Cricket 1895

262 CRICKET. A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 11, 1895. OXFORD v . CAMBRIDGE. T he six ty -first m atch betw een the representatives o f the ancient U niversities, comm enced a t L o rd ’s last Thursday, on account o f the presum ed sup eriority of the O xonians, w as perhaps h a rd ly so interesting as usual in an ticipation . B u t, as played, the gam e was so fu ll o f surprises th a t no one could com plain of dullness in th e m atch. O xfo rd in previous engage­ m ents th is year had won fo u r, draw n two, an d lost tw o m atches, w h ile C am bridge had w on three, draw n tw o, and lo st fo u r o f th e ir nine contests. B o th sides were presum ably stronger th a n th e average in batting , but, despite the absence o f G . R . Bardsw ell, O xfo rd were on paper considerably the stronger in bow ling. Cam bridge had the fortune to w in the toss and, as m atters tu rn e d out, w ith it th e ga m e ; and M itch e ll and W . G. G race, ju n ., the la tte r the last chosen blue, comm enced th e ir in nin gs on a first-class w icket. T h ou gh neither batsm an played in the best form , A rk w rig h t an d Cunliffe, the O xfo rd bow lers, m et w ith no success, and by som e qu ick scoring 59 had gone to the credit o f Cam bridge w hen M itc h e ll was c and b ju s t as he seemed to have played h im se lf in. Studd follow ed, bu t Grace was the next to leave, at 77, for 40, a very useful con tribu tion , b u t by no means a good disp lay o f batting. N . F . D ruce, th e crack U n ive rsity b a t o f the year, cam e n ext, b u t was bow led second b a ll by a yorker from F ry , and at 90 M a rrio tt i e ll to the sam e bowler. Eighteen runs were added, and then W ils o n was out u n lu ck ily , Le w is m issing him a t the w ick e t b u t the b a ll fa llin g in to the top of the latte r’s pad. W . G . D ru ce and Studd played steadily, b u t w hen the la tte r w as bow led fo r 28, m ade in an h ou r an d a half, six w ickets were dow n fo r 137. Then cam e the tu rn in g p o in t of the innings. ] [em ingway, whose rig h t to a place in the team has been questioned by some critics, h it w ith m uch vigour, and put some heart in to a. som ewhat lifeless gam e. In h a lf an hour 58 h ad been added, when l >ruce was out, and, though no fu rth er len g th y stand was m ade, the in nin gs realized 244. H em in gw ay was n inth o u t fo r 57, m ade in an h our, and in clu d in g ten 4’s, by fa r the bestinning.* on the side. O xford began fa irly w e ll w ith W a rne r and R aikes, though th e lig h t had become bad ; 27 runs teoing on in the first quarter o f an hour, b u t at 34 R a ike s was out, and th en in q u ick succession Foster, W a rn e r, and F ry were d is­ posed o f fo r the ad dition o f fo u r runs, and a t 48 M ord au n t w as clean bowled, a very bad show despite the very defective lig h t. F o r a few overs P h illip s batted w ell, b u t at 67 he w as bow led, and six w ickets were down. Leveson-G ow er and Sm ith were then together, and p la yin g better crick e t than th e ir pre­ decessors, th ey had raised the score to 96 when slig h t ra in added to the bad lig h t caused stum ps to be draw n a qu a rte r o f an hour early. O n F rid a y the not outs played a great game, an d q u ick ly saved the follow on, G ow er especially p la yin g fine cricket, 83 runs h avin g been added fo r the w icket when he played on. H is 73 was made in an h o u r and three quarters, and was a ca p ita l display. S m ith ju st exceeded h is 50, bu t found no one to stay