Cricket 1889

DEO. 27, 1889. CKICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 479 1—Leyton, Essex v. Surrey 1—Nottingham, Notts v. Derbyshire 4—Scarborough, Lord Londesborough’s Eleven v. Australians (Scarborough Festival) 11—Hastings, North v. South (Hastings Festival) 15—Hastings. South of England v. Australians (Hastings Festival) (probably) W hile the secretaries were engaged in making the fixtures the representatives of the eight leading counties — Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Lancashire, Kent, Middlesex, Glouces­ tershire, Yorkshire, and Sussex—held a private m eeting to discuss the m ethod by which the county championship should in future be decided. T he m eeting was, we understand, not quite unanimous, but a m ajority were in favour of ignoring drawn games altogether and settling the question of championship by wins and losses. As it was agreed to abide by the views of the majority, this decision was accepted a3 final. Subsequently representatives of the follow­ ing eight m inor counties—Derbyshire, W ar­ wickshire, Leicestershire, Hampshire, Somer­ setshire, Staffordshire, Durham, and Essex— held a sim ilar meeting in private, and unani­ m ously decided to apply the same rule to m inor county cricket. THE ENGLISH AMATEURS IN CEYLON. EN G L ISH TEAM v. A L L CEYLON . The English cricketers who left London on Oct. 31st, under the command of Mr. G. F. Vernon, arrived safely at Colombo on N ov. 26. Room s had been engaged by the Entertain­ ment Committee for the members of the team at the Oriental Hotel. Mr. Tapling had, however, been compelled to stay behind at Naples with a sick friend, so that the party was one short. The arrangements were that only one night should be spent at Colombo, and that on the following morning (Nov. 27) a move should be made to Kandy in order to get some practice on the ground there, in view of the m atch to be begun on Friday, Nov. 28. E very arrangement had been made to show proper hospitality to the visitors at Kandy, and while Mango Lodge and Capt. Christo­ pher’s bungalow had been got ready for the accommodation of the bachelor members of the team, Mr. and Mrs. V ernon and Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Smith had been invited to stay at the Old Palace as guests of Mr. and Mrs. R . W . D. Moir. On the night previous to the com ­ mencement of the match, a devil-dance had been arranged by the Kandy Club for the entertainment of the English party, and the Club grounds were illuminated in honour of the occasion. The match began at three o’clock on the afternoon of Nov. 28. Mr. V ernon, who was without Messrs. De Little and Tapling and in all had only eight men, secured three substitutes in Messrs. Kerr, Mooph^mae and Murray, who, as will be S 6en , were of great service. Ceylon winning the toss sent in Messrs. W hiting and Tabor, both w ell-know n to English cricketers, who had to face the bowling of Messrs. H ornby and Gib­ son. A t 28, Mr. W hiting was stumped, and as Messrs. Paine and Tabor s o o n followed, three of the best wickets were down for only 46]runs. Mr. P .F . Hadow, the Old Harrovian, and Major Churchill by slow cricket added 25 in forty-five minutes when the form er was caught at the wicket by Philipson, who soon after stumped the Major. Five wickets were down for 66, but Messrs. Vanderspar and Stevf n •were not so easily dislodged, and at the < n d o: the first day they were still in with the total 85 for five wickets. In the evening a dance was given by the Kandy A.B.C.D, C lub at the Town Hall in honour of the Englishm en, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. On the following m orning Inglis showed good cricket, and mainly through his excellent play the total reached 155. The Englishm en began batting with Messrs. W