Cricket 1889

APRIL 18, 1889. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 59 THE SLOANE PARK CLUB. F ixtures fo r 1889. May 4—Paddington, v. Brixton Wanderers May 4- Wimbledon, v. Polytechnic May 11—Paddington, v. Lyndhurst May 11—Balham. v. St. Mary’s, Pimlico May 18—Tufnell Park, v. Junior Middlesex May 18—Paddington, v. Spencer May 25—Balham, v. Balham May 25—Paddington, v. Boston Park June 1—Paddington, v. Kilburn June 1—Kilt,urn, v. Kilburn June 8—West Ham Park, v. Upton Park June 8—Paddington, v. Yarra *June 10—Beaufort House, v. Walham Green June 15—Paddington, v. Boston Park June 15—Upper Tooting, v. Spencer June 22—Upper Tooting, v. Spencer June 22—^Paddington, v. Wilton *June 27—Henfold, Dorking, v. Newdigate June 29—Brixton, v. Loughborough June 29—Paddington, v. Loughborough July 6—Paddington, v. Paddington July 6-Paddington, v. Padddington July 13—Paddington, v. South Hampstead July 13—Balham, v. Wilton July 20—Dulwich, v. Lyndhurst July 21—Paddington, v. Polytechnic July 27—Paddington, v. Balham July 27—Clapham, v. Yarra Aug. 3—Brentford, v. Boston'.Park Aug. 3—Paddington, v. Boston Park Aug. 10—Upper Tooting, v. Spencer Aug. 10—Paddington, v. St. Mark’s, Kennington Aug. 17—Paddington, v. Upton Park Aug. 17—Balham, v. St. Mary’s, Pimlico Aug. 24—Paddington, v. Pa ldington Aug. 24—Paddington, v. Paddington Aug. 3i—Paddington, v Junior Middlesex Aug. 31—Oval, v. St. Mark’s, Kennington Sept. 7—Paddington, v. Loughborough Sept. 7—Brixton, v. Loughborough Sept. 14—Kilburn, v. Kilburn Sept. 14—Paddington, v. Kilburn Sept. 21—Paddington, v. Brixton Wanderers * Commence at 11 o’clock. RICHMOND CLUB. F ixtures for 1889. April 22—Richmond, Teddington Members y. Rest of Club May 1—Richmond, v. Hampton Wick May 4—Richmond, v. Sutton May 8—Richmond, v. Kensington Park May 11—Richmond, v. Upper Tooting May 15—Richmond, v. St. Bartholomew’s Hosp. May 18-Beckenham, v. Beckenham May 22—Elstree, v. Elstree Masters May 25—Richmond, v. Streatham May £8—Richmond, v. United Hospitals June 1—Chiswick Park, v. Chiswick Park June 6—Crystal Palace, v. Crystal Palace June 8 Richmond, v. M.C.C. and G. June 10—Richmond, v. Hornsey June 12—The Saffrons, v. Eastbourne June 13—The Saffrons, v. Eastbourne (return) June 15—Wimbledon, v. Wimbledon June 19—Richmond, v. Wanstead June 22—Richmond, v. Will-o’-Wisps June 20-Richmond, v. Hampstead June 27—Hornsey, v. Hornsey June 29—Streatham, y. Streatham July 5—Richmond, v. Authentics July 6—Richmond, v. Bickley Park July 8-Richmond, v. Incogniti July 9 Richmond, v. Incogniti July 13—Wormwood Scrubs, v. Kensington Park July 17—Richmond, v. Ne’er-do-Weels July 20—Richmond, v. Crystal Palace July 24—Bickley Park, v. Bickley Park July 27—Upper Tooting, v. Upper Tooting July 31—Richmond, v. Beckenham Aug. 3—Richmond, v. Wimbledon Aug. 5—Richmond, v. Chiswick Park Aug. 7—Richmond, v. Oundle Rovers Aug. 10—Hampton Wick, v. Hampton Wick Aug. 14- -Richmond, v. Peripatetics Aug. 17—Richmond, v. Swifts Aug 21—Richmond, v. Woodford Wells H alf - day M atches . May 18—Richmond, v. International College May 25—Streatham, v. Streatham May 29—Richmond, v. Rochester House June 1—Richmond, v. Merchant Taylor’s School June 5—Richmond, v. University College IIosp. June 8 -Teddington, v. Teddington June 15—Richmond, v. Dulwich June 22—Isleworth, v. Isleworth June 29—Richmond, v. Streatham July 6—Herne Hill, v. Dulwich July 13—Richmond, v. Gryphons July 20-Spring Grove, v. International College July 27—Richmond, v. Teddingtou CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA (From our Sydney Correspondent). F eb . 14. The crushing defeat inflicted upon the Victorian Cricket Association has already begun to bear ,the fruit which might natu­ rally be expected. Abandoned by the playing members of all the leading clubs, its mandates despised and ridiculed, and its committee at war with itself, it is no wonder that the Y.C.A. has failed in accomplishing its mission, or in making itself respected. During the past week a meeting of the V.C.A. has been held in Melbourne, at which the members of the committee found themselves in a pretty dilemma. In order to try and induce N.S.W. to fall into the one match a year scheme, the Y.C.A. lately offered to continue the two yearly matches for five years. This was practically an abandonment of the scheme finally arranged with South Australia, and now that colony has turned round and pointedly asked the V.C.A. what they meant by ignor­ ing their compact with South Australia. The poor Victorians had nothing to say but mea culpa, and to explain to the Adelaide folk how the difficulty arose. It lias been publicly stated in Melbourne that had it not been for M.C.C. the breach between the two associations would have been healed. This is wholly in­ accurate. Ouce having pledged themselves to M.C.C. the N.S.W.C.A. could do nothing but maintain the new compact, and no offer was ever made to M.C.C. until the V.C.A. had flouted our representative, scoffed at our propositions, and pooh - poohed our determi­ nations. The beginning of the end is at hand. At the last meeting of the V.C.A. one of the University delegates proposed that at the next meeting the winding up of the association should be discussed. Percy McDonnell has announced that he will no longer take an active part in first-class cricket. During the last two years he has had scarcely nine months’ work, and Mr. Francis Adams, the manager of the Joint Stock Bank, a great supporter of cricket, and a Vice Pre­ sident of our Association, has