Cricket 1896

2 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 30, 1896. including that of Ranjitsinhji. I also did fairly well against Cambridge.” “ Where do you make most of your runs ? ” “ On the off and chiefly behind the wicket, and on that account I much prefer a fast bowler to a slow.” “ Last season was, of coursa, your most successful season for Oxford ? ” “ Yes, I was more consistent in my play than before. I did not make a century in any match, but came very near it in my second innings against Yorkshire when I made 95. In the first innings in the same match I ran up 54. In all I completed thirteen innings for the University and made 495 runs, this giving an average of 36 and a fraction.” “ The match with Cambridge was practically lost in the last hour of the first day’s play ? ” “ Yes, we did pretty well in getting Cambridge out for 244. But the light when we went in was by no means good, and it got worse every moment. The umpires could not say until the third appeal that it was too bad for play, and that was within a few minutes of the ordinary time for adjournment.” Mr.Leveson-Gower could not,naturally, speak with the same freedom in regard to his splendid performance on this occasion. We well remember the incidents of the game. After a delay through rain, Warner and Raikes put on 34 in good style and fairly freely. Bat the latter was bowled by Gray and Poster who followed in, and who was to do so well in the second hands was bowled first ball by a Yorker. Warner and Fry, Mordaunt and Phillips, all or any of whom might have been counted upon for a big score were out for 67. L«veson- Gower had been playing steadily and with the greatest nerve from the time when he had gone in with the score at 38. An appeal had been made against the light before Mordaunt had left, and now the Carthusian, G. O. Smith, came in. In almost semi-darkness the pair played cautious but plucky cricket, and amid the almost painful excitement of the crowd, further disaster was avoided, the game being adjourned with the score at 96 and four wickets still standing. The not-outs were heartily received the next morning and made a fine attempt to put their side on terms with their opponents. Fifty runs were added and the game looked much more level when Leveson-Gower unluckily played a ball which went into his wicki-t. He had been batting for two hours less a ie » minutes, and had made 73 out of 112 during his stay, and his hits included ten fours. In this same n atch in the second innings, Mr. H. K. Foster played a wonderful innings, when all his colleagues were failing badly, hut of thr two exploits, Mr. Leveson-Gower’s does not suffer eclipse, considering the cir­ cumstances of ground and light under which his runs were made. “ What are the prospects of Oxford for next year ? ” " Fairly good, but I am afraid we may be weak in bowling, though I think we have a better lot of freshmen up than Cambridge, amongst them C. C. Pilking- ton and A. M. Hollins of Eton, P. P. Graves of Haileybury, A. Eccles of Repton, and A. S. Crawley and A. Page of Harrow, and others who have done well in school cricket. In any case, we shall do our best to make a good fight against Cambridge.” “ The responsibility of deciding upon the merits of new and old players will rest upon you ? ” “ Yes, as I have received the honour of being elected captain of the University eleven for the coming season.” “ What exercise do you take in the winter ? ” “ I play a certain amount of rackets, tennis and golf, and the latter I find by no means injurious to cricket.” Besides being Captain of the eleven Mr. Leveson-Gower is also President of Vincents’ Club. Mr. Leveson-Gower, in his style of play, does not command the admiration which some other young cricketers of his age receive. He has not the grace of Hayward or Holland, not to go beyond his own county. But he has a marked reserve of determination and a resolute nerve which often is more valuable even than pretty play. In the innings above referred to in some detail, in his displays against Yorkshire, and in his first innings against Gentlemen v. Players at the Oval, he showed qualities whieh give the highest hopes of his future success. Including his unsuccessful appearances for Surrey, his average for 21 completed innings for the year’s first-class matches is over 25. The future is, of course, the unknown, but amongst its chief probabilities is a long and successful career for the subject of this sketch. CR ICK ET IN AU STRA L IA . NEW SOUTH WALES v. QUEENSLAND. The Inter-colonial match between New South Wales v. Queensland, begun on December 13, ended on the fourth day in a victory for New South Wales by nine wickets. The chief features of the game were the fine batting of Coningham in each innings of Queensland, and of F.H. Walters the ex-Victorian for New South Wales. Percy McDonnell too showed very much of his old brilliance in Queensland’s first innings. The veteran H. F. Boyle was expected and announced to represent Queensland, but was left out of the team at the last moment. Score and analysii :— N ew S outh W alks . First innings. H. Donnan, c M’Don­ nell, b Coningham... 