Cricket 1891

MARCH 26, 18D1 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 45 UPPER CLAPTON CLUB. F ixtu res fo r 1891. April 25—Upper Clapton, Club Match May 2—Dulwich, v. Dulwich May 9—Tottenham, v. Tottenham May 9—Upper Clapton, v. To tenham 2nd XI. May 16—Upper Clapton, v. Islington Albion May 18—Upper Clapton, v.Cinque Port Wanderers May 21—East Acton, v. Pallingswick May 23—Cbeshunt, v. Cheshunt and District May 23—Upper Clapton,Club Match, 2nd XI. May 30—White Hart Lane, v. Trafalgar May 30—Upper Clapton, v. Buckhurst Hill fend XI. June 3—Bishop Stortford, v. Bishop Stortford June 6—Hornsey, v. Hornsey June 6—Upper Clapton, Club Match, 2nd XI. June 13—8outhgate, v. Southgate June 13—Upper Clapton, v. Woodford Wells, 2nd XI. June 18—Buckhurst Hill, v. Buckhurst'Hill June 23—Upper Clapton, v. Luton June 20 — Woodford, v. Woodford Wells, 2nd XI. June 24—Hendon, v. Hendon June 27—Upper Clapton, v. Stoics June 27—Cheshunt, v. Cheshunt July 2—Upper Clapton, v. Pallingswick July 4 —Upper Clapton, v. Tottenham July 4—Tottenham, v. Tottenham 2nd XI. July 11—Upper Clapton, v. Buckhurst Hill July 11—Buckhurst Hill, v. Buckhuret Hill 2nd XI. July 16—Upper Clapton, v. M.C.C. & G. July 18—Upper Clapton, v. Cheshunt and District July 25—Enfield, v. Enfield Jnly 25—Upper Clapton, v. Dulwirh July 30—Upper Clapton, v. Hendon Aug. 1—Upper Clapton, v. Hamps'ead Nonde­ scripts Aug. 3—Upper Clapton, v. Trafalgar Aug.8—Alexandra Park, v. Islington Albion Aug. 8—Upper Clapton, Club Match, 2nd XI. Aug. 10—Chichester, v. Priory Park Aug. 11—Bognor, v. Bogoor Aug. 12—Littleharapton, v. Littlehampton Aug. 13—Lewes, v. Lewes Priory Aug. 14,15—St. Leonards, v. South Saxons Aug. 15—Upper Clapton, v. Broxbourne 2nd XI. Aug. 22—Upper Clapton, v. Southgate Aug. 22—Chigwel', v. Chigwell 2nd XI. Aug. 29—Upper Clapton, v. Enfield Aug. 29—Broxbourne. v. Broxbourne 2nd XI. Sept. 3 -Luton, v. Luton Sept. 5—Upper Clapton, v. Cheshunt Sept. 12—Upper Clapton, v. Hornsey VICTORIAN ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Victorian Cricketers’ Association was held on Feb. 10. Mr. D. A. Madden, vice-president, was in the chair. The cable message which appeared in The Argus of Tuesday stating that a scheme had been put forward under the auspices of the Earl of Sheffield to bring a team of English cricketers to Australia was discussed, and it was decided to ask the special committee to report upon it after obtaining full informa­ tion. On the motion of Mr. Budd, seconded by Mr. Scott, it was resolved to instruct the secretary of the association to write to Lord Sheffield, inquiring as to his intention in the matter. A letter was received from the secretary of the South Australian Cricketers’ Association, asking whether the association would send a team to Adelaide in March to play a return match against South Australia. After some discussion it was decided that, with much regret, the association felt unable to grant the request on account of present fixtures. A letter was received in answer to one from the association from the secretary of the Southern Tasmanian Cricketers’ Associa­ tion, stating that they were prepared to send over a team to Victoria to play on Easter Saturday and Monday. Major Wardill, the secretary of the Mel­ bourne Cricket Club, wrote stating that his committee had noticed that the Victorian Football Association had had under discus­ sion the advisability of extending the football season by commencing it in the middle of April, and that before any action was taken by that body they desired to draw the atten­ tion of the association to its rules, which provided that the cricket season did not end until the 30th of April. As, however, nothing has been done by the Football Asso­ ciation, it was decided to take no action. On the motion of Mr. Kelleher, seconded by Mr. Scott, it was decided that Mr. F. Walters’s performance in the match against New South Wales in Sydney, when he scored 106 in his first innings, should be recognised by the presentation of a bat. In moving the motion Mr. Kelleher took occasion to refer in eulogistic terms to the hospitable reception which the New South Wales cricketers had accorded the team. WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY CLUB. At the annual general meeting of this club, held last month at the Star Hotel, Worcester, the report and balance-sheet presented by the joint secretaries were received and adopted. There was a sum of£50 carried forward towards liquidating the debt against the club, and which at present is only M23 3s. 4d. The number of members is 195. Twelve matches were played last year; five were won, four lost, and three drawn. Fixtures have been arranged with 'Shrop­ shire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, I Zingari, Free Foresters, Magdalen, Brasenose, Keble and Malvern Colleges, and two regimental matches. The Staffordshire match will take the form of a benefit to Millward, the popular pro­ fessional (who has left), in recognition of past services. Kidderminster, the native town of Millward, is the place fixed to play at. A bat with presentation plate has been given by the club to Mr. H. K Foster for the Malvernian’s valuable help and tall scoring, whereby