Cricket 1897

204 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 10, 1897. PHILADELPHIANS v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Played at Oxford on June 7, 8, and 9. Abandoned. It was particularly hard on the Philadelphians that the English weather should give them a shameful specimen of its infinite variety in their first match. It is nothing that they hadto fieldout all dayagainst Oxford while 363 runs were being made; for any team in the country might have to do the samewhen the wicket is good, and even the Australians have found, on occasions, that University batsmen are not in the least alarmed by the reputations of bowlers. But it wasindeeddishearteningtofindthe raintaking an active part in the proceedings afterwards, when the visitors were particularly anxious to show their form at first on a really good English wicket. They havehad solittle timein England that their bowlers have not yet settled down, and it speaks exceedingly well for them that they got sevenOxfordmen out for 200. By this time, as was but natural, the bowlers were tired, and the tail, which included Mr. E. C. Wright and Mr. Hartley, had a merry time of it. The only other batsman to do anything remarkable was Mr. Champain, who is in great form at present; his 63was a good innings in everyway. Mr. Wright made the highest score, 83. The Philadelphians had a fewminutes batting in a bad light, but did not lose awicket. Then came the rain, which continued with much steadiness for most of the morning, and the Philadelphians, when the game was resumed, had to bat on a wet wicket, on which, if they had been accustomed to wet wickets, they might for a time, have made lots of runs. But notwithstanding their inexperience they did not do at all badly, ending the day with 163for sevenwickets, Mr. Lestercarrying his bat for avery fineinnings of72. Noplaywaspossible on Wednesday. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . E. H. B. Champain, c Ralston, b Baily ... 63 B. D. Bannon, lbw., b K in g ..................... 5 G. E. Bromley-Martin, b Cregar .............. R. E. Foster, c King, b Baily .............. 33 A. Eccles, run out ...22 G. B. Henderson, c Ralston, b Clark ...15 33 P. 8. Waddy, c Ral­ ston, b Clark........20 E. C. Wright, b Pat­ terson....................83 J. C. Hartley, b Clark 49 F. H. E. Cunliffe (capt.), not out L. 8. Matthews. King, b Cregar Byes ........ Total ... 23 P h il a d e l p h ia n s . F. W. Ralston, c Hart­ ley, b Cunliffe........17 H. P. Baily, b Hartley 13 G. 8. Patterson,c Hart­ ley, b Wright........ 5 J. A. Lester, not out... 72 A. M. Wood, b Cun­ liffe ..................... 2 C. Coates, c Eccles, b Hartley .............. 15 E. N. Cregar and P. H. Clark did not bat. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . H. C. Thayer, b Cun­ liffe ..................... L.Biddle, cMatthews, b Cunliffe.............. J.- B. King, not out... B 5, nb 3 ........ Total (7wkts.)163 King....... Baily.. .. P. Clark . Pi.tterson, O. 43 29 29 14 R. W. 79 1 87 2 69 3 36 1 Cregar Lester Coates Wood O. 12 3 4 2 M. R. W. 0 40 2 0 16 0 2 8 0 0 11 0 P h il a d e l p h ia n s . >. M.R. W. O.M. R.W. ) 17 59 4 IWright ... 19 13 12 1 9 63 2Henderson 4 1 5 0 I 6 16 0 | Cunliffe delivered two no-balls and Waddy one. Cunliffe Hartley Waddy HAMPSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Southampton on June 7, 8 and 9. Abandoned. The sadnews of the death on Sunday night of Mr. H. F. Ward came as astartling surprise to cricketers on the Monday morning, and at Southampton especially it was received with the greatest sorrow. It is needless to say that the cricketerswho took part in thematch were one and all affected by the cloud which seemed to hang over them. Mr. Robson, as usual, lost the toss, but happily for his team Derby­ shire did not run up a big score, the only long stand being that for the first wicket by Mr. Wright and Mr. Evershed, who put on 72while together. Both men played splendid cricket. After they were both out therewas more or less of acollapse. At theclose of the day there was little to choose between the teams, for Hampshire for the lossof 7wickets were 41 runs behind the Derbyshire total; but on Tuesday a very different state of affaiis was seen, thanks to Mr. F. E. Lacey, whose appearances in first-class