Cricket 1889

DEC. 27, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 478 July 29—Southampton. Gentn. of Phttadel- phia v. Gentn. of Hampshire. Mr. G. S. Patterson carried his bat through former's first innings for 35 out of 91, and going in fifth wicket down in the second, was again not out, scoring 106out of 229. July 31—Birmingham. Old Reptonians v. Warwickshire C. and G. Mr. W. J. Ford scored 113, including twenty fours, in seventy minutes for the former. The ball from one of his hits pitched 120 yards from the bat. Aug. 2—Portsmouth. United Services v. Gentn. of Philadelphia. Mr. L. A. Hamilton scored 203 out of 428 for the former. Aug. 3—Wandsworth v. Turnham Green. C. A. Toppin for the former bowled five wickets in one over. Aug. 7—Kennington Oval. Surrey v. Notts* In the three days 49,935 paid for admission into the ground. Abel andLockwood made 140for Surrey’s first wicket in second innings. Aug. 7—Brighton, Brighton Club v. Old Cliftonians. Brighton scored 516. Aug. 8 —Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Middle­ sex. Surrey’s 507 was the highest score of the year in Inter-County matches. Aug. 9—Lord’s. M.C.C. and G. v. Somer­ setshire. The match was begun and finished in one day. Aug. 10—Lord’s. M.C.C. and G. v. Northum­ berland. Gunn and Attewell pub on 419 runs for M.C.C.’s second wicket. The innings was termin­ ated—the first application of new rule at Lord’s—with the total 428 for two wickets. Aug. 10—Canterbury. Kent v. Gloucester­ shire. When the game ended Kent wanted eight runs to win with six wickets to fall. Aug. 10 —Cambridge. University L.V.C. v. Gentn. of Philadelphia. H. P. Baily finished the tour of the Phil­ adelphians by taking the last three wickets in the second innings of Cambridge with successive balls. C. A. Trouncer carried his bat through the University’s first innings for 83 out of 151. Aug. 12—Brighton. Sussex v. Lancashire. In second innings of Sussex Pilling caught three batsmen at the wicket and stumped two. Aug. 16—Kennington Oval. Surrey v. Lan­ cashire. Lohmann (25 and 66 ) was not out in each innings of Surrey. Aug. 17—Woolwich. Bomb. Barton, playing for B against A Depot of Royal Artillery, carried his bat through the first innings for 66 out of 102 , and going in first again was nut out in the second, scoring 106 out of 160 for three wickets. Aug. 17—Colombo. Colombo C.C. v. Nonde­ scripts. Colombo scored 300, the highest innings on the Galle Face Ground. August 17—Wandsworth v. Sydenham Park. Dr. C. D. Hamilton carried his bat through former’ s innings for 51. August 21—Cheltenham, Surrey v. Gloucester­ shire. When the game ended Surrey wanted 14 to win with six wickets to fall. August 21—Maidstone, Lancashire v. Kent. Barlow carried his bat through former’s innings for 51 out of 215. Auguit 23—Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Kent. Beaumont and Lohmann bowled unchanged through both innings of Kent. August 22—Cheltenham, Gloucestershire v. Middlesex. Mr. W. G. Grace carried his bat through former’s first innings for 127 out of 282. August 24—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Essex. At the end of the third day Essex wanted three runs to win, with three wickets to fall. August 24—P. L. Kaye scored 56 runs (five 6 ’s), in 28 minutes , for H. V. Green’s