Cricket 1890

OCT. 30,1890. CRICKET i A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME; 448 HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS WEEK. A m eeting of the Guarantors of the above week took place at the Town Hall, Hastings, on Oct. 16, under the presidency of the Mayor. Tlie report, which was taken as read, was as follows :—“ T he Comm ittee have pleasure in presenting the accounts for the Fourth Annual Cricket W eek to the guarantors. The takings for the week, from all sources, were £868 17s., and the expenses, including the payment of the Australians’ half-share of the gate money (£214 17s. 3d.), amounted to the sum of <£708 11s. 6 d., leaving a nett profit of £160 5s. 6 d. It will be seen from the general balance-sheet, that after paym ent of the sum of £35 to the Central Cricket Ground Comm ittee, there is, w ith the amount in hand brought forward from last year, including interest on deposit, a nett balance to the credit of “ the W eek ” of £257 16s. 6 d. The Committee have kept to their original programme, viz., to endeavour to obtain the very best amateur and pro­ fessional cricketing talent, having due regard to local players when their form justifies their se lection, and the Committee venture to think that it is their adhesion to this principle which has brought the Hastings Cricket Festival so rapidly to the front that it is now ac­ knowledged and recognised as one of the greatest cricket fixtures of the year. U p­ wards of 14,500 persons paid admission at the gates, and over 2,250 paid admission to the grand stand. The above numbers do not include the season ticket-holders, or estimate for children admitted at half-price, so that 15,000 would be a very reasonable estimate of persons attending during the week. These figures need no comment. The Committee hope next year to arrange the same matches which were so successful in 1889, viz., North v. South, and Gentlemen of England v. Players of England. The Committee have to thank the Central Cricket Ground A uthority for kind co-operation, and to express a hope that next year arrangements may be made as to issuing special tickets available for the week, to the 10 s. 6 d. ground subscribers, so as to prevent some confusion in issuing passes. The Com ­ mittee have voted the sum of £35 to the Central Cricket Ground Committee in ac­ cordance w ith previous arrangement, and beg to suggest that they consider the advisability of purchasing seats for the ground, similar to those used at Lords and the Oval, which are inexpensive. ” Mr. F. G. Harding called attention to the fact that the Committee of the Cricket Ground had benefited in the four years by the Week to the amount of £226—by an increase of subscriptions of 10 s. 6 d. £ 120 , increase of premium for catering on ground £30, and in two grants of £35 for 1889 and 1890 by the Cricket W eek Committee. The adoption of the report, m oved by the Mayor and seconded by Mr. H. M. Baker, was carried unanimously. In responding to a hearty vote of thanks,Mr. Carless, thehon. sec., called attention to the increase in the receipt year by year. In 1887, the first year of the festival, the receipts amounted to £407 6 s. 3d.; in 1888, with the great attraction of the Australians, their total receipts were £680 10s. 9d. ; in 1889, without the Australians, they took £704 Is. 7 d .; and this year, with the Australians, again the receipts came to £868 17s. In the first instance, the three days’ cricket with the Australians brought in £400, whilst this tim e, in practically only two days, the takings were £516 9s. These figures showed the great advance w hich the Cricket W e e k had made. It had gained favour with the public, not only in the local district but as far away as Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells, Margate, etc. W