Cricket 1895

4 3 4 CR IC K E T : A W E E K LY RECORD OF THE GAME. O c t . 3 1 , 1 89 5 . batting powers at qnite as advanced an age, if 25 can be called an advanced age for a cricketer. That lie can bit well was sbown in bis 68, on a wet andtlead wicket, against Yorkshire, when going in after the wickets had been falling in the ortho­ dox way to the bowlers who had been met in the most correct style, he set about him in quite unconventional fashion and hit up 60 whilst his partner, Mr. Hailey, accumulated one run. He speaks in very high appreciation of the good- feeling and sportsmanlike behaviour of the Yorkshire crowd, who cheered him vociferously after the match was over. This year his highest score was 39, but he is generally good for a few runs, and has made over 300 runs for bis county, though he appears in the unenviable character of a spectacle maker on August 15th last; also against Yorkshire. It is curious to compare his bowling figures with those of the great Yorkshire slow bowler, Peel. The latter has taken just one more wicket than Mead, and his average of runs per wicket is also between 14J and 15. But Peel has bowled 2,426 balls, or over forty per cent, more than Mead, so that the Yorkshireman requires almost half as long again as the Southerner to dismiss a side. Mead probably owes his success to the fact that he is not dependent so greatly as many bowlers are, upon the state of the wicket. He can make the ball break even when the ground is in perfect con­ dition, the spin taking effect very rapidly so that a batsman has little time to watch the break, especially as he pitches the ball well up to his man. His leg-break is a particularly effective ball, and he frequently gets a leg- before-wicket to his account by sending down a straight one after several which have broken in from leg. His nine wickets against Leicestershire in the match above mentioned were obtained for 21 rims, and this is about his record performance. He will probably be a tower of strength to the over-the-border team, which wants now two or three first-rate batsmen to make it quite equal to any team, except, perhaps, the present Surrey eleven. Mead has this year im­ proved in the field as well as in his batting; this is probably due to his increasing confidence in himself. For some years he was very erratic in the matter of holding catches, now doing well and now seeming unable to hold the simplest chance. In a word he may at the present moment be described as a first-rate bowler, an improving batsman and a much improved fieldsman; and quite fit for choice, either as a represen­ tative professional against the amateur strength of the country, or as a bowler against a side combating the full forces of England. Oar portrait is from photograph by B. W . Thomas, Cheapside. Most cricketers will be interested, and all followers of Middlesex especially so, in the event of the first week in October, in the family of Mr. A. J. Webbe, the popular captain of that county. This was the advent of a small daughter of the house, who is progressing in the usual infantile ways of well-being. PALL INGSW ICK CLUB. M atches played , 4 5 ; w on 15; lost, 15 draw n, 15. B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S . N o. Tim es M ost o f n ot T otal in an inns. out. runs. inns. A ver. J . S. H aycraft ... ... 18 .. 2 . . 544 .. 127 .. 34*0 B . A . C arter ... 22 .. 1 . . 588 ... 77 .. 28-0 H . W a lt o n ............ ... 14 .. 5 . . 239 .. 53 .. 26*55 F . Furn^r ............. ... 17 .. 1 . . 364 ... 134 .. 22-75 S. C hessm an ... 22 .. 2 . . 428 ... 77 ... 21*4 M a rlo w ..................... ... 18 .. 0 . . 378 .. 57 .. 21-0 H . W . B urnside ... 14 .. 1 . . 242 ... 78 ... 18-61 E . A . C ollins ... 2* .. 1 . . 