Cricket 1894

414 O R IC K E T 3 A W E E K L Y E E COED O F T H E GAM E , SEPT. 20, 1894 CURIOSITIES OF 1894. January 5—Christchurch (New Zealand). L. A. Cuff and J. P. Lawrence scored 30G for the first wicket of Canterbury v. Auckland. January 6—Sydney. New Soiith Wales scored 393 (H. Mos;s 104) against South Australia. January 27—Kimberley (South Africa). Kimberley scored 577 against Bea- consfield. There were three scores of over a hundred—A. Walshe 192, C. Glover 140, and B. Powell 131 (not out). January —Johannesburg. H. Malraison (109) and Trotter (69) scored 173 without the loss of a wicket for Eleven Juniors v. Johannesburg Wanderers. January —Melbourne, Coburg v. Mel" bourne. D. Mailer was given out for handling the ball, which had stuck in his pads after being played. January —Tasmania, Mudgee v. Nep an. H. C. J. Macpherson (143) and C. D. Meares (70) scored 219 without the loss of a wicket, for the former. January —Perth (West Australia) .Thomp­ son and Davis scored 119 for West Perth v. Perth in thirty-four minutes. January —Launceston (Tasmania). J. H. Savigny scored 219 out of a total of 478 for Launceston v. Tamar. February 10—Launceston (Tasmania). J. H. Savigny (189) and W. H. Sa­ vigny scored 334 for the first wicket of Launceston against Tamar. February 10 — Tasmania. Wellington made 048 against Fifteen of New Town. K. Burn scored 240. February 13—Melbourne. The Mel­ bourne Club scored 291 runs in an hour and a quarter against Fifteen of the Bridge Road Tades. February ■— Gippsland. Prospect Reserves wero dismissed for 7 (three extras) and 0. Darriman scored 30 and 17. March 7— Adelaide. South Australia won the Sheffield Shield by beating Victoria. April 11—Basket Range (South Austra­ lia). Eleven Leaks played Basket Range. April 24—Richmond (Surrey). Eleven v. Next Eighteen of Erratics. Stanley Colman carried his bat through the former’s innings for 70 out of 132. There were, however, only nine wickets to fall. May 1—Oxford. Seniors’ match. A. W. Rutty did the hat trick in the first innings of G. Field’s side. May 2—Lord’s. M.C.C. and Ground v. Sussex. The match was completed in a day. May 3 -Oval, Surrey Colts’ Match. Nussey took three wickets with con­ secutive balls. May 5—Chiswick Park. D. L. A. Jeph" son, playing for the Wanderers, took all ten wickets in Chiswick Park’s second innings with lobs. May 5 —Eastbourne. Sussex Artillery v Eastbourne. Freeman Thomas, playing for former, made eight from one hit, all ran out, and wi'hout an overthrow. May 5—St. Margaret’s. St. Margaret’s v. Richmond. A. J. East took three wickets oE latter, with successive balls. May 5—Brentford. Brentford v. Norfolk Regiment. D. Womersley scored 216 for Brentford in about two hours and a quarter. May 9—Cambridge. In the Seniors’ Match (C. G. Pope’s side v. Mr. J. J. Robin­ son’s side,) 1249 runs were scored for thirty-three wickets. May 12—Teddington. Streatham v. Teddmgton. N. F. Miller carried his bat through Streatham’s innings for 106. May 17—Oval, Surrey v. Gloucestershire- Brockwell scored 107 for Surrey. The first hundred he had made for the County. Richardson and Lockwood bowled throughout both innings of Gloucestershire. May 19—Cambridge University v. Mr. A. J. Webbe's Eleven. In the three days 1095 runs were scored for four completed innings. May 19— v. Armley. E. Peate took all ten wickets of Armley at a cost of only 13 runs. May 19—Cambridge, Crusaders v. Christ’s College. N. F. Druce scored 223 for the Crusaders in two hours and a quarter. May 21—Sheffield Park, Lord Sheffield’s Eleven v. South African Team. The first match of a South African team in England. May 21—Lord’s, M.C.C. and G. v. Kent. Lord Hawke and Mr. A. E. Stoddart put on 131 runs for the first wicket of M.C.C. May 25—Oval, Surrey v. Middlesex. Abel hit a ball from RawJin for which seven wero run without an over­ throw. In playing a ball, also from Rawlin, a piece of Mr. D. L. A. Jephson’s bat went off and removed the leg bail. The batsman was given out. May 26—Leyton. Leyton v. Edmonton. C, McGahey and G. Druce went in for Leyton against a total of 179 with an hour and twenty minutes left, and made 190 without the loss of a wicket. May 31—Manchester. Lancashire V. Sussex. Alfred Shaw, the old Notts player, played for Sussex for the first time after an absence of seven yeirs from county cricket. May 31—Twickenham. Winchester House v. Waldegrave Park. Latter closed theii innings with the total 172 for no wickets, and w ithE . O. Drabble and J. C. Mallam not out. June 2—Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace v. Streatham. The Palace were obliged to close their innings on the fall of the ninth wicket, because the batsman left to go in, was at the time in a neighbouring pond Riving a child from drowning, June 4—Lord's. M.C.C. & G. v. South African Team. The South Africans got the last seven wickets in second innings of M.O.C. for nine, and won by eleven runs. June 5—Leyton. Essex C. & G. v. Manor Park. Walker and Porter put on 189 for the tenth wicket of the former, June 7—Dewsbury, Yorkshire v. Sussex. Wainwright bowled throughout both innings of Sussex. June 9—Manchester, Lancashire v. Mid­ dlesex. Lancashire won by one wicket. June 9—Norwood v. Surbiton. H. S. Rogers took nine wickets of Surbiton for one run. June 9—Croydon, Whitgift Grammar School v. Crystal Palace School of Engineering. Hawkins bowled three wickets of the latter with successive balls from one end, and V. F. S. Crawford three more with the first three balls of the over from the other end. June 11—Leicester, Leicestershire v. South African Team. G. Rowe and Middleton bowled throughout both innings of Leicestershire. June 11—Oval, Surrey v. Essex. Rich­ ardson took all ten wickets in first innings of Essex. June 22—Aldershot, Yorkshire Gentle­ men v. Aldershot Division. C. W. Landon and H. W. Dickson got 270 runs, wanted by the former to win, in two hours and ten minutes. Dick­ son scored 20 runs from one over of five balls. June 23—Battersea, Battersea v. Brixton- H.Carver carried his bat through Bat­ tersea’s innings. H. Moorhonse and J.Wasp made 196 wanted by Brixton to win in an hour and a half, without the loss of a wicket. June —Haverford College Freshmen v. Sophomores. Freshmen were dis­ missed for one run. June 26—Lord’s, M.C.C. & G. v. Cam­ bridge University. W. G. Grace scored 196 for M.C.C. & G. This is his highest innings at Lord’s. In the match 1,332 runs were scored for 37 wickets. In their second innings M.C.C. & G. made 595. N EX T ISSUE OCTOBER 25