Cricket 1892

MAY 12, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 119 OXFORD. Now that the third trial match is nearing the finish we are better able to make a few brief remarks upon the performers here and their performances. Of the old blues no one has as yet shown any great form with the bat in the Parks, with the exception of Case, who is playing better than we have ever seen him before. Of the bowlers, Berkeley alone seems dangerous. Turning to the Seniors, we shall expect most of R. T. Jones (New) and V. T. Hill (Oriel), both of whom have made runs, and look like continuing. The latter has steadied down considerably since last year. J. B. Wood (Balliol) made runs for the Seniors, but has not played since, owing to an injured wrist. H. M. Taberer (Keble) is also on the sick list with a strained back. _T. S. B. Wilson (Trinity) has pleasantly surprised us by doing a really remarkable performance with the ball yesterday on a good run-getting wicket. In him it is hoped the University captain will find a reliable fast bowler. Of the Freshmen, C. B. Fry (Repton and Wadham) and J. H. Phillips \Rossall and Exeter) are in a class by themselves— head and shoulders above the rest, who are only a moderate lot. Phillips we are iuclined to think the better bat of the two, though Fry is, perhaps, the more dangerous. The former has tremendous wrist power and a perfect style, whereas Fry is stiff and his style is ugly when compared with that of Phillips. R. W. Rice is, perhaps, the best of the rest, though he is no “ flyer.” He is pain­ fully slow and seems to have no strokes at all, and the same applies to C. H. S. Gmelin, but in a still more marked degree. Of the bowlers we are inclined to think here again that Fry and Phillips are the best, though they are neither of them good. Fry bowls a very good ball occasionally and will perhaps improve. Of the others M. Berkley (Fettes and Hertford) is about the best, but is very erratic. He evidently pays much too much attention to break and much too little to pitch. No doubt he will very soon find out his mistake if he plays good cricket. To sum up we shall expect Jones, Hill, Fry, Phillips, and Wilson to prove the most useful, and shall not be surprised to see them all playing at Lord’s on July 30. THE FRESHMEN’ S MATCH. The Freshmen’s Match played at the end of last week ended on Saturday in a drawn game. The scoring was high, as the bowling was of a very moderate calibre. Fry, last year’s Repton Captain, justified his school reputation by some free cricket in each innings. He scored 170 runs in the match. Phillips of Rossall showed to great advantage on the other side. His batting was sound, and certainly not inferior in style and quality to any in the match. Fry also bowled well, taking ten wickets at on average of just over ten run'*. M r. L. C. H. P a la irb t’s Side. First Innings. R. H. Raphael (Wei.), c Phiilips.b Orlebar 19 C. B. Fry (Rep.), b Phillips ................ 318 R. G. L. Austen (Ch.), c Berkeley, b Orle­ bar .......................... 11 G. M. Smyth (B.), c Fisher, b Orlebar ... 10 W. S. Case (Win.), b Gmelin .................19 L. W. S. Rostron (Win.), b Phillips... 0 T.C. Robinson (Rep.), c Orlebar, b Higson 24 E. 8. Thomas (C.), c Rice, b Fisher......... 69 W. P. Donaldson (L.), c Brown, b Bigson ................. 0 A.H. Holdship (Ch.), not o u t .................26 C. S. Ridgeway (H.), b Berkeley ..........13 R. B. Pearson (L ), fct Brown,b Berke­ ley ........................ 2 A. Ellis (R.), c Brown, b Gmelin 6 L C. H. Palairet, (Capt.), b Berkeley B 1>, lb 4, w 2 , 18 Total ..........342 In the Second Inning3 Raphael scored, b Carey 1, Fry, c Rice, b Phillips 53, Rostron (not out) 0, Donaldson, b Phil ips 7, HoldshiD, b Fisher 1, Ridgeway, b Fisher 0; b 2,1) 2.