Cricket 1892

172 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JUNE 2, 1892 learn that the worifcfey cleric, well known in the Church aud £>a*fch London as Rector oi Lambeth, is th© sauno who romped away with the Quarter MilftHace at the Inter-University Sports of 1865 and 1866. The younger Pelham, now at Trinity, Cambridge, was at Eton, but owing to bad health had to leave and go to a private tutor. He bowls right hand medium pace and takes a peculiar run not unlike that which gave a well-known amateur bowler the title of “ Kound the Corner,, Smith. CRICKET AT THE UNIVERSITIES. OXFORD. UNIVERSITY v. LANCASHIRE. The University eleven gained a brilliant victory in this match, played in the Parks on Thursday and Friday last, after a most exciting finish. There were two changes in the Oxford team from that which suffered defeat from the Gentlemen of England. Mr. Brain was able to take his place at the wicket, and Mr. J. B. Wood played instead of Mr. Boger. Heavy rain overnight had made the wicket slow, and throughout the match it afforded the bowlers considerable assistance. The University went in first, and Mold bowled Mr. Palairet before he had scored. The two freshmen, Messrs. Fry and Phillips, however, then made a useful stand, and some plucky hitting rapidly raised the score to 57, when Mr. Phillips’s innings was closed by a clever catch at extra mid-off. Mr. Fry was out sixth to a catch in the long-field. His 50 was made by some clean hitting, and included five 4’s and two 3’s. With the exception of Mr. Wood none of the later batsmen could do anything against the bowling of Briggs and Watson, and helped by the wicket the pair soon finished off the innings for a total of 132. Small as this was, though, it was too much for the County, and in an hour and twenty minutes the side was dismissed for 88. Sugg made 30 out of 38, and was then stumped off Mr. Wood’s lobs. It was the slow bowling indeed which turned tho scale for the University. Though Mr. Palairet bowled with great effect, the lobs wera chiefly instrumental in Lancashir3’s dismissal, aud backed up by some smart fielding they proved very successful, five wickets falling to Mr. Wood in eight overs for 33 riins. In the early hours of Friday morning rain fell, but a hot sun and strong wind soon dried the wicket, making it difficult for the batsmen. Overnight Oxford had lost one wicket for one run, but on resuming Mr- Palairet set his side a splendid example. Ho hit oat with great deter­ mination, and in 90 minutes scored 57 runs. His invaluable contribution included three hits tor 6 off Watson (two in one over), four 4’s, and two 3’s, and he was out to a grand catch by Sugg right on tho ropes. Unfortunately the captain’s example was not followed by the other members of the team, and Brain alone reached double figure*. Brigns,indeed, found the pitch entirely to his liking, and secured seven wickets at a cost of 4§ runs eaon. In the match altogether he got twelve'wickets for 66 runs. Tho innings closed for 105, which lrft Lancashire 150 to get to win. At first matters went entirely in their favour. Mr. MacLaren and Ward both batted carefully and well, and with 120 up for five wickets, a victory for Lancashire seemed assured. With three runs added, how­ ever, two batsmen went, Baker caught and Mr. Crosfield, who was called for a short run by Mr. Hornby, thrown out. A little later, too, Mr. Hornby himself was run out through a fine piece of fielding by Palairet and Brain at the wicket. This double run out cost Lancashire the match, and as the two remaining batsmen were soon dis­ missed, Oxford won amidst great excitement with only seven runs to spare. The fielding of the Uni­ versity at the finish was brilliant, and their victory was thoroughly well deserved. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First Innings. Mr.L.C.H.Palairet. bMold 0 Mr. F. A. Phillips, c M’Laren, b Briggs......27 Mr. C. B. Fry, c Sugg, b Watson .....................50 Mr. V. T. Hill, b Briggs ... 10 Mr. T. S. B. Wilson, c Crosfield. b Briggs ... 6 Mr. T. B. Case, b Briggs 5 Mr. Ii. T. Jones, b Watson 2 Mr. H. D. Watson,b Wat­ son .......... .................. 2 Mr. J. B. Wood, b Briggs 16 Mr.W. H. Brain, b Watson 6 Mr. (?. F. H. Berkeley, not out ................................ 4 B ................ ... ... 4 L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. A. Ward, c Wilson, b Pal­ airet ............................... 