Cricket 1891

74 1 CRICKET s A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. APRIL 23, 1891 A ccording to “ Felix,” the cricket critic of the Australasian, March 14, Mr. F. Illingworth was to leave Melbourne for England shortly in the s.s. Ballarat. His object is to obtain particulars of the composition of the team which Lord Sheffield proposes to take to Australia next autumn, and at the same time suggest a programme of matches for the tour. Mr. Illingworth thinks that three representative matches should be played, one in Melbourne, one in Sydney, and one in Adelaide, and a wind-up match against the 1892 Australian Eleven just prior to the departure of the latter for the old country. Tasmania and Queensland will, he thinks, be visited, and probably New Zealand, and his idea is to have a few other good matches. “ Felix ” adds that in Mr. Illingworth the team will have an excellent manager, who combines the sauviter in modo with the fo r titer in re, and who is thoroughly conversant with the whole business. O y ez I Following its usual custom, the Marylebone Club is to celebrate its one hundred and fourth anniversary on the first Wednesday in May. The cele­ bration will take the regular form of the annual general meeting, to be held at 5.30 p,m., and annual dinner, set for two hours later. Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Viscount Anson, Mr. 0. I£. Francis, and Mr. A. J. Webbe have been duly nominated to serve on the com­ mittee. This quartette will fill, I take it, the four vacancies caused by the retire­ ment in rotation of Viscount Cobham, and Messrs. W .E . Denison, J. G. Walker and V. E. Walker, _ Me. Punch, in the amusing series of papers now appearing, entitled “ Leaves from a Candidate’s Diary,” prattles thusly :— “ I ’ve had shoals of letters from the place. The Five Bars Cricket Club, the Lilies Cricket Club, the Buffaloes Cricket Club, and the Blue Horse Cricket Club have all elected me their Vice- President, and solicit the honour of my support. The Billsbury Brass Band, and three Quoit Clubs (the game is much played here),have electedme a member.” Doubtless this conveys a fair idea of some of the delights of standing for a Parliamentary Constituency. Nor are they confined to our legislators alone. Any one at all prominently connected with the game has indeed full opportunity o f appreciating the advantage of his position, if his lines should only happen to be cast in a suburban district where cricket is at all popular with the different sections of the community. T he recent announcements of forth­ coming weddings include the name of another cricketer, and, as last week, of an Old Harrovian. The Morning Post of yesterday states that a marriage is to take place in June between Pamela, daughter of Mr. Frederick A. Campbell, and Lord Ernest Hamilton, M.P., son of the late Duke of Abercorn. Harrovians do not need to be told that Lord Ernest, who is member for Co. Tyrone, was in the School Eleven in the latter part of the seventies, getting doubles each time at Lord’s in 1877. His brother, Lord George Hamilton, the First Lord of the Admiralty, whom I saw mentioned some week or so ago as a likely candidate for the Viceroyalty of India when the Marquis o f Lansdowne vacates the office, all but obtained a place in the Harrow eleven in 1862. GRANVILLE (LEE) C.C.—OPENING MATCH. MARBIED v. SINGLE. Played at Lee, on April 18. S ingle . Rowley J. Pope, A. R. Layman, c and retired ................ 77 b Godfrey .......... 0 H.L.Harris.bGodfrey C. H. Mason, b Bull 6 L. R. Glover, lbw, b 1 Bull ........................ 2 W . Morris, b Godfrey 2 D. O. Chattell, not out 12 F. E. Lander, c Ellis, G. Sims, b Campion 5 b Campion .......... 0 Julius Moore, b Ellis 2 J. A. Johnston, b E xtras.................29 G odfrey.......... ... 12 — H. W . Edwards, b Total ..........149 G odfrey.......... ... 1 M arried . J . Wilson, junr., c H. Josh. Wilson, b Edwards, b Harris 15 Julius Moore.......... 0 P. P. Lincoln, b H. R. F. Taylor, not out 4 Edwards................. 5 Extras ................. 11 C. J. M. Godfrey, not — out ... ................. 17 Total ..........52 F. G. Bull, b Julius Moore ................. 0 W, Edwards, c H. Edwards, b Julius Moore ................. 