Cricket 1898

116 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 12, 1898. get his blue while up at the ’Varsity, took five for 26 ; and Peake had six for 39 in the match. The premier club had its revenge in the return, winning by an innings and 3 runs. Mowers did a fine all-round performance, being top scorer in the match with 52 and taking ten wickets for 85. Gunn scored 38, and J. S. Russel 37. Shaw, with 24 and 26, and Ham il­ ton, who made 31 not out in the second innings, did best for the Dark Blues, who had very bad luck altogether in the match, for Leslie and Robinson were absent, and Harrison was taken so ill that he was away altogether on the second day. Early in the season Oxford had been favourites for the ’Varsity match ; but as the date of it grew nearer Cambridge trained on so well that public opinion veered round to their side. After the experience of 1881, however, it was recognised that anything might happen. The teams w ere:— Cambridge: —P. J. De Paravieini, F. D . Gaddum, Hon. M. B. Hawke, P. J. T. Henry, P. E. Lacey, R. C. Ramsay, C. A. Smith, C. T. Studd, G. B. Studd, J. E. K . Studd, and C. W . Wright. Oxford: —W . D . Hamilton, M. C. Kemp, C. P . H . Leslie, N. MacLacblan. J. I. Patterson, E. Peake, G. E. Robin­ son, E. D. Shaw, W . A. Thornton, J. G. Walker, and A. O. Whiting. Mr. Harrison’s illness kept him out of the team; and his place was taken by J. I. Patterson— why,itwould be difficult to say for this gentleman hadnotappeared for the team in any of the trial matches either in this or former years. MacLachlan won the toss for Oxford ; but, as has so often happened in the first innings of the ’ Varsity match the crack batsmen mostly failed. E. D. Shaw, with some luck, made 63, W . A. Thornton, one of the most reliable of batsmen, though never a big run-getter, 26, and Peake 27 ; there was no other double figure contribution to the total of 165. C. T. Studd had seven for 54. Up to the fall of the sixth wicket Cambridge’s display was no better, only 127 having been scored then. The captain, G. B. Studd, who had gone in first, was still in; and he was now joined by the West Indian, P. J. T. Henery. When these two were parted by Henery’s getting l.b.w . for 61, the score had been exactly doubled b y clean, con­ fident, resolute batting on the part of both men. N ot much was done after this, Studd being caught a little later for a very fine, though not faultless, 120. The total was 275. Peake had taken five for 81. One Oxford wicket fell for five; but Leslie (31) and Whiting (38) added 79 for the second. The latter part of the innings was chiefly remarkable for a fine 82 by M. C. Kemp, who received useful assistance from Thornton (26) and Peake (21), and scored 41 of the last 55 runs by very vigorous tactics. The total was 257, and Cambridge was left with 148 to get to win. J. E. K . went cheaply; but C. T. and Hawke (30) sent up 53 before the second wicket fell; then Lacey took up the tale instead of the present Yorkshire captain; and when only two were wanted to w in C. T. w as o u t fo r a splen did 69. L a ce y carried his b a t fo r 39. PRINCIPAL AVERAGES. B atting . Not H’st Inns. out. Runs. Aver. Score. C. T. Studd (C.) ... 16 ... 2 ... 562 ... 40'14 ...126* C. F. H. Leslie(O.) ... 8... 0 ... 225 ... 2812 ... 77 E. D. Shaw (O.) ... 9... 1 ... 210 ... 26 25 ... 78* G. B. Studd (C.) ... 15 ...0 ... 384 ... 25’60 ...120 Hon.M.B.Hawke(C.) 7 ...0 ... 171 ... 24 42 ... 58 F. E. Lacey (C.) ... 6... 1 ... 116 ... 23 20 ... 39* J. E. K. Studd (C .)... 16... 