Cricket 1895

246 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE CAME. J LY 4, ] b95. KENT v . OXF JRIJ UNIVERSITY. There can be no doubt o f th e ba tting strength of th is year’s O xfo rd team . W in n in g the toss on T h u rs ­ day last on an excellent w icket, a t M aidstone, they occupied the w ickets the greater p a rt of the day, and to ta lle d 327. K e n t had n o t th e ir best eleven, Patterson, W ilso n , R ash leig h and W . H earne a ll being absentees. There was no in d iv id u a l score of 100, b u t C. B . F iy , w ho w ent in first, was u nfortunate to lose th a t d istin ctio n by one notch. F o r the second w icket, w ith Foster, he p u t on 83 in fifty-five m inutes, w ith -M ordaunt fo r the th ird 92 in about an hour, and h is 99 in a ll occupied tw o hours and th irtv-five m inutes, and included fifteen 4’s. Foster w as lu cky in h is in nin gs, givin g tw o chances w hen 27, b u t he played b rig h t attractive cricket. M ord au n t’ s 34 was n ot in h is best form . Leveson-G ow er played a very fine innings, going in fo u rth and being six th out for 74, m ade in ninety-five m inutes by good h ittin g a ll round the w icket; fo r the s ix th w icket he had a capital partn er in G. O. S m ith, 74 runs go in g on in seventy m inutes. A . H earne an d M ason began splen­ d id ly fo r K en t, m akin g 88 in three quarters of an hour le ft fo r play. O n F rid a y the w icke t began to show’ signs of w ear, and though 134 was the to ta l fo r one w icket, an d 200 w ent up w ith on ly three m en out, K e n t d id not surpass the O xo n ia n ’s score. A le c H earne’s 105 was a cu riosity o f scoring— fifteen 4’s, fifteen 2’s, and fifteen singles. H e h it w ith am azing vig o u r fo r a m an h is size, and h is display w as w orthy a ll praise. M ason also showed a p a rtia lity fo r b ig h its, h is 50 in clu d in g e ig h t 4’s an d five 2’s. Cooper played a nice in nin gs, scoring 43 out o f 68 in forty-five m inutes, and Easby helped H earne to add 53 fo r the second w icke t in h a lf an hour. In O xfo rd ’s second hands F ry was dism issed at 27, bu t W a rn e r and F o ster played splendidly, and in an h ou r added no few er than 128 runs. Foster m ade 57, the sam e num ber as in h is first innings, and this tim e w ith o u t a m istake. W a rn e r was fo u rth out a t 208, h avin g been b a ttin g tw o hours and a qu arter w ith o u t any blem ish in h is p'ay. M o rd au n t also repeated h is first in n in g s score, b u t got h is 34 in th irty-five m inutes. O n Saturday G. O . S m ith played a splendid n ot out in n in g s o f 100 and secured h is blue. H e was b a ttin g tw o hours and five m inutes w ith great confidence and s k ill. W ith 384 fu r eig h t w ickets the in nin gs was declared, and K e n t losing A le c H earne fo r 0, were beaten by 215 runs, though M ason and Ea sb y added 75 in sixty-five m inutes, and Cooper played w e ll fo r seventy m inutes fo r h is 39. R a ike s in the m atch had e ig h t w ickets fo r 86 runs. Score and analysis :— O xford U n iv e r sit y . Second Innings, c A tk in s ,b W rig h t 76 F irs t Innings. M r. P . F . W a rn e r, b M a rtin M r. C. B . F ry , c A ukins, b H u is h ..................................99 lbw , b M a rtin ... 7 M r. H . K . Foster, c A tk in s, b M ason ................... 