Cricket 1892

486 OEICKET: A WEEKLY KECOED OF THE GAME; SEPT. 15 , 1892 J. DAVENPORT CricketsDawn TennisOutfitter 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 Prioe List now ready. Terms— Ready Honey. Cash discount 10 per cent. Speciality — Best All Cane Handle Bats, warranted thoroughly seasoned, 12/6 each. Davenport's Propeller Bat, 15/- nett. Treble Seam Cricket Balls 42/-, 45/-, 54-/, 57/-, per dozen, nett. I W ffiiifl: w E m □ E M I'lfSp*i,j • . f f * $ 1 1 ,1 1 E.J.PAGE&CO,, KENNINGTON PK. RD„ LONDON, S.E. THE C O M B I N A T I O N F L E X I B L E MBRIira BUT. These Bats find increasing favour with Gentlemen and Professionals. For driving power they are unequalled. The jar, or sting is entirely obviated, and the hardest nit can be made with­ out feeling any unpleasant sensation. The words “ Combination Flexible” are stamped on each bat. 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Dafrtlrmt f e s i p , The Abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— HamUl T h o u g h latterly he had lost touch to some extent with the game, Mr. Winter- botham, the member for the Cirencester division of Gloucestershire, who died last week, was in his time a keen cricketer. He was some fifteen years ago themoving spirit of a touring learn which used to play a series of matches every year vinder the name of the Cam Wanderers. Mr. li. I£. Causton, the newly-appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury, was actively identified with him in the working of the Wanderers and in cricket generally as he was subsequently in political life. In his office of personal conductor of the Cam Wanderers Mr. Winterbotham gathered round him a number of leading amateurs, among them Mr. George Strachan, the excellentall-round cricketer who captained the Surrey eleven for a year or two when the county was at its worst. Only a fewyears ago Mr. Winter­ botham was often seen at the practice nets at the Oval, and indeedit is not long since the heavy responsibilities of an increasing sphere of utility in the House of Commons necessitated his relinquish­ ment of most, if not all, of his cricket obligations. One of his sons was in the Rugby Eleven some ten years back, and still retains his interest in the game. “ S p o ff’s ” addition to the list of playing members of the Hampstead Club, as was only to bo expected, has been a great source of strength to a side which was already fortunate in being so often able to claim the services of such a grand all-round player as A. E. Stoddart. Under any circumstances, the Hamp­ stead C.C. has shown itself to be one of quite the most formidable of metropolitan combinations. This summer its success has been particularly marked. Of the 48 matches the team have completed, no less than forty have resulted favour­ ably, against only eight losses. Consider­ ing the extent of the programme this is really a fine record. I n spite of shortening days and heavy dews cricketers are showing a great disinclination to give up the field to those who find amusement in urging the flying ball in the winter afternoons. In London the genial weather has kept cricket thoroughly alive, and though September has reached its meridian there are still some by no means unim­ portant fixtures for decision. T h e last match of any great importance, though, begins to-day at Richmond. According to their usual custom during the last three or four years, the Surrey Eleven wind up their season on tho Athletic Ground with a match against Eighteen of Mid-Surrey. This season has not furnished an exception to the rule, and as the County team will be in force, there should be some interesting cricket for those who desire the opportunity of seeing the last of the Surrey Eleven, before they go into winter quarters. T h e averages of the Counties of “ runs made by,” “ runs made against,” [writes A.C.C.] have some bearing upon the relative positions of the Counties in the race for the championship. The bowl­ ing of Lancashire is proved to have been most effective, with the batting also, and placed this County well above Somerset­ shire. Scored. Scored Agtiinst. Balance. Surrey ................. ... 29.75 .. 15 89 ... G.8H Notts........................ ... 2153 .. 15.27 ... 6.16 Lancashire .......... ... 20.13 .. 14.91 ... 5 22 Somersetshire ... ... 18.17 .. 16.39 ... 1.78 Middlesex .......... ... 20.18 .. 19.12 ... 1.06 Yorkshire................ ... 1817 .. 21.23 ... KOI Kent........................ ... 1724 .. 22.55 ... 5 31 Sussex ................. ... 15.11 .. 23.18 ... *.07 Gloucestershire ... ... 18.23 .. 2917 ... 10.94 The weak bowling of Gloucestershire places this County at the bottom of the ist. I am not inclined, however, to adopt the suggestion of the Pall Mall Gazette that this system of placing should be substituted for the existing one. Although it is better to draw a match than to lose it, it is better to win than to draw it, and although many draws are owing only to the weather, yet the weather affects wins and losses also, and must, I think, be taken as one of the incalculable chances of the most uncer­ tain of games. C r ic k e t clubs generally would be fortunate if they were able to show such instances of loyal and continuous service as H. Boyton has rendered to the Clap­ ton C.C. during the last eight years. This summer his success has been exceptional, and his record is quite out of the common, amounting to no less than 1135 runs as the result of twenty completedinnings. His grand total for Clapton since 1885 shows 3823 runs for ninety-four completed innings. This gives him an average of 40.63 for seven succ#ssive years, figures which I think would challenge compari­ son with the best individual performance