Cricket 1889

NOV. 28, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME, 467 « C 0 I ^ E g P 0 p E N C E ’3* THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM OF 1890. To t h e E d i t o r o f “ C r ic k e t .” S ib ,—Among the next Australian Eleven’s fixtures appears another of those anomalous matches, v. an eleven of England. Who takes the remotest interest in the result of such amatch? Surely it would be far better for them to play an Eleven of the minor Counties, a match which would give an opportunity of distinction to several good cricketers who cannot often play in a really first-class match. I enclose my oard and remain,yours obediently, E a s t A n g lia n . November 14. To t h e E d i t o r op “ C r ic k e t .” S ir , —I notice a paragraph in your issue of 31st ultimo, headed “ The Champions of the Years.” As in my opinion (which perhaps is not worth much) there is only one champion, I should like to point out the performances of Dr. W. G. Grace in several of those years. I would call attention to the fact that several of those cricketers who are placed above him in various years, have played in much fewer matches. This is notably the case this year, in which Shrewsbury, whose aggregate is not much more than a third of Dr. Grace’s, Mr. L. Wilson, who only played 10 innings, and M. Read, who scored nearly 500 runs less than Dr. Grace, are placed befoie him. 1881—Dr. Grace was second to Mr. Hornby. 1884—Dr. Grace scored 400 runs more than Mr. Steel, and was only 4 runs behind him, both against the Australians and in all matches. He scored 3 centuries against the Australians. 1885—Dr. Grace scored 500 runs more than Shrewsbury; his average was 45, and he was nominally second, though taking into account the number of innings played, really first. 1886—Dr. Grace had the largest aggregate, he again scored 8 centuries against the Australians, and his average against them was the highest of any English batsman. 1887—Dr. Grace scored 400 runs morethan Shrewsbury; he made two centuries in one match, and exoeeded 2,000 runs in the aggregate, which no other cricketer has done. 1888—Dr. Grace scored nearly 500 runs more than Mr. Read, and as the latter gentle­ man’s average is due to one great score of 338, Dr. Grace was really first once more. He again soored two centuries in one match. 1889—Dr. Grace again had the highest aggregate. 1882 and 1883 were his worst years. I think, Sir, taking one year with another, it would be difficult to beat Dr. Grace’s record. He may be exoeeded in average one year by one, and one year by another ; but you have not far to look for his name. Other cricketers rise, wane and disappear, but Dr. Grace still holds the field against all comers ; and, taking one year with another, his average woaid be in excess of any other cricketer. He has scored 92 centuries in first class matches ; no other cricketer has scored 30. He has scored 11 centuries in the matches, Gentlemen v. Players ; no other crioketer has scored 3 ; and hehas three timesscored 2 centuries in amatch, which no other cricketer has done in modern times. In 1877 he was first both in batting and bowling; in his best year (1871), he scored 2,700 runs, with an average of 78, and in his worst year (1882), his average was 26. No other cricketer has ever approaohed him in batting, Arthur Shrewsbury’s 78 in 1897 being the average on an aggregate of 1,663 runs only, or J,100 runs less than his in 1871.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ^ ^ COUNTY CRICKET IN 1889. D E R BY SH IR E . BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver. Chatterton........... 18 ... 0 ... 500 ... 168 ... 27.14 Davidson .............18 ... 2 ... 389 ... 129 ... 24.5 Sugg ................17 ... 1 ... 318 ... 104 ... 19.14 S. H. Evershed... 13 ... 1 ... 234 ... 79 ... 