Cricket 1889

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME; JUNE 13, 1889. R.A. at Woolwich, and 78 and 73 on conse­ cutive days for M.C.C. & G. v. Cheltenham College, and East Gloucestershire C.C., at Cheltenham. Ill health and absence abroad prevented him playing at all in 1887, but last year he came out well with an average of 28 for seven innings for the University, and against Oxford at Lord’s he was the top scorer with innings of 37 and 26. At almost every athletic sport Mr. Butler has shown great proficiency. Playing for Harrow in the Public Schools Racquet Championship of 1884 with C. D .Buxton,hehelped to beat Eton in the final after an exciting match by four games to three, and with E. Crawley next year landed the final from Eton by the same majority. Having, meanwhile, won the University Challenge Cup at Cambridge in 1887, he was first string at racquets for his University in 1888 and 1889. Though unable owing to ill health to play in last year’s single match, he helped C. D. Buxton to beat Oxford by four games to love in 1888, and this year after winning both doubles and singles became Amateur Racquet Champion by his defeat of C. D. Buxton in the final. He was, too, captain of the Harrow Football Eleven in 1884, and, amongst other successes in athletic sports, won the school two hundred yards in 1884 and 1885, the hundred yards, and hurdles in the latter year. He also represented Harrow against Eton at fives. In the October term of 1885 he won the Freshmen’s hundred yards at Cambridge, but has not run since that race. In all probability, too, he will be one of the Cambridge pair playing tennis against Oxford this summer. Nor does Mr. Butler’s school reputation depend on h's athletic skill alone. Winning the Entrance Scholarship at Harrow in 1880, he made his mark in the higher studies, and, besides the Gregory Scholarship, the chief school scholarship in 1885, and exhibition at Trinity, Cambridge, in the previous December, won, amongst others, the school prizes for English Essay, History, Grammar and Philology, Scripture, and knowledge of Shakespeare. Mr. Butler is a thoroughly hard-working cricketer. He bats with great care as well as judgment, and having plenty of nerve, is always to be relied on, even when others fail. He is also a sure field. Our portrait is from a photograph by Hills and Saunders, of Cambridge. In our biography of Mr. F. H. Gresson last week, he was, in error, stated to be of New College instead of Oriel College, Oxford. DERBYSHIRE (WITH MR. SPOFFORTH) v. YORKSHIRE. The bowlers were seen to great advantage in this match, played at Derby on Monday and Tuesday, and the highest of the four innings only amounted to 132 runs. The game was invested with particular interest by reason of the appearance of Mr. Spofforth, who, though not qualified according to the rules of County cricket, by consent of Yorkshire was included in the Derbyshire eleven. The first day’s play was all in favour of Yorkshire, who, after heading their opponents by 75 runs, had made 82 in their second innings for the loss of only one wicket. The chief features of the cricket were the bowling of Mr. Spofforth on the one side, of Peel and Middlebrook on the other. Towler, the colt from Yeadon, Ulyett, and Wade alone got double figures for Yorkshire, and Mr. Spofforth signalised his first appear­ ance in County cricket successfully, taking seven wickets for 45 runs. When Derbyshire went in, Peel and Middlebrook bowled with such effect that the innings only lasted just over an hour, Mr. S. H. Evershed and David­ son making 29 out of a total of 57. Through the vigorous hitting of Lee, Yorkshire had scored 82 with only one batsman out on Monday night, but the wicket was soft from rain on the following