Cricket 1892

48 G CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. n o V. 24, 1892 fixtures of the coming Australian team would be an obstacle to the introduction of any new features. It may ease the public mind, or the small section of it which was troubled over the matter, to learn that there will be no alteration in the arrangements which have been in force for some years, with regard to the matches between Notts and Surrey. Even in the face of the additional responsi­ bilities of the Australian visit, the Surrey Committee have decided not to reduce the number of their Inter-County fixtures. So far the Australian programme has not approached the verge of completion. Any probabilities of a hitch have however been removed, and the fitment of dates is the only thing which should in any way exercise the mind of the agent-general on this side. One thing at least seems to be certain, that the old order will be carried out in respect of the opening match, which will be, barring accidents, against Lord Sheffield’s team at Sheffield Park. Whit week in all probability will be spent in the North, in accordance with the policy, if I mistake not, of late years. There is every chance too that the Australians will form the principal attrac­ tion of the Canterbury week. As far as one can see, it is pretty certain that the August Bank Holiday will see the Australians and Kent opposed in that City. I t will be anything but satisfactory to the well-wishers of county cricket to learn that the generous response of the public to the appeal of the Essex County C.C. a few years ago was ineffectual in placing the club, as it was hoped would be the case, on a solvent, if not a sub stantial footing. With such a good and keen sportsman as C. E. Green at the head of affairs, and an active and intelligent officer in secretary Borra­ daile, it does seem strange that the situation should not have been eased in some way. But the question just now is one of urgency. If sixty good men and true can be found as guarantors of fifty pounds each, the difficulty will be removed, at all events for the time being. Among the thousands of cricket lovers it should not be a serious trouble to find sixty righteous men who would venture something to save a ground which has done its part in the encourage­ ment of athletics from the remorse­ less clutch of the builder. The death of C. G. Lane early in the month will have caused unmixed regret to all who remember him as one of the most conspicuous figures of the famous Surrey Eleven in the days of Miller, Burbidge, Caffyn, Caesar, and the other members of that great combination. Born just out­ side the Oval in the vicarage occupied by his father, he was educated at Westmin­ ster School, and subsequently earned the distinction of a double blue (at cricket and rowing) at Oxford University. The claims of the Church removed him from active, at all events from County, cricket far too soon, and, in course of time, he migrated to Hertfordshire where he had a living. His interest in the game itself, though, did not subside with his retire­ ment from active pursuit of the ball. On the contrary, though rarely at the Oval of late years, he'was still in touch with Surrey cricket. The last function of any great interest he attended, to the best of my belief, was in the summer of 1891, when he took the chair at the Old Buffer’s lecture in Westminster Town Hall. That was at all events the last occasion on which I saw him. T h e mention of the Essex County C.C. supra reminds me that the Committee of the Warwickshire Club are also ap­ pealing to the public for which they have catered for some years with considerable liberality and no small enterprise. Last summer, beyond all doubt, they had the worst of luck, and what with the wet weather on the occasion of the Surrey match which prevented the delivery of a ball during the three days, the early con­ clusion of the North and South, and the cold, unseasonasle weather during the Notts and other matches, there was a deficit of over four hundred pounds on the year’s'working, which has increased the liabilities to eleven hundred and fifty pounds. Sir John Jaffray, Messrs. C. G. Beale, C. B. and