cricket are only too few. Aided by a little good fortune he played a really beautiful innings of 121, and with an excellent 50 by Mr. Steele, and 32 not out by Baldwin, Hampshire ended their innings 147to the good. Derbyshire, thanks to brilliant play by Bagshawmade a good start in the secondinnings, and at one time their scorewas 172 for only three wickets; but they finished the day with 239 for six wickets, which was not quite so satisfactory. Still they had alead of 92 with four wickets to fall, and with the chance of putting Hampshire in on a bowler’s wicket, they had areasonably good prospect of pulling the match out of the fire. But the rain came and therewas no more play. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. L.G.Wright,c Robson,bHill £8 cHeseltine,bSoar 23 S. H. Evershed, b Baldwin 47 c Robson,b Bald­ win .............. 10 Bagshaw, cBarton, b Webb 15 cLacey,bBaldwinl05 Chatterton, b Hill ........ 15 b Steele ..........16 Davidson, cRobson, b Soar 5 not out.............. 45 Storer, run out .............. 13 cSteele,bBaldwin 5 Sugg, (W.), b Soar ........ 0 cLacey, b Hill... 25 Wilmot, run out.............. 0 W.B.Delacombe,bHeseltine 14 Warren, c Robson, b Soar... 6 Hancock, not out.............. 0 Extras ........ 1 Extras ... 10 Total ...174 H a m p s h ir e . Total (6wkts) 239 A. J. L. Hill, b Storer 80 Barton, b Hancock ... 25 Webb, b Storer........ 29 E. J. M. Barrett, c Davidson,bHancock 9 Soar, b Storer ........ 6 F.E. Laeey,bHancock121 C. Robson, b Hancock 0 Capt. Luard, c Sugg, b Storer .............. 2 D. A. Steele, cWright, b Chatterton........ 50 C. Heseltine, run .out 7 Baldwin, not out ... 32 Extras ........ 10 Soar . . Baldwin Steele ... Heseltine Webb ... Hill ... , Davidson.. Storer Hancock D e r b y s h ir e . O. M. R. W. Total ..321 26 9 24 8 4 1 . 16-1 3 6 2 14 O. M. R. W. 25 31 10 15 5 Hill bowled awide. HAM PSHI8E. 11 39 0 |Warren... 2 116 7 Chatterton13 btorer delivered onewide and one no-ball. SUSSEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Brighton on June 7, 8 and 9. Abandoned. With the luck which attends the brave- and the Doctor had shewn his braverywhen he putMiddlesex in first last week—W. G. won the tossagainst Sussex on Whit-Monday, when it was almost certain that rain would fall beforenight. As thewicketwas good he did not hesitate for amomenttotakefirstinnings; and oncemore Sussex had to battle against adverse fates. Gloucestershiremadeasatisfactorystartbefore the rain fell and stopped play for the day, the score being 75for two wickets. W. G. was net out 35and Mr. Kitcat, the best stayer in the team, not out 0. Before the wicket becamevery queer on Tuesday a good many runs were added to the total, although the two not outs were almost at oncedisposed of. A fine stand was made by Mr. Goodwin and Board, the latterhittingwithgreatfreedomfor72,andagainwhen the innings seemed over another stand wasmade by Mr. F. Townsend and Murch. The latter has been much out of luck lately andeverybodywill be glad to seehimmaking runs evenif he does not get wickets. The total was 245—quita big enough to make Sussex men thoughtful. On a pitch which suited Mr. Townsend admirably the wickets fell fast, the only long stand being that made by K. S. Ranjitsinhji with Mr. Biann, who has often been a thorn in the side of Gloucestershire. The Prince has been alittle off colour lately— that isto say ascompared with the Ranjitsinhji who scores hundreds— and was out just when he seemedcomfortably set. Afterhisdismissal it was left to Mr. Brann to decide the fate of the innings, and thanks to his admirable 68it proved to be big enough to savethe followon; but Gloucester­ shire had a leadof 98and increased this to 116before stumps were drawn, with nine wickets still to fall. They were thus in a winning position, but they were fated to be disappointed owiDg to the rain which prevented further play. G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . W. G. Grace, b Bland 37 Hale, c Murdoch, b Bland .............. 4 F.N.Townsend, cButt b Bland .............. 22 Murch,cTate,b Killick 44 0 1 Wrathall, c Bean, b Bland ...............21 C. L. Townsend, b Killick .............. 18 S. A. P. Kitcat, cTate, Roberts, not out b Bland .............. 0 Leg-bye H.^S. Goodwin, cButt, b Tate .............. 