Cricket 1892

GO CRICKET: A WEEKLY EE COED OP THE GAME, APEIL 14, 1892 First Innings. J. C. Collins, b Groom ... 3 L. E. Benjamin, run out... 0 A. J. Swann, b Groom ... 0 E. A. Benjamin, c Groom, b Henry ........................ 0 A. B. Joske, b Allardyce... 13 R. Caldwell, lbw, b Allar­ dyce ...............................27 J. D. McCaig. b Gr;om ... 4 G. Sturt, b Gro m .......... 0 A. Griffiths, b Allardyce... 3 B. Scott, b Alardyce ... 0 G. Hill, tot o u t ................ 0 B 2, lb 1, w 2 .......... s 5 Second Innings, c Udal.b Kadavu Levu .......... 6 c Udal, b Grcom 10 (sub) c Groom, b Henry ..........12 run out .......... 3 c Udal.bKadavu Levu .......... 0 cHenry.b Groom 12 (sub) b Kadavu Levu .......... 8 b Groom .......... 1 not out................. 7 b Groom .......... 4 b Henry .......... 4 B ................. 7 Total .................55 Total ... 74 CIVIL SERVICE v. ALL-COMERS. Emboldened by their success against the Suva Club, the Civil Service took advantage of the presence in Suva harbour of Mr. Cecil Leigh’ s yacht—the “ White Hea her ” —with several cricketers on board, to issue a chal­ lenge against All-comers. The match came off on 1st September (Annexation Day), but the Service, who played three native officials, found their opponents too strong for them this time, and suffered defeat by 46 runs on the first iuuinsrs, mainly through an excellent innings of 45 by Mr. Caldwell. C iv il S rrvice . First Innings H.S. Berkeley, run out , J. S. Udal, Jay Bentley, b .....................13 W. T j . Allardyce, c Rat- cliffe, b Dixon................ Second Inning*, c a . B. Joske, b Jay .................13 s Duncan, b Jay ................. 0 S u v a . 13 st E.Benjamin,b Dixon , C Jay.b Dixon . c Benjamin, Dixoa ... . W. O. Groom, c Caldwell, b Dixon .......................23 Kadavu Levu, cBenjamin, b Dixon ........................ 2 F. S. Hen: y, b Dixon.......... 1 F.Spence, c Joske, b Cald­ well ............................11 b Dixon J. R. Farewe 1, c Dixon, b Jay ........................... 20 not out P.BentleyeTay.bCaldwell 3 Ratu Epei, not out ... 1 not out .. Ratu Lai*, st E.Benjamin. b Caldwe 1 ................. 2 Lo 2 ........................ 2 Total E.A.Renjamin.cUdal, b Kadavu Leva ... 8 J. Eyre, b Groom . 33 C. Leigh, b Allardyce 0 H. P.Jay, b Allardyce 9 R. Caldwell, c and b Groom .................45 J. D Dixon, c and b Henry .................18 D. Duncan.cBerkeley, b G room ................. 3 9 J A l l -C o m e r s . B 5, lb 3, w 1 9 Total ... 65 A. B. Joske, lbw, Groom .......... L. Benjamin, Groom .............. A. Joske, b Groom. C. Bentley, not out. B 6, lb 1 ... . Total ... . b ... 21 b 0 8 2 7 SUVA v. THE “ WH ITE HEATHER.” During the stay of Mr. Cecil Leigh’s beau­ tiful yacht—the “ White Heather ” —at Suva, a match was arranged between it and the Suva Club, the latter, out of compliment to their presumably weaker opponents, not put­ ting a particularly strong eleven into the field, and allowing one of their best men (Allardyce) to play for the visitors. The match, which took place on September 5th, ended in a draw rather iu favour of the yacht, a result mainly owing to the good service ren ered by Allardyce both in batting and bowling, following on the capital start made by Messrs. Leigh and Eyre. T he “ W h ite H e a th er C. Leigh, c Jay, b Groom ..............32 J. Eyre, b Jay .......41 W. L. Allardvce, c Benjamin,b Groom 64 E. J. Cross, lbw, b Jay ........................ 0 Brand, b Swann ... 2 Fdmond*, b Swann ... 2 Jolliffe, not out...... 26 Ayles, run out... . Inman, c Swann, JObke .............. Fry. b loske ... . Kellaway, st ... . B 6, lb 1 ... . Total ... 15 A. J. Swann, b Allar­ dyce ......................... A. Joske. b Allardyce E. A. Benjamin, run out .......... , J. R. Farewell,b Allar­ dvce ......................... 