Cricket 1892

488 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. SEPT. 15, 1892 in metropolitan cricket for the same period. In 1888, the Clapton O.O. lost its ground for a time, and there was a break inits cricket. With this exception, his records for the seven years he has played for Clapton will be found in the following table:— Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inus. Aver. 1885 ... .......... 15 ... 2 .,.. 416 ... 104 ... 32 1886 ... .......... 15 ... 1 ., .. 423 ... 143 ... 30.3 1887 ... .......... 15 ... 5 ... 572 ... 210 ... 57.2 l>-89 ... .......... 17 ... 0 . .. 439 ... 103 ..., 25.11 1890 ... .......... 11 ... 1 .. ,. 251 ... 72 ... 25 1891 ... .......... 15 ... 5 .,.. 587 ... 129 ... 58.7 1892 ... .......... 26 ... 6 ..,. 1135... 277 ... 56.15 C ricket readers generally will be pleased to find that Sharpe, the fast bowler who has done such good service for Surrey, has recently been making the ball talk a bit. Playing at Thames Ditton (where he has now made his home) on Saturday for the local club, he took eight Mitcham wickets at a cost of only thirty-one runs. Those who have any knowledge of the amount of batting in the Mitcham team do not need to be told that this was a very good perform­ ance. T h e Beuter’s telegram which appeared in the SportingLife of yesterday, supplies the information for which County Secre­ taries have been waiting in connection with the visit of the Australian team to England next year. The sanction of the Australian Cricket Council, as I have pointed out several times lately, is now required to give an official certificate to Australian touring teams. T h e announcement that the Australian cricketers who are to visit us next year will come under the auspices and with the expressed approval of the administra­ tive body representative of all the Colonies, will remove any doubts that may have arisen as to the tour, while at the same time it will satisfy those who have naturally regarded the approval of some recognised authority at the other end as essential to the ratification of the preliminaries here. A letter just received fromone of the moving spirits in Australian cricket, gives the assurance that the arrangements for the collection of a thoroughly representa­ tive team are progressing as well as any one could wish. I hope very shortly to be able to give an outline of the pro­ gramme, which I may state in passing will not be so extensive as on previous occasions. Though nothing definite has yet been settled, it is the intention of those who will personally conduct the team to go home by way of America. If this part of the scheme is carried, the idea is, while taking the opportunity of seeing the Chicago Exhibition, to play in that City, as well as in Philadelphia. C ricket readers desirous of possessing a record of the first-class county com­ petition of the year for permanent reference and in handy form could hardly be better suited than in the card just published by Messrs. Barnicott and Pearce, of Taunton. The title, “ The Annual Glance Guide and Record for First-class County Cricket,” if a trifle cumbersome, on the other hand gives a thorough idea of the scope of the pub­ lication, which shows at a glance the several positions of the nine competitors for County honours. T he news of the death of William Mc­ Intyre will be received with regret by all who remember him as one of the foremost figures in County cricket in the early half of the seventies. Born at Eastwood, he played for a short time for Notts, and with some success. There was little encouragement given him, however, to remain in his native County, and like many others he found it to his advantage to go elsewhere. A n engagement at Bolton, where he subsequently settled, brought him directlyunder the notice of the executive of the Lancashire County C.C. The management of that club, to its credit be it said, has never been slow to appre­ ciate a good cricketer, and for several years McIntyre and Watson with Mr. Appleby bore the brunt of the bowling. McIntyre, indeed, was of great assistance just at the time when Lancashire was beginning to come prominently to the front, and the want of his bowling was muchfelt evenwhenhe retired. He bowled very fast, with a high delivery, and generally wanted a lot of watching. He died in Prestwich Asylum, on Tuesday last, at the age of forty-eight. I p only in the matter of high scoring, the young Indian, H. S. Banjitsinhji, has fully realised the expectations created by his show in the match at Kingston on Easter Monday. A fewweeks ago, I was able to give a list of all the innings he had played this season up to date. Since then, he has been frequently in evidence, so much so, indeed, as to make a record of his doings a little monotonous. This week, though, he has been at it again, and his performance of Tuesday is too good to be overlooked. Playing in the final tie for the Cambridgeshire Association Cup for the holders, the Cassandra Club, he was responsible for 106 of 215 from the bat, or just one-half. His