Cricket 1898

458 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 24, 189.8. before the Middlesex match I asked to be allowed to stand down. Bat W. G. said ‘ Wait till the hard wickets come; you’ll get heaps of runs.’ Nobody could have been more pleased than he when I at last came off. When I returned from India, after four years’ absence, I found him looking just about the same as when I left England.” Mr. Troup has frequentlyseenhisname mistaken in the London aud provincial newspapers for that of somebody else. It may be remarked that his brother, Jack Troup, accompanied Mr. H. M. Stanley in one of his expeditions some years ago. Tois year, dozens of newspapers, anxious to show what theyknew about himwhen hemade his score of 180 against Notts, referred to him as “ the hero of the Notts and Gloucestershire match, who was also one of the heroes of that ill-fated rear guard of Mr. H. M. Stanley, which faced mutiny and famine in Starvation Camp on the banks of the Aruwimi.” Bat the mistake which has delighted hiin the most is unquestionably one made by a gentleman at Gravesend. “ My wife goes with me to most of my matches,” said Mr. Troup, “ and this year she overheard a conversation at Gravesend betweenagentlemanandalady, whichshe repeated to me with much amusement.” “ Who is that going in now ? ” asked the lady. “ That’s Troup,” he replied. “ Oil, who is he ? ” she askel, to whic'i he gave the answer, “ There are two Troups; one is an amateur, and the other a professional. This is the professional! ” “ What was your first important match ? ” “ In 1886, when I was sixteen years of age, I played for the Clifton Club, of which Charlie Townsend’s father was captain for many years, against the In­ cogniti, and was fortunate enough to make 49 not out. I remember that at one time during my innings there were seven men standing round me, within a few feet of the wicket, trying to pick up a snap catch. I was not strong enough to hit at that time.” “ You were not much older when you first played for the county ? ” “ Only one year older. I was in the team in 1887 and 1888. It was at a time when there were no stickers in it, for A. D. Greene had just given up play­ ing, and so I was put in first with W.G. to try to keep up my wicket, without bothering about making runs. Then I went to India, but returnedin1894, when I played in sixmatches before I became ill with malarial fever which lasted for the rest of my leave. Between 1894 and 18981 had so much work to do in India that I only found time to play in three matches during the whole period, and, of course, 1 had not the slightest hope of playing again for the county after such an expe­ rience. Happily for me, W.G., who did not know that I had practically played no cricket at all for years, put me in his team to play against Mr. Long’s team, early in the season, and I happened to make 97 runs.” “ During your first visit to India you played a great deal of cricket ?” “ Yes. I was able at that time to get away much more frequently, and about 1890-1 I made centuries on several occasions. Later on I was stationed at Agra, where there were not very many matches. When we had to play an out-match it practically meant a week’s leave, for two days were generally taken up in getting to the ground, the match lasted three days, and two more days were spant in returning, It is no wonder that so manymen in India prefer polo to cricket; for a polo match only lasts for something like an hour, into which a vast amount of excitement is crowded. Whilst playing in a match at Agra in 1892, against the Native College there, I was very much amused when I 'vas bowled for three to hear that the bowler was to be presented with a medal for getting me out so promptly. I had made 150 runs against the club in a previous match. The medal