57 c Easby, b W rig h t 57 M r. G. J . M o rd au n t (capt.), b W rig h t ......................... ; A . H eam e, M a rtin ... . ...100 1 c W rig h t, b Ea sb y 31 B O W L I N G A N A L Y S I S . O xford U n iv e r sity . M a r t in .......... W r ig h t .......... H u is h .......... M ason .......... H earne (A .).. F ir s t Innings. O. M . R . W . Second In n ing s. O. M . R . W . •211 32 10 4 1 2 1 1 Easby 36 46 311 14 9 6 H ea m e delivered one n o-ball. K en t . F ir s t Innings. Second Innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . C u n liffe .......... 18 A rk w rig h t ... 19 F r y ...................31 Leveson-G ow er 6 R aikes .......... 12 4 44 1 87 6 105 0 23 5 36 16 24 14 22 7 50 4 R aikes delivered fo u r no-balls, Leveson-G ow er one, and C u n liffe five, and F ry and A rk w rig h t one w ide each. M r. H . D . G . Leveson- G ow er, b A . H ea m e ...74 b H u ish M r. F . A . P h illip s, c M ason, b H u is h ........................... 8 ru n out M r. G . O . S m ith, not o ut . 34 n ot ont... M r. R . S. H . B aiss, c and b M a r tin .................................. M r. F . H . E . C unliffe, b M a r t in .................................. 0 n o t o u t...................13 M r. H . A . A rk w rig h t, c Cooper, b M a rtin ........ 1 M r. G. B . R aikes, absent ... 0 cE a sb y, b W rig h t 1 B 15, lb 2 ...........................17 B 43, lb 2, nb 1 46 T o ta l .............327 T o ta l (8 w kts) *384 * In n ing s declared closed. K e n t . F ir s t Innings. M r. J. R . M ason, c Baiss, b A rk w iig h t ... ...................50 H ea m e (A .), c R aikes, b F ry 105 Easby, c R aikes, b F ry ... 27 M r C. O . Cooper, c P h illip s, b F ry .................................. 43 M r. G . J . V . W e ig a ll, lbw , b F ry ................................... 8 M r. .T.'Le Flem in g , b R a ike s 16 M r. F . M a rch a n t (capt.), c Leveson-G ow er, b F ry ... 7 M r. F . M . A tk in s, b R a ike s 26 M a rtin , c W a rn e r, b R a ike s 2 W rig h t, n ot o u t ................... 5 H u ish (F . E .), b R aikes ... 6 B 13, lb 2, nb 3 ...........18 Total........................313 ETON v. WINCHESTER. Th ou gh qu ite in accordance w ith expectation th a t Eton , w ho are a very good team th is year, w ould defeat W in ch ester fa irly easy, yet the very fa il’ show m ade by the W in to n ia n s a t th e ir first attem pt seemed to h old out hopes of a good m atch, b u t a lam entable fa ilu re in th e ir second innings, on ly one batsm an ob tain in g double figures, allow ed E to n a hollow victo ry by an in nin gs and 86 runs. Lovers of coin ci­ dences w ill notice th a t Lu bbock, A lle n , and P ilk in g - ton each scored 72 ru n s in E to n ’s single innings. Scores and analysis :— W in ch ester . Second In n in g s. cW arn er,bR aikes 29 c Sm ith,b C u n liffe 0 c M ord au n t, b A i’k w rig h t c M ord au n t, A rk w rig h t c F ry , b R a ik e s .. ru n o u t................. 36 F irs t Innings. G . H . R ow e, b W a r d ...........24 A . T . W eatherby, c R obert­ son, b P ilk in g to n ...........50 A . L . G ibson, c M itch e ll, b W a rd .................................. 26 B . J. W . B a rry , b W a rd ... 6 R . J. G . Irvin g , c D e Zoete, b M it c h e ll..........................18 E . C. Lee, b P ilk m g to n ... 24 G . H . Coulson, not out ... 14 D . G . H . A u ch in b eck, c D e Zoete, b R o b e rtso n ........... G . C. W in te r, c Robertson, b A lle n .....................................29 T . W . H olm e, c M itch e ll, b D e Zoete ........................... 0 Second In n ing s, c M itch e ll, b P il­ king ton ........... c Robertson, b M it c h e ll...........2 c M itch e ll, b D e Zoete ........... c Lu bbock, b M it c h e ll........... b P ilk in g to n c B a ird ,b M itch e ll c M itch e ll, b P il­ k in g to n ........... F . D . Joy, Zoete c B a ird , b D e 14 lbw , b M itch e ll... 0 c H o llin s, b P il­ king ton ........... c H o llin s, b P il­ king ton ........... 