Cricket 1894

4S6 ©MOKE'S? i A WEEKLY RECOED OB' TEH GAME; NOV. 29, 1884 of Maurice’s absence, by four wickets, Mr. Boiler scoring 102 for once out, and Diver and Messrs. Webbe and J. G. Walker all batting well. Cambridge went down in an innings, W. W. scoring his first century of the season (114), and Lohmann (80) helping him to add 162 ; and Yorkshire succumbed at Sheffield by seven wickets, Abel and Mr. Shuter putting on 109 for the first wicket. {To be continued). MIDDLESEX COUNTY CLUB. The annual meeting of this club was held a few days ago. It was re­ solved that the same countits should be met as this year, viz., Gloucester­ shire, Kent, Lancashire, Notts, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, and Yorkshire (out and home), it not being found possible to extend it by plajing any more counties. The second eleven matches with Kent were also renewed. The balance sheet, ehowinzabalanceinhandof .£115817s. 2d , iu addition to a sum of £‘2000 invested in Consols, was passed. The match receipts and expenses were as under ; Rece:p‘ s. Expenses. £ s. d. £ s. d. v. Somerset (home) .......... ----- ft .. ... 22 0 0 v. Somerset (away)............. ----- 5 0 v. Gloucestershire (home) 112 1L 0 v. Gloucestershire (away) ----- .... 60 5 0 v. Yorkshire (home).......... 131 7 0 ...... 38 10 0 v. Yorkshire (away) .......... ----- .... 57 5 0 131 14 6 .... ‘ 5 In ii v Notts (away) ................. .... 57 15 0 v. Surrey (home)................ 470 3 1) ...... 63 0 0 v. Surrey (away)................ ----- .... 23 11 0 109 6 ii .... 4) 10 II v. Sussf x (away)................. .... 42 0 0 v. Lancashire vhome) ...... 2.3 10 0 .... 33 10 0 v. Lancashire (away)...... ----- .... 67 8 0 v. Kent (hom e)................. 62 11 0 v. Kent (away)................... -— 0 0 v. Lancashire (2nd) (home) 8 16 0 ... .. 21 0 0 v. Lancashire (2nd) (awaj) ----- 5 v. Kent (2nd) (home).......... 11 7 6 .. ... 18 10 0 v. Kent (2nd) (away).......... — ... 30 1 3 Total......... £1262 6 0 £360 :8 8 To Balance........ £101 7i. it. a Proceeds devoted to Sherwin's Benefit. A donation of £50 was voted to the M.C.C., supplementary to the Whit- Monday proceeds already alluded to, a grant of five guineas to the Cricketer's Fund, and donations of t'20 apiece to J. T. Hearne and Bawlin in recognition of their valuable services in the attack were agreed to. A suitable memento was given to Mr. A. B. Holdship, who performed the hat trick in the 2nd XI. match v. Kent, at Maidstone, last July. Messrs. M. Turner and W. J. Ford were placed on the committee, the officers as re-elected consisting of the following: President, the Earl of Strafford; vice-presi­ dents, Lord George Hamilton and Mr. V. E. Walker ; treasurer, Mr. W. Nicholson ; captain, Mr. A. J. Webbe ; hon. sec., Mr. P. M. Thornton, M .P .; assistant secretary, Mr. J. A. Murdoch, Lord’s Ground, N.W. Committee, Messrs. I. D. Walker, E. Butter, H. Turner, M. Turner, C. M. Tebbut, J. G. Walker, J. Iiobertson- Walker, W. J. Ford, and G. F. Vernon. Messrs. A. J. Webbe and I. D. Walker were appointed to represent the county at the Secretaries’ Meeting on December 11 at Lord’s. CRICKET NOTCHES. THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. 1878 to 1894. B y the R e v . E. S. H olm es . I am anxious to make this series of articles—there will be three in all—not only reliably accurate, but also exhaus­ tively detailed. So let me at once correct certain errors in the list of matches played as given in my last “ Notch." For this item I depended on the services of a friend who, being unaccustomed to the drafting of statistical tables, has tripped here and there. In future I shall rely on my own resources. Here is the corrected list of all matches played between the ten first-clas3 counties, 1872 to 1894. Bear in mind that Derbyshire dropped out of the list at the end of 1887, and that Somersetshire entered it at the beginning of 1891. Matches played Won Lost Drwn. Tied 1 Derbyshire ... 