Cricket 1893

406 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOBD Oi? THE GAME. SEPT. It IS33 A n oth er curiosity this tim e aw ay in C eylon, in w h ich th e ball, from a lo fty h it, struck a fielder on th e top of h is helm et (it was a m ilitary m atch), and instead of bou n cin g off th e helm et it w ent rig h t th rou gh it and re ­ m ained on fielder’s h ead . W as that a fair c itc h ? C ertain ly. M y correspondent thinks it should com e under the law w hich forbids a fieldsm an resorting to the aid of cap, etc., for th e purpose o f stopping ball. B y th e bye, that law — N o. 41— says n oth in g about catch in g ball w ith cap. T h is w as an accident, h o w ­ ever ; th e fielder did n ot thus w ilfu lly stop tb e ball. R eaders m ay rem em ber m y refer­ rin g last year to an u m p ire’s decision in a case w here M r. I. D . W alker w as fieldiug, and his cap fell off, aud cap and ball cam e in to his han d at one and the sam e m om en t. T h e um pire m ost w ron gfu lly gave th e opposite side five runs. I am delighted to learn from another corres­ pon d en t th at old T o m A dam s is still livin g. H is nam e is surely w orth y o f bein g retain ed in W isd en ’s “ B irths and D eaths o f C ricketers.” I shall call on him the first opportu n ity I get, G ravesend being near enough to L on don. H e w as 80 years of age last M ay, a you n g m an to one of w hom m auy beside m yself have good cause for tender reflection s —I m ean L ord C harles R ussell, w ho is w ell on into h is eig h ty- seventh 3 ear. T h ere w ere giants in tli^se days. B eldham com pleted.96 years, and w a3 sound as a bell to th e last. A n d J oh n Sm all th e elder, one of th e origin al m em bers of the H am bled on club, w as an oth er grand old m an, for m any years the crack batsm en of his club, m aker, too, o f bats and balls, and so han dy w ith the v iolin that he played ten or in a ch u rch ch oir for 75 years dow n to th e day of h is death at the age o f 89. S om ehow w e have lost the secret of perpetual you th even am ong cricketers. T h e last m atch at S carborou gh w ou n d up th e m ost successful festival ever h eld there, a n et balance o f ovtlr £640 cappin g th e n ext best— in 1884 — by som e <£140. T h ere w?as really great cricket th rou gh ou t, though b attin g h eld th e w h ip hand. E n gla n d m igh t h ave been stronger, spite o f th e in clu sion of seven m en — Jackson, S toddart, W alter R ead, G unn, Peel, L ock w ood , and R ich a rd ­ son— w ho had already done battle in one or m ore o f th e representative m atches. I t w as passing strange th at H unter, a S car­ borou gh m an, was passed by for A . T . K em ble, a m anifestly in ferior stu m p er; though a Y orksh irem an now by residence I have no silly partialism s, bu t from all I have seen th is year I u nh esitatingly affirm that, m atch in, m atch out, H unter is our m ost consistent keeper, th ou g h he is unquestionably second to M c­ G regor in th e litte r ’s best days. T h e w eather from start to finish w as perfect, and record gates testified to th e keen interest excited by th e present C olonial team . G etting first knock, E n gla n d piled up 845— a m u ch sm aller total th an th e start prom ised, Stoddart (127) and Jackson (62) m aking 176 fo r the first w icket. A w eek since, and w h en Stoddart