Cricket 1898

July 7, 1898. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OS' THE GAME. 253 LEICESTERSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Dewsbury on June 30 and July 1. Yorkshire won by an innings and 24 runs. Except that Leicestershire batted first, this return match was almost a reduplication of the first one at Leicester. The Yorkshire bowlers were irresistible, while their batsmen gave a good account of them­ selves. Lord Hawke again went in first, with Brown, and again played a brilliant innings. He mademore than twice as many runs as any other batsman during the match. Wainwright had an excellent analysis. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. J. B. Wood, st Bairstow, b Rhodes ... .................. 5 not out................21 Knight,cBairstow,bRhodes 17 c B a ir s t o w , b Rhodes ........... 2 Tomlin, b Wainwright ... 1b Wainwright ... 7 Pougher, b Wainwright, b Rhodes................................ 1 b Wainwright ... 2 R. Joyce, c Hirst, b Rhodes 1b Wainwright ... 14 Brown, b Wainwright ... 6 c Wainwright, b Rhodes ........... 2 Coe, st Bairstow, b Wain- c Rhodes,b Wain­ wright ............................... 6 wright ....... 8 C. E. de Trafford, b Wain­ wright................................ 6 b Wainwiight ... 25 Geeson, b Wainwright ... 0 b Haigh ............ 1 Woodcock, c Milligan, b Rhodes .......................14 b Wainwright ... 11 Whiteside, not out ........... 0 b Wainwright ... 0 Extras........................ 0 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 Total Total 98 Hayley, b Pougher ... 7 Haigh, lbw ,b Pougher 8 Rhodes, c Geeson, b Pougher................. 3 Brown (Darfield), c Brown, b Pougher 14 Bairstow, not out ... 0 B 9, lb 3 ..........12 ... 56 Y orkshire Lord Hawke, c White­ side, b Geeson.......... 67 Brown (J. T.), b Pougher ................. 7 Denton, b Pougher ... 18 Wainwright, c White­ side, b Woodcock ... 19 Hirst, c Wood, b Woodcock................. 9 F. W. Milligan, b Woodcock.................24 L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Wainwright... 30'3 17 31 5 ... Rhodes.......... 30 16 25 5 ... Haigh Y orkshire . Pougher ... 19 5 53 6 |Geeson Total 25-S 18 8 ...178 7 64 7 7 28 2 2 11 1 Coe 4 1 19 0 13 Woodcock 16 1 50 1 4 44 3 OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. Played at Lord’s on June 30, July 1 and 2. Oxford won by nine wickets. Always a match in which the best men are likely to fail, while the worst may distinguish themselves, Oxford v. Cambridge was this year a more than usually “ open event.” Very few batsmen on either side had done anything of note in the trial matches, while the bowling was admittedly weak. If Mr. Burnup came off for Cambridge, as he has about eight times out of ten, or if Mr. Jessophappened to have one of his good days, anything might happen. On the other hand, Mr. Cunliffe might have bowled the Cam­ bridge men out without meeting withmuch opposition. As thingsturned out, almost everything of importance that occurred during the game was more or less in the nature of a surprise, and perhaps the only men whose doings were quite in accordance with their public form were Mr. Wilson, Mr, Cunliffe and Mr. Jessop—the latter only as far as bowling isconcerned. The finest innings of the match, from a spectatorial point of view, was played by Mr. Eccles, who, although admittedly a good bat, had by no means come up to the expectations which had been formed of him. Another delightful innings was the 70 of Mr. Taylor. Mr. Wilson’s 115 stood quite by itself. It was a display which was of the utmost value to his side, but it seemed strangely out of place in a match between amateurs whose ages averaged not very much over twenty years. A few years ago, if such an innings had been played in a ’Varsity match, it would have made men wonder what was coming over the game ; but of late years ’Varsity cricket has shown such an unfortunate tendencyto become monotonous, that when the Cambridge captain took two hours and forty minutes to make his first fifty the performance was not regarded as startling—merely slow. It was lucky for Oxford that Mr. Jessop did not come off; but a quarter of an hour’s batting, such as he played in last year’s match, would have been a boon and a blessing which could not have been over-estimated. The Oxford men certainly did not imitate their opponents in their methods, and while they were batting one was reminded of ’Varsity cricket of the past, so that the