Cricket 1895

106 CRICKET : A WEEK jl Z RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 2, 1895. time to thank him for his long and gratuitous services. A c c o r d i n g to the Adelaide Observer, it is taken for granted in Melbourne cricket circles that an Australian team will visit England at the end of next summer, and that Eady (Tasmania), Albert Trott, Iredale, Darling, and C. Hill will be members. Communications, the same paper adds, have been passing between prominent cricketers, which show that the next Australian Eleven is likely to be selected from the follow­ ing :—Lyons, G. Giffen, Darling, A. Jarvis. C. HOI, Eady, Trott (2), Bruce, Trumble, Graham, Iredale, Gregory, Donnan, and Turner. It is thought improbable, however, that Turner and Bruce will be able to leave. M b . P h i l i p s o n ’s reply to the toast of “ The Ladies,” at the luncheon in the match against North Tasmania, is good enough to reproduce, if only for the benefit of other cricketers who may be called upon to do similar duty in an emergency :— Mr. Philipson said the honour was an un­ expected one. He had not had the privilege of speaking to a single lady since he had been in Launceston. But it was not his fault. (Laughter.) It wasvery kind of Mr. Stoddart to refer to him, but he believed he was the only one of the team who had never spoken to the ladies. (Laughter.) His visit to Launceston had been somewhat disappointing. He had not made any runs. ' (Laughter.) That was his own fault. (Renewed laughter.) He had not bowled a wicket. That was his captain’s fault. (More laughter.) One thing, however, he wished to say, and that was that if they ever came over again he hoped they would put the heavy roller over the Straits. (Loud laughter.) It was all very well to laugh, but they had to go back, (Renewed laughter.) They had all appreciated the kindness they had received very much. True, they had not all been fortunate enough to have a birthday in Launceston. (Laughter.) That only fell to the lot of a Stoddart. It is significant perhaps to note that Mr. Philipson was particular to say that he had not spoken to a single lady. J. J. L y o n s , the South Australian smiter, was in one of his happiest moods in a match, in the middle of March, between the Norwood and North Adelaide Clubs. He made 65 for the former while another batsman, one Green, was scoring 5. His own contribution to the total of 101 for four wickets was 70 not out. After a couple of doubles and a single his hits were 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, to which he subsequently added another 5. W i t h Lord Harris responding for the House of Lords, and Mr. Edgar 8. Pardon in the chair, cricket was well represented at the dinner of the Press Club on Satur­ day night. Cricket reporting has of late years, mainly through the influence of the Pardons, become one of the leading features of metropolitan, as well as provincial journalism. There is a special fitness, therefore, in the presidential chair of the Press Club being occupied, as it is at present, by the youngest of the surviving members of the brotherhood. Me. W. C. B r id g e m a n , who was married to the eldest daughter of the Hon. Cecil Parker, at Chester, on Tuesday can hardly be other than the old Etonian who was in tha Cambridge University eleven some few years back, and also was for a time much in evidence as an Associa­ tion footballer. T h e Liberal Unionists of Leamington no doubt hope to have found salvation in the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, whom they have chosen to take the place of Mr. George Peel retired. In a sport­ ing county like Warwickshire Mr. Lyt­ telton’s brilliant record as an athlete should stand him in good stead. As I have had occasion to remark not even C. B. Fry’s performances at Oxford can come up to those of Mr. Lyttelton at his best. At cricket, football, athletics, racquets, and tennis, the latter was equally good, which is, I need hardly add, a pretty big order with very few parallels. T h o u g h the season is practically just opening, it has still been old enough to admit of a batting performance only rarely accorded during the course of the season. It was at Sheffield Park yester­ day week, for Sheffield Park against Newick, F. Worger was the hero, and his feat in carrying his bat through the innings for 116, out of a total of 197, was a very noteworthy achievement, consider­ ing that he could have had very little, if any, practice. T h e latest advices from the head office of the Orient Line