Cricket 1898

M at 19, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 139 fact, the difference "between the totals as given by Spain and by America is bewildering. Port-Au-Prince, Wednesday . It is reported that a match was played to­ day off the Tortugas, but, although the sound of hitting could be heard, it was impossible to see the players from the press-box, on account of a thick fog. T h e follow ing are some of the latest hundreds:— April 2.—V. Trumper. Paddington v. Leich­ hardt (Sydney) ...................................... ,, 2.—EL Newell, Glebe v. East Sydney ... ,, 2.—M. A. Noble, Paddington v. Leich­ hardt (Sydney) ...................................... May 11.—B. Milman, Richmond County School v. Isleworth Upper School ................. „ 14.—Thompson, M.C.C. and Ground, v. Finchley ............................................. „ 14.—C. L. Townsend, Thornbury v. Bed- minster.................................................... „ 14.—C. A. Trouncer, Surbiton v. Hamp­ stead .................................................... „ 17. — A. J. T u rn er, E ssex v. S u rrey „ 17. — 8 to r e r , D erb ysh ire v. N o tts ............ „ 17.—W. G. Grace, Glo’stershire v. 22 Colts 146* * Signifies not out. 160* 113* 14& 104 129* 117* 169* 102 111 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “ W. G. G.” —It certainly is not the custom; but no doubt it is occasionally done in certain cases. CEICKET From the Hon. K. “ Cricket .” —See ‘ REFORM. H. Lyttelton’s book 1 Gossip,’ ’ page 138 No reform is wanted in the summers when the weather makes the wickets soft and iu favour of the bowlers, because what reforms may be said to be necessary for hard wickets ought to be in the direction of doing something to make batting less easy, and there is not the slightest necessity for doing this in wet years. The ideal to be kept in view is to arrive at some condition of things which shall ensure a sort of equality between attack and defence, and that condition of things is not found to-day. Ou soft wickets the batsmen appear to be impotent; on hard the bowlers appear to be similarly afflicted. We seem to have struck on a cycle of hard seasons, and the run-getting is so enormous that drawn games are beginning to be the rule and not the exception; and yet for the next two years we may have bad weather, and a new rule that might have been of benefit to the game this year, will be found useless or harmful next year. The subject is not one on which I have at all made up my mind, but the question comes repeatedly to me as to whether human ingenuity cannot devise some means whereby the hard wickets may be made by some sort of treatment, not dangerous, but more difficult. Why should pitches be made so deadly smooth ? Any duffer gets runs now. Let a little more grass be left on the wicket, as there used to be when the scythe and not the mowing machine was used. A possibly orude suggestion this, but we had better fun in the days when the bowlers had more to help them. C r i c k e t a n d ls .w n t e n n is c l u b captains and Secretaries are invited to write for estimate for complete or partial Club outfits for the season to H aycraft & Son, L imited , Sports Furnishers, The Broadway, Deptford, London, S.E. OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. MR. A. J. WEBBE’ S XII. Played at Oxford on May 16, 17 and 18. Oxford won by 89 runs. The result of the first day’s play in this match was by no means encouraging to Oxford, who, after each side had played an inniDgs, were in a minority of 66 runs. This with small