Cricket 1895

450 C R IC K E T : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 28, 1895. fo r in 1894 I join ed the C astleford clu b .” “ D id y ou m aintain you r previous average ? ” “ H ardly. Y o u w ill rem em ber 1894 was n ot a batsm an’s year. M y average was only 21*11. B u t in the past season I gained the top average fo r Castleford. M y first appearance for Y orksh ire was in the year I join ed C astleford.” “ That was against W arw ickshire, I think ? ” “ Y es, at Sheffield, on Ju ly 16th, 17th, and 18th, 1894. I had one innings only, and scored 22. I had previously, in M ay o f the same year, accompanied the Y o rk ­ shire team against Somerset to B ristol, as tw elfth m an.” “ B ut you played other matches for'the coun ty in 1894 ? ” “ I played against D erbyshire at Shef­ field and Leicestershire at H arrogate, I was not particularly successful, m y scores bein g 9, 9, 5, and 25 n ot out. N one of these w ere first-class counties in 1894, so that m y entrance into first-class cricket was not made until the past season.” “ O f course, this has been you r m ost successful year ? “ B oth relatively and absolutely. I began w ell fo r Castleford, as in m y first m atch I made 56 against Wakefield, and in m y second 96 against Chickenley. Then w ith the second eleven o f Y orkshire against tw en ty-tw o o f Barnsley and D is­ trict at Barnsley, I p u t on 117 runs, about m y best perform ance.” “ A n d you r first actually first-cla ss m atch was a success, I remember ? ” “ M y first coun ty m atch o f the season was against the University at Cam bridge, on M ay 30. I scored 77 not out. I next p liy e d against Lancashire at Sheffield, when the b ow lin g was o f quite different calibre. H ere also I was fortunate, and made 44 again n ot out. W e then w ent on to Leicester, and against that coun ty I made 30. Thus in three matches within nine days I had the g ood luck to play tw o n ot out innings, and register 151 for once ou t.” “ L ike a g o o d m any other players I think you were unlucky in the m iddle portion o f the season ? ” “ A t any rate, I did n ot keep up the initial rate o f success. In all, I played fo rty -fo u r innings fo r the coun ty in first- class fixtures, and was five times n ot out. M y first score w as m y la rg est; and m y total did not reach the 1000 b y 21 runs. M y average was 25*10.” “ A very g ood one, too, fo r a first year with Y orkshire. B ut you had still higher honours in bein g selected for N orth versus South at H astings.” “ I was much pleased w ith this oppor­ tunity. F or one thing, th ou gh it did not much im prove m y average, I was able to com plete m y thousand runs in first-class cricket. A t Hastings, I m ade 62 and 16 and m y full record for the year was thus 1057 for 41 com pleted innings, and aver­ age just under 26.” This about brou gh t to a close the short and simple annal, in the singular number, o f D en ton’s appearance before the public as a first-class professional. H e has not been perhaps quite fortunate in the year o f his debut. Personally, he has done very w ell, so that there is no lack of good fortune in that respect. But 1895 was a phenom enal year, and m any were its brilliant records. Y e t one m ay venture to prophesy that D enton w ill be very m uch in evidence when