Cricket 1890

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T H U B S D A Y , M A Y 2 9 t h , 1890 The abBtract and brief chronicle of the time.— H am ltt, C E iC K E T -re a d e rs h a d , I a m s o rry to s a y , re a so n to c o m p la in o f th e tro u b le I cau se d th e m b y tw o slip s o f th e p en w h ile I w a s in d itin g la s t w e e k ’s “ G o s sip .” T o ju d g e , too, b y th e n u m e ro u s c o rre s­ p o n d e n ts w h o h a v e ca lle d m y a tte n tio n to th e m is ta k e s , I h a v e co n sid e ra b ly e xe rc ise d not a fe w o f those w h o do m e th e h o n o u r o f re a d in g m y w e e k ly c o m ­ m e n ts o n c ric k e t a n d c ric k e te rs . I n a llu d in g to Je s se H id e ’s p e rfo rm a n ce in taking four wickets with successive balls, I attributed the feat to the match between Sussex and Notts at Trent Bridge instead of between Sussex and M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s just previously. Referring, too, incidentally to Mr. R. A. A. Beresfcrd’s two scores of over a hundred at Oundle School in 1888, I stated that Mr. W . G. Grace was the only batsman who had carried out his bat in both innings in important matches since W. Lambert in 1817. I should have said scored a hundred in both innings. Messrs. Townshend, Spiro, Maude, and W. W. Read are the only batsmen, as far as I know, besides Mr. Beresford, who have performed the same feat in minor cricket. T h e necessity of another reference to Jesse Hide’s bowling performances at Lord’s on the 12th inst., reminds me of the only similar instance, in actually first- class cricket, which has as yet been fur­ nished, in answer to my enquiries a fort­ night ago for any parallel. S. Apted, the ground superintendent at the Oval, informed me the other day that he was confident he had heard the same feat o f taking four wickets with successive balls attributed to Joseph Wells, of Kent, in a match against Sussex, twenty or thirty years ago. On searching the records, I find the information to be correct. Playing for Kent against Sussex, at Brighton, on June 26th, Joseph Wells bowled J. Dean, Junr., Mr. S. A. Leigh, C. H. Ellis and Fillery with consecutive balls. The four wickets were not got, however, in the same over. Wells, who was a nephew of the late Mr. Timothy Duke, the noted ball maker, of Penshurst, did not play for his County till he was about thirty-four years of age, and was only included in the Eleven two seasons, namely, 1862 and 1863. Mr. D a v id S c o t t , partner of Mr. H. F. Boyle, and one of the greatest cricket enthusiasts I know, has made a computation of the respective heights of the fourteen players who form the Seventh Australian team. Mr. Scott is known as “ The Almanac ” throughout Australia, and the Gossip has had reason, more, too, than once, to be grateful to him for in­ teresting information on cricket matters. T h e average of the team so [w rite s M r. Scott] is 5 ft. 9in ., w itho ut the m anager, M r. H . F . B o yle, and 5 ft. lO in. w ith h im . T h e respec­ tive heights of the m embers of the team are given by h im th u s ly : B lack h am , 5 ft. 9 |in .; B a rre tt, 6 ft. l i n . ; C h arlto n , 6 f t . ; Trum b le, 6 ft. 3 £ in .; T ro tt, 5ft. lO in .; W alte rs, 6 ft. l i n . ; M urdoch, 6 ft. 9 |in .; B u rn , 5ft. 7 J in .; Lyo n s, 6 ft. l i n . ; T u rn e r, 5ft. 8 i n . ; F e rris , 5ft. l i n . ; G regory, 5ft. 3 } i n . ; and Jones, 5 ft. 9in . H e has likew ise discoursed on the subject of th eir ages, basing h is rem arks upon the follow ing : — B la ck h a m , 35 ; B o yle , 43; B a rre tt, 2 3 ; C h arlto n , 23 ; T rum b le , 23; T ro tt, 2 4 ; W alters, 3 0 ; M urdoch, 3 5 ; B u rn , 27; Ly o n s, 27 ; T u rn e r, 2 8 ; F e rris , 2 3 ; G regory, 2 0 ; and J ones, 29. T h e average, w itho ut B o yle , would therefore give 27 ye ars, and w ith h im ; 26. I h a v e reason to believe that the Committee appointed by the County Cricket Council at its last meeting in