0 S. Ellis, E. Furze, J. H. Campion, W. Holder and A. N. Other did not bat. CRICKET CHIRPS. T he Cricket League of the United States was formally established at the University Club, Philadelphia, on April 15. E arl S pencer has been elected president, and the Earl of Bosslyn captain, of the War­ wickshire County Club for 1891. H. F. B oyle contributed 60 not out towards East Melbourne’s total of 351 against Bich- mond, in Melbourne, on March 7. W . S h rew sb u r y , captain of the Notts Castle C.C., has just left England to take an engagement near Hamilton, Ontario. P lay in g at Ealing Common on Saturday, Mill Hill P ark dismissed Mr. O. B. Borra- daile’s team (who batted four men Bhort) for a total of 5. I n a match played at Pendlebury, on April 17th, between J. Hesketh's team and J. Money’ s team, J. Money took five wickets in six consecutive balls. Mr. H o llin s w o r t h has made the generous offer to expend £150 in providing a press-box, scoring-box, and tea-room for the County Ground, Birmingham. Mit. T. W . L a n g , the old Oxford cricketer, won the Bombay Challenge Cup and Silver Tankard of the Boyal Wimbledon Golf Club on Thursday. T he annual dinner of the Peripatetics C.C. was held at St. James’s Bestaurant on Thurs­ day last, Mr, J. B. Oakley (hon. sec.) pre­ siding. T he Sussex young players’ match at Brighton has been postponed to June 29 and 80—the dates originally fixed for Sussex v, A ll America. Is the finish of the Australian season, W . Camphin played a very fine innings of 110 not out for the Orientals v. Sydney University, on Feb. 28. A t a general meetingof the Northamptonshire County Club, held on Friday last, a juvenile section of the club was formed, the idea being to popularise the game in Northampton. T he London and Suburban Cricket Associa­ tion gave a very successful concert at the Polyteohnic last Saturday evening, the artists being first-class. T he following Cricket Week has been arranged by the Horsham Club for this season: —Aug. 6 and 6, v. Uppingham Bovers; Aug. 7 and 8, T. Warnham Coart; Aug. 10 and 11, v. Old Carthusians. »_ P ougher and Warren played for Leicester v. Derby Midland on Saturday. The former scored 35 and took three wickets, the latter made 14. W . E. Arnall got four of the last Derby batsmen for three runs. M r . J. W. A rrow sm ith of Bristol, the publisher of Dr. Grace’s book, first came into ‘ lence by the publication of the late Conway’s remarkable works. Called Back and Dark Days. T he trains of the City and South London Bailway take passengers at a fare of two- ence, in ten minutes, from the terminus at jn g .William Street to the Oval Station, which is only fifty yards from the Surrey Cricket Ground. B riggs ’ Lancashire Eleven played Eighteen of Little Lever, on Saturday. Though Mr. Crosfield, Barlow, Ward, Tates, Watson, and Mold assisted Briggs, the Eighteen had all the best of the game, scoring 142 against 33. Tate of Surrey and Allen divided the Lanca­ shire wickets equally, each taking five for 16 runs. Boardman (the Surrey pro) was the highest scorer for the Eighteen with 31. N orthamptonshire C ounty C lub . —The annual general meeting of this body was held at the Peacock Hotel, Northampton, on the 9th inst , Sir Hereward Wake, Bart., M.P., in the chair. The balance-sheet showed a some­ what heavy deficit, the receipts last year amounting to £669 5s. Id. against an expendi­ ture of £1092 11s. 6d. It was stated in the Beport, however, thatja considerably extended programme had been arranged for the ensuing season. In addition to home and home matches with Hertfordshire, Staffordshire, Bedford­ shire, and Lincolnshire, fixtures have been decided upon with the M.C.C., Free Foresters, Clapham Wanderers, and Leicestershire Gentlemen (with two professionals). The Beport also states that the loss of Mold’ s fast bowling is still severely felt, this department being considerably weaker than the batting, which, judging from last season, is improved and seems likely to improve further. J ames L illy w h ite ’ s C ricketers ’ A nnual for 1891.—Though later than usual, the twentieth issue of the Annual will be as interesting as ever to cricketers. The Kent Eleven of 1890 furnish the frontispiece, and as the photograph has been well reproduced, the picture is sure to be appreciated. The contents as usual are divided into two parts. The first consists of three articles dealing with last year’ s cricket, a sketch of the season gene­ rally by Incog, a review of the Public School season by an old Oxonian, and an analysis of the Seventh Australian Team by P. C . Standing, with full scores and average. The second part is mainly statistical, and includes the doings of all the principal Counties and Clubs, the Universities and Schools, with the first-class averages, Notes on the Chief Amateurs and Professionals, particulars of the Chief Clubs, and an elaborate summary of the curiosities of he year. CRICKETERS— B e st < C C B « G oods City Agents— b e a r t h is M a r k . —Advt. P a u to n & L e s t e r 94, Q u e e n St., C h e a p s id e .