Cricket 1893

93 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. MA? 4, 1893 impossible to think of a more graceful batsman than Riohard Daft himself. Representing distinct schools, altogether dissimilar in styles, but each unapproached in his prime there cou ll hardly be a trio more thoroughly representative of the endless variety of the art of batting. For the special supplement representing “ The Master ” in four different batting positions, we are indebted to the well known photographers Messrs. Hawkins & Co., of Brighton, to whom we have been in­ debted for many similar favours in the past. The sketches of Giffen and Palmer, as well as of Daft, will give an idea of the illustrations which are to appear in the forthcoming work ‘ ‘ Kings of Cricket.” They are given by kind permission of Mr. J. W . Arrowsmith, of Bristol the publisher. We propose to review the book itself at an early date. M.C.C. & GROUND v. NOTTS. Of late years at all events, there is, as far as we are aware, no in­ stance on record of a strictly first-ciass match commenced on any other day than Monday or Thursday. As a rule, too, one would hardly expect any departure from the usual routine to emanate from ohe M.C.C, the most conservative of sporting institutions generally conservative. Circumstances of policy “ not altogether unconnected,” to use a phrase of Sergeant Buzfuz, with the annual dinner, suggested that it would not be unde­ sirable, with a view to a good attendance at that function to offer the additional attrac­ tion of an interesting fixture. A more appropriate selection, too, could hardly have been made than a match for the benefit of JohnWheeler, theLeicestershire cricketer, who has served the Marylebone Club faithfully and well for many years as a ground bowler. On the whole, although Mr. Dixon was unable to captain the County,the sides, too,were fairly representative, and some good cricket, con­ sidering that many of the plajers were out of practice, was shown. Shrewsbury, who had recently injured his hand and it wa3 feared would be unable to play, had sufficiently re­ covered to be able to take his place in the eleven, though he did little, as will be seen. The M.C.C , who went in first, were mainly indebted to two batsmen for their total of 141. Mr. De Trafford, Storer and Mr. Murdoch were responsible for 122, and eight of the eleven could only account for sixteen between them. The Leicestershire captain was in his best vein. He played fine cricket, and his 77 was free from a mistake. Attewell bowled with success, as his figures will show. Notts began badly in losing Mr. Howitt without a run, and Shrewsbury with only five up. Gunn and Barnes, however, played good cricket while they wtre together, and a useful score by Shacklock enabled the County to leave off at the end of the day with a lead of 58 runs, as the result of one innings to each side. M.C.C. Mr.T.Shuter, b Shack­ lock ........................... 4 Mr. A. N. H ornby, c Flowers, b Attewell 4 Mr. W . L. Murdoch, c Sherwin, b Attewell 14 Mr. C. E. de Trafford, c Shacklock, b Flowers .................. 77 Chatterton, b Shack­ lock .......................... 0 Mr. A. J. Hill, b Attc- well ........................... 7 Storer, not out Pougher, c Sherwin, b Attewell ........... Mr.J. H. J. Hornsby, b Attewell ........... J. T. Hearne, b Atte- * e l l ........................... Martin, run out B ........................... Total N otts . Shrewsbury,cHornbv, b H ea rn e.................. 5 Mr. R. H. Howitt, b H eaine .................. c Gunn, c and b Martin 61 Barnes, c H ornby, b H earne ..................34 Flowers, b Hearne ... 0 Mr. C. W. W right, c De Trafford, b Bill 19 H. B. D aft, b B ill 2 W . Attewell, b Mar­ tin ........................... 6 Shacklock,bPougher 49 Mee, b Hearne........... 5 Sherwin, not out ... 16 B .................. ... 2 T o t a l...........199 Attewell Martin . Hearne . Pougher.. BOW LING ANALYSIS. M.C.C O. M. B. W . O. M. R. W . 15 3 38 2 1Flowers... 8.3 0 22 ] 18 7 53 6 j M ee........... 5 0 25 0 N otts . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. w . 23 7 50 2 |H ornsby 4 2 11 0 2o 5 74 5 Hill ... 11 4 23 2 20.2 9 29 1 |Chatter­ ton ... 2 0 10 0 CR ICKET AT OXFORD . THE SENIORS’ MATCH. W ith only moderate bowling, there was every ground for believing that the Seniors’ match, which opened the Oxford season, would be productive of generally high scoring. These expectations were fully realised, and in the three days, although the start was not until nearly two o’clock each afternoon, no less than 1036 runs were scored for twenty-eight wickets. The early play on Monday was note­ worthy for a fine display of batting by Mr. Rice for Mr. Boger’s side. As a Freshman last year he failed to get his blue at Oxford, though he played consistently good cricket for Glou­ cestershire during the season. This time he was lucky enough to have a life at short slip before he had scored. It was his only mistake, though, during his innings of four hours, and on the whole it was in every wayworthy of his reputation. The two first batsmen having fairly collared what bowling there was, the rest was easy, and when play ceased on Mon­ day night the total was 304, with only six bats­ men out. On the following morning the bowling was severely punished by Mr. Raphael, who made 32 of his 36 in eight hits, and subse­ quently by Messrs. Bathurst and Street. The two last named both hit freely, with the result lhat they scored 120 in just over an hour. The two remaining batsmen gave some slight trouble, and,as will be seen, ever} one of the eleven batsmen got double figures. Mr. Palairet, who went in first for his side, did not show to advantage, and was bowled after making three runs. On the other hand Messrs. Leveson-Gower, Morti­ mer, and Conway Rees all hit with freedom, so that by the end of the day the score showed 171 for six wickets. Following on yesterday in a minority of 353 some good cricket was shown by Messrs. Rutty, Richards, Field, and the captain. JStill they were never able to get within reasonable distance of a draw, and in the result, Mr Boger’s side had an easy win by an innings and 66 runs. M r . A. J. B oger ’ s S id e . R. W. Rice, c Palairet, b Leveson-Gower.,.132 B. L. K ichm ond, c Field, b Palairet ...5 0 A L. Nelson, c and b Palairet ....................82 A. Latter, b Richards 17 A. J. Boger, c Field, b R u tty.......................... 26 W . S. Case, c Palairet, b D o n a ld son ............ 