CRICKET MATCH.

Press, Volume XII, Issue 1550, 25 October 1867, Page 2

CRICKET MATCH.

A.finer day than yesterday could scarcely have been desired by the most fastidious of cricketers. "The wind throughout the day was very light: blowing in the morning from the south-west, it chopped round to the north-east towards the afternoon, and just as the chilling effects of this wind were felt a warm nor'-wester succeeded. It had been arranged that this, the first of the matches between the U.C.C. and Albion Clubs should commence at ten 6'clock, in order that the game might if possible be played oufe in one day. The players, however, were not quite up to time, and it was after the appointed hour when-the preliminaries were arranged and the game actually begun. The U.C.C.C. won the toss, and sent A. Ollivier and Cotterill to the wickets to the bowling of Taylor and Dickenson. They were npt long together before a ball from Taylor found its way into Cotterill's wickets without his having scored. Stevens folldwed; and played Tery steadily and well until A. Ollivier retired, in consequence of an awkward bail from Dicktnsou. F. Ollivier joined Stevens, but the latter, after a few more balls, gave Bruce a chance, which was taken, and he returned to the pavilion with 11 runs to his credit. Main waring now made his appearance, and began his innings with a fine hit for 4, and after securing several inngles and a leg hifc and a drive for two each, succumbed to "a bailer' , from Young. Moore came next, but wae given out "leg before" after getting a couple of singles. Odell and F. Olliyier then made.'a stand, and ran the score up rapidly, until the latter was disposed of by a "daisy clipper" from Turner.

01l tord saw the last two wic&u fVI Gr " 00 out adding to the hoop iwl been brought up to 80 ati j» owing to the ateadypla y of O?!f n n : who put 23 toJeU n °J el, . t0 good style. The U.C.C.C. PC xv man short in the first inni i, ° n ° be their team having fafled?o^ OUeof jjj appearance. The tact that 01 ]V? a bye was scored in the fim£ ni ?* liF -peak, well for the long-rtopS^ ntf Bruce, who appears to be n, S g l int home a few paces behind th« il-. at h> where, he proved him«df mT^ 1 £ yesterday, only two byehaWnf l^ 6 i; obtained during tluT whT'^f . c . match. l l «3 :ot On the fall of the last *•,*«♦« :t U.C.C.C. immediately took the «v <? Wood and Aihbolt plavin, J*!*' bowling of Moore Jd A B O m .in Wood unfortunately ran himself^ et. after getting a couple of «» J ? h Bent, who filled the vacancy ' J" equally unfortunate in obstructing^ he progress of the ball in a manner t Rj :,, t failed to meet with the approval of) he umpire, who gave him out W befiT h' wicket. Dawe added 3 to the,* £ but fell a victi,,to Mo ore fc 8O and Aehbolt retired for a „■ ,«' [,c reason, on Hobbs making v j Baf ? at ance. Calverfc and Hobbs IS" » buted 8 and 4, the former4w"" much more steadily than usual " a 5 lt , being taken very neatly at JJ c; Cotterill behind the wicket. Tar] l ; was clean bowled by A. Ollivier for f *> and' Dickeuson managed to seeural' * very creditably before he was diepo-4 ci of by a pretty ball from Otfil ,o Among Dickenson's laurels was a n- drive for 4, which would have been id very g00( j lf j fc had not been t le , Z oualy" pulled." The other n . fell for small scores, Dut byes, wides ." and leg byes formed no inconsiderable jh item in the sum total to the credit of a( the Albions at the end of the innings J[ They amounted indeed to j; the runs obtained off the bat. Thia ?e may be accounted for by the fact that th the bowling of the U.C.C.C. was much • d faster than that of the Albion Ciab j * and not nearly bo steady, ' 19} At twenty minutes past one an is adjournment was made to the pavilion *•* where lunch had been provided by Mr k » Ruddenklau, of the City hotel ; e : On the U.C.C.C. resuming -the le batting they were 21 runs aliead er of their opponents,.but fete appeared d to be against them, and. the wieketa l " tell one after auother without any stand whatever being made, none of the players making a double figure, and the score on the fall of the last <d wicket standing at 29, including a byo, kV a wide, and a leg-bye. is The Albions went to the wickets ri again .at .about four o'clock, with 60 * runs to make to tie, and .eleven men j t in the field who were determined to do ie their utmost to prevent their getting n them. The first over was a "maiden/* tf and in the second Young received ho * quietus from Odell without having c scored. Bent was likewise disposed f of after his colleague had obtained to 1 singles—two wickets down for 2 far?, •■ Dawe joined Wood, but tho'latter-w l 9 caught by Odell after making a nica f drive for 3—three wickets down for 9 t runs. Hobbs took Wood's place, and j sent the first; ball over the bowler'e head for 3, but was caught directly a afterwards by Cotterill—the fourtii ' wicket falling for 12 runs. A ah bolt came out only to receive a ball from .; Harley that he didn't know what to f d.o with, and returned to the paviliou i without having made any runs, though 8 the score nad been increased by byes £ and wides-to 17 rune. Six wickets \ down for 17 runs! The chance of h winning the match appeared decidedly 0 in favour of the U.C.C.C., aa their " antagonists had still 3-1 to gfefc' and. b only four more wieketa,to fall. The c result, however, proved how little.the c early part of the innings -could'be relied on as a criterion of .what was to * follow. Calvert, who was J wickets with Taylor, gave a fine chiuiee ,; to long leg the very first; Sail V « touched, but the opportunity was not- « taken advantage of, and two runs were '* added to the score atnidat the cheers J of the numerous partizaus of tbo c Albion Club. Taylor played very © steadily indeed, and made a fine cquare * leg hit for three, and Caiverfc put a bail off into slip's hands, but it slipped c through them, and another rup ...wee obtained. The score was now gradu- - ally creeping up, and the excitemeat of the players and spectators increased in proportion, Calvert appeared to 1 bear a charmed life, for slip might : baw (; put an end to his career 1 further trouble; but the batemsPg^ ll : escaped, and in the next over roafc * 3 really good drive to square leg'/totAs The enthusiastic cheering excitoif J 1 this bit showed clearly that thescite I was getting very close to the : r%,ffl# * number, but in spite of all that the bowlers could do the batsrpea s« c " s ceeded in getting runs steadily- l ,^o s bowling was changed, but still 'rone * were made. Another chance was , i given by Calverfc to mid-on, who played very close in, but the ball was rather low and came eefely to,; the ground. A drive for 2 by Taylor brought the score to 47, and a, si»g ie By Calvert left only 3 more to win, when the latter drove the boll sharply, jnto the hand 3 of long-on, who dropped ifc, and the' score advanced a pegTaylor then made a cut for a siogfe? andr-the hopes of the U.C.C.G. put an end to by the came -playe? sending the ball away again to theofl» and making the one run required to win the match by four wickets. 3& byes, wides, and leg-byes, amounted tolO. The fielding of the .U.C.C.C. was certainly very much below the mark, but their batting is much nuperior to that of the Albion men, their bitting being much more effective and not bo high. The bowling of the Albioa Club ia steadier than that of the U.C.C.C, but there is room for im* provement on each side. Messrs Bailey and C. M. Ollivier acted as umpires, and discharged theif invidious: duties with general satisfaction. Biiring the j afternoon there was a numerous attendance of visitor

