Cricket 1897

108 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pr il 29, 1897. M.C.C. and Ground, Brixton, Spencer, and Sutton. This is the fourteenth season of the Club. M AY. 3. Croydon, v. Croydon I. 8. Forest Hill, v. Dulwich I. 35. Forest Hill, v. Catford I. 22. Addiscombe, v. Addiscombe I. 24. Forest Hill, v. Northbrook I. 29. Forest Hill, v. Norwood I. JUNE. 5. Forest Hill, v. Charlton Park I. 32. Denmark Hill, v. London & Westminster Bank I. 15. Forest Hill, v. Old Citizens.* 19. Sidcup, v. Sidcup. 23. Wanstead, v. Wanstead. 26. Forest Hill, v. Brixton Wanderers I. JULY. 3. Forest Hill, v. Croydon I. 5. Forest Hill. v. Wanstead. 6. Forest Hill, v. Sidcup. 7. Forest Hill, v. M.C.C. 8. Forest Hill, v. Brixton. 9. Forest Hill, v. Spencer. 10. Forest. Hill, v. Sutton. 17. Charlton, v. Charlton Park I. 23. Wandsworth, v. Spencer I. 24. Forest Hill, v. Addiscombe I. 29. Upminster, v. Upminster Friars. 33. Norwood, v. Norwood. AUGUST. 2. Lee, v. Northbrook I. 7. Dulwich, v. Dulwich I. 13. Forest Hill, v. Pallingswick. 14. Sutton, v. Sutton I. 21. Forest Hill, v. London & Westminster Bank I. 25. E. Acton, v. Pallingswick. 28. Denmark Hill, v. Brixton Wanderers I. SEPTEMBER. 4. Catford^v. Catford. * Two day Match. The H am pste ad C.C. has been a useful training ground for Middlesex cricket during the last few years. Hence it is not surprising to see the County well represented in the executive with A. E. Stoddart, G. MacGregor, and H. B. Hayman, in addition to S. S. Pawling on the Committee. The season opens on May 7 with a match against Teddington at Teddiugton. Between this and the last engagement on September 15, at Hampstead, v. South Hampstead, no less than fifty-seven matches will have to be brought off. To carry out such a pro­ gramme (and it always is carried out well), speaks highly fur the Hon. Sec., T. W. Mackintosh (2, Lithos Road, Finchley Road, N.) The Hampstead Week begins on July 26 with a match v. M.C.C. and Ground, and ends on the 30th with one v. West Herts Club and Ground. The intermediate fixtures are with St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Rich­ mond, Hornsey, and Bishops-Stortford. MAY. 7. Teddington, v. Teddington. 12. S. Quintin’s Park, v. Kensington Fark. 15. Chelmsford, v. Chelmsford. 15. Hampstead, v. Willesden. 19. Hampstead, v. Stoics. 22. Hampstead, v. Ealing. 22. Finchley, v. Christ’s College. 26. Uxbridge, v. Uxbridge. 29. Lee, v. Granville. 29. Hampstead, v. London Scottish. JUNE. 3. Watford, y. W est Herts Club and Ground. 5. Hampstead, v. Chiswick Park. 5. Finchley, v. Finchley. 7. Hampstead, v. Hampstead Hockey Club. 9. Hampstead, v. Charlton Park. 12. Hampstead, v. Surbiton. 12. Highgate, v. Highgate School. JUNE. Hornsey, v. Hornsey. Hampstead, v. Marlborough Blues. W oodford, v. W oodford Wells. Hampstead, v. London and Westminster Bank. Surbiton, v. Surbiton. Marlow, v. Marlow. Hampstead, v. Pallingswick. The Saffrons, v. Eastbourne. Chiswick, v. Chiswick Park. JULY. Hampstead, v. Nondescripts. Acton, v. Pallingswick. Hampstead, v. Uxbridge. Willesden, v. Willesdon. Hampstead, v. Wanderers. Richmond, v. Richmond. Hampstead, v. Eltham. Hampstead, v. Enfield. Ealing, v. Ealing. Hampstead, v. Granville. Hampstead, v. M.C.C. j Hampstead, v. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, g Hampstead, v. Richmond. Hampstead, v. Hornsey. J ^ Hampstead, v. Bishop’s Stortford. I a Hampstead, v. West Herts Club and Ground. H Brondesbury, v. London Scottish. AUGUST. Hampstead, v. South Hampstead. Beckenham, v. Beckenham. Hampstead, v. W oodford Wells. Charlton, v. Charlton Park. Hampstead, v. Chelmsford. Bishop’s Stortford, v. Bishop’s Stortford. Hampstead, v. Beckenham. Eltham, v. Eltham. Hampstead, v. Teddington. Crystal Palace, v. Crystal Palace. Hampstead, v. Finchley. SEPTEMBER. Hampstead, v. Kensington Park. Hampstead, v. Crystal