Cricket 1894

JAN. 25, 1893 , £>. 5 ^ 0 i £ ' 'n , j CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 11 the anonymous reviewer, whom I believe to have been Mr. Jeaee, once more. “ Among the gentlemen two bowlers are to be found of the highest eminence. Mr. Harene’s ball* are magnificent, getting up and puzzling the unfortunate m in who has to meet them ; and the bowling of Mr. Mynn, when he can get h ii balls less wide, will almost defy opposition ; tbe tremendous force at which they perform their journey, alone, will biing destruction w iti it. Mr. Jenner seldom takes the ball n ow ; he had great success, but his-bowling we think was not always fair. We are convinced that the piesent style of bowling will never again fall back into the straight cld underhand m o le ; but we hope also that it will not advance into throws, to which it is approaching; which, if allowed, will de troy the game altogether.” The Jaw iu bias bowling is that th j hand should not le above tin elbow, which is meant to keep it c'car fiom a throw, but that law is for ev«r broken. Lillywhit» and Cobbett both throw, and Mr. Mynn’s is, we think, a direct violation of theliw in another way. Mr. Jenner’s was ofien a jerk, in fact, the law now is conventional; Jf every ball was stopped l>y the umpire that was not fair, the bowlers would all be put oat, and vcvy likely give up.” It is curious to see how “ sixty years since ” the fame vein of dissatisftction pervaded cricket criticism. “ Man n°.ver is, but always to be blest.” When will tbe Utopian period arrive, when attack and defence wi'l le so nicely adjusted that even the e’erk of the weather cannot f poil the calculations of the stud< nt of form ? Although I liavo alluded elsewhcre to Aislabie’s crick e1; rhymes, of which I possess a couple, they will bear a little move annotation. The “ Alphabet” com- n?e norates members of M.C.C. A was the author, and Aialal ie tro ; B was a Beauclerck, a b» tter than you. (Probably : for Mr. Jesse sayr— “ The first time I sec Lord Frcdk. Beiuclerck’s i amo is on tbe 2nd June, 1791. 11c played with Marylebourn (sic) against Kent Feunexand his Lord'hip bow’ ed, anti they best their adversaries by one innings and 113 runs, in fact, it appears by the sc^re that; Fennex, Beauclerck, and Beldham got out the whole fi^ld between them. For thirty years after this his Lordship stoo I as the mo3t accomplish d cricketer in Eng’anl. In batting he was brought up in the sjhool of Beldham, and was quite as fine. He intioluced a slow home-and-easy kind of bowling, which was veiy eff' ctive till Saundeis and Begley and the new players de troyecl ii by mshing in and driving it away. rJhough his Lordship has given up the bat some years, we have seen enough of his practice to say tbat his execution was eminently b autiful, and certainly not equalled now,” ) C was a Clarke, who stood up f jr Reform, D, Nancy Dawson, ia that c*use lukawarm. (Not unlikely, as “ Nancy.” in real li'o was the Rev. F. Dawson, Rectcr of Chisl hurst.) E waB an Everett, stood up in a heap, (attitude at wicket.) F was a Foljambe, who held the ball cheap, (“ The bowling’s nothing; you may go in and get thousands.” ) Q was a Gorman who “ tipped her a sender,” (Slang for hard hit.) H was a Holland, and no small p-etender ; I was an Inglis, no \ery great shakes ; .1was a Jacob, who’d “ /ive upon snakes.” K was Kinnaird, his time oft behind : L was a Ladbroke, who would speak his mind; (M and N are not in my copy.) O’s Osbalde9ton, who scratched his name o u t; (Os^aldeston, known as the Squire, was a prominent, but not always successful sports­ man. It seems that being beaten in a single­ wicket match, he resigned his membership of M.C.C.) P wa3 a Pari y. an unrivalled ecout; Q was qniescent. and didn’t appear ; K was a Rot ertp, the first of his year ; (At Eton.) K was a Slingsty, who diddled tfce ninnies ; T was a Tanner, who staked his own guineas, (His favourite exclamation beingf “ I ’ll lay you 100 guineas of my own m'pney.” V was a Vigne, that quite pliable grew (W has been om itkd in my copy.) X was exertio” , cxcept in P. Dyke. (Sir Percival Hait Dyke played for Gentle­ men against P l i jc s , 1827 and 181:3.) Y wssa Young, p’ayed ia shoes of 1rown leitber Z was a Zxchary, the last of my tether A song: on a ma‘ ch let ween M.C.C. and Kent at Chiselhurct, in 1833, though full of allusions now caviare to most readers, con­ tains some interestiog bit9. It would appear that the club took down three groundmen— With Marsden. Pilch, and Cobtett, too, I think it will to hard, oh, If we don’t rip the county up without the aid of Ward, ch ; Aroint—the Hampshire hero cries, fe!l Aislatie, aroint, oh ! By Jove, you shill allow that I a de-p 'an am at point, oh. Ward, a line cricketer, who u f c I to stand deep at pciut, should have played for M.C.C., but though a i evident in llantp, played on this occasion fir K<nt. Alfred Mynn comes in fur a brief ment’on, and Uarenc, who s ayed away on account of wet woather, and is thus reproved— Charley Harenc love3 good wine, Charley loves good brai-dy ; ( harley loves a