Cricket 1893

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At all events, he fairly got the measure of the Guy’s Hospital bowling at the Oval on Mon­ day, and his score would have been con­ siderably incieased had he been himself in a little better condition. As it was, he got his 102 without anything approaching even a bud stroke, and to judge by the way in which he punished every ball that was the smallest bit off the wicket the leather was as big as a balloon to him. In any case, every one will be glad to hear that the performance was good enough to reinstate him in the Surrey team for the match against Lancashire, which begins at Old Trafford to-day. F. W a rd , the Lancashire professional, seems from all accounts to have already worked wonders, not only in the improvement of the ground, at Rossall, but what is of more importance, in the general tone of the School cricket. The recent performance of the two Rossallians, Stone and Newett, against Liver­ pool Club and Ground proves to demonstra­ tion the excellence of the Rossall wickets, as well as the effect of Ward’s tuition in raising the quality of the batting. Two hundred and forty-four for the first wicket is very nearly, if not, a record for a School match, so that the Rossall pair are entitled to all the credit of a big performance. In the match in question, the two Rossall boys did very much as they liked with the Liverpool bowling, although this was quite up to the average Of the two, Newett played the better cricket, and he only gave one chanoe, that, too, late in his innings to mid-off. He hits well all-round the wicket, and if he im ­ proves, as there is every probability he will, should develop into a fine bat. In any case, his physique is all in his favour, and even now he has plenty of power. He is, besides, a good football player. S to n e , who was more lucky, is very good on the off-side, and some of his drives between cover point and mid off were very fine indeed. As a bowler (slow to medium left), too, he is above the average. In this match he went on second change, and keep­ ing an excellent length was certainly the most difficult bowler on the side. According to Ward, there is plenty of rising talent of more than ordinary promise under his care. Rossall has in the past furnished several first-class all-round players to University and County Cricket. Wright of Rossall was a name to conjure with in the sixties. And if my in­ formant, a good judge of the game,is only cor­ rect in his estimate of the form he saw last week, the school should be represented in a higher grade of cricket in the near future. “ RICHARDSON’S SHOW” UP TO DATE. S u r r e y v. G lo u c e s t e r s h ir e , O v a l, Ju n e 1, 1893, Eleven batsmen for 77, and 105 for the tenth wicket. And a good show, too! “ Nemo Mortalium omnibus horis sapit.” I have been rightly called to task,and very much so,for my remissness in overlooking last week, in my references to Mr.J. J.Lyons’ remarkable hitting for the Australians against M.C.C.and G. at Lord’s, a performance even superior to that of O. G. Radcliffe, which I erroneously ventured to describe as the best of the kind. Several correspondents have called my atten tion to the oversight. One even heaps coals of fire on my head in pointing out that the feat in question was duly chronicled, in “ No. 316 of C ricket , Vol. 11, page 450.” The fact is I quite forgot George Brann’S splendid perform­ ance, carelessness the more reprehensible con­ sidering that it was,to quote one good natured critic, recorded in “ my own County of Sur­ rey,” whatever those words may mean, Mea Culpa! A l l the same, Brann’s feat was distinctly of a superior order of merit to that I quoted, and am glad to reproduce the details. It occurred