—Total 66. (Wei.) Wellington, (Rep.) Repton, (Ch.) Chel­ tenham, (B.) Bradfield, (C.) Clifton, (Win.) Win­ chester, (H.) Harrow, (R.) Rugby, (L.) Loretto. M r . G. F. H. B erkeley ’ s S ide . *Second Innings. First Innings. F. A. Phillips (BoJ, b Donaldson....................... 46 b Ellis ... C. A. Alington (M.), b Fry 24 run out A. W. Rutty (S.),b Dona’d- son ...............................23 b Ellis... R. W. Rice (C.), c Smyth, b Case.............................. 14 L. G. Browne (B.), b Fry 28 E. B. Alexander (F.), b Fry ...............................19 S. A. Higson (Ro.), b Ellis 5 E.Y. Orlebar (Ra.), b Fry 2 C. H. 8. Gmelin(Mag.),not out ...............................28 R. W. C. Fisher (H ), b Fry 2 J. H. Campion (E ); b Fry 0 M. Wade Smith (St. E.), c Case, b Holdship ..........12 G, M. Carey(S ),b Pearson 10 G. F. H. Berkeley (Capt.), c Ellis, b Pearson.......... 0 B 33, lb 7, w 2 ... ii ... 32 ... 20 ... 7 ... 0 b ... 33 b F r y .......... c Robinson, Eoldship c Donaldson, b F r y ................. 1 not out ..........30 lbw, b F ry.......... 5 run out ......... 17 c Case, b Fry ... 13 b Ellis................. 3 c Smith, b Pal­ airet ..........25 B 20,1b 1, w6 27 Total ..........255 Total ...216 ♦Innings declared closed. (Ro ) Rossall, (M.) Marlborough, (S.) Sherborne, (B.) Bedford, (F.) Forest,(Ra,) Radley, (Mag ) Mag dalen School, Oxford, (H.), Haileytury, (E.) Eton, (St. E.) St. Edwards, (C.) Cardiff. THE ELEVEN v. SIXTEEN FRESHMEN. The remarks of our Oxford correspondent on the form of the chief players in the trials render any lengthy introduction to this match begun on Monday unnecessary. The Fresh­ men, though in a minority of 23 runs on the first hands, had all the best of the latter part of the game Mr. Gmelin scored well for the Freshmen each time, and in the second innings Messrs. Rice and Holdship, of last year’s Cheltenham eleven, were seen to advantage. When they went in a second time yesterday afternoon the Eleven made a poor show. Five wickets were down for 31, and though later on Mr. Wilson played up pluckily the total only reached 105. The Freshmen thus won by 155 runs. Mr. Wilson took fourteen of the Freshmen’s wickets at a cost of only 90 runs. Mr. G. F. Berkeley’s ten cost 121 runs. Mr. M. Berkeley was tbe most successful bowler for the Freshmen. His eight wickets produced 105 runs. S ixteen F reshm en . First Innings. R. W. Rice, b Wilson ... 2 F. A. Phillips, b Wilson ... 24 C. B. Fry, b Berkeley ... 6 W. S. Case.c Hill, b Wilson 1 A. W. F. Rutty, b Wilson 3 R. G. Autten, c Hill, b Wilson ........................ R. H. Raphael, c Brain, b Wilson ........................ 5 A. H. Holdship, lbw, b Berkeley ........................ 0 S. A. Higson, b Berkeley 2 C. H. S. Gmelift, c Brain, b Berkeley....................... 42 E. S. Thomas, c Jones, b Palairet ........................21 L. G. Brown, c Hill, b Wilson ........................10 M. Berkeley, b Wilson ... 0 W. P. Donaldson,b Wilson 0 E. Y. Orlebar, not out ... 0 A. Ellis, b Wiison .......... 0 B 23, lb 2....................... 25 Total ...143 Second Innings, lbw, b Palairet.. C b Wi son ......... i b Berkeley......... b Berkeley........ c Dunlop, b Berkeley......... 2 c and b Wilson 8 c Hill, b Wilton 6 c Richmond, b Palairet......... 40 stHill,b Palairet 6 b Wilson ..........49 b Berkeley......... 3 b Berkeley..........18 c Hill, b Palairet 4 not out .......... 2 c Hill.b Berkeley 14 b Palairet......... 1 B 21, lb 10... 31 Total...285 CRICKETERS— B e s t « * c £ r € r E K ^ GooDS City Agents— b e a r th is M a r k . —Advt. P a rto n & L e s te r , 94, Q u een St., C heapside. T he E leven . First Innings, Y.T. Hill, c Fry,b Berkeley 30 R. T. Jones, lbw, b Fry ... 