was duly presented, and due reference was made to the extraordinary skill of the bowler in knocking the bail a distance of 80 feet from the wicket.” “ Did you play in any of the matches against Lord Hawke’s team in India ? ” “ I played every time I couldget away. The first time was at Allahabad for India, and my score was about- twenty in each innings. The highest score which I made against either team was 49, also for India. I may say that, inmy opinion, the turf wickets in India in fine weather are the most perfect I have ever played on, despite the fact that there is some­ times no rain for four months. In wet weather they are vary difficult, bat no more so than in England. I remember an accident which might have been very serious to me. I was playing at Cawnpore in 1895, and had been running very short runs for some time, until at last, in a perfectly desperate case, I ran my bat along the ground in hopes of getting in. It caught against a lump, and the handle ran into my arm, with the result that I turned a double somersault and injured my arm so badly that the doctors said that it would have been better if the arm had been broken.” W. A. B e t t e s w o r t h . ( B o w l in g . Overs. Mdn$. Runs. W kts. Aver. . 91*4 ... 19 a . 278 .j 28 ... 9*92 .166 4 . 40 ..., 411^-.v 25 ... 16 44 .322 3 . 61:3.. . 972 .. 52 ... 18 69 .197*2 ... 37:4.. . 6 9 . , . 21 ... 30 4 i .128 -2 .., 47 .. . ‘270 17 ... 15-8 . 74 2 . 21-2.. . 2 9..... 11 .... 19 9 .147 .. .4 1 . . 314 .... 14 ..., 22 42 BRIXTON WANDERERS. F IR S T ELEVEN". M atched played, 26; won, 7; lost, 7 ; drawn, 12. Runs scored for, 3,728 for 228 wickets, average 16*35; against, 4,414 for 231 wickets, average 18*86. B a t t in g A v e r a g e s . N o. Times M ost o f not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. C. G. S m ith ................. .. 24 ... 4 ... 519 .. .113*.. . 25-95 F. Odell ................. .. 29 ... 5 ... 582 ... 67 .. . 24*25 W . A . Gilligan ... . 16 ... 0 ... 350 ... 98 .. . 21*87 H. E . S m ith .................... 16 ... 3 ... 20*2 ... 48 .. . 15-53 F. P. R id e r .................... 24 ... 1 ... 347 ... 45 ... 15 08 H . M asjn ................. ... 23 ... 4 ... 28*2 ... 65*.. 14*73 G. H a rd in g .................... 15 ... 3 ... 172 ... 40 .. . 14*33 F. E . Thom son ... ,... 13 .. 0 ... . 106 ... 35 .. . 8* 5 A . R . W hitley ... ,... 15 ... 3 ..., 84 ... 29*.. . 7 00 Under ten in nings;:— L . V . Sim m onds... ... 4 ... 0 ..,, 73 ... 42 .. . 1825 E. H . C r o ss.................... 9 ... 2 .... 117 ... 33 .. . 16*71 A . V . Storey ... 7 ... 1 ..,, 79 ... 33 .. . 13*16 C. F . Jones ............ ... 2 ... 1 .... 13 ... 13*.. . 13*00 G. Stubbs ............ ... 6 ... 1 .. . 55 ... 19 .. . 11*00 W . J. Benge ... 6 ... 2 .... 22 ... 10 .. . 5*5 F. P. Rider A. V . 8torey SECOND E LE V E N . Matches played, 19; won, 10; lost, 3 ; drawn, 6 • Runs scored f >r, 3,06 4for 159 wicket*, average 19 4» against, 2 517 f >r 17) wi3 »ets, a/erage, 14*8. B a t t in g ! N o. Tim ?s M ost of not Total in an inns. out. runs. intis. Aver. A . J. W h y te................ .. 16 .... 2 .. 730 .. .141 ... 52-14 R. J. Burlington .. 14 ... 3 ... 199 .... 6i*... 18*09 C. W . Phillips ... ... 18 .. 1 ... 30 i .. . 50 .. 18*00 R. J. H a rr is.............. .. 17 ... 3 ... 2.*0 .... 33* . 15 71 W. a . Spragge ... ... 11 ... 1 ... 54 .... 18 ... 5 4 U nder ten in nings: C. H ogg ........................... 8 . ... 1 ... 254 .. . 74 ... 36 28 B. A . G.anvill ... ... 5 ... 2 ... 5 ) . . 21*... 16 66 4 . Constandouros ... 6 ... 1 ... 46 .. . 19 ... 9 2 S. T h u rston ................. .. 5 .... 1 ... 35 .. 12 ... 8 75 W . R . Caesar ... .... 7 .. 1 ... 39 .... 22 ... 6*5 E. A . Brym er ... ... 7 ... 1 ... 35 .... 1 6 *.._ 5 83 Signifies i ot out. B o w l i . v g . _~ Overs. M dns. Runs. W kts. Aver. R . J. Burlington ...127 3 .. 