Cricket 1897

CONTENTS OF VOL. XVI. Answers to Correspondents, 10, 45, 74, 103, 117, 155, 170, 203, 254, 271, 286, 302, 320, 351, 367, 433, 462. Articles— Arrival of the Australian Team in Melbourne Australian Bowlers Batting Career of Dr. W. G. Grace, The, 1863 to 1896, by F. S. Ashley Cooper .. 14, 13 471 30 County Season. The .. .. 398 Fielding, by “ Felix ” .. .. 462 Hastings and St. Leonards Week, A Retrospect of Hastings Festival, The .. Incogniti in 1897. The.. Lord Harris Lost by a Catch, by L. Munro Metropolitan Clubs, The, 93, 106, 123 Present Day Cricket, by G. Lacy .. .. .. 'JO, 31, 55 Ranjitsinhji inFirst-ClassCricket 435 Remarks on Local Cricket in India Ten Years of First-Class Cricket in England .. .. 3, Twenty Years of Middlesex Cricket .. .. .. 478, Australians in New Zealand :— v. Wellington v. Southland v. Otago v. New Zealand Averages of the Team .. Australians in Tasmania— v. XY. of Tasmania Averages— Brixton Wanderers Clapton Crystal Palace Derbyshire Friars Dublin Garrison Dulwich Forest Hill Goldsmiths’ Institute Granville (Lee) Hampstead Intercolonial (Australian) Itinerants Kensington Park London Scottish Lovell’s Eleven, Mr. J. C. Marlborough Blues Nondescripts Panther Placer Co. (U.S.A.) South Hampstead Stoics Streath.im Surbiton Warderers Wliitgift Wandcr( rs West \Vratting Park Averages (County)— Cambridgeshire Surrey Second 406 19 414 431 393 82 78 92 20 464 11 11 11 12 12 13 449 427 423 450 102 451 442 450 451 449 75 450 423 402 374 454 452 452 454 14, 467 119, 41H . . 468 .. 449 .. 375 .. 450 .. 419 Berkshire v. Herts .. .. .. 385 Berkshire Averages .. .. .. 422 Between the Innings, 2, 19, 35, 51, 68, 77, 84, 100, 116, 132, 148, 164, 180, 196, 212, 232, 248, 264, 280, 296, 312, 328, 344, 360, 376, 392, 408, 440, 455, 472 Biographies— Creswell, Mr. J. .. .. .. 82 Newham, Mr. W. .. .. 405 Pye, Mr. L. W. .. .. .. 453 Quaife, W .G............................... 1 Buckinghamshire Averages .. .. 423 Cambridge University— Freshmen’s Match Seniors’ Match v. Mr. Thornton’s Eleven v. Mr. A. J. Webbe’s Eleven .. y. Sussex .. .. .. 173, v. Yorkshire .. .. .. Twelve v. Sixteen v. M.C.C. and Ground .. 204, y. Hampshire v. Philadelphians v. Oxford University v. Liverpool and District Canterbury Week .. .. 336, Chats on the Cricket Field— Abel, Robert Baldwin, C. Bedford, Rev. W. K. R. Brockwell, W. Carless, Mr. W. Foley, Mr. & P. r., Giffen, George Gifford, Mr. J............................. Godfrey, Mr. C. J.M. .. Hearne, Alec. Henderson, R. King, Mr. J. B. .. Patterson, Mr. G. S. Pearce, P ... Roberts. F. G. Russell, T. M. .. Rutter, Mr. E. Stanton, Mr. II. V. L. .. Tancred, Mr. A. B. Udal, Hon. J. S.......................... Vernon, Mr. G. F. Williams, Mr. F. Hue Wilson. Mr. C. P........................ Work, Mr. M. C......................... Wiiglit, Mr. William .. Cheltenham Week .. .. 352, Cheltenham v. Haileybury Correspondence— Tate, H. A. Return Matches TheTwo TeamsintheWest Indies 126 131 140 147 Correspondence— Albert Ward’s Record Notts v. Hampshire, 1843 Present-Day Cricket Tie-Matches Mr. Warner’s Team in America Victorian and TasmanianMatches County Averages of the Past Four Years 414 Cricket Abroad— Bombay v. Poona .. .. ,, f Gymkhana v. Parsee Gymkhana 478 101 115 181 454 85 406 406 Bombay Presidency v. Parsees, 432, 442 443 7 53 434 468 Canada v. United States Canterbury v. Otago (N.Z.) Cricket in Fiji Cricket in Germany Demerara v. Barbados Melbourne University v. Sydney University New South Wales v. South Aus­ tralia New South Wales v. Victoria .. New South Wales v. South Aus- 45 28 28 250 tralia 29 182 New South Wales v. South Aus­ 199 tralia 6 255 New South Wales v. Victoria .. 7 215 S. Australia v. New SouthWales 6 222 Trinidad v. Barbados 467 272 Victoria v. South Australia 28 283 Victoria v. Tasmania 45 347 „ v. New South Wales .. 46 ,, v. South Australia 51 65 Victoria v. New South Wales .. 7 373 „ v. South Australia ,, 67 161 „ v. Queensland v. Hawke’s Bay 480 97 39 421 „ v. Ashburton 39 145 ,, v. Otago 39 469 ., v. South Tasmania.. 39 341 Curiosities of 1896 10 437 357 Derbyshire— Colts’ Match 245 83 309 v. Lancashire 140, 199 277 v. Surrey 172, 320 113 v. Warwickshire 189, 401 229 v. Hampshire 204, 336 389 v. M.C.C. and Ground .. 215 129 v. Yorkshire 222, 379 33 v. Essex .. 257, 305 293 v. Notts 273, 352 325 v. Leicestershire 315, 369 261 Averages 415 177 Devon v. M.C.C. and Ground .. ,, 385 209 Durham v. Norfolk 320 193 17 Essex— 363 v. Surrey 139, 362 331 v. Warwickshire .. 156, 299 v. Yorkshire .. .. 166, 314 14 v. M.C.C. and Ground .. 173 27 v. Sussex 183, 330 49 v. Leicestershire .. 205, 336