Cricket 1889

114 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EE CORD OF THE GAME. I:MAY 16, 1889. he excels 1 at coverpoint when a contingency arises. But, apart from these attributes, there is one outstanding feature yet to be noted. If Mr. Balfour fails with the bat, his cricketing worth is always proved by his generalship, and it is often this quality which pulls his team through many a keen tussle. Though, through circumstances which make a rule, or at least very seldom an exception, in the careers of Edinburgh Academy athletes, Mr. Balfour has been little seen in England, he last season was elected a member of I Zingari, and had the honour conferred on him of being the first Scotchman—not connected with either of the great English Universities—who played in a team of Gentlemen of England. Though Mr. Balfour, unlike the leading golf players, cannot devote an all-the-year-round attention to the game, still it is remarkable that year after year sees him taking a leading part in the great amateur competitions which are held from time to time. He has won numerou St. Andrew’s medals, and is the only one who has ever won the King William IV. gold medal four times. Though as late as last week he competed with Mr, J. E. Laidlay for the championship, and only lost after a keen struggle, by way of showing Mr. Bal­ four’s proficiency in the game, it may be men­ tioned that a week previously he gained the gold medal of the Honourable Company of Golfers, his opponent being the present cham­ pion. When tennis was in comparative infancy, Mr. Balfour won the championship of Scotland, but since then he has taken little part in the game. His football was confined to his earlier days, and when only eighteen years of age—just after he had left school— he played full back for Scotland against England. Our portrait is from a photograph by Marshall Wane, of Edinburgh. S u r r e y E l e v e n . First Innings. Abel, b Mills......................24 Read, c and b Lyddon ... 12 Wood, c Boot, b Osman ... 4 Henderson, c Watts, b Gray .............................12 Lockwood, Gray ... Osman, b ............... 14 K. J. Key, not out .. Sharpe, b Brockwell.. W. W. Read, lbw, b Brock­ well ... .... ............... 0 Beaumont, lbw, b Gray ... 0 Bowley, b Brockwell......... 4 Large, c Osman, b Brock­ well ............................ 0 B 2,1b 2 ...................... 4 Second Innings. b Smith ......... 3 not out .........18 bJephson......... 1 c Mills, b Jeph- son ............... 1 c Dexter.b Jeph- son ............... 0 b Swinfen.........13 c Watts, b Pow- ley ................ 0 c Powley,bJeph­ son ................15 1 b w, b Osman 0 b Powley ......... 6 b Osman ......... 1 Total ... 81 Total ... 59 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Y o ung P l a y e r s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Beaumont ... 18 11 113 ........... 27 13 31 6 Sharpe ..... 26.1 8 339 ........... 31.215 35 8 Lockwood ... 20 11 154 ........... 7 2 17 0 Bowley .......... 11 8 62 .......... 16 7 21 2 Abel ... 5 2 8 1 SURREY XI. v. X X I, YOUNG PLAYERS. Hampshire being unable to fulfil its en­ gagement with Surrey for the first half of this week, at the Oval, the above match was sub­ stituted with the double idea of giving the Eleven some practice and trying the most likely reserves at the disposai of the Club. Owing to the rain no play was possible on Monday, and on the two following days the wicket was so much in favour of the bowlers that the scoring was below tho average. Mills played steadily in the first innings of the Twenty-one, and Harris, Davis,Brockwell and Milbourne were seen to advantage in the second. Harris’ display yesterday, though,was the best on the side, and his second score of 26 was got by good cricket. Sharpe took seventeen wickets for the Eleven at a cost of 68 runs. The eleven were beaten by 83 runs. T wenty one Y oung P layers . First Innings. Second Innings. Watts, run out ............... 5 run out ......... 0 Boxall, run out ............... 1 c Lockwood, b Beaumont ... 5 Lyddon, c and b Sharpe... 2 b Beaumont ... 2 Mills,c Lockwood,b Beau­ mont ................................13 b Sharp .......... 4 Mr. S. Colman (captain), c Bowley, b Sharpe......... 1 c Bowley, b Sharpe ......... 1 Brockwell,c Abel,b Sharpe 3 b Bow ley.........13 Harris, c W. W. Read, b Beaumont........................ 0 b Bowley ......... 26 Milbourne, b Sharpe ... 0 b Sharpe ............. 14 Street, b Sharpe............... 0 b Sharpe ........... 5 Mr. D. L. A. Jephson, lbw, b Bowley...................... 4 c W. W. Read, b Abel................12 Boot, b Beaumont ......... 0 absent.................. 0 Smith, b Sharpe............... 0 b Sharpe ............ 0 Jackson, b Lockwood ... 1 b Sharpe .......... 1 Swinfen, b Lockwood ... 3 c and b Beau­ mont ......... 1 Powley, b Bowley ......... 5 b Sharp ......... 5 Davis, c Lockwood, b Sharpe ...................... 9 c Key, b Beau­ mont .........18 Young, b Lockwood.......... 3 run out .......... 3 Reddick, c Key, b Sharpe 4 b Beaumont ... 8 Gray, not out ............... 5 o Lockwood, b Beaumont ... 0 Dexter, lbw, b Lockwood 5 b Sharpe ... ... 0 Osman, b Shaipe ... 1 notout ......... 0 B 26,1 b 2, w 1 29 Extras.........15 T h e E l e v e n . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 3.2 0 5 2 Total ........M TOW First Innings. O. M. R. W. Harris ......... 7 2 9 0 Watts ......... 7 1 13 0 Osman ......... 8 3 7 1 Lyddon................ 6 45 1 Brockwell ...23.113 11 4 Street ......... 7 3 8 0 Mills............... 9 3 14 1 Gray............... 6 1 10 3 Jephson ... 14 4 28 4 Smith..... 8 3 7 1 Swinfen ... 5 2 10 1 Powley ... 