Cricket 1895

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The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to the Manager of Cricket at the Office, 167, 168 and 169, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. JjJabUtott © oggtp. T h e abstract and b rie f chronicle o f the tim e.— Hamlet. I t has been said, and truly, that the dominion of cricket is one on which the sun never sets. The account of the recent meeting of the New South Wales Associa­ tion reminds one forcibly of the truth of the statement. Cricket, which is just now in a moribund state with us, will in a few days be in full swing at the other extreme of the world. The club matches under the auspices of the New South Wales are to begin next Wednesday, so that before the last ball has been bowled in England they will be hard at it “ down under!” To judge, too, by the programme of important matches presented to that meeting by the Sub-Committee of the Association it would certainly seem as if the cricket public of New South Wales would find plenty to interest them during our coming winter. The dates fixed are as follow:— Intercolonial matches.— v. Queensland, at Sydney, December 13 ; v. Victoria, at Mel­ bourne, December 26 ; v. South Australia, at Adelaide, January 1 ; v. Victoria, at Sydney, January 26; v. South Australia, at Sydney, February 28. Interprovincial matches.— North v. West, at Sydney, October 31; Winners v. South, at Sydney, November 4 ; Metropolis v. Combined Country Districts, at Sydney, November 8. The Sub-Committee also recommended that the New Zealand Council be informed that if the visit of a representative New South Wales team was required one would be sent, but it would be better if the proposed trip were postponed for a season. Foa many years Hertfordshire cricket could boast few better allround players than T. Pearce, and the record of his performances during ihe season just over for the St. Alban’s Club go far to show that “ age has not withered,” &c. At least the infinite variety of his lobs has resulted in a record which even the great little Sussex “ lobster” Humphreys would not be ashamed. Altogether he bowled 484 overs for 1257 runs and 110 wickets. On the run-getting wickets which have prevailed during the greater part of the summer, to take 110 wickets at a cost of just over eleven runs apiece is an achieve­ ment. It certainly deserves all the prominence a notice in Pavilion Gossip can give it, which is of course tantamount to universal publicity. T h e following announcement, taken from the D aily News of Monday, will interest Cricket readers, south as well as north of the Tweed:— ASHER—BARCLAY .— llth inst., at Drim- signie, Lochgodhead, Argyllshire, by the Rev. G. J. Cowley Brown, Rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, Augustus Gordon Grant Asher, bowler to the Signet, Edinburgh, to Emme Berry, youngest daughter of the late Charles George Barclay, Dura, Cupar Fife. A. G. Grant Asher, it is hardly necessary to say, is the old Oxford cricketer and Rugby footballer. A pretty good per­ former at both games too, as many will remember. A COMMUNICATION just to hand from a well-informed correspondent in Bombay hints at the likelihood of another visit of Parsee Cricketers to England, and perhaps at as early a date as next season. As far as I know there has been no suggestion lately of another tour, at least from an official source. None the less the news comes from such a reliable quarter that there is bound to be some good ground for the report. C r i c k e t readers will be concerned to know that Arthur Benham, the gifted young dramatic author, whowas buried at Patcham, near Brighton, last week, was in the Rugby eleven some few years ago. His first play “ The County” was pro­ duced at Terry’s before he was twenty, and thongh only twenty-three years of age at the time of his death, he had already made a name for himself as a writer for the stage. He had, indeed, recently received commissions from Mr. Charles Wyndham and Mr. Arthur Bourchier, while a comedy of his, entitled “ The Ideal Man,” is shortly to be produced at Manchester, by Miss Kate Rorke. The Bishop of Hereford who was Head Master at Rugby School when Benham was there, took a great interest in the work of the clever lad, and a proposal to place a commemorative tablet to his memory in the School Chapel has met with favour. I t is not many weeks since I had occasion to call attention to some cricket out of the common, of which R. H. Lambert of the Leinster club was the