Cricket 1896

J u ly 2, 1S96. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 253 SUSSEX v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Played at Brighton on June 25, ‘26, and 27. Drawn. For the fourth or fifth time this season Sussex had an opportunity of showing that they know how to play a wonderful up-hill game in their second innings, and they utilized their opportunity in a manner which spoke remarkably well for the wicket at Biighton. v\hen each side had played a. first innings Oxford had a lead of 4 ' runs, and they did so well in their second that they felt themselvrs able to declare when there still remained tim e hours and a half for play. The Oxford batting was much more even thun usual, and for a change the tail did not do more tban their fair share of scoring. It was very soon seen that Sussex were going to have a try to make the runs. In the time at their disposal no less than 339 runs had to be scored, but so well did Bern *nd K. S. Ranjitsinhji bat, after Marlow had been promptly dismissed, that when Bean left nearly half the runs had been made in much less than half the time. Under these cir­ cumstances Sussex looked like accomplishing their task, but unfortunately for them their two safest bats, Mr. Newham and Mr. Murdoch, did practically nothing, while Mr. Brann and Mr. Arlington, th^ir two boldest hitters, were also unlucky. When all these fine batsmen were out the score was only 202, and but eighty minutes were left in which to make 137 runs—the rate o f scoring had fallen off since Bean was out. The Oxford men \ ecame easy in their minds, for it seemed out of the question that the runs could now be hit off, but the .Prince was yet to be reckoned with, and Killick turned out to be a most useful partner. It was, as it happened, a very near thing, for when time was up Sussex only wanted ten to win with four wickets to go down. Ranjitsinhji’s 171 was worthy of him, while Killick. who scored 71 in his two innings without being out, deserved well of his county. O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. G. J. Mordaunt, c Tate, b K illick.................................. P. F. Warner, c Arlington, b Parris .......................... II. K. Foster, b Killick F. O. H. Clayton, c Butt, b K illick.................................. C. C. Pilkington, c Killick, b Parris .......................... H. Leveson-Gower, st Butt, b Killick .......................... G. R. Bardswell, c Arling­ ton, b Parris Second innings. c Tate, b Killick 10 b Killick ...........77 c Ranjitsinhji, b Killick ...........15 c Ranjitsinbji, b Parris ........... 3 cParris,bMarlow 67 . 40 , 78 not out... P. S. Waddy, b Killick G. B. Raikes, not o u t.. .. F. H. E. Cunliffe, c Butt, P a rris................................ st Arlington, T a te........... runout.......... lbw, b Tate... c Arlington, Killick ... E. D. Compton, c Butt, b P arris.................................. 4 not out... Bye .......................... 1 Byes Total.................. 244 * Innings declared S ussex . First innings. Marlow, c Bardswell, b Cunliffe .......................... 9 Bean, c Compton, b Cunliffe 22 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Bards­ well, b Cunliffe.................. 4 W . L. Murdoch, c Foster, b C u n liffe..........................53 W . Newham, b Pilkington 21 , 32 G. Brann, b Cunliffe ... G. H. Arlington, c Bards­ well, b W ad d y.................. Killick, not out .................. Total (9 wkts) *292 closed. Second inning?, c Bardswell, b Waddy .......... 2 c and b Cunliffe 67 not out....................171 b Cunliffe ........... 8 c Mordaunt, b Cunliffe ........... 3 c Mordaunt, b C u nliffe...........10 b Clayton ............ 6 not out.....................44 Butt, c Cunliffe, b Raikes... 15 Tate, c Bardswell, b Raikes 3 N o-balls.................. 4 B 13,nb5 .. 18 T o ta l..................198 Total (6 wkts) 329 O xford U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. O . M. R. W . O . M. R. W. T a te........... ... 18 2 58 0 . . ... 33 12 63 2 Parris ... 46*3 17 85 5 . . ... 50 12 87 1 Killick ... 41 17 67 5 . . ... 39 11 81 4 Arlington ... 3 0 11 0 . Ranjitsinlij i ... 6 1 22 0 . ... 5 1 18 0 Brann . . ... 13 4 23 0 Marlow ... 3 0 13 1 S u ssex . O . M. R. W O . M. R, W . Cunliffe... ........... 38 14 92 6 ...........36 6 109 4 Waddy ... ........... 