Cricket 1891

54 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. APRIL 16, 1891 FREE FORESTERS v. GENTLEMEN OF LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Lutterworth on Aug. 29 and 30. L eicestershire . H. W. Fagge, b Clowes ... ......... 1 Rev. G. S. Marriott, run ont ... ..........27 Eev. H. Stedman, b Benson ................. 3 C. E. de Trafford, b Clowes .................30 C.Marriott, cFarmer, b Benson.................51 R. W. G. Stalnton, b W oodbridge.......... 0 C. B. Marriott, c and b Clowes................. 3 F.F. First Innings. C. E. Farmer, c C., b C. B. Marriott ........................ C. M. Woodbridge, c C. B. Marriott, b J. Joyce ... 35 H. F. Arnall-Thomp- son, c Farmer, b M aclean............ 112 J.»H. Joyce, c and b Benson ............. 26 R. H. Fagge, not out ........................... 4 C. H. Fagge, c Ben­ son, b Maclean ... 0 B2,lb2,w2, nb2 8 H. E. M. Stutfield, c and b C. B. Marriott .......... Capt. Clowes, b Joyce ... M. F. Maolean, cC ,,b C.B. Marriott ........................ S. H. F. Hole, b Joyce ... ! J, Pender, b Joyce .......... H. Bull, b Joyce.......... R. P. Benson, b Joyce Total......... 264 Second Innings. c Joyce, b C. B. Marriott.......... I Stedman, b Joyce .......... I 1 st Stainton, b Joyce .......... 8 not out .......... 2 c and b Joyce ... 58 o Stedman, b C. B. Marriott 4 c C. B. Manriott, b A r n a ll- Thompson ... 36 c C. B. Marriott, b J o y ce .......... 1 c C. H. Fagge, b Joyce .......... J. O. Hichens, lbw, b C.B. Marriott ........................ 0 b C. B. Marriott 0 E. L, Chamberlin, not out 0 c de Trafford, b C. B. Marriott 0 B 6, lb l ... 7 Total ...103 Total ... 48 FREE FORESTERS. F ixtures for 1891. May 18,19—Woolwich, v. Royal Artillery May 30—Eton, v. The College June 1,2 —Rugby, v. The School June 3—Woolwich, v. R.M.A. June6—Esher, v. Esher June 10—Oxford, v. Christ Church June 13—Westminster, v. Th® Sehool June 13—Godalming, v. Charterhouse June 13—Pangbourne, v. C. D. Rose’s X I. June 13—Camberley, v. Staff College June 17—Hemel Hempstead, v. H. G. Tylecote’s XI. June 24—Winchester, v. The College June 26,27—Shoeburyness, v. School of Gunnery July 1—Arno’s Grove, Southgate, v. Southgate July 2—Bucknall’s, Watford, v.C. J. Hegan’s XI. July 4—Barnes, v. Lyric Club July 8—near West Drayton, v. Evelyns July 11—near Wokingham, v. Wellington College July 13,14—Horsham, v. Horsham July 15,16—Winchester, v. Green Jackets July 15,16—Eridge Castle, v. Marquis of Aber­ gavenny’s XI. July 17,18—Boxley, Maidstone, v. Mrs. Style’s XI. July 17,18—Shorncliffe, v. The Camp July 20—Sandhurst, v. The Staff July 24,25— Preston Hall, y. H. Brassey’s XI. July 27—Che sea, v. Household Brigade July 27,28—Cirencester, v. Cirencester July 29, 30—Cheltenham, v. East Gloucestershire J uly 31, Aug. 1—Hopton House, v. C. Seton’s XI. Aug. 1—Weybridge, v. Qatlands Park Aug. 3, 4—Ludlow, v. Ludlow Aug. 5, 6—Shrewsbury, v. Shropshire Aug. 7,8—Worcester, v. Worcestt rsh'io Aug. 10—Maidstone, v. The Mote Aug. 12,13—Maidstone, v. Linton Park Aug. 14,15—Chitham, v. Royal Engineers Aug. 17,18—Aldershot, v. The Division Aug-19, 20—Portsmouth, v. ULitid Services Aug. 19,20—Coventry, v. Kearsley Grange Aug. 21, 22—Lichfield, v. G«ntn. of Staff* rd Aug. 24,25—Rockingham Castle, v. Rockingham Aug. 26,27—Northampton,v. Gentn. of Northamp­ tonshire Aug. 28, 29— Lutterworth, v. Gentn.flof Leicester­ shire Aug. 98,29—Weymouth, v. Weymouth Aug. 31, Sept. 1—Guernsey, v. ls'and of Guernsey Sept. 2,3—St. Heliers, v. Island of Jersey Bept. 4,5—St. Peter’s, Jersey, v, South Lancashire Regiment CR ICKETERS-B est G o o d s City A gents — b e a r t h is M a r k . —Advt. JP arto n & L e s t e r , 94, Q u een St., C iie a p s id e . MARYLEBONE CLUB. S p e c