99 ... 21 .. £9 .,.. 9 2 Gloucestershire 253 . G9 .,.. 115 .,.. 69 3 Kenc ... .......... £43 .... 83 .. 110 .,.. to 4 Lancashire 563 .„. 140 .,.. 75 .,.. 47 5 Middlestx 218 ... 78 .. 83 .,,. 51 6 N otts........ ... 273 ... 130 .,,. 62 .. 81 7 Somersetshire.. 60 ... 23 ... ‘.6 . . 11 8 Surrey .......... 308 ... 154 ..„ 101 .. 48 9 Sussex .......... 233 . . 45 . . 151 .., :-6 10 Yorkshire 314 ... H7 .. . 91 .,.. 76 Which gives 1,132 matches in all played by these Counties. The order of merit undergoes no change, but there is here and there a slight difference in the points scored : ORDER 0 7 MERIT. Points Points 1 Notts ................. 68 6 Somersetshire .. .3 2 Lancashire ... 65 j7 Kent .........................$7 3 Yorkshire..........56 !8 Gloucestershire .46 4 Surrey................ 59 9 Sussex..................... 103 5 Middlesex................10 '10 Derbyshire ... .48 Let us farther analyse the above table, splitting it into two parts, in order to learn how the several counties have scored their respective wins and losses : ©H Mttch s won by .a u B ft 1. Derbyshire ......... — 2 Gloucestershire ... 1 3. Kent ....................... 9 4. Lancashire ......... 23 5. Middlesex................ — 6. Not's ....................... 7 7. Somersetshire......... — 8. Surrey....................... 9 9. Sussex....................... 5 10. Yor sh ire................15 n THE WINS ANALY33D u <0 CC <v 0 8 "w <u <u Ul 0 o •3 ■V* o a a Q) m o 3 w ft S £ oi CO o o 9 . .. 4 .. ---- „ .. 4 . .. 6 .. . 7 .. . I I 5 . .. — . 14 .. . 10 .. . 8 !8 .. 24 . „ — .. . 8 .. . 10 I t . .. 10 .,.. 7 .. . — .. . 7 18 .,,. 10 . 13 .. . 16 .. . — 7 ... 5 . ... 1 .. . 1 .. . 2 52 ., PQ ... 12 ... 54 .. . 11 12 ‘ 11 .’ .. 3 .... 2 . 2 19 .,,. 15 ... 15 ... 2) ... 14 <u to<u s >><u M Icc AtnM O Total W iis o 3 O CO GQ CO <T> .. 1 . O -Jr , .. ? ... 3 21 — .. 14 .,.. 15 ... 12 ... 69 2 ... 8 ... 21 ... 8 ... 83 5 ... 15 .,.. 18 .... 19 ... 140 5 ... 17 ... 6 .,.. 12 ... 78 3 ... 51 ... 27 .,.. 15 ... 130 — . .. 2 ... 3 ... 2 ... ‘*3 6 .... — .... 29 . 15 ... 154 1 ..,. 6 .. — . 4 ... 45 4 ... 20 ... 25 7 .. — ... 117 Matches lost by b THE LO'SES ANALYSED. a M 1 Derbyshire.......... ... — ,... 1 2 Gloucestershire ... — ■... —■ 3 Kent ................. ... 9 .... 4 4 Lancashire.......... ... 4 ... 0 5 Middlesex .......... ... — .... 7 6 Notts ................. ... — ... 10 7 Somersetshire ... ... — .... — 8 S u m y ................. ... 1 14 9 s e x ................. ... 4 ... 15 10 Yorkshire .......... ... 3 ... 12 9 5 14 10 3 2 8 24 8 , 23 . 18 , 24 10 5 . 15 , 18 . 19 , 14 , 10 , 7 ' 7 5 , 17 6 . 12 09 A OJ at ii ►» H V 2 2 09 Total Losses +3 O E o £ p m c tl a Mo K* 23 OQ 0Q CO O CO 00 05 7 ., ,.. 9 .... 5 ...Is ... 69 18 ., 7 ! 22 ... 12 ... 19 ... 115 10 .. ,. 5 ,... 22 . ,.. 11 ... 15 ... l ’O 13 .. .. 1 .,.. 12 ... 3 ... 15 ... 75 16 .. .. 1 .... 24 ... 2 ... 20 ... 88 — „ . 2 .,.. 11 ... 2 ... 14 ... 62 3 .. . ___ . .. 6 . .. 1 ... 4 ... 26 21 ..,. 2 . ... — . .. 6 ... 20 ... 101 27 ... 3 .... 59 . .. — ... £5 ... 151 15 ... 2 ... 16 ... 4 ... — ... 91 c THE DRAWS ANALYSED. .a a £ a « Matches drawn by: — ‘.S 1 2 £y p» u 44 C8O •3 •O u 8 « o 3 a a> w Hi 3 • ei "<»< to 1. Derbyshi e • .. ■— . — .. 3 . . — 2. Gloucestershire — — . . 7 .. 10 . . 11 3. Kent ................. — 7 ... — .. 3 . . 4 4. Lancashire 3 10 3 .. — . . 2 5. Middlesex.......... — 11 ... 4 .. 2 . . — 6. Notts ................. 1 12 . . 11 .. 11 . . 19 7. Somersetshire... — 1 ... 1 .. 2 . . 2 8. S urrey................ — 8 . . 10 .. 4 . 2 9. Sussex................ 1 7 . . 6 .. 3 . . — 10. Yorkshire.......... 4 13 . . 8 .. 9 . . 11 Total draws. 1 12 11 11 19 1 7 3 16 8 10 4 2 7 1 ... 7 ... 6 ... 3 ... 3 1 2 ... 9 ... 4 . 13 . 8 . 9 . 11 . 16 . 2 , 8 . 5 . 9 (9 50 47 51 81 11 48 36 76 N EX T ISSUE D ECEMBER 28