Cricket 1893

114 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. MAY 11, 1893 Jones,’ and also to inform the scribe as to the way a casualty was brought about., as ‘ Jenkins, out, caught Brown, bowled Robinson.’ The scorer, however, is expected to call ‘ over.’ Batting over here: rustic style—’ard, ’igh, and hoften ; judgment in running between wickets, poor; bowling, very fair; fielding, fairish, but backing up poor, and disposition of the field to suit bowler or batsman, very indifferent. Catching, however, is not to be beaten anywhere; I have never seen a catch missed in Canada , andI have seen a g< od deal of cricket out here.” Bravo, Canada! Fielders are more generous in the mother-country. Yet one more extract from a letter to hand since my last Notch. On the authority of Charles Box, I wrote in March that scoring cards were unknown before 1336. Here is a valuable correction from the “ Old Buffer 1e informs me that “ Cricket scores were printed on cards and paper (but not sold on cricket grounds, probably because few persons could read then* over 100 years ago. They may be seen on a screen in the dining room of Colonel Butler’s house at Hambledon.” Mr. Gale continues: “ I think you should have adde^ these names to the list of Notts cele­ brities—Bart Good and Tom Barker, who flourished about 1835. When Sussex first met Notts in that year at the Old Forest ground, and Notts won on the post, Good had the credit of the victory by his plucky batting at the finish; he was a very good left-handed -bowler, and a very hard hitter, and sometimes got large scores. Tom Barker was a first-rate bowler. Both were engaged by the M.C.C., and were amongst the earliest Notts professionals at Lord’s, and both were trusted umpires in later years. Dakin in 1845 (and thereabouts) was also a capital Notts bowler, and also, I fancy, an M.C.C. man, but I am not certain about that.” Next week current cricket will demand attention The Oxford Freshmen’s match fills ore wi*h alarm; 1437 runs, and before tLe season is a fortnight old. Should this weather last much longer the bowlers ought to “ strike.” We shall be hearing all sorts of suggestions as to increasing height and number of stumps, of batsmen retiring after scoring an innings of 100 runs, of “ throwing ” being legalised, etc., etc. It will be an inetince of ernbarras de richessts for the Oxford Captain with only one vacancy in his team. The Senior from Gloucestershire—R. W. Rice—can hardly be left out. Can such Freshmen as Clayton, Smith, Mordaunt, and Leveson-Gower, all of whom went up with immense school reputations, though the Harrovian could scarcely be classed with his rivals from Charterhouse, Wellington and AVinchester? Some “ Old Blues ” must be having a bad time of it just now. Clayton’s was an extraordinary performance. I can recall only one other innings of 200 runs in an Oxford match of any note, viz. li. H. Massie’s 206 for Australia v. Oxford University in 1882. Whilst, at Cambridge, onlv one such inning rccurs to me at present, 205 (not out) by W. R. Gilbert for the Gentlemen of England about fifteen years ago. Of the Colts’ match between Yorkshire and Notts, it may be of interest to record that the first match was played in 1876 ; since then 11 have been played, of which Yorkshire have won six, Notts one, and four were drawn. The fast bowler has yet to come. P S. (And not worth mentioning). The cricket club described last week should have read “ Middle-aged Croakers’ Club,” and not “ Middlesex Croakers’ Club .0 « w /ll D,ennjs- w ho has captained the Brixton C.C. i^r the last six seasons, was presented with a set of carvers at a sm oking concert on the 3rd inst. L ondon & S outh W estern R ailw ay v . R i vkrs - ® 'LK-—p/ ayed at Richm ond on May 6. Score*— Riversdale. 88 (Williams 22); L. & 8.W .R. 48 (J Coulson not out 16, W. Cleall 1G). ’ M a rried <■. S in o lk -R . A.R D.S.C.O. ( W oolwich). — he above club comm enced tbeir season on W edne day, May 3, a very interesting m atch taking place between Married and Single. Scores B Ua n 29?’ 