ia l G e n e r a l M e e t in g a t L o r d ’ s . In view of the important issues involved by the proposals of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, it was thought advisable to convene a special general meeting of members of the Marylebone Cricket Club, as announced in our last issue. This meeting was held in the pavilion at Lord’s on Monday, April 6th, when the President, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, presided over a gathering numbering about 180 prominent members. The President, in moving the adoption of the agreement between the Committee of the M.C.C. and the Railway Company, made a statement as to its basis. Its principal provisions are as follow:— 1. The land which the railway company is to be at liberty to acquire through Lord’s Cricket Ground and the Clergy Orphan School is not to exceed 124ft. in width from the Wellington-road. Of this land 4,318 square yards belong at present to the practice ground of the Club. 2. The railway company will buy the whole of the Clergy Orphan School, and retaining only that portion through which the tunnel will pass (an area of 3,487 square yards) will before entering on any portion of* the Club land convey to the Club, absolutely and gratis, the other portion of the School land con­ taining an area of 8,630 square yards, clear the same of buildings and lay it down with turf for the purposes of the Club and to the satisfaction of the Club’s engineer. 3. The railway company is to complete the railway, in tunnel or covered way, through the School land, before entering upon the Club land, and to restore the surface and lay it down with turf for Club purposes. 4. The railway company is to complete the railway in tunnel, or covered way, in the Club land between the month of September in one year and April in the following year, under a penalty of ;£5 a day for every day beyond April 30, and to restore the surface and lay it down with turf for Club purposes. 5. The railway company are to grant a lease to the Club for ninety-nine years at an annual rent of ±*200 of the Club and School land through which the tunnel will pass (the areas mentioned above of 4,318 and 3,487 square yards respectively), and thus the Club will eventually have the use of an area larger than that now enjoyed by the Club by 12,117 square yards. 6. All buildings on the club land displaced or injured by the railway company will be reinstated or made good. 7. The railway company to construct a subway between St. John’s W ood Station and Lord’s Ground between points marked on the plan. Note.—The strip of land taken by the railway company will enable the railway company to lay down ten lines of railway sufficient to meet their requirements, if not permanently, at least for many years. The adoption of the agreement was seconded by Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane,’and was sup­ ported by Sir Henry James, Q.C., M.P., Lord Kensington, and Mr. W. E. Denison. Mr. Denzil Onslow proposed as an amend­ ment “ That the report of the Committee be not approved.” This was seconded by Mr. G. A. Fitzgerald and supported by Mr. C. T. Murdoch, M.P. On a division, however, the amendment was defeated by a large majority. The Report was then formally adopted, which concluded the proceedings. THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLTS’ MATCH. Although several prominent members were missing, the Gloucestershire team mustered in considerable strength at Bristol on Easter Monday for their annual match with Twenty- two Colts of the County. Nor were there wanting indications that there are at least two or three young players likely to tr^in on into capable batsmen. The Colts batted first, to the bowling of Mr. Ferris (newly