monotonous cricket played by the Cambridge men, with the exception of Mr. Taylor, is probably only a temporary faliing away from the path of virtue. It was regarded as a piece of good fortune for Cambridge when they won the toss, but they cannot be said to have made the best possible use of their advantage. Misfortunes came quickly upon them at the commencement of their innings, and when four of the best men on the side were out for 61, after the slowest of cricket, it was no wonder that the captain settled down with the determination to ketp his end up, whether runs came or not. Mr. Taylor, after once settling down, played very fine cricket indeed, and during a partnership which added 111 runs to the total, he scored almost twice as fast as Mr. Wilson. There were now five wickets down for 172, But the turning point of the innings had come, and the wickets fell faster than was pleasant for Cambridge. Mr. Lee had a remarkably gcod analysis ; he was the last of the four bowlers who went on, as he was the most successful. During the course of the day Cambridge had made 273 rims, which was certainly not rapid scoring for a ’Varsity match. A very different display was given by Oxford on Friday. The opening of the innings was not very brilliant, but Mr. Cun­ liffe and Mr. Foster greatly improved the appear­ ance of the game, and when Mr. Eccles came in he put the finishing: touches to it. Mr. Foster made many beautiful hits in his 57. The form shown by Mr. Eccles was surprisingly good. He hit hard when he had an opportunity, or could make an oppor­ tunity, and from first to last he showed no signs of nervousness or want of confidence; his innings of 109 might have been played by Mr. Jackson. It lasted for only five minutes over two hours, and his innings included sixteen 4’s. When he went in the total was 124 for four wickets; when he was out, it was 309 for eight. The innings was by no means over, for Mr. Bosanquet, who, though he may not be a scien­ tific batsman, is a hitter, found a very useful partner in Mr. Stocks, and when the innings at last came to an end, the Cambridge total had been exceeded by 89. Mr. Bosanquet carried his bat for 54 runs, which he put together in an hour-and-a-quarter. There was still time for Cambridge to bat, and an unfortunate time it proved to be for them. When stumps were drawn both Mr. Burnup and Mr. Coode were out, and Mr. Hind, who had been sent in to play out time, had also fallen a victim. As Cambridge were still 40 runs to the tad, their prospects were by no means encouraging. They were very bad indeed on the following morning, for rain had fallen steadilv for hours in the night. The result was,that although nearly every man played good cricket, no one was able to make anything like a big score, and Oxford only had to make 52 to win. The runs were knocked off in less than forty minutes. C ambridge . First innings. Second innings. C. J. Bumup, b Lee ......... 15 c Fox, b Lee ... 8 A.T.Coode,cFox,bBosanquet 1 b Stocks ..........27 H. H. Marriott, b Cunliffe.. 9 cFoster,bCunliffe 16 C.E.M.Wilson,cStocks,bLeell5 cFoster,bCunliffe 10 G. L. Jeasop, c Bosanquet, b Cunliffe ........................ 8 st Fox, b Cunliffe 18 T. L. Taylor, c Stocks, b Lee 70 c Stocks, b Lee... 15 G. E. Winter, c Champain, c Champain, b bCunliffe ........................... 1 Cunliffe .............13 J. H. Stogdon, b L ee............ 4 run out ...........24 H. W . de Zoete, lbw, b Lee 0 cStocks,bCunliffe 1 A. E. Hind,c Fox, b Bonsan- quet .............................. 17 b Bosanquet ... 1 H. H. B. Hawkins, not out14 not o u t.............. 0 B 7, lb 3, nb 9 ...19Lb 2, nb 5 ... 7 Total ...273 O xford . F. L . Fane, c Stogdon, b Je*sop .................10 B. D. Bannon, run out 21 F. H. B. Champain, c Hind, b Jessop ... 4 F. H. E. Cunliffe, c and b Jessop ..........33 R. E, Foster, c Hind, b Jessop .................57 A. Eccles, run out ...109 Total ...140 G.E. Bromley-Martin, run out .................16 R. C. Lee, b de Zoete 15 B. J. T. Bosanquet, not out .................54 F. W. Stocks, c Stog­ don, b Jessop..........21 R. W. Fox, b Jessop 2 B 15, nb 5 ..........20 Total ..........362 Second inningsF an e, c Stogdon, b Hind, 6; Bannon, not out, 21; Champain, notout, 24; extra, 1. Total (one wkt.), 52. C ambridge . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M.R. W. 16 94 3 ........... 23 9 51 5 5 72 2 ........... 16 3 40 1 0 .......... 9*3 5 16 1 5 .......... 15 3 26 2 Cunliffe bowled eight no-ba.lls and Stocks six. O xford . Cunliffe ... 