Cricket 1895

338 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 15, 1895. therefore shall not be taken away from the Gloucestershire eleven by any cricket that I might be wanted for at Oxford or Cam­ bridge.” “ Do you exceed six feet in height ? ” “ I am just half an inch less than six feet. I suppose my height looks more because I am slight. My weight is just about 10 stone at the present time.” There is really little more that occurs to one, which can be asked from a cricketer with so few years’ experience as Mr. C. L. Town­ send, fortunately for himself, has as yet counted, so, with many thanks fo_ his courtesy, I bade him farewell. Two years ago, then being a youngster of 16, the Clif- tonian played for his county at the same age as witnessed the debut of W. G. His per­ formances that season encouraged the highest hopes that at last a new man of exceptional ability had been unearthed for the erstwhile invincible county now fallen upon evil days. Last season he did not quite fulfil these antici­ pations, but this year it is not too much to say that Gloucestershire owes her high position amongst the counties, in the first place per­ haps to the Master, but also in no small degree to the efforts of the young men who in the future must be looked to for the burden of the day’s work ; and that prominent among these is C. L. Townsend. Figures are dry reading, but I will venture to include in this article a few calculations which show Mr. Townsend’s form, as compared with the six other bowlers who follow him in the averages, in two or three respects : first, average number of runs per wicket; second, average number of balls per wicket; third, average number of balls per run :— W kts. Runs Balls Balls per wkt. per wkt. per run. Townsend........... 65 121 272 2‘24 Peel ................... 127 14'6 4968 3‘4 M o ld ................... 156 149 3602 2‘41 Richardson ... 192 15 31*04 2’06 Baldwin ........... 96 15*4 40‘7 2'65 K ortright........... 71 15*9 30‘6 1*92 Attewell ........... 117 15'9 5122 323 From this it will be seen that the young Gloucestrian sends down a fatal ball more frequently than any other bowler, and that only the very fastest bowlers excel him in the celerity with which the rungetting is effected, thus giving the batsmen less opportunity of getting set. Compared even with Peel, the prince of slow bowlers, he comes out trium­ phantly, getting nearly twice the number of wickets in any fixed number of balls, while half as many balls again are bowled by the Yorkshireman for the same number of runs. It cannot be said that Townsend sends down many balls which are not intended to take wickets, and in such a season as this has been his record at the present time is little less than marvellous. His father, Mr. Frank Townsend, played for Gloucestershire from 1870 until 1892, and was one of the players whom the present writer best re­ members, when as a boy he spent his school half holidays—and possibly some extra- official half-holidays likewise—at the matches in which part was taken by the county of the Graces, at that time the classical three. And the interviewer hopes when another twenty jnears have sped, and he is a grey-headed old boy, he may still be found a spectator at matches in which C. L. Townsend, then perhaps modified somewhat from the pointed into the transition period of architecture, plays a prominent part. For the palmy days of the county eleven may pass, and the glory of the championship fade away, but the enthusiast of cricket would fain go on for ever* TEDDINGTON WEEK. TEDDINGTON v. OLD W ESTM INSTERS—Played at Teddington on July 29. T eddington . R. S. Lucas, c Ash, b H andford...................103 H. Barker, c Veitch, b Berens .................... 4 L. D. Crichton, c and b B erens......................43 A. J. C r o w d e r , b H andford..................... 