Cricket 1891

70 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE !-«AStE. APRIL S3, 1891 Again in the coming season they should be very powerful, having Messrs. McGregor, F. S. Jackson, and Douglas for officials, and with the rest of last year’s “ choices ” generally available. For the rest, C. M. Wells and L. S. Kennedy of Dulwich, J. J. Gowans (the Harrow wicket-keeper), and R. L. Leigh-Clare of Sherborne are amongst the most promis­ ing of those recently gone up to Cam­ bridge. The first-named, it will be recollected, did quite an exceptional performance for his College last season, averaging fifty-eight for 350 runs, and securing fifty-two wickets at a cost of 7 runs apiece. His scores of 66 and 71—- both not out—against the Surrey Club and Ground, were quite out of the common, and great things are expected of him when once settled down. The bowling of Leigh-Clare for his school, too (sixty wickets for 8 ruus apiece), gave rise to very favourable anticipations. There is little need for the partisans of Oxford to despair, however. Messrs. Jardine and Llewelyn have been elected captain and hon. sec. respectively, and there seems every chance that Palairet of Repton (who averaged 53 for his school, and was tried with some success for Somersetshire) will join his brother in the Dark Blue team. Bathurst of Radley, Boger and Leveson-G jwer of Winchester, and Gedge of Loretto, who have likewise gone up, should all stand a good chance for the same honour. Up to the present time, the table of wins and losses in “ Oxford v. Cam­ bridge ” gives 28 games to the latter and 25 to the former— truly a not par­ ticularly startling lead, but one calculated to arouse the emulation of the minority. Again, it goes without saying that the rival seats of learning must continue to annually give to County cricket a sprink­ ling of first-class amateurs of almost equal excellence, though Cambridge has had a slight advantage in this respect. There are not wanting indications that the annual matches batween Gentle­ men and Players are no longer to be such a foregone conclusion for the latter as they have been of late years. Clearly this is a result only to be attained through the medium, first of our Public Schools, second, of our Universities, unmindful of whether the light or the dark blue star be in the ascendant for the time being. P hiladelphia Z ingari . THE PHILADELPH IAN TEAM IN BERMUDA. The invitation of the British officers in Bermuda extended to Philadelphia cricketers to come out and play a series of matches, was quite a surprise, and at first it was thought it would be quite impossible to secure a team in mid-winter. But the invitation was so cordial and the possibility of securing a return visit so probable, that a special effort was made and a band of cricketers at last gotten together who were prepared to brave the dangers of the seas and the unknown quantity of the cricket at Bermuda, In the first match the Philadelphians were easily beaten,'as will be seen. .They only scored 26and 45, and the Garrison won by an innings and 97 runa. First Innings. Second Innings. L. Haughton, st Caunter, b W entworth................. 0 b Caunter.......... 0 C. Bohlen, b Bedford ... 0 b Caunter ... ... 3 W. W. Noble, st Banning, b Wentworth................. 0 b Caunter.......... 6 F. E. Brewster, b Bedford 1 b B edford.......... 16 S. Law, st Banning,b Bed­ ford ............................... C b Hardacre 2 S. Welsh,Jr.,b Wentworth 2 st Hardacre, b Caunter.......... 2 W. E. Bates, b Wentworth 2 b B edford.......... 5 E. T. Comfort, c and b Wentworth ................. 11 b B edford.......... 8 A. Van Bensselaer, c and b Wentworth ................. 4 b Caunter ... ... 0 D. M. Bohlen, o Mallock. b Bedford........................ 0 not out .......... 0 Handford, not out .......... 5 b Bedford ... ... 0 Extra ... ................. 1 Extras... ... 3 Total .......... 26 Total ... 45 T he G abrison , Capt.Caunter,c Hand- ford, b Brewster ... 86 Wentworth, c Noble, b Brewster ..........41 Brise, c Comfort, b Welsh .................38 Sergt.Bedford,cBates, b Welsh .................17 Capt. Banning, b Law 0 Capt. Jones, not out 16 Mallock, b Law... ... 0 Visct. Kilcoursie, c Haughton, b Law 18 Sergt. Gillott, b Law 2 Steavenson, c and b L a w ........................ 0 Pte.Hardacre,c D.M. Bohlen, b Law ... 0 Extras................. 