Canadian Cricket Field Volume 1 1882

- - .- ~ lTREl Ok RDIRU GfTlKEFT FIELD. 61 to bang the ball at the wicket when there is not half a chance suggested wero tried, it ouglit tO be found to work satis. of a run out, and should the savage hurl cone, away it will factorily. Al reference to the T. 0. O. considered in good generally go for an over.throw for two or thrco, to the still part. further demoralization of the adversaries, particularly if the I am, yours truly, excitabl man of the team has had anything to do with it. Suci, TORONTO, 6tl July, 1882. YOUNOSTER. performances will put the best of bowlers off their bowling, and many times be the means of winning what looks, until their commencement, a completely hopeless match. (To be continued.) On the samne daya that the Australians met the Gentlemen, Kent and Sussex played. The former won in one inninga and 175 runs. gOIRQUýIGATIOR For Kent, Lord Harris made 176 out of 521 ruis. Sussex got 128 the first and 218 the second inninge. 'Tho forty-eightlh Inter-Univeraity match ended on the 28th, uit., THE TORONTO CRICKET CLUB. at Lord'a, in a victory for Cambridge by seven wicket8. At the conmmencement of tho season it was thouglit that the Liglit Blues To the Editorof the Canadia Cricket Fied would have ne chance; but Oxford did ot iaintain the jr furia of SraI an celihte tomû crckeer nteestd ~the early part of the ycar. Score. Oxford, 165 and 257; Cani- DEAR Sn,-I am deligted to se a cricketer interested in275 nd 148. the Toronto Club at last calling attention to its marked weaknesses. Is it not strange that in Toronto, where there is as good or better cricket material than in any city or town mT Canaa, ricet iasbee an is t s lov a cb I ur lubOval on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th it., was shown by ant attendanco Canada, cricket has been and is at sot low an ebb t Our clubground, with exhibits what is often really only a caricature of metropolitan e e exception of te match between England and Australia in cricket. With an excellent ground and every opportunity for 1880. Tho heavy Tain just after lunclîcon on Thursday reduced practice, and, I mnay add, good play shown in practice, it is a the numbers considerably on the firBt day, but stiU 10,028 paid for matter of surprise to a superficial on-looker that our record is in, and on Friday and Saturday tho numbers wee 18,540 front year to year a disgrace. For this there are no doubt manyid te reasons; one cause of it is well pointed out by " Veteran," in entranco fea of a shilling. The sudden indisposition cf Mr.A. H. "Vetran ascibe it a sarciy o mathes Evans left the elevcîî without a fast bowler, but tho cemparative your last issue. Veteran " ascribes it to scarcity of matches ;eleven in bowling vs tought t fully coin and in conclusion calis for abuse from the " youngsters ;" as pensatcd for by their general excellence in batting and fielding one of the latter, I refer to him, not by any means for purpose Mnrdoch, in Vînning the tos, gaincd a decided nivantage in the of abuse, but to assist him in accounting for our fallen con- wicket, and thout-ericket cf tho Gentlemen was se weak that tho dition. I would like "Veteran" to understand that lie is Austraians were able te mako a very creditable total of 334. Mr. hitting at. not the "youngsters " but the "oldsters" of the Steel was kcpt on far too long, considering iow plai i his delivery Toronto Club. I believe it is the apathy and indifference of was- Mr. Ramsay miglit fairly have been tried a great deai more, the latter class, coupled with their cricket conceit and con- andit was aae feen e ba i a lrn iV.G ac scious ait and feeling of superiority, that mainly hindOrs OUT nearly over. Tho flelding, tee, fol decidedly beiow expectatiens. club fron making the progress it should and might make. Mr. Lucas mada two fine