indicate that the “ Ophir” should be at Naples before these lines meet the public eye. She was expected to arrive there last night, or, at the latest, first thing this morning. In this case the members of the team who are coming over land should be in England again well by the end of this week. Mention of their home-coming reminds me that the Hampstead Club is arranging for a big dinner on Saturday, the 10th, to Mr. Stoddart, who, it is hardly necessary to state, has been one of the most active members of the club. T h e many friends of Mr. Arthur Wilson, ex-hon. sec. of the Derby County C.C. will be glad to hear that his son has just taken high honours in the musical line, in the shape of the Mendelssohn scholarship. The prize is not only one eagerly sought after, but it carries with it an annual income by no means to be despised, so that its attainment has a material value. paratively early death from pneumonia is regretted by all those who knew him. He used to bowl a slow off break with a perseverance worthy of a better fate than ofttimes rewarded him. I f only for the fact that he has been an occasional contributor to the paper almost from its inception, Cricket should take a personal interest in the honours that have recently been paid to Mr. A. J. Gaston by the cricketers of Sussex. But Mr. Gaston’s sphere of usefulness bas taken a much wider scope than the columns of Cricket, or even the limit of the county of Sussex. He has been one of the most painstaking as well as the most careful of cricket statisticians. His contributions to cricket lore have indeed been invaluable, and, indeed, were it not a labour of love, no one could possibly have carried out successfully the work he has done. The presentation took the form of an address signed by Lord Sheffield, the Mayor of Brighton, the Sussex captain, W. L. Murdoch, and J. G. Blaker; an album with the subscribers’ names; and a cheque for eighty pounds. T h e Annual Meeting of the Surrey County Cricket Club this afternoon will be more than usually noteworthy, on account of the presentation of a testi­ monial to Mr. J. Shuter, the Captain of the eleven for some fifteen years. There are but few cricketers, one’s fingers would be far too numerous to reckon them on, who can be compared with Mr. Shuter for their services to their County. The presentation will, we are sure, be as- gratifying to the recipient as it is heartily offered by the members of the Club. MR. 0. R. BORRADAILE’S XII. v. PICKETT’S XII. The rain which spoiled the cricket on Thursday in the opening match of the Essex County C.C., only allowed very little play on the following day. W. Reeves (Stratford), who was not out overnight for 29, and H. Dadley went in to bat on a very dead wicket, against the bowling of Bateman Hope and M. A. Tosetti, but after twenty minutes’ play, during which the score was carried from 55- to 70 for seven wickets, the rain again came down. As it continued without intermission for several hours, the match was ultimately abandoned. Score and analysis :— M r . B o r r a d a ile ’ s X II. M a n y London cricketers will this sea­ son miss the well-known face of Charlie Pearse for many years a member of the old Lewisham club, which played in the now built over field close to Ladywell station, and longtime captain of the Northbrook Cricket Club at Lee. Pearse was for nearly twenty years a good all round man as a cricketer, and his com­ C. G. Littlehales, c Luckin, b Kingham 43 Bateman Hope, b Beeves ................... 1 H. H. Cobb, c Beeves, b Kingham ...........11 F. P. Joscelyne, b Beeves ................... 0 W . T. Garrett, inn out 0 J. W . Bonner, run out 19 M.A.Tosetti, c Luckin, b Beeves..................... 2 Eev. F. H . Procter, b K ingham ................... 7 D. Tosetti, run out ... 19 E. Barrett, b Inns ... O’ L. J. Stephenson, b y ‘ K ingham ................... 0 O.R.Borradaile (capt.)J* < not out .................. | O' Byes 6 ,1-b 2, w ‘2 ... 10 Total ...112: P ickett ’ s X II. E. Bobinson, b Hope H.Kingham cStephen- son, b Hope ........... J. H. Inns, b Proctor J. Dadley, not out .. Extras ... M. Luckin, c Borra- daile, b Barrett ... 10 E. Porter, c D. Tosetti, b Barrett................... 4 H. Porter, c Little­ hales, b Stephenson 2 W . Reeves, not out ... 37 A . Daye, c and b Stephenson ........... 0 ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. M r . B oh radaile ’ s X II. O. M.R. W.| O M.R W Houchin]... 9 2 27 0 Kingham 17 2 38 4 Reeves ... 18 6 30 3 j Inns........... 3 1 7 1 Total (for 7 wkts.)... 701