Cricket 1896

Geo. G. Bussey & Co., THE LEADING CRICKET AND SPORTS MANUFACTURERS, 41G CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t. 10, 1896. C S X c o Q -J CC o 5 in X I - c c b l > o - I - I < 09 H Z i n o City& SouthLondonRailway. To the OVAL in 1 0 Minutes. Travel b y the E lectric R a ilw a y— Trains every fou r minutes. F a r e 2 d . TTIOMAS C. JENKIN, G e n e r a l M a n a g e r . E A S T B O U R N E CRICKET<£FOOTBALL(Association) Club THE S A F F RONS . g 0 ill CL 1 > - CC o I - o < li. D Z s CO The above Club is now open for the season. Three Professional Bowlers are engaged. S ubscripiion s are as F o ll o w s : — Playing Members, April to September ... £1 1 0 Honorary Members (wholeYear)........ ... 0 10 6 Visitors are admit' ed at 5s. per week. Intending visitorswishingtoplayin matchesshould communicate with the Secretary. '1 he following are the remaining fixtures :— Saturday, „ 12.—St. Saviour’s Institute. „ ,. 12.- League Match. Wed’day, „ 1 6 .-Corporation v. Trade. C RICKETER (Professional) wanted for Club in connectionwith large Public Works in Scotland. Club occupies good position among leading teams in the West and East. Applicant must be first-class groundsman, goodcoach and batsman, and excel as a bowler. Employment all the year round.—Apply, stating age, qualifications and wages expected, with copies of testimonials to “ Cricketer,” W. Porteous and Co., Glasgow. W ISDEN’S ALMANACK.—The Editor of Cricket is anxious to obtain Wisden for J875 to com­ plete a set. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME, 168, UPPER THAMES S TREET, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, SEPT. 10th, 1896. IMPORTANT NOTICE ! The last of the Weekly numbers for the Summer will be published next Thursday. Six numbers will be issued during the Winter as heretofore, j’rom October to March inclusive. 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, Tipper Thames Street, London, E.C. Results of the Season and Averages of the Principal Clubs will be inserted in the next number of Cricket as well as in the earlier Winter numbers, at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must be received not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication. $ a \ rilton <^osstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h ou g h he is not quite the great bowler that he was in his best days, Mr. Spofforth still continues, in his occasional appearances in first-class matches, to keep the modern cricketer in mind of the fact that he was once the greatest of all bowlers—the “ Demon.” It was a splendid performance of his at Scar­ borough, at the end of last week, to take 8 wickets for 74, when the other bowlers, Mead, Davidson, and Alec Heame could make no impression at all on the batsmen. Mr. Spofforth can indeed look upon his appearances in first-class cricket this season with equanimity. I n the thirty-four matches played by the Australians, during their tour, they have won the toss twenty times and lost it fourteen times. They have made eighteen individual hundreds, while only three have been scored against them. F or the sake of reference, a complete list of the above hundreds is given below. F or the A ustralians . S. E. Gregory, v. Crystal Palace X I..................... 154 J. Darling, v. Eleven of the South (Eastbonme) 115 G. Giffen, v. Eleven of the 8outh (Eastbourne)... 115 G. H. S. Trott, v. England (Lord’s) .................143 S. E. Gregory, v England (Lord’s) .................103 F. A. Iredale, v. Yorkshire (3rd match) ..........114 F. A. Iredale, v. Hampshire ...............................106 G. Giffen, v. Hampshire .............................. ... 130 F. A. Iredale, v. Players (Leyton)........................171 J. Darling, v. Leicestershire ...............................194 S. E. Gregory, v. Leicestershire ........................102 F. A. Iredale, v. England (Manchester) ..........108 G. H. S. Trott, v Leicestershire ........................141 H. Donnan, v. Leicestershire...............................167 C. Hill, v. Leicestershire...................................... 130 G. H. S. Trott, v. M.C.C. (return)........................103 C. Hill, v. Surrey (1st match)...............................118* J. Darling, v. Warwickshire ...............................105 A gainst the A ustralians . K. S. RaDjitsinbji, for England (Manchester ... 154 Abel, for Surrey (1st match) ...............................116 C. J. Burnup, for Kent ...................................... 101 * Signifies not out. I n addition to this the following innings of between 50 and 100 were made by the Australians: Darling, 76,75,59,57,and51; Donnan, 87, 80, 66, 54, and 51 ; Giffen, 84, 80, 76, 67, 63, and 51; Graham, 96, 67, 66, and 60 ; Gregory, 71 (not out), 71, 68, 64, 60, 59 (not out), 59, 54 (twice), and 53 ; Hill, 98, 74, 73, and 65 (twice) ; Iredale, 94 (not out), 73, 67, and 62; and Trott, 64 (not out), 62, 61 (twice), 59 (not out), 53, and 52—47 in all. T he scores of between 50 and 100 made against the Australians are as follows:—Abel, 94, 71, 63, and 50 (not out); Carpenter, 51; Davidson, 60; Diver, 54; J. Douglas, 68; H. K. Foster, 66; C. B. Fry, 92; Geeson, 53 (not out); W. G. Grace, 66 (twice) and 63; Gunn, 69 and 56; Hayward, 84 and 51; F. S. Jackson, 95 (not out), 67, and 51 ; Killick, 54 ; H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, 93 and 59; Lilley, 65 (not out) and 61 ; J. R. Mason, 53; Sir T. C. O’Brien, 65; L. C. H. Palairet, 71; Pougher, 51 (not out); Quaife (W.G.), 68; K. S. Ranjitsinhji, 79, 74, and 62; A. E. Stoddart, 61, 59, and 54; Storer, 62; Tunnicliffe, 59; L. G. Wright, 81; and Capt. E. G. Wynyard, 68 and 58—42 in all. T he toss was won against Lord Shef­ field’sXI, South of England (Eastbourne), Yorkshire (three times), Lancashire (twice), Wembley Park XI, Midland Counties, England (twice), North of England, Players (Leyton), Leicester­ shire, Derbyshire, M.C.C. (return match), Earl de la Warr’s X I, Warwickshire, Kent, and South of England (Hastings).