Cricket 1892

ORIQKET s A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. SEPT. 8, 1892 were the very happiest one has ever seen. In those days boys didn’t get as much money as they do to-day, and consequently they got more fun out of what money they had. That half-penny toll on Vauxhall Bridge we never paid: sooner walk a mile further, over Westminster Bridge, and save the copper. And as for riding, it was a luxury we never tasted in connection with cricket. But a tramp of four miles at the close of the day was a trifle. Like everything else, oricket yields most pleasure to those who are not afraid of a little toil and self-denial. But enough of reminiscences that may be of interest to nobody. The dearth of crioket just now must be my apology. The decision of Notts to set aside a matoh next year for Shrewsbury’s benefit will give universal satis­ faction. Such a compliment ought always to be paid whilst the crioketer in question is in his prime. Yet how rarely this has been the case down South. Up North it has been the invariable custom, at least in Yorkshire and Lancashire. That’s the main reason why benefits in those counties have yielded so well. Ulyett netted a thousand pounds by his; whilst Barlow, Watson, and poor Pilling got at least five hundred pounds more apiece. Something like a benefit. Sporting orowds soon forget their old favourites; we live so fast nowa­ days that the men (and things) that are actually before our eyes alone are known to us. There have been five similar matches played this season,in honor of Clayton, Fother- gill, Pentecost, Burton, and Alfred Shaw —none of them in aotive cricket, whilst some had been on the retiring list for years. I have often wondered that Surrey, with their genuine interest in their professionals, have lagged so far behind in this matter. I was present at the benefits of Tom Lockyer, Julius Cresar, George Griffith, Mortlock, Stephenson, and Tom Humphrey; if they were not names only when they thus appealed to the publio, they were certainly almost played out. Middlesex set a worthy example in giving Burton his ohoice of the match. Suppose Surrey were to do ditto, would any of their men be modest enough to pitoh upon the August matoh with Notts ? Notts kept Aflfred Shaw waiting an unconscionable time; Richard Daft appeared in 1858, and was not feted till 1876: whilst John Jaokson had retired many years before he got his matoh in 1874. Shrewsbury deserves a bumper. He appeared in 1875 ; in all he has played sixteen years for Notts : being away in 1881 through the “ split,” and in 1888 on tour in Australia. There is no space here to give his County average year by year. I have oare- fully gone through these years, and find, deduoting deoimal points, that in this period his average innings for Notts is iust 34. I oonfess I thought it would be higher, though this represents splendid service. It then occurred to me to ask how this would compare with the work done by his great predecessor in Notts crioket ? I mean, of course, Richard Daft. We hear so much about the superiority of present day batting, that I was curious to see whether it was so much in advanoe of the past generation. Here’s the result. Daft came out in 1858; he played as late as 1881 for Notts. Including 1878, i.e., in twenty-one seasons, his county average was 37 ; or, to make the comparison more reliable, taking his first sixteen seasons, his average was no less than 42runs per innings. So some of us may be pardoned if we still pin our faith to the heroes of the past. I may add that in Shrewsbury’s case I have relied solely upon the averages given year by year in “ Wisden,” whilst in Daft’s, that average has had to be reckoned by myself from his scores during his earlier years. Of course Daft played in con­ siderably fewer matohes than Shrewsbury has. The Scarborough festival deserves mention if only beoause the weather there behaved a little more decorously than down South. I quite intended going, as