New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-27
SPORTS ON LAND AND WATER
CLOSING THE CRICKET SEASON.
anoi1T CLUBS AND MEN-ANECDorES VI
TAT. WICKET AND UMPIRE.

win the departure of the English crickete;s on
rhrrslay there remain few really hrst-ciass
matches 10 he played ami after they are dsposed oi
hats will be soaked in oil and slowed away III green
boige bags pads aud all the other parapherhala 10
,or to the cricketors hearts will be consigned 10
cIosets not to sec the light of day till the flowers
that blooa, In the spring" como again.
The defeat sustained last week by the All new
York team, Ola Staten Island from the Gentlemen Oh
Fncla3d is o sore subject with cricketers aDont
horo Much better things were expected of lie team
and the only apparent reason Tor It's Collapse IS tna'
tbe nlavers LOST all confidence il themselves. Tue
- hovl;uo of Brucn proved deinoralzing. The
only way to play it was to get off the crease ana
.,vi,e at the ball. hut woe betide the man who let
,ha hall BASS. for Benton would haze his stumps
hofore he could say Jack Robinson The All
New York eleven was selected with the greatest
care No pains were spared to collect the best
amateur and professional strength in this part OF
tho limited States Possibly one or two men c0ula
have beer omitted and others substituted VINO
wonld have @come off" better. but taken as
whole il was undoubtedly good representative
team Of tho cricketers in NewYork aud its vicinity.
Several of the men had made centuries curing tue
season AMI nine of the eleven were known 10 DC
GOOD bowers The Englishmen naturally were
;,hi,o,t II helrea 10 wipe out the unpleasant
n
aud all arc delighted with their visit here. They
saw thoy have had capital time, enjoyed them
selves amaziYgly will go home with nothing but
nleasaut rceollectons of their visit, and hope 10
came over again before long. Tie only intimately
incident OF their tip has been the injury TO
Roller's arm while playing i'll Toronto. The
accident was unfortunate in tho extreme. prevent
ing him as it did from playing again until ho got Z"
New-York.
Tho Manhattan Wanderers" team organized
Inv H. Martin, of the Manhattaas, starts on weeks
tour tomorrow The following players will conf
prse the team: II. Martin. Tyers, DR.. Hubert
Carruthers, Il. II. 0gby, Stariland, IL. Hooper,
Fowler lowell, Cuddiley Williams w. T.
Denton. Garden; Thew. II. Stewart Munroe, Sidford.
Mountford. A. Martin and w. Martin. On Monday
New Haven will be played and on Tuesday Boston
will he reached They will not play on that day
INT watch the match between the Gen
tlemen of England and All New-tngiand On
Wednesday the Quincy CinD will be played at
Quincy: on Thursday the Long woods at Boston: on
Friday, Harvard College; and on Saturday the tour
will lie wound up with match at Highlandvlllo
with the local club. They all expect TO have
firstrae time, and 4 1T proves successful hope to
''j 4 curious compilation has been uaugurated by
TIE London Trutit a weekly society journal prize
henr offered for the best original cricket anecd0te
An iiulnrnse pumber were sent IN and so'no OF the
best printed. One or two of the most amusing
among them are these: ,
A yillce natch-One Of the nrlpires had not come.
A looker-on, fond of watching the game but
Ignorant of its principles, volunteers his services
Presently wicket keeper, Whipping OH the pals
snarty, cries: II 'w's that' Umpire Wun-
II was in Ireland that on the end of q match the
umpire carefully studied lilly Whit" from cover
10 cover The best bat on the opposite side was
pretty well set with twenty runs TO bis credit. when
n short pitched buaiped hit INN on the thigh
and went into slips hands.
d" How's thatT
IImpire-" OUT
sHow am ont ~ asked the astonishcd batsman.
q Hit you below the wrist
Hcruily takes his county team at the emil OF each
ye..r to play local eighteen OF Nantwich aud dis
frct and four yeaIs ago n: the tail end of that team
came in n yeritable yokel. The first ball lie
r"ceiveI one OF Crosslands fast Workers HIT hn OF
the knees -
Not out, /" said the umpire.
The batsnIan, however. carefully shoulderc1 his
bat and was seen to be painfully limpng for the
You'r not out my man." said tho umpire.
"No" he said, "but pn going. though"
The umpire for a school eleven was an old ser
named Roberts cut ball and tipped it into wicket
keepers hands. An appeal was laade to the
sergeant who gave Not eon,' ana general ds.
one hit Roberts gu tie leg. Another appeal
Decision, HOut" Roberts left the wicket
grunbiiac when the sergeant gave the following
Roberts seeing as the first time gave YOU rot hOut
when you ,cgs bout, Il now give you hOut although
You are mt hout."
Staten Islanders at the present juncture will
readily appreciate the last anecdote. A story il
told among the island cricketers about whD
was brought down to the ground at New-Bright0n
spd initiated into the mysteries of cricket After
lie had played his innings ard had returned Ia the
club he was asked how he liked the game. "Wel"
he replied, call il a very mean Kind Of game.
Why, tho first ball it me III the cad. tie second
bali Ut inc in the feye, aad the third ball bowed
me hout. Call that a game"
In ENGLAND the SEASON ~ practically over ii
ending some weeks earlier than here. All the first
class counties have finished playing and have made
up their averages. For the third time in succession
tingbamshre cones out first. They played
twelve matches, winning half OF them. losing only
one and drawing five. The solitary defeat was at
that county ending in draw. Sussex and
Glouecstefshire they heat each. and Derby
shire AID Middlesex ana Surrey twice each;
Shrew sbury heads the batting table with grand
aggregate of 4,761 runs in six cen innings. His
highest OF the season was 224 not ont. Barnes
heads the bowling with forty seven wickets at
cost of 1913 apiece Yorkshire is the second county
with n record OF seven matches won and only two
lost ont of sixteen played. Ulyett heads the
average in bowling with eight wickets at cost Of
o. runs average l2.l. Lee tons the batting with
a total OF Tvs rams in twentyfOur innings average
3t.11. Kent has played nine matches winning four
and losing three. w II. Patterson leads tho batting
a, erage with 1873 runs in ten INNINGS: average
4S.I, the Rev. H. T. Thornton, the captain of the
team at present in the United States, being second
with 337 rams IN ten innings. average 374. In the
bowng Wooton and Alec Hearne run each other
very close with averages of 1915 and 1923
respectively. Surrey makes good record-twelve
matches played, eight won and four lost W. W.
Read leads the batting with ,249 rms in tive MY
six innings: average As; w. j.; Roller. at present
playing with tho EngliShmen here, being second
with $50 runs in fifteen innings. average 800
Roller leads the bowling with record Of nineteen
wickets for POI runs; average 1914, IIorDer
another member of the team playing here being
third with twenty-five wickcts for $50 runs, aver
age 1877. MiddlcseX been unlncky. only
winning tive out OF ten matches SrOtt takes the
batting average. 80 and Burton the bowling 17.5
Sussex PLAYED twelve matches. won two. lost eight
and two were drawn. +. NJ. Lucas leafs the
AVERAGE 1O4.1. Juniper takes the bowling eight
wicketS for I4s runs; average 1874 Gloucester.
shire played twelve matches. Won four lost seven
and ono wa. drawn w. s. Grace reads the batting
with tho splendid record OF 600 runs far twenty
three innings; average 45.15. and also leads the