Cricket 1905

J uly 13, 1905 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 261 was a very poor player who had got into the team by a mistake. After a time he began to venture on the boldest of pulls with a horizontal bat, and generally chose a well pitched up ball for his efforts. What is more, he sent the ball to the boundary. A fast bowler at the Nursery end—Udal’s end— might have settled him very early in his innings, but it was not until two or three minutes before time that the experiment was tried of putting on Morcom there. He made Wright look very uncomfortable, but did not secure his wicket. At the end of the day the score was 166 for four wickets, Wright being not out 33, and Raphael, who had played a quiet but strong game, not out 46. It was generally anticipated that Wright would be soon dismissed when the game was resumed on Friday, but his experience of the previous evening had done wonders for him, and he defied the bowling in a masterly manner. Many of his hits were very clever indeed, and he played exceedingly good cricket. He scored faster than Raphael, who played just as well as he had done on the previous evening, and at last the time came when each man had scored over 90. It was easy to see that Wright was a little excited at the prospect of making a hundred, but he had to deal with a cool and collected bowler in Morcom. He was tempted, and after the narrowest escape of being bowled, was tempted again and fell, when his score was 95 Nothing but praise can be said of his cricket on Friday. He and Raphael put on 191 runs for the fifth wicket in two hours and a quarter. Raphael brought his score to 99, and then he was bowled by a beautiful ball from Napier. He had batted for three hours, and had played a great game for his side. When he left the score was 297 for seven, and the remaining three wickets soon fell. Cambridge had to go in against a balance of 101, and so finely did Evans and Udal bowl that five wickets were down for 44, and the game seemed practically over. But when Colbeck and Eyre made a short stand Udal, who was beating them again and again, was taken off and kept off until more than a hundred runs had been made—a fatal mistake, from which Oxford never recovered. Eyre was dismissed at 77, but Colbeck and McDonell gave a splendid exhibition of cricket. The latter played a very pretty game all round the wicket, while Colbeck was very strong on the off side, cutting to the boundary many straight balls which rose above the level of the stumps. The Oxford bowling was completely mastered Change after change was made, but it was not until the total was 162 that Udal was tried again—at the Pavilion end, which did not suit him in the least. But at last, when the wicket had produced 140 runs, the happy idea occurred to the Oxford captain to put Udal on at the Nursery end again. He at once began to trouble the batsmen, and when three more runs were scored McDonell was well caught off him by Branston from a hard cut for a wonderfully good innings of 60, made in an hour and a half. Udal did not get another wicket, but he continued to beat his men. Colbeck only survived McDonell for a few overs, but succeeded in reaching his hundred before he was caught by Bum at mid-off. He had played a great innings, and was batting for two hours and a quarter.* After his dismissal the inning& soon came to an end, and Oxford had to make 164. Before stumps were drawn they had twenty-five minutes batting, and lost three wickets for 4 runs, although when play ended the total was 15. On Saturday, Morcom and ■Napier bowled admirably, and Wright and Foster were the only two men who could do anything with them. Wright played a splendid game for his side, and when it was necessary for him to get the bowling he de­ moralised the Cambridge fielding by the boldness of his short runs. He played the bowling with confidence and skill, and as long as he was at the wickets Oxford had a chance of winning. But it was Morcom’s day, and Wright fell a victim to a fine ball from him. No one else ever looked like playing Morcom and Napier, and the finish of the match was not exciting. Napier’ s record of three wickets for 63 by no means represents the value of his bowling to the side, for he beat the batsmen time after time, and prevented them from playing their natural game. C ambridge . First innings. R. A. Young (Repton and King’s), lbw, b Henley ... 51 C H.Eyre(Harrow and Pem­ broke),!) U dal.................13 E. W. Mann (Harrow and Trinity),c Henley,b Evans 14 C. C. Page (Malvern and Clare), c Bird,b Martin... 12 R. P. Keigwin (Clifton and Peterhouse), c Evans, b Udal ...............................50 M. W. Payne (Wellington andTrinity),cand b Udal 36 L.G. Colbeck (Marlborough and King’s), b Udal ... 1 H.C. McDonell (Winchester and Corpus), c Branston, b Martin ........................ 6 P.R. May (Private and Pem­ broke), b Martin .......... 0 A. F. Morcom (Repton and Clare), not ou t................. 1 G. G. Napier (Marlborough and Pembroke), c and b Udal ...............................18 B 9, lb 2, nb 5 ......... 16 Second innings. cBranston,bEvans 0 b Evans .......... 