Cricket Notes.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6654, 20 September 1889, Page 4

Cricket Notes.

» Ifc is Baid that W. L. Murdoch will be seen in the field again during the coming season. Provided he can regain his old form he will play for New South Walos against Victoria. During Pilling^ reign at the wickets on "behalf of Lancashire he has captured no less than 400 wickets. Playing for the Gentlemen of Surrey against the Philadelphians, W. W. Bead scored 105 and 130. The Surrey totals were 294 and 355, while the Philadelphians wade 458 and 43 for three wickets. Scott scored 142 and Morgan 98. The match ended in a draw. The following ia from Truth:— Aa an example of the amount of intelligent interest displayed in cricket by the ladies, I may cite (writes a correspondent) the following fragment which I overheard on Lord's ground: JTair enthusiast, who has been listening (?) for half-an-hour to a laborious description of the game — "And Mr Brown, do tell me, which, count moat* runß or wickets ?" During the past few years the English amateur bowlers have been exceedingly weak — a fact that is emphasised more every season. A writer in the London Sporting Life laments the deterioration of the amateur bowlers since the days when W. G. Grace, A. G. Steel and C. T. Studd were able to compare favourably with the best of the professional bowlers; The nurseries of English amateur cricket are the public schools and universities, and the writer referred to complains that batsmen get too much and bowlers too little encouragement. The result is that plenty of staggers, more or less successful, are developed, but no really good bowlers come to the front to help the gentlemen against the professionals. The best amateur bowler in England at the present time is S. H. J. Woods, and he is an Australian. This latter fact is satisfactory from an Australian point of view. Until another great amateur bowler is brought out it is difficult to understand how the gentlemen are to defeat the professionals, who always have plenty of trundlers. Surrey were taxed to their utmost to defeat Derbyshire on July 23. The weather was very bad, which accounts tat the email scores. Surrey made 123 and 148, JUohmann with with 12 and not out 30, and Lockwood with 0 and 43, being the highest scorers. Derbyshire made 90 in their first innings, which left them 182 to win. Of this number they made 133, the bowling of Bowley, who waa put on after Lohmann and Beaumont had failed, proving altogether too good for the batsmen. He secured six wickets for 13 runs. Notts and Yorkshire played a close and interesting game at Sheffield, the former winning by 36 runs. Notts-scored 225 and 134, the best figures being Gunn's 87 and 26, Scotton's 51 and 50, and FlowmU 1 25 and 13. Shrewsbury was not 'pMay ing for hia County. Yorkshire's totals were 201 and 123, Peel being highest scorer with 60 and 1 ; Wainwright contributed 2 and 50, Lee 41 and 0, and Ulyett 28 and 6. Peel took ten Notts* wickets for 78 runs. Though no less than 7$ runs behind on the first innings in their match against Yorkshire, the Lancashire eleven played up so plnckily that when the game ended they were able to claim a victory with only 3 runs to spare. Lord Hawke not oat, 52 and 3 ; Lee, 42 and 0 j and Waiinmght, 0 and 27, were the highest contributors to the Yorkshire totals, 160 and 71; while Brigga, 25 and 41 j Baker, 5 and 29 j and Watson not out, 16, and not out, 16, were the best of the Lancashire batsmen, whose scores were 81 and 153. The two fast | bowlers, Ulyett and Mold, met with extra-. ; ordinary success. Their averages, too, ! were very equal, Ulyetb's twelve wickets for Yorkshire costing 102, Mold's thirteen for Lancashire 111 runs. Notts secured a very easy victory over Kent, who were defeated by an innings and forty-three runs. This made Notts' sixth successive win in first-class matches by more than an innings, an extraordinary and tmprecedented record. The scores were-^Notta, 302 (Gunn, 80 ; Barnes, 60 j Flowers, 49 ; Shacklock, 36) } Kent, 140 and 119 (L. WiLon, 43 and 50 j W. Bashleigh, 22 and 27; F. Marchant, 31 and 4). Shacklock, who has been bowling with great raccess this year,, again contributed in a grtafc measure to the victory of his aide. Jfe was credited with, nine Kent wickets, /at an average of exactly eleven runs. "

v. South, of England, was cQDbelnded on Jidyl3. This match was for the benefit of B. PQlmg, and it ia expected that a profit of jeiOOC will result. W. G. Grace captained the Sooth team, whioh included T. C. O'Brien, Abel, Lohtaann, andK. J. Key. In. their first xnaings South made 204, Key being top scorer' with 58 sons. Ia their second innings they made 188, Gs&ce contributing 48 and Abel 65. The North team was captained by A. N. Hornby, and included TJlyett, Barnes, Feel, Briggs, A. iQ. Steel and Atteweil. The North in their first innings made 27L, F. H. Sagg getting 89. In their second innings, when they had lost four wickete for 47 runs play cashed, the game resulting in a draw.