Cricket 1890

MAE. 27, 1890. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 43 THE ENGLISH AMATEURS IN INDIA. (Continued from P age 23). MR. V E R N O N 'S T E A M v. E L E V E N OF LU CKNOW . After leaving Bom bay the English team under Mr. V ernon’s comm and journeyed on to Lucknow, where they began a match against the Lucknow Division on Thursday, February 6. The game was of special interest, as Lord Hawke who had, ow ing to illness, been unable to take his place in the eleven, appeared, and, as will be seen, with considerable success. The Englishm en won the toss, but against the bowling of Mr. E lliot, Major Davidson, and Mr. Stockley, made a poor show'. Only three of the team got into double figures, and the highest score was 18 by Mr. D e Little. On the home team going to the wickets Captain Reid and Mr. Plom er were soon dismissed by Mr. De Little, who began the bowling with Mr. Leatham. Thanks to a determ ined stand by Captains Beresford and Cockburn, the English total was passed without the loss of another wicket. A t 100, however, Captain Beresford was caught for a well played 47, and then came an extraordinary collapse. The fifth, sixth, and seventh wickets all fell with the score at 109, and in the end the total only reached 125. The Englishm en entered on their second innings on Friday, February 7, with L ord Hawke and Mr. Walker. The bowling was entrusted to Corporal Taylcr and Major Davidson, and from the second ball he received Lord Hawke had an escape at third man. In Davidson’s next over the same bats­ man was nearly caught high up at deep m id- off, and Mr. W alker, in addition to an easy chance at point, was also let off at long-on. A fter these lives, though, both batsmen hit freely, L ord Hawke sending E lliot three times in one over to square-leg for 4. After being missed again at slip at 85, however, he was clean bowled by Stockley for a free but lucky innings of 45. Mr. Gibson helped Mr. Walker to make another stand, and the score was raised to 151 before the latter was well caught in the country. Though his innings was far from faultless, he hit well. H is 68 included eight 4’s and five 3’s. A t the same total Mr. Gibson, who had made his runs without a mistake, was out leg before wicket, and as neither Messrs. Vernon nor D e Little scored, the game underwent a great change, the total at luncheon showing 178 for five wickets. On resuming, Captain Rawlinson was bowled without any addition, and the only noteworthy feature of the rest of the innings was the hitting of M r. Philipson, who carried out his bat for 47, made with several chances. The local team were left with 181 to win, but the bowling of Messrs. D e Little and Gibson, helped by the bum py ground, proved too much for them , and the tenth w icket fell for 60, leaving Mr. V ernon’s team easy winners by 123 runs. Mr. D e Little took eleven wickets for 79, and Mr. Gibson nine for 65 runs. M e . V ernon ' s T e a m . First Innings. Lord Hawke, b Elliot ... 0 H. Walker, b Davidson ... 14 C. E. Gibson, c and b E llio t............................... 2 G. F. Vernon, b Elliot 2 H. Philipson, b Stockley... 15 E.-R. De Little, b David­ son ...............................13 Captain Rawlinson, b Stockley ........................ o A- E- Leatham, c Plomer, b Davidson ................. 4 Hughes, not out................. 9 T. K, Tapling, b Davidson 0 tt?n* Curzon, c Colvin, b Elliot ... .......... i B 5,lb8, w l... !!! !’.! 14 Second Innings. b Stockley......... 45 c Stockley, b Davidson ... 68 lbw, b Davidson 32 Beresford, b Taylor not out b Taylor b Taylor 0 ... 47 Total ... 79 c Plomer, b Davidson ... 3 c Reid, b David­ son ................. 4 run out .......... 