pointed out to him that if he can give up cricket he has instant promotion at hand, and a promising future under the bank. The natural con­ sequence i3 that Percy, looking forward to success in life, is prepared to give up cricket, and has even now played his last match. There is some talk of the same thing taking place in the case of Charlie Turner, also in the same bank. But I trust it is not true. We cannot afford to lose our most brilliant bat and our most destructive bowler at one fell swoop. It is worthy of note that the recent combined match produced three centuries, Bannerman 134, Turner 102, and Walters 122. Percy retires from cricket with a pair of spectacles. Among our cricket enthusiasts is Mr. F. Ironsides, whose diminutiveness is in exact inverse proportion to his keenness. He invented a horrible mystery called frisquette, a sort of cross between cricket and croquet, but it proved a failure. He inaugurated and managed the ladies’ cricket matches, which were a success, and this year he has started a series of electorate cricket contests, which he fondly hoped would be the father of county cricket in this colony. Alas for human hopes ! The players did not turn up : the public ditto, and now the matches are also defunct. On Saturday the senior matches showed a miserable falling off. Carlton played Sydney, but neither Percy Mac nor “ the Terror’’ played for the former, and, with few exceptions, the team was only second class. Sydney, however, was fairly strong. Carlton made a very bad exhibition. Cowper made 40 by free cricket, Downes 23, Callaway 19, and Hiddle- stone 19, but there were four “ blobs,” and 4 was the highest score other than those mentioned. The total was 108, Newell taking five wickets for 12 runs. Sydney made 72 for three wickets, little Sid Gregory playing a very attractive game for 37. Warwick played Albert on the same day, the former, with a terrible team, making 61, and the latter replying with 116 for seven wickets, Iredale, who played in the combined match, making 60 (not out) and taking four wickets for 29, Ormiston being responsible for four more for 22. Belvidere went in first against University and lost only five wickets for 187. Charlton, one of our new Intercolonial men, made 65 and Harry Moses showed genuine cricket for 83 (not out). All these matches, however, being arranged for one day only were drawn. This cannot but be disastrous to the best interests of cricket. In juuior cricket I may mention the score of 173 for five wickets, made by Ivanhoe against Double Bay, in which O’Brien, one of our best Junior men, scored 86 (not out). Oriental played Surry United, and scored 192, of which Patrick, also a good bat, made 75 before putting his leg where his bat should have been. These matches will be continued. F eb . 18. Last Saturday’s cricket in Sydney vsas only freed from utter dulness by a splendid display of hitting on the Association ground. Univer­ sity played Albert, but their wicket-keeper and two other good men were absent, and the result was disastrous. Tom Garrett and Lee went in for the ’Varsity, and the old man com­ menced to slap the bowling about in a most determined, but not reckless, manner. Ten after ten mounted up on the scoring board, and Lee emulated his partner, till just at three minutes to six he pulled one on to his wicket, and retired for 123. Tom Garrett was, of course, not oat for 220, including one 5, and thirty 4’s. When we consider that the bowl­ ing was fairly good, and that only 5 sundries were recorded, the performance is all the more remarkable. The scoring was at the rate of 100 an hour, Tommy’s runs being ob­ tained at about 70 an hour. The match is to be continued next Saturday, and perhaps we may see a real record score; but it could not be called a first-class match, or even on a par with county cricket. The only other first eleven match was between Warwick and Manly, when the latter won by two runs and a wicket. The two tail end Manly men scored 24 and 18 respectively, not out, and thus won the match. From Melbourne I learn that Richmond and South Melbourne continued their match for the Challenge Cup. Richmond had scored 132, and S. M. 186. In their second innings Richmond did not do well, Ingleton and Over being the highest scorers with 37 and 35 respectively out of a total of 132. Morris, the intercolonial player, took eight wickets for 51 runs, a really good periormance. S. M. in their second innings practically secured a victory, since they only want 22 runs and have nine wickets to fall. North Melbourne played Port Melbourne, and, as might be expected, it was only a one horse show. N. M. scored 171 in the first innings against 104 for the Port, who could only manage 35 in the second innings against N. M.’s 143. For the North team Carlton bowled seven wickets for 21, all but one being clean bowled. This leaves North Melbourne final possessors of the Suburban Challenge Cup, having played through two seasons without losing a game. East Melbourne played Essendon, the latter making 95. East replied with 257 for nine wickets, of which P. Lewis, an old blue, made 113. All but two of the other men scored double figures, but no one made more than 23 runs. Feb. 28. The tall scoring in the match between Albert and University was continued on Feb­ ruary 23. Garrett, who had made 220 on the previous Saturday, continued his bold career. He gave a chance which was not accepted, and then was caught in the slips for 274. Allen came to an early lamentable end, but