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Martin Bladan Ḥawke, the popular captain perkaim to none except Freeman) to that of of the Yorkshire County Eleven, is easily the being quite a useful change bowler in a county doyen, among, captains, having been born in team. In his primis nothing was more remark- 3860. He got his colours for Eton as a batsman able, about the man than his powers of en in 1878, and made a few runs both against durance. It was no great feat for him to bowl Winchester and Harrow, going in second for three hours at a stretch, maintaining not wicket down, which place proves that the Etan only his length and break, but also his great THE authorities had a high opinion of his powers. pace. It was this wonderful physical strength Next year he had at little success in either that helped to win the rubber Test Matok in school match, but in 1882, his freshman's year, Melbourne in 1895, and in almost averting we find him in the Cambridge XL, and scoring defeat in the similar match at Manchester in ∙15 and 30 against Oxford, his second innings 1896. Ou that occasion he bowled for three hours on end, and hardly sant down a roully bad ball; | being very smart. In 1883 he made a fluo seors.
of 141 for the Light Blues agalust an England in fact it took the Australians that time to Eleven, but failed against Oxford. Tiless store 125 rúns, six of them failing to his New stopped his play in 1884, bat in 1885 he captained prowess. It is true that 76 runs were hit the University and saw bis side victorious by off him, but all fast bowlers with a strong seven. wickets, the grand batting of C. W. break-back are expensive in enicks when the Wright (28), and H. W. Bainbridge (101) wicket is fast. Apart from his pacs his largely helping to this result. The captain accuray was remarkable, and he was one of had no great luck, but was in at the death; the few really fast bowlors who could pat his averages for his three years wore 24:43. an appreciable break-back on the ball on the 2538, and 155. Next year found him fairly bont of wickota. True, he found a difficulty settled in that Yorkshire sloven, which he in Australia, due to the character of the has so long captained, and scoring freely, for pitches on which a good length ball kept so he made 114 against Lancashire, but perhaps low that it presented no difficulties to the his 76 and 56 not out against Kent was at even batsmen; indeed it took Tom so long to alter better performance, to say nothing of a 56 for his length by dropping the ball shorter that The largest and most complete. Stadio in the Gentlemen v. the Australians. In 1887 he his first three wickets are sail to have cost made a century against Lancashire, bat 1891 100 runs apiece! The only time when he has Views, Hongkong. Established 1859.
- was a singularly unlucky your for him. Nothing taken all ton wickets was in the Surrey. Essex Enlargemonts, Ivory Miniatures, Oil
Paintings, &c.: Ice House Street. would go right with hìm, and when at inst he matchs of 1894. Personally, if he finds it Found his form; he broke his finger: This was impossible to keep his weight down, I expect all especially unfortunate for the county, as in to find him develop, after the manner of David the pravians year he had bondel the averages. Buchanan, Southerton and others, into However, he had his consolation in the Autant dangerous slow or medium bowler. He is a match with Somersetshire, two very brilliant fairly safe catch and field, and can' hit ez- efforts of 126 and 42 rewarding his determina ceedingly hard and high, but I believe ho tion. It was a remarkable proof of his has only twice exceeded fifty in's big match. popularity among English cricketore that 'on'
A year or two ago an important county match, the day after he hsil made his big score ho was overwhelmed with telegrams of congratulation. Lancashire Yorkshire, was drawing to a In 1891 be made 157 against his old Univer close; in fact Yorkshire's last two men were in, sity, scoring at a tremendous pace, and bitting and only 2 runs were required: the Lancashire four balls out of the ground; but his absolutely bowler, however, tossed up a half-volley which biggest total is 106, made in 1808 off the War- the Yorkshiremen hit into long feld's haúde: wickshire bowling, the match being memorable the ball was hebt, the striker was out, and for the fact that Torkabire put up the vast total Lancashire won the match. Briggs was the of 887, three men making centuries beside bowler, and to Ulyatt, of all people in the world, their captain, via, Peel, 210 not oat, Wain- he throw up the half.volley! Ulyett was about Sail-wright 126 and F. S. Jackson 117, to say the most likely man in England to hit a half- nothing of 72 from Moorhouse, and from valley to the boundary, ar over it; but fate- Hirst. This score is a record