Cricket 1894

154 OBlGKE'fs A WEEKUi EECOED OS' THE GAME, MAT 24, 1894 only were down for 40 runs, when Grundy’s bowling became so good that he ‘ all bu t’ won the match for bis county. Four rnns were wanted to win, when Shepherd, the last Surrey man, went in. Although the stumps ought (as previously agree ) to have b^en drawn at seven o’clock, still, in the true spirit of cricket, the game was continued (as settled by both sides) for twenty -two minutes longer to finish the match.” He took six wickets fur 20 run But it was after all not the match of 1864 to which Mr. Coxhead referred a the following explanation of his will show. I see [he writes] that in b0 years,my memory has confused the two matches. It w» s of course the 1865 match to which I referred, and I erroneously applied the 1864 scores to it. £ lie fact that in both matches it was Stephenson and Lockyer who played the conspicuous part, contributed to the er.or. I remember now Sewell’s hits, and his being “ chaired ” at the eud. I had always thought it was Stephenson, not Lockyer, that carried his bat, and was surprised to find the reverse in Mr. Holmes' analysis. The scoies I found th.ere belongtd to the 1864 matoh. Close finishes between Surrey and Notts were evidently the fashion, just at that p trticular time. G. R o w e , who bowled with c nsiderable success for the South African cricketers in their opening match at Sheffield Park on Tuesday, is the youngest member of the team. He is only twenty years of age, and has, indeed, only just come from the South African College. Moreover, South Africa can claim him as of home production, as he was born in the Colony, in addition to learning his cricket there. His left-hand medium pace bowling has been of great use to the Cape Town Cricket Club. The high opinion held of his capacities as a bowler at the Cape seems, too, to have received confirmation by his success against Lord Sheffield's Eleven. English Cricketers will all hope to see this early promise fully upheld throughout the tour. C h elto n ia n s will hardly need to bo informed that Godfrey Cripps, who also represented the South African team at Sheffield Park, is one of themselves. Born in Missourie (India), in 1865, he was a member of the Cheltenham College Eleven in 1883, the year before he went to settle in South Africa. For several years he has oocupied a leading position in South African Cricket, as an all round player. His best year as a batsman was in 1890 at Johannesburg, where in addition to a batting average of 58 he came cut at the head of the bowling tables. A giinst both the English teams which have visited South Africa he scored well. At the present time he is Captain of the Cape Town C .C . In addition to his capacity as a batsman, he is a useful change bowler, as well as a fine field “ in the country,’' with a safe pair of hands. He is a cashier in the Cape Town Branch of the South African Banking Corporation. O f the e?even which took the field at Sheffield Park on Tuesday, two others at least are South Africans by birth. The captain of the team, H. H. Castens, was himself born in Cape Colony. As most C h ic k e t readers are aware, he captained the Rugby School Cricket eleven during the latter part of his stay there. Subsequently he captained the Brasenose College eleven during his residence at Oxford from 1884 to 1888, besides securing his Rugby blue in 1886 and 1887. Since his return to Cape Town he has played consistently good cricket, and has been one of the mainstays of the Western Province with the bat. As a wicket-keeper, too, he is safe, and will be a useful understudy in this department toE . A. Halliwell, who as a stumper is quite first class. Castens, I may add, is a barrister practising at Cape Town. A n o t h e r of the team, a Colonial by birth, is Arthur W. Seccull. Born in Cape Colony, he received his education at St. Aidans College, Grahamstown, asohool which has produced a long roll of good cricketers,from A.B.Tancred, admittedly the best all-round player in South Africa, downwards. For some time Seccull has been regarded as one of the fore­ most cricketers in the Colony. A dangerous bat when he has settled down, he is besides an effective change bowler, as he proved against the English teams, as well as in the recent CurrieTournament,and also a fine field, partic­ ularly at short-slip. He plays for the Cape Towii C.C. Like Godfrey Cripps, he is engaged in banking, having a post in the Standard Bank at Cape Town. D. P a b k in — who stood out of the first match —is also a Colonial thew and sinew Born in Port Elizabeth, he still resides there, having a position in the office of Ernest Ebert ani Co., the great tobacco merchants, who are in addi­ tion excellent fportsmen. He is a capital all- round p’ ayer, a fair bat, though principally known as a reliable round arm medium pace bowler. He bowled with considerable success against both the English teams who have visited South Africa. G. S. K e m p is , another of the party who did not appear at Sheffield Park, also claims Port Elizabeth as his birthplace. Twenty-three years of age, he is reputed to be the best bowler in the Transvaal. Onlylast season he took