7 F. Sugg, st Brain, b Wood 30 Mr. A. C. M’Laren, c Brain, b Palairet......... 7 Mr. G. Kemp, b Wood ... 0 Briggs, c Brain, b Wood 2 Baker, c Palairet, b Wood 8 Mr.S.M. Crosfield, run out 4 Mr. A. N. Hornby, c Hill, b Palairet........................16 Mr. A. T.Kemble, c Hill, b W ood...............................13 Watson, not out .......... 0 Second Innings. csub.,b Berkeley 21 b Berkeley......... 0 cBrain.bPalairet 28 c Hill, b Palairet 18 c and b Berkeley 17 cJones,bPalairet 17 run out ..........15 run out .......... 7 Mr. J. 8huter, c Tab­ erer, b Palairet Abel, c Phillips, Berkeley ... S u r r e y . Lohmann, c Fry, b 22 Mold, b Palairet... B ................. b Berkeley... c Wilson, Palairet... not out B 1, lb 3 ... 6 b ... 6 ... 0 ... 4 Total .................83 Total ...142 BOWLING ANALYSIS. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . Watson ... Mold Briggs ... Baker ... First Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 22 ... 9 9 42 4 3 20 1 ... , 7 34 5 ... . 1 32 0 L a n c a sh ir e . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 13 3 42 1 ... 16.2 6 23 1 .. 29 15 32 7 P alairet........ '. ... 10 Mr. W. W. Read, b Berkeley.................. 8 Lockwood, b Fry ...102 Henderson, c and b Total Wood .................... 59 Mr. K. J. Key, c Phil­ lips, b Fry ............. 14 O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y Street, c Wood, b Wilson .................11 Brockwell, c Hill, b Wilson .................13 Wood, c Palairet, b Berkeley.................51 Sharpe, not out ... 33 B10, lb 1, nb 2 13 .340 First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Berkeley ... 7 3 27 0 ...... 25 11 38 4 Palairet......... 14.4 3 27 4 ...... 24.2 8 52 4 Wood .......... 8 0 33 5 ...... 9 1 24 0 Fry ... 8 1 24 0 Wilson 3 3 0 0 Total Second Innings. c Sugg, b Briggs 57 c M’Laren, b Briggs ... 2 b Briggs ... 0 b Mold......... 9 b Briggs ... 3 b Briggs ... 0 run out 5 c Kemble, b Briggs ... 0 not out 2 b Briggs ... 19 c and b Watson 0 B 5, lb :) A Total ...105 SURREY v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. The Surrey eleven opened their list of first-class engagements on Monday with a revival of the Oxford University match at Oxford. Mr. Taberer was given a trial in the University eleven ia place of Mr. Watson, while Maurice Read, who had injured his thumb in the Warwickshire match, made way for Street. Fortunate enough again to win the toss, Surrey went in first on a capital wicket, and in spite of a very bad start severely tested the Oxford bowling before the innings closed. At the outset things went all in favour of the University, and with Mr. Shuter, Abel, Loh­ mann, and Mr. Read all out for 48, Surrey’s prospects of a large score did not seem very bright Lockwood and Henderson made the first stand, and later on Waod and Sharpe hit so freely that in the end a total of 310 iuns was reached, made at an average rate of 80 an hour. Lock­ wood and Hendarson added 93 runs for the fifth wicket. The latter was the first to leave, caught and bowled off Mr. Wood’s lobs. His faultless 59 included eleven 4’s, and coming 60 soon after his £0 not out at Lord’s for the single v. M»rried, would make it appear th*t the young professional is i i his best form this season. Lockwood, on Mr. Key’s appearance, hit with great vigour, and before he was clean bowled by Mr. Fry had got into his second hundred. Early in the innings he might have been caught at mid off by Case, but the chance was a very difficult one. He was missed in the long-field at 65, and should have been stumped just before he completed his huadred. Nevertheless his innings was a roally capital display, and the severity of his hitting may be judged from the fact that he made 73 out of 100 after the luncheon interval. He hit three 6’s and thirteen 4’s. The last batsmen, Wood and Sharpe, gave a lot of trouble, and added 85 runs. Wood punished the worn-out Oxford bowling freely, and was finally taken in the slips for a good innings of 51, which included seven 4’s. Oxford had scored 45 for the loss of one wicket (Mr. Phillips) when play ceased for the day on Monday. On Tuesday the University made a very disappointing show. Mr. Jones played correct cricket for 37, but although five other batsmen reached double figures, the next highest score was only 23, and the University had to follow on in a minority of 177 run3. Wood hurt his hand on Monday evening in keeping wicket to Lohmann, and did not appear in the field on