Cricket 1883

286 c r i c k e t ; A W e e k l y r e c o r d o f t h e g a m e , a u g u st 2, m l in the batting averages, and also proved very effective with the ball in a weak bowling team. Though his connection with Cambrid^ “Univer­ sity had ceased in 1879 he only played in four matches for Surrey, but it was not one of his best years, and his highest score in first-class matches was one of 70,for the Gentlemen of Eng­ land v. Cambridge. Some long innings were recorded to him in minor matches during the season of 1880, but again he was not seen quite at his best in first-class cricket, and by far his best performance with the bat was his 66 for Englaud against Daft’s American eleven at Lord's, an innings which helped greatly to contribute to the defeat of the latter. In four innings for the Gentlemen against the Players, he only contributed nine runs, but for Englaud against Australia, in the historical contest at the Oval, he was more suc­ cessful,) playing a very fine first score of 55. Duringthelastthree seasonshehas beencredited with some extraordinary performances with the bat. His highest score of 1881 was 142 for the Gentlemen of England against Cambridge Uni­ versity, buthe playedsomeothernotableinnings, the best perhaps that of 72 not out for Surrey v. Notts, at Nottingham, which made his absence from the County Eleven in so many of their engagements the more to be regretted. The season of 1882 found Mr. Lucas in brilliant form, though he did not take part in as much first class cricket as usual. Messrs. C. T. Studd and Lucas, on public form, were the two best batsmen of the year, and few will forget the memorable performances of the two batsmen in the matches between Gentlemen and Players, and Australians and M.C.C. and Ground. In the former they put on 204 runs while together (Mr. Lucas 107), and in the second, just a week later, they added 104, of which Mr. Lucas con­ tributed 45. The Surrey authorities having refrained from inviting Mr. Lucas to help the County during the present season, he de­ termined to throw in his lot with Middlesex, and the shire of his birth he has done excellent service in the few matchesinwhich he has taken part. He has never batted in more brilliant form than this year. Space will not admit of a list of his many excellent performances, but special mention should be made of his play in both matches for the Gentlemen against the Players. At the Oval, as will be remembered, he carriedhis bat throughthe secondinnings,saving thematch,but atLord’s he was even more sueees- ful and his two scores of 72 and 51 not out un­ doubtedly greatly contributed to the victory of the Gentlemen. Mr. Lucas is amodel of style tothe young bats­ man. His play is of themost orthodox kind, the essence of correctness. Hispositionat thewicket might well be emulated by young cricketers. He makes the full use of his height, plays very upright, and no one illustrates more thoroughly the advantage of a systematically straight bat. When he plays a ball he puts plenty of power into the stroke, but it is his unwearying defence that makes him so invaluable to his side. His forwardplay is very trueand safe, andhewatches the ball so carefully that he oftenproves succes ful on treacherous wickets where all other bats­ men fail. On some few occasions we have had proofs of his ability to hit, but it is merely the exception to his rule of defensive cricket In the match between Notts and Middlesex at Lord’s recently, hewas in for 35 minutes with­ out scoring, and it would be easy to give many similarinstances of his extraordinary patience. Though hardly so reliable this season, he is usually a safe and trustworthy field, particularly out in the country, and manywill remember the wonderful running catch by which he disposed of Bonnor in