Cricket 1897

M ay 27, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 167 CAMBRIDGE UN IVERSITY v. MR. A. J. WEBBE’S X I. Played at Cambridge on May 20 and 21. University won by 9 wickets. There could be nodoubt about the batting strength of Mr. Webbe’s teamfor this match, but the bowling wasmore or less an unknown quantity, as it chiefly depended on Roche and O’Halloran, who have yet to win their spurs in England. At present they do not, either of them, look particularly like setting the Thames on fire, and they certainly have not adapted themselves to English wickets like the great Aus­ tralian bowlers of former days; nevertheless, they may comeon. Cambridge had to take the fieldwith­ out their captain and H. H. Marriott, but they gave an excellent account of themselves both in batting and bowling. Jessop seems a little off colour at present this year, but Fernie and De Zoete are likely tobe veryuseful. Mr. Stoddartmadehisfirstappear­ ance in first-class cricket this season, and in his secondinnings showed that heretains muchof his o'.d form, although the brilliancy of former days was abssnt. Most of the visitors playedmoderate cricket in the first innings, but Mr, Webbe played a really good innings, and Mr. Yernon, another veteran, showed all his old mastery over the bowling. The total of 203was notlarge for the Cambridge wicket, but the University could only make 42 more, despite some very fine cricket by Burnup, and useful innings by Stogdon, Bray, and Shine. The second innings of the visitors produced a long stand by Stoddart and Bromley-Davenport, and Mr. Vernon again played well; but, onthewhole,thebattingwasdisappointing. The most interesting batting of the match was seen when Burnup and Wilson gottogetherfor Cambridge in the second innings, after L. J. Moon was out for 14. When their partnership began 39 runs had been made out of the 149 required to win, and they so quickly gained the upper hand of the bowlers that the runs were hit off in an hour and ten minutes. M r. A. J. W e b b e ’ s XL First innings. Second innings. C. E. deTrafford,cSimpson, b deZoete................. .19 c and b Jessop ... 0 C. W. Wright, cWilson, b Shine .........................18 c Fernie, b de Zoete ........ 3 O’Halloran, cHawkins,b de Zoete ........................... 6b Jessop ......... 0 A. E. Stoddart, c Bray, b Fernie.........................16 cBray, b deZoete 51 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, cMoon, b Shine ...... 13 st Bray, b Fernie 52 A. J. Webbe, cand bWilson 40b Shine .......... 7 G. F.Yernon, cBurnup, bde Zoete .........................56 cBumup,bFemie 31 H. Philipson, c Stogdon, b de Zoete .................. 22 c Shine, b Fernie 5 C. Wigram, b Shine ........ 4not out................22 H. A. Arkwright, b deZoete 6cStogdon,bFernie 5 Roche, not out .............. 0b Wilson .......... 6 Lb 1, w 1, nb 2 ........4 Lb 5, wl,nb2 8 Total................... 203 C a m brid g e U n iv e r s it y . Total ...190 E. H. Bray, b Roche... 38 H. H. B. Hawkins, b Bromley - Davenport 4 H. W. deZoete, cArk­ wright, b Bromley- Davenport ........ 10 E. B. Shine, not out... 11 A.E.Fernie, bWigram 1 B 13, lb 3, nb 1... 17 Total ...245 C. J. Burnup, b Roche 76 L.J. Moon, cStoddart, b Roche .............. 12 C. E. M. Wilson, c Philipson, b O’Hal­ loran .....................16 J. H. Stogdon,bBrom­ ley-Davenport ... 26 G.H.Simpson,bBrom- ley-Davenport ... 0 G.L. Jessop,cWigram, b Bromley - Daven­ port ................. 4 Second innings : C. J. Burnup, not out, 79; L. J. Moon, b O’Halloran, 14; C. E. M. Wilson, not out, g5; Lb 1, nb 1.— Total (1 wkt), 150. M r . W e b b e ’ s XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W. ~ ~ ~ 22 6 470 173 7 355 .14 3 601 12 1 403 12 4 171 De Zoete bowled onewide andtwono-balls; Fernie bowled onewide and one no-ball, and Jessop oneno­ ball. C a m brid g e U n iv e r s it y . First innings. SecondInnings. O. M.R. W. ~ ' 5 1013 3 411 1 260 6 575 0 31 .......... 