Cricket 1891

2 8 0 CEICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. j u l y 2,1891 OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. Contrary to general expectation, the Inter- University match in 1891 was productive of an exciting finish. On paper, Cambridge were by common consent voted to be much the better side, and an analysis of the respec­ tive form of the two elevens certainly justified such a proposition. With the exception of the match against Oxfordshire, which could hardly be regarded as a serious trial, Oxford had been consistently unsuccessful, though some small excuse could be found in the fact that in the home matches they had never been able to put their full strength into the field. On the other hand Cambridge, while unlucky in the earlier fixtures, had none the less a strong following, increased considerably by their brilliant victory over Surrey at the Oval. But for an accident there would have been eight old choices on each side, and according to the final arrangements there should only have been six new men in the match. A. Boger, the Winchester Captain of 1890, H.D.Watson, a SeniorandOldHarrovian. W. H. Brain, also a Senior and an Ola Cliftonian, brother of J. H. brain, the Captain of 1»87, the wicket-keeper,forOxford,and Wei­ gall and Rowell, two Seniors, with C. M. Wells a Freshman, for Cambridge. As it happened, however, soon after the game had begun, the Hon. F. J. Thesiger injuredhis finger so badly that it was found he would be unable to take further part in the game, and with the consent of the Cambridge captain, Mr. T. B. Case, the Winchester Senior, and son of the well-known old Oxford blue, Mr, T. Case, was allowed to take his place. Mr McGregor was fortunate enough to win the toss, and as in spite of some wet, the ground was fairly hard, this was thought to make Cambridge’s victory still more certain. Two showers causedbrief intervalsat theoutset,but these were not enough to account for the poor show of the early batsmen, and with four of the best wickets down for 38 the outlook was not very hopeful. Half the side were out for 61, but fortunately for Cambridge Mr. Hill had just previously been missed in the slips, and this escape proved of immense value to the in-side. Mr. Hill received great assist­ ance from the captain, Mr. M’Gregor, and the stand of this pair, which resulted in an addition of 69 runs for the sixth wicket, had no small influence on the result. Mr. Hill, who was eventually caught at the wicket, made 62 out of 119 while he was batting, and his innings of two hours’ duration was free froma mistake other than that already men­ tioned. Mr. Streatfeild, too, played really well, and Mr. Jephson helped him to add 31 for the tenth wicket. Altogether Cambridge were in three hours and a quarter, and the later batsmen did more than their share, the last five wickets increasing the score by 149 runs. An hour and three-quarters remained for play on Monday evening when Messrs. Llewelyn and Watson opened the batting for Oxford. In spite, too,of some admirable batting by tne former, who played with great coolness and pluck for an hour and a half, Mr. Woods’ fast bowling proved so effective that seven wickets had been secured by the end of the day for an aggregate of only 88 runs. Oxford accordingly on Tuesday morning still wanted 43 to avert a follow on, and as only twenty were added they had to go in a second time, no less than 102 runs to the bad. This small total was mainly the result of the fine bowling of Mr. Woods, who kept up his end through­ out the innings, taking seven wickets at an average of under nine runs. On going in again, though the