SPORT ANCIENT AND MODERN 



were famous cricketers, the family home being 

 at Rickmansworth. Mr. Walter Fellowes 

 was a slashing batsman. While at Oxford 

 in 1856 he hit a ball in practice off Rogers 

 which fell at the distance of 175 yards to the 

 pitch. He formed one of the Gentlemen's 

 eleven against the Players of England in 1855, 

 1856 and 1857, but only made 21 in six 

 journeys to the wickets. 



Mr. Harvey Winson Fellowes was the 

 elder brother. He too was a punishing bats- 

 man, but he was chiefly famous for his terrific 

 fast bowling, being chronicled in verse thus 



And Fellowes, whose electric speed with due 

 precision blends. 



He formed one of the Gentlemen of England 

 against the Players in 1847, 1848, 1849, 

 1850 and 1851, scoring 37 not out in 1848, 

 and taking 7 wickets in 1 849, when W. Lilly- 

 white refused to face his deliveries. In 

 September, 1848, for I Zingari v. Gents of 

 Worcestershire he hit Nixon 132 yards before 

 the ball pitched. In later years he raised his 

 arm and bowled slower. 



In the year 1863 on the ground near the 

 railway at St. Albans an eleven of England 

 contended against twenty-two of Hertford- 

 shire. The match, which was played for the 

 benefit of Benjamin Roberson, was unfinished, 

 the totals being England, 1st innings, 77 ; 

 and innings, 37. Twenty-two of Herts, 68 

 and 33 for 9 wickets. Two years later the 

 United South of England eleven played 

 twenty-two of St. Albans, the local players 

 winning by 10 wickets. 



At Lord's in May, 1870, Hertfordshire 

 again met the M.C.C. The two clubs had 

 been opposed as far back as 1814. 



At Gorhambury on August 12, 1871, in a 

 twelve-a-side contest between I Zingari and 

 Hertfordshire, Hughes and J. Silcock proved 

 too much with the ball for I Zingari, dis- 

 missing the visitors in the first innings for 44, 

 and in the second venture for 79. Herts 

 scored 108 and 17 for i wicket, winning 

 by 9 wickets. The following year however 

 at Lord Verulam's seat (Gorhambury) the 

 tables were turned, I Zingari being victors 

 by 5 wickets. 



In 1873 ' W. G.' visited Herts and played 

 on the side of M.C.C. against the county at 

 Chorleywood, the crack club winning by 1 1 1 

 runs. ' W. G.' for the victors scored 47 and 

 26, and captured 12 wickets. 



A match at Alexandra Park in July, 1873, 

 between teams styled Middlesex and Hert- 

 fordshire, resulted in a victory for the latter 

 by 173 runs. 



A finely contested game was the match 



with I Zingari at Chipperfield in August, 

 1873, Herts, owing mainly to the ex- 

 cellent bowling of Hughes and Good- 

 year, winning by 25 runs. Two years 

 later at Chorleywood witnessed yet another 

 close game. The fixture was Herts v. 

 M.C.C. Sixteen cyphers were made, the 

 scores being M.C.C., 60 and 63 ; Herts, 19 

 and 90. Only 232 runs were made for 40 

 wickets lowered. John West and Rylott 

 were the bowlers for the victorious visitors. 



In 1876, Mr. C. E. Keyser, the hon. 

 secretary, was instrumental in arranging a 

 capital match at Cashiobury, the fixture being 

 Mr. Keyser's Eleven v. Gentlemen of Herts 

 with the two Westells. Mr. Keyser's side 

 included Mr. G. H. Longman, the Old 

 Etonian and Cambridge batsman ; Mr. A. W. 

 Ridley, Eton and Oxford ; and Mr. S. E. 

 Butler, Oxford. Mr. Keyser's side won by 

 9 wickets, Mr. A. W. Ridley being very 

 effective with bat and ball. 



In order to place the Hertford County 

 Cricket Club on a more substantial and 

 popular basis a public meeting was held at 

 the Town Hall, St. Albans, on March 8, 

 1876. The Earl of Verulam was voted to 

 the chair. Mr. R. A. Fitzgerald (for many 

 years the popular hon. secretary of the Mary- 

 lebone Club) set forward the basis on which 

 the club should be established, and proposed 

 the following resolutions, which were unani- 

 mously agreed to 



a. That the Herts County Cricket Club 

 be now established. 



b. That the Earl of Verulam be ap- 

 pointed president. 



c. That Viscount Maiden be appointed 

 treasurer, and Mr. C. E. Keyser honorary 

 secretary. 



d. That the following form the acting 

 committee : The president, treasurer and 

 secretary, Earl of Clarendon, Hon. R. W. 

 Grosvenor, A. Anderson and R. A. Fitz- 

 gerald, Western Division ; Baron R. Dims- 

 dale, Joseph Phillips, Percy Taylor and 

 Rev. H. Wood, Eastern Division. 



e. That there shall be no county ground 

 or headquarters. 



/. That no subscriptions be solicited, but 

 that the expenses of the club be defrayed 

 by voluntary donations (in no case to ex- 



g. That the qualification for the county 

 be fixed according to the rules of the 

 Marylebone Club, viz. birth or two years' 

 continuous residence in the county. 

 The president, the Earl of Verulam, joined 



the Marylebone Club as far back as 1830. 



He played his first match at Lord's, July 



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