Cricket 1896

J une 11, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 209 THE SCHOOLS. M a lv e rn .— On June 2nd Trinity College (Oxford) brought down a good side against us. W e went in first. The scoring was poor till Foster partnered Day ; both played good cricket, Day being out for a very useful 49, and Foster only missed his hundred by 4 runs, being caught in the slips. His innings was faultless. Our total was at 205. Trinity College scored 122 for five wickets. Last Thursday East Gloucestershire gained an easy victory over us by 65 runs. Short played a very useful innings of 28 for us, and Apthorp made 21. The chief contributors to their total of 181 were Gould (56) and Phillips (44). Our fielding and bowling were very disappointing. F. W . Romney played a scratch team against our second eleven, and the game ended in a draw in our favour. S h erb orn e.— The School were beaten by the Incogniti, on June 1 and 2, by 10 wickets, but Whinney, the School captain, allowed them an extra quarter of an hour in which to make the necessary runs. The visitors won the toss and ran up 319 (Peachey, 57, Higson, 51, W ilson, 47 not out, and Bell, 41). Prichard took 9 wickets for 119, a very fine performance in such a long innings. The School made 206, towards which Martin contributed a grand 71, and 127, Partridge making 30 and Rougeneout 34. Bradford in the first innings, and Carver in the second, were the successful bowlers. On June 6th the School won their first victory this season, over the Town, by 51 runs. Two School wickets fell for 0, but Stanger-Leathes (68) and Martin (31) made an invaluable stand, and the total reached 155. The Town replied with 104 (R. Seymour, 27), but Prichard’s bowling was too good for the majority. C h a rterh ou se.— W e won the match against Westminster on our own ground by 184 runs. For Charterhouse Ryder made 82 and Barrington 53, Moss (60) and Buzzard (32) also batted well, and Scott, Moss and Bishop bowled well, Bishop taking seven wickets for 16 runs. For Westminster Moon (53) and More (24) were best with the bat, Fisher being best with the ball. The fielding on both sides was good. Scores : Westminster, 90 and 95; Charterhouse, 138 and 232. C heltenham .— W e may consider ourselves lucky this year in having seven of last year’s team left. Last year we were considered good, this year we are even better. E. I. M. Barrett is our best batsman, as may be judged from his scores this season— v. Worcester College, Oxon, 74; v. Clifton Club, 147 ; v. Liverpool and District, 0, 115; v. Incogniti, 69, 35, not not. This gives him an average of 88 runs per innings. In F. Champain, whose fifth year it is in the team, and third year as captain, we have a good slow bowler and first-class batsman; while Du Boulay, Thornton, Kershaw, and J. Champain are all good run-getters. W e also have a good variety of bowlers in Du Boulay, Luce, Champain, Robertson, and Barret. Our wicket-keeper, Best, is about as good as can be. He stands right up to the wicket to the fastest bowlers. M a rlb o ro u g h .— W e played Wiltshire Club and Ground on Friday and Saturday last, the match end­ ing in a draw. F. W . Stancomb and James raised the Wiltshire score to 251 before a wicket fell. Both batsmen played finely, getting more free as their scores rose. After this the bowling improved as the wicket got faster, butC. E. Ashfleld (O.M.) made 46. The innings closed for 385. Our fielding was good, never falling off throughout the long innings. On Saturday we went to the wickets, and the first four bats took the score to 217—Prest 69, Collins 59, Etlinger 37, and Howell 33. After this no stand of any importance was made, the innings closing for 259. A . M. Miller took five wickets and Eldridge four; 72 runs were hie off each bowler. W e followed on and began well, bringing up 8) before the loss of a wicket. Howell was in great form, his off-drives and cutting being clean and powerful. Sandford played a steady 27, and later Etlinger made 33 not out, which score included some nice cuts. When stumps were drawn we had lost six wickets for 150. In House Matches Littlefield succeeded in beating Champney’s (Cres­ cent), and are now playing Preshute, against whom they scored 112 (Howell 40, Blunt 35). Alexander for Preshute bowled well, taking seven wickets for 50. Abbott’s (Star) are playing Cummins (Maltese Cross), and have got eight of their wickets down for 117. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. M. H olland .—Y ou had better write to Mr. J. W . Arrowsmith, 11, Quay Street, Bristol, who publishes several books about Mr* Grace. T H E A U S T R A L IA N S . THE WEMBLEY PARK MATCH. (NINTH OP THE TOUR.) P layed at W e m b ley P ark on Jun e 8 and 9. A ustralians w on b y 135 runs. The eleven which opposed the Australians was weak, but so bad was the wicket, that if the home team had won the toss, it might possibly have won the match. It was hardly to be expected that the wicket would have been good under any conditions of weather, but as after it had been well watered, it was soaked by rain, the bowlers had the upper hand all through the match. The Australian captain again won the toss, and with it, to all intents and purposes, the match. On the Wembley Park side, Mr. Spofforth made one of his infrequent appearances in first-class cricket, and shewed by his excellent bowl­ ing, that he can still do great things even when he is not opposed to ordinary London club teams. It may be taken for granted that every Australian did his level best to score off Mr. Spofforth, for no team likes to admit that its bowlers are not as great as those of former teams, but the “ Dem on” was just as anxious to bowl them out, and in this he was highly successful. Trumble wisely hit as hard as he could, and Gregory played a very sound innings. The other bowlers did not seem to offer any very great difficulties to the Australians. The batting of the Wembley Park team was very disappointing, and except Mr. de Trafford and Pickett, who both hit, and Phillips, who played his usual careful game, nobody made double figures. Jones did not find the wicket to his liking, but Giffen and Trumble were irresistible. In their second innings, most of the Australians came to grief, but Kelly and Gregory rose to the occasion, and by their fine play made the game a certainty for their side. Gregory’s innings of 43 cannot be too highly praised. Again Mr. Spofforth bowled splendidly, and again the other bowlers except Rawlin were, by comparison with him, ineffective. By the time the second innings was over, the wicket had become almost impossible,and against the bowling of Trott and Trumble the home team collapsed. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. H. Donnan, b Spofforth ... 0 c Whitehead, b Rawlin ........... 1 H. Graham, b Spofforth ... 8 cPhillips,b Raw­ lin ................... 6 E. Jones, not out................... 6 b Rawlin ............ 4 J. J. Kelly, c and b Phillips 4 c and b Pickett... 21 H. Trumble, c Pickett, b Spofforth .........................25 b Spofforth............ 9 G. Giffen, c Nepean, b Spofforth .........................13 c Whitehead, b Spofforth...........11 S. E. Gregory, lbw, b Spofforth .........................26 c Maude, b Phil­ lips .................. 43 J. Darling, b R aw lin........... 0 c and b Spofforth 2 C. Hill, c Nepean, b Spof­ forth .................................. 8 b Spofforth............ 8 F. A. Iredale, c Maude, b Pickett................................... 3 b Spofforth............ 0 G. H. S. Trott (capt.), b Pickett.................................. 8 n o to u t.................. 2 B 3, lb 1, nb 1 ... 5 B 17, lb 5, nb 2 24 Total ...........106 W em bley P ark X I. Total...........131 First innings. C. E. de Trafford (capt.), c Darling, b Trumble...........13 E. A . Nepean, b Gitfen ... 3 C. McGahey, c Gregory, b Trumble .......................... 0 J. Perrin, b Giffen ........... 0 Rawlin, b G iffen .................. 0 Phillips, not o u t ..................11 F. W . Maude, b Trumble... 0 Whitehead (Lees), b Giffen 5 F. R. Spofforth, b Giffen ... 2 Russell, c Iredale,b Trumble 2 Pickett, c Darling, b Giffen 20 B 7, lb 2 ........... 9 Total ...........65 Second innings. run out ........... b Trott.................. 