earlier batsmen did fairly well, Oxford fared so badly on the whole that when thefifthwioket fell the scorewas only 81 or still 21 runs to avert an innings defeat. Even then there seemed every reason for believing that the end was near. Some free cricket by Messrs.Wilson and Smith, however, raised the hopes of their side considerably, and the latter hit so freely that in less than half- an-hour 47 runs were added. After his departure, too, Mr. Wilson continued to plav fine cricket, and as he sawMessrs. Brain ai d Bassett go, he was the last man out. His 53, the highest individual score on the side, was the outcome of an hour and three-quarters’ batting, Altogether free from a mistake as it was, his innings was worthy of the highest p aise. With only 90 to win, Cambridge had appar ntly an easy task before them, and there seemed to be very slight hope of any excite­ ment. Even the speedy dismissal of Messrs. Rowell and Weigall hardly impressed the spec­ tat rs with an idea that Oxford had a look in. T ough lucky at first, Mr. Foley when he had settleddownplayed excellent cricket, andhis 41 wasunderthecircumstances ahighly creditable display of confident andplucky batting. When he was out, 12 runs were still wanted to win with four wickets in hand, and as Messrs. Streatf ild and McGregor put on 10 of these, the match was thought to be over. Mr. B rkeley, who had kept an excellent length, how v r, bowled both these batsmen without a run, and it was left for Mr. Woods to win the match for Cambridge, which he didwith a bound ry hit just after seven o’clock on Tuesday. Oxford were thus after all only be ten by two wickets, and the excellent fight theymade after losing the toss and having to follow on in such a heavy minority proves them to be a better team than was generally thoug t. The best features of the game were the bowling of Messrs. Woods and Berkeley nd he batting of Messrs. Hill, Wilson, Lle elyn, Streatfeild, and Foley. The Oxford fielding, especially that, of Mr. Jardine at mid-off, was very good, and the wicket-keeping of Mr. McGregor quite up to the best standard, considering the bowling he had to take. Mr. Berkeley’s bowling at the finish was remarkable. He got five of the last wickets and at a cost of only 20 runs. Cambridge has nowwon 29, Oxford 25 times, and hree matches have been drawn. On the first day, 10,218, and on the second, 9,077, paid for admission, making a total of 19,295 ad­ mit ed by payment. Altogether, though, it is estimated that the attendance was consider­ ably over thirty thousand in the two days. C a m brid ge. Second Innings. First Innings. Mr.R.N.Douglas,b Bassett 4 Mr.W. I. Rowell, b Bassett 3 Mr. G. J. V. Weigall, c Palairet, b Sm ith......... 11 Mr. C. P. Foley, b Smith 12 Mr. A. J. L. Hill, c Brain, b Smith ........................62 b Berkeley... b Smith ... b Bassett ... c Boger, Berkeley c Berkeley, Bassett ... b Berkeley ... 41 Mr.F.S. Jackson, b Bassett 10 Mr. G. M’Gregor, b Berkeley ...........................29 b Berkeley Mr. E. <. Streatfeild, b Berk ley ...........................36 b Berkeley Mr. C. M. Wells, st Brain. b B assett........................11 not out Mr. 8 . M. J. Woods, b Smith............................... 0 not out Mr. D. L. A. Jephsou, not out . .............................1C B 13, lb 7, nb 2 ......... 22 B ........... Total .................210 O x fo r d . First Innings. Mr. W. D. Llewelyn, bHill 38 Mr. H. D. Watson, c Streatfeild, b Woods ... 7 Mr.M.R. Jardine, b Woods 0 Mr. L. C. H. Falairet, c M’Gregor, b Jackson ... 2 Mr. T. B. Case, c Rowell, b Woods ........................ 5 run out Mr. G. L. Wilson, c and b Woods.............................. 