49 Bosanquet ... 29 Stocks.......... 33 15 57 Lee ......... 25 3 15 31 O. M. R. W . 0. M. R. W. Jessop ... .. 45 2 7 126 6 ... ... 6 2 12 0 Winter... .. 26 5 66 0 Hind ... .. 26 6 62 0 ... ... 6 2 17 1 Hawkins .. 15 o 48 0 .. ... 2 0 15 0 De Zoete .. 11 2 88 1 ... ... 1 0 7 0 Bumup .. 1 0 7 0 Jessop bowled six no-balls. GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE v. IBIS.-Played at Dulwich on June 25. I bis . E. Dewey, b Joanes ... 31 W . R. Roberson, b Symon ................. 0 E. Buckland, b Murrell 21 C. 8. Marshall, c Sy­ mon. b Windebank 9 E. White, c Mouncher, b Symon ................. 7 G. Lewis, b Symon ... 8 W . Wright, did not bat. H. Holmes, b Wright 0 M. Wood, b Symmons 41 W . J. Symon, c New- son, b Symmons ... 2 W . Murrell, b Wrigtt 9 W . H.Manley, b Buck­ land ........................17 G oldsmiths ’ . E. Rayner, b Fymon 29 R. B. Newson, c Mur­ rell, b Symon.......... 1 H. W. Ptrhins, b Symon .................32 F.P.Symmons.notout 1 B 9, lb 4, w 1 ... 14 Total (9wkts)*153 *Innings declared closed. W. T. Reed, b Sym­ mons ........................ 8 H. Mayo, not out ... 10 P. Mouncher, not out 15 B 7, lb 2 .......... 9 Total (6wkts)111 S. R. Best, R. Windebank and W. H. Joanes did not bat. GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE (2) v. IBIS (2).— Played at New Cross on June 25. I bis (2). G. Clinton, b Good H. Cranfield, lbw, b Baldwin ................. E, J. Dorrington, run out ........................ A. Alexander, b Bald­ win ........................ G. Dewey, b Good ... E. Sparrowhawk, b Baldwin ................. £6 E. W. D. Legg, lbw, b Good........................ A. May, not out H. Froom, b Good ... H. Dickenson, b Bald­ win ........................ G. J. Rogers, b Bald­ win ........................ B 4, lb 1 .......... W.Falkner,c Sparrow- hawk, b Dickenson A. Baldwin, c Dewey, b Dickenson .......... W. F. Dray, b Alexan­ der ........................ J. De Gruchy, b Dick­ enson ........................ J. A. T. Good, b Dickenson .......... E. J. Lander, c Alex­ ander, b Dickenson G oldsmiths ' (2). Total J. C. Green, c Clinton, b Dickenson .......... J. Stanton, not out ... F. Bowler, c Dewey, b Dickenson .......... E. B. Tolley, c Alex­ ander, b Dickenson W. A. Wayland, c Dewey, b Dickenson B 1, lb 1 .......... Extras ... . ... STREATHAM v. ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL.-Played at Kensington. S t . P aul ' s S chool . J.Gilman, c and b Leaf 4 A. E. Hunt, b H. Leaf 4 R. C. Hal8e,b A. Bailey 4 A.S.Bailey, bPulbrook 84 C. S. Lee, b Barry ... 31 J. P. Kingdon,c Jones, b Pulbrook ..........40 L. D. Bailey, not out 15 R. P. Culver did not bat. J. C. Wootton, b Pul­ brook ................. C.E.Coles, cE. Bailey, b Pulbrook .......... G. E. Barry; not out Extras................. Total (8wkt8)*203 •Innings declared closed. S treatham . C. H. Leaf, b Culver D. O. Kerr, c Gilman, b Hunt ................. A. Barry, not out ... Extras................. E. S. Bailey, b Culver H. S. Barkworth, c Gilman, b Culver ... 24 G. Lurch, b Lee......... 0 H. M. Leaf, not out ... 20 E.P. Pulbrook, b Barry 6 A. Bailey, c Coles, b H unt........................ 0 , G. BurliDgham did not bat. ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL v. FOREST SCHOOL.— Played at Leatherhead on June 29. S t . J ohn ’ s S chool . Total (8 wkts) 97 T. S. W. Thomas, b 21 3 Munn L. T. Driffield, Mclver, b Munn R. H. Williams, Faviell ................. 1 C. S. Edwards, b Simonds .................57 W . Bevir, b Munn ... 0 A.P.Boissier, cMcIver, b Faviell .................34 F orest S chool , R. G. Roper, b Williams E. H. W . Scott, b Bevir R. W. Ross, b Williams C. D. Mclver, b Williams... W.F.O.Faviell, lbw, b Bevir 15 C. R. Walters, b Williams E. O. Farmer, run out J. S. Munn, b Williams ... J.A.Flatt.cEdwards,b Bevir J. Simonds, not out .......... G. A. Henley, c Ormsby, b Bevir ................. .......... Extras ........................ N. P a tte r s o n , b Simonds................. 0 B.H. Ormsby, c Flatt, b Munn .................81 G.E. McKee, b Faviell 5 J. F. Thomas, not out 6 J. A. Cope, lbw, b Faviell ................. 0 Extras................. 6 Total ...164 Total... 0 b T. Thomas ... 6 13 b T. Thomas 2 0 c Ormsby, b T. Thomas ... ... 8 0 c McKee, b T. Thomas ... 15 c J. Thomas, b Williams........ 10 4 candbT.Thomas 26 0 not out................. 1 3 not out................. 1 2 0 c and b Williams 8 0 4 Extras.......... 4 41 Total (7wkts) 76