Cricket 1894

OCT. 25, 1894 CRICKET j A WEEKLY RECOBD OF THE GAME* 419 T h e C hampion C ounty in E ach Y e a r . Bear in mind that no one uniform test of supremacy has prevailed throughout this chapter. So far as I can learn, the smallest number of lost matches decided the order from 1873 to 1886. An absurd test, and occasionally most unfair, as when in 1883 Notts, who showed only 4 wins to 1 loss and 7 draws, were placed above Yorkshire, who had 9 wins to 2 losses and 5 draws. Certainly Yorkshire had the better record. Then in 1887 and to the end of 1889, a win counted one point, a draw a half-point. An arrange­ ment that may suit Socker football, but is quite unworthy of county cricket. How­ ever, we must abide by the practice in vogue. And so we find the first place filled as follows :— 1. Notts in 1873, 1875, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883,1884, 1885, 1886, and 1889. 2 . 1891 3. Lancashire in 1881, 1882, and 1889. Gloucestershire in 1873, 1876, and Surrey in 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892, and 1894. 4. 1877. 5. 6. 7. Middlesex in 1878. Derbyshire in 1874. Yorkshire in 1893. 1. It will be noted that in some years the names of two, and even three counties are given; it is because they tied for first place. 2. Several counties have lost no matches in one year ; Gloucestershire in 1873, 1876, 1877 ; Middlesex in 1873 and 1878; Notts in 1873, 1884,1886 ; Lan­ cashire in 1881; Derbyshire in 1874. It is doubtful whether any county will be aole to make a similar boast during the next ten years. No county has won every match they have played during one year. Kent lost all their matches in 1875; Derbyshire in 1884 and 1887. I suppose this was the chief reascn for Derbyshire being dropped after 1887. 3. Middlesex in 1875 and 1877; Derbyshire in 1886, and Sussex in 1877 and 1880, won never a match. But each could point to drawn matches. AG3R3Q&TE OF 1000 RUN3 IS A MATCH. Twenty-six such aggregates. It is curious to note that Sussex took part in no less than fifteen of these matches. None of the matches were played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, or Bramall Lane, Sheffield. Brighton occurs nine times in the list, Derbyshire are not found here, for though their batting was generally on a modest scale, they managed to prevent their opponents scoring heavily. Just one more item to-day. In these twenty-two years what is the highest and lowest innings scored by each county :— Highest Innings. Lowest Inrings. Runs Ground. Year. 1295 Middlesex v. Yorkshire Lord’s 1889 1210 Yorkshire v. Iancashire Bradford 1887 12C5 Middlesex v. Notts Lord’s 1893 1159 Sussex v. Notts Brighton 1893 1138 Su=sex v. Notts Brighton 1^91 1122 Somersetshirev. Middlesex Taanton 1833 1117 Sussex v. Gloucestershire Brighton 38;8 1093 Middlesex v. Yorkshire Lord’s ie86 1091 Yorkshire v. Suss x Bradford 1890 1C83 Sussex v. Kent Brighton 1881 1074 Gloucestershire v. Sussex Che'tenhuml895 1064 Surrey v. Sussex Oval 1894 1063 Glo’stershire v. Middlesex Clifton ?879 1063 Sussex v. Kent Biishton 1886 1037 Sussex v. Kent Brighton 1893 1053 GloVtershire v. Yortsh're Clifton 18 8 1041 Surrey v. Sussex Oval 188.5 1039 Sussex v. Yorkshire