Cricket 1891

200 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME; JUNE 25, 1891 ability. As a fast bowler Roberts has gained a deservedly high reputation. Left-handed, with his arm well up, he comes along at a great pace, and on certain wickets is bound to be very dangerous. As an Association footballer, too, he has held his own, though latterly not able to play much. He stands 5ft. lO^in. in height, and weighs 13st. 6lbs. In addition to his business as a cricket outfitter and tobacconist, at Bishopston, he is engaged as coach at Blundell’s School, Tiverton. Our portrait is from a photograph b y G Truckle, of Campden House, SouthWimbledon. SUSSEX v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Following up their excellent performance against Cambridge University at the close of last week, the Sussex Eleven were seen to almost equal advantage against Oxford University on the County ground at Brighton, on Monday. Although they had choice of innings on a run-getting pitph, and Marlow assisted Mr. Newham to score 69 for the second wicket, still it was not until Mr. Andrews joined his captain that there seemed a probability of Sussex scoring heavily. The pair who had batted so finely against Cambridge gave a lot of trouble, and added 91 while together, for the fifth wicket. Mr. Andrews contributed 47 of this number by sound cricket, though Mr. Newham’s dis­ play was of course the feature of the innings. He has been scoring consistently so far this season, and if his exhibition of Monday cannot be characterised as a perfect one, it was at any rate a pleasing example of his brilliant style. Going in first wicket down, he was still in at the close for 134, out of a total of 273, though he was badly missed no fewer than four times, twice when he had made 119 and 120 respectively. The five bowlers tried by Oxford, who were without Mr. Ernest Smith, were all expensive, though Mr. Bassett, with six wickets for 94, was a long way in front of the rest. On Tuesday, a commencement could not be made until 3.30 owing to rain, and then the wicket had been affected to such an extent that Oxford could only reach a total of 123. Thanks to the good cricket of Messrs. Llewelyn, Watson, and Palairet, the third wicket fell at 93, but this early promise was by no means maintained, and seven batsmen scored 28 runs between them. Tate bowled with great effect, his seven wickets costing little more than four and a half runs each. It is worthy of remark, too, that all these wickets were taken in his last nine overs at a cost of only seven runs. Having to face a majority of 150, the University went in again, and at the end of Tuesday’s play, Messrs. Watson and Llewelyn who were boch not out, had decreased this number by 56. Yesterday morn­ ing the not outs, after one interruption of an hourfrom rain, raised the total to 82 before Mr. Llewelyn, who had been twice missed, was caught at the wicket. His dismissal was quickly followed by other disasters, and at the luncheon interval five wickets were down for 110, of which Mr. Watson had contributed 40 by excellent cricket. Some free hitting by Messrs. Smith and Wilson enlivened the game a little, but it was only momentary, and as the last half of the side only added 84 the innings closed for 194. This left Sussex with 45 to win, and the runs were got for the loss of only one batsman, leaving the County with an easy win by nine wickets. S u s se x . First Innings. Bean, c Llewelyn, b Wilson ..................10 Marlow, c Bassett, b Berkeley..................27 Mr. W. Newham, not out ... ................ 134 Mr.G. Brann, c Brain, b Bassett............... 4 Quaife, c Berkeley, b Bassett ................ 3 Mr. W. H. Andrews, CJardine, b Wilson 47 Humphreys, c Wil­ son, b Bassett ... 21 Mr. C. A. Smith, c Wilson, b Bassett 0 Tate, b Bassett ... 0 Butt, c Palairet, Boger ............. Hilton, b Bassett . B 6, lb 4 ... . Total , 17 . 0 , 16 ...273 In the Second Innings Bean scored (not out) 3' Marlow c Smith b Bassett 14, Quaife (not out) 22; b 3, lb 2, nb 1—Total, 45. O xford U niversity . First Innings. Second Inning3. Mr. W. D. Llewelyn, b Tate .......................... 47 c Butt, b Tate ... 48 Mr H. D. Watson, b Hilton......... .............. 19 run out ... .« 40 Mr. M. R. Jardine, b Smith............................ 4 c Hilton,b Hum­ phreys ......... 8 Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, b Tate ............................ 26 b Smith .„ ... 10 Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger, c Marlow, b T»ate ......... 6 run out ... ... 0 Mr. G. L. Wilson, b Tate 0 b Humphreys ... 24 Mr. E. Smith, c Hum­ phreys, b Tate................ 0 c Andrews, b Tate................22 Mr. A. J. Boger, b Tate ... 2 b Humphreys ... 15 Mr.H. Bassett, c Andrews, b Humphreys............... 4 not out ..........17 Mr. W. H. Brain, not out 12 c Newham, b Humphreys ... 4 Mr. G. F. H. Berkeloy, b Tate ......... .... ... ... 2 b Tate................ 4 L b ............................ 1 B ................ 2 Total ................123 Total ...194 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S ussex , First Innings. O. M.R. W. Wilson......... 22 6 57 2 Berkeley ... 32 11 60 1 Bassett......... 33.3 7 94 6 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 1 7 0 2 5 0 2 14 1 Boger ........... 11 0 84 1 Palairet ... 7 1 18 0 Smith 9 2 13 0 Bassett bowled a no-ball. O xf o r d U n iv er sity . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Ta(e ......... 