Cricket 1892

DEC. 29, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 499 W e s t e r n P r o v in c e . First Innings. Richards, b Lloyd . Mills, b Glover ... . Hearne. b Glover Cripps, b Harvey . Gill, run out ... . ... 17 ... 10 ... 96 ... 31 V. Van derByl, c Glover, b Vigne................................22 Calder, c Glover, b Vigne 59 V. A. van der Byl, not out 24 Ftey tier, c and b Lloyd ... 1 Pauling, b Lloyd................. 0 Second Inning*, c Rutherfoord,b H arvey............ 27 run out ............ 14 b Glover ............ 10 c Walshe.b Har­ vey ...........102 c Rutherfoord, b H arvey.............27 Middleton, Glover Extras Vigne, b .................16 .................19 c Walshe, b Grimmer c P. Powell, b Glover ......... not out ......... b G lov er......... c B. Powell, b G’over ......... Total ...................266 G r iq u a l a n d First Innings. Coghlan. b Van der B yl... 17 J. Powell, c Richards, b Calder ......................... 86 Vigne, b Mills ... 10 Walshe, Ibw, b Middleton 88 Beech, c V. A. van der Byl, b V. van der Byl .......... 3 Glover, c Cripps, b Mills 78 Grimmer, c Bichards, b Mills ..................................17 Rutherfoord, b V. A. van der Byl ........................ 0 Lloyd, st Richards, b Mills................................12 B. Povrell, b Mills ......... 10 Harvey, not out................. 7 E xtras........................14 not out ......... 18 Extras......... 8 Total ...265 W e s t . Second Innings, b Mills .......... 2 c V. van der Byl, b Hearne ... 12 c V. A. van der Byl, b Hearne 6 c Hearne,bMills 0 c Richards, b H carne......... 14 run out ..........27 c Middleton, b Mills .......... 4 lbw, b Hearne... 40 c Mills, b Hearne 1 c Middleton, b Mills ......... 23 not out ......... 0 Extras ......... 1 Total ... ...292 Total ...130 BOWLING ANALYSIS. W e st e r n P r o v in c e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Glover Lloyd Grimmer... Harvey ... Powell ... Vigne 32 18 20 10 1 4 1 49 61 45 0 12 0 2 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 37 5 94 5 .......... 7 2 25 0 .......... 28 7 96 2 .......... 15 4 28 3 Reed 4 0 14 0 G r iq u a l a n d W e s t . First Innings. Second Inningp. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. V. van der Byl 83 6 67 2 .......... 8 2 23 0 Mills .................... 38*111 84 5 ........... 28 12 37 4 Middleton............. 13 3 40 1 ........... 4 0 22 0 Hearne .............. 10 5 26 0 .......... 24 10 47 5 Cripps .......... 6 1 18 0 Calder .......... 5 2 26 1 V. van der Byl 10 3 17 1 A TIE MATCH. SOFALA v. WATTLE FLAT. In this match, played at Sofala in New South Wales in October, the result was a tie. The total was the same for both sides on each innings. S o p al a . First Innings F. Jonas, b W. Reilly H. Lowe b W. Reilly C. Gustafson, run out . W. Griffiths, run out G. Collins, b C. Mackie T. Davis, b C. Mackie ... H. Hinton, c Hodge, b Mackie ........................ C. Nicholson, b Mackie ... J. M’Connel, b W. Reilly H. Preseick, not out.......... G. Mackinnon, run out ... Extras........................ Total ... .. 0 .. 13 ... 49 Second Inning*. b Mackie ......... c G. Story, b Mackie ......... c J. Story, b Mackie ......... b W. Reilly ... c T. Reilly, b Mackie ......... 3 b Mackie ......... 6 c J. Story, b W. Reilly ......... 2 b W. Reilly ... 0 bW . Reilly ... 3 b W. Reilly ... 4 not out ......... 1 E x t r a s ............ Total ... 37 W a t t l e F l a t . First Innings. T. Reilly, fc Griffiths... C. Mackie, b Collins J. Moyle, b Davis J. Moon, b Davis W. Rei ly, c Gustafson, Griffiths ................. G. Story, b Collins ... J. Hodge, b Collins ... R. Bcath, bGriffiths... A. Mackie, b Griffiths J. Story, notout G. Webb, b Collins ... Extras................. Second Innings. ... 21 b Collins b Collins ... c Gustafeon, Collins ... b Collins ... ... 12 c H. Lowe, b Collins .......... ,.. 0 b Collins .......... ,.. 2 c M’Connel], b Collins .......... b Collins .......... not out .......... c Nicholson, b Davis .......... cJonas, b Davis E xtras.......... Total .................49 Total ... 87 FRED BURBIDGE. By C. W. A lc o c k . Rich as Surrey has been at different times in the possession of professional cricketers, it has fallen to the lot of few counties to boast at one time a quartette so keen and withal as capable as Fred Miller, Burbidge, Lare, and Dowson, or later as John Shuter, Walter Read, Roller, and Key. Yet, to my mind, of its many good players Surrey has never pro­ duced a better all-round sportsman than the guide, philosopher, and friend who found his last pitch in Sarratt Churchyard last Satur­ day week It was only my good fortune to see the famous old Surrey eleven once, and that for a short time. The occasion was the match when Anderson made his memorable hit for eight, and the on ly inci­ dent I can recall was seeing the ball cannon against one of the forms which formed the Oval ring, on its return to the wicket. The old eleven had been dispersed when I became officially connected with the Surrey Club, and all that remained was the memory, a glorious one it was, of a long continued success. Miller, Lane, and Dowson I never saw in the cricket flesh, and it was never my luck to see Fred Burbidge at work. Still, it required no degree of observation to realise of what he must have been capable, with his keen eye, his well-knit