Cricket 1889

NOV. 28, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 468 May 20 —Kennington Oval. Surrey v. Essex. Lohmann and Sharpe put on 149 runs for Surrey’s last wicket. Lohmann got all his score of 105 after Sharpe, the last batsman, came in. May 21—Lord’s. Derbyshire v. M.C.C. and G. Derbyshire won by one wicket. May 22—Bromley. Bromley v. Lyndhurst. Hudson carried his bat through latter’s innings for 49 out of 102. May 23—Oxford. Oxford University v. Surrey. Sharpe took five wickets in former’s first innings for five runs. May 25—Portsmouth. United Services v. South Hampshire Rovers. In two days 907 runs were scored for 26 wickets. May 25—Ilford. Ilford v. Anchorites. H. Porter carried his bat through former’s innings for 45 out of 110. May 26—Greenwich v. Crossness. Latter were dismissed for totals of 3 and 10. May 25—Beckenham. Beckenham United v. Streatham Albion. C. J. Hoar carried his bat through farmer’s innings for 74 out of 119. May 25—Burton-on-Trent. Burton-on-Trent v. Otto Strauss’ (Notts) Eleven. S. H, Evershed scored 227 not out of former’s total of 344. Among his figures were three successive hits for six. May 27—-Lord’s. North v. South. No play took place in the three days. May 29—North Shields. Tynemouth v. Sun­ derland. After J. F. Ogilvie and J. W. Dawson had make 162 without the loss of a wicket, former declared their innings at an end, and got Sunderland out for 35. June 1—-Leyton, Essex v. M.C.C. and G. Messrs. H. G. Owen and A. P. Lucas made 185 for first wicket of Essex. June 1—Kennington Oval. Surrey v. Leices­ tershire. Mr. K. J. Key, of Surrey, was run out, Lohmann returning the ball which glanced off Rylott into the bowler’s wioket while the batsman there was over his crease. June 2—Southwick. Brighton Association of Odd Fellows v. Portslade and Southwick. H. Sheldon took all ten wickets of latter. W . B ruce scored 83 out of a total of 192 for Melbourne v. E ast Melbourne on October 12 T he Carlton scored 431 against the W arwicks at Sydney, on October 5 and 12. A. Banner­ man contributed 138 and C . T , B. Turner 119. Turner also took five wickets in Carlton’s first innings at a cost of only fourteen runs, and three out of four in second innings for seventeen runs. “ H ow t o 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 . — A s revised by the Marylebone Cricket C lu b , with five specially arranged diagrams “ H ow to Place a Cricket Field” as follows:—1. T o Slow Bowler (either Round-arm or “ Lcbs j, 2. A slow or medium Left-handed Bowler (Round-arm); 3. To an Ordinary Medium-pace Bowler; 4. T o 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.C. or from all dealers. THE ENGLISH CEICKET TEAM FOR INDIA. Lord Hawke, the captain of the cricket team that will shortly make a tour in India, was interviewed by a representative of the Bombay Gazette on his arrival in that city on November 4, He stated in the course of the interview “ Here I am ; the rest of the men arecoming out in the ‘ Bengal,’ which leaves England on Thursday next. I think we are going to have a trip round India to see the country, doing some shooting and having a few games at cricket on our way. Every­ thing is being arranged for us. You see, here is a telegram which I got from Calcutta this morning. It says that we are due there on the 25th of November and afterplaying two or perhaps three matches, we go on to Madras where we have one match on. Next, it seems, we come back to Calcutta about the 18th of December to play the Calcutta Cricket Club and perhaps another match. Spending Christmas at Calcutta, we go on our way again on the 4th or 5th of January and play the Behar Wanderers at Bankipore or Dinag- pore. At Allahabad, where we are supposed to arrive on the 15th of January, we play All India and perhaps another match. We have only ten days in Allahabad, when we go on to Jubbulpore, and then to Lucknow. This brings us to the end of January. Beyond that, I do not know yet what we will do. We will in all probability finish up in Bombay in February. “ You were asking about our team. I will run them over for you. There are G. F. Ver­ non, a Middlesex man; J. G. Walker, also of Middlesex, H. Philipson, the last Oxford University captain, T. K. Tapling, M.P. for one of the Leicestershire Divisions, G. H. Goldney, A. C. Leatham, E. M. Lawson Smith, E. R. DeLittle of the Cambridge Eleven, F. L. Shand and J. H. Hornsby. These are ten, and I myself make the eleventh. We ought to have had thirteen, but one is unable to come owing to business engage­ ments, and Rhodes, poor fellow, was accidentally killed lately. So you see we are not so strong as we anticipated. “ Who