totals was a considerable handicap. The scores were small, the 35 of Mr. Mitchell, the 34 of Mr. Vernon, and the 26 of Mr. Fane standing out by themselves. In bowl­ ing, J. T. Hearne was once more very successful, while Trott, Mr. Stocks, and Mr. Cunliffe all had fine analyses. In their second innings, on Tuesday, Oxford did very much better, thanks to the good batting of Mr. Foster (56), Mr. Fane and Mr. Eccles, and some hard hitting by Mr. Stocks; Mr. *Eccles was in brilliant form. Mr. Webbe’s team had to make 226 to win. After a fairly good start, the visitors found Mr. Cunliffe and Mr. Stocks in such form on a somewhat difficult wicket that they never looked like pulling off the match. Mr. Mitchell did well, and Mr. G. F. Vernon, who always seems able to make runs on any wicket, whenever he is persuaded to play, again made the second score on the side. O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, b Hearne......... 26 c Webbe, bHtsel- tin e ........ 30 B. D. Bannon, c Lewis, b B earne ........................12 run out ...... 7 F.H.B. Champain,b Hearne 10 cBrann,b Hearne 13 E. G. Bromley-Martin, lbw, b Hearne....................... R.E. Foster,c Brann. b Trott A. Eccles, c and b Trott ... F. H. E. Cunliffe, b Hearne E. C. Lee, b Trott .......... B. J. T. Bosanquet, st Lewis b Trott............................... F. W . Stocks, c Lewis, b Hearne.............................. E. C. Wright, not out.......... R. W . Fox, lbw, b Hearne.. Byes............................... 8 c Hearne, b Trott 11 6 c Lewis, b Trott 56 9 not out.................80 1 c and b Trott ... 0 0 st Lewis, b Trott. 3 c Hearne 10 b Heseltine ... 38 cVemon,bHeame 19 not out .......... 4 B 19, lb 1 ... 20 Total... ... 94 M r . A. J. W ebbe 1 G.Brann,c Foster,b Cunliffe 6 F.Mitchell.c Foster,bStocks 35 C. O. H. Sewell, b Stocks ... 8 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, b Stocks............................... 2 Trott, b Cunliffe................. 0 A. J. Webbe, c Foster, b Stocks...............................14 H. B. Davenport, run out .. 12 F. H. Hollins, c Foster, b Stocks............................... 2 G. F. Vernon, c Foster, b Wright ........................34 C. Heseltine, b Stocks......... 0 Hearne (J. T.), b Cunliffe... 19 R. P. Lewis, not o u t .......... 6 B 12, lb 1, nb 9 ..........22 ...160 O xford . Total .. 291 s Team. c and b Cunliffe.. 3 c Fane, b Cunliffe 35 c Fane, b Cunliffe 15 st Fox, b Cunliffe 14 b Stocks .......... 1 b Cunlflfe ... absent .......... c Chapman, Cunliffe ... b Stocks ..........20 cFoster,bCunliffe 17 c Eccles, b Stokes 2 not out................. 0 B7, lb 1, nb 1 9 Total First innings. Total ...123 O. Heame ... 33 Trott..........31 Heseltine... 1 Cunliffe ... 8tocks Lee ......... Bosanquet.. Wright 61 12 2 M. R. W . 18 39 7 .. 12 46 4 .. 1 0 0 . Brann M r . W eb b e’s Team. O. M.R. W. O. 2V4 9 303 ............ 25 26 9 526 ............ 24*1 2 0 7 0 8 1 24 0 7 2 25 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 26 19 3 24 155 5 3 36 2 0 8 0 M. R. W. 9 63 7 10 49 3 Cunliffe bowled ten no-balls. HONOR OAK v. LEYTON.—Played at Honor Oak on May 14. L eyton . A. Law, c Harrison, b Hayes .................14 Thorpe, run out......... 2 Hill, lbw, b Harrison 0 Wallace, c Chapman, b haves ................. 1 Birch,cWilkie,bHayes 1 Hayward, b Hayes ... 6 Butler, not out ..........10 Bowles, b Hayes......... 0 Killick, c Metcalfe, b Haves........................ 1 Lee, b Hayes ..........18 Byes ................. 