Cricket 1892

162 CRICKET 2 A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JUNE 2. 1892 Toowlers was over 20. In batting he was hardly seen at his best, for his figures only showed an average of 8.6 for ten innings. Last year he started the season well by taking six of the Freshmen’s wickets for 23 runs. Against the strong eleven brought to Oxford by Mr. Philipson he secured six wickets for >66 in the first innings, and even improved upon this in the second by securing five for 31. The first appearance of an Oxford­ shire team in the field against the University gave Mr. Berkeley another chance to distin­ guish himself, and on the slow pitch he was almost unplayable, taking seven wickets for 32 runs. But all these achievements were put in the shade by his bowling in the University match. Though the result, it will be remembered, was regarded as a very good thing for the Light Blues, Mr. Berkeley’s bowling towards the close very nearly turned an apparent certainty for Cambridge into a victory for his side. His bowling was not utilised to any great extent in the first innings, when he took two wickets for 23 runs. Cambridge went in a second time, requiring 9C runs to secure a victory. When 47 had been hit off with only two wickets down, Mr. Berkeley was put on. His success was immediate, and he clean bowled Messrs. Douglas, Jackson, McGregor, and Streatfeild, besides securing the dismissal of Mr, Foley. Cambridge, indeed, as will be remembered, just managed to pull through with two wickets to spare. Mr. Berkeley’s five wickets cost exactly 4 runs each , and it is just possible that had he been put on earlier he might have won the match for the Dark Blues. His record at the end of the season was twenty-seven wickets at a cost of 20.23 runs each. This year it looks as if the University would have to rely upon Mr. Berkeley’s bovvling to a very great extent, and he is sure to accomplish some good performances during the season. Mr. Berkeley bowls medium-paced left hand. He gets a lot of work on the ball, and has a very high and deceptive delivery, the ball apparently curling in the air. He* fields well, and although he cannot be called a reliable batsman, frequently makes a useful score. Though in Ireland he does not get very much cricket, he has always been very successful, as can readily be understood. His best per­ formance in Ireland was when, playing for “the Gentlemen of Ireland, he took seven wickets of I Z for 20 runs. Mr. Berkeley stands 5 ft. I lf ins., and makes full use of his height when bowling. His weight is list. 5lbs. Our portrait is from a photograph by Oillman and Co., of Oxford. was a large one. He scored 83, and took seven wickets for 18 runs. S u r r e y . Abel, c Shilton, b Henderson, b Cress­ Cresswell................. 25 well ........................ 13 Mr. J. Shuter, b PalMr. K. J. Key, b lett ........................ 17 Cresswell .......... 15 Lockwood, Ibw, b Brockwell, not out 16 Pallett ................. 83 Wood, c Law, b Pal­ Mr. W. W. Read, st lett ........................ 1 Lilley, b Devey ... 1 Sharpe, c Devey, b 8 M. Read,c Collishaw, Pallett ................. b Devey ................. 0 B 4, lb 2 .......... 6 Lohmann, c Lilley, b — Cresswell................ 16 Total ..........201 W a r w i c k s h ir e . First Innings. Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, W. Read, b Lohmann ... 15 Hill, b Loh- Abel, Abel,* b Lock- b Loii- Mr. J. E. mann . Major, c wood . Law, c mann . Richards, c Brockwell, b Lockwood........................ Shilton, c Wood, b Loh- Collishaw, Sharpe Pallett, c mann ... Lilley, lbw, c Key, b and b Loh- b Lockwood 27 Devey, lbw, b Lohmann.. Cresswell, not out * ......... Second Innings. c Wood, b L oh­ mann .......... 2 0 b Lockwood ... 0 16 b Lohmann 1 4 c Key, b Lock­ wood .......... 3 0 c Sharpe, b Loh­ mann .......... 5 16 c Sharpe, b Loh­ mann .......... 0 13 st Wood, b Loh­ mann .......... 0 3 b Lockwood ... 5 c M.Read,b Loh­ mann .......... 4 2 not out .......... 2 6 c Lohmann, b Lockwood ... 0 17 B ................. 1 Pallett Shilton Total ..........119 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. O. Total ... 