some o f those w ho have partially eclipsed him are no longer features in contem porary cricket. H e has every facility for, and every likelihood o f further im provement. H is style is steady, bu t he has no lack o f good and tellin g strokes, and to all appearance w ill lon g be a leading m ember o f the Y orkshire team . A very reliable bat, he is active in the field, and though the bow lin g talent in the eleven is so strong that he has been called upon to b ow l but rarely, yet he has shown very fair form , and captured seven wickets at a cost of less than seventeen runs apiece, by no means a bad perform ance for a man who obtains his place as a bat. A ltogether, the you n g Castleford player, as an all round man, is a cricketer fit to play in alm ost any team , and his career w ill be watched w ith interest b y all who hope for the restored supremacy o f the shire of m any acres. CROYDON' CLUE. M atches arranged, 75 ; played, 7 0 ; w on , 2 3 ; lost, 2 3 ; draw n, 24. B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S .— F IR S T E L E V E N . N o. T im es M ost o f n ot in an in ns. ou t. inns. R uns. A ver. N . L avers ..................... . 5 ... 4 .. . 25*.. . 78 .. . 78-00 J . C. N e e c h ..................... . 5 ... 2 .. . 56*.. . 104 .. . 34 66 E. W . S m ith ..................... . 18 ... 2 .. . 95 .... 510 .. . 31 87 H . W . P atey..................... . 10 ... 5 .. . 40V ., 154 .. . 30-40 G. F . L on g ..................... . 6 ... 1 .. . 27*.. . 119 .. . 23*0 C. W . M . F eist ........... . 20 2 . 73 .. . 428 .. . 23 77 B . C ox .............................. . 8 0 ” . 70 .... 188 .. . 23-50 A . E . H ow es.................... . 8 ... 1 .... 38 .. . 163 .. . 23-28 A . E . C larke.................... . 18 . ... 1 ... . 75 ..., 360 .. . 21-17 J . W h itcom b ........... . 23 ... 5 .... 64 .... 380 .. . 21-11 H . R . G room ... .. . 28 ... 2 ..., 76 ..,, 534 .. . 20 53 C. G . M ay ..................... . 21 ... 2 .... 63 .. . 370 .. . 1947 T . A . W atson ............. 15 , ... 1 ... 75 .. , 252 .. . 18-00 J . A . A rch er..................... . 32 ... 5 .... 47 .... 472 .... 17-48 L . W o o d ..................... . 8 , ... 0 .. 48 .... 128 .... 16 00 A . P . P a te y ....................... 16 .,.. 1 ... 32 ..., 165 ..., 15 00 J . W . Clarke ........... . 5 ... 2 ... 13*.... 41 .. . 13 66 S. J . C h in g ..................... . 22 .. 1 ... 32 ..., 255 .. . 12-14 C. G . P a g e t .................... . 26 ... 3 ..., 70 ..., 271 .. . ll-b l R ev. C. A . Curgenven 4 ... 1 ... . 20 .... 34 .. . 10-33 A . C ; D en t .................... . 19 . ... 0 .... 33 .... 193 .... 1015 E . H . 1$. S tanley........... . 4 ... 0 ... 15 ..,, 37 .. . 9 2 5 L . K . W atson ........... . 16 ... 6 ..., 20*..,. 89 .... 8 90 E . R . W ilk in son ............, 10 . ... 0 ... 23 ... 87 .. . 8-70 J. A r i s .............................. . 5 .. 0 ... 15 .. , -33 . 6 6 0 R . P a get ..................... . 6 ... 1 .... 20 ..,. 21 .. . 4-20 F . H i l l .............................. . 5 .,.. 0 ... 9 .... 20 .... 4-00 S. D . S ou th g a te ............, 5 ,... 2 ... 4*.., 9 .. . 