Brighton 3885 1033 Sussex v. Yorkshire Brighton 1886 1028 Lancashire v. Sussex Manchester 1893 1027 Kent v. Midd'eeex (’ ravesend 1896 1027 Sussex v. Gloucestershire Brighton 1894 1(18 Yorkshire v. Gl’stershire Bradford 1685 1017 Kent v. Middlesex Canterbury 1887 1007 Gi’ster3hire v. Yorkshire Gloucester 1887 1001 Surrey v. Sussex Oval 1993 1 Derbyshire- 318, v. Lancashire 1895 16, v. Notts 3879 2 Gloucestershire— 528, v. Yorkthire 1876 25, v. Somersetshire 1891 3 K en t- 521, v. Sussex 1882 25, v. Derbyshire 1874 4 Lancashire— 484. v. Kent 1892 35, v. Surrey 1888 5 Midd'esex— 537, v. Glostershire 1883 25, v. Surrey 3885 6 N otts- 674, v. Sussex 1893 24, v. Yorkshire 1888 7 Pomersetshire— 592, v Yorkshire 1892 31, v. Lancashire 1894 8 Surrey- 693. v. Sussex 1688 16, v. Notts 1880 9 Sussex- 482, y.Glostersbire 1892 19, v. Notts 1873 10 Yorksh ire- 590, v. Lancashire 1887 3’ , v. Notts 1876 Highest and lowest innings against: 25 by Kent 1874 271 y Surrey 1874 35 by Notts 1889 21 ty Sus&ex 18S0 43 by Yorkshire 1888 1 Derbyshire— 494 by Surrey 1886 2 Gloucesterfchire— 537 lry Middlesex 1883 3 Kent— 559 by Yorkshire 1887 4 Lancashire— 590 by Yorkshire 1887 5 Middlesex— 5?6 by Notts 1897 6 N otts- 483 by Glo’stershirel881 j 1ft by Surrey 1880 116 by Derbyshire 1879 7 Somersetshire— 469 by Yorkshire 1893 8 Sarrey— 501 ty Notts 18£2 y Sussex- 698 by Surrey 1889 10 Yorkshire 592 ty Somerset 1892 25 by Qlo’steishire 1691 25 by Middlesex 1885 37 fcy Glo’stershire 1891 ( 2! by Sussex 1878 I24 by Notts 18-8 {To be continued). THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. The following circular has just been issued by the Committee of the Mary- lebone Club. Lord’s Ground, N.W., October, 1894 The committee of the M.C.C. having, at the request of the leading counties, prepared a scheme for regulating the County Champion­ ship, and that scheme having met with the approval of the counties concerned, the con­ test for the championship will in future be regulated by it. The scheme as finally approved is as follow : C la ssif ic a tio n of C o u n t ie s . Cricketing counties shall be considered as belonging to the first clas3 or not. There no necessity for further sub-division. First class counties are those whose matches with one another, with the M.C.C. and Ground, with the Universities, with the Australians, and such other elevens as shall be adjudged “ first-class matches,” by the M.C.C. committee, are used in compilation of first-class batting and bowling averages. There shall be no limit to the number of first-class counties. The M.C.C. committee may bring new counties into the list, may remove existing ones from io, or may do both. The list for 1895 is as follows : Derbyshire Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Middlesex Nottingham Somerset Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire T he C ou n ty C h a m pio n sh ip . After the close of each cricket season, the committee of the M.C.C. shall decide the county championship. It sha’l be competed for by first class counties. No county shall be eligible unless it shall have played at least eight out and home matches with other counties ; provided, that if no play can take place