over a hundred wickets for an average of six runs, and that too with the grounds all in favour of high scoring. He bowls right hand medium, but varies his pace considerably. In addition he is a fine field as well as a useful bat. His business is in Johannesburg, being engaged with the firm of Perkes, Wood and Co. of that town. T h o u g h the season is not yet a month old, twelve hundred runs have been already made by the Cambridge Freshman, F. Mit­ chell. Up to date, indeed, he has scored that number for fifteen completed innings, so that his average at present is exactly eighty. T he Cambridge Freshman, who was born, I believe, in Yorkshire, reaches his twenty- seoond birthday in August next, so I gather at least from my old friend, perhaps I should say friend of long standing—“ Wanderer,” A well-known racing official, who is at the same time a good all-round cricketer, told me the other day that he had seen Mitchell play a very fine innings of nearly two hundred a year or two ago against Peate and other bowlers of much the same class out Leeds way, in a style which has al­ ways made himwonder at the Cantab’s absence from County cricket. For the last two or three years, while engaged in scholastic work, young Mitchell has taken a prominent part in Brighton cricket. As far as I know, he comes from Malton, which has been the birth place and nursery of several cricketers who have done good service to Yorkshire. T h e achievement of Richardson and F. Smiih in bowling unchanged throughout both innings of Gloucestershire, at the Oval last week, is an event of the rarest occurrence, it goes without saying. Still, to the best of my knowledge it has had a parallel in Surrey cricket three times during the last six years. The records to which I refer are as under. It is curious to note that George Lohmann was in each of the three feats. 1889—L obm ann a td B eaum ont, v. K ent, at Oval. 1890—L ohm ann and Sharpe, v. L ancashire, at M anchester. 1891—L oh n u u n and Sharpe, v. Som ersetshire, at Oval. To score 223 in two hours and a quarter is a pretty big performance for a batsman under any conditions. The distinction of this achievement belongs to N. F Druoe, the Marlborough captain of 1893. The occasion was a match between the Crusaders and Christ’s College at Cambridge on Saturday last. Druce was not out when the innings was closed, as was also last year’s Blue, K. S. Ranjitsinhji. The latter’s score was 103, and the total of the side 392 for two wickets. As the runs were got in three hours, it will be seen that the ra'e of scoring was 130 in the hour. PRINCIPAL M lTClES FOR NEXT WEEK May 24—L o id ’r1, M.C.C. & G .v. L eicestersh ire May 21—Ova’, Surrey v. M iddlesex May 21— Oxford, O xford U niversity v. S om erse' M ay 24 - C tm bridge, C am bridge Unive sitv M .C.C. & G . “ . May 24— Brighton, Sussex v. Yorkshire May •5 —Southam pton. H am pshire v. S outh A frica May L ord ’-1, M iddlesex v. G loucestershire May 28— O xford, Oxf<>rJ U n i.rrsity v. South A frica May 28—Cam brid e I S t X I v . N ext X V I May 28 -L e c-ster, L eicestershire v, Cheshire May 28—L eyton , fcs ex v. W arw ickshite May 28—N ot i igham , N otts v. Yorkshire C U P TON v. P A D D IN G T O N .—P layed at P ad­ dington on M ay 17. P a d d in g t o n . F irst Innings. Second Innings. E . H. Berridge. c B ritton, b B. W aterer ................... 16 c Fenton-Jones, b Cot p e r ............... 13 C. B odden, c B rittor, b B. Waterer ............................. 0 lbw , b C oop er ... 3 W. Stevens, run o u t ........... 0 b b rition ........... 20 W. W ard, c b iitto r, b B. f W aterer ............................. 0 b W a te re r ............... 19 C. Batt, c B iitton , b B. W aterer ............................. 8 b W a te re r ............... 19 H. Kirton, b B r itto n ........... 3 lbw , b L ad ell ... 0 B. R ennie, c W atertr, b B iitton ............................. 0 b L dell ............... 0 P. L am ble, b B ritton............ 4 b W a terer............ 1 a. L . L evy, c L adell, b B ritton ............................. 0 b LadelJ ............... 0 Mathewp, b B r it t o n ............ 0 n o t out ............... 3 RobineoD , not ou t ............... 1 b L adell ............... 0 B .................................... 8 15 9, lb 3 ... 12 T o t i l...................40 T otal ... 90 C la pt o n . F irst Innines. S econd Innings. J. H. D ou g'as, c B ennie, b Stevens ........... ........ 6 B. W aterer, c Berridge, b K irton ........... ..................... 6 n o t out .................. 5 H. B ritton, c kirtOD, b W a r d ...................................... 4 c B att, b .......K ir­ ton 2 W . F. F enton-Jonep, b W a r d .................... ............22 G. L . L ew is, c R obinson, b S te v e n s ............ ... i c an^ b B a tt ... 4 J. W. M cEw en, Ibw , b Stevens ............................. o c and b Stevens 12 A. E. M urton, b B a tt........... 5 a . N. O ther, b B a tt ... 0 G. Stanley, b B a it ..........*. 2 Dr. L asteli, b Si evens ... 0 lbw , b B att ... 0 Cooper, n ot o u t .................... 21 n ot ou t ............27 B 9 .1 & 1 ........................10 B 3,1b 2 ... 5 T otal ............ 77 T otal ... 65