frame, and above all his undoubted pluck and nerve. I was thrown with him a great deal in the old days, as long ago as 1872. He was in a sense my mentor during the early days of my secre­ tarial career, and it was from him that I sought inspiration in moments of doubt and trouble. Always reticent of his own capabilities, it was not an easy matter to get any information of his own cricket. Only once did he refer to any incident in his career. He told me with great glee how on one occasion he kept creeping up nearer and nearer from point. Grundy was batting, and at length iu exas­ peration, he placed his bat between his shoulders,and appealed to FredMiller to know if it was fair for the fieldsman to come right on to his bat. More than once, too, he spoke jokingly of the devices to which he was put to play County cricket in the early dftys, and of the economy he had to exercise to take part in some of the out matches. Even then he had lost little or none of his activity, and I had sufficient proof of his ability in the old racquet court at the Oval, to know that he must have been a good racquet player. As an amateur boxer, too, he was considerably above the average. Only recently an old friend of his told me how he had waited till the close of the day on a burly butcher, who had made himself obnoxi­ ous during a matoh at the Oval, and not to the advantage of the butcher, who had to knock under after no light punishment. Of any and^everykind of sporthewas fond, and there were few in which he could not acquit himself with credit. As a same shot he had not many superiors. At billiards, too, he was no mean performer, and one of the very first living exponents of the game found in him a liberal supporter in the early days of his career. It is more, though, in his relation to Surrey cricket that I desire to speak. A successful business man, he looked at every­ thing in a broad spirit. Liberal in all his views, he was too good a sportsman to depre­ ciate the present at the expense of the past. He was no laudator tempcris acti. On the contrary I have heard him frequently give it as his opinion that the eleven of his time was not to be compared with that of to-day. The proper training of the young cricketer was a subject dear to his heart. The system of test practice, which has done so much for Surrey cricket, was entirely his creation. No matter what the weather, there he was every spring, watching and teaching the young players. For many years the late Hon. R. Grimstou assisted him, and the pair used to spot the likely youngsters, the while acting as umpires. He had notions of his own with regard to the training of unformed cricketers, which were never able to be carried into practice. His theory was that they should be drilled, that in fact there should be a kind of manual exercise to illus­ trate the proper methods of making the different strokes. To judge from his unobtru­ sive manner no one would have believed he was really such a great cricketer. To say that his judgment was unfailiDg isperhaps tco high praise for anyone in such anuncertain matter as cricket. Still it was never at fault, and bis estimate of a young cricketer was as a rule fully justified. The appointment of a cricket instructor for Surrejr, mainly with a view to teach young players, was another idea of his. The accuracy of his judgment here, too, was proved by the result of one year’s trial, and sufficiently to show that under his watch­ ful eye, had he bet n spared, it would have been of great value in the development of the rising cricket of Surrey. Retiring from active business sometime ago, he devoted himself to a country life in Hertfordshire, though he still kept in touch with Surrey cricket. A few years ago he took to hunting, and to this he devoted himself with all his natural keenness. He rarely, indeed, missed the chance of a day with the Old Berkeley, and there were few if any straighter goers than Mrs. Burbidge and himself. Asa breeder of fox terriers, too, he was remarkably successful, and for a leng time he swept the board of the chief prizes. During the last few years he had complained at times of ill- health, and he lived with great regularity and care in consequence. Still, he seemed to be fairly sure of many years of life, and no one could have foreseen that he would have been called away at such short notice. His devotion to Surrey cricket was unshaken, and indeed one of his last messages was one of affectionate regard to his colleagues at the Oval. Surrey cricket was a gainer by many years of a useful life, as it will be a great loser by his death. That he will not easily be replaced is certain. Whether anyone will be able, in the near future at all events, to carry out his particular mission is open to doubt. I have spoken of him so far in our official relations. It was my fortune to be very much in his company during the last twenty years. I can speak of him too in all sincerity as kindness itself, thoroughly straightforward and upright in everything, loyal in the extreme, the same in every relation of life, a true friend in the best sense of the word. T hf . S e v e n t h A u s t r a l ia n T ram in E n g l a n d a ludget of biographical sketches. By Clarence P. Moody. With a photographic group of the team. Price 6d. W r ig h t & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, E.C,