Cricket 1890

472 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. DEC. 27, 1890. seasons he rather deteriorated, though and in 1889 only took part in four matches for Yorkshire. His death, which took place at Bradford, on November 26, came as a shock to many who had known him as a rising cricketer. E ve ry one interested in Public School sports will heartily welcome the most recent addition to the records of this particular kind in the statistics of Charterhouse Cricket, Football, and Bifle-shooting, just published by Mr. Bernard Ellis, the Honorary Cricket Secretary to the Old Carthusians Cricket and Football Club. A diligent student of cricket lore, Mr. Ellis has spared no pains to make his compilation as per­ fect as it can be made, and Public School athletes of every class, not merely those directly associated with Charterhouse, will find in its pages much information o f value. Full scores of all the cricket matches in which Carthusians have taken part since they met Westminster in 1850, as well as full details of the foot­ ball and rifle contests, are given. Refer­ ence too is made easy by an index giving the names of all who figure in the work, with the years iD which they represented the different schools. Those who have taken high honours sub­ sequently at the Universities, or in Inter­ national football matches, can be traced without difficulty. Mr. Ellis’ method and arrangements have combined to make an extremely useful as well as interesting volume. I t is a matter for regret that those who are interested in the formation of the All America Team which is to visit England next summer, have not taken pains to secure at least the sympathy of the chief supporters of the game in Philadelphia. I have reason to believe that before the meeting of the County Secretaries a telegram was sent to Mr. Crowhurst, who came over to England last August as the representative of the promoters, asking whether the co-opera- tion of the fathers of cricket in Phila­ delphia had been secured. A reply in the affirmative was received, but to judge bythe extract fromthe AmericanCricketer, which is tho organ of the Cricketers’ Association of the United States, and is the official organ of that body as well as of the International Match Committee who have represented the Cricketers of Philadelphia in all important matters, such as those concerning the visits to and from England, this is hardly correct, as a reference to another part of this paper will show. The success of the tour, as I pointed out months ago, while Mr. Crowhurst was here, depends on the co-operation of every section of opinion in America, and it does not appear either courteous or politic to ignore those who have for thirty years upheld the best interests of our national game in the midst of a population not only unsympathetic but antagonistic, and on a soil anything but congenial. T h e news of W. Midwinter’s death will have been received with regret by cricketers in the old as well as in the new world. “ Mid ” had graduated, in fact, in English as well as Australian schools, and was equally well known in both. After making a reputation in Victoria, he came to England, and on his assertion that he was born in Gloucestershire, did good service for that county for two or three years. He was also engaged as one of the ground bowlers at Lord’s during his stay here. Not altogether satisfied with his prospects in England, however, he returned to Australia, and subsequently came back in 1884 as a member of the fourth Australian team. Soon after that he practically gave up cricket, and subsequently became owner of a large hotel in one of the suburbs of Melbourne. M idwinter , who had come over first in 1877, was asked to join the first Australian team which visited England in the follow­ ing year, and was ready to play against M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s for them as many will remember, when Messrs. W. G. Grace and J. A. Bush came on to the ground, and carried him off in triumph to the Oval to represent the County against Surrey. He was at his best a very fine all­ round cricketer, though said to be a little lacking in pluck. He stood 6ft. 2 or 3in. in height, and thus had great advantages. He kept liis arm, too, very high, and as his delivery was easy, his medium pace bowling was on certain wickets very suc­ cessful. He could hit very hard when he liked, but