Cricket 1893

JULY 20, 1893 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME* 289 ETON v. HARROW . Given anything like equal conditions, the general opinion of those best capable of knowing was that this year’s m atch between these two great Schools was a really good thing for Eton. Their easy victory over W inchester had shown that their all-round cricket was at least of a fairly good quality. On the other hand, Harrow, by comm on consent, were weaker than for som e years past, and even their own supporters were in no way hopeful. The experience of the m atch at Lord’s on Friday and Saturday showed that p blic opinion was in this instance well founded. The rain in the m iddle o f the week had prevented any chance of a run-getting wicket, and instead the pitch, even at the commencem ent, was slow. The choice of innings fell to Harrow, and they could hardly do other than go in. As it was, they only did moderately well, remaining at the wickets two hours for a total of 125. Rom e, the captain, and Woodward, in the early part of the innings, were seen to advantage, and the latter’s 26 was the highest score on the side. In spite of the steady cricket of W illiam s eight wickets were down for 81. and it was only through some free hitting by Halliday and Sandilands at the finish that the total advanced so well into the second hundred. W illiam s, who went in third wicket down, carried out his bat for 19, the result of an hour’s batting. Harrison’s fast bow ling was the best feature of E ton’s out cricket. Though not put on till 52 he dismissed six of the last eight batsm en, five of them bowled, fcr only 29 runs. The comm ence­ m ent of E ton’s innings was very slow, as Meeking and Egerton took two hours to m ake the 71 runs scored when the latter was out. Meeking continued to play with strict care, and when he was out the fifth wicket at 141 he had been batting close on three hours and a half for his 50. Pilkington’s play was in direct contrast, and his 30 was a ta’ ing display of free cricket When rain stopped play on Friday Eton had scored 166 for the loss of eight batsmen, and as, thanks to the free hitting of Cobbold, 33 were added on Saturday morning, they had a very useful lead of 74 at the end o f an innings. W hen Barrow went in again Rom e and Ferris made a fairly good start, putting on 24 for the first wicket. After their separation things went very badly for a time, although the wicket was m uch faster, and seven wickets were down before the innings was saved. Some steady cricket by Munro improved their position slightly, but otherwise the play was very tame, and when the last wicket fell the total was 20runs short of that of the first innings. Meeking’s wicket-keeping was one of the best features on the Eton side. He tfas instrumental in the dis­ missal of five o f the ten wickets, catching four and stum ping one batsm an. Eton were thus left with only 32 to win, and after Meeking had been 1 owled Egerton and Bromley-Martin soon got the runs still wanted. Harrow were thus beaten by nine wickets. On the whole, the cricket was hardly up to the average of the m atch. The Harrow fielding was better than that of Eton, but neither the batting nor the bowling suggested any form of special excellence. On the first day 4,485 persons paid for admission to the ground, on the B3Cond 4,233. Harrow has now won twenty-nine of the sixty-seven m atches played, Eton twenty-seven. The other eleven m atches have been drawn. H arrow . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. C. S. Rom e, c Cobbold, b C unliffe.......................... 18 c and b Pilking­ ton ........... ... 15 Mr. R. F. Vibart, b Pilk­ ington ................................. 3 c Meeking, b Cunliffe ... ... 0 Mr. K. A. W oodward, b H a rriso n .......................... 26 b Harrison ... 16 Mr. J. T. Ferris, b Cob­ bold .................................. 5 c Bircham , b Cun iffe ... ... 19 Mr. C. D. W illiam s, not out .................................. 19 c Meeking, b Cunliffe ... ... 1 Mr. G. P. Gore, b Harri­ son ........................... ... 15 c Meeking, b C u nliffe... ... 4 Mr. J. H. Stogdon, b H ar­ rison ................................... 