owing to weather, or other unavoidable cause, such match shall be reckoned as unfinished. One point shall be reckoned for each win, one deducted for each loss; unfinished games shall not be reckoned. The county which, during the season, shall have, in finished matches, obtained the greatest proportionate number of points, shall be reckoned champion county. GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE CLUB. Matches played 66—Won 33, lost 14, drawn 1 BATTING AVERAGES. lim es Most in Inns, not out. Buns, an Inns. Aver. H. E. Murrell... 20 ... 2 ... 391 . . 81* ... 21.88 H. M. B ake ... 19 ... 1 ... 351 ... 126 ... 19.5J H. G. <rjer ... 28 ... 7 ... b99 .. 50* ... 19 J. C. Stone 8 .. 0 ... 128 . . 35 ... 16 A. J. Adams ... 12 ... 3 ... 339 .. 46* ... 15.44 H. Y. Builock ... 21 ... 1 ... 297 .. 1 8 ... 14.85 L. t\ Easton ... 29 ... 8 ... 261 . . 30 ... 12.42 F. Heppet stall 12 ... 3 ... 110 .. 24 ... 12.22 S. Windett 12 ... 1 ... 131 .. 38* ... 11.90 A. Wroe .......... 16 ... 0 ... 163 .. f8 ... 10.18 E. B. Tolley ... 33 ., 0 ... 115 .. ?6 ... P.84 B. R. Scully ... 18 ... 2 ... 337 .. 24 ... 8.56 C. L. Botten ... 21 ... 0 ... 358 .. 5i ... 7.90 W. H. Joanes ... 25 ... 2 ... 178 .. 35 ... 7.73 S. C ozens......... 19 ... 4 ... 316 .. 24 ... 7.73 H. Holmes 11 ... 2 ... 92 .. 29 .. 7.66 A. H olm es........ 12 ... 1 .. 79 .. 18* .. 7.18 R. Wiodebank .. 36 ... 0 .. 308 .. 27 .. 6.75 W. P. Cook 35 ... 3 ... 83 .. 23* ... 6.66 W. Hall ......... 3? ... 1 ... 80 ... 23 ... 6.66 W. H. Manley .. 20 ... 1 ... 19 .. it7 ... 6.21 S. R. B est........ 29 ... 0 ... 378 .. 20 .. 6.13 E. Medway 39 ... 2 .. 1 '3 .. 37 .. 6.05 M. F. Willcocks 19 ... 2 .. 97 .. 2 ) .. 5.70 P. J. Holme3 ... 33 ... 2 .. 51 .. 24* .. 4.63 J. Dutton......... 24 ... 3 ... 9J .. 15 .. 4.28 J. E. Holmes ... 34 3 .. 47 .. 32 .. 4.27 BT. Joanes......... 36 ... 3 ... 55 .. 11 .. 4.23 F. J. Buck.......... 39 ... 1 ... 68 .. 15 .. 3.77 C. J. Smilh ... 34 ... 2 ... 36 .. 11 .. 3 H. Blake .......... 38 ... 4 .. 42 .. 14 .. 3 G. Lay .......... 32 ... 0 .. 36 .. 16 .. 3 W. Knight.......... 19 ... 5 .. S7 .. 10* .. 2.64 Faulkner.......... 34 ... 1 .. 33 .. 17 .. 2.53 A. Ba’dwin 31 ... 3 ... 20 .. 9 .. 2.50 A. Cullingworth 14 ... 4 ... 21 .. 10 .. 2.4J BOWLING AVERAGES. S. Windett ........ A. Cullingworth.. J. Dutton ......... A. J. Adams .. .. W. Knight ......... H. G. C ryer........ H. B. Murrell F. J. Back ... .. A. W roe................ A. B aldw iti........ R. Windetank W. H. Manley .. H. Y. Bullock .. S. J. Holmes .. .. J. C. Stone ... .. A. Holmes ........ L. T. Easton .. Balls. , 319 465 1431 606 983 1186 , 98) 5 8 43i 3 4 , 995 . 293 , :-33 601 , 242 , 208 320 Mdns. .. 21 .. 26 .. 109 ... 36 ,.. 51 .. 76 ,.. 63 .. 21 .. L8 ,.. It ,.. 77 ... 14 ... 21 31 ... 10 .. 11 .. 14 Runs. ... 127 ... 205 ... 428 ... 216 ... 881 ... 415 ... 304 .. 245 .. 172 ,.. 184 ,.. 309 ... 126 ... 116 ... 294 ... 97 ,.. 75 .. 159 Wkts. Aver. ... 3D ... 4.23 ... 45 ... 4.55 ... 86 ... 4.98 ,.. 39 . ... 59 . ... 64 . ... 46 . ... 33 . ... 23 . ... 24 . ... 37 . ... 14 . ... 13 ... 9.66 ... 25 ...11.76 ... 8 ... 12.12 ... 6 .. 12 2 ... 10 ...15.9 , 5.53 , 6.45 , 6.48 . 660 , 7.42 , 7.47 7.66 8.35 NEXT ISSUE NOVEMBER 29