Angst wWnr were 5 -several ladies, wanDeaied-tcrtnfce great interest in f3« of the match. sje following are the scores :— A13102T Club. Ist Innings. 2nd Innings. / run out ..- 2 candbOdell ... 5 W f*KMoore... 2 c Harley, b Odell 0 g&r: 1 tSSS™ ::: ! r Ttrort c Cotterill, , C tl OllWer ... 8 notout 15 Tatlor,bA.On»rier 3 notout 15 iSkeneon.b Odell 14 £ce,bA.olhTier 3 &bOdeU ... 1 !•£ Bye e ,3 ; leg-byee, y bje S> 2 ; ;widee,4 17 1 ; wides, 6 ... 10 59 51 59 110 U.C.C. Cittb.let Innings. 2nd Innings, (fctterill, b Taylor 0 b Dickenson ... 3 * OUivier, b Dickeoson ... .» 5 b Taylor ... 5 x> 0 J- Stevens, o Bruce, b Taylor 11 b Dickenson ... 0 fe M. Ollivier, b jurner 23 b Dickenson ... 1 Ifoftjwaring, b yoojig 12 cßruce.b Young 6 Woore,lbw,bTaylor 2 runout 9 ... 23 b Taylor ... 1 ffib Turner... 0 b Taylor ... 0 Butberford. not out 0 b Taylor ... 0 Miroft,b Young.. 0 notout 1 Srley, absent ... 0 b Taylor ... 0 Bjee, 1; leg-byes, Byes, 1; leg-byes, 2; wides, 1 ... 4 1; wides, 1... 3 80 29 80 109 iSAXTSis op the Bowling op thb CLUB.—In the first innings Taylor bowled 60 balls, no maidens, 28 runs, 3 wickets; BiSlenion fowled 54 balls, 3 maidens, 19 runs, 1 wieiet; Young-bowled 42 balls, 1 maiden, 18 runs, 3 wickets, 1 wide ; Turner bowled 36 balls, 1 maiden, 15 runs, 2 wickets. In the lecond innings Taylor bowled 60 balls, 5 jßgjdens, 14 runsj 4 wickets; Dickeneon bofled 43 balls. 2 maidens, 10 runs, 3 wickets; Toung bowled 24 balls, 1 maiden, 3 rune, 2 triekete, 1 wide. Analysis op thb Bowling- of thb jjCCC In the first innings Moore bowled 120 balls, 9 maidens, 12 runs, 3 wides, 2 wickets; A. Ollivier bowled 108 balls. 5 maidens, 24 runs, 5 wickets, 2 widee ; Odell bowled 10 balle, 7 runs, 2 wickets. In the jecond innings Harley bowled 66 balls, 4 xnaidene, 6 runs, I wicket, 2 wides; Odell bowled 66 balls, 2 maidens, 25 rune, 5 wickets, 1 wide; A. Ollivier bowled 16 balls, 1 maiden, 3 rune, 1 wide, no wicket; Moore bowled 30 balls, 2 maidens, 6 runs, no wicket.