Cricket 1896

Nov. 26, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 471 Dale of first Runs.Wickets Club. appearance, scored, lost. Aver. Kent(withW.G-.&Ridley) 1877 .. 108 ... 2 ... 54*00 Right-handed........ ... 1870 ... 35 ... 1 ... 3500 Orleans Club ................. 1882 ... 34 ... 1 ... 34 00 Non-smokers ................. 1884 ... 10 ... 1 ... lO’OO Totals............................... 1865 462041123 41*14 * Includes the runs he made for Lord Sheffield’s Team in Australia, 1891-2; also runs scored for the United Eleven in 1882, Lord Sheffield’s Elevens in 1884-6, 1890-2-3-6, Lord Londesborough’s Teams in 1886-88-90, England (not test match) Teams in 1885-86-88, A. J. Webbe’s XI. in 1895, W. H. Laverton’s XI. in 1890, Arthur Shrewsbury’s Team in 1893, and Rest of England v. A. E. Stoddart’s Australian Team in 1895 at Hastings. TABLE 4.-TABLE SHOWING THE GROUNDS UPON WHICH D r . GRACE HAS SCORED HIS RUNS IN ALL MATCHES, 1865-96. Date of first Ground, appearance. Lord’s ................. 1865 ., Oval ................. 1865 .. Clifton................. 1871 .. Bristol................. 1870 Canterbury.......... 1866 .. Cheltenham ... 1872 .. Brighton ......... 1864 .. Nottingham ... 1871 Prince’s .......... 1872 Sheffield .......... 1869 ., Gloucester.......... 1882 ., Manchester .. Scarborough Hastings Cambridge ... Oxford.......... Taunton Gravesend ... Sheffield Park Bradford Maidstone ... Hull .......... Melbourne ... Dewsbury ... Huddersfield Moreton-in-Marsh 1881 Birmingham Blackheath ........ West Brompton . Liverpool ........ Sydney............... Beeston ........ Islington ........ Tunbridge Wells Rochdale ........ Bath ................ Westbury ........ Charleywood Adelaide ........ Leeds ............... H arrogate........ Twickenham Wellingborough Loughborough .. Derby ................ Chichester ........ Norbury Park .. Halifax ........ Cirencester........ 38*57 5263 51*53 40*80 53*80 33*63 50 92 36*76 4717 43*76 41-04 . 2547 . 32*58 . 28-67 . 40*75 . 71*14 , 34*85 . 148*33 . 30*78 . 3266 . 178*50 . 5940 . 92*66 . 41*66 37*00 , 3416 , 18*54 , 40*25 118*00 16*29 . 22*00 . 106*00 . 25-00 . 21*75 . 80 00 . 80*00 . 39*50 . 36*50 . 30*00 . 2600 . 51*00 . 34*00 . 27*00 . 11*50 . 11*00 7*50 7*00 . 5-00 . 10*00 Totals ... # 1865 46204 1123 41*14 F o rty -n in e in a ll— threein A ustralia an d fo r ty -s ix in E n g la n d . W . G . has scored u p w ards o f a th ou san d runs o n n o less th a n eleven gro u n d s : —L o r d ’s, O val, C lifton , C an terbu ry, C helten ham , B rig h to n , N ottin g h a m , B ristol, P rin ce ’s, Sheffield an d G lou cester. TABLE 5.—TABLE SHOWING THE CLUBS AGAINST WHICHD r . GRACE HAS SCORED HIS RUNS IN ALL MATCHES, 1865-96. Date of first Rims Wckts. Club. appearance, scored, lost. Aver. Australians ................. 1878 ... 4187 ...123 ... 34*04 Cambridge University ... 1869 . , lg77 ... 1877 ... 1874 ... 1872 ... 1665 ... 1869 ... 1879 ... 1869 ... 1870 ... 1868 ... 1865 ... 1891 ... 1866 ... 