Cricket 1893

APRIL 27, 1893 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 08 before. Thus Sussex v. M .C.C. was a fixture since 1823, and Sussex v. Kent since 1825. There must have been some governing body in both counties at that time. The fact is, both in Sussex and Kent, county cricket has been played regularly all through this century— in Kent long earlier. Yet it is certain that a new county club was formed in Kent in 1859, and yet another County Club in 1870. Why this second County Club? Because it marked a new departure. At least, so the first rule in their official year book indicates: it runs thus: “ The club—formed by an amalgamation of the Kent County and Beverley Cricket Clubs in 1870— shall be called the Kent County Cricket Club.” A similar experience befell Sussex. The County Club, started in 1839, was put on an entirely new basis in 1857. Before 1857, Brighton and neighbourhood supplied the whole committee ; in 1857 this monopoly was broken up ; as John Lillywhite puts it in the 1865 “ Com­ panion,” “ the club was formed in August 1857 at a meeting of the nobility and gentry o f the county called together by circular by the present hon. secretary, Bridger Stent, Esq.” Fred Lillywhite in his “ Guide ” of 1858, tells us that “ the management of affairs is not entrusted to one town alone, but to three divisions of the county.” These three divisions were East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton, each of which returned five members of the County Committee. Now, the Lillywhites were Sussex men and County Cricketers. Their statement of fact is further confirmed by Mr. Hay- garth, in “ Scores and Biographies,” Vol.Y . p. 297: “ it may here be mentioned that the Sussex County Cricket Club was formed in 1857.” I was most careful to consult the most reliable sources before I gave the years when our several County Clubs were started. In the absence of any official declaration on the part of Sussex, Mr. Gaston will, I am sure, pardon me in following the lead of such reliable guides as Mr. Haygarth and the brothers Lilly- white. I am sorry Yorkshire and Sussex are so far apart, for nothing would be more delightful than to receive so earnest a student of cricket lore as Mr. Gaston is well-known to be into perhaps the quaintest cricket club now in existence, to which I may refer more fully next week. P.S.— Courtesy demands perhaps that the name of the bat manufacturer should at least be mentioned: it is H . Hayley who has occasionally played for Yorkshire’ and is engaged by the Leeds Cricket Club’ HONOR OAK (2) v. STAN LE Y.—Played at H onor O ak on April 22. S t a n l e y . In the m atch between Mill Hill Park and Addison' Played at Ealing on Saturday, 23nd April, F. T* Joy, for the form er, took five w ickets for no runs nnd A. b . Ridgway, five for five runs, all bowled- The Addison were dismissed in 31 balls in their first innings, and do less than ten batsmen failed to get a run. Mr. Joy, a'so, scored 36 (no singles), in­ cluding one fife, and four 4’s , and his side won by 68 runs on the first innings. Scores:—Addison, 9 O r. Q. w . Roberts, 5 ; tyes 4) and 56 (for 7 w ickets); Mill Hill Park, 17. C. Lillywhite & Co. have a quantity of good Cricket Balls, slightly discoloured, which they are willing to clear as follows Four Seamed 51/-. Catgut Seamed 48/-. Best M atch 42/-, Second Match 39/-, Treble Practice 33/- dozen, carriage paid. Sam ple threepence extra. Southborough, Tunbridge Wells. Em bleton b Barton 7 Stanton,b E. H olford 1 Fairhead jun., not out 76 Sutherland, c Payne, b B a rto n ...................10 Greenstreet, b H. H olford ................... 5 Banks, b Barton ... 4 Fawkes, b H. H olford 3 Wood, b H. H olford Butcher,b H .H olford Meredith, c and b Tinkham................... M organ, b Tinkham B 5, lb 1 ........... Total 116 H onor o a k (2), T. Gracey, c Green­ street, b Em bleton 12 W .H olford,b M organ 12 B. Kenyon, b Emfcle- ton ........................... 