0 Mr. E. Smi h, b Woods ... 16 Mr. A. J. Boger, run out... 4 Mr. H. Bassett, b Woods 15 Mr. W. H. Brain, c and b Woods............................... 6 Total ... 93 b Streatfeild c Jephson, Woods ... c Jackson, Wells ... o Streatfeild, Jackson... ... 53 b ... 32 b ... 5 b ... 0 Mr.O.F.H.Berkeley,not out 7 B5, lb 3 ........................ 8 Total ...108 c Jephson, b Wella .......... 7 not out ......... 8 B 4,lb8,w 8,nb2 17 Total ...191 BOWLING ANALYSIS. C a m brid ge. First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Mr. Bassett ... 37 13 71 4 . Mr. Smi h ... 30 4 81 4 . r. Berkeley 16 3 23 2 . Mr. Wilson ... 9 2 13 0 O xford . First Innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 22 4 44 2 . ... 9 4 21 1 ,: ...12.3 5 20 5 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . Mr. Woods ... 35.314 60 7 O. M. R. W ............... 32 6 72 4* r. Jackson 21 9 24 1 ........... 22 9 46 1 Mr. Hill ... 14 6 16 1 ........... 4 0 12 0 Mr. Wells ... 10 4 18 2 Mr. Streatfeild 15.2 4 26 2 Mr. Streatfeild bowled two wides, Mr. Woods one wide, and Mr.tWells two no-balls. MORTIMER SCHOOL y. ST. NEOTS SCHOOL. Played at Eversley on June 17. S t . N eots . First Innings. A. E. Kennedy, b Trefusis 3 R. M. Cole-HamiltOD, o and b lryon ................. 8 R. A. Ponsonby, b Trefusis 0 P. Sumner, b Tryon..........10 E. Mead, c Tryon, b Ti#- fusis ............................... 0 K. Andras, b Trefusis ... 2 T. Eyre, b Trefuais .......... 1 R. Crichton, c Trefusis, b Tryon............................... 0 L. Knox, b Trefusis.......... 1 M. Hamilton, not out ... 0 G. Chapman, b Trefasis... 0 E xtras........................ 5 Total ..........25 M ortim bb . Second Innings, c Erskine, b Trefusis.......... 2 c Dalrjmple, b Castlereagh ... 5 c Castlereagh, b Trefusis......... 8 b Pache ..........14 b Trefusis......... 4 b Erskine......... *2 c Scott, b Pache 8 not out ......... 2 b Pache ......... 3 b Pacbe .......... 0 b Erskine .......... 0 Extras ... 4 Total ... R. Er*kfne, c and b Andras ................ 6 W. Cadogan, c and b Andras ................. 6 C. Allsopp, b Meado 3 T. Trefusis, c and b Andras .................21 D. Dalrymple, b Knox 9 Lord F. Scott, b Sum­ ner ........................ 4 I Total Lord Castlereagh, b Chapman................ 26 E. Pache, b Andras 0 :G. Tryon, b Andr»s 8 G.Blacklock, c Knox, b 8 umner ......... 4 E. Blundell, not out 3 Extras... .... ... 7 97 OUNDLE SCHOOL v. MR. MONCK- TON’S XI. Played at Oundle on June 27. M r . M onckton ’ s X I. Second Innings. J. Hill, c Calcott, b c Douglas, b Nicholls ................. 78 Woods ..........24 G. A. Coulby, b N icholls................. 39 c Weigall, b H. Fowlson, bCalcott 0 Woods ......... 17 J. Smith, c Reade, b c Hill, b Streat- Nicholls ................. 3 feild................ 15 The Hon. Powys, b Mathews................ 2 c Streatfeld, b H. E. Stockdale, not Woods ..........11 out ........................ 51 C. F. McKee, Mathews ... . F. Hodgson, Mathews......... H. H. Phipps, Mathews......... N. Monckton, Reade .............. B 6 , lb 3, w l, no 1. .. 0 b ... 4 i) ... 8 b .. 36 .. n Total R. F. Winch did not bat. O undle S c h o o l . ...232 F. Sarjeant, c Hon. Powys, b Hodgson 20 a . E. Nicholls, b H odgson.................13 P. B. Calcott,b Hodg­ son ........................ 4 H. L. Mathews, c Winch, b Hodgson 0 W. H. V. Reade, b H odgson................. 3 G. W. Willows, b Smith ................. 3 P. Hemingway, c Hill, b Fowlson ... 23 H. J. Burr«ll, c Hilt, b Fowlson ......... 2) S. Dodd, c McKee, b Fowlson ........ . 0 R.W.Clarke,c\ioncK- ton, b Fowlson ... 6 F. Lea, not out ... '» B 15, lb 5, nb 1... 21 Total ...115