Cricket 1894

MAR. 22, 1894 (CRICKET s A WEEKLY RECORD O if THE GAME, 35 sional cricketer of that name. For many years, George Street worked as a bay at the Oval and was one of W. G. Grace’ s favourite practice bowlers. So far of the past and present. Of the future there can be little or no doubt. On the con­ trary, the prospects are extremely bright. With a ground which improves every year and any number of young cricketers ooming on, the outlook is most encouraging. The list of fixtures for 1£94 is exceedingly heavy, and, indeed, on many Saturdays there will be three teams in the field. The strongest clubs to be met are the M.C.C., R.A. Woolwich, R.A. Shoeburyness, R.M A. Woolwich, Band of Brothers, Oxford Authen- tics, Incogniti, as well as Blackbeath’s old rivals, Bickley Park and Beckenham. A ma'ch, too, has been arranged with the Gentlemen of Holland. 'Jhe team for 1894 is likely to be so strong that the executive can look forward to next season with great confi­ dence. One source of weakness in club cricket generally will not trouble the captain, as there will be plenty of bowling. In fact, in addition to such excellent trundlers as Stanley Christo- pherson, E. A. Philcox, R. B. Stewart, C. E. Horner, Dudley Forbes, the club will have the valuable services of T. Hemmant, the old Uppingham boy, as well as J. Escombe, for­ merly of the Manchester Cricket Club, and J. F. Marshall, the old Tonbridge School bowler. Last, but not least, Blackheath will have the great advantage of the help of that promising young cricketer J. R. Mason, though the claims of first-class cricket for the greater part of the season will not give him much time for minor matches. The batting, from all appearances, will be up to its usual standard, though every one would like to see H. C. Stewart able to get away more often. The family of Stewarts, Masons, Fegans, Blakers, Christophersons, Irelands, and Hubbards, it is worthy of remark, all live within a short distance of the Rectory Field, so Blackheath ought to be able to place in the field a good local team. Still, the committee do not make a poiut of playing all local men, for C. E. Horner, the old Surrey bowler, F. Evershed, the International football player, and others have rendered the club splendid service. Stanley Christopherson, whose portrait is given on the front page, was born at Blackheath on November 26, 1861. He has captained the side with great success during the last two years. H. C. Stewart, who was born on Feb­ ruary [28, 1868, is |a beautiful bat, with a very pretty style. He is the youngest of a trio of brothers, all of them cricketers. R.B. is an excellent bowler, and A.W. a wicket-keeper. He was never taught cricket, but cricket seems, like other sports, to come to him naturally. Besides representing Sussex at Rugby and Association football, he is a first-rate golfer, and last, but not least, a perfect master at the organ. J. R. Mason was born at Blackheath on 26th March, 1874. Has made a reputation already for himself as a fine all-round cricketer. Learnt his cricket at the Abbey School, Beckenham, and subsequently at Winchester College. As most cricketers know, he was captain of the Winchester Eleven last summer, and later in the year made a remarkably promising first appear­ ance in county cricket for Kent. C o n in gh am , of the last Australian team, jt is said, intends to settle down permanently jn Brisbane. T h e balance-sheet of the Leicester County C.C, shows £498 9s. 3d. to the credit of the club on December 31st last, as agains £612 19s. Id. at the end of the previous year. I n a match between the Tasmanian Club and the Squadron at Hobart Town on February 6, 644 runs were scored for seventeen wickets. C. W . Butler made 162 for the Club, and Lieut. Abdy 147 for the Squadron. Off seven balls the latter scored 29 runs, five fours and a five from one over, and four off the first ball of the next. CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Victoria, who had won the first match at Melbourne after a good game by three wickets, lost the return played at Sydney on January 26, 27, 29 and 30, after even a more exciting finish by 19 runs. Blackham, winning the toss, decided to put New South Wales in, thinking the wicket would improve. As it was, New South Wales had all the luck throughout. After getting an advantage of 39 on the first hands, they scored 151 in the second, leaving Victoria 191 to get to win. On a rather trying wicket they scored 106 for the loss of five wickets, and were playing the winning game, when heavy rain fell overnight and upset all calcu­ lations. The pitch was so soft next morning that the New South Wales umpire s'ood out against play starting until ten minutes to one o’clock, and through the wicket drying rapidly the innings closed for 171, leaving New South Wales the winners by 19 runs. Victoria has now won 28 matches to 24 of New South Wales. N e w S outh W a le s . First Innings. Second Inniogs. 8. Callaway, c Trott, b Phillips ........................38 b Phillips............50 W. L. Murdoch, b M'Leod 2 c Worrall, b Trum ble........ 9 H. Moses, c Trumble, b M'Leod ....................... 24 lbw, b M'Leod... 11 F. Iredale, c Walters, b Trumble ........................ 8 b Trumble ... 3 H. Dounan, c Trott, b M'Leod ........................ 6 not out ..........13 S. E. Grego*y, not out ...20 low, b Tiumb’e 10 M Pherson, st Biackham, b M'Leod ........................16 "b M 'L eod ............ 7 C. r. B. Turner, c Trott, b M'Leod .......... .......... 0 c Phillips, b Trott ..........26 I.Newell.c Trott, b M'Leod 0 b Trott .......... 8 A. Coningham, run out ... 10 b M 'L eod ......... 1 L. Moore, c Worrall, b Trumble ........................ 