40 P. E Iredale. c Cres­ wick, b <oningham 9 A. C. Mackenzie, run out ........................76 8. E. Gregory, c O’Brien,bM’Glinchy 43 F. Youll, c M’Glinehy, b Hoare ......... ... 40 F. Walters, c M’Don­ nell. b M’Glinchy... 150 J. Gould. cM ’Glincliy, b O’Brien................ 53 Second inningsM ackenzie, st Bradley, b Con­ ingham, 21 ; Donnan. not out, 30 ; Walters, n jt out, 0 ; totill (1 wicket), 51. T. R. M’ Kibbin, st Chapman, b Coning­ ham ........................17 W . Howell, b Coning­ ham ........................12 A. Newell, not out ... 2 J. J. Kelly, c and b M’Glinchy ....... 9 B 17, lb 3, w4 ... 24 Total ..485 Q ueensland . First innings. A. Coningham, e Newell, b M’K ib b in ....................151 P. S. M’Donnell, c Donnan, b Newell .................... 65 R. M’Donald, lbw , b Howell............................. 0 W. Bradley, run o u t ........ 2 C. Lewis, b Howell ........ 0 W. M’Glinchy, run out ... 12 A. Atkins, c Kelly, b Gould 11 W. Hoare, b M’Kibbin ... 6 Chapman, run out ........ 0 Creswick, c M’Kibbin, b Donnan ...................... 6 O’Brien, not o u t ............... 4 Extras...................... 5 Second innings. c Mackenzie, b Gould ..........51 c Howell, b M’Kibbin .......... not out.................77 b Howell ..........18 b Howell .......... 8 lbw, b M’Kibbin 12 cIredale,bHowell 8 c Kelly, b Newell 18 b Howell .......... 0 c Kelly, b M’Kib­ bin .................21 c and b Gould ... 48 Extras.......... 8 Total ..262 Total ..........272 BOWLING ANALYSIS. New South W a le s. First innings. B. M. R. W. Coningham 252 6 175 4 |O’Brien.. Creswiik... 156 4 M’Glinchy 235 4 Hoare Lewis B. M. R. W. 210 13 64 1 66 3 29 1 18 0 10 0 Q ueensland . First innings. B. M. R. W. M’Kibbin ... 120 1 89 2 Newell......... 186 13 74 1 H ow ell......... 114 4 58 2 Gould ......... 90 4 28 1 Donnan........... 27 2 8 1 Second innings. B. M. R. W. ... 24011 94 3 78 5 25 1 ... 162 9 75 4 ... 96 1 61 2 ... 7810 9 0 M’Kibbin bowled four no-balls. The following is the result of the ma'.ches so far played between the two colonies: — Played, 4—New South Wales, 3; Queensland, 1. April, 1893, at Brisbane. New South Wales. 64 and 100; Queensland, 100 and 78. Queensland won by 14 runs. March, 1894, at Sydney, New South Wales, 160 and 2,)0 (for 8 wickets) ; Queensland, 113 and 246. New South Wales won by 2 wickets. February, 1805, at Brisbane, New South Wales, 163 and 52 (for 4wickets); Queeensland, 106 and 107. New South Wales won by 6 wickets. December, 18r5, at Sydney, New South Wales, 485 and 51 (for 1 wic’.:et); Queensland, 262 and 272. New South Wales won by 9 wickets. QUEENSLAND v. NEWCASTLE. The Queensland Eleven played a New­ castle team on Thursday, December 19, with the following results : Q ueensland . A. Coningham, c and b Jarvie ... .. 10 j P. Lewis, b Maddison 21 W. Bradley, c Giles, st S im on.................81 s Dr. M ’ D o n a ld , c Maddison, b Giles... 74 Chapman, b Giles ... 3 A. Atkins, lbw, b Maddison .......... 4 [ P. S. M’Donnell, c Cummius, b Giles ... 30 Creswick, b Giles ... 18 Hoare, not out ..........35 O Brien, run out ... 7 H. F. Boyle, run out 6 Extras.................22 Total ..311 N ewcastle . Camphin, b O’Brien... 12 Giles, c O’Brien, b Coningham .......... 5 Lord, c Atkins, b Con­ ingham .................18 Hogue, c Lewis, b Coningham ......... 55 Gray, c and b Boyle .. 29 Cummins, st Bradly, b Coningham..........26 Hallett, st Bradley, b Boyle ................ Terry, run out ......... Jarvie, c Coningham, b Boyle ................. Simon, not o u t .......... E xtras................. Total ..........1 Col. Lloyd carried his bat through an innings for 90 out of 165, for Suakim Brigade v. H.M.S. Dolphin on Nov. 29. The Surrey Committee have granted R. Henderson a benefit in 1897. NEXT ISSUE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th.