1870 ... 1866 1878 1885 1888 1871 1869 1883 1873 1883 1874 1871 1875 1891 1870 1875 1887 1871 1872 1891 1870 1865 1875 1876 1881 1890 1873 1891 1894 1885 1882 1874 1875 1886 1882 1888 1888 1879 Runs scored. . 11476 , 7237 4998 2244 , 2206 2113 1933 . 1691 , 13-21 . 1093 , 1026 968 . 945 . 803 . 652 498 . 488 445 431 . 392 . 357 . 297 278 250 . 222 . 205 204 161 . 118 114 . 110 . 106 . 105 87 80 8) 79 73 60 52 51 34 27 23 2-2 15 14 10 10 Wickets lost. Average. 298 , 158 97 55 41 63 , 38 . 46 , 28 25 25 16 7 14 3 14 12 2 5 3 6 6 6 11 4 1 7 5 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 Colts of England Derby........................ England ................. Hertfordshire......... I Zingari ................. K e n t........................ Kent, Gentlemen of Lancashire .......... Left-Handed .......... M.C.C........................ Middlesex................. New South Wales ... North........................ North, Gentlemen of North of Thames ... . 1358 . 77 ... . 149 ... . 1173 ... . 148 ... . 555 ... . 3151 ... 61 ... . 2213 ... 85 ... . 544 ... . 2910 ... 79 41*15 38*50 24*83 37-83 37-00 46*25 5910 20*33 30*31 35*00 68-00 46*93 26*33 4273 ...107 ... 39*93 , 224 ... 2 ...112-00 . 260 ... 6 ... 43 33 Club. Date of first appearance. Runs Wickets scored, lost. Aver. North, United... ......... 1870 ... 434 ... 9 ... 48*22 Nottingham ... ......... 1869 ... 3215 ... 85 ... 37*82 Nottingham & Yorkshire 1872 .„. 170 ... 0 ..., — Oxford University .......... 1869 .... 914 ... 17 ... 53*76 Players .......... ......... 1855 ... 5113 ...118 ... 43*34 Players of North ......... 1873 ... 445 ... 12 ... 37*08 Players of South .......... 1865 .... 821 ... 15 ..., 54 73 Single................. .......... 1871 ... 189 ... 0 .... — Smokers .......... .......... 1884 ... 10 ... 1 ... . 10-00 South................. .......... 1869 ... 92 ... 4 ... . 23*00 South Australia .......... 1891 . 2 ... 1 .. . 2 00 Somerset .......... .......... 1879 ... 1211 ... 29 .. . 41*75 Stafford .......... ..........1873 ... 67 ... 1 .., . 67*00 Surrey ....................... 1865 ... 3736 ... 98 .... 38*08 Surrey and Middlesex ... 1868 . 43 ... 2 ..., 21*50 Surrey and Sussex .......... 1867 ... 12 ... 1 , 12-00 Sussex................. .......... 1871 ... 3273 ... 73 .... 44-83 Under 30 .......... ..........1879 ... 193 ... 8 .... 2412 University Men .......... 1874 .... 12 , 1 ... , 12*00 Victoria ......... .......... 1891 ... 203 ... 1 ... 203*00 Warwick ......... .......... 1894 ... 292 ... 9 .... 32*44 Yorkshire.......... ..........1870 ... 4360 ...107 .. . 40*74 Total ... ......... 1865 46204 1123 ... 41*14 Thirty-nine clubs in all, against thirteen of which he has scored over one thousand runs, v iz.:—Australians, Cambridge Uni­ versity, England, Kent, Lancashire, Middlesex, North., Nottingham, Players, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, and Yorkshire. AUSTRALIANS. Nine teams from Australia have visited these shores, and W.G. is, with the excep­ tions of his brother E.M., Flowers, and Shrewsbury, the only Englishman who has played against them all. Runs scored by him for the English team in Australia, 1891-2, against New South Wales, S^uth Australia, and Victoria are not included in the accompanying summaries. TABLE 1.