Cricket 1898

A p r i l 14, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OS' THE GAME. 53 formation from the February number of the Cricket Field of 1894, where the following paragraph occurs (p. 20):— “ A memorable feat has been accomplished by Major Piercy in India. Playing for the 1st Dorset Regiment against the 2nd Royal Scots, he made 151 in the first innings, on December 21st, and 109 in the second on the following day.” THE N EW H A L L S AND IN TE RN A T ION A L CR ICKET . B y C aptain G reen . The international matches for thirty years would have amounted to little but for the powerful aid rendered by the Newhall Brothers, George M., Charles A., Robert S., and Danid S., who during all that time were practically the corner­ stone and mainstay of Philadelphia cricket. Charles bowled for nearly twenty years in international matches, and main­ tained so fast a pace and accurate a pitch that the best batsmen in the world were unable to score heavily from him. He was also a fine bat, and whenever his team got into a tight place he could be depended upon to do capital work. George, who captained in many of the international games, was an excellent medium-pace round-arm bowler, and one of the best bats we have ever had in this country, his late cutting being exception­ ally fine. He also kept wicket admirably for many years in these matches, dispen­ sing with a long-stop and standing back for catches in the position of what our English brethren call “ wicket-keeper once removed.” Robert captained the American team abroad in 1884, and has always been one of the surest and hardest hitters in this country, having a good eye and perfect confidence. Daniel captained the team of 1889 in Great Britain ; was one of the best short-slips in America, an excellent slow round-arm bowler, a grand captain, and one of the best bats America has ever produced. From the 1868 international match against Willsher’s Eleven, when Charles took 11 wickets for 69 runs, to 1884, taking his analysis for all perfor mances against English, Irish, and Aus­ tralian teams, it reads: 2,043 balls, 1,049 runs, 101 wickets—an average of about 10 runs to each wicket, against the best batsmen of the world, a record unequalled in the annals of American cricket. Robert was only sixteen years of age when he was chosen as one of the twenty- two to meet Willsher’s All-England Eleven, and up to 1884, when he was chosen captain of the Philadelphia team that visited England, no representative eleven of American cricketers was com­ plete without him. His score of 84 against the Australian team of 1878 will never be forgotten, made as it was against men who were considered the finest bowlers in the world. He was remarkably successful as a bat on the tour in England in 1884, his principal contributions being: 126 against the Gentlemen of Cheshire, 86 against the Scarborough team, 71 against the Gentle­ men of Derbyshire, 64 against the Castle- ton Club, 55 against the Gentlemen of Leicestershire, and 52 against the Liver­ pool Club. Coming down to the present, lis greatest achievement was his cap­ taincy of the colts’ team last fall, which played against P. F. Warner’s English Gentlemen with such signal success. Daniel Newhall also commenced his international career with the twenty-two who met Willsher’s team in 1868, and played in all matches till 1889, when he captained with signal success the team which visited England. On this trip he batted in 18 innings, and had an average of 27 33. His best scores were against Kent—51 and 39—both not out, against M.C.C., 39, also not out, and against Kent, 47 runs. He often went in when matters seemed to be going against his men, and by his vigorous play often turned the tide in their favour. George Newhall was always one of the hardest workers in any team of which he was a member. He captained nearly all the American teams in the international matches until the time of his retirement. His finished style was always a pleasure to see, and is still when he plays in veteran teams, and his score of 180 runs against Baltimore was fora long time the highest on record in this country.