Cricket 1888

242 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JU L Y 5, 1886. occasion he scored 83 and 26 not out will be fresh in the minds of C ricket readers, and no doubt his excellent display for his county, who won the match by ten wickets, had a groat influence on his selection by the committee of the Mavylebone Club to represent the Gentle­ men against the Players, the highest honour opsn to a cricketer, and one to which his play this year fully entitles him. Mr. Dixon watches the ball very carefully, and making good use of his height, gets well ver the ball. Iiis is never an easy wicket to gat, and as he can hit when required, increased confidence lias enabled him latterly to take a high position among amateur batsmen. He bowls round-arm over, medium pace, with a high delivery and an off-break, which at times proves effective. He is, too, at home any­ where in the field. As an Association foot­ baller he has earned honours. For some years he was one of the leading forwards of the Notts Club, and in 1885 he gained still higher distinction, being selected to represent Eng­ land against Wales at Blackburn. Owing to ill health he has, however, latterly been obliged to give up football. Our portrait is from a photograph by Foster and Martin, of Melbourne. In our biography of Mr. S. M. J. Woods last week, a printer’s error made that gentle­ man to have taken 307 instead of 37 wickets for Somersetshire in 1837. EPSOM v. EPSOM C O LLEG E MASTERS. Played at Epsom on June 28. E psom C o llege M ast ers . A. J. Newsom, c Glen­ nie, b Holland........ 41 C. R. Taylor, c and b Harrowell .........3' W. F. Morley, runout 39 Owen Jones, b Judge 0 R. Gwynne, b Judge 10 Rev. H. Bedell, c Pag- den, b Holland ... 0 Rev. W. Cecil Wood, b Judge..................... 3 L. Thomas,cGUennie, b Holland .........10 E. A. Redman,c Har­ rowell, b Holland 4 M. Holt, not out ... 5 T. B.Wood.c Bridges, b Judge ............... 8 Extras.................10 Total ...16) E psom . F. Sheath, not o u t... 1 A.W. Pagden,bJone3 4 Sleat, not o u t......... 1 Extras............... 6 G. H. Longman, b Morley ............... 2 F. Judge, b Newsom 12 J. H. Bridges, b J ones 9 R. G. Glennie,bJones 27 Rev. E. A. Milne, b Newsom...............15 A. G. Holland, c Mor­ ley, b Jones ......... 0 G. F. Burgess and W. Harrowell did not bat. Total 77 OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. If for nothing else than the unique experience of an important fixture extending overthe regu- lation period of three days,an experience unique at least in the history of the game in England for manyyears,the fifty-fourth meetingbetween the two great English Universities now in progress at Lord’s deserves to be marked wich a red letter. As a rule, though four and even five days have been frequently devoted to matches in Australia, the multiplicity of en­ gagements precludes the possibility of a pro­ longation of play beyond the third e\*ening in England, aud hence the Inter-University match of 1838 will loner be remembered if ouly for the reason that it introduce 1 a feature unknown to English cricketers of l iter day*. The match itself at the time these lii.es will meet the public eye is still unfinished, and under the circumstances, our c >m- ments on the game may well be reserved until the issue has been decided. As far as the match has gone, in spite of the continuous rain which prevented a commencement until Tuesday morning, the play has been by no means uninteresting, on the Contrary, it has been productive of greater excitement than might have been expected from the diem*! surroundings at the outset. Though the Cambridge eleven had a better record in their trial matches, it was generally thought that the match had a very open appearance. The young Australian, Mr. S. M. J. Woods, had proved of great use to Cambridge in the earlier matches, and their successes were in a measure the result of his effective bowling. Latterly, though, he had not been so deadly on the slow wickets prevalent, and, on the whole, though there was a fair amount of batting on each side, the two elevens were con­ sidered to be hardly up to the best standard of previous years. Both Captains had, ap­ parently, some difficulty in filling up the last place, and Meyrick-Jones and Fowler proved the successful candidates, the latter ousting C. Wreford-Brown, who has had the worst of luck in this match, losing his place at the eleventh hour last ye ar, as will be remembered, owing to an injury in the match against Surrey at the Oval. As we have already said, there was no play owing to the rain on Monday, and it was not until twelve o’clock that a start was made on Tuesday. The Cambridge captain was fortunate enough to win the toss, and naturally decided to get first use of the wet wicket. Crawley, who had Mordaunt for his partner, played with great care, and when Cochrane bowled him, he had been in forty minutes without scoring. Three of the best Cambridge batsmen were out with the total only 24, but Thomas, who had not pre­ viously been as successful as was hoped, found a useful partner in the Harrow captain of 1885, Butler, and before another wicket fell the total had been increased by 61 runs. Butler gave a chance to point before he made a run, but still his innings of 37, the highest for the side, was invaluable to Cambridge. Thomas played thoroughly good cricket for his 36, and his success will be generally very gratifying. Gosling, who went