Cricket 1889

DT 0. 27,1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 475 derived considerable benefit from these trips, and I have reason for knowing that American cricketerswill heartilywelcome the English combination which Mr. Sanders proposes to convey across “ the pond ” in the autumn of 1890. T h e following announcement, taken from a Toronto paper at the end of last month, will be read with interest by the hundreds of English cricketers who retain pleasurable recollections of the visit of the Gentlemen of Canada two years ago. L in d s e y —On Saturday, the 23rd inst., at 21, Busholme Road, the wife of G-eorge Lind­ sey, barrister, of a son. Mr. GeorgeLindsey’s tact in the office of Hon. Secretary had very much to do with the success of the Canadian team over here, and his many friends will hope to see the intense enthusiasm he has shown in the cause of cricket inherited by his son. B y no means the least interesting topic just at the present time in the con­ tributions of the cricket critics of the chief Australian papers is theinformation furnished respecting the young players who seem likely to be candidates for any open places in the Australian team now in course of collection for England. It will, I think, be generally conceded that the infusion of a little newmaterial gives additional interest to these visits of Aus­ tralian cricketers, and from information I have received, and that from qualified judges, there is by no means a lack of young talent of promise in spite of the doleful tone which not so long since was characteristic of a section of, at least, the Victorian press. C h a r lt o n , of New South Wales, as an all-round cricketer has made a high re­ putation during the last season or two, and as far as one can judge from recent form the same Colony can furnish two others who would render an excellent account of themselves in good company in the persons of A. Mackenzie and W. Richardson. Mackenzie up to the end of October hadbeenmaking a lot of runs, as scores of 26, CG, 87, and 112 in succes­ sion will fully prove. Eichardson, too, had- been showing excellent form, and his innings of 81 for the Belvidere Club against. Carlton had received marked ap­ proval from the critics. * . M b . M o r r is , ayoungVictoriancricketer who made a promising debut in the In­ tercolonial matches last season against South Australia, and who is now in England for a fewmonths, speaks highly of J. Drysdale and J. E. Barrett, who, he thinks, are in the running for some of the last places. The foi'mer, if I remember rightly, was the chief scorer for Eighteen Melbourne Juniors against Shaw and Shrewsbury’s team in January of last year, and also bowledwith suocess. He has opened the present season well, too, for on the Melbourne Cup Day he played a very fine innings of 158 for All Comers against the Melbourne Club, against the bowling ofJames Phillips, theMarylebone groundman who is to play for Middlesex in 1890 under the residential qualifica­ tion. Barrett, from what I can hear, is a batsman of the stamp of Alick Banner­ man, and is altogether a useful all-round player. S o u th A u s t r a lia and Tasmania can also supply more than one likely new man, and Queensland is also said to have a capable representative in Coningham, of Brisbane. A correspondent in the Australasian newspaper states that he is one of the best bowlers in Australia, and Queenslanderswill be keenlydisappointed if he does not get a show in the next Australian team. He not only bowls well, but bats in very good form, and in the field is untiring, active, and sure. The last Australian Eleven spoke very highly, too, of his qualifications, so that his claim for a placewill not be lost sight of. I may add that he as a colt showed great promise as a bowler for the Mel­ bourne Club. I h a v e goodgrounds for stating that the Committee of the Marylebone Club have resolved on amaterial alteration in their policy with regard to the arrangements for the Australian matches at Lord’s. I am given to understand, and on the best authority, that the traditional charge of sixpence to the ground has been aban­ doned, and that a shilling will be the price in the various fixtures in which the Australian team will take part at Lord’s, next summer. Except in the match which the Australiwis have offered, and wish to play there, and of which the whole proceeds are to go to the “ Cricketers’ Fund,” |the receipts, I may further state, are to be equally divided between the Australians and M.C.C., as in the case of the engagements made with the principal County Clubs. F r a n k H e a r n e ’s many well-wishers in the old Country will be glad to hear that he is fully upholding his English reputa­ tion out in his new home in Cape Colony. A recent mail from South Africa brought news of some good scoringby theWestern Province C.C., with which Hearne is engaged, and in which he was one of the principal actors. In a match against the Claremont Club, on Nov. 9, Hearne and P. H . De Villiers put on ICO runs while they were together. The score advanced at a rare rate, too, as the second hundred was made in fifty, and the third in fifty- seven minutes. Hearne<who made 105, w^ts the'recipient of a collection on the ground, amountingto five pounds I t has been left, though, to a young Surrey cricketer to achieve by far the best performance so farrecorded in South Alrica. C. Mills, who went out with Frank Hearne in the “ Garth Castle,” accompanied by his mate, W. Brockwell of Surrey, and H, J. Firkin of Worcester­ shire, with the hope of improving his cricket by the benefit of a winter’s prac­ tice, had hardly reached Kimberley, where he is engaged for the present, before he made asensation by beating the highest score hitherto registered to any batsman in South Africa. Kimberley at the end of the second day had scored 568 with the loss of only six wickets, a record in the aggregate, as Mills’ 247 not out is as an individual score. As the match, too, had to be continued for a third day, it is just possible that Mills’ brilliant achieve­ ment may have been still further im­ proved. A thoroughly deserving, well- ponducted young fellow, and a keen cricketer withal, Mills’ success will give very great gratification to his numerous well-wishers. T h e Gentlemen of Philadelphia were the guests at areceptionheld at the Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, on the 22ud of last month, under the auspices of the International Cricket Committee of the United States. The occasionwasutilised to present the prizes promised to the most successful members of the team, and the followingreceived the different awards of merit:—Mr. G. S. Patterson, a gold watoh, given by Mr. Thos. McKean, for the highest batting average ; Mr. Walter Scott, a watch of similar character, given by the Committee for the highest score in one innings • Mr. H. P. Baily, a large silver loving cup, offered by Mr. G. W. Childs, for the best bowling average ; and Mr. E. W. Clark, jun., a French clock, the gift of the Committee for the best all­ round record. Each of the prizes bore a suitable inscription. B y the retirement of Mr. D. S. New­ hall, American cricket has lost one of, if not quite, its foremost figures. The brotherhood of Newhalls have been prominently identified with the game since it first took root in the United States, and, in fact, the name of Newhall will be remembered in the history of tho early days of cricket in America with affection as one closely interwoven with the successful development of the game. Dan Newhall, as he has been familiarly known to more than one generation of Philadelphian crioketers, played an im­ portant part when quite a boy in keeping alive the love of cricket when themajority of its most active supporters had to take up arms for tho North in the war of the ltebellion, and skice tliat time, more than a quarter of a century ago, he has been in the front ranit of American cricketers. As a member ’ of every Philadelphian team that has crossed bats with foreign elevens on the other side of the Atlantic, as captainof the Philadelphian eleven that first defeated an English combination, and finally as captain of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia who won golden opinions from all kinds and conditions of men here last summer, he has occupied the NEXT ISSUE, JANUARY 27.