Cricket 1895

378 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 29, 1895. the time to spare to go to his club ground. I shall be glad to see the apparatus in use, and shall then doubtless be able to give an opinion as to its utility. M r . F r a n k M i t c h e l l and the other University men who are accompanying him on the cricket tour to the United States, are, by this time, well on their way for the other side. The steamer, St. Louis, in which they are travelling, left Southampton all well on Saturday soon after noon, and by the end of this week should have landed its fourteen hundred or so of passengers in New York. Even then, the English cricketers will not have much time to get their land legs, for they are to commence their first match at New York on Monday against an eleven of A ll New York. Mr. Mitchell and his party expect to be away from England some six weeks. Cricket readers generally will be in terested to learn that Eichardson, Surrey’s fast bowler, is contemplating taking unto himself a wife, very soon after the wickets have ceased to trouble for the year. T. R. has so many friends in all parts of England, as well as in Australia, that it will interest many to know of the aus picious event (I believe that is the correct phrase) impending somewhere in the middle of next month. Is it October 10 or 11 ? I believe it is the former date. Mr. and Mrs. Tom I understand have an idea of settling down somewhere in the neighbourhood of Thames Ditton. T h e Honor Oak C.C., so far as one can judge, seems to have this year furnished to Surrey Cricket one of quite the most promising of the young players who have combined to produce such a brilliant record for that county’s second team. The young cricketer in question is E . G. Hayes, and I shall be much surprised if next season does not find him installed in Surrey’s first eleven. His capabilities as a batsman can best be judged from the following summary of his scores since he came into the Surrey second eleven:— August 9.—Northampton v. Northamptonshire 134 „ 12.—Dunstable, v. Bedfordshire ........ 41 „ 16.—Manchester, v Lancashire ........ 38 „ 23.—Oval, v. Worcestershire ............... 21 „ 26.—Oval, v. Staffordshire . . . '........ 97 These five matches, as will be seen, pro duced an aggregate of 331 for five innings, which yield an average of over sixty- six runs. As Hayes is just twenty, and is, besides, an excellent field and fair change bowler, there is every promise of a good future for him. T h e photographing of cricketers, in dividual and collective, is never ending. As a matter of curiosity I should like to know how many times W . G. has been taken. He “ has been photographed like this and photographed like that ” times out of number, and indeed it is said that Messrs. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton, to whom Cricket has been indebted for per mission to reproduce for so many years, alone have over a hundred negatives of the G .O .M . of cricket. The latest repro duction of W . G. comes in the Bhape of a collotype picture, the work of Messrs. Fairburn & Co., of 24, Bride Lane, E.C. T h e Eev. H . C. L . Tindall, of whose bowling performances I have had occasion to notice frequently, has been particularly in evidence just latterly as a bowler. Only a few days ago he performed to some tune for the South Saxons against Reigate Priory at St. Leonards. In the match altogether he was credited with 12 wickets at a cost of 47 runs. It seems a pity, in every way, that particularly in view of Kent’s moderate record this year, that the reverend gentleman is not able to place his valuable services at the disposal of the county. T h e destination of the Halifax Cup, the great event in Philadelphian cricket, has been settled for the year, and the chief honours in batting and bowling in connection with that competetion duly apportioned. It will concern a large number of cricketers on this side to learn that G. S. Patterson, whose batting dur ing during the English tour of the Gen tlemen of Philadelphia will still be well remembered, has the best figures as a run getter, with an average of 77-6. The bowling honours rest with E . M . Cregar, of the Tioga C. C., who can show an average of 10'47. The following sum mary will show the positions of the five clubs:— Ger man- Bel- town. mont. Germantown — ... 2 . Belmont ... 0 . Philadelphia 0 ... 0 Tioga........ 1 ... 0 ., Merion ... 0 ... 0 . Phila del phia. . 2 . Tioga. . 1 .. . 1 .. . 2 .. Mer ion. , 2 . 1 1 , 1 Total. .. 7 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 ... 1 Un- To Aver Won. Lost, finished, play. age. Germantown ... 7 ... 1 ... 0 .. 0 .. •875 Belmont ... 4 ... 2 .. 1 ... 0 .. •666 Philadelphia ... 3 ... 5 .. 0 .. 0 .. •376 Tioga ........ ... 2 ... 4 .. 1 .. 1 .. •333 Merion........ ... 1 ... 5 .. 1 .. 