Cricket 1897

A pril 8, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. president of the club at the annual gene­ ral meeting. He announced that Chat- terton’s benefit realised about £300, I t has been arranged by the Sussex County C C. that, during the coming sea­ son,theClub and Ground shallplay matches against Eastbourne, Brighton, Chichester, and Worthing, in order to encourage rising players. Mr. A. F. Somerset is to captain the Club and Ground teams. T h e death of Mr. William Vint has removed one of the best all round crick­ eters Ireland has ever produced. Active! y associated with the North of Ireland C.C\ for a number of years, he took a promi­ nent part both in the management of the Club and in upholding its name on the cricket field. Daring a prolonged stay in Australia he also made his mark, playing in several of the leading matches in the Colonies. Returning to the old country in company with the Australian team of 1882, he was for a long time in quite the fore rank of Irish cricketers. As one of the team of Irish amateurs under the command of Mr. J. M. Meld on, Mr. Vint visited America some years ago. The tour was a great success for him, as in addition to his effective wicket keeping he had the second batting average. He was indeed, not only one of the best, but per­ hapsthebest stumperIrish cricket has seen, being, in addition, an accomplished bat. Though it was known that his health had suffered considerably from a lung affec­ tion, still the news of his death, which occurred on the 28th March, came as a shock to many. T h e cricketer referred to in the follow­ ing announcement in the “ Daily Tele­ graph,” of March 31 is, it goes without saying, the well known Warwickshire batsman. “ On the 29th March, at Rossmoyne, Eliott Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, the wife of Ludford C. Docker of a daughter,” T h o u g h the appointment was over­ looked at the time it may be as well now to rectify the omission by recording the fact known to many cricket readers of course, that Sir W. Chitty, who was re­ cently elevated to the Lord Justiceship of the Court of Appeal, was in his day a double blue. Graduating first in the Eton Eleven he subsequently played foi Oxford against Cambridge in 1848 and 1849. His other blue was as one of the Oxford eight. A budget of scores in another place forwarded by that keen sportsman, the Hon. J. S. Udal, will show how well the game is being upheld in Fiji. It is pleasant to have it on J. S. U ’s own testimony that the game still flour­ ishes bravely in the Colony he helped to administer. The match with the Austra­ lian fleet has become an annual attrac­ tion in Fiji, although they would like to see the fleet strengthened from a cricket point of view. C k io k e t enthusiasts in Leicestershire are one poorer by the death of Dr. T hom as Macaulay, of Kibworth. In hi* day, a member of the Rugby Eleven, MR. PRIESTLEY’S TEAM IN THE WEST INDIES. {reproduced by permission of the Proprietors of “ Black and White.” From a Photo by Poyer Bros.)