Cricket 1892

446 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. Kfcit-r. C2. 1892 by the number of balls bowled for every run scored. Then the best bowling will be that in which maiden overs are most conspicuous. All who are in love with these latter suggestion. I am used to be much remember Grundy m will approve of the not. Maiden overs esteemed. I well bowling more than twenty of them in succession in a North v. South match at Lord’s abont twenty- seven years ago ; and the critics nearly lost their heads in enthusiastic praise of this feat. As they did of a “ wonderful bit of bowling by Willsher”—so the paragraph was headed—about the same time, when he sent down some twenty- five ove,rs for only one run when playing for the United South against Mr. John Walker’s team at Southgate. Chacuna songout. Give me the bowler who gets batsmen out the soonest. Referring to my notch of last week, that the overs bowled should be compared with the wickets taken, I find that during the past season that for each wicket taken by the “ 100 wickets ” bowlers, Lockwood sent down 5.8 overs, Mold 6.3, Tyler 6.4, S. M. J. Woods 6.8, Wainwright 7.7, Loh­ mann 8, Hearne 8.3, Briggs 8.4, Attewell 10.3, and Peel 10.7. And that is in my judgment quite as reliable a test as that universally adopted. And what of the future of cricket ? The subject is too vast to be discussed here. The Australians are coming, for one thing. And none of our cricketers will be touring abroad this winter, for another. So our visitors may anticipate a warm reception. Certainly the out­ look was never brighter : there is scarcely a cloud above the horizon. Certain reforms, touched upon rom time to time in this weekly article, may be called for—witness the “ lbw ” business ; some of us would no more allow trial balls to a bowler than to a batsman ; whilst there are many who would like to see the introduction of certain matches that would lend variety to the game. Perhaps some day the over will count six balls; and let’s hope that each county \yill soon play only its own home-born cricketers in the County Competition. The residential qualifica­ tion has worked fairly well. Everybody rejoices that it has enabled certain cricketers to take part in first-class cricket who otherwise had been debarred from it. Still the duty cannot be urged too strongly on all County executives to discover and then develop the cricket within its own borders. Personally I should like every transfer to be ratified by the M.C.C. And I would insist on at least two conditions being observed: (1) the initial step should be taken by the cricketer in question, and not by the County to which he desires admission: and (2) the sanction for this step should in every case be given by the County of his birth. I can’t help feeling that it is infradig of any prominent County to go poaching. Surely there are sufficient good cricketers in every county to fill up all vacancies in the County eleven. The moment you neglect your native cricketers, County supremacy largely resolves itself into a matter of the biggest purse. Thirty years ago, scarcely' one cricketer played for any county save that wherein he was born. And how strong all the counties were in conse­ quence. Take Notts, Yorkshire, Cam­ bridgeshire, and Surrey as proofs. To-day S irrey are again at tho top— and by sheer merit. They are a grand team. But those who can recall the Surrey eleven of thirty and more years back—the eleven led by Fred Miller—and which included such bats­ menasBurbidge andDowson, Stephenson and Mortlock, Cassar and Caffyn, Griffith and Lockyer, Humphrey and Jupp—all genuine Surrey men, may be well pardoned if they state that in the one item of batting Surrey have never boasted sopowerful arepresentation. The most noble president of the Surrey Club won the sympathies of all true sportsmen when he said in May last that he would never be satisfied till a team of Surrey- born cricketers succeeded in beating all comers. P.S.— In bringing these Notches to a close, let me return my beaitiest thanks to many correspondents who by generous words of appreciation, as well as by valuable hints, have made this task very delightful. Every word has been the honest utterance of one who loves cricket with a passionate devotion, and is jealous of its best interests; and who is most anxious that the King of English games should be played only by those who love it for its own sake and have never a thought to personal aggrandisement. The Balls are over, gentlemen ! E ig h t e e n o p M iD -S citB E y. First Inniigp. 3. Cripps, b Lohm inn Second Innings. 