Cricket 1897

272 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 8, 1897 OXFORD y . CAMBRIDGE. Played at Lord’s on July 5, 6 and 7. Cambridge won by 179 runs. So many curious things happen in matches between the Universities that no one is very greatly surprised when either team plays altogether below or above its public form, or when the batsmen of whom most is expected do nothing, while those who have been con- sidertd as duffers perform remarkably well, or when bowlers with reputations bowl like schoolboys with none ; in fact the match may produce the most quaint performances without astonishing anyone. In the game which began last Monday before quite as big a crowd as usual, the feature of the play on the first day was the complete mastery of the bowlers over the batsmen on a good but fast wicket. Like the Austra­ lians last year, the ’Varsity teams, until both sides had sampled the wicket, were beaten by the pace with which the ball left the ground. For an Oxford and Cambridge match the rate of scoring on Monday was distinctly slow, just as it was last year. This was to some extent accounted for by the fact that three or four of the best men in each team were out for very small scores, so that the incoming batsmen felt the need of extreme caution, while nobody succeeded in keeping in long enough to get his eye well in. Every­ body thought it was a fortunate thing for Cainbridge to win the toss, for in the absence of rain the wicket promised to be excellent; but when Mr. Burnup was bowled for a duck, Mr. Mitchell run out for 6, Mr. Marriott caught at the wicket for 13, and Mr. Jessop bowled by a slow for 4, the good fortune was not very apparent. Naturally the downfall of those good men vastly encouraged the Oxford bowlers, and as they met with nobody who could wear them down, they flourished exceedingly for the rest of the innings. Twice Cambridge looked like making the stand which was necessary to make up for their bad start—once when Mr. Druce was in with Mr. Wllson, and again when Mr. Stogdon joined his captain. There was some very good cricket during these two partnerships, but Mr. Druce alone of the Cambridge eleven really played up to his form ; his 41 was in every respect worthy of him. The Oxford bowlers all did pretty well. W ith a total of only 156 against them Oxford seemed to have a remarkably good thing on ; but if Mr. Cunliffe, the Oxford fast bowler, had been destructive, his bowling had less terrors for Cambridge than Mr. Jessop’s for Oxford. Mr. Jessop was iu very great form. He started by promptly bowling Mr. Champain—perhaps the best bat opposed to him—for 0, and for the rest of the innings he kept the batsmen very quiet indeed. Mr. Foster hit him for three fours in an over, but was caught and bowled directly afterwards for a good innings of 27, and except for another good innings by the Oxford captain, who, like Mr. Druce, made the highest score for his side, there was nothing to interfere with Mr. Jessop’ s success, until the morning of the second day, when the last three batsmen treated him somewhat severely for a little while. Mr. Fernie also bowled well. After each side had played an innings, Oxford had a lead of six, but it was not to be supposed that they were going to get Cambridge out for 150 a second time, although when they got rid of Mr. Mitchell for only one run, it seemed possible that there was going to be another breakdown in batting. But Mr. Marriott joined Mr. Burnup, and the long-wished-for stand was made. At lunch time the score was 92, of which Mr. Burnup had made 49, and Mr. Marriott 36. All looked well for Cambridge. But directly Mr. Marriott had made his 50—a very well played innings indeed—he was out, and to the intense delight of Oxford men in the crowd Mr. Druce—who, if he had only got set at this point of the match, when the freshness of the bowling had been taken off, would have taken a lot of “ shifting” —was caught at mid- off for a duck. Cambridge were now in a very critical position, for if the next two or three men, discouraged by the fate of their captain, had been disposed of quickly, the innings might have been over in no time. Mr. Jessop appeared. He only managed to keep up his wicket for a quarter of an hour, but during that time Lord’s was in a state of excitement, and the Oxford bowlers were at their wits’ end to know what to do. Mr. Hartley had a lively time, for in one over the Gloucestershire amateur hit three fours off h im ; in another from Mr. Waddy, three fours and a two. Some of his hits were wonderfully hard and clean. In his quarter of an hour he scored no less than 42, which included nine fours, and when he returned to the pavilion, the applause was like that