Cricket 1891

MAY 14, 1891 C E IC K E T : A W E E K L Y EECOED OP T H E GAME ; 105 fin performance, but the honours really rested with two members of the team alone. Oi 252 from the bat 189 were contributed by two old Dulwich College boys, Messrs. Douglas and Wells. The former was batting just over three hours and a-half, and his score of 181, which contained one 5, nine 4’s, eight 3’s, and twenty-two 2’s, was free from a mistake of any kind. This is, we believe, the first 100 he has made in an important match, and his sound and judicious cricket only tended to confirm the high reputation he gained last year. The young Fresh­ man, Mr. Wells, too, shaped well. He should have been caught when he had made 19, but considering it was his first experience of the best professional bowling, it was an innings worthy of the highest praise. Though rain fell in the early part of Friday, Mr. Thornton’s Eleven did well for a time. All the earlier batsmen were fairly successful, and at luncheon the total was 125, with only three wickets down. Messrs. Hill and Streatfeild were, however, more eifeotive against the later comers, and the total only reached 203. Nearly one half of this sum was contributed by Doctors Barrett and Grace. The former was in two hours and twenty minutes for his forty. Though they had a lead of 59 when they began their second innings, the Cam­ bridge eleven fared badly at the outset, and when play ceased on Friday night, eight of the best batsmen had beon dismissed for an aggregate of only 107 runs. On Satur­ day morning a great misfortune befel Cam­ bridge at the outset. A ball from Mold injured Mr. Streatfeild’s hand so badly that he was not only unable to complete his inn­ ings, but to bowl, a serious loss to the side. With 193 to win, Mr. Thornton’s team made such a good start that 100 went up with only two batsmen out. Afterwards a succession of disasters oocurred. Dr. Grace was run out, and when the sixth wicket fell, the total was only 143. Mr. Webbe and Briggs, however, made a plucky stand, and their excellent cricket practically decided the result. As it was, the University were only beaten after a good fight by one wicket, and had Peel, .who was fielding as substitute for Mr. Streatfeild, not missed a chance just at the close the posi­ tions might have been reversed. Mr. Jackson bowled with great judgment on Saturday, as will be seen. His six wiokets were got for an average of under 9 runs. Mold’s figures, though, were the best in the match. In the two innings of Cambridge he dismissed nine men at a oost of 96 runs. C ambridge U niversity . b ... 10 c First Innings. Mr. R. u. Douglas, c Murdoch, b Ferris ...131 Mr. R. o. Crawford, b ?erris.......................... 4 Mr- W. I. Rowell, Briggs.......................... “ r. O. M Well9i o Philip8on, bM old......58 !?• 8* Jackson, b Mold ...................... x Braybrooke, b Briggg ...................24 ?n* G. Tollemache, bPerris .................. o & . M'Gregor, c Briggs, b Mold ......18 E. c. Streatfeild, not out ................ g JT-L' Hil1’ b Mold... 0 Mr-D- L. a. Jephson, st “ nilipson, b Ferris ... 0 B 5, lb 5...................... ... Total ............... . Second Innings. c V e r n o n , b Ferris .......... 8 st Philipson, b Ferris ... b Mold......... b Mold.......... c V e r n o n , Briggs ... b Mold.......... not out c V e r n o n , Ferris ... refired hurt b Mold.......... b Mold.......... B 4, lb 1 Total ... 19 ... 1 .. 5 ..135 CS ? TEEa- BESI Goons ^AK ton BEAR THIS M ark .— Advt. & L ester 94, Q ueen St., C heapside . Mr. O. I. T hornton ’ s E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. J. J. Ferris, c Streat- * ‘ feild,b Jackson .............13 c Braybrooke, b Jackson.......... Mr. J. E. Barrett, b Wells 40 b Jackson.......... J42 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, st M'Gregor, b Wells ... 11 c sub, b Jackson 25 Mr. W. G. Grace, c and b We’.ls .................................. 54 run out ... ... 8 Peel, b Hill ... ....................34 b Jackson.......... 12 Mr. A. J. Webbe, c M'Gre­ gor, b Streatfeild.............18 Briggs, c Streatfeild, b Hill ............................... 0 Mr. G. F. Vernon, o M'Gre­ gor, b Streatfeild.......... 7 Mr. H. Philipson, b Hill ... 0 Mr. C. I. Thornton, b Hill 7 Mold, not oul ................. 7 B 6, lb 4, w l,nb 1 ...12 c Wells, b Jack-1 s o n ..............'33 run out ........ 83 c M'Gregor, b Jackson.......... 0 not out .......... 4 st M'Gregor, b Jephson........32 not out .......... 1 B 2, lb l ... 3 Total .................203 Total ..,195 BOWLING ANALYSIS. C ambridge U n iversity . First Innings. Second Inning-. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Ferris ... 35.2 9 70 4 ... ... 95 7 76 3 Mold ... .. 22 6 59 4 ... ... 18.2 8 37 5 Peel ... .. 17 6 28 0 Briggs .. 25 9 45 2 ... ... 6 0 17 1 Grace .. 10 0 29 0 Barrett .. 3 0 15 0 Webbe .. 5 2 6 0 M r . T hornton ’ s E leven . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Streatfeild 19 8 32 2 Jackson ... 25 9 5S 1 Wells ... 35 19 43 3 Hill ..........15.1 6 31 4 Jephson ... 13 7 29 0 Streatfeild bowlod a wide, and Jephson one no- ball. Second Innings, O. M. R. W. ... 