Cricket 1891

250 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. JTTLY 9, 1891 c o u s in s in P h ila d e lp h ia a re d e s ir o u s th a t its a d v a n ta g es s h o u ld h e te s te d b y E n g lis h a m a te u rs. A v a lu e d c o r r e s p o n ­ d e n t a n d k e e n s u p p o r te r o f c r ic k e t h a s b e e n g o o d e n o u g h t o fo r w a r d m e tw o p h o to g r a p h s , s h o w in g th e L a d ie s ’ a n d th e J u n io r s ’ c lu b h o u s e s , o n th e n e w g r o u n d . S in ce th e y w e r e ta k e n , a v e r y la r g e c lu b h o u s e h a s b e e n e r e c te d , a n d o n th e o p p o s ite s id e a s p a c e is r e s e r v e d fo r a g r a n d s ta n d , w h ic h is to b e b u ilt s h o r tly . T o ju d g e b y th e se v ie w s , as w e ll as fr o m in fo r m a tio n I h a v e r e c e iv e d , th e G e r m a n to w n C lu b w ill p o sse ss a g r o u n d h a r d ly , i f a t all, in fe r io r , e s p e c ia lly in th e m a tte r o f a p p o in tm e n ts , to th e b e st e n c lo s u r e , h o m e o r C o lo n ia l. E v e r y w e ll- w is h e r o f th e g a m e w ill w is h th e c lu b c o n tin u e d a n d in c r e a s e d p r o s p e r ity . I n a n a rticle u n d e r th e title o f “ K a is e r a n d C o m m o n a lty ,” a w rite r in th e Star o f y e s te r d a y m a k e s s o m e p r a c tic a l s u g ­ g e s tio n s o n th e a d v is a b ility o f a n a r r a n g e ­ m e n t w h e r e b y th e G e rm a n E m p e r o r m ig h t b e e n a b le d t o p a y a v is it to L o r d ’s o r H e n le y at th e e n d o f th is w e e k . B u t le t “ th e Star m a n ” s p e a k fo r h im s e lf. Why does not the German Emperor go to Lord’s or Henley? He is a military man; and did not the Duke of "Wellington say, or someone say for him, that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton ? Men who could play cricket in such weather as that of yesterday oould storm a battery or lead a forlorn hope. What higher courage is exhibited than by the crioket captain ? Has not Grace snatched victory from the jaws of defeat? If he were not already the greatest cricketer, would he not be the greatest general of the age ? There are scores of men who never heard of Moltke who know everything about Captain Grace, W. G. T h e s e are m y s e n tim e n ts , to u s e th e w o r d s o f M r . A r th u r B o b e r ts in a r e c e n t tr ia l, “ t o a T .'’ T he O ld T a y lo r ia n s d id s o m e h e a v y s c o r in g in th e ir m a tc h a g a in s t M e r ch a n t T a y lo r s ’ S c h o o l a t C h a rte rh o u s e S q u a re o n F r id a y la s t. A fte r g e ttin g r id o f th e b o y s fo r 72 t h e y d e c la r e d th e ir in n in g s c lo s e d w ith th e to ta l 2 5 2 fo r tw o w ic k e ts . T h e c h ie f c r e d it o f th is a c h ie v e ­ m e n t w a s d u e t o M e s s rs . B . S . L u c a s a n d H . B a n k in , w h o w e re s till to g e th e r w h e n t h e c lo s u r e w a s a p p lie d , h a v in g r a is e d th e s c o r e fr o m 72 t o 2 5 2 . M y p r in c ip a l r e a s o n , th o u g h , in r e fe r r in g to th e m a tc h w a s t o r e fe r to a p e c u lia r in c id e n t in c o n n e c t io n w ith th e b a ttin g o f M r. L u ca s. I n h is 14 1 n o t o u t w e r e n o le ss th a n S e v e n s ix e s o u t o f th e g r o u n d , a n d tw o o f I h e s e w e re in th e ir w a y se n s a tio n a l e n o u g h . O n e b a ll w a s h it to sq u a re le g o v e r th e O ld C lo is te rs a n d fin a lly w e n t c r a s h in g th r o u g h a w in d o w o f a p riv a te h o u s e o u tsid e . T h e c u r io s ity th o u g h w as n o t c o n fin e d to th is o n e stro k e . I n th e s a m e o v e r , in d e e d , th e b a ll w a s sen t th r o u g