Cricket 1896

138 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME, M a t 14, 1896. ACCORDING t o th e Tasmanian Mail , H owell, the New South Wales bowler, rises every morning at 5 o ’clock and indulges in an hour’s practice. When it is too dark to see, he lights a candle and bowls at it, and tries to put the light out. ------- I n a recent school match at Melbourne, E . C. Miller made 265 in his second innings for Melbourne Grammar School v. Scotch College. This is the highest individual , score ever made in Victorian school matches. The total of 451 made b y the side in this innings is also a record in these matches. T h e first appearance of Jones on an English wicket as a bowler was quitt sensational. By his first three balls,W .G. was hit hard on the body— once severely, and off his last two W .G . made two splendid strokes for four. T h e match for the premiership between Melbourne and North Melbourne had a most interesting finish. Melbourne had two hours and twenty minutes in which to make 220 runs; if they did not make them, North Melbourne would win on the first innings. They set to work in splendid form and seemed likely to make the runs, although four of their men were run out by over eagerness to score. When affairs were looking badly for North Melbourne their captain changed the bow ling, puttin g on two men who bowled grubs. This policy had the effect of keeping the runs down, and when time was called Mel­ bourne had still 40 runs to make with one wicket to fall. “ T r e n t B r i d g e ” suggests the follow ­ ing as the best eleven of cricketers who could by any possibility have been brought together at any one tim e : W . G. Grace, W . W. Read, W . L. Murdoch, A. G. Steel, Shrewsbury, F. R. Spofforth, Lohmann, C. T . B. Turner, J. McBlackham, G. Giffen and Barnes. F o b the testimonial which was pro­ moted for H. Boyle, the old Australian cricketer, £200 has been collected. I t is estimated that Turner will receive a lai ge sum from subscriptions to his testimonial fund, but it may be some time before all the subscriptions come in. O v e r h e a r d at L ord’s during the Lancashire m atch : First Spectator— ‘ ‘ Can you tell me which is Mr. H ornby ? ” Second Spectator— (whohas been giving much gratuitous and inaccurate informa­ tion to those around him)— “ Certainly sir, the stout gentleman over there who is at present back-stopping to Cuttell.” First Spectator is quite satisfied, al­ though the “ stout gentleman” is Sugg who happens to be fielding in the slips. T h e Athletic News Cricket Annual fo r 1896 is, as usual, full of interesting ai d useful information. Space is found for very numerous secretaries’ addresses for fixtures in first-class, as well as club and league matches; for averages of all kinds and many other statistics. In addition to this there are special articles on Lord Hawke’s team in South A frica ; on the prospects of the Ninth Australian Team, and on Leagues and their Critics ” (in which an opinion of Lord Harris is quoted in favour of leagues). Besides this, the book contains the laws of cricket and some useful facts which are often asked about. The Annual is remarkably cheap at three­ pence, which it is to be hoped, for the sake of the proprietors, is net. L a s t year Mr. H ornby’ s highest innings was 45 not out. He seems this year to be almost in his form of the old days when he was one of the two or three best bats in England, and everyone will hope that his 66 for Lancashire v. M.C.C. may be the precursor of many fine scores this season. He still loves a short run, and still keeps his partners on tenter­ hooks. On April 30 some verses b y “ August ” from the Adelaide Observer, of March 28 appeared in Cricket. The Observer of April 4th, publishes the follow ing reply to them. Oh, “ August! ” how silly To rhyme “ Kelly ” with Lilley ! ” IIow can “ That, sir,” revolve - a - round “ Gunn, sir?” Your reasons are foggy, And your rhymes are quite groggy, And feet in your head shouldn’t run, sir. Then those lines about “ grade’m,’ ’ Who on earth ever made ’em? And “ game’s end ” for “ Townsend ’ sounds awful; While that one about Storer Is a regular “ floorer,” And reads like a bit of a jawful. You’re a Briton, I guess, But be frank and confess That those ’82 wins were not “ flashes.” For we’ll do or we’ll die, But we’ll have a fat try To rescue those cricketing “ ashes.” F ob. the Perthshire C.C., T. N. Tasker has done the hat trick on two Saturdays in succession, hitting the wicket with each of the six balls. On May 2, bis victims were members of the Carlton C.C. (Edin­ burgh), aud