Cricket 1892

600 SRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOKD OP THE GAME, DEC. 29, 1892 INDEXTOVOL. XI. OF‘CRICKET’ Will be issued on Jan. 14th, together | with Title Page, etc., as a separate part. Cricket: A W E E K L Y BE CORD OF TBE GAME. 41. ST. ANDREWS HILL, LONDON, E.O. Price One Penny Post Free lid . OFFICE OF THIS PAPER- 41, St. A n d r e w ’s Hill, D o c t o r s ’ C o m m o n s, E.C. NOW READY P r ic e 1 /- P o s t Free 1 / 3 JoDii Wisien’s THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 9 t h , 1892. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. | C r ic k e t will be forwarded by fi'8t post after publication to any address in Oreat Britain for twelve months, onreoeipt of a Postal Order for 6s. made payable to W. R. WRlGHt’, at the Head Office, and crossed “ Union Bank, Holborn Circus ” j The Six Winter Numbers will be sent regularly same day of issue on receipt of Is. 3d. |CRICKET can be sent upon these terms all ever the World. f o r 1893. Edited by SYDNEY H. PARDON. C o n t a in s — Full Scores and Bowling Analysis of all First- class Cricket ia 1892 Special Photo of Five Batsmen of the Year (W. ! W. Read, S. W. Scott, A. B. Stoddart, L. C. H. Palairet, and H. T. Hewett). L o r d oh e ffle ld ’s Team in A u stra lia The English Team in South Africa ' A Few Words on Fielding. By George Lohmann. University, Public School, and General Averages, &C. &C.. (fee A few Almanacks, 1679, :80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, '85, ’86, ! ’87, ’83, ’89, ’90, ’91, ’92, still on sale, 2s. each. 21, CRANBOURN STREET, LONDON, W.C. THE COUNTY TEAMS, 1892. The Following Groups of County Teams have appeared in C r ic k e t this year. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Six numbers are published during the winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The remaining dates will be :— No. 3 2 0 — THURSDAY, JAN. 2 6 . No. 3 2 1 — THURSDAY, FEB. 2 3 . No. 3 2 2 — THURSDAY, MARCH 23. MIDDLESEX YORKSHIRE SURREY GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTTS SOMERSETSHIRE LANCASHIRE ENGLISH TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA In addition to the above, Special Photographic I Supplements have been presented of G. LOHMANN, L. C. H. PALAIRET & H. T. HEWETT | (Several others in preparation). The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to Mr. W . R. W r i g h t , Manager of C r i c k e t , at the Office, 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, Dootors’ Commons, London, E.C. In the WINTER ISSUES we shall give SPECIAL |SUPPLEMENTS of high quality by new process They will also contain special articles of interest I by some of the best-known writers on the game. With this number of C r ic k e t I s presented a Special Supplementary-Portrait (Size 6in. by 4) of ARTHUR SHREWSBURY, with Autograph |Signature, which should be found enclosed in every copy of the paper. 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Special reduced return railway fares from Victoria, 5d. London Bridge7d.—Apply H. B enham ( Proprietor), 104, Rossiter Road, Balham. Cinder Track always open for Sports and Training TPOR SALE.—Vols. 1 to 4 " Scores and Biogra- -L phies.”—Offers to B.C., care of the Manager of C ricket . i Testim onial was never better deserved than that recently presented by the members of the London and County Bank C.C. to the veteran J. Hearsum on his retirement from the Captaincy of the club, after many years of active ser vice. At all events, few captains are likely to be able to claim a much better record of work accomplished. Of 142 matches played by the eleven, while he was in command, the club won sixty-five, drew fifty-two, and lost twenty-five His personal contribution is even more noteworthy. During the twelve years from 1880 to 1891, he played in 122 innings, with eighteen not outs, for an aggregate of 3,823 runs, and an average of 36.75. He bowled, too, 1,484 overs, of which 361 were maidens, at a cost of 3,619 runs, and took 466 wickets at an average of 7.7. W ith better opportunities as a boy he would in all probability have developed into a very useful all-round Surrey cricketer. My own experience of his cricket dates back as long ago as 1871, when as a lad of nineteen he represented the county twice, and with every promise. Unfortunately for Surrey, then sadly in need of new blood, the claims of business were very properly regarded by him as of paramount importance, and though for years he figured regularly on the Surrey ground, it was only on Saturday afternoons and in minor matches. In this class of cricket he had few superiors as an all-round player. Besides being a very dangerous bowler on certain wickets, he was a gentle tapper of the busiest kind when set. One feat of his in particular, which came under my own observation, is I should fancy on the verge of a record. Playing close up by the old tree by the racquet court at the Oval, he hit two successive balls to leg to the Vauxhall gate, and each of the hits added eight to the score, all run out. F rom information I have received, it would seem as if there is some scheme on foot with a view to securing a visit of English amateur cricketers to the West Indies in the early part of the new year. The Kingston Club has undertaken to provide a fortnight’s cricket in Jamaica, and the Georgetown Club, where S. B. Lohmann was recently engaged, to make up a week in British Guiana. It is also proposed that there should be a week’s cricket in Barbados as well as in Trinidad, and possibly also in the Leeward Islands, Antigua, St. Kitt’s, and Dominica. I f the project should assume a definite shape there will be no lack of amusement, as it is proposed to hold, in addition, rifle matches, billiards, and lawn-tennis, as well as chess tournaments. The duration of the tour would be from the middle of January to the middle of April, and would thus extend over the cool season in the West Indies. Anyone desirous of procuring further particulars regarding the tour can obtain them on application to the Hon. Sec, of the British and West Indian Alliance, General G. F. J.Graham, at the offices, 10, Coleman Street, E.C, C o lle c t o r s of cricketana—and their number is legion, as my own experience has proved—willj be concerned to know that an interesting history of Cricket in Canada has been recently appearing in the Dominion Illustrated Monthly, a Canadian magazine of new growth. The name of the author, G. G. S. Lindsey, who personally conducted the Gentlemen of Canada on the occasion of their visit to England in 1887, too, is sufficient guarantee not only that the articles are readable, but also that the infor­ mation is authentic and reliable. It is a pity that the same praise can hardly be extended to the illustrations. It comes as something of a shock to see W. W. Bead’s counterfeit present­ ment offered to the public as a represen­ tation of his old mate, W. E. Boiler.