Cricket 1893

80 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FEB. 23, 1893 FOURTEENTH MATCH—v. BENGAL PRESIDENCY. After their easy victory over Calcutta the team went on to Darjeeling to see Kenchin- iunga, Everest, and the Eternal Snow. After being conveyed by steam-launch to Barrack- pore, those of the party who were bent on this excursion were taken by rail up the Hima­ layas. Some of the travellers found the cold too severe, but still all were again at Calcutta on Jan. 13, in readiness to try conclusions with the eleven representing the Bengal Pre­ sidency. The home team, as will be seen, included several who had represented the Calcutta, and more than one of them showed to advantage. The Englishmen, winning the toss, went in first. Still their display was not as good as might have been expected, and Hoare bowled with such success that C. W .Wright’s 37 and.Vernon’s 28 were the only contributions over twenty runs. The Bengal eleven in their turn made a very poor show against the bowl­ ing of the three R ’s, Hornsby, Heseltine, and Hill. Campbell and J.Thomas indeed made 51 out of 69 from the bat, and five batsmen failed to make a run. Campbell’s 27 was a good innings. Hornsby’s bow liD g was more than usually effective. His six wickets were got at an expense of 35 runs. Following on 86 to the bad, the Presidency had made eight without the loss of a wicket when play ceased for the day. Saturday, January 14 was a holiday in consequence of the race in the Maidan, and in the evening the team were entertained at dinner under the pre­ sidency of Mr. Justice McPherson. When the match was resumed on Monday, January 16, the Bengal team were seen to very different effect. Every batsman got into double figures, and the innings was closed with the total 268 for the loss of eight wickets. This left the Englishmen with 183 to win, without sufficient time in which to get them. As it was, the batting was not up to their best standard, and when the stumps were finally drawn, the score was 83 with six of the best batsmen out. The match was thus drawn. The Viceroy and a large and fashionable gathering witnessed the game. L ord H a w ke ’ s T eam . First Innings. L ord H awke (capt), run out ...................................17 J. H. H ornsby,b Hair ... 8 J. S. Robinson, c Neale, Second Innings. b H air................... b Hoare ... ... b.Hoare G. F. VernoD, c Moran, H oare............................... 5 b H air... 23 c R. Thom as, Hoare ... . c Pain, b Hoare 13 F. S. Jackson, b Hair ...1 0 A. J. L. H ill, b H oare ... 8 b Hoare .......... 0 C. W . W right, run out ... 37 not out ..........31 A. E . G ibson, b Thom as... 16 n o to u t .......... 5 H. F. W right, C and b Thom as ........................... 4 G. A. Foljam be, b Hoare 3 C. H. Heseltine, not out... 19 E x tras... ................... 3 Extras ... 5 Total ...................158 Total ... 83 B engal P residency . First Innings. ^Second Innings. G. H.Neale,c and b H orns­ b y .......................... ........... 2 lb w, b Fol jam be 34 W . E. Moran, b Heseltine 5 c Foljam be, b Heseltine ... 40 C. D. Johnson, b H ornsby 6 c C. W right, b Gibson ...........16 J. D. C. Campbell, c H ornsby, b Hill .*. ... 27 H. R .' Carruthers, c H ornsby, b Heseltine ... 0 R. E. S. Thom as, lbw, b H ornsby ........................... 5 c Jackson, b H orn sby...........40 c JacksoD, G ibson ... c H a w k e , H ornsby... F. T. Paine, c C. W . W right, b Hornsby ... 0 not out C. S. Hickley, b H ornsby 0 b Gibson . J. Thomas, c C.W. W right, b H ornsby..........................24 b Hornsby H .7.Hoare, c C. W.W right, b H il l .................................. 0 not out ., R. K. Hair, not out ........... 0 Extras ... ........... 3 Extras b ... 16 Total.................. 72 ♦Innings declared closed. 11 4 18 Total ...268 BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Cam pbell........... H a ir ................... H oare ........... Moran ........... R. E. Thom as 10 2 21 5 11.2 2 5 1 5 1 32 0 O. M. B. W. 2 0 8 0 13 5 82 2 11 2 38 4 B engal . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. E. W. O. M. R. W. Hornsby ... Heseltine Hill ........... 18.1 5 35 6 11 4 7 3 23 2 ........... 11 2 .......... G ibson ... Foljamfce... Jachson 9 68 2 20 17 1 49 0 Heseltine delivered two no-balls. The Englishmen left the same night for Mozufferpore. FIFTEENTH MATCH—v. BEHAR WANDERERS. Lord Hawke’s team met with the second reverse of their tour at Mozenfferpore, on January 20, when they were beaten by 68 runs. Lord Hawke was unable to play owiDg to a slight attack of fever, and G. F. Vernon captained the eleven in his place. A. E. Leatham, as will be seen, was included in the eleven, making his first appearance on this occasion. The Wanderers were fortunate enough to win the toss, and before a good attendance the match was commenced on Wednesday, January 18. Hornsby and Hill shared the English bowling, and though Ball, who opened the batting with Pickford, was soon dismissed, A. E. Gibson, who