James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

L I S TO FU M P I R E S . 2 6 7 pair of batsmen hit off the seven runs required by Western Province , whodid notlose a wicketin the match: E. Budler, notout 40, not out 1; A. Richards, notout 80, not out 6 ; Extras, 4; Totals, 124and7.-A tManchester, onSept. 18, for Australians v. An England XI., Dr. J. E. Barrett scored 97 and (not out) 73. Goingin first each time, he was in the whole time that his side were bat- ting-viz ., five hours and forty minutes in the first , and two hours and a half in thesecond innings .- A tExeter, on Sept. 6, in a match between Rev. J. H. Copleston's XI. and Old Malvernians , four members of the Copleston family played, two on each side , whotook all the wickets that fell . As W. J. Wippell w a srunoutbya combination of E. L. and Rev. J. H. Copleston , the coinci- dencewascomplete .-At Lord's , on M a y22, in a match Lancashire v. M.C.C. andGround, Whitehead, in bowling, lost hold of the ball , which fell a few yardsup the pitch , whereupon Mr. A. N. Hornbyran out to hit it, but White- headreaching it first , threw it to Carlin , who put the wicket down. It was claimed byM.C.C. that the striker hadbyhis action madethe ball in play, and wastherefore out ; but Mr. Hornbycontended that Whitehead had obstructed himandprevented himreaching the ball , and this ruling was accepted by the umpire . In a match played atPort Melbourne , in April ,while the latter team werebatting , the umpire's attention was called to the length of time occupied bya Mr. Beggin going to the wickets , whenthe umpire, satisfied that the two minutes allowed by the law had been exceded , gave Beggout under Rule 45.- Inthe Eton v. Harrowmatch at Lord's , the Etonteamdid not contain a single " old choice ," a unique experience in these matches .-Playing for Totteridge Park School v. HendonTown, on June 18, at Totteridge , Williams scored 27 out of 28 for seven wickets ; the other run was an extra .--For Shirley House School , Blackheath , against Hornbrook House, Chislehurst , on July 19, C. J. Burnup (aged14) andS. D. C. Robertson (aged 13) scored 116 not out and 79 respec- tively . D. Auld(aged 12) took seven wickets for 4 runs.-Playing for Derby- shire v. Notts , at Derby, on July 28, W. Chatterton was dismissed for "handling the ball ." H e played the ball on to his body, where it lodged /momentarily, and as he appeared to remove it with his hands, the umpire when appealed to gave him out .-Barlow's feat of carrying his bat through the innings for Lancashire v. Notts , onAug. 28, was his fiftieth performance of this cha- racter .-In three successive matches, on Aug. 6 (for South Saxons v. Hastings Rovers), Aug. 15 (for Kensington v. South Saxons), andAug. 25 (South Saxons v. Crystal Palace), Rev. J. C. Crawford carried his bat through the innings , scoring 101 , 76, and 101 respectively . In the completed match Notts v. Sussex , atBrighton, on June9, 10, 11 , four Nottingham players were never called upon to bat.-A. M. D. du Pré, in a match at Pocklington GrammarSchool , on July 19, caught no fewer than eight menat point . A L o n gDistancefor the Bail. Inamatchat North Park (S. Australia ), between Gilberton and Medindie Clubs, onSept. 13, W . Ward, for former, sent a bail 32 yards . L I S TO F U M P I R E S . The following were nominated by the various County Clubs to umpire in CountyMatches in 1890. Derbyshire .-PLATTS , JOHN, Chellaston , near Derby. و د SMITH, A., 13, Fitz GalanStreet , Glossop . Essex . SILCOCK , F., Ongar, Essex . Gloucestershire .-PULLEN, C. K., White Ladies Road, Bristol . Hampshire.-HOLMES, H., Totton, Southampton. " TUCK, J. J. , Christchurch , Ringwood .