Cricket 1894

AUG. 2, 1894 A WEEKLY RECOED OF THE GAME; 297 the school professional, had a quite phenomenal bowling record, as a reference to the figures in another part of the paper will show. By- the-way, is this the professional who played on a few occasions for Notts a few years ago, ar?d was engaged at the Oval for three or four seasons ? I t does not often fall to the lot of a bowler to experience such hard lines in a county match as was Lockwood’s luck for Surrey, in the first innings of Somersetshire, at the Oval last Thursday. It was a little bit rough in the first place for such a master of tbe batting art as Mr. L. C. H. Palairet to have a second knock, as he did, when Lockwood disturbed his wicket with a no ball. But the luck did uot end there. Later in the innings Henderson could have easily caught Mr. Woods at mid off, and would, but for the intervention of the umpire. Again his (the urr- pire’s) bawl was Lockwood’s no- ball. A n old and keen cricketer, well- known in “ the West Countree, * sends me tho soore of a match at Regent’s Park on July 24, in which the second eleven of the Foundling Hospital dismissed St. Peter’s Choir for two runs, one of which was a bye. The O. and K. C. adds that the second eleven of the Foundling are wonders. This is, of course, a pretty big order. A ll the same, it is worthy of remark that they have only lost one match this season. My correspondent suggests that the executive of the Middlesex County C.C. might do well to watch these boys as strength for the future. C. O. Y. C o o p e r , who carried his bat through the first innings of ;the second eleven of Kent, in their match against the second eleven of Middlesex, at Lord’s, at the end of last week, and scored 172 in the roa’ ch for once out, is an old Alleynian. He was in the Dulwich Col­ lege Eleven of 1885, which also included the two brothers Douglas, R. N. and J. He lives at Beskenham, unless I am mistaken, and has of late scored well for the local club. The match between Kent and Somersetshire at Taunton this week, was his first appear­ ance in County cricket. D r. W . B. A n d e r s o n is evidently hopeful, even if not actually sanguine, that the ne­ gotiations he has been conducting for the this special and advantageous arrangements have been made with the Royal Steam Packet Company. At present, though there are invitations for a cricket week each in Demerara, Trinidad, Bar­ bados, and the Leeward Islands (Antigua and St. Kitts), and for a fortnight’s cricket in Jamaica, ar­ rangements as yet have only been completed with Demerara, Trini­ dad, and Jamaica. In any case those desirous of obtaining any information respecting the tour, may be sure of the fullest particulars on application to Dr. W. B. Anderson, 2, Mecklen- burgh Street, W.C. A m em b er o f th e M .C .C . h a s k in d ly se n t m e th e b o w lin g a vera g es a t O vin g d ea n H a ll S ch o o l th is sea son . T h e fig u re s a re ta k e n fro m a ll th e m a to h e s th e S ch o o l E le v e n h a v e p la y e d th is te rm . A s th e p r o g ra m m e in clu d e s fix tu re s w ith th e g re a te r n u m b e r o f th e le a d in g p re p a ra ­ t o ry sch o o ls o f B r ig h to n , th e v a lu e o f th e p e rfo rm a n ce s ca n b e p re tty w e ll estim a ted . Ane.Ove s. M dns. Buns. W kts. Aver. N .C .T h om son (14) 1 7 .2 ... 8 ... 1 7 ... JO ... 1.7 A. M. lto o m e (13) 70 ... 4 i ... 94 ... 28 ... z.4 S. P . D arkin (13) <5.4 ... 14 ... 76 ... 22 ... 3.4 I t is so rarely that a bowler is able to catch a batsman napping by over backing up, that Alec Hearne deserves all the credit of quite an exceptional record. As a r ule, too, excess of zeal in this direction is not conspicuous in matches of the first class. The occasion in question was the concluding stage of Somer­ setshire’ s second innings against Kent at Taunton on Tuesday, and Tyler was the sufferer. In any case, Somerset’s slow bowler is not likely to be the victim of the confidence trick again. I have an idea that I saw the same thing done once in a match of some im ­ portance. Was it E d­ g a r L u b b ock who brought the same thing off in anEton and Harrow match some years ago. I n form ation I have received from Aus­ tralia leads to the belief that Mr. J. Portus, the hon. sec. of the Aus­ tralian Cricket Council, has given up for the present the idea of col­ lecting another Austra­ lian team to visit Eng­ land. He had thought of entering into nego­ tiations for such a tour in 1895. From a trust­ worthy correspondent I learn that he has decided to defer the arrange­ ments for ia jfyear, so M r . W . B u r r u p . last six or seven months, with a view to a visit of a team of English cricketers to the West Indies, will come to a successful con­ clusion. A circular he has just issued gives full details of the arrangements on the other side in the event of the tour becoming an accom ­ plished fact. The team, who are to be selected by “ a committee of arrangement and selection,” consisting of the Earl of Stamford, Lord Hawke, and Mr. Nevile Lubbock, are to be entertained as guests free of hotel expenses during their stay in the various Colonies. P r e s u m a b l y , therefore, the only expenditure will be in the ] aispge out and home, and for “ A T T H E B A Ii O P T H E H O U S E .” T p s S e c r e ta r y —A B ack V ie w .