alker and Lawson Smith to the bowling of Messrs. Shand, the Old H arrovian,and Paine. Only a moderate start was made, and at the fall of the third wicket the total was 55. Mr. Vernon, too, quickly lost Messrs. G ib­ son, Philipson and H ornby, so that the sixth batsman was out. Mr. Leatham ’s defence, however, jjroved very useful, and when he was bowled the total had been increased by 96, of which he was responsible for 32. Mr. Vernon, who had been hitting with his wonted brilliance, also found another valuable ally in Mr. Murray, of theGordon Highlanders, and when play ceased at the end of the second day the score was 238 for seven wickets, Mr. Vernon not out 105, Mr. Murray not out 38, W hen play was resumed on Nov. 30, after adding 41, Mr. Vernon was bowled off his pad. He gave one chance when he had got 80, but otherwise his innings of 128 was without a blemish. His figures included one five, ten fours, ten threes, and twelve two3. Thomas and Murray made another stand, and the latter ultimately carried out his bat for a freely hit 92, with only one chance early in the innings. The English total of 350 is the largest on a Ceylon ground. W ith four hours of light left, and 196 to save the innings, the Ceylon team made a bad start, and Messrs. Leatham and Gibson bowled with such effect that only four of the eleven got double figures. Mr. Denison was responsible for 33, but the total only reached 118, so that the English team won by an innings and 77 runs. E n g l ish T e a m . J. G. Walker, c WhitJ. H. ,J. Hornsby, b ing, b S hand......... 4 H alliley................. 0 E. Lawson - Smith, A- E. Leatham, b lbw, b Halliley ... 23 H alliley................. 32 nF. W. Kerr, c -S. L. Murray, not Stephens, b Halliout ........................ 92 ley ........................ 18 E. Thomas, c and b G. F. Vernon, b D enison................. 25 Halliley ................ 128 G. H. Goldney, c and A. E. Gibson, b b Denison .......... 4 Churchill................ 1 Extras................. 19 H. Philipson, c and — b Churchill ......... 4 Total ..........350 A l l C e y l o n . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Tabor, c Philipson, b Gibson ........................17 c Leatham, b Gibson ..........: O. Whiting, st Philipson, b Leatham ................ 21 b Gibson ............ M. H. Paine, b Hornsby... 4 c Hornsby, b Gibson .......... P. F. Hadow, c Philipson, b Lawson-Smith ..........15 c Philipson, b Gibson .......... Major Churchill, st Philipson, b Leatham... 8 c and b Leatham G. Vanderspar, b Gibson 24 lbw, b Gibson ... F. Stephens, b Hornsby 9 not out .......... : C. G. Inglis, c Gibson, b Lawson-Smith ..........45 W. P. Halliley, b Hornsby 0 F .L . Shand, c Walker, b Hornsby ........................ 7 F. J. Denison, not out ... 3 Extras ........................ 2 Total ...155 c Gibson, b Leatham ... 20 st Philipson, b Leatham ... 0 b Gibson ........ 7 run out ......33 Extras........ 4 Total...118 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E nglish T eam . B. R. M. W. B. R. M. W. Shand ... 80 70 3 1 |Churchill... 85 53 0 2 Paine.......... 95 58 4 0 1Vanderspar 3 •27 0 0 Halliley ... 135 53 5 5 |Denison ... 55 70 0 2 A l l C e y l o n . First Innings. Second Innings. B. R. M. W. R R. M. W Hornsby ........... 20148 214 ............ 75 32 4 0 Gibson .......... 205 49 192 ........... 143 29 18 6 L eatham .......... 55 19 22 ............ 75 4G 7 3 Goldney ........... 