Cricket 1894

APRIL 12, 1894 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 61 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. BY J. N. PENTELOW. ( Continued from page 31.) The match at the Oval in 1880 was a peculiar one in several ways. The first four Players in the first innings (Jupp 23. tJlyett 36, Barnes 63, Lockwood 31) made 153; the other seven scored 16. The Gentlemen were all out for 94, Alfred Shaw taking seven wickets for 17. Ulyett (30) and Emmett (25, not out) made the bulk of the runs in the Players’ second innings. The Gentlemen lost, in spite of Mr. Hornby’s splendidly hit innings of 71, by 37 runs, Mr. P. H. Morton, making his first appearance for them, took twelve wickets for 91. Jupp played for the Players for the last time. W.G,, for the first time in these matches, was out twice for single figure scores. The chief incident of the Lord’s match, which the Gentlemen won by five wickets, was Bates’ sensational hitting for 87, when the Players followed on. Apart from this the individual scoring was not large, though W .G ., F. Penn, A. N. Hornby, A. H. Evans, T. S. Pearson, Oscroft, Barnes, Emmett, and Pilling all played innings of over 25, the latter’s steady play while partnering Bates being deservedly applauded. A long stand for 76 by Ulyett (57) and Lockwood (62) was the feature of the Players’ first innings at the Oval in 1881. W.G. was in fine form for the Gentle­ men, just reaching three figures; Mr. Hornby (20) helped him to send up 55 for the first wicket, and Mr. Lucas (25) to put on 90 for the second. Mr. Steel scored 25, not out. Midwinter (36) and Ulyett (80) put on 105 for the first wicket in the second innings of the pros.; but the total only reached 182, and though the first five wickets of the Gentlemen went down for 24, fine batting by Messrs. C. P. H . Leslie, the Oxford freshman, C. T. Studd, andE. F. S. Tylecote, gave the Gentlemen a victory by two wickets. There were five University men in the team, three of them, C. T. and G. B. Studd and Leslie, being debutants ; while Mr. R. T. Ellis, of Sussex, was also play­ ing for the first time. There was no great scoring at Lord’s, Bates’ hard-hit 34 being the highest score, though there were five others of over 20. Mr. A. H. Evans in the first and Mr. C. T. Studd in the second innings of the Players bowled so finely that the Gentle­ men won by five wickets. Jem Lillywhite’s benefit at Brighton ended in a win for the Players by 1 run. W.G. was unable to play; but the sides were very good aiid, as the game proved, evenly matched to a marvel. Barlow batted in his own steady style for 54, not out, and Bates hit with his wonted recklessness and daring for 50, the two putting on 69 while together; and, Barnes having made 36 earlier in the innings, the total reached 204. The Gentlemen stopped short at the same amount, and Messrs. H. Whitfeld and A. N, Hornby for them played a game wonderfully like that of Barlow and Bates. They put on 90 while together, the Lancashire captain’s share being 69. Mr. Whitfeld carried his bat for a very patient 34. The second innings of the Players realised 112 (Selby 46, Bates 23). The Gentlemen failed by 1 run to equal this, Alfred Shaw being in his best form and taking six wickets for 19. Mr. T. S. Pearson (34) was top scorer. At the Oval in 1882 the Players won by 87 runs. Flowers made his first appear­ ance for the Players; and a remarkably successful one it was, as he scored 32 and 50, and secured four wickets for 20 runs. Mr. W . H. Patterson also played in the match for the first time. Barlow played a really remarkable defensive innings of 65 when he went in a second time ; he and Ulyett (45) scored 66 while together. Mr. Lucas batted three hours in the first innings of the Gentlemen for 20 runs; and Mr. Hornby (54) and Lord Harris (43) put on 79 for the seventh wicket, making a determined attempt to win the game, in which, however, they failed, The game at Lord’s was reminiscent of those days in the early seventies when the Gentlemen carried all before them. Two of the greatest of all Cambridge batsmen, Messrs. A. P. Lucas and C. T. Studd, got together with Messrs. Hornby and Grace out, and put on 204 runs before they were separated, a partnership ranking third in length of all in these matches. Then Mr. Lucas was out for 107. C.T. soon follov ed, run