Cricket 1898

166 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 2, 1898. SOMERSETSHIRE v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Played at Oxford on May 26, 27 and 28. Somerset won by 100 runs. Ui.til Saturday this match was exceedingly well fought out, and it was anybody’s game when Oxford on Friday evening went in to make 227 runs. They 1egan so well that before stumps were drawn they Jad o>tained 65 of this number for the loss of two v ickets. Heavy rain fell in the night, with the result that the bowlers had much the best of it next morr ing, and the Oxford team of course collapsed. In the course of the match five innings stood out prominently. Mr. Bannon broke through the run of bad luck which has followed him so persistently and played very pretty cricket for 69 in the first innings of Oxford, while Mr. Bromley Martin batted far better than before this season; all the other really gnod innings was played by Somersetshire men. Gill’s 40 was made very quickly, and included several very fine bits, while Mr. Woods’ 46 and Mr. Trask’s 60 were both excellent innings. Mr. F. H. Mitchell was given a trial in the Oxford team. In the first innings his slow bowling was hit all over the place the few overs that he was on ; in the second he had his revenge. Gill bowled famously for Somersetshire, and as he also scored 40 and 10, he can congratulate himself on his cricket during the match. S omersetshire . Fiist innings. V. T. Hill, c Bannon, b Cunliffe ........................20 S. M. J. Woods, c Fox, b Bosanquet........................20 H.T.Stanley.cFoster, bLee 9 Robson, c Eccles, b Cunliffe 2 W. F. Trask, b Cunliffe ... 7 Nichols, c Foster, b Lee ... 27 Capt. E. Hill, c Fane, b Bosanquet........................31 Tyler, b Bosanquet .......... 0 Gill, c Fane, b Cunliffe ... 40 Bev. A. P. Wickham, b Lee 10 Cranfield, not out.................12 B 10, lb 6 .................15 Second innings. c Fox, b Cunliffe 21 b L e e .................46 cLee,b Bosanquet 20 c Fox, b Mitchell 26 c Fox, b Mitchell 60 st Fox, b Mitchell 2 c Eccles,bCunliffe 17 b Bosanquet ... 7 c Lee, b Mitchell 10 notout................ 16 cFoster.bMitchell 3 B 7, lb 6, w 2 15 Total .........7193 Total .. 243 O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, b Tyler .............16 c Capt. Hill,b Gill 25 B. D. Pannon, c Nicholls, b Cranfield........................... 69 c Y. T. Hill,b Gill 15 F. H. B. Champain, lbw, b Tyler ............................... 9 b G ill................. 8 A. Eccles, b G ill ................ 6 b G ill.....................19 R.E.Foster,c Woods,b Tyler 8 cStanley,bRobson 6 G. Bromley-Martin, c Capt. Hill, b Gill...........................65 c Cranfleld, b Robson . 0 E. C. Lee, c Wickham, b Gill 6 c Woods, b Gill... 15 F. H. Mitchell, c Woods, b Cranfield ........................ 7. b Cranfield......... 9 F. H. E. Cunliffe, b Gill ... 6 c V. T. Hill, b Woods . 0 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Gill... 0 c Capt. Hill, b Cranfleld ... 17 R. W . Fox, not out .......... 1 notout .... 1 B 10, lb 5, nb 2 .............17 B 7, lb 1, nb 3 11 Total ..........210 Total ...126 S omersetshire . First innings. _ __ Second innings^ O. M. R. W. Cunliffe ... 29 12 52 4 Lee .......... 24 5 50 3 Bosanquet... 24 11 37 3 Mitchell .. 7 1 39 0 O. M. R. W. 20 4 68 2 25 10 35 1 27 6 75 2 12*3 1 32 5 Champain... 6 1 12 0 Eccles......... 1 0 6 0 Mitchell and Lee each bowled a wide. O xford U niversity . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 12 6 25 2 ... 4-3 1 9 2 .. 6 1 28 0 ... 21 10 49 5 2 1 4 1 First innings. O. M. R. W. Robson.......... 15 5 32 0 ... Cianfield ... 17 3 56 2 ... Tyler .......... 19 3 67 3 ... Gill .......... 20-4 10 88 5 ... Woods Gill bowled five no-balls. SURREY y . GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 26, 27 and 28. Surrey won by an innings and 103 runs. At last, after a couple of disappointments, Surrey have not only been able to play a mat-h but to win it. At this time of the year the Gloucestershire team is always more or less weak, especially in bowling, but it is no weaker this year than usual, and therefore it is not necessary to say that the big victory of Surrey was after all only a poor performance. If W.G. could have foreseen that the weather would hold up until Friday night he would perhaps have put Surrey in first when he won the toss; as he is but mortal he *ent his own side in. There are several points about the match of more