Cricket 1891

JUNE 18, 1891 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. 189 most successful first appearance of any player was that of the famous E. Lock­ wood in August 1868, when with Thewlis he put on nearly 200 for the first wicket in Yorkshire v. Surrey, against such bowlers as Southerton,Street and Griffith.” THE PRINCE OF WAILS. A L ay of the T hrown . [The only extant article under the above heading whioh oontains no reference to Baccarat.] B aud : It ain’t no use a-blinking of i t ; Wirra 1 woe ! and waly ! It will not bear the thinking of i t ; Yorkshire’s failing daily. T yke : Aye, la d ! aye lad! It’s varra sad; W e nivver hed a time sae bad, For ony simple ass Can see if we gang on this gait, An’ miss our chance fro’ date to date, W e’ll sune be second olass ! B a u d : Alas I the second-rating of i t ! Yorkshire, once unmated; It ain’ t no use debating of it, Yorkshire’s second-rated 1 T yke : Aye, man 1 aye, man I when we began, When Peel first bowled and Ulyett ran, W e hardly knew defeat; But now, wheerivver we may gang Baath oricket—ba’ aD’ bat gang wrang, An’ nowt at a’ gangs reet! This sad, sad wail, this Prinoe of Wails, the Rhymer had duetted Along with one, a Tyke, who much his County’s fate regretted. Then turned the Bard to brighter things, to Counties more successful; Alas! he found “ Success has wings ;" their Btate was quite distressful. For Lancashire, which some had thought a County unassailable, Had found, when Middlesex they fought, their luck was not available, And seeing the Lancastrian bails by Hearne tipped off untiringly, “ He is a whale, the Prince of Whales! ” the Rhymist cried admiringly. Then Surrey, noble Surrey, whom our Bard (and he is clever!) Had thought superior to such doom,—their fate was worse than ever. Their record of defeats this year with Friday last commences; A check was put to their career by Canta- bridgienses.* They wanted nineteen runs to win ; but on a wicket orumbling, As fast as Surrey’ s bats came in, Woods sent their wiokets tumbling. Nineteen poor runs had turned the scales and blighted Surrey’s g lory; Le Bard correots his prints of ‘ ‘ Wails,” aDd weeps to read the story. Yet let us turn to brighter things, and look at this week’s history. Which shows us that “ Bad Luok has wings ” and Surrey’s form’s a mystery. For on the self-same Oval ground, where Cam­ bridge blues outclassed then?, On Middlesex they turned them round and everyway surpassed them. When Cambridge heard of this affair they must have had a doubt of it ; An Innings and 3 runs to spare! What can a man make out of it ? Such in-and-out uncertain play,—knocked out by Universities, Then beating Middlesex this way 1—their downfall, all the worse it is. At Bradford even while I write the Battle o the Roses Is going on, and Yorkshire’s might a fair attempt discloses, And whether Yorkshire lose or win (no use in prophesying it, You’ll find the full result within) the Tykes at least are trying it. And if GeorgeUlyett will but get a brand-new fresh Eleven, ’tis Quite possible they may be yet first-class, as in the Seventies. And Surrey may be second-class; and pigs may fly, and so on,— Of course these things may come to pass; but that’ s not much to go on I * A very clumsy word, but one you can't-abridge, except by reading it “ Cantab" which does not rhyme very well with commences. ; P rinces C hristian V iotob of Schleswig- Holstein, who was looking forward eagerly to his baptism of fire while on service recently with the First Battalion of the King’s Eoyal Rifle Corps in the Miraazai expeditions, under Major- General Sir William Lockhart, K.U.B., C.S.I., has had to return to England, I fear without the realisation of his object. He is at home on a short leave of absence with a view of assisting at the marriage of his sister, which is to take place nest month, as well as the silver wedding of his parents. He was present, I believe, at Lord’s on Tuesday during the match between M.C.C. and Ground and Kent, and is hoping to see as much good cricket as possible here before he has to return to India to rejoin his regiment. T he following tables will show the batsmen and bowlers who have been most successful in first-class matches this season up to Saturday last. No one who has played in less than ten innings, or taken less than thirty wickets is included : BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most In Inns.notont.Runs.anlnns.Aver. Abel...................... 11 . ... 1 .. . 432 ... 103 .,.. 43.2 Mr. R. N. Douglas .. 