Cricket 1887

CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE. GAME. J u l y 7,1887. .V' : f . Everyone will hope to hear that the nature of the injury has been exaggerated, and that Australian cricket will not have to mourn the loss of so able an exponent. T he axiom that the unexpected is always happening is particularly applic­ able to cricket, the uncertainty of which is in reality its greatest charm. And no­ thing could be more singular than the re­ markable success which attended the efforts of the last choice on each side in the Inter-University match just over; In all probability had Mr. G. Kemp not been absent from the earlier fixtures of Cam­ bridge owing to an injury to his wrist he would have figured at Lord’s this week, and Mr. E Crawley would never have had a chance of showing his real form. Mr. Wreford-Brown’s injury at the Oval last week, too, prevented his playing for Oxford as he was in all likelihood sure to have done, and here again luck gave Lord George Scott an opportunity. S ingularly , too, the two eleventh men were the highest scorers for their respective sides, and the history o f these matches will furnish no more remark­ able records than that o f Mr. Crawley and Lord George Scott this year, the former of whom scored 166 and the latter 138, though Mr. Crawley had the advantage of a not out in his second scote o f 103. It will be interesting to many C ricket readers if I give Mr. Crawley’s figures in the six innings he has played at Lord’s against Eton and Oxford. 1st 2nd Ttl. 1885—Harrow V. Eton .. .. 100 7 10 1886—Harrow v. Eton . . . . 40 69 109 1887—Cambridge v. Oxford .. 35 103* 138 This gives a total of 354 for five com ­ pleted innings, or an average of just under 71 runs. U n l e s s I am in error, Mr. K. J. Key, in addition to the distinction he won last year as the hero of the highest individual score in Oxford and Cambridge matches, can now also claim the largest aggregate. Mr. C. W. Wright’s 292, completed in 1885, was up to this yearthe best; but Mr. Key was just able to gethis second innings in time yesterday to beat this, as the following particulars of his scores against Cambridge will s h o w - 1884—17 — 17 1885— 5 51 56 1886— 6 143 149 1887—C4 8* 72 294 Up to the present time the largest of the five innings of over 300 in these matches Js the 388 of Cambridge in 1872. Oxford’s score of 313 this week is the best so far to their credit. SCORE BOOK— Continued. OXFOBD v. CAMBRIDGE. As was generally expected the Oxford eleven were victorious in the 53rd Inter - University match, begun at Lord’s on Monday and con­ cluded yesterday afternoon. On their later performances the Oxonians were decidedly the better all-round eleven, and they fully realised the expectations of the public, winning easily with seven wickets to spare. The Cambridge eleven were fortunate enough to win the toss and on a fast and true wicket made a good start, the score at luncheon time on Monday shewing 152 for three wickets. On the re­ newal, though, Mr. Sutthery, who had gone in third wicket down, found no one to stop with him, and the last six batsmen were only responsible for twenty runs. Oxford when they went in to bat in their turn, began well, and at the end of the first day had made 113 for three wickets, Mr. Key not out 35, Lord George Scott not out 24. On Tuesday morning the score was raised, through the bad fielding of Cambridge, up to 171, or 104 since the last wicket, before Mr. Key was caught for an exceedingly well-got 64. Lord George Scott was able to increase his score to 100 before he was caught at point. He was batting four hours, but he ought to have been caught and bowled three times on Tuesday, and though the early part of his innings was very good, the latter was very lucky. Mr. Forster, who went in sixth wicket down at 196, was not out at the close of the innings, having got 60 of the 117 made while he was in by sound cricket and in excellent style. In a minority of 106Cambridge entered on their second innings, and when play ceased on Tuesday had lost- six wickets for 134, of which Messrs. Marchant and Crawley had contributed 76, the latter not out at the close with 44 to his credit. Cambridge were only 28 runs on with four wickets to fall when the game was resumed yesterday, and the end of the innings seemed to be close at hand. Ml* Crawley, who continued to play the best cricket, though, received very useful assist­ ance from the three last batsmen, Messrs. Or­ ford, Hale, andToppin, and 118runs wereadded before the tenth wicket fell. Mr. Crawley carried out his bat for 103, a remarkably fine display of batting, more particularly in the condition the game was. He was alto­ gether four hours and