w ith h im ; his innings extended over 130 m inutes an d was a sound and sterlin g display. W ith an advantage of 42 runs, Cam bridge again made a good start, M itch e ll batting adm irably, and Grace, though favoured b y luck, keeping h is w icke t up and m akin g runs, in fa ct 69 had been scored, o f w hich h is share was 28, w hen the latter, who had been m issed w hen in and w hen 19, w as bow led by a breaking b a ll from Gower. Studd was out cheaply, bu t M itch e ll and N . F . D ru ce pu t on 37. the la tte r having 22 o f them when he wa» caught from a poor stroke a t cover-p oint; M itch e ll follow ed a ru n later, h is 43 being m ade by capital cricket. F if ty runs were added by M a rrio tt and W ils o n in an hour, by crick e t o f uneven character, and W . G . D ru ce and W ilso n n u t on 24 m ore before the latte r le ft. H em ingw ay join e d I>ruce, b u t was n ot fated to repeat h is perform ance o f the first in nin gs, being bow led a t 298. T he Cam bridge captain was pla yin g a very fine gam e fo r his side, an d found good sup port from Low e, the partnership re alizin g 33 runs. W . G . D ruce was last m an o ut for 66, m ade in n early tw o hours, the largest an d m ost stylish in nin gs on h is side. O n Saturday, O xfo rd w ent in against 330, a very heavy task on a w icket som ew hat the worse for wear, b u t one not beyond thf ir powers on th e ir best form . The in nin gs w as a bad failu re, save fo r one b rillia n t perform ance. The order o f batting w as changed, an d Raikes, w ho was sent in seventh w icket instead o f first, was not out a t the close. F ry and W a rn e r were out a t 5, and Foster found b u t the feeblest sup port u n til R aikes cam e in . Foster never­ theless played w ith the u tm ost s k ill and c<nfidence, an d scored a t a great pace, in fa ct he had 1«0 o f the first 138, and w hen he was out a t 164 had m ade 121 in one hundred and tw enty-five m inutes, in clu d in g tw enty 4’s, a m arvellous success am idst so m any failures. N o one stayed w ith R aikes, Lowe finish in g off the in n in g s in fine style by clean b o ilin g th e last fou r batsm en, f am bndge w ere thus le ft w ith a victory, w hich on the play th ey thoroughly deserved, b y 136 runs. Th e fielding in the m atch, especially on th e part of O x fo rd did not fu lfil expectations ; an d it w ill be observed that Cam bridge were presented w ith 49 extras. N o balls were p le n tifu l, the to ta l in the fo u r in nin gs reaching 18. Score and a m lysis :— C am bridge U n iv e r sity . F irs t In n ing s. M r . F . M itch e ll, c and b Leveson-G ow er...................28 M r. W . G . G race, ju n ., c M ord au n t, b F ry ..............40 M r. R . A . S tudd, b F ry ... 28 M r. N . F , D ruce, b F ry ... 0 M r . H . H . M a rrio tt, b F ry ... 7 M r. C. E . M . W ilso n , c Lew is, b F r y ...................13 M r. W . G . D ru ce (capt.), c an d b Leveson-G ow er ... 30 M r. W . M cG . H em ingw ay, c CunlifFe, b F r y ..........57 M r. J . B u rrou gh , c Lew is, b R aikes ........................... 8 Second Innings, c and b A rk w rig h t b Leveson-G ow er c L ew is, b F r y ... c A rk w rig h t, b C u n liffe ........... b Leveson-G ow er M r. W .W . Low e, b Leveson- G ow er ...................................13 M r. H . G ray, n o t o u t ........... 0 B 3, lb 10, w 5, nb 2 ... 20 b R aikes ........... b F r y ... .,. ... b B aike s ... ... c A rk w rig h t, b R a ike s ........... b C u n liffe ... n ot o u t.................. B 1 4 ,lb 2 ,w 4 ,n b 9 Total... ...244 T otal.. O xford U n iv e r sity . F irs t Innings. M r. P . F . W a rn e r, c N . F . D ruce, b W ilso n ...........22 M r. G . B . R aikes, b G ray ... 