Cricket 1892

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JAN. 28, 1892 In the Second Innings, Chatterton scored lbw, b Grimmer 37, A. Heaine, c Mills, b Grimmer 91, W. L. Murdoch (not out) 31, Brann, (not out) 45; extras 14—Total 218. C ape C olony . Second Innings. ?3 b J. T. Hearne 21 0 b Ferris .......... 2 8 I Pougher... First Innicgs. T. Routledge, c Brann, b F e rris ............................... Mills, b Ferris ................. H. Calder, c Wood, b Ferris............................... G. Cripps, c J. T. Hearne, b Ferris ........................10 c A. Hearne, b J. T. Hearne ... 0 Lieut Hickley, c Bead, b Maitin ........................ 0 c A. Hearno, b Pougher ... 21 F. Hearne, lbw, b Ferris... 21 c Murdoch, b Ferris ..........10 J. Coghlan, b J. T. Hearne 11 not out ..........16 V. Van der By', b Martin 31 b Ferris ......... 5 H. H. Castens, b Martin... 49 b Ferris .......... 6 E. Be ch, c Pougher, b Martin ........................ 0 lbw, b Martin ... 25 G. Glover, b Poughur ... 0 notout .......... 7 W. H. Milton, b Martin ... 17 b J, T. Hearne... 0 I. Grimmer, b Ferris M. Bisset, not out .......... G. P. Pemberton, c G. Hearne, b Martin ... Extras ..........13 Extras......... 9 Total ......... 197 Totil ...142 BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ngland . First Innings, Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bifiget .. 16 6 18 0 ... ... 8 3 10 0 V.VanderByll9 9 *20 1 ... 22 8 27 0 Grimmer .. 25.3 3 58 6 ... ... 30 8 72 2 Cripps .. .. 13 1 54 2 ... ... 3 0 10 0 Pemberton 8 2 19 0 ... ... 14 5 34 0 Glover... .. 1 0 1 1 ... ... 8 3 17 0 Routledge... 4 0 14 0 Milton... ... 9 5 6 0 Hearne ... 12 6 14 0 C ape C olony . First Innings. Secr-nd Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Ferris... ..33 14 62 6 ... ... 31 18 27 4 Martin .. 44 22 69 6 ... ... 21 8 51 1 J. T. Hearne 7 4 14 1 ... 22 9 40 3 A. Hearne .. 11 2 18 0 Pougher ... U 3 22 1 ... ... 12 5 15 2 The following will show tho results of the matches so far recorded : December 21, 22—Cape Town. v. E'even of Cape Town. Drawn. English Team. 200 and 115 (inD ingsdecl»r<d closed, five wickott*). E!even of Cape Town, 346 and 127 (six wickets). December 26, 28—Cape Town, v. Fifteen of Cape Colony. Drawn. English Team. 18 > and 218 (innings closed) for two wickets (A. Hearne 91). Fifteen of Cape Colony, 197 and 142 for 10 wickets. January 1, 2—Port Elizabeth, v. 22 of Port Eliziteth. Won by 109 run?. English Team, 71 aud 205. l ’ort Elizabeth, 78 and 92. January F, 6 —Port Elizabeth, v. Fifteen of Cape Colony. Won by an innings and 89 runs English Team, 2i6. Cape Colony, 97 and 110 . January 11 , 12—Kimberley, v. Eighteen of Kim- berley. Won by an innings and 20runs January 14, 15-Kimberley, v. Fifteen of Kim berley. Won by an innings and 17 runs. January 22, 23—Johannesburg, v. Eighteen o l Witwatersrand. Won by seven wickets. England 1S9 and 129 (3 wickets/ Eighteen, 156 and 161. The following additional fixtures have been arranged ; Jar.uary 23—Pretoria, v. Twenty two of Pretoria. February 1—Johannesburg, v. Fifteen of the Tr nsvaal. February 8 -Pietermaritzburg, v. Eighteen of Maritzburg and District. February 11 - Pietermaritz urg, v. lifteen of Natal. February 15-Durban, v. Eighteen of Durban and District. Fobruary 20-King William’s Town, v. Twenty- two of Border District. February 26—Port Elizabeth, v. Eighteen of Eastern Province. March 4—Bloemfontein, v. Twenty two of Orange Free State. ° March 10—Kimberley, v. Eleven of South Africa. March J 6 —Cape Town, v. Fifteen of Cape Colony March 19—Cape Town, v. Eleven of South Africa CRICKETERS —B est G oods City Agents— b ear this M ark.—A dvt T akton & L e ste r, 94, Qoee;* S t., Cijeapsipe DEATH -ROLL OF CR ICKETERS IN 1891. A t one time it looked very much as though the deaths of cricketers during this year of grace were going to be ex­ ceptionally heavy—largely owing, perhaps, to the bitterly severe winter we ex­ perienced. It will be remembered that Mr. M. F . Bowden was reported to have deceased while in South Africa—a report which, though it gained a good deal of credulity at the time, fortunately proved to be unfounded. In the aggregate, too, the number of deaths did prove to be con­ siderably above the average, as the following mournful tale will testify. Hardly had the New Tear come in when (January 4) the well-known wicket­ keeper, Joseph Hunter, followed his com ­ patriot in the Yorkshire eleven, J. M. Preston (who had died on November 26th previous) to the grave. It was on the retirement of the great Pinder that Hunter was given a chance as stumper for Yorkshire (1881), and right well did he justify his selection. During his first four seasons in this onerous position, Hunter dismissed no fewer oban 150 bats­ men. It was remarked that he “ kept ” to the fast bowling of Emmett, Ulyett, and afterwards of Harrison, excellently well and easily, so that in 1884-85 nobody was surprised to