Cricket 1896

J uly 9, 1896. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 267 BETWEEN THE INNINGS. The whole history of the Battles of the Blues affords few instances of a win so gallant and sensational as that which Oxford achieved on Saturday last. Several of the matches have had close finishes, it is true. In 1841 Cambridge won by 8 runs, in 1870 by 2 runs, and in 1891 by two wickets; while Oxford scraped through by 6 runs (thanks, if I remember aright, to A. W . Ridley’s lobs) in 1875. There have also been several wins by three wickets. But to go in to get well over 300 runs, and to get them for the loss of but six wickets, is what neither the Dark nor the Light Blues have previously done in the great match at Lord’s. The victory was the more remarkable since it was not to any great extent due to the efforts of Foster (the hero of last year’s game), Mordaunt and Warner, a trio of whom great things were hoped. Indeed, the hero of the match, G. 0 . Smith, the International footballer, only got his place at absolutely the last moment; and I daresay there were those even in the team who thought it would have been better to have played Raikes, whose bowlingmighthavebeen useful, and whose display with the bat had been decidedly better than those of Smith up to the end of June. But Mr. Smith is evidently a man who can rise to a crisis ; and if ever a man in any team fully justified his selection, he did. I was delighted by his steady, nervy play in the first innings, when the game was going none too well for his side; but his 37 then was quite eclipsed by his splendid 132 in the second innings. He follows in the footsteps of Eustace Crawley and Lord George Scott, the respective eleventh choices of Cambridge and Oxford in 1887, who each scored a three- figure innings in that year’ s match. Crawley is an Harrovian, Scott an Etonian, Smith a Carthusian. Two of the three schools which, until the last fifteen years or so, did most towards making up the ’Varsity Elevens, have thus provided a representative who has accomplished this big feat. For it is a big feat for a man, as to the wisdom of whose inclusion there are doubts, to come off so well. He must necessarily be doubly anxious to succeed ; and the man whom this increase of anxiety renders more, rather than less, capable, is a man who, with proper chances, should be good enough for any eleven. The which reminds me that Smith is a Surreyite. So are two of his comrades in the team, the captain and Lewis, as well as Druce of Cambridge. To Kent, Mordaunt of Oxford, Burnup and Shine of Cambridge owe alle­ giance. The county of the Graces claims the younger scion of that great race (whose double failure I was very sorry to see), with Jessop and Hemingway. Mitchell and Wilson are Yorkshiremen. Bray and Warner play for Middlesex. Pilkington, Cunliffe and Bardswell are claimed by Lancashire, Hartley by Sussex, Marriott by Leicestershire. Foster, perhaps the most brilliant bat of the two teams, belongs to a second-class county (Worcestershire),and from what I hear, is hardly likely to be seen much in first-class cricket after this year. He has a young brother at Malvern who, let us hope, will follow in his footsteps. Cobbold was born in Suffolk, and Waddy is an Australian. Storer’s wonderful batting has not, after all, gained, him a place in the English team for the second test match. I am far from advocating the inclusion of a man as wicket­ keeper on the strength of what he has done in a different department of the game ; but, really, I have never been able to see that Storer is very greatly inferior to Lilley behind the stumps, while just now he is the Warwickshire man’s superior before them. However, Lilley has shown his ability to get runs