Cricket 1893

240 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, JUKE 29, 189S SUSSEX v. CAM BRIDGE UN IV ERSITY. After an interesting game, lasting well in to the third afternoon, Sussex beat the University eleven at Brighton on Saturday with two -wickets to spare. The first day's play was all in favour of the county, w ho had scored 170 for the loss of only two wickets after dismissing their opponents for 232. Cambridge’s innings, w hich lasted tw o hours and ten minutes, in spite o f the good start of the captain and Douglas, after their separation pro­ gressed very badly. Some good hitting by the last two batsm en, however, added no less than 76, and the result was after all a creditable total. Marlow, who took the place o f Mr. G. L. W ilson, and was, fortunately, in his best form, and Bean put on 155 for the first wicket of Sussex. T= oughon the second m orning 220 was at one tim e up with only three batsm en out, the tail made a very indifferent show against the bow ling of Brom ley- Davenport and Wells. The latter, indeed, finished the innings in a sensational fashion, getting the last three batsm en w ithout a run between them. G oing in again in a m inority of 59, Cambridge again began well, Jackson and Douglas putting on 64 before the form er was out. Douglas, w ho played fine cricket, was out at 121, and though Ranjitsinhji and W ells both batted freely and well, the total fell short of that o f the first innings by 17 runs. W ith 157 to win, Sussex lost three o f their w orst batsm en on Friday night for four, and with Bean, M arlow, and Mr. M urdoch out on Saturday m orning for an addition of only 38, the chances of the county were not over bright. As it was, Messrs. Newham and Brann played with great confidence at the critical period, and their stand determined the result. The form er was out at 134, but the latter, after seeing Mr. Sm ith caught, made the last hit, fairly winning an excellent m atch for his side. In the m atch Gutteridge took nine Cambridge wickets at a cost of a fraction under 10 runs apiece C ambridge U n iversity . Second Innings. First Innings. Mr. F. S. Jackson, c Butt, b Guttridge ... 24 Mr. J.Douglas.b Guttridge 49 Mr P.H. Latham ,c Brann, b Guttridge ................. 4 Mr. K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Butt, b G u ttrid g e......... 4 Mr. E. C. Streatfeild, lbw, b H um phreys...............12 Mr. C M. W ells, c Butt, b H ilton ...............................18 Mr T. N. Perkins,st Butt, b H um phreys..................... 9 Mr. L H.Gay, b Guttridge 3 Mr. A. O. Jones, b Gutt­ ridge ...................................... 28 Mr. E. Field, not out ... 28 Mr. H. Brom ley-Daven- port, b S m ith ...................... 42 B 4, lb 7 .............................. 11 Total ....................232 S ussex . First Innings. Bean, b Jackson b Guttridge ... 34 c Guttridge, b H um phreys ... 71 b Humphreys ... 11 b T a te ...................40 c Newham, b H ilton ...........16 c sub., b Tate ... 33 c andbGuttridge 4 b Guttridge ... 1 st Butt, b H um ­ phreys ........... 0 b T ate................... 0 not out ........... 0 L b 4, n b l .. 5 Total .. 215 Marlow, c Ranjitsinhji, b W e lls ................... ...........82 Mr. W . L. Murdoch, b Brom ley-Davenport ... 10 Mr. W . Newham, run out 42 Mr. G. Brann, c Jones, b Davenport ......................29 Mr. C. A. Smith, c Jones, b Davenport ......................18 Guttridge, lbw, b Streat­ feild ..................................... 18 Tate, not out ................... 5 Butt, b W ells ................... 0 Humphreys, c and b W ells 0 Hilton, c Jones, b W ells .. 0 B 1,1b 4 ........................... 5 Second Innings, c Perkins, b W ells ...........13 c Gay, b W ells .. 5 run out ...........10 run out ...........56 not out ...........57 c Perkins,bW ells 3 not out ........... 3 b Streatfeild ... 0 c Field, b W ells 0 c Jones, b W ells 4 B 5, lb 2 Total ... ...........291 Total BOW LING ANALYSIS. , 158 C ambridge . First Innings. H ilton .......... Humphreys .. T a te ................ Guttridge .. Smith ......... Bean .......... M. R. W . O. 16 5 40 1 19 1 70 2 15 2 36 0 31 11 57 6 Second Innings. O ... 20 ... 5 ... 19 ... 12.1 ... 12 ... 12 M. R. W . 9 34 1 0 42 3 7 57 3 4 32 3 19 Streatfeild Jackson ... Wells ... Davenport Douglas ... S ussex . First Innings. O. M. R. W . 29 8 76 1 26 9 66 1 29 14 67 4 22 4 70 3 ,7 1 17 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . .......... 22 8 37 1 ......... 15 5 35 0 ......... 33 8 68 5 ........... 