Cricket 1890

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T H U R S D A Y , M A Y 15 t h , 1890 . ' g M i m The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. C r ic k e t readers will be concerned to know that an interesting article on “ Cricket Outside of England ” from the prolific pen of Mr. W. G. Grace will appear in the June number of the English Illustrated Magazine. The doings of the Australian teams from their first memorable match against the Maryle­ bone Club and Ground at Lord’s, on May 27, 1878, down to the present time will be touched upon at some length. The progress of the game in Canada, America, and the States will also receive full consideration. I believe the readers of the English Illustrated are also to have W .G.’s opinion on the prospects of Baseball in England, and I shall be surprised if his views on the probabilities of the great sport of America do not stir the minds of our American cousins. T h e principal grounds in England and Australia, I understand, will also be alluded to, with W.G.’p opinion how both batting and bowling have been affected by their improvement. County cricket is also to have its due treatment, and the article will wind up with short sketches of three of the most prominent amateurs as well as the same number of professionals. It is stated, and I believe there is good ground for the statement, that Messrs. W. G. Grace, W. W. Eead, A. G. Steel, Shrewsbury, Lohmann, and Briggs form the favoured six who are to illustrate the article, which should be of more than ordinary interest. The Grand Old Man seems bent on contributing as largely to the history of the game as he has to the scores of the last quarter of a century, and every one will congratulate him on the way he has shaped on the difficult pitches of cricket literature. W. G. seems to be as difficult to get out of my mind just now as was the head of King Charles out of Mr. Dick’s memorial. I have had so many enquiries, though, already as to the date at which his “ Forty Years of Cricket,” which is now appearing in weekly instalments in various papers, will be issued in book form that I am glad to be able to answer them fully. The book will be published early next year by Mr. Arrowsmith, of Bristol, and as it will be profusely illus­ trated, it is sure to prove a valuable addition to cricket literature. By the way, I hear that the sketches of “ Cricketers I Have Met,” which are to appear very shortly, will form one of the most interesting chapters of “ Forty Years of Cricket.” They number about fifty in all, and from what I can hear, include not a few good stories appropriate to the sub­ ject. T he announcement that the name of the Bev. Joseph McCormick, Bector of Holy Trinity, Kingston-on-Hull, had been added to the list of Honorary Chaplains to Her Majesty the Queen, would perhaps hardly convey information that would interest the cricketers of to-day. Yet the figure of the stalwart parson was familiar enough to cricketers of a past generation, and there were not many more powerful batsmen among the amateurs of his time. He was in the Cambridge Eleven of 1854, and on his University form seemed likely to prove a useful addition to the Gentlemen. He represented them against the Players, at Lord’s, in 1857, but gave up playing for a time after he entered the Church, and so the amateurs lost an all-round cricketer who would have done them good service. I say he gave up for a time, because I have a recollection of the reverend gentleman reappearing after an absence from first- class cricket in the Canterbury Week, and to good purpose, with some lively cricket. He was one of the hardest hitters of his time—one of the gentle tappers, in fact, of whom Robert Thoms is so fond. He was, too, a slow round-arm bowler of more than ordinary pretensions, and, in­ deed, much above the average as an all­ round cricketer. T h e successful re-appearance of the Australian captain, Mr. W. L. Murdoch, after an absence of five years from the oricket-field, will be a source of intense gratification to all who remember his exceptional powers as a batsman in the early visits of the Australian teams. It was eminently satisfactory to find the two greatest batsmen of their time setting their respective sides such a good example