Cricket 1891

132 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. MAY 2 nineteen wickets at a cost of nine runs apiece. In 1888 and 1889 he was most successful in scoring, and while in 1atting he had aggre­ gates respectively of 205 for thirteen and 270 for sixteen innings, his bowling figures showed twenty wickets for twelve runs each in the former, and 26 wickets for an average of fourteen on the latter season. Last year was an exceptionally lucky one for him as a batsman as well as a bowler. His all-round cricket was distinctly one of the best features of a remarkable season for Somersetshire. He began the year well as a bowler against Middlesex at Lord’s, where he took eight wickets at a cost of twelve and a half runs apiece. During the season he delivered 556 oveis for 822 run3 and 79 wickets, giving an ex­ cellent average of under ten and a half runs. His highest innings was made under great disadvantages, at Leicester, and considering that he had injured one of liis fingers so badly that he could not bowl, his score of 110 against the Leicestershire bowling was an achievement of great merit. In minor matches he has always been singu­ larly successful as a run-getter. Last year at Quarntock Lodge, with Mr. C. E. Winter, he put on 300 runs before a wicket fell, and only a few weeks ago,for Somersetshire C. & G. v. Glastonbury and District, he scored 311 notout n four hours. Though wanting a little in dash in the field, Nichols has shown himself to be invaluable to Somersetshire as an all­ round cricketer. He i* a steady and reliable bat, watching the ball carefully, as well above the average as a fast bowler, always on the wicket, and difficult to make runs from by reason of his good length. He has done a lot of Rugby football,too, for Taunton during the last few years, but had to give up recently on account of a strained knee. He is, we may add, 5 ft. 6in. in height and weighs list. 7ib. Our portrait is from a photograph by W . Morley, of 27, East Street, Taunton. CRICKET AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY. FIRST ELEVEN v. NEXT SIXTEEN . The Sixteen had all the best of this match, which, owing to rain, did not commence until Tuesday, and when the game finished yester­ day, were left with a great advantage. Jardine, Llewelyn, L. Palairet, and Berkeley were the only members of last year’s team playing. The bowling of the eleven troubled the majority of the Sixteen so little that they were able to realise an aggregate of 263. When the play came to an end last night, the eleven were still 136 behind with eight wickets to fall. In the first innings of the eleven, Cuming took four, and Denny three wickets each, at a cost of 11 runs. Wood Boger, Theobald, and Richards were the chief scorers for the Sixteen. The score was as un der;— T he E le v e n . First Innings. W. D. Llewelyn, c Field, b Boger......... H. D. Watson, c Denny, b Cuming ... T. B. Case, c Denny, b Cuming............... R. T. Jones, e Little, b Cuming............... M. R. Jardine, b Denny...................... R. 0. N. Palairet, c and b Cuming......... I*- O. H. Palairet, c Nelson, b Denny ... nr.1/? ati ieu?e4COnd Llewelyn scored (run Svv/ t 1C« ’ b Cuming 16, R. Palairet (not out)13,L. Palaaret(not out) 18; lb 1.—Total, 78. 6 2 F. Leveson-Gower, c Theobald, b Bill... J. B. Wood, c Hill, b Denny ............... W. G. Clegg, not out ... ................ G. F. H. Berkeley, c Hill, b Boger B ...................... T o ta l......... 16 49 N e xt S ix t e e n . H. C. S. Stewart, c R. Palairet, b Clegg ... 