Cricket 1891

86 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. apbil 30 ,1891 siderably above the average of amateur reciters, as those who have listened to him at dinners and smoking concerts have reason to know. With every social gift, he was the best of company, and with the recollections of countless pleasant hours in his society my pen falters. He was a great favourite on all cricket grounds, and at Clifton as well as at the Scarborough and Hastings Festivals, where he was generally a central figure, he will be greatly missed. It is at the Oval that his place will be most difficult to fill, and it will be some time before those who knew him well as I did will get over the effect of his loss. As a proof of his kindly interest, I may point out that the last occasion when he played a prominent part in a cricket function was at the close of the dinner given by the Surrey C.C.C. to the County eleven. Even then, though, as many will remem­ ber, he was in a very bad state of health, he would not surrender Lis task of propos­ ing the health of the Secretary, Though he had been ailing for sometime, his many friends were hopeful that the summer would see him again at the Oval. It was not to be, however, and he passed away on Tuesday of last week at the ripe old age of seventy-two. To turn to more cheerful topics, C ric k e t readers will be interested in the announcement that Mr. P. J. de Para- vicini proposes shortly to take unto himself a wile, in the person of Lady Marcia Cholmondeley. “ Para ” has played an important part on the double stage of cricket and football, and made hundreds of friends at both, certainly not an enemy at either. A cheery sportsman always, however things may be going, equally energetic if the game is going badly or well, he will have the best wishes of a very wide circle of cricketers. Mr. E. F. S. T y leco te , judging by his recent successes, bids fair to prove him­ self as great an adept over the golf links as he has been in front of as well as behind the sticks on the cricket field. Last Saturday he had a good time of it at the Spring Meeting of the Eastbourne Golf Club. His share of the honours indeed was a liberal one, for he won the Bruce prize, the first club prize, and the monthly medal. O r course Mr, Punch is to the fore w ith a tim ely “ re v iew ” o f D r. G race’s book. In this w eek’s issue, the “ B aron de B ook-W orm s and C o.” delivers him ­ self as follow s “ Oh W illow ! W illow ! ” Mr. Grace’s memories of Forty years of Cricket are full of interest, of enthusiasm, and of good stories. “ My Early Cricket Days ” will hugely interest ‘young would-be Willow-wielders. “ Cricketers I have Met” is excellent reading, the Champion being as generous in apprecia­ tion as keen in judgment. On the science of the game, he, of course, speaks as one having authority. Thaokeray said he never saw a boy without wishing to give him a sove­ reign. The “ Co.” for some timeto comewill not look on an athletic lad without longing to give him a copy of “ Cricket, by W . G. Grace.” He hopes that lots of other “ dasters ” will feel the same yearning, and act upon it. A gain , reverting to the joke about Lord Randolph Churchill taking only two books—Moliere and Shakspeare—with him to Mashonaland, the Punch reviewer makes a number of humorous suggestions. Thus, after printing imagi­ nary letters from “ W. E. Gl!;:dst;;:ne ” (suggesting Homer and some volumes of his own Gleanings as likely works), and “ W. T. St**d ” (singing the relative merits of the Review o f Reviews, In Darkest I England, and Problems o f Greater Britain), he adds the following brief but witty epistle;— Sir,—I don’t know much about books. I’ ve just written rather a good one on Cricket, and I think if I were going to Africa I should take a supply. From all I’ve heard of Tippoo Tib, I should think he would enjoy the gam e; at any rate, Tippoo ought to be able to master tip and run without much difficulty. W . G. G r * ce . MANCHESTER v. BOLTON. The Old Trafford Ground witnessed a very fine batting performance by the Manchester Club on Saturday last. Playing against the Bolton Club, they first dismissed their opponents for the small total of 40, and then managed to amass, by the call of time, no fewer than 460 runs for the loss of six wickets. The credit of this fine performance rests mainly with two batsmen, Yates and Mr. A. C. McLaren, the young Harrovian who made such a successful first appearence for Lan­ cashire last year. Yates was still in when time was called, whilst Mr. McLaren was run out after scoring 133. The rate of scoring was very fast throughout. It will be seen that Mold did most of the execution with the ball, whilst Bennett played uncommonly well for Bolton, carrying his bat through the innings for 27 out of 88 from the bat. B olton . W. E. Walker, b Mold ■1 E, H. Williams, c Bennett, not oat ... 