Cricket 1893

M ay is , 1893 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 131 CR ICKET AT OXFORD . TH E ELEV EN v. N EXT SIXTEEN. The reputation Oxford cricketers have made for themselves for high scoring this season was fully m aintained in the last of their trial m atches, con- c uded on Saturday. The absence of Messrs. W ilson and W ood gave tho captain a chance o f trying in the eleven Mes srs. \Iordaunt and Leveson- Orower, who had scored heavily for the Freshmen. The form er was out of luck this time, and he was the only batsman w ho failed to get double figures j^yeson-G ow er, on the other hand, fully confirmed his early promise by an excellent score of 78. Even then he was outdone by the younger Palairet, as well as Messrs. Brain and Hill. ih e most lively cricket o f the day was on Friday m orning on the fall o f the ninth batsman. Brain scared at a great rate while i i with Kathurst, aod the tenth wicket actually added 139 I? a,n tll’ur, and a half. Baikes’ bow ling was the best feature in the outing of the Sixteen. He took five wickets for 91 runs—an excellent record m such a long innings. A t the end o f tho second day the Sixteen had made 163 for the loss of five batsmen- ar?'l this num ber they iocreased to 318 f ™ th' innings closed. The best stand was a ,<V i t!?e Harrow captain of 189?, and 1Q' , ■«atty, captain o f the Sheroorne Eleven in n n /n n in J under the hour these tw j batsmen pat on 10Uruns, aad their cricket was tom e of the most vigorous of a run-getting match. Fry. it will be seen, bowled with m ost succejs. Hill’s fielding at Short S ip, too, was very effective. He caught nve of the sixteen in that place. When the SJeven went in a secoad tim e, .Fry batted in his best ™Ve\*n d h e .was not out at the finish with 63 of Ior three wickets to his credit. Altogether, 1033 runs were scored in the three afternoons for tweaty-eight wickets. In the four m *iches placed at oxford up to date, it is worthy of remark, 4*83 runs were scored for 119 wickets. This gives an average of over 1120 runs for each m itch , and over 37 for each wicket. T he E leven . First Innings. R.T.Jones,stM ‘Lach- lan, b Bosworth- Smith ... . l i V. T. Hill, c M ‘Lach­ lan, b R a ik es.........87 F. A. Phillips, b Ark­ wright ... .........23 L. (5. Bathurst, not out ..........................42 W . H. Brain, c Ark­ wright. »> Berkeley 92 Ii 32,1b 6,w 1, n b l 40 R- C. N. Palairet, b Raikes ...................79 R. W. Rice, c Berens, b Arkwright ......... B. C. H. Palairet, b Raikes ................... G. J. Mordaunt, i) Barlow ........... C-B. Fry, c Berens, b Raikes ........... B. G. Leveson- Gower.cArkwright, b R a ik e s .................. 15 78 CJNtV ER SITY v. LANCASHIRE. The phenom enal scoring in the trial games at invested the University’s first match,begun on Monday, with m ore than ordinary interest. In the natural uncertainty as to the bowling, the Oxford Captain found places for W ilson and W ood of last year’s eleveD, the only im portant absentee being R. W . Rice, w ho was assisting Gloucestershire against the Australians. Though Oxford had the advantage of first use of an excell­ ent wicket, the batting did not at all com e up to the general expectation. t?even batsm en got double figures, but the result o f three hours and a half s cricket was only 186, and the highest score was 49, a well played innings by F. A. Phillips. Ellis of Bolton, a slow left hand bowler, proved very successful,taking four wickets for onlyl3 runs. W ood’s lobs puzzled the m ajority of the Lanca­ shire batsmen, and when rain stopped play ten minutes before the tim e fixed on M onday night, seven wickets were down for 149. A heavy thunderstorm early on Tuesday m orning had considerably altered the condition of the wicket for the second stage of the game. The remaining batsmen o f Lancashire found it anything but easy when play was resumed, and, as they fell for an addition of only ten runs, Oxford were left with an advantage of twenty-seven runs on the first hands. The comm encem ent o f Oxford’s second innings was very prom ising, as the Cap­ tain, Fry, and Mordaunt *II played so well that 12) was up at luncheon time, with only throe bats­ men out. After that, helped by the wicket, Briggs’ bowling proved very effective, and the tail o f the Oxford eleven