Cricket 1892

DEC. 29, 1892 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 495 in the centre of the ground. That was to square-leg in 1860, whilst getting 119 against the Gentlemen. Twice or three times they played single­ wicket matches : in 1861, for )£200 against Robinson, Darnton, and Tom Hornby, which they won by 55 runs; in 1862, with Tarrant to help them against Halton, Robinson, Hornby, Darnton and Atkinson ; which they won by 22 runs. On the other hand the same three are said to have lost to John Jack­ son, Alfred Clarke, and Richard Daft, though I cannot put my hand on the record of this interesting contest. And the mention of Daft’s name reminds me that he says of Hayward and Carpenter.—and surely he knew their respective styles and abilities as well as anybody, seeing that he played either with or against them all through their career—“ there was not anything to choose between them.” If figures are any test, my friend is right. Since reading his final pronouncement, I have cast up their work in all first-class matches, and the result is singularly interesting : Hayward scored in all 5,428 runs, Car­ penter 5,430 runs ; Hayward had 213 innings, Carpenter 224. Hayward’s average was 25 runs an innings, Car­ penter’s was 24. SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CLUB. Matches played 24 —Won 11, lost 7, drawn 6. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in T. B. Orgias .. Inns . notout. Runs. an Inns. Aver . 16 ... 2 ... 287 ... 57 ... 20.5 W. Couchman... 11 ... 0 ... 214 ... 35 ... 19 45 N. Masters . 11 ... 1 ... 176 ... 63 ... 17.6 W. Hanwell ... 20 ... 2 ... 295 ... 54 .., 16.38 P. B. Gilliard ... 15 ... 8 ... 195 ... 47 ... 16.25 V. E. Dart . 3G ... 1 ..,. 227 ... 41 ... 15.13 A. H. Hill . 38 ... 0 .... 178 ... 36* ... 14.83 W.H.Brooman... 22 ... 1 .... 397 ... 41 ... 14.61 J. L. Crouch ... 10 ... 2 ... 83 ... 22 ... 10 37 J. J. Lambert ... 12 ... 0 ... 110 ... 48 ... 9.16 A. E. Hill . 19 ... 3 ... 146 ... 36' ... 9.12 P. W. Tew ... 2G ... 1 ... 216 ... 53 ... 8.64 L. E. Thomas ... 15 ... 2 ... 94 ... 31 ... 7.23 Under Ten Innings. J. J. Crisp . 2 ... 0 ... 100 ... 64 ... 50 E. Robinson .. ... 0 ..., 112 .Ill ... 28 A. C. Thomas .,’. 9 ... 3 ... 126 ... 61* ... 21 Mills (pro) . 4 ... 0 ... 73 ... 52 ... 18.25 J. Hutchinson.... 4 ... 0 ... 47 ... 17 ... 11.75 J. T. Watson ... 3 ... 0 .., 32 .,.. 17 ... 10.66 H. F ord............ 4 ... 0 ... 37 ... 25 ... 9 25 P. C. Barrett .. 7 ... 0 ..,. 26 ... 8 ... 3.71 W. H air............,. 4 ... 0 ... 10 .... 7 ... 2.5 A. Robinson ... 4 ... 1 5 ... 3 ... 1.63 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Mills (pro) ... 144.2 ... 66 ... 194 ..,. 29 ..,. 669 N. Masters ... 137.1 .. 35 .... 361 ..,. 44 ... 8.20 P. B. Gilliard 220 ... 86 ... 412 ... 40 ..,. 10.30 V. E. Dart ... 207.2 ... 52 .... 482 ..,. 44 ..,. 10 95 F. W. Tew ... 216.3 ,.. 49 ... 607 ... 52 .,,. 11.67 T. B. Orgias... 125.3 .... 22 ... 305 ... 19 ..,. 16.65 A. H. Hill ... 75 ... 21 ... 185 ... 11 ..,. 16.81 A. C. Thomas 60 ... 12 ..., 170 ... 4 .., 42.5 WICKET KEEPING. L. E. Thomas, caught 22. stumped 6. Runs Bcored fo r Club 3424 fo r Iosb o f 232 wickets, average ..................................... 14.75 Runs scored against Club 3233 for loss of 282 wickets, average ...................................... U.4G To meet the requirements of City Trade, G. G B u s s e y & Co. have opened a City Dopot at 36, Queen Victoria Street, nr. Mansion House —Advt. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1892. Continued from page 487. ROSSALL SCHOOL. