Cricket 1896

258 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 2 , 1896. be of great interest. With a foresight which did them infinite credit, the “ H ouse” enlisted the services of two Surrey ground men. N. C Phillips, a brother of the Oxford U iiversity cricketer, showed the best form for the school, # di 1 Mr, Plunkett for the “ House.” A very large number of visitors watched tl.o game. In ihe evening the Abbey grounds were biilliantly illuminated. A m o s t exciting match took place last wetk between Marlbotough College and Marlboiough Blues—tbe more exciling because it was a question both of time and runs. A graphic account of the game will be found in our “ Schools” column. T h e death of Mr Robert Baker has just created a void in the management of the Scarborough Festival which will be very difficult to fill satisfactoiily. For eiglitetn years, Mr. Baker has been the moving spirit iu Scarborough cricket. Thioughout this lon g period his heart and soul had been in the advancement of the local club. Latterly, he had devoted himself to the direction of the Scarborough Festival, and with the same energy, as those who have been at ail in touch with him cun vouch. B o r n at Hunmanby, a little village about fourteen miles from Scarborough, in 1850, his all-round cricket was of great service, not only to the local club, but al-o several times to the county. As a bowler, as well as a batsman, he was considerably above the average of club cricket. Once, at Darlington, he took seven wickets for one ru n ; another time he bowled five wickets with consecutive balls. H e died at Scarborough last Sun­ day week. A n o t h e r cricketing parson is, it is rumoured, about to take upon himself the responsibilities of wedded life. The Eev. W . Kashleigh is the muscular Christian in this case. It is said that there is a probability that he may not be able to devote even as much time as he has lately (everyone regrets it has not been more) to assist Kent. First-class cricket can ill afford to lose a batsman of so many parts. M o r e than one of those who are play­ ing important parts in the defence of English lives and interests against the savages of Matabeleland learned, at least, some of the discipline essential for a leader of men, especially under circum­ stances requiring readiness and decision, on the cricket field. The H igh Com­ missioner himself, Judge Vincent, will be remembered by many as Joe Vincent, of Charterhouse and Cambridge, a useful cricketer as well as an association footballer. And the telegrams of last week notified that a party, about whose safety there was great anxiety, came into camp with flying colours, under the command of H. M . Taberer, who played several times for Oxford University without getting his “ blue,” and also in most of the matches played b y Essex in 1892. O n l y four weeks now separate us from what on paper ought to be the chief, if not the most interesting feature of the county reason. The match between Surrey and Yorkshire, to commence at the Oval on July 30, has a special significance this year from the fact that it is for the benefit of George Lohmann. O f his brilliant services to Surrey it is impossible to say too much. But, in addition, there are special reasons to make this particular benefit worthy of exceptional support of cricketers. As there may be many who have not had a chanceof otherwise showing their appreci­ ation of Lohmann’s great ability the Editor will be glad to acknowledge any sums sent to Cricket, and hand them to the Treasurer of the Benefit Fund. M r . A. N. C o u p l a n d points out that in the series of seventeen matches between England and Australia, which have been played at home, Dr. Grace has taken part in sixteen. He has had 51 associates, four of whom are no longer living. I t is one of the curiosities of ciicket that every man in the England team against Australia who was chosen for his batting or bow ling justified his selection. The wicket-keeper alone did not give universal satisfaction, but every man has an “ off ” day now and then. U p to Wednesday nobody had scored a hundred against the present Australian team. T h e fo llo w in g a r e s o m e o f th e la te s t h u n d r e d s :— F . S ugg , L an cash ire v . G loucestershire ... 220 C arpe n te r , M .C .C . v . C ambridge ..................... 161 K . S. R a n jitsin h ji , S ussex v . O xford ............. 171* H . H . M arrio tt , C am bridge v. M .C .C .................... 146* N . F . D ruce , C am bridge v . M .C .C ........................... 146 Sir T . C . O ’ B rien , M iddlesex v . S u rrey ... 137 B ag siiaw , D erbyshire v . Y orkshire ............. 115 W . G . G race ,G loucestershire v. L an cash ire 102* S torer , D erbysh ire v . Y orkshire ...................... 100 S to r e r , D erbysh ire v . Y orkshire ...................... 100* S torer , D erbysh ire v . L e ic e ste r sh ir e ........... 142* B ro ckw ell , S u rrey v . H am pshire ...................... 116 H a y w a r d , S u rrey y . H am pshire ...................... 103* W . G . G race , G loucestershire v . S om erset 186 W . G . D ruce , M .C .C . v. O xfo rd ...................... 100 F . A . I r e d a le , A u stralian s v . Y orkshire ... 114 A . E . S to d d art , M id d le se x v . L ancashire .. 109 J . R . M ason , K ent v . N o tts ....................................... 127* G . E rskine, E ton R am blers v.M r.L averton ’s X I . 110 R . W . R ice, W an stead v. H on . A rtillery Co. ... I ll* H . S. G oodw in, L eath erh ead v . E w ell ............. 121 A tfleld,W iltsh ire W an d erers v.E ton W an d erers 108 R .L .W h ittak er, C helm sford v. K ensington F ark 102 A , P . L ucas, C h elm sford v. K ensington P a r k ... 101 G . D . M onnison, R eigate H ill v. Streatham ... 110 P . Perrin. C lapton v. B rix ton W a n d erers............. 