Cricket 1890

408 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. DEC. 27, 1890. CRICKET IN PHILADELPHIA. CLUB R ECO RD CUP. T he Club Record Cap Comm ittee m et Nov. 19th, and received the official report of the standing of the clubs for the past season The cup was awarded to the Germantown Cricket Club. The individual prizes offered by the com ­ m ittee for best junior batting and bowling averages were then awarded II. Allen and G. E. Morgan, both of the Germantown C.C. ITALIPAX CUP. * o « E M <o 0__ — — — — — Germantown ... — ... 11 ... 8 ... 14 ... 12 ... 45 Pelrn >nt .......... 3 .... — ... lt ... 12 ... 12 ... 41 Merion ................. 2 ... 0 .,.. — ... 10 ... 5 ... 17 Philadelphia ... u ... n ... 0 ... — ... 8 ... 8 'Tioga ................. 0 .... 0 ... 0 ... — ... 2 ... 2 Total lost .......... 5 .... 11 ... 22 ... 33 ... 39 ...113 SUMM \RY. Matches Matches Won. Lost. Per Ct. Ge-m intown ... ... . 45 ... 5 ... .900 Belmont ................. .......... 41 ... 11 ... .788 M erion........................ . 17 ... 2i ... .m Philadelphia .......... . 8 ... 38 ... .173 Tioga ........................ . 2 ... 37 ... .051 JUNIOR BATTING AVERAGES. Tim ’S Most in Ions, notout. Runs an inns Aver. C. Marshall, jun., Germantown ... 3 ... 1 ... 53 ... 51 ... 28.00 H. Mieu, Germ in- towu ................. 4 ... 1 ... 75 ... 53 ... 26 33 0. E Morgan, Germantown ... 5 ... 0 ... 103 ... 52 ... 2LS0 P. H. Clark, Germantown ... 5 .. 1 ... 76 ... 31 ... 19 01 F. S Avi1, Belmont 5 ... 0 ... 90 ... 43 ... 18X0 L. White, Hoga ... 2 ... 1 ... H ... 14 ... 18.00 K N. Downs, Germantown ... 4 ... 0 ... 70 ... 42 ... 17 50 J. Morris, German­ town ................. 2 ... 0 ... 30 ... 30 ... 15.00 C. Mi ler, jun., Phi’a le phia ... 4 ... n ... 5? ... 33 ... It on O. w. Birr, .vierion 1 ... o ... i4 ... 14 ... 11 *0 J S. Henry, Gc mantown ... 6 ... i ... 65 ... 14 ... 13 00 BOWLIN 1 AViiRYGES. Balls Mdns Runs. Wkts Aver. A. H Rroclde, He••mantown ... 4 .. 0 . . 0 . . 1 .. 0.00 L. Martin, <ermantown .. 6 . . 0 . . 1 .. 1 .. 100 W. LoughriJtfH, Be rn »nt 2 . . 0 . . 1 .. 1 .. 1 00 H Mdler, T i»gi 18 . . 2 . . 2 .. i .. 2 0- G. R. Morgin, Germantown .. 37» . . 21 . . 93 .. 33 .. 2 tO G W . Barr, Morion .......... 77 . . 2 .. 23 .. 7 .. 3 14 F. Willis. Tioga .. 21 . . 1 .. 7 .. 2 .. 3 5J F. S Avil. Be’m o n t.......... 191 .. 5 .. 76 .. 11 .. 5.4 1 F. G. Grubb, B j mont .......... 118 ..* 2 .. CO .. 8 ... 6.?5 T H E COUNTY C R IC K E T COUN CIL. As a matter of convenience it was arranged, on the formation of the Council in 1887, that the annual m eeting should be held on the first day of the Cattle Show week—the after­ noon preceding that usually reserved for the conference of county secretaries. In accord­ ance, therefore, with custom the various clubs were summoned to send representatives to L ord’s on M ondav, Decem ber 8 Lord Harris, who was to all intents and purposes the founder of the Counoil, on accepting the G overnorship of Bom bay had to give up the office of president, and as iscount Cobham, who was chosen by the sub-coinm ittee ap­ pointed to elect his successor, did not see his way to accept the invitation, the question of the presidency had to be left in abeyance. In the absence of a qualified officer, a chairm an had to be appointed for the m eeting, and the choice fell on Mr. M. J. Ellison, the president of the Yorkshire County Club. That there was p articu lir interest in the proceedings, too, was shown by the large number of dele­ gates present, including, am ong others, Messrs. A. J. W ebbe' and V . E . W alker, M iddlesex; J, Shuter and C. W . A lcock, Surrey; W . H . Oates, Captain W . E . Deni­ son, and E. Browne, N otts; J. B. W ostinholm , Y orkshire;W . Newham and M. Turner, Sussex ; H on. Ivo. B ligli, K en t; Dr. W . Grace, Gloucestershire; S. H . Swire, Lancashire; W . Ansell and G. H . Cartland, W arw ickshire; H . T. H ewett and T . Spencer, Somerset­ shire; C. Pigg, H ertfordshire; C. M. Tebbut, O. R . Borradaile, and C. D. Buxton, Essex; R. H. Mallett, D u rham ; H. Thornber, C heshire; W . E. Hansell, N orfolk ; W . B. Delacombe, Derbyshire ; J. Bonnor, Leicester­ shire ; Dr. R . Bencraft, H am pshire; J. Thom pson, N orthum berland; and R ev. G. T. W arner, Devonshire. Mr. H enry Perkins, the secretary of the Marylebone Club, was also present. A fter the minutes of the last general m eeting and the special general m eet­ ing, held at the Oval on August 9, had been duly confirmed, the balance-sheet, which showed a sum in hand of over £ 18, was also passed. The real business of the m eeting was to consider the scheme for classification of the different Counties passed at the special general meeting held at the Oval in August last. The recommendations approved then were as fo llo w : I.—That for the season of 189Lthe Counties be divided into three classes :— The First ('lass to c unprise the following couutiesN ottingham shire, Lancashire, Surrey, Kent, Mildlesex, Gloucestershire, Yoikshire, Sussex. The Second Class: Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Somersetshire, Hampshire, Essex, St 'ffordsViire, Cheshire. The lhird Class :—Hertfordshire, Northampton­ shire, Norfolk. Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Durham, Glamorganshire, Devonshire. IL —As to num'er of matches required to be played by eich county. (a) That every first-cla s county be required to play two matches with at least six other first- class counties, th*se six to include the champion county of previous year. (b) That every second-class county play two matches with at least three other second-class countie?, these three to include champion county in the second class for previous year. (c) That every third-class county p’ay two matches with at least three other thira-claas counties. lit. Thatineachof the thr e classes an order of merit be drawn up from the results of the season's pUy in 18)1 and future years, aad that this order be dctenni ed i y t.he s*me me hod as that by which the ehampi >nship of th* first class i-ountie* is at present, decided, viz., l-v buotracting wins from losses «nd not counting drawn gan.es IV. Th*t i l i892 the lowest county in the firsf- cLss and the yhist county in the second class p ay each otuer home and homo mat lies, the winner being placed in the superior class for the following year. The same arrang ments to apply to the lowest of the second c ass and the highest of the third class. V. That if a county be by the e means redaccd in clas«, it shall for the following season be con­ sidered as the highest in the class to which it has descended, and sha'l follow the course of pro­ cedure set forth in IY. That on the other hand, if a county, after playing as the highest of an inferior class shall haye to remain in the same class it shall not be considered as the highest for the next season, unless ir shall obtain such a position by virtue of its performances in that season. I t m ay be as well perhaps in order to ex­ plain the course of events throughout to point out that the above was really the work with of course some modifications of the Sub- Comm ittee appointed at the annual meeting in D ecem ber to form ulate a scheme of classifi­ cation, the principle of which had been then approved. That it was not acceptable to either what are called the First or the Second Class Counties was shown by the abstention of m any of those present in the interest of the former at the meeting in August from voting, and subsequently by the action of a con ­ siderable number of the m inor Counties. The dissatisfaction of the latter took a practical form in the shape of a m eeting at which it was decided to bring forward amendments to some of the recomm endations. The substance of these amendments was a notice to alter the August schem e in the following manner, and this was really the chief business of the m eeting. In II. ( 6 ) to omit the clause:- “ These three to include the Champion County in the second c!ass for the previous 3 ear.” To strike out IV. and V., and substitute the following :— IV. That at the end of each season, in the month of August or September, the lowest county in the first class shall play the highest of the second class for right of place. One game only shall be played, and upon neutral ground, to a finish, the winner being placed in the superior class and the loser in the class below for the fol­ lowing year, Note (a) In the event of two counties being equal at the top or bottom of either class, the question of their superiority shall first be decided on neutral ground, played to a finish, and followed immediately by the match for right of place in the superior class for the next year. Note (Z>) In the event of three counties being equal, either at the bottom of the first or top of the second class, the matter shall remain in abeyance for that year. V. Should the trial matches fail to define the positions of the competing counties, the Cricket Council itself shall undertake the classification for the following 5 ear. Note ( c) This scheme shall apply also to the lowest of the second and the highest of tho third class counties. That the question o f a system of classifica* tion of any kind presented m any and serious difficulties, it was evident had meanwhile come to be recognised by m ost of the leading Counties, and though no sort of action had been taken, or as far as we know, views inter­ changed on the subject, it was clear that the consideration of any proposal of the kind met with growing distaste. The first note of serious opposition was forthcom ing directly the first resolution, proposed by Mr. Anseli, had been seconded by D r. Bencraft. Immediately the amendment to rule II had been jjassed, which it was on sufferance, owing to a large number of those present refraining from voting, Mr. A. J. W ebbe protested against the adoption of any schem e which would interfere with the freedom of Clubs. Middlesex would never consent to any pro­ posal which would force any County to play another. A long discussion ensued. Mr. Oates stated that though Notts happened to be play­ ing the other seven Counties known as first- class, he could not consent to any proposal which would pledge it to any programm e or particular match. W hile Mr. Ansell was proposiug the amendment to Rules IV . and V ., a question was raised as to the legality of the meeting held in August, as the rules pro­ vided that a requisition of five members, or of the President in w riting was necessary to summon a specal meeting. The Chairman at first seemed to favour the notion that it was not properly convened, but subsequently gave it as his opinion that the offence, if any, was merely a technical one, and should be con­ doned. The only way (he added) to have any form al discussion on the point of that meeting was, however, to m ove the suspension of the rules. As no notice of this suggestion w as,how ­ ever, taken at the tim e M r. Ansell resumed :— He took it that the Cricket Council v as committed to that scheme, and unltBS some amendment was made that day the clauses passed in August would take effect next year. This meant that under the most favourable conditions, the first promotion couldnot take place till 1893, the second in 1897, and the third in 20ul. Recognising this, a meeting was held in October last, and after a thorough discussion of the whole question, Warwickshire was asked to bring forward the re­ solution he moved. It would probably be argued NEXT ISSUE, JANUABY 27.