morning, and the game underwent an extraordinary change. Mr. Spofforth, in his first over, bowled Lee, whose finely-hit 53 included a drive for six, as well as Peel, and the innings was closedj for an addition of only ten runs, the last six [wickets all falling with the total at 92. Mr. Spofforth’s figures were extraordinary. He took eight of the ten wickets for 36, and altogether his fifteen wickets in the match were got at an average cost of under five and a half runs, a very great performance. W ith 168 to win, Derbyshire lost four of the best batsmen for 22, and the total was only 65 when the seventh wicket fell. By plucky cricket Hall, who should have been caught in the long-field when he had only got 3, and Richardson added 46 for the eighth wicket, but this was the last stand, and the innings closed for 113. York­ shire were left the winners by 54 runs. David­ son carried out his bat for an excellent 36. Peel got eight of the ten wickets in Derby­ shire’ s second innings, and his analysis for the match showed fourteen wickets for 67 runs. Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Ulyett, c Hulme, b Spofforth......................35 b Hulme ........... 4 Hall, c S. H. Evershed, Spofforth............... Lee, c E. Evershed, Spofforth...................... 5 Peel.stDisney, b Spofforth 9 Towler, c and b Spofforth 39 Wainwright, run out .. 1 Moorhouse, b Spofforth ... 0 Wade, not out ............... 25 Hunter, c Spofforth, b Hulme ...................... Whitehead, c Mosby, b Spofforth...................... Middiet rook, b Hulme ... B 7, lb 2 ...................... 7 b Davidson b Spofforth b Spofforth c E. Evershed, b Spofforth not out ......... b Spofforth c Hall, b Spof­ forth ......... 0 b Spofforth b Spofforth ... 0 b Spofforth ... 0 B ............... 4 Total ...132 D e r b y s h ir e . Total ... First Inniogs. Mr. L. Wright, c Wain­ wright, b Feel............... 0 Mr. H. C. Mosby, c Ulyett, b Middlebrook............... 0 Chatterton,b Middlebrook 1 Davidson, lbw, b Peel ... 11 Mr. S. H. Evershed, b Peel 18 Mr. E.Evershed,c Middle­ brook. b P e e l............... 7 Mr. Spofforth, c Ulyett, b Middlebrook ............... 4 Mr. G. G.Walker, c Ulyett, b Peel............................ 0 Hall, not out ............... 6 Hulme, c Wainwright, b Middlebrook ............... 8 Disney, b Peel ................ 2 Second Innings. c Ulyett, b Peel 9 c Ulyett, b Peel 1 c Towler, b Middlebrook... 6 not out .........36 c Lee, b Peel ... 0 b Peel... b Peel... ... 12 ... 4 st Hunter, b Wainwright... 6 b Pcel.i............. 25 b Peel............... 0 st Hunter,b Peel 0 Extras.........14 Total ... 57 Total ..113 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Y o r k s h ir e . Davidson Spofforth Hulme ... Hall ... Walker... First Innings. O. M. R. W. 16 3 31 0 33 11 45 7 14.4 4 . 4 2 . 1 0 35 2 10 0 2 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 14 13 1 1 ... 20 8 36 8 ... 12 5 32 1 ... 7 3 4 0 ... 3 1 15 0 D e r b y s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Peel ......... 12.2 4 24 6 .......... 24.2 9 43 8 Middlebrook 13 3 33 4 ........... 14 8 19 1 Wainwright 5 0 38 1 Whitehead 5 2 6 0 Wade......... 3 0 13 0 WARW ICKSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Seriously weakened by the absence of their best bowler, Pougher, who was unable to play in consequenoe of a recent accident, the Leicestershire eleven were not seen to advan­ tage in this match, played at Birmingham on Monday and Tuesday, Wheeler and Warren put on 54 runs for the first wicket of Leicester­ shire, but after their separation no one made any stand against the bowling of Pallett, and the innings closed for an addition of only 23 runs. Pallett’s figures were remarkable. In twenty-six overs he took nine wickets for