5 Total ...168 CLAPTON CLUB. Fixtures for 1891. April 25—Clapton, Club Match May 2—Clapton, v. Willesden May 9—Acton, v. Pallingawick May 9—Clapton, v. Stoke Newington May 16—Clapton, v. Hampstead Nondescripts May 16—Woodford, v. Woodford Wells May 18—Clapton, v. Ea«ex C.C. May 23—Clapton, v. Burlington Wanderers May 23—Buckhurst Hill, v. Buckhurst Hill May 27—Clapton, v. Stoics May 30—Hornsey, v. Hornsey May 30—Clapton, v. Elcliam June 3—Clapton, x. Boston Park June 6—Clapton, v. Cheshunt June 6—Hendon, v. Hendon June 10—Clapton, v. Tottenham June 13—Wanstead, v. Wanstead June 13—Clapton, v. Tottenham June 17—Clapton, v. Highgate Bohemians June 20—Clapton, v. Forest Hill (1st) June 20—Forest Hill, v. Forest Hill (2nd) June 24—Tottenham, v. Tottenham June 27—Clapton, v. Pallingswick June 27—Crouch End, v. Stoke Newington July 1—Brentford, v. Boston Park July 4-Clapton, v. Old Cranleighans July 4—Walthamstow, v. Walthamstow Ju y 11—Clapton, v. Hendon July 11 -Tottenham, v. Trafalgar July 15—Clapton, v. M.C.C & G. July 18—Willesden, v. Willesden July 18—Clapton, v. Trafalgar July 22—Luton, v. Luton July 25—Clapton, v. Hornsey July 25—Cheshunt, v. Cheshunt July 29—Clapton, v. Luton Aug. 1—Clapton, v. Wanstead Aug. 1—Walthamstow, v. Lower Clapton Aug. 3—Clapton, v. Cinque Port Wanderers Aug. 4—Clapton, v. Old Wellingburians Aug. 8—Forest Hill,tv. Forest Hill (1st) Aug. 8—Clapton, v. Forest Hill (2nd) C lapton T our . Aug. 10,11— Aug. 12,13—v. Felstead L.V.C.C. Aug. 14,15—v. Witham Aug. 15—Clapton, v. Walthamstow Aug. 22—Clapton, v. Woodford Wells Aug. 22—Eltham, v. Eltbam Aug. 29—Streatham, v. Streatham Aug. 29—Clapton, v. Lower Clapton Sept. 5—Clapton, v. Buckhurst Hill Sept. 12—Clapton, Club Match PHILADELPHIAN CRICKET IN 1890. [From the American Cricketer.'] CRICKETERS - B est < C G B « - G oods City Agents— beau this M ark .— A dvt. P arton & L ester , 94, Q u een S t ., C heapside . S o keen an interest has not been taken in cricket matters for many years as marked the season of 1890. Not only was the number of matches played an increase of that in previous years (there having been 166 played by the five clubs alone that compete for the Halifax Cup contest, in addition to a large number played by other organizations) but the standard of play waB certainly higher, and the result, until the last Halifax Cup Match, so doubtful that the interest was kept up to the highest point all through the year. There is no question that the cricket in some of the home matches of 1890 was quite equal to that shown in the International games, and the concluding contests between the Belmont and Germantown clubs furnished a rare treat to all lovers of the game. In addition to the regular series of matches, an admirable innovation was introduced in what is known as summer cricket, one of the good results from which was that the men who were compelled to stay in the city during the hot weather were able on almost any Saturday to take part in a match, and thus kept themselves in excellent shape for work in the fa ll; while at the same time many of the younger clubs who are without good grounds had the opportunity to play on excellent wickets, and thus not only improve their cricket, but get a great deal of pleasure from these half-holiday contests. Should the bill now before the Legislature beoome a law, there is no doubt of a material increase in the number of these games in the coming season. Besides the contest between the local cricketers, there were two very interesting international matches played during the summer, one being the regular contest be­ tween the United States and Canada, on July 14 and 15, and the other a match between the English Residents and Philadelphia Amateurs, on September 1 and 2. In the former match the United States team, through the bowling of H. I. Brown and Bailey, and the fine batting of George S. Patterson (who played an admirable innings for 126 runs), were able to beat the Canadians by an innings and 31 runs, while in the latter match Bohlen’s magnificent innings of 162 gave the Philadelphians a long lead, and they won easily by six wickets. Philadelphia was also visited during the sea­ son by an All Massachusetts Team, a Winnipeg Team, and a team from St. Paul’ s School, so that it will be seen there was no lack of events to keep the interest in the game fresh during the entire year. One of the unexpected events of the season was the beating of a very strong team of the University of Pennsylvania on the 11th of June by Haverford College, who certainly had not been picked out as the winners prior to the match. The consolidation of the Young America and Germantown Clubs into one organization, and the opening of their beautiful grounds at Manheim, was one of the notable events of the year; and there is no doubt that the superb appointments of this new cricket headquarters will make it a very attractive place for place for all lovers of the game. The expenditures have, of course, been very large, but most judiciously made, and the result is as charming a ground as can be found anywhere in the world. It was feared that the combination of two such strong elub» would result in their putting into the field a team which would be too strong for any of its competitors, and that the results of their matches being thus to a certain extent a fore- f one conclusion, injury might in that way be one to the game; but the glorious un­ certainty of cricket was perhaps never better shown than during the last season, as, after beating every other club, the Germantown lost to the Belmont a match which made the result a tie between the two clubs, and in playing off the tie Belmont proved again the victor by 87 runs, i . . .