Cricket 1897

212 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Jun e 1?, 1897. BUSSEY’S BATS. H IGH E S T G R AD E . BUSSEY’S BALLS. H IGH E S T G RAD E . BUSSEY’S GUARDS. H IG H E S T G RAD E . BUSSEY’S < C C B « GLOVES. H IGH E S T G RAD E BUSSEY’S BAGS. H IGH E S T G RAD E . CRICKETERS’ <CGB-«- DIARY I S A G E M F O R 6 d . CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION TO CITY DEPOT— 36 & 38, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET. LONDON. OR DEALERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. MANUFACTORY— PECKHAM, LONDON. TIMBER MILLS— ELMSWELL , SUFFOLK. BETWEEN THE INNINGS. I hear that Frank Sugg will do fairly well out of his benefit, in spite of the very hard luck he shared with Gunn and Hearn, and, in a less degree, with Carpenter also; but it does not seem likely that subscriptions, how­ ever generous, can bring the amount Gunn is to take up to four figures, and anything under that seems a very inadequate return for the great services the ‘ ‘ Agamemnon of the North” has rendered his county. Gunn is the last in lineal descent of the four pre­ eminently great Notts, batsmen, of whom George Parr is the first, the other two Richard Daft and Arthur Shrewsbury; and one won­ ders when Notts, will produce a fifth to lival their fame. I have often seen Frank Sugg alluded to as “ the man of three counties.” This is cor­ rect enough in a sense; for, of course, Sugg has represented three diffeient shires; but he is by no means the only man who has done so. At least one other batsman, quite as famous in his day as is the stalwart Frank in the pre­ sent, and by no means done with yet, Mr. A. P. Lucas, to wit, has a similar record. Mr. Lucas played first for Surrey under the resi­ dential qualification, his home being at Ash­ stead, between Leatherhead and Epsom; next for Middlesex, in which county he was b om ; and lastly for Essex, for which he qualified by residence at Chelmsford. Mr. “ Jimmy” Cranston has also, if I mistake not, a “ three-county” record, having helped .Worcestershire and Warwickshire as well as Gloucestershire. Mr. G. N. Wyatt played for Surrey, Gloucestershire and Sussex, Mr. George Strachan f : the first two of those three and Middles:*: ?Ir. A. Blackman for Surrey, Kent and I j : ex; while Mr. E. C. Mordaunt has ap;,c. r :l in the Hampshire, Middlesex and Kent elevens, and, I rather fancy, Mr. J. J. Parfit played once or twice for Warwickshire, as well as for Surrey and Somerset. The mention of Mr. A. P. Lucas reminds me of another veteran, like A. P. L. an old Cantab, who was very prominent in Whit- week. I refer to Mr. F. E. Lacey, who appears to be one of the enviable few—Mr. A. G. Steel, Mr. W . H. Patterson and Mr. Lucas himself are the only other instances that occur to me just now—who can make very occasional appearances in first-class cricket, and yet vie with the best of those who are playing in it every day. Mr. Lacey’s inability to give up the greater part of the summer to county cricket, and Hampshire’s somewhat lowly position among the counties during the latter eighties, have combined to prevent adequate recognition of the old Sherborne boy’s really great form. Here are some of his averages for Hampshire. He has never been able to play regularly throughout any seagon; but it will easily be seen how valuable his services have been when he could assist. I only give his best years ; there were a few seasons (1883, 1885 and 18yl, for instance) when he was not in form ; and as I have not room here for a complete account of his doings it is not worth while to give those. M r. F. E. LACEY’S AVERAGES FOR HAMPSHIRE. Year. Inns. Not Out. Runs. Aver. Highest Score. 1880 ... 3 .. 0 90 .. 3000 ... 70 1882 ... 3 .. 1 .. 223 .. 111-50 ... 157 1884 ... 7 .. 1 .. 454 .. 75-66 ... 211 1886 ... 11 .. 1 .. 469 .. 46-90 ... 185 1887 ... 13 .. 