h th e v e r y s a m e w in d o w , n o t o n ly a d d in g to th e b r e a k a g e b u t c o n s id e r a b ly a la r m in g th e d o m e s tic w h o w a s p r e p a r in g to s w e e p u p th e debris c a u s e d b y th e first s m a s h . F o r tu n a te ly th e b r o k e n w in d o w w a s th e e x te n t o f th e d a m a g e . T h e g r o u n d , as m o s t C ric k e t re a d e rs k n o w , is v e r y s m a ll a n d w in d o w s o fte n su ffe r. S till w h a t w o u ld b e th e o d d s a g a in s t tw o h its t h r o u g h th e s a m e w in d o w in o n e o v e r ? W h ile o n s u ch a to p ic it m a y n o t b e g e n e r a lly k n o w n th a t th e c o p y o f th e w e ll-k n o w n e n ­ g r a v in g o f th e m a t c h b e tw e e n K e n t a n d S u s s e x w h ic h s u r m o u n ts th e m a n te lp ie c e o f th e C o m m itte e -r o o m a t th e O v a l sh o w s th e r e a c h o f a b a ll h it b y th e “ G e n tle T a p p e r ” G . J . B o n n o r in a m a tc h b e tw e e n th e A u s tra lia n s a n d th e G e n tle m e n o f E n g la n d s o m e y e a r s b a ck . T he fo llo w in g w ill sh ow the results o f the m a tch es p la y ed betw een th e nine Reading C ou n ties u p to d a te : Played. Won. Lost. Dwn. Surrey ................ 6 ... 6 ... 0 ... 0 Kent....................... 4 ... 2 ... 0 ... 2 Notts ............... 4 ... 2 ... 2 ... 0 Sussex ................ 4 ... 1 ... X ... 2 Somersetshire ... 2 ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 Middlesex ........ 8 ... 3 ... 4 ... 1 Gloucestershire ... 5 ... 1 ... 3 ... 1 Lancashire ......... 5 ... 1 ... 3 ... 1 Yorkshire ........ 6 ... 2 ... 4 ... 0 T h e fo llo w in g a re th e p r in c ip a l b a ttin g a v e r a g e s in a ll fir s t-c la s s m a tc h e s fo r n o t le ss th a n e le v e n in n in g s , c a lc u la te d u p to S a tu r d a y l a s t : BATTING AVERAGES. Mr. \Y. Newham .. A b e l........................ Mr. E. Smith......... Gimn ................. Bean........................ M. B e a d ................. Barnea ................. Mr. R.N. Douglas .. Mr. T.C. O’Brien... Ulyett ................. Henderson ......... Lohmann ......... Times Inns.notout.Runs, 11 , 16 . 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . 14 ... 2 ... 17 ... 0 .. 18 ... 1 .. 17 ... 1 .. 12 ... 1 .. 17 ... 0 .. * Not out. , 550 , 522 , 449 , 384 . 378 . 461 >343 . 446 . 440 . 402 . 272 . 400 Highest Score. Aver. ... 134*...55 ... 103 ...34.12 ... 117 ...34.7 ... 125*...33.8 ... 97 ...29.1 ... 135 ...28.13 ... 104 ...28.7 ... 131 ...26.4 ... I ll .. 25.15 ... 84*...25.2 ... 106 .. 24.8 ... 61 ...23.9 PRINCIPAL MATCHES FORNEXTWEEK T h u rsd a y, J u ly 9.—Brighton, Sussex v. N otts; Taunton, Somereetshirev. Lancashire; Leeds, Yorkshire v. Leicestershire; Oval, Surrey C. & G. v. East Molesey. F rid a y , ’J u ly 10.—Lord’s, Eton v. Harrow; Oval, Surrey (2nd Eleven) v. Hertfordshire. M onday, J u ly 13.—Brighton, Sussex v. Surrey; Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Lancashire; Bir- mineham, Warwickshire v. Cheshire; Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Notts; Bedford, Bed­ fordshire v. Northants ; Maidstone, Kent :v. Somersetshire; Sleaford, Lincolnshire v. Herts ; Leicester, Leicestershire v. Hants. BARNES v. PALLINGSWICK. Played at East Acton on July 4. P a llin g sw ic k . P. Schooling, c P. R. Earnshaw, b Frith 4 W. C. Yarborough, c Hunt, b A. E. Earn­ shaw ........................18 B. A. Carter, c and b Stevens .................43 E. A. Collins, c A. E. Earnshaw, b Shaw 35 H. W . Burnside, c and b Shaw ........... 6 F. Sanderson, b A. E. Total Earnshaw ........ Innings declared finished. B arnes . H. T. Piper, not out 13 D. H. Daniell, b Stevens ................. W. B. Chalmers, b Stevens ................. E. E. Tamer, c Rat- cliffe, b Frith.......... F. J. Lampard, not out ........................ B 1, lb 1 .......... C.E.Ratcliff, notout 17 P. R. Earnshaw, b Yarborough .......... 4 C. Nettleton, lbw, b Yarborough .......... 1 W. F. L. Frith, not out ...........................17 B 2, lb 1 ........... 3 Total ............ 42 A. E. Earnshaw, R. W. Shaw, A. G. H. Stevenst G. B. Hunt, A. Sissons, J. F. Franco, and C. E* Sissons did not bat. OXFORD UNIVERSITY AUTHENTICS v. QUEEN’S CLUB. Played at Queen’s Club on July 2. O xf o r d U n iv er sity A u th e n tic s . L. C. H. Palairet, b Rawlin .................35 J. St. F. Fair,c Cragg, b Rawlin ................13 K. J. Key, c Cragg, b Rawlin ................. 4 R. C.N. Palairet, lbw, b Cragg .................28 V. T. Hill, b Hind ... 41 E. Britten-Holmes, E. Murray, and P. Colville" Smith did not bat. (Innings declared finished.) H. H. Hansard, c Gibbs, b Cragg ... 4 W. H. Brain, not out 60 G. F. H.Berkeley.not out ........................23 B 10, lb 1 ..........11 Total ..........219 Q u e e n ’ s C l u b . J. A. Gibbs,c R. C. N., b L. C. H. Palairet G J. B. Gribble, b L.C.H. Palairet ................. 9 Major St. L. Barter, c Brain, b Berkeley 11 F.W.G. Gore, not out 42 Capt. G. F. Leslie, b L. C. H. Palairet... 1 H.Menzies.bBerkeley 10 Lord E. Hamilton, c Sub, b L. C. H. Pa­ lairet .................11 Earl of Dalkeith.b L. C. H. Palairet Rawlin, b L. C. H. Palairet................. Hind, b L. C. H. Palairet................. Cragg, not o u t.......... B ........................ Total ...128 OXFORD UNIVERSITY AUTHENTICS v. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. Played at Vincent Square, S.W., on July 4. O xford U niversity A uthbntics . H.S.Schwann.cD’Arcy, b Fitzmaurice ... 10 L. C. H. Palairet, b Campbell ..........115 R. C. N. Palairet, c Sherring, b Berens W . Rashlei*h, run out ........................ 0 H. O.Whitby,not out 11 B 9, lb 5 .......... 14 Total ...233 E. Britten-Holmea, L. C. V. Bathurst, C. E. Slo- cock, Y. T. Hill, J. St. F. Fair, P, Colville Smith, and R. Berens did not bat. (Innings declared finished.) W estm in ster S chool . C. T. Agar, c Berens, b Whitby.................14 H.R. Blaker,bWhitby 1 W. F. D’Arcy,b Bath­ urst ........................ 1 F.B. Sherring,b Bath­ urst ........................ 0 G. E. Campbell, not out ........................31 Total J. S. Sherring, b Whitby ................. 0 W . T. Barwell, D. Fitzmaurice, and M. E. Fevey did not bat. E. Berens, c Hill, b Whitby ................. 0 E. G. Burton, c Hill, b Fair .................11 A. W. J. Guy, not out ........................ 8 J3 ........................ 6 ... 72 GRANVJLLE (LEE^ v. HORNSEY. Played at Lee, Kent, on July 4. G r a n v ille . b B. A. J. Wilson, jun., bB.A. Clarke .................47 P.P.Lincoln, c Tubby, b B. A. Clarke.......... 0 Dr. Campbell, b Davis 20 C. J. M. Godfrey, b B. A. Clarke ..........62 C. H. Mason, b B. A. Clarke ................. 8 S. G. C. Starkey, b Tubby ... ..........12 W. Edwards, b B. A. Clarke .................31 H o rn se y . B.4. Clarke, c Gordon S. Ellis, Clarke ................. 2 B. F. Gordon, c S.L., b B. A. Clarke ... 0 A. R. Layman, c Bacmeister,bDavis 11 W. E. Poulsom, not out ........................ 0 B 7 lb 2 .......... 9 ...208 b Edwards ... ... 21 E.Bacmeister, b God­ frey ........................21 C. S. Knight, c Gor- Total don, b Porlsom ... 7 B. F. Furniss, S.L. Clarke, G. P. Cox, H . White, J. Dempsey, and J. Dempsey, jun., did not bat. W.H.Davis, not out 7 F.O. Tubby, not out 5 Lb........................ 7 68 A rthur K ent , playing for theMarlborough against Eltham House at Honor Oak on Saturday last, took six wiokets in four overs for no runs,