Cricket 1895

328 CRICKET r A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 8, 1896. I V Y C R IC K E T AN D L A W N T E N N IS G R O U N D , F orest H ill R oad , H onor O a k . T wo minutes from Honor Oak Station, L.C. & D. and 12 minutes from Peckham Rye Station, L.B. & S.C. CRICKET PITCHES and LAW N TENNIS COURTS to Ltt, for the Day or Term. For terms and particulars apply to H . A nderson , Proprietor, 16, Forest Hill Road, Honor Oak. J. SALE, EAGLE CRICKET BALL FACTORY, 8 o u t h b o r o u g h , K e n t. Very Beet Material and Workmanship Guaranteed Price List on Application. ESTABLISHED 1870. OUTFITS FOR CRICKET, ROWING, TENNIS, CYCLING, AND A L L SPORTS, TO BE OBTAINED OP W . J .P I L E , The City Athletic Outfitter, 2 2 , P h ilp ot L ane, F en ch u rcli S treet, E.C- AND 7 3 , P ark S treet, R eg-ent’s Park, N .W . Flannel Shirts, 5s. 6d., 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 9s. 6d. 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U N P R E C E D E N T E D S U C C E S S . “CRICKET” THE SONG OF TEE “ CENTURIES Dedicated by permission to W . G. G ra ce . Written and Composed by J. H arcourt S mith . Published by H oward & Co., 25, Gt. Marlborough Street, W . P R IC E , 2 s. N E T T . Copies may be had at Cricket Office, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME, 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.G. THURSDAY, AUG. 8 t h , 1895. NOT ICE ! 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. J la b tU o tt (SSoggtp* The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet . Toujours perdrix, or in this case, Toujouis Paddy. Gossip during the past few weeks has had frequent occasions to refer to batting performances out of the common by L. H. Gwynn. Now, to vary the monotony, come the details of a notable achievement in the bowling line in which L. H. G. played a con­ spicuouspart. It was ina match between Dundrum and Pembroke, and in this case the latter were Dun—I mean done —brown. I t was all on account of Gwynn and B. Hamilton that the mighty men of Pembroke went down one after another to the collective tune of four runs; and to make matters worse, three of these were extras. The single which came from the bat was got in Gwynn’s third over, so that Hamilton had the distinction of bowling throughout an innings with­ out a run being got off him. His analysis —four overs and threeballs, fourmaidens, no runs, and five wickets—taking into account the quality of the match, may fairly be cited as a curio of cricket curios. T h e dismissal of a whole eleven for one run from the bat is happily an event of the rarest occurrence in matches of any kind; but the mention of this wholesale slaughter of the Pembroke team reminds me of one of the most extraordinary cases of small scoring that have come under my notice in a long experience. The match in questionwas between the Keg- worth and Desioorth Clubs at somewhere about 1849. The former, who went in first, certainly did not injure the shape of the ball, for they were all out for one | tun. Yet, to quote somebody or other, J worse remains behind. The poor little single of the Kegworth team wad, as events proved, too much for the opposi­ tion, who were actually all disnafesed without a notch among them. Doubters can easily be satisfied that the facts I have given are strictly correct. Cricket readers could not fail to be affected by the news of the sudden death of E. A. Philcox, from the mere fact that the chill, which was the primary cause, was taken at a cricket match. To Harro­ vians in particular he was well-known, by reason of the prominent position he took in Harrow cricket while he was at School. A m e m b e r of the Harrow Eleven of 1892 he did good service against Eton, at Lord’s, in that year. His interest in Harrow and its belongings was very keen, and in fact, he was playing for his favourite old Harrovian team when the seeds of the pneumonia, which carried him so quickly away, were sown. E d w a r d A u s t e n P h il c o x , who was only twenty-one, came of a good sporting stock. His father, the late Mr. James Philcox, who died three years ago at the ripe old age of eighty, was in his day an active member of the old Sussex and Southdown Foxhounds. He started the pursuit of the wily animal in Australia, and had the distinction of being the first master of the Adelaide pack. E .A .’s only brother, Charles, was also well- known in public school cricket, as a member of the Wellington College eleven, and subsequently of Hertford College, Oxford. Some time since he settled in Ceylon, so that what cricket he has been able to get latterly has been in that colony. As far as one can judge, the Counties seem to have been strictly of one accord in the view that five test matches would be more than enough for the visit of the Australian team, who are, by common consent, to be expected in England next summer. The consensus of opinion favoured three as the outside limit, and, indeed, with the existing congestion of first-class County matches, it will not be easy to arrange for three without a certain amount of inconvenience. O t h e r w is e the circular sent by M.C.C. to the various Counties on the subject of this visit has had an excellent result, if only in eliciting the unanimous readiness of the County authorities to give a hearty welcome to a representative Australian team in 1896. As coming events throw their shadows before, it is not without significance to find that already some of the more astute officials have beenmoving in the matter of possible fixtures. I had almost forgotten to add that the Maryle­ bone Clubhas also intimated its intention to join with the Counties in giving a proper reception to a team from the under world. A good all round player of apast gene­ ration who played a conspicuous part i