Cricket 1893

OCT. 26, 1893 CSBICKE!' % A WEEKLY BECOED OF THE GAME; 439 L ord ’s. If we hadn’t had his brother, Mr. W alter, at long stop, we never could have let him bow l. I f the ground about the crease was firm enough to stand his weight, he would bow l through an in n in gs; if not, M artingell or I would go on. H inkly was another o f our bowlers, but he didn’t last very long. P ilch was o f course our great batter— never a better, except Mr. Grace, who I went purposely to see twice play in L ondon ; he hasn’t P ilch ’s style, but I suppose is better, as he makes so m any m ore runs than P ilch ever did. Perhaps if our wickets had been as good as the wickets are now , there w ouldn’t be m uch to choose between them . W enman wasn’t m uch behind Pilch, and then what a grand stumper he was, quite as good as B ox or even L ockyer. Oh, there never was such a team as ours, we wanted no captain as we all knew our places in the field and the order o f going in. There wasn’t a bit o f ill-feeling or jealousy am ongst u s ; we were just like brothers. I knew none of U3 drink too m uch. W e should have done, had we taken all the drinks offered us. M y rule was this— I used to say to the gents, ‘ please leave the m oney at the bar, and I will have it when the m atch is over.’ So I did, but not the drin k, only the m oney, and I saved a goodish bit in this way. Our eleven went to pieces through old a g e ; m ost of us played till we were nearly 5 0 ; we had been out so long that people liked to see us, and so no fresh players were looked for. W hen we had to give up, the county went to the wall for some years. The very last match I took part in was one at L ord D arnley’s Park : he asked me to umpire ; at lunch he said, ‘ Give me a few balls, T om m y.’ W hilst bow ling at him I fell down in a fit, and I have never bow led since. W hilst his lordship lived we often got presents o f venison, part­ ridges, and other things. I never m et w ith an accident, and m y hands, you can see, are as straight as any young m an’s.” M uch m ore was said during m y two hours’ stay with old T om Adam s. W hen I left him he begged m e to go and see his vicar, and also to com e and have another chat with him . I went to the Bat and B all ground, which had to be entered through the garden o f the public house. There was nobody on it but one small b o y ; I stopped there som e twenty m inutes, to his no small astonishment. A s I left him I told him I had been look­ in g on at a cricket match and had never enjoyed a m atch so much. H e stared at m e w ith eyes and m outh, and no doubt went hom e and told his m other he had seen a madman. The year was 1849, and Kent were playing England. T om Adam s and W illiam Pilch (Fuller’s nephew) were first in, and old L illy and little W isden were the bowlers. Clarke was captain, B ox I saw behind the stumps, Guy was in the out-field ; and then there was a hum , and Adams retired, c and b W isden for 6. That m orning at Graves­ end w ill form a pleasant m em ory when I am prattling to m y great-great-grand­ children somewhere about the m iddle of next century. A nyh ow I am the only living soul that has recently talked cricket w ith the oldest surviving cricketer* HONOR OAK CLUB. Matches arranged 31—Played 29—Won 7, lost 8, drawn 14. FIRST ELEVEN. RUNS SCORED. FOR AGAINST Runs Wkts. Aver. Runs Wkts. Aver. 39G7 ... 