arrived from Australia) and Roberts, the latter of whom, it will be seen, was wonderfully suc­ cessful. The steady cricket of O. F. Stiddard, of Mangotsfield, in each innings, and of E. St. John Branoh, evoked much applause from the spectators. Messrs. Ferris and Frank Towns­ end showed the best batting form in the first innings of the Eleven, and the latter was ultimately clean bowled by his son, C. Towns­ end, who played for the juniors. The best bowling on the same side was, singularly enough, that of the youngster Ferris, with four wickets for 13 in the first innings. On Tuesday the game ended in a draw in favour of the Colts, who were 73 runs ahead and had only two of their opponents still to dismiss. One of these, though, happened to be Dr. W . G. Grace himself, who hit with a lot of his old energy, and punished the bowling to the tune of 50 not out. It will be perceived that lies bowled admirably for the County on the second day. More than a word of praise, too, is due to Board, the new wicket-keeper, for the smart way in which he stumped several of the juniors. The weather on Easter Monday was more suitable for football than for orioket, but there was a fairly good attendance. T he C ounty . First Innings. Second Innings. Dr. W. G. Grace, c Towns- end, b Miles .................13 Dr. E. M. Grace, b G. not out ... ... 50 Ferris...............................15 J. J. Ferris, c Miles, b Tibbets ........................22 run out ... 7 O. G. Radcliffe, b Ferris... 0 H. H. Francis c. Thomas, b Ferris ... ... 1 b Townsend ................. 0 Murch, c Burrows, b b Miles ... 1 Fe-.'ria............................... 2 c Pigeon, b Martin ... ... 17 H. V. Brown, b Ferris ... 3 F. Townsend, b Townsend 28 b Martin ... ... 0 b Thoms ... ... 4 Board, b Townsend.......... 2 c Burrows, b Stiddard ... 2 J. H. Ile3, not out .......... 6 Stinchcombe, b Mat­ thews ............................... 0 not out ... 3 Roberts, not out .......... 4 b Thompson ... 4 B 15, lb 1, w 4, nb 1... 21 B 3, lb 2 ... 5 T o ta l.................116 Total... ... 93 T he C olts . First Innings. Second Innings. H. Tibbets (Cheltenham), run out ........................ 0 b lies ................. 9 G. B. Matthews (Chelten­ ham), run out................ 0 b Murch ... ... 0 O. F. Stiddard (Mangots­ field), c and b Roberts... 38 run out ..........24 A.W.Parkman(Stapleton), c Board, b lies................. 0 b Murch .......... 0 C. Lewin, b lies................ 0 c W. G. Grace, b Radcliffe ... 12 J. Hayward, st Board, b Ferris................. .......... 0 b lies ................. 9 C. Townsend, run out ... 0 b l i e s ................ 8 G. Ferris, b W. G. Grace 0 b Radcliffe......... 9 H. Robbins, b Roberts ... 4 hw, b Roberts... 0 E. St. John Branch, st Board, b Ferris ......... 30 c Murch, b R oberts.......... G W. F. Burrows (Chelten­ ham), c Francis, b Roberts ........................20 c lies, b Roberts 1 W. Thompson, b Roberts 4 c sub., b lies ... 3 R. Pigeon, b F erris......... 3 b lies ................. 0 A.Gardner (Stinchcombe), b Roberts........................ 0 b Townsend ... 0 H. C. Goodwin, c Board, b Roberts ... ................. 1 J. H. Carter, st B o a r d , b Townsend ... 7 P. J. Thoms, b Roborts ... G c E. M. Grace, b lie s ................. 6 A. N. Langdon (capt.), b Roberts ........................ 2 b lie s .............. 10 F. A. Jones, hw, b Roberts ........................ 5 b lie s .............. 15 G. H. Brice, b Roberts ... 0 b Townsend ... 0 F. Martin, st Board, b Ferris............................... 2 c Brown, b Townsend ... 6 C. Teddle, b Roberto ... 5 not out ......... 0 T. Hillier, not out ......... 3 Miles, bMuroh 0 B 13,1b 2, nb 1 ......... 16 B 16,1b 1 ... 17 Total ,,.140 Total „. m 3