Cricket 1891

480 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME. NOV. 26,1891 August 25—Halifax (Nova Scotia), Halifax Wanderers v. Massachusetts. Chambers took eight of the 'Wan­ derers’ wickets for one run— believed to be a record for America. August—At Lynton, G. H. Swinstead totalled 455 in seven innings, being only four times out, with an average of 112. September 2—Scarborough, North v. South. Latter won by 6 runs. Briggs performed the “ hat trick ” for the North. September 5—Forest Hill v. Croydon. E . D- Foulkes performed the hat trick for the former. September 5—Scarborough, Gentlemen of England v. Sherwin’s Eleven. For the former, Mr. W. W. Read performed the hat trick with lobs. September 10—Hastings, North v. South. The 100 twice scored for first wicket in same match. Hall and A. Ward 105 for the North, Messrs. W . G. Grace and A. E. Stoddart 100 for the South. September 12—Lee,Granville Tourists v. Rest For former, J. Wilson carried his bat through the innings for 65. September 16—Blackheath Juniors v. F. Escombe’ s Eleven. For the Juniors, W. Escombe scored 23 out of 5‘J, and carried his bat through the second innings for 44 out of 52 from the bat. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS’ CRICKET M r . C. P. M o o d y , “ Point ” of the Adelaide Observer , who accompanied the last Australian team to England, writes thusly:— I saw your interesting epitome of twenty-five years’ first-class cricket. Now, I think you and your fair-minded English readers will agree with me that Australian cricketers have played a prominent part in contemporary cricket, and I think, starting on that basis, j have made some interesting and useful calcu­ lations. Mr. Brand’s calculations included only first-class matches played in England, ignoring altogether Australian inter-colonial matches, and games played by English teams against elevens of Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. An epitome of twenty-five years’ cricket should include these, and I have done so. It is only fair to Australians that this should be done. The result is to improve Murdoch’s and Giffen’ s batting averages, and to import Mouses, McDonnell, and Bannerman into the batting tables. They all have excellent figures. Moses has only had 54 innings, and perhaps it is hardly fair to include his name, but as those innings are distributed over seven years, and he has such a fine average, I have given them for what they are worth. Just as the good wickets improve the batting averages of the Australians so they detract from the bowling averages of Spofforth, Turner, and Ferris, slightly. I have also included Boyle, Garrett, Palmer, and Giffen, who should all have been in Mr, Brand’s list for their Eng­ lish performances alone. The fact of the wickets being somewhat better must not altogether be held accountable for the better­ ment of the Australian batting averages, because by the same token the Englishmen who have been to Australia should have better averages whereas many of them are slightly worse off, only slightly, of course, because they have had so few innings in Australia. The faot is, Englishmen in Australia are just as Australians are in England, enquande tour , and men under those conditions do not per­ form so well as when they are on their own familiar grounds. May I, as an Australian, point with satis­ faction to the grand position of Australian bowlers on the list. Turner, Spofforth, Ferris, Boyle, Woods, Palmer, Garrett, and Giffen, nearly all the great bowlers who have been tried in England, indeed eight out of the list of twenty-five. BATTING AVERAGES. Completed Most in Inns. Runs. an Inn. Aver. W. G. Grace ... ... 846 .. 36221 ... 344 ... 42 H. Moses ............. .. 54 ... 1905 ... 