score was the more noteworthy as it represents the eleventh occasion on which he has made a hundred this N ot to know Parson Crawford is, for a Metropolitan cricketer at all events, to argue one’s self unknown. The burly representative of muscular Christianity, who orders affairs, cricketical, as well as spiritual, at Cane Hill Asylum, is perhaps as well known as any cricketer in Great or Greater London. And everyone will be pleased to hear that he is finishing the season with a more than flourish, quite a fanfaronade, in fact, of trumpets. On Saturday, two generations of Crawford were in evidence in the match between Cane Hill Asylum and Hackney, J. C., the father, was responsible for 107, and Frank, the son, for 37 not out. The latter was very much there indeed, scoring eighteen (4, 6, 2, 2, 4) off one over. Not a bad performance for a boy o f ’ thirteen either. J. C. LOVELL’S (TULSE HILL) X.'.—Matches played 12, won 9, lost 2, arawn 1. BATTING AVEBAGES, Times T „ , , . Inns, not out. Buns. Aver. J. Hutchinson .......... 5 ... 1 ... 217 54 <21 T. D. Fudge ................. 2 ... 1 ... 46 46 C. L. Morgan .......... 2 ... 1 ... 42 .. 42 W. M. Y etts................. 13 ... 2 ... 325 ... 29.53 G. H. McCausland ... 7 ... 1 ... 171 28 5 Sid Lovell ................. 8 .. 2 ... 19 ” 19 A. Bishop ................ 9 ... 2 ... 126 ...18 Edgar Lovell .......... 2 ... 1 ... 12 ... 12 S. H. F lin d t................. 12 ... 0 ... 132 V.*. 11 E. Hart ........................ 2 ... 0 ... 20 ... 10 E. L a n gton ................ 6 ... 0 ... 59 ... 9.88 C. H. M ountain..........13 ... 0 ... 127 ... 9.77 P. P. Mountain .......... 2 ... 0 ... 19 ... 9.5 Spencer Lovell ... ... 6 ... 0 ... 49 ... 8.16 E. P. Pulbrook .......... 7 ... 0 ... 55 ... 7.85 J. C. Lovell ................. 8 ... 2 ... 41 ... 6.83 Edward Lovell .......... 5 ... 0 33 ... 6 6 Candler........................ 4 ... 0 ... 13 ... 3^25 The following batted once and s c o r e d C . Mor­ gan 27, A. Whittaker 22, Bean 17, Wood-Sims 14. Newberry 8, W. J. Harrowell 4, M. C. Cornwall 4, J. West 3, Tidy 5, Hanwell 3, F.Bernau 1, A.Kidd 1, A. Smith 1. Harold Lovell and S. Pulbrook did not score. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. C. Morgan . . . . T. D. Fudge A. Bishop ... ., Wood Sims J. Newberry 8. H, Flindt C. L. Morgan ., Edgar Lovell Bean .......... Spen. Lovell ., F. P. Mountain., J. C. Lovell A. Smith ... . Sid. Lovell........ C. H. Mountain H. Lovell, J. West, G. A. KiDg, W. J. Harrowell, and Edward Lovell each took one wicket. G. H. McCausland, W . M. Yett6,E. P. Pulbrook and Candler bowled without success. . 17 .... 7 .,.. 24 ., .. 5 .,.. 4.8 . 83 ... 9 . .. 58 .., 12 .. ,. 4.83 . 91.2... , 22 . .. 175 ..,. 29 .. .. 6.04 . 11 ... 3 ... 19 .. . 8 ... 6.33 . 6 ..., 1 . ... 19 .... 3 ., .. 6.33 .179 ... 51 ... 895 .... 57 .,.. 6.92 . 84 ... 9 .... 87 .. ,. 11 .,.. 7.91 . 14 ... 4 ... 49 .. . 6 .. . 8.16 . 12.2... 4 . .. 27 ... 3 ..,. 9 . 44.2... , 15 . .. 90 .. . 9 ..,. 10 . 10 ... 2 ... 30 .. . 3 .. . 10 . 44.3..., 11 ... 143 ..,. 14 ..,. 10.21 . 20 ... 4 ... 55 .., 4 .. 13.75 . 11 ... 4 ... 37 .. . 2 .. 18.5 15 ... 4 ... 47 .. . 2 .. 23.5 FOR. Runs, Wkts. Aver. 1762 ... 117 ... 15.06 ... AGAINST. Runs. Wkts. Aver. . 1531 ... 179 ... 8.55 M IN O R C O U N T IE S IN 1892. C H E SH IRE . Matches played 11—won 3, drawn 2, lost 6. BATTING AVERAGES. Times. Most in Inns, not out. Runs.an Inn. Aver. Smith .................10 ... 3 ... 210 ... 86 ... 30 Pointon .......... 13 ... 2 ... 273 ... 65 ... 24.9 J. F. H. Grayson 9 ... 0 ... 153 ... 56 ... 17 J.C. P. Thompson 5 ... 1 ... 63 ... 50 ... 17 H. R. Bromley- Davenport ... 6 ... 2 ... 66 ... 41 ... 16.2 J. Ravenscroft ... 14 ... 1 •• 203 ... 62 ... 15.8 O. Holden ........ 13 ... 2 ... 169 ... 47*... 15.4 Davenport.......... 5 ... 0 ... 73 ... 56 ... 15.1 Wright.................. 12 ... 0 ... 162 ... 50 ... 13.6 B row n................. 14 ... 0 ... 174 ... 94 ... 12.6 W oodward.......... 6 ... 1 ... 51 ... 39 ... 10 Bates .............. .. 4 ... 0 ... 39 ... 21 ... 9.3 J. Bretherton ... 6 ... 1 ... 50 ... 24 ... 8.2 Bennett.............. 13 ... 3 ... 80 ... 22 ... 8 H. M. Grayson ... 4 ... 0 ... 27 ... 12 ... 6.3 Robson............... 7 ... 1 ... 38 ... 12 ... 6.2 W. Hartley........ 3 ... 0 ... 15 ... 8 ... 5 Also batted ; A. M. Lathom, 0 and 8; E. Rice, 16 and 8; A. Stott, 4 and 1; G. C. Paton, 1 ; J. Cookson, 1 and 0; F. Aspinall, 6 and 2. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. .. 9.2 ... 3 ... 22 ... 3 .... 7.1 ..313 .... 102 .... 706 .... 43 ..., 16.18 ..110.2 ..,. 89 ... 218 ... 12 .. . 17.14 .. 78 .... 29 .... 133 ... 7 .... 19.0 ..146.4 ..,. 50 ..,. 270 .,.. 14 .... 19.4 .. 9.2 ... 2 ... 21 ... 1 .... 21.0 .. 47.3 ... 12 ... 121 ... 6 . 20.1 .. 33 2 ... 7 ... 85 ... 4 .... 21.1 .. 33 ... 12 ... 67 ... 3 ..,. 22.1 .159.1 ..., 61 ..., 304 ... 12 .... 25.4 Woodward . Smith ... . A. Stott................ Wright ... H. R. Bromley- Robson ... >wn ... J. Cookson also bowled 5 overs for 11 runs. Wright bowled two no bftlis and Robson one wide