Cricket 1900

8 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAMK A p r i l 2 6 , 1 9 0 0 . w illiam Augustus, DUKE OF CUMBBELAND, was the second son of King George II., and was born April 26th, 1721, and died at "Windsor, October 31st, 1765. He was wounded at Dettingen in 1743 and de­ feated by Marshal Saxe at Fontenoy in 1745. The Jollowing year he defeated the Scottish rebels at Culloden, earning for himse’ f the title of Butcher. He afterwards served again on the continent, but only to be defeated at Laffeld in 17 -7, and ten years later at Bastenbeck. Bis serf ices ended with the capitulation of Closter-Seven (17 7), which was disavowed by his Government. He appears to have been fond of the game, though not to so great an extent as his elder brother, the Prince of Wales. On August 20th and 25'h, 1751, he defeated the Earl of Sandwich at single­ wicket, tbe fir^t day’s play taking place at Moulsey Hurst and the second day’s at Englefieid Green, near Staines. DARV1LE, of Bray in Berkshire. He was a miller and engaged Waymark, the famous p’ayer. STEPHEN DINGATE, of Reigate in Surrey. A servant to the Duke of Richmond. Born in Surrey. DURLING, of Addington in Surrey. Born in Surrey. ROBERT EWRES, of London. THOMAS FAULKNER, of Addington in Surrey, was one of the best-known players of his day and participated in the game for over twenty years. He was born in Surrey but spent his early life in the midlands. He was an excellent batsman and a fast bowler. As a boxer he also excelled. On August 5th, 1758, he beat the veteran George Taylor near St Albans after a ttrrific set-to which lasted an hour and seventeen minutes, and on April 8th, 1759, he de­ feated Joe James at Putney up n a stage erected in a field. He also beat Thornhill in fifty minutes in Studley Park, Yorkshire, March 21st, 1761. JOHN FRAME, of Dartf<»rd in Kent. A fine fast bowler. Nyren states that he w’as “ an unusually stout man for a cricketer.’ ’ He was i orn at War.ing- ham, in Surrey, in 1733, but lived at D arifcid. in Kent, where he died October 11th 179>. aged 63. Bis firnt-recorded match was for Surrey v. England, in the Artillery-Ground, June 5th, 1749, when he was only sixteen years of age, and his name will be found in great matches as far on as July 8th and 9th, 17.4, when he played for England v. Bambledon (with Lumpy), on Sevenoaks Vine. B e had a broiher who also participated in the g me, but whether he was famous as a batsman or a bowler, or both, camiut now le said. GARBET, of Kent. Born in Kent. GREEN, cf Sussex. H ARDING, of Thursley in Surrey. Good bowler and hard-hitting batsman. JO EN H ARRIS, of Addington in Surrey. Born in Surrey. Brothei cf Joseph Hairis. JOSEPH HARRIS, of Addington in Surrey. Born in Surrey. JOSEPH B1TCHE8. HODSW ELL. of Dartford in Kent, was a celebrated faet bowler. By profession he was a tanner. Born in Kent. A description of this famous p ayer will be found in Lote’s poem, Book 3, 1. ii. et seq. H OW A RD , of Kent. Born in Kent. W illiam Bowe, FIFTH VI*COUNT BOW E was bom August 10th, 1729, ana educated at Eton. In August 1751, he beat the Earl of Sandwich at single- wicket, and in June of the same year he participated in ih - matches between Eton Col.ege Past and Present and the Gentlemen of England. His military career was a brilliant one, most of bis successes leiDg achieved in America. He died at Plymouth. Juiy 12th, 1814. BOW LE TT, of London. HUMPHREYS, of Surrey. Born in Surrey. GEORGE JACKSON, of Addington in Surrey. Boin in Surrey. THOMA8 JURE, of London. Evelyn Pierrepont, SECOND DUKE OF K ING ­ STON, was bt rn in 1711 and was the only son of Wllliam, Earl of Kingston. He succeeded his grand­ father as Luke of Kingston in March, 1726. Like many other gentlemen of his time he was educated at Eton. He was a good batsman, and his name will be found recorded in the famous matches at N e* market in June, 1761, between Eton College Past and Present and the Gentlemen of England. He served with succ-ssin the Aim y for many years, being made a Colonel in October, 1745. a Major-General in March, 1755, a Lieutenant-General iu February, 1759, and General in May, 1772. He died at Bath in September, 1773, aged 62, but was buried at Holme-Pierrepont, -n Nottinghamshire. KIPS, o f Eltham in Kent. Wicket-keeper. LA B K IN , o f Hadlow in Kent. LA SCO, of Bromley in Kent. M AYN A RD , of Surrey. Bora in that county. M ILL8, of Bromley in Kent. JOHN MILLS, of Horsmonden in Kent. Famous bowler. Henry Bromley, FIRST LORD MONTFORD (not Mountford, as given by Hoi ace Walpole and others), was a great enthusiast of the noble game and pro­ moted many excellent matches. He was born August 20th, 1705, and was M.P. for