Cricket 1892

MAY 5, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EE CORD OF THE GAME. 10 8 THE LONDON CLUBS IN 1892. Continuedfrom last\number o f C r icket . In addition to the Club match down to open the season on Saturday last, the card of the B itckhurst H il l C lub includes nearly fifty fixtures. Most of these are against Clubs either in Essex or on its borders, though there are a few exceptions. The Anchorites, the Erratics, and the Stoics are all booked to test the quality of the wickets at Buckhurst Hill. Of the other opponents of the Club, the best known are Clapton, Wanstead, Upper Clapton, Bishop Stortford, Islington Albion, Epping Town, Birkenhead Victoria, Bank of England, and Honor Oak. The card is weekless and tourless. The same cannot, however, be said of the C h arlton P ark programme, which includes a tour in the middle of August. Sussex will be the objective of the touring party, who will meet the Blue Mantles at Tunbridge Wells on August 15, the Hastings Alexandra on the following day, the South Saxons at St. Leonard’s on August 17 and 18, and Devonshire Park, at Eastbourne, on the 19th and 20th. The ordinary fixtures, which are fifty in number, embrace amongst others engage­ ments with Royal Military Aoademy, Black­ heath, Ne’er-do-Weels, Clapham Wanderers, Royal Naval College, Emeriti, Crystal Palace, and Royal Artillery. The withdrawal of the Point House Ramblers, who were to have visited Epsom on Whit Monday, leaves the E psom C lub without a fixture at present for the first of the two Bank Holidays of the season. Mr. Frederick W, Ledger, of Laburnum Road, Epsom, who is now the Hon. Sec., will be glad to fill up the blank as early as possible. Epsom com ­ mence active work on Saturday next with a match on their own ground against their neighbours of Leatherhead. Thence on till September the ball will be kept rolling merrily, every Saturday and an occasional day in mid-week being occupied. The business on the other side of the Ledger will be furnished by the following c l u b s S t . John’s College, Leatherhead, Headley Park, Stamford Green, Banstead, Y. M. Institute, Leatherhead, Stormont, Erratics, Streatham Manor, Cheam, Ewell, Norwood United, Dorking, Beddington, Walton-on-the-Hill, Ashtead Manor, and Cane Hill Asylum. The E sh er C lu b ’ s card is, as a rule, more noticeable for the quality than the quantity of its contents. This year Mr. C. B ; Peachey, the Hon. Sec., has arranged, in addition to four fixtures for Saturday afternoons, fifteen whole-day matches, and one extending over two days. Nor can it be said that the season is unduly protracted, as, while it dogs not open till May 14, the final engagement is on Saturday, August 6. The Esher Club visits Chelmsford to play the local club on May 28, Horsham on Whit Monday and following day, Bickley on June 18, and Broadwater on the August Bank Holiday. The other twelve matches, which are all to be played at Esher, are against Broadwater, M.C.C. and Ground, Free Foresters, Quid Nunes, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Elstree Masters, Eton Ramblers, Bickley Park, Radley Rangers, and Marlborough Blues respectively. The four half-day matches are against Thames Ditton, Old Eastbournians, Wimbledon, and Cobham. In addition to the Hon. Sec., Messrs. J. A. Peachey, R. P. Sewell, N. Thursby, A. C. Macpherson, C. C. Clarke, J. H. Roberts, H. P. Jillard, C. E. Cottrell, W. H. Game, C . Martineau, W. Martineau, E .O . Sillem, and L. Martineau have the manage­ ment of one or other of the Esher elevens. The H ornsey C l u b , with an energetic Hon. Sec. in Mr. W . H . Davies, 37, Weston Park, Crouch End, has a heavy season before it. The annual trial between Married and Single, on Saturday last, set the ball rolling, and with little interval for rest for over four months. During this period fifty fixtures are down for decision, among them matches against Essex C. & G., M.C.C. & G., the But­ terflies, Old Rugbeians, and most of the principal Clubs in the neighbourhood of Lon­ don. The latter part of July has been set aside for a tour on the South Coast. This will consist of seven matches, commencing on July 18th, against the United Services at Portsmouth, and ending on the 30th against the South Saxons. The intermediate engage­ ments will be against the Isle of Wight at Shanklin, Littlehampton, Willingdon, Lewes Priory, and Hastings and St. Leonard’s. The M itcham C lu b has, as usual, a big list of engagements, including thirty-five fixtures for the first and twenty-one for the second eleven. The most important home matches are against M.C.C. and G., Surrey C. and G., Pallingswick, and Thames Ditton. The principal engagements away are a two-days match v. South Saxons at St. Leonard’ s, Oxted (a new fixture), Thames Ditton, and Pallingswick. Mr. T. P. Harvey continues in office as Captain, with Mr. W. W. Thomson as Hon. Sec. D. Knapp retains his position as groundman, a post he has held for three seasons. S toke N ew ing ton was determined to com­ mence the season in an imposing style, having two fixtures down for Saturday last. From that day, indeed, until the seventeenth of September, the Club, as a rule, plays two matches every Saturday afternoon. This will be sufficient to show that the programme will at all events be one requiring a considerable amount of care and energy to carry out satis­ factorily. The fixtures are mostly against olubs in the North and East of London. GRANVILLE (LEE) v. SIDCUP. Played at Lee, Kent, on April 30. S id c u p . H. E. Bouch, c Lamb, b Moore .................17 E. R. Bouch, b B ull... 0 C. H. Hunter, b West 46 0 . P. D. Davy, b Ed­ wards ...................... 