p-etty girl, as sweet as sugar candy. Charley ia as su^ar sweet, which wetted melts away, sir. Charley therefore stops away upon a rainy day, sir. Charley knocks the knuckles oft of many an awk­ ward clown, sk , If Charley stays ao home again, I’il chance to rap his own, sir!” Herbert Jenner, tLe wick-t-keeper, ccmes under favourable review, and tl.o brothers Norman, whom he ►tyles “ Renovatus Beld­ ham, Renovatus Walker” two of the famous players of a past generation. Capt. Mann, R.A., a bowler from W oolai h, figure* as “ nec vir, n°que homo,” and he thus winds up. •'Faggo’ij the lid for me, my boys, though fagged I am thai’s sartain, And I’ll hang my hat up at tbe Tewkeslury Arms, J. Martin, Finivani Fat Telamon, said Ovid and not Livy, fchou’d c liingford churchyard le my end, then I may say Finivi! ” C'hingford chnrch being celebrat d for the “ ivy green.” Fag^e, who played une^er the name of Frederick, one of the best gentlemen cricke'ers of his day, was eventually incum­ bent of a parish in Warwicksh're, near Henley in Arden. Aislabie, staled by Mr. Jesse “ the father of ciicket, and the great faxitor of the Mary- labonne (sicjClub,” first appears as a player in 1804. There is a noticeable \arit ty in the sp:-liing of Maryleb:ne all through the atticld to which I have so often reftrred. It is first spelt Marylaboni:e, and then Marylebcurn, which latter veision is slighily in tbe ascen­ dant;, showing that possibly tie dispute whether ihe name should be traced to the good St. Mary, or to St. Mary’s Brook, was, though inclining to the latter, still unde­ cided in the mind of the writer, who was clearly not only a bit of an antiquary, but a frequenter of Lord’s, as bespeaks of “ Messrs. Dari; ordering the ground to be rolled in the Spring,” and anticipates the time when “ our old friend Goule appears riding from Ken­ sington with the first rose in his button-liole, sleek and smiling, and as good as the bats he brings into the field.” But what a different place Lord’s was in those days, or, for the matter of that, the sacred shades of St. John’s Wood themselves. When I was taken, in my first term at school, to see Lord Eglinton and his compeers, Count Fiddle Fumkin, and Lord Fiddle Faddle, Sir Craven, Sir Gtel, and Sir Campbell of Saddell (Who as poor Hcok said, when he heard of the feat, Was somehow knocked out of his family seat), practising for the Tournament, Ihe greatest show and the greatest f-ulure of that genera- t'on. There was not a house behind the “ E jre Arms,” nor one betw een it and Lord’s on the one hand, nor on the other until.y<*u came to the Swiss Cottage kept by Frank Redmond, a Hibernian ex-me m ' er of the P.R., where some sporting celebrity or other might always be found training for an event pugilistic or pechs'rian. There was a rustic, or at any rate a suburban flavour about Dark’s ground, as it was often called, which indicated a link with the traditions that made London of the forties compara­ tively speaking a social republic of the antique type, a place where all the leaders of and many of the pre‘end rs to distinction in art, literature, fashion, and sport, could really know one another in their special spheres without being lost in an encircling and encroaching crowd of outside elements which calls itself the public. CRICKET IN NEW SOUTH WALES. A D ouble T ie M atch . DINTON VALE v. GUM FLAT. Played on November 25 last. The result, as will be seen, was a double tie. G u m F l a t . First Innings. Second Innitgp. G. E. White, b White 2 b Woodtury ... 0 \V. e. Moore, c Ualdow ... 1 b Woodtury ... 3 J. Newfery, b White 1 b Whito .......... 1 J. O. Griffir, b ^ hite 12 c Caldow .......... 1 G. F. Phifer, b White ... 0 b White .......... 0 W. Baveen, b Howard ... 1 c Denshire......... 3 W. Fowles, b Whi e ........ u b Woodbury ... 3 W. Gilhome, not out ‘2 b White .......... 1 W*1 Laidl iw, b White ... 0 not out .......... 1 J. Cormack, b White 3 c Denshire.......... 0 W. Laidlaw, c Denshire... 3 c WoDflt ury ... 3 G. Lewin, b Howard.......... 1 c Denshire.......... 5 E x tia s........................ 2 E xtra s.......... 2 To!al .................28 Total ... 23 D inton Vale. Tirat Innings. Sccond Innings. J. Caldow. b Phifer .......... 0 b Fowles .......... 6 Pyle, b Giiffia ................. 5 b Phifer .......... 0 J. Woodtury. b Fowles ... 1 b Griffia .......... U Pat(-ib.\c N ew!cry......... Denshire, b Griffin .......... 1 bFowles .......... 2 0 b Grifli i .......... 0 Howard, not out .......... lo run oui .......... 7 Donohoe. b Newtery 2 not out .......... 4 D. Wi mot. c Fowles () b Griffin .......... 0 J. Wliit9. run out .......... 2 b Griffin .......... 0 S. Nicholls, b Griffin......... 0 c Cormack.......... 3 F. Asimus, b Griffia.......... 0 b Fow es .......... 0 Extras ........................ 1 Extras .......... 1 Total ................. 28 Total 23 T hr B lu es and T h e ir B attles (1817 to 1892 witn scores of all Cricket Matches plajed letween the Universities. One Shilling, By post la 2d.— Wiight acd Co.. “ E nglish S p o r t s ” Office, 4], St. Andrew’s Eill, Doctor*,’ Commons, E.C.