w anted n early 2C0 to com plete his 2,000 ,1 ventured to p red ict th at he m ig h t after all reach that coveted aggregate. H e has done so, and we are all h onestly glad. H e and G unn m ay shake hands over the establishm ent o f another fresh record . A h ! it was a perfect batting treat on a w icket that played n o su ch tricks as h ad m ade th e previous w ickets at S carborough fearfully dan gerou s to the fastest bow ling. Stoddart s Beccnd 50 took him ju st half an h ou r ; it w as alm ost up to the standard of W . G s third 50 against theA us ralians atL ord ’s iu l888 —w hen, b ig drops of rain beginnii g to fall, he p u t his best leg forw ard, and against T u n e r and F erris at their verv best, added 50 to h is score in th e last half t o u r o f t h itd a y . Jackson scored a double trium ph (62 and 68;, and thus established his rig h t to be classed am on g the few m ost successful batsm en o f all tim e against C olonial bow ling. N ew ham (52 not ou t and 37) proved a capital substitute for M u rdoch . B u t the leadin g honours go to our visitors, inasm uch as th ey passed E n gla n d ’ s first total by 46 runs. It w a3 a h eroic effort w h ich should put th e seal on th eir fam e for b oth plu ck an d s till. T rue, our bow lers did n o t F eem to extend them selves, and L o ck ­ w ood ’ s gam e leg troubled h im ; bu t for all that G raham (93) deserves all that can be said in his praise. H e w as m issed early o n —a not over difficult ch an ce to cov er—but so was Stod- d a r.. G regory m ade a very fine catch on the boundary that settled Jackscn, aud then im - m ediatelv m issed a m uch easier chance from S toddart’ s b a t ; but there, that’ s the luck of cricket, and one o f its delightful charaster- istics. W e w ere all sorry that the you th fu l A ustralian pulled a ball on w hen so near tbe ce n tu ry ; that tw o h ou rs’ display of his was equal to anything done in the m atch ; couple it w ith his 107 against England at L o r d ’ s, and it’s n ot stepping an inch over the crease of sound ju dgm en t or sober truth to p r o ­ noun ce G raham th e finest batsm an ever seen over here during h is first visit. M urdoch cou ld n ’t h o ld a candle to him w hen h } first cam e in 1878, though it rem ains to be seen w hether th e present Sussex captain w ill have to yield the palm to any o f his brethren from dow n under. B annerm an (74) w as livelier than usual, fo r though he struck root for 2 £ hours., he g o t the ball 15 tim es to the boun dary T ru m ble (62) shaped every inch a cricketer and should d o even better w ith enlarged ex ­ perience. L yon s w as in about half-an-hour each tim e, quite lon g enough fo r his nggrega’ e to reaoh 87. O ne unfavourable criticism m ust be p a ssed ; on such a ground, w hen the ligh test strokes sent th e ball to the rin g, it w as a shocking error on the part of th e E n gla n d captain n ot to guard the slips boun dary, especially w hen Sm ith and R ich ardson w ere bow lin g their hardest. I reckoned that w e lost at least 60 runs by that oversight. T h e m atch was left undecided } A ustralia,w ith'five w ickets iu hand, still w ant­ in g 98 ru n s—a big task w ith Peel and R ic h ­ ardson on the spot. T h en to H astings and its w eek, a form idable jou rn ey through th e night both for the A u s­ tralians and sundry E nglishm