Cricket 1893

OBlCKEts A WEEKLY BECOBD 01? THE GAME. APRIL 13, 1893 THE LONDON CLUBS IN 1893. Although its members do not go a-touring this year, the match list of the A ddiscombe Club is quite heavy enough to give the execu­ tive plenty of work. From April the 22nd to September 9th,indeed, every Saturday is fully engaged, with several additional fixtures in mid-week. The Club’s principal opponents will be Reigate Hill, Erratics, Croydon, Ilei- gate Priory, Forest Hill, Sutton, Cane Hill Asylum, Burlington Wanderers, Epsom, Crystal Palace, Whitgift Wanderers, Ewell, and Northbrook. W. T. Grant. Edgemount, Croydon, is the hon. sec., and R.J. of the same name the captain. The ground is in excellent order, and the elevens bid fair to be stronger than in previous years. The chief matches of the B romley C lub are against Granville, hickley Park, Plaistow, Dulwich, Guy’s Hospital, Northbrook, Crystal Pa.ace, aud Burlington Wanderers. Thoss with the Granville aud Burlington Wanderers are new fixtures, as also tho e against Guy’ s Hospital, Holborn, and 0,«k C.C. A. H. Hewett is the new captain, A. Boosey having resigned. The club does not go in either for a home-week or tour. All the best batsmen and bowlers of last year are eligible, while several new members have already joined with every prospect of others. The ground which is in first-rate condition, is under the care of Summerfield as before. The well- known Kent professional and County umpire, H. Draper, will continue to act as ground bowler and umpire, as for the past six years. Although playing some stronger clubs than last season, the committee hope to have a success­ ful season, as some promising players were coming forward at the end of last year. The B attersea ' C l u b , now in its thirty- eighth season, has arranged matches with Surrey C. & G., Essex C. & G., Brixton, Stoics, Dulwich, Honor Oak, Townley Park, Charing Cross Hospital, Banstead, and most of the leading London club3. A week’s tour in August, in Devonshire, has also been fixed, consisting of matches against Chudleigh, Bovey Tracey; South Devon, and Dawlish. The members are looking forward to a very busy season, as there is a list of fifty matches to get through. The ground is in splendid order, having been partially re- turfed at the end of last season. Several very promising new members have been secured, and there is every chance that the club will be stronger even than last year. The captain is A. E. Broom, vice-captain C. H. Stevens, treasurer T. B. Blain. Lord Battersea is very appropriately the President of the club. The B lackheath C.C. has a list of nearly GOmatches. There will be as many as three teams out nearly every Saturday, and on May 20th the club will have four teams in the field; namely, against R.A. Woolwich, Westminster School. Old Yverdonians, and Forest Hill. There is any amount of young blood—G. J. MordaUnt, D. H. Forbes, and K S. H. Baiss, last year's captains respectively of Wellington, Eton, and Tonbridge, have joined, in addition to the following, * ho have all good reputations; H. Cobb (Chatham House), E. A. Philcox (Harrow School), S. Heath and J. Philips (Malvern), F. C. and R. C. Blakiston (Exeter Grammar School). F. S. Ireland is captain, and Stanley Christopherson the vice-captain. The county match between Kent and Yorkshire takes place on the Blackheatli ground on July 3lst, August 1st, and August 2nd. J. R. Mason, the Winchester captain, and one of Kent’s great future cricketers, will assist the club whenever he possibly can. The club eleven, from all appearances, will be an ex- iremely young lot. The prospects of the B uckhubst H il l C lub for this year are yery good. The card includes matches against some strong clubs, among them the Anchorites, Erratics,Stoics, Clapton, Wanstead, Upper Clapton, Woodford Wells, Islington Albion, Bishop Stortford, Epping, Holborn, Honor Oak, Cheshunt and District, Islington Albion, and Waltham­ stow. The ground, which is still under the charge of T. N. Russell, late of Essex County, is in excellent order, and there is every reason to believe that the wickets will be as true as they were last summer. During the winter a great deal of attention has been expended on the turf outside the pitch, so that the out-fielding should be much improved. Nearly all the chief pl&yers of last year are stickiug to their colours, and as there is a good number of new men there is every chance of even stronger teams than last season. Owing to the inability of three clubs to keep to days they had originally arranged, the club has three dates open, 24th June and 19th August away, and 9th September at home. These the hon. sec., J. Phillips, will be glad to fill up. Ihe duty of collecting elevens for the different matches will,as in the past,be allotted to various members of the club. Their twenty-second season finds the B ees Club again on the Tufnell Park Ground, with a s rong match list, a number of members, and great enthusiasm. After the admirable record of last season, of thirty matches won and eight lost, a much more severe programme has been arranged, including matches against Honor Oak, Paddington, Kilburn, Dartmouth Park, Albemarle, Leyton, Finchley, Cheshunt and District, and other strong metropolitan combinations. For the third year in succes­ sion C. Preece has been elected captain, and the members hope he will equal his last season’ s performance of making over 1,000 runs for the club. All the more prominent players will be available, including A. H. P. Snow, Cox, Jessop, A. E. Owens, Newbury, Wilkinson, Bourlet, Middlemas, etc., while the new members include E. W. Maitland, who had the first average in the ill-fated Kong Kong team, Simmonds, of the Gentlemen of Dorset, Brooker, late of the Guildford C.C., aad other promising cricketers. The inclu­ sion of Messrs. Barham and Buxton, who last year obtained two hundred wickets, will also materially strengthen