Cricket 1892

422 CBICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. SEPT. 8, 1892 “ R .T .” thus ruminates : H ere we arc a ga in ! To-day begins the annual cricket week at H astings, and as the chief of the representative cricketers will again perform in the m atches of N orth and South and the Gentlemen and Players, some of these specialists are bound to “ com e off ” in the various departments of the game, so that w ith fine weather a first-rate display may be looked for. W hen at this time last year I did a bit of scribblin g—anent th^ Hastings festival—it was to wish a safe voyage to Lord Sheffield and W .G ., and all the team then shortly off to Australia— with the hope that they m ight return safe and sound. That led me up to exclaim “ Here we are again ” — for many of the chief m em ­ bers of his Lordship’s team were in this match, and are now on view again. Cricketers—one and all—must have been pleased to have known that W .G . upheld his reputation, and that means som ething; for when a cricketer has been “ bringing it off ” for a quarter of a century, and then goes to Australia, and is looked for to do it again —and does , as chief— it must be allowed that it don’t want the services of the ballot box to give him in best, as the m ost wondrous “ all rou n d ” that has so fa r battled at our national game. W hen at the Oval last June, watching the Surrey and Gloucestershire match, I said to m yself when I saw the famous litile doctor step forth from the Pavilion—why, how time passes, it is thirty years ago since I first watched you — and tw enty-seven years your big brother—and have done so an­ nually since — and no one on that ground was more delighted than m yself to witness the mercurial and dashing “ E.M .G .” begin in the very first over—as he did also in the historical m atch at the Oval, when England firjt m et Australia—spanking the leather about in his own gifted and telling style, which has in the past won m any and m any a match, and which I hope may yet still, for seasons yet. I have but one regret m ixed up with m y long association w ith the game, and that is, that the Brotherhoods of the Walkers and the Graces were not quite on the go together —although only a few years separated their com bination. Now, I only prate about what I have seen, you must believe your own eyes—because you can’t borrow those belong­ ing to others— and I give it as a pure and humble opinion, that had it been possible to have selected a team composed of the “ Walkers and the Graces,” you could have backed them down to your four-poster to have won at least tw o matches out of three against pioked Elevens of E ngland, Australia, or the world. i B ut although I regret a few years separated the two celebrated families when in “ full form ,” yet I have the intense satisfaction of reflecting that I watched the Walkers throughout the whole of their career and the Graces from their very start—and am fully prepared in friendly argument to uphold them as the most representative—and best — crioket “ Brotherhoods ” that have ever ap­ peared on the cricket field. But hold hard, “ Over.” Y ou started w ith here we are again. Yes. I did, but having “ cricket on the brain,” I am apt to retrace—but will at once get on to the main line again, with best wishes of success to the “ Hastings Cricket W eek,” and that all those engaged in it may have a happy and enjoyable tim e at this looked-for annual gathering of old friends and new. M e t r o p o l it a n orioket, this year, is hardly likely to show a better individual performance in the way of all-round cricket than that of J. W esthorp for the Stoics. A n aggregate of 1,086 for thirty-one com pleted innings would of itself be a satisfactory achievement for most cricketers. B u tin his case, there was even a better record w ith the ball. His bowling record for the season, in fact, showed 664 overs for 1,273 runs and 169 wickets. This gives the exceptionally good average o f a fraction over eight runs per wicket. T he following innings of a hundred and over have come under our notice since last w eek:— Coles, -P., Devonshire Park v. G. W. Mor­ rison’s Eleven, August 31 ........................ 