XI. v. Granville Park (return.) August 27—Kennington Oval, Surrey v. York­ shire. Surrey won by two wickets, with the gas lamps all alight round the ground. Play had been pro­ longed forty-five minutes to admit of a finish on the second night. August 29—Manchester, Lancashire v. Leices­ tershire. The matoh was over in one day. Briggs and Watson bowled unchanged throughout both innings of Leicestershire. Each innings lasted fifty minutes, and Mr. C. C. Stone’s first score of 10 was the only double figure. Aug. 30—Willingdon,Willingdon v. St. John’s Vacation Club. Willingdon scored 662 for six wickets. The highest innings of the year. September 8 —Scarborough, M.C.C. v. York­ shire. In former’s second innings Mr. T. C. O’Brien scored 28 runs, including two hits out of the ground for six, from two successive overs of Peel. September 7—Stockport, Cheshire v. Lanca­ shire. F. Sugg and Barlow put on 201 runs for second wicket of Lan­ cashire. September 7—Scarborough, North v. South. In South’ s second innings Mr. W. G. Grace and Abel put on 226 for the first wicket. September 12—Hastings, North v. South. Beaumont got three wickets in North’s first innings with succes­ sive balls. September 14—Cambridge, First Eleven v. Next Sixteen of Cambridgeshire Association. R. Stearn carried his bat through former’s innings for 87 out of 286. September18—Hastings, Gentlemen v.Players. The Gentlemen won by one wicket. Ssptember 21—Bellaggio, Bellaggio v. East GrinsteadLiberal and Radical Club. H. Tebay and A. Payne made 324 for first wicket of former. September 28—Northampton, Enigmas v, Grammar School Rovers (Final Tie Northamptonshire Towns Challenge Cup.) In the four innings 1,219 runs were scored. The game ex­ tended over five afternoons. October 31—The first team of English Cricketers left London for India under the Captaincy of Mr. G. F. Vernon. November 9 and 10—Kimberley. Kimberley made 568 for six wickets. C. Mills, of Surrey, 247 not out. The match had still to go into a third day. The aggregate and Mills’ individual score are the best on record for South Africa. November 30—Kandy. Mr. Vernon’s English Team v. All Ceylon. The English team scored 350, the highest total so far recorded on a Ceylon ground. Three substitutes together ^contri­ buted 135 of the above total. O. R. D u n e l l , the Old Oxonian, was chief scorer in first innings of Port Elizabeth v. Port E.A. Park, on Nov. 9, with 36 out 120. HONOR OAK CLUB. Matches played 54—won 17, lost 14, tie 1, drawn 22 . BATTING AVERAGES. F ir s t E l e v e n . The following played in 10 innings and over. Times Most in Inns.not out.Runs.an Inns.Aver. G. S. Harrison . i6 ... 5 ... 598 .,.. 130*... 54.4 J. H. Warren .. 11 ... 3 ... 270 ... 70*... 33.7 G. Smedley ... ,.. 18 ... 2 ... 452 ... 91 ... 28.2 C. a .Turner... ... 14 ... 3 ... 214 ... 73 ... 19,5 F. Harrison ... .... 11 .... 1 . .. 161 ... 52 ... 16.1 W. Murden ... .... 24 ... 3 ... 259 ... 34 ... 12.3 C. H. Mayo ... .... 12 ... 1 . .. 100 ... 24 ... 9.1 F. L e t t .............. .. 15 ... 0 . .. 13L ... 19 ... 8.7 A. C. Hayes ... ... 13 ... 1 . .. 100 ... 33*... 8.3 W. North ... . ... 10 ... 3 ... 57 ... 24 ... 8.1 H. L. Holford .... 16 ... 1 . .. 115 ... 25 ... 7.7 E. H. Dines ... ... 16 ... 2 ... 35 ... 11 ... 2.5 The following played in less than 10 innings. A. R. Carson .. 