1 .. 792 .. 66*00 ... 323* 1889 ... 4 .. 1 . 141 .. 47-CO ... 100* 1890 ... 6 .. 0 .. 189 .. 31-50 ... 99 1892 ... 7 .. 0 .. 218 .. 31-14 ... 97 1895 .. 2 .. 0 .. 137 .. 68-50 ... 94 1896 ... 8 .. 2 .. 282 .. 47-00 ... 75* Here are the school averages of four of the new Oxford Blues, together with Mr. Foster’s. One knows only too well that schoolboy prodigies don’t by any means always fulfil the promise they have shown; still, it is interesting to note that each one of these five did fine work at school. Not H’ghst Inns. out. Runs.Av. Score, R. E. Foster (Malvern, 3) ... 47 4 151535'23 126 A. Eccles (Repton. 3)........ 50 6 134030’45 138 F.H.B.Champain(Ch’n’hm,5)79 4 220329'44 172* G.E.Bromley-Martin(Eton,3)38 4 9882905 103 F. L. Fane(Charterhouse,3) 48 4 1230 27-95 106 Within the brackets I give the school and the number of seasons the batsman had a place in the eleven. J.N.P. SUNNINGDALE SCHOOL (Masters) v. “ OLD BuYd.”— Played at SunningdaleSchoolon June 12. S u n n in g d a l e S c h o o l (Masters). O. T. Cooke, b F. Egerton .............. 68 E. W. Piper, b T. Egerton .............. 32 W. M. Cooke, cand b T. Egerton ........ 31 Rev. J. Young, cMar­ ten, b T. Egerton ... 2 T. W. Girdlestone, c and b F. Egeiton ... 13 H. I. Merriman,b Page 2 T. G. H. Bishop, b C. E. Parker, b Egerton .............. R. B. Walker, cand b T. Egerton ........ F. C. Pease, b Marten S.G. Vesey-Fitzgerald, not out .............. B 2, lb 4, nb 1... Total ‘ O ld B o ys .” Hon. F. W. G. Eger­ ton, b W. Cooke ... 18 Hon. T. H. F. Eger­ ton, b W. Cooke ... 11 C. H. Marten, c W. Cooke, b Piper ... 15 E. W. Walker, b O. Cooke..................... 9 R. Page, c W. Cooke, b O. Cooke ........27 J. Clegg, b Merriman 2 P. Lyle, b Merriman 1 W. G. Pease, c and b Walker .............. J. R. B. Smith,cPease, b Merriman ........ A. HolliDgworth, cGir- dlestone, b Walker W.P.Meade-Newman, not out .............. Byes .............. Total 91 HAILEYBURY COLLEGE v. MARLBOROUGH BLUES.—Played at Haileybury on June 12. M a r lb o r o u g h B lu e s . C. H. M. Thring, c F. Bellamy, c Jupp, b Hewett, b Jupp ... 13 Talbot .............. 6 W. A. F. Rogers, b E. S. Houseman, b Swaine .............. 0 Talbot .............. 4 J. H. Alston, b Jupp 0 J. A. C. Tanner, run V. R. Houseman, cC. out ..................... 14 Smith, b Talbot W. J. Gallop, c For­ 25 Rev. A. Tanner, run out ................... 7 pus, b Talbot........ 17 W. T. Kitson, not out 6 Rev. M. A. Bere, b B 7, lb 6, nb 2 ... 15 Talbot ............... 8 Total H a ile y b u r y C olleg e . W. T. White, run out 4l C. H. Jupp, not out... 10 Extras.............. 23 A. H. Spooner, cBere, b Y. Houseman . .106 C. B. Smith, not out.. 95 A. H. Forpus, lbw, b Bere.................... 0 . ........ .... J. H. R. Fraser, F. C. Smith, F. E. G. Talbot, F. A. Hewett, F. C. Swaine and A. T. Toomey did not bat. RICHMOND v. RICKMANSWORTH.-Played at Richmond on June 12. A. S. Bull, b White ... 39 G. W. Beldam,bWoods 66 E. A. Bush, b White ... 6 A. Worsley, c Morice, b Woods .............. 13 R. F. G. Chaldecott, b White.................... 0 W. Williams, b Woods 17 P. T.Wrigley, bWoods 19 D. A. J. Bacon, c Roberts, b White... 1 A. H. Wall, b Woods 9 A. P. Van Nick, not out ..................... 0 Shepherd,cThornton, b White.............. 1 B 17, lb 2, nb 1... 20 ...191 White, cWall,bBeldam 8 W. S. Morice, cWors­ ley, b Beldam ... ... 0 R. P. Daft, cWorsley, b Williams ........22 B. Bomiett, stWrigley, b Williams.............. 0 J. Woods, b Williams 4 Rev.Murry, bWilliams 0 J. Robinson, b Beldam 5 Total R ic k m a n sw o r t h . Russell Roberts, not out ..................... P. Thornton, b Wil­ liams.............. ... Garrett, run out Griffin, b Williams ... Byes .............. .• Total.............. Second innings:—White, c Chaldecott, b Bull 9; W. S. Morice, not out 29; R. D. Daft, not out 46; byes 2; total 86.