Cricket 1895

Registered for Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1895. f k i c e aa. joined in C ricke t’s m an ly to il.” — Byron. MR. W. McG. HEMINGWAY. In recent numbers of Cricket we have given portraits of two of the three young amateurs who have done so much in the revival of their county’s fortunes this year, and we now supplement our former illustrations with the counterfeit presentment of the third, Mr. Hemingway. It may come as a surprise to many who have not closely followed the figures, that this young amateur stands fourth 011 the (Gloucester batting average list for the season, and has an average of close upon 21 per innings. Though he is still quite young, he has been playing in good cricket for some years past. His first appearances in public were for Uppingham School some six years since. In 1889 he played for the school in eleven innings without any great success. In fact his total was but 70, but his highest score 28, and his average 6-36 In 1890, however, he manifested a very con­ siderable improvement, playing 14 innings, one of them not out, for an aggregate of 266. His highest score was 46, and his average, 20-4 6 . In the match against Repton, which forms one of the chief events of the Uppingham season, he just got into double figures. The next year he was second on the batting list. W ith seventeen innings, twice not out, he made 353 runs. His average was thus 23-53. His biggest score was 55, but his best, 41 out of 80 against Repton. Next year, his last at school, 1892, was again a great advance upon his previous performances. In that year he batted in thirteen innings, and was twice not out, but his runs nearly doubled from the preceeding season. His total was 637, with a highest individual score of 164, and his average works out to 57*9, which was 22'4 higher than that of the batsman standing next to him in the Uppingham averages. His best per­ formance by far was 3 / and 154 against Haileybury. Going up to Cambridge, Mr. Hemingway was tried in 1893 in the freshmen’s match, playing for F. S. Jackson’s against P. H. Latham’s side. In this game he scored 16 and not out 5, but he had no further trial for the University that year. He, how­ omitted from three or four matches, he was again tried when Cambridge met Yorkshire, and going in first wicket down, played a very good and careful innings of 56, and in spite of the keen struggle for places, he at this time seemed to have a good chance of a situa­ tion this year. But a small score of 6 in the big total 515, made against M.C.C., and ground, prejudiced his prospects seriously, though he again shone in a 63 played against Dublin Univtr ity when Suss ;x were met at Br ghton, his contributions to the students’ score were 5 and 24, and at Lord’ s he could only make 4 and 0 against M.C.C. in the last trial match of the Light Blues. Despitethese comparative failures he found a place in the team against Oxford, and in the first innings his was without doubt the best score on the side. Not only was this so as regards its actual value in runs, but going in as he did when six wickets had fallen for 136, and the Cambridge batsmen were playing in half-hearted manner, he hit with much determi­ nation and vigour, and quite livened up a somewhat lifeless game. In half an hour, with W . G. Druce, 58 runs had been put on, and when he left, ninth out, Cam­ bridge had become assured of a respectable total. His 57 was made in an hour, and included ten 4’s. In the second innings, when runs were wanted quickly, he failed through over anxiety to score, and just failed to reach double figures. Going on to Liver­ pool, with the University team on tour, he contributed 29 to the big score of 403, which the Cantabs ran up against the District. Mr. Hemingway has played eleven innings this season for Gloucestershire, so that he has been pretty busy in first-class cricket. His highest score for the county has been 58, and his aggre­ gate of runs 230. From this a simple calculation shows his average to be 20 90, which will doubtless be improved upon in future seasons. He has, at any rate, done sufficient to show that in him his county has a good man who, with youth upon his side, may be reckoned upon for many seasons to come. W ith four young amateurs like Hemingway, Jessop, Rice, and Townsend, Gloucestershire may well hope to maintain its im p roved position amongst tho counties M r. W . M cG. H e m in g w a y . (From a Photograph by Hawkins & CoBrighton.) for the Senior trials, nor was he assisting Gloucestershire. In the Senior’s trial match this year, he scored very heavily, his 43 and 86 being the highest score in the match, but being given a place against Somerset, he could not do bettor than 5 and 4 not out, and he was not included in the University team against C. I. Moniton’s X I, or the Gentlemen of England. Although ever, was asked to play for his County, and his record for Gloucestershire in 1893 was six innings for 59, an average a very trifling fraction under double figures. His best score for the County that year was 30 against Notts at Bristol, on June 22nd. Last year was a blank season for Mr. Hemingway, so far as public cricket was concerned, since his name does not appear either for the University or