Cricket 1894

138 OfilCKJSTs 4\ WEEKLi RECORD OF THE GAME, MAT 17, 1894 A NEW RULE. “ V.C." has a Holiday. Is recalled to duty. Tie chooses three Texts, and comes to a conclusion. A reply to the Marylebone “ Follow on” Circular. Far off by the sea, under skies that are blue, Where the waves murmur peace to my senses auricular, Where the waters reflect all the heavens and their hue, And the white chalky cliff rises up perpen­ dicular, Where the swallow flits by, over shingle, in chpse C f the May-fly, which scientists term the E ^em eri«, I flop, and I bask, with my hat on my fa ce; I laze, and indulge in tbe pleasantest memories. I have put off my harness: my yoke-belt I throw To the winds, feeling glad for a season tbat it’s unlied; And tbe sun far above and the tide here below Go together all gaily to make up my Whit- sun-tide. I have eaten the lotos and drunken hashees h And no score-sheet of cricket, my spirit to vex, I co n ; I am holding my Pegasus back in a leash, I have hypothecated my new Rbyraing Lexicon. I am happy. But. h a h ! Far away o’er the sand, Creeping hitherward, snail-like, approaches a puny form, With a buff-coloured envelope carried in hand, And beclad in the Postntiaster-General’s uniform ! He hands me the missive ; I rise up and rail, And he fli- s, far more swift than be came, my proximity. It is this from the editor— “ Send by next mail Concentrated quintes ence of rhythmic sublimity.” It is one of my Pomes that he means to be seech; And far be it from me to forget the priorities, But when words snch as those count Jd. each It looks just like defrauding the postal authorities. It appears he has got a conundrum from Lord's, And our much revered Chief looks to me, as a minion To whom aught of this kind much amuse­ ment affords, On the Follow-on question to give my opinion. Well, I will. And as Notts is so down on its luck I shake off the effects of nepenthean potables, And by dint of much study have happily struck . A solution should please at least one of its notables The tale of my text has been written of yore, And with all due re pect and appropriate deference I refer you to Esther, chap ix. and verse 4 ;— And of course you all know how it reads,— without reference. It boots not to tell of what Sherwin can d), For although Le is scarcely among the canonicals, As it says later on (chapter x. and verse 2,) All the acts of his power are set down in the chronicles. Thus from county and country it was but his due That in Whit week at Lord’s for his benefit he’d a m atch; But keeping his record and merits in view, He should surely have had for his bumper a three-day match. When on Tuesday they told me of all that was done, Though the hero perhaps hardly filled all the City full With his cries, as is written (chap. iv. and verse 1), Yet I deemed the result was decidedly pitiful. And lazing, and musing on Following-on, Searching all through my brain-pan and ransacking every Nook for replies to the Editor’s con., An immense inspiration broke in on my reverie, And although up at Lord’s tbe bi^ guns may opine It is wide cf the question and cannot be any fit Solution, ’ tis here:— “ R ule 1009. “ There shall no follow on be allowed in a benefit.” M R . E . A . H A L L I W E L L . The Stumper of the South Africjn team, Mr. Ernest Austin Halliwell, has had the advantage of seeing as well as of p’aying cricket in many lands, few more so, Bo.n at Ealing on September 7, 1866, the ground work of his cricket training was laid in the village where the Hearnes learned the rudiments of the game, A son of an amateur keeper with few superiors in his day, his bent took insensibly no doubt the direction of tbe wicket. A visit to the Gold Coast when he was eighteen checked his cricket for a time. After a brief stay in England he was off again, this time to India. In various parts of the North-Wesfern Pro­ vinces he got a lot of cricket,, and with such success that he was asked to keep wicket for India against Mr. Vernon’s team. A little later he migrated to Barberton, in the Transvaal, where he has been for nearly four years. Of his performances as a cricketer in the Transvaal it would be easy enough to compile a long list, Mention was made in C r ic k e t of last Thursday of one of his most notable achievements, against the Colonial Born at Johannesburg in 1892. Still he would, perhaps, be inclined to con­ sider another of his innings, when he made 115 in an hour, in the Inter-Town Tourna­ ment, as even of better quality. In any case it is certain that the South African team has in him a wicket-keeper very much above the average. Indeed we shall be very much surprised if he does not astonish some of the best judges when he gets thoroughly into form. As an all round cricketer, too, he is sure to be well up iu the records of the South African team. C . P a n n e ll, p la y in g fo r th e M a rlb o ro ’ C .C . a g a in st C h elsea A lb io n at H o n o r O ak, on S a tu rd a y la st, to o k 8 w ick e ts fo r six ru n s, a n d p e rfo rm e d th e h a t trick . C R Y S T A L PALACE v. SO U TH S A X O N S .