he obtained top average, though only seventeen years old. The cricket week is fixed for August 5 and following days. The Earl of Coventry was re-elected president. By the death of Earl Beauchamp the club loses one of its vice-presidents, those remaining being Earl of Dudley, Viscount Cobham, Lord tVindsor, Sir H. Foley Vernon . hon. treasurer, Col. Norbury, C .B .; joint hon. secs., Mr. E . G. Bromley-Martin and Capt. S. Fetherstonhaugh. OXFORD COUNTY CLUB. A second public meeting of the newly- formed Oxford County Cricket Club was held at the Clarendon Hotel, Oxford, on March 11, under the presidency of Mr. Henry Tubb, of Bicester. The rules drawn up by the pro­ visional committee were presented and adopted, after being slightly amended. The officers were elected for the ensuing year as follow President, the Earl of Jersey; vice- presidents, Lord Saye and Sele, Professor Case, and Mr. H. Tubb; treasurer, Mr. F. M. Damies, L. and C. Bank, Oxford; secretary, Mr. II. M. Turner, 4, Turl Street, Oxford; auditors, Rev. Octavius Ogle and Mr. F. Bacon; committee, Hon. F. Parker (Watling- ton), Hon. E. Ponsonby (Woodstock), J. Spencer Balfour, M.P. (Burcot), Capt. Wilde (Lechlade), W. Evetts (Tacley), C. T. Hoare (Bicester), W. Bacon, J. Goold, E. Hamley, and Professor Pelham (Oxford), A. B. Field and Rev. F. Boisser (Banbury), Rev. W. H. Draper (Bicester), S. C. Watefield (Eynsham), F. Gale (Milton), W . Smith (Witney), F. G. Cooper (Henley-on-Thames), C. P. Harvey (Woodstock), A. C. Rawlinson (Chipping Norton), T. Gardner (Thame), E . M. Forbes (Caversham), J. Aldworth (Garsington), W. Holloway (Charlbury), and Dr. J. P. Oates (Bampton). A letter was read from Mr. M. R. Jardine, Balliol College, the captain of the University Club, in which he said he had no doubt that they would be able to give the County Club a date for a match. The fol­ lowing matches have already been arranged : —June 19 and 20, North Oxfordshire v. South Oxfordshire; June 22 and 23, Oxford City Club v. Rest of the C ity; June 26 and 27, Oxford County v. Oxford City. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings TOOTING-GRAVENEY CLUB. F ixtures for 1891. April 25—Tooting, v. Club Match May 2—Tooting, v. Fairlawn May 9—Tooting, v. St. Joseph’s College May 16—Honor Oak, v. Colombia May 18—Meadvale, v. Meadvale May 23—Wandsworth, v. Middlesex County’Asy- lum Staff May 30—Tooting, v. Mitcham June 6—Balham, v. Balham June 13—Tooting, v. St. Joseph’s College June 20—Dulwich, v. Alleyn June 27—Tooting, v. Home and Colonial July 4—Tooting, v. Streatham United July 11—Herne HilJ, v. Brockwell Park July 18—Merton Park, v. Fairlawn July 25—Btreatham, v. Streatham United Aug. 1—Tooting, v. Church House Aug. 3—Tooting, v. Meadvale Aug. 8—Tooting, v. Balham Aug. 15—Mitcham, v. Mitcham Aug. 2 1 —Tooting, v. Brockwell Park Aug. 29—Wandsworth, v. Middlesex County Asy­ lum Staff Sept. 5 - Tooting, v. Alleyn Sept. 12 - Tooting, v. Colombia DEVONSHIRE COUNTY CLUB. The annual meeting was held at Exeter on March 6th. The committee reported that Devon last year had played six matches; of these they lost two, and one was abandoned through the bad weather. The Rev. J. Copleston headed the batting averages with 43. The plan of qualifying professionals proved to be a good one, and the committee recom­ mended for another season a series of Devon­ shire Club and Ground matches against the best clubs by way of trial. Regret was ex­ pressed at the death of Charles Bentley, for many years connected with the county club. The financial statement showed a small ad­ verse balance. The Hon. Marks Rolle was re­ elected president, and the other officials re­ appointed. The following are county fixtures for 1891:—May 18,19, v. Monmouth, at E xeter; June 19, 20, North v. South Devon, at Exeter ; July 20, 21, v. Cornwall, at Plymouth; August 5, 6, v. Monmouth, at Newport; August 10, 11, v. M.C.C., at Lord’s; August 12, 13, v. Hertfordshire, at Hertford ; August 17, 18, v. Glamorganshire, at Exeter; August 24, 25, v. Glamorganshire, at Glamorgan; August 28, 29, v. M.C.C., at Exeter. T h e ninth annual dinner of the Leyton Club wa3 held on Thursday, February 26, at the Three Blackbirds, Leyton. D r. W. C. W ilkinson , who played for Middlesex some years ago, scored 72 (not out) for I Zingari] (N.S.W.) against Double Bay early last month. C ostello , of Castlemaine, the Australasian newspaper of Melbourne says, has scored 137 (not out), 163,102 (not out), and 114 (not out) this season. G. H. S. T rott , playing for South Melbourne against Richmond, on January 17, scored 95 not out in forty-five minutes. He made one six, one five, and fifteen fours. W . B ruce , of the Melbourne ClubAustralian Team, scored 111 for Melbourne v. Essendon, on February 14th. Melbourne closed their innings with the score 288 for four wickets. E. M c M a st e r , of Major Warton’s South African team, took all ten wickets in an inn­ ings in a match at Cape Town on January 22. He was playing for Western Province against the Somerset, a junior Club. CRICKETERS— B e s t Goons City Agents — b e a r th is M a r k . —Advt. P a r to n & L e s t e r , 94, Q u een St., C h e vpside . NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 16.