6 1 11 0 LANCASH IRE v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. In losing the toss, at Manchester, on Thursda y the Oxford m en were placed at such a disadvan, tage after the subsequent rainfall, that their chances of even saving the m atch were reduced to a m inimum . Before giving a brief outline o f the game we may state that an arrangem ent to play twelve-a-side enabled O xford to include G. F. Berkeley in their team without interfering with the players w ho had represented the University in recent m atches. As it proved, too, he was the m ost successful bowler, and indeed, he kept Lan­ cashire’s innings within fairly reasonable dim en­ sions. As it was, the best stand was during the latter part o f the batting. Mr. Benton and Baker g ut on 124 for the sixth wicket in an hour and a alf, and finely as both hit, in neither case was their play disfigured by a chance. The rain which had stopped the game on the close o f Lan­ cashire’s innings on Thursday, prevailed through­ out Friday, and as a consequence Oxford had to bat under anything but favourable conditions on Saturday. As the ground dried, too, it becam e increasingly difficult, and though owing to a strain Briggs was unable to bowl, M old and Oakley proved so effective, that by 4.30 twenty wickets had fallen for an aggregate o f 183. From this it will be seen that Oxford batted one short, V. T. H ill being unable to go in owing to an injured ankle. Except for four overs, M old and Oakley bowled unchanged. The latter, who kept up his end throughout the m atch, took eight wickets for 76, while M old dismissed twelve bats­ men at a cost of only 83 runs. Lancashire won by an innings and 113 runs. L ancashire Mr. E . Rowley, Bathurst ........... 4 A. W ard, c R. Palairet, b W ilson 31 F. Sugg, c L. Palairet, b W 'U son..................25 Mr. R. Smith, b B erkeley................... 6 Briggs, c Leveson- Gower, b W ood ... 16 Mr. W . H. Houlds- worth, c W ilson, b Arkwright ...........15 Baker, c Fry, b W ood ...................73 Mr. C. H. Benton, c Hill, b Berkeley ... 68 Tinsley, c Mordaunt, b W ood .................. 3 Mr. A. T. Kemble, not out ...................28 Oakley,c L. Palairet, b Berkeley ........... 0 Mold, b Berkeley ... 1 B 25, lb 1 ...........26 O xford U n iversity . Total , ..296 First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, b Mold .................................. 7 c Baker, b M old 1 Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, b M o ld .................................. 4 c and b M old ... 4 Mr. G. J. Mordaunt, c and b Oakley .......................... 19 c Baker, b M old 7 Mr. C. B. Fry, b M old ... 16 c Oakley, b Mold 7 Mr. H. G. Leveson-Gower, b Oakley .......................... 6 b Oakley ........... 18 Mr. F. A. Phillips, c sub., b Oakley ........................... 28 b M old ........... 0 Mr. L. C. V. Bathurst, b M old .................................. 7 not out ........... 20 Mr. J. B. W ood,c Kemble, b Oakley .......................... 2 c Benton, b Oakley ........... 1 Mr. H. A. Arkwright, c and b Oakley ... ......... 16 c Oakley, b Mold 0 Mr. G. F. H. Berkeley, b M o ld .................................. 0 c Benton, b M old 6 Mr. T. S. B. W ilson, not out .................................. 0 c Baker,bOakley 1 Mr. V. T. Hill, absent ... 0 absent................... 0 B 6,1 b 2 ................... 8 B ................... 5 Total ..................113 Total ... 70 BOW LING ANALYSIS. L ancashire . O. M. R. W, W ood ... 21 4 76 Bathurst 9 W ilson 20 O. M. R. W . 2 32 1 4 60 2 Fry Berkeley 31.415 54 4 O xford . First Innings. O. M. R . W . M o ld ..................29.1 9 55 5 Oakley .......... 33 17 39 5 A. S m ith ...........4 0 11 0 Arkwright 10 1 25 Gower ... 3 0 17 , 5 4 6 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . ,. ... 19.2 7 28 7 . ... 20 5 37 3 G LOU C ESTER SH IR E v. NOTTS. Though they had to follow on in a deficit of 90 runs, the Gloucestershire eleven played up so well against the pow erful com bination o f Notts at Bristol at the end of last week, that the latter were only in the end five wickets to the good. In the absence of Mr. J. A. Dixon, Mr. W right acted as captain of the Notts eleven, and with Sherwin and Mr. A. O. Jones away places were found for Carlin and* the colt Arm strong. Notts, w ho won the toss, were batting till six o’clock on Thursday for an aggregate of 273. The chief feature of the innings, which was of five hours duration, was the stand of Shrewsbury and Flowers for the third wicket. In an hour and a half these two bats­ men put on 112 runs, and by cricket quite dis­ similar in character. Of this number Flow ers’ score was 74, and as a contrast to Shrewsbury’s m ore correct method, it m ay be remarked that the latter was in an hour and fifty minutes longer than Flowers for two runs m ore. Flowers’ hitting showed all its wonted vigour w ithout any mistake Shrewsbury’s batting, if less attractive, was none the less a characteristic display of sound and watchful cricket, free from an actual chance. A peculiar incident of the innings deserves