played on this occasion against Lord Hawke’s team, gave the field a lot of trouble. Gibson played well for his 33, but perhaps the best cricket of the innings was shown by Pilcher, who got his 42 by excellent cricket. Marsham at the last scored freely, and his 25 not out included a hit out of the ground from Hill for six. The Englishmen, who batted on a new wicket, did not fare very well at the outset, and in spite of the free cricket of Hornsby had lost five of their best men for 57 by the end of the day. On the following morning, the bowling of Gibson and Pilcher proved too good for the tail of the English team, and the follow on was just saved with one ruu to spare. The local team, who began their second innings with 70 in hand, would have fared very badly but for A. E. Gibson. His cricket was indeed the only feature of the batting. Going in first wicket down at five, he made 55 of 78 got during his stay, and his score was just one half of the total. Marsham was again very useful at the close, carrying out his bat for the second time in the match. The English team had no easy task, wanting 196 to win, and when stumps were drawn on the second night, 38 of them had been got for the loss of C. W . Wright’s wicket. On the following morning, Hornsby and Robinson,the notouts, played with great judgment,and 34 had been added before the former was bowled. Robinson stayed till the hundred appeared, and then returned a ball to Gibson. His 53 was a most ^creditable innings. After his departure, no one could do much with the bowling of Gibson and Pilcher, supported by capital fielding, and as the last wicket fell with the total at 127, the Wanderers won with plenty in hand. Their victory was the work mainly of A. E. Gibson. In addition to scor­ ing 88 runs, he took eleven wickets at an average of under six runs. B ehar W anderers . First Innings. C.A.Bell, c Leatham,b H ill 1 H .A.Pickford, b F oljam te 11 A. E.G ibson, c and b Jack­ son ..................................33 I. D. F. Cam pbell, run out 17 W. J. Marsham, b F ol- ja m b e .................................. 8 A. J. Pilcher, b H ill...........42 T. Neale, c Robinson, b Jackson ........................... 3 J.A.Bourdillon, b Jackson 0 H. Urquhart, b Jackson... 7 H.M acnam ar ^cLeatham, b Jack son ...........................11 C. Marsham, not out...........25 B 5, lb 6..........................11 Total ...169 Second Innings. c RobinsoD, b H il l ................... 7 c Robinson, b H ornsby........... 4 h w, b Leatham 55 c H ill,b Jackson b Foljam be ... c Robinson, b H ill................... 1 c Hill, b F ol­ jam be ............ 1 b Foljam be ... 7 c Robihson, b Foljam be ... 9 c H ornsby, b Foljam be ... 0 not out ... ... 13 B 3, lb 1 ... 4 T o ta l.........116 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. J. H. Hornsby, c Bell, b G ibson ........................... 22 b G ibson ........... 28 C. W . Wright, c Gibson, b Pilcher ........................... 1 c Pilcher, b G ib­ son ................... 2 J. S. Robinson, c Pickford, b Pilcher ........................... 1 c and b Gibson 53 A. J. L. Hill, c Pilcher, b C a m p b ell........................... 10 b G ibson ........... 0 F.S.Jackson,c Bourdillon, b G ibson ........................... 18 c Neale, bPilcher 20 G. F. Vernon (ca p tj c Bell, b Pilcher................... 7 c Macnamara. b Gibson ........... 0 H. F. W right, b Gibson ... 12 c Pilcher, b Gib­ son ................... 2 A. E. Leatham, b Pilcher 0 lbw, b Pilcher ... 0 G. A. Foljambe, c B our­ dillon, b Pilcher ........... 4 ca n d b Gibson 1 M .F.M aclean, c Marsham, b Gibson ........................... 4 c Campbell, b Pilcher ........... 12 C. H. Heseltine, not out... 9 not out ........... 1 B 1. lb 1 ................... 2 B 5, lb 3........... 8 Total ................... 90 T o ta l.........127 BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. B ehar W anderers . First Innings. O. M. R. W. H ornsby ... 13 3 28 0 Hill ........... 9.2 0 37 2 Foljam be... 19 4 56 2 Jackson ... 16 2 37 5 Second Innings. O. M. R. W - . ... 12 3 36 1 . ... 12 4 28 2 . ... 12.3 3 17 5 . ... 10 3 19 1 Leatham 3 1 12 i L ord H awke ’ s T eam . First Innings. O. M. R, W . Cam pbell... 9 1 31 1 Pilcher ... 14 5 31 5 Macnamara 4 2 4 0 Gibson ... 10 3 22 4 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . ... 6 1 14 0 . ...19.3 7 37 3 . ... 8 2 25 0 . ... 21 5 43 7 SIXTEENTH MATCH—v. UPPER INDIA. Journeying on to Allahabad, the English team began their sixteenth match, on January 23rd, in Alfred Park. Lord Hawke was still not able to play, and a sprained ankle also kept J. S. Robsinon out of the team. Upper India ought to have been able to have put a strong side into the field, but owing to various circumstances, the eleven was not by any means representative. Still, they made, in the early part of the game, at least, a fairly good show, and it was only their failure in the second innings whioh made their defeat so decisive. Thanks to the good cricket of Smith