en as w e ll; so T h u rsd ay’s failure can be readily condoned. L ock w ood and R ichardson, we are inform ed, did n ot go to bed at all, and yet the next day th ey bow led in fin itely better than the sound­ est rest had enabled them to do at S car­ borough. D oesn’ t R ich ard D aft tell us a story of Jem m y Shaw, w ho, after spending a night in the open,w h ere he w as found next m ornin g b y the old G loucestershire stum per, played th e best innings that ever cam e from his b it ? T h row in g in all possible excuses, that 64 at H astings looks u n com m on ly sm all by the side of th e 391 at Scarborough. T h eir second— 193 — is all right. E xtras, 1 and 2, so the parson w as all there beh in d th e sticks. T h anks to H ew ett (58 and 86) and W . G. (24 and 23 not out), the South had a balance o f six w ickets at the finish, spite of L yon s (75) and B lackham (4 1 ); it w as the first tim e B lackham did not rear up h is team , and perhaps this w as the best innings he has turned out in the present tou r ; it ’ s a pity m odesty should prevent any m an from doing h im self full justice. T u rn er’s 7 for 86 m u 9t be placed leagues behind R ich ­ ardson’ s 11 for 106, or even L ock w ood’ s 6 for 73. It is w orth m en tion in g that the gam e was on ce seriously interu pted by r a in ; a friend of m in e has been telling m e that this is the first tim e since th e H astings’ w eek has been established w hen it has rained at all w hilst the cricket w as in progress. I should like to have seen R . T . again standing ; w e n ever get h im up N orth. W h o cou ld believe from his appearance that he is nearing his 69th year. W h y h e is but a y o u n g m an still. P.S. — A Y orksh irem an, now livin g in L on d on and m uch tied to business, w ants to know w here he can get a.photo o f this year’ s Y orkshire eleven. Probably f~om Messrs. H a ^ k n s , P res’ on R oad, B righton, and certainly from M essrs. Chaffin, 65, E ast Street, T aunton, both o f w hom have produced m arvellously good crick et groups. TONRRIDGrS C L tM .—M a tclm played. 25-W on 12, Lo3t 3, Drawn 10. BAT P IN * A.VE ft 1GE3. R evised “ L aws op C ricket ” for 18S3, together with H ints to Young Players, an instructive treatise illustrated by seven special engravings, five diagrams showing how to place a team in the field to different bowling, and copy of ru’es for guidance of those form ing clubs, &c. Post free 4 stamps, o f Wright and Co., 41 Et, Andrew’i Hill Commons, E.C Tim s M ost in Inns, not out. runs, an Jnns. Aver. K. Clarke ......... 3 ... 1 .. 167 ... 71 .. 83.1 J. Le Fleming ... 9 ... 0 .. 533 ... 128 .. 59.5 F. M. Atkins .. 6 ... o .. 329 ... 143 ... 54.5 Rev.W . Rashlei-'h 7 ... 2 .. 271 ... 112*.. 54.4 T. P a w le y ......... 17 ... 3 .. 757 ... 18V*.. 51.1 F. Gully ... .. l i ... 0 .. e-^6 ... 105 .. 42.6 A. S. P a g e ......... 8 ... 1 }. £8) ... 100 .. 40 J. F. Reynolds . 12 ... 0 .. 41 ... 167 .. 316 S. S. W illiams .. It ... 5 .. 203 ... f 3*.. 33.5 Rev. G. Lachlan 8 ... 1 .. 213 ... 55 .. 30 3 F. W. Franks .. 17 ... 1 .. 466 ... 77 .. 29.2 G. Gower ......... 9 ... 0 .. 254 ... 10) ... 28.2 E.K .Le Fleming ft ... 1 .. 1?8 ... 61 .. 27.3 B. D. Bannon .. 5 ... 0 .. 129 ... 66 .. 25.4 R. B. Airey 4 ... 1 .. 01 ... 44*.. 211 Capt. Mann 6 ... 0 .. lit) ... 80 .. 18 2 D. W . Carr .. .. 3 ... 0 .. 51 ... 45 .. 