Cricket 1890

MAY 22, 1890, CRICKET: A WEEKLY BECOKD OF THE GAME. 187 suggestion I co rd ially ag ree; for I am per­ fectly certain th at very few boys between the years of ten and fifteen have strength enongh to bowl the regulation distance any length of tim e w ith o u t becoming tire d and bow ling short. N ever have I felt so fu lly the tru th ol the p ro verbial expression, “ T h e sp irit is w ill­ ing, but the flesh is w eak,” as I felt it when learning bowling in m y boyhood. Eig h teen yards w as the distance we were tau g h t to begin a t, and a good length w as the p rin cip al point d rille d into our heads. T h e great Bonnor does not seem to have lost any of his extraordinary powers of hitting, to judge by the report of some leather-hunting to which the Bathurst Club of New South Wales treated their visitors, the Orientals of Sydney,on Easter Monday. The latter had a day in the country in more senses than one, as the Bathurst players occupied the wiskets all the time, and when the last over was bowled had still one batsman to go out. Of their total of 423 for nine wickets Bonnor was responsible for no less than 267, and even then was not out. His hitting my correspondent describes as wonderful, which one can readily believe if he were really in his hest vein. In addition to several 5’s, he made one big hit for 6 clean out of the ground. M r . G. F. H. B e r k e l e y , the Fresh­ man who bowled with such success for the University against the Australians at Oxford on Monday, bids fair to fulfil the expectations of those who have watched his all-round cricket for Wellington College during the last season or two. The Wellington Eleven of 1889 was con­ siderably above the average of the Public School teams of the year, and much of their success, too, was due to the bowling of Mr. Berkeley, of whom the Bev. A. F. E. Forman predicted in James Lilly- white's Cricketer’s Annual that he would in all likelihood have a good trial at Oxford. T h e young Oxonian’s record at Wellington last summer was one quite out of the common. He took 47 of the 115 wickets which fell to the bowlers,and those were got for the low average of just over eight runs. In addition he was fourth in the batting tables, having an aggregate of 182 as the result of eleven completed innings. For a first appear­ ance it must be admitted that his all-round cricket at Oxford this week was good enough to justify the belief that he would be of great use to the University. To take eight of the ten wickets of the Australian team was of itself an achievement of great merit. When, however, it is added that he got 21 runs in very fair style, in the first innings, and that he is also a very good field, it will be gathered that as an all-round player he showed undoubted promise. He bowls left hand medium pace, and as his delivery is very high, there is in him undoubtedly the making of a really good bowler. eleven have figured as yet this season, will be remembered by many C r ic k e t readers in connection with an extraordi­ nary performance at Oundle School two years ago. Playing for the School House against Laxton on May 28, he scored 102 and 307, and was, moreover, not out in each innings. Mr. W . G. Grace, I may repeat, is the only batsman who has carried out his bat both innings in im­ portant matches since W. Lambert did it at Lord’s in 1817, and, as far as I know, the feat has only been accomplished three times altogether in minor matches, ex­ cluding, of course, Mr. Beresford’s record just referred to. L a s t year Mr. Beresford began well at Cambridge with a score of 106 in the Freshmen’s match, but in the opening fixture of the University against Mr. C . I. Thornton’s Eleven he was bowled by Briggs each time for 4 runs in the two innings, and was, to the best of my recollection, not tried again in the team. Beferring to the notes which appeared in C r ic k e t of May 16 on the subject of the trial matches of 1889, written, be it added, by a thoroughly competent judge, I find him described as hitting loose bowling well, and a fair bowler, but by no means a good field. So far, in the two matches he has played for Cambridge this year, he has made 110 in four innings. His scores of 20 and 22 against Mr. Thorn­ ton’s Eleven were, too, it must be remembered, got against the bowling of Walter Wright, Briggs, and Mold. C r ic k e t e r s will be pleased to hear that the Queen has thought fit to add another distinction to those already enjoyed by Lord Harris. In the list of honours con ferred in celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, is to be found the name of the Governor of Bombay, who has been gazetted a Knight Commander of the Star of India (K.C.S.I.) M r . B . A. A. B e r e sfo r d , who has batted with considerable success in both the two matches in which the Cambridge T h o u g h , so far, the members of the