10 M r. H . K . Foster, b G ray ... 0 M r. G . J . M o rd a u n t (capt.), b G r a y .................................. 6 M r. C. B . F ry , c and b VVilson................................... 0 M r. H . D . G . Leveson- Gower, b L o w e ...................73 M r. F . A . P h illip s, b W ilso n 12 M r. G . O. S m ith , n ot o u t ... 51 M r. F . H . E . Cunliffe, M itch e ll, b W ilso n ... M r. H . A . A rk w rig h t, M a rrio tt, b W ilso n ... M r. R . P . Lew is, b G ray B 7, lb 2, nb 3 T o ta l ................. Second In n ing s. b G r a y ................... 4 n ot out ...........23 c M a rrio tt,b G ra y 121 b G race b W ilso n b Low e b W ilso n b Low e... 9 b Low e ... 5 .. 2 ... 12 b Low e b Low e B 1,1b l,n b 4 6 T o ta l ...........196 B O W L I N G A N A L Y S I S . C am bridge U n iv e r sity . A rk w rig h t C u n liffe ... F r y ........... L.-G ow er R aikes ... F irs t Innings. O. M . R . W . 8 2 16 0 . 25 2 56 0 .3 0 9 78 6 .1 9 6 48 3 6 0 26 1 C u n liffe delivered tw o w ides and three n o-balls, Leveson-G ow er three wides, R a ik e s one w ide and five no-balls, and A rk w rig h t one w ide an d tw o no-balls. Second Innings. O. M . R . W . 36 10 71 1 23 8 55 2 18-112 49 2 21 10 36 2 14 2 48 3 O xford U n iv e r sity . F irs t In n ing s. O. G ray W ilso n Low e G race B u rrou gh M . R . W . 10 76 4 . 8 65 5 . 1 17 1 . 0 11 0 2 21 0 Second Innings. O. M . R . W . . 1 9 3 77 2 . 19 7 44 17*2 6 48 5 11 2 21 1 W ilso n delivered s ix and G ray one no-b all. R E S U L T S O F M A T C H E S . O f the 61 m atches played Cam bridge have w on 31 to O xfo rd ’s 27, w ith three unfinished gam es, the results being as under 1827. 1829. 1836. D raw n. O xfo rd w on b y 115 runs. O xford w on by 121 runs. 1838. O xfo rd won by 98 runs. 1839. Cam bridge won an in nin gs and 125 rums. 1840. Cam bridge w on by 63 runs. 1841. Cam bridge w on by 8 runs. 1842. Cam bridge won by 162 runs. 1843. Cam bridge w on b y 54 runs. 1814. D raw n. 1845. Cam bridge w on by 6 w ickets. 1846. O xfo rd won by 3 wickets. 1847. Cam bridge w on by 138 runs. 1848. O xford w on by 23 runs. 1849. ( am bridge w on by 3 w ickets. 1850. O xford won by 127 runs. 1851. Cam bridge w on by an in nin gs and 4 runs. 1852. O xfo rd won b y an in nin gs an d 73 runs. 1853. O xfo rd w on by an in nin gs and 19 runs. 1854. O xfo rd won by an in nin gs an d 8 runs. 1855. O xfo rd won by 3 wickets. 185ti. Cam bridge w on by 3 w ickets. 1857. O xfo rd w on b y 81 runs. 1858. O xfo rd w on by an in nin gs and and 33 runs. 1£59. Cam bridge w on by 28 runs. 1860. C am bridge won by 3 w ickets. 1*61. Cam bridge won by 133 runs. 1862. Cam bridge won by 8 w ickets. 18b3. O xford won by 8 wickets. 1 864. O xford w on by 4 wickets. 1865. O xford w on by 114 runs. . O xford won b y 13 runs. 867. Cam bridge w on b y 5 w ickets. . Cam bridge w on by 168 runs. . Cam bridge w on by 58 runs. 570. Cam bridge w on b y 2 runs. 571. O xford won by 8 w ickets. *72. Cam bridge w on by an in n in g s an d 166 ru n s. 573. O xford won by 3 w ickets. $74. O xford won by an in nin gs and 92 runs* $75. O xford won by 6 runs. 576. Cam bridge won by 9 w ickets. 577. O xfo rd won b y 10 w ickets. 578. Cam bridge w on by 238 runs. 579. Cam bridge w on by 9 w ickets. 580. Cam bridge w on by 115 runs. 581. O xfo rd won by 135 runs. 882. Cam bridge w on by 7 w ickets. C am bridge w on b y 7 w ickets. 