Cricket 1898

M ay 5, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 101 tonian was in the team) that he should have captained the team which won the most notable victory achieved b y the Dark Blues during that time. PRINCIPAL AVERAGES. B atting . Not H’st. Inns. out. Runs. Aver. Score. C. F. H. Leslie (O.)... 10 ... 1 ... 519 ... 57’66 ...111* G. B. Studd (C.) ... 13... 1 ... 533 ... 44 41 ...106* C. T. Studd (C.) ... 14... 2 ... 504 ... 42 00 ...113 A. F. J. Ford (C.) ... 8 ... 1 ... 227 ... 32 42 ...102 W. H. Patterson (O.) 8 ...1... 202... 28’85 ...107* A. H. Trevor (O.) ... 10 ...0... 261... 26-10 ... 45 J. E. K. Studd (C.)... 15 ...0... 371... 2473 ...154 W. A. Thornton (O.) 10 ...0... 241... 2410 ... 54 A. G. Steel (C .).......... 14.. 1 ... 313 ... 24 07 ... 71 E. Peake (O.) .......... 10... 1 ... 202 ... 22 44 ... 39 * Signifies not out. B owling . Overs. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. G. Steel (C.) .......... 5401 ... 799 ... 48 ... 16’64 R. Spencer (C.) .......... 160 ... 263 ... 17 ... 15 47 C. T. Studd (C.) .......... 447-2 .. 591 ... 31 .. 19 06 G. C. Harrison (O.)..........219’2 ... 482 ... 25 ... 19 28 A. H. Evans (O.) .......... 187 ... 416 ... 21 ... 19 80 G. E. Robinson (O.) ... 180'2 ... 420 ... 17 ... 24*70 (With the exception of Harrison and Hone every man of the 22 had a double-figure average. Leslie’s scores were :—3, 111*, 36, 93, 57,17, 22,106, 4, 70. J. E. K. Studd’s seven innings for the ’Varsity on Fenner’s were 9, 79, 40, 25, 15, 14, 154. On other grounds he made a total of 35 for 8 innings !) 1882. There were sweeping changes in the Cambridge team in 1882; Bligh, Steel, Whitfeld, and Ford, each of whom had a four years’ record in ’Varsity matches, had all gone down, Hone, the wicket keeper of 1881, had died in the autumn of that year ; Rowe and Wilson were no longer available ; in short, only the three brothers Studd and Spencer were left, and the last named did so little that, although he had a really good trial, his form did not warrant re-inclusion in the team as finally made up. But the new men were of good calibre. Four of them —Lacey, Henery, Ramsay, and Gaddum —were seniors; and all of these except Lacey, who did not come into the team until the last three or four matches, had been tried in the preceding year. The other four were all freshmen: Lord Hawke (then the Hon. M. B. Hawke), P. J. De Paravicini, C. A. Smith, and E .C . Ramsay. Perhaps the last was the most valuable man of the eight, for his fine bowling had much to do with Cambridge’s successes in 1882. Oxford had lost three fine players in Evans, Patterson, and Trevor, three of the four who had chiefly contributed to the victory over Cambridge in the preceding season; but, more per haps than the loss of these, the fact that Leslie fell considerably below his wonder ful form of 1881 rendered the side a less formidable one than then. Cambridge’s first match was a victory by 189 runs (in a match in which only 449 were scored) over a team of the M.C.C., scarcely as strong as the premier club generally put into the field against the Light Blues. Three players were seen to great advantage on the ’Varsity fide. Eamsay actually took 14 wickets for 49 runs in the match, and thus, at the very outset of the season, made his blue practically a certainty. C. T. Studd made 41 and 42; and W . N. Roe 27 and 45, the former b y careful, scientific cricket, the latter b y good, hard hitting. C. E. Chapman made 33 not out in the second innings ; but neither he nor Roe kept up this form, and both failed to get their blues. After this easy victory, the display made by the team against a strong England Eleven was very disappointing. The Cantabs showed far worse form than in any match of their season, and were actually beaten b y an innings and 92 runs. A. P. Lucas played great all-round ciicket against them, batting six hours for a faultless innings of 145, and in the second innings of Cambridge actually taking six ■wickets for 10 runs, four of the six bowled. Vernon scored 70; S. S. Schultz, an old comrade of Lucas’s at Uppingham and in the Light Blue eleven of 1876, made 52 not ou t; and A. G. Steel, thus early appearing against his old brothers- in-arms, scored 23 and took five wickets. The only performances of any meiit on the Cambridge side were those of J. E. K. Studd and E. A. J. Majnard, who between them made 170, the other niue Cantabs together scoring 113. J. E. K .’s innings were 48 and 6 0 ; Maynard made 29 and 33. A victory over Lancashire in the next match showed that this form was too bad to be true. It was a narrow victory, b y 14 runs only, in a match in which the highest and lowest of four completed innings only differed b y 35 runs. C. T. Studd was the main factor in i t ; top scorer in each innings of his side with 69 and 38, he also took eight wickets for 90 runs, Ramsay obtaining the same number for 98. R oyle’s 47 in the second innings was the highest score for Lanca shire; and it is worthy of note that Johnny Brigg?, then practically