Cricket 1893

«r 1^6 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. JUNE 8, 1893 R. J. MEE. R. J. Mee, the fast bowler who has done excellent service for Notts this season, is an instance of heredity in cricket. His father, an old player himself, has had many years’ experience,in addition,as a coach. In this latter capacity Eee senior enjoys a high reputation, and for many years his efforts to teach the young idea how to shoot, or to bowl shooters, which is much the same, at Bedford Grammar School, have met with great success. Mee, the present day cricketer, was born at Shelford, a village midway between Ratcliffe- on-Trent,the home of George Parr, andBurton Joyce, where Alfred Shaw was horn on September 25, 1867. Having made his name in local cricket, he soon took a professional engagement,acting as bowler to the Manning- ham Club for two years, after a preliminary trial at Cambridge University. The Notts Amateurs had him for a time at Trent Bridge, and then he took up his quarters at Linco’n under an engagement with the Lindum Club. His success there gave rise to the belief that he was qualifying for Lincolnshire by residence. As this proved to be unfounded, the executive of the Notts Club set to work to make sure of his assistance. With this object an engagement wan obtained for him on the ground staff at Lord’s, which made him practically free for county cricket Already, too. this year he has fully justi6ed tfie pains that h*ive been taken to retain him as a regular member of the team. For a bowler of his great pace he keeps a good length, and under anyecn- ditions requires a lot of watching Our portrait is from a photograph by Hawkins and Co., of Brighton. HAMPSTEAD NONDESCRIPTS v. BICKLEY PARK.—Played at Bickley Park on Jute 3. H ampstead N ondescripts . J. S. Haycraft, c Hurllutt, b Cbatell 11 G. H. Woodall, c Hurlbutt, b Chatell 4 J. S. Worthington, b Hurlbutt................. 8 W. W. A'Deare, c Anton,bHurlbutt... 23 E. Buckley-Jones, b Hurlbutt.«............... 2 A. L. Kemp, b Chatell 12 W. A. Pcthick, c Ford, b Boosey ... 14 H. Wade, b Chatell .. 12 L. ButchinsoD, c ChatelJ, b Hurlt ui t 3 C.E.E.Lee, b Ch«tell 3 i E.L.Marsden,* ot out 19 Extras ................. 8 Total .. 119 B ickley P ark . T. P. Bilder, c Wood­ all, b Jones ... ... 20 E. R. Bouch.c Kemp, b Jone3 .................30 A. S. Anton, c Hay- crafc.b Hutchinson 4 W. J. Chatell, c Hay­ craft, b Kemp ... 14 C. Hurlbutt, b Mars­ den -........................ 6 P. JanEon,^ Marsden A.Boosey. b Mar den S. D. Stokes, b Marsden................. A. Greig. not out ... J. Ford, absent......... F. L. Chatell. c A’Deane. b Jones ... Extras ................. Total 67 WHITGIFT WANDERERS v. ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.—Played at Cam­ bridge on June 3. W h itg ift W anderers . T.P. Harvey, c Jenkin, b Winlaw.................... 17 O. Marks, b Wrang- h*m ........................... 16 R. B:scoe, b Wrangh- him ... .................. 8 B. L. Tuiner, c C. D. Botinson, b Win- law ...........................46 G. Marks, b Winlaw 5 G. L. Marks, b J. J. Robinson...................16 S t . J obn ’ i E. G. Turner, b J. J. .Robinson ........ 4 L. J. Turner, not out ........................18 A. E. Howes, run o u t ........................ l S. j . Ching, b J. J. Rol ioson .......... 0 A. W. Cooper, c Jenkin, b w inlaw 0 B 17,1b 8 ..........2 Total C o lleg e . ...146 G. P. K. Winlaw, b C. D. RolicsoD, run Harvey ................. F4 out ........................ 16 W. Falcon, b L. J. H. A Merriman.b H. Turner ................. 0 L. Turner .......... 6 J. J. Robinson, lbw, J. H. Metcalfe, not b H arvey................. 1 o u t ........................ 10 G. R. Joyce, c G. L. A. M. Jet-kin, b Marks, b Harvey ... 30 H arvey................. 1 W . G. Wrangham, b J. Patch,c O. Marks, Harvey ................. 3 b Harvey .......... 6 C. R. McKee, b Har- B 6, lb 5 .......... 11 vey ................. 0 Total THEJEIGHTHjIAUSTRALIAN TEAM- EIGHTH MATCH-V. