Cricket 1890

MAY 15, 1890. CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME; 115 PLAYING FIELDS FOR LONDON. T h e Hon. E. Ckandos Leigh, the Chairman of the London Playing Fields Committee, has sent us the following for publication. Som e w eeks ago you k in dly reported a m eetin g o f the L on d on P la y in g F ields C om ­ m ittee, w h ich has been form ed fo r the pu r­ pose o f en cou ragin g th e use o f open spaces for crick et and footb all, and generally to give a u n ited voice to the num erous young w ork ­ in g m en and lads o f L o n d o n w ho seek their recreation in this w ay. T h e C om m ittee, w h ich is an em in ently representative one, has aim ed at a division of labour, and has divided itself in to five d istrict sub-com m ittees, representing the five segm ents o f L on don , fo r th e purpose of m akin g prelim in ary enquiries. These sub­ com m ittees have m ade considerable progress in gaining the necessary inform ation . T o tabulate th e available spaces, w ith th eir area and th e present regulations, is n ot difficult. T h e h arder task is to ascertain the exten t of the need, and especially th e nam es, o f the very num erous clubs w h ich are form ed for th e purpose o f playing S aturday aftern oon m atches. O ur ob ject in w ritin g to y ou at th e present tim e is to give p u b licity to the fact that such an enqu iry is n ow being m ade. It w ould greatly assist th ose w h o are m aking it, if th e secretaries and leading m em bers of such cricket and footb all clu bs w ould, a ccord - to th e district, as show n below , in w h ich th eir clu b is situate, com m u n icate w ith th e representative of that district, as m entioned here, g ivin g the nam e and address of the club, and of th e ground u pon w h ich it plays. T h e five division s are as follow s :— N . and N .W . P ostal D istricts—M r. D en zil R . O nslow , C arlton C lub, P all M all, S .W . E . and C ity P ostal D istricts— M r. B . N . B u xton , K n igh ton , B u ck h u rst H ill, Essex. W . and S.W . Postal D istriots (N orth of R iv er on ly )— M r. J . S a n ­ ford D yason, B oscobel G ardens, N .W . S .W . P ostal D istrict (South of R iv e r only)— M r. A . L. B axter, 37, B rom felde R oad, Clapham , S .W . S .E . P ostal D istrict— M r. C. W . A lcock , K ennington O val, S .E . H O R N S E Y v. W IM B L E D O N '. P layed at W im b led on on M ay 10. W im b le d o n . R. F. Denniston. c G. H .,b F .H . 8Win­ stead .......................... 19 Capt. F. Sanders, b K in g ........................... 5 H. T. Grundtvig, b K in g ...........................40 F. Fielding, c Knight, b G. H. Swinstead 9 W . Muir, c F. H. Swinstead, b W ade 34 C. T. Giles, c and b W ade ................... 6 C. W . Aston-Key, lbw, b W a d e ........... D. Forde, c W ade, b F. H. Bwinstead ... H. Forde, b F. H. Swinstead ........... E. W .Reeves, not out H. Blake, c G. H., b F. H. Swinstead ... B 3, lb 1, w 4 ... Total ...136 H or n sey . First Innings. Second Innings. H. W ade, c Aston-Key, b Reeves .......................... 2 W . H. Davis, st Fielding, b R e e v e s .......................... 19 F. H. Swinstead, c and b Aston-Key.......................... 4 F. B. Dent, lbw, b Reeves 3 S. M. Knight, b Reeves ... 1 not out ......12 G. H. Swinstead, c and b Reeves ........................... 0 n o tou t ... ... 89 R. H. King, c Sanders, b Aston-K ey ...................13 G. P . Cox, n ot out ........... 4 b Aston-Key ... 9 W . P. H arrison, b Reeves 0 c Muir, b Reeves 0 E. W . N icholls, run out... 2 run out ........ 