-P la y ed •at B o Peep on May I t and 15. C r yst a l P alace . F irst Innings. Second Innings. S. C olm an, b T indall ... 15 c and b H odg­ kin .................... 15 F.C .B archard, c W illough­ by, b H od gk in ..................15 c M ayne, b T in­ dall ..................... 4 G. E. B icknell, c Tindall, b B. i'a p iilo n ..................... 6 b H o d g k in ..........31 F. D. Pawle, run o u t ........... 2 c W illoughby, b Tindall ............ 8 A. S cott, b T indall ............10 b T indall .............. 2 Capt. Flem ing, b T in d all 9 b T indall ............51 J.D ives, c T in d ill, b H odg­ kin ....................................12 b H od gk in ............ 0 L . Clarke, b T in d a ll......... 3 b H o d g k in ........... 0 K. B ellam y, b T indall ... 0 n ot o u t ............. 3 J. W illockp, b H odgkin ... 3 b T indall ........... 5 W . M oss, n ot ou t ............ 4 b H o d g k in ........... I B 2, w 1 ............................. 3 B 4, lb ?, w 2... 8 T otal....................82 T ctal .. 158 S ooth S axons . First Innings. S econd Innings. G. K. P *p H on ,h w , b M oss 11 c and b C olm an 29 J. E. Fe'low s, b M oss ... 0 H. B. W illoughby, c ftloss, b Flem ing ............ ... 7 H. G. P ap i 1'n. b M oss ... 7 n ot ou t ............ 11 Rev. H. L . lin d a ll, b S cott 14 c M oss, b F lem ­ ing ..................... 0 H odgk:n, c Clarke, b M oss 13 c B arch ard, b F le m in g ........... 0 D . A. J. Bacon, pt P »w ’ e, b W illocks ............................. 23 st P aw le, b B ick­ nell .....................46 W . L eigh Sm ith, b S cott 3 E. Bruce, not ou t ............22 c and b B icknell 17 •J. S.C. M ayne b B archard 4 H . C. Coles, b W illock s ... 1 n ot ou t ... ... 0 B 2, w 1 ............................. 3 B 1,1b 4 ............ 5 T otal ... ...101 T otal ...1C8 C R Y S T A L P A L VCR V. B IC K L E Y P A R K .—P layed at Bicfeley on May 12. C r y st a l P a la c e . Rev. E. B. C otton , b B ou ch ........................17 G. B. B icknel1, c Hurl- batt, b B ou ch ............ 5 F. D. Paule, c H url- - batt, b to u ch ... ..."27 C. M itchell, c and b D a v y .................... ... 71 H. W . D illon, c and b B ou ch ..................... 0 C. G ardner, c fiu n ter, b B a'ier ..................... 7 M obs, c H ilder, b Bouch .................15 F. B ellam y, bB ou ch 2 F. C. Rarchard, b B ouch ...... 5 A. F. S olom an, r o t out „ ... ... .7.' 0 L b.................... ... 2 T otal... ...151 B ic k l e y P a r k . J. N. T onge, ft G ardner, b B icknell 15 L . A. shuter, run ou t 14 C. V . B. D avy, c D illon , b C otton ... 15 F . D e L . Solbe, c C otton, b B icknell 10 H. E. Bouch, c Bar chard,hSoloraan 33 E. Fisher, c B ar­ chard, b M oss .. 74 T . P. B ilder, n ot out 92 C. H . H unter, c and b B icknell ............21 C. M. Bak r, n ot ou t 0 B 7, lb 3, nb 2 .. 12 T o t a l... C . H urlbau and J. R oe did n ot bat. ...£?6 W H IT G IF P W A N D E R E R S v. H AM PTO N W I ?K. —P layed at B am pton W ick on M ay 14. W b i t g i f t W a n d e r e r s . E . G uy-Turner, b W ood w ard ... ... 4t W H. Jam es, c Biggs, b W oodw ard ............26 E . W . Sm itn, b W o o d ­ w ard ... ... ... ... 7 H. L . Turner, c M ait- l n d .b A. E. 1VIiles 83 R. B iscoe, c K eeling, b W ood w a rd ... ... 9 G . M arks, run ou t .. 0 H. B. H ubbard, d A. E . M iles ... ... .. 19 L. J. Turner, c 8. K night, b A. E . M iles ... ............ 4 L . L. R eed, n o t out 16 E. H. B alch, b A . E. M iles ..................... 0 G .G ore. b A .E .M iles 0 P. M aitland, bH um - ph reys .................... 11 B II, l b 2, w 1 ... 14 T o ta l ..229 H a m p t o n W ic k . H. E. K night, b L . J. J. W. B iggs, b L . J. T urner ..................... 0 T urner ............ ... 1 S. M . K night, run out 31 H. M aitland, b H. L . R . J. Sivers, b L . J T urner ............ ... 0 Turner .................... 2 G . Jones, b H. L. A. Cheater, b L . J. T urner ............ ... 0 Turner ..................... 5 A. K eeling, c and b H um pbreyp,st Marks, H . L. T urner ... o b 8m ith .................... 61 B 12, lb 5 ... ... 17 J.W oodw ard, b B alch 5 — S A . Miles, n ot ou t ... 32 T o ta l ... ...161 A E . M iles, b H. L. T urner ..................... 10