Cricket 1888

116 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. MAT 10, 1888. native plan of laying two pieces and'tighten- ing them by cross-lacing in the middle of the pitch has also been tried with success. W ith the exception of the Parsees, who stani out prominently above all other Orientals in the matter of imbibing western ideas, the natives of India can hardly be said to have acquired much interest iu our national game- Many of the colleges, however, possess elevens of fair merit, and at Ajmeer, Amritsar and several other centres matches are from time to time played between teams composed entirely of Hindoos or Mahomedans. On a future occasion I hope to give some account of Indian cricketers and to discuss the prospects of a winter trip to the East for an English amateur eleven. C.F.T. M ARYLEBONE C. & G. v. X X III. M ID ­ D L E S E X COLTS W IT H CAPTAIN. The cricket season of 1888 was opened at Lord’s, on Thursday last, under anything but favourable conditions. The wicket, owing to the rain of the previous day and the early morning, was altogether in favour of the bowlers, and the value of the match as a test was altogether discounted. A fairly strong eleven had been collected to represent the club, but the superior numbers of the Colts gave them little chance, particularly as the ground was, and Hearn, of Hertfordshire, and Flowers, who got forty-two out of seventy-one from the bat in the second innings, were the only batsmen able to get double figures. The first innings of the club was an extraordinary one. Eight wickets were down for as many runs, and it was only some fluky hitting by Mr. Cobbold which enabled the eleven to reach a total of 17. Jennings, a right-handed medium-pace bowler, was the chief factor in the dismissal of M.C.C. for such a paltry score. He took six wickets in ten overs at a cost of 5 runs. The eleven, who were 48 runs behind on the first innings, made a better show in the second, thanks chiefly to Hearn, who hit well for his thirty. Hammond took the last three wickets in three overs without a run being made off him . Though the Colts had only 28 to get to win, the wicket helped Rylott so much that none of the youngsters could make any stand, and eight of them were dismissed before the last run was got. In addition to bowling with great success on the opening day, Jennings also h it with consider­ able freedom in the first innings of the Colts, and his all-round cricket was one of the best features in the play of the youngsters. Mr. A. S. Bull, who has scored heavily for the Richmond and Teddington Clubs during the last two or three years, played with great care on the first day. He was at the wickets alto­ gether two hours and ten minutes for his score of nine. Rylott, in all, took twenty of the Colts’ wickets at an average cost of just over two runs. The match was over at twenty minutes'past Bix o’clook on the second day. T h e C o lt s . M.C.C. F irst Innings. G unn, b Jennings .......... 2 W . Hearn, c Swinstead, b Hearne ......................... 0 Davenport, c Lucas, b Jennings ......................... 0 G. G. Hearne, not out ... 3 Flowers, b Jennings.......... 0 M ajor A. W . Aastruther, b Jennings......................... 0 J.E . West, lbw ,bJennings 3 Mr. J. Robertson, c Booth, b Jennings......................... 0 Mr. F. T.W elman, run out 0 Mr. C. S. W . Cobbold, b Sw instead......................... 8 Rylott,cM iles.b Swinstead 0 B ................................. 1 Second Innings. b Skilton .......... 7 b H eam e .......... 80 st Parker,b Skil­ ton .................. 6 c Lucas, b R ich­ m ond .......... 6 cBooth.b Hearne 12 c Heam e, b Fil- liston .......... 2 b H am m ond b Hearne .......... stParker,bHam- m ond .......... b H am m ond ... not out .......... B 1, lb 2, w 1 First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. S. Bull, b R ylott ... 9 b C obbold.......... 0 Mr. R. S. Lucas, c Hearne, b low e rs...................... 5 b R ylott .......... 3 Mr. F. Swinstead, c Heam , b Bylott ...................... 7 Mr. S. Cheesman, cW est, b R ylott ......................... 0 Mr. G. M. Lannowe, c Hearn, b R ylott .......... Mr. A. Leechman.b R ylott Mr. C. E. D am ian,b R ylott Filliston, b R ylott .......... Gale, lbw, b R ylott .......... Mr. W . H- Miles, c Daven- st W elm an, 1 R ylott ......... 5 W elm an, 1 C obbold......... lbw, b R ylott ,. not out ......... b Flow ers......... c and b R ylott . b R ylott ......... port, b R y lo tt................. Blackburn, c Davenport, b R ylott ......................... Mr. J. Drawater, b Rylott J .Hearne.c West,b Flowers Mr. E. Skilton. b Rylott ... Curnow, c and b Flowers Mr. G. A. Parker,b Flowers Jennings, not out .......... Mr. J. R .' M ’Naughton, b Flowers ......................... Mr. C. L . Kennett, b Flowers ......................... Mr. J. Richm ond, run out Mr. A. E. Booth, c Gunn, b Flow ers.......... .......... Sm ith, b R y lo tt ................. H amm ond, c Cobbold, b R y lo tt................................. Mr. A. J. W ebbe (captain), c Davenport, b Flowers B 1,1b 4 ......................... 