25 Total Board, cButt, bBland 72 S. deWinton, c Bean, b Tate .............. 1 Second innings :—H. S. Goodwin, not out, 3; S. de Winton, not out, 13; Hale,c Butt, b Bland, 2.— Total (1wkt), 18. . 245 S u ss e x . Bean, cF. Townsend, b C. Townsend ... 0 Parris,lbw,bC.Towns- end ..................18 Bland,cand bRoberts 1 Butt, b Roberts..... 14 Tate, not out ....... 0 Leg-bye ....... 1 Total ...147 W.L.Murdoch,cBoard b Roberts.............. 4 Marlow, c and b C. Townsend ........ 11 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Roberts,bC. Towns­ end .....................22 G . Brann, c Board, b Roberts .............. 68 W. Newham, b C. Townsend ........ 1 Killick, c Board, b Roberts ............... 7 G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O.M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Bland.............. 50 22 101 6 .......... 5 0 13 1 Tate.............. 33 11 73 2 ......... 'Killick ........ 30*4 14 44 2 ......... 4 2 5 0 Parris ........ 14 3 25 0 ......... S u ssex . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. C. Townsend 30 5 96 5 |Roberts... 29'2 14 50 5 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Cambridge on June 7, 8 and 9. Abandoned. The M.C.C., owing to the numerous county matches, had to depend almost entirely on their Australians for bowling, and had not a very strong team in batting; it was just as well under the circumstances that Cambridge did not have the chance of batting first. The total of 210made by the M.C.C. was about what the team was worth on a good wicket. It seems to be quite the fashion now­ adays for menwho seldom play in present day first class cricket to show remarkably good form, and Lord George Scott, Mr. Hornsby, and Mr. Kemp all came off. Mr. Hornsby played a particularly good innirgs of 52. Trott, who has never yet in England qu come up to the reputation which he made in Au ralia during the visit of Mr. Stoddart’s team, was in good form, but nobody elsedid much. Cam­ bridge, in the course of about a couple of hours’ batting, put up 179 runs for one wicket, and when stumps were drawn were within 31 of the M.C.C. total. Mr. Mitchell, who made his reappearancein the team, played exceedingly well for 32, but the partnership between Mr. Burnup and Mr. Marriott quite eclipsed everything else seen during the day. In an hour and ten minutes they put on 124runs, Mr. Marriott doing most of the scoring, and shewed up the weakness of theM.C.C. bowling very plainly. Although the University had such an excellent start, it did not follow that they were out of the hunt, for the weather changed, and as no play was possible on Tuesday owing to rain, they had the prospect of going in onWednesday on a bowler’swicket. But rain upset all calculations and no more cricket was possible. M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . Lord George Scott, Druce, b Shine ... 28 J. H. J. Hornsby, c Druce, b Shine ... 52 G. Kemp, c Jessop, b Shine'.................... 23 C.P. Foley, cMitchell, b Shine .............. 13 Trott (A. E.), b Shine 45 O’Halloran, b Shine... 1 H. T. Stanley, run out 9 Burns, c Marriott, b Shine..................... A. E. Leatham, not out ..................... Carlin, c Druce, b Wilson ... ... ... Roche, c Mitchell, b Wilson 0 B 13,lb 3,w 1, nb 1 18 Total .. 210 C. J. Burnup, not out 70 F. Mitchell, c Scott, b Trott.................... C a m b r id g e U n iv r r s it y . H.H.Marriott, not out 71 B 1,1b 5 ........ 6 Total (1 wkt.) ...179 N. F. Druce, A. G. Richardson, G. L. Jessop, C. E. M. Wilson, E. H. Bray, H. G. Curgenven, E. B. Shine, and A. E. Feraie did not bat. M.C.C. an d G ro u n d . O. M. R. W I O. M. R. W. Jessop ... 13 2 29 0 Shine ... 31 779 7 Wilson ... 26213 3L 2| Fernie ... 17 453 0 8hine delivered a no-ball and Fernie bowled a wide. O. M. R. W. Roche... 17 2 50 0 Trott ... 20 5 59 1 0’Hallor’nl2 2 30 0 C am b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . Burns ... Leatham M. R. W. 0 12 0 0 22 0 YORKSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Bramall Lane on June 7, 8, and 9. Abandoned. During the whole of Monday Yorkshire only lost fivewicket8, for which they scored 337 runs, and the outlook for Warwickshire was about as bad as it could be. Mr. Jackson, who hasnever been in better formthan this season, made 81— a perfect innings—