Cambridgeshire in the l arbaments of 1727 and 1734. t reated Lord Mont- f rd, Baron of Horseheath,Cambridgeshire, May 9th, 1741. He died January l^t, 1755, and was buried in Trinity Chapel, South Audley Street, Lond- n. The peerage became extinct in 1851. ADAM N EW LAN 3, of Slindon in Sussex. JOHN NEW LAND, of Slindon in Sussex. RICHARD N EW LAND , of Slindon in Sussex, was brother of Adam and John Newland and was '.he finest batsman of his time. Bis highest recorded score is 88 for England v. Kent, in the Artillery- Ground, July 15th and 16th, 1745. He was tutor and uncle to Richard Nyren, the “ General” of the Hambledon Club. Be was a left-lianded player and very tall. By profession he was originally a farmer but afterwards a surgeon. A tablet is erected to his memory inside Slindon Church, beaiing the fol owing inscription:—“ Mr. Richard Newland, late an eminent Surgeon in the City of Chichester, who died at Bath on 2ythMay, 1791, aged 73 years.” In June, 1744, the three brothers were chosen to represent England against Kent, and it was not until September, 1880. that three brothers wereagain selected lor an England eleven, when Messrs. vv. (J., E M ., an ! G. F. Grace played for England v. Australia, at the Oval. NORRIS, of London. THOMAS PEAKE, of Chelsfidd in Kent. PERRY, of London. Born in Surrey. He played a single-wicket match against Piper (of Hampton) for twenty pounds a side at Moulsey Hurst as far back as August, 1726 PYE. A servant of the Duke of Richmond. RAW LIN S, of Kent. Born in that county. Charles Lennox, SECOND DUKE OF RICH ­ MOND, WfS born in London,* May 18th, 1701, and died at Godalming. August 8th, 1750, aged 49. He was a most enti usiistic and liberal supporter of the ‘ noble game,” promoting many matches in Sussex and forming elevens to «pp se the Bambledon Club, &c., besid-s k-eping iu his employ many famous cricketers. He was a grandson of Charier It., and succeeded to the title of Duke of Richmond in May, 1723, being i revioufdy kno*n as the Earl of Marcn. On the death of bis grandmo her, the Duchess of Portsmouth ^Louis de Keroualle). he succ eded (in 1734) to the dukedom of Aubigny i i Fran e. His marriage was a somewhat romantic one. He was m anied at the Hague on December 4th, 1719, to the eldest daughter cf ti e first Earl cf Cardigan, their m aniage being a bargain to cancel a gambling debt between their parents. They parted immediately after the cer- mony and were separated three years, ihe Earl (as be the . was) remaining on the Continent. On his return to England he one day visited ti e theatre ai.d saw in a t ox a very beautiful lady. He enquired who it was ani was te>ld **The ieignio« toast-the beautiful Lady March.” His subsequent atfeetion for his wife was so great, according to his grande on, thar, she died of grief fur his lots. The Dube’s military career was a brilliant ore, he being present at Dettingen, th- reduction cf Carlisle, &c. Bis poitrait, a full-length one. can be teen in Good­ wood Bouse, in fcussex. Bis grands n. the Bon. Colonel Charles Lennox (afterward* Duke of Rich­ mond) was a most famous plajer, his Lam e beiig found in great matche.x for a period of over tweniy yeais, commencing in 1783. RIDGEW AY, of Sussex, ROBIN, of Bromley in Kent. Brother of Long Robin. LONG ROBIN, of Bromley in Kent, was probably the finest all-rcund player of his day. Be was called Long Robin because he was so tall— “ And Rob in, from his size, surnamed the Long.” In Ihe Connoisseur , No. 132, dated 1746, appears an article about a yourg gentleman whose favourite amusement “ is attendi. g the executions at Tyburn.” . . . “ A yourg fellcw of family and fcrtune, who was bom and brea a gentleman, but has taken great pains to degrade himeelf, and is now as complete a blackguard as those whom he has chosen for his com­ panions. He will drink purl in a morning, smoke his pipe in a night cellar, and eat black puddings at Bartholomew Fair, for the humour of the thing. All the while he is reckoned by his friends to be a mighty good-natured gentlemtn and without the least bit of pride in him. In order to qualify himself for the society cf the vulgar. Bob has studied and practised all the vulgar arts under the best master*. He has * John Kent, in his Records and Reminiscences of Goodwood (page 5), gives the Duke’s birthplace as Goodwood. . therefore cultivated an intimacy with *Buckhorse, and is very proud of being sometimes admitted to tbe honour of conversing with the great +Broughton himself. He is also very well known among the hackney coachmen, as a brother whip : but his greatest excellence is cricket-playing, in which he ia reckoned as good a bat as either of th-* Bennets; and is at length arrived