Cricket 1894

JUNE 24 , 1894 ORIO&ET i A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME; £C1 watched With interest by all who follow Australian as well as English cricket. BITTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns, notout. Runs, an Ions. Aver. £. Bean.......... ... It ... 4 .,.. 381 .,.. 106 ... 54.85 W. Bruce ... 12 ... 2 .,.. 516 .,.. 169*... 54.60 F. Laver.......... ... fO ... 3 ... 911 ... 258 ... 53.58 F. Walters ... ... 23 ... 2 .... 863 ... 95 ... 41.09 R. Houston ... ... 12 ... 2 .... 375 ..,. 72 ... 37 50 H. Stuckey ... ... 20 ... 1 ... 691 ... 144 ... 36.36 E. Barrett ... ... 14 ... 1 ... 152 ... 107 ... 31.76 A. Tarrant ... ... 17 ... 2 ... 463 ... 90 ... 33.85 J. Harry.......... ... 22 ..,. 2 ... 584 ... 309*.. 29.20 H. Trumble ... ... 13 ... 1 ... 826 ... 122*... 27.16 H. T’ Ott......... ... 15 ... 1 .,.. 378 .,.. 76*... 27 I. Drape......... ... 13 ... 1 ... 814 ... 48 ... 26.16 J. Worrall ... .. 18 .... 0 ... 428 ... 79 ... 23.77 R. M’Leod ... ... 8 ..,. 0 ... 189 ... 71 ... 23.62 0. M’Leod ... ... 19 ..,. 7 ... 255 ... 38*..., 21.25 P. Lewis......... ... 17 .... 0 ... 357 ... 95 ..., 21 R. Mitchell ... ... 13 ... 0 ... 251 ... 101 ... 19.30 H. Maplestone ... 13 .... 0 ... ?50 ... 52 ..., 19.23 J. Carlton ... ... 16 ..,. 2 ... 2*5 ... 67 ..., 36.07 A. E. Trott ... ... 17 ., ,. 1 ... 239 ... 63 ... 11 93 BOWLING AVERAGES. Balls. Mdns. Run*,, Wkts. Aver. C. M’le o d ......... , 3703 ... 237 ... 1107 ... 70 ..., 35 81 H. Trumble ..., 1478 ... 98 ... 459 ... 29 ... 15 82 J. Harry ......... . 625 ... 27 ... 18J ... 11 ... 36-63 R. M’Leod ..., 671 ..,. 29 ... 222 ... 12 ..., 38-60 A. E. Trott , 2215 ... 101 ... 926 ... 49 ..., 38-89 F. Trott ......... . 1432 ..,. 38 ... 633 ... 30 ... 21-06 J. Carlton......... 2923 ... 133 ... 1165 ... 54 ... 21-57 J. Worrall......... 662 ... 20 ... 281 ... 12 ... 23 66 F. Laver ......... , 3133 ... 55 ... 414 ... 16 ... 25-87 H. Maplestone 834 ... 43 ... 3S0 ... 14 ... 27-85 T he following table will show the relative positions of the nine leading counties to date Played. Won. Lost. Drwn. Pts* Yorkshire ..... 6 ... 5 ... 1 ... 0 ... 4 Surrey ................ 4 ... 4 ... 0 ... 0 ... 4 Middlesex ..... 5 ... 3 ... 2 ... 0 ... 1 Somerset ..... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 Kent....................... 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 Gloucestershire ... 4 ... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 Lancashire ... ., 4 ... 1 ... 3 ... 0 ... —2 Notts....................... 4 ... 0 ... 3 .. 1 ... - 3 Sussex ................ 6 ... 0 ... 5 ... 1 ... —5 The match Yorkshire v. Kent, at Bradford, on June 4, 5, and G, was abandoned, without a ball being towlcd, through wet. T he Cadets at the Royal Military College} Sandhurst, would seem to have a pretty good all-round side this season, to judge by the complete success which has, so far, attended their cricket. Their decisive victory over a fairly good side of the Streatham Club on Saturday represents, so it is said, their sixth consecutive win this year up to date. 0. S. Rome, the Harrow captain of 1893, and H. W. Bircham, a nephew, unles31 am wrongly in­ formed, of Colonel Bircham, treasurer of the Incogniti C.C. and Committeeman of the Surrey County C.C., had a gool deal to do with Sandhur3t’s latest triumph, at all events. Rome, in particular, was in evidenoe, very much so indeed. Besides making the highest score (68) on the side, he took four of the nine Streatham wickets which fell to the bowlers. A v e r y capable Northern critic, whose iden­ tity is hardly concealed under the initials of T. R. S., has reproduced with variations, an incident I narrated in last week’s Gossip, in connection with the late James Rickett’s sen­ sational first appearance for Lancashire at the Oval in 1867. In the story as it was told me by the late Fred Burbidge, to whom the remarks were addressed, the other party certainly was not one of tha brothers Walker. It was hardly a likely sentiment to emanate from an expert. The sapient one in fact, at least so the story ran to me, was a well-meaning little sportsman, who, at the time, held, and held right well, the post of secretary of one of the London social clubs. But, after all, what matters the identification of the principals ? Even if the story should not be true, it was at least well found. T h e Australian public are evidently looking with keen expectation to the visit of Mr. A. E. Stoddart’s combination next winter. A correspondent, whose lines are cast in the up- country districts of New South Wales, in the course of a very interesting letter, refers in hopeful terms to a quartette of young boalers who have lately come to the front in the Australian Colonies. The quartette con­ sists of C. McLeod, of Victoria, E. Jones, of South Australia, A. Newell and M. Pierce of New South Wales. Mention has already been made of the marked success which attended the bowling of C. McLeod in Victorian matches. For the Melbourne Club it was even more pronounced. Altogether