Cricket 1910

J u l y 7 , 1 9 1 0 . CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 4 7 H. D. G. LEVESON-GOWER’S XI. y. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Played at Eastbourne on June 30, July 1 & 2. Mr. Leveson-Gower’s XI. won by 113 runs. Neither side was particularly strong in this match, and not very much interest was centred in the game. On tho opening day the scratch side completed an innings for 158 and got down five Oxford wickets for 70. The wicket rolled out well on Friday, and some very attractive cricket was seen. The feature of the remainder of the University’s innings was the batting of Hooman and his stand of 73 with Mackenzie. Hooman batted 140 minutes for his runs, hit fifteen 4’s, and was missed when 7 and again when 35. With arrears amounting to 76, Leveson-Gower’s XL lost their first five wickets for 91 upon going in the second time, but Lawton (111) not out) and Crawford (78 not out) quite changed the aspect of the game by putting on 178 in 105 minutes without being separated by the end of the day. The former was missed when 131, but Craw­ ford offered no chance. Altogether, the stand realised 201, and then Crawford was bowled for a most sound innings of 90, which contained a dozen 4’.s. Lawton stayed until he had made 168, his highest score in a match of note. He offered only tlie chance mentioned and hit twenty 4’s. Oxford were set 207 to win, and at lunch had three wickets down for 28. Half the side were out for 58. Hooman and Twining afterwards scored woll, but Leveson- Gower’s XL won by 113 runs. Score and analysis : M r . H. D. G . L e ve so n -G o w k r ’ s XI. First innings. II. B. Chinnery, b Lowe .. 15 G. J. V. Weigall, c Lowe, b Mackenzie...........................15 C. S. Hurst, c Evans, b Lag­ den ......................................33 Finest Smith, b Lagden ... 11 A. E. Lawton, b Lagden ... 7 I ord Hawke, c and b Lowe 31 J. G. C. Scott, c Lowe, b Lagden .......................... 9 R. T. Crawford, c Twining, b Lowe ..........................20 M. E. Coxhead, c Braddell, b Lowe .......................... 0 Capt. A. W. Lupton, b L o w e ................................... 8 \V. F. Reav, not o u t.......... 5 L-b ........................... 4 Second innings, c Lowe, b Mac­ kenzie ...........21 b Mackenzie ... 4 b Lagden ... b Lagden .. c Twining, Lowe b Lagden ... c Mackenzie, Lowe b Vidler . 27 12 ..168 17 90 run out ........... 2 c Pawson, b Vid­ ler .................. 7 not out.................. 0 B23,lb2,w2,n-b2 29 Total ..................158 Total...........382 O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First innings. Second innings. M. G. Salter, c Hurst, b c Scott, b Lup- C raw ford ............................ 0 ton ..................... 0 R. H. Twining, b Crawford 8 b Lupton ............57 A. J. Evans, b Lupton ... 6 b Crawford............16 C. V. L. Hooman, c Lupton, b Reay .......................99 b Coxhead............42 R. L. L. Braddell, b Craw­ ford ................................. 5 b Crawford............ 2 C. P. Leese, c and b Craw­ ford ................................. 5 b Crawford............15 R. O. Lagden, c Weigall, b Crawford .......................35 b Coxhead............ 10 J. L. S. Vidler, c Smith, b Lupton ......................... 8 b Coxhead............ 9 A. G. Pawson, lbw, b Lup­ ton ................................. 0 b Crawford............10 M. K. Mackenzie, not out... 48 c Lupton, b Craw- J. C. M. Lowe, c Coxhead, fo r d ..................... 1 b L a w ton ........................ 4 not o u t................... 9 B 12, lb 4 .......... ...1 6 B 20, w 1, n-b 1 22 Total ...................234 Total...........193 M r . H. D. G . L ev e so n -G o w e r ’ s XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lowe .. 16-1 3 40 5 ... ... 21 4 76 2 Mackenzie ... 13 2 36 1 ... ... 18 3 65 2 Evans ... ... 9 0 31 0 ... ... 4 1 14 0 Lagden ... .,.. 11 3 31 4 ... ... 19 4 63 3 Vidler ... . 5 1 16 0 ... ... 18 0 74 2 Braddell ... ... 4 0 15 0 Hooman ... ... 11 1 46 0 Ledger bowled two wides and Lowe two no-balls. O x f o r d U n iv e r s it y . First innings. O. M. R. W. Crawford ... 28 12 61 5 Lupton ... ... 17 6 42 3 Lawton .. ... 5-3 0 28 1 . Reay ... 11 0 51 1 . Coxhead ... 3 1 9 0 Smith ... ... 5 0 27 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 8 5 14 0 ’.!! 13 3 48 3 ........................... _ ... 