1 c Trumble,bTrott c Kelly, b Trott c and b Trumble run out ........... b Trum ble........... st Kelly, b Trott b Trum ble........... run out ........... not out ........... B 1, lb 2........... Total ...........£ A ustralians . Spofforth Rawlin Pickett Phillips First innings. O. M. R.W . 24-4 11 49 6 . 10 2 19 1 . 11 4 24 2 . 3 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 26 15 11 3 9 11 3 25 Nepean 3 „ „ „ Spofforth delivered three no-balls. W em bley P ark X I. First innings. Second innings. Jones ... Trumble Giffen ... O. M. R. W . 3 0 8 0 15 5 28 4 12’4 4 20 6 O. M. R. W . ........... 13*1 5 16 3 Trott 14 3 18 4 DERBYSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Derby on June 8 and 9. Lancashire won by 37 runs. During the early part of this match the home eleven was seen to advantage, and led on the first innings by 42 runs—a lead which, on a bowler’s wicket, was of the utmost importance. Hulme met with great success in the Lancashire first innings, and Mold, who did not seem to be handicapped as were the other fast bowlers in various parts of the country, was too good for most of the Derbyshire men. Briggs, Mr. Rowley, and Sugg played very well indeed for Lancashire in the second innings, and it was chiefly owing to them and the fine bowling of Briggs and Mold, that Derbyshire was just beaten. L ancashire . First innings. Ward (A.), c Wright, b H ulm e.................................. Paul, lbw, b Hulme ........... Sugg (F.), c Evershed, b H ulm e.................................. Baker, b Bennett.................. E. Rowley, b H u lm e........... J. F. Arnold, c and b David­ son .................................. Briggs, b Bennett ........... I’Anson, lbw, b Hulme ... Smith, b Davidson ........... Hallam, lbw, b Hulme Mold, not out ................... B yes.......................... Second innings. lbw, b Davidson 12 b Bennett ........... 1 c W . Sugg, b Hulme .......... 38 c Storer, b David­ son .................. 6 b Davidson.......... 49 b Davidson.......... 1 b Hulme ...........33 c Storer, b Hulme 11 c and b Davidson 2 not out.................. 1 b Hulme ........... 0 B 3, nb 1 ... 4 Total Total ..158 D erbyshire . First innings. L. G. W right, c and b Mold 35 S. H. Evershed, b Mold ... 0 Chatterton,cWard, b Briggs 38 Davidson, c Paul, b Hallam 16 Storer, b Mold ................... 0 Sugg (W .),c Smith, b Mold 15 W. S. Eadie, run o u t...........18 Hulme, c Smith, b Mold ... 4 G. A. Marsden, not out ... 9 Bennett, b Briggs ........... 3 Porter, c Paul, b Briggs ... 11 B 2, lb 1, w 1 ........... 4 Second innings, c Arnold,b Briggs 3 b Mold..................18 b Mold.................. 10 st Smith,b Briggs 28 b Mold................... 0 b M old.................. 0 b Mold.................. 13 b Mold................. 0 not out.................. 6 b M old.................. 0 b Briggs ........... 0 Bye ........... 1 Total ........... ..153 L an cash ire. First innings. O. M .R. W . Davidson ... 22 14 16 2 H ulm e........... 34 10 56 6 Bennett ... 12 4 37 2 Total ... 79 Second innings. O. M.R. W . .. 29 15 49 5 ... 27-2 866 4 ... 21 6 39 1 Davidson delivered a no-ball. D erbyshire . First innings. Mold ... Briggs... Hallam I’Anson Baker ... M. R. W . 13 58 5 4 48 3 8 25 1 3 14 0 0 4 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 23 5 46 7 . . 2 4 9 32 3 Hallam bowled one wide. CRYSTAL PALACE v. GRYPHONS.—Played at Crystal Palace on June 6. C rystal P alace . L. S. Wells, not out... 28 B 1,lb 3 ,nb 1 ... 5 Total (2 wkts) 256 F. H. Nelson, st Jones, b Cosens ..................86 H.Colegrave,not out...126 J. F. Dunlop, c Clarke, b Hemmerde ...........11 l W . F. Umney, A. B. Cipriani, J. Elliot Lockhart* W . Hardy, E. T. Campbell, E. J. Theobald, and W* F. L. Flint did not bat. *Innings declared closed. G ryphons . R. R. Sandilands, not T. W.'Hemmerde, not out ..........................90 out ..................... 1 P.Greatorex, b Umney 0 B 10, lb 1 ...........11 D. Elliot Lockhart, st — Cipriani, b Wells ... 4 Total (4 wkts) 124 A. Cosens, b Umney... 3 J. A. Lyon, c Dunlop, b Colegrade ........... 5 L. Jones, A. Ff. Powell, H. P. Clarke, G. G. Comp* ton, and N. F. Trotman did not bat.