A. B. Holinsworth have each contributed twenty-five pounds, and there is a fairly good number of smaller amounts already on the list. Warwick­ shire cricket is full of promise, and the appeal which is signed by the President, the Chairman of the Committee, the Hon. Treasurer, and the Hon. Sec. should not lack support. F rom information I have just received, there seems no reason to discredit the announcement of the approaching match, matrimonial that is, of the Earl of Dal­ keith. Lord Dalkeith, as no one who knows anything needs to be reminded, not only comes of a good cricketing stock but is himself a player of no mean skill. His father, the Duke of Buccleuch, was president of the Mary­ lebone Club, some few years back, and one of his brothers, Lord George Scott, was a gentle tapper of a pro­ nounced kind. The bride to be is the Hon. Margaret Bridgman, second daughter of Viscount Newport. According to the Sportsman a party of polo players from India will, at least such is their present intention, visit Australia early next year with the object of playing a series of matches against the chief Clubs in the Colony. The team is to include such well-known players as Captain Hanwell of the Royal Artillery, Capt. Le Gallais of the Eighth Hussars, the Hon. J. Beresford, and Mr. Crawley of the Seventh Hussars. The last-named I take to be our old friend Eustace of that ilk, who did good service on the cricket field for Harrow School, and subsequently for Cambridge University. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1893. Continued from page 475. CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an inns. Aver. G.O.Smith(capt.) 16 ... 0 ... 699 ... 229 ... 43.5 K. J. S a lt......... . C ... 2 ... 120 ... 56*.. 3 ’. E. F. Bray ... . . 16 ... 2 ... 4)1 ... ICO ... i8.7 E. B. Winch . . 15 ... 1 ... •71 ... 83*.. 26.5 J. IT. Gardiner . . 14 ... 1 ... 253 ... 75 .. 19.4 F. L. Fane ... . . 14 ... 2 ... 147 ... 35 ... 12.25 E. Anderton . 12 ... 1 ... 132 ... 38 ... 1?. W. A. Austen . . 3 ... 1 ... 24 ... 11 ... 12. W. B. Baker . . 11 ... 3 ... 76 ... 36 .. 9.5 H. Crabtree .. 2 ... 0 ... 9 ... 6 ... 4.5 C. H. Blake . . 10 ... 1 ... 41 ... 11 ... 4.5 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. W, B. Baker ... ... 237 3 .. 64 . . 604 . . 43 .. 14. G. A. Gardiner ... 113 .. 36 .. 256 . . 17 .. 15. C. H. Blake ... ... 193.3 .. 46 . . 481 . . 26 .. 18.8 E. Acderton ... ... 200 .. 36 . . 509 . . 22 .. 23.1 W. A. E. Austen ... 43 .. 8 . . 140 . . 4 .. 85. G. 0. Smith ... ... 106 .. 19 .. 818 .. 7 ... 45.4 Baker bowled three wides, Anderton and Austen one no-ball e ich. CLIFrON COLLEGE. Matches played, 9—Won, 5; lost, 4. BATTING AVERAGES. Inns. Runs. Most in an Inns. Aver. J. C om es.............. .. 12 . . 363 ... 105 . . 30.25 J. H. Curtis ... .. 8 . . 209 ... 53 ... 26.12 C. L. Townsend .. 9 . . 231 ... 52 .. 25.65 H. R. Wansly ... .. 9 . . 187 ... 48 . . 20.77 \V. A.Bieter ... .. 13 . . 107 ... 131 .. 15.S2 G. HudieBton ... .. 8 . . 125 ... 52 .. 15.62 H. E. Horner ... . . 14 . . 198 ... 86 .. 14.14 H. N. Perrin ... . . 11 .. 97 ... 49 ... 8.82 A. S. Jackson ... . . 7 . . 58 ... 17* .. 8.28 W. G. Grace ... . . 14 .. 105 ... 56 .. 7.50 W. H. Jones ... . . 2 .. 14 ... 10 .. 7 BOWJ j INQ AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Rang. Wkts. Aver. W. G. Grace ... 265 ... 74 ... 650 ... 48 ..*. 11.45 C.L. Townsend 257,t... 50 ... 689 ... 59 ... 11.67 A. S. Jackson... 80 ... 17 ... 271 ... 1 . 27.10 No other bowler took more thanthree wickets. ETON COLLEGE. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Rune, an Inns. Aver. V. R. Hoare 14 ... 1 . ,. 382 ... 82 ... 29.5 G. E. Bromley- Martiu .......... 12 ... 1 . ,. 274 ... 68 ... 24.9 C. C. Pilkington 11 ... o . ,. 247 ... 84 ... 2>.45 E. Lane-Fox ... 10 ... 2 ..,. 151 ... 30*... 18.87 R. A.Studd 14 ... 2 ... 216 ... 85*... 18. D. H. Forbes ... 10 ... 1 . , 158 ... 60*... 17.55 P. W. Cobbold... 6 ... 1 . ,. 73 ... 23 ... 14.6 A. M. Grenfell... 10 ... 1 .. ,. 108 ... 29 ... 12. H. R. Lee........... 11 ... 0 ., ,. 105 ... 36 ... 9.51 H.F.W. Bircham 4 ... 0 ., .. 86 ... 19 ... 9. H. G. Robertson 7 ... 3 .,.. 14 ... 12 ... 3.5 R. H. Mitche 1... 6 ... 0 ., ,. 30 ... 17 ... 5.