Cricket 1891

JUNE 4, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 153 LANCASHIRE v. SUSSEX. Tho heavy rains of last week did not spare Manchester, and after the incessant wet of Thursday and Friday there seemed more than an outside chance that this match, fixed to commence on the first of those days at Old Trafford,wouldnot even bebegun. Fortunately, however, a bright sun, accompanied with a good breeze, on Saturday morning had dried the ground to such an extent that not only was the game started, but very nearly com­ pleted. The choice of innings gave Lancashire the advantage of batting for a time, at least, while the pitch was wet and easy, and taking into consideration the state of the ground, they did fairly well to realise a total of 133. Runs under the circumstances came at a good rate, and it was not a bad performance to score as they did at a rate of about fifty runs per hour. The chief feature of the innings was the success whioh attended the medium pace bowling of Mitchell, of Worthing, a player who occasionally assisted Sussex some years back. He took as will be seen five wickets for 85 runs, a verv creditable performance. By the time Sussex had to go in, the drying wicket had beoome very diffiouit, and in spite of some very steady cricket by Quaife, the batsmen generally fared so badly against the bowling of Briggs and Mold that in an hour and twenty minutes the whole side were out for the small sum of 45 runs. As there only remained fifty minutes when Sussex began their second innings, even as the wicket was, there hardly seemed to be a chance of a victory for Lanca­ shire. Though Marlow played with judg­ ment, Briggs and Mold were,however,again too much for the other batsmen, and when the sixth wicket fell for 29, with twenty minutes still left, the Lancashire men realised that a win was quite probable. Fortunately for Sussex, Bean found a useful partner in Butt, and as they stayed till the finish, the game was saved, a result due in a great measure to Bean’s cool and plucky play at the crisis. Though they were helped greatly by the ground, the bowlingTof Briggs and Mold was quite out of the common. The latter was the more successful, and his nine wiokets cost less than 4 runs a piece. L ancashire . Mr. A. C. MacLaren, run out ............... 0 Barlow, b Mitcliell ... 21 Sugg, c Dudney, b Tate ...................... 2 A. Ward, c Dudney, b Tate ...................... 3 Briggs, c and b Bean 24 Yates, c Brann, b Mitchell ............... 8 F. Ward, b Mitchell... 9 S ussex . First Innings. Quaife, c Hornby, b Mold 19 Marlow, lbw, bBriggs ... 0 Bean, st Kemble, b Briggs 4 Mr. W. Newham, b Brigga 0 Mr. W. H. Dudney, b Mold 2 Humphreys, b Mold......... 0 Mr. G. Brann, b Briggs ... 8 Baker, c Hilton, b Tate...................... Mr. A. N. Hornby, Mitchell......... Mr. A. T. Kemble, Mitchell......... Mold, not out ... B 9, lb 2 ... b ... 29 b ... 0 ... 0 ... 11 Total ...133 Mitchell, b Mold... Butt, b Mold ... Tate, b Briggs ... Hilton, not out ... B 2, lb 2 ... Second Innings, hw, b Mold ... 0 b Meld .........17 not out .........20 b Mold............... 0 b Briggs ......... 0 c Yates, b Briggs ......... 1 c Barlow, b Mold............... 0 not out ......... 8 . . . . 4 B 1, nb 1 ... 2 Total ............... 45 Total ... 48 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ancashire . O. M. R. W. I Tate. 37 21 52 3 Hilton ... 11 4 21 0 [ O. M. R. W. Bean... 15 8 14 1 Mitchell2l.4 7 35 5 S ussex . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Briggs.........1G 7 80 5 .. Mold .........15.4 8 11 5 .. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. , ... 11 4 24 2 . ... 11 4 22 4 Mold bowled 1 no-ball. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. MARYLE­ BONE CLUB AND GROUND. In the absence of Messrs. L. 0. H. Palairet andG.L.Wilson,two of the regular members of this year’s eleven, as well as of three other old Blues still available, Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger, and Messrs. H. C. Bradby and H. Bassett, Oxford had only a moderate side on Thursday last at Oxford, to oppose the for­ midable combination sent down by M.C.C. They were unfortunate, too, to win the toss, and, as was perhaps only to be expected, with the worst of the wicket, against bowlers like Mr. Feriis, Attewell, and Martin, all cap able of taking the fullest advantage of a pitch to help them, were seen to considerable disad­ vantage. Though Messrs. Webbs, Hewett, and O’ Brien all scored freely at the outset, the Marylebone innings did not give promise of a big total. A useful stand by Mr. Ferris and Attewell, gave it a much better appearance, and though Mr. Heath was absent a creditable aggregate of 198, considering the state of the ground, was reached. Messrs. Boger, last year’s Winchester captain, and Denny, of the Wel­ lington eleven of I860, were tried as bowlers, and the former met with considerable success, dismissing as willbe seen six of the nine batsmen at a cost of ten and a half runs apiece. When Oxford’s turn came to bat Martin found the wioket thoroughly to his liking, and the only exception to a moderate display of batting was furnished by Mr. Smith. His brilliant hitting, however, redeemed the complete failure of the rest of the side. Going in when half the wickets were down for 24, he scored at such a rate that in an hour and a