104 F .P .F ran cis,S ou th gate v .D r.W . J . Sew ard’s X I . 124 F .F ord ,L u d g rove v M r. C rabtree’s X I . (retired) 130 T . E . W eath erhead, L u d g ’e v. M r. Crabtr’s X I . 119* T . R utter, S t. M argaret’s v . R ev. M orga n ’s X I . 106 *Signifies n ot out. THE SCHOOLS. M arlborough .— The Marlborough Blues played us on Friday and Saturday last. They had a representa­ tive team. W e began badly, losing the first three bats for six runs; and so poorly did the rest of the team shape, that had it not been for Collins, Rogers and Blunt, we should haye made a very poor show indeed. The total was 141. Mullins took five wickets for 24. The Blues sent in L. Collins and C. W . Lind­ say, and played our bowling with confidence. Collins made 57, Lindsay 31, and later F. P. S. Taylor got well set, and at the end of Friday’s play the score was 137 for 4. On Saturday Taylor made his .runs up to 83, and the score rapidly rose, Coles with 25, and Bere a dashing 37, helping to bring the total to 287. Our second venture was an improvement on the first, ana although we lost four wickets for 33, Rogers and Moir got together, and, collaring the bowling brought up 207 on the board before Rogers was bowled. He had played a most brilliant innings of 98, which included a 6, a 5, and twelve fours. Moir left soon after with 92 to his credit. The innings closed for 235. This left our opponents 90 to get to win in the same number of minutes. C. W . Lindsay left at 3, and Rowell and Collins brought the score to 14 for wicket number two. The third wicket went at 16, and fourth at 20. The game grew more and more excitiDg as time went on, and from now to the end, brilliant catches and fine fielding were the order of the day. W ith the score at a tie, 89 runs, the Blues had four wickets to go, and seven minutes in which to get tbe necessary run. However, that run never came, Rogers and Prest made a couple of good catches, and Etlinger ran a man out. Freeman came in last. He played the first two balls from Gaskell, and had a “ g o ” at his third. Moir at mid-on made a marvellous one-handed catch, only just gathering the ball with the tips of his fingers. So ended as sensational a match as has been played on our ground. The eleven is now filled u p : L. P. Collins, F. S. Lewis, H. Etlinger, J. F. Gaskell, and A. H. O. Streatfeild having received their colours. On Friday and Saturday next we play Cheltenham College at Cheltenham. S herborne .— The School v. Old Shirbumians match was played on June 26th and 27th. The former batted first on a good hard ticket and ran up 259, towards which Stanger-Leathes contributed an admirable innings of 92, and Rcugemont a hard hit 50. W . J. Kendle’s slow lobs puzzled the later bats­ men and captured four wickets for 46. The Old Shirbumians replied with 227, being thus 32 behind on the first innings. Wyatt-Smith made a splendid 87, Stevens 47, and Broadbent, the captain, 42. Piichard took six wickets for 86, and accomplished the hat-trick, clean bowling three men in the middle of the innings and materially altering the state of the game. The School made 196 for nine wickets in their second innings, and the match ended in a draw. Whinney played excellently for 54 (not out), and made 83 in the first innings: Partridge (54) and Crawford (43) also came off in the second innings. W . J. Kendle took 3 for 50, and Stevens 3 for 37. C h e lten h a m . —On Friday and Saturday we played against the Old Cheltonians. Unfortuately they were only able to bring down a weak team, with the result that we had an easy win by an innings and 77 runs. The O.C’s were all out for 112. The College began with Thornton and J. Champain, and no separation was effected till over 100 had been scored, Thornton being lbw to Page. DuBoulay scored freely. J. Champain was next to leave after scoring 79. Barrett joined DuBoulay and they were together at the close of play; on resuming on Saturday, Barrett continued to score at a tremendous pace and was eventually caught on the boundary for 109. DuBoulay and Luce also played well for their 39 and 27. The O.C’s in a minority of 259 commenced their second innings, but except for the batting of Jeffery, who carried his bat through the innings for 69, little was done. Barrett has already scored three centuries (147, 115, 109) this season, and has only once scored under fifty runs. The Haverford match ended in a victory for us by six wickets. Robertson took six of their wickets for 28, and F. Champain four for 58. For them Lester took six for 68. The College 2nd X I played O.C. 2nd X I. The College 2nd scored 454 for the loss of six wickets. F. Dansey 147, Collett (not out) 134, and Brettell 86. The O.C.’s were out for 222 and 59. GUILDFORD v. EMERITI.—Played at Guildford on June 20. G uildford . 69 S.Northcote, b Smythe L. W ood, b Neville ... Capt. Cotton, b Neville F. Higlett, c Green, b Colegrave................... W . Teague, run out. F. Martin, c E. L. O’Brien,b Colegrave 37 * Innings declared closed, E m e r it i . First innings. H. Colegrave, c Higlett, b N orthcote..........................25 E. W . Smythe, c Loe, b N orthcote.......................... 1 not out.. F. Scott Murray, c Greaves, b Northcote .................. 0 not out.. G. H. Neville, lbw, b Loe... 11 E. L. O’Brien, b L o e ......... 3 C Green, c Teague, b North­ cote .................................. 4 W . J. Slaughter, b Loe ... 0 B. Molloy, b L o e ................ 0 R. S. Ibbs, b Loe................ 1 J. G. O’Brien, not out ... 1 F. J. Corballis, absent ... 0 Extras ......... 4 K. D. Thorbum, b I b b s .......................... 27 G. A. Franks, not out 33 L. W . Greaves, not out .........................33 Extras ...........18 Total (7 wkts)...*245 Second innings. Teague, b Loe b Loe c Cotton, b Loe... b Northcote Extras ... Total.. Total ... 68