297* ... 35 W. W. Read ... ,... 460 ... 15493 ,... 338 ... 33 A. Shrewsbury .. ,... 4£8 .... 14384 .,.. 267 ... 33 C.T. Studd......... ... 135 ... 4266 ,... 175 ... 31 A. G. Steel............. „. 200 .,.. 5947 ... 171 ... 29 W. L. Murdoch .. ... 256 ... 7329 ... 321 ... 28 Hon. A. Lyttelton ... 152 ... 4295 ,... 181 ... 28 Gunn .................. ... 341 ... 9619 ,... 228 ... 28 A. J. Webbe ... 376 ... 10084 ... 243* ... 27 Daft ....................... 267 .,.. 7218 ... 161 ... 27 Lord Harris ... ,... 344 ... 9J38 ,... 154 ... 27 F. Penn............... ... 155 ... 4197 ... 160 ... 27 A N. Hornby ... ,... 532 ... 13844 ,... 188 ... 26 W. Yardley......... ... 138 ... 3725 ... 130 ... 26 K. J. Key ................ 218 ... 5826 ... 281 ... 26 W. H. Patterson ... 153 ... 4125 ... 143 ... 26 G. Giffen ......... ... 195 ... 6106 ... 237 ... 26 G. F. Grace......... ,... 258 ... 6661 ... 180* ... 25 J. Cranston ... 101 . .. 2517 ,... 152 ... 24 Hail ............... ... 355 ... 8857 ... 160 ... 24 I. D. Walker ... ,... 435 .,.. 10769 ... 179 ... 24 Jupp ................ ... 543 ... 13148 ... 170 ... 24 W. Newham ... 211 .,.. 5198 ... 138 ... 24 T. Horan ......... ... 170 .,.. 4179 ... 141 ... 24 U lyett................ ... 762 ... 18330 ... 199* ... 24 A. E. Stoddart ... ... 151 .,.. 3o65 ... 1*1 ... 24 Barnes............... ... 531 .... 12871 ... 160 ... 24 P. S. McDonnell ... 268 .... 6404 ... 239 ... 23 Lockw ood......... ... 492 .... 11694 ... 208 ... 23 Bates ................ ... 865 ... 8511 ... 136 ... 23 Abel ................ ... 316 ... 7445 ... 160 ... 23 J. Shuter ......... ... 306 .... 6882 ... 135 ... 2-2 E. F. S. Tylecote ... 131 . ... 27S8 ... 100* ... 20 A. Bannerman ... ... 261 .>.. 5623 ... 120 ... 20 Barlow............... ,... 516 ... 10710 ... 117 ... 20 Flowers ......... ... 356 ... 7250 ... 173 ... 20 E. M. Grace ... 339 .... 6834 ... 103 ... 20 Briggs............... ... 352 ... 7144 ... m ... 20 BOWLING AVERAGES. Wickets. Runs. Aver. A. Shaw ............... ... 1940 ... 22594 .... 11 C. T B. Turner ... ... 754 ... 9110 ... 12 Morley ................ ... 1249 ... 16652 .... 13 Attewell ................ ... 897 ... 11695 ... 13 Watson ................ ... 1290 ... 16977 . .. H Martin...................... 433 ... 6030 ... 13 Peate...................... ... 1096 ... 14939 ... 13 Southerton ......... ... 1611 ... 22632 .... 14 Lohmann............... ... 1191 ... 16761 . ... It F. R. Spofforth ... 810 ... 11385 ... 14 Briggs...................... ... 811 ... 11467 . .. It J. J. Ferris ......... ... 579 ... 8439 ... 14 A. G. Steel ......... ... 757 ... 1(‘963 .... 14 H. F. Boyle ......... ... 399 ... 5927 ... 14 Peel ...................... ... 814 ... 12930 .... 15 W. G. Grace ......... ... 2268 ... 37071 ... 16 S. M. J. Woods......... ... 222 ... 3563 .... 16 G. E. Palmer......... ... 639 ... 10592 .... 16 Wright ................ ... 509 ... 8386 .... 16 Barnes ............... ... 675 ... 11529 .... 17 C. T. Studd ......... ... 389 ... 6726 .... 17 Bates...................... ... £49 ... 14631 .... 17 Garrett ................ ... 445 ... 7926 .... 17 G. Giffen................ ... 424 ... 7846 .... 18 G. F. Grace ......... ... 261 ... 5215 .... 19 I also send you some scores of two hundred which Dr. Brand omitted. They were all made in Australia, and all in first-class matches. Here they are— Year. Name. For Against. Sere" 1882 W. L. Murdoch New South Victoria Wales 239 1884 W. L. Murdoch Fourth AusCombined tralian XI. Australia 279* 1836 P. S. M’Donnell New Sooth Wales Victoria 239 1887 G. Giffen South AusMr. Ver­ tralia non’s Eng­ lish XI. 203 1883 H. Moses New South Wales Victoria 297* 1888 A. Shrewsbury English Team Victoria 232 1888 A. Shrewsbury English Sixth Aus- Team tralianXI. 