Cricket 1890

216 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JUNE 26, 1890 CRICKET BALLS. DflVENPORI'S Noted Match Balls 50s. & 60s. PER DOZEN. Wear Well and Keep their Shape in all weathers. The Best Ball is equal to any Ball made. 38, F insbury Pavem en t ________LONDON, E.C.________ pR ICKE T, FOOTBALL, & TENNIS GROUNDS (all thoroughly drained, October, 1888), TO LET at Hyde Farm, Balham, for Season, Day, or Saturdays, close to Railway Station. Special reduced return railway fares from Victoria, 5d. London Bridge 7d.—Apply H . B e n h a m (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. [N.B.—Splendid Cinder Track Ready in March.] SALE, Three Framed WATER COLOR PORTRAITS—viz., N. Felix by himself, “ How’s That? ” supposed to be Fuller Piller by N. Felix, and Alfred Minn, from a sketch by N. Felix, printed in 1818.—Apply to G la d w e l l B ro s ., 20, Gracechurch Street. pR ICK E T GOODS for SALE, at almost half price. 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G race , in his “ Forty Years of Cricket,” tells a good story about the late James Southerton, which will be best appreciated by those who knew that most tricky of bowlers as well as most independent of “ professors.” I have a dis­ tinct recollection of the incident to which the G.O.M. refers, and can vouch myself for its accuracy. It was my fortune, too, to have a good deal to do with Southerton towards the end of his cricket career, and I can cordially echo W .G .’s estimate of his worth in the last sentence of his second paragraph :— His batting was characterised more by hard hitting than sound defence, and occasionally he shut his eyes when he hit out. He strenu­ ously denied it, but we caught him napping beautifully in one match—M.C.C. v. Surrey. I was fielding at point when he hit a ball very hard that struck the ground a yard or two in front of me, andwhich I caught on the bound. I tossed it up, and said, “ That’s a hot ’un, Jim ” ! then chucked it to the bowler. To my surprise, Southerton walked away, and was indignant when long-slip said, “ You’re not out, Jim " ! Pooley whistled to him to return. “ Keep quiet, Pooley,” I said, “ and we’ll have the laugh at him.” The match was a fore­ gone conclusion, or we should not have carried the joke out; but to his dying day Southerton, would not admit that it was other than a genuine catch. His umpiring powers were rather hazy also* He was umpiring in the Castlemaine match of our Australian tour, when I hit a ball which the fieldsman caught, but fell over the ropes with it. It was four under and five over. “ How’s that, umpire ?” “ Not out,” said he; “ it was out of bounds when he caught it.” “ Then I must have five runs for it,” I said; but he would not allow more than the single we had run, and for the life of him he could not see it must either be out or five runs. I did not say much at the time, for I should not have been surprised if he had changed his mind and given me out. All the same, there were not many better-hearted players than Jimmy Southerton. T he following is from R .T .:— Cricketers of all counties—especially Mid- lesex—must indeed have been pleased to see and know of the performance of Mr. A. J. Webbe, wherein, mainly through his “ topping the century,” Middlesex brought off a grand win against the formidable Lancashire. Having in an official capacity watched his cricket from his very youth—in many and many a great match—when a lieutenant in the county team, previous to his most fittingly following the “ Walkers ” as a captain, the news to me was most gratifying; the more so as it plainly confirms an old adage of mine, “ that the batsman with many hits must and will have his day, again and again.” The little side slope ground at Harrow has sent forth some of the very best of English cricketers, but no better “ all-round ” than A. J. W. ever migrated from that locality, for it must be borne in mind that he can bat , bowl , field, and keep wicket; and is a trades­ man in all the departments. And I am quite sure that that genial and true sportsman and old Harrovian, Mr. Nick Hornby—he will, I know, pardon my publicity of the nick-name by which he is so happily known—did not begrudge an atom of his old chum’s success in this fortune of war attached to the tented field; and my best wishes will be, that for untold seasons he may still be found—doiug a bit—as “ captain of Middlesex.” I f C ricket readers have spare bats, pads, or indeed cricket material of any kind for which they have no use, Mr. J. C. Crawter, of Fernside, Cheshunt, would be very grateful for them. He wishes them for the use of the Working Lads’