usual, but don’t care about watching cricket either in macintosh or top coat. Still C ou n ty cricket would have warranted suoh an ordeal. Pionic cricket soarcely does, though it is doubtless an enjoy­ able finale for the cricketers. Yorkshire did capitally in the Opening match, though M.C.C. sent but a scratchy team. The item of most interest to me was not Burns’ bowling and batting, admirable though both were, but the reappearance of the “ demon ” and of C. I. Thornton. Spofforth plays only for the Hampstead Club at the present time, but his presence in the best company will never fail to revive the palmy days of Australian cricket. What a host he was, perhaps the greatest bowler ever seen when most was required. And Thornton too—king of hard hitters. I remember seeing him in the sixties; that mighty drive over the Pavilion at Lord’s in the Eton and Harrow match made many an old member of the M.C.C. open his eyes and shake his head, But he kept up that little game when he played through many years for Kent. Did he ever don pads and gloves ? Only in 1888. It was at Scarborough he made the biggest hit I ever saw in my life. He had been jeopard­ izing the windows all round the ground, but at last he landed one of A. G. Steel’s right over the house top into the enclosure in Tra­ falgar Square. I remember his saying that was the first time he had done so, though he had often had small boys to bowl at him in the hope of accomplishing this ambitious feat. Well, he’s 42 years old now, but can hit almost as hard as ever, and, as of old, still plays a deal sounder cricket than he ever got credit for. Smiter though he was, he was never a mere slogger. I am very glad Ferris came off in the second match. All through the innings for 62 runs, and six wickets for 71, is something like the old form. May it be often in evidence next season. NORTHBROOK v. WEST HEATH.—Played at Abbey Wood on September 3. N o r th b r o o k . First Innings. J. Fisher, c Reed, b Bevis 4 A. H. Woolmer, b Bevis... 1 A. East, c Rutter, b Have­ lock ...............................14 J. W. Thompson, c Jones, b Havelock ................. 3 F. Mote, c Jones, b Bevis 0 G. Cousins, b Boris.......... 4 A. A. Kennard, b Have­ lock ............................... 2 ’not ont W. G. Skipworth.c Iveny, b Havelock ................. 3 W. C. Ford, b Bevis.......... 3 C. Kelly, c Reed, b Have- P. R. Steele, not out.......... 3 13 2, lb 1 ................. 3 Second Innings, c Jones, b Iveny 5 c Reed, b Colls 5 c Reed, b Colls... 0 b Iveny ........ 0 run out .......... 4 c Jones, b Aylen 3 b Colls................. 0 b Colls................. 6 B 4, w 1 ... 5 Total ..........49 W hst H e a t h . Total P. Colls.st Thompson, b East ................. 5 F. J. Rutter, b East... 11 W. Jones, b East ... 0 C. Iveny, b Ford ... 3 G. Read, b Ford ... 3 T. A. Bevis, retired hurt ........................ 6 H. Read, not out ... 6 H. Havelock, b Thompson .......... W. Bedwick,c Mote, b Ford ................. G. Aylen, b Thomp­ son ........................ G.B.Tuck,^Thomp­ son ....................... B 7, lb 6 .......... T o!a l.......... NORTHBROOK v. BURLINGTON WANDER­ ERS.—Played at Lee on September 3. B u r l in g t o n W a n d e r e r s . A. Baxter, c andb W. Willis ................. 0 M. 3. Wells, not out 9 Total ..........139 E.C.Lindup, bPearse 10 E.B. Warren, not out 87 W.H. Lunnon, c sub., b F. Willis ..........10 G. Bull, c Roberts, b W. Willis.................1G F. W. Freeman, b A. H. Sm ith............... 7 F. S. Lunnon, C. Horne, C. A. Warren, and A. N. Other did not bat. N o r t h b r o o k . A. H. Smith, lbw, b Lunnon ......... ,.. 83 W. D. Butler, b Bull 5 S. Abbott, c sub., b Freeman.................37 F. Willis, run out R.W.Roberts, not out 2 W. Willis, st War­ ren, b Freeman ... 7 L b ....................... 1 Total ... 93 T. G. Cannon, C. Pearse, H. N. Smitb, Vernon Smith, and F. W. Foston did not tat. BUCKHURST HILL v. ANCHORITES.