Cricket 1890

4.52 CBICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. NOV. 27, 1890. CRICKET CUR IOSIT IES OF 1890 . (Compiled from C r ic k e t .) January 1—Kimberley, Natal v. Kim berley D . C. D avey carried his bat through second innings of form er, scoring 62 out of 105. January 2—Kimberley, Kim berley v. Natal. Form er scored 445, of which Grim ­ mer (122) and Brockwell (45) scored 100 in fifty minutes. Grimm er made 22 off one over, B rockw ell 17 off another. February 13—Cape Tow n, Western Province v. Diocesan College. F or form er, A . Richards (not out 80) and E. Budlor (not out 40) scored 124 runs in an hour, when the innings was declared closed. Diocesan College scored 57 and 73, when Budler and Richards got the 7 runs required to win, W estern Province thus w in­ ning without having lost a w icket in the m atch. February 14—Agra, Agra v. Mr. Vernon’ s Team . Mr. W . Troup carried his bat through first innings of former, scoring 59 out of 116. February 22, March 1 and 8 —Melbourne, South Melbourne v. St. Kilda. Form er scored 700. H . T rott made 162, and Graham (a colt) 161 not out. March 1 and 8 —Kim berley, E clectics v. E ighteen of Arabs and W oodhouse Form er scored 480. J. Coghlan and Brockwell put on 170 while to getber, Coghlan and Rutherfoord, 156. March 8 —Adelaide, Norwood v. North Adelaide. J. J, Lyons and W . F Giffen got 173 wanted to win by form er without the loss of a wicket. In eighty minutes Lyons scored 107, including one six, one five, and sixteen fours. Maroh —Melbourne, Trinity College v. Queen’ s College. Hutton, of Queens­ land, scored 200 for form er, and took four wickets for 18 runs. April —Port Melbourne. In a local match played here, whilst Port Melbourne were batting, the umpire’s attention was called to the length of time occupied by a Mr. Begg in going to the wickets. The umpire, satisfied that the tw o minutes allowed by law had been exceeded, gave Begg out under Rule X L V ! May 3—Oxford, Magdalen College v. Hertford College. Form er scored 557 (T. B. Case 171, F. J. N. Thesiger 119). May 3—Harrow, St. Pancras United v. Harrow Constitutional. Former, after scor­ ing 209 for one wicket, put their opponents in, and dismissed them in seven overs without a run being obtained. May 3—Portsmouth, A rm y v. Navy. For form er Lieut. L. A. Ham ilton scored 269 out of 409 for five wickets. May —N ottingham , Notts Cricket League v. Notts Forest. In the first innings of latter, F . Needham, in 10 overs, took 7 wickets for no runs. M ay 12— Cambridge, The University v. Mr* C. I. Thornton's E leven. Mr. S. M. J. W oods took all ten wickets in latter’s second innings. M ay 12—Lord’s, Sussex v. M.C.C. & G. J. H ide took four M .C.C. wickets with successive balls. May 12—Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Leicester­ shire. An important match con­ cluded in one day. Surrey won by an innings and 80 runs. May 15—Nottingham, Notts v. Sussex. Notts scored 590. Shrewsbury (267) and Gunn (196) added 398, the longest stand on record in an important match. May 17—Southampton, Ordnance Survey v. Ringw ood. Dr. R. Bencraft carried his bat through the form er’s innings for 243, out of 468. May 19—Lord’s, North v. South. A . Shrews­ bury carried his bat through first innings of former, for 54 out of 90. May 26—L ord’s, Lancashire v. M.C.C. & G. In first innings of form er, Mr. A. N. H ornby stepped out to hit at a ball which had slipped from the bowler’s (Whitehead’ s) grasp, when the latter, getting to it first, re turned it to the wicket-keeper, who put the wicket down. It was claimed by M .C.C. that the striker had by his action made the ball in play, but Mr. H ornby maintained that the bowler had obstructed him and prevented him getting to the ball. This view was taken by the umpire, who gave him not out. May 31—Barnes, L yric Club v. Green Jackets. Mr. C. I. Thornton scored 138 for form er in fifty-eight minutes. June 1—Bradford, Yorkshire v. Sussex. G. U lyett and L . H all scored 118 for first wicket of former. June 1—Portsmouth, Corinthians v. United Services. Form er scored 602. There were three hundreds—P. J. T. Henery 128, M ajor Bethune 126, and H. T. H ewett 117. June 11— Brighton, Notts v. Sussex. The initial instance on record, in a match between two first-class Counties, of the first innings being declared closed. June 