Cricket 1898

266 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J olt 14, 1898. ever afterwards looked upon as one of the cMef supports of the Gentlemen’s team, although after 1877 he did not play in first-class cricket as often as before—not that he had by any means fallen off in his play. His best season was 1868, when he was recognised as the batsman who approached nearest to the great W.G. In this year he made 165 for the Gentle­ men against the Players, an innings which is still spoken of by those who saw it as a marvellous performance. One of his greatest feats was to put on 324 runs in partnership with the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton in 1883 (his last year but one of first-class cricket) for Middlesex against Gloucestershire, at Clifton. This was at the time a record, and although it is a record no longer, it is a question whether any partnership of the same number of runs ever lasted such a short time. Details of such performances were not as carefully worked out in 1883 as they are in these days, and all that is known about the partnership is that 226 of the runs were put on in an hour and three-quarters. In one of the matches between Cambridge University and Sus­ sex, at Brighton, there was some pheno- minal scoring by two or three of the Cambridge men, who were told that the innings would be closed at a certain time, and it may be that the rate of scoring iu this match was higher than that of Mr. Walker and Mr. Lyttelton. At the close of Mr. Walker’s first-class career in 1884, his character as a cricketer was summed up as follows in Cricket for December 25: “ Like his brother, V. E., he is one of the most able tacticians modern cricket has produced. He is a thorough j udge of the game, well versed in everything appertaining to it, and has all the best qualities of a captain, never losing his head, and inspiring the greatest confidence in his men. As a batsman there are very few better even now. Making the most use of his height, he stands up fear­ lessly to the fastest bowling, and until recently, and then on very exceptional occasions, altogether discarded the protec­ tion of pads. His defence is very good, and his hitting, particularly on the off-side, brilliant; as good, indeed, as any we have ever seen. In the field he is certainly with­ out a superior. As he covered a great deal of ground, he was very good at long-leg or cover-point, but his favourite position has been at mid-off, and in that he is still unequalled, being an unerring citch. Though of late he has hardly tried his hand enough, he is also a very good lob- bowler, and only last summer for Middle­ sex against Gloucestershire, at Lord’s, he secured ten -wickets at a cost of 52 runs.” Summary of county matches in which Against. Won. Lost. Drawn. Surrey ............... ,. ... 20 ... 14 ... 7* Yorkshire ................ 6 ... 13 ... 7 Nottinghamshire.......... 2 ... 11 ... 13 Gloucestershire .......... 4 ,... 2 ... 6 Lancashire ... ......... 3 ,... 3 ... 1 Kent..................... ......... 6 .. 1 ... 0 Sussex .............. ......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 Hampshire ... ......... 3 ... 0 ... 0 Cambridgeshire . ......... 1 ... 1 ... 0 Buckinghamshire. ......... 1 ... 0 ... 1 130Matches. * 48 Two ties. 47 35 Average in first-class matches :— Inns. Runs. Aver. 1865 .. ... 22 ... 621 ... 285 1866 .. ... 24 ... 436 .... 18-4 1867 .. ... 22 ... 522 .... 23 16 1868 .. ... 21 ... 661 .... 31-10 1869 .. ... 18 ... 540 ... 30 1870 .. ... 22 ... 820 .. 37-6 1871 .. . ... M. ... 24 ,... 594 ... 24-18 1872 .. ... 20 ... 363 .. 183 1873 .. ... 17 ... 587 .... 349 1874 .. ... 31 ... 583 .,.. 18-25 1875 .. ... 26 ... 5C8 .. 19-14 1876 .. ... 28 ... 798 ... 28-14 1877 . ... 