The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-05 00:00:00

STOURWIDGE CRICKET CLUB.

The annual ineetia, in connection with the
stuurbrhlg e rieket Crab was held at the Talbot
Hotel on SAturday ev,ei.rg last, when the folio

very creaitto,le re-oort7lll.;pre7;tetl,
Report for the year ncleti October 31st, 1835.

In pr,senting the u, ...1 annual report ;your com-
tuittee h.ivw every rea-t0 te congratulate the mem-
Ts on the increa,ed 3'16 cois of the Club, and its
improved financial posi n.
The cooluti- en rei 'y flinch in htei to tirt,
out,tes, 0: -'...rtuiford and Warrir-,p;ton, for her
kindtrea3 in -allowing the free use of -the
:fround...

The cAin ht s now 141 me-nher, an increase of 19
tl3, prcvi;,us year. 39 n niembe,s ; ave
:lecetl. 13 have resigned, and 7 have been struc,i,
,7.ff after repen ed for their outstandin
4iilos,iriptions. The subscriptions rave com-ain
bAter than during 1884. but there is sad room for
iuuch improvement in this respect. The ditEtn2lo
in collecting the sulThcriptions causes an unneees-
stry amount of work, and your committee hope th,-
members will r-cognise the importance of p lying
heir dues at least before the end of the sei,son,

The financial position of the club is particularly
goxl, owin4 to ihe contina,hl fsUCC,'eS of the Annual
Spor s, and the increased membership; the annual
übsriptions amounting to .2103 15s Od, as coin-
:,ared with £7l tHs 01 for 1831. Ana,i;g ()the-
t.sets ban ; 1 to yortr coruutir•ee on taking oflic;‘,
,vos an anicuut ot £77 iss 01 tor outstaWing sub-
: ,r,ly ions end rionations. Of this amol,,t they
A .vc beet obliged to sirike off the large proportion
2,3 Mas bad, thus lea;ing only £l3 12s 66
to be credited to he fund... In dealin, with tii.
plesent ac, nets, your coma:lado have gone care-
fully through nil the outstancling subscriptions,
aril the amount put down under this head is £4l
lOs Od, tutin4 .t 3,3 5s 01 less than last year. In
November 1851, the w.p.:,unta showed a balance in
he Bank of £llO lOs 41. Your committee are now
tble to hand over a cash balance of .219.1 Os 6d.
As there w,is no cricket, and very little .tenni
material fit for use at the commencement of th,
sea,on, your conatnitt,a were compellei to spend a
arge sum in purchasing the necessary articles,
and there is now a con-ilerable quantity of tiott
•ricket and tennis material available for use next
easott.

At the urgent rogues: of members your conimittee
:Wed adttitional lockers in the p.ivillion at a cost ,o
1:5 11s 10a, and an annual rent of 28 G. tor the us,
of the saute was agrent upon. Up to the present
time, however, the :eat of only one locker has beet
)aid.

Your commiaa... are ,11.ab1e to make any report
vespecting the pi posed eniargemeot of the ground
and the 1. yiog ,;(vwn (.1a eind-r path, owing to th,
inav6lclable k,hy ii tho ne otiati,ins respe,etity
';;;1.1, etc., hut the matter is still ii
limpla of Air. W. Perry; the surveyor to th,
club.

Favoured with divining weathr. and an u 7.
,reeedented niu,ber -of spPetatofs. the Antal,
`lllllei.. held on August 17th. were a 7rea
mccess. Th rec.ipis from the sale of tickets beton
..he day, and e,sh I,lc nat the gap, amount To
t:273 15s Od, as a. a ust £235 is 2d for ISBI, STw
donstioes to £27 sOd as coward with £2;
, 61 Your conitulttee_ciid not ask fo-,. any prize',,
idr!.,kep Lip the wild! hig-
were ~:bb ~;-!,?0.1 t3,expen
0 •:'is h. -ts c?"tiliAired with £6?:
19a 0,1 i•re.;i.ous year. TlP'toTal eXp(lnSei-
irliOlillt 'lO 'T., a.;.:ain,4t -.20i- Os 11d fo:
sp,rts shoot sho,ving a pro6t
13• 51. 'l' genera halfwee sheet shows
irofit f.r the w: ole of toe ye,r ,?f £lO6 10s 2.
The 25-guinea C.ll,llenge Cup, kimily presented
y our President, 1r W J. Ifttruey, J.P., for the
01/0 yards race. and the 20 guinea Chrenograp
siwilv renewed ky Mr. Ity. Doug:as for the
;Jcvele, ra e, were won tile second tine in sucecs,tioL.
dr. nook find Mr, .Auster rispectively, thhe
oecoming thsir absolve property, and it will be
?ecesy to roic-ider the best way in which Hie
.-eloatle pi iz(.s can he replaced for the c-inine