32 ... 342 ... 21 .. ltf-28 A . V. Russell ........... 32 ... 7 ... 66 .,. 14 ... 4*71 A .W . Heppd.l .. . 95-1... 19 1.. 267 ... 14 ... 1907 W . H . Spr^gg-i ...109 ... 19 ... 305 ... 18 ... 16-94 .H E R E F O R D S H I R E C .C . B A IT IN G A V E R A G E S. N o. Tim es M ost of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. H. C. B. Phillips ... 25 ... 2 ...1003 ... 203 ..v 43*61 C. J. L. A bbot ............10 ... 2 ... 335 ... 122*...’ 40 62 Rev. J Burrough ... 7 ... 0 ... 227 ... 79 ... 32*43 Shepherd .....................32 ... 9 ... 711 ... 17b*... 30 92 T . O. Thom as ............ 19 ... 1 ... 474 ... 88 ... 23 00 F . W . D utton ............23 ... 0 . ■ 5d> ... 115 ... 22*61 A . J. Thomas ............ 19 ... 2 ... 382 ... 82 ... 22 47 P. T . M a w ..................... 6 ... 0 ... 121 ... 91 ... *20*17 R. C. W are.....................12 ... 3 ... 1 8 ... 42*... 18*67 P. Anthony....................12 ... 1 ... H I ... 30*... 16 45 T . K Cuff ..................... 6 ... 0 ... 91 ... 29 ... 15*17 Pugh ............................. 19 ... 5 ... 203 ... 41 ... 1459 C. H . W a re .................. 17 ... 2 ... 205 ... 33*... 13 67 Rev. A . R. W ynne W illson ..................... 6 ... 0 ... 82 ... 18 ... 13*67 H . J. D e n t..................... 8 ... 1 ... 94 ... 32 ... 13 43 E . E . W hite ............ 1 ... 0 ...• 88 ... 34 .. 11*00 H . N .H elm sley............ 9 ... 3 ... 51 ...35* .. 8*5Q C. E. Brown ........... 8 ... I ... 57 ... 21 ... 814 H . J. Davie< ............ j> ... 0 ... 30 ... 15 ... 6 00 G. W . Francis ............ 5 ... 0 ... 22 ... 11 ... 4 40 G. Bray ..................... 7 ... 1 ... 23 ... 10 ... 3*83 The follow ing played less than four com pleted innings:—J. H . Hewitt, 3,64*, 0.6*, 43; A . H .F ow L r, I, 0*, 24*, 4 : B.Sharp. *25. 1, 75*. 4 ; W . J . Davies, 11*, 1. 8, 4 ;B M ason, 0, 0.1 *. 13* ; F . J. S. M oore. 21, 24, 35; Rev. F. J. L . M aurice, 22, 8, 14; J. H . Barratt, 4, 3 ,1 1 ; M . O. Denney, 1, 2, 14 ; P. M. W hite, 4, 3, 6 ; vV. H . T. D*jlahay, 1, 0. 3 ; S. Rees, 16, 4; Rev. F. H. Berrick, 8, 4 ; J. H . Daniel, 1, 5 ; H . E. H. Oakeley, 2*, 3 ; S. A . Herbert, 45; K . A . W oodward, 32 ; Captain J. G. O ’Brien, 32; H . 8. Crook, 19; A. P . Bezant, 7 ; P. Levason, 6 ; R . T. M organ, 6 ; H. Andrew s, 6; F. Carter, 5 ; C. L . Enderby, 4 ; P. K . Lewis, 4; Farley, 4 ; A . Green­ house, 4 ; Jones, 2*; C. T . Brierley, 1 ; W .N od en , 0 ; E. M . Gill, 0 ; E. G. Bezant, 0 ; R . D odgson, 0. * Signifies not out. B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S. Overs. Mdns. Runs. W kts. Aver. F arley................... 33 2 ... 11 ... 79 ... 15 ... 5*27 Shepherd ............ 763 1 ... 278 ...1405 ... 125 ... 11*24 A . J. Thomas ... 254 4 ... 99 576 ..._ 60 11*6*2 T .O . Thomas ... 254 3 ... 63 ... 674 ... 52 ..1 2 96 H .C . B. Phillips 147 ... 45 . 348 ... 24 ... 14 50 H . J . Dent.. . 50 ... 9 ... 161 ., 9-... 18*22 J. Borrough 48 ... 5 ... 194 ... 10 ... 19 40 R ev. C. J. L . M a u rice............ 113 ... 24 ... 306 ... 13 ... 23 54 Sharp, B ................ 96 ... 30 ... 257 ... 10 ... 25 70 M . O. Denney ... 25 ... 2 ... 67 ... 2 ... 33 50 E. E. W hite ... 34 ... 6 ... 105 ... 2 ... 52 50 The follow ing have bowled less than 20 overs:— F. W . Dutton. 19, 2, 85, 5 ; C. H . W are, 17, 6, 36, 2 ; P. Anthony, 17, 1, 5 2 ,0 ; C, E. Brown, 13, 2, 44, 1 ; P . T . Maw, 13, 4, 60, 3 ; Pugh. 11, 1, 3o, 0 ; J. G . O ’Brien, 9 1, 2. 29 4 ; H . E. H. Oakeley. 8. 2i 23, 2 ; R . C. Ware, 8, 1, 2 3 ,1 ; K . A. W oodward, 7*2.1,20,5; Rev. F. H. Berrick, 6 3, 1, 16, 3 ; H. S. Crook, 5, 0, 18, 0 ; J. H . Daniell. 4, 1, 13, 0 ; H . J . Davies, 3, 0, 11, 0 ; J. H. dew itt. 3, 0, 22, 0 ; J. H . Barxatt, 2, .0, 5 ,0 ; F. J. S. M oore, 2, 0, 5, 0. N E X T ISSUE, T HURSDA Y . DECEMBER 22