Cricket 1893

246 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. JULY 6, 1893 th e first year to 30 at the finish. I used to bo w l som etim es, b u t can’ t bow l m u ch . T h e h igh est score I ever m ade was 127 fo r D erby M id lan d again st Sm eth w ick. F o r first-class, m y h igh est w as th e 96 against C heshire the oth er day, and m y battin g average fo r th e C ou n ty last year w as 24.’ * “ W h a t sort of lo ca l cricket h ave you in D erbysh ire ? ” “ W e ll! w e h ave som e v e ry good clubs. Y o u know in D erb y sh ire w e never engage a p rofession al as bow ler. T h e y are all am ateurs. T h e B irm in gh am C lub is one o f th e best. T h e M ycrofts, T om and B ill, cam e from this clu b, as did ou r G eo. D a vid son and his dad , w h o played fo r D erb y in th e old days and w as a great bow ler. Geo. Y a tes, w ho n ow plays fo r L ancashire, also cam e from it, as did D ick B a rlow . P oor old C ropper, w h o w as killed playin g football, cam e from it too. A n oth er good clu b is th e C hesterfield— M r. M aynard, captain o f D erbysh ire for m any years, cam e from th at. B u rton*on -T ren talso, w here m ost of our sw ells com e from , are very strong. M r. E v ersh ed and all his brothers com e from this ; so does M r. E a d ie.” W e n ext tried Storer on som e ^of his chief feats beh in d the stum ps, but he w as n ot aw are of anything striking. “ I haven’t done m a n y ,” h e said, “ bu t I think m y best p er­ form an ce w as against C am bridge this year. I never got anyon e ‘ ou t,’ but ou r oppon ents m ade n early 400 runs, and I n ever gave aw ay an ‘ extra.’ T h e m ost w ickets in a m atch th ou gh w as a w eek or tw o ago fo r D erb y against Cheshire, w hen I cau gh t seven, stum ped one, and h ad a hand in ru n n in g out tw o others. O nce playin g fo r B u tterly, I had a han d in gettin g seven out, stum ping three, and catch in g fo u r.” H ere, in con clu d in g abou t th is rising you n g stum per, w e m ay state th at he is engaged for the season fo r the first tim e at L o r d ’ s by the M .C .C ., and looks lik e occu p yin g a m ore than ord in ary position in the very biggest contests du rin g th e present y e*r - M .B .F . CROYDON v. G RAN VILLE Lee on June 28. C roidon . (LEE).— Played at L. J. Turner, c John­ ston, b Godfrey ... L. W ood, c M orris, b Starkey ................... G. F. Long,b Godfrey T. B. Pennington, b G o d fre y ................... B 6, lb 2................... Total ........... T. C. G. Starkey, nob out ........................... J. Wilson, not out ... B 23, lb 8 ........... Total M.C.C. & G. v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. The Oxford eleven brought their trial m atches to a close at Lord’s on Friday with another defeat, the sixth of an unbroken series of reverses. The Marylebone eleven, which was a fairly strong one had, indeed, all the best of the play after the first day, and the result was subse­ quently hardly ever in doubt. Oxford, who went in first, made a good start, the brothers Palairet putting on 56 for the first wicket. The younger Palairet, whose 52 was the high st as it was perhaps the best score on the side, and Fry added 82 for the third wicket, and later on Bathurst and Leveson-Gower made 62 in just over the hour. The other six batsm en were only accountable for five between th m, and of the Oxford total of 222 no less than 35 cam e uuder the category of extras. In the hour and forty minutes that remained on Thursday, M.C.C. scored 145 for the loss of four batsm en. Lord Hawke was in the vein for run- getting, and his 59, a good display of free cricket, was only marred by one mistake, when he had got eight. The chief feature of the latter part of the innings on Thursday was the exceptionally fine cricket of Mr. C. W . W right. He punished W ood’s lobs in particular mercilessly, and at one time scored37off three overs of the slows.Altogether, he m ade 98 out of 150 in under two hours, and except for a hard chance when he had got 82, there was no chance of any kind. W ith nine wickets down for 355 at lunch on Friday the innings was closed, the m atch as usual being confined to two days. This left Oxford in a deficit of 133, and with four hours and a quarter still left for play. At the outset, too, they fared very badly, so much so, that with six of the best batsmen out, the total was only 91. W ood, who had played a very useful innings of 47, was out at 119, but Bathurst found another useful partner in Brain, and their stand, which resulted in an addition of 64 runs, enabled Oxford after all to reach a respectable total of 194. Left with just over forty minutes in w hich to make the 62, M.C.C. got them just as time was up at a cost of two batsmen, so that they won with eight wickets to spare. J. T. Hearne’s bowling had a good deal to do with the result. Altogether he took nine wickets for 102 runs. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . H .R.Groom .b Starkey 11 F. H ill, b Starkey ... 4 A. E. Cox, c and b Starkey .................. 0 B. Cox, c Laym an, b Starkey ..............60 A.E.Clarke b Godfrey 8 E. R. W ilkinson, b G odfrey .............. 0 J. Aris, not out.............. 1 G r a n v il l e . A S.Johnston,c W ilk­ inson, b W ood ... 42 P. P. Lincoln, c and b Turner ................. 8 W . Morris, b Turner 9 F. George, b Clarke... 19 C. J. M. Godfrey, b W ood ... .............41 1 F. E. Lander, R. F. Taylor, L. R. G lover, and A. R . Laym an did not bat. ...281 CROYDON v. G R AN V IL LE .—Played at Croydon on July 1. C roydon . A . C. Dent, b Edward 1 G. F. Long, b Lam b... 6 J.A.Archer, b Edward 0 C. G. May, b Edward 5 W .H .Bagott,bKdward 2 A.V.Straker,bEdward 0 W . Flinton, c and b H ollingw orth..........47 A. E. Clarke, c and b L am b ................... 2 R. Archer, c and b E llis ...........................19 S. J. Ching, c and b Edward ...................79 R. D. Dalgleish, not out ........................... 7 B 13, lb 2, w 1 ... 16 Total ...181 G r in v il l e . R. Taylor, b Clarke ... 24 J.A.Johnson,b Archtr 8 Ellis, c Bagot£, b Ching.......................... 5 F.E.Lander,c Flinton, b C la rk e .................. 37 E. F. Debenham, b Clarke ........... a J.Edward, c Flinton, b Archer...................12 J. Hollingworth, run out ......................12 W. Helder, notout... B 12, lb 2,w l, nb 1 16 Total ..123 « ®VF? rze’ kam b, and Thorold Johnson did not bat. First Innings. Mr. L . C. H. Palairet, Hearne, b Mead ... Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, Llewellyn, b Hearne Mr. G. J. Mordaunt, M e a d .................................. Mr. C. B. Fry, b Mead ... Mr. H. Leveson-Gower, not out .......................... Mr. F. A. Phillips, c W right, b Hearne........... Mr. L. C. V. Bathurst, b Pougher .......................... Mr. J. B. W ood, c and b Mr. W . H. Brain, b Mead Mr. G. F. H. Berkeley, b Pougher ......................... Mr. T. S. B. W ilson, b Pougher .......................... B 29, lb 6 ................... Second Innings. 27 b Rawlin ........... 52 b Hearne ...........1 THE TONBR IDGE WEEK . c W right,b Mead 17 b Hearne ........... 7 46 b Mead 0 b Hearne 21 not out 19 c Bean.b Hearne 17 c Bean, b Hearne 28 c Ford, b Hearne 0 c Bean.b Hearne 0 B 27, lb 4 ... 31 Total .................. 222 Total ...194 M.C.C. & G. First Innings. Mr. P. J. T. Henery, c M ordaunt, b B ath urst...................20 Rawlin, b W ilson ... 0 Pougher, not out ... 33 Mead, lbw, b Berke­ ley .......................... 10 B 32, lb 1, nb 1 ... 34 K EN T v. SOM ERSETSH IRE. The Kent eleven b ought a m ost successful week to a satisfactory close on aturday with a second victory, this tim e over Somersetshire. The absence of the brothers Palai et and J. B.Challen weakened Somersetshire materially, but on the other hand Kent had certainly not its best side with W . H. Patterson, Leslie W ilson, and W alter Hearne, whose hand had not yet sufficiently recovered, all away. Kent, w ho went in first, in spite of a useful stand by Rashleigh and Blair, w ho put on 58 for the second wicket, did not fare well, half the side being out-for only 87. Martin, who had been so succe sful earlier in the week with the bat against Lancashire, was again in the right m ood for run-getting, and he lent Rashleigh valuable help. The amateur, after m aking 86 of the first 165, was bow led by W oods. He had been batting just under two hours and a half, and there was no blem ish to detract from a very sound and attractive exhibition. After Fox’s dismissal Martin and Gfeorge Hearne scored freely, till at 206 the form er was easily caught in the slips. His 69 though in som e respects lucky, was none the loss a m ost creditable innings, his hitting all roun*2 being particularly vigorous and well-timed. Malden and W right at the last also batted freely, and the latter, with George