out, when he had made 100, But the Players’ trouble was not yet over. Another son of the grand old Alma Mater, Mr. A. G. Steel, played a fine 76, and the Rev. Yernon Royle proved himself worthy of the company he was in by scoring 31, the innings reaching 374. Against this the Players, though all but poor Scotton (0) and Bates (9) reached double figures, could only make 163. Following on, Ulyett and Barlow made 56 for the first wicket; Barnes and Ulyett 39 for the second ; Bates and Barnes 68 for the third; and Shrewsbury and Selby 50 for the sixth. The total reached 287, and the runs wanted to win by the Gentlemen were hit off for the loss of two wickets, Mr. 0. T. Studd being, not out, 34. The 1883 match at the Oval ended in a tie, the only one of the series. Barlow and Ulyett made a splendid start for the Players, Ulyett going at 92 for a dashing 63. Barlow was out at 125 for 47 ; and the rest failing to do much against the excellent bowling of Hugh Rotherham, the total only reached 203. The batting of the Gentlemen was very level, for, though the highest score was 38 (made by Lord Harris), the total reached 235. Bates was the hero of the Players’ second innings, his 76 being got in thorough Batesian style, by most daring hitting, the last 30 made in eight hits. Barlow (31) gave him best help. The Gentlemen only wanted 150 to win; and it was not Mr. Lucas’ fault that they did not get them, for he carried his bat right through the innings for a fine 47, though he had a narrow squeak when Lockwood at point made an apparent catch, which the umpires could not see. Messrs. 0. T. Studd and A. G. Steel gave Mr. Lucas good help for a short time each ; but 14 runs were still wanted when, with nine wickets down, Mr. Rotherham came in. Thirteen of them were made ; then Peate, who up to then had not taken a wicket in the match, was put on, and with his second ball disarranged the Warwickshire amateur’s stumps. W.G. was absent from this match, for the first time at Lord’s or the Oval for sixteen years. Big scoring was the order of the day at Lord’s, where Mr. O. W. Wright and Louis Hall played for the first time. The Gentlemen had first innings ; W .G . was soon out for 26, but A. P. Lucas and O. T. Studd were again in fine form, and put on 79 for the second wicket. A. G. Steel and A. W . Ridley added 71 for the fitth, when A.G. was out to a magnificent catch by Arthur Shrewsbury, who dashed in, reached the ball about a foot from the ground, and, although he fell, held it. Then Mr. E. F. S. Tylecote came in, and played his best innings in a great match, a freely-got 107, for which he was batting about two hours and a half. He and Mr, Ridley, whose patient innings of 51 was simply invaluable, added 92 while in part­ nership ; and the total reached 441. George Ulyett (65) and Louis Hall (32) came together with Barlow out, and added 62, in the Players' first innings; and later on Shrewsbury and Barnes added 63, Billy carrying out his bat for 62. When the pros, followed on, ho was sent in first with Barlow; and they caused 92 to appear on the board before Barlow was out for 34. Ulyett joined Barnes, and the pair batted splendidly. When the Notts man was out for 76, 159 had been scored. Two wickets went down with no great addi­ tion ; but then Bates and Shrewsbury collared the bowling, and put on 82. The total in the end reached 312. The Gentlemen wanted 108 to win, and got them for the loss of three wickets, A. P. Lucas carrying out his bat for 51, another splendid innings. This was the last Gentlemen and Players match of Mr. C. T. Studd, Mr. A. W . Ridley, and Lock­ wood. Ulyett was the hero of the Oval match in 1884, his 134 being nearly half tbe Players’ first total. Barlow (26) helped him to add 93. Four members of the Oxford eleven, and not one Cantab, appeared for the Gentlemen, who had not a representative side. Mr. Shuter made 32 and W.G. (who went in No. 6) 35, not out, in the first innings; when they followed on, W.G. (66) and A. P. Lucas (42) put on 86 for the first wicket; then Barlow did the hat trick, getting W.G., John Shuter, and W .W . caught oft successive balls ; Mr. O’Brien (his first appearance) scored 42, and helped Mr. Lucas to add 61; and the Players lost one wicket in getting the 48 required to win. Briggs made his debut in the Gentlemen and Players’ matches on this occasion.