FORTY YEARS OF CRICKETS.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7700, 4 November 1890, Page 2

FORTY YEARS OF CRICKETS.

Br W. G. Gbaok.

NoL XXV.—CaicacßT m ia Majshood. 1881.

The 6«affs 1881 might be celM ithe lAnradSrer County yearrtes It played brlHiantty in all its matches, and cam? out verytarahead of the m**s. J*"** itftt with, ft possessed In its captain, Mr Hornby, on&ot the ablest snd moat popular of cricketers in England, who never spared himself whether he were playing s winning o» * losing game, sad whose enthusiasm infected every member or the team, Aβ a batsman,; Jbe had no superior that year; for not only did he perform grandly for his cooaty, but he cam© opt flrsj; In the averages in first-class erfefcefc : i It waa difficult to find a weak spot in tne ! eleven. In batting and bowling they coald I compare favourably with any eoant?,|. bu * ,it was very much, owing to thcar brfl«ant fieldine that such good reaalts rewarueo \ It may be advanced against 'their success that'five of them were playtax ■ nndei residential qtsalificafeions; bat it mast notbe forgotten taiatothereountiee would have beenjoaly 1»o glad to^nsva had them oa similar conditions, and the* It was owing t& the Cojamittee of the County Clab and excellent judgment of Mr Hornby tbsfc they had been originally selected and their powerd developed. Surrey was trying hard to recover its old position, and toe Committee invited colts from all parts of the county, to practise at the Qvai under the eyes of good and competent judges, The old arrangement of having a eolira match once or twice a year had aofc produced favourable reaultee, many a promising colfe failing to do himself ia-»tice thsoagh nervousness or some f?her cause. l>iu* gent pracfcice for & ..-week- or two wasi a better test, aad showed if they had the mjufriyig of coaaty players in them. Nottinghamshire was in the unfortu* nate posftf oa of having good players, and not belag able to use them. Seven of the eleven aftsr playing one match refused td play again taoleV they were. all engaged for the rest of the season. It waa a oIQ-w to the Committee, bat one that had to be

faced; for, if the malcontents had succeeded in theij 4enaand, county cricket would nave »S£®a*4 in Nottinghamshire and elsewhere. U a»id a great^ deal for the ttoUi* teteß* at fcke county that they could m£ke a lairebow the other couaUes wfttev* the aSE of the seven. Before *h© season was over; however, Sye of feham admitted fchey had made .* missjike, and were reinstated in the eleven, &od afterwards the county showed something of its true form. ,< Yorkshire had a vary good though d&ri&s ft part olifc theywere without the services of Hiii andlTlyeW; but they possessed a very succeesful bowler w Feate, and Bates and the evergreen Emmett gave him excellent support. Gloucestershire had in Woof a very promising bowler that year, but missed tßeeerffieeso* nay brother FresL Middlesex •was considerably strengthened by the bowling of Burton ;ra»d mxO.% Sfcndd's slltroond form, and brJUiant.wieket.i*eii ing of the Hon. A. Lyttelton, and Mr VerooaV daahioe ba3btin«, aU helpeA-to give it a good place. £ent suffered by the absence of —Eord Harris a season, and Sussed showed HtOe alga 6t improvement, j- ,; ■■ £ The Gentlemen won their macchea against the Players at the Oval and Lord's ; but the latter were without their best eleven, owing to the Nottinghamshire rupture. They were both « won by narrow majorities, However, and a few better contests wera." played during the year. A third match, played at Brighton lor the benefit; Of James Lillywhite, who had represented Sussex in every contest for twenty yeare> had a very exciting finish. The ■Gentlemen were left with 113 runs to make in their last innings; and when they had made 50 without the loss of a wicket everyone naturally thought the match was a gift to them; but, on Alfred Shaw going oa to bowl, a eoni' plete change occurred, and, amidst the greatest excitement, the Players pulled off an unexpected victory by one run. | was unable to play in this match, and was rather sorry for it; for I knew how serviceable Lilly white had been to his county. , Jupp had a benefit this year also—South. y. North, at the QvaJ,—but a county gagement kept mc away, and I had to be content with sending au manner of Jscood wishes for the success of one of the finest cricketers Surrey county ever produced. County results showed that— . If I I Lancashire .. - 18 Iβ 3 0 Yorkshire - — 16 10 3 3 Gloucestershire .10 4 4 2 Mlddleiaex .. «./ 9 3 3 3 NottinghamsMre .. 12 4 4 4 iCent *. ... - 10 3 0 7 Surrey .' ~ 2 U 4 1 9 Derbyshire .. « 8 2 1 6 Sussex .. .. w 12 3 1 8