an average of 3 runs. At the end of the first day Warwickshire had scored 73 for five wickets, and, thanks to Law and Pallett, this number was more than doubled before the innings closed. The two professionals named were responsible for 111 of 154 got from the bat, and the latter’s all-round cricket was the feature of the match. Going in a second time in a minority of 84, Leicestershire again fared badly. This time Shilton was, as will be seen, the most successful bowler, and the only batsman to make any show was Warren. He oarried his bat through the innings, but his 44 not out was not one of his best exhibitions, containing more than one chance. Warwick­ shire won by nine wickets. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Warren, lbw, b Pallett ... 30 Wheeler, c Shilton, b Bird 26 Mr. J.A. Turner, b Pallett 0 Mr. C. E. De Trafford, b Pallett............................ 10 Mr. C. Marriott, c Law, b Pallett............................ 0 Mr. C. C. Stone, c Cress­ well, b Pallett............... 0 Bostock, not out............... 5 Mr. H. T. Arnall-Thomp- son, c Docker, b Pallett 2 Rylott, c Lilley, b Pallett 2 Marshall, b Pallett ......... 0 Walton, c and b Pallett ... 0 B 1, lb 1...................... 2 Total ......... ... 77 Second Innings. not out .........44 c Pallett, b Bird.............. 0 c L a w , b Pallett ......11 c Bird, b Shilton 8 c Docker, b Shilton ....... 0 lbw, b Shilton... 8 c Pallett, b Shilton ....... 5 b Shilton....... 5 c L ille y , b Shilton ....... 2 lbw, b Shilton... 2 c and b Pallett 9 Extras....... 3 Total ... 97 W a r w ic k s h ir e . First Innings. Pallett, b Rylott ... 61 Shilton, st Marshall, b Arnall-Thomp • son ......................14 Mr. A. Bird, not out 1 Lilley, c Amall- T h o m p s o n , b Rylott ................ 0 Cresswell, c sub., b Arnall -Thompson 0 Extras............... 7 Law, c Marshall, b Warren ............... 50 Mr. H. C. Maul, c De Trafford, b Arnall- Thompson ......... 9 Richards, c Marriott, b Arnall-Thompson 3 Mr. L. C. Docker, c Wheeler, b Arnall- Thompson ......... 8 Collishaw, c Walton, b Rylott ............... 4 Mr. C. Wheeler, lbw, Total ......... 161 b Arnall-Thompson In the Second Innings Law scored b Rylott 2, Richards, (not out) 8 , Wheeler, (not out) 4.—Total, 14. BOWLING ANALYSIS. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Pallett......... 26.314 27 9 ......... 29.410 39 2 Shilton ... 16 7 26 0 ......... 22 8 39 7 Bird ............. 6 5 4 1 ......... 7 2 16 1 Cresswell ... 5 1 18 0 W a r w ic k s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Rylott... Thompson. Walton Warren Turner... . , 34 15 61 3 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 44 6 1 13 0 6 23 1 2 13 0 34 3 6 1 8 0 ELSTREE MASTERS v. W ILL-O ’-THE- WISPS. Played at Elstree on June 8 . WH/Ci-O’-TH E -W lSPS. H.Whitfeld, b Morton 13 C. C. Clarke, b Roe... 0 J.A.Turner, c Wilson, b Roe......................69 C. E. Cottrell, b Morton ............... 4 W.D.Bovill.b Morton 8 J.H.Roberts.bMorton 2 L. Sanderson, c Total Wilson, b Roe.........10 E l s t r e e M a s t e r s . A. Bovilli c and b R o e ...................... J. L. Nickesson, run out ...................... 0. Wilson, not out... F.C.Coxhead, bClay B 11, lb 2 ... ... ...131 P.H.Morton.c Turner, b Cottrell............... Almond, c Whitfeld, b Turner..................14 Rev. W. H. Bather, b Cottrell ..................14 W. N. Roe, b Turner 20 C.P.Wilson, c Turner, b Whitfeld ........... 22 Rev. V. Royle, c Whit­ feld, b Bovill............72 F.Meyrick-Jones,not out ...................... 19 A. T. B. Dunn, c Roberts, b Whit­ feld ...................... 4 T. C. Weatherhead, st Sanderson, b Whitfeld ......... 0 Clay, not out ......... 1 B 2,1 b 2, n b 2... 6 Total F, T. McDonnell did not bat. ...177