in fifth wicket down, carried out his bat for an admir­ ably got 29, and Meyrick-Jones lent him valuable assistance, helping to put on 36 for the ninth wicket. The most successful bowler was Cochrane, who, owing to a sprain, it will be recollected, was unable to play last year. He bowled a capital length throughout, and as will be seen, took six of the ten wickets, delivering 64 overs for 62 runs—excel­ lent figures. Oxford began batting just before five o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, Gresson and Simpson facing the bowlingof Woods and Ford. Simpson was caught at the wicket at 12, but Gresson and Thesiger scored freely after half an hour’s interval from wet, and thanks to their good play, the total was 77 for three wickets when rain stopped play at 6.40. A heavy downpour prevented a renewal yester­ day till after 12 o’clock, and then Woods bowled with such success that no one but Scott was able to offer any real resistance. That batsman, who made such a successful debut for Oxford last year, got 32, the highest score on the side, and his batting was decidedly the best feature of the innings—a most praiseworthy exhibition of cricket. The last seven wickets fell yesterday for 47 runs, a result chiefly due to the successful bowling of Woods, whose twenty overs were delivered for 16 runs and five wickets-a remarkable analysis. Having a useful lead of 47 runs, the Cambridge captain, Buxton, altered the previous order of going in, accompanying Mordaunt himself to the wickets. He did most of the scoring, being credited with thirty of a total of tifty-one got at the time of his dismissal. As in the previous iurint’S Butler did good service, and again Gosling, who carried out his bat a second time, received valuable help frjin Meyrick-Jones. The latter hit freely, aud his partnership with Gosling resulted in an iuvaluable stand, Meyrick-Jones scoring 36 out of 43 while in Thanks to the three batsmen named the last half of the innings increased the Cambridge total by ninety-nine runs. Play closed for the day at the fall of the tenth wioket, so that to-day Oxford Will have to get 216 to win, not an easy task After the recent rains. C ambridge . First Innings. Second Innings. H. J. Mordaunt, c and b Croome ..................... 14 c Forster, b Croome.......... 7 E. Crawley, b Cochrane... 0 b Fowler ......... 1 G. Kemp, b Cochrana ... 8 c Simpson, b Croome.......... 9 F. Thomas, b Cochrane ... 36 b Fowler ......lb E. M. Butler, b Cochrane 37 c Forster, b Cochrane ... 26 C. D. Buxton, c Simpson, b Forster..................... 3 b Cochrane ... 30 R. C. Gosling, not out ... 29 not out ......18 S. M. J. Woods, c Rash­ leigh, b Cochrane........ 12 b Fowler ......... 7 F. G. J. Ford, c Philipson, b Cochrane ............... 2 c Fowler, b Croome......... 3 F. Meyrick-Jones,b Fowler 16 c Nepean, b Forster...... 36 C. E. McGregor, b Fowlor 3 lbw, b Cochrane 9 B 2, lb 3, w 4, nb 2 ...11 B4,lb2 ... 6 Total ...............171 Total ...170 O xfo rd . First Innings. Second Innings. E. T. B. Simpson, st Mc­ Gregor, b Ford ......... 2 F. H. Gresson, c and b Woods........................... 30 Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger, b Buxton ..................... 26 W. Hashleigh, b Woods ... 12 Lord George Scott, c Mor­ daunt, b Woods ...- ... 3i H. W. Forster, b Woods... 1 E. A. Nepean, b Woods ... 1 A. C. Croome, b Mor­ daunt ............................ 2 H. Philipson, c Crawley, b Woods........................... 10 A H. Cochrane, b Mor­ daunt ............................ 1 G. Fowler, not out ......... 0 B 6, lb 1 ..................... 7 Total ...............124 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. C a m bbidg e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M R. W. Cochrane ... 64 34 62 6 ......... 46/226 43 3 Croome ... 36 20 33 1 ......... 35 19 41 3 Fowler ... 12.1 4 13 2 ......... 23 9 35 3 Forster ... 33 16 33 1 ......... 36 18 36 1 Nepean ... 7 0 190 Gresson... 8 5 9 0 Cochrane bowled two no-balls, and Forstor four wides. O xfo rd . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O, M. R. W Woods.......... 39 23 486 Ford .......... 20 8 261 Buxton ... 8 3 131 Mordaunt... 21 8 302 SURREY CLUB AND GROUND v. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Though rain prevented any play in this match at the Oval on Monday, and there were several showers on Tuesday, the Surrey Club scored heavily, having made 538 runs for nine wickets when a heavy downpour finally stopped play just after 6.30 on Wednesday. Mr. Bowden and Abel put on 293 for the first wicket and the second batsman (Mr. Jephson) was out at 416. Mr. Bowden was only at the wickets four hours,' and his freely hit 284 was made up of two5’s, forty-three 4’s, ten 3’s, sixteen 2’s, and forty-two singles. S u rre y C. & G. Mr. M. P Bowden, c Mr. F. Hill, b Bull... 0 Sharpe, not out ... 3J Harris, c Daniel, b West...................... 5 Loc vwood.bThursby 31 Boot, not <»ut ......... 9 B i5, lb J ...........17 Colson, b West Abel, b Bull...............Ill Mr. D. L i. Jephson, b b'oxley ... .........31 Mr. S Colman, b Bull 0 Henderson, b West... 8 Rev. J. C. Crawford, b Bull ..................... 3 Total ...538 Northamptonshire did not bat. P a rsees v . H ast ings and S t . L eo n a rd s .— The Parsees secured the first win of their tour yesterday at Hastings, beating Hastings and St. Leonards by nine wioketsi Scores:— Hastings, 132 ana 55 { Farsees, 145 and 9) fe* 9ne wieketi