884. O xford won b y 7 wickets. . Cam bridge w on by 7 w ickets. . O xford won by 133 runs. . O x fo rd won by 7 w ickets. D raw n. . Cam bridge w on b y an in nin gs and 105 ru n s. . Cam bridge won b y 7 w ickets. . Cam bridge w on b y 2 w ickets. . O xford won by 5 w ickets. . Cam bridge w on by 266 runs. . O xford won by 8 w ickets. . Cam bridge w on by 134 runs. J . C. L O V E L L ’S T E A M v. F E N S T A N T O N .— P laye d a t Tulse H ill on J u ly 6. J . C. L o vell ’ s T eam . C. H . M ou n tain, ru n out ..........................34 J . Spen L o v e ll, c B rig g s, b W heatm an 0 W . M . Y etts, lbw , b B a k e r............................. 16 P . B . Pa rke r, b W h e at­ m an ............................ 7 K . Robinson, b W h e at­ m an ........................... 7 H . N . R in g , b W h e at­ m an ...............................3 S. L lo y d -J o n e s , b W heatm an ... ... T T . D . Fudge, n ot out... 2 T S. N . F lin d t, c B ow - ditch, b W h eatm an O J . P . Candler, ru n out l i t H . T id y , b W h eatm an 1 J . C. L o v e ll, b R in g ... 0 B 24, lb 3, w 1 ... 28- T o ta l F en stan ton . B ow ditch, lbw , b J. C. L o v e ll .................. 35 O ’N e ill, b R o b in so n ... 8 Roberts, b Robinson... 34 B rig g s, b Robinson ... 2 W heatm an,bR obinson 0 M e lle r, b Candler ... 21 Jig g e n s and A . N o th e r did ...145 , 11 Sm out, b R obinson B ake r, b F u d g e ........... 9 S m ith , c sub., b Fu dge 1 R in g , n ot out ........... 0- B 11, w 1, nb 1 ... 13. T o ta l (for 9 w kts) 134 n ot bat. C H I S W I C K P A R K v. R IC H M O N D .— P laye d a t C h isw ick P a rk on J u ly 3. C h isw ick P a r k . P . Bodington, c and b E n s le ig h '..................16 C. L . V e a l, b D enham 7 C. M . Tuke, c sub., b B e ld am .................. 26 L . C larke, c and b B e ld am ..................36 C. S. D ean, b B eld am 3 P. P . W hitcom be, b B e ld am .................. 6 P. A rk in s ta ll, lbw , b D enham H . P . A n slie , c B e l­ dam , b D enham ... 3- N . A . Loraine, b D en­ ham ...........................15- R . D aw es,b B eldam ... lO W . A . M etcalfe, not o u t .......................... 0 B yes ................... 6- T o tal ...120 G . W . Beldam , b L . C larke ..................65 E .A .B u s h ,b L .C la rk e 52 F . P . Francis, b D ean 0 F . W . Jam es, b D ean 6 R . G . Geppert, c V eal, b L . Clarke ...........11 F . H ill, c Daw es, b D e a n .......................... 4 R ichm ond . H . B . D enham , b L . C larke ................... R . N . H in cks, b D ean W . F . Ensleigh, not ou t ................... W . Furze, not out B 21, lb 3 ... T o tal ... O 0 .. 40 18- 24 C H I S W I C K P A R K v. B A R N E S .— Played a t C h is - w ick P a rk on J u ly 6. E . H . F rith , b How es 4 C. E . Sissons, c W a ll, C. E . R a tcliff, b F a rr F . W . Benstead, H ow es, b Farr W . F . C. F rith , H ow es ................ M . H . E rskin e, H ow es ................ R . T a p p e n d e n , H ow es ................ b Bodington G . N . M o s s o p , c H ow es, b Bodington A . Sissons, b F a rr ... H . Sherrilf, c Green, b How es ................... H . R . Sissons, n ot out 6- B 31, lb 2, w 4 ... 37 A . W . W a t s o n , F rith , b Tappendt n P. P . W hitcom be, c M os-op. b Bensted S. B . F a rr, b Bensted C hisw ick P a r k . T o tal ...128- H . D . Howes, n ot out 38- C. L . V eal, not o u t ... 16 B 21, lb 1 ...........22. T o ta l (3 w kts) 161 P . E . Bodington, H . P . A in slie , C. T . G rabham , J . J . N . Green, F . D . B ird and A . H . W a ll d id n ot bat.