Hearne, added 56 for the last wicket. Somersetshire, in the half hour that remained on Thursday, lost tw o batsm en for 32, and this num ber was increased on the follow ­ ing m orning to 165 before the last wicket fell. Meanwhile they had lost their captain, who, owing to the loss of his brother-in-law, was obliged to return to Taunton on Thursday night. In the m ost sportsm anlike way M archant had consented to allow the Rev. G. R. W ood to take Hewett’s place, and the form er, as will be se:n, proved a by no m eans unworthy substitute. In the first innings the batting was very uneven, and, indeed, the best stand was by the last two bats­ men, who added 70 runs in under three-quarters of an hour. Following on in a m inority of 1*29, the earlier batsm en 01 Somersetshire were seen to great disadvantage against che bowling of Martin, and when the eighth wicket fell the score was only 74. Some very plucky cricket by Dunlop and W ood, however, worked a rem arkable change. The form er was m issed when he had made nine, and this was a piece of luck for Somersetshire, as the two batsm en played with great confidence and determination, adding 113 runs before they were separated, The play of the two amateurs was worthy of the highest praise, and though Dunlop carried out his bat the credit of Somerset­ shire’s score should be fairly divided between them. Kent had got 15 of the 73 wanted to win on Friday night for the loss o f Rashleigh’s wicket, and after W eigall’s dism issal on Saturday m orning the brothers Hearae quickly knocked off the 58 still wanting, giving Kent a victory with eight wickets to spare. Martin’s all-round cricket was again the best feature of the m atch. In addition to his score of 69, he took ten wickets at a cost o f just over eleven runs apiece. K e n t . Mr. T. C. O’Brien, b W ood ................... b Lord Hawke, c R. Palairet, b W ilson 59 Bean, b W o o d ...........28 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, c L . Palairet, b W il­ son ..........................39 Mr. W .D. Llewellyn, lbw, b B ath urst... 30 Total ...........355 Mr. C. W . W right, c Brain, b W ilson ... 94 J. T. Hearne did not bat. Innings declared closed. In the Second Innings O’Brien scored c and b W ilson, 15, Lord Hawke, c and b W ood, 11, Bean (not out) 25, Pord (not out) 11.—Total, 62. B OW LIN G ANALYSIS. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First Innings. Rev. W . Rashleigh, b W oods ...................86 A. Hearne, c Nichols, b Tyler ................... 1 Mr. E. Blair, b Tyler 25 Mr. J. L e Flem ing, b W ood3 ................... 0 Mr. G. J. V. W eigall, c Dunlop, b Hedley 9 Mr. F. M archant, c W ickham ,b Hedley Martin, c Fowler, b Nichols ...................69 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b W oods ................... 1 Mr. G. Hearne, c Dunlop, b W oods 49 M r.E.Malden,runout 27 W right, not out ... 21 L b 5, nb 1 ........... 6 Total ...294 First Innings. O. M. R. W . Hearne ... Raw lin ... Mead Pougher Bean 22 , 33 21.4 . 6 13 54 5 53 12 47 9 23 3 10 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . ,. ... 31.3 14 48 7 „ ... 17 19 25 1 ,. ... 22 4 54 2 ,. ... 8 3 19 0 ......... 6 2 17 0 M.C.C. & G. First Innings. O. M. R. W . 19 2 127 2 32 12 59 4 21.3 4 60 1 21 7 54 2 5 2 10 0 3 0 11 0 W ood ... W ilson ... Berkeley Bathurst Fry Leveson-Gwr Second Innings. O. M. R. W . In the Second Innings Rev. W . Rashleigh scored b Nichols 10; Alec Hearne (not out), 32; Weigall, b N ichols, 0; G. Hearne (not out), 27; w 4.—Total, 73. S o m e r s e t . First Innings. Mr. G. Fowler, b Martin... 11 Mr. W . Trask, b Martin... 17 Mr. F. J. Poynton, c and b G. H eam e ........... ... 43 Mr.W. C. Hedley, b Martin 6 Nichols, c W right, b G. Hearne ........................... 6 Mr. T. Robinson, b W right 2 Mr. S. M. J. W oods, b W right ........................... 0 Second Innings. b Martin b M artin ... , c Marchant, A. H eam e b M artin ... b W right ... b Martin ... c Martin, W right ... Mr. C. E. Dunlop, c Lo Fleming, b G. Hearne .. 4 not out Rev. G. R. W ood, b W right .......................... 0 0 V. 12 ... 10 b ... 11 ... 53 32 18 2.2 1 12 0 W ilson bow led one no-ball. Tyler, not out ...................45 Rev. A. P. W ickham , c Fox, b M artin.................. 17 14 Total ...................165 c Rashleigh, b L e Flem ing ... 52 b Martin .......10 c L e Flem ing, b Martin .......12 B ...............10 Total ...201