Cricket 1892

170 CRICKET s A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME; JUNE 2, 1892 Giuchet: 4 WEEKLY BEOOBD OF THE GAME. 41. ST. ANDREW'S HILL, LONDON, E.C. THUESDAT, JUNE 2 n d , 18! 2 IJafrilbit (§>0sstp, The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— ____________ _______ __ Hamlet, I f the experience of the May meetings on the Surrey Ground is to be accepted as a reli­ able forecast of what is in store for cricketers at the Oval this season, there will be some busy leather-hunting before the summer is over. As a matter of fact, though it is only a little more than four weeks sinoe practice was commenced, no less than seven scores of over a hundred have been aotually made on the turf which Apted watches with such zealous care. To all intents and purposes, indeed, there have been eight, as Hayward’s 99 not out for the Surrey Club and Ground against Battersea United may fairly be oounted as a “ century.” T iie r e could hardly be a worse piece of luck than that which prevented Hayward's second appearance among the scorers of three figures in 1892 last Monday. Bailey, who was in with him, was running the fourth run which would have completed Hayward’s hundred. Under ordinary circumstances he would have got home, but a lucky shot from afar threw down Bailey’s wicket just before he reached hia crease. This was the more unfortunate, as had Hayward got the notch wanted, it would have been the second match in succession in which two scores of a hundred iti the same innings had been made for the Surrey C. & G. at the Oval. As it is, in following matches within a week at the Oval over a thousand runs were made in two days. As I am not aware of auy record which can approach it so far this season, it will be interesting if I give the particulars of the seven hundreds made at the Oval. Here they are— May 4.—F. A. Street, Surrey Colts v. Barnes 11 , 1 1 ' Thompson, Surrey Colts v. Clapham Wandeiers .. ........................ 139 18.- W. E. 1roimfield, St. Maife’s v. Ash­ b y St. Andrews ... ................. 121 23.—C .)• Francis, Guy’s Hospital v fcurrey O & G.................................. 106 25.—Ilsyward, Surrey C. & G. r. Cry.-.til P alace................ ....................... 364 2 '.-A jres, Suirey C. & G. v. Crystal Pa a c e ......... .......... ................. 101* 80.—W. T. Grahurn. Surrey Colts v. Bat- teisea United ................ • .......... 10» 30.—Hayward, Surrey Colts v. Battersea U nited............................................. 99* Last week I congratulated the Secretaries of Metropolitan Clubs on a clever capture made by Morley, the ground man of the Forest Hill C.C. Hia prize was a gentleman of the light-fingered fraternity, who had evidently for some time past occupied himself pleasantly in relieving cricket pavilions and cricketers of what no doubt appeared to h im to be i uperfluous material. It ia satis- f»ctory to fii d that he will have leisure, for E om e time at least, to reflect on the absurdity of h is error. At all events the gentleman in question, Charles Brandon, to give him the name he gave himself, was on Saturday last committed at the Greenwich Police Court for trial at the London County Sessions. Unfortunately for him too, the FELTHAM’S MANUFACTURERS OF CRICKET, TENNIS, CROQUET, &c. AND ALL IN & OUT-DOOR GAMES. FELTHAM ’S Excellent Cricket Bat. IMPROVED HANDLE BEST SELECTED b la d e , / f/m m FELTHAM’S Reliable and Special Cricket Bats ALL MADE FROM WELL- SEASONED WOOD STEAM COMPRESSED | F E L T H A I V l ’S MATCH CRICKET BALLS J. DAVENPORT Cricket&LawnTenisOutfi ter 20, ELDON STREET, L i v e r p o o l S t r e e t , E . C . 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