find him touring through Australia as a member of the Shaw and Shrewsbury combination. For them he took wicket with great success, besides rendering no little assistance with the bat when runs were needed. At one time Hunter hadno superior behind the stumps, but about 1888 his hands began to give way so seriously that his younger brother David was tried, and afterwards Joseph was not played with regularity. Hunter, who was well-liked by all cricketers, died somewhat suddenly, aged only 33. On the 20th of the same month died the once well-imown “ Tiny ” Wells, at the more mature age of sixty. Thirty or forty years ago, indeed, the name of George Wells was known wherever cricketers did congregate, and he formed one of H . H . Stephenson’s Team to Australia in 1802. He played first for Middlesex County under the birth quali­ fication, and afterwards for Sussex by residence. For a period of eighteen years, beginning with 1854, Wells was promi neutly before the public as a member of the Sussex Eleven. At the time of his decease he was engaged as coach at Lancing College—avocation which he had followed since his retirement from active participation in County cricket. The origin of the nickname “ T in y ” was his diminutive size. Another professional of the old school passed away a few days later, in Charles Bentley, of whom it has been deservedly said that he contributed largely towards the rise of the Middlesex County Club prior to the appearance of the “ Walkers o f Southgate.” He came o f a famous cricketing stock, being literally cradled in the cricket field, and born at Lord’s where his father was then (1815) curator and keeper o f the tavern. In a few years’ time his father was translated to Yincent Square, there to permanently instruct the Westminster Boys in the noble art. Here young Charlie picked up a great deal of that which made a fine cricketer of him. H e was best known as a fast bowler. Moving to Torquay in 1856, Bentley did much towards developing the game in the West, and in later years, while still resident in this part of the country, had the honour o f coaching the sons of H .B .H . the Prince of W a le s-a distinction of which he was not a little proud. But let our old friend Bobert Thoms tell the tale of Charles Bentley’s worth— From first to last, he had clone duty on the cricket field for over sixty years; and I little thought I had seen the last of Charlie Bentley, when I bade him “ Good-bye ” after officiating with him in a match at Torquay in August last, lie then being a hale and hearty veteran. And X thus pay a regretful tribute to a companion with whom I was associated from my youth, in many and many a match, who will be much missed not only by the “ Town of Torquay ” but also by his relatives, and a large circle of attached friends, who will remember him as a genuine “ every-day ” man, and as a staunch cricketer that worthily upheld the reputation of the “ Bentleys. ” The ruthless winter of 1890-91 did not spare the ranks of our professionals, truly. Pale death removed Edward Barratt on February 27,—still a compara­ tively young man. As is well-known, Barratt was a Durham man by birth, and played for Surrey by residence only, previous to which he was for a time at L ord’s. At one time, and that when Surrey had real need of such a one, Edward Barratt stood quite in the front rank of slow bowlers (left-hand). To see Barratt bowling and Pooley keeping wicket was in its way the per­ fection of cricket. W ith an immense amount of work on the ball when ho was thoroughly on his mettle, there were few bowlers really more difficult. It can hardly be said, however, that he made the very best of his exceptional skill as a bowler. He could bat too, when he liked, and on several occasions his hitting was of great service to the County. What was perhaps poor Barratt’s most note­ worthy feat—when he took all ten wickets o f the First Australian Team at the Oval in ’78—was touched upon in C k ick et at the time of his death. A greater master in the art of wicket- keeping than Hunter—we allude to the late Piichard F illing— passed away at Manchester on March 30 following. Of his brilliant achievements as a “ stumper” in every quarter of the globe it is needless to speak here ; they are too well known. Pilling was another example of the much criticised “ importation ” of professionals, as,though playing for Lancashire County, ho was born at Bedford, on July 5, 1855. He was thus not yet thirty-six years of ago. The circumstances surrounding his death were specially sad, since he had only returned from a sea voyage to Australia less than a week before. About this time occurred the deaths of the Right Hon.George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck, M .P. for White­ haven (and once a prominent “ Old Stager ” ), Mr. II. S. Strachan (father of the former Surrey Captain, Mr. George Strachan), Mr, Stephenson Clarke, an. NEXT ISSUE FEBRUARY 25