0 c Trott,bPhillips 4 Extras........................ 3 Extras ... 9 Total .................127 VlOTOBIA. First Inning?. F. H. Walters, run out ... 0 Total ...161 Second Innings. Callaway, Coningham J. Harry, c Murdoch, b Newell............................... 4 b Turner G. H. S. Trott, c Iredale, b Turner . ....................20 F. Laver, b Turner .......... 2 J. Worral), c Turner, b Newell............................... 4 H. Stuckey, st Moore, b Turner ........................ 1 H. Graham, c Moses, b Newell...............................10 H. Trumble, c Iredale, b Turner.............................. i J. M’Blackham, st Moore, b Turner ........................12 J. Phillips, b Turner........ 3 C. M'Leod, not out ......... 0 E x tra s............................. 6 c M*Pherson, b Turner .......... b Turner .......... c Iredale, b Turner .......... b Coningham ... c Gregory, b Coningham ... c Evans, b Con­ ingham .......... not out .......... b Newell .......... b Turner .......... E xtras Total .................88 Total...171 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N e w S outh W a l e s . First Innings. Second Im.ings. O. M. R. W. O M. R. W. Trum ble......... 20.4 7 46 2 .......... 28 11 45 3 M'Leod ..........21 fi 64 6 .......... 22 5 67 3 Phillips.......... 4 2 11 1 .......... 5.1 1 4 2 W orrall.......... 3 1 3 0 Trott.1 2 3 26 2 Trott ' owled one wide. V icto r ia . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. E. W. O. M. R. W. Turner ..........14 2 51 6 .......... 39 12 59 5 Newell .......... 13 2 31 3 .......... 24 8 46 1 Coningham 24.1 8 60 4 Turner bowled one no-ball and Coningham one wide. VICTORIA v. TASMANIA. Though they put, as usual, practically a second eleven into the field to oppose Tasmania, the Victorians had an easy victory. The match, which was played on the Mel­ bourne Club ground on Jan. 26, 27, and 29, ended in a win for Victoria by seven wickets. The Tasmanians hardly played up to their real form, and their batting in particular, was not up to its usual standard. E ady’s all­ round play was perhaps the best feature of their cricket. His stand with Burn in the second innings, when 76 were added for the sixth wicket, was decidedly the best exh ibi­ tion of batting on the side. In addition, he bowled, as will be seen, with considerable success. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. T. Tatchell.b Eady ... ... 2 runout ....... 3 B .B a rrett c Eady.b Sams 4J not out ... ...to A Tarrant, b Eady ... • 16 c Rock,b Watt 17 I. S. Drape, lbw, b Rock 32 not out ....... 5 P. Lewis, d Windsor ... 25 R. S. Houston, b Eady ... 72 E. F. Bean, not out .................................................103 W. Ingleton, b Eady ... 4 A. Carlton, c Gatehouse, b Eady ................................................................ 3 A. E. Trott, b Rock......... 7 c Rock, b Watt 5 E xtras..........................................21 Extras... 4 Total ...................627 Total ... 62 C. Letcher did not bat. T asmania . First Innings. Second Innings. C. J. Eidy, c Carlton, b Trott ................................ 2) c Ingleton, b Trott .55 G.H Gatehouse, c Barrett, b Carlton ....................... 1b Trott ........... 0 J. Savigny, c Carlton, b Trott .....................33 b Trott ........... 20 K.Burn,c Trott, b Ingleton 35 b Troto ...........30 fl. Douglas, c Barrett, b Ingleton ... ........... 2 lbw, b Ingletoa 3 E. A. Windsor, c Lewis, b Fean ............................14 b Trott ........... 3 N. R. We3t rook, c Lewie, b Bean..................................24 b Ingleton....12 J. Watt, b Car ton ......23 b Prott ........... 0 D. Sam?, c and Prott ... 6 not out .......... 28 C. M'Allen, not out .....16 b Trotc ...........26 N. Rock, b T rott................. 8 st Lewis, b Ca l- ton . 8 B 10, lb 2, nb 2, w 1 ... 15 Extras ... 6 Total ...... 196 Total ...191 BOWLING ANALYSIS. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. K.W. W indsor..........168 7 532 ............ 42 2 19 0 Eady..................246 13 945 ............ 33 0 14 0 Sams................. 108 3 431 ............24 0 15 0 R ock ..................150 6 64 1 W att.................. 48 2 150 ............. 18 0 10 2 Burn................. 36 2 16 0 Douglas .............24 1 18 0 V ictoria . First Innings. Second Inningp. B. M. R. W. P. M. R. W Letcher .......... 50 4 16 0 Carlton ......... 119 4 442 ............ 65 3 25 1 Ing.eton ..........144 10 432 ........... 144 7 47 2 T rott..................200 12 5 3 4 ........... 240 8 85 7 B ean..................102 7 25 2 ......... 69 1 24 0 Drape................. 6 1 0 0 Barrett .. 6 0 4 0 Irgleton bowled one wide and Trott two no-ba’ls. T he receipts in Leicestershire matches last year were £1,069 11s. 6d..expenses £1,344 6s.8d. H. H. C a s t e n s , who is to captain the South African team to visit England this year, is an old Oxonian. T h e Notts Colts’ match will, as usual, be played at Trent Bridge, on Monday and Tues­ day next. The Hon. G. W. S. Lyttelton, who was in the Eton Elevens of 1863 and ’64, has been made a C.B. L. A C u f f and J. P.Lawrence scored 306 for the first wicket for Canterbury v. Auckland (N.Z.), on January 5th. K. B u r n , the Tasmanian cricketer who was in England with the Australian team of 1890, scored 189 not out for Wellington against New Town in Hobart, on February 3. C. T . B. T u r n e r , the Australian cricketer, has settled down in business in Sydney as agent for Messrs. Jeremiah Lyon and Co., of London. T he copyright of a work of reference with the title of “ The World of Cricket” by Mr. F. Ironside of Sydney, it is said, has been pur­ chased by Routledge and Sons, the London publishers.