13—Stoke, Staffordshire v. Northants. Form er scored 363 for four wickets (innings declared closed). June 18—Totteridge, Totteridge Park School v. Hendon, The School scored 28 for seven wickets, of whichW illiams made 27. The other run was an extra. June 19—Lord’s, Players of England v. Australians. Players scored 526, the largest total yet recorded against an Australian team in England. W . Gunn made 228, the highest individual innings against an Australian team. June 20— Brighton, Cambridge University v. Sussex. Form er scored 703 for nine wickets in their second innings (Ford 191, M ’Gregor 131, F oley 117) —the largest score in a first-class match in England. The aggregate of runs scored in the three days of the match (1,339) also beat the previous record. The University won by 425 runs. Ju n e 2 3 —N ottingham , Notts v. Lancashire. A. Shrewsbury (117) and Mr. J. A. Dixon (109) scored 174 for first wicket of Notts. June 30 —Manchester, Lancashire v. Sussex. Lancashire declared their innings d osed when only two wickets had fallen for 246, and afterwards dis­ m issed their opponents twice for aggregates of 35 and 24. July —Trent College v. Tibshelf.H . G. Owen carried his bat through both innings of the College, for 27 in the first and 46 in the second. July 12— Quernmore v. Brom ley. J. T. H odgson carried his bat through form ers’s innings for 31 out of 34 runs from the bat. July 12—Bristol, Australians v. Gloucester­ shire. J. J. Lyons and C. T. B. Turner scored 96 for first wicket of form er in forty-five minutes. Sixty-one were got from eight overs, and the 96 from 93 balls. July 13—Lord’p, E ton v. Harrow. The former team contained not a single “ old choice.” July 24—Leyton, Leicestershire v. Essex. Wheeler and W arren scored 186 for first wicket of former. July 24—Kennington Oval, Surrey v. D erby­ shire. Surrey scored 541. In second innings of Derbyshire, W . Hall hit 24 runs from six consecutive balls. July 26—W inchester, Free Foresters v. Green Jackets. Form er scored 507. There were three hundreds—E. H. B uck­ land 119, O. R. Dunell 109, and Major Spens 106. July 28—Derby, Derbyshire v. Notts. W . Chatterton, of Derbyshire, was dis­ missed for “ handling the ball.” H e had played the ball on to his body, where it lodged m omentarily, when he removed it with his hands, and was given out. Aug. 4—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Staffordshire. Wainwright took all ten wiskets in Staffordshire’s first innings for 51 runs. Aug. 4—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Sussex. E . M. and W . G.Grace put cn 117 for the first wicket of Gloucestershire. Aug. 4,5—Reigate, Old Carthusians v. Reigate. F or form er, E. C. Streatfeild scored 225 not out. Aug. 6 —Canterbury, Kent v. Australians. Mr. L. A. Hamilton carried his bat through second innings of former, for 117 out of 205. This was his first appearance against an Australian team. Aug. 7— Leyton, Australians v. Cambridge Past and Present. In second innings of former, Messrs. Murdoch (129) and Trott (186) added 290 runs while together. Aug 7—Clifton, Gloucestershire v. Lancashire. Messrs. W . G. and E. M . Grace put on 139 for first wicket of the former. They thus scored over a hundred for the first wicket twice in the same week. A ug. 9—Hampstead, Hampstead v. Ealing. After dismissing their opponents for 159,Hampstead scored 191 for the loss of three wickets in eighty minutes. Aug. 14—Slough, Hampstead v. Slough. For former, C. H . Gray took eight wickets in foarteen overs for 29 runs. The other two men were run out. Aug. 14—Brighton, Lancashire v. Sussex. In Lancashire’s innings, A. (J M ’Laren, captain of the H arrow’ School Eleven, scored 108. This was Mr. M ’Laren’s first appearance in County Cricket. Aug. 14—Livingstone (U .S.A.)— Staten Island v. Ham ilton. Latter were dis­ missed for a total of 7 runs—the smallest score in a fixture of any importance in Am erica. Nine batsmen failed to get a run between them, and, singularly enough,eight were clean bowled and two run out. Aug. 16—Croydon. For Lombardians v. Croydon and District Pawnbrokers. W . Morgan took all ten wickets at a cost of 3 runs. All, too, were clean bowled. A ug. 22—Taunton, Somersetshire v. Middle sex. The match ended in a tie, the totals being : Somersetshire, 107 & 127. Middlesex, 108 & 126. NEXT ISSUE, DECEMBER 27.