Cricket 1891

2 6 6 CBICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. JULY 16, 1891 FELTHAM’S MANUFACTURERS OF CR ICKET , T E N N I S , C R O Q U E T , &c. AND ALL m & OUT-EOOR GAMES. FE LTHAM ’S Excellent Cricket Bat. F E L T H A M ’ S Reliable and Special Cricket Bats. A L L M A D E F B O M W E L L - S E A S O N E D W O O D S T E A M C O M P R E S S E D . F E L T H A M ’ S MATCH CKICKET BALLS. F E L T H A M ’ S LEG GUARDS, GAUNTLETS, CRICKET NETS, BATTING GLOYES, STUMPS. All requisites fo rth e gam e o f C ricke t Bold by all Dealers, aod wholesale of the Manufacturers. CITY STEAM WORKS— BARBICAN, LONDON, E.G. P rice L ists on A pplication . PRICKET, FOOTBALL, & TENNIS GROUNDS ^ (all thoroughly drained, October, 1888), TO LET at Hyde Farm, Balham, for Season, Day, or Saturdays, close to Railway Station. Special reduced return railway fares from Victoria, 6d. London Bridge 7d.—Apply H. B enham (Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. 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Send for Price List to 171, Fenchurch St. or 71 and 73 Park St. Regent’s Park, N.W. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. «1, ST. ANDREWS HILL, LONDON, E.O. THURSDAY, JULY 1 6 th , 1891. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— _____________ ___________________________ Hamlet, M r . A lfre d J . G aston , o f B righ ton , w r it e s :— I have perused with much interest the statistics of the epitome of twenty-five years’ first-class cricket, furnished in C r ic k e t of last week by Mr. G. H. Brand, of Gloucester. I cannot, however, help thinking that Mr. Brand has availed himself very materially of the statistics given in Dr. W. G. Grace’s recent book on “ Cricket,” which, so far as first-class averages are concerned, are certainly not only inaccurate but misleading. I will point out, to prove my case, one or two palpable slips, which will at once be readily observed. In “ W.G.’s ” book in the first-class averages for 1866 (page 443), the late Henry Jupp is given as playing 64 complete innings in first-class matches. Rather a big feat for the early days of the “ sixties! ” Surely “ W.G.” or his biographer, Mr. W. Methwen Brownlee, must have inadvertently included Jupp’s innings for the United South against “ Odds,” as even last year (1890), with the Australian matches, the highest number of innings (completed) in first-class matches was 53 innings by Geo. Ulyett, and 52 innings by W. G. Grace; whilst again in the big season of 1888 “ W.G.” participated in but 58 innings. Moreover, in dissecting the first- class from minor engagements, “ W.G,” in his book in the first-class averages for 1883 includes in Mr. W. W. Read’s first-class innings, his score of 168 for Surrey v. Hants. Notwithstanding these imperfections [adds Mr. Gaston] there is a great charm in Dr. Grace’s book, the innumerable anecdotes and incidents in connection with the leading cricketers of the past “ forty years” being exceedingly refreshing. M r . G aston fu rth er re m a rk s :— Many cricket enthusiasts, especially col­ lectors of cricket literature and engravings, doubtless have seen Rowlandson’s very rare print of the famous Amazonian cricket match at Ball’s Pond in 1811, which is preserved at Lord’s and also in the print room of the British Museum. It will be interesting possibly if I give the text of the original poster announcing this extraordinary match ; A G r e a t C r ic k e t M a t c h between Eleven Women of Surrey and Eleven of Hampshire, made by two noblemen for 500 guineas, which was to have been played at Clapham, but did not take place through some unforeseen circumstances, will be played at N e w in g t o n G u e e n , near B a l l ’s P o n d , M id d le s e x , on W e d n e s d a y next, the 2 n d of O c t o b e r and t w o f o l l o w i n g d a y s, Wickets to be pitched at Eleven o’clock. Admission, Is. each. S u r r e y . Ann Baker. Ann Taylor. Hannah Higgs. Elizabeth Gale. Maria Barfatt. Hannah Collas. Hannah Bartlett. Maria Cooke. Charlotte Cooke. Elizabeth Stock. Mary Fry. S u r r e y : O r a n g e a n d B l u e . H a m p s h ir e . Sarah Luff. Charlotte Julian. Hannah Parker, Elizabeth Smith. Martha Smith. Mary Woodson. Nancy Porter. Ann Poulter. Mary Novell. Mary Hisloch. Mary Jougan. Hampshire : T rue B lue . Russell, Printer, Old Change, London. In th e co u r s e o f a v e r y in te r e s tin g in te r v ie w w ith C a rd in a l M a n n in g , p u b ­ lis h e d in th e Strand Magazine o f th is m o n t h , H is E m in e n c e , w h o b y th e w a y c e le b ra te d h is e ig h ty - th ird b ir th d a y y e s te r d a y , a n d is th e r e fo r e e n title d to be cla s se d in th e c a te g o r y o f v e r y O ld B o y s , re fe rs p le a s a n tly to h is e a rly s c h o o ld a y s ; “ I went to Harrow ” he says, “ when I was fourteen, and remained there four years. I fear I can tell you but little about my cricketing days. I wish I could say that ‘ our ide * won, but alas ! in the three matches I played in against Eton and Winchester at Lord’s wewere beaten every time. I certainly co ed some runs, but their total is for­ gotten ” I t w ill b e n e w s p e rh a p s n o w to s o m e o f t h o s e e v e n w e ll v e r s e d in th e h is t o r y o f H r r o w t o k n o w th a t th e n o b le s t R o m a n o f th e m a ll n o t o n ly le a r n e d h is cr ic k e t th e re , b u t w a s a p r o m in e n t m e m b e r o f th e S c h o o l E le v e n . S till th e E . M a n n in g w h o ap p ea rs in th e s c o r e fo r H a r r o w a g a in st W in c h e s te r a t L o r d ’s in 1825 in th e first m a tc h b e tw e e n th e tw o