Cricket 1900

34 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M arch 29, 1900. ground while his side was batting, read­ ing a book, which was placed close to his eyes. For he was a student as well as a cricketer. As a batsman, Peate could hardly be considered seriously to increase the strength of the Yorkshire team. True he made runs on occasion, but he was not a good hand at making them when they were wanted. But when he made a really good hit he watched the course of the ball with as much complacency as the greatest of batsmen. He was by no means a remarkable field, and the bats­ man always had hopes of salvation when he had hit the ball in the direction of Peate. Nor was his strong point to be found in changing his field, his great idea if left to himself, being to place a man wherever the last hit had been made. But his wonderful bowling made up for all these little defects; he was more than worth playing on any side whatever, under any circumstances. To refer to his greatest performances in anything but a most cursory manner would take up many pages. Perhaps his greatest feat was to take eight wickets for five runs against Surrey, at Holbeck in 1883—he had gone out to look at the wicket before the match began, and stated that in his opinion it would be over before luuch. Again, when Alfred Shaw’s team played the Rest of England in 1885 at Lord’s, Peate was not put on u itil England had scored 127; he then proceeded to floor batsman after batsman, ending up with six wickets for 17 ruus — the first four being taken before a run was scored off him. Often he bowled unchanged through both innings with a marvellous analysis. Possibly one of the greatest secrets of his success was his habit of keeping the b ill upon the off stump, or so near it as to make it necessary for the batsman to play at i t : it might break or it might not. If it broke it was likely that the bat would just touch the ba ll; if it did not break it would perhaps have a little work on it, and just beat the bat. He did not bowl for maiden overs, although he bowled a large number of them; this was the fault of the batsman, or rather his inability to get the ball away. W. A. B e t t e sw o r t h . SOME OF PEATE’ S PERFORMANCES. Overs. Mdn i. Runs. Wkta. Aver. 1880 ... ... 1,312 580 1.668 138 1212 1881 ... ... 1,638 731 2,088 162 1i‘144 1882 ... ... 1,853 868 2,466 214 11*112 1883 ... ... 1,376 665 1,753 120 1473 1884 ... ... 1,575 777 1,868 137 13*67 1885 ... ... 1,699 903 1,945 115 16-105 1886 ... 93) 542 1,027 70 1447 His individual triumphs were :— 1879. O. M. R. W . Middlesex, at Huddersfield ... ... 27 19 14 6 13 6 :ii 3 Gloucestershire, at Sheffield ... ... 60 29 71 5 21 7 ■10 6 Derbyshire, at Sheffield ........... ... 23-2 7 .'(*> 6 Notts, at Sheffield ................... ... 33 15 88 5 Kent, at Sheffield ................... ... 42 24 39 6 34 13 88 6 18S0. For Yorkshire v. Austra’ians, at D ew sbury................................... ... 25 13 50 4 Derbyshire, at Huddersfield ... ... 31 12 50 5 O. M. R. W. Kent, at Huddersfield ........... ... 19 9 31 6 46 23 32 6 Notts, at Trent Bridge ........... ... 56 21 82 4 30 22 17 3 Lancashire, at Old Trafford ... ... 361 15 56 6 Derbyshire, at D erb y ................. ... 13 7 11 5 39 14 62 6 Gloucestershire, at Clifton ... 18-2 4 29 4 Kent, a t Maidstone ................... ... 48 26 47 5 49 24 61 7 M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s ... 24 13 35 7 18 5 38 4 1881 . Derbyshire, at Derby................... ... 41*2 17 59 7 36-1 19 40 3 Kent, at Maidstone .................. ... 19-3 8 37 3 30-2 17 33 6 Sussex, at Brighton ................... ... 62 29 61 6 54 26 69 8 Notts, at Treat Bridge ........... ... 21 15 18 4 Derbyshire, at Bradford ........... ... 27 13 26 3 Gloucestershire, at Sheffield ... ... 37 13 5(5 5 Kent, at Bradford ................... ... 25 11 82 5 32 17 26 4 Surrey, at Huddersfield ........... ... 38 3 19 47 6 23-3 9 30 8 Middlesex, at Lord’s ................... ... 27 12 40 4 34 13 35 4 Camb. University, at Cambridge ... 34 20 S3 6 For Players y. Gentlemen, at Lord’s .......................................... ... 51 35 31 4 1882. Against the Australians :— For Shaw’s X I., at the Oval .. For North of England, at ... 28 12 43 6 Old Trafford ................................. ... 31*3 12 54 5 51*1 30 61 5 England, at the O val................. ... 38 24 31 4 21 9 40 4 Yorkshire, at Sheffield ......... ... 69 31 51 7 Shaw’s X L , at Sydney ......... ... 45 24 43 5 25 18 14 3 Derbyshire, at Derby................. ... 27 20 12 6 Kent, at Gravesend ......... ... 20 8 86 5 Middlesex, at Sheffield ......... ... 36 22 82 8 Lancaster, at Sheffield ......... ... 