Cricket 1891

(M EM B E R OP TH E K E N T COUN TY X I.) M A N U F A C T U R E R O E c r i c k e t h a t s a n d b a l l s Cricket, Football, and Lawn Tennis Outfitter (Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation), 140, LEWISHAM HIGH ROAD , LONDON, S.E. “ To ge th e r jo ined in c r ick e t ’s m an ly to il.5’— Byron . No. 3 7 8 . VOL. X . Registered for Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1891 PR ICE 2d. M R . L I O N E L C H A R L E S H A M I L ­ T O N P A L A IR E T . O f the amateurs who have come to the front of late, few have shown better all-round cricket than the young Oxonian who has been doing such good service for Somersetshire during the last fortnight. It is satisfactory, too, to record that, though not a native of the County,in every other respect he has the strongest qualifications to be considered a Zummerzet man. Lanca­ shire could claim him by the accident of birth,for he was born at Grange over Sands in that County on May 27, 1870. Si ill, his earliest associations were with Somerset­ shire cricket, and his first appear­ ance on any stage as a cricketer was in 1880, when he was one of the, eleven which did duty for the Rev. S. Cornish’s School at Walton Lodge, Clevedon. The great event of the year there was the match against Mr. Wilkinson’s School at Clifton, and in the contest of 1880, which, oddly enough, ended in a tie, two youngsters who also won a high reputation subsequently in University cricket, Messrs. W. D. Llewelyn and Eustace Crawley, also took part, the former for W il­ kinson’s, the latter for Cornish’s. Promotion to Repton School followed four years later, and in 1886 he succeeded in getting his colours mainly through an excellent score of 40 against Uppingham School. The next three years witnessed a steady development of his all-round oricket. Two excellent scores of 114 and 54 against Mal­ vern College were his best achieve­ ments in 1887. The following season saw him captain of the Repton eleven, a post which he held until he left the School at the end of the summer season of 1889. Nor did the responsibility of the position affect his cricket prejudi­ cially, for in both years he was consistently successful. His most notable per­ formance of 1888 was, however, outside school cricket. Playing for Mr. W. H. Laverton’s eleven against the Bradford Wanderers in August of that year, he went in first with his brother. The latter, who was out with the total at 22 , had failed to score, and when his own partnership with his father ended with his dismissal at 121 , as many as 111 had come from his bat. His last year at Repton was one of unbroken success. On public form he was beyond a doubt one of the best all-round School Cricketers of 1889. Against Lincoln Lindum with his brother he put on 181 for the second wicket, and his score of 110 not out was bis highest record of^ the season for the Eleven. In house matches, too, he scored well. Twice, indeed, he got over a hundred for “ The Hall,” and on the second occasion against Cattley’s, when he made his highest score (157), he helped his brother to E ut on 201 for the second wicket. Altogether e had an exceptionally fine record for Repton in 1889 with a batting average of over 29 runs, and in bowling one of a little over twelve and a half for fifty-six wickets. Again one of his most noteworthy records was in other than School matches. Playing for Norton St. Philip against Trowbridge Garrison, he carried his bat through the innings for 92, the same score by the way credited to him for Mr. Laverton’s Eleven v. Bradford Wanderers. As a bowler, too, he came out well on occasions. In the match between Bryn-y-neuadd and Plas Neuadd the latter were dismissed for 19 and 15, in a great measure through his bowl­ ing, which showed ten wickets at a cost of only fourteen runs. Enter­ ing at Oriel College in October, 1889, Mr. Palairet made his mark at once in Oxford cricket. Two excellent innings of 54 and 82 against the Gentlemen of England in the early part of last season ensured him his “ blue,” of which he proved himself to be subse­ quently thoroughly worthy, with scores of 45 against Lancashire, and 72 against M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s. In minor matches as well he scored heavily. His best scores in this class of cricket were 151 for W . N. Cobbold’s Eleven v. Burton Brewers, 149 for the Authentics against Bickley Park, 106 for Bridgewater v. Minehead, and in each of the two last he carried his bat through the innings. Though he had played once before at Lord’ s, on Aug. 12,1889, against M.C.C. and Ground, in the memor­ able game finished in one day, his first Inter-County match for Somer­ setshire was against Leicestershire at Taunton last 5 ear. On that oc­ casion, by good cricket, he made 158, a score which contributed mainly to give him an excellent average of 29.2 for fourteen com­ pleted innings. His records of this season for Oxford University will be too fresh in the memories of C r ic k e t readers to need recapitu­ lation. Though in the Inter- University match he was not so successful as had been hoped, still he upheld his reputation on several important occasions, notably in the last of the trial matches, when he made 74 against M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s by sound and attractive cricket. For Somersetshire he has been even more successful. So far in seven completed innings he has made 276 runs, and in each of the four matches he has done well, scoring 37 against Lancashire, 79 against Kent, 53 against Gloucestershire, and 76 againstjYorkshire. All-round Mr. Palairet