—TABLE SHOWING Dr. GRACE’S AVERAGES AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS, 1878-96. Year. Matches. Innff. Not out. Runs. Aver. 1878 ... 3 ... 5 ... 0 ... 56 .. . 11*20 1880 . 2 ... 4 ... 1 ... 170 ... 5666 188*2 ... 8 ..,, 12 ... 0 ... 340 ... 28-33 1884 ... 10 .... 17 ... 2 ... 577 ... 38*46 1886 ... 12 .... 19 ... 0 ... 812 ... 42*73 1888 ... 11 ... . 19 ... 1 ... 544 .. . 30*22 1890 ... 10 , 19 ... 1 ... 536 ... 29*77 1893 ... 10 ... 16 ... 2 ... 598 ... 4271 1896 ... 8 ... 14 ... 0 ... 390 ... 27*85 1891-92 ... 3 .. 5 ... 0 ... 164 .. . 32*80 Totals ... 77 130 7 4187 34*04 TABLE 2.—TABLE SHOWING THE CLUBS FOR WHICH D r . GRACE HAS SCORED HIS RUNS AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS, 1878-96. Date of first Not Club, app’rance. Mchs.Inns. out. Runs. Aver. England England X I.’s... 1886 Gentln. ofEngld. 1878 Gloucester......... 1878 W.H.Laverton’ X I................. Lord Londes- boro’s X I.’s . Lord Sheffield’ X I.’s ... . M.C.C............... Orleans Club . Shrewsbury’sXI. 1893 S’th of England 1884 C. I. Thornton’s X I...................1888 United Eleven... 1882 United South ... 1882 1890 . , 1886 . . 1884 . . 1878 . 1882 . .21 ...34 ... 2 ...1069 ... 33*40 . 3 ... 5 ... 0 ... Ill ... 22*20 . 7 ...12 ... 0 ... 651 .,. 54*25 .16 ...30 ... 4 ... 856 ... 32-81 . 1 ... 2 ... 0 .., 79 ... 39*50 . 3 ... 5 . .. 0 . .. 168 ..,. 33*60 . 5 ... 9 . .. 0 . ... 234 ... 26*C0 . 8 ...13 . .. 0 . .. 374 ... 28*76 1 ... 1 ... 0 . .. 34 ... 34-00 . 1 ... 1 ... 0 . .. 49 ... 49 00 . 8 ...13 .. ,. 1 . .. 510 .... 42 50 . 1 ... 2 . .. 0 . .. 14 ... 700 . 1 ... 1 .. 0 . .. 23 ..,. 23*00 . 1 ... 2 . .. 0 . .. 15 .. . 7*50 77 130 7 4187 34 04 Totals......... 1878 TABLE 3.—TABLE SHOWING THE CENTURIES SCORED BY D r . GRACE AGAINST THE AUS­ TRALIANS, 1878-96. Year. Ground. Club scored for. Score. 18S0 ... Oval ... England ... 152 1884 ... Lord’s ...M.C.C; ... 101 ... Oval .. Gentlemen of England ... 107 ... Clifton ... Gloucester ... 116* 1886 ... Oval ... Gentlemen of England ... 148 ... Clifton ... Gloucester ... 110 ... Oval ... England ... 170 1888 ... Lord,s ... Gentlemen of England ... 165 * Signifies not out. Eight in a ll: Four at the Oval, two at Lord’s, and two at Clifton. W.G. was the first player to score a three-figure innings in a test-match played in England, and the splendid display he gave in compiling 152 upon that occasion must still be fresh in the memory of all of us who were fortunate enough to witness it. TABLE 4.—TABLE SHOWING THE GROUNDS UPON WHICH D r. GRACE HAS PLAYED AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS, 1878-96. Aver. .. 68-00 .. 11*00 .. 34-50 .. 38*00 .. 23*27 .. 7*50 .. 40*72 .. 48*20 .. 33*97 .. 37*50 7*00 ... 49 00 .. 