—Played at Buckhurst Hill on August 21. B u c k h u r s t H i l l — First Innings. Q. Palmer, c Luck, b Carter ................. 6 H. G. Nicoll, c Cook, b C arter................. 3 J. K. Hughes, b West­ land ........................ 6 R.L.Allport,cMinter, b C arter.................20 W. W. Tween,c and b Carter ................. 7 G. McEwen, b Carter 6 H. Palmer, lbw, b Westland .... ... W. J. Phillips, b Westland .......... H. T. Munro, run out F.W. Dobson, not out W. E. S. Barnardo, b Carter ................. B 6, lb 1 .......... Total 0 2 0 0 7 , 62 In the Second Innings Allport scored, b Whyte, 32, Phillips (not out) 55, Munro, c Youngman, b Westland, 9, Dobson (not out) 17; b 2, lb 2— Total, 117. A n c h o r it e s . C. W.Lavender, c and b Dobson .......... J. L. Westland, b H. Palmer ................. J. Carter, b Dobson... F. W. Luck, lbw, b G. Palmer .......... F. Minter, c Tween, b G. P alm er.......... W. Whyte, b Phillips 17 J. B. Westland, b H. Palmer .................20 42 13 E.O.Jones.stMcEwen, b H. Palm er..........12 W. Youngman, c Mc­ Ewen, b H. Palmer 2 G.W.Cook.c Phillips, b H. P alm er..........12 P. Lachszyrma, not out ........................ 7 B 19, lb 2 ..........21 Total ...152 BUCKHURST HILL (2) v. EPPING TOWN.— Played at Epping on September 3. B u c k h u r s t H il l . C. Thomas, bCordell J. Pigot, c Cordell, b Brise........................ C. H. Till, not out ... H.Punnett.cButchcr, G. W. Allen .cRiving- ton, b Ness .......... 0 J. J.Sprigge,bCordell 10 J. S. Smith.b Cordell 4 F.W.Dobson, b Brise 9 O. Charlesworth, c b Rivington , Butcher,bRivington 38 B 3, lb 1, w 4 A. Richmond, c Brise, b Cordell ... 0 Total W. Sworder, run out E p p in g T o w n . W.Rivington,run out 17 - - - - - 4 3 0 A. E. Piper,cSworder, b Pigot .................: E. Butcher,b Dobson F. Brise, b Dobson... H.Rivington,bDobson W. Banfield, not out S G. Conningham, b Dobson ................. A.Sworder, b Dobson W .Ness,b Dobson... T. Bovingdon.bDobson J. Cordell, b Dobson B l, w 3 .......... Total 2 3 8 4 0 4 , 75 liUCKHURST HILL v. ISLINGTON ALBION.— Played at Bucbhurst Hill on September 3. B u c k h u r s t H il l . W. W. Tween, b Chaldecott ... 17 F. W. Hughes, o Gow, b Chaldecott.......... 7 J. K. Hughes, b Collet 21 W.H.Charlesworth,b Chaldecott .......... 5 Russell,c Chaldecott, b Beaumont ... 6 R.L.Allport,b Chalde­ cott ........................ 6 R, J. Hutchinson, c Ward, b Beaumont 63 G. McEwen, c Coles, b Beaumont......... 0 G. Palmer, b Collet 22 W. Roper, not out... 33 T S.Barwell, c Shaw, b Chaldecott B 4, lb 2 , w 1 Total ...191 I sl in g t o n A l b io n . H. Collet, not out ... 7 L. H. Gunnery, c and b Roper ................. 4 H. Coles, c Charles­ worth, b Palmer ... 3 R. Cha’decott, b Roper ................. 0 W.J. Wilson, nOt out 5 Total The rest did not bat. BUCKHEATH v. ROYAL ARTILLERY.— Played at Rectory Field on September 3. B l a c k h e a t h . S. Castle, c Osmond,b Perkins .................. 3 H. C. Stewart, b Fin­ lay ...................... 101 J. H. C. Fegan, b Perkins .................. 0 A. J. Thornton, c Van Straubenzie, b But­ ler ...........................50 P. Christopherson, c Du Cane, b Finlay 10 Capt. G. Hamilton, b B utler.................. 0 R o y a l A r t il l e r y . R. B. Stewart, c Hamilton,b Finlay H. R. Blaker, b Fin­ lay ........................ E. de B. Thurston, lbw, b Butler......... R. A. Fegan, b Butler S. Christopberson, not out ................. B 2, lb 1, nbl... Total ...172 Lieut. Du Cans, b S. Christopherson ... 3 G. B. Osmond, st H. Stewart, b R. Stewart ... ...........14 H. J. Butler, c and b R. Stewart ..........24 A. E. Perkins.cThurs* ton, b R. Stewart... 3 Capt. Hamilton, b R. Stewart ..............10 Lieur. Bulnois, run out ..................... . 0 Trumpeter Finlay, b R. Stewart .......... 0 J.F.Palmer.e Thorn­ ton, b R.Stewart... 10 Lieut. Van Strau­ benzie,bR.Stewart 3 Lieut. Perrott, c P. Christopherson, b S. t hristoplierson 9 F. J. Bailey, not out 0 B2, l b l ................ 3 Total 79