for Fingland, but smiled on Briggs audacity, and the ball fell hus boen passed in Australia. In this sumo not to earth, but into some safe man's hands. year Lord Hawko, made 110 not out against This action of Brigga is absolutely eburacteristic Kent, Yorkshire being champion county, and of him; though cricket was his livelihood, it his own average 27. In all, ter centuries have was to him a game and a piece of fun as well; come from his bat in first-class oricket, but, this į na man ever worked more desperately for his number would probably have been considerably side's success, yet no man got more fan cut Sailmakora Hardware, larger had he chosen to go in sogner. At of the game, and it is quite melancholy Engineer Tools, Bross and Iron Mer-present Lord Hawke seldom goes in earlier to think that perhaps poor Johnny has played
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than seventh or eighth, or eren later, when it his last game. It may not be so; his pluck is more important to score fast than to play and constitution have pulled him through o book cricket. This probably suite his temperaattack, and may do so again. If it is so, all the ment well, for lio is by natere a dashing hitter, cricketing world will rejoice. Johnny Briggs, rejoicing in the opportunity for a big drive, was born in 1862, and first appeared for his especially on the on-aide, which is perhaps his best county in 1881. He made his first coutury stroke. All his driving, however, is very fine, three years later, and his biggest score, 186, and he can cut as well sa most uien, indeed were against Surrey in 1885. Johnny Briggs. it necessary for him to play the lower game however, was not a great maker of centuries, of which the professional has to adopt he would which only ten have fallen to his lot, but his R. HAUGHTON & CO.,
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to take the spin, the batsman's cup of sorrow was one need only mention the names of Lockwood, fall. He and his fellow left-hander, Peul, will Beaumont, Sharpe, and Bowley in support of never forget the match of their lives-Stoddart's the assertion, but in Tom Richardson the 1894-5 XI. «. Australia at Sydney, when after executive discovered a Surrerite indeel, who the Englishmen had been playing a losing game was born in Byfleet, and lived at rst in Mit
for five days, two or three hours of heavy rain cham and latter on in Thames Ditton: Tom daring the night gare the bowlers their chance. was 22 years old when, in 1892, he bowled his Peel and Briggs fastened on their prey and won first ball for his native county, but though he the match for England by 10 runs, Johnny's played in some ten good matches, and had 24 share being three wickets for 23; but he had wickets for rather more than 18 runs apiece, previously helped his side with two innings of and in all 101 for over 13, the bulk of his 57 and 42. Johnny has never made 1,000 runs auccess had been against the minor counties of in a season, or had a huge average, 28 in 1837 [1664 the day, and what was more, many voices had being his best, but he has always best too
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valuable to discard, while his bowling and fold- more than suspicions; others went further, and ing made his place secure. As to his bowling, said that he threw a great deal. In 1693, how from 1887 to 1897 he had over 100) wickets-165 aver, it was seen that he had got rid of his the most-anually, and not once during that faults, and was not only a fair bowler, hat a time did they cost 20 rum apiece; indeed the Very fine bowler to boot, for he had 174 victims aggregate average works ont at about 16 runs, a really remarkable record. He collapsed, it at a cost of 15 runs each. Next year numbere
will be remembered, from shoor excitement went up, and the average, in a sense, went down, during the first Test Match of 1899, and for hia 196 wickets only cost 2,020 runs, while everyone regarded his cricket as over: to the 1895 found him with a record of 290 victims: universal surprise and delight be played As in the next two years throughout the whole of 1900 with all his old success-an average of 20 with the bat, and 120 cost about 14 rans. le again beat the 200 easily, though the price wickets for about 174 runs apiece. Everyone. paid was rather higher, these three yours will wish him a second and equally spooly recovery. Apart from his batting and bowling. fairly saw him at his zenith, for his figures now dropped so that in 1898 he took bat-161 wickets, he fielding at carer point used to be truly remarkable. his accuracy and activity being in 1895 only 96, and at conside and pas extraordinary, till a litle "Tonible de putting penes. He improved on this in 1900 with 122 in the process of time. Possibly hie
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