mention. Mr. W right rem oved a ball from Roberts which had lodged in his pad, and was given out for handling it. Gloucestershire, who had scored 22 in the last quarter of an hour on Thursday w ithout the loss of a wicket, m ade a fairly good show on the following day after the heavy rain overnight. Though at the outset the wicket was difficult, Messrs. Rice and Ferris batted with great care and judgm ent, and their stand, which resulted in an addition of 70 runs, was the outcom e of admirable cricket. After batting two hours and fifty minutes for 64 Mr. Ferris was out the eighth wicket at 179, and as Murch and Board only added four, Gloucestershire were 90 runs behind. This necessitated, o f course, a follow on, and so well did W . G. and Radcliffe open the second innings, that 78 was up as the result of forty-five minutes’ batting, when W . G. was out. In the last two hours on Friday Gloucestershire had scored 143 for the loss o f half their wickets. Of these Mr. Radcliffe, w ho was fourth out at 113, had contributed 73 by vigorous hitting, w ith only half a chance when he had got 50. W hen play began on Saturday m orning Gloucestershire were only 53 on with half the side out. The chances of a good m atch, however, were considerably im proved by the steady cricket of Messrs. E. M. Grace and Rice at the outset, and on their separation by the free hitting of Captain Luard. Still, the best feature o f the latter part of the innings was the cool play of the Oxonian. Mr. Rice was in two hours and ten minutes for his 64 not out, and there was no mistake to detract from a uniform ly painstaking and sound display of cricket. Capt. Luard made 29 out o f 42 runs in twenty-five minutes. Curiously enough, while the regular bowlers, Shacklock, Attewell, Flowers, and Mee, were com paratively unsuccessful, Gunn and D aft bow led with striking results. The latter, who is rarely tried, was particularly fortunate, taking three of the last wickets for only 11 runs. Notts had 159 to win, and with a wicket quickly improving in pace the result was looked on as fairly certain. As it was, the Gloucestershire men played up so well that five of the best batsm en were dismissed before the winning hit was made. The victory was in a great measure Shrewsbury’s work. He stayed in for two hours and a quarter till 120 runs were got, and o f these his share was 64 w ithout a chance. Attew ell’s plucky play at the close was of great service, and his hitting did much to determine the result. In proof o f the excellence o f Board’s wicket-keeping, it m ay be m entioned that there was no bye in either innings of Notts. N otts . First Innings. Shrewsbury, run out 76 Arm strong, b M urch Gunn, b Roberts .. 30 Shacklock, c Rice, b Barnes, c and b W . G. G ra ce ............. 10 Roberts ..................11 Carlin, lbw, b M urch 5 Flowers, c Board, b Mee, not out ............15 Murch ..................74 N b ............................. 2 Attewell, b W . G. Grace .................. 24 Total ....................273 Mr. C. W . W right, haudled b a l l ........... 4 H. B. D aft, st Board, b W. G. Grace ... 15 In the Second Innings Shrewsbury scored, c Hemingway, b Roberts, 64, Gunn, b Roberta, 13, Barnes, b Roberts, 11, Flow ers, c Ferris, b M urch, 22, Attewell (not out) 38, W right, c Painter, b Ferris, 3, D aft (not out) 6; lb 2 —Total, 159. G lou cestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Car­ lin, b Attew ell..................13 c and b Gunn ... 73 Mr. R. W . Rice, lbw, b Flowers .......................... 34 not out ............ 61 Painter, c Shacklock, b Attewell ‘.......................... 6 c and b G u n n ... 4 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Shack­ lock ..................................64 b A ttew ell............11 Mr. W . G. Grace, c Carlin, b F low ers.......................... 0 c Mee, b Gunn... 21 Mr, W . M. Hemingway, c Carlin, b Attewell...........30 c D aft, bM ee ... 9 Mr. E. M. Grace, c Atte­ well, b Flowers ........... Capt. A. H. Luard, b Flowers ......................... Roberts, c Attewell, b S hack lock......................... 8 Murch, c and b Attewell 5 Board, not o u t .................. 5 B 10, lb 4 ...................14 0 c Mee, b Shack­ lock ................... 4 c and b D aft 29 c Shrewsbury, b D a ft .................. 1 c sub, b Attewell 0 b D a ft................... 3 B 9, lb 2 ... 11 Total ..................183 T otal ..213 BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. N otts . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Murch ........... 41 16 73 3 R ob erts........... 42 21 64 2 W . G. Grace .. 31.1 5 79 3 Ferris ........... 14 4 34 0 E. M. Grace . . 7 3 21 0 Roberts delivered two no-balls. Second Innings. O. M. R . W . ... 16 4 40 1 ... 32 11 54 3 ... 4 1 17 0 ... 19.3 4 46 1