Cricket 1907

J u ly 11, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 261 OXFORD U N I V E R S I T Y v. CAMBR I DGE U N I V ERS I T Y . Played at Lord’s on July 4, 5, and 6. Cambridge won by five wickets. Although the weather was very unfavour­ able on the opening day, there was a very fair attendance, though naturally not so great as if the sun had been shining from an unclouded sky. It was the 73rd match between the two sides, and a victory for Cambridge was generally anticipated. Oxford won the toss, and, as events proved, gained some advantage thereby. The side, however, failed to make the best of their opportunities, no-one trying to hit, as should have been done in the circumstances. The ground was very soft, and hardly fit for play, when the match started at a-quarter to twelve. The Oxonians lost Bruce to a good catch low d>wn in the slips at 11, and six later Wright was bowled by a ball which sent one of the bails into Imlay’s eye. Foster played the best hitting game on the side, and hit four 4’s ere being third out at 46 for 29: he might, however, have been caught by Young in the long-field just before he was out. At 52 Gordon was bowled for a steady innings, he having made only 8 of the 35 runs made whilst in. Payne and Hurst added 24 in twenty minutes, and when the latter was caught and bowled for 11, at 76, all the five wickets had been taken by Napier at a cost of only 33 runs. Following a short delay caused by rain, Payne and Bowring added 21 in fifteen minutes, and the former and Barnes, who was in for twenty minutes before making a run, 39 for the seventh. Payne batted an hour and a-half for 38, making his runs out of 90 obtained whilst in: he showed good defence, but hit well when occasion offered. The last three wickcts fell at the same total, the innings closing for 141. Napier kept a fine length and varied his pace well, whilst Morcom, who obtained the last five wicke s, would have done even better on a harder wicket. At the close of the innings rain fell heavily, and it was not until just after five o’clociv that Cambridge could go in. During the quarter-of-an-hour that play lasted Wright and Young made 21 without being separated. There was further rain during the night, and when the game was resumed at a quarter to three, Gilbert and Lowe worked such havoc with the ball that five wickets fell for 7 runs in thirty-five minutes. Fortunately, Harrison and Palmer put on 27 in twenty-five minutes, making many short runs, whilst later Goodwin, in making 26 out of 27 in a-quarter of an hour, played a risky but valuable game. Gilbert, bowling medium- slow right-hand, took six wickets for 36, whilst the total of 108 was very good con­ sidering the break-down which occurred first thing in the morning. Possessed of a lead of 33, Oxford lost Bruce and Foster without a run on the board, the former being out to the first ball of the innings. Wright and Gordon improved matters somewhat, and looked like making a long stay, when Good­ win, displacing Morcom at 37, at once got Gordon out. Just afterwards Payne and Wright were both missed in an over off Napier, and when stumps were drawn for the day, Oxford were 91 runs on with six wickets to fall, Wright being not out 30. On Satur­ day Barnes was caught without a run having been added, whilst at 69 Hurst was sent back at cover from a skyer. Wright remained until he had made 48 out of 94 in two hours and a-quarter, when he fell to Morcom, who was bowling excellently. Brandt, after hit­ ting a 4, was bowled by Napier, and when the innings closed for 112, leaving Cambridge 146 to win, Bowring carried out his bat for a careful 18 : he was, however, missed in the slips by Buckenham when 8. Before the Light Blues could go in, a rain storm came on, preventing any more play before lunch. Young and Wright, playing cautiously, made 22 for the first wicket in thirty-five minutes, the latter, who scored 17 of the number, making two 4’s and a 3 off an over from Gilbert. Young batted half-an-hour before making a run, but, when joined by Muglis­ ton, helped to make 13 off an over. It was, however, the stand by Young and Buchanan which made the game practi­ cally a certainty for Cambridge: together, they added 60 for the third wicket in forty minutes, Buchanan, who made four 4’s, made some fine strokes, but was twice missed, at long-on when 33 again at mid-off. With the match almost won, Young hit Lowe for 15 in an over, but soon lost the company of Payne, and six later (at 125) was himself stumped for a most valuable innings of 45, which took an hour and three-quarters to make: he hit well on to the off-side, made seven 4’s, and played a faultless game. Palmer finished off the match by punishing Gilbert for four 4’s in succession, Cambridge winning by five wicket?. The pleasure of the match was quite spoilt by the weather, but some very good cricket was seen, the bowling of Napier and Morcom and the batting of Young and E. L. Wright being the outstanding features. Score and analysis: O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. G. N. Foster (Malvern and Worcestei),c Buchanan,b c Buchanan, b Napier.............. ;. .......... 29 Napier ........... 0 Hon.O.N.Brace(Winchester and New), c Morcom, b Napier............................... 5 lbw, b Morcom .. 0 E. L. Wright (Winchester and New), b Napier ... 4 b Morcom .......... 