Cricket 1891

APRIL 16, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY KECORD OF THE GAME; 59 SUSSEX COUNTY CLUB. The annual report of the Committee of the Sussex County Club, to be presented to the members at their annual general meeting, is as follows :— In presenting their annual report to the members of the Sussex County Cricket Club, the committee have great satisfaction in being able to state that the sum received from annual subscriptions- during the last season was larger than at any time since the estab­ lishment of the club; the committee may therefore be warranted in believing that the interest in Sussex County cricket is by no means diminished. They wish to impress upon the members how important it is that this interest should be sustained, and how much depends upon the energy of each member in extending it, especially at the present time, when, after having passed through a period of adverse seasons, the com­ mittee are confidently hoping, by the intro­ duction of some new players of great ability, to open up a brighter prospect for the future. The committee have also much pleasure in announcing that they have succeeded in arranging for the ensuing season, two matches (out and home) with Middlesex, in addition to the usual annual matches with Surrey, Notts, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Hants, and M.C.C. Matches will also again be played with both the Oxford and Cam­ bridge University elevens. The committee have resolved to offer the Gloucestershire match, at Brighton, on June 8, 9, 10, for the benefit of Walter Humphreys, who has been engaged in county matches, doing excellent service, for upwards of twenty years. Marlow, Butt, Lowe, andWells have been engaged as bowlers oh the County Ground. W ith regard to finance, the Treasurer has to report that the property of the Club remains ns last year. The mortgage debt on the Hotel is £*2,000, while that on the Ground Purchase Account remains at £9,000. There is, however, £252 16s. 8d. standing to the credit of this account, and to this it is proposed to add £250 out of the balance now standing to the credit of the club, as it is thought advisable to reduce the mortgage debt as much as posible. Under Rule III. the following members of the Com­ mittee retire by rotation, and are eligible for re-election:—Brighton Division, Mr. C. A. Smith: East Sussex, Messrs. S. Beard and Freeman Thomas; West Sussex, Messrs. C. J. Lucas and M. P. Lucas. Captain Pearson (Brighton) retires by rotation, and does not present himself for re-election. A vacancy also occurs by the death of Mr. Jackson (East Sussex). DERBYSH IRE COUNTY CLUB. The annual general meeting of this Club, which was not particularly well attended, was held at the Bell Hotel, Derby, on the 7th inst., Mr. W . P. E .C ox, J.P., one of the Vice-Presidents, presiding. The report and balance sheet were adopted, the latter showing a deficit of £314 4s. lOd. resulting from last season’s working. A letter was read from Mr. W. H. Worthington (the retiring President of the Club) offering to subscribe £64 4s. lOd. towards liquidating this debt, if five gentlemen could be found to contribute £50 each. Mr. Worthington was heartily thanked for his generous offer, and was asked to retain the office of President—which last, however, owing to the day and hour of meet­ ing being changed, he could not do. Mr. H. J. Scott and the Mayor of Derby, Mr. A. Seale Haslam, J.P., were added to the list of Vice- Presidents, and the retiring members of the committee were re-elected, Mr. T. C. Eastwood being appointed an auditor in the place of Mr. F. 11. Spofforth. The match with the Americans that had been arranged for July 6 having been declared “ off,” some discussion took place as to the desirability of arranging another match in its plaoe, the day being a public holiday in Derby. A strong feeling was expressed by several gentlemen that a contest with Warwickshire would