Cricket 1899

224 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 22, 1899. TH E AUSTRALIANS. THE OXFORD PAST AND PRESENT MATCH. TH IRTEENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at the United Service Ground, Ports­ mouth, on June 19, 20 and 21. The Australians won by ten wickets. After the storm came the calm, but not altogether an unruffled calm. It was not an icipated that the University would be strongly represented either in batting or bowling, and although C. B. Fry turned up unexpectedly, the preseat captain o f the Oxford team was absent, and only two of his team were playing, while several men are not playing regularly in firot- clas8 cricket. Where Leveson-Gower, who acted as captain, was to get his bowliog from was not very apparent when the game began. As a good deal of rain had fallen on bunday night, Darling, who won the toss, decided to give his opponents the opportunity of batting first, but the wicket did not play as badly as it might have done, and the University made a fair score. Fry, who eoou showed that his collapse at Lord’s was only a temporary affair, played a good game, and E. C. Lee dia very well indeed. But the stand of the inniogs was made by Cunliffe and Leveson-Gower, who, for the sixth ticket, put on 59 in five minutes under the hour. Both men played good cricket. The tail did not shape very well, but managed to put on a good many runs. At the end of the day the Oxonians had none the worst of the match, for the Australians had lost Darling, Worrall and Gregory for 78 runs ; while H ill was not playing. The third wicket fell with the total at 45. Owing to rain on Tuesday morning, it was not possible to begin play at the usual time, but on a wet wicket the Australians gave an excellent account of themselves, thanks to Trumper and the tail, who treated the weak Oxford bowling with severity. Trumper and Noble, both of them showing complete command over the bowling, put on 63 for the fourth wicket. Afterwards Kelly hit with success, but with a good deal of luck, though he played exactly the right sort of game which was required by the circumstances. A snower had again made the wicket easy, and the extremely weak bowling was quite unequal to the task of coping with the tail. Everybody was glad to see Laver and M cLeod once more in excellent form, and it is to be hoped that now that they have got a start, they will not look back. Yester­ day morning Darling declared at once, although some of his men, not anticipating this manoeuvre, were not on the ground, so that the Australians took the field with seven men, and Leveson-Gower and E. C. Lee as substitutes. Fry played a great innings, and while he was in with Pilkington tfiere was tfie possibility of a draw, but atter Trumble, Jones, and Noble had failed to make any impression on the batsmen, M cLeod and Laver did what was required of them in the delightful wav to which the bowlers of the 1899 team have accustomed us. Altogether Laver and M cLeod must have been quite satisfied with what they did in this match. O xfo rd U n iv e r sity P a st a n d P r esen t . First innings. C. B. Fry, b Noble .......40 H. C. Pilkington, c Trumble, b Jones................................. 3 A . Eccles, b Trum ble......... 1 E. C. Lee, b Noble ............ 31 Rev. G. B. Raikes, b Jones 19 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Kelly, b M cLeod .......59 F. H. E. Cunliffe, lbw, b Jones ...............................48 J. C. Hartley, b McLeod ... 12 G. F. H. Berkeley, c Darling, b M cL e o d ......................... 3 D. H. Forbes, not out ... 25 R. P. Lewis, b Jon es......... 0 B8, lb 1, w l ...........10 Second innings. cHowell,bM cLeod 54 Total ... ...251 run out........... lbw, b Laver b M cLeod ... c Trumble, M cLeod ... c Trumble, M cLeod ... b Laver ........... 4 c Darling,b Laver 5 not out...................11 c Jones, b Laver.. 1 b M cLeod ........... 0 E xtras..; ...1 2 Total .. 135 A u stralian s . J. Darling, b Forbes... 12 J. Worrall, b Forbes... 9 M. A . Noble, b Cunliffe 32 S. E. Gregory, c Lewis, b Cunliffe...................10 V . Trumper, c and b Forbes ...................55 J. Kelly,c and b Forbes 89 * Innings declared closed. Second innings: E. Jones, not out, 7; W. P. Howell, not out, 8; extras, 1—Total (no wkt), 16. H. Trumble, b Forbes 18 F. Laver, c Lee, b Forbes ...................79 C. McLeod, not o r t .. 