0 T. A. N icholls, b Aston- Key ................................... o B 5, lb 2.......................... 7 B ...................... 1 Total ...................55 Total ... 61 C r ic k e t e r s .— B e st G oods b e a r t h is M a r k ,— A d v t. F O R E S T H IL L v . C R O Y D O N . P layed at C royd on on M ay 10. C roydon . H. R. Groom , c Todd b Edwards ........... 9 R. Biscoe, c A. Roberts, b M at­ thews .................. 35 C.W.M. Feist, c Todd, b W righ t................. 0 E. R. W ilkinson, c A. Roberts, b Hooker 20 A. W. Allan, b Wright 5 J. C. Neech, c Wright, b Edwards ...........10 H. W . W a r d , c W right, b Edwards J. W hitcom b, c Skip­ per, b W right J. Aris. not out S. J. Ching, b Ed­ wards ................... E.H Balch, b W right B ........................... Total F orest H i l l . H. A. Hooker, not out 16 E. W. Gurney, b Ching ...................28 B 4, lb 2, w 1 ... 7 S. R. W right, b Ching 14 F. Skipper, c Aris, b Neech .................... 2 S. P. Matthews, b Allan..............................31 J. Todd, c Wilkinson, b N e e ch .................. 23 W. Harrower, E . H. Edwards, L . R oberts, and A. Roberts did not bat. Total ...124 F O R E S T H IL L v. C R O Y D O N . P layed at F orest H ill on M ay 10. F o r e s t H i l l . First Innings. M. Decker, b Turner... Second Innings, c Shrimpton, b Dent................ 2 H. R. Carruthers, run out 11 lbw, b R.Archer 30 W. N. Rook, b Turner ... 6 not out .......... 1 Dr. Gwynn, c and b Shrim pton ...................13 H. T. W atmough, b Shrim pton ................... 1 c Turner, b J. A. Archer .......... 0 H. C. Edwards, b Turner 11 b Dent............. 11 W.S. Morice, b Shrim pton 0 c Hardy,b J. A. Archer .......... 0 J. Trotter, b Shrim pton ... 1 not out .......... 6 L . B. Meredith, not out ... 3 c sub, b D e n t... 31 R . D. Boxall, c and b Shrim pton.......................... 7 c Hardy, b J. A. Archer .......... 1 H .W . Lewis, b Shrim pton 0 B 3, lb 1, nb 1 ........... 5 B 7, lb 4, w 1... 12 Total ...........59 C roydon . T otal ... 74 W . H. Dent, lbw, b Gwynn ................... 3 R . J. Shrim pton, b Gwynn ................... 0 R . Archer, b Gwynn 3 W . J. H. Flinton, hw, b Lewis .................. 0 F. Turner, c and b Gwynn .................. 8 G. F. Long, b Gwynn 2 J. A. Archer, b Lewis 0 S. Spicer, c Meredith, b L e w is ................... 3 J. H. Hardy, c Gwynn, b Lewis ... 0 C. J. Bailey, not out 2 A. Drage, absent ... 0 B ........................... 2 Total ... 23 B R O C K L E Y v. B A L H A M . P layed at B alham on M ay 10. B r o c k le y . G. Tokely, b M itchell 4 S. R. Best, b Roberts 16 J. F. Griffith, lbw, b R o b e rts .................. 32 M. A. Jaques, b But­ terw orth...................56 R. Tokely, lbw, b M itch ell..................10 C. Welchman, st Scott, b Roberts ... 15 J. Pratt, lbw, b Crute G . H. Apps, b Crute S. J. Fraser, c Scott, b Roberts ........... P. L . Heppenstall, c Crute, b Butter- worth ................... H. Sexton, not out ... B l . l b 4 . w l ... Total ...153 B alh am . J. Roberts, b W elch­ m an ........................... 3 Crute, not o u t ........... 1 G. Scott, b R. Tokely 3 F. W . Mitchell, c Pratt, b Welchman 15 F. J. Baxter, c and b Welchman ......................... ...................... ............... 2 J. G. Pearn, b W elchm an ................................................................ 0 C. F. Archer, c and b R. Tokely ................................................................. 1 W . Butterworth, W.* Baxter, H odgson, and C. Ware did n ot bat. Total . . 