Cricket 1897

M ay 27, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 165 be no difference of opinion. No otter player, saveW.G. andArthur Shrewsbury, can show such a record, though I admit that the Indian Prince’s beating it is only a matter of time. Abel, the latest god of the Surrey crowd’s idolatory (and, mind you, I thick Abel a really great player, and fully worthy the popularity he has achieved), is still a long way off equalling it, while hehas reached the age at which most men are held veterans. Abel was 37 last 30th of November; and his wonderful scoring of this season may fairly be put to the credit of the veteran brigade. So may Mr. Key’s consistently fine form; W .W .’s 62, 45 and 86*; William Chatterton’s 79 and 59 ; Mr. A. P. Lucas’s 59* and 57*; Lord Hawke’s 63* and 55; Peel’s 45 in a match of com­ paratively small scores the other day; Shrewsbury’s 56 ; Mr. Murdoch’s 44, 51, 46 and 72 ; W .G.’s 55 ; and Mr. Dixon’s 268.* I WTite from memory, but I be­ lieve I am correct in saying that not one of these men is under thirty-six. One does not want to deny the youngsters their due (foremost among them the won­ derful Indian Prince), only to point out that the well-worn quotation, “ Super­ fluous logs, etc., scarcely applies to most of the older men now taking part iu first- class cricket. George Baker’s 140 at Southampton is higher by 31 runs than his previous best in first-class cricket— 109 v. Kent at Ton­ bridge five years ago. Baker is a man who reached his best form comparatively late in his career, as he was a dead failure when tried for Yorkshire in 1884, and had played off and on four or fiveyears in the Lancashire team before he did anything at all noteworthy. Up to the time at which he reached his thirtieth year, he had played 82 completedinnings for 1061 runs and taken 34 wickets for 632 in first-class cricket— certainly not a brilliant record. But, in 1892, he was in far better form than ever before, and, though he fell away again in 1893, he has ever sincebeen one of the most useful men Lancashire has had, and aplayer good enough for any side. During the past five years his 164 completedinnings have realised3646runs, an average of over 22, while he has taken 66 wickets for 1770 runs— somewhat ex­ pensive, but then Baker is only a change bowler. Though at times a little too de­ fensive in his methods, Baker is not aslow scorer as a rule; and he made his 140 in under 2J hours. J. N. P. CLAPTON v. CHESHT7NT.— Played at Clapton on May 20. C h e sh u n t . D. Baincock,cBishop, b Briggs.............. 51 D. Adamson, c Win- terburn, bBriggs ... 12 Dr. Ladell, not out... 4 C. Raincock, not out 2 B 14, lb4, nb 1... 19 R. Harrower, c Doug­ las, b Britten........44 C. W. Bedwell, cWin- terbum, b Briggs ... 39 H. 8.Capper,cBoyton, b Bishop.............. 28 F. R. Bard well, b Britten ...............23 F. Galloway, cBoyton, Total (7 wkts.)*279 b Chichester ........ 57 A. Doxat, and A. O. Penny did not bat. *Innings declaredclosed. C la pto n . J. H. Douglas, notout 39 j E. C. Palmer, not out 36 H. E. Trafford, c Bard- — well, b Penny........ 54 | Total (1wkt.)...129 H. Boyton, S. Briggs, P. P. Lincoln, H. Chichester, F. A. Bishop, A. W. Renals, H. F. Britten, and H. Winterbum did not bat. KENSINGTON PARK v. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.— Played at Vincent Square on May 22. W e stm in st e r S c h o o l . First innings. Second innings. R. N. Blaker, lbw, b J. Campbell ... .............. 