unknown as a bowler, had four wickets for 11 at the end of the second Cambridge innings. Then came the match with the Gentle men, drawn in the end ow ing to rain on the first day and heavy scoring after wards. The Cantabs made 274; but their total did not at first promise to be half as large as this, for six wickets were down when only 59 runs had been scored, in spite of J. E. K .’s 31. Then Henery joined C. T Studd, aud, though himself only making 14, helped to add 53. De Paravicini followed, and 107 were put on for the eighth wicket before he was stumped for 42. Though Chapman and Ramsay did not score largely, each stayed in some time with C. T . ; and thus the last four wickets added 215 runs. Studd carried his bat for a grand 126. The Gentlemen could only make 123 in their first innings, A. G. Steel, the top scorer, making exactly one-third of that num ber. In the follow -on, three wickets had fallen for 42 when Steel came in. An exhibition of splendid cricket was then seen. The famous old Cantab never gave a chance, but by the most brilliant batting ran up a score of 171, the highest he ever made in a first-class match; G. F. Vernon (69) helped him to put on 121 runs for the fifth wicket, and runs came very fast indeed while these two were together. Steel was last out, having made his 171 of 308 while he was batting, the total being 350. A t this stage the match came to an end. C. T. Studd had taken five wickets for 35 in the Gentle men’s first innings. J.N .P. (To be continued.) CRICKET IN MADRAS. MADRAS v. OOTACAMUND.—Played on April 10 and 11. Ootacamund won by an innings and 26 runs. M adras . First innings. E.H.D.Sewell.candbBayley 17 Second innings. Kindersley, b Bayley ..........28 R.Simpson,cRcay,bBayley 38 c Kindersley, b Reay.................67 R. Mathew - Lannowe, b Bayley............................... 0 P. M. Lushington, b Hay... 32 C. Morrison, st Watson, b Hay ............................... 15 C. T. R. Scovell, c Kinders ley, b Walker ................. 21 G. S. Curtis, b Hay ... ... 21 F. M. Robinson, c Hay, b Kindersley........................ 14 H. F. Wilkieson, b Hay ... 8 Surg.-Col. Benson, not out 0 W. A. Turner, lbw, b Hay 0 Extras.......... .......... 17 b Reay.. b Reay.. 17 0 c Kindersley, b H a y .................31 b H a y ................ 22 b H a y ................. 6 b H a y................. 1 c Bayley, b Hay 0 not out .......... 1 b H a y ................. 2 Extras..........16 Total .................183 Total ...191 O otacamund , T. S. Sidney, b Sewell 3 Capt.Wood,b Simpson 50 S. Bayley, b Morrison 9 O.C. Watson, b Morri son ........................10 Capt. Hay, not out ... 75 H. C. Atkins, not out 0 Extras.................34 R. L. Kindersley, c Scovell, b Sewell ... 88 C^pt. Reay, c Turner, b Sewell .................13 Vet.-Capt. Braddell, lbw, b Lushington...104 A. J. Wright, b Lush ington ................. 6 S.A. Walker, c Scovell, b Morrison ... ... 8 First innings. Total (for 9 wkts.)400 Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bayley.......... 13 0 42 3 .......... 11 2 40 1 Sidney.......... 4 0 22 0 .......... 3 0 21 0 Atkins.......... 2 0 18 0 .......... 1 0 7 0 Reay .......... 1 0 1 0 .......... 8 5 38 3 Kindereley... 9 0 38 1 .......... 5 0 84 0 Walker 5 0 26 1 ......... 2 0 11 0 Hay ... ... 15 7 19 5 .......... 17 6 34 6 O otacamund . O. M. R. W. 1 O. M. R. W . Sewell 40 4 144 3 Mathew.- Morrison 36 8 75 3 1 Lannowe 3 0 18 0 Ls’hingt’n 17 2 49 2 |Simpson .. 10 1 86 1 Scovell 3 0 14 0 C urtis .. . 3 0 17 0 Robinson 2 1 7 0 |Turner .... 2 0 17 0 CRICKET IN CEYLON. LANCASHIRE REGIMENT (with K. S. Ranjit sinhji) v. ROYAL AKTILLERY (with Mr. Priest ley).—Played at Colombo on April 12. L ancashire R egiment . Miffling, c Cameron, b MacGowan ... 9 Smith, b MacGowan 12 Mr.Loch,b MacGowan 7 Sergt.-Major Mudge, not out ................. 1 Lieut. Hewitt, b Mac Gowan .................15 Extras.................16 Total ..135 Sergt. - Dr. LaDgton, run out ................ Pte. Keenan, c Came ron, bCuirie .......... K. S. Ranjiteinhji, c Priestley, b Gates ... 2) Capt. O’Brien, b Cur.ie 32 Mr. Macaulay, c Mar low, b C urrie.......... 2 Lce.-Corpl. Macken, c Gates, b Currie ... 10 Mr. Wallace, b Cuirie 2 Second innings: Sergt.-Dr. Langton, not out, 8; Pte. Keenan, b Currie, 9 ; If. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Mac Gowan, b Currie, 7; Capt. O’Brien, run out, 4; Sergt.- Major Mudge, lbw, b Currie, 1—Total (4 wkts), 29. R oyal A rtillery . Lieut.GrostjbMiffiiDg 6 Sergt. Morrison, c Mudge, b Keenan... 6 Gr. Barrett, c Lang ton, b Keenan Lieut. Curiie,bO’B)ien 18 C.-S.-M. Gates, b Miff- liog ........................ 5 Sergt.Mariow,c Mudge b Macken.................22 Capt. MacGowan, c O’Biien, b Macken 6 Lieut. Cameron,c Ran jitsinhji, b O’ Brien 3 Gr.'Holford, c Keenan, b O’Brien................. 0 Capt. Nowlon, lbw, b Keenan ................. 8 Gr. Jones, c OBrien, b Keeran................. Gr. Swatton, not out Extras................. Total .......... 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