41 B 8, lb 4, w3, nbl3 *8 Total (8 wkts)*373 O xfo rd . First innings. Second innings. O . M. R. W . O . M. R. W Jones........... ...29*3 4 80 4 ... ... 4 0 14 0 Trumble ... .. 24 11 53 1 ... ... 8 3 28 0 Noble........... ... 9 3 23 2 Howell ... ...12 7 15 0 ... ... 6 1 25 0 Laver........... ...10 3 39 0 ... ... 12 4 27 4 M cLeod ... ...16 7 31 3 ... ... 17-2 8 29 5 Laver and Trumble each bowled a wide. A u s tr a lia n s . O . M. R. W. O . M. R. W Forbes ... ..3 6 7 100 6 ... ... 2 0 8 0 Cunliffe ... ... 51 17 107 2 ... ... 1*1 0 7 0 Hartley ... .. 12 1 44 0 Berkeley... ... 27 11 48 0 Raikes ... ... 11 1 33 0 L e e ........... . . 7 2 13 0 Cunliffe delivered 12 no-balls and bowled two wides. Hartley delivered a no-ball. Berkeley bowled a wide. MIDDLESEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on June 19 and 20. Middlesex won by ten wickets. Albert Trott still goes on his victorious career (always excepting when he meets the other Austra­ lians), and on good wickets or bad he succeeds where the other men on the same side can do nothing remarkable. The rain of Bunday night did not improve the wicket for Leicestershire, who crumpled up before the invincible Australian for 132. The Middlesex batting was consistent but somewhat monotonous. Nearly everybody scored well, but no one but McGregor really got going. Leicestershire had not much chance of winning the match when they went in again, but Knight played well and De Trafford made some splendid hits. For the second time in the match Trott was in great form, and for the second time Hearne was unsuccessful. Their Australian contingent had a very great deal to do with the victory of Middlesex, for they took sixteen wickets between them besides making 46 runs. First innings. Knight, b Trott ... ., L eiceste r sh ir e . 8 Brown, c Rawlin, b Trott ..1 2 Pougher, c MacGregor, b Hearne.................................. 12 C. E. de Trafford, b Trott... 2 J. H. King, b Trott ........... 1 C. J. B. W ood, lbw, b Roche 23 Whitehead, c Rawlin,bTrott 17 J. King, b R och e................... 9 Geeson, lbw, b T r o t t ...........34 Grewcock, c Ford, b Roche 1 Whiteside, not out ........... 0 Byes ...........................13 Second inninf c MacGregor, T rott............... c MacGregor, Heame ... b T ro tt......... , b Rawlin ... . c MacGregor, Trott............... c and b Heame b Trott........... , lbw, b Trott lbw, b Trott b Trott.......... not out........... B 8, lb 5 ;s. .. 34 b .. 23 .. 0 .. 45 b ... 16 . 10 .. 16 ... 0 ... 0 .. 1 ... 0 ... 13 Total ... ...132 M id d le s e x . Total ...158 P. F. Warner, b Grew­ cock ...........................19 H.B. Hayman, cWhite- side, b Geeson........... 8 H.B.Chinnery,cWhite- head, b Grewcock ... 24 F. G. J. Ford, c Brown, b Grewcock ...........12 Rawlin, run o u t...........17 Trott (A.E.), c White­ head, b W o o d ...........23 Second innings P. F. Warner, not out, 32; H. B. Hayman, not out, 31; lb 1, nb 1.—Total (no wkt.), 65. L eiceste r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hearne (J. T.) 21 10 25 1 ............. 24 8 58 2 Trott ...........29-1 6 80 6 ............. 27 3 10 45 7 Roche ........... 11 5 14 3 .......... 12 4 28 0 Rawlin 5 0 14 1 R. Nicholls, b Grew­ cock ........................... 6 Dr. G. Thornton, b J. H. K in g ...................18 G.MacGregor, not out 57 Roche, b W ood ...........22 Hearne (J. T.), c Pougher, b Geeson 7 B 8, lb 7,nb 1... 16 Total ..229 G eeson......... Grewcock W ood ......... King (J. H.) King (J.) .. M id d le s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . 103 27 16 14 3 2 41 5 30 0 18 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 82 17 0 ... 