Cricket 1887

“ Together joined in cricket’s man ly toil.”— By ron . No. 157. VOL. VI. Registered for Transmission Abroad. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1887. PRICE 2d. MR. A. M. SUTTHERY . A f o r t n ig h t ago we were able to give a por­ trait and biography of perhaps the best all­ round cricketer in this year’s Oxford eleven, Mr. E. H. Buckland. Just at this time, when the recollections of the recent Inter-University match are still fresh in the minds of C r ic k e t readers, it will be a fitting accom­ paniment to our sketch of the most useful member of the vic­ torious team to give a brief outline of the career of, on the season’s form, the most prominent member of the Cambridge eleven of 1887. Mr. A. M. Sutthery, a son of the Rev. W. Sutthery, was born at Clifton Reynes in Buckingham­ shire in 1864. His first introduc­ tion to cricket was on the com­ mencement of his short career at Uppingham SchoDl, where he was entered in the autumn of 1878. He soon began to show aptitude as a cricketer, for in the following summer he gained a place in the second eleven on Middle Ground, L. Orford, one of his mates in the Cambridge team of this year, at that time being in the first eleven on Middle Ground. Mr. Sutthery’s connection with Uppingham, though, as already stated, was of very brief duration, for September, 1879, witnessed his removal to Oundle School, to which institu­ tion may fairly, therefore, be ascribed, at least, the chief credit of his cricket training. His pro­ motion at Oundle was rapid, and his first season there secured him a place in the School eleven. His all-round cricket that year was considerably above the average. The records, indeed, prove him to have been singularly successful both with bat and ball, and in addition to an excellent average of sixteen he proved effective as a bowler, taking fifty wickets at a cost of only ten runs each. Though he went off slightly both as abatsman and a bowler during the season of 1881, he made a corresponding advance in the following summer, and not content with an excellent average of 25 for seventeen innings was able to show besides 45 wickets at an ex­ pense of eleven runs each. In 1883 he was in rare form as a batsman, as can bejproved by mention of two of his most noteworthy per­ formances. His best innings of the year was one of 215 for Oundle School against an Oxford eleven, but he showed to great advantage on several other important occasions, once in particular for Burghley Park against the Notts Amateurs, when he was credited with two capital scores of 84 and 64 not out. Having matriculated at Jesus College, Cam­ bridge, in 1883, he secured a place in the Freshmen’s Match cf 1884, but with only moderate success, though he made thirty-one for the Sixteen against the Twelve just after­ wards. Though he got thirty-three in the Seniors’ Match of 1885, and scored well gener­ ally for his college, Mr. Sutthery did not get a trial in the University eleven until the follow­ ing year. This, too, was, perhaps, in a measure due to the brilliant form he had shown at the close of the previous season, during the Uppingham Rovers’ Tour. He batted with such consistent success for the Rovers as to have an average of 56 for eleven innings, and two of his innings, 165 against Bradford and another 165 against the Gentle­ men of Sussex with three professionals, at Brighton, were highly creditable displays of batting. On the strength partly no doubt of this form he secured a place in the Cambridge eleven, and, indeed, figured in all their fixtures until the Inter-University match at Lords’, where he had to give way to the Hon. C. M. Knatch- bull-Hugessen, though on what grounds it would be a little diffi­ cult to say. He had not been cer­ tainly as successful as had been anticipated, and, indeed, his score of 37 against Yorkshire was his best show of the year. At the same time, though, he was, it must be stated, not seen to the best advantage owing to bad hands, which handicapped him particu­ larly in the later matches. This season, though, both as a bats­ man and a bowler he has done full justice to his Oundle training. From the first, indeed, he proved himself to be a most useful all­ round cricketer. In the Seniors’ match he took ten wickets in the second innings, or in all fourteen wickets, and this he followed up with two well played scores of 105 and 40 for the Twelve against the Sixteen, besides taking seven of the latter’s wickets in the second inn­ ings. In the opening match of the University against the Gentlemen of England, he was more suc­ cessful as a bowler, but as the wickets grew harder, his batting showed a corresponding advance, and among many good innings may be mentioned 53 not out aeainst Mr. A. J. Webbe’s Eleven, 72 against Surrey at the Oval, and the same number against M.O.C. tt • n. Ground at Lord’s. He finished the University season, too, in brilliant fashion at Lords with two excellent innings of 73 and 21 against Oxford, and with the one exception of Mr. E. Crawlev he was t.be highest scorer on the side of the liffht. blues. On the whole, indeed, he has every reason to be satisfied with the results of his fourth season at Cambridge, for in all matches