at the supreme dignity of being dis- tingui hed among his breathr°n of the wicket by the title of Long P o b i The performances of this player must not be confused (as was done by one of the numerous contributors to the “ Jubilee Book of Cricket” ) with 'hose of “ Long B ob” (Rob ert Robinson) who commenced to partici­ pate in great matches in or about the year 179J. When matches were hastily got up Long Robin was generally left to make all the arrangements, &c., as Fuller Pilch was in his own district about a century later. Y A L ROMNEY, of Sevenoaks in Kent, was gar­ dener to the (second) Duke of Dorset at Knowle, near Sevenoaks He was a most famous player, hi- name being found recorded in nearly all the great matches of his time. As a batsman and single-wicket player he was very celebrated. He was born in Kent. L 1R D JOHN PH ILIP SACKVILLE was a very enthusiastic cricketer and a most liberal supporter of the game. His name will be found in the Kent v. England match of June 18 th, 1714. He wan the second son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, first Duke of Dorset, and sat in Parliament for Tamworth His only son, John Frederick Sackville (1745-99), afterwards third Duke of Dorset, was a famous player, and his »iography will be found in Fredeiick Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores and Biographies , Vol. 1, pp. 59-60. John Montague, FOURTH EARL OF SAND- ^ ICH, was born November 3rd, 1718, and succeed d to the tit'e in 1729. being then but eleven years of age. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cam­ bridge, being at the former place for some years and at Cam> ridge from 1735 to 1737. His greatest friend was the Duke of Bedford, also a cricket enthusiast. It was to the Earl of Sandwich that the first edition of Love’s poem was dedicated in 1744. The Earl took part in the famous matches at Newmarket in June, 1751, between Eton College Past and Present and the Gentlemen of England, and in August of the same year plajed two single-wicket matches against the Duke of Cumberland and Lord Bowe, losing both. Bis portrait by Gainsborough c*n be seen in the Painted Hall at Greenwich, and that by Zoffany in the National Portrait Gallery and the Tiinity House. The Earl led a most active life as a politician, receiving several valuable appointments from his friend the Duke of tedf<-rd. He died in London, April 80th, 179.?. SAW YER, of 1ichmond in Surrey. James Love, in bis pjem , wrongly called him a Sussex man. GEORGE SMITH, of London, was the keeper of th • Arli.lery-Ground, where nearly all the best matches of the day were played. Be was also land­ lord of the Pied Boise public-house in Clusweli Street. Finsbury. His name will be found recorded in tnly a few match* s of note. A newspaper pu> - lished in June. 1750, contained the following adver­ tisement Two com pute close (hai.-es with steel springs, and able hors s. to be let by G. Smith.” A short ae c rant of this cricketer will be found in lo v e ’s famous verses. STEVENS, of Riple; in Suirey. « STEVENS, ( f Ripley in Surrey. *Bro1herp- S I ONE, of Kent. REV. BEN RY VENN, of Cambridge University and Surrey, was 1oin at Barnes in Suney March 2nd, 1725, and died at Clapham, in the sime couuty. June 24th, 1797. He was a good batsman, \ eing conn'dered one of the finest players in the University whilst at Cambridge (St. John’s College, and af.erwards J«sus College). Be was ordained in Jun-, 1747, and for s >me time was curate of arton (Carnl s). From 1754 to 1759 he was curate of Clapham. and from 1759-177 1 * Buckhorse—his real name was John Smith—was a famous old boxer who would allow anyb< dy, no matter how hard a hitter, to knock him down on pay­ ment of a small sum. He could play tunes by hammering on his jaw with his lists. An anecdote has bem mentioned of Buckhorse, but we cannot vouch for its authenticity, that he was the person whom the Duke of Queensbury—**wicked old Q selected to ride for him, when the Duke won his cele- brated wager against time at Newmarket. +Jack Broughton, of Broughton’s Amphitheatre fame, was the Father of Boxing. Be was a famous gentleman boxer who, for the long period of eighteen years, held the proud title of Champion of England. On April 11th, 1750, he was beaten at the Amphi­ theatre by Slack in fourteen minutes, the Duke of Cumbeiland (“ Butcher” ) losirg ten thousun pouncs in consequence. Broughton’s defeat was "‘ more owing to accident than design,” as he did not go into training for the fight. Be unexpectedly received a blow from Slack between the eyes which closed both bis eyes. For some time he endeavoured to continue the tight, seeing nothing, but was eventually com­ pelled to give in.