42 12 0 2 6 Pougher 3 W ood delivered two no-balls GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Bristol on June 19, 20 and 21. Lancashire won by eight wickets. Still without W .G ., the Gloucestershire team fared badly in the first innings against Mold, who, on a wicket which had been more or less injured by rain was extremely effective. The batting did not col­ lapse, but no one could succeed in getting the ball away. Mr. MacLaren made his first appearance for Lancashire, and thanks to him and to Mr. Hartley and Cuttell, Lancashire, with five wickets down, were leading by 27 at the close of the day. Baker and 8harp made useful scores on Tuesday morning, and the northern county ended the innings 109 runs to the good- As things turned out, this was very nearly enough for a victory by an innings. Cuttell’s bowling analysis was remarkable in the Gloucester­ shire second innings. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. Wrathall, c Smith, d Briggs 18 c Paul, b M old ... 4 W . Troup, b Mold ...........12 c MacLaren, b Briggs ...........27 C. L. Townsend, b Mold ... 7 run out ........ 12 W . S. A . Brown, b Mold ... 4 c and b Cuttell... 19 F. N. Bird, c Smith, b Mold 24 b Cuttell ........... 2 Hale, b M old..........................27 cHartley,bCuttell 2 J. Cranston, c Baker, b M old 26 st Smith, bCuttell 35 Board, b Mold .................. 0 c Sugg, b Briggs 15 J. N. B. Champain, b Mold 0 b Briggs ........... 0 Pepall, b B r ig g s ................. 4 not out................12 Paish, not out ................. 4 b M old.................... 1 Lb 1, w 2 ................... 3 Extras ... 11 Total A. C. MacLaren, b Tow nsfnd..................30 Paul, c Hale, b Paish 1 Tyldesley, run out ... 18 Sugg (F.), b Townsend 10 C.R.Hartley, c Brown, b Paish ..................36 Cuttell, c sub., b Town­ send .......................... 51 Baker, c Bird, b Paish 44 Second innings :—A. C ..129 L a n c a s h ir e . Total ...140 Sharp, c Brown, b Paish...........................2*1 Briggs, b Townsend... 10 Smith, b Townsend ... 0 M old, not out ........... 0 B 8, lb 3, w 1 ... 12 Total MacLaren, c Board, b Townsend, 8 ; Paul, b Townsend, 0; Tyldesley, not out, 16 ; Sugg, not out, 7 ; nb 1.—Total (2 wkts.), 32. G lo u c e s te r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Briggs ........... 39 22 60 2 ............. 87 14 60 3 C u ttell........... 8 570 ............ 17 11 12 4 Mold ........... 32*2 10 79 8 ........... 29 11 56 2 Sharp 2 2 0 0 Baker 1 0 1 0 Mold bowled two wides and Briggs one wide. L a n c a s h ir e . Paish ... Pepall ... Townsend Brown First innings. O. M. R. W . ........ 41*2 16 72 4 17 6 37 0 37 8 81 5 13 5 36 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 3 3 0 11 0 4 0 20 2 Townsend bowled one wide and Paish one no-ball. LLOYD ’S REGISTER v. A L LE YN .—Played at Honor Oak on June 13 and 14. A ll e y n . A. Parsons, b W ood .. 16 A. H. Parsons, b Fradshaw ......... ... 10 C. L. Cox, b Bradshaw 10 E. C. Thompson, b W ood .......................... 27 C. J. Parsons, b W ood 9 C. H. J. Day, b W ood 0 L loyd ’ s R e g iste r , J. Attfield, b W ood... 1 M, J. Rhodes, not out 27 O. Hudson, b W ood.. L . Day, b W ood E. Hudson, b Spry .. B 6, lb 1 ................. 0 7 17 7 Total ...131 Redman, c Day, b Par­ sons ...........................24 Bradshaw,b Thompson 16 Alexander, b Thomp­ son ........................... 5 A. S. Hill, c Cox, b Attfield ...................19 S. A . Hill, ran out F. Carey, not out .. W ood, b Day ... Flower, not o u t ... B 5, w 1 , 25 32 21 , 0 . 6 Boxall, Martin, and Spry did not bat. Total (6 wkts) 148 FOREST H IL L v. PR IVATE BANKS.—Played at Catford on June 17. F orest H il l . H A . Hooker, c Mason, b H arpur.................. 53 B. Batchelor, c Swat- man, b Tyler ........... 6 W . L.Pierce, b Harpur 47 P. Gibbon, c Taylor, b Harpur ................. 4 W . R. Williams, lbw, b Taylor .................. 13 E. H. H and,b Harpur 15 Total (8 wkts) *185 C. LeMay did not bat. * Innings declared closed. P r iv a t e B a n k s. E. G. Hill, c Moore, b Harpur ................. 2 F. Woodman, b H ar­ pur ......................... 3 C. G. Welchman, not out ... ... ... ... 15 L. V . Cockell, not out 13 Extras 14 H. R. Swatman, not out .......................... 14 J. H. Mason, lbw, b Welchman ........... 0 H. Westley, st Gibbon, b Welchman ........... 0 A. Youngman, b Welchman ...........12 R. H. Moore, L. B. Fairhead,T. B. Haslam, andE. Tyler did not bat. F. A . Tapson, run out 4 A . F. Taylor, b Batchelor...................11 A . W . Harpur, notout 3 Extras j ... 8 Total (5 wkts) 52