27 Hornby, b Irving... 0 A. E. Stanley, b W. S. Batey (sub.), b Irving ................. 0 Mold........................ 0 J. I j. Rushton, b J. Isherwood, b M old........................ 4 Mold........................ 0 Ellis, b Mold .......... 2 Extras................. 2 S. Slater, b.^Mold ... 1 — P. Staton, b Mold ... J.*Whittle, c Dexter, 0 T o ta l..........40 b Irving ................. 0 M anchester A. N. Hornby, b Yates, not o u t ..........156 Whittle “................. c E. Leese, c Staton, b Slater ................. 36 A. C. M’Laren, run ont ........................133 J. A. M’Laren, not F. Ward, b Ellis ... 3 out ........................38 E. Ratcliffe, st 1SherExtras.................27 wood, b Whittle ... 60 — H. Houldsworth, b T ota l..........460 Slater ................. 1 “ W isd e n ’ s A l m a n a c k ” for 1891.—The Almanack has become so indispensable to the library of every cricketer that the appearance of each succeeding issue is awaited with general interest. Of the twenty-eighth edition it only need be said that it is fully up to the standard of the best of its predecessors, the highest possible testimony to the accuraoy of the statistics, as well as the variety of the information. The frontispiece consists of excellent photographs of five great wicket­ keepers, in the persons of J. McC. Blackham, G. Macgregor of Cambridge University, Pil­ ling, Sherwin. and Wood. The fact that these are the work of Messrs. Hawkins and Co., of Brighton, will be ample proof of the excellence of the likenesses as well as of the high oharacter of the reproduction. CRICKET CHIRPS. C b ic k e t is now permitted in the Edinburgh Public Parks. P r a ctic e on the Essex County Cricket Ground at Leyton begins on Saturday. E. P eate , playing for Leeds v. Hunslet on Saturday, took five wiokets for 14 runs. M r . H. B. D a ft (Notts County) was married on Thursday last, at Radcliffe Parish Churoh. O n the 24th inst., at Pembnry House, Bromley Common, Kent, the wife of J. W. S. Jones, of a son. T h e May number of Men and Women of the Day contains a portrait of the Earl of Coventry. T he Hon. E. P. Thesiger, C.B., contributes an article on Church Patronage to the English Illustrated Magazine for May: I n the Cup match at Melbourne between Coburg and Ormond, last month, umpire Martin gave nine balls to an over. E. S m ith , the Oxford blue, scored 137 out of 286 for University College v. Christ Church, at Oxford, on Saturday. T h e Royal Engineers’ season opens on Saturday next, at Chatham, with Seniors v. Juniors. T he Bishop’s Stortford (Hertfordshire) C.C. will play twenty-five matohes this season, including a cricket week in August. D. W . S aunders , the wicket-keeper of the Gentlemen of Canada team which visited England in 1886, had the best batting averaga for the Toronto C.C. last year. E la m went in first for Clinton v. West Kent Wanderers, at Blackheath, on Saturday, and was not out when the tenth wicket fell, having scored 23 out of 51. B aily’s Magazine for May contains two contributions by the “ Old Buffer,” one on the “ Cricket Season of 1891,” the other a review of Dr. W. G. Grace’s book. W . H. Du B uisson , whilom Hon. Sec. of the Upper Tooting C.C., won the Guy Pym Handicap Prize of the Tooting B ee Golf Club on Saturday. E. F. S. T y l e c o t e , the well known oricketer, won the Bruce prize, first Club prize, and monthly medal of the Eastbourne Golf Club on Saturday last. R. L . L e ig h C l a r e , the Sherborne Fresh­ man, playing for Pembroke College at Cam­ bridge on Tuesday, took five of ten Crusaders’ wickets for 59 runs. S ton e , of Wadham College, took all the wickets which fell to the bowlers in the innings of Exeter College at Oxford, on Saturday. Onejbatsman was run out. A match between the Royal Berks and Royal Scots Regiments, played on the Marsa, Malta, on April 15, ended in favour of the former by four wickets and 122 runs. M. H. P a in e scored 128 and not out 23 of 32 for three wickets for the Colombo C.C. v. Upcountry, at Radella, on March 30th and 31st. C. M. W e l l s , who was so success­ ful for Dulwich College last year, scored 77 and took seven wickets for 37 runs, in the Trinity College Freshmen’s matoh at Cam­ bridge, on April 24 and 25. A t a Committee Meeting of the South Tasmanian Cricket Association held in the middle of March, it was deoided to give every possible support to the proposed visit of Lord Sheffield’s team to Australia. P la y in g for the “ Married v. Single ” of Granville (Lee) C.C. on April 18, C. J. M. Godfrey took five wickets for 15 runs, and on Saturday last, v. Sidcup, six wickets for 10 runs : or in all eleyen wickets for 25 runs for the Club.