Cricket 1893

OCT. 26, 1893 CRICKET • A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME, 449 from the fact that he raised his hand rather high. He also batted, left-handed, and was a very severe hitter. He was rather below the middle height, rather stout, and in 1818 about thirty-seven years of age. G. C h ester belonged to Kingston-on- Thames and played for Surrey, and Players v. Gentlemen in 1849-50. He was a very fair all-round cricketer. W illiam C lark e.— W . Clarke, of Notts, was born December 24, 1798. He was little known as a bowler till he was past fifty years of age. In sneaking of Clarke’s bowling, Mr. Gale, in the “ Game of Cricket/’ p. 173, remarks : “ The two greatest masters of the art of slow bowling whom those of my own generation have seen, were William Clarke of Nottingham, and Mr. Y. E.Walker. I have seen them both wear batsmen t) fiddle strings. Ftlix said that W. Clarke was the bowler whose balls demanded more attention than those of anyone whom he ever met, as the variations of pitch and pace were inexhaustible. The bill seemed to come from behind him, and it looked something like pitching a quoit. A test of what Clarke’s bowling was may casi'y be seen by Kent’s performance against him at Nottingham, in Kent v. Notts, 1845 (Lilly vhite, p. 336. vol. iii), iu which match Clarke took sixteen wickets— and in Kent v. England at Lord’s in same year (p. 352), in which he took twelve wickets.” The nearest approach we have to Clarke’s style of bowling at the present day is Walter Humphreys’ , of Sussex. It speaks volumes for the syftern when we find that Humphreys has taken 122 wickets at an average of 17.48 duriDg the cricket season just ended, against some of our best bats­ men, too. In addi ion to C'arke’s fame as a bowler, bis name will be handed down to posterity as tlie originator of the All England Eleven. The first match of which was played against 20 of Sheffield at Sheffield, September 1, 1846. Clarke died August 25, 1856. James D ean . —J. Dean, fen , was born January 4, 1810, died December 25,1881. Jn consequence of his awkward gait, Dean was nicknamed the “ Sussex ploughboy.” He was a wonderful long-stop, and used to stop his partner’s bowling when his own over was finished. In 1842, playing for England v. Kent, Dean and Lillywhite bowled without change in the second iunings, and got all the Kent wickets for 44 runs. Kent made 278-44, England 266-57, and won the match by nine wickets. Dean was a capital bowler, and used to be called Dean Swift, but after­ wards modified his style to medium quick ; an ugly bat, but could get a lot of ru e s; was many years at Lord’s and much liked, for he was a character, and popular with all. Not much beholden to coaches or railways, for if a ground was within twelve miles across couutry he would put his bat handle through the handles of his bag and doit on “ Shanks’ pony.” He was a cricketer “ all up his back,” as tbe roughs say. D a n ie l Day.— Day learnt his bowling from William Clarke, and became a great proficient in the art. Mr. Pycroft in Cricketana,” p. 122, has the following respecting Day :— “ To Daniel Day and Caffyn, Clarke once bowled sixty balls without a run, but if he puzzled Daniel when batting, he really taught him to bowl. For one or two seasons Daniel Day’s bowling was true enough for him to make experiments quite to Clarke’s fancy. . . But Day being sufficiently straight, Clarke bowled him in his All England Eleven during the whole of one season. And his advice, or rather instructions, were these— ‘ Mind, Daniel, whatever you do, that you never let any man play you back. Most men are rather weak in their forward play; so that is the point on wh'ch to try them—and all men want time to see and think about it after the ball has pitched; so that is the very accommodation you must not let them have.’ The consequence was that Daniel Day astonished lim self as well as others with the execution done by his bowling.” W illia m D orrin ton . — W . Dorrinton, born at Town Mailing, Kent, who stood six feet high, was a fine field, but gained his reputation as a cricketer principally as a wicket-keeper, when Wenman retired from the Kent Eleven. He was a very good bat, and was very popular at Lord’s. As a wicket­ keeper, in 25 matches Dorrinton caught 36, and stumped 16. His best batting year appears to have been 1845, when he played in 21 matches, and secured an average of just over 15 per innings. In one match he made 115, and on another occasion lie scored 70 in one innings. In 1848 he was about 37 years of age. A l f r f d D iv e r. —A. Diver was born at Cambridge, July 6, 1824. He was a very short man, being only 5ft. 5in. in height, weight lOst. 21bs. This Cambridgeshire player w as fo r several y ea r3 one of the best batsmen and decidedly the best longstop in England, was a good slow bowler, had a neat style of batting, and made many large scores for the All Eng’and Eleven and in the principal matches. Played his first match for Players v. Gentlemen, at Lord’s, in 1858. He was