7 ... 2 ... 74 .,.. 37*... 14.8 T. E. Swain ... ... 7 ... 1 . .. 53 .,.. 25 ... 88 H. Salmon ... ... 7 ... 1 . .. 28 ... 13 ... 4.7 B. Kenyon ... ... 8 ... 0 . .. 35 .... 10 ... 4.4 The following also p la y e d J . J. Stedman, 29—0 —17-4, C. D. Hayes, 8 - 1 - 0 - 0 , W. E. Holford, 10 - 0 - 4 , A. E. McNab, 1 0 -2 -2 , C. W. Lawder, 5 -0 —20, A. Bevans, 7*—12, T. Dickason, 2—5, T. Gracey. 1*—2, J. Henderson, 14*—0, A. Pottinger, 2—9*, F. E. Thompson. 2-8*, G. Draper, 9*, G. Ellis, 0, J. Gilby, 10, H. E. Reed, 0, C. W. Tagg, 13, T. B. Woodfall, 5*. E. Wiltshire, 3. BATTING AVERAGES. S econd E le v e n . The following played in 10 innings and over :— Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inn. Aver. E. Wiltshire ... 10 ... 2 ... 176 ... 55* ... 22. C. W. Lawder ... 15 ... 2 ... 268 ... 109* ... 20.6 W. E. Holford.,.. 20 .... 2 ... 811 .. . 38* . .. 17.3 A. R. Carson .,,. 15 . .. 1 ... 238 ... 62* ... 17. A. E. McNab ..,. 18 ... 3 ... 1'9 ... . 41* .... 11.9 T. Dickason .,.. 17 .,.. 2 ... 139 ... 43 ... 93 F. E. Thompson 14 . .. 0 ... 125 ... 2 i .. . 8 9 T. Gracey........ . 9 ... 2 ... 62 ... 17* ... 8.9 C. D. Hayes ..,. 16 . 0 ... 123 ... 35 ... 7.7 G. Draper........ . 14 ... 3 ... 52 . 11 .. 4.7 The following played in less than 10 innings R. Wood .......... 9 ... 1 ..,. 40 . 11 ... 5. T. B. Woodfall 6 ..,. 0 .. . 24 .... 8 ... 4- A. Pottinger ... 6 ... 1 ... 19 ... 9 ,.. 38 T. A. Smith ... 6 .,.. 1 ... 19 ... 8 .... 3.8 The following also played:—A. Anderson, 1*—12 —8*—3, G. E. Ellis, 0 -2—14*—1, J. Henderson, 2— 0-32-18. H. Wiltshire, 5 -1*—2 -0, W. North, 61— 0—0, E Stevenson, 9 -8 -3 , E. J. Hodgson. 5—18, C. H. Mayo, 0—15. H. Portch, 1—0, J. H. Warren, 32—17*, a . H. Bevans, 4, G. Smedley, 35*, W. Bothamley. 5. J. Gilby, 5, T. E. Swain, 43, C. W. Tagg, 11*, F. W. Walford, 0, W. P. Underdown, 16. BOWLING AVERAGES. F ir s t E l e v e n . Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. G. S. Harrison ... 190 ... 59 ... 375 .,,. 87 .,. 101 F. Harrison ... ... 78 ... 20 ... 184 .... 18 .,,. 10.9 C. H. Mayo ... ,... 227 ... 55 ..,. 577 ..,. 44 ... 13.1 F. Lett .......... ... 177 ... 57 ... 335 ... 25 ,. 18.4 W. Murden ... .,.. 2i8.3 ..,. 57 ... 592 ... 40 ... 148 H. L. Holford ... 98 ... 28 ... 217 ... 11 .225 The following bowled in less than 10 innings :— G. K. Ellis, 4 wkts. for 15 runs, B. Kenyon, Gfor 46, A. E. McNab, 1 for 14, E. Wiltshire, 3 for 52, T. Dickason, 1 for 38, J. J. Stedman, 2 for 81, J. Gi'by. 1 for 49; and the following without taking a wicket :-C . D. Hayes, T. E. 8wain. C. W. Tagg, F. E. Thompson, G. Smedley, C. A. Turner, A. O. Hayes. BOWLING AVERAGES. S econd E l e v e n . Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkfrs. Aver T. Dickason... ... 214.4 ... 59 ... 389 ... 54 .,,. 7-2 A. E. McNab... ... 74.3 ... 15 ... 177 ... 24 .,,. 7.4 C. D. Hayes ... ... 153 3 ..,. 33 ..,. 366 ..,. 39 ... 9.4 W. E. Holford .... 125.1 .. . 23 .. . 329 ... 31 ... 10.6 The following bowled in less than 10 innings E. Wiltshire, 19 wkts. for 156 runs, W. Bothamley, 2 for 20, J. Gilby, 1 for 12, E. Stevenson, 1 for 12, A. R. Carson, 7 for 91, C. H. Mayo, 4 for 54, T. Gracey, 2 for 99; and the following bowled without taking a wicket:—H. Portch, G. E. Ellis, H. Uolford, and F. E. Thompson. NEXT ISSUE, JANUARY 27.