15 G. R. Theobald, n n out ......................44 A. Ross, c L. Palairet, b Berkeley .........12 C. E. Dunlop, run out ...................... 0 C. J.R. Richards, c R. Palairet, b Clegg ... 35 A. J. Boger, cJones, b L. Palairet .........43 H.S.Goodwin, c Clegg, b L. Palairet ......... 2 G. R. Wood, not out... 53 V. T. Hill, c Wood, bL. Palairet.........18 C. W. Little, c Jar­ dine, b L. Palairet 6 A. L. Nelson, b L. Palairet......... ... 0 G. Cuming, c Llew­ elyn, bL. Palairet 0 G. Field, run out ... 8 A. C. Avers, b Clegg 4 H. T. S. Gedge, c and b Berkeley ... 5 E.W.Denny,b Berke­ ley ...................... 3 B 12, lb 3 .........15 Total .........263 CRICKET AT CAMBRIDGE UNI­ VERSITY. FIR ST ELEVEN v. NEXT SIXTEEN. W ith only three old Blues in the Eleven, this match, fixed for the first three da) s of the week, was deprived of some of its value as a trial. Still some fair cricket was shown, and the game in some respects was of use. In the first innings the old choices, Jephson, Jackson, and Hill, only made 2 runs between them, and the bulk of the run-getting was done by the Old Brightonian N. C. Cooper for the Elevenjand the Freshman C. M. Wells. The second innings in which Cooper and Martin Scott did best was closed on the fall of the eighth wicket, and when the game ended the Sixteen wanted 156 to win with nine wickets to go down. In the first innings of the Sixteen Hill got three batsmen with successive balls, in the second, Martin Scott took four wickets for seventeen runs. F ir s t E le v e n . First Innings. W. I. Rowell, b Castley ...10 VV. Martin-Scott, bCastley 1 N. C. Cooper, c ar.d b Hoare ... ..................... 58 D.L.A.Jephson.st Gowans, b Castley...................... 0 C. M. Wells, b Burney 21 F. S. Jackson, c H. A. Cooper, b Burney......... 0 A. J.L. Hill, b H.A. Cooper 2 W. M. Allen, c Nicholls, b Burney ...................... Hon. M. G. Tollemache, lbw, b Burney............... L.H.Gay.cHoare, b Burney R. L. Leigh-Clare, not out 0 B 3 , w l ...................... 4 *Second Innings. Ibw, b Burney ... 9 b Nicholls.........49 c Pilkington, b Burney .........44 c Mortimer, b Castley .........15 c Nicholson, b H. A. Cooper... 26 c H. A. Cooper, b Burney ... 1 c and b Stogden 16 notout............... 8 b Burney ......... 5 B.........................13 Total ................104 Total ♦Innings declared finished. N e x t S ix te e n . First Innings. ...181 A. R. Hoare, c and b Hill ...................... 3 H. F. Wright, e N. C. Cooper, b Wells ... 5 F. C. Pilkington, b Hill ...................... 0 G.J. V. Weigall, b Hill 0 F. J. Nicholls, run out 0 E. Stogden, b Wells... 13 E.G.Sworder, b Wells 8 R. Mortimer, c Allen, b Wells ............... 5 A. B. Burney, b Vfells 1 R.S.Nichollson, c Gay, b Jephson............... 12 H.A.Cooper,c Leigh- Clare, b Wells ... 0 P. A. Fryer, not out 15 R. B. Sweet-Escott, c Allen, b Jephscn 0 H. Roughton, c Gay, b Loigh-Clare ... 0 J. J. Gowans, b Hill 12 G.Castley,b Jephson 3 B ], lb 6, nb 1 ... 8 Total , , 85 In the Second Innings Wright scored c Rowell, b Scott 11, Pilkington,c Rowell, b Scott 0, Weigall, b Scott 5, Nicholls (not out) 0, Stogden, c Tolle­ mache,b Jackson7, Sworder (not out) O.Nichollson, c Rowell, b Fcott 0, Fryer, c Wells, b Jackson 20: b 2.—Total, 45. CRICKETERS—B est G oods City Agents — b e a r t h is M a r k .— A d v t. P a r to n & L e st e r 94, Q u e e n S t ., C h e a p sid e . CLAPHAM WANDERERS v. EWELL. Played at Ewell on May 23. E well First Innings. Second InniDgs. J. H. Bridges, c and b Bicknell .........................51 W. H. Peake, b Bicknell... 