393 ... 64 .. 17-86 A . J C arter ... 20 .. 6 . . 230 ... 38 .. 16*42 P . L . L ancaster... ... 15 .. 4 . . 170 ... 31*.. 15*45 E . M . H am ilton ... ... 13 .. 0 . . 200 .. 43 .. 15-38 R . P . D avies ... 10 .. 1 . . 135 . 48 .. 15-0 R . A . M elh u ish ... ... 16 . 0 . . 205 .. 40 .. 12-81 F . S. M a y o ............. ... 22 .. 3 . . 243 .. 45 .. 1279 M . T . L a T hangue ... 11 .. 0 . . 135 .. 32 .. 12-27 A . H . M illson ... ... 10 .. 1 . . 96 .. 19 .. 10*74 H . A . B u d den ... ... 22 . . 3 . . 198 . 70 .. 10-42 C. H . C am pbell .. ... 15 . . 3 . . 94 .. 26 .. 7-83 F . Sanderson ... .. 14 .. . 3 . . 85 .. 26*.. 772 * Signifies n ot out. B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S O vers. M dns. R uns W k ts. A yer. H . L e w in ............. ... 103 . 23 ... 279 ... 26 .. 10-73 J. B . Sm ellie ... ... 106 . . 29 ... 261 .. 21 .. 12 43 M a rlow ............ ... 425 .. .115 ...1051 .. 75 .. 14*01 S. Cheesm an .. ... 133 . . 26 ... 487 .. 31 .. 15-71 L . H u tch in son .. ... 74 . . 24 ... 189 .. 11 .. 17-18 C. H . C am pbell ... 275 . . 76 ... 757 .. 42 .. 18 26 J. S. H a y cra ft... ... 97 . . 7 ... 373 .. 19 .. 1963 E . A . C ollins ... ... 376 . .101 ...1025 .. 49 .. 2091 H . A . B udden ... ... 180 . . 27 ... 607 .. 2 6 '.. 23-34 A . H . M illson ... ... 101 . . 14 ... 283 .. 10 . . 28-3 E . M . H am ilton ... 110 . . 22 ... 363 .. 12 .. . 30 25 CR ICKET IN CAL IFORN IA . From our very old friend and cricket- mate, A. E. Coates, sometime of Glouces­ tershire, and later in his career associated with suburban cricket in south-eastern London, we have received the following interesting communication. Many of our older readers will well remember his rubicund countenance and picture him as he must have appeared in the hot weather of a Californian summer. But few would imagine it possible that, going in second wicket down, he would be not out at the close of the innings without reaching double figures. Probably run-getting is not so easy on Californian grounds as it is on the Bat and Ball Field at Graves­ end, where he ran up 133 on the last occasion on which we played together. However, he is evidently as keen on the game as ever, and is working the game up under a fresh sky thousands of miles from home. And so good-luck to him. He writes from Citrus Colony Club, Loomis, California, thusly :— “ Just a few lines to let you know that we are still alive in the cricket, and every other way, here in the *wild and woolly West.’ “ Considerable interest has been felt in the Grace Testimonial Fund in California, and the Cricket Association invited the various clubs throughout the State to contribute, subscriptions being limited to 25 cents a head. At time of writing I do not know how much has been col­ lected, but if the thing has been properly worked, a respectable sum should result. “ Here in Placer Co. we are just beginning cricket again; since May there has been no play, on account of the heat and the fruit, which keeps all hands busy from June to the end of August, and in­ deed during part of September; but from the present date up to the middle of November we shall keep the ball rolling. Indeed, just now we have *God’s own weather,’ as the natives say; ther­ mometer not over 80 degrees in the sun, and the air perfectly delicious in its soft­ ness, with cloudless skies overhead. I append a list of our fixtures for the fall:— Sept. 29th— C.C .C .C . v . A u bu rn C .C ., a t L oom is. O ct. 6th —C .C .C .C . y . P lacer Co. A gricu ltu ral C ollege, a t L oom is. O ct. 13th— X I . v. X X n . , a t L oom is. O ct. 27th—P lacer C o. v. N evada C o., a t L oom ia. O ct. 29th and 30th—P lacer C o. v. L ake C o., a t L oom is. O ct. 31st and N ov . 1st— P lacer C o. v. Santa C lara C o., at L oom is. N ov . 