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. With the exception of G. F. H. (Berkeley, the bowler of last year, Oxford was able to put its best team into the field on the Christ Church Ground last Thursday to oppose tbe Australians. On the other hand, Bannerman had not recovered from his strain sufficiently to be able to play, and as Black ham was also obliged to rest the captaincy for tbe match devolved on George Giffen The Australians, who weDt in first, after making 185 for the 10S3 of haif their wickets, were all out for 200. as at the Oval earlier in the week, the best batting on the side was t-hown by the two youngsters, Graham and Gregory. Tbe former’s t'4 was quite up to the high standard of his previous performances of this tour. He played with great confidence as well as judgment, and daring the hour and a quarter he was in his play all round was full of power as well as variety. Arkwright and Bathurst equally divided the Australian wickets, and considering the strength of the side they had to oppose their per­ formance was a very creditable one. During the latter part of Thursday the University scored 123 for the loss of six wickets. So far. the only stand had been by Fry and the Freshman, Leveson- Gower, who put on 67 rune. The latter has teen playing consistently well this season, and his 59, though a bit lucky, was all the same a praise­ worthy display of sound and steady cricket. On Friday morning Arkwright and Bathurst, who had t een so successful with the ball on the previous day, showed themselves to be as useful with the bat. By capital cricket they added 62 ru. s, and it was mainly 10 their stand that Oxford were able to ► e.ure a lead of eight runs on the first innings. Going in again, the Australians made a verv good start. Lyons and Trott putting on 62 before a wicket fell. After that,backed up by excellent field­ ing, the Oxford bowlers were seen to better advant­ age, and the only lengthy stay was by M'Leod, who carried out bis bat for a useful score of 31. Left with 175 to wiD, Oxford had made 76 ty the time pl»y ceased on Fricay night for the loss of four of iheir best batsmen. On Saturday morning George G)ffen, who had bowled with great success over­ night, again proved very effective, and four more wickets fell for an addition of only 21 runs. Arkwright, however, again proved him elf very reliable on a pinch, and Brain and he put on runs so freely that after all Oxford seemed to have a look in. Ab it was, after putting on 43, ArkwriRht was caught in the slips, and when Wilson, the last man, after making 10, was caught, the Australians had won a very interesting match by 19 iuns. G. Giffen’s bowling was of great service at the finish. He took eight of the ten Oxford wickets at a cost of just over 12 runs apiece. A ustralians First Innings. J. J. Lyons, c Palairet, b Bathurst ........................24 G. H. S. Trott, c Brain, b Bathurst ...........................10 G. Giffen, b Arkwright ... 18 W. Bruce, b Arkwright ... 21 H. Graham, b Arkwright 64 S. E. Gregory, c Leveson- Gower, b Bathurst ... 40 R.W. McLeod, b Bathurst 0 C T.B.Turner, b Bathurst 5 W. Giffen, st Brain, b Arkwright ................. A. H. Jarvis, c Brain, b Arkwright ................. 0 H. Trumble, not out......... 0 B 13, w 1 .................14 Second Innings. st Brain,b Wood 22 b Wilson ..........38 b Wilson ......... 15 c Mordaunt, b Wood ..........11 c Palairet, b Bathurst ... 6 c Hill, b Wilson 9 not out ..........31 b Arkwright ... 14 4 b Wood .......... 2 b Wilson ..........10 b Bathurst ... 10 B 11, lb 3 ... 14 Total .................200 Total ...182 O xford U n iversity . First Innings. Second Innings. L.C.H.Palairet.c Trumble, b G. Giffen ............... 3 c Bruce, b G. Giffen .......27 G.J.Mordaunt,c Trumble, b Turner ...................... 3 c Jarvis, b G. Giffen .......14 C. B. Fry, c Trott, b McLeod ........... ......37 c Graham, b G. Giffen .......11 H. D. Leveson-Gower, c Gregory, b G. Giffen ... 59 lbw, b G. Giffen 12 F. A. Phillips, bMcLeod 0 b G. Giffen ... 13 V. T. Hill, c Trumble, b McLeod ... .............11 c and bG.Giffen 1 L. C. Y. Bathurst,not out 33 st Jarvis, b Turner ........... 9 J. B. Wood, c Trumble, b G. Giffen ........................ 5 b G. Giffen ... 2 W. H. Brain, c Trumble, b McLeod ............... 0 not out ........16 H. Arkwright, c and b Turner ........................38 c Giffen, b M cLeod.......30 T. S. B. Wilson, c Bruce, b Trumble ........................ 3 c and b G.Giffen 10 B 14, lb 2 .................16 B 6, lb 4 ... 10 BOWLING ANALYSIS. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Wood .......... 9 0 58 0 ........... 13 0 53 3 Bathurst ... 19 8 40 5 ........... 11.2 3 36 2 W ilson .......... 