CRICKETERS OF OLD.
JOHN SMALL, Jun.

Of Petersfield, was a worthy successor to the celebrated batter of that name, whose doings we last gave insertion to. For perfect symmetry of form, and well-knit, compact limbs and frame, his father was one of the finest models ever beheld; and the son, whom we are now about to notice, was little inferior to him in any respect. It recorded he was born in 1754, and died in 1834. His style of batting was of the first quality, and, like his father, he possessed an accurate judgment of a short run. On the occasion of a match at Marylebone, there being 40 runs to get to win, it is said that Small, jun, and Hammond (father of the present Sussex player) agreed to run whenever the ball passed the wicket-keeper. This they did, and obtained the required number, evidently a proof that they had no good managers for their opponents, nor such men in their positions as we now have to fulfil them, viz., Lockyer, William Pilch, Mr C. Ridding, or Dean. John Small, too, was a brilliant field, his post being that which his father occupied before him—middle-wicket; in short, he was a thorough cricketer, and a highly honourable man. The ‟legs” who used in those days to visit Lord’s never produced the least change in him; but, on the contrary, he was thoroughly disgusted at some of the manoeuvres that took place there from time to time. The following are his innings during his 27 years career :—

178460
1785No record
17873
3
0
0
4
1		42
10
10*
13
4
4
17883
12
7
5
8
11
17
0
2		4
7
1
—
21
—
22
0
2
1789*12
1
0
3
1
8
10		13
—
1
1
17
29
16
17909
0
20
9
4
39
51		19*
—
27
30*
—
5
32
179112
10
11
0
21
47
7		0
15
37
0
13
7
61
1792*22
*37
11
0
42
27
6
4
45		0
35
37
0
35
2
—
3
—
17938
2
4
10
13
*12
1		—
—
4
2
0
37
12
17940
0
12
26
21
11
27
4
9
23
63		0
6
11
—
2
2
32
26
12
22
2
17952
13
2
20
9
34
0
7
15
8
13
15
22
16
95		13
8*
4
2
0
3
4
10
31
15
26
8
20
0
—
17962
60
14
8		48
1
15
12*
17971
5
0
18
2
4
12
20
1
5
5		12
12
8
9
—
9
53
1
0
26
26
179817
4
7
0
1
50
18		1
6
40
3
14
—
9
179925
38
33
14		1
88
36
0
18008
0
10
6
1
5
32
2		13
—
52
—
5
—
—
3
1801914
180312
8
19		2
—
3
18044
12
10		19
—
9
18051
4
42
2
0
0
8		—
3
13
33*
21
10
4
18060
0
0
2
0
25
0		1
2
21*
9
1
—
13
180711
35
22
31
17
1
37
0		8
0
2
0
17
0
5
4
18083
4
17
*13
10		10
12
7
31
7
18096
*13
2
4		0
21
15*
20
18108
8
32
0
13		—
—
14
12
6
18111012

     AVERAGE.—Matches 157, innings 292, runs 3,727; average per innings 13 and 31 over. (* signifies not out)

     ERRATA.—In our remarks upon John Small, sen., we mentioned that he was born at Petersfield, but the following should have been stated as the early part of his career :— ‟Born at Empshott, in Hampshire, April 19, 1737; he went to Petersfield when six years of age, and played his first match in 1755; he continued to play until he arrived at the age of 70 years(but in no matches which were published after 1798). He died December 31st, 1826, and was, therefore, 89 years of age.” Our correspondent, by whom we are corrected, adds that he was a shoemaker by trade, and became afterwards a maker of bats and balls, which in those days, were in great request.