James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1889.1 4 9 O X F O R D. 14 F. H. Gresson (Winchester ), c and b Woods 0 H.W.Forster (Eton), сMcGregor, b Woods W Rashleigh (Tonbridge ), c Hale, b Ford .. A. K. Watson(Harrow), c Thomas, b Ford.. LordGeorge Scott (Eton), not out M. R. Jardine (Fettes ), b Woods A. C. M. Croome (Wellington ), b Woods.... H .Philipson (Eton) (Captain), b D eLittle .. M. J. Dauglish (Harrow), b De Little H .Bassett (Private), b W o o d s R. H. Moss (Radley), с McGregor, b Woods B15, w 1 9 0 3 7 b Woods b Woods b Woods c a n db M o r d a u n t . c Hale, b Ford 0 bM o r d a u n t. 1 13 cMcGregor, b DeLittle notout 0 cMcGregor,b Ford 1 0 cMordaunt, b W o o d s B4, 1 b 4, w 1 2 1 0 1 6 1 8 9 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 9 .90 5 b W o o d s 1 6 Total. ..105 Total C A M B R I D G E . H. J. Mordaunt (Eton), c Philipson , b Bassett E. M. Butler (Harrow), c Forster, b 1 2 7 Bassett C. P. Foley (Eton), b Bassett 2 2 . . . H .Hale(Private), b Bassett 0 4 4 F.T h o m a s(Eton), c Gresson, b Croome 1 8 E. Crawley (Harrow), b Jardine 5 4 E. R. D eLittle (Private), c a n db Croome 4 G .E. McGregor (Uppingham),b Croome 0 F. G. J. Ford (Repton) (Capt.),lbw,b Moss 29 B 13, 1 b 2, w 1..... 1 6 R.C. Gosling(Eton),not out 2 2 S. M . J. W o o d s(Brighton),b Bassett.... 4 T o t a l.. ..300 First Innings. O v s. M n s. R n s. W t s. B O W L I N GA N A L Y S I S.-O X F O R D . SecondInnings. Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. W o o d s F o r d D eLittle M o r d a u n t 20.4 7 4 2 6 24.3 8 4 0 5 2 2 7 3 0 6 8 1 3 4 3 4 2 2 0 1 3 4 2 5 2 6 2 5 1. 0 1 7 1 0 1 1 2 Fordbowledtwo wides. C A M B R I D G E . Ovs. M n s. R n s. W t s. Ovs. M n s. Rns. W t s. Forster...... M o s s 2 6 8 6 4 0 Bassett.. 3 7 1 6 1 5 2 1 Jardine. 1 0 1 3 6 5 5 2 31 1 C r o o m e 3 2 . 21 4 5 8 3 G r e s s o n 2 0 1 4 0 C r o o m eb o w l e da wide. (7) Players v. Gentlemen. July 8 and 9. Unfortunately for the prospects of an even match,luck befriended the stronger side altoget altogether , and the Gentlemen never had an outside chance , thanks to heavy rain on the first night . The elevens were rather different to those of the previous weekat the Oval, Messrs . A. P. Lucas, Key, A. G. Steel , and F. G. J. Ford taking the places of Messrs . W. W. Read, Cranston , Newham, and Bishop onthe one side , and Briggs , Chatterton , Shacklock , Attewell , andFlowers for Richardson , Quaife , Wright, Ulyett , Richardson , and Shrewsbury, the last of whomhad injured his hand in the first match . The Players , winning the tose ,had the advantage of batting first on a good wicket , and were fairly well got rid of for a total of 280. The feature of the innings was the brilliant cricket of Barnes. Goingin first wicket downat 13, he scored 130 out of 267 madewhile he wasat the wickets . Abadmiss at long -slip whenhe hadgot 67 was the only mistake during his long innings , lasting over three hours and fifty minutes . Heavyrain on the first night had affected the ground materially whenit cameto the turn of the Gentlemen to bat, and with Lohmann, Briggs , Attewell , Flowers , Barnes , and Shacklock , not to mention Chatterton to bowl , the game was practically , under 5