Cricket 1891

140 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, MAY 28, 1891 ‘ Recollections of Cricket ” can not fail to be interesting to C ric k e t readers gen­ erally. Among the portraits, some of which I have not seen before, are those of the Earl of Bessborough, Vice-Presi­ dent of the Surrey County C.C. ever since its formation in 1845, his life-long friend and fellow-worker, Hon. Robert Grimston, as well as of Fred Miller, Captain of the famous Old Surrey Eleven, F. P. Fenner, still hale and hearty, though in the eighties, Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, Wenman, and Joseph Guy, of Nottingham. M r . J ohn S h u ter ’ s sportsmanlike action in declining to take advantage of the opportunity offered him by the laws to close Surrey’s second innings on Satur­ day, at Manchester, in consideration of the peculiar difficulties in which Lancashire had been placed at the end of the first day by the retirement of Watson and Briggs, both in consequence of illness, has elicited, and I venture to think with reason, the warmest approval from crick­ eters generally. No one who has known the Surrey Captain well, as has been my fortune for many years, it is true, would be a bit surprised at his disinclination to do anything which might savour in the smallest degree of illiberality or excess of zeal. S t il l , it is none the less gratify­ ing to find that notwithstanding the severity of the competition for the honours of County Cricket, and the responsibilities incidental to the position of a Captain now-a-days, the game can be conducted, even where its anxieties weigh the most heavily, in a wholesome spirit of courtesy and good feeling, I might almost say of chivalry, worthy of the best traditions of a game which rightly claims to be a national amuse­ ment. Amenities of this kind are of inmeasurablc benefit in raising cricket in the public estimation, and the kindliness of the Surrey skipper is sure to bear fruit. Not the least pleasant effect to him, I am sure, will be the cordial reception it has evokeu from the Captain of the Lancashire eleven, himself one of the truest and best sportsmen cricket has produced. T h e official intimation that Lord Sheffield has definitely determined to take a team to Australia in the autumn, will give unmixed satisfaction to Colonial cricketers. The intelligence, too, that Dr. W. G. Grace will positively form one of the party, would alone be sufficient to ensure for any English team the most cordial reception. The Australian com­ binations which have visited England have had no kinder friend or more sincere well-wisher than our own Grand Old Man, and from information I have received from the leaders of cricket in the various Colonies, I am sure he will be received with an enthusiasm to which, even with all his experience, he has been as yet a stranger. So far, I believe, Lord Sheffield has only decided on four others, to wit, the great quatrette of professional bowlers Lohmann, Attewell, Briggs, and Peel, and a rare pa-8 de quatre they are capable of performing, as everyone knows. The selection of the remainder of the team, I should imagine, will await the development of the season’s form. It is stated on authority that the pro­ posed programme includes two matches each against Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, and three matches against Combined Australia—one each at Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne. It is possible that there may also be a final match against All Australia at Melbourne. In the games away from the three great centres of Australian cricket the English­ men are to play against odds. T h at section, and it is by no means small or without influence, of the cricket community which only believes in one qualification for a county, to wit, that of birth, will find ground for satisfaction, no doubt, in the knowledge that George Wal­ ton, who has bowled with such excellent results for Leicestershire this season, is a native of that county. The town ofLeices- ster has special reason to be proud of his recent achievements, for he was not only born in its suburbs but learned his cricket on the County Ground in connection with the Leicester Town C.C. He played for Leicestershire twice in 1889, and it is curious that he was only sent to the Oval, where he bowled with such marked success early this month, as a substitute for Needham, whom the Bootle Club will not release for the purposes of County cricket. He is now fulfilling an engagement, the first he has had by the way, with the Hussars now stationed at York, for six weeks, before their de­ parture for Ireland. While on the subject of Leicestershire cricket I may add that Woodcock, the fast bowler who did so well in the latter part of last season, leaves America on the tenth of next month to take his place in the County Eleven. PRINCIPAL MATCHES FOR NEXT WEEK T h ursday , M a y 28.