19.6 L. G. Wright ...11 ... 2 ... 168 ... 59 ... 18.6 Hulme................... 13 ... 3 ... 188 ... 61*... 16 6 W. S. Eadie ... 13 ... 2 ... 149 ... 51 ... 13 6 Hall ................. 17 ... 4 ... 163 ... 34 ... 12.7 S torer................. 3 ... 0 ... 32 ... 14 ... 10.2 H. C. Mosby ... 14 ... 1 ... 129 ... 32 ... 9 12 G .G . Walker ...13 ... 1 ...100 ... 34... 8.4 F. Evershed ... 5 ... 0 ... 39 ... 14 ... 7.4 E. Evershed ... 8 ... 0 ... 56 ... 16 ... 7.0 Disney................ 14 ... 4 ... 10 ... 8 ... 1.0 The following played in one match only:—0. Evans 4—7, Purdy 7—2, Ratcliffe 0—0, Burrows 2—7*, Maltby 8—1, F. R. Spofforth, 4—4, Porter 4-0*. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. F. R. Spofforth... 53 ... 19 ... 81 ... 15 ... 5.6 Sugg .................. 35.3 ... 12 ... 67 ... 10 ... 6.7 P orter.................. 27 ... 13 ... 43 ... 4 ... ln.fl H. C. Mosby ... 86 3 ... 32... 159 ... 11 ... 14.5 Chatterton ... 156.4 ... 61 ... 280 ... 18 ... 15.10 H ulm e.................. 216.3 ... 75 ... 451 ... 28 ... 16.3 Davidson ... ... 379.1... 147 ... 651 ... 88 ... 175 Hall .................. 195 ... 76 ... 318 ... 18 ... 17.13 G. G. Walker ... 195 ... 63 ... 412 ... 15 ... 27.7 S. H. Evershed bowled 6 overs for 10 runs. N ORTHAM PTON SH IRE . BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most Inns, not out. Runs, in Inns. Aver. Vickers......... ... 3 ... 2 ... 63 ... 37* ... 63.0 Wrigley................. 7 ... 4 ... 109 ... 37* ... 36.1 West ................. 7 ... 1 ... 193 ..105 ... 32.1 G. B u ll......... ... 9 ... 0 ... 265 ...123 ... 29.4 G. J. Gulliver ... 8 ... 1 ... 155 ... 46 ... 22.1 T. H. G. Welch ... 8 ... 0 ... 148 ... 79 ... 18.4 C. A. Kingston ... 4 ... 0 ... 65 ... 28 ... 16.1 Colson .............. 9 ... 0 ... 137 ... 37 ... 15.2 Harris ................. 5 ... 1 ... 34 ... 14* ... 8.2 Alley .............. 6 ... 0 ... 32 ... 10 ... 5.2 J. P. Kingston ... 4 ... 1 ... 16 ... 8 ... 5.1 Madden.............. 3 ... 0 ... 16 ... 16 ... 5.1 Thorneycroft ... 2 ... 0 ... 11 ... 7 ... 5.1 F. T. Tebbutt ... 4 ... 0 ... 20 ... 11 ... 5.0 C. C. Marshall ... 8 ... 0 ... 8 ... 5 ... 2.2 The following played in 1 match and scored as follows T. G. Beale 5—26, E. Scriven 0—6, A. E. Daniell 5-2, J. Turner 71, Lord Loughborough 36, F. 0. B Welch 0, C. Smith 4, W.P. Kingston 36, H. Clarke 4—2, and A. F. Darnell 0. The match with the M.C.O. is not taken into account in the foregoing list, as it is not con­ sidered a county match proper. BOWLING AVERAGES, Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. J. P.Kingston... 31 ... 5 ... 89 ... 6 .. 14.5 Thorneycroft... 65.2... 29 ... 185 ... 11 ... 16.9 T. G. Beale ... 43 ... 10 ... 104 ... 6 ... 17.2 A lley .................. 191 ... 69 ... 348 ... 20 ... 17-8 G. Bull ........... 154.4... 46 ... 321 ... 18 ... 17.15 Harris .......... 64 ... 12 ... 168 ... 7 ... 24.0 W e s t................. 167 ... 50 ... 339 ... 14 ... 24.3 Vickers .......... 14 ... 1 ... 56 ... 1 ... 56.0 The following bowled in one match only. Madden ......... 33 ... 11 ... 55 ... 3 ... 18.1 A. E. Daniell ... 22 ... 2 ... 76 ... 3 ... 25.1 F. T. Tebbutt ... 6 ... 1 ... 25 ... 2 ... 12.1 T. H. G. Welch 12 ... 3 ... 30 ... 2 ... 15.0 SUSSEX. IN a l l m a t c h e s . BATTING AVERAGES. Times Moat in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. W.'Newham ... 31 ... 0 ... 950 ... 170 ... J. Hide................ 31 ... 3 ... 528 ... 75*... W. Humphreys... 30 ... 6 ... 443 ... 51 ... M a jor................. 23 ... 1 ... 374 ... 1C6 ... Bean ... .......... £0 ... 1 ... 485 ... 68 ... T eb a y................. 8 ... 0 ... 127 ... 41 ... W. H. Dudney ... 15 ... 0 ... 20) ... 71 ... Quaife................. 31 ... 1 ... 379... 27 ... E. J. McCormick 10 ... 0 ... 120 ... 30 ... W. H. Andrews... 6 ... 1 ... 58... 23 ... G. Brann ......... 13 ... 1 ... 183 ... 