CRICKET.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2504, 17 April 1882, Page 3

CRICKET.

MIDLAND 0.0.0.

The following are the averages of the first eleven of the Midland Club for season 1881-82, taken from the All England, Oiago, and Association Olub matohes :

FIKST ELEVEN BATTING AVERAGES.

"PRESS" v OPERA. A matoh was played on Saturday last on the Association ground, between a team selected from the Pbesb office and an eleven of the Williamson's Opera Company, whioh resulted, aa will bo seen by the scores appended, in favor of the latter team by 21 rung on the first innings. Owing to the ground being very heavy from the late rains, the scoring was very low all round. Mr Williamson captained the Opera team, Mr Board doing a like service for tho Fbbbb, the toss resulting in the Fbbbb men taking the wickets first. Ploy commenced about a quarter past two, the stumps being drawn at half-past five, and, as the weather was all that could be desired, a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. Mr Williamson's team, considering they have but very little praotice, deserve great credit for the manner in which they acquitted themselves, and indeod several of its members Bhow exoellent oil round cricket. The team may be said to be more successful than any of the previous opera companies, they having now achieved a viotory over good representative elovons from both the morning newspaper offices. The Pbbsb went to the wickets about a quarter to five for their second innings, but as the light was very bad, they only succeeded in obtaining about the average of the first innings. iho following is the score:—

" Pbkss." Ist Tnniuga. 2nd Innings. Allardyce, b Ford ... 0 c Verdi, b Dovereaux ... ... J 3 Edmonds, b Moore 14 b Thomas ... 8 Oalvert, run out ... 8 bThomaß 10 Smith, lbw, b Ford 7 b Moore 0 Brant, run out ..- 5 Bt Ford, b Thomas 7 Board, b Ford ... 0 c and b Thomas ... 0 P. Maurice, at, b Moore 3 at Thomas, b Pord 1 R. Maurice, at, b Thomas ... ... 5 b Thomas... ... 0 Cant, not oit ... 3 b Devereaux „. 2 Balfour, b Devereaux 0 ABhby, c and b Ford 0 Total for nine Total 45 wickets ... 43 Opbba. Ist Innings. Eobson, o Brnnt, b Smith 1 Devereaux, b Allardyce 7 D'Klmaine, c Allardyce, b Smith 5 Ve»di, c Board, b Smith 8 I'homas. c Brunt, b Calvert 16 W. Ford, hit wicket, b Smith 0 J. Ford, c Brunt, b Calvert 10 Vernon, b Calvert 3 Williamson, c Calvert, b Allardyce 0 Moore, not out ... ... ... Beaumont, b Calvert 8 Byes 3 Total 66 On Friday last a matoh wes played in Mr D. Dohrmann's paddock, at Carleton. between the Oarleton Club and a team from Oxford. The looal club put together in their first innings 42, and in the aeoond innings 23, while their opponents scored in their first innings 28, and in the second innings 64. The Oxford Club played the matoh out. The bowlers for Oarleton were MossrsW. A. Banks and J. F. Dohrmann, and those for the Oxford team Meesrs Keats and Johnston. Great interest was taken in the match by the residents in the district.

Names. 1 "^ I? i d So S I'll § a a 1 - a » 3 ffl 1 s d' .9 o 2 > 5 M | H £ a < 0. Strange 19 1 511 104 28.4 S. Watson 20 4 450 U36 28.1 Horner, sen 2 1 23 «24 28 T. Buchanan 13 3 245 48 24.5 W. H. Atack 16 3 270 »85 20.S 3. Fowke 21 4 316 51 18.6 A. "Washer 14 0 260 103 19.6 P. Phillpot 15 0 221 54] 14.7 W. H. Lodge la 1 158 38 14.4 L. Cohen 3 0 33 25 11 J. Fowler 16 0 160 27 10 H. Edser 7 0 66 32 9.4 J. D. Fairhurst 14 1 104 33 8 E. T. A. Fuller .. 18 3 85 23 5.7 !*'}.','* >*--pHH>:i!.' iW.-M:! a " C. Strange II If 5 s 11 i 1 n S l 33 6 11 1 i 3.1 E. T. A. Fuller ... 19 271 31058158 10 0 10.6 J. D. Fairhurst ... 19 144 i 677 69 47 3 14.5 W. H. Ataek 12 f3 3 236 22 16 0 14.7 H. Edser 7 42 I 190 17 12 0 15.8 A. Washer 3 14 5 94 3 3 0 31.3 L. Cohen 2 a ) 34 2 0 — —