6* Arkwright .. 3 Bromley - Davenport bowledthree wides, and O’Halloran two no-balls. O. M. R. W. Do Zoete Fernie ... Shine ... Wilson... Roche ........ 27 O’Halloran... 14 Stoddart ... 7 B.-D’vnport 20 Wigram ... 1 14 20 19 10 3 33 2 57 2 49 4 42 1 1 1 O. M. R. W. 8 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. KENT. Played at Lord’s on May 20, 21 and 22. M.C.C. won by 10 wickets. It was not a strong teamwhich did duty for Kent, andmanformantheM.C.C. weregreatlythesuperior. It is to be feared that the Kent bowlers will have averages almost ashigh as thebestbatsmenthisyear, for at present there seemslittle chance that they will badeadly. ThematchgaveanopportunitytotheKent committee to introduce Mr. H. H. Harington and Mr. T. Caplen to county cricket. The former is a batsman who in London club cricket has made a reputation for himself. His dibut must be considered distinctly promising, foralthough he failed in his first innings, and in his secondshowedthat he has several weakpoints, especially against veryfast bowling, it is evident that hehas many strong paints, which may be made yet stronger. A natural nervousness pre­ vented him fromdoing himself full justice. Of Mr. Caplen it is not very easy to speak; he also seemed nervous. There wasplenty of interesting batting in the M.C.C. innings, especiallythat of Storer andLord Hawke. On the other hand, exceptthatAlec Hearne played correctly for 55, there was little that was attractive in the first innings of Kent. In the follow on, however, Mr. Stewart gave one of the finest displays of all-round cricket that one could wish to see. He made his 142very quickly— the first hundred only took him an hour and a half. It was not an absolutely “ correct” innings, for several times it was not his fault that he just missed the ball instead of just hitting it, but it was worth many innings in which no mistakes at all are made. The hits were very hard, and asarule when the ballpassed afields­ man there was no necessity to run after it. One big drive, which pitchedright amongthe crowd, created a commotion in the neighbourhood of thespot where the ball fell. Martin went in early, and in his own inimitable manner made a good score. Woodcock was remarkably successful with theball; hewasvery straight, and often got up awkwardly. M.C.C. a n d G ro u n d . P.F.Warner, cMason, b Wright............... 0 H. B. Hayman, c Easby, b Wright ... 17 Chatterton, st Huish, b Martin.................59 C. P. Foley,b Wright 2 Davidson, c “ Kent,” b Caplen............... 5 Storer, not out ........160 Lord Hawke, bMartin 55 Rawlin, b Caplen H.O.Peacock,cHearne, b Easby .............. H. R. E. Harrison, b Easby.................... Woodcock, c Huish, b Mason .............. Leg-byes ........ Total ........ I 20 Second innings:—Hayman, not out, 17; Harrison, not out, 13; leg-byes, 2.— Total (no wicket), 32. K e n t . First innings. J. R. Mason, c Storer, b Davidson .................... 7 Hearne (A.), c Storer, b Woodcock.................... 55 Second innings. b Harrison........ 3 c Davidson, b Woodcock ... 0 b Storer b Davidson c Davidson, Woodcock not out........ b Woodcock c Rawlin, b Har­ rison.............. H. H. Harington, cChatter­ ton, b Woodcock ........ 6 H. C. Stewart, b Woodcock 20 Martin,c Storer,bWoodcock 8 Easby, cStorer,bWoodcock 0 L. “ Kent,” b Woodcock ... 0 F. Marchant, b Woodcock 11 cock ............... Huish, b Davidson T. Caplen, not out B 4, nb 1 ... Total ... M.C.C. a n d G ro u n d . First innings. O. M. R.W. Martin ..... 47 15 82 2 ......... Wright ..... 37 10 100 3 ......... Caplen ..... 23 6 74 2 .. .. Mason ........243 8 69 1 .......... Hearne (A.) ... 9 1 28 0 ......... Easby............ 7 1 14 2 ......... Marchant........ 