37 ... E. H. Gresson ... 5 ... 1 ... 44 ... 20*... A. Hide .......... 28 ... 4 ... 259 ... 37 ... Hollands .......... 11 ... 0 ... 84 ... 2L ... C. J. M. Godfrey 8 ... 1 ... 51 ... 20 ... M ayes................. 12 ... 3 ... 51 ... 15 ... Tate ................. 21 ... 9 ... 49 ... 16 ... Phillips .......... 13 ... 1 ... 38 ... 10 ... Aver. 30.20 18.19 18.11 17 0 16.21 15.7 13.5 12.19 120 11.3 ll.l 11.0 10.19 7.7 7 2 5.6 4.1 3.2 Mr. Hartley Smith scored in two innings 10-0, and Gibbs played in one innings for 5. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. C. J. M. Godfrey 58.3 ... 19 ... 120 ... 8 ... 15.0 Major................. 31.1... 10 ... 60... 4 ... 15.0 F. H. Gresson... 7... 2 ... 88 ... 2 ... 19.0 •T. Hide .......... 525.2... 194 ... 930 ... 46 ... 20.10 Bean ................. 418.1 ... 130 ... 846 ... 41 ... 20.26 A. Hide .......... 687 ... 254 ...1207 ... 55 ... 21.52 Tate ................. 326.3 ... 106 ... 655 ... 26 ... 25 5 W. Humphreys 195.1... 23 ... 704 ... 27 ... 26.2 E.J. McCormick 12... 2 ... 82 ... 1 ... 32.0 Gibb ................. 40... 13 ... 102 ... 2 ... 51.0 G. Brann .......... 9... 6 ... 10 ... 0 ... — A.Hidejbowled 3wides and Humphreys 1, Godfrey bowled 4 no-balls. THE ETON v. HARROW MATCHES OF 1805 AND 1857. The following letter from the Earl of Bessborougli, which appeared in the last number of The Harrovian , will be read with interest by all CRicKET-readers, but more especially by those who have any ties with Harrow S ch ool:— To the Editors o f “ The Harrovian .” S ir s , —I have seen in The Harrovian, and in other newspapers, statements, that in the completed matches played at Lord’s between Eton and Harrow the victories of each School are now equal in number. This result is arrived at by including the match of 1805 in the list of Eton victories, and excluding the match of 1857 from those of Harrow. I will mention, as shortly as I can, some particulars relating to each match. 1 . That of 1805 (Byron’s match, as it was called), was not arranged between the Captains of the two School Elevens, nor were the players in it confined, so far as Harrow was concerned, to actual members of the School. Mr. J. H. Lloyd, who made the match, and acted as Captain of the team, was not, during the Summer Term, a member of Harrow School, but, being a friend of Byron’s (then at Harrow) he played in the match. 2. There is no authentic record of the match of 1805. The score, which is inserted in “ Scores and Biographies,” is taken from a half-sheet of paper sent anonymously through Frederick Lillywhite tothe Hon. Robert Grimston, who forwarded it to the editor of B IVs Life in London , for what it was worth, and from that paper it has been copied in “ Scores and Biographies.” It will be observed that the name of C. Lloyd —not J. H. Lloyd—is entered in the list of players for Harrow, but Mr. C. Lloyd himself told me that he did not play in the match, but that his brother, J. H. Lloyd, did so. 3. The match of 1857, although consisting mainly of the Elevens of the two Schools, was also an irregular match, because the respective Elevens were not confined to boys then at their Schools, and also because the match was made by the M.C.C., and not between the captains of the two Schools. This arrangement, which was made, and with success, for the purpose of reviving the old match, put it on the samefooting of irregularity as the matoh of 1805. A note to the account of the match in 1867 in Scores and Biographies” contains some remarks on this subject; and I can give other particulars which have strengthened my opinionupon this question.—Yours faithfully, B e s s b o r o u g h . T h e annual meeting of County Secretaries for the purpose of arranging the principal fixtures for next year, will be held at Lora’s, 01 Tuesday, Dec. 10, at noon. NEXT ISSUE, DECEMBER 27.