Cricket 1893

MAT 25, 1893 CRIGKETs A .WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME* 153 The most recent instance of a similar kind whioh occurs to me in inter-county matched was in the matoh between Surrey and Derby­ shire at the Oval in 1890. Hall, on that occasion,inDerbyshire’s second innings scored twenty off one over of Lockwood. But before that the over had been increased to five balls. N one of the papers that I have seen, in commenting on Mr. Lyons’ achievement, appear to have noticed how curiously history, in the shape of the second test match against Lord Sheffield’s team in Australia in Febru­ ary, 1892, at Sydney, repeated itself at Lord’s last week. In the former case the Australians had to follow on in a minority of 162, and Messrs. Lyons and Bannerman put on 175, of which the former’s share was 134. At Lord’s, on Friday, the same batsmen commenced the follow-on of Australia, who were 181 runs to the bad. Here the score was 181 before a wicket fell, and of this number, Mr. Lyons, who was first out, had made 143. A t one time during Mr. Lyons’ innings at Lord’s last week, it is worthy of remark, he scored 50, by 16, two 12’s, and a 10, in four \ successive overs. This was a pretty big order, particularly considering the general quality of the bowling on the side of M.C.C. The most notableperformance of an analagous character in any match was, to the best of my recollec­ tion, by Mr. O- G- Radcliffe some years ago. Playing for East Gloucestershire v. Thorn- bury, he scored 58 runs in the course of three overs. T h e cricket mantle of Parson Crawford, the presiding genius at Canehill Asylum, it is satisfactory to think, seems likely to fall on worthy shoulders in the person of his eldest son. Though not as yet half through his teens, young F. S. Crawford has already shown himself to be possessed of exceptional promise as an all-round cricketer. He first made his mark a year or two ago when a small boy by the excellence of his fielding as a sub­ stitute in a match under the auspices of the Surrey County C.C.,on the Eichmond Athletic Ground. In spite of the factthat the boy isonly fourteenyearsof age,Surrey’scricket instructor has got young Crawford well in his eye- That Mr. Graburn has an opinion of him, too, is shown by the fact that a place was found for him among the Surrey Colts in their match with Brockwell Park yesterday. A ccording to the American Cricketer , A. H. Brockie,of the GermantownC.C.,who captained the Gentlemen of Philadelphia against Lord Hawke’s team on the occasion of their tour in the States, is now in England. A part of his mission here will be to complete if possible the negotiations, which have latterly been in abeyance, with the Australians to play a few matches in Amerioa on their homeward journey. Wallace Jones, of the Toronto C-C.> is also on his way here for a trip, so it is said* What with the Australians, the Parsees in the person of M. E. Pavri, as well as America and Canada, the great federation of cricket is pretty well represented here just at the momen t T he Middlesex captain has recently arranged a match whioh will not figure on the programme of the County club. In the fixture in question Lord’s is not concerned, it is rather a Lady’s affair. In other words, Mr. A. J. Webbe has made up his mind to give up the state of single blessedness, to use a euphemism generally in vogue. The future Mrs. A. J. is Miss Peroline Maud Cutler, daughter of Mr. Edward Cutler, Q.C„ of Edgeware House, Edgeware. Mr. Cutler, who has made a name as a composer as well as a barrister, was also in his day a cricketer. T he wedding will, indeed, be a veritable Eton and Harrow match. Mr. Cutler was in the Eton Eleven himself, so that the oricket interests of the two families are divided. But in one respect there will be no division- The congratulations of cricketers to the two contracting parties will be unanimous. That “ Webbie” has the heartiest wishes of every section of cricketers goes without saying. The ceremony, I had almost omitted to add, will take place at Edgeware in the autumn. “ THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM ON THE PITCH— TRA-LA- ! ” M ention of Mr. A. J. Webbe reminds me that the son of another Old Harrovian, a good player, too, in his time, is though not yet in his teens showing promise of perpetuating his