ith regard to the manage­ ment, he owed a debt of gratitude to the Committee, without whom he could not have undertaken the duties of secretary. Satisfac­ tion had been expressed on all sides at the manner in which the cricketers were received. T he Committee had taken the greatest pains in selecting the team s' Their annual expenses were considerable, but he could assure them the work could not be done at a lower rate of expenditure. They were now able to judge beforehand the amount it would cost them to within £5. Their great care now should be to obtain a sufficient reserve sum—say £600—to carry them through a wet week, should occasion require it. T o this end they already had £200 odd. The number of guarantors at the present was 233, and the amount guaranteed was £322 16s. 6 d., upon which he hoped to see an increase. The Committee and hon. sec. were reappointed, and a vote of thanks to the M ayor closed the proceedings. T he following statistics have been sent us by a valued correspondent, showing the ex­ penditure and receipts of each of the three annual gatherings. R e c e ip t s . 1890. 1889. £ s. d. £ s. North v. South ... 331 8 0 349 6 Australiansv.South 516 9 0 — Gentn. v. Players — 307 6 Programme con­ tract ................. 21 0 0 18 18 0 14 0 0 E xpen ses . 1888. d. £ s. 0 257 8 400 14 0 — 1890. 1889. £ s. 322 18 d. £ i 230 71 19 1 75 10 11 66 0 4 £ s. d. Match expenses ... 271 17 7 Australians’ share of gate.............. 214 17 3 — 233 9 4 Printing, advertis­ ing, &c.................. Grand Stand and seating, &c. ... 47 14 2 34 13 Ground expenses... 77 11 3 82 12 Postage,telegrams, meetingroom,&c. 24 12 2 17 18 0 15 16 1 Nett profit on the week .............. 160 5 6 14111 3 *28 17 1 * Including £6 6s. contributed by guarantors. 49 11 54 13 TH E COUNTY C LASSIFICA TION . A meeting of the representatives of the second-class counties was held at L ord’s on Saturday afternoon to oonsider the question of county classification. Dr. Russell Bencraft, of Hampshire, occupied the chair, and there were also present Messrs. A. H . Heath and T , C. Slaney (Staffordshire), G. H . Cartland and W . Ansell (Warwickshire), W . B . D ela­ com be (Derbyshire), C. M. Tebbut (Essex), and H. Thornber (Cheshire). Somersetshire and Leicestershire were not represented, but letters were read from both counties express­ ing the opinion that the scheme passed at the County Council’s m eeting last August was most unsatisfactory. Somersetshire suggested that for the purposes of classification all counties should be considered of equal rank who played out-and-home matches with six other shires. The following proposal drawn up by W ar­ wickshire, proposed by Mr. Ansell and se­ conded by Dr. Bencraft, was adopted for presentation to the m eeting of the Council to be held at Lord’s on Monday, December 8 : — “ A t the end of each season, say the last week in August and during September, the lowest county in the first-class- should play the highest county in the second-class for right of place in the following year, so as to get the whole thing decided in one season. One match on neutral ground to be played, and the game to be brought to a finish. In the event of two counties being equal, either at the top of the second or the bottom of the first-class, the question of superiority or otherwise should be first decided on neutral ground, to be fo l­ lowed by a match between the respective winners. In the event of three counties being equal, either at the bottom of the first or top of the second-class, the matter should remain in abeyance for that year.” It was also suggested that an alternative scheme should be put before the Council, to the effect that the Council itself should each year fix which should be the first-class counties for the following season, but