25-1 11 29 4 Notts, at Shefield . ................ ... 49 25 46 4 49 3 23 68 7 Sussex, at Dewsbury................. ... 3*3 14 41 5 37 19 88 6 Kent, at Sheffield .................. ... 47-3 2> 31 7 18 6 •25 3 Notts, at Trent Bridge .......... ... 36 It 44 6 56 39 36 4 Lancashire, at Old Trafford .. ... 16 1 7 25 5 Surrey, at the Oval ................. ... 48 23 43 5 Middlesex, at Lord’s ................... ... 22*1 12 26 4 1883. Derbyshire, at Sheffield ... ,.......... 30 11 3(» 5 Surrey, at Holbeck .......................... 16 11 5 8 30 19 85 3 Notts, at Sheffield ........... ...........33 17 25 3 18 8 17 6 Kent, at Dewsbury ........... .......... 28 14 30 4 25-2 1 i 29 4 Middlesex, at Lord’s ........... ........... 20 7 27 4 1884. Against the Australians :— For the Players, at the Oval ... ... 31 11 55 6 For England, at Lord’s ........... ... 40 14 85 6 For the Players, at Sheffield ... ... 40 19 56 4 For the North, at Manchester ... 40-1 21 28 5 37-2 25 28 5 For Yorkshire, at Bradford ... ... 27 11 29 4 27 12 33 6 For Yorkshire agaiast Derbyshire, at Derby................... ... 40 27 30 5 21 14 18 2 Gloucestershire, at M oret-n-in-the- M arsh.......................................... ... 18 10 13 6 Kent, at Graves-nd ................... Derbyshire, at Bradford ........... ... 5 )3 28 68 8 ... 21 12 21 3 Lancashire, at S h effield........... ... 45 3 29 46 7 Notts, at Sheffield ................... ... 223 11 25 3 18 1) 16 4 For Players v. Gentltmen, at the Oval ........... ........................... ... 60-1 26 65 5 For Smokers v. Non-smokers,, at Lord’s .......................................... ... 23 10 80 6 For Players v. Gentlemen, at Lord’s 59 26 78 5 1836. Derbyshire, at Derby................... ... 53 36 47 4 20 11 14 4 Middlesex, at Sheffield ........... ... 43 23 88 4 Lancashire, at Huddersfield ... ... 41 23 44 6 Notts, at Sheffield ................... ... 42 24 8ft 4 Derbyshire, at Huddersfield ... ... 49 24 26 5 26 19 19 5 O. M. R. W. For England v. 8haw’s Australian Team, at Lord’ s ................... 13 6 17 6 For Players v. Gentlemen, at Lord’s 35’1 16 61 6 1836. Notts, at Sheffield ........................... 45-1 27 29 4 Surrey, at Sheffield ... ................. 46 I 32 38 3 Cambridge University, at Sheffield 19 10 16 6 Sussex, at Huddersfield ................... 193 12 16 6 103 7 5 3 Surrey, at the Oval ........................... 16*3 10 15 3 Notts, at Trent Bridge ................... 39 21 51 5 Against the Australians :— For Yorkshire, at Huddersfield 44 28 35 4 For N. of England, at Old Trafford 22 11 23 8 27 13 27 4 O B ITU A R Y . WILLIAM HICKTON. The death is announced of William Hickton, a professional who rendered good service to Lancashire thirty years ago. He was a good batsman and a fast round-armed bowler, being altogether a cricketer above the average, and fielding generally at slip. His first appearance at Lord’s was for Lancashire v. M.C.C. and Ground, June 3, 4, 5, 1867, and it was a curious fact that none of the Lancashire Eleven (except C. Coward, who appeared a i a c ilt iu 1862) had ever before p'ayed at Lord’s. The match was seriously in­ terrupted by the weather, and mops and pails were used to clear the pools of water from the pitch, and by this means the match was finished. Hickton’s bowling proved very successful, accounting in the first innings for five wickets for 69 runs, and in the second for six for 22. Hickton will chiefly be remembered for obtaining all ten wickets in the second innings for Lancashire v. Hampshire, at Manchester, in July, 1870. He only represented the county from 1867 to 1871, and during that time obtained 144 wickets for 2,022 runs. On July 20th, 1883, a match be­ tween Lancashire and Eighteen of the Manchester Broughton Club, was played for his benefit. He was born at Hard- staff, near Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, December 14th, 1842, and died at low er Broughton, February 27th, 1900. MB. T. S. P IX . Mr. J. D. Betham writes: In January last the death took place of Mr. T. S. Pix, and as I have seen no mention of it iu Cricket, I thought it might be of some interest to Cricket readers. Mr. T. S. Pix, whose cricket extended as far back as 1824, was a member of the Harrow Eleven, where he was a contem­ porary of Cardinal Manuing and Cnarles Wordsworth, and played against Eton in 1824. In 1845 he was elected a member of the M.C.C., and only two members elected in that year are believed to sur­ vive him. With regard to the paragraph in last month’s Cricket touching on the death of the Rev. H. K. Boldero, I should like to point out that he was also a uember of the Cambridge Eleven of 1851, 52, and 53, in 1852 playing a fine inniugs of 50 against Oxford.