4 lbw, b Stockley 6 B 9, lb 4 ... 13 Total ...229 L ucknow and D ist r ic t . First Innings. Captain Beresford, c Lea- tham, b Gibson ..........47 Captain Reid, b De Little 10 Mr. Plomer, lbw, b De L ittle ............................... 0 Captain Cockburn, b Gib­ son ...............................38 Captain Colvin, b Gibson 6 Mr. Stockley, b De Little 1 Mr. Bateman Champain, b Gibson ........................ Corporal Taylor, c sub., b De Little ........................ 1 Mr. Nickalls, b De Little... 3 M ijor Davidson, not out... 0 Mr. Elliot, b De Little ... 6 Extras ........................13 Second Innings. c De Little, b Gibson ..........17 c Curzon, b Gib­ son ................. 7 lbw, b De Little 0 b DeLittle ... 8 b De Little ... 0 b Gibson ..........11 0 b De Little ... 3 b Gibson ... b Gibson ... not out b De Little Extras Total ......... 125 Total ... 60 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M b . V e rn on ’ s T eam . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Corp. Taylor . . 7 3 8 0 H. Elliot......... 11 2 25 4 Major David­ son ..........10 H. R. Stockley 7 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 21 6 50 3 ........ 8 0 47 0 2 14 4 .......... 1 18 2 .......... N. T. Nickalls L uckno w . 20 5 63 12.1 3 36 9 3 20 First Innings. O. M. R. W. E.R. De Little 21 6 55 6 A. E. Leatham 7 0 18 0 A. E. Gibson ..20 8 39 4 . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 12.2 5 24 5 . ... 12 3 28 5 MR. V ER N ON ’S T E AM v. A G R A . Leaving Lucknow, Mr. Vernon and his party journeyed on to Agra, where they met an E leven of the District on Feb. 14 and 15. The local team included more than one player known to fam e in England, among them Mr. W . Troup, the young amateur whose steady batting was so useful to Gloucestershire in 1887 and 1888, and Mr. A. Bateman Champain The Englishmen ran up a long score of 296, of which considerably more than one-half came from Messrs. Lawson-Sm ith and Philipson. When Agra went in, the bowling of Messrs. De Little and Gibson proved too much for the m ajority of the batsmen, and the only feature was the defence of Mr. Troup, who carried his bat through the first innings for 59 out of 109 from the bat. The English eleven won by an innings and 66 runs. M r . V ernon ’ s T e a m . Lord Hawke, c Bick- nell, b Pereira ... 34 Mr. J. G. Walker, c Horne, b Bicknell 1 Mr A. E. Gibson, b Pereira .................18 Mr. E. M. Lawson- Smith, b Horne ...117 Mr. H. Philipson, run out ........................65 Mr. E. R. De Little, b Bicknell .................81 Mr. A. E. Leatham, b Bicknell ................. 0 Capt. Maxwell, b Home ...................10 Mr. H. Hilliard, b Horne .................. 5 Mr. A. John, b Pereira ................. 5 Hon. A. Curzon, not out ........................ 2 Extras................. 8 T otal..........296 First Innings. Mr. Troup, not out . A gra . ........ 59 c Mr. Bicknell, c Philipson, b De Little ................. 1 Capt. Wa'son, b De Litt’e ............................... Mr. A. S. Pereira, b De L ittle ...............................II Dr. Horne, b De Little ... 6 Mr. Bignell, b De Little ... 14 Major Owen, b Gibson ... 2 Mr. G. John, b Gi'oson ... 9 A. Bateman Champain, c Gibson, b Leatham ... 1 Mr. Nizard, bDe Little ... 4 Mr. Court, b Gibson.......... 0 E xtras........................ 7 Second Innings. John, b Gib­ son .................11 cLawson-Smith, b De Little ... 18 Total .................116 2 b Gibson .......... 2 cLawson-Smith, b De Little ... 2 lbw, b De Little 0 c Leatham, b Gibson .......... 4 run out .......... 8 c De Little, b Gibson .......... 5 not out ..........27 cLawson- Smith, b De Little ... 17 b De Little ... 