Cricket 1896

M a t 7, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY. RECORD OF THE GAME. 117 but I do think one year quite a sufficient time for a man to have to wait, and I should welcome heartily the adoption of Lord Harris’s proposed modification of the existing laws, so as to make any man who could vote in a county eligible to play for it. We have had enough of such storms in a tea-cup as that over the Warwickshire men’s qualifications. J. N. P. THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN’ S MATCH. April 30, May 1 and 2. There are so many good Freshmen at Cam­ bridge this year, and so few places in the team to be filled up, that several men who would be worth a place in most University teams will have to undergo disappointment. Among those who took part in the Freshmen’s match last week three may be said to have stood out prominently as likely to become Blues—H. H. B. Hawkins, the old Whitgift boy ; J. H. Stogdon, who batted so finely for Harrow last year under discouraging circum­ stances ; and G. L. Jessop, the Gloucester­ shire amateur. BTwo of them, Jessop and Stogdon, greatly distinguished themselves, but Hawkins was unfortunate in batting, though he bowled well for a time. The sides were captained by N. F. Druce and F. Mitchell. Mr. Druce’s side batted first, and the innings was remarkable for the play of Jessop, which was much more vigorous than is usually seen in Freshmen’s matches. In an hour he made an hundred by brilliant play. It was not to be expected that after his dismissal the scoring would be kept up at the same rate, but though it slowed down considerably, it was evident that several of the men were in good form. R. F. Cumber- ledge and W . F. Gowers played sound cricket, and C. R. Worthington and A. E. Eastwood played out time, their scores being 64 and 49. Eastwood was the last Freshman on his side, and his good performance was hardly expected. On the following day (Friday) the partners were soon separated, and Druca, who then came in, did not get a chance of showing whether he could make rims this year. The innings closed for 371. It was hardly likely that Mr. Mitchell’s side would fare as well as this against the bowling of Jessop, who has won his spurs against better men than were opposed to him in this match. H. H. B. Jeffery and Stogdon did well for a time, treating the bowling care­ fully, but they were both disposed of just as they had got well set, and when Stogdon might have been expected to begin to hit. Afterwards W . H. Maundrell and R. O. de Gex made some runs, but nobody seemed quite at home with the bowling of Jessop, who took 5 wickets for 39 runs in 42 overs and 2 balls. The total was 188, which necessitated a follow on. In the second innings Mr. Mitchell’s side did much better, thanks chiefly to Stogdon and S. L. Harke, who both played excellent cricket. All the rest of the team except two got into double figures, but nobody else made a great stand. This time, H. W. de Zoete, who was unable to play forJEton, at Lord’s, last year, was the successful bowler; he must have come on a good deal. His analysis was good. Mr. Druce’s side had to make 82 to win, and lost two wickets in doing it. Altogether, the Freshmen’s match was more successful in bringing men to the front than usual. M r . N. F. D ruce ’ s S ide . First innings. A. C. Miller (Oxford a n d S e lw y n ), b Hawkins.................. 0 G. G. Ellett (Honiton and St. Catherine’s), b Hawkins .............12 G. L. Jessop (Private and C h r is t ’ s), c Mackie, b Hawkins 102 A. T. Coode (Facon- berg and Jesus), b Hawkins.................. 4 R. F. Cumberledge (Durham and Trin­ ity), run out ............ 33 W . F. Gowers (Rugby and Trinity), b Lee 48 a s . Franklyn (Well- Total ..........371 ingborough and St. John’s), b Lee ... 0 Second inningsJessop, c Mackie, b Curgenven, 23; Miller, not out, 15; Ellett, c Curgenven, b Hawkins, 17 ; Coode, not out, 22; b 1, nb 4. Total (2 wickets), 82. M r . F. M itchell ’ s S ide . C. R. Worthington (T o n b r id g e and Caius),candbLee... 66 W . Campbell (Rossall and Clare), c Mit­ chell, b Lee .............29 H.W . de Zoete (Eton and T r in ity ), b Lee ...........................13 A. E. E a s tw o o d (Giggleswick and Chnst’s), c Stogdon, b de G e x ....................52 N. F. Druce (Trinity), not out .................. 3 B 6, lb 2, nb 1 ... 9 First innings. H. H. B. Jeffery (Chelten­ ham and Pembroke), c Miller, b Jessop .......... 28 0. G. Mackie (Haileybury and Clare), c Druce, b Jessop............................... 2 J. H. Stogdon (Harrow and Trinity),c Druce,b Gowers 33 H. H. B. Hawkins (Whitgift and Trinity), run out ... 2 W. H. Maundrell (Canter­ bury and Corpus), b Jessop.................................. 29 S. L. Harke (Haileybury and Pembroke), c and b Franklyn ........................... 11 H. G. Curgenven (Repton and Clare), b Franklyn... 12 R. O. de Gex (Clifton and Pembroke), b Jessop ...34 E. B. L. Lee (Radley and Jesus), st Cumberledge, b Franklyn ......................... 3 C. E. Peacock (Derby and St. John’s), c Miller, b Franklyn ......................... 2 M.G. Apthorp (Malvern and Q,ueen’s), b Jessop.......... 8 F. Mitchell, not out ........... 2 B 18, lb 3, w 1 ........... 