Cricket 1884

238 CEICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 26, 1884 T H E IN T E R -U N I V E R S IT Y M A T CH . Unless luck should favour the Cambridge eleven to an unusual degree the Inter- Universitv contest to be commenced at Lord’s on Monday, on public form, ought to result in a comparatively easy victory for Oxford. A comparison of the trial matches played by the two elevens is indeed all in favour of the Dark Blues, Three weeks ago we ventured to assert that the Oxford team were the strongerboth in batting and bowling, and recent trials have only tended to confirm the general belief in their superiority. Since the commencement of the season Oxford has shown consistently good form all round, in marked contrast to that of Cambridge, which has certainly been only moderate at any point: Cambridge has from the first appeared to be very weak in bowling, and its two fixtures in London have shown that its batting is by no means up to the standard of a University eleven. The Cambridge captain.it must be admitted,has had a difficult task in the selection of his team. Two of the best batsmen of last year’s eleven, the Hon. M .B. Hawke and Hon. J. Mansfield, have not been able to practice much this season, the former owing to an injured hand, the latter in consequence of his Tripos, and the former as will be seen, will not even play in the match next week. On his form of 1883, Mr. Mansfield would have been very dangerous, but lack of prac­ tice was evident in his play at the Oval and Lord’s, and he will play under a great dis­ advantage. Mr. Studd ha3 of late been batting with some success, but Mr. Wright, though ne has played fairly well at times, has not been playing at all up to his form of 1883. Paravicini’s hitting has been very useful more than once, and as he has confi­ dence, and is quite at home at Lord’s, he is very likely to make runs. Turner is a fair bowler as well as bat, and he could hardly have been left out of the eleven. Great things were, with reason, hoped of the two heroe3 of the Eton and Harrow match of last season, F. Marchant and T. Greatorex ; but in neither case has the expectation been fulfilled. Tbe former hits freely, and, though he has not done very much in the trial matches,might certainly be dangerous if he gets in. Greatorex has, as everyone thoroughly regrets, been a great disappoint­ ment. He was distinctly, on paper, the best public school bat of 1883 ; but lie has never come at all up to his Harrow reputation, and, indeed, his batting has been so void of confidence, that his inclusion in the eleven wa3 not justified. Of the new choices, Bainbridge has been very useful throughout the season. He played excellent cricket at the Oval, and as he has good defence and can hit well, too, if set, he ought to be of great service at Lord’s. D. G. Spiro* the old Harrovian, who has scored heavily in minor matches, has been chosen co take the place of Greatorex, aud as he is in the vein for run-getting the change should benefit the eleven. The Cambridge bowling is much weaker than usual. Topham has been effective on occasions, and he is, perhaps^ the best bowler on tho side, though it remains to bo seen liovv he will fare with the hitters in the Oxford eleven in the narrow limits at Lord’s. Rock is straight and of a good length, but does not seem to do much, and Smith is not bowling up to his form of past years, thcugh he has always come off in this match. Paravicini seemed to be bowling fairly well in the first innings of Surrey at the Oval, but Bainbridge, who got a few wickets at Cambridge, was never on the sticks there at all. The Oxonians have been showing capital cricket all-round. Though they have got a tail like Cambridge their first batsmen are a very dangerous lot, and as Hine-Haycock, Brain, O’Brien, Key, Kemp, and Page have all been getting runs, they are sure, all of them, to play with confidence. The Oxford batting throughout the season has been con­ sistently good. O’Brien, if he gets in, will punish the weak bowling of Cambridge heavily, and the other five mentioned are each of them likely to make a good score. Bastard, though he did little at the Oval, is bowling well this year. Whitby’s fast deliveries, too, should prove effective at Lord’s, and if the wicket helps him he is sure to be dangerous. Page is always of service, as he keeps a good length throughout, and Nicholls and Buckland are useful changes, though neither of them of a very high class. Kemp, the Oxford Captain, is keeping wicket very well just now, and in this respect the Oxonians will have the advan­ tage. It is stated that there is a probability of the last place in the Oxford eleven being filled by L. D, Hildyard, in lieu of A. R. Cobb, and as the latter has not played good cricket recently, the former would very likely strengthen the eleven. In fielding, from what we have seen, the Oxford eleven are a little better than Cambridge. In wicket-keeping, too, they will have the advan­ tage, and as on paper they are decidedly the stronger both in batting and bowling, they are deservedly warm favourites for the Inter-Uaiversifcy match. SURREY v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. The Surrey eleven, without Abel, de­ feated Cambridge University at the Oval on Saturday, after a fairly interesting match, by 148 runs. At one time, when seven wickets of the County were down in the second innings for 107, the game seemed to be rather in favour of the University. Surrey were then only 132 runs on, but a plucky stand by the colt Lohmann and Wood, who put on 95 while together, entirely altered the aspect of the game. Wood’s hitting was very clean, and Lolimann’s G9, though not faultless, was a highly promising display for a youngster. When they went in a second time the University wanted 281 to win, but Barratt and Jones bowled so well that the game was really never in doubt. Barratt, who has rarely bowled better, took seven wickets for 65 runs. S u r r e y . First Innings. Mr. E. J. Diver, b Smith .. 12 M. Read, c Wright, b Smith 7 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b Smith 64 Mr. W. W . Read, c Topham, b Rock..................................82 Mr. J. Shuter, c Wright, b Sm ith ..................................2 Mr. W. E. Roller, run ou t.. 23 Jones, c And b Rock .. .. 0 Lohmann. b Smith .. .. 18 Wood, c Hawke, b Rook .. 2 Mr. C. E. Horner, not out 23 Barratt, c Paravicini, b Top­ ham ................................. 14 B 4 , n b l .. .. 5 Total ..252 Second Innings, b Topham .. .. 2 c Hawke, b Rock 23 runout..................11 c Mansfield, b Top- h ara .................. 4 b Rock.................. 31 b R ock..................26 c Smith, b Topham 1 c Smith,b Topham 69 c Studd, b Greato­ rex .................. 52 st Wright, b Top­ ham ..................4 not out..................20 B 10, n b 2 .. 18 Total . .255 C a m b r id g e U n iv e r sity . First Innings. Second Innings; C. W . Wright, 1b w, b Bar- c W. Read, b Bar­ ratt ...............................11 r a t t .........................0 H. W. Bainbridge, c Diver, b B a rra tt.......................80 b Jones.................... 23 Hon.M .B. Havrke,bHorner 13 b Barratt .. . . 1 2 Hon. J. Mansfield, b Horner 1 c Lohmann, b Barratt .. . . 1 7 J. E. K. Studd, st "Wood, b Barratt .......................51c Diver, b Barratt 13 P. J. de Paravicini, b Bar­ ratt .................................6 b Jones .. •• 1 T. Greatorex, st W ood, b st Wood, b Bar- Barratt .........................5 ratt .. .. . . 7 F. Marchant, st Wood, b c W. Read, b Bar- Barratt..............................25 r a t t .......................27 C. W. Rock, not out .. .. 12 c Horner, b Bar­ ratt ...................... 15 C. A. Smith, b Jones .. .. 0 not ont.......................0 H. G. Topham, run out .. 1 b Jones .. .. 6 B 6, l b l S .. . . 19 L b .. .. 1 Total .. ..227 Total ..132 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. 0. M. R .W . O. M . R.W. Rock . . . . 50 19 70 3 . . . . 28 8 64 3 Smith . . . . 46 l t 88 5 . . . . 26 7 55 0 Topham .. 20.2 5 42 1 .. ..38.112 74 5 Paravicini .. 14 9 14 0 Bainbridge . . 1 1 2 30 0 . . . . 5 2 9 0 Marchant . . 4 2 3 0 . . . . 2 1 4 0 Studd .. 3 0 11 0 Greatorex 7 0 26 1 Bainbridge bowled a no ball. C am brid g e U n iv e r sit y . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. Barratt.. . . 4 9 21 71 6 .. .. 44.1 16 65 7 Jones . . . . 48 24 46 1 . . . . 40 24 51 3 H orner.. . . 4 5 19 63 2 .. .. 10 8 15 0 Lohmann .. 4 2 11 0 M. Read . . 3 1 5 0 Roller . . . . 4 1 12 0 SURREY v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. After two days of excellent cricket, Oxford succeeded in beating Surrey at the Oval on Tuesday, by 90 runs. Abel was still unable to play for the county owing to illness, but otherwise both sides were in full strength and the play was watched with the greatest interest by large attendances on both days. The first innings of each eleven was pecu­ liar. At one time the Oxford score was 205 for four wickets, and the total only reached 206. On the other hand Surrey had scored 162 with four batsmen out, and the ninth was out for 163, f o that in one case six wickets—in the otlfer five—fell for one run. Mr. Hine-Haycock played very fine ciicket in Oxford’s second innings, and Mr. Key hit well. The tail, though, again performed badly, and the last five batsmen only realised 29 runs. The wicket was still in capital order for run-getting when Surrey went in with 256 in win. Mr. Shuter p’ayed singu­ larly good cricket, but no one stayed with him, and the innings closed for 165. O xford U n iv e r sity . First Innings. T. R. Hine-Haycock, c Bow­ den, b Jones ......................20 T. H. Brain, c Lohmann, b Bavratt.................................... 43 T. C. O’Brien, c Bowden, b Barratt.................................... 22 H. V. Page, c and b Barratt 61 M. C. Kemp, b Jones .. .. 44 K. J. Key, c Lohmann, b J o n e s .....................................12 A. R. Cobb, b Roller .. .. 0 E. H. Buckland, b Jones .. 1 B. E. Nicholls, c Shuter, b R o lle r...................................... 0 H. O. Whitby, b Roller .. 0 E. W. Bastard, not out .. 0 L b 2, w 1 .. .. 3 Total .. ..206 Second Innings. candb W. Read.. 68 c Bowden, b Rol­ ler .................. 30 b Horner .. .. 13 b Jones .. . . 2 7 c Homer, b Roller 16 c Roller, b Horner 55 b Horner .. .. 7 c Jones, bW . Read 4 b Horner .. .. 8 b Jones .. .. 9 not out .. .. 0 B 8,1 b 6 .. 14 Total ..251