preferred to play a steady game, and his was always a diffisult wicket to get. As he was also a good field, it will be gathered he was very much above the average of English orAustralian cricketers, His mind latterly had given way, but his death, which took place on Dec. 3, was somewhat unexpected. He was in his thirty-ninth year. CRI CKET CHI RPS . T he Parsee Cricketers are not com iD g next year. T he Cheltenham W eek will comm ence on August 17. T he present number completes the ninth year of C ricket . T h e Duke of W estm inster w as recently elected president of the Cheshire County C.C. M arlow , the young Staffordshire profes­ sional, will be qualified to play next year for Sussex by residence. L . H all will have 1he match between Yorkshire and Surrey, at Sheffield, July 22, 23, and 24, for his benefit. T he meeting of Manchester and District secretaries will be held at the A lbion Hotel, Manchester, on January 9, at 5 p.m. R. P illin g , the Lancashire wicket-keeper, arrived at Adelaide in the “ O rm uz” on Isov. 4th. H e was going on in the steamer to Sydney. B lackham and the other m embers of tht last Australian team speak in the warmes terms of the hospitality they received in England. S om ersetshire will play six of the leading counties, to wit Gloucestershire, Kent, L an­ cashire, Middlesex, Surrey, and Yorkshire, next year. T he challenge cup and medals of the R e­ gent’ s Park A ssociation were presented to the St. Pancras United Club at L ord’s Tavern on D ecem ber 2. A lick B annerman scored 143 out of 405 made by Carlton against the W arwicks, at Sydney, on N ov. 1. H . Donnan contributed 117 to the same total. M r . J. P. K ingston , captain of the county eleven, has been elected secretary of the N orthamptonshire County C.C. There were twenty-three candidates. R ylott will have a benefit m atch at L ord’s (North v. South) on M ay 11, and Sussex and Hants will respectively give W alter Humphreys and Young a benefit. T he Hastings Festival will comm ence on September 10, and consist of tw o matches, N orth v. South and Gentlemen v. Players, the latter on September 14, 15 and 16. T h e challenge cups and medals of the W est E nd Association were presented to Tottenham H ouse (who won both the Senior and Junior Cups) at the Cafe M onico, on N ovem ber 29. W . A. J. W e st , who has done good service for Northamptonshire for the last two or three seasons, will in all probability play for W ar­ wickshire, the county of his birth, next season. M r . E. J. M c C ormick , the Sussex cricketer, was married at H oly Trinity Church, Brough­ ton, on N ovember 27, to Miss Ethel Rodber, daughter of the late M r. John R odber, of Yeovil. J. H a r r y , who it was thought ought to have com e to England w ith the Seventh Australian team last summer as reserve wicket-keeper, scored 169 (not out) on Nov. 5th for East Melbourne against Fitzroy Bohem ians. T he third smoking concert of the Upper Clapton Club was held, on December 10, at the Great Eastern H otel, Bishopsgate Street, Lieut.-G en. Sir Lewis Pelly, K.C.B., K .C .S.I., M .P. for North Hackney, in the chair. T he eighteenth annual dinner of the Dart­ m outh Park Club was held at the Tufnell Park H otel, Holloway, on the 5th inst., M r. Charles Johnson presiding. Mr. Hutchinson headed the batting figures with the remarkable aver­ age of 73. A t the annual dinner of the Taunton Club, on December 11, the tw o Somersetshire p ro­ fessionals, Nichols and Tyler, were each pre­ sented w ith a purse of sovereigns in recog­ nition of their valuable services to the county last season. A cou nty club has been form ed for Bed­ fordshire. The comm ittee consists o f three gentlemen from Luton, three from Bedford, and two each from Dunstable and Leighton. Mr. L. C. R. Thring, of W ellingborough Grammar School, is the hon. sec. P o r tr a its a n d B io g r a p h ic a l S k e t c h e s of Leading Cricketers: Dr. W. G. Grace, Mr. J. Shuter, Mr. W. W. Head, Robert Abel, M. Read, Lohmann, Beaumont, A. Hearne, Arthur Shrews­ bury, H. Jupp, H. Wood, Gunn, Sharpe, Mr. W. L. Murdoch, Mr. G. Rowland Hill, Mr. A. M. Walters, Mr. A. E. Stoddart, and Mr. P. M. Walters. Post free l£d., the complete set,l/-.— C r ic k e t O f f ic e , 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, E.C. /ootballs This Brand i v v I w U llO . , s A B S O L U T E L Y T H E B E S T NEXT ISSUE, JANUARY 27.