0 st Meeking, b C obbold ... 0 Mr. R. M. C. Munro, lbw, b Harrison ... .:. ... 0 not out ... 20 Mr. J. H. Bulloch, b Har­ rison ................................... 0 c Meeking, b Pilkington ... 6 Mr. J. A. Halliday, b Har­ rison ......................... ... 15 b Harrison ... 4 Mr. J. W . Sandilands, c Kettlewell, b Pilkington 16 c Gosling, b Harrison ... 6 B 6, lb 2 .......................... 8 B 8, lb 5, w 1 14 Total ..................: 125 Total. .. 105 E ton . First Innings. H on. F. W . G. E ger­ ton, c Stogdon, b Munro ................. 20 Mr. H. F. Meeking, b W illiams ........... Mr. G. E. Brom ley- Martin, c Rom e, b Munro .. ... 7 Mr. F. H. E. Cunliffe, lbw, b Sandilands 3 Mr. C. C. Pilkineton, c Munro.bW illiam s 30 Mr. H. W . Kettlewell, c Stogdon, b R om e 14 50 Mr. IT. R. E. Harri­ son, c W illiams, b Vibart .................. Mr. H. F. W. Bir- cham ,b Sandilands Mr. R. H. M itchell,b Rowe Mr. L. D. Gosling, not out .................. Mr. P. W . Cobbold, c Bulloch, b Sandi­ lands ................... B 20 lb 3, nb 2.. 10 Total .. 199 In the Second Innings Hon. F. W . G. Ege ton scored (not out) 17, H. F. Meeking, b Sandilands, 6, G. E. Brom ley-M artin (not out) 9.—Total, 32. B OW LIN G ANALYSIS. H arrow . First Innings. O. M. Pilkington ... 14.4 6 Cunliffe ...........21 31 Cobbold ........... 8 4 H arrison...........14 6 R. W . 23 2 . 49 1 . 16 1 . 29 6 . Second Innings. O. M R. W . .. .. 14.2 5 22 2 ,. .. 37 9 23 3 13 5 20 2 . .. 18 8 26 3 Cunliffe bowled a wide. E ton . First Inning?. O. M. R. W . R om e ........... V ib a r t.......... W oodw ard... Gore ........... Sandilands... Munro . W illiam s ... ...50 30 ..33 17 26 1 ...20 13 16 0 ...3 1 6 0 ..22.311 41 3 ..15 5 20 2 .. 15 4 26 2 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . ... 9 5 11 0 2 21 1 Sandilands bowled two no-balls. G LOU CESTERSH IRE v. LANCASHIRE. Though they had the worst of the opening stage at Bristol on Thursday, the Lancashire eleven showed such excellent all-round cricket subsequent y, that the m atch ultim ately produced an easy victory for them on Saturday afternoon with 175 runs to spare. Heavy rain caused the wicket to be slow at the outset, and Lancashire, who went in first, were three hours and ton minutes making their total of 159. The credit of a fairly good perform ance rested with M cLaren and Smith. These two batsm en put on 67 for the second wicket, and their stand was the feature of the innings. Each played good steady cricket, and both were about the same tim e at the wickets, though the amateur, who was in an hour and three-quarters, was batting a few minutes longer for his 56. Radcliffe, w ho opened the Gloucester­ shire batting with W .G., was caught in the first over, but Painter, his successor, hit vigorously, and when rain stopped play on Thursday night the score was 66 w ith only one batsm an out. On Friday m orning V\.G., who had been an hour and a quarter at the wicket for his 16, was caught, and Painter, who had hit with all his wonted vigour, and with a little luck, was bowled after increasing his total to 70. In different styles Rice, whose 24 took him two hours, and Luard played useful innings. The last four wickets, however, lent very little assistance, so little that the innings closed with an advantage of only 18 runs to Gloucestershire. W hen Lancashire went in M cLaren and W ard comm enced scoring at a great rate, which they maintained until, when the amateur was caught at the wicket after fifty-five minutes, the total was 82. Of these the old Harro­ vian had made 44 in fine style, making his aggre­ gate for the m atch exactly a hundred. Though Sugg knocked up 27, things went badly for a tim e till Benton cam e in, and his innings o f 24 was of m uch greater value than the num ber would seem to indicate. W hen play ceased on Friday night W ard was still in with a hundred to his credit, and he was not out when the innings finally closed on Saturday morning, having seen the whole side go. Of the total of 280 from the bat he was responsible for exactly one half, and when we state that he was at the wickets altogether four hours and a half w ithout anything like a chance, no higher praise can be given. W ith a wicket somewhat worn Gloucestershire had a very diffi­ cult task before them for the fourth innings with 264 to win. The m ajority, too, failed so com ­ pletely before the bowling of Briggs and Mold, hat in two hours and ten m inutes the whole side were dismissed for the small total of 88. M old’s bowling was an influential factor in Lancashire’s success. In the m atch he took ten wickets for 111 L ancashire . First Innings. Second Innings, Mr. A. C. M ’Laren, c Hemingway, b M urch .. 