231 ... 15.19 ... 3799 ... 238 ... 15.9G BATTING AVERAGES. G. S. Harrison... 24 E. G. Hayes F. F. Harrison.. C. F. Skipwith G. Smedley A. Jones ... . F. L e tt.............. T. Dickason . C. H. Mayo... . J. H. Warren . Times Most in . not out. Runs, an Inns. Aver. ... 4 .,.. 471 .... 119* ... 28.5 ... 5 .,. . 4 0 . .. 66* ... 22.2 ... 0 ., ,. 524 ... 80 ... 2n.96 ... 3 .. £03 ... 55 ... 20.95 ... 0 . .. 215 .... 89 ... 16.5 ... 5 ... 230 ... 50 ... 14.3 ... 0 . .. 158 ... 89 ... 11.9 ... 1 . .. 125 . ... 41* ... 9.6 ... 2 .,.. 181 ... 23* ... 8.2 ... 2 ... 48 ,.. 12 ... 5.6 The fol lowing batted in lesa than *;en, but in five or more matches F. H. Huish ... 9 ... 2 ...1 1 1 ... 43 ...16.2 F. Wilkie .............. 8 ... 2 ... 81 ... 46* ... 14 J. Johnson.............. 8 ... 1 ... 86 ... 53 ... I*.*? H. L. Ho.ford ... 7 ... 0 ... P7 ... 42 ... 8.1 C. Barmby.............. 5 ... 0 ... 18 ... 15 ... 3.6 B. M. Ramsay ... 5 ... 0 ... 17 ... 13 ... 3.4 The following batted in less than five matches and scored as follows R. Titkham, 21—14*: B. Kenyon, 81; T. E. Swain. 53—2; P. E. Goodall, 27 — 7 ; W. E. Holford, 6—18-23; C. Metcalfe, 0— 29; T. J. Gracey, 3 -1 —0—14 ; J. Price. 0 -1 0 -4 ; W. Grey, 2—0; J. Pewtress, 2*; G. Draper, 0 ; R. Brambleby, 0—1■ O. W. Lawder, 2 ; C. D. Hayes, 0; W. North, 0; C. Barton, 0 -1 ; S. Halifax, 4—1; and H. Harper 4. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. T. Dickason...................2)1 ...65 ... 411 ... 33 ... 19.8 G. S. Hariison ... 342.2 ...97 ... 787 ... 57 ... H .8 F. F. Harrison ... 310.4 ...73 ... 754 ... 50 ... 15 C. H. M ayo......... 179 ... 36 ... 563 ... 29 ... 15.6 F- Wilkie .......... 63 ... £0 ... 339 ... 6 ... 23.1 J. P rice................. 8 ... 2 ... II ... 2 ... 51 G. Smedley......... 3 ... 0 ... 8 ... 1 ... 8 C. Barmby ........... 3) ... 7 ... 7 2 ... 8 ... 9 E. G Hayes.......... 7 ... 1 ... 2 4 ... 2 ... 12 C. Metcalfe.......... 4 ... 0 ... I t ... 1 ... 34 F. Lett ................. 83 ... 18 ... 201 ... 13 ... 15.4 F. H. Huish ......... 14 ... 3 ... 51 ... 3 ... 17 H. L. Holford ... 46 ... 15 ... 113 ... 5 ... 22.3 W. E. Holford ... 35 ... 11... 97 ... 4 ... 24.2 C. Barton .......... 21 ... 4 ... 74 ... 3 ... 24.6 J. Johnson ......... 9 ... 1... 35 ... 1 ... 35 P. E. Goodall ... 3 ... 1 ... 14 ... 0 ... — C. Rkipwith......... 2 ... 0 ... 26 ... 0 ... — R. Tinkham......... 4 ... 0 ... 16 ... 0 ... — J. H. Warren ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... — T. Dickason bowled four wides. C. H. Mayo one no-ball and one wide, and C. Barton two wides. SECOND E L E V E N . Matches arranged 29— played 28, won 12, lost G, drawn 10. RUNS SCORED. TOR AGAINST Runs Wkts. Aver. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 3452 ... 233 ...14*1 ... £927 ... 