21 L. C. V. Bathurst, c Field, b Richards 73 R. H. Raphael, c Palairet, b Rutty 38 F. Street, c Field, b Donaldson ...........59 G. H. S. Gmelin, not out ...........................15 L. G. Brown, lbw, b Rutty ...................13 B 28,1b 3, w 1 ... 27 T o t a l.......... .551 M r. R. C. N. P alairet ’ s S id e . First Innings. Second Innings. F. A. G. Leveson-G ower, b Bathurst ...................47 c Bathurst, b Street ............. 11 R. C. N. Pdlairet, c B ath­ urst, b Boger ................... 3 c B r o w n , b R aphael.............53 C. J. R. Richards, o B ath­ urst, b Street ... ........... 1 c Gmelin, b Boger .............54 L. M ortimer, b Bathurst 40 c Richm ond, b Bathurst........... 0 J. Conway-Rees, b B ath­ urst ...................................60 c Rice, b Boger 21 A. W. F.R utty, b B oger... 14 b Bathurst ... 78 G. Field, c Raphael,b Case 1 c Rice, b Boger 49 T. A. H igson, not out ... 12 e B r o w n , b Boger ........... 0 W . H. V. Reade, b Boger... 0 b Bathurst ... 5 W . P. Donaldson, c Raphael, b Boger ...........16 not out ............ 7 M. Berkeley, absent........... 0 absent.................... 0 B ........................... 4 B ................... 6 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M r . B oger ' s S id e . Donaldson Reade ... 15 Berkeley... 34 Richards... 27 O. M. R . w . 9 70 3 52 0 7 90 0 8 68 O. M. r . w . Palairet 3J 6 119 R u tty... 21.2 2 73 Leveson- Gower 10 1 49 1 1M ortimer 3 0 13 0 Leveson-Gower bowled one wide. M r. R . C. N. P a la ir e i ’ s S id e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. r . w . B o g e r.......... 17.1 0 59 4 Total ...198 Total ...2S7 Bathurst ... 30 9 71 3 S treet......... 11 2 43 1 Case ......... 8 2 21 1 O. M. R. W. ... 28 7 79 4 ... *6.4 8 75 3 ... 17 3 59 1 9 2 41 0 Raphael 6 1 27 1 CRICKET AT CAMBR IDGE. THE FRESHMEN ’ S MATCH. After three days of heavy scoring, the Freshmen’s match which usually opens the cricket season at Cambridge University ended in favour of the side captained by F. S. Jackson. The result was foreshadowed by the advantage they obtained in the early part of the game. The winners, who went in first, were batting the whole of the first day. Even then, the innings was not finished, and, indeed, it extended for half an hour into the second morning. The chief feature of the long outing was the stand of Messrs. G. S. Wilson and F. S. Horan for the eighth wicket. Both batsmen scored freely off the mediocre bow’l- ing. None of it came jin any way amiss to them, and an idea of the rapidity of the run- getting, may be gathered from the fact that 202 were added while they were together, and in a little less than two hours. Wilson, who wa3 out first, hit with great resolution. In proof of this, it need only be stated that his 125 included one five and no less than seventeen fours. Mr. Horan, who was not out 114 on Monday night, was stiJl in w’hen the innings closed. His 133 was a capital display of cricket from every stand­ point. He gave two chances, but as far as we could see none:till he had completed his hundred The earlier batsmen on Mr. Latham’ s side were not seen to any great advantage, and when the twelfth batsmen was out the score was only 118. Hinde,whohad beenbattingfreely,received valuable help from the captain, who came in last. Runs came so fast that in just over an hour 88 runs were added. Hinde carried out his bat for 76, made by spirited batting, without a mistake. His score contained eleven singles. Rudd, of last year’ s Harrow X I, was the most successful bowler. His four wickets cost ten runs apiece. Mr. Latham’s fide, following on in a minority of 223, had made 76 for the loss of four batsmen when play ceased on Tuesday night. Healing, with some luck, raised his score from 43 to 88, and ultimately the innings closed for a total of 236. Burrough, the Shrewsbury freshman, bowled with great success- His seven wiokets cost 50 runs. Mr. Jackson’s side had only fourteen to win, and as Hemingway and Creed got these in four overs, they won with all their twelve wickets in hand* M r . F. J ackson ’ s S ide . -First Innings. P. R . Creed (Marl­ borough),bShearme 28 E.B. W inch (Charter­ house), b P ye............ 4 W . M. Hemingway (Uppingham ), b Pye ..............................16 C.R.M’Kee(Denstore), b Pye............................ 1 J. Burrough (Shrews­ bury), b Pye ...............83 F. S. Horan (W elling­ ton), not o u t ......... 133 P. Levick (Private), run out ..................... 0 C.D. Robinson (South Africa), b Pye ... 45 In the Second Innings Creed scored (not out), 8, Hemingway (not out), 5; b 1.—Total, 14, G.S. W ilson (Charter­ house), c Shearme, b Latham ......... 125 W H. Jones (Clifton), b Latham ........... 0 J.H. Manly (Repton), b P y e ........................ 6 C. J. L . Rudd (Harrow), c Binde, bS tu d d ................... F.S.Jackson,c Studd, b Corbett.................... 6 B 24, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 82 0 Total .. 429