Cricket 1898

S ept . 22 , 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 437 © om jsp o n & n tc * . DR. W. G. GRACE’S TOTAL. To the Editor of C r ic k e t . S ib , —In reply to jour suggestion as to the total number of runs scored by W.G. in first-class cricket, I send you his averages from the time that he first became associated with it to the present Year. Com pleted in n iD g s. Runs Aver. 1864 ................... 7 . 402 ... 57*4 1865 .................... 13 . 319 ... 24 5 1866 ..................... 15 . 640 ... 42*6 1867 .................... 5 . 154 ... 308 1868 .................... 9 . 588 ... 65*3 1869 ..................... 23 . . 1320 ... 573 1870 .................... 33 . . 1808 ... 51*7 1871 ......................... .y5 . . 2739 — 782 1872 ..................... 26 . . 1485 ... 57-1 1873 .................... 30 . . 2139 ... 713 1674 .................... 31 . . 1658 ... 534 1875 .................... 46 . . J498 ... 325 1876 .................... 42 . 2622 ... 62*4 1877 ..................... 37 . . 1474 ... 39 8 1878 .................... 38 . . 1115 ... 293 1879 ..................... 25 . . 880 ... 352 1880 .................... 24 .. . 951 ... 89 6 18*1 .................... 21 .. 792 ... 377 1882 .................... 37 . 975 ... 26*3 1883 .................... 39 .. . 1352 ... 34 6 1684 ..................... 40 . . 1361 ... 34 0 1885 .................... 39 . . 1688 ... 43 2 1886 .................... 52 . . 1846 ... 85 5 1887 ..................... 38 .. 2062 ... 51 2 1888 ... ... ... 58 .. 1886 ... 3 25 1889 ..................... 43 .. 1396 ... 82 4 1890 ..................... 52 . . 1476 ... 28*3 1891 ................... 39 . 771 ... 19 7 1892 ............ — 84 .. 1055 ... 310 1893 .................... 45 . . 1609 ... 355 1894 .................... 44 . . 1293 ... 293 1895 ..................... 46 . . 2346 ... 51*1 1896 ..................... 50 . . 2135 ... 427 1897 ..................... 39 .. . 1532 ... 392 1898 ..................... 36 . . 1513 ... 420 Totals ...1191 is r e m a r k a b le t h a t 48880 in h is 41*04 35th season rather better than his average for the whole of the seasons. Yours etc., T. SWINDELLS. Monton Green, Eccles. To the Editor of C r ic k e t. D e a r S ir ,— You were asking, in num­ ber 494 of Cricket, if anyone could inform you of the total number of W. G. Grace’s runs. Counting the South Wales C.C. as being first-class, he has made up to the end of this year 49,980 runs, with 1,193 completed innings, giving an average of 40 06. Without the SouthWales C.C. he has made exactly 500 runs less, with an average of 40 22. He also made 5103 runs for t) eUnitedSouthof EnglandXI., averaging 36-99 runs per ii.nirgs. I am, your* fniihfully, FRANCIS J. CUNYNGHAME. SURREY BATSMEN. To the Editor oj C r ic k e t. D e a r S i r , —The fulJowii g are the averages of those players who have appeared for Surrey in not less than five seasons, from 1773 to the present time. The dates signify the years of first and last appearance for the county. All matches played by Surrey as a county are included. It will be observed that Abel and Mr. Walter Read far overtop the rest; the performances of the great players of the past, such as Beldham and T. Walker, look poor besides theirs. Besides these two, Jupp, Mr. Key, Maurice Read and Mr. John Shuter pass the ten thousand runs. Jupp stands out above his own contemporaries even more prominently than Abel does to-day. BATTING. A bel, R ........................ A lroyd, M r. 8. H . .. Attfield, H ................. Ayres, G. W .............. Baldwin, C............... Barratt, E ................... Beaum ont, J ............ Beldham. W ............... Bowden, M r. M . P. Bowley, T .................... Bray, M r. E ............... Bridger ..................... Brockwell, G ............. Brockwell, W . Buckle, F ..................... Burbidge, Mr. F , ... Caesar, J ....................... Caffyn, W ................... Cattley, M r. 8 . W . Chandler, M r. A . ... Chester, J ................... Clarke, Mr. C. C. ... Clifford, G ................... Coltson, M r. C. ... Ciaw te, J ..................... Day, D .......................... Dowson, M r. E . ... Edmeads, J ................ Elliott, G. F .............. •Felix, M r. N . ... Freeman, A ................ Game, M r. W . H .... Griffith, G ................... Bam ptou, J ............... H arding, J. ... .. Wayward, T ................ Heath, J ................... . Henderson, R . Boare, M r. C. H . ... H olland, F . C. H om er, M r. C. ... H ow ell, M r. L . S. .. Hum phrey, R . Hum phrey, T. Jones, G. G ................ Jupp, H ....................... KeeD, M r. W ........... K ey, M r. K . J. Lam bert, W .............. Lane, Bev. C. G. ... L auiell, M r. J. Leicester, M r. G. ... Lev.-G ow er, M r. H. Lindsay, Mr. W . ... Lockw ood, W . H . Lochyer, T .................. Lohm ann, G. A . ... Louch, M r. G. Lucas, M r. A . P. ... tL u m p y ..................... M arshall, M r. A . ... Marshall, C................ M aitingell, W . M iller, M r. F . P. ... M ills. C........................ M ortlock, W ............. M udie, W .................... Pooley. E .................... Read, J. M ............... Bead, M r. W . W .... Reeve*, Mr. E. Bichardson, T. Bobit son, R . ............ Roller, M r. W . E. .. Sewell, T ..................... Sewell, T ., Jun. ... Sharpe, J. W ............. Sherman, T ................ Shuter, M r. J. Shuter, M r. L. A . .. Sm ith, F. E ................ Southerton, J. Sparks, G .................... Spaiks, J ..................... Stephenson, H . H . Strachan, M r. G. ... Street, A . E ................ Street, J ....................... Sw»nn, J. J ................ Tanner, M r. J. Tufton, H on. H . ... W alker, H .................. W alker, J ................... 2 ......... .. « < .. 1881-98 654 45 250 18597 86 8 ...1869-78 38 0 87 565 14 8 .. 1773-88 20 2 49 ...1890-97 58 10 66 ...1892-98 148 14 234 ...1876-85 218 52 67 .. 1885-91 158 45 66 1788-1817 102 6 106 ...1883-88 139 15 189 .. 1885-92 147 39 47 .. 1870-78 26 4 36 .. 1801-16 24 2 22 ...1844-57 58 7 57 .. 1886-98 357 32 225 .. 1867-72 25 4 81 .. 1854-66 89 11 104 ...1849-67 2;-5 17 132 1849-73 196 16 157 ...1879-83 ...1873-77 ...1846-58 ...1873-82 .. 1871-78 .. 1847-51 ...1788-98 ...1846-52 .. 1860-70 1('8 _1773—79 12 ...1875-80 .. 1846-52 ...1871-75 ...1871-83 43 1 47 0 45 2 17 1 28 1 16 1 30 3 36 10 5 0 5 1 247 13*1 878 18-2 3417 25 5 1419 8‘5 1040 9-2 1994 20 7 2473 19 9 1081 10-0 184 8*3 151 6 8 605 11-4 8466 29 1 154 7*7 1217 15*4 3860 17*7 3903 21-6 602 14*2 633 13-4 625 14*6 97 6 0 )*4 81 7*0 5 2 2 84 1856-71 324 18 142 1793-1810 42 5 27 1792-1810 44 2 21 ...1893-98 224 19 315 ...1846-54 36 4 35 ...1883-86 594 33 133 ...1846-57 29 3 58 ...1894-98 109 6 171 .. 1882-86 84 25 37 ...1869-80 24 5 96 .. 1870-81 268 18 116 .. 1862-74 303 11 144 ...1875-88 171 24 85 ...1862-81 479 40 165 11579 26 3 .. 1826-31 15 0 16 66 4*4 1882*98 425 57 179 10114 27 4 255 122 190 127 1553 15-0 120 100 1033 14 1 696 17-8 388 8 0 1094 158 4924 16 0 118 3 1 269 6 4 6515 31-7 218 6-8 5058 19-3 325 125 3120 30 9 469 8*4 330 17 4 4480 17 9 5601 19-1 1358 9 2 .. 1801-17 ...1856-67 .. 1801-09 1791-1808 D. 1895-98 1876-82 .. 1889-98 295 23 168 ...1849-66 241 34 108 . If-84-96 331 26 115 .. 1791-97 19 2 41 791 164 592 14*8 73 3 1 331 114 533 16-1 984 17-8 6039 23 0 3192 15*4 6141 20-1 148 8-7 1721 24 5 182 6-5 146 8 1 307 7 6 680 9 0 1976 13 0 63 4 8 4669 19-3 580 12 3 6605 15 2 ...1874-82 76 6115 ...1778-69 35 7 31 ...1849-57 23 6 23 .. 