1 .. •166 Average Total Total Highest per runs, wickets, score, wicket. Germantown... ... 1688 . . 70 . . 497 . . 24-1 Belmont........ ... 1342 . . 70 . . 292 . . 19-1 Philadelphia... .. 688 . . 70 . . 136 . . 98 Tioga ........ ... 552 . . 54 . . 149 . . 122 Merion ........ ... 880 . . 74 . . 296 . . 11-8 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 August 21:— The following are the Principal Fixtures for the week, Aug. 29 to Sept. 4 :— Aug. 29. Lord’s, Middlesex v. Kent. 29. Brighton, Sussex v. Surrey. 29. Taunton, Somerset v. Gloucestershire. 29. Leicester, Leicestershire v. Lancashire. 29. Scarborough, Yorkshire, v. M.C.C. and G. Sept. 2. Oval, Surrey v. Hampshire. 2. Scarborough, North v. South. HAMPSTEAD v. HAMPTON WICK.—Played at Hampstead on August 23. H ampstead . First Innings. A.E.Stoddart, bSmith 15 P. F. Wilson, b Price J. Gibbon, b Price ... C. H. Gray, b Price ... S. H. Williams, c Bamadall, b Price... Dr. G. Thornton, b Smith ............... H. It. Lipscombe, b Price..................... 23 J. S. Worthington, b Price.....................13 A. B. Osmond,b Smith 2 F.Y. Selfe, b Smith... 3 A. R. Grylls, not out 3 B 5, w 2, nb 5 ...12 Total ...114 Inthesecond innings Stoddart scored (notout) 134; Gibbon, c Knight, b Smith 14; Gray, b Smith 33; vVilliams, not out 5; Thornton, b Hodges 22; b 20, lb 1.—Total (3 wkts.), 229. H ampton W ick . J. Price, b Stoddart... H. Knight,bThornton R J. Sivers.b Stoddart W. E. Hodges, b Thornton.............. S.M. Knight,b Thorn ton ..................... F. H. Wilson, b Stod dart .................... H. Smith, c Gray, b Stoddart...............: A. J. Clark, not out... J. E. Capel, c Stod dart, b Thornton ... W. P. Barnadall, b Thornton............... A. P. Keeling, b Stod dart ..................... B 17, lb 5 ........ Total ........ Played. Won. Lost. Drwn. Pnts. Surrey ........ ... 24 . . 15 . . 4 .. 5 . . 11 Lancashire ... ... 20 . . 13 . . 4 .. 3 . . 9 Yorkshire ... 26 . . 14 . . 7 .. 5 . . 7 Gloucestershire ... 17 . . 8 . . 5 .. 4 . . 3 Derbyshire ... 16 . . 5 . . 4 .. 7 . . 1 Warwickshire ... 18 . . 6 . . 6 .. 6 . . 0 Middlesex ... 17 . . 5 . . 6 .. 6 . . —1 Essex ........ ... 16 . . 5 . . 7 .. 4 . . —2 Hampshire ... ... 15 . . 6 . . 8 .. 1 . . —2 Sussex ........ ... 17 . . 5 . . 8 .. 4 . . —3 Somerset... ... ... 16 . . 5 . . 8 .. 3 . . —3 Leicestershire ... 15 . . 3 . . 9 .. 3 . . —6 Kent............... ... 17 . . 3 . . 10 .. 4 . . —7 Notts ........ ... 18 . . 3 . . 10 .. 5 . . —7 HAMPSTEADv. BISHOP’SSTORTFORD.—Played at Hampstead on August 21. B ishop ’ s S tortford . Jones, b Stoddart ... 75 S. E. Sharman, c and b Stoddart ........ 19 E. L. Swift, run out... 26 H. W. Dillion, c Lips combe, b Riley ... 1 G.W. Beldam, b Stod dart .................... 3 E. A. Bush, c Kelson, b Wilson............... 9 R. W. Burrows, c Walters, b Wilson 7 T.W.Pritchett, cHale, b Wilson.............. 6 A. C. Stone, b Stod dart ..................... 0 F. C. Chamley, b Wil son ..................... 7 J. S. Wigan, not out 6 B 8, lb 2, w 8 ...18 Total... ... 177 A. E. Stoddart, lbw, b W. H. Kelson, bJones 0 Jones..................... 2 W. Burchett, b Jones C P. F. Wilson, c Bush, S. H. Walters, lbw, b b Jones ............... 74 Sharman.............. 5 S.H Williams, b SharA.R.Grylls, c Beldam, man ..................... 10 b Jones ............... 0 W. S. Hale, c Swift, b A. A. Carter, not out 7 Jones..................... 56 G. Riley, b Jones 3 H. R. Lipscombe, c Byes .............. 14 Pritchett, b Shar— man ..................... 11 Total ........ 82 CRYSTAL PALACE v. M.C.C. AND GROUND.— Played at Crystal Palace on August 24. M.C.C. & G round . Losses are deducted from wins, and drawn games ignored. The match, Lancashire v. Somerset, at Manchester, July 25th, &c., was abandoned through rain, without a ball being bowled, and is, therefore, not included in the above figures. A.M.Latham, c Todd, b Lulham.............. 87 W. E. CopelandCraw ford, c Todd, b Lul ham .....................10 Richardson, b Nelson 5 Davenport, b Lulham 22 W. Bird, c Ledeboer, b Nelson............... 6 A. W. Rammell, b Ledeboer.............. 34 C rystal L. H. Neame, cThom- ber, b Needham ... 2 A.W.GardnerWoollo- ton b Needham ... 15 J. F. Dunlop, b Need ham ..................... 0 H. M. Colegrave, c Milne, b Needham 6 F. H. Nelson, b Need ham .................... 11 H. Colegrave, not out 4 A. Cosens, bNeedham 0 Maj. R. L. Milne, c Umney, b H. Cole grave.....................14 H. T. Thomber, b Ledeboer.............. 32 M. R. Quinn, not out 8 F. G. O.Brien, cand b Dunlop .............. l Needham,cLulham, b Dunlop .............. o B 18, lb 11 ........ 29 Total ...248 P alace . J. H. Todd, bRichard son ..................... J. C. Umney, b Need ham ..................... E.H. Lulham, cMilne, b Richardson........ D. H. Ledeboer, b Richardson B 4,lb 2 .............. Total .........