20*77 .. 50*27 .. 25 00 .. 33*60 .. 26-00 ... 15*50 ... 23 00 .. 34*00 .. 39 50 TABLE 5.—TABLE SHOWING HOW Dr. GRACE HAS BEEN DISMISSED BY THE AUSTRA­ LIANS, 1878-96. Cauglit.and Leg-before- Run Year. Bowled. Caught, bowled Stinpd. wicket, out. Date of first Not Ground. app’ance.Mchs Inns.out. Runs. Adelaide .. ... 1891 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 58 . Birmingham ... 1886 .,.. 2 .. . 3 .. . 0 ... 33 . Brighton ... ... 1886 ... 1 ... 2 .. . 0 ... 69 . Bristol ... 1890 .,.. 3 .. . 5 .. . 1 .. 152 . Cheltenham ... 1884 ... 6 ...12 ... 1 .. . 256 . Chichester... ... 1882 .,.. 1 ... 2 .. . 0 ... 15 . Clifton ... 1878 .,.. 7 .. 13 .. . 2 ... 448 . Hastings ... ... 1888 ... 4 ... 6 ... 1 ... 241 . Lord’s......... ... 1878 ...17 ...28 ... 1 .. . 890 . Melbourne... ... 1891 ... 1 .,.. 2 ... 0 .... 75 Norbury Park ... 1888 ... 1 .,,. 2 ... 0 ... 14 Nottingham ... 1893 ... 1 ... 1 .. . 0 .,.. 49 Old Trafford ... 1884 ... 5 ... 9 ... 0 ... 187 , Oval .......... ... 1160 ...14 ...23 ... 1 ...1106 Prince’s ... 1878 ... 1 ... 1 ., . 0 .,,. 25 , Scarborough ... 1886 ... 3 ... 5 ... 0 ... 168 . Sheffield Park ... 1«84 ... 5 ... 9 ... 0 .. . 234 . Sydney ... 1891 ... 1 .... 2 ... 0 .... 31 . TunbridgeWells 1882 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 .,.. 23 Twickenham ... 188*2 ... 1 .. . 1 .. . 0 .. .. 34 Westbury... ... 1890 . .. 1 .. . 2 .. . 0 . . 79 , Totals... ... 1878 77 130 7 4187 1878 1880 1882 1884 1890 1893 1891-2 . 2 1 4 9 14 12 11 9 9 Total ... 37 73 1 3 6 3 Only twice has he beea “ caught and bowled” by an Australian, namely:— By Turner, at Lord’s, in 1890, before he had scored in the first innings of the test match; and by the same bowler at Sydney, in December, 1891, when W.G. was playing for Lord Sheffield’s Team against New South Wales. (To be continued.) CRICKET IN CEYLON. QUEEN’S COTTAGE X I. v. ST. EDWARD’S SCHOOL.—Played at Nuwara Eliya at the end of October. Q ueen ’ s C o tta g e . Mr. T. A. Wright, b Nelson ................. Mr. Nock, c Fyers, b Phelps ................. Mr. Burrows, c Bous- tead, b Phelps.......... Captain Marker, c and b Phelps ................. Mr. S. Wickwar, c Nelson, b Phelps ... Mr. A. Walker, b Phelps ................. S t . Mr. Phelps, c Wright, b Symons................. G. Jamieson, c and b Captain Marker C. Walker, c Wright, b Symons................. J. Walker, c Wickwar, b Marker................. Mr. Nelson, b Symons T. Vowler, c Nock, b Symons ................. Mr. A. J. Symons, not out ........................33 Mr. Rose, b Nelson ... 1 Mr. S. Colls, b Jamie­ son ........................15 H. E. the Governor, b Edley........................ 0 Major Symons, c Vow­ ler, b Edley ......... 1 Extras ......... 8 0 Total ..............103 E d w a r d ’ s . W. Edley, b Symons 0 Mr. Hadland, not out 16 C.Boustead, b Symons 5 H. Fyers, b Burrows . 4 W. Braine, c Nock, b 6 Burrows ................. 0 Extras ......... 5 6 3 Total ................59 N E X T ISSUE, T HURSDA Y , DECEMBER 31.