25 B R O C K L E Y (2n d X I.) v. A V O N D A L E . P layed at B rock ley on M ay 10. B b o c k le y . J. W elchm an, c and b M ackenrot........... H. C. Shearman, b M ackenrot ........... G.Swete.bMackenrot N. Whittaker, b D ick e tts ................... J. R. Hollingworth, c and b Mackenrot J. L. Reeves, b Mack­ enrot........................... S. A. Marvin, c and b D ick e tts................... J. Ramage, c Fairn- clow , b M ackenrot 4 H. Squire, b M ack­ enrot.......................... 8 T. (Heppenstall, not out ...........................14 G. W elchman, b M ackenrot ........... 1 B 4, w 1 ........... 5 Total ... 48 A v o n d a le . F. Joyce,bW elchm an R. D i c k e t t s , b W elchm an ........... G.Johnson, b W elch­ man W .D icketts.bM arvin F. M ackenrot, b Marvin ................... E.Stanford, b Marvin W. Rose, not out ... H. Easty, c Ramage, b W elchm an........... A. Bowater, c Hol- l i n g w o r t h , b W elchm an ........... C. W ooster, b W elch­ man .......................... A. N. Other, absent B .......................... T otal...........1 G R A N V IL L E (L E E ) v. G E N E R A L P O S T O F F IC E . P layed at L ee on M ay 10. G r a n v il l e . b J. S. Clarkson, D arby..............................49 J. E. Holmes, b W igett ......................28 E. Crosskey, b D arby 15 F. E. Lauder, lbw, b B u c k ..............................25 E. Thirkell, c and b W igett .................... 1 B. F. Gordon, b W igett ................... 0 W . R . Helder, not out .............................30 J. C. Kauntle, not out .............................10 B 4, lb 3, w 2 ... 9 T o ta l...........167 A. N. Moore, G. C. V. Sims and T. G. N icolson did not bat (innings declared finished). G.P.O. K. Herst, c and b C rossk ey ...................32 J. D. Jones, c and b N icolson ................... 2 F. Holland, c Holmes, b Helder ................... 1 J. F. Fleming, b Sims .......................... 3 H. Darby, c Thirkell, b Sims ................... 5 J. Forzille, b Sims ... 1 J.F.W iggett.cH olm es, b M oore ................... 4 J. H. Skinner, c Thirkell, b N icol­ son ........................... 3 M. M itchell, not out .......................... 0 W . H. Buck, absent... 0 A. N. Other, absent 0 L b 1, w 2 ........... 3 T o ta l...........54 G R A N V IL L E (L E E ) v . H O R N S E Y . P layed at H orn sey on M ay 10. H o rn se y . A. E. Turberville, cH . Edwards, b Francis 8 B. A. Clarke, b H. Edwards ...................12 C. S. Knight, lbw, b H. Edwards ........... 0 E. Bacm eister, b G odfrey ...................24 S. A. Walker, c Mason, b Poulsom 1 L. H. Bacm eister, b G odfrey ...................13 H. S h e p h e r d , b Godfrey ................... 0 S. L . Clarke, b God­ frey .......................... 0 G . R. Makeham, c Poulsom, b H. Edwards................... 0 E. S. Cox, not o u t ... 5 E. L. Johnson, b G o d fre y .......... ... 13 J.Dempsey, c Maaon, b Francis ........... 8 B 7 .lb l.w l, n b 2 11 Total ... 95 G r a n v ill e . P. P. Lincoln, c E., b L . H. Bacm eister ... 38 W . Edwards, c Make­ ham , b L . H. B ac­ m eister ................... 2 C. H. M ason, b S. L. Clarke........................... 0 H. L . Harris, c Knight, b S. L . L la rk e ......................... 0 Total ....................57 W . M orris, b B. A. Clarke.......................... 6 H. W. Edwards, W . E. Poulsom , A. R . Layman and E . Francis did not bat. J. W ilson jun., c Shepherd, b B. A. Clarke ................... C. J. M. Godfrey, not out .......................... J. P. Clarkson, not out .......................... B 4, lb 1 ...........