Cricket 1892

JULY 14, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKL1 RECORD OP THE GAME. 298 for the London and Westminster Bank is well worthy of note. His last five innings have been as under :— June 8—v. London and County Bank ... Ill* June 13—v. Union Bank ................................ 22 June 16—v. Hampstead Football Club ... 133* June 27—v. Barclays Bank ......................... 17 July 6—v. London Joint Stock Bank........... 62* The figures give an aggregate of 345 for five innings with three not outs. In the same matches, C. A. Goodchild scored 151 for three completed innings. The scores were made in consecutive innings, as the Brockley and Bank of England Clubs both scratched to the London and Westminster. A r th u r S hrew sbury, who made such a promising first appearance for Notts against Sussex last week, is a son of William Shrewsbury, who played for Notts occasion­ ally some years ago, and nephew of the great batsman whose name he bears, Young Arthur is only about nineteen years of age, and is rather on the short side. He has been en­ gaged with the Notts Castle C.C., under a partial subsidy from the County Club, for the last two summers. Though more successful as a bowler for the Castle, he made his mark as a batsman at Brighton. His scores of 13 and 41, both not out, for a first appearance justify the belief that he may be a useful member of the Notts Eleven in the future. T hough not unnoticed in the report of the match, the performance of Wardall and Hunter for the last wicket of Yorkshire against Staffordshire, though unrecorded in “ Gossip ” last week, should not escape special notice in this column. The instances in which the last two batsmen, in a county match, make over a hundred are; very rare. On the occasion in question 153 were added for the tenth wicket. The best on record of the kind, it will be of interest to know, is the 173 by Briggs and Pilling for Lancashire against Surrey, at Liverpool in July of 1885. I f A. H. Heath was not successful in his attempt to run out a member of the last Par­ liamentary team—W. Woodall, at Hanley last week—another old Oxford Secretary met with better fortune during the last day or two in thecontest for the Sevenoaks Division of Kent. H. W. Forster, the Hampshire Captain, had a big majority of 2,078, when the game was at an end. As Sevenoaks enjoys the odour of sanctity as one of the oldest cricket centres, there is something particularly fitting that its representation should be in the hands of a keen cricketer. T he long stand of A. Grant Asher and R. H. Johnston for the Grange Club* against M.C.C. at Lord’s last Monday is entitled to rank among the best of the many remarkable performances of a run-getting season. As they raised the score from 117 for three to 445 for four wickets, the partnership realised no les3 than 328 runs. G ran t A sh er’ s success only serves to em­ phasise the regret that the exigencies of his prof ession prevented him assisting Scotland against Surrey in the recent matches. Both as a cricketer, as well as a Rugby footballer, he upheld his Loretto promise at Oxford. H e was in fact a double blue, and also did good service for Scotland in International foot­ ball on several occasions. Johnston, who gave him such reliable help at Lord’s this week, was in the Clifton College eleven some five or six years ago. He then had a high reputation as a wicket-keeper, but has since made a name In the field. In the Surrey match at the Oval his fielding was up to the best standard. T he Yorkshire eleven have proved them­ selves to be so full of runs this season that their latest performances in the shape of high scoring have not excited any great surprise. Still, two successive innings of over 500, if not a record, is at least “ near it, very near it,” in County crioket. In every respect, their total of 509 for six wickets against Leicestershire on Friday, wab better than their 516 against Staffordshire earlier in the week. Their feat, though, has had its parallel within the last five years. Many C rick et readers will remember an even more notable achievement of the same kind by the Surrey Eleven in 1887. They made 557 against Lancashire, at Manchester, on June 10, and followed this up with 543 against Cambridge University, at the Oval, at the commencement of the following week. P. H. Latham (Cambridge University). A r th u r Shrew sbury has done so many ex­ ceptional performances with the bat during his career that it seems strange to have to claim for his latest appearance the distinction of a record. Yet his achievement at the Oval, on Monday, is a record in