248 ... 11 8 b i t t in g a v e r a g e s . Times Most in Inns, not out Runs, an Inns. Aver. T. J. Gracey ...26 ... 3 ... 456 ... 44 ... 19 8 B. Kenyon........... 12 ... 3 ... 172 ... 50* ... 191 W. E. Holford ... 21 ... 1 ... 3U ... 338 ... 18.5 W . North .......... i l ... 2 ...330 ... 51 ...38,4 J. Pewttcss ... 14 ... 2 ... 136 ... 36 ... 113 C. Barton ..............19 ... 2 ... 183 ... 51“ ... 10.7 H .L . Holford ... 11 ...3 ...83 ... 32* ...30.3 F. Mather..........38 ... 3 ... 35» ... 20*... 30.0 S. H alifax........ 3 ) ... 3 ... 66 ... 21* ... 9.4 C. D. Hayes ... 20 ... 3 ... 358 ... 43 ... 9.2 J. Johnson........... 12 ... 0 ... 99 ... 37 ... 8.2 The following batted in less than ten but in five or more matches. F. Wilkie .......... 6 ... 2 ... 83 ... f8 ...22,0 B. M. Ramsay ... 9 ... 2 ... 142 ... 72* ... 2).2 C. Barmby........... 7 0 ... 318 ... 47 ... 36 8 C. Metcalfe ... 5 ... 3 ... 59 ... 28* ... 34 7 T. E. Swain ... 5 ... 0 ... 55 ... 22 ... 31.0 C. A. Turner ... 5 ... 0 ... 35 ... 24 ... 7.0 J. Price ........... 5 ... 1 ... 20 ... 14 ... 5.0 The following batted in less than five matches and scored as follows: C.Skipwith, 53;T. Dickason. 25—13*—10 ; E. G. Hayes, 23; R. Tink­ ham, C—45: E. A. McNab, 32—3*-4* ; A. Jones, 1— 59; G. Draper. 2—32*--4—8* ; A. Portch, 2-10—20 ; J. de Gruchy, 6—15; O. Churton. 0*; F. Day. 0; W . Z. Payne, 0; H. Miller, 0—1 ^ ; T. B. WoodfalJ, 0—0*—12*—8 ; E. Churton, 8*—3; C. H. Mayo, 5* ; W . Grey. 0 -1 —0-10* ; C. W . Lawder, 7—3—0: J. Eaety, 0; J. H. Warren, 0; H. Harper, 0*—2*, BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. H. L. Holford . O. Barton ... ., C. D. Hayes .. W. E. Holford. J. Johnson... . T. Dickason . R. Tinkham . J. Price ... . F. Mather ... . W. Grey ... . F. Wilkie ... . C. H. Mayo E. G. Hayes C. Barmby... . B. Kenyon... . T. J. Gracey J. Pewtress C. Metca’fe A. Portch ... . T. E. Swain B. M. Ramsay... _ .............. H. L. Holford bowled one wide, W. E. Holford eleven wides, R. Tinkham one wide, B. Kenyon one no-ball, T. J. Gracey three wides, J. Pewtress three no-balls, C. Metcalfe one wide, and T. E. Swain five wides. 117 ... 27 ... 328 ... 3‘J ..,. 8.4 278.2 ... 74 ... 603 ..,. 63 ..,. 10 54.2 ... 10 ... 149 ... 14 ..,. n 6 246.4 ... 64 ... 620 ..,. 48 ..,. 12.9 87 ... 7 .... 213 ... 15 ..,. 14.2 21.3 ... 8 . .. £6 .. . 12 .. . 3 6.1 .. . 1 . .. 13 ..,. 2 .. .. f.5 39 ... 12 ... 77 ... 10 ... 7.7 8 ... 3 .„. 31 .. . 4 ..,. 7.7 5 .. 2 .. 11 .. . 1 .. . 11 61.3 .. 13 *,.. 138 .,,. 11 ..,. 12 5 13 ... 5 . .. 27 ., 2 .,,. 13 2 . 0 . .. 14 .. „ 1 .. .. 14 55.2 .. 10 ... 13 J .. 7 .... 19.7 35.3 ... 5 .„. 99 .. . 5 ..,. 19.8 33 .. . 5 ,... 115 .,.. 6 ..,. 19.1 £8 ..,. 3 .... 79 .,.. 2 .,.. 39.5 11 ... 4 .,.. 40 .. ,. 1 .. 40 1 .. . 0 . ,.. 2 .. o .,„ — 8 .. ,. 1 . ,.. 15 .. ,. 0 .. „ — 1 .... 0 . .. 1 . .. 0 .... — TH IR D E L E V E N . Matches arranged 15— Played 12, won 4, lost 4, drawn 4. FOR. AGAINST. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 3,101 ... 304 ... l'\58 3,242 ... 311 ... 