Cricket 1896

S e p t . 10, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 417 It was lost against Essex, Crystal Palace X I, Oxford University, Glouces­ tershire (twice), M.C.C. (first match), Notts, Hampshire, Surrey (twice), Eng­ land (third match), Sussex, Somerset, and Mr. C. I. Thornton’s X I. (Scarborough). I t will be seen from the above list that against the counties the Australians won the toss nine times and also lost it nine times, and yet they were never beaten. O f the twenty-two men who took part in the match at Hastings between the South of England and the Australians, no less than seventeen made double figures in their first innings, notwith­ standing the slowness of the wicket. A correspondent , who wishes to prove that Sussex, instead of being at the foot of the Championship list ought to be the Champion county, sends the following table. Perhaps if he had continued the table a little further he would have altered his views. Sussex........ beat Kent.................... on June 19. Kent ........ „ Gloucestershire „ August 19. Gloucestershire „ Middlesex................August 8. Middlesex ... ,, Lancashire ... „ July 1. Lancashire ... ,, Derbyshire ......... July 8. Derbyshire ... ,, Leicestershire... ,, June SO. Leicester ......... Warwickshire... „ May 31. Warwickshire „ Hampshire ... „ August 15. Hampshire Essex Yorkshire Somerset Surrey ... July 21. ,, July 15. „ July 25. „ August 28. „ August 5. T h e following is the record of the Second-Class Counties Championship :— Played. Won. Lost. Drawn. Worcestershire... Bucks ................. Herts ... .......... Northampton ... Northumberland Berks ................. Oxfordshire T h e Australians have scored during their tour 12,246 runs for 509 wickets, an average of 24 05 per wicket; against them have been made 10,064 runs for 577 wickets, an average of 17'44 per wicket. Mr, J. A n derso n , in the Buenos Ayres district, scored 1538 runs for 30 completed innings during the past season, giving him an average of 51'26. His biggest performances were 102 for B.A.C.C. v. London Bank, 107 not out for Lomas v. Hurlingham, i06 for Lomas v. Rosario, 109 for Lomas v. B.A.C.C., 153 for Lomas v. Lanus, and 209 for B.A.C.C. v. Retiro. A BATSMAN who has been greatly missed in first-class cricket this year is Mr. L. C. Docker, who has been so busy that he has been compelled to give up the game. He played in county cricket from 1881 to 1896 without any break, and never once “ bragged a brace.” In 1887-88 he had a very successful tour with Shaw and Shrewsbury’s Team in Australia. His batting was always very attractive to watch, for he was no admirer of slow play. T he only men who can regard the last two matches of the season with feelings of any great satisfaction on account of their own performances in them are J. T. Hearne, Hirst, Ward, Lohmann, M’Kib­ bin, F. R. Spofforth, and F. S. Jackson among the bowlers ; and W. G., Hill* Trumble, F. S. Jackson, A. C. MacLaren, A. E. Stoddart, Hearne and Brockwell among the batsmen. B o th this year snd last year the second Hastings match offered attractive possi­ bilities in the way of an alteration in averages. Last year the great question was whether W. G. would beat Mr. Mac- Laren, or vice versa. The interest was kept up even to the last innings, for everything depended on whether W. G. went in to bat, and if so, whether he would make the 18 runs required to keep his average higher than that of Mr. MacLaren. As it happened, he batted, but was bowled by Richardson for 8. T h is year, up to the beginning of the match, Richardson had taken 245 wickets and J. T . Heame 243. A couple of wickets is a good leeway for a bowler to make up, but the wicket happened to suit Heame, and he very easily passed Richardson’s total. W it h regard to batting, there was no possible chance that anybody could oust K. S. Ranjitsinhji from first place or Captain Wynyard from second place; practically none of beating Gunn, W. G., Storer, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Palairet, or Mr. MacLaren; so that whatever happened there was not likely to be much alteration in the table. T h e advantage of batting first on a newly-rolled but dead wicket, even when the batsmen are not of the first rank, was seen in both the matches at Hastings. In the first match, J. T. Heame was not out 11 on the second evening, with nine wickets down. On the next morning Richardson joined him, and when they were separated Richardson had made 15 and Hearne 29 not out. In the second match Hearne was not out 8 and Mr. Townsend not out 1. Hearne increased his score to 19 on