Cricket 1895

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Ju ly 11, 1895. I V Y CR ICKET A I D L AW N T E N N IS G R O U N D , F orest H ill R oad , H onor O ak . T w o m inutes fro m H o n o r O ak Station , L .C . & D . and 12 m inutes from P eckham R y e Station, L .B . & 8.C. C R IC K E T P I T C H E S an d L A W N T E N N I S C O U R T S to Let, fo r the D a y o r T erm . F o r term s and p a rticu lars a p p ly to H . A nderson , P rop rietor, 16, Fore st H ill R oad, H o n o r O ak. J. S A L E , BAGLE CRICKET BALL FACTORY, S outhborough, K m K Very Best Material and Workmanship Guaranteed Price Llit on Application ESTABLISHED 1 H 70 O U T F IT S F O R C R IC K E T , R O W IN G , T E N N IS , C Y C L I N G , A N D A L L S P O R T S , TO BE OBTAINED OF W . J .P I L E , T h e C ity A th le tic O u tfitter, 2 2 , Philpot I«ane, Penchurch. Street, E.C. AND 7 3 , Park Street, Reg-ent’s Park, N .W . F la n n e l S hirts, 5s. 6d., 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 9s. 6d. 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C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY l l i H 1895. NOTICE! The Editor guarantees the insertion of the Match Scores of Clubs only when arrangements are made for the publica­ tion of the whole of the season’s scores. The charge is One Shilling each match, with a minimum of One Guinea. Scores not thus arranged for are inserted at the rate of Two Shillings each match if space admits. ip a b U t o n ( S o g g t p . T he abstract and b rie f chronicle of the tim e.— Hamlet. T h e members, past and present, of the touring eleven of the Chiswick Park C.C. iound an excellent pitch at Blanchard’s on Tuesday evening of last week. The occasion was one of particular interest from the fact that it was to say farewell, in a sense, to the captain of the team. Mr. John Nicoll had acted in lhat capacity since the Chiswick Park Club Sussex tour was originated in 1890, and even before then had for many years entertained most of the members at his home at Brightling for a Eeries of matches on his private ground. M r . N ico ll is well known to metro­ politan and Sussex cricketers as a keen and true sportsman, and his retirement from the command of Chiswick Park touring team is a matter of genuine regret to those immediately concerned. Besides being an excellent judge, as well as at times a capable exponent of the game, his wonderful tact, unfailing courtesy, and fine temper, made him an ideal captain on the field. Nor was this his only qualification for the direction of a touring team. His social qualities were at times even of greater use, and there was no better or more genial companion when cricket was over. T h e “ farewell ” took the pleasant form of a dinner, accompanied by the presenta­ tion of a souvenir subscribed for by the many cricketers who have been, at one time or another, indebted to Mr. Nicoll for a jolly outing. The presiding genius at the dinner was Mr. Arthur Priestly, a prominent member of Mr. Slade Lucas’ West Indian team, who is, by the way, a candidate for parliamentary honours in the Stamford division of Lincolnshire. The vice-chairman, Mr. A. W. Watson, replaces Mr. Nicoll as captain of the touring team. S cores of two hundred are not so plentiful in American cricket that one can afford to pass by on the other side without noticing- any of them. The particular two hundred which has just come within my ken was the work of one Burrows, and was made in the latter month for the Detroit Athletic Club against Chatham. The Detroiters on this occasion scored 354 for the loss of six w icte‘ 8. Of ihis sum Burrows, who went in first and was not out, contributed 202. Chatham arelikely to retain a vivid recollection of Burrows’ ability as an all-round cricketer. Their own dismissal for a poor score of 69 was due mainly to Burrows, who took seven of the ten wicket s at a cost of less than five runs a piece. T h o u g h it is not by any means the first time Ireland has been represented in the Gentlemen against the Players, as Sir Timothy and G. F. H. Berkeley, the Oxford slow bowler of 1893, can bear witness, as far as I know, L. H. Gwynn’s presence in the match to be commenced at the Oval to-day is the first instance of a cricketer who has made his reputation mainly, if not entirely, in Ireland, taking part in the principal match of the season. And should any Cricktt 'reader be in any doubt as to L. H. G.’s credentials, which is hardly likely to be the case, it will only be necessary to refer him to the records of the Dublin Universiiy eleven on the occasion of their visit some few weeks back to Cambridge, and hereafter, for the sake of those who do not remember the precise details, it will be interesting to give particulars of his batting and bowling in the two matches against Cam­ bridge University and Leicestershire respectively. In the former he scored 63 and 106, and in the latter 153 not out and 24. His bowling record was, Cam­ bridge, 4 wickets for 93, and v. Leicester­ shire, 7 wickets for 124. In view of the recent appointment by the M.C.C. of a sub-committee to watch the bowlers whose delivery is considered doubtful, to which I referred last week, it is interesting to find that Lord Harris, the first, it is worthy of remark, to take active measures in the matter of bowling open to suspicion, took occasion, at the annual meeting of the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society, on Monday night, to record his opinion that things were better at the present moment than they were ten years ago, when he deemed it advisable to agitate. In this view most Cricket readers will share, and, indeed, it would be interesting to know what has caused the Marylebone Club to take the initiative in this particular matter and at this particular moment. I f the Athletic News is to be trusted, a point on which I, for one, am thoroughly satisfied, there is one body which is not prepared to sit down quietly and have its decisions upset by the Marylebone Club or any of its officers. It may be that the Bradford and District Cricket League Committee—that is the full title of the malcontent in question — are making history, but no matter. Anyhow, the B.— I was almost adding by sheer force of habit B. and S.—the B. and D. C. L. C., I meant to say, are a law unto themselves. 'They