The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

CRICKET.

THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. THE
GENTLEMEN OF KENT.
If any instance were required to show the folly of the
system of practise which has of moil recent years ob-
tained among the gentlemen who devote their leisure
hours to the cultivation of cricket, it will be found in the '
details of the present match, where, on the on the side,
there was hardly a bowler. The evil we allude to in the
practice is, that the majority of gentleman think only of
their batting, and manifest a disinclination-even those
who have very conside:. a,ble promise as bowlers-to try
to get up their bowling. Hence the lamentable result
of this day. Mr. Mynn or Mr. anybody else cannot,
by the laws of nature, last for ever ; and, therefore, it
should have been the duty of some of our juvenile friends
in Kent, or of those who look after the interests, in a
cricket sense, of the county, to have taken care that
some three or four of the rising generation who had dis-
played a taste for this bench of the game, should have
carried on their practice until they had become more or
less efficient, if not more or less formidable, with the ball.
We remember, some year or two since, having complained
that the gentlemen did not apply themselves more to bowl-
ing and less to the bat, adding that, if those who were
bowlers in heart and by nature would take their practice
half-and-half, or, in other words, if they would divide
their practice equally between the bat and the ball,
we should no longer have to regret the want of good
amateur bowling. We well remember that some one of
that body wrote, alleging, as the reason that there was
so much deficiency of bowling among the gentlemen,
that gentlemen after a time entered some profession, or
became engaged in other pursuits, or went abroad, or
died. Hence the cause of the defalcation in this depart-
ment. In reply to this shift of the subject, we deny
that it is any answer to the complaint unless the writer
intends to be understood that, according to his view, a
gentleman is to devote four, or five, or more years of
the early stage of his life at the bat only. What we
have ever held is, that he who plays at cricket should
try to bowl in his younger days, and if he finds that his
head and his arm run together, then that he should
divide his practice in the attainment of excellence of
each. By such a course, it would soon be discovered
that there would be no lack of effective bowlers among
the gentlemen. To this subject we shall return on a
future day, quitting it now with this remark, that the
want of bowling on the part of Kent, and the inability
of the majority of her batsmen to overcome that of Sir
F. Bathurst and the slow of Mr. Nash, caused a defeat
to fall upon that county the like of which at the
moment we do not call to mind. Nevertheless, we hope
that the result of this day will put our young Kentish
cricketers on the qui vive. '
The proceedings were honoured by the presence of a
large assemblage, and among the number we noticed the
Marquis of Drogheda, the Earl of Leicester, the Earl
of Durham, the Earl of Darnley, the Countess of Darn-
ley and party, Lord Guernsey, Lord Lascelles, Lord
Marcus Hill, Lord Royston, the Hon. R. Grimston, the
Hon. S. Ponsonby, the Hon. E. Bligh, the Hon. H.
Bligh, the Hon. D. Astley, the Hon. R. C. Neville' the
Hon. J. Trevor, Sir John Bayley, Sir Hume Campbell,
Sir Frederic Bathurst, &c.
The Gentlemen of England went in first, being repre-
sented by Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Henry. The former
ran up a score of 34, by a 4, two 3's, six 2's, and the re-
quisite amount of isingles ; and the latter was not re-
moved until he had obtained 17, by a 4, two 3's, a brace
of 2's, and 3 singles. Then came Mr. Haygarth and
Mr. Balfour. The latter was bowled by Mr. Norton,
without having made any contribution ; but the former
was not removed until he had placed a double number
upon the paper, by means of four 3's, a brace of 2's and
two couple of singles. Mr. Hankey and Mr. H. Aitken
followel, and singular enough tied each other in
the number of runs they obtained, twenty-five being
the respective totals. Mr. Hankey's number con-
sisted of a 4, four 3's, two 2's, and six
singles ; whilst Mr. Aitken's number comprised
a 4, three 3's, a 2, and ten singles. Mr.
Ward, after gaining a 4, succumbed to a ball de-
livered by Mr. E. Bligh ; but Mr. Wynch, who suc-
ceeded that gentleman, carried out his bat, leaving a
score of 34 behind him. Mr. Nash was bowled by Mr.
Norton for 6, and Mr. Marillier and Sir F. Bathurst
contributed 5 between them. The total of this innings
was 184.
The Gentlemen of Kent then went to the wicket, and
a reference to the score will show that the gross number
they obtained was 69 only. Of these Mr. Fenn pre-
sented 14, by a 3, three 2's, and five singles ; Mr An-
drews the like number, by a 5, a 3, a 2, and four l's ;
and the Hon. H. Bligh 12, by a 4, two 3's, and the like
number of singles. The Gentlemen of Kent, at the
close of their first irmino.s, were required to follow their
hands, being 100 runs behind their opponents, according
to law, 46. This they did, but in their second essay they
failed by 4 to make as many as in their first effort. The
double numbers in this innings were those of Mr. Nor-
man, who contributed 16, by a 4, three B's, and three
singles ; and the Hon. E. Bligh, who gave 23, by a 5, a
4, three 2's, and the rest in singles. The result of the
day's play was that the Gentlemen of England won in
one innings by 50 runs. The final score stood as
follows :-

