Cricket 1882

2 6 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. m a y 17 , i882. A ustralians . H. H. Massie, c Hamilton, J. McC. Blackham, c God­ b Peake ..................206 frey, b Shaw .. 7 A. C. Bannerman,b RobinS. Jones, c Whiting, b son ..........................14 Harrison .................. 39 W. L. Murdoch, b RobinT. W. Garrett, b Godfrey 41 son .......................... 0 G. E. Palmer, b Peake .. 18 P. S. McDonnell, b HarriH. F. Boyle, b Godfrey .. 0 son ..........................0 F. R. Spofforth, not out .. 14 G. Giffen, b Peake .. .. 19 B 2, l b 2 .................. 4 Total .. 362 O xford . First Innings. Second Innings. E. D. Shaw, not o u t ................ 78 c Jones, b Palmer .. 9 E. Peake,c Bannerman, b Palmer 2 b Giffen .................. 28 A. O. Whiting, b Palmer .. . 0 not out.......................... 15 M. C. Kemp, b Boyle................ 23 C. F. H. Leslie, c Murdoch, b Boyle ................................ 13 c and b Giffen .. 56 J. G. Walker, c Blackham, G a r re tt................................ 17 b Giffen .................. 1 W . A. Thornton, b Garrett 2 not out.......................... 4 W. D. Hamilton, c Giffen, b Spofforth ..........................5 G. Harrison, c Giffen, b Spofforth 7 C. J. Godfrey, run out .. .. 2 G. E. Robinson, b Jones .. .. 28 Extras ................................. 12 B 2, 1-b 4 .. .. 4 T otal..........................189 Total .. 119 BOWLING AVERAGES A u stralian s. 0. M. R.W [ 0.M. R.W Robinson .. .. 34 18 78 2 Peake.................... 4014 92 3 Harrison .. .. 40 11 98 2 Shaw..................... 13 6 26 1 Godfrey .. . . 2 1 8 65 2 1 Thornton .. . . 9 4 9 0 O xford . 0. M. R.W I 0. M. R.W Spofforth .. .. 29 10 39 2 Boyle ................... 25 5 66 2 Palmer.25.3 9 37 3 | Garrett...................................... 20 4 35 2 S U R R E Y C O U N T Y C H A L L E N G E C U P . First Bound. ESHER v. RICHMOND TOWN. Played on Richmond Green on Wednesday, May 10. Richmond had only a weak team to oppose to a strong eleven of Esher, and the result was a win for the latter on the first innings. The scoring was lower than might have been expected, as the wicket played very fairly. E sher . First innings. Second innings. A. P. Lucas, b Clifford .. .. 37 c F. Smith, b Clifford 28 B. Bowler, b C liffo rd ..................5 b Clifford ......................10 C. C. Clarke, b Clifford...............0 b Clifford ..................... 13 E. W. Pratt, b Clifford .. .. 2 1 b w, b Clifford.... 0 W. H. Game, c Eden, b Davis .. 13 b Clifford .............. 22 G. Williams, c Doyle, b Davis .. 0 not ou t........................ 0 J. Fricker, c John Ratcliffe, b c John,bJames Rat- Clifford.........................................18 cliffe .....8 W. Peters, c King, b Clifford .. 0 c Waller, b Clifford .. 19 C. Bowler, b F. Sm ith..................0 c T. Ratcliffo,bClifford 0 A. J. Lomer, b F. Smith .. .. 0b Clifford ..................... 0 M. Bartholemew, not out .. .. 0bClifford ..................... 1 B y e .........................................1 Byes 5 ,1-b 2.. .. 7 Total................................. 76 Total .. .. 108 R ichmond . First innings. Second innings. John Ratcliffe, run out .. 4 Doyle, b F rick e r.................. « b Lucas.................. 0 Clifford, b L u ca s .................. .. H b Lucas .. 4 F. Smith, c sub., b Bowler.. .. 17 run out.................. 0 Jas. Ratcliffe, b Lucas .. 0 b Lucas .. 0 R. Waller, st Clarke, b Game . . 1 b Lucas.................. 0 W. Davis, h w, b Game .. 1 st Clarke, b Lucas .. 5 Eden, b Bowler .................. 0 not o u t.................. 4 C. Ratcliffe, b G a m e ................ E. Sweet, c and b Bowler .. Byes....................................... , 5 .. 0 not ou t.................. , , 23 4 Byes .. 2 T o t a l .................. .. 49 Total .. . . 89 MITCHAM v. CHEAM. Cheam, May 10. The wicket was very spongy, and the scoring was only low on both sides. Mitcham won easily by ten wickets. James Caffarey Hot only played good cricket for the winners, but also bowled with great success. In the first innings he got five wickets in five overs for only four runs. C heam . First innings. Second inniugs. A. S. Tabor, c Jones, b Knight.. 8 b Knight ..................15 <C. Farmer, c Harvey, b Knight.. 10 c Harvey,bJas.Caffarey t *T. S. Goodson, b Jas. Caffarey .. 4 run out..........................b Gibeme, b Jas. Caffarey.. .. 4 b Knight ..................2 j {'Anson, b Jas. Caffarey.. 0 b Jas. Caffarey .. ,. u W. Charman, b Harvey............... 5 e and b Harvey .. .. 5 W. Bradley, c Harvey, b Jas. Caffarey................................. O b Jas. Caffarey ,. .. 1 S. Jones, c Harvey, b Jas. C affarey................................. O b Harvey ...................... 14 A. Ratcliffe, b Harvey..................0 not ou t.............................. 5 D. Napper, not out .................. l b Jas. Caffarey .. .. 1 R. Stephens, b Harvey .. .. 0 b Harvey ..................0 L-b 2, w 1..................................8 Bye ...................... 1 T o t a l ......................... 80 Total .. . . 7 8 M itcham . First Innings. Jos. Caffarey, b I'Anson .. 0 . T. P. Harvey, b Bradley .. 12 F. Knight, b Bradley.. ..14 |A. W. Watts, b Bradley .. 12 Jas. Caffarey, st Goodson, | W. Jones, b I’Anson.. .. 