23 3.4 7 . 14 2 M. R. W. 8 62 4 0 27 2 Lohmann Sharpe ... Lockwood Cresswell 30 Devey ... 6 W a r w ic k s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings, O. M. R. W. ------------ --- 30,1 8 64 6 18 9 25 1 19 10 13 3 O. , 11 M. R. W. 6 17 6 ,11 8 5 4 SURREY v. WARWICKSHIRE. Surrey gained an easy victory in this match played at the Oval last Thursday and Friday. The Warwickshire eleven were without Messrs. H. Hill, L/C . Docker,and Maul, as well as West, while Surrey had its full strength in the field, Lock­ wood having sufficiently recovered from his strain to take his place in the team. The heavy rain on Wednesday night and early part of Thursday had thoroughly soaked the ground, and under the influence of the sun the wicket became treacher­ ous towards the end of the day. Surrey went in first, and their score of 201 on such a wicket was distinctly good. Towards this total Lock­ wood contributed no less than 85 by some brilliant hitting. Some of his drives were exceptionally fine, and he did not give a semblance of a chance. He hit a 5, twelve 4’s, etc. Hender­ son batted very steadily, and assisted Lockwood to put on 60 runs for the sixth wicket. Under the conditions of the ground it was thought that Surrey had made fully enough runs to win, and this surmise proved to be correct. Warwick­ shire, too, had the disadvantage of batting in a bad light on the first evening. Mr. Bainbridge was cleverly caught at point, after playing well for 15, but Major and Shilton were both lucky. The score was 73 for six wickets when stumps were drawn for the day. Some plucky hitting by Lilley nearly averted the follow-on, although, as it was, the innings closed for 119, only three runs short. This result was attributable to loose fielding, as Lilley was missed three times. With the ground all in favour of the bowlers, Warwickshire made a very poor show. They were all out, indeed, for in iust over an hour. No one made any stay ana the highest score was 5. Lohmann and Lockwood, as the wicket was, were almost unplay­ able, and the latter’s analysis—4 wickets for 5 runs—was remarkable- Surrey won by an innings and 59 runs. Lockwood’s share in this victory dried, though, Pougher and J. T. Hearne were seen at their very best, and the last five bats­ men failed to score. Alec Hearne was unable to bat owing to an injury, so that Kent had the worst of the luck in every way. M.C.C. won by an innings and 53 runs. The great feature of the game was the bowling of Pougher and J. T. Hearne. The former took nine wickets for 56 and Hearne ten for 61 rune. M.C.C. Mr. W. G. Grace, c Burns, c Bouch, b Knowles, b W. Martin ................. Hearne ................. 5 Mr. C. P. Foley, not Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c out ........................ 14 Fox, b W. Heame... 52 Mr. H. Philipson, > Chatterton, lbw, b W. Hearne .......... 0 Martin ................. 44 Pougher, lbw, b Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Martin ................. 9 B r a y b r o o k e , b J. T. Hearne, c Mit­ Bouch ................. 47 chell, b Martin ... 4 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, B ........................ 9 b W. H earne.......... 16 — Mr. G. F. Vernon, b Total ..........207 W . Hearne .......... 0 K e n t . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Hearne, b J. T. Heame 0 absent................. 0 Mr. W. L. Knowles, c Pougher, b J.T. Hearne 0 b Pougher.......... 9 Mr. F. Marchant, b Pougher ........................ 1 b Pougher...........36 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b Pougher ..........................18 b Pougher...........17 Mr. C. Mitchell, c Philin- son, b Pougher .......... 8 b J. T. Hearne... 6 Mr. H. M. Braybrooke, Foley, b J. T. Hearne . Leaney, c Stoddart, b J- T. Hearne........................ Mr. H. E, Bouch, lbw, b J. T. Hearne ................. Martin, st Philipson, b Pougher ........................ W. Hearne, not o u t .......... Wright, c Chatterton, b Pougher ........................ B ................. ... 8 c Philipson, b J. T. Hearne ... 3 b Pougher ... ... 