James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

A F E WL O O S ES T R I N G S. 2 6 3 46,908 people paying for admission during the five days . Victoria's 370 v. New SouthWales, at Sydney, in January, is the largest total ever madeagainst that Colony. In a match , North v. South Melbourne , in January , a ball bowled by A. E. Trott struck and killed a swallow .--- The ball having broken the bails in a Victorian matchin February, were replaced by a piece of wattle , whena ball knockeddownthe middle stump without disturbing the wattle ; the umpire gave a not-out decision .---I n the match, Thames Ditton v. Cobham, at Cobham, on M a y21, the batsmen (striker being W. H. Martin , of Cobham) took advantage of adog seizing the ball to run a dozen runs , of which the umpire allowed only four, on the ground that the ball was dead. I n match, Horton Kirby v. Woolwich, M a y27, aplayer was caught by wicket -keeper off point's knee. For ClaphamWanderers v. Dulwich, at Dulwich, on June 6, H. V. Bate helped to dismiss seventeen men, fifteen from his ownbowling , and the whole at a cost of 65runs ; he also scored 46.-Similarly , at Morecambe, on June 6, A. Emmett, playing for E. Airey's XII. , had a hand in the dismissal of all eleven Morecambe wickets,nine clean bowled.-- Yorkshire's four wickets ' victory over Middlesex , at Lord's , on June6, wasthe County's tenth successive win of the year. In the first over of the match, Brunswick (2) v. Greyhounds, at Brighton , on June 18, F. W. Maude, of former, made18 by an 8, two 4's , and a 2.-For Winchester v. Eton, at Winchester , on June 24, J. R. Masonscored 147-a record for the match-and 71 , besides taking 8 wickets for 139 runs .-Arthur Shrewsbury's 116 for Nott's v. Yorkshire , on July 17, was his first " century " v. Yorkshire for sixteen years .-Playing for Leicestershire v. Essex, at Leicester , on Aug. 6, Hollandwas given out for hitting the ball twice .--- In match between Married andSingle (Clayton's benefit ), at Lord's , onM a y23, Attewell , by mistake , was allowed to bowl two overs in succession for the former .-OnJune 25, in a match between Leatherhead and Addiscombe, one of the Addiscombe team hit a ball hard to extra mid-off, and backed up with a view if possible to make a run. Theball having been fielded was thrown in to the striker's wicket , and he popped his bat down within the crease while standing outside himself . The ball happened to hit the ground in front of the bat, and knocked it (i.e. , the bat) up up slightly . While it was so lifted , the ball hit the wicket , and the batsman hadaccordingly to retire " run out."-A mistake occurred in the match between t h em e m b e r sof the H o n. CharlesBrand'sS o u t h d o w na dM r .C. B . G o d m a n ' s Crawley and Horsham Hunts, on July 20, in the Dripping Pan at Lewes. Southdownhad 34 runs to obtain to win, but through an error of the scorers the stumps were drawn and the match presumably wonwhilst they were still four runs in arrear. T h eg a m ew a s thus drawn.-J. J. Ferris w a sbowled off his pad, on June 27, at the Oval, the first ball of the first match he played for Gloucestershire against Surrey . Inthe match between Surrey and Notts , at the Oval, on Aug. 1, 2, and 3, there was a record attendance , 30,770 paid on first day, 29,370 on second , 3,635 on third ; total , 63,775 . L I S TO FU M P I R E S . The following were nominated by the various County Clubs to umpire in CountyMatchesin 1892. Cheshire .-T. WHATMOUGH, 3, Maugnall Street , Manchester. Derbyshire .-PLATTS, JOHN, Chellaston , near Derby. و د SMITH, A. , 13, Fitz Galan Street , Glossop . Essex. SILCOCK , F., Ongar, Essex. Gloucestershire .-PULLEN, C. K., White Ladies Road, Bristol . Hampshire .-HOLMES, H., Totton , Southampton . TUCK, J. J. , Christchurch , Ringwood. Kent .-HENTY , E. , 7a , Lancelot Place , Brompton Road , London , S.W. DRAPER, H., 106, High Street , Bromley , Kent. 1.ancashire . COWARD , F. , Cricketer's Arms , Preston .