Cricket 1894

378 CB1CKET j A WEEKLY RE COED OP THE GAME, SEPT, 6 , 1894 Holland for Surrey against Essex at L ey­ ton at the end of last week. I t would be difficult to cite many cases o f a score of over seventy on the occasion o f an introduction to first- class cricket. Holland’s performance, too, was of the greater merit for the double reason that he made his runs by sterling cricket, without the vestige of a chance, and, for a part of the innings at least, be­ fore the wicket had thoroughly recovered from the morning’s heavy dew. Holland, it may be added, is a Surrey cricketer by birth and residence. He was born at Battersea on February 10,1876, so that he wants several months yet to complete his nineteenth year. T he inclusion of Mr. E. S. Lucas will add to the strength of the amateur team which Lord Hawke is taking over to America under the joint auspices of the Merion and Germantown Clubs of Phila­ delphia. The party—which will consist of the following players: Lord Hawke (Capt.), G. E. Bardswell, L. C. Y . Bat­ hurst, G. W . Hillyard, A. J.L. Hill, E. S. Lucas, K. Macalpine, G. J. Mordaunt, J. S. Eobinson, 0 . E . DeTrafford, W. F. Whitwell, and C. W . Wright— is to leave Waterloo Station at 9.40 on Saturday morning for Southampton and New York. B r ig g s ’ recent injury has compelled him, under medical advice, to give up all idea of cricket for this season. Hence, he will be unable to play either for the North against the South or for the Players against the Gentlemen in the Hastings and St. Leonards Week, which is to begin to-day. Otherwise, especially considering the approaching departure of the English teams for America and Australia, the executive have been very fortunate in the sides they have been able to collect for the two matches, though Eichardson’s non appearance in either of the two fixtures is difficult of explanation. T h e withdrawal of Mr. Gay has given a place to Wood,the Surrey wicket-keeper, on the side of the South, while the inclusion of F. H. Sugg will strengthen the North materially. The players, according to the final revision, will be :— N orth . Mr. A. T. KfmM e Mr. F. Mitchell Br^wn Davidson Gunn Mold Peel Tanuicliffe W ainwright A. Ward F. H. Sugg G e n tle m e n . Dr. W . G. Grace Mr. J. J. Ferris Mr. F. G. J. Ford Mr. A. 'J’. Kemble Mr. F. Mitchell Mr. W . L. Murdoch Mr. W. Newham Mr. W. W Read Mr. A. E.Stoddait Rev. H. (J. L. Tindal' Mr. 8. M. . Woods S o u t h . (Selected from) Dr. W. G Grace Mr. H. T. Hewett Mr. W. L. Murdoch Mr. W. W .R ead Mr. A. E. Stoddart Mr. S. M. J. W oods Abel Brockwell J. T. Hearne Lockwood Martin Wood P layers . Abel Br ckwell Butt Gunu A. Hearne J. r. Hearne Lockwood Martin Mold Peel A. Ward A c o r r e sp o n d e n t writes thusly; “ It would be interesting to know for certain, but I think you will find that Capt. Wyn- yard has made a record for Inter-County cucket. One of the three successive scores made by W .G . in 1876, which have been been quoted as eclipsing the Captain’s performance, was, as you no doubt know well, for M.C.C. v. Kent.” S.B. is, I may say, quite right in his facts. W .G .’s three consecutive innings to which refer­ ence has been made were : August 10,11,12—Canterbury, M.C.C. v. Kent 314 August 14,15,16—Clifcon, Gloucestershire v. N ctts......................................................... 117 August 17, 18, 19—Cheltenham, Gloucester­ shire v. Yorkshire .......................... 318* I t was in July o f this same year, I may add,that W.G. carried his bat through the innings for the United South of England Eleven against Twenty-two of Grimsby, scoring 400 not out. I should be particu­ larly glad to know if there is any parallel to Capt. Wynyard’s performance, i.e., three successive hundreds in consecutive innings, and in strictly Inter-County matches. Mr. W . W. Bead, I am well aware, scored over a hundred in follow ­ ing innings for Surrey in 1887. They were as under— June 9—Oxford, v. Oxford U niversity ........... 118 June 16—Manchester, v. Lancashire ........... 247 June 20—Oval, v.lCambridge University.......... 