one of the first English Eleven that visited America. In 1856 he succeeded the late John Lillywhite as professional tutor to Rugby.School, which post he filled up to the time of his death, giving the greatest satisfaction to all, and making Rugbv cricket famous amongst public schools. Messrs. A. E. Tennant, C. Booth, M. T. Martin, K. Kuiter, F. R. Evans, B. B. Cooper, T. Ctse, E. M. Kenuey. B. Pauncefote, W. Yardley, F. Stokes, and C. K. Francis are a few of his more celebrated pupils. He was an excellent coach, having the rare gift of being able to inculcate a thorough know­ ledge of the game. He died March 25, 1876. F. P. F enner —F. P. Fenner was born May 1, 1811. He was a member of the All England eleven, and when he resided at Cambridge kept a tobacconist’s shop, and was secretary of the County Club. He wras the proprietor of the wTell known Fenner’s Ground, Cambridge. After he left Cam­ bridge Mr. Fenner went to Bath, and became landlord of tbe White Lion Hotel. He was a first-class all-round cricketer, one of the best Eleven in England, very superior and W cll- educated, and much respected by all classes, especially Cambridge men, hundreds of whom were his pupils. I believe Mr. Fenner is still living, Joseph G u y .— J. Guy, of Nottingham, was one of the best batsmen of his day. He was a noted forward bat, and his defence was neat and most effective. He was of the middle height, and in 1848 was about thirty- four years of age. He was by trade a baker. Guy made his first appearance in the Metropolis in the season of 1838, when he p’ayed for the North against the South of England. He was an excellent field at point, and would occasionally keep wicket. His bat’ing average from 1840—’48 was about twelve per innings. His highest score in 1847 was 84 in one innings. B artholom ew Good. — “ Bartholomew Good,” says Mr. Gale’s “ The Game of Cricket,” p. 259, left-handed bat and bowler ; good bowler, hard hitter especially to leg ; played for Notts and practically won the first return match between Notts and Sussex at Nottingham in 1835, being last man in (this was the first year Notts played Sussex); alsD played fcr M.C.C. very much as umpire. He was engaged there for years afterwards.” In Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’p, 1842, Good scored for the latter 32 and 14—the highest on bis side. The Gent’ emen won the match, scoring 78 and 206, Players 122 and 67. Sir F Bathurst and A. Mynn took all the Players’ wickets, the former getting eight, whilst the latter clean bowled nine in the match. Three Players were runout in the second innings. Lillywhite and Hillyer were the most successful bowlers for the Players. (To be continued). BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PARSEES. 'P lajed at Bcmbay and was a drawn game. r RESIDENCY. First Innings. * Second Inniog 3 H. R. Troup, b Writer ... 5>o cMisiry.bWriter 0 .T. E. Trask, b Gagrat .. 23 c and b Writer 4 J. G. Greig, st Ccoper, b Writer.......................... ... 23 c R. Kanga. b Mtchhlivala... 33 F. L. Sprott, c and b Writer .................. ... 3 st Cooper, b Mistry ........... 8 A. D. Wilkins, b Writer ... 0 b Mistry ........... 0 Johnson, b Writer ... ... 0 not ont ........... 10 Barton, b Writer ... 0 c Cooper, b Machhliva. a ... 1 F. G. Smalwoo.2, b BapasoTa................... ... 10 c Bapasola, b Machhlivala .. E. B. Raikes, c Patel, b Bapasola................... ... 0 F. J. Clark, 6 t Cooptr, b Wiiter .................. ... 3 R. L. Sicc’air, not ont ... 0 Extras ................... .. 13 Extras ........... Total ........... ... 94 Total 65 ♦Innings declared closed. P arsees . First Innings. B. D. Cooper, c sub (Cave), b Sinclair... 2 B.D.Kanga, cSprott, b Raikes..................14 B. D. Gagrat, b Sin­ clair .......................... 0 K. M. Mistry, c Troup, b Sinclair 6 N. C. Bapasola, b Sinclair .................. 0 D. C. Paruvalla, run out .......................... 1 R. E. Mody, c W il­ kins, b Sinclair . C. M. Patel, not out 28 B. C. Machhlivala, c Clark, b Raikes ... 30 K. D. Engineer, b Sinclair................... 2 D. N. Writer, low, b Raikes ................... 0 E xtras................. 3 Total 68 In the Second Innings Kanga scored, c sub (Cave), b Raikes, 2 ; Gsgrat. c Troup, b Raikes, 2 ; Paruvalla (not out) 7; Mody. st Sprott, b Greifi, 18; Machhlivala, hw, b Raikes. 6 ; Engineer, c sub (Cave), b Riikes, 5; extras 4. —Total 41. BOWLING ANALYSIS. P residency . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R.W. Writer ........... 145 15 37 7 ........... 40 1 20 2 Bapasola........... 55 4 17 2 ........... 53 2 19 0 Mittry ........... 50 4 IS 0 ........... 40 4 9 2 Gagrat ........... 65 7 11 1 Mody ........... 10 0 8 0 Macbhlivala 12 0 4 3 Mody bowled four no ballr. P arsees . First InniDgs. Second Innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. H.W. Barton .......... (0 3 16 0 ........... £0 1 ll 0 Sinclair ........... 90 5 35 6 ........... 35 2 7 0 Raikes ........... 45 2 14 3 ........... 50 0 17 4 Greig ... 11 0 5 Raikes Iowled two no-1alls.