Palace. Hampstead, v. Malden Wanderers. Hampstead, v. South Hampstead. * Two-day Match, Few clubs 3*n the neighbourhood of London are more fortunate in the respect of the excellence of their wickets than the H o n o r O a k . It has, to its credit, done its best to assist in the development of county cricket, as the several promising youngsters, notably Hayes, who made such a creditable debtU for Surrey last year, can attest. As becomes a club with rather a more serious bent, the pro­ gramme does not reach the length of the bulk of its neighbours in the South. All the same, it is able to put two elevens into the field from April 24 to September 25, so that the season extends over five months. Last Saturday saw the opening match agaiust Catford at Honor Oak, where the first eleven also close their ac­ tive work on September 18. The other principal engagements are against Heath­ field, Leyton, Wanstead, Surrey Colts, Clapton, Tottenham, Battersea, West Kent Wanderers, Brixton Wanderers, Bees, Surrey Club and Ground, and Ilford. H . L. Holford (5, The Gardens, Peckham Rye, S.E.) retains the post of hon. sec., and G. S. Harrison, who for some years figured frequently at the Oral, that of captain. The fixtures for Honor Oak first eleven for the rest of the season are as foliows:— M AY. 1. Upper Tooting, v. Heathfield 8. Wanstead, v. Wanstead 35. Honor Oak, v. Leyton 38. Kennington Oval, v. Surrey Colts 22. Honor Oak, v. Townley Park 29. Clapton, v. Clapton JUNE. Honor Oak, v. Tottenham Battersea, v. Battersea Honor Oak, v. W est Kent Wanderers Honor Oak, v. Heathfield Honor Oak, v. Clapton JULY. Denmark Hill, v. Brixton Wanderers Honor Oak, v. Bees Honor Oak, v. Wanstead Honor Oak, v. Alleyn Lcvton, v. Leyton Honor Oak, v. Surrey Club and Ground Honor Oak, v. Ilford Tottenham, v. Tottenham AUGUST. Honor Oak, v. Bees Honor Oak, v. Battersea Dulwich, v. Townley Park Honor Oak, v. Brixton Wanderers Ilford, v. Ilford SEPTEMBER. Honor Oak, v. Alleyn Honor Oak y. W est Kent Wanderers Quality has always been the rule in the matter of K e n s in g t o n P a r k ’ s card, and this year the Hon. Secs., M. A. Nicholas and W. J. Scott, have certainly not furnished the exception. The first day match is not unfil May 12, but from that time to September 4 there is never more than a week’s interval. Mark Hawk- worth retains the position of groundman, with E. Smart as his assistant. The principal fixtures are with Westminster School, M.C.C. and Ground, Incogniti, Haileybury College, Cheltenham College. In addition most of the chief London clubs are in the list. MAY. 8.* Home, v. Blackheath. 32. Home, v. Hampstead. 35. Ealing, v. Ealing. 35.* Southgate, v. Southgate. 22. Vincent Square, v. Westminster School. 22.* Home, v. University College School. 29. Home, v. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. 29.* Teddington, v. Teddington. JUNE. 2. Dunstable, v. Dunstable G. S. 5.* Home, v. Marlboro’ Blues. 7. Home, v. M.C.C. 12.* Caterham. v. Caterham. 12. Home, v. Uxbridge. 16. Home, v. Incogniti. 19.* Home, v. Merchant Taylors’ School. 39. Haileybury, v. Haileybury College. 21. Arkley, v. Arkley. 22. Blackheath, v. Blackheath. 26, Home, v. Chelmsford. JULY. 3. Uxbridge, v. Uxbridge. 3.* Home, v. Upper Tooting. 10. Crystal- Palace, v. Crystal Palace. 10.* Home, v. Caterham. 14. Harrow Weald, v. F. S. Blackwell’s X I. 17. Home, v. Ealing. 17.* Highgate, v. Highgate School. 24. Brentwood, v. Brentwood. 24.* Home, v. Crystal Palace. 28. Home, v. Cheltenham College. 31.* Home, v. Chislehurst. AUGUST. 2. Chelmsford, v. Chelmsford. 5. Upper Tooting, v. Upper Tooting. 7. Teddington, v. Teddington. 7.* Home, v. The Gryphons. 14.* Home, v. Teddington. 21.* Upper Tooting, v. Upper Tooting. 28. St. Albans, v. St. Albans. SEPTEMBER. 4. Hampstead, v. Hampstead. 4.* Blackheath, v. Blackheath. * Half-day matches.