—Lord’s, M.C.C. & G. v. War­ wickshire; Oxford, the University v. M.C.C. & G.; Cambridge, the University v. Yorkshire; Manchester, JLancashire v. Sussex; Kenning- ton Oval, Surrey C. & G. v. Crystal Palace. M onday , J une 1—Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Somersetshire; Dewsbury, Yorkshire v.Sussex; Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Kent; Lord’s, M.C.C. & G. v. Notts. BUCKHURST H ILL v. BANCROFT SCHOOL. Played at Woodford on May 23. B ancroft S chool . W. Swordcr, F. Gingell, H. G. Nicoll, A. Dobson, ft. W. Smith, F. M. Harding, C. E. Fuller and J. iggott did not bat. SHIRLEY HOUSE SCHOOL v. AN ELEVEN FROM BLACKHEATH PRO­ PRIETARY SCHOOL. Played at Blackheath on May 20. S h ir l e y H o u s e . lirst innings. 0 N. S. Braidwood. Mowat, b F . Duck- ham ......................13 F. M. Vipan, b Moss- man ...................... 8 S. H. Day, b Bojes ... 38 W.H.Auld.cMossman, b Boyes ............... 11 W. H. Ea’glitsh, b Boyes...................... 8 L. Haselwood, c and Total ... b Mossman ......... 1 In the Second Innings N. S. Braidwood scored, c Mowat, b Boyes 1, W. H. Dalgliesh, (run out) 9, A. Biscoe, (not out) 5; b 2, lb 1.—Total, 18. B. P. S. F if t h E l e v e n . F. B. Da’gliesli, b Mossman ......... F. R. Tunks, b Moss­ man ...................... B. J. Buchly, c F. Dnckham, b Boyes M. Baylay, b Boyes A. Biscoe, not out ... B 3, lb 2, w 1 J. E. Boyes, run out 2 A. Hockley, run out... 0 S. Mossman, b Auld... 9 M. Mowat, b Hasel­ wood ......................17 F.W.Duckham, b Auld 5 C. Brandram,run out 12 J. Robinson, b Hasel­ wood ...................... 4 A. Sprange, b Auld... 2 F. Longstaff, not out 0 A. Pettman, b Auld 0 A Duckham, c Tunks, b Auld ... 0 Total 51 SHIRLEY HOUSE SCHOOL v. THE LIMES. Played at Blackheath on May 23. T h e L im e s . First Innings. G. Wood-Martin, A u ld ...................... u G. Hopwood, b Hasel­ wood ...................... 4 H. Goodwin, bAuld... 4 M. G. Newton, b Auld 0 S. Rayner, b Auld... 0 B. H. Littlejohns, c Day, b Haselwood... 18 R. Collins, b Auld ... 6 A. N. Goldsmith, b Auld...................... R. Horne, b Auld ... J. M. Casement, b Haselwood ......... J. W. Stuart,not out B ...................... Total 40 In the Second Innings G. Hopwood scored, b Auld 1, H. Goodwin, b Auld 9. M. G. Newton, (not out) 2, S. Rayner. b Auld 0, B. H. Littlejnhns, c and b Haselwood 3. R. Collins, (not out) 1, A. N. Gold­ smith, b Auld 0.—Total, 16. S h ir l e y H o u s e . R.J.Buchley,bRayner N. S. Braidwood, b Goodwin............... S. H. Day, b Goodwin W. D. Auld, c Newton, b Rayner............... W. H. Dalgliesh, b Goodwin.............. F. M.Vipan.bGoodwin L. Haselwood, b Ray­ ner ...................... F. B. Dal^liesh, b Goodwin............... F. R. Tunks, b Good­ win ...................... M. Bayliy, not out... A. J. Biscoe, b Good­ win ...................... B 1, nb 4 ......... Total , 20 STOICS v. BANK OF ENGLAND. Played at Catford on May 11,12, and 13 S to ic s . J.E.Hall, cRichmond, Beale, c Harding, b b Palmer............... 18 Dobson................ 2 McMinn, bPalmer ... 19 Saunders, cHarding, Moyle, b Richmond... 12 b Dobson ......... 3 J. Hall, c and b RichDerouet, c sub., b mond ...................... 7 Richmond ......... 0 Boultbee, b Richmond 8 Brown, not out 2 Winterton, b RichB 4, lb 1 ......... 5 mond ...................... 4 — Craven, run out......... 0 Total......... 80 B u c k h u r st H il l . A. Richmond, not out 58 H. G. PaLner, not J. B. Beamish, c out ...................... 34 Moyle, b J. Hall ... 0 B 4, lb 1 ......... 5 Total ......... 97 W. H. P. Dodgson, Blois, b Talbot F. Gordon, c Talbot, b Howell............... W.J. Haycraft, b Tal­ bot ... .............. O. B. Borrodaile, b Howell ............... A. G. Every, b Howell H. G. Firth, b Talbot M. A. Abbott, c Blois, b T albot............... C.G. Hentsch,cTyne- dale, b Talrot S. Waltor», b Hay- Cooper J. S. Haycraft, b Talbot ... W. J. Burt, no B ......... Total and out 15 ... 19 , 83 B ank of E n g lan d . E. Hay Cooper, st Hentsch, b J. S. Haycraft............... 31 R. P. Newham,retired 37 F. W. Talbot, b W. J. Haycraft............... 12 W. B. Tyndall, b Wal­ ton ...................... 8 R. J. Hutchinson, b Walton .............. 23 J. Blois, absent......... 0 E. Hay, not out J. Watson, lbw, b W.J. Haycraft ... A. Krenig, c sub, b W. J. Haycraft ... H. R. Young, st Hentsch, b W. J. Haycraft ......... Y. H. Howell,absent B ...................... Total ...149 S ome fast scoring was recorded on Saturday last at Bickley Park in a match between Bickley Park and Bromley. The former, after making 163 for three wickets in two hours and a half, closed their innings. Bromley had fifty-three minutes to bat, and in that time scored 110 for one wicket. The first 50 were made in nineteen minutes.