1893-98 50 10 42 . 1839-59 89 14 49 ...1851-67 166 15105 .. 1887-93 15 2 13 ...1851-70 265 22106 .. 1856-t5 58 11 79 ...1861-83 463 39 94 ...1880-95 531 43166 13058 28 8 .. 1873 97 662 £7838 20624 34*4 .. 1M8-52 14 2 25 125 10 4 .. 1892-98 224 57 69 1551 9 2 1794-1810 85 6 93 1786 22 6 ...1681-90 186 16204 3598 21*1 ...1639-49 16 1 25 96 6 4 .. 1859-68 202 44 62 1953 11*7 . 1889-93 125 39 63 1014 11*7 .. 1847-70 90 82 32 463 6 8 .. 1877-93 492 20185 10353 21 9 . 1876-83 65 .. 1693-98 73 19 45 .. 1854-79 269 81 82 ...1806-10 19 2 18 ...1802-29 21 6 32 ...1853-71 344 25 110 ...1872-80 92 6 84 ...1891-98 80 6 161 1863-78 237 73 50 .. 1870-76 ...1800-10 1792-1801 1788-1802 1789-1806 5 6 30 3 8 4 115 4 33 1041 16 5 514 9 5 1703 9*0 105 6*1 140 9 3 6882 18-4 1184 13 7 1682 22-7 1295 8 4 647 11*7 85 7*0 25 2*7 1045 15*3 478 7*7 I a 1788-1810 105 1788-1803 22 1788-1815 110 10 ...1773-78 20 2 1788-1801 48 4 ...1884-98 398 85 ...1773-80 19 2 ...1773-80 25 1 * Played under this n a m e; his real name was N . W anostrocht. t Played under this n am e; his real nam e was E Stevens. W alker, T ................... W ells, Jam es............ W ells, John ............ W hite, T ...................... W inchelsea, Earl of W ood, H ..................... W ood, T ...................... Yalden, W . 7 138 2 12 93 <1 2038 20-7 110 5 5 1074 10 7 272 15*1 246 5 5 5391 17*2 127 7 4 52 339 14*1 Yours, etc., A. H. L. HASTLING. THE COLOMBO COLTS’ CRICKET CLUB. CELEBRATION OF THE TWENTY- FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. From the Ceylon Standard. The Colombo Colts, brilliant as have been their recent achievements, are a club with a history, and a past. And that history is no less interesting than is the narration of their later successes. And it is only in accordance with the fitness of things that, to-day, when the club, with pardonable pride, and flushed with new-won victory, is sunning itself in the popularity .of the people, and under the aegis, as it were, of His Excellency the Governor, some retro­ spection should be indulged in, some glancing back into the past, some dusting of the cobwebs which dim the lustre attaching to the name of the premier club of the island. The Colts’ Cricket Clubwas started early in August, 1873, the inauguration meeting being held in 3rd Cross Street, Pettah—which was then a very fashionable quarter of the town—in the schoolroom of the late Mr. J. C. Jansz. The club started with a fairly large roll of members, including Messrs. O. C. Raffel, G. Van Houten, H. de Kretser, Chas. de Kretser, W. de Zilva (now Van Twest), J. de Zilva, E. Ohlmus, W. Garvin, E. de Kretser, V. H. Van Dort, Reg. Garvin, A. B. Claessen, Lemphers and a few others. Of these, several have “ gone over to themajority,” the others are alive, hale and hearty, but have retired from the field in favour of a younger generation. The first match was played about a fortnight after the formation of the club, the Colts having as their opponents the “ Kandy Oddfellows.” The contest came off in Kandy—a sleepylittlehollow, then—and resulted in a victory for the Colombo team by five wickets. The story is told that after the match such a drinking bout commenced as did not terminate till the streaks of dawn drove the roysterers to bed, and that the residents of the little mountain town had not a wink of sleep that night, for the two teams paraded the streets, indulging in song and revelry, as if, forsooth, they had “ bought the street” ! The history of the club since then has been a long series of victories—with, occasionally, a defeat, but the victories have in all cases been so brilliant, so decisive, so dashing,