48 J. H. Gordon (Winchester c Payne, b Good- and Magdalen), b Napier8 w in ....................11 C.A.L. Payne (Charterhouse and New), c.Buchanan, b c Napier, b Good- Morcom .................•... 38 w in ................... 7 O.S.Hurst (Uppingham and c Harrison, b Exeter),c and b Napier... 11 Napier .......... 7 T. Bowring (Rugby and Exeter), b Morcom ......... 12 notout..................18 R. Gorell Barnes (Harrow c Payne, b Mor­ and Balliol), b Morcom ... 14 c o m ............... 1 D. R. Brandt (Harrow and Balliol), not out .......... 3 b Napier .......... 4 J. C. M. Lowe (Uppingham and Oriel), c Imlay, b Morcom ........................ 0 cPalmer.bNapier 2 H. A. Gilbert (Charterhouse and Christ Church), lbw, b M orcom ........................ 0 b Morcom......... 0 B 10, lb 5, nb 2 ......... 17 B 8, lb 5, nb 1 14 Total.. ......... 141 Total ......... 112 C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings. R. A. Young (Repton and King’s), c Hurst, .b Lowe 6 st Brandt,b Lowe 45 O. C. G. Wright (Tonbridge and Pembroke)c Bruce, b Gilbert...........................13 b Gilbert ..........17 M. W. Payne (Wellington and Trinity, c Payne, b Gilbert............................... 0 c Barnes, b Lowe 5 J. N. Buchanan (Charter­ house and Trinity), c Hurst, b L ow e................. 2 b Lowe .......... 46 F.H. Mugliston (Rossall and Pembroke;, c Bruce,b Gil­ bert ............................... 0 b Lowe .......... 6 W. P. Harrison (Rugby and Jesus),c Foster,bGilbert 8 notout.................. 1 C. Palmer(Uppingham and Clare), b Lowe.................16 not out................. 19 H. J.Goodwin (Marlborough and Jesus), st Brandt, b Gilbert...............................26 A.D.Imlay(Clifton and Em­ manuel , b Barnes.......... 7 A. F. Morcom (Repton and Clare), c Payne, b Gilbert 15 G. G. Napier (Marlborough and Pembroke), not out 2 B 9, lb 1, w 3 ..........13 B 4, lb 1, w 1,nb 1 7 O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Morcom.......... 29 5 69 5 .......... 19 8 29 4 Napier .......... 28 13 55 5 .......... 29 13 49 4 Goodwin ... ... 11 4 20 2 Napier delivered three no-balls. C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings. 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lowe .......... 15 2 45 3 .......... 21 11 57 4 Gilbert ........... 19.4 8 36 6 ........... 23.1 12 71 1 Barnes .......... 5 1 14 1 ........... Bowring ......... 3 0 11 0 Lowe delivered four wides and a no-ball. YORKSHIRE v. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Played at Huddersfield on July 4, 5 and 6. Owing to rain not a ball could be bowled in this match. The teams were as follows Y orkshire (selected from ): Lord Hawke, H. S- Kaye, Tunnicliffe, Denton, Hirst, Rhodes, Haigh > Rothery, Dolphin, Myers, Bates, and Grimshaw. N ottingham shire: A. O. Jones, N. V. C. Turner J. Iremonger, G. Gunn, .T.Gunn.Hardstaff, Alletson Payton, Oates, Hallam, and Wass. STREATHAM v. OLD WESTMINSTERS.—Played at Streatham on July 6. O ld W estminsters . First innings. Second innings. H. S. Bompas, run out 0 lbw, b Parton ... 5 L. A. M. Fevez, b Feeny ... 10 not out................. 0 W. A. Green, c Scott, b Feeny........ ................. 15 b Parton ......... 13 E. Berens, b Feeny .......... 3 c Cross, b Parton 13 E. C. Stevens, run out 20 lbw, b Parton ... 1 C. Wilson, b Phillipps 4 b Parton .......... 10 W. F. Fox, c Miller, b Philc Tidy, b Bark- lipps ............................... 7 worth .......... 4 R. E. Murray, b Feeny ... 0 b Parton .......... 0 F. K. Simmons, not out ... 12 c Parton, b Bark- worth .......... 0 M. Houdret. b Phillipps ... 0 c Miller, b Parton 1 A. S. Gaze, b Phillipps 3 c Miller, b Parton 7 B 2, lb 1 ................. 3 Extras.......... 0 Total ................. 77 Total.......... 54 Streatham . b Total.. .108 Total (5 wkts) 146 H. S. Barkworth, Berens ................. 0 C. M. Thomas, c Fevez, b Green .................45 H. T. Cross, b Berens 19 E. P. Pulbrook, b Berens ................. 1 C. J. Parton, b Stevens 5 H. H. Scott, V. F. Feeny and C. A. Tidy did not bat. * Innings declared closed. N. Miller, not out ... 68 G. V. Campbell, c Wil­ son, b Green ..........11 J. L. Phillipps, not out 23 B 9, lb 3, w 2, nb 2 16 Total (6 wkts)*188 LONDON COUNTY v. WHITGIFT WANDERERS. Heavy scoring characterised this match at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday last. Vivian Crawford hit three 6’s and forty-four 4’s during the two hours and fifty minutes he was in. W hitgift W anderers . R. B. Bettson, c Poide­ vin b Brown......... 1 W. B. Bannerman, c Gillespie, b Wells ... 6 R. Henmen, b Poide­ vin ... .................84 V. F. S. Crawford, c Cameron,b Carter...204 H.Hercombe, b Brown 0 C. Petfg, c Poidevin, b Gillespie.................20 G. Simmonds, b Poide­ vin ........................ Rev. J. C. Crawford, st Cameron, b Gillespie E. F. Chaney, c Pen- • fold, b Carter.......... R. B. Bannerman, not out ........................ Extras................. Total (9 wkts)*414 D. L. Hammick did not bat. * Innings declared closed. L ondon C ounty . L. G. Robinson, b W. Bannerman ......... 73 L. S. Wells, b Craw­ ford ... .................31 J. J. Cameron, b Craw­ ford. ........................ 6 P. G. Gale, not out ... 18 H. Brown, R. C. Reade, R. Carter, J. D. Gillespie, A. Bridge, and Penfold did not bat. L. O. S. Poidevin, not out .........................139 Extras... ............ 13 Total (3 wkts) 280