Cricket 1895

250 CRICKET: A WEEK.LY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 4. 1895 playing, have six old choices. On public form, Oxford certainly seem to have a decided advantage, and with ordinary luck, ought to have a fairly „ easy win. Anvhow, with a wicket at all in favour of the batsman, the run-getting should be above the average. I t will interest a large number of Cricket readers to know that the question of a continuance of the use of the Oval for football is to come before the members of the Surrey County C.C. to-morrow week. A Special General Meeting has been called for that afternoon at five o’clock, to consider a resolution of the committee, that it is inadvisable to play football. The fact that July 12 is the first day of the Eton v. Harrow match, may possibly prevent a number of the members from being present. A m o n g the honours distributed by the Cabinet on the occasion of their quitting office was a C.B. awarded to the Hon. E. Chandos Leigh, who has been for many years Counsel to the Speaker. As most Cricket readers know, Mr. Chandos Leigh was President of the Marylebone Club, and not only occupied anactive posi­ tion in I Z. cricket, but has taken a keen interest in its affairs throughout. Still, his best record in the way of sport has been his untiring zeal as Chairman of the London Playing Fields Committee, a body which has done a great and good work in pro­ viding grounds for the less fortunate section of Metropolitan cricket clubs. A t the same time a conscientious desire to do strict justice to both political parties alike, compel me to record, that the Club on the other side of the water has not been overlooked in the matter of honours by the incoming Government. Sir Richard Webster, the President of the Surrey County Club, has returned to his old position as Attorney General, with, so it is said, a reversion of the Mastership of the Rolls. Another Surrey man and cricketer, the Hon. W. St. J. Brodrick, as everyone knows, has received the appointment of Under Secretary of State for War. time for a bare mention of the fact that it established a new record in respect of the aggregate for a first class match. As a proof of the super-excellence of the wicket on the Sussex County Ground this season, .it will be of interest to give the totals in the last four matches in which the Sussex eleven have taken part at home. The details are as follows:— To tal. W ickets. Ju n e 8. Sussex y. Som erset ...........1344 ... 32 Ju n e 15. Sussex v. M id d le s e x .......... 1259 ... 28 Ju n e 22. Sussex v. Cam b. U n iv ....1084 ... 30 Ju n e 26. Sussex v. O xfo rd U n iv . ...1410 ... 28 A slight calculation will show that this altogether gives 5,097 runs for 118 wickets as the outcome of the four matches. A b a t t i n g exploit which my corres- pordent thinks may be a record, is one on 29th ultimo, by Mr. J. R. Quilter, at Crotch End. He drove two consecutive balls, one for 8 and the second for 6, thus making 14 in two hi+R, all the 14 being run out. But whether or not this approaches record, there can be no doubt that the conclusion of the feat does, if correctly reported, for it is stated that he cut the last two balls of the over to the boundary for three each, thus making 20 from the over. It certainly appears to be a record to score two hits for three from consecutive balls in the same over. M r . W a l t e r R y e authenticates an extraordinary performance by one of his young pupils at Spencer College, Wimbledon. This youngster, Dashwood by name (not an unapt cognomen), in a match against the High School, Sutton, took in the first innings seven wickets for eight runs. Either, however, he established a funk, or he considere'd this too liberal an allowance of runs,for on the Suttonians again going to the wickets, he, a second time, dismissed seven of them, but on this occasion without a run between them. The batting in j unior school matches is often very inferior to the bowling, but such a complete collapse does not often repeat itself in a second innings in the same game. T h e Abbey School, Beckenham eleven have been urging on their wild career with marked success. They have only, in fact, lost one match, and that at the seaside when the school bowler was away ill, by a margin of nineteen runs. Every other match, both for the first and second elevens, has been won. The record up to date shows sixteen matches played, with fifteen wins to one defeat, with 2,794 runs scored at a cost of a hundred and forty runs. K. S. Ranjitsinhji, who has, I may add, given a Challenge Cup for the School Sports, as well as a bat. for the eleven race, it is hoped will be able to get to the school on Saturday afternoon to give away the prizes. T h e late conclusion of the match between Sussex and Oxford University at Brighton yesterday week, only gave THE POSITIONS OF-COUNTIES. The following table shows the positions of the fourteen first-class counties in the championship contest so far as it has gone— i.e., to July 3 :— Surrey ........... Played. W on . Lo st. D rw n Pnts. ... 12 .. . 9 . . 1 . . 2 ... 8 Lancashire ... 8 ... 6 . . 