Cricket 1897

J u l y 15, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2S3 C A M B R ID G E U N I V E R S IT Y v, L I V E R ­ P O O L A N D D IS T R IC T . P layed at Aigburth. on J u ly 8, 9 and 10. D raw n. It is so very seldom that a TJniversity team is seen at its best immediately after the excitement of the match at Lord’s is over, that any team which is met is likely to do itself considerable credit. The Liver­ pool team w is decidedly strong and included Frank and Walter Sugg. In Mr. Cecil Holden the Cantab-* were opposed to a batsman who, against anything but the very best bowling, is exceedingly dangerous when he once gets his eye in, and as they allowed him to do so they had an opportunity of seeing s ) ne very fine hitting indeed. All the bowling, which was a little “ off,” seemed to be very easy to him and he is to be congratulated on making his fine score of 172. Frank Sugg was also in great form, and Mr, Ains- cough, coming in first wicket down when the bowlers had had about enough of it after the stand made by Frank Sugg and Mr. Holden, m ide a good score. The rest of the team did not do much, but the in­ nings closed for the formidable total of 399. Possi­ bly if Mr. W ilson had bowled more the result would have been different, for going on last change he took 5 wickets for 37. With the exception of Mr. Druce, who being again in splendid form made 163 very rapidly, by cricket which altogether delighted the Liverpool spectators, the Cambridge batting was more or less uninteresting, but thanks to the innings o f the captain the follow on was saved. In the second inning* Wilson, who this time went on first, proved far too difficult f »r most of the Liverpool batsmen, but Mr. W. P. Barnes and King played well for 53 and 38. Cambridge had to make 281 without sufficient time and they therefore settled themselves down to play for a draw, at which University crick­ eters are not as a rule very skilful. They lost six wickets for 159 and when the last two men came together a few minutes remained. But the two Cambridge bowlers kept up their wickets. L iverpool and D istrict . First innings. Second innings. C. Holden, c Stogdon, b de Zoete ..........................172 b W ilson ........ 9 Sugg (F.),c8hine,b de Zoete 55 cdeZoete,bWilson 2 T. Ainscough, b Jessop ... 5L c M it c h e l l , b Jessop ... ... 8 C. F. Hutton, c Mitchell, b c Mitchell, b W il- W ilson..................................24 son ................... 8 W . P. Barnes, c Druce, b Fernie..........................,... 18 W . B. Stoddart, c Marriott, b Wilaon ........... ............................... 5 Sugg (W .), c Mitchell, b W ilson.................................. 7 King, b Shine.........................27 Oakley, c Mitchell,b Wilson 2 A . T. Kemble, c Bulloch, b W ilson.................. ............. 1 Ringrose, not o u t ......................11 B 5, lb 18, nb 3 ...2 6 Total .......... 399 Total... C ambridge U niversity . F. Mitchell, run o u t ...............10 c and b King E. B. Shine, c Barnes, b Ringrose ............................ 4 H. H. Marriott, c Sugg (F.), b Ringrose..........................32 , N. F. Druce,lbw, b Oakley..163 b B irnes G. L. Jessop, st Kemble, b Oakley......................................12 c and b King ... 17 J. H. Stogdon, c Oakley, b Sugg (W .)..............................20 lbw, b King ... 25 C. E. M. Wilson, c Stodda.t, b Barnes .............................. 20 c Holden,bOakley 33 E. Garnett, not out ..............24 b Barnes H. W . de Z>ete. b Barnes... 0 A. F. Fernie, b Barnes........... 0 J. H. Bulloch, c Holden, b Oakley.................................. 3 b Oakley ........... 0 Wides .................. 2 B 4, nb 1 ... 5 b W ilson .......... 53 b Wilson ........... 0 cdeZoete,bWilson 12 lbw, b Femie 38 cBulloch,b Wilson 21 c Shine, b Wilson 0 not out..................1 \ B l , lb 6, w 1... 8 ...172 not o u t......... st Kemble, Sugg (W .) lbw, b Barnes not out.......... Total ...........290 Total (9 wkts.) 203 L iverpool and D istr ic t . Jessop ., Fernie . M itchell. Shine Marriott. De Zoete. Druce W ilson . Femie Da Zoete O. M. R. W. ,22 3 87 1 O. M. R. W . 16 5 57 6 2 23 14*3 2 54 5 0 18 ,22 5 74 7 1 23 24 5 13 13 25 44 9 2 24 0 61 8 Oakley . Ringrose. King .. . Holden Stoddart Sugg (W . Barnes Sugg bowled a wide and two no-balls, and one no-ball. C am bridge U n iversity . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . ......... 26 6 67 3 ............ 24 8 53 2 ......... 17 3 9 42 ............ 17 6 40 0 ......... 3 0 16 0 ............ 