2 H onor O ak . E. G. Hayes, b Law... 0 T. Hickson, c sub, b Wallace .................55 H. Burton, b Wallace 1 G. Harrison, b Law... 26 F. Wilkie, b Law ... 0 A. Jones, b Killick ... 42 S. Diekason, c sub, b Killick ................. 0 C. Marsh, b Wallace C. Metcalfe, st Lee, Wallace T. Gracey, c Lee, Wallace ......... E. Chapman, not B 6, nb 1 Total out 1 7 HONOR OAK (2) v. LEYTON (2).-Played at Leyton on May 14. L eyton . G. Smith, b Thomas .. 16 E. G. Lamb, b Thomas 6 E. Freeman, b H. Hol- ford ........................39 R.Bowers,bH.Holford 1 J. Sharpe, b Cooper ... 48 F.W.Pringle, b Cooper 0 W.Fames,bH.Holford 0 C. Fincham, b Cooper 17 F. W. Whitlock, b H. Holford ................. 0 T. Lake, not out ... 3 G.F.Gibbs, did not bat 0 B 14,1b 1 ................15 Total (9 wkts)... 145 H onor O ak . T. B. Woodfall, c Fincham, b Lamb... 6 H. L. Holford, b Lake 12 J. Pewtress, notout... 35 W. E. Holford, b Lake 1 F. Shepherd, c Smith, b Freeman .......... 1 H. Gallop, b Gibbs ... 1 C. Thomas, b Freeman 0 G. Cooper, st Fincham, b Freeman .......... W. Fraser, b Fames... W.Collinge,cFincham, b Fames ................. W . Grey, did not b at.. Byes........ . ............. Total (9 wk(s)... 74 FOREST HILL v. CATFORD.—Played at Forest Hill on May 14. F orest H ill . F. Skipper, b Sabin ... 0 Total 65 H. A. Hooker, lbw, b Sabin........................ W. L. Price, c Allport, b Sabin ................. S. E. Lea, run out ... W. R. Williams, b Sabin........................ B. Batchelor, b Barry S. B. Goldsmith, c Joy, b Barry ................. 15 0 1 7 0 L. Y. Cockell, c Inger- soll, b Sabin .......... W.M. Bradley,b 8abin G. J. Newman, b Sabin C. J. Welchman, not out ........................ Extras................. 1 C atfobd . First innings. Rev. C. P. Joy, b Bradley... 2 W. Goldie, c Skipper, b Welchman........................ ^ E. C. Page, c Pierce, b Welchman........................ 6 E. S. Barry, b Welchman ... 8 C. P. Ingersoll, b Bradley... 1 C. E Cowell, c Newman, b Welchman........................ 0 R. L. Allport,st Goldsmith, b Welchman ................. 1 E. C. Hand, c Skipper, b Welchman........................ 6 F. W . Smith, c Skipper, b Welchman........................ 0 J.H.Verco3,cLea, b Welch­ man ............................... 0 C. S. Sabin, not out .......... 0 Extras........................ 2 Total .................33 Total ..........37 Second innings, notout.................23 c Batchelor,b Lea 2 b Bradley ..........16 c Pierce, b Lea ... 3 c and b Hooker. .. 2 c Pierce,b Welch­ man ................. 2 b L e a .................13 Extras .......... 4 Total (6 wkts) 65 MARLBOROUGH BLUES v. BEDDINGTON.- Played at Beddington on May 14. B eddington . Rev. H. A. Hodgson, b W. A. F. Rogers .. 6 T. S. Dury, b W. A. F. Rogers ................. 6 H. E. Goddard, c Rogers, b G. Coles .. 2 F. C. Lingard, b W. A. F. Rogers ......... 6 A.E. Qulney,bH. Coles 10 W. A. Winton, c H. P. Lindsay, b H. Coles 35 R. A. Sheppard, c Rogers, b H. Coles C. F. Evans, not out C. S. Anderton, b G. Coles........................ G.W.B.Roose, cW. H. Lindsay, b Rogers E. T. Janson, c and b W . A. F. Rogers ... Byes ................. Total M arlborough B lues . H. P. Lindsay, b Lin­ gard ........................ 3 G. Coles, c Dury, b Lingard ................. 0 L. M. Rogers, run out 3 H. M. Rogers,b Quiney 0 N.L.Collins, b Lingard 12 N. H. Lindsay, c Shep­ pard, b Lingard ... 0 W. A. F. Rogers, b Sheppard ................. 6 H. C. Coles, c Dury, b Sheppard ... F. Bellamy, b Lingard S. A. Alexander, not out ........................ D. H. Gwyther, b Lingard ................. Byes ................. Total ...........