214 Still his performance differs from that of Capt. Wynyard’s in that the innings were not a regular sequence. Mr. Bead’s triple hundred was broken by a score of 74 for England v. M.C.C. and G. at Lord’s on June 13. C r ic k e t is particularly well-represented in “ Baily ” for this month. In addition to articles on the cricket of the month and public school cricket o f the year, m y old friend “ F .G ’s.1’ “ Greensward Sermon” has for its text the formation of an eleven and playing a match. Besides this verit­ able em barras de richesses in the way of cricket, there is an excellent steel engrav­ ing o f Mr. W . H . Patterson for a frontis­ piece, accompanied by a readable and interesting biography. Even the Van Driver seems to have caught the conta­ gion, for he goes out of his way this month, to touch lightly on Northern cricket. A good friend and cricket enthusiast, located at Toronto, has kindly sent me particulars of a new record for Canadian cricket just created at Eosedale, a suburb of that city. Up to last month the dis­ tinction of the best score for a batsman in Canada belonged to A. Browning, the old Streatham C.ub player, who, by the way, is now on his way home to Mon­ treal after a short visit to England. A. Browning’s 204, which was for Montreal against Ottawa at Ottawa in 1880, his innings has remained for fourteen years therecord for Canada. It was, however, eclipsed on the ‘24th of last month by G. S. Lyon, the Captain of the Eosedale C.C., in a match against Peterborough on the ground of the former. When stumps were drawn Eosedale had compiled 390 runs for the loss of eight wickets, which is of itself the largest total as yet made by a Canadian team. Of this sum Lyon contributed 238 not out, beat­ ing the previous best by 34 runs and with an incompleted innings. Though the highest score for Canada, Lyon’s score, it may be added, is not the best record on the American Continent. This belongs to A.M .Woodwith 278 for the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company against Eoanake at Philadelphia last year,fall par­ ticulars of which appeared in C r ic k e t of Sept. 7, 1893. Lyon,it is in'eresting to ac’ d has been chosen to captain the Canadian team which is to do battle for the Dominion against the United States at Philadelphia on the twelfth and four­ teenth of this month. In the same match, by the way, he took five Peter­ borough wickets for seventeen runs. T h e new Bishop of Melanesia, other­ wise Cecil Wilson of Kent fame, had not reached his diocese long before he got to active cricket. According to the Pall Mall Gazette , in his opening match,the Norfolk Islanders had not much opportunity of profiting by the example of his graceful style, for he was out the very first ball. This was hardly to be wondered at, perhaps, for, teste the Pall Mall, the natives have ways of their own which must be disconcerting, to say the least of it. In aDy case the surroundings do not appear to be altogether what one is used to in first-class cricket here. T h e y don ’t clap [aooordiD g to th e Pall Mall correspondent] th ey w ar-w h oop; it is m ore like a shrill siren w histle than an yth in g else. W h en the batsm an is m issed, he leaps about w ar-w hooping co th e crow d, and th ey back to h im , w hile he sw ings his bat round his head to the peril o f the bow ler and th e w icket keeper. A ll h ave bare feet, som e have w hite flannels ; the bow lers w ear w hite w aistcoats. T h ey throw and bow l like the w in d , use no pads or gloves, don’ t m in d a ta ll on the head o r body, but ju m p about if it hits th eir toes. A cricket m atch is truly m arvellous. T h e r e must be a delightful feeling of insecurity about the cricket out there. We have heard too, of bowlers in white hats, umpires in white coats, and cricketers in white flannels generally. But there is something refreshing in the bowler in a white waistcoat. It is magnificent even if it is not war—I mean cricket. L ast week C ricket made reference to the graceful tribute paid by the Scar­ borough Cricket Club to Mr. C. I. Thorn­ ton, for the untiring zeal he has shown in connection with the Scarborough Fes­ tival daring a long term of years. Cer­ tainly, no testimonial was ever better earned, and cricketers everywhere will heartily endorse the appreciation shown by the Scarborough executive of Mr. Thornton’s devotion to the cause of cricket generally. T he testim onial, it w ill interest C ricket readers, took the form o f a fifty-guinea