Cricket 1885

2 9 0 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, j u l y 23 , 1886 . of the Trinity eleven atJCambridge,"and also repre»ented the University in two ofjits home fixtures, though with not sufficient success to warrant his attainment of a regular plaoe in^the tea*i. Later in the year, however, in*local cricket he was seen to the greatest advantage, and one of his scores for Horsham attracted particular notice. His hitting againstStorrington early in June was remark­ able,and on this occasion he was credited with 302 out of a total of 533. Though he did not play at all for Sussex duting that season,the summer of 1883—in which year, by the way, he took his degree, first-class in political economy, at Cambridge found him par­ ticipating in five matche for the County. On one notable ooeasion especially he was of the greatest service, and his judicious management of the bowling in the memor­ able match against Yorkshire, at Sheffield, contributed in no small degree to the brilliant viotory of Sussex, who won, as many will still well remember, with only three runs to spare. A severe attack of scarlet fever kept Mr. Lticas at Naples during the first two months of the orieket season of 1884, and his appearances that year were in consequenoe very few. Even weak as he was, though, on his return to England, he did not forego his crioket, and on July 15 the Horsham Club was again much indebted to him for a big score of 110 against Dorking, an exaellent performance con­ sidering that he was in very far from the best condition. Mr. Lucas’ batting this year has been unique. Opening the season for the county against Cambridge University at Cambridge, he showed very fine cricket. Though unluckily run out in the first innings for seven, in the second the Cambridge bowlers were unable to dismiss him, and his score of 76 not out fairly won the match for Sussex with seven wickets to spare. The commencement of the following week saw his greatest performance of all— his 215 not out for Sussex against Gloucester­ shire at Brighton. The details of this remarkable innings will be fresh in the minds of many cricketers. He went in first wicket down with the total at 9, and carried his bat out, having contributed 215 of 392 runs got during his stay. He was altogether batting for six hours and three-quarters, and gave no actual chance until he had made 150. As an instance of vigorous, well-timed hitting this performance has rarely, if ever, been excelled. With great judgment, as it proved, the Marylebone Committee invited him to represent the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s, and here his play was of the most brilliant kind. For a first appear­ ance, indeed, his success was extraordinary, Though the wicket helped the bowlers materially he played with the greatest con fidence, and he enjoyed the high distinction of being the highest scorer on the side, eon tributing 89 out of 160 from the bat in the first, and 31 out of 95 in the second innings Since that time, through the death of sister, he has not been seen on the cricket field, and his record so far this season in first-class cricket shows five innings (two not outs) for an aggregate of 418 and an average of 139 runs. Mr, Lucas is undoubtedly the best left-handed bat cricket has seen fpr many years. He is a splendid hitter all round, though particularly on the off-side, and it is very rarely that he lets any off ball alone. He plays with a very straight bat, and meets every kind of bowling with the same faeedom. His batting for the Gentle­ men was singularly fine, aud on this occa­ sion he played bowling which puzzled mo3t of the ama’ eur batsmen considerably, with the greatest confidence. He is a fair field. Mr. Lucas has also distinguished himself at racquets. He was one of the two Marl- burians who contested the final with Eton in the Public School Competition at Prince’s in 1877, and subsequently in 1882 repre­ sented Cambridge in the Inter-University four-handed match in the same courts. Next Thursday’s C bicket will contain portrait and biography of B eaumont (Surrey). LANCASHIRE. YORKSHIRE v, After three days of very interesting cricket the Yorkshire eleven were able, on Satur­ day, to claim a victory in their return match with Lancashire at Huddersfield by eight wickets. As each county had only lost one match this year the result of last week’s meeting was awaited with unusual interest. It was, therefore, the more to be regretted that the Lancashire eleven was not stronger, neither Mr. A. G. Steel, Mr. Royle, Mr. Taylor nor Pilling being able to play. Still the cricket altogether was up to the best standard, and the match was throughout a great success—the attendance being very large on eaih day. Lancashire, who went in first, made a respectable total of 232, to which Robinson, who has only been sccasion ally played this year, and Mr. Kemp, of Cam­ bridge, who made his first appearance in an inter-county match, contributed more than one-half. Robinson hit in brilliant style for his eighty, in which were ten fours, three threes, and ten twos. He was only an hour and forty minutes at the wickets, and with the exception of a chance in the long field when he had got 29 there was no fault in his innings. It is worthy