7 2 20 0 ........... 17 5 50 4 Arkwright .. 14.4 6 30 5 ........... 14 3 23 1 F ry................. 2 0 54 0 Lev.-Gower... 9 0 14 0 Arkwright delivered one wide O x fo r d U n iv e rsity . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Turner ........... 18 9 31 2 ........... 18 9 20 1 G. Giffen ... 28 8 65 3 ........... 37.412 98 8 Trumble ... 16.3 6 34 1 Trott ........... 7 0 23 0 M cLeod........... 22 9 39 4 ........... 20 11 27 1 During the match the Australians were the guests of Mr. A.Harcourt at Nuneham. NINTH MATCH—v. YORKSHIRE. The Australians made full amends for their ill- success against Yorkshire at Sheffield a fortnight ago by their brilliant Bhow against the same County at Bradford this week. Fortunately for them George Giffen, who was absent in the previous match, was able to take his p’ace in the eleven, and his all round cricket, as the score will show, played a very important part in the improvement of the side. Although rait.« had fallen on Sunday tbe wicket even at t’ie commence­ ment wa* in excellent condition, and the Austra­ lians took full advantage of their opportur ities. By six o’clock on Monday 336 had been scored for the loss of only half the side. The chief credit of an excellent performance rested with George Giffen, Bruce, and Graham. Bruce, who ha* so far this tour hardly played up to his Australian reputation, this time bhowed some of his real form as a fast rungetter. In less than an hour he helped Giffen to put on 1( 3, and then Graham, who has been batting in consistently fine form gave another bril­ liant display of cricket. Before he was out. how­ ever,Giffen had been dismissed.The latter ha d beea batting four hours and 10 minutes for 171. He gave a chance in the slips when he had made eighteen, but the latter part of his innings was absolutely fau tless On the wbo’.e it was as fina a display of free and taking cricket as it would bs potsib’e to see. Graham at the end of the day was not out 62, for which he hs d been in two hours. N > fault could be urged against his innings,which was of a high class throughout. Rain dela 3 ed ths resumption of play for an hour on Tuesday, and then 134 were added before the last wicket fell. Of these68 were added for tie ninth w iclet by McLeod and Trumble. After a few overs Tri m >le played excellent cricket, and McLeod. wh> ultimately carried out his bat for 47, made no mis­ take. Ihe light while Yorkshire were in on Tuesday afternoon was at times very bad, so much so, indeed, that the umpires had to stop play twice, Still, the early batsmen were seen to con­ siderable advantage, and when p’ay ceased for the day 121 had been ecored for the loss of four wickets. Ihe close of the innings yesterday was chiefly noteworthy for the good cricket of Ulyett, who made,41 of the 59 added by the^ast six \*ic ttj. Following on in aminority of 250, the Yorkshuemen fared at first badly, although the Australians missed the bowling of Giffen, w>o thought it advisable to give his leg arest. With some luck Tunnicliffe scored freely,and it was mainly through his hitting that the score was 73 when the fifth wicket fell. Wainwright and Moor- house became partners with still an hour and a quarter left for play, and though each had a life their spirited cricket placed the side beyond the risk of a defeat. After help­ ing to put on 103 in the hour Wainwught was caught in the slips for a very useful score. Soon after his dismissal stumps were drawn, the captains having mutually agreed to close the game at four o’clock to allow the two elevens to get away for the;r engagements to-day. At the finish York­ shire still wanted 54 to reach the Australian total with only four wickets to fall. Farnshaw of Moiley kept wicket for Yorkshire for the first time and with no small success. A ustralians . Total .. 208 Total ...155 Mr. J. J. Lycns, c and b Peel ................. 4 Mr. A. C. Bannerman, c Earnshaw, b Peel 24 Mr.G. Giffen, c Hirst, b Peel .................171 Mr. G. H. S. Trott, c Earnshaw, b Peel .. 3 Mr.W.Bruce,c Brown, b Wardall................47 Mr.H. Graham,b Peel 67 Mr. S. E. Gregory, b H irst........................29 Mr. R. M'Leod, not out ........................... 47 Mr. C. T. B. Turner c Ulyett, b Peel ... Mr. H. TrumDle, c Ulyett, b Peel ...55 Mr. A. H. Jarvis, b Hirst .................. 5 B 12, lb 1 ............ 13 Total .. 470