11.1 BATUNG AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, not out. Runs, an inns. Aver. C. Metcalfe...1 0 ... 1 ...197 ... 53* ... 21.8 W. Grey - ... 8 ... 0 ... 104 ... 3? ... 13.0 E. A. McNab ... 10 ... 1 ... 86 ... 60* ... 9.5 G. Draper.........10 ... 3 ... 51 ... 19* ... 7.2 C. W . Lawder... 10 ... 0 ... 45 ... 13 ... 4.5 lh e following batted in less than eight but in five or more matches. F. Wilkie............ 5 ... 0 ... 90 ... 34 ... 18.0 A. Portch ... 7 ... 2 ... 58 ... 36 ... 11.6 S. Halifax. 6 ... 1 ... 41 ... 36*... 8.2 W. Z. Payne ... 5 ... 1 ... 30 ... 20* ... 7.5 E. Churton ... 6 ... 1 ... 29 ... 26 ... 5.8 The following batted in less than five matches and scored as follows :—C. Churton, 13, 7, 5; T. B. Woodfall, 13, 2, 4,2; C. Barmby, 2, 7, 5; H. L. Holford. 52 ; F. Day, 19*, 6, 8*; E. G. Hayes, 31; C. H. Mayo, 14; J. Johnson, 13*; J. Price. 13; A. Skene-Smith, 0 ; S. J. Harris, 0,13; Gh S. Harrison, 5; R. Tinkham, 4 ; C. A. Turner, 3 5; J. Pewtress, 10, 0,1* ; H. Portch, 0. 2,2 ; W . S. Taylor, 0,6. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. W . Grey.................. 65 ... 9 ... 190 ... 19 ... 10 C. Metcalfe........... 86 ... 23 ... 179 ... 14 ... 12.7 R. Tinkham.......... 10 ... 0 ... 12 ... 7 ... 1.7 F. Wilkie ........... 42.3... 34 ... 81 ... 14 ... 5.7 C. Barmby ........... 4t ..1 1 ... 44... 7 ... 6.2 E. Churton........... 27 ... 11 ... 53 ... 8 ... fi.tf A. Portch ........... 49 ... 12 ... 119 ... 14 ... 8.5 H. Portch ........... 9 ... 2 ... 12 ... 1 ... 32 E. A McNab ... 32,3... 1 ... 148 ... 9 ... 16.4 W . Z. Payne ... 19.2... 4 ... 6 9 ... 4 ... 17.2 C. A. Turner ... 4 ... 0 ... 35... 1 ... 35 G. Draper ... ... 10 ... 1 ... 35 ... 1 .. 35 C. H. M ayo........ 10 ... 1 ... 35 ... 1 ... 35 J. Johnson........ 4 ... 0 ... 22 ... 0 ... — S. Halifax ........... 3.2... 0 ... 18 „ 0 . . . — J. Price ........ 9 ... 3 ... 17 ... 0 ... — C. W . Lawder ... 8 ... 2 ... 24 ... 0 ... — J. Pewtress........ 5 ... 0 ... 24 ... 0 ... — G. S. Harrison ... 7 ... 1 ... 2* ... 0 ... — G, Draper bowled one wide. T iie London and Westminster Bank have had a fairly successful season. Though they have played a large proportion of drawn games, in only three cases, where they have won the toss, have they failed to arrive at a definite issue. The batting averages show a falling off from last year, when Douglas was at the top with 38.76 for 21 innings—this year he heads the list with 19.38. Several others are very close—noticeably Goodchild, Bradbery, and Musson, who have all proved themselves in­ valuable to the side, Raby started the season well, but experienced very bad luck towards the close. As regards the bowling, there is a general improvement, and here again Good- ohild has done yeoman service, although he was not utilized sufficiently at the commence­ ment of the season. The great strength of the club lies in its reserve force, as there are several promising bowlers in the second team. H. O. Manfield has batted consistently for both 1st and 2nd team, and as he is a most useful stumper, in the absence of Pitt Brook, he has considerably strengthened the eleven.