247* Colman, S., Devonshire Park v. G. W. Mor­ rison’s Eleven, August 3 1 ........................209 Fryer, P. A., Wymondham v. Norwich C.E.Y.M.8., September 3 ........................117* Howham-Meek, S. H., Visitors v. F. Leigh’s Eleven, September 3 .................................. 103* Matheson, E., Eastbourne v. Peripatetics, September 1 ............................................. 104 Smith, E., C. I. Thornton’s Eleven v. Surrey, September 5 .............................................122 Stewart, H. C., Blackheath v. Royal Artillery, September 3 ........................101 Thornton, Rev. R. T., Eastbourne v. Peripatetics, September 1 ........................113* Twyman, G., St. Lawrence v. Kennington Warderers, August 31 ........................ 101* D u tch E l e v e n . THE DUTCH CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND. The first visit of Dutch Cricketers to England came to a close on Saturday week with the last ball of the m atch against B rid­ lington. As the following scores will show, five matches were played in Yorkshire, and with a fair amount of success. In the opening fixture, against Hull, the locals, after closing their innings with eight wickets down, gained a victory by 51 runs. De Groot was the principal scorer on the Dutch side. H e made 25 of 75 from the bat, and also took two wickets. D e Haas was the m ost successful bowler, dismissing five of the eight Hull bats­ men out. In the second matoh the Dutchmen met a strong eleven of the Scarborough Club, including A . W orsley, F. S. Jackson, and H. Leadbeater. H aving to bat in a very bad light at the end of the day they fared badly against the bowling of the Cambridge captain and Leadbeater, and were all out for 57. Posthuma had the best bowling analysis, four­ teen overs for 45 runs and four wickets, In the third fixture, against the Scarborough visitors, the Dutch team showed to much better advantage. A fter heading their opporents by thirteen runs on the first innings, they scored 136 for the loss of only one batsman, Schroder, who made 70 of them. Eyken carried out his bat for 56. Schroder and Posthuma shared the bowling honours, the form er taking five, the latter four wickets. The m atch against the East Riding, at Bridlington.resulted after an exciting finish in the defeat of the Dutchmen by nine runs. Spranger’s 46 was the best feature of their batting. D e Haas, the fast bowler, was attended with great success, taking six of the ten wickets; The last fix­ ture would have in all probability resulted in a second victory for the Dutch team, had tim e allowed. As it was, the game was drawn ten minutes before tim e to allow the tourists to catch a train, with Bridlington 23 behind, and tw o wickets in hand. Spranger was again the main-etay of his side with the bat, Of the eight Bridlington wickets, Posthuma took four, and De Haas three. A sixth match was to have been played against a strong side of the Yorkshire Gentlemen at York, on August 29, but rain prevented any play. The scores of the five matches follow. DUTCH ELEVEN v. HULL TOWN.—Played at Hull on August 23. H u l l T o w n . W. R. Smith, b De Haas........................ R. Whitty, b De Haas J. B. Bainton, b Pos­ thuma ................. R. Williams, b De Haas........................ H. Ostler, c and b De Groot ................. 54 D. Whitty.b De Haas 23 H. Hodson, lbw, b De Haas........................ 0 L. Dennison, not out 19 C. H. Johnson, b De Groot ................. 0 B 18, lb 3 ..........21 Total ...147 Innings declared closed. CRICKETERS— B est G oods C ity Agents — b ea r this M ark.