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver. J. E. Fellows ... 17 ... 1 .. 348 .. 48* .. 21.75 A. J. Berney ... 16 ... 1 .. 196 .. 47 .. 13.6 F, B. Hewett... 16 ... 0 .. 204 .. 3G .. 12.75 B. W. V. King 13 ... 0 .. 160 .. 46 .. 1?.38 A. W. Roberts . 17 ... 1 .. 190 .. 40 .. 11.87 H. E. White ... 6 ... 2 .. 46 .. 23* .. 11.5 J. C. Cheetham 15 ... 1 .. 181 .. 48 .. 9.95 E.D. Matthew 10 ... 0 .. 93 .. 23 .. 9 J. F. Mugliston 15 ... 2 .. 98 .. 28 .. 7.53 E. W. Hntton ... 5 ... 1 . 30 ... 15* . . 7.50 G.W.Stone......... 12 ... 6 .. 40 .. 17* .. G.66 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. J. Burney ... ... 33.1 ... 4 ... 74 ... 6 .... 12 33 A. W. Roberts .,.3.8.2 .... 92 ... 662 ... 43 .... 15.^9 J. E. Fellows ... ,... 83.2 .... 19 ... 187 ... 12 .... 15.58 G. W. Stone ... ,...258. ... 53 ... 541 ... 31 .... 17.46 B. W. V. King... ...147. ... 38 ... 323 ... 17 .... 19. J. F. Mugliston ,... 65. ..,. 20 ... 145 ... 7 .... 20.71 E .D . Matthew ,... 43. ..,. 15 ... 91 ... 3 .... 45.40 A. J. Berney bowled 19, A. W. Roberts 2, J. F. Mugliston 3, and B. W. V. King 1 wide. FELSTEAD SCHOOL. Matches played 14—won 8, lost 5 , drawn l. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an Iun.Aver J.H.Metcalfe(cant) 15 ... 1 ... 414 ... 90 ... 29.6 A. S. Paterson...... 15 ... 1 ... 274 ... 76 ... 19.5 F. P. Joscelyne ... 15 ... 0 .... 291 .,.. 76 ... 19.4 L.E. 8. Ward ,, 14 ... 0 ... 288 ... 49 ..., 17 R. Ingiam............. 14 ... 1 .... 2-20 ... 93 ... 16.9 T. G. Thornton ... 15 ... 1 ... 225 ... 52 .... 16 H. P. Wiltshire ... 12 ... 5 ... 81 .... 33 ... 11.5 B. C .L ear............. 15 ... 1 ... 146 ... 55 ... 10.4 F. E. Price............. 12 ... 3 ... 90 ,... 25*... 10 J.H.Hollingsworth 10 ... 1 ... b‘0 ,... 16*... 6.6 R. G. D. Howell ... 13 ... 2 ... 61 ,... 23*... 5.5 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wts. Aver. H. P. Wiltshire... 251 . . 72 . . G10 . . 56 . . 30.9 A. S. Paterson . . 569 ... 78 . . 709 . . 45 . . 35 7 J. H Metcalfe . . 66.1 .. 13 . . 240 . . 14 . . 37.1 L. E S. Ward . . 93 .. 25 . . 357 . . 36 . . 22.3 B C. Lear ......... 91.1 ... 14 . . 380 . . 15 . . 25.3 Wilson bowled 7 no balls and 1 wide, and Pater­ son 2 wides. SOMERSET COUNTY CLUB. The annual general meeting of this club was held at the “ London” Hotel, on Dec. 3rd, under the presidency of Mr. W. H. Fowler, Mayor of launton. The balance sheet showed the total income for 1892 to have been about £1900, or £98 less than the expenditure, which the chairman pointed out had been swelled by reason of the improvements which had been effected at the county ground, and would be reduced by further subscriptions. The Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane, president; the vice presidents; Mr. H.T.Hewett, captain; Mr. H. E. Murray-Anderdon and Mr. T. Spencer, hon. secs., were all re-elected. Mr. A. J. Goodford, of Ilchester, was added to the list of vice-presidents, and Messrs. L. C. H. Palairet and G. Fowler were elected to fill vacancies on the committee. A pleasant func­ tion in connection with the meeting was the presentation of miniature silver bats to Messrs. H. T. Hewett and L. C. H. Palairet, in recog­ nition of the splendid record made by them in the Yorkshire match &t Taunton on Aug. 26 last. Mr. Palairet acknowledged the gift on behalf of himself and partner in the memor­ able stand, the latter being absent on business im London. THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. A CHAPTER OF CRICKET HISTORY. B y J. N . P entelo W. I.