3 0 7 2 THE UNIVERSITY ELEVENS. THE TR IAL MATCHES. CAMBRIDGE. The results of the trials at Cambridge show that the Eleven ought to be strong in batting, an estimate which, of course, has not been influenced to any great extent by the defeat of the University yesterday in their first match. The Freshmen showed that there were at least some cricketers of promise, and two, Ross and Beresford, were deemed to be worthy of places in the University eleven this week. Ross is a really good bat, is very steady and plays sound cricket. He is also a good field. Beresford hits loose bowling well, and his two innings in the Freshmen’s match were well got. He is, too, a fair bowler, but is by no means a good field. W . H. Crawford played an excellent innings in the Freshmen’s match, though missed once. He is a brilliant playier, but, though he has many good strokes, his defence is not sound. F. E. Woodhead, the Loret- tonian, has so far not done much in good company. He is a steady but rather tame bat. He is, though, a promising medium pace bowler, breaking both ways a little. J. C. Orr bowls with his head, and, varying his pace well in addition, bids fair to train o n ; he is also a fair bat. S. Barber is a promising fast bowler. He breaks back and is very steady, moreover. Unfortunately he is not good in the field or as a bat. He was the best bowler in the Freshmen’s match, and Orr perhaps the next in point of promise. Scott and Beresford were successful, but there was no vice in either. V.F.Leese is a good aud free bat, with sound defence in addition. He is also a fine outfield. In the Seniors’ Match, C. P. Foley played two really good innings. He cuts beautifully, but is a little unsound. E. A. Little bowls fast with a break back, and 8 decidedly the best bowler iu this match. A. Martineau is something after the style of E. A. Nepean. He bowled well and was very successful. Hon. H. Milles played a good innings, and W . J. Rowell, who is also an excellent field, showed steady and sound cricket. A. R. Holdship also bowled well in the Seniors’ Match, and for the Freshmen Gooch’s wicket-keeping was good. As far as one can judge at this early period of the season the most likely candidates for the Eleven are, in batting, Foley, V. Leese, Ross and Rowell, in bowling, Martineau and De Little. It is probable that H. Hale will play again, and if he should be in form, his bowling would be of great use. The present want, indeed, seems to be another good medium pace bowler, and, if this should bo supplied, it looks as if the Eleven ought to be a strong combination. OXFORD. There are six old blues in residence this term viz. H. Philipson (New Coll.), H. W . Forster (New Coll.), W. Rashleigh (B.N.C.), F. H. Gresson (Oriel), F. Thesiger (Magdalen), and A. C. M. Croome (Magdalen). There remain therefore five places to fill, and at least two bowlers will be wanted. In the Seniors’ match, J. E. Jones came out with the best analysis. He bowls medium pace, right hand, with a high delivery, and kept a very good length, but beyond this there did not seem to be any­ thing very deadly in his bowling. R. H. Moss started by bowling very well, and the ball he bowled G. M. Jones with was a beauty, but his analysis was sadly spoilt by Watson, who was in brilliant form. Moss bowls fast right hand, with very high delivery, and besides being as a rule a very steady bowler, comes from leg a little. E. Smith, another fast right hand bowler with high delivery, also bowled fairly well. Wilson played very well in each innings, his off-d rives being very fine. Wreford Brown played very steadily, and was unlucky in playing a ball into his wicket; Watson, however, eclipsed all others, his driving and cutting being quite admirable. H. S. Schwann played very sound and patient cricket, and was in for a long time. He made some good cuts, and is very good on the leg side. The fielding, on the whole, was very fair, Gibbs and Schwann particularly distinguishing themselves, while the wicket-keeping of Lyons and Dauglish was better than is usually seen in the Seniors’ match. The Freshmen’s match tended ratherto show what,a poor lot ofFreshmen have come toOxford than to disclose any new talent. M .R. Jardine (Fettes), who went up to Oxford with a great reputation, showed that it was not unfounded, and played very patient cricket in each innings. At the same time he let off ball after ball that might have been driven to the boundary, but perhaps when he has be­ come a little more accustomed to playing in the Parks he will be a little more lively. H. D. Watson (Harrow) played fine cricket in his second innings, some of his off-drives reminding us of his brother “ A .K .” Atkin­ son hit hard and clean, his leg hitting being particularly good, and as the bowling was principally to leg, he was able to indulge in his evidently favourite stroke to his heart’s content. Leechman played well for his runs, and made some nice strokes off his legs. Giffard made some good cuts, but was missed once or twice in the course of his innings. Of the bowlers G. Cuming (Canterbury) was decidedly the best. He bowls fast left-hand, with a nice easy delivery. The slippery ground was against him, as it was evident that he found great difficulty in keeping his feet, and when the groundgets harderwe shall watch him with care. Of the others, Tapsfield, medium pace right-hand, seemed to be the best. He kept a good length, and looked like a bowler. Apart from these two, no-one struck us as being ever likely to cause inconvenience to any good batsman. To fill the vacant places in the eleven will be no easy task this year. The most likely are Moss, Watson, and W re- ford-Brown, all of whom have appeared in trial matohes before, but the remaining places are open-T’Very open, indeed,