CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 7339, 11 October 1887, Page 3

CRICKET.

Crawshaw headed the list of batting averages for the Lancaster Park Club last season. His average was 55 runs per innings ; Dunlop (27.3) and Winding (27.2) being his nearest attendants. In bowling IHimlop's twenty-six wickets cost him 12.50 runs per wicket. The same Club opened the present season on the first Saturday of the month with a match Eleven v. Twenty-two. If the bowling of W. Frith—who has decided to play for this Club—on the opening day is to be taken as a criterion of his form, long scores will certainly not be very frequent. In this match he took five wickets for 3 runs. Sixteen out of the twenty-two failed to score.

The professional Cooper has been engaged by Lancaster Park for the coming seqsqn ior the yery moderate sunj of Lf a;, more than half of Vhtch has already been subscribed. Cannot either of our leading clubs, either singly or oonjointly—when a teacher is to be had for such a reasonable figure—do likewise? We feel convinced that were the Phoenix or Carisbrook Clubs to follow in the footsteps of our Canterbury neighbors there would be no repetition of Saturday night's wrangling over the reaplMcm »'Hotf; many clubs should North Ground." Juniors are not so blind but what they oan discern that it. is to their benefit to belong to a,club .offeiipgsach advantages, even though they may have to pay a little more. This is certainly the view taken by the Canterbury juniors, at any rate, for Lancaster Park have entered three teams for. the junior, cup- competitions,