Cricket 1897

106 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r il 29, 1897. METROPOL ITAN CLUBS IN 1897. ( Continued from page 94.) If it cannot claim as lengthy a. record as Battersea, the A ddiscombe C.C. can go hack to the middle of the sixties. The present season, indeed, is its thirty- second, so 1hat it can boast a pedigree as ancient as the bulk of the Metropolitan clubs. To judge, too, by the programme for this year, which includes twenty-one whole-day and fifteen half-day matches, there is no lack of vitality. On the con­ trary, the opponents of Addiscombe comprise some of the best of South Metropolitan clubs. Among them are Streatham, Crystal Palace, Northbrook, Forest Hill, Dulwich, Mitcham, Cane Hill, Croydon, Epsom, Norwood, Whit­ gift Wanderers, Beddington. and Sutton. The week at Addiscombe commences on June 14, and is made up of matches against Brighton Brunswick, Surrey C. and G., Mitcham, Spencer, Erratics and Croydon. The August Bank Holi­ day fixture, which is against Croydon, will be for the benefit of A. Peck, who, with Andrews, represents the bowling staff. J. E. Coulthard, of 19, Havelock Boad, Addiscombe, retains the position of hon. sec. M AY. 1. Streatham, v. Streatham. 8. Oxted, v. Oxted. 13 Crystal Palace, v. Crystal Palace. 15. Addiscombe, v. Northbrook. 22. Addiscombe, v. Forest Hill. 26. Addiscombe, v. Dulwich. 29. Mitcham, v. Mitcham. JUNE. 2. Norbury, v. Norbury Park. 5. Purley, v. Cane Hill. 7. Fraot Road, v. Croydon. 12. .Addiscombe, v. Epsom. 14. Addiscombe, v. Brighton Brunswick. •,O 15. Addiscombe, v. Surrey Club and Ground. I£• 16. Addiscombe, v. Mitcham. Iwg* 17. Addiscombe, v. Spencer. J «*■ 18. Addiscoaibe, v. Erratics. I 19. Addiscombe, v. Norwood. ^ 22. Frant Road, v. Croydon. 26. Addiscombe, v. W hitgift AVanderers. 30. Acton, v. West Middlesex. JULY. 3. W est Noiwood, v. Grecians. 6. Addiscombe, v. Merton. 10. Addiscombe, v. Roving Friars. 17. Epsom, v. Epsom. 20. Wandsworth, v. Spencer. 24. Forest Hill, v. Forest Hi 1. 31. Addiscombe, v. Whitgift Wanderers. AUGUST. 2. Addiscombe, v. Croydon. 5. Beddington, v. Beddington. 7. Caterham, v. Caterham. 14. Merton, v. Merton. 21. Addiscombe, v. Sutton. 28. Lee, v. Northbrook. SEPTEMBER. 4. Addiscombe, v. W est Middlesex. 11. Noiwood, v. Norwood. B eckenham , with Arthur Pearce (Bex­ ley House, Southend Road, Beckenham) still hon. sec., is bound to have a strong, as well as practical, committee. The opening match is against Guy’s Hospital on May 1, and the season ends four months later. The Beckenham week begins on July 19 with a two-days’ match against the Oxford Authentics. The Inc'igniti also figure there on the Thurs- sec., and one of exceptional energy in | L. Locke. T he first innings of a hundred by any batsman this year at Cambridge was made on Tuesday by L. J. Moon, the old Westminster boy. His score of 111 for Pembroke v. Trinity Hall included a six, two fives and ten fours. M sssk s . P e r r in and B u ll , the two Essex amateurs who have been on a trip to Australia, were to leave Adelaide in the “ Ormuz ” on Wednesday, March 17, and consequently should be in England now. They saw cricket in Melbourne, but did not, apparently, have any practice there. They were present on Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, March 20, and M r. Bull, for one, had an opportunity of testing the quality of the practice- wickets during the week. M r . K e y ’ s appearance as captain of the Surrey eleven to-morrow in the open- icg match of the season at the Oval will j perhaps put a stop to the unfounded reports, which have appeared in some papers during the last few weeks, of a change in the captaincy of the Surrey team. At all events there is every reason to hope that Mr. Key, whose loyal services to Surrey it is impossible to praise too highly, will lead the county eleven to many more victories during the coming season. T he players for to-moTrow’s match at the Oval will be selected from the follow­ in g :—Eleven. K. J. Key, W. W. Bead, H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, D. L. A. Jephson, H. B. Chinrery, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Street, Holland, Baldwin, Nice, Smith, and Marshall. Fourteen. W. T. Graburn. J. W. Crawford, C. E. Wilson, H. B. Parkes, Baker (W. J.), Keeley, Henderson, Braund, Lees, Thomp­ son, Ayres, Higgins, Keene, and J. S. Lohmann. F. A. I r e d a le assisted in a pretty good performance recorded in New South Wales ciicket, to the Central Cumberland Club, on the thirteenth of last month. The Centrals, who br.d to eo in against a score of 250, knocked up 319 for the loss of only two wickets. To this total Iredale contributed 112 and Pye 139 (not out). Iredale’s scores for the Central Cumber- lands up to date were 21, 1, 156, 8, 34 J(not out), 140, 124, 19, 98, and 112. The irony of cricket came in, as it generally does, on the following Saturday, when the paper which published these figures had to report Iredale’s dismissal from the very first ball. M e s s r s . W a l t i r O i a b k e and Noble, whom the Philadelphian Selection C.m - mittee had counted on as members of the team which is to visit England this summer, will, it goes without saying, be missed. Unfortunately, business en­ gagements are responsible for the with­ drawal in each case. On the other hand, a trio of very useful players have been secured in Walter Scott, Thayer, a |younger brother of John B. T. who was over here with the team of 1884, and E. M. Cregar, a new and very promising player; so that the combination, it is j fullygexpected, will do credit to them­ selves las well as to Philadelphian cricket. o b st a c l e r a c e on b oard sh ip. (Set note on page 105.) T he cares of his high office as Governor of British Guiana are still powerless, it is gratify­ ing to find, to keep Sir A. [W. L. Hemming from active cricket. No one who knows him will be surprised to learn that he keeps up the good old game still. It is still more pleasant to notice that he has lately been in excellent form for a veteran. The last two innings he had played before writing, as he had occasion to write to me, were 43 not out and 28. Not a bad record, every one will agree with him, for a man of 55 and under a tropical sun. But everyone en­ gaged in Colonial work is not so fortunate to be able to perform on a ground astrueand fast as that of the George­ town Club. It will be remembered that Lord Hawke’ s team appreci­ ated its excellence.