— Cricket Club Life. “ That on and after 1st January, 1899 there shall be an entrance fee of one guinea for new members joining the club, in addition to the annual subscription of one guinea.” Your committee are glad to announce that the Great Eastern Railway Company will run a special express train to Leyton on all county match days, leaving Liver­ pool Street at 2 o’clock and arriving at Leyton at 2.12, in addition to which the 3.35 train will also stop at Leyton, at 3.48. The debt has now been reduced to £300 and your committee would earnestly entreat those who kindly became guaran­ tors, and promised donations for the purpose of liquidating this debt, to for­ ward the same as soon as possible to the secretary, so as to enable them to entirely remove this obligation from their accounts. With reference to the accounts, your committee are again pleased to state that the revenue has very materially exceeded the expenditure. This is chiefly due to the remarkable improvement in the gate receipts for cricket, and a continued in­ crease in the roll of members. E SSEX COUNTY C.C. The report of the Committee"which will be submitted to the general meeting [on May 4 contains several items of public interest. They are as follows : During the past season, Mr. Philip Savill has very kindly presented to the Club a new large scoring board of the most modern type, and your committee are glad to have this opportunity of publicly tendering the warmest thanks of the whole club for this most generous gift, which has been much appreciated by the public at large. Your committee have to report that considerable alterations and additions in the accommodation on the ground have been made since last season, and a large dining hall has been built, where, for the future, members and the public will have luncheon, &c. In addition to this, a very large increase has been made in the seating accomodation for the general public allround the ground, which should add very much to the comfort and enjoy­ ment of those visiting the ground on match days. There will be no lawn tennis on the ground in the future, that portion of the ground hitherto occupied by the courts will now be utilised for cricket practice. On county match days, members will no longer be able to introduce friends into the pavilion. The roll of members on the 31st December last stood at 1,688 gentlemen and 136 ladies, and your committee are pleased to state that 565 new members were enrolled during 1897. Your committee will propose at the general meeting of the club :— THE NOTTS COLTS’ MATCH. Played at Trent Bridge on April 11 and 12. Drawn. It is quite unnecessary to describe this match in detail, for the weather was so wretchedly bad that anything in the shape of good cricket was out of the question. The young players are especi­ ally to be pitied. They batted on a wicket on which scoring was next to impossible, though it improved somewhat while the eleven were in. T he T\ vext \'- tw o . Dean, A. (Creswell), c and b Ri’ey ......... 6 Wiight. E.W. (Annes- ley), b Attewell ... 0 C. L. Hodgson (Bar­ ton), b Henson........ 8 Dickinson,S-(Mission), b Attewell.................19 Wardle, H. (East­ wood), b Jones . ... 1 H. L. Lymtery (Not­ tingham), b Riley ... 2 Duxfield, T. (Wreton), b Riley ................. 1 E. A. 1’eatfleTd (Ret­ ford), c Oates, b Attewell ................. 0 Struton, A. C. (Nor- mantoD), b iiley ... 4 Houldvworth, P. W. (Hucknall), c Jones, b Altewell . ... ... 0 Wright, J. (Rudding- ton), b Attewell ... 0 Saxon, E. W . (Huck­ n a l l ) , c and b Attewell ................. 2 TnE E leven A. O. Jones, c Dean, Mason, b Wass (A.) 8 b Dickinson ......... 29 Gunn (J.), c Hodgson, Shrewsbury, b Dickin- b Teather.................13 son ........................34 Biley, c Saxon, b Gunn (W.), c Farkes, Watson .......................14 b Dickinson ......... 1 Oates,not out ... ...10 J. A. Dixon, b Wass B 10, lb 4 .......................14 (A.) ........................45 — Dench, b Dickirnon ... 0 Total (9 wkts.) 212 Attewell (W .), c Wardle, b Teather.. 44 1 Wass, T. (Ground Staff), b Attewell... Teather,W.(Landley), st Oates, b Riley ... Atkinson. J. (G j ound Staff), b Attewell ... Francis,G. (Tuxford), b Attewell .......... Grundy,W. (Basford), c Jones, b Riley ... Watson, H. (Knuts- ford), b Riley........ Hogg, F. (Wood- borough). c Oates, b Attewell .......... Wass, A. (Ground Staff), c Gunn, b Biley........................ Parkes,S (Awsworth), lbw, b Biley .......... W. Marshall (capt.), not out ................. B 9, lb 1 .......... Total ..........70 Henson did not bat.