in Pen­ nant Matches for M.C.C. he delivered 228Q balls and took forty-three wickets at an average of the smallest fraction over sixteen runs. A v e t e r a n who was in the forefront of Derbyshire cricket in the sixties, has just passed away. At that time the All England Eleven was a power in the land in its way, and William Attenborough, who died at likes, ton last week, played several times for it, with considerable success. The brothers William and Thomas Attenborough were among the giants of cricket in the Ilkeston district for many years. William, who was a left-handed medium pace bowler, did many good perform­ ances for as well as against the All England Eleven. Of late years he had acted as umpire in local matches, and to the general satisfaction. A n o t h e r victory for the South African team, and what is more, one quite as creditable as that of last week over M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s. Their latest success over Leicester­ shire, following so closely, is sure to whet the public appetite, with the result that everyone will hope that the guarantors on the other side will not be called upon at all when the tour is over. That the good performances of the team during the last ten days have already had their natural effect, is shown by the number of applications for ne-v fixtures. It will, perhaps, save the applicants some little trouble as well as delay, if I say that all communications with this object should be addressed to Mr. W . A. Simkins, the manager of the team, either at the ground where they happen to be playing at the time, or at the headquarters, the Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden, London, W.C. A ny mention of the South Africans in con­ nection with the Leicestershire match would be incomplete without special reference to the oxceptional bowling of Middleton and the youngster Rowe, who were unchanged in either innings of the County. As a general rule, even underconditions the least favourable for the batsman, for two bowlers to keep on without a change throughout both innings, es­ pecially in a match of any importance, is an incident very rarely chronicled. Just lately there have been one or two instances of the kind, but this may perhaps be explained in some way by the old adage, particularly ap­ plicable in the present state of the weather, that “ it never rains but it pours.” I n any case the two South African bowlers deserve all the credit of an uncommon feat. Rowe, so I am informed by one who saw the match, was particularly on the spot, and as he is still in his teen8 there should be in him the making of a really good bowler with more practice and experience. The interest will now be to see how these two fare when they get on to fast wickets. That is, of course, always provided there is going to be any sweet reasonableness in the weather, which does not appear to be by any means certain just at the present moment. M i d d l e t o n , according to some paper, is said to hail from Durham. M y own information is to the effect that he is a Yorkshireman. Still it maybe taken as correct, I Should think, that he comes from somewhere in those parts. While on the subjeot of the South Africans, it may interest C r i c k e t readers to know that two members of the team were very much in evidence at Ipswich on Saturday. C. 0. H. Sewell (who was ultimately not out 101), and D. C. Davey, of Natal, put on 117 for the third wicket of the Witham Club. The sufferers, on this occasion, were Ipswich and East Suffolk, who had to go in after Witham had declared with the score 222 for five wickets. M e s s r s . D ic k e n s o n and Foster, of NewBond Street, have now on view the picture of M.C.C. at Lord’s, on which they have been hard at work for months. Considerable progress, it will interest the members of the big club on the other side of the Thames to know, has also been made with the work on which Messrs. Mayall and Co., of Piccadilly, have been en­ gaged for some time. The subject, it ia hardly necessary to add, is a representation of the Oval, with likenesses, of course, of the leading members of the Surrey County C.C. PRINCIPAL MATCHES FOR NEXT WEEK. June 11—Lord’s, M.C.O. & G. v. Yorkshire Jnne 14—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Somerset June 14—Manchester, Lancashire v. Surrey June 14—Brighton, Sussex v. Middlesex June i4—Kennington Oval. Surrey Second Eleven v. Lancashire Second Eleven Jane 14—Nottingham, Notts Colts v. Yorkshire Colts June 15—Southampton, M.C.C. &G. v. Hampshire June 18—Nottingham, Notts v. Gentlemen of Eng­ land (Barnes’ benefit) June 18—Kennington Oval, Surrey v. Essex June 18—Birmingham. Warwickshire v. Yorkshire June 18—Chatham, South Africans v. Chatham aud D strict June 19—Oxford, Oxfordshire v. Bedfordshire B r is t o l Grammar S c h o o l v. M onm outh Gram ­ m ar S c h o o l.— Piayed at Monmouth on June 9), and jc suited in a win for Monmoutb. Scores:— Monmouth, 300 for six wickets (skrimshire 37, Nicholas 12, Tuck 12); Bristol 44 (Norton 13)