3 0 0 T h e follow in g batted in three m a tch e s :—L . J. T u rn er (0 ,6 , 6, 43), H . W . W h eeler (5, 13, 92, 19), H . W . W a rd (11, 0, 30, 5), H . B iscoe (4, 2, 2). T h e follow in g batted in tw o m a t c h e s A . W . C ooper (0, 0 ), A . B iscoe (0, 2*), A . H ill (0, 15), A . S. W arren (1, 6), S. P atey (1, 5 ,1 ), T . B . M arshall (17,1). T h e follow in g batted in one m atch A . E . D rage (14, 0*), 0 . P . W ick s (4 ), J . P . C larkson (0), P . W . Scrivener (1), R . D . D algleish (1), J . H . H ard y (10), G. S picer (I), A . C. H arper (0 *), R . A rch er (7), L. F eist (0), E . H . B alch (0). * Signifies n o t out. B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S .-O T H E R E L E V E N S . N o. T im es M ost o f n ot in an inns. out. inns. R uns. A ver. A . P . P a te y ............. ... 14 .. 2 .. 90 .. 364 .. 30*33 E . H . B. Stanley... ... 7 .. 1 .. 62 .. 171 .. 28 50 C. G . P a g e t ............. ... 8 .. 2 .. 31 .. 137 .. 22 83 J. C. N e e c h ............. ... 12 .. 1 .. 66 .. 243 .. 22 09 J . A i i s ...................... ... 18 .. 2 .. 65 . 348 .. 21-75 N . L avers ............. ... 6 .. 0 .. 41 .. 121 . . 2016 H . W . W a rd ............. ... 8 .. 1 .. 41 .. 131 .. 18-71 H . W . Patey ... 13 .. 2 .. 43 .. 197 .. 1790 G . S picer ........... ... 11 ... 2 .. 25 .. 132 .. 1466 N o. T im es M ost o f n ot in an inns,. ou t. in ns. R uns. A ver. C. W . W o o lco tt ... ... 18 ... 4 .... 58*.. . 200 .. . 14-28 J . W . C larke ... ... 6 ... 0 ... . 40 .... 78 .. . 13 00 T . S. R e a d y ............. ... 5 ... 1 .. . 22 .. . 52 ., 13-00 A . H ill ...................... ... 11 ... 1 .. . 37*.. . 115 . .. 11-50 R . A rch er ............. ... 14 ... 3 .. . 24 .. . 124 .... 11-27 G. F . L o n g ............. ... 24 ... 1 .. . 63 .. . 246 . . 10-69 A . E . D r a g e ............. ... 11 2 . 24*.. . 92 ... 10-22 C. P . W ic k s ............. ... 16 3 " . 48*.. . 121 ... 9T0 E . H . H a lcli............. ... 11 ... 4 ... 14*.. . 51 ... 7-28 T . A . Jenkins ... 7 ... 0 . 24 .. . 50 ... 7-14 J. H . H a r d y ............. ... 10 ... 4 .. . 23 ... 41 . . 6 8 3 J. J . P ittm an ... 5 ... 0 .. . 18 .. . 33 ..,. 66 0 R . D . D algliesh ... ... 11 ... 1 .. . 23 .. . 54 .,,. 5-40 A . S. B irch ............. ... 9 ... 0 .. . 19 .. . 46 ... 511 R . P a get...................... ... 9 ... 0 .. . 11 .. . 35 . .. 3 8 8 S. P a tey...................... ... 4 ... 0 .. . 11 .. . 13 .,.. 3 2 5 E . A . W illiam s ... ... 4 ... 0 .. . 4 .. . 12 ... 3 0 0 S. D . S outh gate ... ... 9 ... 2 .. . 13 .. . 18 . .. 257 H . H trries ............. ... 7 ... 0 .. . 7 .. . 17 .. . 2-42 T he follow in g batted in three m atches A . C. D en t (12, 17, 46), L . K , W a tson (1, 3, 2), T . L . R oberts (3*, 2*, 0), A . L . C urtis (1, 25, 0 ), H . M oore (0, 0, 0), C. G . M ay (57*, 48, 15), P . W . Scrivener (8, 0*, 2), V . G. A . B u tler (11, 0, 0, 0 *), T . A . W a tson (52, 37, 30, 17), E . W . Sm ith (13*, 23, 91, 20). Tne follow in g batted in tw o m atches :— H . T . H ip - w ell (0, 2, 0 *), F . H ill (0, 1), A . E . C larke (16, 8, 24), T . B . M arshall (0, 8, 10, 0). The follow in g batted in one m atch :— R . E . C haffey (0), H . B iscoe (4), R ev. C . A . C urgenyen (1 ), T . G. M ansfield (8), F . N . D ow n in g (0 ), C . L oew enstein (3*), L . F . F eist (13*). E . E . W h ite (2 *), J . W h itcom b (12), C. W . M . F eist (23, 32). * Signifies n ot out. B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S .