27.2 8 53 6 23 5 68 0 9 57 0 2 14 1 pluoky and resolute crioket. With 300 to win Cambridge on Tuesday afternoon made a good start, and at {the end of the day 83 of them had been made for the loss of one batsman, Mr. Douglas, who had contributed 48 of them in his tost style. Still want­ ing 217 to win, when play was resumed yesterday, the University had a very uphill game before them, and right well they stuck to their task. After adding ten Mr. Beresford was bowled, but Messrs. McGregor and Rowell scored freely, and their partner­ ship brought the total to 131. The Fresh­ man, Mr. Wells, again justified the high expectations formed on his play in the pre­ vious match, and while in with Mr. McGregor the score rose fast. Mr. Wells continued to bat with freedom and in excellent form, until he missed one from Hearne, falling the seventh wicket with the total at 218. Subsequently, Messrs. Woods and Tollemache scored fast, but the outside always had a little in hand, and when the tenth wicket fell the University were in a minority ol 32 runs. M r . A. J. W ebbe ’ s XI First Innings. Mr. J. E. Barrett, c Tolle­ mache, b Wells ..........30 Mr. H. T. Hewett, c Tolle­ mache, b Woods ..........43 Mr. C. W. Wright, I Woods.............................. Mr. T. S. Pearson, c M’ Gregor, b Jackson......... 29 Mr. A. J. Webbe, b Hill ... 36 Second Innings. b Woods .......... 0 c Tollemache, b H ill.................29 27 6 UNIVERSITY V. MR. A. J. WEBBE ’S ELEVEN. After having considerably the worst of the first “ hands ” in this match, begun at Cam­ bridge on Monday, the University eleven played up so well that the game was only lost by a margin of 32 runs. Mr. Streatfeild, whose hand was injured on Saturday, could not play,but Mr. Woods was fortunately avail­ able, and his bowling was, as will be seen, of no small use. Mr. Hewett and Dr. Barrett made a good start for Mr. Webbe’s eleven, and the latter had scored 43 out of 60 when the first wicket fell. Some good cricket was shown by Dr. Barrett, Messrs. Pearson and Webbe, but the later batsmen did little, and when the tenth wicket fell the total was only 190. The batting of Cambridge, after their show in the previous match, caused great disappointment, and the earlier bats­ men shaped so badly against Wright and Hearne that seven wickets had fallen for only 58 runs at the end of the first day. There seemed little chance then of saving the follow, but Mr. McGregor found a useful partner in Tollemache, and an addition of 43 runs for the last wicket enabled the Univer­ sity to get four more than were required to put their opponents in again. Mr. McGregor played with great pluck and confidence, and his 45 not out was a praiseworthy inning in every way. Though they went in a second time with 76 runs in hand, Mr. Webbe’s eleven fared badly against the bowling of Messrs. W oods and Hill, and by lunoheon on Tuesday, five of the best bats­ men had been dismissed for only 54 runs, Messrs. Vernon and Philipson, however, hit away so freely as to alter the whole aspect of the game. Their partnership resulted in an addition of 83 runs, and before he was out Mr, Philipson had raised his soore to 109. He was only in an hour and fifty minutes, and though he was missed twice in one over very soon after he came in, his innings was none the less praiseworthy as au exhibition of Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Wells, b Woods ........................ Mr. H. Philipson, b Hill ............................... Mr. J. Robertson, b Hill... Mr. G. W. Hillyard, c M’- Gregor, b Hill................. J. T. Hearne, not out W. Wrieht, b W ells.......... B 14, lb 2 ................. Total ..........1 4 lbw, b Hill......... l b Woods ........... l c Braybrooke, b H ill................. 4 14 b Hill ... Ibw, b Wells b Woods ... b Woods ... b Jackson... not out B 4, lb 3 ... 48 ...109 ... 2 ... 4 ... 12 ... 6 ... 7 Total ...223 C ambridge U n iversity . First Inning’1. Mr. R. N. Douglas, b Hearne ... ... .......... 1 Mr. W. I. Rowell, run out ............................... 8 Mr. R. A. A. Beresford, c Hearne, b Wright..........14 Mr. F. S. Jackson, run out ............................... 9 Mr. G. M’Gregor, not out 45 Mr. C. M. Wells, b Hearne 0 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, c Hewett, b Hearne.......... 4 Mr. A. J. L . Hill, b Hearne 4 Mr. D. L. A. Jephson, b Wright ........................ 4 Mr. H. M. Braybrooke, b Wright ........................ 5 Hon. M. G. Tollemache, b Hillyard ........................ 16 B ............................... 4 Total ............... 114 Second Innings. c Hearne, Hillyard... b Wright ... b Wright ... . 48 . 34 . 24 lbw, b Wright... 8 c and b Hillyard 37 b H earne..........51 c Vernon, t Hillyard......... Ibw, b Wright ... not out run out b Wright ... Extras... . 28 , 3 Total ...267 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M r . A. J. W ebbe ’ s E leven . Wright Ja< k ;on Hill Jephson Wells M R. W. 11 71 3 ...11 3 23 1 ...32 17 35 4 ... 5 1 13 0 ...15.3 6 32 2 26 Second Innings O. M. R. W. 7 85 4 1 16 1 9 58 4 0 22 0 0 35 1 27 4 6 C ambridge U niversity . First Innings. O. M. R. W. W. W right...29 15 37 3 Hearne ...28 10 68 4 Hillyard ...4.4 0 5 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 60 27 98 5 ... 37 10 104 1 ... 24 7 56 3 Robertson 1 1 0 0 Webbe M M