utmost service to the Gentlemen ; but bowling does not seem to be a popular branch of the game. Heaven-born bowlers are few and far between; and not many ap­ pear to take the trouble to practise; at any rate, not the trouble which old “ L illy ” did not consider to be too much, and which enabled him to say, “ I bouls the best ball in England, and Mr. Harenc the next.” Farmer Wood, too, another Sussex man of olden time, did not gain his reputation without trouble. It was his custom to carry a cricket ball with him whenever he walked about his farm, and he was always bowling at some­ thing or other, a dog acting as fieldsman. During the past season, however, the bowling and fielding combined have been good enough to cause 17 batsmen to depart with the muchhated “ pair of specs,” and it may be remarked that the new rule (capable of being abused) permitting the in side to declare their innings at an end has been made use of during the continu­ ance of four county matches. Although county cricket is over, those who take active participation in the game have not necessarily an idle time before them. Perambulators, Omnium Gatherums , and other travelling combinations will go on tour for some time, and any cricketer of skill will be gladly welcomed as a tem­ porary member of the club of the place at which he elects to sojourn till the sterner duties of.life shall call him to work again. AN ELEVEN OF YOUNG HARROW v. AN ELEVEN OF YOUNG HERTFORD ­ SH IRE . During the last 21 years, 1 8 matches have been played at Gorhambury, between Young Harrovians and E levens connected w ith Hertfordshire. By the kindness and hosp i­ ta lity o f the Earl o f Verulam , another has now been added to that number, and on Tuesday, the 30th of Ju ly , the rival parties m e t and played ont the match in th© day, thanks to the energy o f both the Earl of Bessborough and Mr. H . E . Crawley (the latter show ing his true cricket spirit by playing on after seven o ’clock in order to finish the matoh). A splendid day and brilliant assemblage of county fam ilies added to the pleasures o f the day. The ground was much in favour o f the bow lers, who were assisted by very good fielding, especially in the first innings. Good h itting was shown by Mathews, Chaplin, C layton , and Phelns for Harrovians, and by Stogdon , Lofts, Holland, Bull and Swete for the Crawleyites. Stogdon and Bo jer bowled well for their side, although Bojer was not able to get the number o f wiokets his steadiness deserved, owing to balls rising too high over the wiokets. The best bow fing of the day was shown by a very young cricketer, Bam ford , who got eight wickets in the first innings, and five in the second. The match was played out, ow ing to the generous perm ission given by Mr. C rawley to continue the match after the usual hour of play. Once m ore were a large number o f players and spectators most hospitably entertained by the venerable Earl o f Verulam . Scores :— 1st inn. 2nd inn. L ord Bessborough ’s E lev en .. 68 181 Mr. Crawley’s E leven . . . » 29 77 Hastings and St. Leonards Cricket W eek. —Th is annual festival w ill be com ­ menced to-day on the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings, The players in the two matohes w ill be as un d e r :— NORTH t. SOUTH (September 12,13,and 14), -—N o r t h : Attewell, Barnes, Gunn, Lee, Peel, Richardson, Sherwin, F. H. Sugg, Ulyett, A. Ward, and Hall. S o u th : Dr. W. G. Grace (capt.). Messrs. K. J. Key, E.A. Nepean, W . Newham, T. C. O’Brien, H. V. Page, W. W. Read, andA. E. Stod­ dart, with Abel, Beaumont, andLohmann. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS (September 16, 17, and 18) .— G e n t l e m e n : Dr. W. G . Grace, Messrs. K. J. Key, E. J. McCormick, E. A. Nepean, W. Newham, H. V. Page, H. Pigg, O. G . Radcliffe, W. W. Read, A. E. Stoddart, and H. Philipson. Players : Abel, Attewe 1, Barnes, Gunn, Lee, Lohmann, Peel, Richardson, Sherwin, Ulyett, and A. Ward. Umpires, Thoms and Car­ penter. HAST INGS AND ST. LEONARD S . Matches played, 14—won 9, dcawn 3, lost 2. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns.not out.Runs.an Inns.Aver. H. Pigg .............. A. Phillips ... . Wright (pro.)... . H. j. King ... . E. j. Goldsmith , E. c. Maynard J. Phillips ... , T. Kennard ... A. F. Smith ... . A. Clark.......... H. Butt .............. D. W. Wardlaw . A. J. Brook ... , J. J. Oliver ... . S. M. Stewart F. G. Chichester . R. H.Nuttal]... . J. Thomas ... . S. V. Sworder F. Heathfield W . Carless ... . 7 ... 1 ... 265 ... 128 ... 44.1 5 ... 0 ... 142 ... 54 ... 28.4 16 ... 1 ... 342 ... 91 .. . 22.8 , 16 ... 1 ... 309 ... 54 ... 20.6 . 7 ... 1 ... 104 ... 31 ... 17.3 . 6 ... 1 ... 81 ... 56 ... 16 2 . 14 ... 0 ... 192 ... 44 ... 13.7 . 9 ... 1 ... 106 ... 33 ... 13.2 10 ... 0 ... 120 ... 52 ... 12 , 14 ... 5 ... 65 ... 14*.. 7.2 . 8 ... 2 ... 38 ... 20 ... 6.3 iplayed in less than 5 matches. 3 ... 1 ... 85 ... 65*... 42 5 , 4 ... 2 ... 40 ... 36*... 20 . 5 ... 2 ... 53 ... 21 ... 17.6 . 3 ... 1 ... 30 ... 19*... 15 . 3 ... 0 ... 39 ... 19 ... 13 5 ... 1 ... 43 ... 23 ... 10.7 4 ... 0 ... 42 ... 26 ... 10.5 . 6 ... 2 ... 41 ... 16 ... 10.2 . 2 ... 2 ... 8 ... 8 ... 8 . 2 ... 1 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 . 2 ... 0 ... 15 ... 10 ... 7.5 The following played in one match:—F. W. Milligan, 22; G. Roddis, 16—0; E. A. Knight, 14*; a d W. H. Stanton, 6. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. F. Smith Wright ... H. Pigg ... A. Clark ... 63.1 ... 9 .. 144 .. 22 . . 6.14 374.3 ...138 .. 675 .. 70 . . 9.14 31 ... 9 .. 96 .. 8 . . 11.8 104.1 ... 29 .. 232 .. 11 . . 21.1 Mr. W . H . Bailey’s X I . v. The Manor C .C .—Played on B rown ’s Ground, Nunhead, on September 7, and resulted in an easy win for the form er by 21 runs and four wickets. For the winners, Burton and Simmonds b owled very well, taking six and four wickets respectively. Bailey and Sim monds showed good form w ith the bat, making 24 and 1 6 respectively. Manor, 31; Mr. B ailey ’s X I ., 56 for six w ickets. “ H ow to P l a c e a C r ic k e t F ie l d .” — J u s t P u b l is h e d . T h e N e w L a w s o p C r ic k e t . —As revised by the Marylebone Cricket Club, with five s ecially arranged diagrams “How to Place a Cricket Field” as follows:—1. To Slow Bowl r (either Round-arm or “ Lcbs j; 2. A slow or medium Left-handed Bowler (Round-arm); 3. To an Ordinary Medium-pace Bowler; 4. To a Fast Left-handed Bowler (Round-arm); 5. To a Fast Round-arm Bowler. Sent post free 2Jd. Wright and Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors Commons, E.O. or from all dealers. LAN CA SH IRE—A L L MATCHE Matches played 23—won 17, drawn BATTING AVERAGES. Times Inns, notout. Most Runs, in Inns. Aver. A. Ward.......... 31 . . 5 . . 803 .. 114* . . 30.23 Barlow ......... 26 . . 5 . . 619 .. 106 . . 29.10 F. H. Sugg ... 33 . . 2 . . 84L .. 115 . . 27.4 Briggs .......... 29 . . 2 . . 