be an in­ teresting fixture, Dr, Curgenven strongly urged'the desirability of such a match from a sporting point of view, and hoped that the difference of opinion caused by Davidson’s defection would not be allowed to stand in the way of it. Mr. Wilson protested strongly against the course pursued by Warwickshire, and said to play a contest with them would be like inviting a man to dinner after he had run away with your wife. Mr. Sale,who was on the Warwickshire committee at the time of the incident, alleged that it was Davidson who had made the overtures to them in the first instance. The only regrettable feature about Warwickshire’s conduct was their omission to give the Derbyshire Committee some idea of what they were doing. After some further discussion, it was decided to invite Warwickshire to play a match at Derby on July 6. Some discussion followed as to the position of the Derby County F.C. in reference to the cricket club. The football club has hitherto been carried on as an adjunct of the crioket club, but it was decided in future to separate the two organisations, the football ciub to pay a fixed rent for the use of the ground, as in the case of Notts at Trent Bridge. This terminated the meeting. CRICKET IN COLOMBO. MR. C. I. THORNTON’S ELEVEN v. MR, G. VANDERSPAR’S ELEVEN. Taking advantage of the presence in Ceylon of the Middlesex bat, Mr. C. I. Thornton, Mr. George Vanderspar managed to arrange a match between a local eleven selected by him­ self and an eleven chosen by Mr. Thornton from amongst the passengers and officers of the “ V ictoria” (the vessel on which Mr. Thornton was going home) and captained by himself. The game took place on the Colombo Club’s ground at Galle Face early in March and was remarkable for big hitting and rapid scoring on the part of the local players, who made their first 100 runs in only a little over an hour. In the course of the morning’s play a dispute arose on the subject of a no-ball called by the Colombo umpire (Corpl. Marlow). The bowler, in delivering,knocked the bails off the wicket under him, and the umpire called a no­ ball. This resulted in a debate, but finally both sides properly agreed that the no-ball was improperly called. M r . V anderspar ’ s XI. W.H. Moor, b Thorn­ ton ........................... 18 M.H. Paine,b Mackin- non ........................36 Capt. Bird, c Vickery, b Thornton .......... 7 G. Vanderspar, c Jones, b Anderson 29 W. Courtenay, c Dow­ ell, b Albright.............34 F. W. Kerr, c G. Pax­ ton, b Jaques..............31 Mr.. T hornton ’ s XI. Walker-Leigh, c G. Paxton, b Dowell 13 Dr. Murray, c N. Paxton, b Dowell 20 Corpl.Gilham.stMac- kinnon, b Jaques 0 H. Goodwyn.not out 2 F. Macindoe, c G. Paxton, b Dowell 0 Extras ..........16 Total ...206 First Innings. Capt. Wibner, run out ... 0 C. I. Thornton, b Vander­ spar ...............................23 E. R. Dowell, c Gilham, b Payne ........................ N.Paxton, c Payne,b Van­ derspar ........................ M. Mackinnon, b Vander­ spar ............................... 1 J.M. Albright, lbw, b Paine 2 L. S. Anderson, b Vander­ spar ............................... 0 G.Paxton.c and b Paine... 1 S.P.Jones, c Moor, b Paine 0 A. E. Jaques, not out ... 5 Dr.Vickery.b Vanderspar 3 Extras ... ... ... 5 Second Innings, b Paine............... 6 b Paine ................25 0 b Paine ......... 0 0 b Paine ......... 3 run out ......... 0 c &b Vanderspar 17 b Vanderspar ... st Moor, b Paine b Paine .......... c Bird, b Paine... not out .......... E xtras........... Total ..........40 Total ... 