—Advt. P a rto n & L e s te r , 94, Queen S t ., Cheapside. Eyken, run out.......... 7 Schroder, b Ostler’... 0 De Haas, o Whitty, b Bainton ................. 5 Posthuma, b Dickin­ son ........................11 De Groot, c Williams, b Dickinson ..........25 Kuffer, b Stephen­ son ...................... . 13 v. d. Bosch, b Ste­ phenson ................. 1 C. Nolet, b Stephen­ son ........................ Oosterzee,b Stephen­ son ........................ Dr.Gorter,b Stephen­ son ........................ Rouffaer, not out ... B 12, lb 9 ..........21 Total , 96 DUTCH ELEVEN v. SCARBOROUGH.—Played at Scarborough on August 24. S c a r b o r o u g h . A. Worsley, b Pos­ thuma ........ . ... 21 J. L. Tate, c van der Bosch, b de Haas ... 13 W. H. Cranswick, c Schroder, b de Haas 0 F.S. Jackson,c Eyken, b Schroder ........... 59 H. Morrison,c Gorter, b de Groot ..........14 Sir G. R. Sitwell,lbw, b Posthuma ..........15 H. Walton, b Pos- thuma ................. 2 H. Leadbeater, not o u t ........................18 F. Burton, run out... R. W. Stead, b Pos­ thuma ................. 2 G. Cass, run out ... 0 B 3, lb 2 .......... £ Total ...151 D u t c h E l e v e n . A. Eyken, lbw,b Lead­ beater ................. 9 Kupfer, cLeadbeater, b Jackson................12 de Haas, st Cass, b Jackson .................13 Posthuma, c Jack­ son, b Leadbeater... 10 Schroder, c Jackson, b Leadbeater.......... 0 de Groot, bJackson 0 Spranger,c Jackson, b Leadbeater Nolet, c Cass, b Leadbeater.......... v. d. Bosch, b Jackson ................. v. Oosterzee, b Jackson ................. D. Gorter, not out... L b........................ Total .......... THE DUTCH ELEVEN v. VISITORS TO SCAR­ BOROUGH—Played at Scarborough on August 25. T h e D u tc h E l e v e n . -First Innings. Eyken, c Tindall, b Sharpe ................ 13 Schroder, b Walton 19 Posthuma,c Hulbert, b Sharpe................ 1 De Haas, b Walton... 0 De Groot, b Walton 5 Kupfer, b Sharpe ... 3 Spranger, c Gossage, b Halt ................. 30 Van der Bosch b Walton ................. Nolet, b Sharpe Gorter, st Tindall, b Platt ........................ Van Oosterzee, not out ........................ Extras................. Total , 94 In the Second Innings Eyken scorel (not out) 56, Schroder, c Tindall, b Halt, 70, Posthuma (not out) 5; extras 5—Total, 136. S c a r b o r o u g h . H. Walton, c and b De H a a s.................12 C. Thomson, c and b Schroder................. 8 A. W. Platt, b Pos­ thuma ................. 8 H. H. Hulbert, b Pos­ thuma ................. 0 T. H. Gossage, st Spranger, b Pos­ thuma ................ 7 S. A. Sharpe, c Spranger, b Pos­ thuma ................ 10 J. P. Halt, c Gorter, b Schroder .......... 7 T.Nelson, b Schroder 4 R. W. Stead, c and b Schroder................1G W. 8. Tindall, b Schroder................. 0 A. D. Keeling, not out 1 Extras................. 8 Total ... 81 DUTCH ELEVEN v. EAST RIDING OF YORK- SHIRE—Played at Bridlington on August 26. E a s t R id in g . R. J. Miller, lbw, b J. Mortimer, b De De Haas ................ 32 Haas ... .......... 0 H. E. Jackson, c T. P. Young, c Kup­ Eyken, b De Haas 22 fer, b De Haas ... 0 W. H. Cranswick, b J. Edgar, run out ... 3 Posthuma .......... 12 W.Fell, b Posthuma 0 Joe Cranswick, b H. Taylor, not out... 15 Posthuma .......... 45 Extras................. 14 E. Nicholson, b De — H aas........................ 12 T o ta l..........157 R.Crowe,lbw,bDeHaas 2 D u tc h E l e v e n . Eyken, b W. Crans­ wick ........................19 Schroder, c Fell, b Mortimer................. 0 De Haas, c Joe Crans­ wick, b Miller..........18 Posthuma, b Young... 24 Spranger,b Nicholson 46 De Groot, c Young, b Taylor ................. 9. Kupfer, b Taylor ... 1 Van der Bosch, b Taylor .................. 4 Nolet, c Edgar, b Miller .................11 Gorter, c Miller, b Nicholson ........... 0 Van Oosterzee, not out ......................... 7 Extras.................. 9 Total ..148