the team. The cricket week commences on the 11th August, at the home ground, and the various matches will be looked forward to with considerable interest. Altogether the prospects of this long established North London club seem to be of the most promising nature, and it can only be hoped that the final results of the season will justify as good a summary as at present it seems fairly reasonable to predict. A cricket week has been added to the card of the B eckenham Club. Commencing on July 17th with a two-days match against the Oxford University, it* will also include fixtures with M.C.C! and Ground, Incogniti (two days), and H. Leveson Gower’ s eleven in the order named. Guy’s Hospital will supply the opening attraction at Beckenham on May 6th, and the season will close on September Gth, when sixteen of the local clubs will be met. The supporters of the Beckenham C.C. will,too, have the advantage of witnessing the Inter-County match between Kent and Sussex, which is to be played on the ground on July27th and following days. A great addition to the convenience of.players as well as spectators has recently been made by the re-building of the Pavilion. This will enable much more ground to be thrown into the play, and the new build iug,which has been considerably enlarged and improved, will now challenge comparison with that of most clubs. Tate, the ground man, is this year to be given a benefit, to take the form of a subscription list, put up in the Pavilion during the cricket week. The num­ ber of half-day fixtures has been increased to suit those who cannot play in whole-.day matches. The B rixton W anderers , as has been their custom many years, play their annual Whit­ suntide matches. This year the venue will be Sussex, and the two fixtures will be—Whit Saturday, Brighton Teachers at Preston Park; W h it Monday, Lewes Priory at Lewes. The chief clubs the Wanderers have to play this summer are Croydon, Kenley, Caue Hill, Erratics, Townley Park, Honor Oak, Surrey C.and G., Mitcham, Clapton, Private Banks, Dulwich. For a change a home week h been arranged, between July 31 and Augu 5, and as the ground is most conveniently situated, the matches, which are as follows, should be well supported. July 31, v. Chiswick Park. Aug. 3, v. Clapton. Aug. J, v. Rushey Grn Aug. 4. v. Surrey C. & G. Aug. 2, v. Forest Hill. Aug. 6, v. Croydon. The ground is now feeling the full effect of the large amount expended during the last three years in levelling and re-turting, and great things are expected from good matches, good wickets, a new professional bowler and coach, and good new men, including V. B. Godden,of the Belgrave C.C., and others. Murray Marshall has still charge of the secretarial duties in connection with the B roadw ater Club, at Godalming. Sixteen fixturesre present the Broadwater programme, which commences with a match against Esher, at Esher, on May 13, and closes with the annual outing of the L. & S.-W.R. C.C., at Godalming on September 16. Charterhouse School, Guildford, the Staff College, Surbiton, Old Carthusians, Surrey County School, Leatherhead, Marlborough Blues, Radley Rangers, Brookwood, and R.M.S. Sandhurst will furnish the other opponents of the club in 1893. The accession of sevoral new good all-round men to the members’ list should make the B ickley P ark team this year even stronger than usual. The card is on the same lines as hitherto,embracing fixtures with some of the most influential Metropolitan clubs, among them Crystal Palace, Granville, Beckenham, Tonbridge, Blackheath, Esher, and Richmond. “ The week ” takes place at Bickley, extend­ ing from July 17, to 22. It takes the form of three two days matches, with Incogniti, M.C.C. and G., and Royal Engineers respec­ tively. H. Foxley has been appointed ground man in place of J. Groombridge. The prospects of the C roydon Club would appear to be very good. The match list com ­ prises 70 fixtures, and includes a home week and a tour. The matches for the week, to commence on the 7th August, are with Addis­ combe, Burlington Wanderers, M C.C. & G., Reigate Priory, Whitgift Wanderers, and Norwood. This week will be followed by a tour in South Devon, composed of two days each againstSeaton.Sidmouth,Exmouth,South Devon, and Torquay, Several new members —Bome of considerable ability—are joining, and as all or nearly aU the members who played last year are again available, it is pro­ bable the club will play stronger this season. H. R. Groom is agHin captain of the club, and R. Archer the captain of the second eleven. The match wickets were relaid last Autumn, and a great improvement will con­ sequently be noted when matches commence. F. Beaumont is still the groundman and bowler, with F. Cripps, of Richmond, as his assistant. Saturday,April 29,will seethe commencement of the C lapton Club’ s seauon. The ground will be open for practice on that day, and as it is said to be in exceptionally good order there should be some heavy scoring during the summer. Matches have been arranged with Hornsey,Hampstead,South Hampstead,Streat- ham,Hendon,Buckhuist Hill,Woodford Wells, etc., Upper Clapton Football Club on Whit Monday,and Islington Albion on August Bank Holiday. Thirty-three matches will be played on theClapton ground. “ The week,’’which com­ mences on June 19th, is looked forward to by every member, and given fine weather will be a great success. H. Boyton will captain the team on most occasions. Nearly all the old members are available, and several all round men have joined the ranks. An addition to the staff will be a good left-handed bowler from Nottingham. The ground is in magnificent order,and everything points to a most success­ ful season. The club will continue to have the benefit of the va’uable services of J. W. McEwen, 206, Mare Street N.E , as hon. sec. Sixty-five matches have been arranged for the D ulwich Club. Among them are fixtures with Surrey Club aud Ground,