three-quarters at the wickets without a chance, and it will be eminently satisfactory to those who remember his brilliant form at Harrow to see it so fully corroborated in this match. Oxford wanted 147 to win, and though Mr. Gresson was out at 12,and Mr. Rashleigh at 23, some capital cricket by Lord George Scott and Mr. Nepean, who added 112 runs for the third wicket, effectually decided the issue and soon after five o’clock Oxford had won by seven wickets. Mr. Sutthery’s 73 in the first innings of Cambridge were thoroughly well got. On Monday 9,335 persons paid at the entrance gates, on Tues­ day 11,057, and yesterday 3,610, making 24,002 as paying during the three days. C ambridge , First Innings. Second Innings. F. Marchant, c Whitby, b Buckland.................... 49 st Philipson, b Nepean........... 32 C. D. Buxton, b Forster ... 2 b Buckland ... 1 F. Thomas, b Buckland... 22 b Forster .... 13 E. Crawley, c Ricketts, b Buckland.................... 35 not out ....... 103 A. M. Sutthery, c Gres­ son, b Nepean.............. 73 c Key. b Buck­ land................. 21 F. G. J. Ford, b Buckland 4 b Nepean ....... 8 W. C. Bridgeman, lbw, b Gresson .................... 9 b Buckland ... 3 L. Martineau, not out ... 6 b Whitby ..... 5 L. Orford, b Gresson ... 0 c Brain, b Gres­ son .................13 H. Hale, b Gresson....... 0 st Philipson, b Forster...........21 C. Toppin, c & b Nepean 1 c Whitby, b Nepean.......... 18 B2, lb 3, n bl ........ 6 B 7, lb 7 ...14 O x fo r d . First Innings. F. H. Gresson, c and b Sutthery ........33 E. A. Nepean, b Hale 0 W. Rashleigh, c Sutthery, b Hale ... 12 H. W. Forster, not out .....................60 K. J. Key, c Orford, b Ford .................... 64 H. Philipson, b Hale u J. H. Brain, c Orford, b Toppin.............. 15 E. H. Buckland, c Orford, b Toppin 0 G. W. Ricketts, b Hale.......................17 Lord George Scott, c Bridgeman, b Ford..................... 100 H. O. Whitby, c Ford, b Hale......... 0 B 9, lb 3 ...........12 Total ...313 In the Second Innings Gresson scored b Toppin 8, Nepean (not out) 58. Rashleigh, c Martineau, b Ford G, Key (not out) 8, Lord George Scott c Hale, b Marchant, 66; b 1, w 1.- Total, 148. BOWLING ANALYSIS. C a m b r id g e . J i~st Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Whitby ... 8 0 380 .......... 42 21 64 1 Forster ... 41 16 551 .......... 40 25 32 2 Auckland ... 43 18 624 .......... 50 25 68 3 Nepean ... 30.3 5 43 2 ............... 25.11 Gresson ... 11 9 33 .......... 24 15 30 1 Ricketts 4 2 4 0 Nepean bowled a no ball. O x f o r d . First Innings. O. M.R. W. Hale ......... 37.212 63 5 ... Ford ......... 56 19 97 2 ... Sutthery ... 36 13 581 ... Toppin ... 38 18 61 2 Martineau... 60 20 0 Buxton ... 1 0 2 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 5 2 16 0 ... 20 7 31 1 ... 6 2 20 0 ... 21 5 40 1 ... 4 1 13 0 ... 11 4 16 0 Marchant 4 1 10 1 Oxford has now won 25 matches to 26 of Cambridge, the two other matches having been drawn. GRANVILLE (LEE) v. HAMPSTEAD. Played at Hampstead on July 2. H a m p ste a d . A. S.Johnston, c and b Sharood ........21 R. A. Walker, c Gor­ don, b Sharood ... 13 A.Butcher,b Sharood 29 A. C. Robertson, run out .................... 8 A. J. Dare, b Sharood 18 A. G. Allen, c Moore, b Sharood ........ 1 C.F.Butt, c Clarkson, b Sharood ........ 7 R.Furber.cHayward, b bharood ........ C. R. Lowe, c Clark­ son, b Edwards ... F. M. Campbell, not out .................... S S. Pawling, c Lay­ man, b Edwards... B 4, lb 2.............. Total ...117 jun. J. Wilson, Pawling ..." ........ 3 W.L Pierce, c Furber, b Pawling ........ 0 H. S. Dominy, lbw, b Johnston.............. 17 C. W. Hayward, run out .................... 22 W.Edwards,cFurber, b Pawling ........26 J. S. Clarkson, c Walker,b Johnston 2 G r a n v il l e . b A Sharood, c and b Johnston ........ A. Taylor, c Butt, b Johnston ....... E. w.Moore, run out A.R.Layman.not out B.F. Gordon,run out B 15, lb 2, w 1 Total ........ ] RICHMOND v. M.C.C. & G. Played at Richmond on July 2. M.C.C. &G. H. De Trafford, c Lucas, b Thomas ..194 W. Hearn, c sub., b Barker .............. 16 Major Anstruiher, c Barker,b F. * .Bush 0 Turner, c l-arker, b Hart-Davis ........14 Captain R Carnac, c Parker, b Thomas 66 Pickett,bF W.Bush 3 Benthal,c F.W. bush, b Hart-Davis ... 10 Poughfr, not out ... 63 A. E. J. Perkins, b Burkitt .............. 11 Captain Garnett, b Barker .............. 1G B19, lb5,w l,nbl 26 Total ........ 207 Total ...252 H. North, run out H. Wedderburn, Pougher 45 Total ........ R ich m o n d . b IR.S.Lucas,notout .. 1 1G8 0 Hart-Davis run out 10 1 Total ........ 11 F. W. Bush, E. A. bush, W. Lindsay, A.Young, li. E. Thomas, E. H. Burkitt, E. P. James and W. Barker did not bat.