18 7 26 3 18 0 ............ 36 0 ............ 5 2 17 0 27 1 ............ 8 3 16 1 1 3 4 11 30 3 14 4 46 bowled two wides and Barnes a no-ball. ETON v. HARROW. Played at Lord’s on July 9 and 10. Drawn. As usual, the Eton and Harrow match attracted a very large and fashionable crowd, and as the weather was nearly perfect, the la lies were able to appear in their most becoming frocks; as usual, also, a good many of the spectators came simply to see the cricket: and it may be added that, as usual of late years, the match ended in a draw. In 1895 and 1896, Harrow, by playing out time, avoided defeat; this year it was thought that they might have a very fair chance of winning, or at any rate of getting the best of the game. They were said to be superior in bowl­ ing to the Etonians, and to be about equal to them in batting. Fortune favoured them at the beginning of the match, for they won the toss, and very soon proved that the bowling against them was of a very ordinary kind. There can be no doubt that most of the spectators who were not partisans were more anxious to sQe what would be done both in batting and bowling by Cole and Dowson. the two Hirrovians who made their dibut in the eleven in 1895 as the smallest of boys, than in any other members of the two teams. It was obvious that they had both improved greatly in batting, and they were both at the wickets in the first innings long enough to give a really good chance of judging ; in the second innings they monopolised the attention of friends and rivals alike, by keeping together for hours. It is indeed questionable whether their side would not have greatly benefited if their partnership had been brought to an earlier conclusion, for Dowson played the most correct and scientific cricket all through his innings, during which he made 60 in two hours and ten minutes, at a time when some resolute hitting would have been of much more advantage to his side. But the young Harrovian is not to be blamed for this. His style is his own. and in the earlier part of his innings, at any rate, it would not have been wise to have run any risks. Cole also played very carefully at first, but when he had got his eye well in he made runs rapidly, aud had the distinction of scoring 142 for his school. After each side had played an inninge, Harrow had a lead of 76—a lead which looked like being much greater at one time. While they were batting they seemed to find no difficulty whatever in the Eton bow ling; they have plenty of opportunities of getting practice to lobs, and Mr. Mitchell, the Eton lob bowler, was the only man in his team likely to be dangerous. It was not until he changed from lobs to round arm of the slowest variety, that there seemed any chance of getting Harrow out, but h;s second style proved remarkably effective, thanks to the timidity with which the Harrovians played him. The Eton batsmen were obviously afraid of Dowson, who kept a splendid length, had a fine yorker, and hardly ever sent down a loose ball. Mr. Pilkington, the best bat in the team, played him very well. When Harrow went in a second time it was doubtful whether they would be able to make enough runs, and yet have time to get Eton out. It does not seem to have occurred to anyone who had seen the Eton bow ing in the first innings—certainly not to the Harrovians—that Harrow could possibly be got rid of for a small score, and very soon the question of the day was solely whether there would be time to declare and dispose of Eton a second time. Then came the long partnership of Cole and Dowson, followed by some determined hitting by Robertson, who played the right game, and when the innings was closed for 248 for four wickets, all of which has fallen to Mitchell, three hours and twenty-five minutes remained for play. Fortunately for Eton, the long innings which Dowson had j ust played, following upon his exertions of the previous day, told upon him, and although he was as straight as ever, he was not as difficult to play as he had been on tin Friday. The Etonians, having no chance what­ ever of making the runs, settled down to play for a draw, and wore out the patience of the Harrow bowlers. They accomplished their object, but until a few minutes before time there was a very fair chance that they would not do so. H arro w . First innings. Second innings. P. T. Maw, c Lubbock, b Mitchell .......................... 7 c Browning, b M itchell........... 4 cPenn,b Mitchell 142 s J o h n s o n , b M itchell...........28 T. G. O. Cole, b P en n.........36 W . S. Medlicott, b Legard 35 W . P. Robertson, c Brown­ ing, b M itchell.................. 