Cricket 1890

440 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME. OCT. 30,1890. FO TBALLS arethe BEST Match Size, 5 6 , 6 / 6 , 7/6, 8 / 6 , 9/6. Football Shirts, from 61- eaoh, 66 /- per doz. Knicks, 2/-, 2/6, 8 /-, 8 / 6 , 4/-, 51- per pair. Navy Knieks, 8 /- per pair. Shin Guards, 9d., 10d., 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, 1/9 (specially good line) 2 /-, 2 / 6 , 91- Football Boots, 7/6, 8 / 6 , 9/6, 10/6. Please send for Price L ist of Shirts, Shin Guards, Goals, &o. 38, F insbury Pavem en t _ LONDON, E.C. CARRIAGE PA ID ON ALL BALLS. riRICKET, FOOTBALL, & TENNIS GEOUNDS v-' (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, 6d. London Bridge 7d.—Apply H. B en h am (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. [N.B.—Splendid Cinder Track Ready in March.] pR IC K E T , FOOTBALL & TENNIS GROUNDS. 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Cricket: A W E E K L Y RECORD OF T B E GAME. ♦1, ST. ANDREW’S HILL, LONDON, E.C. TH U R S D A Y , OCTOBER 30 th , 1890. Ualnlknt fcsip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ______________________ Ham let T he total of seven runs, for which Hamilton were dismissed by Staten Island in a recent match at Livingstone (U.S.A.) is believed to be the smallest score yet recorded in a fixture of any importance in America. Nine batsmen failed to get a run between them, and, singularly enough, eight men were clean bowled, the other two being run out. The successful bowlers were Lane (pro.) and W. H. Thompson. Although the Hamil­ ton team played up much better at their second attempt, scoring 104, they were easily beaten by an innings and 12 runs. I have been staying [writes The Old Buffer] with a parson who was a good crioketer, ana who in his old age is very useful as umpire, and always ready and willing when wanted. H e told me that in a match between a Regim ent quartered in a Garrison Town and a good local eleven, he officiated attired in what he called his week-day “ surplice, ” the white co a t; and was asked in a strong barrack- yard tone for guard, by a very swell Sergeant- m ajor, in these words, “ S entry! give me block. ” F.G, Mr. W. J. F o rd , the well-known amateur cricketer, writes me from The College, Leamington, as follows: You published in “ Gossip ” the other day an account of a matoh in which all the wickets were taken by members of one fam ily. There was, however, only one innings played. Here is an instance of the same thing being done in each innings, b y two brothers, a oousin and an uncle. I fancy it must be unique. C LEVEDON V IS IT O R S v. C LEV EDON CLUB. Played September 1873. C levhdon C lub . First Innings. Hulbert, c and b F. Ford Packer, b P. Ford .......... Collins, b W . J. Ford ... Mayo, b W . J. F o r d .......... Dr. Payne, b W. J. Ford... Grant, b W. J. Ford.......... Urquhart, b W. J. Ford ... Hingley, b W. J. Ford ... WicKham, b W. J. Ford... Godwin, not out .......... Niohols, b W . J. Ford ... Extras........................ W. J. Second Innings. 3 b F. Ford .......... 0 2 c T .,bF . Ford... 2 4 c E., b W . J. Ford 4 lbw, b Ford................. 0 c E., b W. J. Ford .......... 6 c T., b W. J. Ford .......... 5 b F. Ford .......... 5 b F. F o r d .......... 0 b W. J. ford ... 5 c E., b W. J. Ford .......... 8 not out .......... 4 Extras.......... T o ta l................. 46 C le v e d o n V is it o r s . First Innings. Total ... 27 8 A. Humphreys, b Hulbert................. 1 H. Mills, b Hulbert 8 A. Moore, b Hul­ bert ........................ 1 B. Harrison, not out 1 Extras................. 3 W. J. Ford, b Hul­ bert .............. ......... E. O. B. Ford, b Hul­ bert ........................ 2 F. W . J. Ford, c Godwin, b Hulbert 5 C. Moore, b Hulbert 0 Theodore Ford, b Hulbert ................. 2 D . Mills, b Packer ... 6 J. Lawrence, lbw,b Packer .................13 In the Second Innings W . J. Ford scored b Hul­ bert 0, E. C. B. Ford (not out) 13, F. W . J. Ford (not out) 11; extras, 2.—Total, 26. Total... 50 “ R. T.” writes :— Some few seasons back, I drew attention— in C r ic k e t— to the uncomm only fine batting of the veteran Suffolk cricketer, Mr.J.G .Francis, referring to how I had, at Bury St. Edmund’s, witnessed him “ top the century ” w ith a not out innings, in which he gave a grand display of sterling defence, w ith brilliant cutting, foroing back play, and heavy leg-hitting and driving. ’Tis m ost pleasing for me to again notify that, although now in the “ sixties,” he is still on the jo b ; having at the end of last m onth piled up another century, and again not o u t; the said score being made without any boundary hits, and all run out. Andjwhen I still further state that he has in bona-fide ^ood matches compiled 1,234 runs in 36 innings, or an average of 34, it fully proves that the veteran takes a lot of “ getting out ” yet. Those who personally know John Francis are aware that he has been one of the best and m ost effective batsmen to be found in the Eastern Counties— and ’tis very certain that he is a long way fro m the worsi n o w ; and my best wishes to him are— as w ill be those of all that know him—that he m ay be found keeping the “ Suffolk ” soorers busy for m any seasons to come. It is also gratifying still further to add to this sketch, that there is a “ chip of the old block ” in the person of Mr. H. A. Francis, who has also been givin g proof th a th eisa “ m over of theleather” after thestyle of his paternal. F or during the past season, he also has knocked up 1,584 runs in 38 innings. This means, I think, a reoord up to d a te; ana a record, too, that will take a lot of beating in the future, as a com bined perform ance of father and son in one season. NEXT ISSUE, NOVEMBER 27.