Cricket 1897

442 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O c t. 28, 1897. ball. As a batsman, whatever he lacked in style and polish he made up for in pluck and determination, and, crude though some of his strokes may be, he is worth playing for his batting alone. He scored 90, v. Notts, at Gravesend; 71* for the M.O.C., v. Yorkshire; 57*, v. Surrey, at the Oval; besides some dozen or so other scores of from 25 to 40. Wright was also useful with the bat. There were very few matches in which he did not make a welcome contribution to the total in one innings or another, and often when runs were most wanted he made them. His wickets were very costly on the whole, but in both matches v. Middlesex he performed with great effect, and bad no little to do with win­ ning the game at Tonbridge. Easby has not yet borne out the promise of a couple of years ago, but he seems scarcely to have had a fair chance. In the earlier matches he did quite as well as several other men on the side, but in spite of that was dropped out of the team, and even after he had played a capital inn­ ings of 73 against the Philadelphians at Maidstone he was only given a place in two of the remaining eight matches on the card. Perhaps the Kent committee may find, too late, that they have under­ valued him, as was the case with Victor Barton. Huish kept wicket well as a rule, and two or three times managed to keep up his wicket. G. J. Y . Weigall did not play as regularly as usual. In the earlier part of the season he was out of form, but in three or four matches later on he batted as well as ever, and against the Philadelphians he played the biggest innings of his first-class career. E. B. Sbine played in every match after the Cambridge season was over, and was uncommonly useful with the ball, as he had been earlier for the ’Varsity. His bowling against Somerset, at Blackheath, in the long innings of Surrey at the Oval, against the Philadelphians at Maidstone, and Surrey at Beckenham, was very good indeed, but, perhaps, he had lost some of his sting towards the end of the season. W. M. Bradley, who was after all able to play in a few matches, was a decided help to the side as a bowler, and in one match, at least, showed that he was far from being quite as poor a batsman as had been supposed. G. J. Mordaunt played a great game against Surrey at the Oval, but was scarcely as successful on the whole as his form for Oxford two years ago would have led ' one to anticipate; he is still, however, the same splendid fieldsman, worth play­ ing on a side for the runs he saves, if ever a man was. R. O’H. Livesay rendered a good account of himself in the few matches in which he was able to play, but the Rev. W. Rashleigh did not do himself justice at all. C. J. Burnup batted in fine form for Cambridge, among his innings being 81, 79*, 76, 70* and 58, but he only played one innings for Kent, though that, it is true, was his highest score of the season—108. His absence at the Cape was a misfortune for Kent, and, as if to add to it, W. H. Patterson could not take part in a single match, J. N. Tonge appeared in the team again after eight or nine years absence, but did nothing remarkable in the three matches in which he played. The most promising of the new men tried was un­ doubtedly young S. H. Day, of Malvern, who showed excellent form for a school­ boy, and may prove an acquisition to the team. The Hon. J. R. Tufton always made a few runs, and may make more with extended experience in first-class cricket. Hunt, one of the Canterbury pros., was given a good trial, but showed no particular form either with bat or ball. He has done well for the St. Lawrence club, though, and may have the makings of a county cricketer in him. J.N.P. (To be continued). CR ICKET IN IN D IA . BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PARSEES ( r e t u r n ). Played at Poona on Sept. 16, 17, & 18. Parsees won by 308 runs. Outplayed from beginning to end of the match, the Presidency had to put up with one of the most severe defeats with which the team has ever met. The weather was good, but the wicket was somewhat fiery, and the Parsee bowlers were able to take advantage of this much better than their opponents; hence their success. There was absolutely nothing in the first innings of the Parsees to point to their eventual success; on the contrary, the task before the Presidency seemed fairly easy, for what was a matter of 161 runs to go in against on a wicket which had been of little use to their bowlers. The batting of Bapasola had a great deal to do with the fair score made by his side in the first innings, for he not only stopped what looked like being a very bad rot, but made much the highest score by really good cricket. The show made by the Presidency when they went in was poor in the extreme, and they ended the first innings in a minority of 70. After this they had to look on while the Parsees increased their lead with alarming rapidity, and finally had to go in to make no less than 414 to win. Again Bapasola played excellent cricket for the Parsees, but the stand of the innings was made by Pavri and Mistry, who put on 163 for the first wicket. They soon collared the bowling, and by the time that they were separated they had made a victory for their side practi­ cally certain. The Presidency never shewed the slightest prospect of knock­ ing off the runs. P a r s e e s . First innings. Second innings. Pavri, c Ireland, b Browne 29 b Lowis ...........60 Gagrat, b Sinclair ... ... 