Cricket 1891

104 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME; MAY 14, 80 runs. This week, too, against Lancashire, his all-round cricket was the best feature on the Oxford side. In the first innings he was credited with 53 out of 114 from the bat, and his 72proved the highest aggregate. Though rather expensive, his bowling was, too, the best, showing four wickets for 97 runs. As an all-round cricketer Mr. Smith is considerably above the average of amateurs. As a fast round bowler he is generally successful, at times particularly dangerous. Standing 6ft. lin . in height, he has every advantage as a bat, and uses his opportunities fully, hitting all round with the greatest freedom. To add to his capabilities, he is moreover a fine field. As a footballer he lias in addition a fair record. He secured his Cap at Clifton, and has played for his College at Doth the Rugby ana Association games. Mr. Smith is a Mathematical Scholar of University College, Oxford, and took honours in Moderations in 1889. Our portrait is from a photograph by Gillman <fc Co., Oxford. CBICKET AT OXFORD. THE TWELVE v. SIXTEEN FRESHMEN. The Freshmen were generally seen to poor advantage in this the third and last of the trial matches, begun on Thursday and com­ pleted on Saturday. Leveson-Gower, of last year’ s Winchester eleven, was, indeed, the od I v one who made a good show at the wicket, and he was responsible for nearly half the total from the bat in the first innings. Denny, the Old Finchleian, was the most successful bowler, but the form altogether was dis­ appointing. The captain, M. R. Jardine, was the chief scorer for the Twelve, and the bowling honours were shared by Palairet, Berkeley, and Taberer. The Twelve won by an innings and 28 runs. S ixteen F reshmen . A J. Boger, b Smith 0 c Brain, Taberer . 10 F. Levoson-Gower, c Smith, b Palairet ........................51 lbw, b Taberer 7 B. L. Richmond, run out ...14 c _ B r a in , b R. C. N. Palairet, c Brain, b Berkley ........................ 6 L. C. V. Bathurst, b Berkley 0 H. T. S. Gedge, c Brain, b Palairet............................... A. L. Nelson, c Jardine, b Palairet............................... 7 C. D. Cooper, b Taberer ... 11 o Bassett, b O. Field, Palairet.. Palairet c Berkley, Palairet st Brain, Taberer 9 b Palairet runout ... c Smith, Palairet C. B. S. Clarke, lbw, b Taberer.......... ................. D. H. Morgan, b Palairet... D. W. Carr, run out .......... H.Garrett, run out .......... C. G. Causton, lbw, b Taberer............................... G. W. Denny, not o u t.......... J. F. Williams, b Taberer B 15, lb 1 ........................: c Llewellyn, b Sm ith.......... b Palairet ... b Berkley not out ......... b Berkley b Berkley ... c Smith, b Berkley b Bassett ... . B 6, lb 7... 13 Total. .................126 T he T w e lv e . Total 91 W. D Llewellyn, c Fie d, b Deary ... 82 H. Li. Watson, c Bat­ hurst, b Morgan ... 43 M. R. Jardine, not out 92 T. B. Case, b Denny 4 J. B. Wood, b Denny 0 L. C. H. Palairet, c Field, b Morgan ... 0 G. L. Wilson, c Field, b Denny.................24 H. M. Taberer, c Palairet, b Denny 1 E. Smith, c Morgan, b Williams ..........30 W. H. Brain, c Bat­ hurst, b Gedge ... 6 H. Bassett, e Rich­ mond, b Williams 0 G. F. H. Berkley, c and b Williams B 9, lb 3 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. S ixteen F reshmen . First Innings. Smith O. M. R. W. Berkley , Palairet , Taberer Bathurst. Boger Denny . Morgan , , 15 6 13 7 . 18 12 12 . 24 10 86 . 8 2 15 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Wilson 8 5 14 9-1 6 3 15 9 11 34 19 27 26 17 22 6 5 1 T he T welve . First Innings. O. M. R. W. . 28 13 38 0 . 28 9 42 0 . 27 10 55 5 „ 14 1 37 2 Gedge . Palairet. Carr... O. M. R. W. Williams 6*4 13 1 12 0 19 3 ... 12 ...245 UN IVERSITY v. LANCASHIRE. The Oxford Eleven commenced their season inauspiciously this week, losing their first home match, begun on Monday, soon after four o’clock on the following afternoon, by an innings and four runs. Though not in full strength, Lancashire 'had a strong side, which included a Colt,Mr. Mortimer, who had shaped well against the County at Lancaster in the previous week. On the other hand, the University was without three of its last year’ s eleven, Thesiger, Bradley, and Bassett, and the last five places were filled by Watson, Brain, and Taberer of the Seniors, and Leve- son-Gower and R. Palairet of the Freshmen. Though they won the toss the University made a very poor show, and when the seventh wicket fell the total was only 54. Smith how­ ever found a useful partner in