the next morning, and Mr. Townsend to 19 not out. W h e t h e r it is a mere accident or not the fact remains that the members of the two leading clubs at the Cape of late years have received most of their tuition at the hands of Surrey cricketers. Brock­ well, Mills, Street, and F. E. Smith have all spent the winter (Mills more than one) at Cape Town coaching. Now Lockwood is off under an engagement with the Western Province Club for the next six months! On Tuesday morning the Australians left Waterloo station by the 9.40 train en route for Southampton and New York. They have the great satisfaction of knowing that they have left innumerable friends behind them. Never was an Australian team so popular in England. T h e second part of the tour, from a cricketing point of view, begins on September 18, 19 and 21, when they play Philadelphia. They are allowing for a full two days on shore before the match, and will thus not repeat the mistake of 1893, when play began immediately after their arrival. On the 23rd and 24th inst. they play the New Jersey Athletic Club at Bayonne City (New York), and return to Philadelphia for two more matches asrainst All Philadelphia, the first on September 25. 26, and 28, and the second on October 2, 3, and 5. They oppose Chicago on October 7, 8, and 9, leaving the same night for San Francisco. On October 15 they sail for Auckland and will play a few matches in New Zealand, probably at Auckland, Welling­ ton, Canterbury, Dunedin, and Christ­ church. Sailing for Tasmania, they oppose Hobart, and thence proceed to Melbourne. M r . C. M gG a h e y , whose health has broken down, has been ordered to take a voyage to Australia. He leaves England to-day (Thursday), and hopes to be back again in time for cricket next year. ADDISCOMBE v. CHISLEHURST.—Played at Addiscombe on September 5. Cn ISLEHURST. F. Green, c Barker, b Grant........................10 R. W. Dun, b Wilt­ shire ........................ 6 H. Moorhouse, b Per­ rin ........................ 0 J.M. Nussey, c Perrin, b Grant ................. 3 H. Hutton, c S. Wilt­ shire, b Grant........ 2 H. V. Green, not out ........................ 9 R. G. Windle, b E. Wiltshire................ 0 F. Proctor, c E. Wilt­ shire, b Grant....... 4 A. Brodie, st Serres, b Grant..................... 2 H. Hawkins, c Coult- hard, b Barker ... 1 T.G.Forest.c &bGrant 0 Extras ........ 6 Total ...... 43 E. Wiltshire, c Moor­ house, b Nussey ...31 N.E. Cutler, c Windle, b Dun .................16 J. Grant, b Dun.......... 3 A. J. Trollope, b Dun 2 J. H. Purser, b Nussey 5 A ddiscombb . Rev. H. A. Serres, c Windle, b Dun ... 0 J.R.Coulthard,notout 11 T. F. Perrin not out... 10 Extras .......... 6 Total (6 wkts) ... 83 ADDISCOMBE (2) v. ASHBURTON.—Played at Ashburton on September 5. A ddiscombe . E. G.JBushell, c Mit- A. Pulford, c Bailey, chell, b G. Slade ... 12 R. Martyr, b Mitchell 6 C. Marshall, c Sibley, b G. Slade .......... 5 M.M.Moore, bG.Slade 1 H. P. Moore, run out 0 H.O.Green, b Mitchell 0 H. L. Jupp, b Mitchell 6 A shburton . b W. Slade H. Clark, b Mitchell... R. N. Green, c Bailey, b Booth ................. F. Waters, not out ... Bye ................. Total ... 42 G.H.Slade, bM.Moore F. Thornton, c Pul­ ford, b M. Moore ... Latham, c Marshall, b M. Moore................. H.Mitchell,b M.Moore G. W . Booth, lbw, b Clark........................ D. M. Evans, b M. Moore ................. 12 Sibley, c Martyr, b Clark........................ 0 F. Hurd, run out ... 1 W. Slade, b M. Moore 11 W. G. Grace, c H. Green, b Clark ... 2 W . J. Bailey, not out 1 Total 47 QUERNMORE HOUSE SCHOOL BATTING AVERAGES. No. TimesMost Total of not in an runs. inns. out. inns. T. H. Edey.................319 ... 13 ... 2 ... 86*... H. R. M. Groves.......... 208 ... 11 ... 2 ... 63*... R. H. Eckford .......... 227 ... 13 ... 2 ... 60*... P. Strudwick .......... 130 ... 13 ... 0 ... 43 ... W. Durbridge ..........101 ... 11 ... 2 ... 16 ... S. Cazeaux ................. 108 ... 12 ... 0 ... 33 ... E. S. Powis................. 49 ... 8 ... 1 ... 19 ... H. Powis ................. 45 ... 11 ... 2 ... 16 ... A. Strudwick .......... 30 ... 8 ... 2 ... 10 ... S.E. Brearley .......... 25 ... 6 ... I ... 13 ... P. B. Sharp................. 9 ... 7 ... 2 ... 7 ... * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES . 4 Runs. Wkts. Overs. Mdns. Aver. R. H. Eckford.......... 350 ... 50 ... 150 ... 43 ... 7 T, H. Edey .......... 229 ... 32 ... 81 ... 15 .. 7*15 H. Powis .................. 157 ... 19 ... 43 ... 5 ... 8 26 S. Cazeaux .......... 214 ... 20 ... 63 ... 6 ... 10*7 Aver. 29 23*1 2063 10 9*2 9 7 5 5 5 1*8