the history of the recognised matches between the Gentle­ men and Players. I refer, of course, to those played at Lord’s and the Oval, and in these Shrewsbury’s 151 not out is the highest individual score against the Gentlemen. T he absence of the Grand Old Man from the Gentlemen’s side, in the match at the Oval this week, it goes without saying, was as great a disappointment to himself as to the public, to whose amusement he has contri­ buted for over a quarter of a century. For years his all-round cricket was the principal factor in a series of reverses for the Players, and even now, though he is now in the middle of the forties, the Professional Cricketers appreciate fully his excellent all-round cricket. His absence this week was his misfortune, rather than his fault. Unless I am much mistaken, this is only the second occasion he has been an ab­ sentee in this particular match since he made his first appearance in 1865. I n s t a n c e s of a batsman carrying his bat through both innings are of the rarest. The match between Framlingham College and Old Boys last Saturday produced a double performance of the kind The College made 155 and 199, and H. T. Ratcliff, who went in first, was not out each time with scores of 93 and 107 respectively. T h e excellent all-round cricket of R. S. Lucas, the Middlesex cricketer, had much to do with the victory of Teddington over Wanstead last Saturday. J. R. Head, who has also played for Middlesex this year, and he put on 72 for the second wicket, scoring at a great rate, till Head was out for a vigorous 44. Lucas was sixth out for 147, which in­ cluded one six and five fives. He also took six wickets, three in four balls, for 67 runs. I n John Board, whose portrait occupies tho front page, Gloucestershire was fortunate enough two years ago to find what sbe had long wanted, a wicket-keeper likely to be of permanent use. The position had been taken fitfully by Amateurs with partial success. The Colts match of 1890 showed that the County possessed a professional capable of fulfilling the most onerous position in the field. A nd though this is only his second year, Board has fully upheld the promise which gained him a place in the Gloucestershire Team. He is a native of Gloucestershire, and was born on Feb. 23,1867. T he following innings of a hundred and over have oome under our notioe since last week :— Aitken, G. H., Yorkshire Gentlemen v. Man- ningham, July 11 .................................. ] 16 Asher, A. G., Grange Club v. M.C.C , July 11 21ft Baker,Lancashire v. Kent, July 11 ............. H9 Bull, A. S-, Mr. Ellis’s Eleven v. Norwood, July 8 ........................................................109 Colman, S-, Clapham Wanderers v. Forest Hill, July 7 .............................................110 Denniston, A. F , London Scottish v. R.I.E.C., July 9 v .................................. 115* Foster, H. K., Malvern College v. Free For­ esters, July 9 ............................................. 139 Hall, Yorkshire v. Liverpool and District, July 1 2 ........................................................n Hearne, Alec, M.C.C. v. Granville, July 6 ... 144* Henderson, Surrey v. Scotland, July 8 ... 1?3 Hollands, S., Sheffield Park v. Brighton Teachers, July 9 ...................................ICO* Jessop, G. L., South Woodford v. Woodford United, July 7 ............................................. 112 * Johnston, A. S., Granville v. Charlton Park, July 9 ........................................................141 Johnston, A. S.. Granville v. M.C.C., Ju'y 6 .. 135 Johnston, R.H., Grange Club v. M.C.C., July 11 ............................................. ... 163 Jones, A. O., Mr. J. Healing’s XI, v. Dun­ stable S c h o o l.............................................126 Key, K. J., Surrey v. Scotland, July 8............ 143 Lucas, K. S., Teddington v. Wanstead, July 9 147 Lucas, A. P., Brentwood v. Emeriti, July 9... 103* Marshall, W. D., Broadwater v, Old Car­ thusians, Jmy 8 .................................. 136 Marriott, Rev. F. R., Oxford University Authentics v. Tonbridge School, July 6 1C9 Mason, C. E. S., Blackheath v. Charing Cross Hospital, July 6 ........................100 Peel, Yorkshire v. Leicestershire, Julj 8 ... 226* Page, C.t Bancroft’s School v. Tottenham College, July 6 .............................................101 Pontifex, D. £>., M.C.C. v. Grange Club, July 1 1 ........................................................107* Rolls, F. J., Croydon v. Beddington, July 9... 142 Rowley, Col., 2nd Batt. v. 3rd Batt. Grena­ dier Guards, July 11.................................. 106*