—T h e Team o f 1878. When Mr. John Conway, of Melbourne, first made public his idea of taking a team of Australian cricketers to play in England during the summer of 1878, he was laughed at as a mad enthusiast, The newspapers con­ fidently asserted that the^ tour could be nothing but a failure, both in a cricket and monetary sense ; the leading cricket organisa­ tions in the Colonies would not stretch a hand to help in the matter ; and the task of obtain­ ing a’ full complement of capable players proved no easy one. That Mr. Conway triumuhed over all these obstacles says much not only for his pluck and determination, but much also for his thorough belief in the correctness of his own judgment. Four teams of English cricketers had visited Australia previous to the departure of an Australian team for England. The first, taken out by H. H. Stephenson—“ Surrey Stephen­ son ” _ in 1862 had found cricket in the Colonies very much in the rough, though there was no small promise of better things when such difficulties as the lack of good grounds and proper tuition, and the scant opportunities for practice afforded by a com­ munity still scarcely out of the embryo stage, should be overcome. George Parr’s team, in 1864, naturally found but little change. It was a stronger team than Stephenson’s, and had an unbeaten record. W. G. Grace cap­ tained the third team, which went out in the autumu of 1873. It was evident then that some few of Australia’s cricketers were nearly up to the very best English standard; but these were only a few, and the general average of the play was distinctly below that seen at home. These three teams opposed fifteens, eighteens, and twenty-twos in every match except in one exhibition game played by Grace’s team at Melbourne, when only eleven Victorians fielded. Grace and Harry Jupp, going in first, put on 140 runs before they were separated ; and in two and a half hours the Englishmen ran up a total of 250 runs— W.G. 126. This performance scarcely seems to indicate any very high degree of excellence in the Australian bowling and fielding But it was doubtless the tour of Lillywhite’ s team in 1876 that gave Mr. Conway whatever hopes he entertained of Australia’s being able to meet England upon even terms on the tented field. Lillywhite’s team was fairly represen­ tative of the professional strength of England, including as it did such fine batsmen as Jupp, Ulyett, Selby, Chari wood and Greenwood, such bowlers as Emmett, Shaw, Hill, Lilly- white and Southerton, and a wicket-keeper of the calibre of Pooley. Three times did this team meet Australian elevens. The first even- handed game was at Sydney, against New South Wales, and of this the Englishmen had much the best, scoring an innings of 270 against 82 and 140 for six wickets. But in the second match, against Combined Australia at Melbourne, they were beaten by 45 runs, Charles Bannerman playing a magnificent innings of 165 for the Colonists. A fortnight later the tables were turned, Australia losing by four wickets. The form shown by some of the Colonists augured well for Australia’ s future distinction in the cricket-field. Nevertheless, looking back upon Mr. Conway’s undertaking without prejudice, one may well think it somewhat rash, though after events justified him in his course. All danger of a financial catastrophe was averted by two expedients—a subscription among the members of the team, and a pre­ liminary tour round the Colonies, which,