0 b I’Anson.........................22 J. Abrahart, not ou t.. .. 2 F. H. Birley, b Bradley .. 9 T. D. Lee, b Bradley.. .. 1 J. Constable, b Bradley .. 0 B 8 ,1-b 2 ..................5 E. C. Boyle, c I’Anson, b \ — Charman..........................14 T o t a l .......................91 Second Innings.— Constable, not out, 8 Abrahart, not out, 5; total, 18. T H E A U S T R A L I A N S A T O X F O R D . (F rom O ur S pecial C orrespondent .) The initial display of batting made by the Aus­ tralian cricketers, on Monday, was though brilliant occasionally, not as a rule any better than might have been expected from their practice at Mitcham Green. It, of course, goes without saying that they can all bat, and many of them have both in this country and the colonies established great re­ putations, but on an excellent wicket and against rather weaker than average bowling, and that pretty much of one sort, they failed to perform up to their records. The two great exceptions from the general rule, accountable doubtless by want of practice,were Massie and Giffen. Of these, the latter had a short life, but until dismissed he batted in really good form, and played ball after ball in really fine style. He timed the bowling perfectly, and got on it always very hard indeed, so vigorously indeed that, with the action producing in weak wielders of the bat a block, he in one instance sent the ball to the boun­ dary. Of course, by comparison with the grand achievement of Massie his performance is entirely dwarfed, but it is a question whether he did not show quite as good form. Massie made a poor start, and seemed cramped almost to awkwardness. He was at the outset of his innings favoured with two sorts of bowling, fully easy to punish, viz., balls dropping just wide of the off stump, with a little work from the wicket, but not enough to them get up much, and which would, I thought, have been yorkers but a good foot or more oft' the leg stump. There he time after time failed to touch though he went for them with intent to swipe. His failure to time them was the more noticeable on the off side,as he played to take them almost at the pitch. When only a dozen had been put to his credit he gave a hard chance, and twice subsequently was in great risk of being run ou t; but barring the first and a subsequent dangerous snick that went perilously near being held by slip, he placed his hits safely. When he got into play his driving was grand. His off hitting—his favourite strike, is a very hard one in front of cover-point—was splendid, and with success his general play im­ proved. The harder he hit, and tho rate at which he scored deposes to the power he got on, the better his style became, and not only did he hit freely but with free action. His defence was sure and easy, and managed without hesitation. He scored 100 out of the first 143, 200 out of 259, and when he was caught right on the ropes he had in three hours made 206 out of 265. Murdoch, Boyle, and MacDonnell did not give any taste of their quality. Blackham is occasion­ ally a greatly improved bat, and can at times shake off the old cramped up attitude and action but when playing back is the same as ever. He cuts about as well as any of the team who did any, and at his best could be a rattling fast scorer. Garrett seems about the same as ever, and Spofforth, who has only been engaged in two matches since he left England, made one or two clean hits on the off side. Jones was a considerable disappointment, and after seeing pretty nearly all who made any stay score freely, his safetywas tiresome. He carried the forward play to an excess, and seemed to be just the mistake represented by a natural hitter going for wearing out a bowler and neglecting his opportunities of scoring meanwhile. Now and again he let out in a line fashion, but it is quite likely that nervousness had as much to do with an in­ different show as anything else. Bannerman has not often played more indifferently, and is evi­ dently out of form. Palmer’s stay was not long enough to show any great alteration in style. P ^ I]S C IP /IIi: vFO I?: T J IE :V/EEKC:- M A Y . 17 At Oval, Surrey Colts v. Richmond District „ „ Aldershot, Esher v. Aldershot Division (1st day) „ ,, Hundred of Hoo v. Royal Engineers „ ,, Blackheath, Greville v. West Kent Wanderers „ ,, Leatherliead, Royal Naval School v. St. John’s School 18 „ Lord’s, M.C.C. and G. v. Derbyshire (1st day) Brighton, Sussex v. Australians (1st day) „ ,, Cambridge, University v. Lancashire (1st day) „ „ Nottingham, Notts v. Yorkshire (1st day) ., „ Stroud, United v. 22 of Stroud (1st day) ,, „ Maidstone, Mote Park v. Kent Colts (1st day) l'J „ Chatham, R. E. v. S. M. E. (1st day) „ „ Oxford, T. Zingari v. Bullingdon (1st day) „ ,, Slioeburyness, Incogniti v. School of Gunnery (1st day) 20 „ Bickley, Bickley Park v. Oaklands „ „ Blaeklieath, Blackheath Morden v. Hampstead ., „ Brentwood, Essex County Club v. Felstead School „ „ Broadwater, Broadwater v. Charterhouse School „ „ Cooper’s Hill, Will of Wisps v. R. I. E. College , „ Cheltenham, College v. Balliol College, Oxford „ ,, Esher, Surrey Colts v. Esher District „ „ Guildford, Guildford v. Reigate Priory „ Glossop, Glossop v. 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