this was not agreed to. A resolution was carried, however, asking the Council, in the event of the new scheme being adopted, to arrange the classification of the two com peting counties for the next year if the trial match failed to determ ine their positions. A resolution was also passed, w hich will come before the Council, that a county being reduced in rank should take its chance, and not be placed at the head of the second-class for the following year, as in the plan adopted by the Counoil last August. C H ISW ICK PARK . Matches played, 25—won 14, lost 6 , drawn 9. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver. J. J. R. Green... 10 ,... 1 ... 283 ... 75 ... 31.44 J. Farr .......... 23 ... 2 ... 629 ... 111*... 29.95 P. E. Bodington 16 ... 2 ... 376 ... 80 ... 26.86 G. L yon s.......... 11 ,... 2 ... 205 ... 78*... 22.78 J. Bates .......... 9 ,... 1 ... 163 ... 63*... 20.38 A. Priestley ... 9 ,... 0 ... 168 ... 51 ... 18.67 A. A. Surtees ... 11 ... 1 ... 180 ... 54 ... 18. A. W. Watson... 4 ... 0 ... 66 ... 43 ... 16.5 H. E. Sich 14 ... 0 ... 226 ... 75 ... 16.14 S. H. Beckley... 24 ... 5 ... 275 ... 40 ... 14.47 S. Farr .......... 13 ,... 2 ... 136 ... 47*... 12.36 F. Compton ... 10 ,... 1 ... 101 ... 38 ... 11.22 H. M.'Fawcett... 15 ... 0 ... 158 ... 36 ... 10.53 Hon.W.Maxwell 9 ... 1 ... 75 ... 33 ... 9.38 N. A. Loraine ... 5 ... 1 ... 32 ... 12*... 8. G. A. Von Beis- chach .......... 5 ... 0 ... 39 ... 14 ... 7.8 J. Nicoll .......... 18 ... 4 ... 108 ... 27 ... 7.71 E. Cox .......... 10 ... 2 ... 51 ... 17*... 6.38 E. Jow itt.......... 12 ... 1 ... 62 ... 20 ... 5.64 S. J. Wheble ... 3 ... 1 ... 10 ... 8 ... 5. A. E. Bodington 10 ... 2 ... 36 ... 15 ... 4.5 W. Daw .......... 6 ... 0 ... 23 ... 8 ... 3.83 E. G. Morrison 3 ... 0 ... 3 ... 3 ... 1. C.Q.Orchardson 4 ... 1 ... 2 ... 2 ... .66 The following played in less than 3 innings.— A. P. Gaskell 38—21, C. Wigram 9—34*, C. M. Tuke 5—8, A. A. Crocker 7—5, J. Sutherland 4—3, W. E. Moran 0—0* E. E. Wigan 0—0, H. P. Surtees 4, G. B. Stocker 4, R. Dawes 4. BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. S. Farr................. J. Farr................. J. J. R. Green ... C. M. Tuke......... 8. H. Becbley ... P. E. Bodington S. J. Wheble ... G. A. Von Reis- chach .......... G. Lyons .......... H. E. S ich .......... W. E. Moran ... J. J. B. Green bowled 2 wides, and P. E. Boding­ ton 1 no-ball. 298 ... 121 ..,. 533 ... 57 ..,. 9.35 469 ,.. 172 ..,. 879 ... 87 ..,. 10.10 143 ... 37 .... 317 ... 22 .,,. 14.41 30 .... 8 ..,. 72 ... 6 .,,. 12. 48 ..; 12 ..:. 112 ... 7 ..,. 16. 84 ... 29 ... 165 ... 13 ... 12.69 37 .... 6 ... Ill .,.. 5 .. 22.20 46 ... 8 .... 123 ... 6 .,.. 20.50 38 . 14 .,.. 94 .... 5 ... 18.80 20 ... 5 .,,. 56 . ... 1 . .. 56. 26 . 5 .,.. 79 .... 4 .,.. 19.75 C amrridge U niversity C lub .— At a m eet­ ing of the Cambridge University Cricket Club, held on M onday at Peterhouse Lodge, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Porter, Mr. G. M ’Gregor (Jesus) was elected captain in place of Mr. S. M. J. W oods, Mr. F. S. Jackson ^Trinity) secretary, and Mr. R . N. Douglas (Selwyn) assistant secretary for the ensuing year. S ir A r t h u r H a v e lo c k , the Governor of Ceylon, appears, it is gratifying to note, to take considerable interest in the developm ent of the gam e in that dependency. His E xcellency, accompanied by Lady and Miss Havelock,recently drove out to the Gaule Face Pavilion, Colombo, in order to witness the finish of a match on that ground. Sir Arthur remained until the bell rang, and expressed himself highly pleased with the cricket he had seen. H is E xcellency added that he fully intended to witness the matches played at Colombo whenever his official duties would permit. Footballs. , This Brand S ABSOLUTELYTHEBEST NEXT ISSUE, NOVEMBER S7.