than ordinary interest. The first was not so much the fine innings of Brookwell. Abel and Mr. Jephson, but the excellent bowling of Lock­ wood. who showed that his succcs* with the ball against Essex was by no means a flash in the pan; he may not be able to repeat his brilliant perfor­ mances of a few years back, but he is very evidently a bowler to be reckoned with in the present year of Grace. The second point was the sound innings of 73 by V. F. S. Crawford. It was a bold experiment on the part of the committee, an experiment which was, naturally enough, severely criticised, to put so young a cricketer in the team when there are so many good players in the county awaiting their opportu­ nity ; and it was a bold experiment of Mr. Key to put him in first with Brockwell on Thursday night instead of keeping to the usual order. But both experiments were justified by success. Another point was the judgment shown by the Surrey captain in ‘changing the bowling in the second innings. When Gloucester­ shire went in to bat there were signs that the scores in the match would \ e low, for the bowlers had much the best of affairs at first. A good innings of 33 by Mr. Sewell was the chief feature of the innings until Murch and Hale got together for the ninth wicket, when there was something like a repetition of the famous stand made by Board and Wrathall some few years ago. Both men hit with great freedom, and 55 runs were put on for the wicket. Then Roberts came in, and became a sort of sleeping partner in the firm of Hale and Roberts. There were eightwickets down for 121; the last two added nearly another hundred. Brockwell and Mr. Crawford made a good start for Surrey, putting up 41 without being separated before stumps were drawn. The amateur, when he first went in, was fortunate in being missed, but when he settled down he played excellent cricket. On Friday it was a case of Surrey first and Gloucestershire no­ where. The partnership between Brockwell and Mr. Crawford was at last dissolved by Dr. Grace, who is so often fatal to youngsters. The total was then 145, made in an hour and a half, and the two batsmen had shared the runs almost equally between them. By this time the bowling had about lost all its devil, and with such bats as Bayward and Abel to follow, not to mention many others, it was pretty clear that a big score would be made. Brockwell was out for 105, a brilliant innings; Hayward was out when he was just becoming dangerous ; Abel was still in with 87 to his credit when stumps were drawn ; and Mr. Jephson had put up 137 and was still going. Total, 450 for four wichets. As soon as Abel had reached his hun­ dred on Saturday morning the innings was closed; Mr. Jephson was then well on his way towards two hundred. The only question now was whether Gloucestershire would play out time, but after fielding out against SCOrims they were hardly expected to be able to do this. The Doctor played a good innings for 51 and several others made very useful scores. The unfinished partnership of Abel and Mr. Jephson produced 256 runs. _v G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace, b Richardson 18 c Wood, b Rich­ ardson ..........51 C.L.Townsend,b Lockwood 13 runout............... 15 W. Troup, b Lockwood ... 4 notout................22 C. O. H. Sewell, b Lockwood 33 b Jephson.........25 Board, c Key, b Lockwood... 11 stWood,bJephson 6 W. S. A. Brown, c Richard- ardson, b Lockwood ... 9 c & b Eichardson 2 Wrathall,cKey.bBichardson 11 c Richardson, b Brockwell ... 23 C. B. Champain, b Jephson 12 b Richardson ... 13 Hale, not out........................60 b Jephson........ 7 Murch,c Wood, b Lockwood 24 b JephEon .......20 Roberts, b Richardson ... 7 b Lockwood ... 0 B l, nb2 ................. 3 B 3, lb 2, nb 3 8 Total .................205 S urrey . T otal..........192 Brockwell, c Board, b Grace........................ 105 Y, F. S. Crawford, b Grace.........................73 Hayward,lbw, b Grace 27 Abel, not out ..........104 Baldwin, b Roberts ... 11 D. L. A. Jephson, not out ........................166 B 8,1b 1, w l,nb 4... 14 Total (4 wkts) *500 K. J. Key, Lockwood, Lees, Wood and Richardson did not bat. * Innings declared closed. G loucestershire . Richardson . Lockwood .. Hayward Lees ... ., Jephson First innings. O. M. R. W. . 32 6 , 37 11 . 11 4 . 4 1 , 4 0 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 25 4 ... 10 3 4 ... 11 3 21 Brockwell Lockwood and Hayward each delivered one no-ball. S urrey . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Roberts .. Townsend Frown Murch 44 13 103 36 7 150 8 40 0 34 Grace........ H ale......... Wrathall... 51 20 94 3 3 0 15 0 13 2 50 0 Murch bowled one wide and Roberts four no-balls. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. MR. WEBBE’ S XI. Played at Cambridge on May 26, 27, and 28. Cambridge won by ten wickets. Up to the time of the match the Cambridge men had not covered themselves with glory by any means, but by good, all-round cricket they easily beat the strong team brought against them by Mr. Webbe. The match was remarkable for the level scoring of the University; nearly all the side made double figures, while in tie first innings there was six scores of over 80. Mr. Burnup and Mr. Coode, the only two men who batted in both innings, were in very good form indeed, and between them put on 162 runs, both being not out in the second innings. The tail played up manfully. Mr. Winter, who made 45, also distin­ guished himself by disposing of Mr. Mason, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Head with lobs; he was not successful in the second innings, but a lob-bowler is a useful man to have on a side. Mr. Jessop was unsuccessful with the ball, but made a useful score in his inimi­ table manner. Mr. Stogdon, on the oher hand, is not yet in luck’s way. The success of Mr. Bromley- Davenport. who, when Martin, Eawlin, and Mr. Mason had been unfortunate in bowling, took seven wickets for 91, was noticeable. Mr. A. J. Webbe’s XI. First innings. Second innings. J. R. Mason, st Taylor, b Winter............................... 40 cBumup,b Haw­ kins ................. 53 C. P. Foley, b Winter........ 31 b Druce ........... 55 J. R. Head, cHind,b Winter 20 b Hawkins........... 3 Capt. Greig, lbw, b Worth­ ington . ........................ 15 c Stogdon, b Hind 17 Rawlin,cStogdon,bHawkins 12 b Hawkins.......... 0 H. B. Hayman, b Hawkins 30 not out................. 44 A. J. Webbe, c Stogdon, b Hind ............................... 8 cBumup,bDruce 10 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, c Burnup, b Hind ... ... 8 c Stogdon,bDruce 4 Martin, b Hawkins ... 4 c Worthington, b Hind .......... 2 E. F. Penn, b Hind .......... 0 c Stogdon,b Hind 6 E. H. Bray, not out .......... 0 bH ind.................. 9 B 13, lb 1, w 2, nb 1 ...1 7 B 6, lb 1 ... 7 Total........................ 185 Total .. 210 C ambridge U niversity . C. J. Burnup, c Foley, b Davenport ..........56 A. T. Cooae, c Mason, b Davenport ..........38 C. R. Worthington, o and b Davenport ... 25 G. L. Jessop, c Greig, b Martin ............... 35 A. H. Hornby, c Penn, b Davenport ..........19 J. H. Stogdon. c Hay­ man, b Davenport... 18 T. L. Taylor, c Head, b Davenport ..........31 G. E. Winter, c Greig, b M ason.................45 E. A. C. Druce,not out 31 A. E. Hind, lbw, b Davenport .......... 0 H. H. B. Hawkins, b Rawlin ... .......... 0 B 17, lb 7, w 1 .. 25 Total .. 323 Second innings: C. J. Burnup, not out, 33; A. T. Coode, not out, 35 ; Extras, 2—Total (no wkt), 70. Mr. A. J. W ebbe ’ s XI. First innings. O. M. R. W. B in d .......... Winter ... , Worthington Hawkins ... 9 1 33 10 15 1 . 10 5 23 0 . 68 3 . 48 3 . 16 1 , Second innings, O. M. R. W. 1 0 6 2 8 66 4 0 19 0 55 3 36 3 5 0 8 1 15*4 9 133 ............ 19 5 Druce 10 1 __ _ Worthington bowled one wide and one no-ball, and Hawkins one wide. C ambridge U niversity . O. M. R.W . O. M, R. W. Martin Rawlin Mason Davenport 10 86 1 ... 25*2 9 54 1 ... 18 2 67 1 ... 37 13 91 7 ... 8 7 5 5 1 10-3 7 Head 5 Davenport bowled one wide. 19 0 12 0 12 0 9 0 2 16 0 WOODFORD WELLS v. CLAPTON.-Played at Clapton on May 21. W oodford W ells . H. G. Morris.b Bishop 3 [ R. F. Oar, b Bishop ... H. H. Davis, b Bishop P. Morris, b Dyke ... N.B Kemsley,bBiehop J. Mussell, b Bishop... E. J. Bond, b Bishop H. Bidwell, c Uiling, b Dyke R. T. W . Harper, b Dyke........................ P. H. Green, b Bishop Sub, not out .......... B 5, lb 1 .......... Total 4 0 1 6 34 F. A. Bishop, c Davis, b Mussell................ 15 S. Genders, c Bidwell, b Mussell........ ... 0 C. Brown, c Davis, b Mussell ................. 7 H. Britten, b Mussell 4 C lapton . J. J. Wiggett, lbw, b Mussell ........ . ... A. J. Dyke, b Musiell J. Attenborough, not out ........................ o H. E. V. Chichester, c Green, b Mussell ... 31 J. L. Tate, b P. Morris 3 H.L.Urling.bP.Morris 4 A. Dodson, not out ... 4 B 2, lb 1 ................. • Total (9 wkts) 71