Cricket 1893

JCLY 20. 1W-8 OMCRET, A «TEE£L\ EECOitD OF THE GAME. 285 Dorking, he was educated at Marlborough College and Oxford University, for which atter he kept wicket in 1878. Later on he played for Norfolk by residence, and on leav­ ing there to take a living in Somersetshire, in due time found a place in the eleven of that county, which he has held up to date with the best results. Indeed it is more than a pity that such a wicket keeper, quite in the front rank, and with certainly no superior, lias not had an opportunity of proving his undoubted ability in some of the representa­ tive matches. It does not often fall to the lot of the last batsman on the side to earn the distinction of the highest score. Yet this was Sherwin’s experience in the second innings of Notts against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge on Friday last. The burly wicket-keeper won his honours easily, for his score was only ten in a total of 38. The number of boundary hits in his inniD gs, for a wonder, set ms to have escaped the notice of the statistical depart­ ment. But perhaps the word innings may be misleading—at all events, it was not com­ pleted. The merit of the Nottingham wicket-keeper’s great, great that is by com ­ parison, performance was enhanced by the jact that he was still in when the end camr, having seen the whole of the wickets, that was the one still to fall when he went in, dismissed So far as is known at present, Oxford. University next year will be able to claim the services of three of the twenty-two youngsters who fought out the Eton and Harrow match at Lord's last week. Egerton and Mitohell, a sen of that splendid cricketer, R.A.H ., of the Eton eleven, are both bound for Oxford, as is tie Harrovian, Woodward, who goes to University College. The Eton stonewaller, Meeking, and Cobbold are going to Cambridge, as well as Munro, of Harrow. THE COUNTY CAPTAINS. Y b . J A. D ix cn (Nett*). M r . W. H. P a t t e r s o n (Kent). R om e, the Harrow captain, and Ferris are destined for the army. The Etonians will have the advantage of the captaincy for another season of Bromley Martin, who will be assisted by Pilkington, Cunliffe, Kettlewell, and probably Gosling of this year’s eleven. Bullook, who will be captain at Harrow in 1894, will have in all probability five other old choices in Gore, Halliday, Stogdon, Vibait, and Williams. T h e dates (August 28, 29, 30) whioh have been for some time left vacant in the Austra­ lian programme have been at length filled up by the insertion of a match at Blackpool. If it be true, as is quite likely, that A. N. Hornby is going to get up the English side, tho visitors at the popular Lancashire sea-side resort will have nothing to complain of in the quality of the cricket fare. So far no fixtures have been made by Mr. Cohen after the Hastings match on September 7. Subsequent airangements depend in a great measure on the possibility of the American authorities being able to defer the time of the Australian visit until the first week of October. If this can be done the Australians will be open to play some two-day matches in England in September. With this view they have already had applications from Edinburgh, Dublin, Cambridge, Belfast, Cardiff, Harrogate, and for a match at Derby against the Midland Counties. The team are also anxious to play at Nuneham, oa the ground of Mr. Aubrey Harcourt, Lord Sheffield’s nephew, by whom they were so hospitably entertained during their visit to Oxford. C onsidering that they were opposed by very nearly a second eleven of Surrey, the Streat­ ham Club did a very good performance in dis­ missing Surrey Club aud Ground on Friday for such a total as 4G. The dismissal of the team from the Oval was mainly tbe work of L. Mortimer and R. H. De Montmorency. The former delivered thirteen overs for nine runs and three wickets, and his nine maiden overs were consecutive. Montmorency’s all-round cricket was even more noteworthy. In addi­ tion to taking seven wickets for 19 iuns, he scored 108 in the two innings for once not out His second score of 91 was a pretty good per­ formance on a slow wicket against the bowling of Mills, Bowley, Hayward, Bailey, and Ayres. T hf figures which follow, giving as they do a complete analysis of the doings of the season, really present the whole position of first-class county cricket in 1893 up to date. From these will be seen at a glance the effect the toss has had on the results so far, and the respective merits of the nine leading elevens in batting as well as bowling. The averages, too, takenas they are from the same matches, offer a far more reliable comparnoi than those made up from the scores of all so- called first-class matches. TH E TOSS. W on. Lost N ottingham shire.................. ........... 6 ........... 3 Gloucestershire ................... ........... 5 .......... 3 Middlesex ........................... ........... 5 . .. ... 4 Somersetshire ................... ........... 5 .......... 4 Surrey .................................. ........... 5 .......... 4 Lancashire ........................... ........... 4 .......... 4 K e n t.......................................... ........... 4 .......... 3 Yorkshire.................................. ........... 3 .......... 7 Sussex ................................... ........... a ........... 7 Total ........... ...........£9 . ......... 39 ( W o n ........... 18 times Side winUng the toss j L o ? t ........... 15 „ I Drawn ... 6 Matches 89 RUN3 FOR Runs. Extras. Total Wkts Aver. N ottinghamshire 3624 ... 125 .... 3749 .... 143 . 26.91 M iddlesex ... ...8575 ... 155 .... 373J .... 156 . 23.91 Sussex ................ ..3261 ... 135 ..., 3396 .... 1 8...22.94 Yorkshire ... ...‘*9.8 ... 99 ... £0,7 .,.. 1I7..2\P9 K ent........................ ..2(*20 ... 108 ... 2128 .... 1 5..10.2S Gloucestershire ..,2792 ... 1C6 .. . 2898 ,. 151_19.19 Surrey ................ .2517 ... 155 ... 2702 ... 112 ..]?.«a Lancashire ... ...25S9 ... 138 ... 2737 ... 146 . 18 74 Somersetshire ., 2637 ... 119 ... 2756 .,.. 166 . 16.6 J 25983 1140 27123 1304 20.79 RUNS AGAINST. Runs. Extras. Total. W kts. Aver Sui rey ...................2746 ... 122 ... 2858 ... 173 ..36.57 Yorkshire ... .,.2745 ... 1?0 .. . 1875 ... 167...17.21 K ent................... ,,..2012 ... 11') ... 2122 ... 122 . 17.39 Lancashire ... ...2411 ... 181 ... 2542 ... J39...1P, 8 Middlesex ... .,.3469 ... 155 ... 3524 ... 168 . 21.57 Gloucestershire ....2737 ... 86 ... 2823 .. Ii8 . 22.05 Nottinghamshire .. 3221 ... 147 ... 3368 ... 148 . 22.75 Somersetshire ...2001 ... 116 .. . 3117 ... 120 . 25 97 Srssex ................, 3641 ... 143 ... 3781 ... 166...16 60 25983 114) 27123 1304...20.79 Mr A. N. Ho bn by (Lancashire).