BNGLAND.

First Innings.
34

W. Nicholson, e Fenn, b Norton
C. Henry, b Ba.shleigh
A. Haygarth,. 1 b w, b Mynn
C. Balfour, b ;Norton
_

Hankey, b Bligh
H. Aitken, c Fredericks, b Rash Ugh 25
A. B. Ward, b E. Bligh ...... 4
C. G. Wyuch, :not out
J. Nash, b Nort;on 6
W. B. Marrillie r, st Andrews, b Fredericks 1
Sir F. Bathurst., b Fredericks 4
Byes, Sce.. l4

Total
KENT.

~.184

First Innings. Second Innings
W. Bashleigh, b Bathurst 0 c Ward, b Na5h...... 3
W. M. Fenn, 0 Balforrr, b Nash 14 b Nash 8
W. S. Norton, b Bathurst, 3 c Nash, b Bathurst... 4
A. Mynn, c Wynch, b Nash ....
C. Norman, st Nicholson, b
Bathurst .
Hon. E. Bligh, b Nash 7 c Haygarth, b Bat-
urst
H. Andrews, b Nash
F. Fredericks, a Ait7te n, b Nash 0 b Nash ... 0
H. Murray, b Bathua*.t.
S. Smith, b Nash...
Hon. H. Bligh, not out l2 b Bathurst 0
Bye
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Total

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 3.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Diana, from Amsterdam ;
Vesta, Harlingen ; Trinity Yacht, Eleutheria ; Denmark,
Rotterdam ; Wilheln aine, Dour Odder ; Alicia, Marstrand ;
Carl Johann, Bor re gaand ; Bellona, Drontheitu ; Lady
Berridale, Antwer p ; Prosperitas, Frederickstadt ; War-
rior, Windau ; Tis nt ti, Norkoping ; Claudiana, Nykiobing ;
Pomona, Stettin ; .01 'ebo, do. ; Clementina, Zante ;
Memel ; Archimet lei I, Charente ; Fleur de Lis, Madras
and Demerara ; Al pl la, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Dio-
linda, Oporto ; Eleanor, Mauritius ; Forsaget, Dram ;
Farmers, Teneriffe ; Hoppet, Gothenburg ; Shepherdess,
St. John's, N.B. ; Mutual, Stettin ; Alfred, Leghorn ;
Julia, Shanghai ; :EI armonie, Marstrand ; Richard, Wol-
gast ; Hirondelle, I►L alaga and Gibraltar ; Adolar, Bahia ;
Kate Kearney, Ba tl curet ; Lena, Aoyer ; Hope, Chincha
Island ; Fairy, Danttzic ; Johanna Frederika; Nykiobing ;
Star, Rotterdam ; ,Concepcion, Torreveja ; Eliza Hart,
Algoa Bay ; Thomas Arbuthnot, Quebec ; Havering, Cal-
cutta ; Samerang, IL mg Kong ; Maria Agnes, Barbaxloes ;
Cecilia, Kjoge ; Me►jor Wolff, Mayaguez ; William Ash,
Cape of Good Hope; Schembre, Patras and Dragomestre ;
Active, Oporto.
ENTERED OUTW.O MS FOR LOADING.—The Cadet, for
Launceston ; Joha at to Hendrika, Geelong ; Mary and
Eliza, Antwerp ; Me demblik, Barcelona ; Olivia, Ade-
laide ; Concord, Kest ch, &c. ; Atrevida, Bombay.
CLEARED OUTW.A.RDS WITH CARGO.—The Nautilus, for
Mauritius ; Eleanc a, do. ; Monarch, Calcutta ; Comet,
Genoa ; Sanata, B:avannah ; Vallisneria, Cape of Good
Hope ; Shepherdes, 3, Algoa Bay ; Robin, Lisbon ; Prince
of Wales, Sydney; Kew Orleans, Odessa.