50 E. B. T. Studd, b Mitchell 14 H. J. W yld, b Penn ........... 1 E. M. Dowson, b Mitchell 25 c Legard, c Mit­ chell ..................64 W . F. A. Ratti$?an, c Mar­ sham, b Mitchell ...........31 not o u t................ 5 A. S. Drew, st Browning, b Mitchell .........................18 J.F. Wilkes, lbw, b Mitchell 0 S. F. A. A. Hurt, not o u t... 7 B l l , w l ...................12 B 2, w l, nb2 5 Total .................. 236 Total (4wkts) *248 * Innings declared closed. E ton . First innings. R. Lubbock, c and b Cole .. 27 C. H. B. Marsham, b Dow­ son ........................................29 H. C. Pilkington, c Dowson, b Wyld ..........................41 A. D. Legard, b Dowson ... 0 F. K. Mitchell, b Dowson... 3 E. F. Penn, run out ........... 0 R. Johnson, b Dowson ... 5 G. Robarts, b Dowson ... 22 G. L. Tryon. b Dowson .. 7 Hon. W . G. Cadogan, b Wyld .................................. 9 C. H. Browning, not out ... 5 B 5, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 ... 12 Second innings, lbw, b Hurt ... 13 c Robertson, b W yld .......... 8 12 35 48 22 13 30 b W yld ... . run out ... . lbw, b Dowson . b Dowson ... . not o u t.............. b Drew ... . Total ...160 H a r r o w . notout..................10 B 4,1b, 10,w 3 17 Total J wkts.)203 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. T ry o n ........... 16 3 540 .............. 6 1 34 0 Mitchell ... 38-415 64 7 .......... 28 4 6 92 4 L egard......... 19 9 311 .............. 19 7 49 0 Robarts ... 15 6 210 .............. 8 2 27 0 Penn .......... 21 9 462 ............ 7 I 41 0 Ijegard and Mitchell bowled one wide and one no­ ball each. E to x . Firstinnings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Dowson ... 49 3 25 fit 6 ......... . 51 21 76 2 Cole ... ... 14 1 38 1 ... . 4 0 10 0 Hurt ... ... 31 19 39 0 ......... . 29 17 40 1 Maw ... ... 5 1 14 0 ......... . 9 3 15 0 Wyld ... ... 9 5 6 2 ......... . 21 6 33 2 Rattigan ... 2 I 5 0 Drew ... .. 4 0 12 0 Cole bowled four wides and Maw one no-ball. BEDDINGTON v. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Played at Beddington on July 3. B eddington . C.W . Lindsay, c Chap­ man, b Pile ........... 5 H.P. I indsay,c Hayne, b W alker.................. 13 J. C. Goddard, b Pile .. 0 J. S. Christopher, lbw, b P ile .........................17 R. A. Sheppard, b Walker .................. 0 R. J. Burnard, c Fox, b Pile ................... 37 C r y s t a l Rev. R. Clarke, b Paice 4 L. Walker, b Paice ... 3 D. Eliott Lockhart, b Lingard .................. 3 G. H. Pile, b Lingard 9 F. M.Mallam, c Coles, b Lingard.......... . A.B. Cipriani, c Chris­ topher, b Paice R. H. Fox, c Paice, b Lingard .................. 10 T. C. Lingard, b Walker .................. 9 L.J.Paice, c Chapman. b Lockhart .......... 31 H.C.Coles, c Cipriani, b Pile.......................... 8 C. Mooriso, b Walker 5 W . Beams, not out ... 0 Extras ...........16 Total ...141 P alace . R. H. Havne. c Chris­ topher, b Paice ... 1 C. Ralston White, not out ..........................13 E. F. Chapman, b Linarar.l .................. 6 J. Eliott Lockhart, c Lin Isay, b Lingard 4 Extras..................18 Total 71 CRYSTAL PALACE v. BRIGHTON COLLEGE.— Played at Brighton on July 1. B righton C o lle g e . First innings. C. L. A. Smith, b Cosens ... 0 G. R. Hampson, c Colman, b Cosens .......................... 5 C. C. McCleod, c Mitchell, b Wells.................................12 D. H. R. Gifford, b Wells... 26 H. R. J. Holmes, b Wells... 1 L. F. de Smidt, c Colman, b Wells.. .......................... 0 C. S. Young, b W ells..........64 F. H. Charlton, b Wells ... 2 F. L. King, b Wells . 6 C. L. Simpson, c and bWeUa 7 R. Aparico, not out ........... 3 Second innings, c and b B trchard 7 c Cosens, b Wells 6 not out.......... c Wombwell, Wells......... c and b Wells not ou t......... b Mitchell ... 45 17 6 Extras . Total ...........126 C r y s t a l S. Colman, b Hampson 31 L. 8.Wells, c Charlton, b Hampson ...........28 A. Cosens, c Charlton, b Hampson ........... 0 C. Mitchell, c Aparico, b Smith .................. 7 F. C. Barchard, run out .......................... C. Nichalls, c Simpson, b Hampson ........... A.W.Gardner Woollo- ton, not out ........... 9 8 T o ta l...........1 P a la c e . C. Ralston White, b Hampson.................. J. Dives, c Smith, b Hampson............... F. A. Wombwell, b Hampson.................. E. F. Chapman, b H am pson................. Extras ........... Total