63 (Br’ Goldsmifch 25>*‘ Single, 105 (Br. SU RR EY v. W ARW ICK SH IR E. W ith a view to practice for their principal en­ gagements, the Surrey authorities usually put their best eleven into the field for the earlier fixtures. Circumstances, however, com pelled them to find substitutes for several of the regular m em bers in the opening m atch at the Oval on Monday. Lohm ann, Abel, and W ood were all absent from illness, while Lockw ood and Maurice Read were playing for Lord Sheffield against the Australians. In W ood's absence room w as found for Marshall, who played for Leicestershire three seasons ago, and is now qualified by residence for Surrey. H ayward, another young cricketer also just qualified,also represented Surrey for the first time. The W arwickshire eleven, too, included two new players—Diver, who played for Surrey som e few vears ago, and W alter Quaife, who did good service f >rSussex foi r )r five summt rs back. Warwicks hire, who went in hrst, at the outset only fared m ode­ rately well, Runs cam e slowly against the bow l­ ing of Sharpe and Richardson, and in the two hours before luncheon 107runs had been scored for the loss of six wickets, On resuming, the game becam e m uch more lively. Lilley.who hit with re­ m arkable freedom, scored fast off the Surrey bowling, and in a little over two hours he made 124 of 179 got during his stay. He m ight have been caught when he had 35, and was badly m issed in the long-field after he had got his 100. Still his innings was a m ost creditable display of plucky and confident cricket. It will be seen he scored m ore than half of the runs ob­ tained by W arwickshire from the bat. Surrey had a little m ore than an hour and a half for batting on M onday evening, and in this tim e made 109 for the loss of four wickets. Four batsm en were out for 44, and it was to Ayres and H enderson, who were both not out at the finish after adding 65, that the improvement was due. On Tuesday m orning an addition of nine runs saw H enderson out. He had played correct cricket and his 47 was a very useful innings. After his retirem ent Ayres found no one to stay any time with him , and he was still in when the last wicket fell, w ith the follow on just saved by one run. Ayres, w ho went in second wicket down, was in two hours and three-quarters. Though he gave two chances towards the last, he showed great judg­ m ent and his batting was invaluable to his side. W^ith a useful lead of 78 runs, W arwickshire had added 65 in their second innings by the luncheon interval for the loss o f three batsmen. The game then seemed to be all in favour of the in side. A fine catch by Ayres at cover point soon after the resum ption dismissed Mr. Docker, who had been hitting fearlessly, and this brilliant piece of cricket helped m aterially to turn the scale in favour of Surrey. In less than half an hour the six remaining wickets had gone down for an addition of 27 runs. This collapse was due to som e remarkable bow ling by Richardson. W ith four consecutive balls he dismissed Shilton, Pal- lett, W hitehead, and. Cresswell, and in his lar-t eight balls got rid of five batsmen. Left with 171 to win, Surrey, although the ball at tim es got up badly, as it had throughout, found no difficulty in obtaining the number. Indeed, they were got in two hours and a quarter for the loss of only three batsm en, so that Surrey in the result gained a creditable victory with seven wickets in hand. M arshall’s wicket-keeping for Surrey was of dis­ tinct prom ise. Owing to an injury to his hand while batting, Lilley was unable to keep wicket for W arwickshire. Diver, however, proved a very efficient substitate. W arw ickshire . Second Innings. First Innings. Laws, st Marshall, b Richardson .......... ... 4 Q uaife,b Sharpe... ...31 E. J. Diver, c Henderson, b Sharpe .......................... 5 Mr.L. C. Docker, b Sharpe 9 Mr. H. W . Bainbridge, b Richardson .................. 11 Richards, c and b H ay­ ward ........... ...................34 Shilton, c Sharpe, b B rock w ell.......................... 10 Lilley, low, b A y re s...........124 Pallett, c an d b Sharpe ... 8 W hitehead, not o u t ........... 0 Creswell, c and b Sharpe 4 B 14, lb 6 ........... ... 20 c Henderson, b Richardson ... b Richardson ... b Sharpe ... ... c Ayres, b Sharpe ........... b Sharpe ........... b Richardson ... c Ayres, b R ich­ ardson ........... not out ........... b Richardson ... b Richardson ... b Richardson ... B 7, lb 2 ... Total .......... 260 Total ... 92 S u rrey .