0 H. P. Jay.b Allardyce 1 Total ..........116 W. O. Groom, not out 87 C.^Bentley and W .’A. Scott did not bat. F. S. Henry, b A llar- dycc........................29 D. Duncan, b Ed­ monds ................. 5 R. Bentley, not out 4 B 19,1b 2, w l, n b l 23 SUVA v. FIJI CLUB. On September 19th the F iji Club, which numbers amongst its members many Suva cricketers, opposed the Suva Club. After a very pleasant game the match ended in a victory for Suva on the first innings, none of their opponents, with the exception of Allardyce, being able to do much with Cald­ well’s bowling. F iji . A Joske, handling ball 2 R. M. Booth, b Cald­ well ........................ 2 H. P.Jay, st E. Benja­ min, b Caldwell ... 1 H. Waring, b Caldwell 5 W. L. Allardyce, b Caldwell .................22 F. 8. Henry, b Groom 0 A. B. Joske, b Groom 0 8 u v a . F. Spence, run out .. L. E. Brown, run out G. W. Lynch, b Cald­ well ........................ J. H. Garrick, not out ........................ L b........................ Total .......... J. S. Udal, lbw, b A llardyce................. 3 W. S. Kettlewell, b Jay 3 J. C. Collins,l*w, b Jay 6 H. S. Berkeley, b Allardyce................ 5 E. A. Benjamin, b A llardyce................. a R. Caldwell, d Jay ... 15 W. O. Groom, c Lynch, b Jay ........................ 6 R. Bentley, not out 18 L.!Benjamin, bAllar­ dyce ....................... 1 T. Steel, c Allardyce, b B oo th .................I 1) T. Horae run out ... 3 B 9, I d 2 ..........11 Total , 89 SUVA v. LEVUKA. Inspirited by the successful revival of cricket at Suva, its old rival and former capital of Fiji, Levuka, brought down an eleven to do battle against tbe Suva Club on the occasion of the public holiday given on the Prince of Wales’ birthday (9th Novtm- ber). Unfortunately they were unable to get together a very strong team, and could do little against the three Suva bowlers, Cald­ well, Groom, and Collins, and after a very pleasant game, in the presence of a large number of spectators, suffered a single inn­ ings defeat at the hands of their younger and more powerful rivals. Simpson bowled extremely well for the visitors. L k v c k a . Second Innings. Drury, b Groom................. 3 c Benj train, b Collins .......... 0 Baxendale, b Caldwell ... 3 b Collins .......... 7 Maughan, c Steel, b Cald­ well ............................... 1 st Benjamin, b Collins .......... 11 Wilson, run ou t................. 2 c Caldwell, b Jay 1 Simpson, c Steel, b Cald­ well ............................... 1 b Col ins .......... 4 J. Palmer, lbw, b Groom 1 run out .......... I Morris, c Benjamin, b Groom ........................ 5 net out .......... 7 Gallagher, b Caldwell 0 c Jay, b Co’lina 4 Hedstrom, not out .......... 5 c Caldwell, b C o llin s .......... 1 Hathaway, b Groom 0 c Benjamin, b Col ins .......... 1 F. Palmer, c Henry, b Cald­ well ............................... 3 b Caldwell.......... 2 B ............................... 3 Total ................. 27 Total ... 39 S uva . J. S. Udal. b Simplon A. Joske, b Baxendale J. C. Collins, b Baxen­ dale ........................ W. O. Groom, b Simp­ son ........................ R. Caldwell, b Baxen­ dale ........................ T. St"el. b Simpson ... A.B. Joske, b Simpson F.S.Henry, c Drury, b Simpson .......... 3 E. BeDjamin, c Pal­ mer. b Baxendale 14 H. P. Jay, not ou t... 6 F.P. Burton, c Baxen­ dale. b Simpson ... 6 B 2, lb 2 .......... 