Cricket 1891

APKIEi 80, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME; 83 chance of playing, cheered so loud that the people turned to look at him. I bowled the next man off his pads—which, of course, was small credit to me, though I didn’t know it. The innings was overjust after 6 o’clock and Kent had only a quarter of an hour left for play. Naturally the good batsmen were not going in till next morning, and the captain patted me on tho back, and told me to put my pads on. The other bats­ man, I remember, was the wicket­ keeper : can it have been Henty, I wonder? The first thing that I re­ member of that innings is that the fieldsmen came in close when I was bat­ ting. That was why, when I made a cut of the most unscientific description, the ball went over point’s head for a couple. From the fast bowler, who rather alarmed me, I made a snick which was entirely accidental but reached the boundary. When time was called I was not out, 8. At home that evening whon my head­ ache allowed me to think, I had dreams of getting a hundred at least. I felt the ball go bounding grandly to leg. I planned the most brilliant cuts. I designed to break the pavilion windows with my drives. The heroes in King­ ston’s books and Ballantyne’s, were commonplace compared with me. I went ta bed early to be fresh for my long innings next day. The bowlers must have been good- natured, for I really did get 22 before I was bowled. I think I can remember every stroke of that innings,—but my recollactions of them are not always the same. The boys at school had a holiday to see me. I knew I should be captain of our eleven next year, and resolved always to go in first with Tom. Of course they all gave me a tremendous cheer when I was out, and as I picture that ovation I close my eyes contentedly and feel that my mark was made early in life. I can think of Mullens’ hit for 8 without a twinge : I have played for my county. Sometimes I tell my cousin Prank the story. He listens and laughs lightly as I explain how I got a two from Lillywhite, and put Pillery through the slips. “ Old fellow,” he said just now, “ if you didn’t tell the story differently every time, you would certainly come to believe it.” Prank is allowed an invalid’s privilege, and he never saw me at my best. But as I cannot convince him I sit thinking m silence of how I afterwards played for our local eighteen against the U.S.E.E., and bowled Grace first ball. He got 100, 1 remember, in the second innings; but I was secretly delighted at that, for in my boyhood W. G. was to me a hero without rival, and it was honour enough for one man’s life to have bowled him once. My recollection of these matches is a great solace when I fail to come off now that I am a veteran ; yet it is strange how im­ perfectly I can recall some of their details. J-here is a vagueness about all the per- tormances except my own, which puzzles I never could find the scores in Wisden ” or “ Lillywhite.” Can it be, Prank says, that these matches are out dreams ? that the runs I made and the wickets I took were but creatures of the imagination ? Can it really be that I never played for the county at all ? E.B.V.C. STOICS CLUB. F ixtu res for 1891. April 26—Thames Ditton, v. Thames Ditton] May 2—Southgate, v. Southgate May 6—Rochester, y. Bochester May 9—Carshalton, v. Carshalton May 11,12,13—Catford Bridge, v. Bank of England May 16—Kensington, v. St. Paul’s School May 18—Chelmsford, v. Chelmsford May 23—Charterhouse Square,Y. Merchant Taylors’ School May 27—Clapton, v. Clapton May 80—Carshalton, v. Carshalton Park June 3—Bedford, v. Bedford Grammar School June 4—Bedford, v. Bedford Modern School June 6—Walthamstow, v. Forest School June 6—Southgate, v. Southgate June 10—Finsbury, v. Hon. Artillery Company June 13—Woodford, v. Woodford Wells June 20-M ill Hill, v. Mill Hill School June 27—Clapton, v. Upper Clapton July 4—Highgate, v. Highgate School July 8 —Hampstead, v. Hampstead July 11—Finchley, v. Christ’s College July 18—Wimbledon, v. Wimbledon School July 21—Leyton, v. Essex Club and Ground July 25—Windsor, v. St. Mark’s School July 27, 28, 29—Catford Bridge, v. Bank of England Aug. 1—Acton, v. Pallingswick Aug. 3—Bellaggio, v. Bellaggio Aug. 8—Southgate, V. Southgate Aug. 15—Cheshunt, v. Cheshunt Aug. 22—Haslemere. v. Haslemere Aug. 29—Barnet, v. Park Wanderers! Sept. 3—Crystal Palace, v. Crystal Palace Sept. 5—v. Hampstead Nondescripts S u s s e x T o u r . June 22,23—Eastbourne, v. Eastbourne June 24, 25—Hurstpierpoint, v. St. John’s College June 26—Eastbourne, v. South Lynn June 27—Ardingly, v. Ardingly College M id la n d T o u r. Aug. 10 11—Oxford, v. Oxford City Aug, 12,13—Papworth, v. Papworth Hall Aug. 14,15— Aug. 17, 18 —Bedford, v. Bedford GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY CLUB. The annual general meeting was held at Bristol on Thursday last, when there was a large muster of members. Mr. H. W . Beloe presided, and, in moving the adoption of the Report, congratulated the members upon the satisfactoryfinancial position,and the fact that Woof would be generally available, together with the acquisition of Mr. J.J. Ferris for 1892. Dr. W . G. Grace, in the course of a few remarks, stated that a very promising wicket­ keeper had been discovered in Board, and that Mr. E. Sainsbury, formerly of Somersetshire, would play for the county. The balance-sheet, it will be seen, shows a substan­ tial surplus: KECEIPTS. Balance from last account ................. Colts’ match (County Ground), gate money and stand ............................... Yorkshire match (County Ground), gate money and stand ........................ Kent match (Gloucester), gate money and sta n d ............................................. Surrey match (County Ground), gate money and stand ............................... Australian mateh(County Ground)gate money and stand ............................... Sussex match (County Ground), gate money and stand ... ........................ Lancashire match (Clifton College), gate money and stand........................ Nottingham match (Clifton College), gate money and stand........................ Middlesex match (Chelttnham) gate money and stand ... ........................ Australian match (Cheltenham), gate money and stand ............................... Privilege to sell refreshments .......... Interest on deposit ............................... Annual subscriptions .......... .......... Annual subscriptions for privilege to practice on County Ground .......... £ s. d. 1033 4 5 61 12 0 49 3 0 134 10 0 85 10 0 247 3 6 246 16 6 207 lfr 6 140 5 6 104 19 0 432 15 0 104 4 0 4 0 0 588 1 6 16 16 0 £3456 15 11 PA YMB-NTS. Bowlers on County Ground ... . Australians, half gate money at both matches ............................. , Expenses of Players ... ............. Preparing grounds ............... , Umpires....................................... Scorers and telegraphmen ... . Materials, tent hire, presentation bats Money and check takers...................... Printing, bill posting, postages, adver­ tising, &c............................................. Committee-rooms and annual meet­ ing ....................................................... Clifton and Cheltenham Colleges, for stands, carpentry, &c....................... Police ...................... ...................... Auditors................................................ Secretary’s salary ............................ Lunches for both elevens at homo m atches ........................................................ Other expenses ................................... Balance........................... . ............... £ s. d. 43 10 0 280 16 0 787 10 3 87 15 9 82 2 0 59 7 0 99 10 7 81 13 6 93 14 5 1 10 6 80 16 5 41 16 10 5 5 0 100 0 0 93 14 n 8 0 fi 1509 13 2 £3456 15 11 MR. W. L. MURDOCH’S XI. v. ALFRED SHAW ’S X I. This was a trial match organised by Lord Sheffield, and was played at Sheffield Park last Friday. Mr. Murdoch captained, on paper at least, a fairly strong team, but the bowling of Shaw and Bean, the Sussex pro., proved too good for them. Bean in addition played a sound innings of 45, whilst Walter Quaife was also seen to great advantage in a not out innings of 62. Butt, the county stumper, kept wicket admirably, and, it will be seen, stumped no fewer than four batsmen. Shaw’s team held an advantage of 199 runs on the first innings. M r. W. L. M u r d o c h ’s,T ea m . Mr. W. Newham, and b Shaw .......... Wells, c Parris, b Lowe................ ... Mr. W. L. Murdoch, st Phillips, bLowe Tebay, b Shaw......... Charlwood, b Shaw... W. Humphreys, b Bean........................ Butt, b Shaw .......... First Innings. Mr. A. Harcourt, Lowe..................... Gibb, st Phillips, Shaw..................... Gfinstead, b Bean . Green, c Marlow, Bean..................... Mycroft, not out . Extras.............. Total 0 1 6 ... 54 In the second innings Mr. W. Newham scored c Worger, b Gresson 15, Wells, b Gresson 6, Mr. W. L. Murdoch (not out) 30, Tebay (not out) 16; extras 6.—Total, 73. S h a w ’ s ,T e a m . Budgen, st Butt, b Humphreys .......... 4 W.G. Quaife, not out 62 Phillips, b Green ... 39 Lowe, c Newham, b Gibb........................10 Parris, b Charlwood 17 Shaw, b Charlwood... 0 Extras.................15 Mr.W. H. Dudney, st Butt, b Mycroft ... 31 Mr. F. H. Gresson, c Tebay, b Gibb ... 4 Marlow, st Butt, b Humphreys..........18 Bean, st Butt, b Humphreys ..........4-5 Worger, b Humph­ reys .......... .......... 4 C. Philcox, st Butt, b Humphreys .......... 4 Total ..253 S u ssex C o u n ty C lu b . —Mr.W. H . Campion presided over the annual general meeting at Brighton Town Hall on Thursday afternoon. The Report and balance-sheet were adopted, a surplus of £576 19s. lid . being shown ; it was determined to add .£250 of this balance to the credit of the ground purchase account, the debt on which is still the formidable sum of i£9,000. The officers of the club were elected as follow s;—The Earl of Sheffield, president; Earl Winterton, Viscount Gage, Lord Leconfield, Mr. W . H. Campion, Colonel Wisden, and Mr. C. J. Lucas, vice-presidents. The vacancies on the committee arising from retirement by rotation and other causes were filled as follows :—West Sussex, Messrs. H. E . Harris and W. Sm ith; East Sussex, Messrs. F. Thomas, S. Beard, and H. W hitfeld: Brighton, Messrs. C. H. Smith and W . Keen. Mr. Eager was re-elected auditor. CRICKETERS— B e s t G oods City A/jents — b e a r t h is M a r k . —Advt. P aetosi & L e s t e r , 94, Q u e e n S t ., C h e a p s id e .