8 Extras..........12 Total ...114 MR. V E R N O N ’ S T E AM v. N O R TH ERN IN D IA . The match between Mr. Vernon’s Eleven and Northern India, played at Meerut on Feb. 21 and 22, ended in a drawn game. At the finish the latter, after being in a m inority of 99 on the first innings, had lost two wickets in the second, and were still 25 runs behind. Most of Mr. Vernon’ s team made runs, and Mr. Lawson-Sm ith was again the principal scorer. The eleven representing Northern India included Mr. W. Troup and Major Duthy, who have both been well known in English cricket. Of the total of 205, as many as 140 were contributed by Messrs. Waterfield and Troup. M r . V ernon ’ s E leven . Lord Hawke, b Big­ nell .........................27 A. E. Leatham, b Waterfield .......... 5 A. E. Gibson, c French,bWaterfield 23 E . M. Lawson-Smith, b Edwards ..........54 G.F. Vernon, b Flem­ ing ........................33 R. D. Vizard, b Edw ards.................44 J.G. Walker, b Flem­ ing ... .................38 H.Philipson,cWater- field, b Simms ... 39 E. R. De Little, c Edwards,b Water­ field ........................ 5 J. H. Hornsby, c Smythe, b Water­ field ........................17 Hon. A. M. Curzon, not out ................. 1 Extras.......... ... 18 Total .. 304 N orthern I n d ia . First Innings. Major Duthy, llw, b Gibson ................. W. Bignell, not out A. Bateman-Cham- paiu, st Philipson, b Gibson................ Sergt Major Simms (5th Lancers), b Gibson ................. E xtras................ Capt. R.Carnac,bDe Little........................ 6 Major Smythe, c De Little, b Hornsby 10 Mr. W. Troup, c Philipson, b Lea­ tham ...........................42 Mr. H. L. Fleming, b Gibson .................15 Mr. J. E. Waterfield, b G ib son ....................98 Mr. E. L. French, b Hornsby ....................15 Sergt. Edwards (5th Lancers), c Pliilip- son, b Hornsby ... 1 In the Second Innings Bignell scored st Vernon, b Leatham, 28, Major Smythe: c Vernon, b Lea­ tham 22, Troup (not out) 8, Waterfield (not out) 8 ; extras, 8.—Total, 74. T otal.........205 MR. V E R N O N ’ S T E AM v. E L E V E N OF PUN JAUB. On Feb. 27 the English amateurs began the last fixture arranged for them in India. Their opponents were an Eleven of the Pun- jaub, and the match took place on the ground of the Punjaub C.C. at Lahore. There was a large attendance on the opening day, and among the spectators, who included a large number of natives, were Sir Meredyth and Lady Plow den. Mr. E. L . French, having won the toss, sent in Messrs. Haggard and Quinton, who will be well-known to many cricketers in connection with the Royal Artillery Cricket Club. Mr. De Little had broken his collar bone through a fall from a horse at Meerut, and his bowling m ight have been greatly missed by the Englishmen. As it was, though the first wicket put on 48 runs, and Mr. Mackenzie made a long and determ ined stand, the later batsmen did nothing against the bowling of Messrs. R obson and W aterfield, and the total only reached 158. The E nglish batting was com ­ m enced by M r. Lawson-Sm ith and L oid Hawke, to the bowling of M ajor Kelgour and Capt. Browne. The M ajor got rid of Mr. L aw son-Sm ith, but afterwards his lobs were heavily punished, and a hundred runs were made in the hour. Five of the eleven scored heavily, and, as will be seen, Messrs. Bonham - Carter and Waterfield proved very useful substitutes. A t the close of play on Feb. 28 the Punjaub team nad lost three wickets in their second innings, and on the following day they were all out for 127, leaving Mr. V ernon’s team the winners by an innings and 40 runs. W e give the score, as far as we have been able to complete it from the Indian papers. NEXT ISSUE, APRIL 17.