25 c and b Wade ... 22 T. Young, cM. Nicholas, b Wade...........................18 c and b Wade ... 0 R. E. More, c J. Campbell, b Wade .................... 48 E. A.Cotterill,bJ.Campbell 16 b J. Campbell ... 0 B. H. Willett, st Whittow, b Wade .................... 0 b Wade ........ 0 H. R. Lonsdale, b Wade ... 2 not out...............13 W. C. Stevens, bJ. Campbell 1 H. R. Flack, b J. Campbell 0 not out.............. 15 G. Anderson,cJ. Campbell, b Wade .................... 1 C. E. Johnston, b Wade ... 0 H.W.Beveridge, bJ. Camp­ bell ... 0 A. A. Gwatkin, not out ... 1 Extras .............. 7 Extras........ 2 Total.. ...119 Total 52 K en sin g to n P a r k . D.C. Lee,candbMore 21 J.G.Donaldson,bMore 45 J. D. F. Campbell, b Beveridge.............. 26 G. T. Brown, b Bever­ idge ..................... 6 M. A. Nicholas,bMore 1 A. Surtees, lbw,bMore 9 C. F. Wade, b More... 2 A. Whittow, st Gwat­ kin, b More ........ 9 G. Campbell, b More 7 S. Christopherson, c Blaker, b More ... 4 L. Abney, b More ... 9 H. D. Nicholas, not out ..................... 6 Extras ........ 20 Total....... 165 KENSINGTON PARK v. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL.—Played at Kensington Park onMay 22. U n iv e rs it y C o lle g e S c h o o l. H. J. Titford, b Jack­ son .....................27 V. Bayley, b Jackson 28 A. E. Hull, b Thring 4 C. F. Stone, c East­ man, b Harrison ... 4 L. L. Griffett-Jones, b Thring.............. 4 G. A. Groves, c Great- orex, b Jackson ...31 E. A. Emmet, c East­ man, b Foy ........ 29 D. Price-Williams, b Thring .............. 9 T.Cuthbertson,bThring 11 R. Price-Williams, not out ..................... 7 H.W.Jennings,notout 4 B 30, lb 13 ... 43 Total........ *201 1Innings declared closed. K en sin g to n P a r k . G. T. Campbell, cWil­ liams, b Jennings ... 26 R. F. A. Orr, c Jones, b Stone .............. 68 C. H. M. Thring, not out .................... 48 C.J.Hildyard, c Cuth- bertson, b Hull ... 13 H. H. Foy, not out ... 44 B 8, lb 1 ... ... 9 Total (3 W Kts) ...206 E. S. Blois, P. Greatorex, E. Macdonald, R. W. Jackson, E. Harrison, and F. A. Eastman did not bat. HAMPSTEAD v. WILLESDEN.— Played at Hamp­ steadonMay 15. W il l e s d e n . F. J. Potter,cDanby,b Spofforth...............18 E. Bendle, b Thornton 4 A. Barron, b Spofforth 0 H. Williams, b Spof­ forth ....... .............12 W. Cooke, b Spofforth 20 A.O.Breed,bSpofforth 1 J.Brydone,cLeighIbis b Spofforth ........ 7 H a m pstea d . H. Smail, b Spofforth H. Hudson, lbw, b Spofforth............... A. S. Domton,b Spof­ forth ..................... E. Lacey, not out Extras ........ Total A.R.Trimen,cBendle, b Lacey ............ C. K. Macdonald, Lacey.................. W. S. Hale, not out . 23 W.T. Danby, cBendle, b Domton ........ 1 J. Gibson, not out ... 42 Extras ........ 13 Total (3wkts) 193 G. Thornton, F. R. Spofforth, R. Leigh Ibbs, J. G. Q,. Besch, J. C. Toller and J. C. R. Dickson did not bat. EALING v. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.— Played at Ealing on May 22. E alikg . R. H. Green Price, b Podmore............... W. E. Naylor, c Pitt Brook, b Lawless ... F. J. Jolly, c and b Lawless ............... S. G. Wallace, b Pod­ more ..................... W. J. Grice, cSimpson b Podmore ........ C. W. M. Meeres, lbw, b Podmore ........ Pod- C. Dunster, b more..................... E. Jowitt, [c Allcock, b Lawless ........ C. S. Wetenhall, not out ..................... R. M. Murphy, b Law­ less ..................... E. Roche, b Podmore B 4,lb 1 ........ Total ......... L ondon and W est m in ster B a n k . C.A.Snell,candbJolly 62 H.O.Manfield,bRoche 11 W. Bradbery, b Jolly 8 C. ,S. G. Douglas, c Dunster, b Joily ... 14 C.J. Bowman, b Roche 47 C. T. Lawless, b Grice 1 A. G. Gough, c Roche, b Wallace ........ 37 C. C. Simpson, b Jolly 8 J. M. Allcock, b Jolly 3 L. Pitt Brook, cGreen Price, b Grice........ 18 A. Podmore, not out 6 Byes ...............18 Total ..233 ROYAL M ILITARY ACADEMY v. GRANVILLE (Lee).— Played at Woolwich onMay 22. L. Roberts, c Turner, b Neville.............. 2 J. Wilson, b Turner... 2 P. P. Lincoln, lbw, b Bedwell .............. 24 C. J. M. Godfrey, c Giles, b Bedwell ... 24 E. Rymer Jones, c Giles, b Bedwell ... 40 S. Ellis, T. Bichardson, and A. R. Layman did not bat. *Innings declared closed. R o y a l M il it a r y A c a d em y . W. Austin, stTurner, b Bedwell............. 40 W. Morris, c Lang- horne, b Neville ... 72 V. Jones, not out ... 13 Total (7wkts.)*217 W. Tindale, b Godfrey 2 H. Szczcpanski, c Jones, b Richardson 4 A.J.Turner, cRoberts, b Austin .............. 42 F. Giles, b Austin ... 11 J. Garstin, run out ... 3 J. Langhorne, b Roberts ...............19 E. Tandy, not out ... 50 K. Neville, run out ... 0 Total (7wkts.)...131 S. Barkley, E. Bedwell, and C. Dalyell did not bat. WHITGIFT WANDERERS v. CRYSTAL PALACE. Played at Crystal Palace on May 22, C r y s t a l P a l a c e . H. Colegrave, b Perrin 37 J. C. Mallam, b H. L. Turner .............. 2 J. F. Dunlop, run out 3 C, Mitchell, c R. L. Turner, b Batch ... 52 W. F. Umney, b E. G. Turner .............. 32 G. H. Pile, b H. L. Turner ............... 5 F. C. Barchard, bE. G. Turner ............... 1 R. H. Dillon, c and b E. G. Turner........ 0 R. B. Heyne, not out 10 D. E. Lockhart, lbw, b E. G. Turner ... 1 J. C. Umney, b H. L. Turner .............. 7 B 4, lb 1 ........ 5 Total........ 155 W h it g if t W a n d e r e r s . Geoff. Marks, not out 48 B 12, lb 1........ 13 Total (3wkts.)193 E. Guy Turner, st J. C., b W. F. Umney 31 H. B. Hubbard, b W. F. Umney................10D C. H. R. Henman, b W. F. Umney.......... 1 H. L. Turner, S. J. Ching, R. L. Turner, T. F. Perrin, A. F. West, E. H. Balch, and A. W. Cooper did not bat. HAMPSTEAD v. STOICS.— Played at Hampstead onMay 19. H a m pst ea d . H. Symes-Thompson, cRoberts, b Pitt ... 8 A. E. Stoddiirt,bRich­ ardson .105 C. K. Macdonald, b Roberts ... ......... 1 W. Danby, not out ...101 W.S. Hale,bRammell 18 J. Gibbon,b Holton.. 4 A .R. Trimen,b Holton 0 A. A. Carter, not out 30 Byes ...............38 Total (6wkts)*305 D. J. Drake, D. H. Morgan, and A. R. Grylls did not bat. *Innings declared closed. S t o ic s . H. B. Hayman, c Danby, b Morgan ... 43 1 C. E. E. Lee, cGibbon, b Stoddart ........ 0 A. J. Dodd, c Danby, b Trimen.............. 60 W. W. Rammell, c Carter, b Hale........25 j C. C. Roberts, b Stod­ dart ..................... 0 F. W. Holton, bStod­ dart ..................... 1 F. H. Pitt, not out ... 37 G. Pratt, c Grylls, b Stoddart............... 5 E. W. Richardson, not out .............. 16 Byes .............. 19 Total (7wkts)206 O. Roberts and B. Rennie did not bat. F OR SALE, Vols. 7to 15 of Cricket, three bound, six unbound; in good condition; Nos. 1 to 35 of Cricket Field. — Send offer, A. F ie ld , Shrewsbury Road, Red Hill, Surrey. /■JRICKET GROUND or pitch to Let.— Apply to \ j H. P a lm e r, Dairy Farmer, 133, Crouch Hill, Crouch End, N.