56 c Board, b Rad­ cliffe not out 44 ...140 A. Ward, b Murch ........... 1 ________ F.Sugg,c Painter,b Murch 0 c Board, b Rad­ cliffe ...........27 A. Smith, b Roberts ... £5 Briggs, run out ... Baker, b Roberts ........... Mr. C. H. Benton, lbw, b F erris.................. c Board, b Rad­ cliffe ........... 0 ... 18 c W . G. Grace, b Radcliffe ... 0 0 c and b Murch... 8 ... 17 c Murch, b Rad­ cliffe ...........24 Mr. S. M. Crosfield, not out ..............................12 c W . G. Grace, b R ob erts.......... 21 M r.A.T.Kem ble,c Painter, b R o b e rts........................ 0 b Murch ............ Oakley, c Luard, b Ferris 0 c W .G ., b E. M. Grace ........... 9 c Board, b E. M. Grace ........... 0 B ................... l Mold, c Murch, b Roberts 1 B 6 , lb l, n b l ... ... I T otal ................. 159 Total ... G loucestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Dr. W . G. Grace, c Benton, b M old ..........................16 b Mold ............ 7 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Smith, b Briggs ........... 4 b M old.................. 3 Painter, b M o ld .................70 c W ard,b Briggs 31 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b M old ... 6 b Briggs ...........20 Mr R. W . Rice, c Briggs, b Mold ..........................24 Dr. E. M. Grace, lbw, b Briggs..................................13 Capt. A. H Luard, c Briggs, b Oakley ...........25 c Kemble, b Briggs ........... 0 c Crosfield, b Briggs ...........14 Mr. W . M. Hemingway, run out .......................... 5 Murch, c and b M old ... 5 Roberts, b Mold ........... 1 Board, not out ... ........... 1 B 6, l b l ................~ ... 7 Kemble, Briggs ... b Mold c and b Mold not out run out B ........... 5 16 0 4 Total .. 177 Total ... £8 BOW LING ANALYSIS. L ancashire . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Ferris ...........2L 8 Murch ...........29 14 R oberts...........£9 11 E M. G race... 4 Second Innings. O. M. R . W . 38 2 .......... 20 8 53 0 56 3 ........... 32 12 71 2 47 4 .............. 38 18 74 1 0 10 0 ........... 33 0 13 2 Radcliffe ... 30 13 69 5 Roberts bowled a no-ball. G lou cestershire . First Innings. O. M. R . W . Briggs ... ... 30 10 59 2 . M old .............36.214 73 6 . Oakley ........... 16 4 27 1 Baker ........... 5 3 11 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. , ...26 11 46 5 ..25 12 8 4 Mr. T. W . GIRDLESTONE’S XI. v. Mr. W- W H IT EL iW,M.P.’S,X’.—Played at Sunningdale School on July 8. M r . T. W . G irdlestone ’ s XI. P. T. Richard-on, c Corbett,b u. White- law ..........................S3 Rev. F. Atkinson, c Farmer, b G.White- law ..........................66 O.T. Cooke, b Corbett 14 S. P. Mo'.t, b Mosman 27 E. W . Piper, c Lucy, t G. N\hitelaw ... 10 C. H. Marten, c Aik- man, b Mottman ... 19 Rev. 8. H. Smith, not out ........................... 6 B 31, lb 4, w 3 ...88 Total ......... 213 W. M. Cooke, A. B. Marten, T. W . Girdlestone, and Hon. W. c. W. Egerton did not bat. Innings declared c:osed. M r . W. W hitelaw ’ s XI. First Innings. R. S. Lucy, b Mott... G. cl. Grant, not out Bon. A, C. Murray, run o u t ................... G. whitelaw, M.P., c Piper, b Mott W. Whitelaw, M.P., b At kinson.................. 2 J.H. Parmer, run out 26 A. Corbett,c Richai d- eon, b Piper ........... 35 T. K. Aikm an, b Mott 3 G. Paton, b Piper ... 4 Captain Fitegerald, b M o tt........................... 1 A. Mosman, b M itt... 0 In the Second Innings farmer scored (not out) 6, Aikman (not out) 84, Grant, c W. Cooke, b O. Cooke 2, Murray, c O. Cooke, b Egerton 10 ; b 1, b l.—Total, 54. B II, lb 8 Total ... 13 ..101