22 T ota l.................. 188 Second innings. b de Zoete..........1 b Eastwood ... 5 b Jessop .......... ( b de Zoete ... b de Zoete ... not out.......... b de Zoete ... b Eastwood c Cumberledge, b de Zoete..........11 b Jessop ... 0 c Franklyn, b de Zoete ............27 c Jessop, b de Zoete ............15 B 24, nb 1 ... 25 Total..........264 M b . D ruce ’ s S ide . First innings. _ __ Second innings^ O. M. R. W. Hawkins .......... 13 3 50 4 . De G e x ................. 29*3 9 74 1.. L e e ........................ 33 9 79 5 . Stogdon................. 21 2 74 0 . Peacock................. 8 1 34 0 Harke ................. 4 Mitchell................. 3 0 26 0 ... 0 25 0 ... Curgenven O. M. R. W. 6 3 24 1 6 2 10 0 7 2 23 0 , 7 2 20 1 Harke bowled one no-ball and Curgenven four no-balls M b . M itchell ’ s S ide . Jessop .. De Zoete.. Gowers .. Miller Eastwood Franklyn First innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 42-2 16 39 5 ... 20 . 12 . 9 . 2 17 3 8 33 0 ... 4 26 1 ... 2 18 0 ... 1 4 0 ... 4*i 4 Second innings, O. M. R. W. .24 9 45 2 . 42-1 15 90 7 . 6 1 12 0 . 5 1 10 0 .19 5 45 2 1 37 0 De Zoete bowled one wide and Jessop one no-ball. GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLTS’ MATCH. Bristol, May 1 and 2. In this match, last year, Dr. Grace retired after making 101. Again, this year, he scored a 100, after being not out, 76, on the evening of the first day’s play. He was batting for three hours and a half, and con sidering that there were twenty-two men in the field, this must be considered as rapid scoring. Last year, C. L. Townsend did some remarkably good bowling for the Eleven, and this year, Pepall, who has often distinguished himself in local cricket, was in great form in the first innings of the Colts, taking 5 wickets for 19 runs in 16 overs. In the second innings, Roberts carried all before him, and took 14 wickets for 72 runs. On the side of the Colts, R. Butt shewed very promising form, and is likely to be heard of again. E. L. Thomas (56) batted finely for the Eleven. X X II. C olts . First innings. C.Tremlin,cPainter,b Pepall 0 A. Bucknell, run ou t.......... 2 R. Butt, c Fenner, b Roberts 80 R. Bennett, b Pepall.......... 2 W. Seymour, b Pepall ... 0 A. H. Haines, b Pepall ... 0 C. O. Tagart, b Roberts ... 2 Conway Fargus, c Murch, b Pepall............................... 4 W. H. Poole, st Board, b Murch............................... 6 G. A. Ormiston, b Roberts... 0 Daunter, b Roberts .......... 9 J. W. S. Jellie, st Board, b Murch............................... 0 A. E. Long, c and b Murch 0 W. G. Downing, c Roberts, b Murch ........................ 0 E. W. Baker, b Murch ... 12 G. W. Templar, c and b Painter ........................13 F. J. Burgess, st Board, b Painter ........................ 2 R. Price, c and b Murch ... 26 B. Tremlin, c Wrathall, b Painter ........................ 6 Donelly, c and b Murch ... 10 E. Eastbury, st Board, b Painter...............................23 Second innings, c Pepall,bRoberts 0 notout.................23 c P a in te r, b Roberts ..........33 b Roberts .......... 1 b Pepall .......... 0 c Board,bRoberts 24 c Board, b Murch 9 runout................. 5 b Roberts .......... 0 stBoard,bRoberts 0 b Roberts .......... 6 lbw, b Roberts ... 72 b Roberts .......... 0 E. Spry, not out . B 8, lb 2 . Total . b Roberts ... b King.......... b Pepall b King.......... b Roberts ... b Roberts ... b K ing......... c Wrathall, b Roberts .......... 1 b Roberts .......... 1 B 5, lb 10 ...15 Total........218 Wrathall, b Downing 18 E. L. Thomas, c Ben­ nett, b Donelly^ ... 56 W. G. Grace, c Baker, b Bennett..............108 Painter, b Long.......... 6 Board, b Downing ... 10 F. C. Bracher, lbw, b Long........................ 3 E. Fenner, c Butt, b Downing................ 0 G loucestebshibe . Murch, b Bennett C. King, 'c Haines, b Downing......... Pepall, b Downing Roberts, not out... B 20, lb 1 ... 0 90 21 Total ...241 Roberts Pepall Grace.. Murch Painter O. B.Tremlin 10 Daunter 4 Poole C olts . First innings. O. M. R. W . 4 ........ 6 19 5 ........ 7 0 ........ 55 7 ........ 38 4 ........ K in g ........ G loucestebshibe . M. R. W . . 12 . 16 . 5 0 . 17 4 . 162 5 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 33-3 14 72 4 23 4 52 2 ’ 6 1 24 1 16 2 55 3 Downing 40‘1 15 46 Price Seymour Bucknell.. Burgess .. Fargus Donelly .. Long Bennett .. O. M. R. W. 22 2 22 2 SURREY: TWELVE v. SEVENTEEN. Played at the Oval on May 1 and 2. A draw. The Surrey team did not show to great advantage in this match, but men who were short of practice were hardly likely to do much against such a strong seventeen as had been brought against them. The Seventeen went in first, and batted decidedly well on the whole, although there was a time when Abel seemed likely to cause an ignominous rot. But this was stopped by Baker and Thompson who shewed excellent cricket for their scores of 38 and 46. At the end of the innings Lohmann, the brother of the more famous player, made a very useful 38. Against a total of 251 the Twelve never looked like doing themselves justice, and they had to follow on, when thanks to three fine innings by Hayward (48), Holland (62) and Lockwood (30) not oat, they