27 ... 788 .... 29 5 1878 .. ... 23 ... 394 ... 17-3 1879 .. ... 20 ... 476 .,.. 23-16 1880 .. ... 26 ... 591 ... 2219 1881 .. ... 25 ... 527 ... 2f2 1882 .. ... 22 ... 422 ... 194 1883 .. ... 23 ... 750 .,.. 32-14 1884 .. ... 24 ... 674 .... 28-2 Total ... 465 11,655 2530 Played first county match, August 11,1862. Played last county match, August 21, 1884. Played in all 130 county matches, won 48, lost 47, drawn 35. Played two tie-matches with Surrey. Played 26 matches with Notts, 13 of which were drawn. Highest Middlesex innings, 537 v . ) T t Gloucester, August 16 and 17, 1883. ( Lowest Middlesex innings, 32 v. ( Nottingham, June 12.1882. ) matc e Highest individual inniDgs, 145 v. Gloucester, August, 1883. SOME HIGHEST INNINGS. 1868, June 20. Southgate v. Quidnuncs.................141 1868, July 2, Gentlemen v. Players........................165 1869, July 8, Southgate v. Butterflies .................159 1870, August 19, Gentlemen of South v. North ... 179 1876, July 28, Harrow Wanderers v. Leeds Clarence .................................................... 157 1881, June 23. Middlesex v. Oxford........................128 1883, June 9, Orleans Club v. Middlesex Club ... 144 ]883, August 16, Middlesex v. Gloucestershire ... 145 W .A .B . QUERNMORE SCHOOL (2) v. SELHURST PARK COLLEGE (2).—Played at Bromley on July 6. S e lh u b st P a r k C o l l e g e . First innings. Second innings. P. Clark, b B erk.......... G. Garwood, c Gomez, Brearley ................ T. Mackintosh, b Berk D. King-Page, b Berk H. Conder, c Phillips, Brearley .............. .. R. Austin,bBrearley... A. Colingwood, run out H. Matthews, not out. . H. Clark, b Berk.......... B 2, w 2................. Total .......... Q u er n m o re S c h o o l . .. 0 c and b Berk ... 6 b c Gomez, b Brear.. 0 ley ................. 0 .. 24 b Brearley.......... 0 2 lbw, b Brearley... 1 b .. 0 cMedcalfe,b Berk 0 .. 0 not out................. 0 .. 1 b Berk................. 0 .. 0 cPhillips,b Brear­ ley ................. 0 .. 0 b Berk................. 1 .. 4 Nb .......... 2 .. 31 Total ... 10 B.F.Cu£,b Mackintosh 15 A. Noel, lbw, b Mack­ intosh........................ 1 R Edey, b Mackintosh 48 M.Gomez.bMackintosh 0 J. Zimmermann, b PlarV -1 F. P. kiinkhardt, c Austin,bMackintosh 19 L. J. Brearley, c Gar­ wood, b Mackintosh 1 F.W. Berk, b Mackin­ tosh ........................ 0 R. C. Portway, b Gar­ wood ........................ 7 H. Medcalf, b Gar­ wood ......... ..........19 W. M. Phillips, not out ........................33 B 6, w 12 ..........18 Total QUERNMORE SCHOOL v. SELHURST SCHOOL.—Played at Norwood on July 6. Q u er n m o re S c h o o l . ...165 PARK P. B. Sharp,bR. Orton 26 A. Strudwick,b Feaver 1 W.l)urbridge,b Tough 0 C. Courtney, b Tough 15 A. H. Catt, lbw, b Tougi ................. 1 N. O. Carpenter, b Tough .................0 C. Sharp, b Tou^h ... 1 S bl h u r st P a r k S c h o o l . J. V. Silva, b Tough .. R.A. 'Whitamore, c R. Air, b Tough .......... H. F. Covil, not out ... S. Sessions, b T. Elliott B 12, lb 1, wb 1 ... Total .......... R. Orton, b C. Sharp 13 R. Air, b P. B. bharp 0 A. Feaver, notout ...66 S. Air, b Whitamore 7 T.Elliott, bWhitamore 1 W . Tough, b C. Sharp 1 W. Austen, b Covil.. 4 E. Merrill, b Covil... 1 A. Merill,c &b Covil ... 12 G. Arden, lbw, b Covil 0 D. Simmonds, st C. Couitney, b Covil ... 8 Byes .................15 Total ..128 SURBITON v. TEDDINGTON.-Played at Ted­ dington on July 4. T e d d in g t o n . R. S. Lucas, lbw, b W. Windeler ... .......... 4 J. R. Bowden-Smith, c Castle, b Worsley .. 0 A. J. Crowder, c Wor­ sley, b W. Windeler 19 G. B. Crowder, b W. W indeler................. 4 W . H. Dickson, b W. W indeler................. 