Cricket.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5373, 12 November 1888, Page 2

Cricket.

The American record for a single innings has been beaten. On August 25, in a match between the Congwood and Thornton Clubs, the former compiled -112 in their first innings, which is the largest innings overplayed in the States. The Thornton eleven were dismissed for the small total of 18. An issue of coupons by London Truth to ascertain tho best all-round player, best batsman, best fast bowler, best medium paced bowler, best slow bowler, and best wicket-keeper in the work], has resulted in Bluckham being placed head and shoulders over all the world as a wicket-keeper. Sherwin is second ; but Blackham outvotes two to one. Grace, according to those who voted, is best batsman, best all-round player, and best point ; LoHmanu, best fast bowler; Turner, best medium ; P co l, best j slow bowler.

The wind-up of tho county cricket season liv England brings out tho largo proportion of Surrey's victories ; the face that 234 was the highest innings hit against Kent; that Nottinghamshire not only played the lowest innings of the year, but had,*if we may use the expression, tho worst best innings; and that Sussex was tho only team which did not some time orotherdismiss its opponents for less than 100 runs. Tho aggregate tables show, further, that Surrey's batting was farstronger than that of any other team, and that the Surrey bowling was also the best, but that li ere "Kent ran the champion county pretty close, and, in fact, Kent owes its position almost entirely to the improvements in its bowling. Surrey's batting is so consistently good that seven of tho"team average over twenty runs an innings; while tho performance of liohmann, in taking 112 wickets for less than 9 runs each, is so magnificent as to challenge comparison with any cricketing feat in the history of the game.

In the 11 a-side matches during the past season, George Lohmaiui, the Surrey bowler, has tho following record:—l93G-3 overs, 007 maidens, 2707 runs, and 253 wickets, with an average of 10-177. This result is arrived at by addiug to his bowlin" in first-class mutches what he has done in six matches against miner counties in which he played for Surrey. Charles Turner, tlio great Australian bowler, lias for tho season the following figures :—2,V3!).3 overs V>'>'> maidens, ::4.<>2 runs, and 314 wickets, with an average of 11.38 A comparison is thus made between tho doings of tho two most remarkable bowlers of the year. Playing for Mr. Lawson's eleven, Spoflorth took eight wickets for 40 for Lord CuiWs team against Wvco'mbe eight.wickets for 50, aud for Bread'all six 7 a „! , , m V y , I "' , Sons hllvo wondered why Spoflorih did not play in any of their representative or other matches of the Australian Eleven, it should be stated that the demon was perfectly willing to render the team his best assistance. He wrote to jYlr. Benl expressing his willingncas to play, but for some reason or other he was not asked.