Cricket 1892

8 4 0 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. AUG. 4, 1892 J. DAVENPORT Cricket&EawnTennisOutfiter 20, ELDON STREET, L i v e r p o o l S t r e e t , E . C . Removed from 38, FINSBURY PAVEMENT New Price List now ready. Terms—Ready Money. Cash discount 10 per oent. Speciality — Best All Cane Handle Bats, warranted thoroughly seasoned, 12/6 each. Davenport’s Propeller Bat, 15/- nett. Treble Seam Cricket Balls 42/-, 48/-, Si-1, 87/-, per dozen, nett. E.J.PAGE& GO., KENNINGTON PK. RD„ LONDON, S.E. THE jft COMBINATION FLEXIBLE f l mrnm b u t . These Bats find increasing favour with Gentlemen and Professionals, fR P p a n l *7° r driving power they are unequalled. IlicpBiSW The jar, or sting is entirely obviated, P i f F l anc*t*le hardest hit can be made with- out fee^n§ anX unpleasant sensation. tX*M ^he words “ Combination Flexible” n p i i S H are stamped on each bat. 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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 t ii, 18f2 This abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Ham let T. K. D o b s o n , whose innings of 117 (not out) against Yorkshire, last Friday, was one of the most notable events of the week, is a native of Whitburn, a village on the North East Coast, some three miles from Sunder­ land. The Whitburn Club, with which he has been identified, has its local habitation in the Hall grounds, the property of Sir Hedworth Williamson, who takes a keen interest in the game, and at one time played frequently in the matches of M.C.C. D o b s o n is essentially [a natural cricketer. He has never had any coaching, and his only opportunity of seeing really good cricket has been during the Scarborough week, and at the principal fixtures in the North of Eng­ land. His highest innings has been 134, in a local match, and on three other occasions he has made his hundred. Though he has had few opportunities of playing against good elevens, he has generally come off. For New­ castle and District against Shaw and Shrews­ bury’s eleven, he made 64, as well as 46 for the same combination against Yorkshire in 1886. I n addition to his score against Yorkshire last week, he played an excellent innings of forty against Warwickshire on the previous Tuesday. As he is only 26 years of age, he should still further distinguish himself as a cricketer, though unfortunately he is not well placed for getting away to assist his County, being employed in the Accountants’ office of the North Eastern Railway at Newcastle. He is avery patient batsman, butmakes runs fairly rapidly. His best strokes are a late cut and an off drive, the former of which he plays to perfection, his wrist play being excellent. It may be mentioned that he comes of a cricketing family, his father, who is a great oricket enthusiast, being at one time a regular player in theWhitburn team. Dobson also has represented Durham in some of their inter- County Football matches, under Association rules. T h e complete success which attended the Scotch tour of the Huddersfield Eleven, con­ cluded last week, furnishes another and convincing proof of the all-round strength of club cricket in Yorkshire. During their outing the Huddersfield players scored 1,298 runs for 51 wickets, an average of twenty-five, while their opponents made 597 for sixty, an average of only ten runs per wicket. A n idea of the capacity of the side can be gathered from the fact that it contained such all-round cricketers as F. E. Woodhead, of Loretto and Cambridge, E .W. Hirst (brother of the old Oxonian, E. T. Hirst), who played for a short time with the Yorkshire Eleven, J. Stubbings, professional to the Huddersfield Club for the last fourteen or fifteen years, who has figured several times in the Derbyshire Eleven, G. H. Hirst, also one of the professionals of the Club, whose fast bowling proved so suc­ cessful for Yorkshire in some of the earlier matches of this season, and W. Emmer- son, who represented Durham against Yorkshire this year. I n the match versus Edinburgh Academi­ cals, G. H. Hirst got ten wickets for 44 runs, and Stubbings in the second innings did the hat trick, taking seven wickets for 16. Against Grange the Eleven were in fine form, particu­ larly II. B. Wilson, at one time full back for the Yorkshire County Football Team, and Emmerson, who contributed 164 and 107 respectively to the second total of 490 for seven wickets. The last match, against the West of Scotland, resulted in an easy win for the tourists, who scored 250, to 33 and 34, Hirst getting eleven wickets for 27 runs, and Stubbings seven for 37. A proof that the Hud­ dersfield Club is in rare form just now was furnished by their match against Sheffield last Thursday. Though the latter included no less than three members of the Yorkshire Eleven (Wainwright, Wardall, and Mounsey) Huddersfield had all the best of the game, scoring 205 for seven wickets against 107 for nine wickets. \ U PI’in gu am cricket is likely to receive a new stimulus with the advent of Mr. R. N. Douglas. H. H. Stephenson, whose coaohing assisted in forming the style of such batsmen as Messrs. W. S. Patterson, D. Q. Steel, A. P. Lucas, and others, will be particularly rejoiced in having the oo-operation of such an excellent cricketer in developing the latent talent* Mr. Douglas, who has just obtained a mastership- at Uppingham School, should be a distinct acquisition in shaping the promising cricket material there. Another conspicuous mem­ ber of the Cambridge University eleven (Mr. E. C. Streatfeild) has it is rumoured, secured an appointment to a mastership at Charter­ house School. The Hornsey Club has been touring on the South Coast, and with conspicuous success. Of the Bix matches played, five were won, and the sixth drawn in consequence of bad weather. J. W. H. Davis, the Hon. Sec., was fortunate in being able to get together a most representative team, and in all points of the game the eleven shq^ed themselves to