James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

152 reports of similar feats stated in the foim adopted in the follows table. . nS® For Eastbourne v. M.C.C. and Ground, J. Hide took all ten wicket*. in an innings for 11 runs only. For Manchester v. Liverpool, Watson performed a similar feat at a cost of 21 runs. For Incogniti v. Ne ’er.do weels, 0. E, Horner had all ten wickets in the second innings jn' seventeen overs at a cost of 50 runs. For Trinity College, Cambridge Long Vacation Club, H. M. Leaf had all ten wickets in the second innings in 19 overs at a cost of 46 runs. For Visitors v. Residents of Herne Bay, II. V. Boulton took all ten wickets for 19 runs, obtaining five wickets with successive balls. For County of Dorset v. Ishmaelites M. J. Druitt took all ten wickets, eight being clean bowled, in an innings. For Farehani v. Swanmore Park, H. J. Darby took all ten wickets for 18 runs, clean bowling seven men, three with successive balls; and for Bassett v. Eastleigh, A. Coward took all ten wickets for 6 runs, four with successive balls. For Staveley Works v. Seymour Colliery, J. Henshaw clean bowled all ten wickets for two runs only; and for South Wimbledon v. Clapham, G. Banks took all tin* wickets (eight being clean bowled) at a cost of 28 runs. For Bushden r. Desboro*,C. Bull had all ten wickets, three with successive balls. For Lasswade r. Edinburgh University (12 a side), Shacklock, of Notts, clean bowled all eleven wickets. For Oakfield v. Oatlands, H. A. Roper took all the ten wickets in an innings, as did E. Rutter for Shepperton v, Ollershaw; and for Lyceum v. Civil Service, Dublin, Keatinge per­ formed a similar feat; and Kiefe, for the 1st London Artillery r. 28tli Company Royal Engineers, bowled nine wickets and caught the tenth man. For Richmond v. Feltham, Vassila clean bowled seven wickets in eight balls, four in succession, and in all took eight wickets for nine runs. To obtain four wickets with successive balls is no longer a very great feat, and the “ hat trick0 is performed on some ground or other almost every day. For Oaks v. Bletchingley, R. Lenton obtained two “ hats ° in one innings. For R. A. v. Sevenoaks Vine, R. A. Bannatine took five wickets in eight balls, including a “ hat ; }> and for Wigan v . an Eighteen, G. Porter clean bowled five batsmen with consecutive balls. It will be observed that a very large proportion of the feats tabulated below were performed in matches of no importance, in many of which the bowlers were doubtless much assisted by bad wickets, and we have been compelled to omit not a few “ village green0 feats. The side for whom the player bowled is placed first. Overs.Mdns.Kuns.Wks. • • • » » * Adams,F., ConstitutionHill v. Kineson Addison, H.C.,FelsteadSchoolv.ColchesterandEastEssex Alpin, H. C., St.Thomas’sHospital v. St.Mary’sHospital Atkinson,W. It.,Bingleyv.Leamington .............. Attewell,M.C.C.andGroundv.BishopsStortford... Attewell,M.C.C. andGroundv. Suffolk ........ Aylward, liev. A.F.fHerefordv.Cathedral School Bambridge, Alexanderv. HanoverUnited ........ Barker,RichmondTown, Twelvev.Twenty-three... Barnard,W., Trinityv.Brinsmead Barnard,W.M.,Trinityv. St.James’s... Barnard,W.M., St. John’sv. SilestraCollege Barnett,Waspsv. Harlow.............. Barratt, E., SouthofEnglandv. Acton .................... Barton,A. E.,OxfordMilitaryCollegev.MagdalenColl. School Barton,A. E.,OxfordMilitaryCollegev.TheStar............. * • » « M * * t ♦ • * 23 16 9 16 19 13 8 10 6.2 2 9 6 — — 8 9 — 9 7 32 21 19 7 19 16 8 6 — 1 0 — — 6 5 6.1 o 0 6 — — U 8 — > — 10 9 (3 G 1 7 23 5 26 U 9 — 8 7 — 10 8