James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1892. 6 1 judging, and rightly , that M.C.C. would have the chance of batting on a better wicket. Thoughseven of the University were out with the total only 62; some fine cricket byWells (48) andStreatfeild (47) worked a great change , andthe end was arespectable total of 149. Thanks to the steady play of W .G. Grace (36), Alec Hearne (64), and W. L. Murdoch (57), M.C.C.'s score at one time was 150 , with only two menout . Wells ' slow bowling , however , puzzled the tail apparently ; at least , the outstanding wickets only added 79. Although they began their second innings in a minority of 80, the brothers Douglas wiped this off , bar one, before they were parted , and in less than an hour. Then for a time things wentbadly with the University , and when the fifth wicket fell the total was only 122. Subsequently , however, Jephson, Streatfeild , and Gaywere all seen to advantage, and the last half of the innings added 161 , a very creditable per- formance . With204 to win, and only two hours and a quarter left , it was odds on a draw. In spite of a vigorously -hit 57 byDavidson, however, seven batsmen wereout for 106, and Cambridge had quite a good chance ; Pougher (56) and J. T. Hearne (37) quite upset these calculations by their brilliant hitting , and verynearly pulled off the game for M.C.C, whoonly wanted 17 to win at the finish , with three wickets in hand. M.C.C. and Ground, 229 and 187 (seven wickets ) ; total , 416. Cambridge University , 149 and 283 ; total , 432 . J. T. Hearne (1st innings Cambridge) ...... O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 3 6 0 33.2 (10 ) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. OxfordUniversity. Lord's , June 27 and 28. W i c k e t s. 7 A very creditable finish for the University , considering that they were 74 to the bad on the first innings , and that they lost the valuable services of their captain , L. C. H. Palairet , owing to an injury in the second. Throughout the two days the gamewas very interesting , and the excitement was maintained at high pressure to the very last . Oxford's second score of 335 was, especially under the circumstances mentioned , a most creditable performance . R. T. Jones (63) and F. A. Phillips (90) put on 140 for the first wicket , and M. R. Jardine (60) and V. T. Hill (52) subsequently punished the worn -out Maryle- bonebowling severely . At the finish M.C.C. wanted 261 to win, and although A. E. Stoddart , who made 112 in the match, contributed 60 in his very best style , on the fall of the ninth wicket the odds seemed to be all in favour of Oxford. Still , though twenty minutes remained , Rawlin, whowas not out both times , found a useful partner in Geeson, and as the latter made 28 and carried outhis bat, the match wassaved . At the close M.C.C. wanted 68 to win, with the last two batsmen in. M.C.C. and Ground, 224 and 200 (nine wickets ) ; total , 424. Oxford University , 150 and 335 ; total , 485. (11) М.С.С.a n dG r o u n dv. Yorkshire. Scarborough , August 29 and 30. Theopening match of the Scarborough Festival , and a blank as far as the first daywent. Rain subsequently , too , prevented the wicket ever getting fast at any period of the game, so that the scoring was very creditable under the circumstances . Thebatting of Yorkshire , whowent in first , wasvery uneven. In spite of a determined stand by Tunnicliffe and A. Sellers , whoput on 71 for the third wicket , the total was only 81 , with six batsmen out. Wainwrightand Brown, whocarried out his bat for a particularly well played 65, however, im- provedmatters considerably , and some free hitting by Hirst brought the total to 208, a good performance for an innings of two hours and three quarters ' duration . Having to bat in a bad light on the second night , the earlier batsmen ofM.C.C. fared badly, so muchso that whenplay ceased the score was 76, with seven wickets down. Following on, 82 behind , M.C.C. fared muchbetter . C. E. DeTrafford made29 of the first 31 runs, and later on Burns (79), C. I.