Cricket 1894

FEB. 22, 1893 CRICKET 3 A WEEKLY RECORF OP THE GAME, 31 for 29, it looked long odds against their equalling the Players’ score. Hornby, however, had something up his sleeve for the occasion, and played a grand free in­ nings of 144 ; Alfred Lyttelton made 66 in his own inimitably free and graceful style — “ the champagne of cricket;” J. M. Cot- terill scored 59, A. P. Lucas 44, and four others from 10 to 23, and the total in the end was bigger than that of the Players by 22 runs. The pros’ second innings only realised 119 ; and then the game came to an end in a draw in favour of the amateur side. "Very exciting was the finish of the Lords’ match. The Players’ first innings of 192 (Daft 64, Emmett 47, not out, Jupp 23, and Morley— actually Fred Morley !— 27) was topped by tbe Gentle­ men by 6 runs, Mr. Cottenll scoring 9'2 and Mr. Lyttelton 32. Then the Players made 148 (Jupp 41, Ulyett 26, Wyld22); and the fast bowling of Ulyett and Morley proved so effective that, although the Incomparable made 41, about fifty runs were wanted to win when G. P. aucl W. S. Patterson found themselves together with nine wickets down. Playing in fine, cool style they knocked off the runs ; and, amidst thunderous applause, the Gentle­ men won by one wicket. The match played at Prince’s that year was the last of the series decided on that ground, which a few years afterwards was given up to the builders. It was remark­ able for more than one other reason Mr. Walter Bead, then a young man of’ twenty-one, played his first match for the Gentlemen, and, taken in first with W. G. (by whose side and against whom he has fought in many a hot contest since), scored 72 in fine style. Mr. P. M. Buck- land, the Oxonian, also made a very good debut, making 50 runs, and taking nine wickets; while two other new men, Messrs. H. G. Tylecote (a brother of E.F.S.) and E. H. Butler (an Australian), going in Nos. 10 and 11, scored 37, not out, and 26 respectively. E.F.S. himself made 30, and J. M. Cotterill 23 ; but the feature of the innings was poor Fred Grace’s 134—a grand display, worthy even of his famous brother. Ulyett did splendidly for the pros., scoring 53 first innings, 118 second, and Eastwood, the Yorkshireman, making his only appear­ ance on the side, scored 32 and 29. But the Gentlemen’s 400 proved big enough for them to win by nine wickets. That grand player, Mr. A. G. Steel, the old Cliftonian, Mr. A. H. Evans, the Hon. Edward Lyttelton (now head master of Haileybury), played their first match for the Gentlemen'at the Oval in 1878 ; and Midwinter made his debut for the Players. Throughout the match the scoring was small, except in the second innings of the Gentlemen, which amounted to 202, and enabled them to win by 55 runs. W .G ., with 40 and 63, on one side, Shrewsbury, with 34 and 27, on the other, batted best. Scoring ruled high at Lord's. Mr. A. P. Lucas and W.G. put on 45 for the first wicket; W.G. and the Hon. A. Lyttelton took the score to 151 before the Leviathan was out for 90. The two Lytteltons were now together ; but at 192 the Hon. Alfred went for 53. The Hon. Edward made 44 in 52 minutes, and was then out; Mr. Hornby quickly hit up 34 ; and Freddy Grace made 26. The total was 310. Messrs. Appleby and Steel got down six wickets for 53 runs ; then Jack Selby and Tom Emmett got together and “ tuk rut,’’ as Tom himself would express it. The two added over 120 run?, Emmett being first out for 57, Selby following for 8b, both lively and good innings. Pooley made 35, and the score reached 231, the follow-on just being avoided. W .G., Alfred Lyttelton, Lord Harris, Mr. Hornby, and G.F. all went cheaply in the Gentlemen's second innings; but there was batting on the side beyond them. Mr. A. P. Lucas played in simply grand form for 91, he and Mr. Bidley (58) putting on 128 runs for the second wicket. Mr. Edward Lyttelton, while others came and went, made 66; and Messrs. Strachan (29) and A. G. Steel (41) made a good stand for the ninth wicket, the total reaching 326 in the end. Three Players’ wickets were down for 8 (Daft, Shrewsbury, and Lockwood); but Mid­ winter (24) and Selby (64) improved matters, and on Midwinter’s beiDg out Emmett (47) again joined Selby, and the two made a second good stand. After they were gone, however, Ulyett alone made much res:stance, and in the end the Gentlemen won by 206 runs. Probably no match in the whole series produced better play than this. Both at Lords’ and the Oval four members of the 1878 Cam­ bridge eleven were playing. The games in 1879 were not very exciting. At the Oval the Gentlemen scored 247 by level batting (Alfred Lyttelton 47, A. G. Steel 46); and then Messrs. 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