24.311 33 7 H ilton......... 16 7 21 1 Smith ......... 10 2 27 1 Bean ......... 7 1 13 0 Humphreys 11 2 28 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 34.310 67 3 ... 11 2 29 0 ... 28 14 33 1 ... 12 4 18 0 ... 15 3 45 4 KENT v. WARW ICKSH IRE. Though Kent had not its full strength, still the Warwickshire eleven deserve to be heartily congratulated on the excellent show they made this week at Gravesend. The game was singularly even throughout, and Warwickshire, who had to go in second, were only beaten yesterday afternoon after a most exciting finish by three runs. Though there was some little interruption from rain at the outset, the wicket was easy and the W ar­ wickshire eleven were under the circumstances fortunate in getting rid of their opponents for 179. Even as it was, they ought to have done better, and indeed, had the fielding been up to the average, Kent’ s total might have been much reduced. The chief features of the innings were the stand of Messrs. Wilson and Fox, who added 63 for the sixth wicket, and the good batting of Mr. F. Solbe, an old Dulwich boy, who made his first appearance for Kent, and shaped in very promising style. Cresswell took half the wickets at a cost of 47 runs. Mr. Bainbridge and Law, who opened War­ wickshire’s innings, made an excellent start, and were still together with 51 to their credit when rain stopped play for the day on Monday. The game could not be resumed on Tuesday, owing to wet, until after four o’clock, and then the *not outs played so well that the total was raised to 119 before a wicket fell. The professional was the first to leave, having been batting just under two hours for 61. Mr. Bainbridge made no mistake of any kind during the two hours and a quarter he was at the wickets, and his 70 was a really fine dis­ play. Although the score was 133 when he left, third man out, the next five wickets fell for 23 runs, and only a timely stand by Pallett and Shilton enabled them to head the Kentish total by ten runs, eleven being added yesterday by the last two wickets. After the rain of the previous days it was hardly likely that the ground would be in favour of run-getting, and, indeed, the stand by Messrs. Solbe and Fox, who put on 61 for Kent’s third wicket, was the only batting incident of the day. These two batsmen contributed 74 out of 81 from the bat, so that eight of the ten who went in were only accountable for seven runs. Shilton’s bowling was particularly effective. He took six wickets for 30 runs. Though they only wanted 74 to win the War­ wickshire batsmen found the bowling of Martin and Wright altogether too much for them, and in spite of a pluoky attempt by Pallett and Shilton late in the innings to win the matoh, at the end Warwickshire still wanted three runs to tie. Helped by the wicket Martin and Wright as usual bowled with great success. The former was credited with six wickets at a cost of only 26 runs. ^ K e n t . Firbt Innings. A. Hearne, c Shilton, b Pallett ...................... 19 Wrifht, c Maul, b Pallett 10 Mr.F. Marchant, b Lilley, b Cresswell ............... 26 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b Pallett 43 G. G. Hearne, b Pallett ... 3 Mr. A. J. Thornton, b Cresswell...................... 6 Mr.L. Wilson, b Cresswell 27 Mr. F. Solbe, not out ... 21 W. Hearne, retired hurt... 2 Martin, c Lilley, b Cress­ well ............................. 6 Nuttall, b Cresswell.........12 Lb ............................ 4 Total ............... 179 Second Innings. c Richards, b Pallett ....... 0 not out ....... 1 b Shilton ....... 1 c Lilley, b Shil­ ton ............ 41 c Law, b Shilton 0 c Devey, b Shilton ....... 0 c and b Pallett... 5 c Devey, b Shilton ......33 absent hurt ... 0 c Wood, b Shil­ ton .............. 0 b Pallett ....... 0 Nb.............. 2 Total ... 83 W a r w ic k sh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, c Nuttall,to G. Hearne ... 70 b Wright ......... 3 Law, st Nuttall, b Thornton...................... 51 c Wilson, b Martin ......... 5 W. A. J. West, c and b Thornton...................... 8 b Martin ......... 14 Mr. J. B. Wood, b G. Hearne ............. . ... 6 at Nuttall, b W right......... 0 Richards, c and b Thorn­ ton ............................ 0 not out ......... 3 Mr. H. C. Maul, run out 4 c sub , b Wright 10 Devey, c Fox, b Thornton 5 st Nuttall, b Martin ......... 3 Shilton, c Wright, b Thornton...................... 0 c G. Hearne, b W right......... 13 Pallett, c Martin, b G. Hearne ...................... 12 c Wilson, b Cresswell, not ou* ........ 19 Lilley, c Martin, b G. Hearne .............. ... 3 B 10, lb 1 .................. 11 Wright b Wright ... c Thornton, Martin ... B 4, lb 2 12 , 0 Total ......... ...189 Total ... 70 BOWLING ANALYSIS. K e n t . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Pallett........ 36 10 84 4 Shilton... ... 161440 Cresswell ... 19.2 4475 W est... 7 4 Snilton bowled two no balls. W a r w ic k sh ir e . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 23 12 26 6 ... 24.412 29 4 ... 3 0 8 0 ... 4 3 Second Inning*. O. M. R. W. ... 24.310 38 3 ... 21 10 30 6 4 2 5 0 8 0 Wright... Martin... Thornton G. Hearne A. Hearne Fox......... First Innings O. M. K. W 22 3 48 0 25 13 24 0 20 3 50 5 24.414 22 4 8 1 14 0 7 2 20 0 1 0 CRICKETERS— B e s t ^ C G B « = G oods OityAgents — b e a r th is M a iik ,— A d v t. P a m o n & L e s t e b , 94, Q je e n St., O h e a p b ld e .