Cricket 1894

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HPO PROFESSIONALS.—Gentleman requires x good coaching mornings during May, in or near Londoj.—Write, stating terms, to S.X.Y.Z., Willing’s Advertising Offices, 16?, Piccadilly, W. Cricket: A W E E K L Y RECORD OF T B E GAME 41, ST. ANDREWS HILL, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, MAY 3 ed , 1894. Subscription fo r Twenty-four Summe* Numbers. 51- vost free fo r twelve months, 61- I j d n l n m t o s r p , ffiSs*abatraot and brief oiuoalcle of the time.— ____________________ Hamii'i T h e Hampshire County Cricket Club Guide for 1894, which has just been issued under the supervision of the County Committee, contains amongst its cricket records about as curious an instance of unsuccessful batting as has ever come at least under my notice. The incident in question was a single wicket match in 1882 between Messrs. McPher­ son and Corlett for the championship of the district. The precise district is left to the imagination, though the context Beems to suggest that it was Southampton way. To all appearances the contest seems to have been conducted on the lines of the duels beween French journalists. No injury was done in any case— to the ball. As a matter of fact, both batsmen left it severely alone. While Corlett was caught each time without a run, McPherson introduced a little variety by being twice bowled notchless. I nstances of successive scores of a hun­ dred in consecutive days are of the very rarest even in English cricket. In Australia the odds against such a record are very much greater, from the mere fact that, except in some few favoured cases, there is little opportunity for cricket except on Saturdays. Under any conditions the achievement of S. Dona- hoo, of the Melbourne Club, represents, if not an Australian record, something very near it. On February 20 he scored 113 against a team of Melbourne Colts, on February 21 he made 165 against the University, aud on February 22 he finished with 153 (notout) against Wesley College. I f —I know there is much virtue in the reservation— a rare performance for an opening game is to be taken as an indica­ tion of what is in store for the rest of the season, Stanley Colman is going to have a pretty good time of it with the bat this summer. In any case it will give grati­ fication to his many friends to know that he began the cricket year in the most pro­ mising form. As the score of the match between the first eleven of the Erratics and the next Eighteen played on the Richmond Athletic Ground on Monday and Tuesday of last week will show, he carried his bat through the innings for the eleven, making 70 out of a total of 132. It is fair, however, to add that there was one absentee, so that there were only nine wickets to fall. All the same, for a first show it was an excellent achievement. “ On, Stanley, on ! ” S ince the days of H. M. Sims, who did havoc among the opponents of Cambridge in the early part of the seventies, St Peter’s School,York, has, as far as I know, not been fortunate enough to send to the University a Freshman whose early promise has been so marked as that of F. Mitchell, who has been scoring so heavily this term. Unless the information which has appeared in the sporting papers is incorrect, he has even now made 575 runs for four completed innings. So far, that is up to Tuesday night, his innings have been as follow— 90, 60, 143 (not out), 18, 203 (not out), and 61. This gives an average as yet of just under 144 runs. L ockwood , the Surrey cricketer, w h o has been up at Cambridge this term bowling, speaks very highly o f th e form shown by the young freshman from York, who, as footballers know, gained his Rugby blue for the University last winter. Lickwood, who had the best opportunity of testing his powers, says h e has a great variety of strokes. A n yth in g the smallest bit short particularly on the on side gets it hot, and as he is of strong physique, and has plenty of power, there is all the material for a v e ry dangerous batsman. So after all the alteration in the law relating to follow-on is to be laid on the table at least for a time. The majority of cricketers, too, will endorse the decision of the Marylebone Club. F estina lente