Cricket 1894

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B a t h u r s t , of the Oxford University eleven, who made such a success­ ful first appearance for Middlesex this week, at Lord’s, is a Norfolk m & D , that is by birth. He was born at Dereham, whicb, unless my memory plays me false, was the headquarters of the Norfolk County C.C., late in the sixties. L. C . Y . B ., after being for five years captain both of cricket and football at Mr. A. H. Hussey’s School, at Folkestone, went to RadJey, where he graduated with even more distinction as an all-round sportsman. During all the five years he was there he was in the cricket eleven. Besides this he was in the football team four winters, and also repre­ sented Radley three years at racqvets. Though he wert up to Oxford in January, 1691, he did not get his cricket blue till 1893. To some it may be of interest to know that he is 6ft. lOin. in height, and about list. 5*bs. in weight. As C r ic h e t readers who have seen this year's Oxford eleven do not need to be reminded, he bowls left hand (rather under medium pace) and bats right. T hough now that the Marylebone Club has made a definite pronouncement in the matter of an alteration of the follow-on rule, and for a time, at all events, the question will cease to trouble, it myy still be of some use to point out how this Eam e particular difficulty has been met in other parts. The cricket fathers in Philadelphia, for instance, have adopted the principle of percentage, which is, to some degree, favoured by not a few good judges in England. The rule whioh governs the follow-on as adopted by the Halifax Cup Committee in Philadelphia is as follows .— “ If the side batting second have scored forty per cent, less runs than their opponents, the latter shall have the option of batting again, or requiring the side batting seoond to follow their innings.” T he heredity of cricket was pretty well ex.. emplified in the recent Eton and Harrow matoh. R. W. Mitohell, who was tenth in the order of going in for Eton, is a younger son of R A H. of that ilk, who had few if any supe­ riors as a batsman some two decades ago. A. B, LubbQQk, Qf Eton,it goes ^ithout saying, is a eon of Alfred Lubbcck, a contemporary of R.A.H. at Eton,and also in his time without a peer for style of batting, as well as quite in the forefront of the batsmen of the day. On the other side G. P. Gore comes of a thoroughly gcod cricket stcck. His father. S. W . Gore, unless I am in error, is a nephew of the Earl of Eessborough and Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane. S.W.G. was a prominent member of theHarrow eleven late in the sixties, and subsequently did good servioe for I.Z., Harrow Wanderers, and other clubs. He also played once or twice for Surrey. At least I am under that impression. Mr. A. C. C o x h e a d wiites:—“ I annex the supplementary bowling averages formed on the publio lists issued on Monday last. Richardson’s lead, it will be seen, is still more pronounced:— 1 R ichardson ... 2 P o u g h tr............ 3 P allett ............ 4 J. T. H earne... 5 M artin ............ 6 W . H earne ... 7 W a in w righ t... 8 M old ............ 9 D avidson 10 P e e l.................... Jl B riggs ............ It R a w lin ............ 13 F oster ............ 14 F. E . Sm ith ... 15 B ardsw ell ... ] 6 A tte w e ll............ 17 W oods ............ 18 W hitehead ... 19 M ead ............ 20 L ock w ood ... 21 Shilton ............ 23 H irst ... ... Overs 484 £70 S08 823 555 355 5(2 612 434 661 685 630 325 429 920 7*8 346 462 550 440 389 567 W kts. B alls New per W kt. O lder 112 45 50 1*5 72 55 79 £6 52 73 81 12 51 62 40 70 49 53 74 60 41 60 SO 31 33 £9 32 32 32 4 2 45 42 <3 31 41 40 52 36 43 37 37 47 47 , 1 , 2 ! 3 , 8 , 12 > 5 , 5 , 5 . 15 . iy 15 , 17 . 3 . 14 13 i »2 . y . 17 . 10 . lo i0 TH E CO U N T Y C H AM PIO N SH IP. T h e following will show the position of the nine leading counties up to date:— P layed. W on. L ost. D rw n. P ts Surrey ............ Yorkshire K e n t.................... M iddlesex Som ersetshire Gloucestershire N otts.................... L ancashire ... Sussex ............ , 8 8 , 5 10 6 6 8 a 4 3 4 0 - 2 - 3 — 4 The m atch Y orkshire v. K ent, at B radford, on June 4, 5, and 6, was abandoned, w ithout a ball being bow led, through w et. T b e Somersetshire eleven furnished another, and to them unpleasant, illustration of the repetition of history in their matoh with Lancashire, at Old Trafford this week. Two years ago—in August of 1892 to be pre­ cise—it was their luck to aohieve something of a record, in the completion of their match with Lancashire within the space of one day. This week history repeated itself in their case, in the same fixture, and on the same ground. Their first match of the season with Lancashire, as everyone knows, was not only begun, but finished on Tuesday last. H is t o r y is made so fast in these days that it is necessary to keep thoroughly up to date where there is anything out of the common. As Tuesday’ s match is only the fourteenth instance of a first-class oontest completed in one day, it w^il be well, if only for facility q£