Tuesday. Ayres fielded as sub, and Henderson and then Abel kept wicket. A shower delayed play after luncheon, and when Mr. Palairet and Mr. Jones opened the second innings some vigorous hitting was witnessed. In 50 minutes the score was raised to 83, but after their separation the end came quickly. Mr. Case managed to secure double figures, but the other eight batsmen made 20 runs between them. Both tho captain and Mr. Jones played the Surrey bowlers with confidence, and between them scored 91 out of a total of 128 runs. Surrey won by an innings and 49 runs. Lockwood was not only the most successful batsman, but carried off the bowling honours also, his eight wickets costing just under nine runs each, First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. R. T. Jones, c Hender­ son, b Sharpe................. 37 b Lockwood ... 48 Mr. F. A. Phillips, c Loh­ mann, b Sharpe .......... 6 c Henderson, b Lockwood ... 4 Mr. T. B. Case, b Sharpe... 23 candb Lohmann 14 Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, b Lockwood........................ 22 c Read, b Loh­ mann .......... 43 Mr. C. B. Fry, c Hender­ son, b Sharpe................. 23 c Abel, b Loh­ mann .......... 0 Mr. V. T. Hill, c Abel, b Lockwood........................ 11 c Lockwood, b Lohmann ... 2 Mr. H. M. Taberer, c Abel, b Lockwood ................. 6 c Read, b Lock­ wood ......... 1 Mr. W. H. Brain, not out 16 c Brockwell, b Lockwood ... 2 Mr. J. B. Wood, lbw, b Sharpe ........................ 8 c Henderson, b Lohmann ... 5 Mr. T. S. B. Wilson, b Sharpe ........................ 0 c Lockwood, b Lohmann ... 5 Mr. G. F. Berkeley, c Loh­ mann, b Lockwood 4 not out .......... 1 B 2, lb 6 ................. 8 B 2, nb 1 ... 3 Total .................163 Total ...128 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Berkeley... 31.3 13 87 3 Wood ... 17 1 62 1 Palairet ..*. 27 11 67 2 F ry ........... 18 6 43 2 Wilson ... 15 8 33 2 Taberer... 4 0 21 0 |Phillips ... 3 0 14 0 Wood bowled two no-balls. O x f o r d . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 22 12 29 0 41 15 79 6 3 0 9 0 3 1 10 0 20.2 10 28 4 Henderson 4 Lockwood bowled one no-bal Lohmann Sharpe... , Read ... , Brockwell , Lockwood , Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 23.1 8 42 6 ... 52210 27 15 43 4 1 19 0 CAMBRIDGE. UNIVERSITY v. YORK83.IRS. In this match at Cambridge, last Thursday nnd Friday, the University captain had not his strongest eleven in the field. The exigencies of the Tripos kept Messrs R. N. Douglas aud Streatfcild away, and Mr. Wells, who was suffering from a spraia, was also an absentee. Under these circum­ stances, a trial was given to Mr. C. G. Pope (the Harrow captain of 1891), and V. F. Lee*e (an Old Wykehamist), who played a good innings in the ear.ier part of the week for the VI.C.C. against the University. The Yorkshire Eleven was identical with that which defeated Sussex earlier in the week, except that Mr. Frank superseded Mr. Sellars. Heavy rain had fallen during the night, and as the sun was shining with great power when the match commenced, Lord Hawke (who won the toss) decided to send Cambridge in. The move was a wise one, for, with the exception of Mr. Jephson, who is generally seen to advantago on a slow wicket, the batsmen offered litt'e resistance to the bowling of Peel and Wainwright, and seven wickets went down for 79 runs. Some showers which fell between three and four o’clock made the ground easier, and the “ tail ” made a fairly good show. Mr. Hill played good cricKet, and Mr. Brom’ey-Davenport hit up 26 assisted by some luck. Mr. Jephson’s 40 though was decidedly ' the best innings. Going in against a total of 188 Yorkshire started well by scoring 75 for two wickets on Thursday evening. Of these 45 were contributed by Lord Hawke, who was seen at his best, hitting out with resolution—the only game likely to succeed as the wicket was. More rain fell on Friday morning, and as the suu again caused the wicket to help the bowlers, matters went badly for the county. Peel played in his best style, but, of the other batsmen, Mounsey alone reached double figures. Peel was in for an hour and a half, and his 45 was as well played as it was valuable. As the Yorkshire total onlv reached 154 the University were left with a T lead of 31 runs on the first innings. When the latter went in a'second time.' however. Peel and Wain­ wright found the wicket so much to their taste that the University eleven fared very badly, Mr