0 ... 353 .. 22 06 ... 67 M. C. Kemp (O.) ... 9... 0 ... 192 ... 2133 ... 82 A. O. Whiting (O .)... 8... 0 ... 166 ... 20 75 ... 55 W . D. Hamilton (O.) 11 ...1 ... 204 ... 20 40 ... 63 W . A. Thornton (O.) 11 ...0 ... 219 ... 19 90 ... 53 E. Peake (O.) ..........11 ... 1 ... 195 ... 19‘£0 ... 53 B owling . Overs. Runs. Wkts. Aver. R. C. Ramsay (C .).......... 534 ... 856 ... 58 ... 14 75 C. A. Smith (0.) .......... 224 ... 340 ... 23 ... 1478 G. E. Robinson (O.) ... 243 ... 407 ... 25 ... 16*28 C. T. Studd (C.) ..........f83 2 ... 802 ... 48 ... 16 70 E. D. Shaw (O.) .......... 174 ... 264 ... 14 ... 18'85 E. Peake (O.) ................. 224-2 ... 460 ... 22 ... 20 90 J.N .P. (To be continued .) T H E “ D O N N A N ” IN C ID E N T . In the Australian Review o f Reviews the follow ing remarks appear in an interview by K. S. R anjitsinhji:— On the last day of the match against New South Wales, namely March 11th, on the commencement of play, Donnan commenced bowling. Donnan bowls round the wicket, and is apt to cut up the pitch. Considering the pitch had worn over six days previous to this, his method of running after delivery tended to damage it very considerably. In the first innings he was very nearly the last change tried in our innings of 387, and he wras not utilised on February 10, when other bowlers had been changed and chopped. It was a curious proceeding, to say the least, to have put him on at the commencement of a day’s play in preference to such as Noble, Howell, and Sl’Kibbin. Both MacLaren and myself appealed to the umpire, and the player in question respectively, as to the fairness of his method; but the result was futile. It is a singular fact that both MacLaren and myself got out within a few minutes of each other at the same end at which he was bowling, and quite early during the day’s play; and it is also singular that Donnan was taken off immediately after our dismissal. His analysis read:—7 overs, 3 maidens, and 9 runs. In this article I will only add that I disapproved of the action, as I showed plainly to the players then, as being unfair; and however accidental it may have been, it was hardly necessary to have asked such a bowler of Donnan’s style and capacity to have commenced bowling at such a stage of the game. If this account had been of my own personal reminiscences of cricket, I might easily bring other evidence on this point to show that such a proceeding is not altogether above suspicion. CLAPTON v. ENFIELD.—Played at Clapton on May 7. C lapton . J. L. Tate,b Legatt... 16 J. Attenborough, lbw, b H. R. Ford......... 10 J. J. Wiggett, b Atte­ well ........................ 0 C.H.Nelson.bAttewell 0 F. A. Boys, st Roley,b Almond .................24 E nfield . A.Dodson,bH.R.Ford 2 F.M. Harding, run out 7 Dr. Ladell, not out ... 12 8.Meadows, b Attewell 1 H.L.UrliDg.b.Attewell 0 B 11, lb 1 ..........12 Total (9 wkts) 84 A.H.Smith,b Harding E.F. Sherie, c Ladell, b Harding ................. 9 F. Almond, c Ladell, b Harding .................11 S.G.C. Starkey, c Boys, b Nelson H. R. Ford, c sub, b Nelson .................: H. Rowley, not out ... 5 E. N. Ford, b Boys ... B 4 ,lb 3 .......... Total (6 wkts) 124 Lloyd, L. M. Legatt, J. Ward, and Attewell did not bat. CLAPTON v. SOUTH WOODFORD.—Played at Woodford on May 7. S outh W oodford . S.Famfield,bA.Griffey 5 H . A .Hants, cRoberts, b Jenkins.................30 A.Woods, b A. Griffey 0 G. Farnfield. c Wal- bancke, b Jenkins... 31 A. Lowe, b A. Boys... 0 A.Large.cWalbancke, b Jenkins................. 