—First Innings. Baldwin, c Diver, b C resw ell.................. 4 Hayward, b Creswell 0 Mr. K. J, Key, b Shil­ ton .......................... 11 Ayres, not o u t ...........67 Mr. W . W . Read, b Shifton .................. 11 Henderson, b Cres­ well .......................... 47 Brockwell. c Docker, b W hitenead ... ... 7 Mr. J. Shuter, c Diver, b Creswell... 1 Sharpe, b Creswell... 14 Marshall, run out ... 8 Richardson, b Shil­ ton ... ... ... .,i 4 B 5, lb 1, nb 2 ... 8 Total ...182 in the Second Innings Baldwin scored, e Diver, b W hitehead 62, Key, c Diver, b Shilton 35, Ayres, (not out) 18, Read, (not out) 8, Shuter, b Pallett 34; b 12, lb 2.—Total, 171. BOW LING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. R. W , Shilton ... 18.1 6 37 3 ................... 19 4 44 1 Creswell 31 3 62 5 ................... 14 2 43 0 W hitehead 22 4 53 1 ......... ... 11 1 42 1 Pallett ... 5 0 22 0 ................... 10 2 22 1 Lilley ... 3 1 6 0 Creswell bowled two no-balls. W arw ickshire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R. W . Sharpe ... 37.1 15 82 5 ................... 12 3 39 3 Richardson32 8 87 2 ......... ,.. 13 3 44 7 Brockwell 9 4 24 1 W . W . Read 2 0 10 0 H ayward... 9 2 24 1 Henderson 6 0 13 0 A yres........... 3 3 0 1 TOTTENHAM COLLEGE t CALEDONIANS.—Played at May 3. T ottenham C ollege . HIGHBURY Tottenham on F. W .Barnes, c and b Ku ler .........; ... 3 H. Loris, b Miller ... 11 J.C. M orton,cFrazer, b K u bler.................. 11 R. Heffer, not out ... 61 G. Bassett, c Gould,b Callender..................... 14 J. Loris, run out ... 23 Total J. Curry, b Miller ... 0 H ighbury C aledonians , 8. Rice, run out ... W . Hall, b G rant ... P. Loris, c sub., b Miller ................... W . Bull, c M iller, b b McMillan ........... Extras ................... ...175 W. J. Kubler, c P. Loris, b J. Lori8 ... 2 Leeds, b J. Loris ... 0 Miller, b L o r is ........... 4 Callender, c Heffer, b Barnes ................... 4 M acGregor, bBarnes 12 McMillan, b Barnes 0 Grant, b J. Loris ... 5 Frazer, b J. Lorig . Philips, c M orton, Barnes ................ Harper, b Barnes , G ould, not out... . Extra ........... , Total ... . 2 3 6 . 1 , 39 ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL Played at Leatherhead, St. J ohn ’ s W. B. Sandberg, b W . F. N oakes.................. 0 R. M. Rees, b Sturt ... 0 F. H. MuBtard, bW. F, Noakea .................. 1 C. E. Muckleston, b W. F. N oakes........... 0 G. S. F. Rutty, b F. Noakes... K. B. Warren, c Noakes, b W . Noakes ........... W . W. F. v. LEATHERHEAD.— on May 6. S chool . J. G. Carson, b W . F. Noakes ...........13 A. B. Stokes, c B. L. W illiams,b Alcock 63 S. E. Osborne, b W . F. Noakes ...........21 A. H. Hodson, c F. Hue W illiams, b Alcock ........... ... 8 W . L. Saarlin, not out ........................... 4 B 20, lb 5 ... ... 25 L eatherhkad . T otal . ...163 W. Noakes, c Rees, b R u tty.................. ... 19 W . Hewlins, c M us­ tard b Fooson ... 34 v* . F. NoaktB, b Hcd- Bon .......... ...........27 B. L . H. Williams, c Sandberg, b Hod&on 8 Rev. G. Henderson, c Stokes, b Scarlin ... 0 R. G . H.-W illiams, b Scarlin ................... F. Sturt, not out ... 89 S. Le Blanc Smith, r u n o u t ................... 8 F. Hue W illiam s, b H o d so n ................... 6 R. Alcock, n ot out... 11 B 14, lb 3 Total ... 17 ..201 9 E. Hue W illiam s did not bat. TOTTENHAM COLLEGE v. HOLLOWAY COL­ LEGE.—Played at Tottenham, on May 6. T ottenham C ollege . F. W. Barnes, c W . Harston, c Mason, b Taylor ... 19 Reeves, b H otch­ C. V. M o ak, b Taylor 0 kiss ........................... 0 J.Lovis. b Choyce ... 9 P. Lovis, b Hotch­ A. Smith, c and b kiss ,** ... ... ... 0 Hotchkiss ........... 22 A. Viney, not out ... 0 G. Bassett, c and b J. Curry, c M ason, Taylor ................... 0 b T aylor................... 0 H. Lovis, c Lewis, b E x tr a s ................... 6 Taylor ................... 5 — J. C. M orton, b TayT o ta l........... 76 lor .......................... 15 H olloway C olleg e . Low erby, c Harston, Trickett, not out ... 1 b Barnes ................. 0 Pepper, b Barnes... 0 Lewis, b J. Lovis *... 6 Cox, c Harston, b Choyce, c Bassett, b Barnes ................... 0 Barnes ........... ... 16 Reeves, b Barnes ... 0 H otchkiss, b Barnes 1 Extras ........... 6 Bourke, b J. Lovis ... 2 — Taylor, b Barnes ... 5 Total ........... Mason, b Barnes ... 1