16 P. F. Warner, b Hand­ ford ........................... 8 A . Warner, c Hand­ ford, b Berens ... 9 F. R. Jeffery, b Hand­ ford .......................... 0 W . Burrows, b Berens 0 R. L. M a r s h a l l , b Handford.................. 0 G. H. McCausland, not out ..........................21 D. Castle, c Rye, b Handford.................. 2 E x tra s..................17 Total ...223 F. G. Oliver, b Mar­ shall .......................... E. H. Rye, c and b M arshall.................. J. A . Willett, c Bar­ ker, b Marshall R. Berens, b Lucas ... C. W . Grant-Wilson, b Lucas .................. J. G. Veitch, c Castle, b Marshall .......... O ld W e s tm in s te rs . First Innings. 39 H. B. Tritton, c Bur­ rows, b Lucas.......... Handford, b Lucas ... E. Berens, c and b Lucas... ................. C. Ash, c Burrows, b M arshall........... ... F. Gosney, not out ... N o-ball.................. Total 64 Second Innings : F. G. Oliver, b Crowder, 1; E. H* Rye, not out, 14; J. A. Willett, not out, 11; R- Berens, c Jeffery, b P. F. Warner, 2 ; Handford, c Lucas, b Warner, 1; Extras, 3—Total (3 wkts) 32. TEDDINGTON v. KENSINGTON P A R K .-Played on July 30. K en sin g to n Park. First Innings. Second Innings. W . J. Scott, b Crawford ... 2 run out ......... 0 F. A. Warner, c A. Warner, b Marshall.......................... 6 run out ............ 6 E. H. Boome, b Crawford... 0 absent (hurt) ... 0 M. A. Nicholas, b Crawford 1 c sub, b Crowder 2 H. D. Nicholas, c Marshall, b Crawford.......................... 4 lbw, b Crowder.. 0 J. C. Low, not out .......... 0 b Warner ........... 0 T. Warner, c andb Crawford 1 c sub, b A. War­ ner ............... 0 F. B. O’Neill, b Marshall... 2 b Crow der............ 5 C. D. Ross, c Castle, b Mar­ shall .................................. 4 b Warner ............12 W . O. Surtees, b Crawford 3 not out.................... 0 H. J. Smith, b Crawford ... 0 csub, b Warner... 3 Extras ..........................11 Extras............ 7 Total A. Warner, c Scott, b Boome .................. 19 P. F. Warner, c Scott, b Boome .................. 42 L. D . Crichton, c Scott, • b O’N eill.................. 67 A . Crowder, b Boome 0 H. Barker, b Boome... 2 F. R. Jeffery, b Smith 24 J. W . Crawford, b O’Neill ...................60 34 T eddington . Total 65 R. N. Hincks, b Scott 49 E. H. McCausland, run out ..................21 R .L . Marshall, not out 8 D. Castle, c Ross, b Nicholas ..................13 E x tra s..................30 Total ...335 TEDDINGTON v. M .C.C.-Played on July 31. T e d d in g to n . P.F.Warner, bPhillips 3 S. Castle, b Phillips ... 16 A. Warner, b Phillips 0 R. S. Lucas, c H. Barker, b Phillips ...134 A . J. Crowder, b Woodcock ........... 8 J. W . Crawford, b Woodcock ........... 1 E.H.Rye, b Woodcock 0 M.C.C. F.Tumer, st S. Castle, b Crawford ...........37 H . Smith Turberville, c D. Castle, b Craw­ ford ..........................10 F. R. Jeffery, b Wood­ cock .......................... 8 L. D. Crichton, b Phillips ..................20 R. L.Marshall,notout 20 D. Castle, b Phillips... 11 Extras... Total Burton not out ... Phillips, b Lucas Extras.......... 14 Total (3 wkts) 112 A. H. Barker, R. Berens, L. Oppenheim, M. M. Barker, Woodcock, F. Gosney, and T. Lebenroove did not bat. ________________________ • TEDDINGTON v. OLD MERCHANT TAYLORS. —Played on August 1. T eddington . A.Warner, b Crawford 0 L.D.Crichton, b Lucas 12 F . K i n g -Stephens, Crawford.................. 4 A.J.Crowder, b Craw­ ford .......................... 5 F.R. Jeffery, c Wyatt, b Lucas .................. 50 R. L. Marshall, lbw, b Crawford.................. 1 E. H. McCausland, b Crawford.................. 6 F. Gosney, c Ingram, b Crawford.................. W . Holberton, b S. Rankin .................. G. B. Crowder, b Lu cas.........................: D. Castle, not out ... E x tra s.................. Total .......... 