9 c Foster, b Evans 0 c Bird, b Evans 4 b Udal................. 8 c Foster, b Evans 26 c Burn, b Henley107 c Branston,bUdal 60 c Foster,b Henley 10 notout.................13 Total .......... ..218 O xford . First innings. W. H. B. Evans (Malvern and Oriel), b McDonell... 21 K. M. Carlisle (Harrow and Magdalen), lbw, b Mc­ Donell ...............................25 G. T. Branston (Charter­ house and Hertford), c aud b Napier .................28 G. N. Foster (Malvern and Worcester), b M ay......... 4 J. E. Raphael (Merchant Taylors’ and St. John’s), b Napier ........................ 99 E. L. Wright (Winchester & New College),b Morcom 95 W.S.Bird(Malvern and New College), lbw, b Napier... 2 F. A. H. Henley (Forest School and Oriel),cPayne, b M orcom ........................ 1 N. R. Udal (Winchester and New College), not out ... 16 E.G. Martin (Eton and New College),cPayne,b Napier 4 R. O. W. Burn (Winchester and Oriel), b Morcom ... 1 B 16, lb 5, nb 2 ..........23 b Henley .......... 0 B 14, lb 5, nb 8 27 Total ...264 Second innings, c McDonell, b Napier .......... i run out cPayne,bMorcom’ ' 0 cPayne.bMorcom 20 b Morcom , b Morcom b Napier , ... 6 ... 26 ... 3 Total ...319 b Morcom .............11 b M orcom ............ 21 b Napier .......... 9 not out................. 4 B 8 , lb 4 , 11 b 2 14 Total ...123 C ameridce . First innings. O. M. R. W. Burn ... 6 0 20 0 . Udal.......... ... 23*4 2 73 5 Evans ... 11 1 50 1 Martin ... ... 14 7 19 3 . Henley ... ... 9 1 40 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 26 0 5 54 2 4 66 Branston 4 18 14 . 7 6.4 3 0 32 0 0 39 3 0 20 0 Udal delivered one, Martin two, Henley four and Evans six no-balls. O xford . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 17-4 2 68 3 ... 17 2 41 6 Napier delivered one and Morcom three no-balls. Napier ... ... 29 7 92 4 Morcom ... ... 25-5 4 (11 3 McDonell ... 15 1 57 2 M ay.......... ... 14 1 IS 1 Keigwin... 6 0 17 0 Mann ... 2 0 13 0 RESULTS OF THE MATCHES. Cambridge, 34; Oxford, 30; drawn, 7 ; Total, 71. 27—Drawn 29—Oxford won by 115 runs 36—Oxford won by 121 runs 38—Oxford won by 98 runs 39—Cambridge won by an innings and 125 runs 40—Cambridge won by 63 runs 11—Cambridge won by 8 runs 42—Cambridge won by 162 runs 43—Cambridge won by 54 runs 44—Drawn 45—Cambridge won by six wickets 46—Oxford won by three wickets 17—Cambridge won by 138 runs 48—Oxford won by 23 runs 49—Cambridge won by three wickets 50—Oxford won by 127 runs 51—Cambridge won by an innings and 4 runs 52—Oxford won by an innings and 73 runs 53—Oxford won by an innings and 19 runs 51—Oxford won by an innings and 8 runs 55—Oxford won by three wickets 56—Cambridge won by three wickets 57—Oxford won by 81 runs 58—Oxford won by an innings and 33 runs 59—Cambridge won by 28 runs 60—Cambridge won by three wickets 61—Cambridge won by 133 runs 62—Cambridge won by eight wickets 163- Oxford won by eight wickets 164—Oxford won by four wickets •65—Oxford won by 114 runs 166—Oxford won by 13 runs 167—Cambridge won by five wickets 168 -Cambridge won by 168 runs 169—Cambridge won by 58 runs •70—Cambridge won by 2 runs 171—Oxford won by eight wickets 172— Cambridge won by an innings and 166 runs 173—Oxford won by three wickets 174—Oxford won by an innings and 92 runs 175—Oxford won by 6 runs $76—Cambridge won by nine wickets $77—Oxford won by ten wickets $78—Cambridge won by 238 runs 579—Cambridge won by nine wickets 580—Cambridge won by 115 runs $81—Oxford won by 135 runs $82—Cambridge won by seven wickets $83—Cambridge won by seven wickets $84—Oxford won by seven wickets $85—Cambridge won by seven wickets $86—Oxford won by 133 runs 887—Oxford won by seven wickets 888—Drawn —Cambridge won by an innings and 105 runs 590—Cambridge won by seven wickets 391—Cambridge won by two wickets 392—Oxford won by five wickets 393— Cambridge won by 266 runs 394—Oxford won by eight wickets 395—Cambridge won by 134 runs 896—Oxford won by four wickets 897—Cambridge won by 179 runs 898—Oxford won by nine wickets 899—Drawn 900—Drawn 901—Drawn 902—Cambridge won bjrfive wickets 903—Oxford won by 268 runs 904—Drawn 905—Cambridge won by 40 runs. J. C. LOVELL’S XL v. HONOURABLE ARTIL­ LERY CO.- -Played at Finsbury on July 1. J. C. L ovell ’ s XI. C. H. Mountain, c Engman, b Bonser 9 P. P. Tyacke, c Bonser, b Adair-Thompson 20 W. II. Golds, c Leg­ gatt, b Bell .......... 9 J. Spencer-Loveli, b Bonser ................. 9 L. Lovell, c Engman, b Leggatt ......... 16 J. Anthony Lovell, not out ........................26 C. L. Ring, c Bell, b Watts ................. A. Meller, c Watts, b Adair-Thompson... S. H. Flindt, b Watts C. Lovell, b Adair- Thompson .......... H. Tidy, b Adair- Thompson .......... B 8 , lb 1 .......... 6 Total .121 H.A.C. A. R. Shield, c Golds, b Spencer-Loveli ... 10 H. W. Bell, not out ... 5 B 6,1b 2, w 3 ... 11 G. A. E. Smith, c Golds, b Meller .................38 M. T. Ingman, b An­ thony Lovell ......... 16 F. C. Adair-Thomp- son, b F lin d t..........46 J. D. H. Watts, notout 19 L. II. Leggatt, H. J. Bonser, H. L. Nathan, H. H. Walshe, and T. W. Leage did not bat. 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