2nd an d 3 r d —P lacer Co. v. A lam ed a C o., at L oom is. “ We hope for the honour of the publi­ cation of the scores in Cricket . “ There has been the usual amount of cricket in San Francisco, where Fred Anson’s death has left a gap hard to fill. Alameda are still on top for the Challenge Cup, but it is a question if the long- continued supremacy of the same club serves the best interests of the game.” C IT R U S C O L O N Y (P L A C E R C O .) v . A U B U R N . - Played at th e C olon y C lub G rou n d , L oom is, on Septem ber 22. C itru s C olon y . F irst In n in gs. S econ d Innings. H . A . B u tt, c C. T u rn er, b A . J ack son ............................... 7 c B ren d on , b C. T u rn er .................12 C. Sim m onds, n ot o u t.............46 a b s e n t......................... 0 R . M arsh-B row n e, b A . H . Jackson ...................... D . F ord Jones, b P u rdie A . E . Coates, b M cC ann P. C olm an, b F . T urner R . H . F low er, c W a rren , b F . T u r n e r ................................ 2 F . E . Packenham , b G . Jack ­ son ......................................... 0 M . C am pbell-W alk er, st W arren , b C.T urner ... 4 F . Saunders, b C.T u rn er ...0 R . H . Ow en, c C. T urner, b A . J a ck so n ................................ 4 B 11, w 6 ................................17 4 cs u b .,b C .T u rn e r 0 4 csu b .,b C .T u rn e r 21 8 n ot o u t...................... 7 5 c M cC ann , b C. T u rn er .............10 c an d b C. T urn er 1 c an d b A . H . Jack son ............. ru n ou t ............. c M cC ann , b A . H . Jack son ... T otal . .............104 A uburn . A . H . Jackson , lb w , b Sim m onds ............. 6 G . H . Jackson, b Sim ­ m onds ......................11 C. K . T urner, b Jon es 11 R . J. M cC ann, c Jones, b Sim m onds ............. 0 F . T urner, b Sim m onds 1 F . Purdie, ru n ou t ... 8 b A . H . Jack son 11 B 4, w 2 ... 6 T otal H . W arren , c C olm an, b Jon es ...................... W . J. B rendon, c P ackenham , b B u tt E . S. K enny, b Jones F . 8. R eyn olds, b B utt A . G . T u rn er, n ot out B 4, w 4 ...................... T ota l .............1 P L A C E R C O . X I . v . X V I . C O L T S .-P la y e d a t the C itrus C olony C lu b, L oom is, on S eptem ber 29. P lacer C o. X I . C. Sim m onds, b R . O w en ............................... 6 A . H . Jackson, st Saunders, b G . O w en 29 R . M arsh-B row ne, b C a m p b ell-W a lk er... 18 H . A . B utt, c A ld er, b P u rdie ...................... 1 C. K . T urner, c A ld er, b C am p bell-W alk er 4 D . F . Jones, b P u rd ie 0 X V I . R . H . F low er,c P ak en - ham , b T urner ... 28 F .C arden ,b S im m onds 3 W . Purdie, c G . H . Jackson ,bS im m onds 19 F . Saunders, b T u rn er 3 M . C am p bell-W alk er, b Sim m onds ............. 2 W . H . N elson, st A .H . Jackson , b T u rn er.. 9 G . P . O w en, c C oates, b T u r n e r ...................... 2 R . H . O w en, c Jones, b B u tt ......................11 A . G . W . S im pson, st A .H .J a ck son ,b B u tt 2 G . H . Jack son , b R . O w e n ................................ P . C olm an, b C am p­ b ell-W a lk er ............. A . E . C oates, n ot ou t F. W . G race,b R .O w en F. E . P aken h am , run out B 17 w 13, n b 4 ... 23 T o t a l .............109 C o lts . M . B u rge, c Paken­ ham , b B u tt ............ 0 G . H ard in g, st A . H . Jackson , b B u tt ... 4 F . A ld er, c G . H . J a ck ­ son, b B u tt ............. 0 W . D ew e, n o t ou t 1 M att. W a lk er, st A . H . Jack son , b B u it ... 2 A . L . O w en , c A . H . Jack son , b T urner.. 2 A . Jarvis, lb w , b T u r­ n er ................................ 9 B 8, lb 2, n b 1 ... H Total ......... 99