off the Australian bowling (his 61 at Manchesterwasafinepluckyinnings). Johnny Briggs has done so well against the Austra­ lians in former years that I am not surprised to hear he is to be played ; but he has scarcely this year sustained his all-round reputation, although during the last week or two he has bowled much better. The week’s records: 11 centuries, two 1,000-run matches (Oxford v. Cambridge and Oxford v. M.C.C.), scores of 583 for seven, and 406 for four wickets, 8,880 runs for 377 wickets in 11 matches (average 23J). Long stands for a wicket (100 runs or more), week ending July 4 :— June 133 . 2...Grace & Townsend Glos. v. Smt. Taunton 29 113...5...Grace & Board ... „ ,, ,, 29 116...5...Bagshaw & Chat­ terton Derby v.Leic. Leic’ster 29 170...5...Druce & Leveson- Gower..................M.C.C. v. Ox. Lord’s 29 141...7...“ Herbert” & Trott „ „ „ 29 134...1...Hayman & St’dd’rt M dx.v. Lncs. Mnchstr 29 July 115...1...A.Hearne &Mason Knt.v.Notts. Bknham 1 112...4...Burnup & Wilson C.U. v. O.U. Lord’s 2 A sin gu larly uneven list — n o few er than six of the eight on one day. Mistakes of the previous week : The partnershipof Wilson and Marriott realised 242, not 237 ; that of Bean and Ranjitsinhji, 150, not 147 ; that of Bray and Marriott, 118, not 119. I trusted to a Sunday paper and got left. J.N.P. CRYSTAL PALACE v. BICKLEY P A R K .-Played at Crystal Palace on July 4. P a l a c e . F. D. Pawle, lbw, b C. S m ith ................... 8 G. H. Pile, b C. Smith 5 F. Hill, c Solbe, b C. Smith .................. 0 H. Hunter, b Bouch... 13 J. C. Umney, not out 0 Leg-byes ........... 6 Total ...........148 C rystal A .W . Gardner-Wooll- oton, c Clarkson, b Bouch ..................12 A. Cosens, c Boosey, b C. Smith ..................20 R.H.Dillon,b C. Smith 9 C. Mitchell, b Bouch... 18 Dr. W . F. Umney, c and b Bouch ......... 44 J. F. Dunlop, c Solbe, b Bouch .................. 13 B ickley P ark . F. De L. Solbe, notoutl21 i G. C. Boosey, not out 13 S. A. Smith, b Cosens 60 B 31,lb 4,nb 3 ... 38 C. A. Smith, b Cosens 5 — H. E. Bouch, c Hill, b Total ...........321 W . Umney .......... 84 E. Fisher, W . J. Livingstone, T. P. Hilder, G. R. Clarkson, W . W . Cooper, and W . McKewan did not bat. __________________________ LUDGROVE v. PARENTS.—Played at Ludgrove, New Barnet, on July 4. L udgrove . First innings. Second innings. L. S. Burrell, c and b Glamis 13 b Calvert ............ 0 G. Aspinall, c Glamis, b Adderley ........................... 3 b Calvert ... ... 0 H. R. Lacon, c Williams, b Glamis................................... 6 c and b Calvert... 0 P. Hamond, c Barclay, b Glamis................................... 8 not out....................48 G. L. Baxter, c Arkwright, b Adderley.................. ... 0 b Calvert ............ 0 R. Birchenough, b Glamis... 6 b Calvert ............ 1 J. Salt, c and b Glamis ... 1 cDigby, bCalvert 13 R. Hurt, b Byass.................... 6 not out.................... 2 P. Williams, b Glamis ... 7 L. Wright, b G lam is............ 1 C. R. Joc.es, not o u t ............ 0 E. N. S. Crankshaw, c Barclay, b Glamis ............ 0 W 2, b 7, lb 1.................. 10 W 1, b 1 ... 2 Total ... 61 P a r e n t s . Col. Williams, b Ha­ mond.......................... 7 Mr. Adderley, b Bax­ ter ..........................26 Lord Glamis (retired hurt)...........................15 Total 66 Mr. Byass, b Hamond 6 Mr. Hoare, not out ... 32 Mr. Calvert, not out... 17 Byes... ft ................ 2 Total ...105 LUDGROVE v. BENGEO.-Played at Bengeo on July 4. L u d o r o v e . L. S. Burrell, b F. S. Collin................... ... 0 G. Aspinall, run out .. 23 H. R. Lacon, b Breese 42 R. Birchenough, b W . E. M e llis ........... 