1: O ld M er c h a n t T a y lo r s . E. H. Rye, ht wkt, b A. R. Ingram, not out 58 M arshall.................. 1 S . M . Rankin, b Mar- R. S. Lucas, b Crow- j s h a ll......................... 7 der ...............................21 ! Extras.................... 16 H. Rankin, b Jeffery 31 — J. W . Crawford, c and Total (5 wkts) 256 b Crichton .............122 | H. D. Nicolas W . K. Steel, H. H. Davis, L. King- Stephens, and G. N. W yatt did not bat. TEDDINGTON v. CHISWICK P A R K .-Played on August 2. T eddington . P. F. Warner, b Farr 0 H. R. Parkes, b Farr 3 L.D.Crichton, c Todd, b Farr ...................84 J.W.Crawford, b Farr 0 R.S.Lucas, c Metcalfe, b Dawes .................. 31 A. J. Crowder, b Farr 24 F. R. Jeffery, not out ,19 F. King-Stephens, b " Worth ................... 7 * Innings declared closed. C h isw ick P a r k . B. J. T. Bosanquet, not out .................. 0 R. L. Marshall, b Farr 4 D. Castle, did not bat 0 A. Warner, c Horton, b Welch ... ...........14 E xtras.................12 Total (9 wkts) *198 P. P. Whitcombe, c Crowden,b Crawford W .H.Horton, c Castle, b Marshall ........... S. B. Farr, b Crawford L. Clarke, not out ... 19 F. J. W orth, not ou t... 9 Extras.................. 1 Total (3 wkts) 43 J. B. Oakley, E. B. Todd, J. Bradshaw, E. Welch, W . Metcalfe, R. Dawes, and Danger did not bat. TEDDINGTON v. COL. BOSANQUET’ S X I.— Played at Bushey Park on August 3. C o l. B o s a n q u e t’ s X I. Morris, c Castle, Crowder .................. 22 H. S. Goodwin, b Crawfurd.................. 6 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Ratcliffe, b Jeffery 15 W . J. Seton, c Castle, b Crawfurd ...........59 E.H.M ’Causland, lbw, b Crowder 1 ........... 7 C. Wreford-Browne, c Lucas, b Crawfurd... 23 T eddington . Almond, b Warner ... 60 D. C. Gosling, not out 12 M. E. T. Bosanquet, c Ratcliffe, b Warner 1 L. E. Kiog-Stephens, b Warner.................. 0 F. N. Corbett, run out 0 Col. Bosanquet, b Crawfurd................... 0 Extras .......... 8 Total ..,213 R. S. Lucas, not out... 51 P. F. Warner, b W re­ ford-Browne ........... 3 L. D. Crichton, c M. Bosanquet, b W re­ ford-Browne ........... 0 A. Crowder, F. R. Jeffery, F. King-Stephens, W . M. Ratcliffe, D. Castle, F. Gosney, and C. Jeffery did not bat. E. H. Rye, c Corbett, b Goodwin ...........24 J.W .Crawfurd,notout 3 Extras ........... 4 Total (3 wkts) ... 85 H. W . K IA LLM A RK ’S X I. v. COL. G ILLIAN ’S X I.—Played at Abbot’s Hill on August 7. H. W . K ia llm a r k ’ s X I. First Innings. C. G. S. Lloyd, run out ... 74 W . Winter, b Cattley........... 0 P. Reynolds, b Cattley ... 1 E. Sworder, c Cattley, b L ester..................................19 G. E. Winter, b Byass ... 20 E. O’Brien, c Lord St. Maur, b Lester ..........................] F. H. Medhurst,b Lester... H. D. Nicholas, ht wkt, b L ester.................................. 8 J. C. Low, run out ........... 2 H. W . Kiallmark, b Lester 2 J. G. O’Brien, absent........... 0 B 6, lb 1, w 2 .................. 9 Second Innings. c and b Lester ... 1 c and b Ward ... 24 c and b Cattley.. 38 not out........... .. 13 b Ward ...........10 c and b Lester ... 24 b Byass ........... 5 Extras... ...*11 Total....................... ..156 Total (6 tkts)l26 C o l. G illia n ’s X I. F. W . Heyworth, b Sworder .................. S. D. Cattley, c and b Sworder .................. i T. B. Lester, b G. Winter .................. R. W . Byass, c Med­ hurst, b G. Winter N. R. M ’Mahon, c J. O’ Brien, b Sworder Major Pochin, b Lloyd E. L. Lucas, b Lloyd 24 M. S. Ward, st W . Winter, b Lloyd ... 2 C. H. Little, not out... 9 Lord P. St. Maur, b Lloyd.......................... i Capt. Heyworth Sav­ age, b Sworder ... 1 B 8, lb 5, w 1 ... 14 Total ...155 K. S. 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