Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

t.ihiiing rii k are niiiai.ingiv qlilled Iy the meii conting, James Lillywhite vrites to Cricket denying, on bliehalf of up froin the lchols, and these iniversity inatches have, Sa's teai, the charges made against two of its nenbers. cole to be looked up11on1 as t.he moSt imnportant of' t.Ie i la the salut issue Mr. W. RZ. W'ake writes fromt Slielicii, season. Publi. interest in these gi.ne ( as lle to ble , askiig the imemîbers of the teai to deny the following ques- iitense that the advaiiitige f Ssn tickets to the tions, the aiswers to which hlave yet to cote: rotd îiihave toi be iiodiiied on t.h ocasion. 1. Was there nIot a fight betwcen l by aid Scottonl at couta. Th'lie fiinie wil! alway, deNlop it inenl whethIer theie m ra (or elsewher), an d were not the stakes £3 a.'sido ! i 2. Whiat was the cause of the ight i hie puihhe scols or fot, buit how" unchî beter do they 3. DidI not Scotton write home to his fatier at ittiiigham stalîul to be il thy are early taiglit to discriininate het weri giving particilars of the fight, and aliso, ientioning '' bribory " the right way anll the wrung way il learninig to play, aini 4. Ha nlot Siaw admuitted sinice lis arrival in Engiland, that oif ieinl.g (colstiinltf !firced ti lie aI it foi waiut of uther " something unpleasant" did take place, and have not other Iîem- antcieîit diing lîlay-tiie. fierd .îgti, theî. s inire h s of the teaim stated that there was iore " carrying on" (I use iht andl p1111th in ait avenge it elbys thai a t livi ' " ni expression) im Slhaw's teai thani aiiy o lon it present . wih belev aut fh1it d il kvit, ii t iîeeh <uci I-,da .ysl, tVI' .11liaim iti i -liAe drel ossils whosef liting da ys aie ver, and< ic ition 5. Was nIot th I scidal ' one of the principal thicmes of cou. t*llstrnlyi ini thle yit g. linthusi;ismind i.neragy taine ration amliong the passengers on board the a1onî down witi aîîrcachiti ainanood, luit thîev stany it 6. ls it not a fact that (contrary to the statceni t inadtqe il ti with strong liin of* tiheir pi t V.\ istece, aiid u hit Ne lcal papers) Ulyett and Selby were aware of the rumour before lhka*<' le:iruliiî thorttgl 1 y \ \ hiet uve are yitg we arget reachiig their respectivo homlles, and was not the subject miieitioied to thei in the Criterioni by a gentlemliani connîîecte-l vitih tho <or- uyh ed'n a d by aniother iailing from thtis district. ? ED1IToRIAL NOTES. Thte acquaintance of the sportinig editor of thie C/o/ with tie cistomis of society is evidently no greater thain bis kntow- fedge of cricket. We wre aiused a few days ago by reading a paragraph in his choice colniiii referrinig to an individual styliii inhilself " Harris." He evidently mistook the signa.- ture of one of the best knowi cricketers in England for somte nom de piuw. In a cricket IiatcI at Newii:rket, on Mondilav, the 'ifllowinîg singu1ihîr inicident occulred: One of tie Newiarket tatsmen in playiig down a Iigih bail dropped it il O the toi) of ii pad (lis knee beinig tient so as to iake the top of the liait Projee0n, and tie cket-keeper running round picked out i lie bail, catch- iiig thie player out , an uinusiual occurrice, but nlot vith. lit We are tired of iitroducing the scores of Imlatche's played in oronto witih tit verlastinig annîouiceient thiat play was not begîi at the' appointed hIour foi the ustal reason. It would seem ifiat years lience, as the carpenter in " Peter simple vould say, we will be still î-itinîg that introduction provids 1 ouir stumîîps are still standing. It is a astinîg disgrace to the Toronto Cricket ('lub) that its men do înot turin up in time. Wlhen more tian one comtes late the blaile is shiifted fromîî the shoauildeirs of limn to those of the otlier till no oc iinds it. Thlis driftingaway fron punctuality has beeni a pro :ess of 11nue, and since it lias gole on unchecked, it is niow faic to assuhme tiat if you turnî up anit our late you will iîeet lialf the teaim iogging in the samte direction as yourself. Fill up the places of absente'es at the appoinited Iour, and they will leari to coie earlier ; or if you have nîo substitutes, play vithout themli, and if you are beaten throw the discredit of the defeat at the doors of those who camie late-, and sIiamiie tieim into puinctuality. The cement thbat lolds the Toronto club together will stand littie watering. while the slipshod way in whicl it is allowed to work out ils owni beautiful course nay be the cause of its stulinlillg and breakîimt it.s neck. TWO AGAINST ELEVEN. ( This is take, from a .118. croumt of thle mat(ek in the pos- scssion? of Mr. B. JlJise, if 4! Lime Street, wlw .aw il played. Both Mills ail Wenmn are still alive). On Thursday and Friday, September 4ti and 5tl, 1834, an extrenely interestinig match "was played at Vittershamn, in the Isle of Oxney. AMr. E. G. Wennman and Mr. R. Mills, of Benenden, played against eleven chosen players of the Isle of Oxnîey at double wicket for £20. So great was the interest existing, that though the scene of action 'was in a very marshy and thinly populated district., upwards of four tihousand spec- tators were assembled to withness this singular contest, whicl lias no parallel in the annais of cricket. Such vas the confi- dence of nany present, tiat the Benlenden two players were backed to a consideiable tnmount, and many heavy sums changed iands on the occasion. Thie chances against the two enterprising players were great, the match laving bein made as follows: tie Two against he Eleven, in every point of tuo gaie, they iavinig none to field, and their opponents being ail in the field : and what vas more particularly against them was, thiat vhen e -n was out both w'ere. Thus, in reality, eaci Iad but one inniings. They coninenced the gaine on Thiursday, the tli, by takingb the bat, and by a brilliant display of fine iitting succeeded in scoring 150 before they parted. Knowing tue value.of their individual wickets, tley no doubt guarded themi vith as scr- pulous care as a sacred relic wvould have been by the imoniks of oid ihe ocore f their oppoiieits in both innings ainounted to 132, out of wîhich tliey numtibered 4, byes, leaving ilen only 84 from iiLs. Taking into consideration the great dis- advantages under wiici they entered the field, we niust say these two scientific players have aciiieved a triumph tiat wVill iever be forgotten by tihose whio belheld it, and secured to tien ai lionour that :will not lie easily surpassed in this inaily exercise. hIt 1nnîiny<. .'meî Izenzins. . G. Weinain, b 1). Nerc.., .. 65 iot out.... ............ 16 R. Mlill, not out .... ..... 84 caulit oit... ... ... 2 B.................... 1. ..... ........ . Total. . . . . ... ,... ... î 0 'Tie lienimade 55 nid 77. Tot:..l.............. 48