Australian team who have not visited England before, have generally, in the few chances they have had, not done much to excite any great enthusiasm in the minds of the English public, every­ one will be glad to see one of them, P. C. Charlton, credited with good display of all-round cricket. His plucky batting at the end of the first innings of the Australians changed the whole aspect of the game, not then apparently very hopeful, in favour of his side. In addition to his score of 41, though, he bowled with re markable success. Indeed, his analysis in the match of thirty-eight overs and three balls for 32 runs and seven wickets was an achievement considerably above the average. His Australian reputation justifies the hope that this is only one of many good performances. only for the fact that it is said to be the largest innings so far recorded in that town. Dr. Bencraft, who went in first, carried his bat out, so that the feit was of additional merit. Altogether the Doctor was in four hours and a-half, and as the total of the side was 468, it will be seen that runs must have come through­ out at a great pace. D r . B d s s e l l B e n c r a f t ’ s score of 243 not out, for the Ordnance Survey against Ringwood on Saturday last, at South­ ampton, is worthy of prominent notice, if P R IN C IP A L E V E N T S F O R N E X T W E E K . T bu rspa y,M a v2 2 - Lord's,M C.<~\&.nv.Lancashire; Maidstone. Kent v. Gloucestershire; Kennim - ton Oval, Surrey v. Australians ; Oxford, Uni­ versity v. G ent’em en of England (A. J. Webhe’s E leven'; Cambridge, University v. M.C.C. and Ground. F rid a y , M a y 23.—Coulsdon, Surrey C. and G. v. Cane Hill Asylum. M on d a y, M ay 26. -L o r d ’s, Middlesex v. Som erset­ shire ; Nottingham, Notts v. Surrey; Brighton, Sussex v. Gloucestershire ; Leicester, Leices­ tershire v. W arwickshire; Leyton, Essex v. D erbyshire; N ortham pton, Northants v. Staffordshire ; Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Austra­ lians ; Newcastle, Northumberland v. Dur­ ham ; Manchester, Lancashire v. K en t; W im ­ bledon, M.C.C. & G. v. W imbledon. T u esd a y . M ay 27.—Kennington O 'al, Surrey C. and G. v. London Garrison N.C O. W ed n esd a y , M a y 28.—Mitcham, Surrey Colts v. M itcham ; Dulwich, Surrey C. and <J. v. Dul­ wich College; Redbourn, M,C.C. & G. v Red­ bourn; Battersea, M.C.C. & G. v. Batter&ea Park. C R Y S T A L P A L A C E v . S T . T H O M A S ’ S H O S P IT A L . Played at C ry s ta l Palace on M ay 15. C r y s t a l P a la c e . 8. Colman, c Senior, b N orthcote ........... 0 F. W. Janson, c and b Harper ................... 4 H.Ll.Turner.b N orth­ cote ........................... n A. Leete, b Thom son 28 J.N. Noakes, b North­ cote .............................14 J. Aste, b Harper ...1 5 F. H. Nelson, not out 31 D. de Villiers, c Senior, b Harper .. 5 C. E. Smith, c and b H aiper ................... 3 J. M. <'-ampbell, c Saunders, o Harper 21 W L. Pare, l b w , b N orthcote ........... 0 B 17,1 b 3, w 5 ... 25 Total ...146 S t. T h om as’s H o sp ita l. kirst Innings. G. W . Thom son, b Turner ...................10 F. E . Saunders, run out ..........................31 C. Grant-W ilson, c Smi h b Cam pbell 18 P.Northcote.st Leete, b Campbell ........... 1 H. S. Ware, b Turner 0 E. W. Senior, b Cam p­ bell ........................... 1 K. L. Storrar, c Turner,bCampbell H. Knight, c Janson, b Campbell ........... G. M. Harper, b Campbell ........... A. Cogill, b Turner fchepheard, not out L b ................... Total 0 0 5 , 80 In the Second Innings G. W . Thom son scored (not out) 14, F. E Sauoders, c Leete, b Noakes, 0, C. rant-W ilson, b Smith, 1.P. Northcote (not out) 60, E. W. Senior, c Campbell, b Noakes, 12 ; b 10, 1 b 1.—Total, 98. C R Y S T A L P A L A C E v . B E D D IN G T O N . P laye d at Beddington on M ay 17. C r y s t a l P a la c e . L. H. Neame, c and b P e iie .......................... 10 J. Dives, b Monte- z a m a ......................... 0 S. Shorter, b Peile ... 0 J. N. Noakes, c M oody, b Peile ... 7 A. Kayess, b Peile ... 14 H. Asie, not out ... 50 H. M. Colegrave, b Paice.......................... 7 A. Cosens, b Hender­ son .......................... Col. Campbell, b Henderson ........... J. A. Kallendar, c E vans,bHenderson H. H. Heath, b Henderson ........... B 2,1 b 1, w 1 ... Total ...102 W . A. W iaton, Neame, b Cosens... H. N. M oody, c Aste, b C osen s.................. F. E. Goddard, c Colegra^e, b Cosens .................. M. M ontezam a, lbw, b N oakes.................. L J. Paice, b Neame 5 F. C. Lingard, c Cosens, b Noakes B e d d in g to n . T. H e n d e r s o n , handling ball ... 0 C, F. Evans, c and b Cosens ................... 0 A B. Peile, c Dives, b Cosens.................. 12 J. A. Goodison, run out .......................... 2 C. E. Pothecary, not out ..........................11 BP, l b 3, w l ... 7 Total........ 84