11 b Bate................ 1 G. H. Longman, c and b Bate ...............................15 bBicknell.......... 5 C. A. S. Leggatt, c Col- man. b Bicknell ............36 b Bate................ 0 J. E. Perks, st Behrend, b Bicknell ....................... 8 b Bate................ 1 P. M. Walters, c Burton, b Bate .............................. 1 b Bate................ 1 W. Charman, c Behrend, b Bicknell ....................... 5 b Colman.......... 7 J. Rawlinson, b Bate.......... 6 W. Parbury, st Behrend, b Bicknell ....................... 1 not out .......... 7 W. E. Harrowell, st Behrend, b Bicknell ... 2 E. Bray, not out................ 1 Lb 2, w 2 Total C laph am W anderers . lbw, b Bicknell 3 c Behrend, b Bate............... B 4, w 2 ... 6 Total ... 37 S. Colman, c Rawlin­ son, b Leggatt.........25 B. Burton, c and b Leggatt ................ 7 G. E. Bicknell, not out ......................30 H. V. Bate, run out ... 5 A. H. Behrend, c and b Bray..................... 1 E. B. Hadley, c Perks, bBray...................... 4 E. H. Rock, b Leg­ gatt ...................... 4 A. B. Cipriani, c and b Bray ............... 0 W. L. Parc, b Kaw- linson ............... 7 A. O. Keely, b Raw­ linson ............... 0 A. N. Prentice, b Rawlinson ......... 0 B 5, lb l ......... 6 Total .........89 LONDON AND COUNTY BANK v. PLAISTOW . Played at Plaistow on May 22. L. & C. B. C. E. Blomfield, b J. Escombe................10 E. V. White, c Keel­ ing, b J. Escombe... 0 F. Hill, c Earnshaw,b Escombe................21 R. H. King,run out... 7 B. W. Waldock.c sub bJ. Escombe......... 0 A. Jackson, not out... 19 F. H. Thirlwall, c Hodgson, b J. Es­ combe ................40 P laisto w . H. B. Smith, b Blom­ field ...................... 4 F. Soulbe, not out ...81 W. L. Knowles, c White, b Hill......... 9 S. A. Smith, b White 1 J. Escombe, c Wal- dock, b White ... 16 F. J. Finlinscn, c J. Escomte, b Keel­ ing ...................... 1 S. H.Smith bKeeling 8 C. Nickhalls, b Long- den ...................... 3 H. Buckland, c S. A. Smith, b Keeling... B 11, lb 2, w l ... 14 Total ...323 R. L. Escombr, c King, b White ... 46 T. Hodgson, b King 10 H. W. Keeling, not out ...................... 0 B 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 6 Total ...176 J. R. T. Longden, W. M. Robeitson, and R. S. Mayne did not bat. SOUTHGATE v. WALTHAMSTOW . Played at Southgate on May 23. S o u th g ate . F. Bryan, c Bristowe, b Latham .........90 E. P. Sugden, b M. Heath ................39 F. P. Francis, c M. Heaih, b Walsham 25 K. Foster, c and b Latham ................ 3 W. D. White, c Cook, b Walsham ......... M.F.Berkeley,b Cook W. S.Morrice, not out L. D. Smith, b Cook B 6, lb *, w 1 ... Total .. 177 A. L. Ford, A. E. White, and E. Jiggins did not bat. W altham stow . D.NicholsoD.c Sugden b Francis................ W. J. Willis, c Fran­ cis, b Brj an ......... F. Bristowe, c Berke­ ley, b Bryan ......... H. Tuck, b Francis... H.J.Cook, b Francis... M. Heath, bFrancis... H.M. Collard,b Foster B. H. Heath, b Fran­ cis ......... ......... J.Latham, b Francis F. Walsham, c Ford, b Francis ......... A.EMurton, not out B 3, lb 1 ......... Total ......... E. L. M a r sd e n and L. Corke, playing for the Hampstead Nondescripts, on the 23rd inst., disposed of St. Mark’s School, Windsor, for 7 runs, 4 of which were extras. Marsden bowled 4.1 overs for 6 wickets and no runs, and Corke 4 overs for 4 wickets and 3 runs.