0 not out... G ibson ... 40 L ee ... 36 J o y ........... 11 A u ch in b eck 16 O ld choices. B O W L IN G A N A L Y S I S . E to n . F ir s t Innings. M . R . W . ) 11 104 3 Coulson... W eatherby Irv in g ... O. M . R .W 4 1 15 2 1 2 0 17 WARWICKSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. W a rw icksh ire were w e ll represented in th is m atch comm enced at B irm in g h a m last Th u rsday, D ive r appearing for the first tim e th is season and L . C. D ocker also appearing in the team as w e ll as S hilton fo r whose benefit the m atch Was played. E xcep tin g F. S. Jackson, Y o rk sh ire had th e ir best available team . W in n in g the toss, B ain b rid g e p u t his opponents in on a w icke t dam aged by ra in , and the po licy was quite justified, Y o rk sh ire being a ll out in three hours for 163. Th e first fou r w ickets fe ll for 30, b u t W a in w rig h t and Lan caster then p u t on 66 in an hour, the new m an’s 22 being carefu lly m ade. W a in ­ w rig h t’s 61 occupied an h ou r and a quarter and in ­ cluded eight 4-hits. W icke ts again fe ll ra p id ly u n til H irs t and H u n te r m ade one of th e ir la st w icket stands and pu t on 30 in q u ick tim e. B ain b ridge and W a lte r Q uaife opened the W a rw icksh ire in nin gs in splendid style and in an h ou r and a h a lf scored 114 runs, when the latte r le ft for h a lf th a t n um ber m ade w itho ut a fau lt. W . G . Q u aife was soon out, b u t D ocker and B ain bridg e played out tim e, th e latte r being 70 not out, b u t h avin g been le t off a t 39, a t 55, and a t 64. O n F rid a y B ain bridg e raised h is score to 96, b u t was again m issed a t 95. P la y w as very slow D iv e r and L ille y a t one tim e m akin g 6 ru n s in h a lf an hour, and in the end three hours less five m inutes pla y saw the innings close for the ad dition of 106 runs. 90 behind, Y o rk sh ire lost three w ickets fo r 56, bu t Peel and D enton then m ade an invaluable stand and 66 were added before the latte r was out fo r a m ost welcom e if lu cky 45. W a in w rig h t gave little trouble, b u t M oorhouse stayed w ith Peel t ill the close o f play. On Saturday, the not outs played verv fine cricket, and favoured by some good fortun e took the score to 240, when Peel, to w hom Y o rk sh ire chiefly owe the saving of the gam e, was out fo r 78, the re su lt of three hours play. The w icket had yielded 96 ru n s in 100 m inutes. H aw ke h it 26 o u t o f 43 before being lbw , and M oorhous« found an excellent partner in H irs t, the p a ir in 55 m inutes adding 95 runs, w hen the in nin gs was declared. M oorhouse was b a ttin g three hours and tw enty m inutes, and his 102 included eighteen 4’s. W a rw icksh ire began by try in g to knock off the runs 289 in tw o hours and three quarters, b u t w hen 60 had been m ade in fo rty m inutes B ain bridg e was out, D ive r an d D ocker soon follow in g. Slow p la y interrupted by ra in follow ed, W . Q u aife carryin g out h is bat for a faultless 68 m ade in tw o hour s, and W a rw icksh ire at the close w antin g 159 w ith six w ickets to fa ll. Score and analysis :— Y orksh ire . L b 1, w 2, nb 1 ... . . 4 B 2, lb 1. .. 3 T o ta l........................ .209 T o ta l .......... 47 E to n . H . B . C hinnery, c and *F. B . Robertson, not b J o y .......................... 29 out ........................... 