7 c Pougher, b J. T. Hearne ... c Vernon, b J. T. H earne.......... not out .......... c Murdoch, b J. T. Hearne ... B ................. Total , 77 Total . 77 M.C.C. & G. v. KENT. The success of the premier club this season at Lord’s has been remarkable. Victories over Sussex, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Notts were followed last Friday by an innings win against Kent. The Club team, captained by Dr. W. G. Grace, was a very powerful one, but the Kent eleven was not quite as strong as could have been wished, Messrs. W. H. Patterson, Leslie Wilson, Rashleigh, and Kemp, as well as G. G. Hearne, all being away. In the absence of the four amateurs room was found for Mr. C. Mitchell, of the Crystal Palace, a left-handed bats­ man, who has been tried before; Leaney, who kept wicket for Mr. W. W. Read’s team at the Cape; Mr. W. L. Knowles, of the Plaistow Club; and Mr. H. E. Bouch, of Bickley Park. The wicket, owing to the rain on Wednesday night, was on the soft side, and Kent, who lost the toss, could do little with J. T. Hearne and Pougher, who bowled unchanged throughout. The inn­ ings, which only lasted an hour and three- quarters, was over before lunch on Thursday for 77- The only batsman who seemed able to cope with the difficulties of the wicket was Mr. Fox, who was in over an hour for 18 runs. Rain fell during the interval, and the wicket was considerably easier when the M.C.C. went in to bat. Still they made a bad start. Mr. Grace was splendidly caught by Mr. Knowles in the long field with his score at 5. Mr. Stoddart, however, hit with great determination and power, and though he was only in forty minutes scored 52 out of 64. He gave a chance just before the close of his otherwise excellent innings, which included eight 4’s and two 3’s. Some more dashing cricket was witnessed on the advent of Mr. O’Brien. He gave a hard chance to W. Hearne at mid-off before he had scored, but afterwards rattled up 47 by clean hitting in 50 minutes. Chatterton, who was batting two hours.was out sixth for acarefully played contribution of 44. Though at one time 150 was up with only three batsmen gone, on the drying wicket the tail were placed at a great dis­ advantage and only 57 runs were added. The total of Kent’s second innings, commenced on Friday morning, was exactly the same as the first. Mr. Marchant, who went in first, making the best of the opportunity while the wicket was easy, hit up 36, in which were seven 4’s. He was, however, missed three times, and Mr. Fox gave two chances in his score of 18. As the pitch BOWLING ANALYSIS. K e n t , First Innings, O. M. R. W. J.T.Hearne... 21 9 37 5 Pougher ... 20-3 9 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 15 5 24 5 10 24 4 2 21 0 Grace... 6 M.C.C. & G, Martin Wright O. M. R. W. . 20.4 6 44 4 i 11 W. Hearne 19 40 O. Bouch ... 14 A.Hearne 8 M. R. W. 5i 9 BRIXTON WANDERERS (2) v. SUTTON (2).- Played at Denmark Hill on May 21. B r ix t o n W a n d e r e r s (2)—First Innings. H. Smith, b Hooper R. J. Harris,run out G. Fleming, c and b , not M.G. Smith, c Blades, b H ooper................. 5 H. Odell, b Hooper... 0 W . A. Wells, jun., b Hyslop ................. 0 C. A. Hogg, b Hooper 1 A. J. Winstanley, b Hooper ................. 1 M. E. Plumpton, b Hooper .................10 C. P. Trowell, b Hooper ................. 2 In the Second Innings Smith scored, b Martyr 10, Odell, b Stribling8, Wells, b Byslop 2, Hogg (not out) 15, Winstanley, (run out) 13, Plumpton (not!out) 8 ; extras 12.—Total 68. S u t t o n (2). H. Kirswell, run out 0 E. Stribling.c Smith, Hooper H. Fox-Heppel, out ... ................. A. W. Heppel, b Stribling................. Extras................. Total , 42 G.M. Topp, b Trowell J. Burrows,b Trowell H. Hyslop, b Trowell J. R. Forster, b A. W. Heppel ................. H. Hooper, b Trowell W. B.Topp.cFleming, b A. W. Heppei ... J. Martyr, b A. W. Heppel ................. b Trowell F. J. Nightingale, c Winstanley, b Trow ell................. C. T. Page, not out... F. Blades, b Trowell Extras .......... Total 4 0 0 5 . 87 L a n s d o w n e v. B a r n e s U n ite d .— Played afc Barnes on May 21. Lansdowne, 111 (A. E. Nash 42) and 28 for two wickets; Barnes United, 62 (W . Gifkins 20).