0 G.Wiggins,bA.Griffey 1 C lapton . J. A. Kind, c Jenkins, b Boys....................... 1 W. R. Fox, c Renals, b G riffey.................20 H. G. Taylor, not out 6 F. A. Tisdall, not out 24 B 9, lb 5, nb 2 ... 16 Total (9 wkts.)*134 H. Hugill, b Wiggins 11 A. W . Renals, lbw, b W iggins................. 3 C. Brown, b Wiggins 0 F. Jenkins, b Wiggins 4 C. Little, run out ... 4 A.Boys,lbw,bWiggins 4 P. Griffey, lbw, b Wiggins ................. 4 G. Stanley, run out ... R. H. Walbancke, not out ........................ J. Roberts, b Wiggins A. Griffey, b S. Farn- fleld ........................ B 1, lb 1 .......... Total 49 CLAPTON v. RICHMOND.—Played at Richmond on May 7. C lapton . J. H. Douglas, b War­ ner ....................... 4 F. Bishop, b Lovegrove 3 C. McGahey, b Warner 71 H. Britten, not out ... 71 H. Boyton, lbw, b Lovegrove................ 8 J. Coventon, c Rey­ nolds, b Lovegrove 0 S. Briggs, not out ... 9 B 6, lb 1, w 2 ... 9 •Total (5 wkts)175 W. H. Edwards, H. E. Trafford, and A. Warsop did not bat. *Innings declared closed. R ichmond . A . Sloper, lbw, b Ed­ wards ........................ 0 H. Lovegrove, b Ed­ wards ........................ 5 W . Owen, b McGahey 0 E. Reynolds, c Briggs, b McGahey ........ 0 1 H. B. Warner, lbw, b McGahey................. 0 j B. H. Belson, b Ed­ wards ........................17 I E. N. Jacobson, st Douglas, b Edwards 4 Dr. Burrell, b Bishop 1 E. T. Bazell, b Bishop 3 H. K. Brown, not out 0 A. P. Keeling,notout 4 Byes ................. 4 Total (9 wkts) 38 WIMBLEDON v. MARLBOROUGH BLUES.— Played at Wimbledon Park on April 30. W imbledon . H. F. Ashton, b Thring W. W. Leuchars, b Thring .................22 F. Forde, c Tanner, b Thring ................. 5 A. W. Gler.nie, c and b Alexander................ 0 H. T. Gru n tv i g , b Alexander................. 0 B. Hay Cooper, c Sale, b Alexander ..........12 W. Muir, c. Tanner, b Thring ................. • G. A. Lansdowne, c Thring, b Alexander A.T.Nesbitt,cTanner, b Alexander .......... F. C. Forde, b Alexan­ der ........................; T. Bazalgette, not out Byes .................] Total J. C. Sale, b Ashton . H. C. Coles, b Leuchars L. N. Rogers, b Ashton C. H. M. Thring, b Leuchais................. W. H. Jones, b Ashton H. M. Rogers, c F. C. Forde, b Leuchars... S. A. Alexander, b Ashton ................. M arlborough B lues . J. A. C. Tanner, b Leuchars................ R. W . Rogers, b Leu­ chars........................ W. J. Gallop, not out Dr. Poynton, absent Total ......... ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST, v. INCOGNITI.—Played at Cambridge on May 7. R oyal M ilitary C ollege . G.Walker,lbw,bBlake 15 Hon. W. Cadcgan, b H. B. Skinner, b Rids- Barrett ...33 dale ........................53 E. B. Frederick, c E. T. M. Barrett, lbw, Airey, b Ridsdale ... 1 b Hidsdale ......... 4 H. E. Dumbell, b F. E. G. Talbot, b Barrett .................. 6 Ridsdale................. 4 T. D. Best, not out ... 13 W. E. Wilson-John- C. L. Rome, c Bermrs, ston, c Russell, b b Blake .................. 7 Barrett ................ 55 B 11, lb 4 ........15 Hon. C. Cavendish, c — Deane, b Robertson 37 Total ........ 243 I ncogs iti , R. B. Airey, c Talbot, Major C. E. Orman, b Frederick ... ... 45 c Wilson-Johnston, H. T. Stanley, not out 30 b Talbot .................. 8 F. Deane, b Dumbell.. 7 1 B 7, lb 2, nb 3 ... 12 A. E. Ridsdale, c — Fre3erick,bDumbell 0 Total (5 wkts.) 122 J. A. Berners, c and b Frederick.................20 H. F. Robertson, MajorW .F.Montiesor, E. Barrett, Sir W. Russe'l,and C.H. Blake did not bat.