5 c Abel, b W. W. Bead .......... 2 1 b A bel.................29 OF SURREY ELEVEN v. EIGHTEEN MID-SURREY. The Surrey Eleven usually close their season with a fixture on the Athletio Ground at Richmond. The match which took place on Thursday and Friday last was productive of some interesting cricket. The Eighteen were hardly as strong a side as could have been wished, though this was owing chiefly to the lateness of the date, several of the most prominent cricketers in the district having given up cricket for the year. That the Eleven were able to claim a lead of 14 runs on the first innings was entirely due to Henderson, who made 43 out of 83 from the bat in his very best style. The chief feature of the first innings of the Eighteen was the promising cricket of the young professional, Holland, who got his 24 in good style. In the second innings, although Harvey again bowled well, the Eleven were seen to better advantage. Mr. Read, Baldwin, and Abel were this time the principal contributors, and Mr. Read’s 84 not out was a characteristic display of free and vigorous cricket. At the finish the Eighteen wanted 187 to win with only ten wickets in hand. Sharpe took eleven wickets in the iiighteen’s first innings at a cost of just over four runs a-piece. S urrey . First Innings. Baldwin,cThomas.bLloyd 5 M. Read,cThomas,bBarker 1 Henderson, c Harvey, b Barker ........................43 Abel, c Morris, b Lloyd ... 3 Brockwell,1bw, b Lloyd... 0 W. W. Read, c Frith, b Lloyd ........................ Lohmann, c Douglas, b Harvey ........................ 1 Mills,cWatford, b Harvey 6 Wood.cDouglas, b Harvey 5 Sharpe, not ou t.................11 Richardson, b Harvey ... 2 B ...............................16 E. A. Bush, b Sharpe F. C. Holland, c and b Sharpe ........................24 st Baldwin, t W. W. He td .......... 0 C. S. J. Douglas, b Sharpe 5 ut Baldwin, b Abel.................10 L. Braund, c Baldwin, b Lohmann........................ 9 cM.Read, b Abel 10 W.B.Pentelow,bLohmann 0 W. T. Qraburn, c Wood, b Lohmann........................ 0 G. H. Jupp, b Sharpe ... 13 W. L. Frith, b Sharpe ... 0 P. Castle, b Sharpe.......... 0 C. Fielder, b Sharpe.......... 0 T. P.Harvey, c Lohmann, b Sharpe........................ l G. G. Lloyd, b Lohmann 3 W. F. Norris, b Sharpe ... 0 W. Barker, b Sharpe... A. Watford, not ou t... b Rich irdson not out G. Thomas, c Mills,bLoh­ mann ............................... R. Morphew, b Sharpe ... B 1,lb 1........................ 12 c Abel, b W. W. Read................. 7 2 2 Second Innings. b Bush...................41 c Thomas,bMor- ris ...................22 b Harvey .......... 9 c Cripps, b Hol­ land ... run out 6 not out b Harvey ... . b Harvey ... . b Harvey ... . c and b Lloyd . b Barker ... . B 12, lb 2 . Total . 85 B 2, lb 6... Total , 65 BOWLING ANALYSI S u r r e y . First Innings. Lloyd Barker .. Holland.. Bush Norris .. Harvey .. O. . 17 18 , 6 5 M. R. W. 7 22 4 . 6 27 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 11 6 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 4 ... Jupp Cripps ... 6 Frith ... l ... 16 ... 22 ... 8 ... 9 ... 3 ... 2l 2 2 3 j 3 1 2 1 5 0 56 16 23 4 51 7 2 18 0 11 Lohmann Sharpe . M id -S urrey . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 26 11 37 6 25.310 46 11 Richardson 10 W.W. Read 5 A b e l.......... 5 Second Innings. O. M. R. w 17 1 26 3 It 3 PALLINGSWICK v. BARNES. Tlayed at East Acton on September 10. B arnes. . 84 W. H. Erskine. c Campbell, b Collins 18 W. F. Frith, c sub, b Collins ............... 1 J.Sanderson, c Burn­ side, b Collins ... 3 P. R. Earnshaw, b Stevens .............18 A. E. Earnshaw, b Collins ............... 0 C. E. Ratcliffe, c Burnside, b Collins 0 23 C. Crickmay, b Stevens .......... ... G. R. Mossop, b Campbell................. F. Langridge, c Stevens, b Collins 1 J. J. Franco, not out 9 H Shirreff, b Camp­ bell ........................ i B 3, w 1 .......... 4 Total . 78 PAIiLINGSWICK. F.S. Heynemann, run out ........................ 68 C. De Winton,cFrith, b Langridge..........17 A. H.Stevens,c Crick­ may, b Ratcliffe ... 25 E. A. Collins, not out 31 C. H. Campbell, not oat ........................ 7 B 8 , lb 2 , w I ... 11 Total .. 159 W. C. Yarborough, H. W. Burnside, A. J. Carter P. Schooling, E. J. Fox, and F. J. Lampard did not bat. Total , 99 Total ...237 S p o r tiv e S n a tch e s f o r 1892—Just out.—A volume for Cricketers, Footballers, Swimmers, Golfers, and Athletes. Portraits and Biogra­ phies, Wheezes from the Wickets, and Pungent Paragraphs. 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