88 O. Smith, c and b Ed­ wards ........................ 0 T.F. Spreckley.bBull 2 L. Hudson, b West 4 F. Peter, not out ... 0 A.W.Boultke, b Bull 2 H. Ashdown, b West ................. 4 fl. Foy, b West ... 0 B 4, lb 5 .......... 9 Total ...122 G ra n v ill k . A. D.Parry,lbw,bDavy 4 E. Furze, b Davy ... 6 E. Lamb, c R E. Bouch, b Davy ... 9 W. Greer, c H. E. Bouch, b Davy ... 33 R. F. Taylor, c Hud­ son, b Davy .......... 2 B. F. Gordon, b Davy 0 W. Edwards, c Hud­ son, b H. E. Bouch 24 G.T. Williams, Ibw, b H. E. Bouch ... 0 F. G. Bull, not out... 8 Julius Moore, c Foy, b Davy ................. 2 H. V. West, b H. E. Bouch ................. 12 B 3, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 9 Total ...104 Mr. A. G. S tee l scored 88 out of a total of 124 (117 from the bat) for Liverpool v. Dingle on Saturday last. T he Epsom Club is, owing to the with­ drawal of its fixture for that date, by the Point House Ramblers, open to arrange a match for Whit-Monday at Epsom. I n a match at Cambridge (Mass.) between Harvard College and Cambridge, J. W . Wink- ley took all ten wickets of Harvard at a cost of nineteen runs. This was the total, strangely enough, for which Cambridge were dismissed. E astbourne H ouse (C. H . Reed and Co., Lee) v. C adogan H ouse (Peter Jones, Chelsea) —Played at Raynes Park, on April 30th, and drawn in favour of Eastbourne House. Scores—Eastbourne House, 70 for 5 wickets, innings declared closed; Cadogan House, 36 for 7 wickets. CBICKETERS.— Prizes value £100 offered for competition during 1892. Special Score Forms 2d. per dozen.—-Geo. G. Bussey & Co., Peckham Rye Winners published weekly in C ricket.—Advt. THE ESSEX COUNTY CLUB. In the annual report which the Committee are to present to the general meeting at Ley­ ton, the chief subjects for congratulation are the marked improvement in the form displayed by the County team, the success of the Club and Ground matches, and the satisfactory re­ sults of the Football season. The roll of members, which stands at 825 gentlemen and 81 ladies, has decreased, a result due to the action of the Committee in erasing from the list all those who had not paid their subscrip­ tions for 1891. Subscriptions are, it may be added, now due on the 1st January. With reference to the accounts, the Committee ex­ press their regret that another unfavourable year has to be recorded. At the same time they remind the members that the County was particularly unfortunate in the matter of weather, every home match being spoilt more or less by rain, which sadly reduced the gate receipts. The following members of the Committee retire by rotation, viz.:—C. E. Ridley, A. P. Lucas, C. M. Tebbut, A. A. Timbrell, and all offer themselves for re-elec­ tion. Mr. Wm. Pearce, jun., having resigned, the Committee suggest that Mr. W. Comer- ford should take nis place. The ground will be open to members on Saturday next, and the following ground bowlers will be in attendance at 2 p.m. at the nets, v iz .:—H. Carpenter, G. Littlewood, W. Brewer, E. Russell, D. Smith, and A. Cain. The Com­ mittee report that home and home matches have been arranged for the seasonwith Surrey, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire,Hamp­ shire, and Leicester, and one match against M.C.C. and Ground at Leyton. The accounts show the gross receipts for cricket to be £179 Is. 8d., against expenses £75114s. 9d.; the takings at football £331 6s., and expendi­ ture £136 15s. Id. The liabilities are given as £1,830 13s., and assets £15118s. 7d. The balance-sheet, we may add, is only for nine months, that is, from 31st March to 31st De­ cember, 1891, in order to allow the financial year to end with the close of the year in the future. GRANVILLE ( LEE) v. CRYSTAL PALACE. Played at Crystal Palace on April 30, G r a n v ille . First Innings, jun., b J. Wilson, „ Stevens ................. 5 C. J. Lincoln, c sub., b J. Aste .................27 C. J. M. Godfrey, b Stevens .................22 J. P. Clarkson, c Jan- son, b N elson.......... 0 F. George, c Walker, b Nelson ................. 7 W. Morris, c Pare, b Stevens ................. 8 S. Ellis, b F. W . Aste 9 F. E. Lander, lbw, b F. W. Aste ......... 1 L. R. Glover, bF. W. Aste........................ 9 A. R. Layman, c F. W., b J. Aste ... 5 G. C. N. Sims, not out ... ... ... ... 0 B ...................... 6 Total ... 91 In the Second Innings Lincoln scored (nofc out) 2, George, (not out) 7; b 10—Total, 19, C r ysta l P a la c e . First Innings. F. H. Nelson, b Godfrey . F. W. JanBon, b Sims F. W. Aste, b Sims ... . F. M. Walker, run out . J. Aste, b Godfrey ... .. E. G. Turner, b Godfrey. B. R. Stevens, b Sims H. C. Powell, b Godfrey . W. L. Pare, b Sims ... ., H. A. Heath, not ou t... ., A. A. Knight, b Godfrey. B 4, lb 3, nb 3 ... . Total ................ 14 12 0 Second Innings. 0 b Sims.......... 2 b Sims......... , 7 b Sims ........ 0 c Layman, Sims......... 1 b Sima......... , 10 b Glover ... , 0 Ibw, b Sims b Sims......... 0 not out , 30 b Sims.......... c and b Sims , 8 , 7 , 15 , 1 , 3 1 0 1 B 12, lb 2, nb 3 17 Total ... 80 W e s t ’ s P ocket S core B ook contains ample room for keeping Bowling Analysis, Ac., for 48 innings. In use by all principal Clubs. Post iree Is. lid., of Wright and Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Doctors’ Commons, E.C.