10 . ... 0 .. ,. 307 ... 131 .... 30.7 Lohmann ........ . 12 . ... 0 .. ,. 321 ... 61 .,.. 26.9 Dr. W. G. Grace ... 13 . ... 0 .. 321 ... 61 .,.. 24.9 Mr. T.C. O’Brien... 11 . ... o .. ,. 227 ... 85 .. 20.7 M. Bead.............. . 11 . 0 .. ,. 225 ... 77 .,.. 20.5 Mr. W. W. Read .. . 11 ... 0 .. . 222 ... 64 .... 20.2 Mr.O.M. Wells ... 10 . ... 0 .. . 185 ... 68 .... 18.5 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Martin ......... 208.2 ... 77 ... 356 . 38 .... 9.14 J. T. Hearne ... 216.2 ... 76 ... 446 ... 42 ..., 10.26 Lohmann 3853 ...145 ... 612 ,... 60 ... 10.42 Mold............... 301.1 ...116 ... 508 ,... 44 ..,. 11.24 Briggs ......... 258 ...101 ... 455 ... 37 .... 12.11 Wm.Attewell... 514.2 ...251 ... 637 ... 52 ..., 12.13 Mr. J. J. Ferris 293.2 ...118 ... 544 .... 39 .... 13.37 Mr.S.M.J.Woods 215.1 ... 59 ... 525 ... 31 .... 15.15 Sharpe ......... 270 3 ... 95 ... 577 ... 86 . 16. 1 T he following will show the results of the matches played by the nine leading Counties this year, up to date. Played. Won. Lost. Dwn. 5 ... 5 ... 0 ... 0 2 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 6 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 8 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 B ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 4 ... 1 ... 3 ... 0 3 ... 1 ... a ... 0 4 ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 8 ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 Surrey ............. Kent.................... Middlesex ... , Gloucestershire . Sussex ............. Yorkshire ... , Notts ......... , Lancashire ... . Somersetshire . The match between Kent and Lancashire at Liverpool, which was never oommenced, is not inoluded in this table. C ricket readers generally, but more especially those who are within easy dis­ tance of London, will be interested to learn that the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to report on the proposed extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway to London via St. John’s Wood, came to the conclusion on Tuesday that the preamble of the bill had not been proven. The inquiry had extended over twenty-eiglit days, so that the contest had been a pro­ tracted one and the result seems to have come to one if not to both sides as something of a surprise. The decision will be a matter of some concern to cricketers, if only for the fact that the executive of the Marylebone Club, as will be remembered, after arranging for a petition against the Bill, came to an arrangement with Sir Edward Watkin by which, in the event of the extension of the line through St.John’s Wood becoming an accomplished fact Lord’s would have been considerably enlarged. A fter his recent performances for Kent against Warwickshire at Birming­ ham, and at Lord’s against M.C.C. and Ground this week, “ there can be no doubt, no possible, probable shadow of doubt, no possible doubt whatever,”—I am not certain if these are the exact words of Mr. W. H. Denny’s song in The Gondoliers —I should say, that Mr. G. J. V. Weigall will have a trial in the Cambridge Eleven. At least the University team, excellent as it is at all points, must be a stronger batting side than it has as yet proved, to be able to afford to leave out a batsman who has proved his capacity so unmistakably, and in such good company. Mr. Weigall was in the Wellington College Elevens of 1886 and two following years, and, unless my memory deceives me, has made several big scores for Emmanuel College, Cambridge, this season. A correspondent has been good enough to send me particulars of some consistent run-getting by Mr.C.H. Mason for the South Eastern Railway Cricket Club, this season. Mr. Mason, who was a Sussex Colt in 1884, and has since been identified with the Granville Club of Lee, is at the present time captain of the S.E.R. C.C. His scoring this year is the more noteworthy from the fact of which cricketers have had painful experience,that the wickets have not generally up to the present been favourable for run-getting. As will be seen from the following list, he has so far on seven successive Saturdays made 350 runs in four completed innings which gives an average of 87.5. May 2—S.E. v. L.O. and D. Railway ... 13 May 9—S.E. v. Kent House ............... 70 not out. May 16—S.E. v. L. and S.W. Railway ... 86 May 23—8. E. v. NewEltham................43 May 30—S.E. v. Rea H ill......................42 June 6—S.E.v.L.B. and S.C. Railway... 67 not out. June 13—b.E. v, G.W. Railway .........89 not out. T ota l ...850