1.40 a, thi, Presi.;,nf Challeugo Cu:
'•.;: Li:. 120 ards r e was taken tram the holder,
Wood, 1),.: R tehie, who will ha% e tc
•...0;ltra! it % r comp :text ear. Wii ifo ex.
Y.p..ion of the rAces, the rpert was of tho
1-nil high chaziteter seeu at he S'.ourbiidgt.
etin,:,

During th,t seaFrn the club has played 16 first
aid 12 sec ntd elev• n matches. Of tie former 6
vere won, 6 drawn. and 4 lost, and of the latter 6
were won, 2 urawn, and 4 lost. The total nuniber
.tf runs scored ler the club in the first eleven
'latches is 1370 Co• 145 ,ictets the highest score
being 215, and tht. low:;st 42; as against a total
.f 1383 for 157 w c:iets (the highest score being
i4l and the loweit 43) for 18S!, In second eleven
.a tches the total is 1263 ;or 93 wickets highes,
.cote 235, lowest 33. against a total of 1048 far 107
,ickets (highest :.coie 161, luw.tst 23) for the pre-
vi.,ns leaf. .

H Turney w;th an ,iver,ige o 6.8 for 11
is entitled to thb pres,.‘utati,,n bat for the
,i4hest batting itvera,ie, and Mr. J. Penn take,
Gne bat for the beat amat,ur t,owling i.verage.
Two individual aeores of over 50 have been made
in first eleven ra,tehes durinv, the ssaßon, viz:—
Ir. It. Turney 67, and Mr. A. 'J. Ott( r 53. Thesf•
tb:fraore etici) tntitled t.o a preenta-
ion bat.

Lir- Co nmit te a fing t tph ton,
wbo was tngagett st th:, commencement of th-
esson, on Jute 15th, n a.,ed Wrol. w. o had becri
:Loployect as rofe,-sio: al i,ovirkr r-
sity or th:eti aiu. LLs ho.isling. and genera:
•onduct were so satistact-u-y. thf:t your comuti,tr.
lire ugn ,ngtt.zrd him fir next sea-on at it vh-ek
-itilary of £2 5s Od, ,-nt,lect to the anroval of the
:flouting comaiittc:e.
White your committee regret to say that tile in -
itaterest in foothill has so fallen off that no t an
connection with the club has beeu termed for .hr
of l's-6, they a.o dto report: the;
the interest in tennis has very much increased, and
t, tinst tie n W.• is principally t, tie
rtie c.xtra fvork , ) colitis, as well as the
to keep toe g oun in the best pcssi b ordrr,
id..is pri;ate a. cessiutted the m-
ployment of a ground man at a weekly wage of
14s.

At the request tie tnuH piay.ug menit era of
the club, your cummittee have conside ed it advis-
Ale to undertake the laying down (at a cat not
-xceeciing £2O) of three Lew Cuts in the small
deld adjoirrin,:. the criel‘ct ground, and they will
he ready for the use of players int he spriug if 1886.
Thia ituprovernent wid leave the cricket ground en-
tirely to cricket a .d bowls, and enable tenn's to be
played during cricket ruaLhes. It is confi lenrly
hoped that the extra accomodation thus prrvided
wit considerably increa,e the membership of the
club.

In conelwi in, ycur committee Ilk-artily the
donors, and ail tilt se gei,tlemen who kindly assisted
at the Kroris.