the match between the Australians and the Gentlemen of England at the Oval last year. He bowls slow round with a break baok, and though he has not tried his hand much this year he has been fairly successful in previous years. He is, too, auniversal favourite wtth all classes of cricketers. Mr. Lucas has also figuredwith some Credit in Association football. J F fIE :£ C 0 ^ E > B 0 OK. M.C.C. AND G. v. SOMERSETSHIRE. _ Somersetshire had not its full strength in this match, at Lord’s on Monday and Tuesday last. On the other hand Marylebone had not by any means a strong eleven, and as the bowling was not very deadly on either side, the result was some high scoring. The game was drawn. S o m e r se tsh ir e . Mr. H. Ross,st Sherwin, Fothergill, c Sherwin, b 19 b Barnes .................. 24 Barnes.......................... Mr. E. Sainsbury, b Ambler, b Hearne.. .. 76 Barnes.......................... 51 Mr. F. W. Terry, c Mr. W. N. Roe, b Wilde, b Barnes 54 Hoarae .................. 14 Mr. C. Winter, c Hot­ Mr. A. L. Porter, b ham, b Barnes .. 5 Barnes.......................... 4 Mr. E. W. Bastard, not Gregg, c Sherwin, b 6 Hearne.......................... 1 B 13,1 b 4 .. 17 Mr. F. T. Welman, b — 31 Total .. 302 M.C.C. First Innings. Mr. M. Wilde, c Welman, b Ambler..................................9 Barnes, c Bastard, b Ambler 10 G. G. Heame, b Gregg.. .. 20 Mr. A. H. Heath, o Terry, b Bastard ..........................6 Mr. E. M. Hadow, b Bastard 2 O’Shaughnessy, c Ambler, b Sainsbury..........................89 Mr. J. S. Russel, b Ambler 11 Mr. P. H. Martineau, b Win­ ter ..........................................0 Mr. F. W. Hotham,b Ambler 5 Sherwin, b Fothergill .. .. 10 Major Pennycuick, not ou t.. 20 B 12, l b l ..................13 Second Innings. c Terry, b Winter .. 23 b Gregg ................57 c Terry, b Gregg .. 38 b B a sta rd ................56 b B a sta rd................11 c Bastard, b Fother­ gill ........................ 0 not out........................7 b Bastard .. b Winter .. c Terry, b Winter not out.................. B 11, lb 3 .. Total.. ..1P5 Total ..214 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S o m e r se tsh ir e . O. M. R.W. Hearne . . 7 1 35 106 4 O’Shaugnssyll 0 41 0 Barnes .. 52.2 14 84 6 M.C.C. & G. First Innings. O. M. R.W. 31 13 30 12 11 4 2 2.1 O. M. R.W. Hadow . . 1 0 1 33 0 Wilde .. 3 0 21 0 Ambler . Fothergill ! Bastard Winter Gregg .. . Porter.. . Roe .. . Sainsbury 15 54 2 24 14 45 5 13 Second Innings. ,0. M. R.W. .. .. 14 - - 11 21 17 4 8 24 0 0 4 3 2 0 27 0 7 10 54 5 13 8 34 0 10 7 0 18 WELLINGBORO’GRAMMAR SCHOOL v.MR. J. M. MAJOR-LUCAS’S XI. Played at Wellingboro’ on July 27. M r . J. M. M ajor -L ucas ’ s XI. Pretty, P. Hills, Challen ..................2 F. Grindon, b Challen 2 F. W. Gostling, b Baker 1 T.B.Pickering, bChallen 0 J. M. Major-Lucas, not out ..........................5 R. Chamberling, run out 1 S. Smallfield, b Challen 2 W e llin oboro ’ W . H. Game, b Hills .. 6 A. Pretty, b Hills .. .. 36 A.W. Platt, b Smallfield 51 J. B. Challen, b Major- Lucas ..........................9 E. W. Hemingway, b Major-Lucas .. .. 10 J. S. Fryer, b Grindon.. 30 H. E. Mortis, b Small­ field ..........................7 J.W.McGachen, b Chal­ len ..........................0 R. Battams, b Baker .. 0 J. G. Lovell, 1 b w, b Baker .. . . . . F.C. Preston,run ou t.. 0 Bl, 1b 1..................2 Total .. ..1 7 G ram . S chool . P .E . Gostling, c Bat­ tams, b Hills .. .. 23 F.C.Grey, c and b Grin­ don ..........................20 H. E. Platt, b Hills .. E. Baker, not ou t.. .. 7 B 7, l b l , w 4 .. .. 12 Total ..214 F o r Birkenhead Parkv. Preston onSaturday Mr. H. B. Steel scored 141 not out, in a total of 237. He made 21 runs (3, 6,6,4, 3) in one over of five ball. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. ROCHFORD HUNDRED. Played at Southend-on-Sea, on Saturday, the visitors winning by 8 wickets. R ochford H u n d red . Second Innings. ran out.......................... First Innings. J. L. Lancaster, c Palmer, b O’Shaughnessy..................9 J. Packhara, b O’Shaugh­ nessy ..................................1 E. H. Benton, b O’Shaugh- n e s s y ................................. 0 J. J. Field, c O Shaughnesry, b Brereton.................. .. 33 J. E. Walker, b Pricc .. .. 4 S. J. Weston, h w, b Price .. 4 E. Mills, c Brereton, b O’Shaughnessy..................2 W. H. Hope, b O’Shaugh­ nessy ................................. 2 A. A. Field, b Price .. .. 4 E. F.Wood, bO’Shaughncssy 0 J. Wiseman, jr., not out .. 0 Extras ..........................2 b Price........................ c Slaughter, b Price . c Butterworth, O’Shaughnessy c Butterworth, O’Shaughnessy c Brereton, b Price . 6 2 11 st Mycroft, b Price .. 15 c Denton, b Price b Mycroft .. notou t., c Denton, b Price 10 1 15 0 Total..........................61 M.C.C. First Innings. Extras..................3 .. 72 Maj. Booth, c Packham, b W a lk e r..................16 O’Shaughnessy, b Pack­ ham ..........................5 A. F. Brereton, c Pack­ ham, b Walker .. .. 0 Mycroft, c Weston, b P a ck h am ..................12 W. Palmer, b Walker .. 0 C. A. Denton, bPackliam 10 Price, c Hope, bPackham 7 In the Second Innings Major Booth scored (b Packham 9; O’Shaughnespy (not out) 41; Mycroft (not out) 18 ; C A. Denton (b Packham) 2; Extras, 3;—Total, 73. F. W. Buttorworth, b P a ck h am ..................0 W.E.Slaughter, runout 3 J. Balleras, c Lancaster, b W a lk e r ..................0 J. Hensman, sub., not out ..........................0 E x t r a s ..................11 Total 64 RAVENS v. LOWER CLAPTON. Played at Pond Lane on July 28th, and won by the Ravens, for whom E. Yignes and A. Jones were in line form with the ball, the for­ mer’s analysis reading :— 10 overs, 8 maidens, 6 wickets, 7 runs. Score :— L ow er C lapton . Leyton, b Yignes .. .. 0 Dunworth, b Vignes .. 0 Smith, not out .. .. 0 Ainworth, b Jones .. 0 B 1 ,1 b 2, n b l .. 4 0 11 4 Heath, b Yignos .. Crook, b Yignes .. Waigh, b Jones .. Hopkins, c Bruhl, b Vignes..........................5 Taylor, b Jones .. .. 2 Dearley, b Vignes.. .. 0 Brasher, c and b Jones 1 T h e R avens . Total J. Greer, c Taylor, b C rook ..........................2 J. Carney, b Waigh .. 5 Jones, b Crook .. .. 10 B. Bruhl, b Crook.. .. 15 Lett, st Taylor, b Waigh 0 Buckmaster, c and b W aigh..........................0 Ames, b Waigh' .. Pemberton,b Waigh Yignes, bWaigh .. E. Greer, b Crook.. Coulson, not out .. B 8,1 b 4 .. .. . . 27 (J 5 5 0 0 12 Total NORTHBROOK v. HAMPTON WICK. Played at Lee, on Wednesday, July 25, and was drawn in favour of the former. N orthbrook . W. J. Smith, c Twyford, b Faucus .................. 9 W. Nicolson, 1 b w, b P a ic e ..........................5 A. E. Coates, b Hassall 30 A. H. Smith, b Twyford 7 E. Loxley, not out .. 96 A. H. Springthorpe, b Faucus..........................84 H. Mundy, c and b Faucus..........................0 H am pton W ick . A. East, c Hassall, Quartermain .. . G. H. Rees, run out . F. A. Smith, b Paice . A. A. Kennard, c sub, Twyford 25 3 7 E x tr a s ..................14 Total .. ..233 T. B. Semple, b Spring­ thorpe ..........................0 P. Hassall, c Mundy, b East ......................... 10 R. J. Twyford, c Coates, b Springthorpe .. .. 2 W.Quartermain, runout 5 H. C. Paice, not out .. 43 M. G. Hutchinson, c East, b Springthorpe 11 R. F. Faucus, c Coates, b W. Smith .. .. 5 A. P. Keeling, c A. H. Smith, b W. Sm ith.. 0 L. C. Miles, b A. Smith 6 C. Ratcliffe, c W. Smith, b L o x le y ..................1 W. M. Melliss, not out 2 E x t r a s ..................8 Total , 93