Cricket 1890

250 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EE COED OF THE GAME. JULY 10, 1890. T he following novel point, which arose in a one-day match, played in the Priory Park, at Chichester, on Thursday last, between the Greyfnars (a Chichester Club) and the Hunston Club, will, no doubt, interest C r ic k e t readers :—The Greyfriars, who went in first, scored 82, and in their second innings 81, making a total of 113. Hunston scored 69 and 44 for eight wickets, so that their aggregate, when time was called, was also 113. The Greyfriars claimed to have won the match, on the ground that it hadnot been played out, and, therefore, must, under the law relating to one-day matches, be decided on the first innings. Hunston, on the other hand, argued that having made the match a tie, and having two wickets in hand, it must be drawn in their favour. The question was submitted to Mr. Perkins, the Secretary of the M.C.C., who answered as f o l l o w s - I am reluctantly compelled to decide that Grey Friars won the match on the first innings, but such a thing was never intended, and the law must be altered. I am, yours truly, H e n b y P e h k in s . A. B. H o lm an , of the King’s School, Ely, has had a remarkable and con­ tinuous run of success as a bowler this summer, as the following table of his performances will show. Wkts. Buns. May 15—v. Mr. T. H. Winkfield’s (Caius) XI................................ 9 ... 47 May 22—v. Officers Suffolk Militia 10 ... 52 May 31—v. Queen’s College, Camb. 4 ... 18 June 2—v. Ely Theological College 4 ... 19 June 7—v. Norfolk County School 8 ... 33 June 11—v. King’s Sch., Peterboro’ 4 ... 28 June 21—y. Ely City ........................ 9 ... 69 June28—v. Perse School,Cambridge 6 ... 23 July 1—v. King’s School, Norwich 16 ... 35 This is in all seventy wickets for 324 runs, which makes an average of 4.24 a wicket. Young Holman goes up to Cambridge in October, and it will be interesting to see how far he will uphold his school promise there. T he sub-committee appointed at the meeting of the Council in December to consider the vexed question of the classi­ fication of counties, with a view to report on the same to the full board, have wisely enough enshrouded their proceedings at the Oval on Thursday night in privacy, and any information on the subject has not, therefore, the benefit of an official stamp. Nevertheless, I believe it is an open secret that the delegates who repre­ sented Lancashire, Surrey, Gloucester­ shire, Leicestershire, Somersetshire, and Warwickshire were fairly in accord in the matter of the recommendation to be made to the Council. There was, I understand, a unanimity of opinion that the counties should be divided into three classes — first, second, and minor. Further, in the two latter cases it was decided to recommend that there should be a system of promotion which should enable the two most successful candidates in each class to try conclusions with the two lowest in the next higher grade, and if fortunate, qualify for a place in such grade. I have it on the best authority that the meeting of the full Council to discuss this recommenda­ tion will be held at the Oval on the evening of August 11th, the first day of the match between England and Aus­ tralia, at eight o’cleck. T he Eton and Harrow match which is to begin, an the weather will, to morrow will, at least I should fancy, be unique in one respect. The only one of the Eton eleven of last year left for this summer was G. B. Gosling, and circumstances over which he has had no control, in the shape of ilness, have put an effectual veto on his doing duty for his School either against Winchester or Harrow. Eton will thus be without an old choice at Lord’s, an experience I am inclined to think to which it would be hardly possible to find a parallel in the history of the Eton and Harrow match. PRINCIPAL MATCHES FOR NEXT WEEK. T h u r s d a y , J u l y 10—Bristol, Australians v. Gloucestershire; Brighton, Sussex v. Surrey; Nottingham, Notts r. K ent; Manchester, Lancashire v. Yorkshire; Newcastle. North­ umberland v. North and East Riding of Yorkshire. F r id a y , J u l y 11—Lord's, Eton v. Harrow. M o n d a y , J u ly 14— Lord’s, M.C.C. and Q . v. Derbyshire; Sheffield, Australians v. Players; Manchester, Lancashire v. Middlesex; Oval, Surrey (2nd XI.) v. Herts; Taunton, Somerset­ shire v. Leicestershire; Skegness, Lincoln­ shire v. Durham. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. The eleven which represented the Players at Lord’s, on Monday, was the same with two exceptions, the substitution of Sherwin and Quaife for Wood and Maurice Read, as that whioh did duty at the Oval last week. There were, however, several ohanges on the side of the Gentlemen, Messrs. A. G. Steel, J. Crans­ ton, T. C. O’Brien andW. C. Hedley re-placing Messrs. Spofforth, Streatfeild, Douglas and Roller. The Gentlemen were again fortunate enough to win the toss, and consequently had the advantage of batting first on a wioket whioh, though naturally soft from recent rains, played fairly easy at the outset. Mr. Grace was caught from Lohmann after mak­ ing four, and as the same bowler got rid of Messrs. Stoddart and Dixon without muoh trouble, the first three wickets were got rid of very cheaply for 36. Messrs. Oranston and Read, however, offered a determined resis­ tance, and while they were together 68 runs, of which the later contributed 44, in his best style, were added in fifty-five minutes. On his retirement, Mr. Cranston found another useful ally in Mr. Shuter, and again runs came freely, the latter adding 41 of 80 made in seventy minutes by free and attractive batting. The score was 184 when Mr. Shuter was out, but the wicket, as it dried, was now favouring the bowlers materially, and Briggs and Lohmanfn bowled with such suocess that the last five wickets only added 15 runs. Mr. Cranston, whose first matoh it was for the Gentlemen at Lord’s, carried out his bat for 68. He was batting a little over two hours and a half, and, as far as we saw, gave no chance. Though he played with great care at the outset, he hit freely when oooasion required, and his innings was alto­ gether an admirable display of judicious and confident batting. Commencing their innings at 4.45 on Monday, the Players were all out by 6.30 for a small total of 83. The stert was unfavourable enough, as Sugg, Gunn, and Quaife all went in quick succession, scoring six between them. Still, Shrewsbury found useful partners in Ulyett and Barnes, and when the former was caught the score was 67 for four wickets. When Mr. Steel came on to bowl, however, he soon brought the innings to a close, and only 16 runs were added. Mr. Steel’s analysis showed thirty- eight balls for 13 runs and five wickets. Heavy ram prevented any play on Tuesday afternoon until a quarter to four o’clock, and then the wicket assisted the b o w le rB so little that the Players were seen to better advantage than many expected. Shrewsbury and Quaife became partners on the fall of the second wicket at 30, and both played very fine cricket. Shrewsbury was in an hour and a quarter for his 35, and Quaife was not out at the finish, having played thoroughly sound and correct cricket for his runs. Ulyett and Briggs scored freely, and at the end of the Players were 32 on with half their wickets in hand. The game was thus left in a by no means uninteresting state, and in fact there would have been quite a chance of a good finish had nothing interfered. As it was, incessant rain prevented any chance of play yesterday, and the match had to be left unfinished, to the general disappointment. Lohmann, it will be seen, took six of the ten wickets of the Gentlemen for an average of eleven and a half runs. G e n t l e m e n . First Innings. W. G. Grace (eapt.), c Ulyett, b Loh­ mann ................. 4 A. E. Stoddart, c Ulyett,b Lohmann 30 J. A. Dixon, b Loh­ mann ................. 7 W. W. Read, b Atte­ well ........................44 J. Cranston,not out 68 J. Shuter, c Ulyett, b Lohmann ..........41 P l a y e r s . First Innings. Shrewsbury (capt.), c Shuter, b Steel ..........89 F. H. Sugg, b Woods ... 0 Gunn, b Hedley................. Quaife, run o u t................. Ulyett, c Shuter, b Woods ... ................. Barnes, b S te e l................. Briggs, 1b w, b Steel Peel, c Stoddart, b Steel Lohmann, b W oods.......... Attewell, not out .......... Sherwin, b Steel .......... B 8,1 b 4 ................. A. G. Steel, c Shrews­ bury, b Lohmann 0 T. C. O’Brien, l b w , b Lohmann .......... 0 G.M’Gregor.b Briggs 6 W. C. Hedley, b Briggs ................. 1 S. M. J. Woods, b Briggs ................. 0 B ........................ 8 Total ...199 Total .................83 Second Innings. b Stoddart ... 3; c M’Gregor, b Grace .......... I b Steel not out b Hedley ............23 run out ........... 1 not out ............ 27 , 7 40 B 5,l b 3,n b l 9 Total ...148 Lohmann Attewell Briggs ... First Woods Hedley Stoddart . Steel ... . BOWLING ANALYSIS. G e n t l e m e n . O. M. R. W. O. M.R. W. 31 12 69 6 1Peel ...123260 27 8 53 1 Ulyett ... 2 1 9 0 23.3 8 34 3| PLAYHRS. Innings. O. M. R. W. 38 3 ... 10 T 7.3 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W, 14 0 6 14 0 Woods bowled a no ball. .......... IS ... ... 6 .......... 24 Grace 20 9 30 1 Dixon 6 3 10 0 C io k h t h r s ’ F u n d F r ie n d l y S o c ie t y .— The annual general meeting of the above sooiety was held at Lord’s. The balance-sheet show that the sooiety, in addition to a balance at the banker* of £269 odd, had purchased nearly £700 worth of stook during the year. The officers for the ensuing year were elected as follow:—President, Lord Harris; vice-president, Major-General Mar­ shall; trustees, Messrs. V. E. Walker, C. E. Green, A. J. W. Biddulph, and J. Warren; auditors, Messrs. H. Perkins and J. S. Chap- pelaw; solicitor, Mr. W. Johnson; consulting medical officer, Mr. W. B. Johnson; oommittee •of m nagement, Messrs. H. H. Stephenson, G. Lohmann, J. Briggs, G. Hay, W. Gunn, and A. Rylott; secretary and treasurer, Mr. T. Hearne.