Individual scoring was prood during the months of May, June, and July while the weather was dry and the wickets hard ; but heavy rains set in early in August, and were continued for the remainder of the season, which caused the pace to slacken considerably. A record was* established by Mr. WN, Roe, on the 12th :July, playing lor Emmanuel X. V. C. against CaiusL. V. C. at Cambridge, when he scored 415 not out, exceeding Mr. TyleCDte's score at Clifton in 1868 by 11 runs. Medical work took up more of my tiiue thU> year, and 1 did not play so much as formerly. Batting in Firsc-clase Matches in 1881, la hot! less than Ton Innings. j V-xv- <-;.■--■ ■:■■;>■. §'- - ; •■■■■ /f: ■ ■ : '' ■■ r :: - : :,,-,!' J 1.1.1: A. N. HornbylßJsq. - 37 1531 188 41.14 W. G. GraWlSg. . 793 37.13 C. P. H. DeSfie, &q. V- " 11 742 1U # 35.7: Ulyett .. .... 36 1197 112 33.9; W. Wj R«m!, .. -Mr SSI Iβ? 32.3j C. T. Studd, fesq. ... 25 799 113 31.24 L. O. Docker, Eaq. ..14 439 107 31.5: G.B. Btudd,Keq. -~21 647 106* 30.11 A. G. Steel, Eaq. ..28 834 106* 29.23 W; A. S»Q 15 483 • / 77,, i 28.3 702 107» 28.2] Lockwood .. .. 38 IWO 109 27.34 A. Shaw .. .. 11 29S 78» 27.1 J.CranfltctoiJßee. ~ IS * 817 ■63 26.5 Dr. B. M. Grace .. 14 353 77 25.3 G. P. Vernon, Esq. , v 85 858 119 *4.16 A. P. Lncas. Eaq. .J 85 -618 14S 2U2 „■. .; ■■'• ■..'. # /NetCB»lU • . ; . :' ■-»• '

The list comprises 1A gentlemen and 3 prof«aion%le. ; ..,_;-■ ■■ . • •„_.. ... ■. .■■: - : , Bowlingin First-daw Matches In IBBU HUI «. m 337.2 154 435 43 10.5 Naah « „" "*51.2 223 557 52 10.37 Wateon - « . 819 512 812; 69:11.53 Barlow ..' ;,, -T 74T.S 378 939 79 11.70 Peate ..- „ 1638 2 7312088 162 11144 A. G.Steel. Bi<fc - 1257 537 163 a 125 13.53 A.Bbaw .. .«, iStIA 581 999 72 I*B3 Jones .;- w 688 811 e« 45 14.34 Emmeife ~i (,«, v B«tt £60 14.21 Flowers .. w 173 210 GBB 46 14.13 Mycroft .. .979 5011343 90 14.83 Morlej •.. .. Btfc? 8681827 80 1527 C. T. StnadtEea. „ -357.2 428 1284 79 16.20' LUiTWbibe.. v .*. 843 88S 10*5 82 16.83 Bates .. ~ 1279.2 540 1883 114 18.59 G. G. Hoarne „ 771.13601078 6i lH,5i Midwinter. \., 81Q 265 918 61 18 W.a.Oraoe.Ksq.. 51L3 IS* 879 45 19.57 Barratt .. .. 811 332 1607 83 19.49 The ; list comprises 16 professionale and 3 amateurs.

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Watapn Barlow Peate