0 not out 0 8 2 c Flowers, b R y­ lott .................. 6 B l . l b 1 2 Total Total ... 31 B OW LIN G ANALYSIS. M.C.C. First Innings. Second Innings. Jennings .. Miles .. .. Swinstead . O. M. R. 1Y. O. M. R. W. 10 8 8 1 10 5 5 6 7 2 6 0 7 5 2 2 D am ian .. 5 1 13 0 Sm ith 6 4 2 0 Rkilton ... 0 1 11 2 Booth 3 0 12 0 Blackburn 5 3 8 0 Richm ond 5 8 3 1 Hearne .. 9 8 17 3 Filliston ... 4 1 4 1 Hamm ond 8.13 0 3 Leechman 3 2 1 0 Dam ian bowled a wide. C olts . First Innings. Second Innings. Total . 17. Total ... 75 O. M. R . W . O. M. R . W . Flowers ... 58.140 26 8 ............ 5 1 9 1 R ylott ... 66 53 31 14 .......... 15 10 11 6 W e s t.......... 9 7 3 0 Cobbold 11 6 9 2 CKICKET AT CAMBRIDGE. THE SEN IO R S’ MATCH. Cricket at Cambridge was opened for the season with this trial match, played on the University Ground at Cambridge on Thursday and Friday last. Mr. Buxton’s side got a long lead of 117 runs on the first hands, a result chiefly due to the fine batting of Mr. C. A. Trouncer, and the effective bowling of Mr. J. B. Stork. The former, who hails from Sur­ biton, and played for the Gentlemen of Surrey last year, is a left-handed batsman. He gave two hard chances, but altogether his innings was one of great merit. His 115 included six­ teen 4’s. When Mr. Bridgeman’s side went in again there was a great improvement. Mr. A. H. Studd showed excellent cricket for his 91, which contained eight 4’s. Mr. Mordaunt, the Eton captain of 1886, bowled with considerable success, and his six wickets only cost 31 runs. Mr. Buxton’s side had 95 to get to win, and this number was got by Messrs. Robinson and Watson, a capital performance. Mr. Robin­ son, an old Harrovian, who, it will be remem­ bered, never got into the school eleven, scored much the faster, and his plaj all round was exceedingly good. Mr. Buxton’sside had thus an easy victory with eleven wickets to spare. M r . B r id o e m a n ’ s S id e . First Innings. W . R . Floyd, b Stork ... 31 K. H. Studd, run o u t .......... 9 F. Meyrick-Jones, run out 17 C. W . Parry, b Stork ... 0 H .W . Hutson, b M ordaunt 14 Hon. H. Millea, b Stork ... 5 J. C. M ackinnon, b Stork 6 C. H. Hunter, b Stork ... 4 N. K. Stephen, b Stork ... 8 G. H. Abney, b M ordaunt 7 A. Thornton, b Mordaunt 14 W. C. Rridgeman, not out B 7, lb 1, w l ................. Second Innings b M ordaunt ... 11 b Mordaunfc ... 91 lbw, b Trouncer 25 b M ordaunt ... b Stork .......... c Robinson, b Trouncer b Young .......... b Young .......... cand bM ordaunt b M ordaunt c Buxton, b Mor­ daunt .......... not out .......... B 11, lb 6 ... Total ................. 127 Total ...211 M r . C. D. B uxton ’ s S id e . First Innings. H. F. Hayhurst, b M ackinnon .......... 0 G. Hughes-Games, lbw, b Thornton ... 21 G. H. Duckworth, b Thornton .......... 4 C. D. Buxton, b Mac­ kinnon ..................22 J. B. Stork, absent... 0 B 15, lb 4 ..........19 J. S. Robinson, c Hunter,bM ackinnon 5 C. A. Trouncer, b M ackinnon ..........115 F. Oliver, b Thornton 8 H. J. Mordaunt, b T hornton................. 6 W. A. R . Young, c Meyrick -Jones, b Hutson ................. 11 H. Jillard, c Mackin­ non, b Hutson ... 0 Total ............214 A. L . W atson, not out 83 In the Second Innings Robinson scored (not out) 63, W atson (notout) 30; lb , 2.—T otal,95. B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. M r . B r id g e m a n ’ s S id e . First Innings. O. M.R. W. Mordaunt... 30 10 58 3 Young ... 18 10 17 0 H. Games... 2 1 1 0 S tork........... 29 11 42 6 ............... 2) H ayhurst 6 Trouncer 15 Hughes-Games bowled one wide. M r . B u xt o n ’ s S id e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R . W . Second Innings. O. M. R W. .......... 33.1 17 38 6 .......... 32 14 51 2 6 49 1 2 23 0 2 33 2 Stephen ... 24 11 36 0 M ackinnon 39.2 18 61 4 Parry.......... 11 3 25 0 'ihornton... 32 15 53 4 10 14 3 Abney Hutson Milles 3 1» 0 7 19 2 1 12 0 10 15 6 12 2.3 5 Floyd Studd 6 8 0 6 23 0 4 6 0 4 25 0 1 9 0 2 8 0 0 11 0 0 3 0 iEOLIAN S v. H EATH FIELD . Played at Wandsworth on May 5. H e a t h f ie l d . T. J. Faulkner, c Jones, b Morris ... R . M. H um m , b Morris ... ... ... W. E.Brown.b Morris C. Larkins, run out S. J. Bowles, c Rober­ son, b Pearse.......... J. A. West, c and b Morris ................. W . Bolton, b Pearse M. A.Llahrs,b Morris G. Adams, c Howes, b Pearse.................. F. Stevens, c Jones, b Mozris.................. R. Kemp, not out ... B 1, lb 1, w 1 ... Total JE o lia n s . O. Jones, b Faulkner 3 F. Roberson, 1b w, b F aulkner................. 0 H .N . t'teed, b West 3 W . M om s, b W est ... 14 E.H.Heasm an.b West 8 T. R . Pearse, 1 b w, b Bowles ................. 1 F. M. Walker, b West 2 A. Howes, c Bowles, b Faulkner .......... 4 W . H. H utchinson, c Adams, b Brown... 16 T. Hardy, not out . W . Twigg, absent Total ... . 56