father’s reputation as a cricketer. A. N. L. Cater, who scored 101 for St. Andrew’s Eastbourne on the 13th of this month, is a son of C. A. Cater, who was in the Harrow Eleven in 1861, and subsequently played for Middle­ sex. The youngster, who is only twelve years of age, in the match referred to helped to make282,of whichW. Long contributed 104 not out, for three wiokets. There is good reason or hoping that young Norman Cater will be heard of at Harrow later on. As the publication of the correspondence between Messrs. W. L. Murdoch and Victor Cohen, the manager of the Australian team, could hardly serve any useful purpose, it is a matter for regret that it should ever have seen the cold light of print. The brilliant services Mr. Murdoch has rendered to Australian cricket entitle him to the greatest consider­ ation at the hands of those who represent it in any way. In the present case he was of considerable assistance in the early stage of the negotiations for the tour now in progress, and his -intimate acquaintance with Australia and previous visits was undoubtedly of great value, asI have said, on this side, as the Secretary of the Surrey County C.C., who had the respon­ sibility of arranging the programme, would be the first to admit. S t il l , whatever fault there may have been, as far as I can judge from the letters which have appeared in the papers, was one of omission rather than of com­ mission. It would have been better no doubt if Mr. Cohen had sent immediate intimation of the opposition to his inclusion in the team on the ground of his long and prominent association with English cricke^ to Mr. Murdoch. But, after all, the offence was not of a very serious kind. In any case, the advisability of making the matter public property is fairly open to doubt. A correspon den t (Mr. S. G. Gerisb, of 3, Fassett Square, Dalston) sends me an extract from the Illustrated London News of June 27,1857, which is of interest as showing the valuable use to which a bat may be turned in an emergency— A B urglar P unished . On Tuesday morning a young man named George Wilton was admitted into the West­ minster Hospital in charge of the police, with severe injuries, the result of an attempt at burglary at the house of Mr. John Jupp, proprietor of the ‘‘ New Star and Crown,” Broadway, Westminster. Bet.veen two and three o’clock Mr. Jupp heard a noise in his bar, and hastily descending he discovered Wilton in the act of rifling the till. Mr. Jupp (who is a well-known cricketer) seized a bar, which was behind the bar, and gave the burglar a tremendous blosv acrjss the face, whioh rendered him helpless, and he was secured until the arrival of the police, when he was conveyed to the station house and, the charge being preferred agaiu 2 t him, he was removed to the hospital. There are many worse weapons with which to meet the interesting burglar bent on burgling, I am inclined to think, than an “ International ” or a “ Patent Driver.” L a n c ash ire ’ s second innings at Man­ chester against Kent is of itself a cricket curiosity. Three of the Hearne family were representing Kent, and between them they secured the dismissal of every one of the ten wickets. Yet I am not prepared to say that their performance is without a parallel in an important match. Indeed, unless my memory plays me false, I atn inclined lo think that the three Graces claimed a similar record in a match with Yorkshire. About the date I am not quite clear, though I fancy it must have been somewhere in the seventies. Still there was a slight difference in the two cases. The Graces were brothers, while Walter Hearne is a cousin of Alec and G. G., who are both sons of old George Hearne. PRINCIPAL MATCHES FOR NEXT WEEK. May 25—Manchester, AUSTRALIANS, v. LANCA­ SHIRE May 25—L ord’s, M.C.C. & G. v. Northumberland May 25—Oval, Surrey v. Middlesex May 25—Brighton, Sussex v. Som eisetshire May 25—Birmingham. Warwickshire v. Notts May 25—Cambridge, University v. M.C.C. & G. May 25—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Yorkshire May 25—M aidstone, Kent v. Gloucestershire May 29-O val. AUSTRALIANS v. SURREY May 29—L ord’s, Middleeex v. Gloucestershire Mag 29—Birm ingham , W arwickshire C. & G. v. Shropshire May 29—Cambridge, Eleven v. Next Sixteen May 29—Leeds, Yorkshire v. Sussex May 29—Oxford, University v. Somersetshire