generally reserved for a man who makes at least a hundred. The moral effect of this innings was considerable, and there was no longer much fear of a breakdown. Mr. Wilson joined Mr. Burnup, who, however, after playing what was for him an unusually patient innings, though it was of immense use to his side, was soon out for 58. Mr. Stogdon and Mr. Bray did nothing, but the tail was in great form, and collared the bowling. Seven wickets were down for 191—none too large a total— when Mr. De Zoete joined Mr. W ilson; it was 245 when he left him. Again, when Mr. Shine was iu, the bowleis were mastered after the new batsman had played himself in. Mr. Shine’s 45 was made by really fine cricket. Mr. W ilson was the last man to go, for an invaluable and beautifully played innings of 77. Oxford, with a total of 331 to make, had a few minutes’ batting before stumps were drawn, Mr. Bardswell, anxious to save Mr. Champain for the morrow, going first to the wickets with Mr. Fane No wickets were lost in the few moments left for play, and on the following m >rning the not outs played such good cricket that the prospect of a win seemed by no means out of the question. But when the score had been taken to 48 Mr. Fane well was caught in the slips by Mr. Marriott, and at 49 Mr. Bardswell was also well caught in the slips for a very good innings indeed—the best on his side for the second time in the match. After this the game was practi­ cally over, for Mr. 8hine and Mr. De Zoete disposed of one batsman after another, and Cambridge had the easiest of victories. The wicket-keeping ou both sides was distinctly good, but the bowlers gave away a lot of extras. C ambridge . C. J. Burnup, b Cunliffe ... 0 c Waddy, b Cun­ liffe .................. 58 F. Mitchell, run out ............ 6 c Bardswell, b Hartley ........... 1 H. H. Marriott, c Fox, b Cunliffe ..................... 13 c Waddy, b Cun­ liffe .................. 50 N. F. Druce, c Waddy, b W right............................. 41 c Waddy, b Cun­ liffe .................. 0 G. L. Jessop, b Hartley ... 4 cFane,bCuuliffe 42 C. E. M. Wilson, c Fox, b Waddy ...................... 19 b W right ...........77 J. H. Stogdon, c Cunliffe, b Hartley ......................20 b Cunliffe .. ... 0 E. H. Bray, b Cunliffe ... 6 c Fox, b Waddy 2 H. W . De Zoete, b Hartley 3 b Hartley ...........29 E. B. Shine, c Foster, b Cunliffe ......................18 c Bardswell, b Cunliffe ...........45 A. E. Fernip, n o to u t........... 9 notout................... 0 B 7, lb 6, nb 4 ...... 17 B3,lb 12,w 3,nb 14 32 Total..........................156 O xfo rd . F. L. Fane, c Bray, b Jessop 12 F. H. B. Champain, b Jessop 0 G. E, Bromley-Martin, c Shine, b Fernie......... ... 14 R. E. Foster, candb Jessop 27 A. Eccles, b Jessop ........... 2 Total ..336 cMarriott,b Shine 18 c Wilson, b De Zoete................ 6 b Shine................ 5 b Jessop ......... 6 c Marriott, b De Zoete............... 12 G. R. Bardswell, c Wilson, b Fernie ..........................35 c Mitchell,b Shine 30 P. S. Waddy, c Mitchell, b Jessop.................................. 6 J. C. Hartley, b Wilson ... 27 E. C. W right, c Marriott, b 0essop .................................. 2 F. H. E. Cunliffe, not out... 24 R. W. Fox, b Shine ...• ... 0 B 5, w 2, nb 6 ...........13 b Wilson ...........12 c Mitchell,b Shine 9 b De Zoete.......... 11 lbw, b De Zoete.. 14 not o u t ................. 3 E xtras...........25 Total..........................162 Total .. 151 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 41 16 101 6 ... 32 9 67 2 ... 25 9 62 1 24 412 50 1 C am bridge . First innings. O . M. R. W . Cunliffe .......... 29 8 58 4 ... Hartley ........... 22 2 52 3 ... Waddy ........... 10 4 23 1 ... W right ........... 4 2 6 1 ... Bardswell 6 0 24 0 Cunliffe delivered 11 no-balls, Hartley seven, Waddy delivered one wide,, and Bardswell two. O xfo rd . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Jessop ........... 26 9 65 6 ............. 16 3 34 1 Wilson ........... 25 11 32 1 ............. 15 5 16 1 Shine................... 11*2 4 26 1 ............. 19 7 28 4 Femie ........... 12 5 26 2 ........... 15 4 22 0 De Zoete'.......... 17’3 4 26 4 Jessop delivered six no-balls, Fernie tw o; Fernie delivered four wides, De Zoete two, and Wilson one. GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE v. SIDCU P.-Played at Sidcup on July 3. G oldsm iths ’ I n stitu te . H.E.Murrell,bEdward 59 W . H. Joanes, st —, b C orthorn..................29 B.R. Scully,b Corthorn 11 W . S. Murrell, c —, b Edward ..................19 S. R. Best, c Loggett, b E dw ard................. 4 H. Pond, b Southey .. 3 P. B r o w n fie ld , Edward ........... R. Windebank, c and b Southey......... 