33 “ Kent” ........ 3 .. 34 ..142 b .. 40 .. 13 .. 17 ... 9 run 6ut . .. 0 ... 5 b Woodcock . . . 0 ... 5 b Woodcock .. . 1 ... 5 B 12,1b4,wl,nb2 19 ...131 Total.. ...270 Second innings. O. M. R. W. K e n t . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Woodcock ........ 26 3 66 8 ......... 30 5 66 Davidson ........20‘1 9 37 2 .......... 21 4 59 Rawlin.............. 9 2 11 0 ......... 4 1 5 Warner ........ 3 0 12 0 ......... Harrison ........ 12 3 47 Chatterton ... 14 3 31 Storer.............. 6 0 43 OXFORD UNIVERSITY X II. v. XVII. Played at Oxford on May 20, 21, and 22. Drawn. This matcli was by nomeans as interesting as are University trial matches as arule. The scoring was often slow, and only 832 runs were made in the three days. N e x t X V I L First innings. B. D. Bannon, b Cunliffe ... 16 A. G. Hook, candb Wright 48 A. Eccles, b Stocks ........ 30 A. S. Crawley, c Bardswell, b Waddy .....................52 b Stocks T. B. Henderson, c B.-Mar­ tin, b Stocks ............. 5 not out... K. A. Woodward, b Waddy 0 b Fisher G. Rowe, c Stocks, b Cun­ liffe ...........................22 Secondinnings, c Waddy, b B.- Martin ........ 62 cStocks,bWaddy 9 lbw, b Waddy ... 43 Davidson delivered two no-balls, Woodcock one no­ ball, and Chatterton awide. G. Jordan, b Cunliffe........ 0 J.W. Stratton, cChampain, b Waddy .................... H. R. Parkes, c Waddy, b Cunliffe .....................13 A. M. Hollins, b Cunliffe ... 13 J. M. Quinton, st Martyn, b Champain.....................27 E. C. Lee, b Cunliffe....... 45 E. H. Toulman, st Martyn, b Wright ..................... 1 G. B. Scobell, b Cunliffe ... 7 R. Fox, not out ................ 5 L. S. Matthews, b Cunliffe 4 B 14, lb 2, nb 3 ....... 19 c Bardswe Fisher b Stocks 12 notout... 66 ... 53 ... 1 ... 19 ... 3 Total B 5, lb 2 ... 7 Total ...272 F ir s t X I I . G. R. Bardswell, b Toulman............... 6 F. L. Fane, c and b Toulman.............. 8 G. Bromley-Martin, c Woodward,bJordan 11 R. E. Foster, c Wood­ ward, b Henderson 51 F. H. Champain, c Foster, b Henderson 28 E. C.Wright, b Scobell 9 C. D. Fisher, c Mat­ thews, b Henderson 38 R. H. de Montmo­ rency, b Scobell ... 10 P. S. Waddy, c Quin­ ton, b Henderson... 46 F. H. E. Cunliffe, c Toulman, bHender­ son .................... 16 H. Martyn, c Toul­ man, b Jordan ... 11 F. W. Stocks, not out 0 B 3, lb 3, w 1 ... 7 Total ..241 N e x t XVII. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cunliffe ... . . 41-321 58 8 ... ... 10 1 28 0 Wright ... . . 34 9 76 2 ... ... 6 2 18 0 Waddy ... . 24 14 82 3 ... ... 23 14 23 2 Fisher ... . . 9 3 16 0 ... ... 24 8 69 2 Stocks ... . . 18 6 28 2 ... ... 21 4 70 2 Montmorency . . 5 1 7 0 . . . ... 6 0 10 0 Champain... . . 7 4 11 1 ... ... 4 0 13 0 B.-Martin . 4 1 12 0 ... ... 11 1 31 1 Bardswell ... . . 6 3 10 0 Jordan Toulman Lee ... . Cunliffe delivered threeno-balls. F ir s t XII. O. M.R. W.l O. M.R. W. 22 5 61 2 Stratton 6 0 21 0 31 10 42 2 Scobell... 19 4 31 2 19 5 27 0 IHenderson28 6 52 5 STREATHAM v. NORBURY PARK.— Played at StreathamonMay 18. S t r e a t h a m . N. Miller, b Kendle ... 28 N. H. Pike, c Bow- ditch, b Sleat........ 2 E.S.Bailey, b Snowden 17 A. Bailey, b Sleat ... 22 T.B.Parker,bSnowden 5 R. G. Candy, c Sleat, b Snowden ........ 24 G. Bailey, b Snowden 27 C. A. Hill, b Payne ... 10 E. J. Fraser, b Kendle 21 H. E. Sutton, c Ken­ dle, b Sleat ........ 9 McDougall, not out... 1 Extras.............. 28 Total ...194 N o r bu ry P a r k . C. E. Snowden, c Par­ ker, b Sutton........ 18 H. C. Plummer, c E. Bailey, b Sutton ... 22 Sleat, b Sutton ........ 17 C. E. C. Kendle, st E. Bailey, b Miller ... 6 S. Bowditch, c Miller, b McDougall........ 15 H. Peters did not bat. T. Payne, run out ... 10 J.H.Heath,bG. Bailey 15 L.Munro,lbw, bMiller 1 A. Grant, not out ... 6 C. G. Fox, not out ... 6 Extras...............16 Total (8wkts.) 132