5 b Cheetham ...26 Mistry, c Lowis, b Sinclair 5 c Ireland,b Cheet- h a m ...................95 D.E.Mody, c Hall, b Sinclair 6 b Deas.................. 7 Bapasola, b Cheetham ...5 9 c Brown, b Deas 61 Daruwalla, st Sprott, b Sin­ clair .................................. 1 b Cheetham Kanga, run out ...................26 bDeas..^ Raja, c Hall, b Cheetham... 0 R. E. Mody, not out ... . Writer, lbw, b Cheetham . Bharucha, b Cheetham P residency . First innings. Second innings. Browne, lbw, b W riter ... 12 c Mistry, b Pavri 23 Cheetham, b M istry........... 10 c Kanga, b Bapa­ sola ................... 7 W ood, c Bapasola, b Pavri 23 c Daruwalla, b Bapasola'.......... 0 Ireland, c Daruwalla, b Bapasola .......................... 8 not out................... 7 Fairfax, b Bapasola ........... 2 c Daruwalla, b Mistry ...........25 Sprott, b W rite r................... 1 Lowis, not out ...................15 c Bapasola, b Mis­ try ...................21 Sangster, c Bharucha, b W riter.................................. 0 c Writer, b Bha­ rucha ........... 0 Hall, c Bapasola, b Pavri... 0 lbw, b Mistry ... 4 Deas, b Bapasola.................11 c D. Mody b Bap­ asola ................. 0 Sinclair, b Bapasola ........... 0 c Gagrat, b Bap­ asola................... 6 Extras ................... 9 Extras...........12 Extras 6 12 and b Deas ... 2 18 c Sangster, b Deas 29 1 not out................... 5 0 c Cheetham, b D eas.................. 0 11 Extras...........30 Total.......... 91 Total ...105 P a r s e e s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Cheetham . . 33 2 8 61 4 ... .. 30 4 89 3 Sinclair ... . . 32 13 47 4 ... .. 13 4 31 6 Browne ... . . 8 1 29 1 ... 6 0 42 0 Deas ... .. . 9 3 13 0 ... .. 26*4 7 67 0 Lowis... .. 11 2 49 1 Ireland . 3 0 12 0 Sangster 2 0 7 0 W ood... 2 0 13 0 Browne bowled one no-ball. P r e s id e n c y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Pavri ... . .1 5 7 20 2 ... .. 9 2 21 1 Bharu.ha .. 20 12 15 0 ... 9 6 5 1 Mistry ... . . 9 5 17 1 ... .. 13 5 19 3 W riter ... . . 9 4 13 3 ... .. 7 1 20 0 Bapasola .. 12*4 4 17 4 ... .. 19*4 9 28 4 Total...........161 Total ..343 F O R E S T H IL L . 1 st X I.—Matches played, 33; won, 13; lost, 12; drawn, 5; scratched or no play, 3. BATTING AVERAGES. Ten innings and over No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. H. A. Hoolrer ........... 25 ... 4 ... 659 .. 113*... 31*38 W . R. W illiam s........... 23 ... 2 ... 637 ... 86 ... 25*28 W . L. Pierce.................. 29 ... 4 ... 480 ... 80 ... 19*20 L. V . Cockell .......... 16 ... 3 ... 239 ... 62 ... 18 38 C. S. J. Douglas........... 13 ... 0 ... 239 ... 43 ... 18*38 F. Skipper .................... 13 ... 2 ... 184 ... 37*.. 16*72 W . M. Bradley .............. 11 ... 2 ... 134 ... 50*... 14*88 W . S. Holt ... ~........... 11 ... 1 — 147 ... 48 ... 14-70 C. B. Squires.................. 15 ... 1 ... 191 ... 29 ... 13*64 G. J. Newman ........... 16 ... 3 ... 174 ... 36 ... 13 38 C. G. Welchman............ 17 ... 2 ... 177 ... 45*... 11*80 B. Batchelor.................. 28 ... 5 ... 269 ... 33 ... 11*69 C. W . Le May ...........12 ... 0 ... I ll ... 29 ... 9*25 C. F. Phillips ...........14 ... 0 ... 1C8 ... 41 .. 7*71 Under ten innings :— C. Moore ................... 3 ... 1 ... 32 ... 32 .. 16*00 C. G. Hill .................. 5 ... 0 ... 79 ... 34 ... 15*80 S .E . Lea ................... 9 ... 0 ... 13L ... 47 ... 14*55 H. L auham .................. 4 ... 2 ... 27 ... 15 ... 13 50 J.G . Trotter.................... 9 ... 2 ... 75 ... 33*... 10*71 J. W . P ra tt................... 7 ... 1 ... 58 ... 19*... 9*66 H. M. Watmough ... 9 ... 4 ... 45 ... 15 ... 9*00 W . G. Frowd ............ 3 ... 1 ... 17 ... 9*... 8*50 W . Arendt ........... ... 3 ... 1 ... 16 ... 9 ... 8*00 F. Woodman ........... 1 ... 0 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6*00 L. B. Meredith ........... 5 ... 0 ... 33 ... 24 ... 6*60 F. Healy.......................... 6 ... 0 ... 27 ... 11 ... 4 50 S. B. G oldsm ith........... 1 ... 0 ... 4 ... 4 . . 4*00 L. J. Selfe .................. 2 ... 0 ... 4 ... 4 ... 2*00 A. Cockell .................. 3 ... 1 ... 4 ... 4*... 2*00 The following also b a t t e d W . H. Barham, R. D. Boxall, P. H. Russell, V. Smith, D. Glendining, and H . Barham. BOWLING AVERAGES. Eighty overs and over :— Overs. Mdns. Runs. W kts. Aver. W . M. Bradley ... 125*4 ... 42 ...2 B. Batchelor.............. 203 4 ... 60 ...4 C. G. Welchman ... 283 ... 70 ... 745 ... 62 ... 12 01 C. B. Squires ... 178 5 ...53...472 ...39...1210 W . R. Williams ... 164 ... 28 ... 461 ... 33 ... 13*96 H. A. Hooker ... 103*3 ...26...307 ...15...20*46 C. F. Phillips ... 91 ... 21 ... 277 ... 12 ... 23 08 The following also bowled :-C . G.Hill (4 for 31), L. B. Meredith (1 for 10), W . L. Pierce (3 for 31), F. Balkwill (7 for 116), F. A. Healy (7 for 121), R. D. Boxall (3 for 56), S. E. Lea (9 for 196), V. Smith (2 for 45), F. Skipper (4 for 115). C. Moore, W .H . Barham, and L. J. Selfe bowled without success. N E X T ISSUE, THUR SDAY , NO V EM B E R 25.