Cricket 1898

S ept . 1. 1896 CRICKET : a WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 391 and accidents during a long and arduous cricket- season. From our first match, and in almost every succeeding one, someone or other was the victim of some slight misfortune. I personally gave the team more trouble and worry iu this.res­ pect than any other member. However, my illness was more than compensated for by the good luck I have had in my play. Stoddart and Druce in the first match, Briggs in the second ai d third, and later on, Hirst, Hayward, MacLaren, Storer—in fact, the majoiity of the team were at times indisposed, either by slight ailments or by injuries. But the greatest misfortune to the team was the rheuma­ tism, which, at times, affected Tom Richardson’s right arm. Everyone in Australia is aware of the important part he played in all the games during Stod­ dart’s tuur of 1891-5. His comparative failure on this tour was the greatest dis­ appointment to us, and affected our position most seriously. “ Lastly, there can be no denying the fact that the team, which came with the unanimons approval of the public and press of England, when we started*, and tnj^yed the same appr val rig'it up to the wiuniug of the First Test, fiiled to Ila y up to its true English form. Several of ttie new hands failed undoubtedly to do themselves justice. Stveral causes which handicapped the players have already been mentioned, but they d> not altogether explain why at times such in­ different show s were made by them indi­ vidually; and one is fuic-id to admit that they were suffering from a loss of foim , with which alt eriuke’ers at times have to put up. It was rather a misfortune to their side, and in n >way their fault, that this shnul I have happened to some of the new hands; yet it was surprising that some of them did not blosBom out into their English form until the end of the ti.ur. Ttiis was the ease with Hayward, Druce, and Wainwiight. The same re­ mark applies, though not so apparently, to Hirst and Mason, the latter of whom came on wonderfully as a bowler, and more than compensated for his slight falling off in batting. I put him down as one of the most useful men on the side. Each one of the men I have mentioned as having failed to come up to expecta­ tions, showed excellent form at times. Bat where the team suffered was, because the members did not play well as an eleven, or as a body. If the team could have depended upon at least four or five batsmen and two bowlers in each match, the result of some of them would have to be chronicled differently. Cricketers of exceptional merit, and well-known authorities on the game, have often en­ deavoured to find out what is “ fo rm ” and how it deteriorates, and why it often does not come up to expectations. But although they have been able to ascertain the first two, they have never been satis­ factorily able to give a true and reason­ able explanation for the latter. Where better men thau myself have fiiled, I am not too proud t > acknowledge my own total inability to explain the nun-recovery of form of my comrades, who with m y­ self, on our present tour, tried hard and di l i iir best to uphold the best traditions of English cricket - with but imperfect success.” * This is not quite accurate.— E d Cricket. E. H . S. Berridge, b H awks w o rth ............61 R. H. M ul.ett, lbw, b N ich o la s.....................26 A. T.Toode, not o u t.. 69 J. R. Wood, c Gow, b P. ReynoJdd ... 29 1 K ensington P ark . C. S. G. Lloyd, not out 2 Bye ..................... 1 Total (2 w kts) 31 J . Gifford, c Wood, b Farr ............................... 1 E. Bendle, b Wood ... 0 P. Reynolds, n oto ut... 27 E. E. Reynolds, W . K . Steele, H . K. Gow, H . D. Nicholas, A. H. U nw in-C lark, W . S. W in tle and Hawksworth did not bat. J . 0 . LOVELL’ S X I. v. H . AND C. C. C.—Played at Tulse H ill on A ugust 20. J . C. L ovell ’ s X I. Flindt, b Rendell ... 6 J . S. Lovell, b Rendell 9 Short, b Ford ... 66 M eller, b Rendell ... 21 Selby, not out ............52 Roberts, b F o rd ............ 8 B ernan, T idy, and J . C. Lovell did not bat. * Innings declared closed. H . AND C. C. C. O’N eill, b Rendell ... 1 E. D. Lovell, not ou t 13 B 13, lb 2 ........... 15 Total (6 w kts) *191 K ent, c F lindt, b S. L ovell.............................. R endell, c M eller, b F lin d t............................... Joyce, b S. Lovell E dwards, b Kelt y Ford, b Selby ............ M artin, c S. Lovell, b M eller ..................... J . M itchell, b Selby... Beech, st Short, b S elb y.............................. G. M itchell, b M eller M orbey, not out Brownjohn, b M eller B 5, lb 2 ............. T otal ............ REV. H. C. L . TIN D A LL’S X I. v. INCOGNITI - Played a t S t. Leonard’s on A ugust 24 and 25, R ev . T indall ’ s X I. Rev. H . C. L . T indall. not out .......................105 R. H. M arriott, c W il­ son, b A bney ..............11 H. G. Papillon, ht. w kt., b bigson ...2 0 C. Lavender, c and b Latham ...................... 0 R .L am btrt, b Latham 0 W . C h e e s m a n , c Toomev, b Higdon C. S. Nicoll, b Bigson R . Adam son, lbw, b A tn ey .................... Rev. M . Berkeley, c Poland, b Higson ... W . Pollard, b Abney W. A. 8. Sparling, absent ..................... B 13, w 1 ............ Total KENSINGTON PARK v. EALING .—Played a t St. Q uintin’ss P ark on August 27. E aling . 8« c ,nd inniDgs : Rev. C. H . L . T indall, not out, 24 ; R. H. M arriott, c Toomey, b W ilson, 43; H . G. j Papiilon, b W ilson, 18; C. Lavender, c Orman, b ! Abney, 14; Rev. M . B nkeley. c Latham , b W ilson, 33; W . A. S. Sp ar ing, not out, 24 ; b 22, lb 5, w 1, nb 1. —Total (four w ickets), 18 -. E. F arr,b H awhsworth 30 D. R. D angar, b Bendle ..................... 40 B yrs .........................19 Total (5 wk»s) *261 W . G. Allcock, 0 . P. C ode, E. Jo w itt, A. M ac­ donald and A. Batchelor did not bat. * Innings declared closed. Rev. F. W . Poland, st Papillon.bCheesm an 72 H. G. Rice, c Papillon, b Berkeley ............ 9 G. P. W ils jn , b Laven­ der ... ............. 6 F. H. L a t h a m , c Adamson, b T i' dall 101 M »j ,r U. E. Orman, b Lavender ......... 124 T. A. iaigson, run out *3 I ncogniti . R. J . B aker, c L am ­ bert, b T indall .... C. E. W inter, lbw, b T indall ..................... W . P. Carpm ael, b Lavender .................... A. T . Toomey, c and b Lavender ............ L .E G. Abney, not out B 5, w 2, nb 2 ... T otal..................... S' IN THE PRESS . P R IC E S IX P EN C E . 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