36 13 42 1 ...........17 2 76 1 Raikes ... ........... 18 9 34 2 ........... 8 1 37 0 Pilkington ........... 9 3 18 1 ...........14 3 52 0 Clayton... .......... 3 2 8 0 14 3 37 1 Cunliffe bowled nine no-balls. YORKSHIRE y. DERBYSHIRE. TW O H U N D R E D S B Y ST O R E R . Played at Derby on June 25, 26, and 27. Drawn. At the end of the first day’s play Yorkshire seemed in for a very good thing, for with only seven wickets, down they had made 403 runs, and Hirst and Lord Hawke were still going strong. Eveiybody had made double figures, while Mr. Jackson, Wainwright, and Hirst hud made over 50, and Tunnieliffe, Denton, Moorhouse and Peel over 40. On the second day, however, the score was not greatly increased, and as Derbyshire began very well indeed they had a very good chance of saving the follow on. They j ust failed to do this, but in the follow on they made hay of the Yorkshire bowling, which had by this time lost some of its sting. Mr. Evershed was responsible for 85, while Bagshaw and Storer each made his hundred. As Storer had also scored a hundred in his first inniD gs, he has the distinction of being numbered with Dr. Grace, Mr. Brann, and Mr. Stoddart as a man who has made two hundreds in a first-class match. Other Derbyshire men, notably Chatterton, Davidson, and Hulme, made a lot of runs, and their county was able to declare. There was no prospect of getting Yorkshire out a second time, but it looks well to be able to declare, especially after having to follow on. Y orksh ire . Peel, b Storer ...........49 Hirst, c Porter, b Hulme ..................68 Lord Hawke, b Hulme 21 Milligan, not out Hunter, b Hulme B 7, lb 8 ... Total ... F. S. Jackson, lbw, b Porter .................. 51 Tunnicliffe, c Storer, b Davidson .......... 4!) Brown, c Evershed, b Davidson..................12 Denton, c Porter, b Davidson ... ... 48 Moorhouse, c Hulme, b Porter ..................42 Wainwright, b David­ son ..........................54 Second innings -.—Brown, not out, 18; Tunnicliffe, b Purdy, 25; Total (1 wkt) 43. D erbysh ire . First innings. Second innings. S. H. Evershed, c Hunter, b Milligan ..........................38 b Wainwright ... 85 L. G. Wright, c Tunnicliffe, b M illigan .................. Bagshaw, c Jackson, Wainwright .......... Chatterton, c Jackson, Milligan 27 b Hirst... 10 b Hirst... 15 c Hunter, Davidson, c Hawke, b Teel 45 b Hirst.. Storer, c Jackson, b Brown T00 Sugg, c Milligan, b H irst... 7 Purdy, b Hirsc .................. 1 G.A.Marsden,c and b Brown 35 Hulme,cTunnicliffe,bBrown 0 Porter, not out .................. 0 B 2, lb 1 ........... 3 not out... b Peel 29 ...........29 100 c.Jackson, b Hirst 15 b P e e l.................. 0 c and b Brown .. 2 not out..................51 B 12, lb 3... 35 Total..................281 Total (8 wkts)*450 * Innings declared closed. Y orksh ire . First innings Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Davidson... 58 23 93 4 ........... 6 1 23 0 Hulme ... 41-3 13 109 3 ........... Porter 30 10 77 2 ........... 12 9 9 0 Bagshaw... 5 2 17 0 ........... Purdy 7 8 25 0 ........... 6.3 2 11 1 S u g g ........... 5 0 20 0 ........... Storer 13 0 49 1 ........... Chatterton 3 1 11 0 ........... D erbysh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Wainwright 31 10 61 1 ........... 23 2 86 1 Jackson ... 29 8 68 0 ........... 16 4 42 0 Hirst . ... 17 3 47 2 ........... 36 7 113 4 P e e l........... 26 9 41 1 ........... 22 6 61 2 Milligan ... 17 3 45 3 ........... 5 1 35 0 Brown 5-4 1 16 3 ........... 14 4 49 1 Denton ... 11 1 44 0 Moorhouse 1 0 5 0 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. AN A ST O N ISH IN G F IN IS H . Played at Lord's on June 25, 26, and 27. Cambridge University won by three wickets. The team which was placed in the field by the M.C.C. was so weak in batting, at least on paper, that there seemed little chance that the University would be really extended. But at the beginning of the game the wicket was somewhat in favour of the bowlers, and after it improved the M.C.C. made a remarkable score in the second innings. Carpenter, who had played well in the first innings, showed un­ expected hitting powers, and his 161 was made by very attractive cricket. Nearly everybody else scored lai gely, and the tail was in very great form. There did not seem to be much devil in the Cambridge bowling, which was