last Saturday they belonged to the Australasians, another Edinburgh cricket chib. In the first match he took 8 wickets in all for 14 runs, and in the second, 8 wickets for six runs. F o b Christ’s College v. Clare College, Cambridge, on Monday, Mr. G. L . Jessop made 212 not out. Out of the first 100 made while he was batting his share was 92, and altogether while he was in only 279 runs were scored, of which 14 were extras. He was batting for a little less than two hours. Mr. N. F . Druce made 158 on Monday for Jesus College v. Trinity. CHALLENGES. The honorary secretary of the Nondescripts C.C., through disappointments, has Saturday, June 27 and Saturday, July 25 still vacant. —L. Corke, 94, Haven Lane, Ealing, W. The following are some of tho latest hundreds:— Abel. S u rr e y v . L e ic e s te r s h ir e , 152. Holland, S u r r e y v. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e , 110. Peel, Y o r k s h ir e v . ‘W a r w ic k s h ir e , 210.* F. S. Jackson, Y o rk sh ire v. W a rw ick sh ire , 117. Wainwright, Y o rk sh ire v. W a rw ick sh ire , 126. Lord Hawke. Y o r k s h ir e v . 'W a r w ic k r iiir e , 166. Gunn, M.C.C. v. S u ssex , 138. Capt. Wynyard,C.I T h o r n to n ’ sX T .v. C am brid ge, 121. S. M. J. Woods. S om e rset v. G lo u c e s te r s h ir e , 103. P. A. Fryer, Welliog-boro Masters v. Bedford. 179. W.M.Thompson,Wellingboro’ Masters v.Bedford,156. Colson, Northampton v. Leicester Ivanhoe, 129. Capt. Mainwaring-, Officers v. Best (Portsmouth). 107. H. Wilkinson, Sydney v. Peterhouse (Camb.), 100. Moorhouse, Y o rk sh ire v. S om erse t, 113. L. C. H. Palairet, S om erse t v. Y o r k s h ir e , 113. Abel, S u rr e y v. E s se x , 231. R. P. Daft, Amateurs v. Professionals (Notts), 112. G. L. Jessop, Christ’s v. Clare (Camb ), 212.* N. F. Druce, Jesus v. Trinity (Camb.), 158. B.N.Bosworth Smith,O x.XII.v.XVTII.Freshmen,100. Kev. W . Bury, Chelmsford v. Bishop’s Stortford, 104.* W : Trask, Lansdowne v. Thombury, 106.* P. B. Bartley, Christ’ s v. Magdalene (Camb.), 103.* F. Street, Wanstead v. H olbom , 111. C. Mitchell, Crystal Pal.v. St. Thomas’s Hospital.151 * J. Wilson, Granville “ A ” v. Charlton Park, 108.* W .N.Cobbold. W .W ratting Pk.v.St.Cath.’s C.,102 rtd. R. W . Nicholls, Hornsey v. Clapton, 101*. J. W . Roberts, J. C. Lovell’s X I. v. Norbury Pk., 120. A. E. Stoddart, Hampstead v. Teddington. 122. R. S. Lucas, Hampstead v. TeddiDgton, 140.* C. A. Trouncer. Surbiton v. Guy’s Hospital, 112. S. Colman, Crystal Palace v. Addiscombe, 122.* A. R. Colyer, Dulwich v. Grecian, 103.* H. F. Britten, Clapton v. Cheshnnt and District, 106. * Signifies not out. THE SCHOOLS. C harterh ouse . — We have arranged matches with M .C .C ., Haverford College (America), Wellington, Westminster (two days), Old Carthusians, Butterflies, I Zingari, Free Foresters, Sir Richard Webster’s X I., Broadwater, Oxford University Authentics. The only remaining members of last year’s team are 0. E. Wreford-Brown (Capt.), and B. E. S. Barrington, both good bats, and G. A. Bishop, a fair bowler. The most promising new players are A. D. Buzzard, a very fair left-hand bowler with break both ways, G. L. Sullivan, a fast right-hand bowler, and C. B. Hulton, a fair bat. The names of our professionals are Russell, Huish, and Hyland. Both the grounds are in excellent order, thanks to Bussell. ____ ; M alvern . —It is impossible yet to form any sound estimate of what the eleven will prove to be. There is no doubt that if the new choices prove at all up to the mark, the bide ought to be as strong as we have had for some years. The old choices are R. E. Foster (capt.), S. II. Day, O. W . Wright, R. S. T. Cochrane, &nd A. H. Johnston, with the great part of last year’s 2nd X I. to fill up the gaps. Foster and Day ought to be worth a lot of runs ; and we look to Wright, who was our best bowler last year, to do well in that line. There is plenty of promising batting outside the old colours, and two or three bowlers who may prove of service. We have a strong list of fixtures, though, unfortunately, all played on our own ground. MAY. 16. Malvern, v. Wadham College. 26. Malvern, v. Univeisity College. 23. Malvern, v. Clifton C.C. JUNE. 2. Malvern, v. Trinity College. 4. Malvern, v. East Gloucestershire. 11. Malvern, v. Warwickshire Crusaders. 16. Malvern, v. Oriel College. 22. Malvern, v. Old Malvernians.® 30. Malvern, v. Gentlemen of Warwickshire. JULY. 3 Malvern, v. Repton.* 7. Malvern, v. Worcestershire. 10. Malvern, v. Free Foresters.* 15. Malvern, v. M.C.C. and Ground.* 27. Malvern, v. Haverford College, U .S.A. •Two-day matches.