4 Total , 93 SUVA v. ARMY AND NAYY. It had been determined to close the cricket season after the November 9th holiday, but on the arrival of H.M.S. “ R oyalist” about the middle of the month it was decided to give the visitors a game of cricket, and as the ship was hardly strong enough to get up a team by itself it was arranged that the Armed Native Constabulary should furnish a contin­ gent and the combined team take the field under the title of “ Army and Navy.” The match came off on November 21st. in hot weather, and ended in a draw, rather in favour of the visitors, thanks to the free hitting of Kadavu Levu—a grandson of Thakombau, the last king of F iji—who played a fine innings of 62. A rmy an d N a v y . Grant, b Groom .. Corp. Blanchard, Caldwell ......... P. R. Baxendale, Caldwell......... Read, b Caldwell ... 4 b ... 3 b ... 11 ... 0 J. R. Farewell, lbw, b Groom ................. 0 Kadavu Levu, c and b Groom .................62 Lieut. Luscombe, b Jay ........................ 1 S u v a . Lieut. Buckland, c Groom, b .7ay A. B. Linstead, b Henry ................. Ratu Epeli.notout .. Ratu Lasoqu, c and b Groom ................. B 3, lb 1 .......... Total ,.108 A. B. Joske, b Grant 5 F. S. Henry, not out 4 B 2, w 1, nb 1 ... 4 J. S. Udal, b Grant... 4 1 T. Steel, run out ... 10 W. O. Groom, c and b Grant........................1 1 R. Caldwell, run out 4 ) Total ..........41 H. P. Jay, F. P. Burtor, G. Hi 1, T. Horne, and Gunner Marshall did not bat. GRANVILLE (LEE) CLUB. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of this club was held on M .rch the 23rd at the Mansion Bouse Restaurant, Qaeen Victoria-street, Mr. Frank E. Hersee (vice-pr< sident) in the chair. There was a large attendance of members. The Chairman congratulated the club upon reachiug its 25th year, and sincerely hoped that the coming season would be as successful as the last, when out of 57 matches played 34 were won, and only 9 lost The Treasurer’s accounts for thj year showed a balance of £1 l< s. lid. in hand. The smallness of the balance van due to large payments made iu the spring of 3891 in regard to repairing the hedges and ditches of the ground. The accounts were duly passed, as was also an unanimous vote of thanks to Mr. huize. The hon. sec., Mr. Taylor, then made his annual statement, in which he briefly rtferred to tbe position of the club as to members. &c.. and he stated that the list showed a satisfactory increase, besides which there were several candidates wait­ ing to be elected. The match card for 1892 showed no less than 70 contests, including the M.C.C., Crystal Palace, Blackheatb, Bickley Park, Beckenham, Hampstead, Hornsey, Rochester, Charlton Park, the Stoics, &c. The tour in Sus­ sex was also arranged, including matches at Easthourne, Horsham, Willingdon, St. Leonards, (South Saxons). During the past -winter the* committee had experienced tonsiderable trouble in keeping tbe ground in any way private, owing to the gr*>at number <f persons trespassing thereon, and it had been decided to reinstate the divisional railing on the •ast side of the cricket ground. The meeting received Mr. Taylor’s statement with applause. A vote of thanks was also passed to Mr. Taylor for his services as sec­ retary. The elec:ion of officers for the ensuing season resulted as follows: Prfsilent. Mr. Richard A. Glover; vice-presidents. Messrs. H. R. Ferry, A. G, Hubbock, W. K. Henderson, Frank E. Hersee. A. Lindley, W. Lund, H. G. Smallman, C C.; captain, W. Edwards; treasurer. E. Furze; vice-captains, J. Wilson, junr., F. E. Lander; committee. E. Cropskey, S. Ellis. F. E. Glover, C. J. M. Godfrey, A. R. L yman, P. P. Lincoln, w". E. Poulf*om. Jos. Wilson ; secretary, R. F. Taylor- assistant-secretary, B. F. Gordon. H ong K ong scored 429 v. Shanghai, at Hong Kong on February 6th. T he Hereford Times has given a challenge trophy open to all clubs other than County clubs. T he Secretary of the Surrey County C.C. has just been elected a member of the Rich­ mond Town Council unopposed. CRICKETERS—Prizes value £100 offered for competition during 1892. Special Score Forres 2d. per dozen.—Goo. G. Bussey & Co.. Peckham Rye. Winners published weekly in C ricket .—Advt.