15 *A . B . Lu bbock, c A . S. W a rd , c and b B a n y , b G ibson ... 72 Lee .......................... 10 H . W . D e Zoete, c *R. W . M itch e ll, c H olm e, b J o y ........... 0 H olm e, b L e e ........... 0 H . W . K ettew ell, c *A. W . F . B a ird , c B a rry , b G ibson ... 41 Row e, b Lee ........... 7 *C. C. F ilk in g to n , b B 11, w 4, nb 5 ... 20 Lee ... .......... 72 — C. T . A lle n , b Lee ... 72 T o ta l ...........343 *A. M . H o llin s, c H olm e, b G ibson .. 5 0 8 0 c B aiss, b A r k ­ w rig h t ........... 1 n ot o u t...................14 c Sm ith, b R aikes 7 c F ry ,bA rk w rig h t 1 c Leveson-G ow er, b R a ik e s ........... 1 B 15, w 2 ,n b 7 24 Total ...183 Z Lee delivered one w ide and five no-balls, Jo y one w ide, A u ch in b eck one wide, and Coulson one n o-b all W in ch ester . F ir s t Innings. O . M . R . W . Second Innings. O. M . R . W M itc h e ll ... 21 8 64 1 ............ 8 0 15 4 P ilk in g to n 27 7 70 2 ........... 18‘1 11 24 5 D e Zoete ... 5 4 2 6 2 ............ 10 6 5 W a r d ........ 18 4 43 3 K ettle w e ll... 2 0 6 0 Robertson... 4 1 8 1 A lle n ........ 3 0 4 1 M itc h e ll bow led a w ide, W a rd a no-ball and 1 wide, and P ilk in g to n a n o-b all and a wide. F irs t Innings. Brow n, b P i l l e t t .................. T u n n icliffe, c W . Q uaife, b S a n ta ll.................................. Lancaster, ru n out ........... D enton b P a lle t t ................... Peel, c Santall, b P a lle tt .. W a in w rig h t, c L ille y , b P a lle tt.................................. M oorhouse, c D evey, b San­ ta ll .................................. L o rd H aw ke, c L ille y , b San­ ta ll .................................. M r. F . W . M illig a n , c D iver, b S an tall .......................... H irs t, b P a lle tt .................. H u n ter, not o u t ................... B 3, w 2 .......................... Second Innings, b G lover ...........21 c W . Q uaife, b G lover ...........18 c L ille y , b G lover 9 b P a lle tt ...........45 c Devey, b G lover 78 c W . Q u aife, b P a lle tt ........... 8 1 not o u t...................102 5 lbw , b P a lle tt ... 26 9 c L ille y , b P a lle tt 0 30 not o u t.................. 55 6 5 B 10,1b 1, w 5 16 T o ta l .....................163 T o ta l (8 w kts) *378 •In nin gs declared closed. W ar w ic k sh ir e . M r. H . W . B ain bridg e, c B row n , b M iliig a n ...............97 Q uaife (W .), b B row n ... 57 Q uaife (W . G .), c T u n n i­ cliffe, b M illig a n ............ 6 n ot ou t... M r. L . C. D ocker, c B row n, b H ir s t................................11 L ille y , b W a in w rig h t........ 27 D ive r, b W a in w rig h t............ 5 c T u n n icliffe , b H irs t ...........25 n o to u t...................68 9 Santall, c and b P e e l...........11 M r. A . C . S. G lover, b M illi­ gan .................................. 22 Devey, b W a in w rig h t........... 7 P a lle tt, b M illig a n ........... 2 S h ilton , not o ut ................... 0 B 1, lb 4, w 3 ................... 8 ru n o u t................... 0 b P e e l.....................19 st H u n t e r , b B row n ........... 3 B 4, lb 2 T o ta l..........................253 T o ta l (4 w kts) 130 B O W L I N G A N A L Y S I S . Y o rk sh ire . F irs t In n ing s. P a lle tt S a n t a ll.......... 35 14 D evey ........... 3 2 G lover .......... 1 0 S h ilt o n ........... 4 O. M . R .W . 38 19 57 5 . 82 4 1 0 8 0 10 0 Second Innings. O. M . R . W . . 71 22 133 4 . 54 25 119 0 . 8 1 28 0 . 2 0 6 76 4 Q u aife (W . G.) 1 0 6 0 S an ta ll delivered five wides, Devey and Q u aife one each.