Cricket 1890

' 296 CRICKET: A WEEKLY HECORD OP THE GAME. JU L Y 81, 1890 CRICKET BATS A T 4 0 / C EACH. Nett I f c / O Cash. Wear as well as any Bat, because they are thoroughly pressed. Made of seasoned wood, and being well oiled are ready for immediate use. *,* A Sample Bat sent carriage paid on receipt of P.O.O. for 12/6. PR ICE L IS T F R E E . 38, F insbury Pavem en t ________LONDON, E.C.________ T^IFTY YEARS OF NOTTS CRICKET, 1838- 18S7. Now ready, price 5s., post free. Demy 8vo., 470pp., cloth bound. Contains every County match, Biographies of Players, Photo Groups, Notes on the Matches, &c.— G e o r g e R ic h a r d s , Printer and Publisher, St. Stephen’s Buildings, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham. PRICKET, 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. 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ANDREW'S H ILL, LONDON, E.O . THURSDAY, JULY 31 st , 1890. IJafnlxmr &m x% . The abstract and brief chronlole of the time.— ____________________________________ Hamlet, C r i c k e t on the other side of the big drink has for several years been able to claim an organ of its own in the American Cricketer, the mouthpiece of “ the Cricketers’ Association cf the United States.” The recent appearance of a new journal with the same objects, and bearing the very similar title of American Cricket and Kindred Games, would seem to suggest that there is room in New York for a journal of the same kind as the Cricketer, which has been the represen­ tative of Philadelphian clubs and players. At all events, the first number of American Cricket can not fail to create a favourable impression. It proposes to deal with cricket, tennis, football, lacrosse and other outdoor pastimes, so that there is a wide sphere of utility before it. The paper is not only well printed, but neatly got up, and if the promise of the first number is maintained, American athletics should be distinctly benefited by its appearance. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t has sent ua an account of the runs obtained up to the end of last month for the Stoics by their captain, Mr. O. B. Borradaile, who, as many C r ic k e t readers know, is amember of the M .C .C ., and often captains their country teams. April 26—v. Thames Ditton.. .. 0 May 3—v. Southgate .................68* May 7—v. Rochester .................26* May 10—v. Battersea .................104* May 12—v. Bank of England .. 29 June 23—v. Eastbourne.................20 June 24—v. Willingdon.................74* June 25—v. St. John’s Hurst .. 6 June 26—v. South Lynn .. .. 12 June 27—v. Brighton Dis. Teaoh. 77 June 28—v. Ardingly College .. 10 It will, therefore, be seen that Mr. Borradaile played ten innings only for the Stoics up to the end of June. In these he got out seven times and made 426 runs, so that his average was 61 per innings. T h e match between Surrey and Derby­ shire at the Oval, at the end of last week, was remarkable for two exceptional per­ formances, of which one I am inclined to think has never, perhaps it would be safer|to say hardly ever, been beaten in an Inter-County match of the same class. I refer to the high scoring on Thursday, on which day Surreymade 517 runs for the loss of eight wickets. It must be remem­ bered too, in any comparison, that rain stopped the play for half an hour. In fact, the 517 were obtained in five hours and a half of actual play, which gives an average of over ninety an hour. Since this was written, I find that on June 18, 1885, the first day of the match between Middlesex and Gloucestershire, at Lord’s, 522 were obtained for seventeen wickets. Middlesex scored 808, and Gloucestershire had got 214 for seven wickets. I t is not often, too, that 20 runs are made from one over as was done by Hall in the second innings of Derbyshire in the same match. The runs were got from Lockwood, and each of the five balls were sent to the boundary. Moreover, the next ball Hall had, which was from Bowley, he put through the slips to the covered stand, so that from six con­ secutive bills he scored as many as 24 runs. H. J. H. Scott, the Captain of the Australian team, as many will remember, finished the matoh against Yorkshire, at Sheffield, on July 14,1886, in a sensational