fell so readily into the trap he offered, that in an hour the innings was over, seven batsmen having only added 33 runs. With t8l to win, L a n osh ire lost Ward at 4, and when play had to be suspended on Tuesday night owing to a heavy storm, Sugg and Smith were in with the score 20 for one wicket. Yesterday morning a fine catch at coverpoint got rid of Sugg. Briggg, w ho took his place, was in the right m ood for hitting, and one ball from Bathurst he sent to square leg for six. W ith the total at 64, however, rain again stopped play, and after a tim e it was decided to give up the game as drawn. Lancashire wanting 117 to win. with eight wickets iu hand. O xford U n iversity . Second Innings. Total .. 533 i , 1'1the Second Innings Mordaunt scored c and b ^ t V u ^ - V o M ht’ 0|Bice (not out) la' 43 N e x t S ixte e n . L. Richm ond, b Fry ................... F. A. G. Leveson- C*ower, c Rice, b F r y ............................ B. Mortimer, b Fry... ^ oster, st Brain, b Bathurst ........... G. O. Smith, c Rice, b Fry ......................... G. Clayton, c Hiii, b Bathurst ........... ■b- N. Bosworth- Smith, c Hill, b L-Palairet ..............19 B. Raikes, c Hill, b Fry ..............................28 m Richards, b Fry .......... ...........25 ... 32 M. Y. Barlow, b Phillips .......... ... 87 A. J. Boger, c Hill, b B ath u rst....................27 H. A. Arkwright, b P h illip s .................. 13 Rutty, c Brain, b Bathurst .......... 72 D. M 'Lachlan, c Phillips, b Leve- son-Gower ...........31 E. Berens, c Hill, b First Innings. Mr. G. J. Mordaunt, Baker, b M old.................. 11 b M old . Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, c Baker, b M old.................. 28 Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, run out ..................................10 Mr. C. B. Fry, b Ellis ... 15 ... 41 c Baker, b Mold 6 Mr. H. D. Gower, c Briggs .. G. Leveson- Kem ble, b lbw, b Ellis st Kemble, Briggs ... . 39 Leveson-Gower ... M. Berkley, not out „ B 30, lb 2, w 1, n b l 34 Mr. F. A. Phillips, b Ellis 49 Mr. V. T. Hill, b Briggs ... 0 Mr. L C. V. Bathurst, c - Kemble, b B rig g s ........... 1 Mr. J. B. W ood, not out... 14 Mr. W . H. Brain, b Ellis 1 Mr.T S B. W ilson, b Ellis 0 B 17, lb 1 ...................18 Total ,.186 c W atson, b Briggs ........... l c Ellis, b Briggs 2 cSugg, b Briggs 11 c W atson, b Briggs ........... 0 c Crosfield, b Briggs ........... 3 not out . ... 2 c Mold, b Briggs 3 B 9, lb 5 ...1 4 Total .. 153 M.C.C. AND GROUND V. SUSSEX. Som e heavy scoring m arked this match, con • eluded at Lord’s yesterday, In all M onday’s cricket realised 406 runs, giving an average of 77 an houi for the five hours and a quarter of actual play. Sussex, who went in first, w ere batting four hours and a quarter for a total o f 317. The credit of this perform ance rested chiefly with Mr. Brann. A resolute hitter at any time, he has rarely been seen to better advantage. Out of 177 made while he was at the wicket his share was 137,and to give an idea of his punishing powers it need only be stated that his score was m ade in a little under two hours. W hen to this it is added that he gave no chance, a proper estim ate oi the merits o f his per­ form ance will have been given. Just at the end, too, Tate and Lowe gave the Marylebone bow leis a lot o f trouble, in fact, the last wicket in forty-five minutes increased the score by 61 rune. Messrs. Stoddart and Foley, who opened the innings of M.C.C.,fully maintained the previous character o f the cricket, and in the hour th t remained scored 89, w ithout the loss o f a wicket. On Tuesday m orning Mr. Stoddart was soon out, but Mr. Foiey, who had been let off at the wickon overnight, and Gunn scored at a great rate, and the next hour realised 111 runs. Rain then stopped play till after lunch, and the game had hardly been resumed before Mr. Foley was caught at the wicket. His 69, except for the chance already named, was without a flaw. Barnes, who followed, gave little trouble, but Flowers hit freely during his stay with Gunn, and 69 were added before Flowers, w ho was responsit-le for 41, was caught. Gunn, who had meanwhile been m issed in the long field at 187, fell ultimately to a good catch in the country, with the total 324. His innings of 124 had extended over two hours