2 .. 0 ... 4 Y o rk sh ire ... 11 . . 6 . . 3 .. 2 .. 3 D erbyshire ... 6 . . 2 . . 1 .. 3 1 Gloucestershire ... 6 . . 3 . . 3 .. 0 ... 0 M iddlesex ... 9 . . 3 . . 3 . . 3 . . 0 Sussex ........... ... 6 .. 2 . . 2 . . 2 . . 0 H am pshire ... ... 5 . . 2 . . 3 .. 0 . .. — 1 Leicestershire ... 8 . . 3 . . 4 .. 1 .. — 1 W a rw icksh ire ... 10 . . 2 . . 3 ..• 5 .. — 1 N otts ........... ... 8 . . 2 . 4 .. 2 .. — 2 Essex ........... ... 8 . . 2 . . 5 .. 1 .. —3 Som erset........... ... 7 . . 1 . . 4 .. 2 .. —3 K e n t................... ... 6 . . 0 . . 5 .. 1 .. — 5 Losses are deducted fro m w ins an d draw n gam es ignored. L O N D O N A N D W E S T M I N S T E R B A N K v. L O N ­ D O N A N D S O U T H -W E S T E R N B A N K .- P la y e d a t D enm ark H ill on Ju n e 24 and 25. L ondon and W estm inster B a n k . C. A . Snell, b P h ip p s 8 F .F .M u sso n ,b G ood all 21 C. S. J . D ouglas, b Phipps ................... 8 H . B . Squire, b Ph ipps 2 H . O . M anfield, ru n o u t .......................... 43 L .P itt-B ro o k ,b Ph ip p s 21 W .B radbery,b G o o d all 19 G . R aby, c Y iveash , b G ood all ...................18 A . G. G ough, b B u r­ lin g to n ...................16 C. C. Sim pson, c F o r­ rester, b B u rlin g to n 0 A . Podm ore, n ot out... 4 B 16, w 2 ...........18 T o ta l ...........178 L ondon and S outh W estern B a n k . C . B .W ood, b Sim pson 0 T .A .P h ip p s,b Sim pson 13 R . B u rlin g ton , lbw , b Podm ore ... ... 8 F.H o lla n d , c M anfield, b Sim pson ........... 7 H . Forrester, c S im p- b Podm ore ........... 1 G. M . Topp, b Sim pson 1 F . G oodall, b Sim pson 12 W . T rim m er, b P od ­ m ore ........................... 3 W . R . S m ith , b P od­ m ore ........................... 4 W . B . Topp, n o t out... 11 F . V iveash , b S nell ... 2 B 9, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 12 T o ta l , 74 L O N D O N A N D C O U N T Y B A N K v. B R I X T O N W A N D E R E R S .— P layed a t D u lw ich on Ju n e 24. B rixton W an d erers . E . H . Cross, b W e lch 24 C. G . S m ith , b B ish op 7 B 13, lb 2, w 1 _ ... 16 T o ta l *192 W . A . G illig a n , b W e lch ...................47 F . O dell, c W elch, b C u m in g s ...................23 F . P . R ider, b T ro w e ll 44 F.^ M illar, not o u t ... 21 A . A . G riffiths, F . E . Thom son, H . O dell, C. F . Jones, and H . B a ld w in d id not bat. * In n ing s declared closed. L ondon and C ounty B an k . W . R . P attinson, c and b R id e r ...................17 T . J. Fin lin so n , b H . O d e ll........................... 5 H .F .W e lch , b G riffiths 9 T . B ishop, b R id e r ... 1 A . Jackson, c G riffiths, b R id e r .................. 0 S. H . Sargant, not out 28 W . B e ll did n ot bat. B . M . W a ld ock, b H . O d e ll.......................... F . G .Cum ings, b G illi­ gan .......................... C. R . T ro w ell, b M illa r A . A . Yeom an, not out B 5, lb 2 ................... T o ta l ........... T h e time of “ weeks ” is upon us again, and the Hampstead cricket week, com­ menced on the 24th ultimo, has this year been a very successful affair. Although the club was without the service of Messrs. Stoddart, Macgregor, Hayman, Spofforth, Moon, and Thornton, they were yet fairly successful against the strong teams which they encountered. The results of their engagements are detailed in the match columns of Cricket this week, and it is highly creditable to the club that, without the assistance of so many of their cracks, they should have been able to make so good a display. It will be noticed that Hale and Whitley were very successful with the ball. Pew clubs have given so many men to Middle­ sex County cricket as the Hampstead C.C., and it is satisfactory to find that they possess further talent. H A M P T O N W I C K y. W A N D E R E R S .— Played at Bushey P a rk, H am p to n W ick , on Ju n e 26. W a n d e r e r s . A .H . Behrend, c K e e l­ in g , b M a lla m ...........12 W . E . H obbs, b M a l­ la m ...........................66 E .L .D u n ste r, c Severs, b Sm ith ...................23 H . E . H ockley, b S m ith ..........................29 P . L . A . Jephson, b T o tt - .........................33 S. Colem an, b S m ith ... 0 W . B raxto n -S m ith , c Severs, b S m ith ... 7 C. P. Joy, b T o tt ...1 6 A . J . C la rk , c Sprin g- thorp, b T o t t ........... 8 N . V . N orm an, n o to u t 9 S. C. W y a tt, c and b M a lla m ................... 0 B 16, lb 3...........19 T o ta l ...222 H ampton W ick . J.C .M allam ,cB eh ren d, b Jephson................... 4 W . C. Pepper, c B e h ­ rend, b Jo y ...........11 C . O. Springthorp, b Jo y .......................... 18 R . J.Severs, c Behrend, b J o y .......................... 0 H .A .H .C a rso n , c B e h ­ rend, b Jephson ... 3 S. H . B eckley, ru n o u t ...........................13 J . T o tt, b Jephson ... 18 H . S m ith, c Colem an, b Jephson.................. 5 W . H urlem an , c Jep h ­ son, b J o y ...................16 P. M oore, b Jephson... 0 A . P . K e e lin g , not ou t ........................... 2 B y e s.................. 3 Total ..........93