206 1888 A. Shre^slury Non Smokers Smokers 234 1891 G. Giffen South Aus­ tralia Victoria 237 Horan’s 250 for East Melbourne v. Mel­ bourne is not reckoned, not being made in a first-class match. Shrewsbury’s scores in Australia bring him within measurable dis­ tance of W. G., the Master having made nine 200’s and the professional eight. Murdoch comes next,which is exceedingly satisfactory to Australians, considering that Murdoch’s first- olass cricket owing to his six years’ retirement has been limited to eight seasons. LANSDOWNE CLUB. Matches played 34—won 21, lost 5, drawn 8. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Inn?, not out. Runs. Most in an Inn. Aver. F. Mi lar ... .. 11 ... 2 .. 119 .. 59* ... 13.2 A. Wa ler ... . . 12 ... 3 .. 117 .. 29 ... 129 E. Toone ... . . 11 .. 1 ... 1-22 .. 27* ... 12.2 H. Wadsworth. . 22 .. 2 ... 206 .. 41 ... 10.6 T. Lumsden .. 11 ... 1 .. 106 ... 24 ... 10.6 W. Driver ... . . 9 ... 1 i. 76 . 19 ... 9.4 J. Simmons . 16 .. 0 ... 110 .. 25 ... 812 F. C. Warne .. 12 ... 0 .. 102 .. 32 ... 8.6 P. F. Langtnn .. 18 ... 1 .. 135 .. 20 ... 7.16 A. E. Nash . 20 ... 0 .. 152 .. 24 ... 7.12 H. L. Jarvis . . 12 .. 2 .. 78 .. 26* ... 7.8 H. Guntrip . 12 .. 0 ... 87 .. 27 ... 73 C. Holroyd .. 8 ... 1 .. 50 . . 21 .. 7.1 C. G. Hudson .. 13 ... 6 .. 49 ... 10* ... 7 F. C. Warren .. 12 ... 1 .. 65 . . 12 .. 510 G. Hockley .. 14 ... 2 .. 68 . 10 ... 58 F. Pitcher ... .. 14 ... 1 .. 69 . . 17 .. 3.1 F. E. Webb .. 11 ... 2 .. 49 . . 18 .. 5.4 VV. C. Stevens .. 8 ... 0 .. 44 . . 16 .. 54 C. H. Powuall. . 7 ... 0 .. 38 . . 24 ... 53 E. J. Adams .. 7 ... 1 .. 31 . . 18* .. 5.1 J. 0. Warne .. 11 ... 1 .. 49 . . 11* .. 4 9 8. L. Pounall .. 16 ... 1 .. 66 . . 14 .. 4.6 C. Simmons .. 12 ... 8 .. 36 . . 11 .. 4.4 A. Grout ... .. 12 ... 0 .. 51 .. 22 ... 4.3 J. Lydon ... .. 12 ... 1 .. 46 . . 13 .. 4.2 The following bowled in less than seven innings. —Sharpe 5—2, Dispecker 3, Levey-Simpkins, Curtis, Woodcock, and Pulham all 1. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. F. Pitcher ... 128 ..,. 42 .,. 212 .,.. 50 ... 4.12 H. Guntrip ... 146 ... 53 ..,. 213 ..,. 43 ..,. 4.41 T. Lumsden ... ... 91 .... 24 .... 163 .,.. 32 ... 5.3 F. Warren ... 95 ... 33 ... 159 ... 31 .... 55 C. G. Hudson .. ... 190 .. 58 ... 281 ... 52 ... 5.25 C. Simmons ... ... 75 ... 25 ... 122 ... 18 .... 6.16 H. Woodcock ... 59 ... 12 ..,. 117 .,.. 16 ... 7.10 F. W ebb......... ... 40 ... 11 . .. 61 . .. 14 ... 511 P. F. Langton... ... 23 ... 5 ... 39 ... 11 ... 3.6 T he Grantham Town C.C. is reconstituted T h e annual general meeting of the Dulwich C.C. was held on the 28th ult. M r . S. M. J. W o o d s willremain in England, having taken up the study of brewing. On the 5th inst., at 26, Moore Street Cadogan Square, the wife of C. R . Seymour of a daughter. T h e annual dinner of Kingston Town C.C. was held at the Kingston Hotel on 2Sth ult., the Mayor presiding. T h e annual concert of the Elm (Hampstead) C.C. was held at the Blind School, Swiss Cottage, on Thursday night. O n 4th November, at Christ Church, Lucknow, Major Archibald Edward Duthy, R.H.A., to Madeline Alice Price, niece of William Young, B.C.S.C.S.T. M r , M. C h ris to p h e r s o n has been elccted hon. sec. and treasurer of the Blackheath C.C., in room of Messrs. F. S. Ireland and K. Christopherson, both resigned through pres­ sure of work. T h e Sportsman Challenge Cup was presented by the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton to the Polytechnic C.C., the winners of the London and Suburban Association Competi­ tion, on Saturday night, with medals to the winning eleven. p A fifh flllc This < - G G B ~<^ Brand lU U lU ullO i |s ABSOLUTELY THE BEST City Agents—Parton & Lester, 94, Queen St., Cheapside NEXT ISSUE DECEMBER 81