17.2 R. H. Bartram . 3 ... 2 .. 17 ... 13 .. 17 R. E. Marchant 4 ... 1 .. 41 ... 31*... 14.2 J. P. S. Hervey.. 5 ... 1 .. Gt ... 39 .. 1?.4 J. Noakes ......... 3 ... 0 .. 3J ... 24 .. 11 A. Punnett......... ia ... 1 .. i n ... 43 .. 102 P o c o c k ................ 4 ... o .. 39 ... 55 .. .93 a . B. Cummins . 6 ... 0 .. 51 ... 26 . 9 M. A. Streatfield 7 ... n .. ft 8 ... 13 .. >.<? J. W. Kilmistec. 3 ... 0 .. 26 ... 20 .. 8.2 A. T. Penny 5 ... 1 .. 34 ... 29 .. 8.2 F. M a rtin ......... a ... <> .. 20 ... 9 .. 6.2 J. W. Little .. 8 ... 0 .. 45 ... 19 .. 5.5 F . O. Whitby 4 ... (1 .. 23 ... 12 .. 5.3 T. Hilary 3 ... 1 .. 9 ... 9 .. 41 Day ......... . .. it ... 1 .. 37 ... 22 .. 3.4 G. Hn~n ......... 3 ... 2 .. 2 ... 2*.. 2 H. C. Laverton 5 ... 0 .. 8 ... 5 .. 13 BOW LING AVER1G3S. Overs. Milne. Run?. W kts. Aver. a *.2 .... 7 .,,. 79 ..,. 8 ... 9.7 31. t .... It ..,. 61 .,.. 6 ... 10. t 1*9.3 ..,. 2> ..,. 113 ,. 13 ... It 51.3 .. 15 ..,. 121 .,.. 1L ... 11 157.1 .... 21 ..,. 4:16 ..,. 39 ... 11.18 231 .,.. 37 ..,. 658 .,,. 41 ... 16 2 118.1 ., :-3 ;. 296 .. 18 ... 16.8 1741 ..,. 40 ..,. 4-24 .,.. 23 ... 18.10 lf>8.l ..,. 47 ..,. 461 .,,. 21 ... 21.20 £0 .,.. 11 „,. 166 .,,. 7 ... 23.5 226 .. 67 ..,. 537 .,.. 23 ... 23.8 38.3 .,.. 6 .,.. 52 .,.. 2 ... 26 11 . .. 2 .,.. 34 ... 1 ... 31 60 ... 12 .. l« l ... 1 ...161 64 .,.. 9 .,,. 221 . .. 0 ,... — H. V. Page ........... H. C. Laverton ... A.H. Stim3on ... D. W. Carr ........... a . S. Page ........... T. Pawley ........... H. O. Whitby J. F. Reynolds ... D a y .......................... F. E. Johnson ... F. G ully.................. R. H. Bartram ... E. K. Le Fleming J. Fleming ........... 8. S. W illiam s ... II. H. FRVNCIS’ XL v. BU JK rfU RST HILL.— Played at Buckhurst. Hill on Septem ber 7. H. H. F rancis ’ X L First Innings. C. C. Roberts, b Conquest ........... Irad, i* Conquest ... P. W edderell, st Ru^se.J.b Conquest S. W. McKenzie, b G. Palmer ........... NO ................... 11 0 G. W. P. Russell, b Con­ quest .................. ... B. WomersUy. c Chiilesworth, b Palm er ........... H. E. Gadsdop, C onquest............... 0 ..... 5 L. Frost, b Conqu°st 8 o . 1 H. H. Franois, not out ..........................58 Total ... ...133 C. Chilly, b Conquest 0 J. Russell, b G. Palm er ................... 5 In tbe Second Inniag3 Gadsdon scored.c Russell, b iween, 41; Frost, (no1; out), 7; R jberts, b Tween. 0: Irad (not out), 13; McKenzie, b Tween, 0 ; b l, lb 2.—Total, 63. B u c k h u r s t H i l l . G. Pa’ mer, b Irad ... 15 W. W. Tween, c Frost, b Robeits ... 6 Russel', c and b Francis ...................25 O. Charlesworth, b Irad .......... . 4 H. G. Nicoll, c Roberts, b Irad 9 G. Conquest, b Wed- d^reli ...................42 H. G. Palmer, noi out 36 W. U. Vipin, b Wed- derc'l ................. 5 H. G. Morris, b I r a d ................. . - 0 G. W. Cook, b Irad 0 J. H stant-.n. c Francis, b R oberts 15 B 5, lb 4... ......... 9 Total .-..re A handsome pair of solid silver jardinieres is to te presentei by the members o f the M iddesex team, to Mr. A. J. W 'ebte, on the occasion of his wedding on October 24. Send 1$J. for Artistic Show Card of C r ic k e t with portraits of eioher Arthur Shrewsbury, George Lohmann, Dr. W. G. Grace (in four batting posi­ tions) or Mr. S. M. J. W oods. Suitable for hang­ ing up in Pavilions, Club, and Dressing Room s.