2 P. M o u n c h e r » b Southey .......... 1 S. J. Holmes, run out .................. 0 H. Y. Bullock, not out .................. 1 Byes ... 9 Total ..141 3 S idcu p . C. Corthorn, c Brown- M. Saville, not out .. field, b Holmes.........34 B 2, lb 1 ......... S. F. Sprackley, not out ..........................28 Total (1 wkt. C. C. Southey, Loggett. M. J. Wells, E. Spreckley, Jerdein, W ebb, Brewer, and J. Edward, did not not. F. L A N C A S H IR E v. W A R W I C K S H I R E . P alleti -’ s B enefit M atch . P la yed at E d gbaston on J u ly 5, 6 and 7. D raw n . Good all round batting by the Lancashire eleven produced a good total. Tyldesley, who has lately been the most consistent bat in the team, was seen at his best, making 10o, and Frank Sugg played a par- ticu’aily good innings. Warwickshire were not at all disheartened by having to go in against 292 runs, and ended their first ianings with 305, thanks to sound battintr by nearly every member of the team. Mr. Bainbridge, Walter, Quaife, Lilley, Diver and Mr. Glover were all seen to great advantage, while Pallett had the satisfaction of carrying his bat for 20 in his own benefit match. Lancashire were going strongly when stumps were drawn on the second day On Wednes­ day, Tyldfsley had the honour of again making a hundred in the match, and it is j ust as well for his side that he did so, for with the exception of the tail, the rest of the team did not do much. On the chance of getting Warwickshire out, the Lancashire captain declared his innings, but the home team was quite equal to the occasion. Mr. Bainbridge and Mr. Byrne played particularly well. L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. Ward (A .), run out ...........23 c Lilley, b Santall 19 C. R. Hartley, c Field, b Pallett...............................23 b Santall ............18 Sugg (F.), c and b Lilley ... 51 c Quaife (W .G,), b Byrne........... 27 Baker, b Field ................. 1 run out...................10 Tyldesley, c Bainbridge, b W. Q uaife......................108 not out....................100 Briggs, c and b Field.......13 c andbW . Quaife 7 Smith- (C.), b Field .......11 c Diver, b Pallett 2 Cuttell. c Byrne, b W . Q uaife.............................. 33 c Byrne, b Santall 43 A . N. Hornby, b Byrne ... 11 lbw, b W . Quiife 10 Hallam, c Pallett, b Byrne... 3 c Byrne, b Pallett 24 Mold, not out.......................... 3 Byes 7, lb 5, w 2 ...........14 Extras.16 Total ............................292 Total (9 wkts.)*276 * Innings declared closed. W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. H. W . Bainbridge, c Smith, b Hallam ........................ . 45 c Sugg,b Baker... 60 Quaife (W .), c Hallam, b Mold ...............................33 b Cuttell ............ 5 J. F. Byrne, b Hallam ... 13 lbw, b Baker ... 58 Lilley, b H allam ...............42 not out....................19 Quaife (W .G.), b Hallam... 2 Diver, c Smith, b Briggs ... 59 T. S. Fishwick, c Smith, b Cuttell.............................. 15 A . C. S. Glover, c Cuttell, b B a k e r ..................................55' Santall, b Mold ................. 7 Pallett, not out ...............20 Field, b Cuttell ................. 0 Byes 10, lb 4 .....................14 B 8, lb 3, w 1 .. 12 Total ................... ...305 Total (3 wkts) 154 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. It. W. Pallett ........... 29 6 72 1 ........... 34 12 72 2 Santall .......... 24 7 58 0 ........... 37 11 92 3 Field ...........2 5 10 51 3 ............ 22 5 62 0 Quaife (W .G.) 8 1 26 0 ............ Lilley .............. 7 1 33 1 ............ Byrne .......... 10.1 2 31 2 ............ 7 2 12 1 Quaife (W.) ... 4 1 7 2 ............ 20 8 22 2 Pallett bowled five wides, and Santall and Quaife (W .) one each. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . 6 95 2 . Mold Cutte................ Hallam .............46 Briggs .............19 Baker ........... 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ........... 33 . ........ ll . 46.2 21 73 2 ........... 21 8*? 4 .......... 7 33 1 24 1 ... HAMPSHIRE y . YORKSHIRE. Played at Southampton on July 5, 6, and 7. Yorkshire won by 10 wickets. Greatly strengthened by the inclusion of Captain Wynyard and Air. Lacey in the team, Hampshire, after a series of disappointments, made a splendid start against Yorkshire, whom they have occasionally astonished in previous matches. After losing Mr. Robson for 10, their score mounted by leaps and bounds during the partnership of Barton and Captain Wynyard, until at last, with the total at 149, the Captuia w s stumped for 63, as fine an innings as one could wish to see. The partnership had produced 112runs. Barton continued on his victorious career