0 S. W . Sproston, c G. Windeler, b Worsley 49 S u r b it o n . W. Furze, b W . Win­ deler ........................17 J. P. Mead, b Worsley 7 L. Tamworth, c W. W indeler, bW orsl ey 1 F. Corbett, b W . Win­ deler ........................ 7 M. Colbank not out... 0 B 10, lb 12, w 1 .. 23 Total ..131 H. B. Richardson, lbw, b A. Crowder..........86 H.J.Davenport,retired114 J. A. Hickson, c G. Crowder, b Lucas 75 8. S. Taylor, b G. Crowder ................24 G. H. Windeler, retired 16 P. Castle, not out ... 1 G. W. Tireman, c Furze, b Mead ... 0 E. E. Barwell, b Tam- w orth ..................... 7 B 20, lb 5, w 2,nbl 28 Total (5wkts)30t C. B. Worsley, W . B. Windeler and C. Scarf did not bat. QUERNMORE SCHOOL v. MR. E. H. BELCHER’S X I.—Played at Bromley on July 9. Q u er n m o re S c h o o l . C. W. Sharp, c Loly, b Belcher ................. P. B. Sharp, b Belcher W. Durbridge, c Bel­ cher, b Carter.......... C. Courtney, lbw, b Carter........................ 8. Sessions, run out ... H. C. Covil, lbw, b Belcher ................. J. V. Silva, b Miller... 10 R. A. Whitamore, b Be’cher ................. 3 F. W. Berk, c Sharp, b Grant ................. 1 B. F. Cue, b Loly ... 5 R. M. Edey, not out... 0 B 11, lb 3, w 5 ... 19 Total ..........68 A. G. Whitamore, b C. Sharp ................. W . Grant, c and b P. Sharp........................ F. P. Klinkhardt, b C. Sharp........................ E. A. Belcher, c and b P. Sharp M r . E. H. B elc h e h ’ s XI. A. B. Carter, c Court­ ney, b Silva ......... G. Loly, not out W.F.t?harp,bC. Sharp A. Noel, b C. SLarp... Lb 1, w 1, nb 3 ... Total (7 wkts)169 R. C. Portway, M. Gomez and D. M. Miller did not bat. UPPER TOOTING v. WIMBLEDON.—Played at Wimbledon on July 9. U p p e r T o o t in g . D. H. Butcher, b Leuchars 27 not out................. 5 G. Thornton, c Nesbitt, b Ashton...............................11 F. H. Lindeay, b Ashton 0 L. H. Potter, c and b Taylor 10 C. R. Lucas, b Sanders ... 52 J. H. Lindsay, b Taylor ... 2 E. F. Whistler, b Sanders... 15 G. A. Weston, b Sanders ... 8 J. A. Lyon, b Taylor.......... 0 F. R. Onslow, b Taylor ... 0 G. T. Warry, not ou t.......... 5 B 1, lb 2, nb 21 ..........24 st N e s b it t , b Graham ... 0 run out ..........11 b Martyn .......... 0 did not bat......... 0 not out................. 3 cTaylor,bGraham 23 b Graham ......... 6 b Graham ... .,. 0 c sub.,b Martyn... 13 b Graham..........15 B 4, lb 1 .......... 5 Total (8 wkts.) 81 Total........................154 W im b le d o n . H. Taylor, b Whistler 0 H. BuckLall, lbw, b Lindsay ................. 1 H. Ashton, b Lindsay 6 F. L. Sanders, not out 13 A.S Nesbitt.bThomton 11 B 4, lb 5, nb 1 ... 10 D. Forde, c and Lindsday.................28 W. E. Martyn, b Thornton................. 6 D. White, b Lindsay . 25 W. W. Leuchars, c Potter, b Lindsay ... 5 Capt. Beaton, c Lucas, b Whistler ..........12 M.Graham,b Whistler 0 Total ...117 KENSINGTON PARK v. LONDON SCOTTISH.— Played at St. Quintin’s Park on July 9. K en sin g to n P a r k . F. H. Palmer, b Pope 43 G. T. Campbell, c and b Barron.................19 J. L. Johnston, c W. Allom, b Barron ... 1 R. F. A. Orr, b Barron 0 J. S. Nicholson, c C. Allom, b Wass ... 59 P. Greatorex, b Wass 17 C. G. Hildyard, b A. Barron .................10 Rev. J. L. Evans, not out .. ................. 7 W . S. rennefather, c and b A. Barron ... 0 B 7, lb 5 ..........12 Total (8 wkts)*168 F. H. Holland and J. F. Hope did not bat. *Innings declared closed L on d o n S c o t t is h . A. C. Cook, not out ... 35 J.R. Pope, b Johnstone 18 J. Lamond, b Palmer 4 A. A. Barron, b John­ stone ........................18 C. C. Allom, b John­ stone ........................ 6 F. J. Wass, not out... 6 B 22, lb 2, nb 1 ... 25 Total (4 wkts)112 N. Moser, C. Ayles, W. Allom, E. Lacey and C. Haigh did not bat.