and fifty minutes, and except for the chince to long on, there was nothing to detract from a stylish and attractive display of bat­ ting. After Gunn’s dism issal the end soon cam e, the last five wickets only added 21 runs. Sussex had fifty minutes left for batting on Tuesday, and in this tim e m ade 25 f »r the loss of Beau’s wicket. Rain overnight prevented a resum ption yesterday till nearly half • past twelve o ’clock, and after 16 had been added in about half an hour at a cost o f two m ore bats­ men,(Marlow and Mr. M urdoch,)play had again to be suspended. This proved to be the end of the game, and as no farther play was possi le, the m atch was left drawn. S ussex . First Innings. Bean, st Sherwin, b Atte­ well .................................. Second Innings. st Sherwin, b A ttew ell...........1{ L ancashire —First Innings. Total ...481 BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. T he E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. 21 5 40 0 Arkwright” Raikes ... Berkeley ... 59 14 108 2 44 14 14 2 6 18 3 Smith ...... a Barlow ... 17 ^osworth- p .S ^ ith .......... 11 Richards.........18 t utty .......... 5 ^eveson-Gower 3 Rutty bowled a wide and Arkwright a no-ball. N e x t S ixteen , 3 0 12 0 Bathurst .. 50.220 88 T ' H -L e v e Z - 40 1575 1 Gower O. F r y .........30 Phillips 10 R. Palairet 6 Hill L W “ 5 107 2 iU ......... 5 a wide *a*ret each bowled a no- M. R. W. 7 84 6 2 32 2 1 41 0 1 20 0 ball, and F. Sugg, b W ood ... 12 A. Ward, c Mordaunt, bW ood ...................25 A.Smith, cL.Palairet, b Fry Briggs, b Bathurst Baker, b Fry Tinsley, b Fry ... fltr. S. fll. Crosfield, W o o d ................. ... 47 ... 17 ... 26 ... 11 b ,.. 4 Ellis, c L. Palairet, b F r y ........................... Mr. A. T. Kemble, st Brain, b W ood ... W atson, not out ... Mold, c Brain, b W ood ................. B 4, lb 1 ........... T o ta l.........159 In the Second Innings Sugg scored c Leveson- Gower, b Bathurst 17, W ard, c Brain, b W ilson 2, Smith (not out) 17, Briggs, (not out) 26: b 1, lb 2.— Total, 64. BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. O xford . First Innings. Second Innings. O. *r. R. W . O. M. R. W . Mold ........... 36 14 88 2 ........... 35 20 46 2 Briggs ........... 27 10 67 3 ........... 30.212 46 E llis ................. 8.4 4 13 Marlow, st Sherwin, b Flowers ................... ... 21 b A ttew ell... Mr. W . L. Murdoch, b Moorhouse .. ......................25 b Flowers ... Mr. W . Newham, b Atte­ well ......................................35 n o tou t ... . Mr. G. Brann, st Sherwin, b A ttew ell.........................137 not out ... Mr. C. A. Smith, b M oor­ house .................................... 9 Guttridge, c Stoddart, b M oorhouse .................... 0 Humphreys, c Sherwin, b M oorhouse............................ 8 Butt, b F ord............................ 5 Tate, not out .......................48 Lowe, b F low ers.....................20 B 5,1 b 4 ..................... 9 14 Total ..........317 M.C.C. Total Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Humphreys, bBean 62 Mr C.P. Foley,c Butt, b Smith ......................69 Gunn, c Newham, b Low e ....................124 Barnes, b B e a n ......... 9 Flowers, c H um ­ phreys, b Guttridge 41 Moorhouse, c Bean, b L o w e ..............................30 Rev. R. T. Thornton, c Smith, b Low e ... Mr. F. G. J. Ford, c Tate, b Guttridge Attewell, not out ... air. M F. Maclean, c and b Guttridge ... Sherwin, b Guttridge B 1,1b 3 ........... Total BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. S u ssex . First Innings. ...345 3 4 ...... W atson Baker .. 15 12 1 L ancashire . First Innings. O. M. R. W . W ood . W ilson . Bathurst ... 12 L. Palairet ... 7 Leveson-Gower 3 F r y .................. 9 23 4 2 12 66 22 31 18 10 17 5 , 0 ... 1 ... 0 0 4 Second Innings. O. M. R . W . 13 12 6 Mr. W ilson bow led one no-ball. Attewell ... Flowers ... Moorhouse Barnes Ford ........... M‘Lean Thornton ... Stoddart ... O. M. R. ... 46 16 72 ...35,412 87 12 40 .. 7 . 13 .. 3 .. 3 .. 4 3 15 3 49 0 14 0 20 1 11 W . 3 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. , 21 12 21 , 17 10 17 . 4 3 3 d.C.C. Tate Low e . Guttridge 20 Hum ­ phreys 12 O. M. R. 16 5 46 19 2 66 6 50 0 46 0 | Smith Bean Brann O. M. R W 20 6 50 1 28 10 61 2 5 0 22 0