James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

170 A left-handed bowler named Chapman, on June 28, in a match betwec the Maurice and Waverley Clubs, removed the bail a distance of 36 yard It pitched 30 yards. * 8* Some curious incidents happened^in a match, cm May 24, between Constitution Hill, Poole, and Upton House. F. Adams, the captain of the Constitution Hill Club, bowled a ball which the batsman played so hard on to his wicket that, although neither bail was removed, the sound was heard by a man in the long field, and later on G. Legge a fast bowler, sent down a ball which hit the leg bail fairly, but failed remove it. In each case the batsman made a large score after his good luck. Almost as noteworthy was the following incident, which occurred in the match between Cheltenham College and the Eoyal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Glass went on to bowl for Cheltenham, and in his first over he twice bowled a batsman with a no ball, and once got him caught .off a no ball. He continued bowling for some time after, wards, but got no wickets, nor did he send down any more no balls. For the Nomads against South Manchester, G. Biddolph scored 20 runs in one over, and after the conclusion of the Surrey v. Hants match at Southampton, on July 22, with the whole of the Hampshire eleven in the field, Mr. Boiler made 24 from an over of 6 balls. The bowlers experienced very bad luck in a match between Sefton v. Kirby Lonsdale . 1 • 1 . 1 • . 1 1 1 • ____________ / I __________* ______* ________ _______ _ _ x • « the wicket being hit by the ball four times (twice m one oyer) without the bails being disturbed, and playing for Bagshot v. Cracknel], T. Bose (a very fast bowler), during the first innings of Bracknell, twice hit the wicket without removing the bails. At Leeds, on May 17, in an encounter between Clarendon v. Leamington, H. E. 0. Dwyer bowled a ball which v7as played by the batsman into his wicket and remained firmly fixed between the middle and off stumps, about half way down. Three cases are on record during the season of matches where one side wras entirely composed of players of the same name. On September 13, the ten brothers Christopherson played an Eleven of Blackheath, and heat them by 26 runs on the first innings, scoring 102 as against 76. Sydney Christopherson took five wickets, and Stanley Christopherson four, in addition to scoring 29, the highest innings for the family being 36 by C. Christopherson. At Nether Green, near Sheffield, on August 25, a match -was played between two elevens, one of which was exclusively made up of cricketers of the name of Waterfall. The umpire was a Waterfall, as was also the scorer, and it was stated that among the spec­ tators the Waterfalls outnumbered all the others. The third case was at Bise, where, on the August Bank Holiday, eleven sons of Mr. W. G. Wallgate, of West Hill, Aldborough, played against the Bise Club, ^TfQ.rt1 m monr noidci IB a Irvnnril Ladies’ ” matches were played in a y parts of the ki gdom, and are far too numerous to be given here, the fair sex having developed a great devotion to the game. In Cumberland, during the latter part of the season, two matches wrere played between the Ladies of Brayton and those of Greystoke. In the first encounter the latter eleven proved suc­ cessful, but in the subsequent* engagement the Ladies of Brayton had their revenge.. “ Ladies with Bats v. Gentlemen with Broomsticks” was the title of several contests; the ladies, it must be admitted, generally proving successful. At Bamsbottom, on October 4, thanks to some capital play on the part of the relatives of B. G. Barlow, the Lancashire cricketer, the Ladies won by 9 runs, scoring 42 to 33, and under similar