of remark that the last four wickets contributed 153 to the Lancashire total of 232. When Yorkshire went in Ulyett and Bates hit hard, and later on Preston, the colt, and Emmett, the veteran, played good crioket. Bates’ 98 was a display of unusual merit. He was not quite two hours and a half at the wickets, and while he was in 141 runs were made, of which he contributed more than two-thirds. There was no chance in his innings, and the spectators were so pleased with his batting that a collection of over fourteen pounds was made on his behalf. Though Lancashire were 69 runs to the bad on the first innings, thanks to the brilliant cricket of the young Cantab, they were able again to make a fair show. Mr. Kemp was credited with more than one-half of the runs from the bat, and considering the quality of the Yorkshire bowling his 109 was a performance of ex­ traordinary merit for a young player making his debut in an Inter-County match. He was altogether thnee hours at the wickets, and while he was in scored 109 out of 156 without a mistake. His figures were seven­ teen fours, four threes, four twos, and twenty- one singles. Yorkshire when they went in a second time had 148 to win, and only two hours and fifty minutes left to play. Though they altered the usual order and sent in two fast ran-getters—Ulyett and Grimshaw— runs, however, came very slowly, and only eighteen runs were got in half-an-hour. With another run added, both batsmen were out, and a victory for Yorkshire seemed by no means certain. Preston and Bates, though, entirely ehanged the aspect of affairs. Bates was let off by Mr. Kemp at long-off when he had only got six, a mistake which affected the result materially. After this, indeed, the Yorkshireman hit in most bril­ liant fashion, and in an hour and fifty-three minutes the 148 runs still wanting were got, Yorkshire after all winning with an hour to spare. Bates aud Preston both played very fine cricket. Altogether Bates scored 179 runs with one not out, besides taking seven wickets. Peate’s bowling in the second innings of Lancashire, too, deserves high praise. He took six wickets for 44 runs. Score and analysis:— L a n c a ih ir i . Seoond Innings, st Hunter,b Peate 10 c Lee, b Bates .. 14 First Innings. Barlow, b Harrison .. .. 23 Mr. A. N. Hornby, b Bates.. 6 Mr. O. P. Lancashire, c Hunter, b Bates .. .. 0 Mr. G. M. Kemp, o Hunter, b Bates ..........................37 Briggs, st Hunter, b Bate* 9 Bower, b Harrison .. .. 0 Robinson, c Hunter, b Bates 80 Watson, c Preston, b Bates 2o Yates, b Peel...........................10 Mr. E. Jackson, tun out .. 7 Copeland, not out.................. 21 B 9,1 b 4 ............................. 13 run out.. 18 o Hall,b Peate ..109 b Peel...................0 b Peate...................23 c and b Peate .. 2 cHarrison.bPeate 17 o Preston, b Peate 1 not out..................3 b Harrison .. •. 0 B 11, lb 2,w 4 17 Total. .. ..232 Y o rk sh irh . b Total .214 40 > 20 . 4 , 98 Emmett, not ont .. 45 Peate, c Briggs, b Bar- low ...........................1 Hunter, rnn out .. .. 0 Harrison, lbw,b.Briggs 1 B 11,1b 2 .. .. 13 Ulyett, fit Jaokson, W a tso n ................ Hall, o Robinson, Copeland................ Grimehaw, b Briggs Batec, b Watson.. F. Lee, lbw, b Briggs.. 14 Peel, e and bBriggs .. 6 Total .. ..801 Preston, o Robinson, b Barlow . . . . .. 59 In the Second Innings Ulyett scored st Jackson, b Watson, 12, Grimflhaw, c Barlow, b. Watson, 5, Bates (not out), 82, Preston, (not out),33; b 9, lb 1—Total, 148. BOWLING ANALYSIS. L an cash ire Second Innings, R. W. O. M . It. W. Peate .. .. 12 5 16 0 .. .. 44 23 44 fl Bates .. .. 41.316 85 6 .. .. 30 16 48 1 Harrison .. 25 9 62 2 . . . . 9.3 2 28 1 Emmett .. 6 0 25 0 . . . . 28 10 43 0 Peel . . . . 9 1 81 1 .. .. 2a 16 23 1 Hall 5 2 11 0 Emmett bowledfour wides. Y orkshire . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Watson .. 86 51 77 2 Barlow.. .. 49 27 59 2 Briggs.. .. 67.183 96 4 Copeland .. 6 2 23 1 Yates . . . . 7 1 23 0 Hornby .. 2 0 10 0 First Innings. O. M. Second Innings. O. M. . .. 28 16 . .. 15 5 . .. 18 6 R. W. 43 2 8 UXBRIDGE v. READING. Played at Reading on July 25. R ea din g. First Innings. S. Hayward, b Wood 3 Second Innings, c Lightfoot,bWoods 9 Henwood, b Woods .. S. S- Wollaston, 1 b w, b Woods .......................... 4 c Woods,b Lightfoot M 22 1b w, b Stevens .. 12 C. Crowdy,b Woods.. .. 3 10 J. Crowhurst, b Woods .. 5 b Gregory .. u A. W . Kearsey, b Woods 0 5 L. C. Ogbourne, b Morice 27 c Wood, b Stevens 52 W. Robinson, b Woods .. 11 b Stevens .. .. 6 G. Egerton, b Woods 8 0 H. Maxwell, not out.. ,• C. Maxwell, b Woods 6 1b w, b Woods 5 0 0 B .......................... 6 B 8,1 b 4 .. .. 12 T o ta l................... 95 Total .. 137 F, Willis, b Hanwood 2 G.H.Wood, b Henwood 9 F. J. Rutter, o Wollas­ ton, b Osbourne .. 0 W. M. Gardiner, b Henwood.................. 27 0. E. Stevens, b Hen­ wood ..........................2 Woods,runout .. . . 2 4 U x b r id g e . First Innings. C. Coles, b Henwood.. 11 E.H.Lightfoot, b Hen­ wood 0 H.F.Morice,bHenwood 1 S. Penny, bHenwood 2 F. Gregory, not out .. B ............... ... .. 2 Total , 80 In the Second Innings Willig floored, b Crowdy, 2 Stevens (not out) 17, Coles (not out) 6, Lightfoot, b Crowdy, 0—Total 25.