591 .. 78 . . 21.24 Mr.A.N.Hornby 29 . . 0 . . 512 .. 78 . . 17.19 Mr. J. Eccles.. 25 . . 2 . . 402 .. 78 . . 17.11 Baker ......... 17 . . 1 . . 268 .. 65 . . 16.12 Paul................ 19 . . 3 . . 258 .. 60 . . 16.2 F. Ward........ 12 . . 1 . . 172 .. 50 . . 15.7 Watson .......... 27 . . 8 . . 216 .. 23 . . 11.7 Pilling ......... 23 . . 6 . . 164 .. 28 . . 9.11 Mr. S. M. Cros­ field ........ 17 . . 2 . . 107 .. 27 .. 7.2 Mold................. 27 . . 6 . . 90 .. 13* ... 4.6 The following batted in three innings—Yates 2, 3,and 10, and Mr. R. Smith 14,0*, and 15; Mr. A. G. Steel 31 and 15, Whiteside 2 and 0. twice, and Mr. G. Jowett 4, Mills 1, Higson 15, Mr. A. E. Stanley 12, and Mr. J. Loigh once only. EOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Barlow... 151 ... 61 ., Briggs... 990.4 ... 398 .. Watson.. 1114.4... 580 .. Mol ... 686.2... 263 .. ... ____ The following bowled in two innings—Mr. A. G. Steel, 8—0—12—1, and F. Ward, 15-6—26—1. A. Ward, 5—1—12—0, bowled in one innings only. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 233 ,... 25 ..,. 98 1583 ,... 157 .... 10.13 1419 ,... 123 ..,. 1166 1242 .,.. 98 12.68 W IM BLEDON CLUB . Matches played 13—won 9, lost 2, BATTING AVERAGES. Inns. F. Fielding......... 5 W. E. Martyn ... 5 H. T. Grundtvig 7 G. E. Robinson 8 Sid Christphrsn. 12 R. T. Denniston 8 E. W. Reeves ... 10 Capt. Sanders ... 8 W. A. F. Rogers 11 C.W . Aston-Key 8 H. Blake ......... 6 J. Campbell ... 6 D. Forde .......... 5 Times Most in not out. Runs, an Inn. Aver. 1 . 163 ... 66 ... 40.75 0 ... 167 ..,. 129 .. 33.40 0 ... 225 ..,. 65 .,.. 32.14 0 . .. 194 ... 133 24.25 2 ... 176 ... 57 .,,. 17.60 0 . ... 86 ... 23 ... 10.75 3 ... 66 ..,. 26* ... 9.42 0 . .. 67 ... 26 .,,. 8.87 2 ... 71 ..,. 28* ... 7.88 1 . „. 50 .,,. 17 ... 7.17 2 ... 27 ... 14* ... 6.75 1 . .. 27 ... 8 .,,. 5.40 0 . .. 12 .... 8 ... 2.40 BOWLING AVERAGES. Over 500 balls, Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. G. E. Robinson ... 924 ... 78 ... 274 ... 47 . Sid. Christphrsn. 1312 ... 76 ... 557 ... 51 . Robinson bowled 4 no balls. Under 500 but over 100 balls. E. W. Reeves ... Capt. Sanders ... W. A. F. Rogers .. C. W. Aston-Key J. Campbell.......... J. Campbell bowled 4 ho balls^ . 5.82 , 10.92 167 ... 5 . 78 .. 14 .,,. 5.57 314 ,. 21 ... 115 .,.. 16 .... 7.12 140 ... 21 ... 81 ... 16 .. 7.93 210 ... 15 ... 72 ... 14 ... 8 335 ... 15 ... 173 ... 15 ... 11.46 BROADW ATER v. CAPTA IN EL X I. P layed at Broadwater on Septem B r o a d w a t e r . M. W. Marshall, c Prendergast, b Hornby .................38 H. C. Bett, b Henery 68 A. Streot, b Bethune 0 II. A. Crallan, c Hast, b Elliot .................15 J. A. Gibbs, c Hast, b Hornby.................53 N. Debenham, c and b Elliot ................. 5 C. Lambert, c Fairt- lough, b Bethune... 5 H. F. Fairtlough, c Prendergast, b Bethune ............ 4 W. Winter,b Hornby 4 J.Street,jun. not out 10 F. Bonner, b Hornby 3 B 15, lb 7 ...........22 Total C a p t a in E l l io t ’ s E l e v e n . ...227 Major Bethune, b A. Street .................60 C.ifairtlough.bBonner 4 H. A.Hornby,st Win­ ter, b Bett ..........83 P. J. T. Henery, lbw, b Marshall ..........14 Cnpt. Hast, b Bett ... 6 Capt.Elliot, bBonner 9 G. A. Leslie, lbw, b Marshall ..........41 Major O’Leary, b Bonner ................. Major Moberly, b Marshall................ D. G. Prendergast,st Fairtlough, b Mar­ shall ................. S. Upperton, not out B 11,1b i, w 2 ... Total ...206