10 4 1 0 Lawson-Smith 55 83 2 2 Vernon 10 7 0 0 The English team were to touch at Madras, and perhaps play there, as they expected to stop in the city tw enty-four hours. They are to remain, it is stated, in Calcutta from Dec. 18th till the second week in January, and then go on to Bombay, playing at Delhi, Agra and Allahabad. They are to visit Allahabad on Jan. 15th, and tne matoh there will be Ind;a v. England. W ith a view to get a representative eleven for India, it is proposed to have a trial fixture between North and South. The Pioneer newspaper gives the following as the principal cricketers in In d ia :— Mr. Barton, the K ing’s Own Regim ent, the best bowler in India, Mr. E. E . Steel of Bombay, well-known here, Mr. C. J. McKenzie, Seaforth Highlanders from the Punjab, Messrs. Quinton, R. A. Flem ing and Godfrey Lang of theW est Yorkshire,Newnham the Gloucestershire fast bowler, W ynyard of Hampshire, Greenway the old Cheltonian, and Troup of Gloucestershire. Failing some of these,notably Mr.W ynyard,who had either left for England or was just leaving, the following are mentioned :—Mr. Paterson, Secretary of the Calcutta Cricket Club, Mr. French of the Punjab Police, and Mr. W aterfield; Captain Raikes of the Rifle Brigade ; Mr. L. Clough - Taylor ot the Connaught Rangers ; Mr. Colvin, 9th Bengal Lancers, and Mr. Nicholson, of the K ing’s ; Captain Rawlinson of the Lincoln­ shire R egim ent; M ajor Davidson of the Pay D epartm ent; Mr. E lliot of Allahabad ; Mr. Ormsby of the E ast Surrey ; Captain Beres­ ford of the Royal W elsh Fusiliers ; Colonel Beecher, Equerry to the Duke of C onnaught; Captain Carpendale, R .N ., from Poona, and three young cricketers who have yet to win their spurs on Indian cricket fields—Mr. Dickson of the East Surrey, Mr. Turner of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and Mr. Plom er.of whomthe K ing’s expect great things. A Reuter’ s telegram states that Mr. V er­ non’s team began their second m atch on Dec. 6, at Colombo, against an Eleven of that Town. The Englishmen, who were reinforced by Mr. E . R. De Little and Mr. Shand, the latter of whom had played against them at Kandy, went in first and totalled 194, Mr. V er­ non again playing well, this time to the tune of 75 runs. The Colombo team were in turn dism issed for 103, and had to follow on the next day. No particulars have, however, as yet reached us of the conclusion of the match. The following were the scores of Mr. Vernon’s team ;— E. M .Law son-Sm ith 13, G .H . Goldney 11, E . R . de Little 21, J. G. W alker 27, F. L. Shand 1, G. F . Vernon 75, Sevear (sub.) 23, A. E. Gibson 0, H. Philipson 0, H .J. Hornsby 0, A .E .L ea th am 0 ; extras, 23.—Total, 194. M r. W . A. C la r k did the following excellent bowling performances for the Upper Tooting Church Institute last season :—May 4—v. Streatham Albion, 5 wickets for 13 runs. May 18—v. St. Mark’s, 4 wickets for 4 runs. May 25—v. Roehampton, 5 wickets for 13 runs. June 1—v. St. Mark’s (Return), 8 wickets for 7 runs. June 29—v. Balham Church Institute), 8 wickets for 10 runs. July 13 —v. Belmont, 6 wickets for 7 runs. August 17—v. Balham Church Institute (Return), 7 wickets for 5 runs. August 31—v. 1st Surrey Rifles, 7 wickets for 7 runs. Average for season (21 matches), 109 wickets at exactly 4 runs each. A t the annual supper of the Plaistow (Kent) C.C., held recently, Mr. E . Layton was pre­ sented with a testimonial in the shape of a Tantalus spirit stand, with suitable inscrip­ tions, on retirement from the office of Hon. Sec , which he had held for eight years. I n a match between the Western Province and South African College Clubs at Cape­ town, on Nov. 14, A . Richards and H . G. Cloete added 100 on the fall of the ninth wicket. Both batsmen, too, were still in, Richards not out 123, Cloete not out 42. Richards is the Old Leysian who played half­ back last year for England at the Rugby game. I n a match between tne Norwood and South Adelaide Clubs, played at Adelaide on Nov. 9, J. J. Lyons, of the last Australian team, made 68 runs in thirty-nine minutes. G. Giffen was not out on the same side with 113. NEXT ISSUE, JANUARY 27.