catches, ene, that which disposed of Here is the rotten spot in the State of Denmark. Every Bonner, as goed as lias over been seen, but generaUy tho dispiay cricketer knows that those who practise most regularly and was not up te tho mark, and 3r. Lelio's misjudgment cf the most distinguish theiiselv.es in practice, ought to constitute the chance Banner gave when lie had got oniy seven cost the Gentie- teains. Ye, in our matches, and particularly in all important mce quite a hundmed rîms. As te the batting of tie English matces tc plces re tonoolizd ahostentieiy y ai doen, tire tntldest that can be said is that it was altagethter matches, the places are monopolized almost entirely by oldf t players players who are rarely or never seen before the wickets in prac- ngaged, and tInt coliectively k was mucl beiow tho ordinary tice. A club whose representative teais are chosen froisi thuse standard cf Engisl amateur cricket. Score: vho, froncseason to season, ptay aney in matches, cannot exptct AUSTtLLTAhS. ta rank very higli. Numerous examples could be adduccd of I3annemman, c Hornby, b J. M. Biackham, c Lucas, b clubs in this Province suffering fromn this drawvback, which Steel................. 50 Grace ................ 6 have degenerated front rcspcctability twinsignificance or dis- H. H. nasio, c Rcead, b S. P. Joncs, 1b w, b Grac r 4 salution. The xcthod pursued by the bett clubs in Canada in Ramy a ............. 32 G. E. Paler, b Gra e...... kecping up good tennis is simpiy this : as soon as an aId player W. L. Murdochi, c Grace, b T. W. Garrett, c Hornby, b gieppraty C.T. Studd..........b5r Steel a 8...............2 AS M'Dnneli, c G. BG F. R. Spoffortii, net eut. .LA 10 blood and enthusias; dcpend an present play, not on past Studd, b Ramsay ....... Kg19 reputations; this is just the piai. not adopted by tIc Toronto G. Giffen, L b w, b Grace. ... 43 Extras ............... 5 Club, era tOe colts are ignored, unness, as now, tt.y are an G. J. Banner, c Lucas, bw absolute necessity, and suptrannuated patriarclis are chosen, net Rasay ............. 74 Total ............ 334 for what they can do now, but on the reputatiTn i wevat they GENTLEMEN n ENoL nT e. have donc, or it is btlieved thnby have done, in tho past. The fst d,îbiusgst 2nd Ianingi. foily ai this systemn is shown in every match playcd tItis scason. W. G. (Jrace, b Giffen ... 61 b Palmer ............ .. 32 In th e opening match af tIc season, under thirty easiiy defeated A. P. Lsi , b pofforth. 16 c Spafftrtui, b Gien ....... 2 those, over; in tha match against Toronto University, the W. H. Patterson, c Palper, 'Varsity tea (amost ail junior members ae Torontn c did as bGiffenh............. T1 b Palier. o o ... 15 W. W. Rend, b Giffen .hou17 c joues, b Giffen ........ 19 they wisîed with itheir aider opponents; in the match b ptween . T. Studd, b Giffen ...... o in c and b Giffan .......... ttn il the TorontM Club aud the Torontu Cricket Club, which resolved A. N. Honby, c flanneoman, itf int a match between th oldwters and the youngsters, b Giffen u............. 20 c and b Palmer ......... 17 the former puffed and struggled for a bad dofeat. The match u. G. Steel,lb w, b Spoffort 12 ne ceut talf............... 32 aainst a weak team fi-aui Triuty Cllege would hava been G. B. Studd, b w, b Giffn. 9 c Backham, b arrett.de 6 ridiulous but for the bowling services a nc of the youngst a F. H. Leslie, na oat. 13 b Spofforth ............ 10 members ai the club. And the aLler day an ignomiuous E F. S. Tylecote, b Giffen.. 0 c and b Palmer ........... i1 defeat wus only prevented by Lhe chance goad play af a man Exta ............... 13 Eenes bGt........... who ryd h eot handled bat or bail for yeam . It is tale the -u personnel o teas Bad a shaning up. If the xpriment Total e............ 182 Total ........... . 1 wa1o pt h ak n r elosmsugeto h