73 MR. VANDERSPAR’S XI. v. THE “ EMPRESS OF IN D IA ” TEAM. The match between an eleven of the pas sengers from the>“ Empress of India ” and a Colombo eleven captained by Mr. G. Vander­ spar came off on March 10th, on Galle Face. There were in all eight members of the M.C.C on the “ Empress of India,” namely Messrs. Rodriguez, Wood, Torrens, Lubbock, Hulton, Sir Chas. Hunter, Capt. Wynn, and Col. Eger- ton; but the majority preferred the paountaip scenery and climate of Kandy to toiling in a Colombo cricket field under a scorching sun for a whole day, and there were thus only three of the M.C.C. oricketers playing. Colombo, after declaring their innings at an end, won by 132 runs. Gilham took five wickets in first innings of “ Empress ” eleven for 18 run3, M r . VANDERSPAR’ S XI. W. H. Moor, c Rath- bone, b Thornbury 6 P.D. Warren,b Sidney 21 W.Courtenay.cWood, b S idney.................66 Corpl. Gilham,c and b Sidney .................85 F. Macindoe, c Wood- bridge, bRodiiguez 0 Walker-Leigh, b Rod­ riguez ................. 6 G. Vanderspar did not bat. “ E m press op I ndia ” T eam . First Innings. H. L. Crawford, c flulton, b Wood- bridge ................. H. E. V. Crawford, b Woodbridge.......... Pte. Peck, not out ... Dr. Murray, net out Extras .......... Total ...5 18 35 E. Rodriguez, b Mac­ indoe ........................27 T. S. Sidney, c Moor, b Walker-Leigh ... 4 G. H. Woodbridge, run out .................11 C. Hulton, not out ... 36 A. Blair, b Gilham .. 2 Capt. Marshall, b Macindoe................. 0 M. P. Rathbone, c Walker-Leigh, b Gilham ................. 2 In the Second Innings M. P. Rathbone scored (run out) 0, F. Thornbury, c H. Crawford, b Leigh, 3, G. H. Wood, st Moor, b Gilham, 5—Total 8. F. Thornbury, c Macindoe, b Gil­ ham ........................ ju . Beck, b Gilham... G. H. Wood, c and b Walker-Leigh T. Stephenson, b Gilham ................. Extras .......... Total ... 97 NORTH v. SOUTH OF TASMANIA. Some tall scoring was the result of this match, played at Launceston on Feb. 27 and 28. Altogether 1187 runs were recorded in the two days for three completed innings, giving an average of 39.17 for each wicket. The most remarkable performance, though, was in the second innings of the South. Going in a second time 271 to the bad, they began badly, the score being only 130 when the fifth batsman retired. Burn and Eady, however, worked a remarkable change in the game, and 261 had been added before Burn was bowled. He had only been four hours and a half for his 180, which were got without a chance. The total eventually reached the high figure of 532. This score and Burn’s 180 form a record for these matches. The runs throughout the match were got at the average rate of 90 per hour. C. W. Rock, the old Cantab, made 92 for the North. S outh . First Innings. Second Innings. E. Maxwell, b Clemons ... 40 c Wilson, b Clemons........... 32 C. Eady, c Wall, b Windsor ...................... 10 b W. Savigny ... 98 T. Ryan, c Wall, b Wilson ...................... 33 b Wilson ........... 4 K.Burn, b Windsor............ 15 b Clemons........... 180 G. Vautin, c Hammond, b Wilson ........................ 0 b Clemons.......... 0 E. Butler, c Ritchie, b Wilson ......................... 29 c Rock, b Wind­ sor .................. 43 R.Kirby, runout ......... 12 c R o c k , b Wilson ........... 36 C. Vautin, c Savigny, b Wilson ....................... 9 b Sidebottom ... 64 J. Wa t, run out................... 10 b Sidebottom ... 34 J. Adkisson, b Windsor ... 16 not out .......... 1 C. McAllen, not ou t......... 4 b Clemons............ 11 Extras...................... 14 Extras ... 29 Total , ......... 192 N orth . Total ...532 C. Rock, c Vautin, b Burn.......................... 92 W. Sidebottom, b Adkisson...................40 J. Savigny, c G. Vau­ tin, b Watt ......... 120 N. It. Westbrook, b W att........................ 5 H. Wilson, c and b M axw ell...................94 W. H. Savigny, st McAllen, b Watt... 67 R.Ritchie, c McAllen, b Maxwell .......... 2 E. A. Windsor, c Eady, b Maxwell... 33 J.S.Clemons, not out 0 C. P. Hammond, b Maxwell................. 0 T. Wall, b Maxwell... 0 Extras.................10 Total . ..463 CR ICKETER S-B est G oods , Cit •/Agents — b e a k th is M a r k .— A d v t, P a b t o n & L e s t e r , 94, Q u e e n S t ., CH EAysipn