4 F. Mather, c Banks.b E m bietoi ...........10 H .B olford.b Fairhead 11 R.Tinkham ,b Em ble­ ton 0 C.Baiton, b Fairhead 6 T. B. W oodfall, b Fairhead................... 0 W . Payne,lbw,b E m ­ bleton ................... 0 C. D . Hayes, not out 20 W . North, b Morgan 23 B 13, lb 2 ...........15 Total ..113 LEIGHTON v. L. C. H. PA L AIRE T’8 XI. Several of the best known amateur cricketers took part in this m atch, played on Mr. W . H. L averton’s Ground, at W estbuiy, on Friday and Saturday last. Some excellent cricket was shown on both sides, and the scoring was above the average for such an early date. Both University captains were seen to great advantage. I’alairet's second score of Bixty was in every way a good innings, quite up to his best reputation. On the other side Jackson was also in brilliant form . He made runs freely a llrou n d the wicket. His 111 included three successive hits for six. L eighton . First Innings F. S. Jackson, cT . Wilson, b Martin .......................... O. G. Radcliffe, c Llew el­ lyn, b Martin ................... J. B. Challen, c Percival, b L. C. H. Palairet L. H. Gay, b M a rtin ........... A. J. L . Hill, b T . W i son F.W. Stancom be, bT . W il­ son .................................. A. G. Stancom be,b Martin Newman, b G. L. W ilson N. R. H. Bullen, c L. C. H. Palairet, b Martin Palmer, c and b T. Wilson W. H. Laverton, not out... B 20, l b 7, n -b 1 Total ................... First Innings W . D. Llewellyn, b Bullen G. L. W ilson, b H ill........... L. C. H. Palairet, b Jack­ son .................................. R. C. N .P aln ret, b Jack­ son .................................. F. A. Phillips, b Bullen ... V. T. HiU, b Hill ........... W. H. Brain, b Jackson ... —Martin, c and b Jackson T. S. B. W ilson,b Bill L. J. Percival, not out ... H .D . F. Davis, b Jackson B 21,1-b 6, n-b 2 ........... Total ................... ♦Second Innings 3 c Percival, b V. T. H ill........... 111 25 b T. W ilson ... 2 10 b Martin........... 21 9 b T. Wilson ... 33 0 b T. W ilson ... 26 26 c T. W ilson, b Phillips 7 2 not out ........... 18 5 b L. C. H. Palairet ... 2 26 0 2 28 B21,lb 3,w8,nb 5 35 136 Total ... 255 ared closed. w r it ’ s XI. Second Innings 32 cBullen, bH ill 9 0 c Bullen, b Radcliffe ... 19 17 c F. W. Stan­ com be, b Hill 60 0 not out ... ... 21 4 b Bill ........... 4 51 b Hill ........... 16 29 not out ........... 4 15 4 11 1 29 B 19, w l,n -b 2 22 193 Total 155 w . A. WOOF, C O U N TY CR ICK ETER , AND C R IC K ET GOACH C H ELTEN H AM C O LLE G E IS THE CHEAPEST AND BEST MAN FOE C r ic ke t, T e n n i s , F o o t b a l l an d G o l f Good s 4. SUFFOLK ROAD’ CHELTENHAM. ILLUSTRATED PEICE LIST FREE. CRICKET AND LAWN TENNIS—SEASON 1893. M essrs .C ollins beg to direct attention to their SERIES o f CRICKET SCORING and LAWN TENNIS BOOKS. They are m ade of their well known "SIG H T-PR E S E R V IN G ” PAPER, and being printed in dark green ink, the glare of the sun upon the page is m aterially lessened. E ach Book contains the am ended Laws of the Gam e as passed by the Marylebone Cricket Club. T he “ U N R IV A L L E D ” C ricket S coring B ooks ' (1.T # , Retail Price The New Limp Pocket Scoring Book, size 7in. by 4iu., 31 in n in gs........................... 6d. 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Rom e ,. p . O. Smith A. Shrewsbury Mr. H. Marley „ G. J. V. Weigall „ W. M. Hemingway „ R. W. Rice In addition to the abova the following County Teams aie also included in the volum e: Middlesex,Surrey, N otts, Lancashire, Yorkshire Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, and English leam in S juth Africa. CASES FOR BINDING-, 23- 6d- OFFICE OF " C R I C K E T , ” 41, St. Andrew ’9 Hill, Doctors’ Commons, E C