are our bowlers ?” Lord Hawke smiled as he replied : “ Well, we can all do something at that. Mr. De Little is a fast right and Mr. Shand is a fast left. Mr. Gold­ ney is a medium pace right, Mr. Leatham is a slow left, and Mr. Lawson Smith is a slow right. But I should not particularise any, for we can all bowl. Mr. Philipson? Well, oh yes, you are quite right. He is indeed as good a wicket-keeper as we could have secured. “ Our batting strength, you ask? Well, I think we are pretty fair in that, too, but I cannot very well say how we should stand against the cricketers of this country, You see, as I said before, I do not know very well what they can do. Judging from the players you have in the Gymkhana here, I should say you can show some very good cricket. There are some good bats, and I should fancy you will have some players amongst the military. And you have got Mr. E. E. Steel from Lancashire. Do I know him ? ” Lord Hawke’s eyes brightened up with merriment as he said, “ Oh, yes, I know him, and I have occasion to remember him. The first time I met him he bowled me out first ball. That was in a Lancashire v. Yorkshire match—Oh, by the way, hadn’t Yorkshire a dreadfully bad season this year ? I cannot explain it at all. We were not in particularly bad form, We played some very good cricket, I think. It must have been just a run of bad luck, or the other counties must be levelling up. But talking about your Bombay cricketers, you have some good men: but in order to make first-rate cricketers, such as we have in the big cricketing counties in England, you must have daily practice. The Parsees out here seem to be most enthusiastic cricketers. They have beenbeatingeverybody this year,haven’t they ? I believe they practice a great deal. There is no doubt that is what has done it. Did I ever play against the Parsee team in England ? No, I did not. They did not try conclusions, you understand, with our most formidable counties; but they played against some very strong elevens, and although often beaten they showed good form. They must have some ex­ cellent cricketers amongstthem, and I suppose they are much improved now. “ Have I had any practice since I landed ? —Oh, yes—some. I was over having some batting at the Gymkhana only yesterday. How did the ground play ? ” Here his lord­ ship broke into a hearty laugh, shook his head, and shrugged his shoulders. “ I was just coming to that,” he said. “ You see, your cricket season is over, and the ground gets so baked in this weather. I did not, I confess, feel myself much at home. They wanted to get up a match for me, but I could not play very well to-day. It would be so hot to begin a match about midday just now. Better wait till February ;Jalthough, if the ground is then what it is like now, I don’t know what sort of an exhibition of cricket we will have. On the ground I played on yesterday a fast bowler could have it very much his own way, and I do not think the scores would be very heavy. I was out, I do not know how often. I think, whichever team wins, will win more by luck than good cricket.” The Australian Team of 1890 will play their first match at Sheffield Park. L o rd H a rris has been appointed to succeed Lord Reav as Governor of Bombay. M r . E. W. W y ld e , of the Foreign Office, for many years Hon. Sec. of the Chiswick and Turnham Green C.C., is one of the British representatives at the Conference on Slavery, now being held in Brussels. M r . W. A. M c D o n n e ll, father of Percy McDonnell, the Captain of the Sixth Australian team, died, on September 23, at Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne. The deceased gentleman was Attorney-General in two Victorian Ministries over twenty years ago. At the annual general meeting of the Victoria Park Association, held on the 20th, the officers for the ensuing season were appointed as follows:—Chairman, Mr. H. W. Peters (Warner); vice-chairman, Mr. E. S. Gates (Navarino); auditors, Messrs. J. Young (Navarino) and J. B. Lawton (Shoreditch Tabernacle); financial secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. F. Richards, The appointment of general secretary was left over. Previous to the election of the officers, Mr. Peters, on behalf of the affiliated clubs, presented Mr. Richards with a handsome walnut davenport as a recognition of the services he had rendered in connection with the association. R e p o r t S h e e t s for sending matches to this paper, post-free lOd. per doz. The Manager wishes to remind Hon. Secs, and others that it is absolutely necessary to use these sheets when forwarding scores. 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