11 2 37 0 Lawton bowled a wide and Coxhead a no-ball. OB ITUARY . M. S herw in . It is with regret that we announce the death of Mordecai Sherwin at his residence, the Craven Arms, Woodborough Road, Not­ tingham, shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday last. For some time his condition had been hopeless, and his once stalwart form had shrunken to such an extent as to make him almost unrecognisable. He was born at Kimberley, in Notts, on February 26th, 1851, and was therefore in his sixtieth year at the time of bis death. It was whilst associated with the Basforl Park C.C. that he came into note as a ciicketer. He was a useful batsman and at times obtained wickets with his fast deliveries, but wicket-keeping was his delight and forte and for hours together he would throw a very hard indiarubber ball with much force against a wall and catch it, at all angles and at all speeds, on the rebound. Soon after the death of Biddulph, in 1876, Sherwin went to the county ground and had an interview with Capt. Holden who asked, in his gruff way, “ Who are y o u ?” “ I’m Mordecai Sherwin,” was the reply. “ What do you want ? ” “ Well, I want to keep wicket for the coonty.” “ Are you afraid ? ” then enquired the Captain, and Sherwin’s answer was, “ Nought fears ma.” The new wicket-keeper was tried for Notts the same season—1876, his first match being against Gloucesteishire ou the Clifton ground, where he caught E. M. Grace on the leg-side and stumped G. F. Grace oil Tye. For some time afterwards Fred Wild continued to be the regular wicket-keeper, but Sherwin was regarded as his successor. The latter must have created a decidedly good impression, for in 1877 he became a member of the ground-staff at Lord’s — a position he re­ tained for a quartcr-of-a-century. The M.C.C. recognized his services by giving him the match between Middlesex and Somerset at Lord’s in 1894 for a benefit. Unfor­ tunately, the game was over on the second afternoon, and one fears that Sherwin did not receive the* reward he anticipated and deserved. He played his first match for his county in 1876 and his last in 1893, stump­ ing 110 men and catching 365:— Ct. Stmpd. Ct. Stmpd. 1876 ... ... 6 2 18S7 ... ... 39 11 1877 ... ... 7 3 1888 ... ... 24 8 1880 ... ... 11 3 1889 ... ... 26 8 1881 ... ... 16 7 1890 ... ... 33 4 1882 ... ... 18 11 1891 ... ... 19 5 1883 ... ... 23 10 1892 ... ... 37 2 1884 ... ... 26 10 1893 ... ... 22 6 1885 ... ... 34 11 — — 1886 .. ... 24 9 365 110 One of his best performances was against Gloucestershire at Trent Bridge in 1889, when he caught five men and stumped three. He took part in the Gentlemen v. Players matches several times between 1883 and 1693, and in 1888 kept wicket for England against Australia at Lord’s. At his best he had scarcely a superior as a wicket-keeper, but he was contemporary with Pilling and Mr. MacGregor and was often passed over when a team had to be chosen for a repre­ sentative match. In 1886-7 he visited Australia as a member of Shaw and Shrews­ bury’s team, but made no other tour abroad. Sherwin occasionally made a useful score for his county, but never succeeded in ob­ taining the hundred about which he could be so eloquent. In club matches he played some good innings, and at Twickenham in June, 1883, made 216 for the first wicket of Elsenham v. Orleans Club with Ulyett, who scored 136 not out; Sherwin’s innings on that occasion amounted to 88. At Trent Bridge in 1888 he unstrapped his pads in the match with Kent and took two wickets for 7 runs. A still better performance, however, was against Middlesex at Lord’s in 1892. Going on, practically as a last hope, Sherwin got the wickets of Messrs. A. J. Wet be and Thesiger for 9 runs and thereby enabled Notts, to pull off the match within four minutes of time. Sherwin was very popular with all who knew him. Despite his size—in 1891 he scaled 17 st. 2 lbs.—he was very nimble, being able, in fact, to turn half-a-d 'zen somersaults. He could sing a song—“ Oh, Dem golden slippers! ” was a favourite—and at one time kept goal for Notts. In 1837 he contested, in the Conservative interest, the Bridge Ward at Nottingham but was not successful. HAMPSTEAD v. WANDERERS.—Played at Hamp­ stead on June 29. W a n d e r e r s . L. J. Wishart, not out 40 S. Colman, c Hodgson, b E v eritt......... . ... 3 R. Kenward, c Hodg­ son, b E v eritt......... 0 T. C. Stafford, c Hale, b Marsden .......... 47 J. U. C. Watt, b Mars­ den .......................... 15 P. G. Gale, c Pollock, b Ingram .................. 13 G. U. B. Roose, c Ingram, b Everitt... 18 H a m ps te a d . P. P. Lincoln, b Mars­ den ..........................20 S. Herbert, b Marsden 0 N. A. Damian, c Hale, b Marsden ........... 2 F. W. Christian, c Yates, b Everitt ... 8 B 5, lb 4 ........... 9 Total ...175 W. S. Hale, c Kenward, b H erbert.................50 C. II. Yates, lbw, b Stafford .................. 14 R. S. Everitt, b Damian 1 F. li. D.’O. Monro, run out ..........................34 E. L. Marsden, b Her­ bert .......................... 0 R. Ingram, notou t... 47 G.M. Hodgson, c and b Stafford .................. 3 G. G. Braithwaite, c Watt, b Stafford ... 0 W. Pollock, not out... 6 B 8, w 2...................10 Total (7 wkts) 165 A. A. Evill and F. Atkins did not bat. STUARTSURRIDGE&Co. CRICKET BATS CAN BE PURCHASED AT Lords, Oval, and the Principal „ g | Colonial Cricket Grounds * * | throughout the World. pil The Greatest Number of Huns AND THE H ig h e s t In d iv id u a l S con e made by ERNEST HAYES with one of S T U A R T S U R R ID G E & C o .’ s RAPID DRIVER BATS. The handle o f th e Rapid Driver is m ade to any degree o f Flexibility. 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