much weakened bjr the absence of Jessop, and the fielding was hardly up to Univer­ sity form. Altogether Cambridge were outplayed until the third day. On the evening of Friday they went in to make what seemed like an impossible total of 507. A very poor start was made. Trott, who in the first innings had frequently bowled very short and very fast, with the result that the ball got up in a very dangerous manner, again began to adopt the same tactics. After bowling a very short one to Grace he gave him a fast one well up arid bowled him. Marriott, who followed him, was hit in the face by the next b a ll-a short fast one-and after throwing himself down on the ground yias led off the field by Mitchell, who came out to see what was the matter. Shortly afterwards Mr. Perkins, the M.C.C. secretary, came out from the pavilion and spoke to the M.C.C. captain, with the result that Trott was taken off. He did not bowl again that evening, but on the Saturday he was on for a very long time ; he still continued to bowl very fast at times, instead of his usual pace, but it was noticeable that he had discarded the half-way ball. When stumps were drawn on Friday evening the score was 98 for two wickets (not inelnding Harriott's). On Saturday morning Druce and Wilson played perfect cricket, and afteiwards Marriott re­ sumed his innings. Gradually it began to dawn on the few spectators that there was a chance of Cambridge winning after all. Druce made 146. Like Iredale. he has been a long time getting into form, but he seems to have at last managed to do so ; this may possibly be interesting to the Oxford team at the end of this week. After Druce and Wilson were out wickets fell with comparative rapidity, and with the total at 389 seven wickets were down. Then Bray joined Marriott, and by really excellent cricket the runs were hit off without further loss. Marriott deserved very great praise for his innings of 146 not out. It cannot be said that the bowling of the M.C.C. was weak, whatever may be thought of the batting strength of the team. M.C.C. First innings. Carpenter, b Gray ...........37 Hearne (A.), c Marriott, b Gray .................................. 3 Trott (A. E.), b Gray........... 5 Davenport, b Shine ...........18 C. H. Hulls, b 8h in e........... 0 R. W . Nicholls, c Bray, b Gray .................. ...........10 H. E. Symes-Thompson, c and b Shine .................. R. J. Burrell, c Stogden, b Shine ..................................16 Mead, c Bray, b Burnup ... 12 Martin, not out ...................14 F. A . Phillips, c Stogdon, b Gray ................................... 3 Byes...................10 Second innings, c Gray, b Grace 161 b Gray........... b Shine absent, hurt b Druce . 5 14 . 0 c Burnup, b Mar- • riott................... I Total... ...134 6 b M arriott......... 0 c Stogdon, b Mar­ riott ...................19 notout... ...........46 cBray, b Marriott 36 c Shine,b Mitchell 74 B 30, lb 3, w5, nb 1 39 .483 Total First innings. C. J. Burnup, b Trott... C am bridge U n iv e r sity . W . G. Grace, jun., b Martin 26 H. H. Marriott, b Martin... 0 N. F. Druce, c Carpenter, b Trott ..................................13 C. E. M. Wilson, b Martin 6 W.McG.Heiningway,bTrott 4 F. Mitchell, b Trott ........... 4 J. H. Stogdon, b Trott ... 15 E.H.Bray, c Martin, b Trott 3 E. B. Shine, c Nicholls, b M artin..................................14 H. Gray, not o u t ................... 0 Bye ................. 1 Second innings. 25 c Phillips, b Mar­ tin .................. 26 b Trott................... 0 not out................... 146 b Mead....................146 c and b Martin .. 82 b 'lrott.................. 12 c Hulls, b Martin 7 c N ic h o lls , b Hearae ........... 8 not out..................32 B 45, lb 3... 48 Total...................Ill Total (7 wkts) 507 M.C.C. First innings. __ Second innings. Gray... Wilson Shine Burnup O. 18*4 5 16 3 M. R. W . O. 21 M. R. W. 3 87 1 3 62 5 1 11 0 5 48 4 ... ... 18 5 55 1 0 3 1 .......... 13 0 61 0 Mitchell 18 7 37 1 Druce ... 16 1 60 1 Grace ... 27 5 84 1 Marriott 20 1 1 60 4 Shine delivered one no-ball, Mitchell bowled three wides, and Gray and Druce one each. C am bridge U n iv e r sity . Mead Martin Trott... O. M. R. W . 7 2 28 12 22*2 7 19 0 32 4 ......... 59 6 ......... Heame .. Carpenter O. M. R. W . 52*2 11 147 1 65 29 109 3 38 8 120 2 29 6 66 1 7 1 17 0