6 P. Hamond, b W . E. Mellis ...................11 G. T. Baxter, b F. S. Collin..........................19 R. A. L. P. Hurt, b F. S. Collin .......... 3 P. Williams, c Long- more, b G. Mellis ... 18 J. Salt, b F. S. Collin 0 L. Wright, not out ... 11 C. R. Jones, b G. Mellis ................... 0 B 9, w 3 ...........12 Total .145 G. A. Wingfield, not out ........................... A.C. Collin, b Hamond G. F. Mellis, b Wright W .E. Mellis, b Wright F. S. Collin, b Baxter W. A. Breese, run out G. S. Hill, c Jones, b Burrell ................... E. Holt, b W right ... B e n g e o . C. F. Cumberledge, b 42 W right ... ............ 0 5 A. M. Longmore, b 1 Burrell .................... 0 1 P. Grose - White, b 5 Burrell ... ............ 1 5B 5, w 3, nb 9 ... ?7 Total ... 81 STOICS v. BU SH EY.-Played at Bushey on July 4. B u sh ey . H. Ward, run G. E. Green, bRoberts 47 Golding, c Haycraft, b Budden..................17 G. H. Nelson, b Hay­ craft ..........................51 S. R. Reed,b Haycraft 9 W . F. out .................. H. Swain, not out B 16, lb 2, w 1 43 4 19 Total (5 wkts) *190 E. Harvey, G. Woolston, C. D. Fastnedge, II. B. Sparrow and T. A. Beckett did not bat. "‘Innings declared closed. S t o ic s . C. E. E. Lee, b Gold­ ing .......................... 6 F. A. Buckingham, c and b Ward ........... 1 H. A . Budden, bGold- ing .......................... 9 A. H. Bartlett, bWard 14 F. Gordon, c and b Golding .................. 21 W . J. Haycraft, st Fastnedge, b Ward 0 B. Rennie, c& b Ward R. H. Gray, c Beckett, b Golding.................. C. E. Bell, not out ... P. Roberts, b Ward ... R. W . Rice, b Golding Byes 12, lb 6 Total 0 2 3 0 18 60 DULW ICH v. GRAVESEND.—Played at Gravesend on July 1. GRAVE8BND. F. M. Atkins, b E. H. Heasman....................114 C. Collins, c Clayton, b M o rris......................10 W . H. Hargreaves, b Morris ......................50 F. W . Booiman, b Tregellas......................32 L. J. Couves, c White, b Tregellas ..............56 A. Boorman, B. Newcombe, and T. B. Carter did not bat. *Innings declared closed. D u l w ic h . W . G. O. Wilcocks, c Whitehurst, b Tre­ gellas .......................... 8 S. Smith, not out .. 11 G. McCanlis, st Simp­ son, b Tregellas ... 7 Extras................... 6 Total (7 wkts) *294 E. T. Heasman, b Collins .................... 4 A. R. Colyer, not out 20 J. F. Colyer, bHar­ greaves 7 H. Darby, st Atkins, b Collins .................. 7 C.P. Tregellas, not out 27 E xtras.................. 5 Total ...........70 W . Morris, S. Simpson, E. H. Heasman, W . E. Clayton, G. White, and C. Whitehurst did not bat. WTLLESDEN v. CHRIST’S COLLEGE, FINCH­ LE Y .—Played at Willesden on July 4. C h r ist ’ s C o l l e g e . Messrs. Digby, Arkwright, [Burrell, and Barclay did not bat. J. T. Phillipson, c L. A. Fennell, b Ben­ Potter, b Smail 10 dle .......................... 7 E. J. Smyth, c Bendle, F. M. Box, c and b b Smail ................... 0 Bendle ................... 6 C.F.Rowden, c Breeds, A. G. Smart, c Hud­ b Lacey .................. 0 son, b Smail ........... 19 S. W . Jose, c Doraton, J. T. Bontall, b Smail 0 b Lacey .................. 0 J. H. Archer, not out 15 A. G. Smith, c Breeds, Extras................... 6 b B en d le.................. 6 — J. B. Goodyear, c Total ... ... 74 Barron, b Smail ... 5 W il l e s d e n . W . Whittington, lbw, F. J. Potter, b Jose ... 3 b Goodyear ........... 0 A . A. Barron, b Jose 17 H. F. Hudson, c Jose, A. O. Breeds, c Box, b Box ................... 4 b Jose ................... 1 H. W . Smail, c Smart, A.S.Dornton,bFennell 2 b Box .................. 24 E. Lacey, c Jose, b W . P. Williams, not Fennell ................... 1 out .......................... 48 Extras.................. 14 E. Bendle, b Box 8 — J. Brydone, b Box ... 0 Total ........... 22