— F IR S T E L E V E N . Overs. M dns. R u n s. W k ts. A ver. L . J . T u rn er... ... 95 ... 21 .. . 195 ... 25 .. . 7.SO T . A . W atson ... 120 ... 33 .. . 234 . .. 27 .. . 10-51 A . E . Ilow es... ... 85 ... 30 .. . 18(5 ... 16 .. . 1162 S. J . C hing ... ... 243-4 ... 49 .. . 591 ... 44 .. . 13 43 E . W . S m ith... ... 1254 .. 31 .. . 301 ... 21 .. . 14 33 C. G . P aget ... ... 370 .. 100 .. . 902 ... 62 .. . 1455 A . C. D en t ... ... 107-3 ... 10 .. . 350 ... 23 .. . 15-21 J . A . A r ch e r ... ... 187 ... 11 .. . 512 ... 29 .. . 1765 A . P . P^tey ... ... 54 ... 7 .. . 179 ... 10 .. . 17-90 L . W o o d ............. ... 89 ... 26 .. . 2*9 . .. 11 .. . 21*72 H . W . P atey... ... 76 ... 13 .. . 208 . . 9 .. . 2311 C. W . M . Feist ... 120 ... 25 .. . 305 ... 11 .. . 27-72 J . C . N eech ... ... 26 ... 1 .. . 91 ... 3 .. . 30 33 A . E . C lark e... ... 70 ... 21 .. . 179 ... 2 .. . 89*50 T h e follow in g bow led on ly th ree tim es or le s s :— G . F . L on g ... ... 10-2 . ... 0 ... . 48 ... 3 .. . 16T0 C. G . M a y ... ... 23 ... 6 .. . 60 . . 3 .. . 20 00 A . B iscoe ... 7 ... 4 .. . 9 . .. 1 .. . — G . Spicer ... 7 ... 2 . . 22 .. .1 .. . — N . 1.avers ... 14 ... 4 .. 88 ! .. 1 .. . — A . C. H arper. . ... 16 ... 1 .. . 45 . .. 1 .,. — The fallow in g also bow led , bu t w ith ou t success :— J . W . Clarke, H . W . W h eeler, F . H i'l, J . H . H ard y, H . B iscoe an d E . H . B alch. B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S .— O T H E R E L E V E N S . O vers. M dns. R u n s. W k ts. A ver. C. G . P aget ... ... 69 ..: 20 .... 119 ... 16 ... 7 4 3 J. W . C larke... ... 32 1 ... 8 ... 64 .. 8 ... 8-00 E . H . B . Stanley ... 41 ... 8 ... 98 .,.. 11 ... 8-iO G . S picer............ ... 74-4 ... 19 ... 190 ... 21 ... 9 04 J . C. N eech ... .. 171-3 ... 23 .,,. 535 .... 47 ... 11-88 A . E . D rage ... ... 2C9-3 ... 61 ... 511 ... 43 ... 11-88 E . H . B alch ... ... 157*3 ... 43 ... 344 .... 27 .:. 12-74 N . Lavers ... 57 ... 13 ... 144 ... 10 ... 1440 H . W . Patey..; ... 180*2 ... 50 .. . 375 .... 25 ... 15 00 J. H . H ard y ... ... 85-3 ... 22 ... 236 ... 15 ... 1573 C. P . W ick s ... ... 18 ... 4 ... 49 ... 2 ... 24 50 A . P. P atey ... ... 87 ... 16 .. 229 ... 9 ... 2544 G . F . L on g ... ... 15 ... 2 ... 54 ,... 2 ... 27-00 C. W . W oolcott ... 13 ... 3 ... 55 ... 1 ... 55 00 The follow in g b ow led on ly three tim es or less : — A . E . C larke ... ... 26 ... 6 ... 53 ... 10 ... 5 30 T . A . W atson ... 46 ... 11 ..,. 101 ... 9 ... 11-22 V. G . A . B u tler ... 28-2 ... 6 ... 91 ,... 7 ... 13-00 H . M oore ... 45 ... 8 ... 116 ,... 7 ... 16-57 P . W . Scrivener ... 18 ... 2 ... 71 ... 3 .. 23-66 A . C. D en t ... ... 20 ... 3 ... 75 .... 2 .. 37*50 E . W . S m ith... ... 31-2 ... 14 ... 139 .,.. 8 .. 48-75 F . H ill ............. ... 3 .. 0 ... 7 ... 1 ... — C. G . M ay ... 7 ... 1 ... 11 ... 1 ... — H . H arries ... ... 3 ... 0 ... 13 .... 1 ... — T .A . Jenkins ... 4 ... 1 ... 17 ... 1 ... — R . P a get............. ... 8 ... 0 ... 18 ... 1 ... — T . L . R oberts ... 9 ... 2 ... 18 ... 1 ... — E . A . W illiam s ... 7 ... 0 . .. 25 . .. 1 ... — T he follow in g also b ow led , b u t w ith ou t success : — J . J . P ittm an, H . B iscoe, S. P atey, A . L . C urtis, R . A rch er, H . W . W a rd , T . G . M ansfield, and A . H ill.