Taberer, and the latter stayed while the former hit in brilliant style. He was only in forty-five minutes, and in that time scored 51, which were made up of one 6, nine 4’s, one 3, one 2, and six singles. The small total of 124 was mainlydue to the effective bowling of Watson, who took six of the ten wickets for less than 5 rung apiece. The Lancashire eleven, when their turn came to bat, as usual made runs at a good pace, and in just under three hours scored 206 for the loss of six batsmen. A. Ward and Yates added 77 for the fifth wicket, and both showed good cricket, in particular Ward, though he gave one hard chance. At the close of the day, too, Messrs.Crosfield and Mortimer made another very useful stand, and the latter showed defence of a very promising kind. On Tuesday, the County’s innings was soon brought to a close, and the last four wickets only added 37, Mr. Mortimer, who was in for two hours, carrying out his bat for a steady and highly praiseworthy score of 22. Entering on their second innings in a minority of 119, Oxford were seen to even worse advantage than before, and Mold bowled with such success that the total was only 46 when the seventh batsman went. Smith quickly knocked up 17, but the only feature of the innings was the good, free cricket of Taberer at the close. He was let off at short slip before he had made a run, but after this there was no fault of any kind, and his plucky, confident batting was the one pleasing incident in a disappointing show. He scored 47, out of the last 67, in an hour and five minutes. Mold’s bowling, as will be seen, resulted in the dismissal of seven batsmen at a cost of 28 runs. First Innings. Mr. W. D. Llewellyn, b O xford .U niversity . Second Innings. 6 c Barlow, b Mold 8 Watson Mr. H. D. Watson, b Briggs.............................. 16 b Briggs ... Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, lbw, b W atson........................ 0 b Mold.......... Mr. F. Leveson-Gower, lbw, b Watson.................. 0 b Mold Mr.M.R. Jardine, b Briggs 1 c Watson, Briggs ... Mr. L. C. H. Palairefc, b Watson ........................ 17 b Mold.......... Mr. G. L. Wilson, b Wat­ son ............................... 0 b M old.......... Mr. E. Smith, b Mold ... 53 c Kemble,b Mold 17 Mr. H. M. Tabercr, c and b Briggs ........................ 9 not out ......... 47 Mr. W. H. Brain, c Kem- J ble, b Watson... .......... 5 c Kemble, b^ Briggs ..........‘ 3 Mr. G. F. H. Berkley, not out ... .......................... 8 c Barlow, b Mold 8 B 7, lb 2 ........................ 9 E2.B ................. 3 ... 0 ... 16 ... 5 b ... 6 ... 5 2 Total ... ...124,3 Total ...115 L ancashire . F. H. Sugg, c Jardine, b Berkley..............30 Barlow, b Smith ... 12 A. Ward, b Berkley... 51 Briggs, run out........ 7 Baker, c Taberer, b B erk ley................ 4 Yates, st Brain, b L. P alairet..............43 Mr. It. Mortimer, not out .....................22 Mr. S. M. Crosfield, b S m ith .................44 Mr. A. T. Kemble, c Brain, b Smith ... 0 Watson,cR.Palairet, b S m ith .................20 Mold, c Llewellyn, b L. Palairet .......... 0 B 9, lb 1.................10 Total ...248 BOWLING ANALYSIS. O xford U niversity . First Innings. Briggs ... Mold Watson... Baker ... O. M. R. W. 35 19 60 25 15 23 12.1 4 28 3 0 4 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. .........39 17 39 3 .........25.4 9 53 7 ........ 7 1 15 0 L ancashire . O. M. R. W. Smith ... 89 12 97 4 Berkley 46 22 73 3 Taberer 6 1 23 0 O. M. R. W. L.Palairetl8.3 5 40 2 Wilson ... 2 2 0 0 CRICKET AT CAMBRIDGE. UNIVERSITY v. MR. C. I. THORNTON’S ELEVEN. Xi for no other reason than that it was set apart for the benefit of W . Watts, who had deserved thoroughly well of all Cambridge cricketers, by reason of his thirty years’ service as caretaker of the University ground, the opening match of the season, begun on Tuesday, would have been very popular. Under any circumstances, however, it could not have failed to be attractive, as Mr. C. I. Thornton had collected an exceptionally for­ midable combination, numbering, in addition to the three Australians, Messrs. Barrett, Murdoch, and Ferris, Messrs. W . G. Grace and A. J. Webbe, with Peel, Briggs, and Mold. On the other hand, the University were unlucky enough to lose the valuable bowling of Mr. S. M. J. Woods, who, it is needless to add, was much missed. Cambridge were fortunate enough to win the toss, and remained at the wickets most of the first day. Their innings lasted for four hours and a-half, during whioh time 262 runs were got. Against Buch first-clasa bowling this was 8