21 L.C.H. Palairet,b Berkeley 0 B. L. Richmond, b Fry ... 16 T. B. Case, not out ..........55 H. M. Taberer, c and b Berkeley ........................ 1 C. E. Dunlop, b Berkeley 0 W. H. Biain, b Phillips ... 15 A. J. Boger, c Fry, b Phillips ........................ 2 T. B. Wilson, c Blown b Orlebar ........................10 G F. H.Berkeley, stBrown, b Berkeley ................. 3 B 10, lb 3 .................13 Second Innings, c Rutty,b Berke­ ley .......... ... 0 c Donaldson, b F r y ................. 2 b Fry ................. 9 b Fry ................. 0 c Fry,b Berkeley 20 b F r y ................. b Berkeley.......... c Fry, b Orlebar b Donaldson ... c Rutty, b Don­ aldson ......... not out... B ... 27 ... 9 ... 13 Total .. 166 Total... 105 C R I C K E T C H I R P S . Mr. A. G. S te e l followed up his big score of 88 on April 30 with 100 for Liverpool v. Birkenhead Park on Saturday last. T hom son , a promising young cricketer, played a fine innings of 139 for Surrey Colts v. (JlaphamWanderers at the Oval yesterday. L ansdo w n e v. H am m er sm ith .— Played at Poplar Walk, Brixton, on May 7. Lansdowne won by 45 runs. Lansdowne, 76 (A, Nash 26); Hammersmith, 31. L ansdowne C.C. wants a match with a good medium club on Whit Monday and August Bank Holiday. Surrey preferred, and about 20 or 30 miles out. E. E. Curtis, 50, Union Grove, Wandsworth Road, S.W. S eve r a l well known cricketers were play­ ing in the match between Derby Midland and Notts Castle, at Derby, on Saturday. Mid­ land scored 212, of which Mr. L. G. Wright contributed 70 and W. Chatterton 47. Notts Castle lost three wickets for 50. Of this number Arthur Shrewsbury made 6 and Gunn 23. S ome good scoring was recorded in the Somersetshire Colts’ match, played at Taunton, on May 5th and 6th. W. H. Hale of Bedminster made 49 and 135 for the Colts, and Nichols 106 not out for the Eleven. The match was drawn, the Eleven scoring 256, Eighteen 175 and 264. Hale was in two hours and three-quarters for his 134. T he Leicestershire Colts’ Match, begun on Monday, ended on Tuesday in a draw. The Twenty-two Colts, with their captain, scored 199 and 56 for three wickets (H. W. Hickling 51, and J. Figgett 24 and 43 not out); the Eleven, 238. Finney was the most successful run-getter with 64 for the latter. L. Brown took four wickets of the Eleven at a cost of 22 runs. E ssex C ounty C .C . —The annual meeting was held on the County Ground, at Leyton, on Friday last, Mr. C. E . Green in the chair. It was stated that since the accounts had been publishtd there had been football receipts to the amount of £270, w’hich was very satisfactory. A suggestion from the Chairman that to reduce the debt to tbe Bankers members should pay five years’ subscriptions (five guineas) in advance, did not take the practical form of a resolution. N otts v. Y o rksh ire C o lts . —Someexcellent cricket was shown in this match, played on the Trent Bridge Ground on Monday and Tuesday. The result was a draw, in favour of the Yorkshiremen, who wanted 23 to win with five wickets to fall. The scores were— Notts Colts, 149 and 208; Yorkshire Colts, 196 and 139 for five wickets. Mr. O. Redgate played a fine second innings of 83 for Notts, and in the first W. Armstrong scored fifty by good cricket. Wilkinson, who made such a favourable impression in the Colts’ match at Easter, batted and bowled well. His ten wickets cost 105 runs. J. Mounsey, 50 and 39, D. Denton, 53 and 5, were the principal scorers for Yorkshire. Cuttell bowled with most effect for them, taking ten wickets for 97 runs. Mr. Frank’s seven wickets cost 92 runs.