quarter he had made 70 of the last 76 runs. Considering the quality of the bowling, and the difficult nature of the wicket, his performance was all the more remarkable, and a finer display of well- timed and determined hitting has not been seen for a long time. His 70 included four hits over the ring for 6. Rain in the early morning of Friday kept the wicket fairly easy, and Messrs. Llewelyn andWatson, opened Ox­ ford's second innings so well as to give promise of a much better show. As it was, when Mr. Ferris relieved Martin, things again went very badly for the University, and, as will be seen, the former got six wickets at a cost of less than 6 runs apiece. Thanks to some free hitting by Mr. Boger, Oxford were just able to avert an innings defeat, and M.C.C.,getting the 7 runs wanted for the loss of one batsman, were able to win with nine wickets in hand. M.C.C. First Innings. Mr.A. J. Webbe, c Jar­ dine, b Boger......... Mr. G. Fowler, c 24 Smith, b Boger ... 3 Mr. H. T. Hewett, c Mr. J. J. Ferris, not Palairet, b Boger ... 22 out ...................... 32 Mr. T.C. O’Brien, b Attewell, c Case, b Smith......... ......... 40 Smith ............... 30 Mr. J. G. Walker, c Martin, c Brain, b Jones, b Boger 12 Boger ............... 9 Mr. H. Philipson, c Mr. A. H. Heath, Watson, b Boger ... 12 absent ................ 0 Mr. G. F. Vernon, b B ...................... 14 Smith......... ......... 0 Total .........198 In the Second Innings Martin scored c and b Smith 0, Heath, (not out) 5, Philipson, (not out) “ -Total, 8. O xfo rd U n iv e r sit y . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr.W.D.Llewelyn, run out 3 b Ferris ........19 Mr.H.D. Watson, c Vernon, b Martin ......................11 b Attewell........19 Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, b Attewell ...................... 4 lbw, b Ferris ... 0 Mr M.R. Jardine, b Martin 1 b Ferris ........ 0 Mr. T. B. Case, lbw, b Martin............................ 0 Mr. R. T. Jones, b Martin 4 Mr. E. Smith, b Martin ... 70 Mr.>i. J. Boger, b Martin 0 Mr. J. H. Brain, c and b Martin ...................... 4 Mr.G.F.Berkeley, b Martin 0 Mr, E. W. Denny, not ont 0 § ............................ 3 .. 17 b cWalker,bFerris b Attewell......... c Fowler, b Atte­ well ......... c Philipson, Martin ... c Philipson, b Ferris ......... c Philipson, b Ferris ......... not out ......... B l, lb l.n b l Total ...100 Total ...104 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Berkeley... Smith ... Boger Denny M.C.C. First Innings. O. M. B.W. 18 6 48 0 30 8 59 3 30.1 8 63 6 2 0 14 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 2 1 6 1 ........ 2.3 2 2 0 O xfo r d U n iv e r sit y . First Innings. Martin . Attewell. Forris O. M. R. W. 22.1 8 53 8 .1 8 6 35 1 . 4 2 9 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 17.4 7 26 1 ......... 19 7 40 3 ......... 86 24 35 C WIMBLEDON v. OATLANDS PARK. Played at Wimbledon on May 80. W im b le d o n . R. F. Denniston, b Sturland................ 0 F. G. Oliver, c C. Hickley, bRitchie... 6 E. W. Reeves, b Stur­ land ...................... 0 H. C. Willock, b Hick­ ley ...................... 5 S. Christopherson, c R.Hickley, b Ritchie 18 H. Forde, c sub, b Ritchie ................13 H. Upcher, b C. Hickley................ 2 A. W. Reeves, c C. Hickley, b Ritchie 0 C. Sanders, lbw, b Bitehie ................ 4 Errington.o C. Hick­ ley, b Rit«hie ... 0 Clayton, not oat ... 1 B ...................... 3 Total , 52 O a tla n d s P a r k . W. H. C. Wilson, b Christopherson ... 2 C. L. Hickley, c and b Errington ......... 2 T. B. Sturland, o Wil­ lock, b Christopher­ son ......................19 M. B. Whitley, b Errington................ 7 L.M.Hickley,c Oliver, b Christopherson ... 5 A. T. Ferguson Davie, c and b Errington... 9 E. W. Ritchie, b Christopherson ... 0 H. Debenham, b Errington ......... 0 H.Marzetti, c Forde, b Christopherson 2 r. Randal f, run out ...................... 0 Richwood, not out... 1 B ...................... 2 Total ... 49 GRANVILLE (LEE) v. CRYSTAL PALACE. Played at Lee, Kent, on May 30- C rystal P alace . G. Cosens, b Godfrey 2 J . A.Kallender, b God­ frey ...................... 4 M. Colegrave, b Star- key ...................... 3 S. Shorter, o Starkey, b W. Edwatds ... 11 H. Colegrave, b W. Edwards............... 26 S. Wells, b Godfrey... 2 D. A. de Villiers, b Godfrey ............... 0 C. Forester, b God­ frey ...................... P. Currey, b W. Ed- Tnnf/l a W. Bryant,'c W .Ed- wards, b Godfrey ] A. Cipriani, not out B 3,1 4, nb 4 ... ] Total.........f G r a n v il l e . J. Wilson, jun., c Currey, b Bryant ... 2 P. P. Lincoln, c Kal­ lender, b Cosens ... 41 R.J.Pope, b Kallender 24 C. J. M. Godfrey, c M. Colegrave, b Cosens 9 E. Crosskey, c and b Bryant ............... 7 S. G. C. Starkey, c Kallender, b Cosens 18 W.Edwards, c Currey, b Bryant............... 0 F. E. Lander, c Cosens, b Bryant 0 W. Morris, c M, Cole­ grave, b Cosens ... 14 A. R. Layman, c Wells, b Cosens ... 3 H. W. Edwards, not out ...................... 4 B 5, w 2 ......... 7 T otal. ...129 T h re e D ozen O r d e r of G oino - in C ards with latest improvements, together with Wooden Case for hanging up in Pavilion or tent, sent on receipt of 2/9, by the iManager of this Paper, 41, St. Andrew's Hill, Doctors’ Commons, E.C. 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