Cricket 1891

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Jjafrxlxmr (Gossip. “3Che abatraot and brief chronicle of the time.— H am let MeaCulpa! It was in the strictest sense a derangement of epitaphs, to quote Mrs. Malaprop, which caused me, in “Gossip” of lastThursday, to confound the late Earl of Southesk with the noble lord who takes such an active interest in the well-being of the Hampshire County Club. It was a confusion due to the identical terminals andgeneral similarity in the two names which gave rise to a mistake—seen unfortunately too late to allow of correction before the paper was published. At the same time, it is satisfactory to know that Hampshire cricket is still the gainer by the exist­ ence of the Earl of Northesk, and that Mr. F. E. Lacey is still in possession of a father-in-law, and a right good sports­ man, too, in the llesh. There is some comfort, though, in the knowledge that the error was too apparent to those acquainted with Hampshire cricket to cause any misconception. None the less, theridiculousmistake,asmaybeimagined, has caused me much vexation of spirit. OVER I Our umpire, Old Time once again calls the over, The struggles of Surrey and Lancashire cease, And rivals repose in proverbial clover, Adjusting results o’er the quiet pipe of peace ; Hail! Somerset lads, who confirms her pro­ motion By wresting a leaf from the champion’s crown, And Middlesex bowlers, whose pills proved a potion To build up their shire when her batting ran down. So many the incidents worthy narration, How Shrewsbury fell, like a phoenix to rise, How Gunn and Bob Abel fulfilled expectation, And Bean proved a “ runner” no “ field” could despise, The record at Brighton, when Cambridge were victors And Sussex a laurel achieved in defeat, Not to speak of the prowess of other famed lictors Which stirred the arena where brave hearts compete. But during the season one “ pro,” uninvited, Mad Pluvius , threatened to bear off the bay— Don’t murmur, good Lohmann, if batsmen be slighted, Wet yet left the bowlers much room for display;— It needs for the freaks of this fiend atmo­ spheric, Who thought all our festivals needed his brew, Indulgence in phrases unfitting a cleric, May he often be—“ elsewhere” in year ninety-two. P a r is . “ R.T.” thus cogitates :— •j^e past season just closed will, indeed, be long remembered by all cricketers as a “ soaker” —*ud by none more than by the Incogniti, thib famous wandering club, having, in spite of the elements, struggled through a programme of fifty two matches. During their peregrinations, they have, in due course, dropped into Kent, Middlesex, Rutlandshire, Surrey, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Suffolk, Essex, Wiltshire, Somersetshire, Pevonshire, Sussex, Hants, and Wales. Taken collectively, the “ Incogs” have not been so successor*1in the number of wins as of yore, owing chieLy to the difficulty of getting teams together in bad weather, and also to the fact that when meeting the strongest of clubs in the home counties and elsewhere, the visitors not only have to tackle the local strength, but oft times find brother “ Incogs” opposed to them, and who generally are in good form on these particular occasions. However, they have the consolation of not losing a match during the last five weeks, thus showing that Sir Augustus Hemming— the heaa-centre and spirit of the Incogniti— who marshalled the teams in the West of England, and Mr. Philip Hilton in the South, had gathered together the right kind of representation to uphold the reputation of the old club. T h e genial Kentish Lion (Mr. P. H.) had indeed a strong team, including among 3 t others, the Incogniti Doctor, C. S. W . Cobbold, who was in deadly form with the leather; Wells-Cole, the “ Lincoln Tapper” whose century-hitting on the Saffrons at Eastbourne, tried the limits of the ground to the uttermost; A. R. Inglis, who, with his century, kept up the reputation of the family as a batsman, and his own, as one of the very best of fieldsmen; E. B. Haygarth, who batted and kept wicket in county form ; A. R. Holdship one of the most promising of “ all rounds; ” and E. A. Parke, the old Harrovian. “ P a r k e e ” — as he is familiarly called by “ Incogs” —has been in rare form this season, and his 147, when unfortunately run out at Portsmouth, was a masterly exhibition of scientific batting. But rain, rain, rain, spoilt the Southern Tour, the downpour at Lyndhurst being wholesale, as it was for the most part of the last week in August, until at last all seemed glad to get away from the soddened grounds and dismal surroundings, but with the hope that 1892 may bring all old and new friends together again on the cricket field, with the accompaniment of “ sunnier days”—to which I add, encore. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t has sent me a most interestingaccount of cricket “ as shewas” played recently in Iquique. The letter, which was dated July 3, has only just been received after being twelve weeks in transit, a delay fully explained by recent event 3 inChili. Neitherwarsnor rumours of wars were allowed by the cricket enthusiasts in the Chilian Republic to stand in the way of T h e Game. The difficulties they had to surmount before the match could be brought off will be understood when I add that it was necessary to collect the players from all parts of the Country. Some had to journey as much as sixty miles, and moreover to get them to Iquique a special train, a costly luxury in those parts, was required. S oon after thematchthetownofIquique was bombarded and burnt by the insur­ gents, and one of the playerswas heard to exclaim,as he sawthe smoke issuing from the direction of his office at Pisagua “ There goes my best bat.” It is grati­ fying to know, however, that his favourite weapon was recovered several weeks afterwards. My correspondent suggests that it would be a fitting addition to the relics at Lord’s. Soon after this followed the battle at Pisagua, which the players watched sitting on a hill-side. It is a matter of history, now, that this match was won by the Insurgents, and that the Balmaesdists, after declaring their innings closed, left the field. Among the players who took part in the two matches one at least, S.W. Hunt,'will be wellremembered by Metropolitan cricketers. He played for the 'WillesdenClub for several seasons. In the secondmatch he acted as Captain NEXT ISSUE OCTOBER 29