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Otago Witness, Issue 2161, 25 July 1895, Page 40

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•The year 1895 will certainly ba an annus memorabUis in tbe history of cricket. TL c achievements accomplished during the current Beaion in England have been of an extraordinary character. The fact that W. G. 'Grace, the greatest batsman who ever lived, 'has completed his century of centuries and ia with the bat in a manner which recalls his very best days is only one incident that lvnders the season remarkable. The score of 698, which has for seven years— to be strictly correct, sicca August 9, 1888— stood as the highest aggregate in an intercoutity match, having been scored by Surrey against Sussex, iws no sooner been replac d as the record by the total of 726 made by Notts against Sus-ex than ihe latter record itself goea by the board and, &B we learn by cable, Lancashire, playing against Somersetshire, make 801, which is second only to the Australians' score of 843 against the Universities in 1893 in the records of fii6t-claßß cricket in England, though • ifc jusb fell short of the score of 803 made by the Non-smokers against the Smokers in Melbourne 4n 1887. Incidental to the mammoth total compiled by Lancashire, a performance was accomplished by A. C. Maclaren, the young amateur who visited Au3lralia with A. E. Stoddart's ieam, which has deposed a "record that h»s stood to W. G. Grace's credit for tbe period of 17 years — the record for the highest individual score in a fhtt-class match. The Lancastrian has, in f*ct, beaten by his one performance two recoids held by W. G "Grace. The champion was, with the scoro of 344, made for ;the M.C.C. against Kent in August 1878, tbe bolder of the record for the highest individual Bcore in a first-clft'S match, and with the score »f 318 (not ou!) mude for Gl uctstersbire against Yvrkabire in Augusb 1876, he was the iiolder of tbe record for the highest Fcore in a iirst-cla*s inter-county match in England Both these records now belong to A. C. Maclaren, who in the m.*tch between Lancashire and Somersetshire last week compiled 424 from bis jown bat, his hits including 62 4's and 37 2'e, >nd was at the wickets for seven hours and 50 (minutes. A. B. Studdart's 485 made for ■Hampc'tead ogaiatt tbe Stoics in Angust '1886 is the only individual score which exceeds that now credited to Maclaren. The latter received valuable assistance in the Lancashire innings from Paul, who visited New Zealand in 1888 as a member of the English football team and who scored three figures, but *he exact dimensions of his score were not cabled. Maclaren is evidently io^ in the habit (Of doing things by b/ilv^. When he gets set he 5b not got rid of without great trouble to the opposing side. It will be rtmcnibisred that his 228, made against Victoria, was the highest •total made by any member of the English team in Australia last summer. The Si mersetebire bowling, it may be stated, has, notwithstanding that _fcbe county has S. M. J. Woods, Tyler, aud ■Nichols an.ong others to rely on, come in for ;very severe treatment this year It w&« against fcbis county that Gloucestershire made 474 when W. G. Gra.ce scored his 283 in May ; against it, also, Sussex hat Bcored 518, and now In two Buccessiva matches, played ou the oounty gtonnd at Taunton, we find innings of 692 and 801 recorded againsb "Zummerzft," the former total bt-ing made by E s-x in the match commenced on the 11th, a,ud the latter total by Jjancashire in the match begun on the 15bh inst. Iha New Zealand Cricket Council (says a Jsydn«y paper) have sent an iuvitation to the New South Wales Cricket Association to send A team to New Zealand in January next The ifow Zealand Council are prepared to pay all the travelling and hotel expenses of 12 players and a manager, aud they offer, moreover, to pay allowances to players who, through loss of * alary and so forth, may be out of pocket by reason of the trip. The offer may be iaid to be a generous one, for the New Zealanders have been informed that, although a strong eleven maybe sent from here, it will be impossible to make it a representative one, a« many prominent players will prefer to stay on this side to keep themselves in evidence against the t>el»ction of a team to leave for Euglaud in March. The secretary of tbe New Zealand Cricket Council bas received the following cablt message frem the secretary of the New South Wales Cricket Association : — "Decided to send team. Letter following." This will be the first occasion on which a representative team I lias Ix-en sent to New Zealand under the j auspices of the New South Wules Association. Up to June the 14th 50 centuries had been registered in fiivt-clas« cricket in England for the season. Cricket of June 13 contains reports of fint-c-afs matches in which individual score-? 1 to the following amounts were made: — 215, 199 (not out.), 155, 140, 123, 118, 116, 111, 107, 106, and 101. This is not bid for a Bingle week's play. Included in the 50 centuries alluded to were four to the credit of W. 'G. Grace (since supplemented by another one), three apiece to tho credit of N. F. Druce, 8. M. •J. Woods, and H. W. Bainbridge, and two apiece to tbe credit of Abel, Gunn, Holland (Surrey), and Sir T. C. O'Brien. A frefh record for the longest partnership was established on June 12 in a mutch between the Ist Jttoyal Munster Fuailccrs and the Army Service Corps, played at Curragh Cinip, Captain Oates (not out 313) and Pi irate Fi'zgerald (uot out 287) adding 623 runs for the second \rickfct. Tbe previous record for a partnership was the Ecore of 6Q5 made by Q. F. Vernon and &.. H. Trevor for the Orleans Club against Bidding Green. A victory by five wickets was secured by Gloucestershire over Middlesex on June 1, this result being largely due to the wonderful batting of W. G. Grace, who completed his 1000 runs on the firsb day of the match. Tbe ■western county scored 356 (W. G. Grace 169. A H. Luard 64, S A. P. Kitcat 36) and 46 for five wickets, while Middlesex made 200 (G F. Vernon 62, A J. Webfce 33) and 208 (Rawlin 83, E. S. Lucas 70). Dr G. Thornton secured the five Gloucestershire wickets in the second innings r.t a cost of 20 runs. Heavy rain on June 1 robbed Surrey of victory in their match with Warwickshire at Birmingham. The visiting team made 305 in their fir«fc innings, Abel contributing 75, W. W. R-ad 44, Holland 43, aud ITayward 33. Warwickshire made 129 (H. W. Bainbridpe 34, William Qunife not ou' 34}, *nd, following on, scored 258, to which 11. W. Baii.bri.dge subscribed a splendidly got 142, the next highest scorer bting Walter Quaife, who compiled 44. Surrey scored 10 for no wickets in the second innings. The match between Cambridge University sad Yorkshire, commenced on May 30, also was stopped by rain on the third day, and was conlequently drawn. The county made 334, D-n-ton (not out) compilh-g 77, Tunnicliffe 68, ' Brown 55, and Hunter 45, and the Light Blues lost eight wickets for 220 (N. F. Druce 60, W.

M. Hemingway 56, and H. H. M&motfc not out 35). Oa June 1 the Oxford University Eleven sustained their firfet defeat of the season, their opponents being the Kent team, whosa victory was tU^rou-ihly well earned. The Oxonians made 308 (G. O. Smith 78, G. J. MorcUunt 60, R. H. S. Bai-s not out 52, F. A PnillipH 38) aud 158 (H. K. Foster 35, G. B. R*ike« 35, G. O. Smith 32), while Knt floored 263 (Busby 46, G. O. Cooper 42, Rev. H. C. L. Tiudall32) and 205 for one wickeb (J. R Mason not out 142, Basby not out 47). After following on against a majority of 127 Hampshire succeeded in defeating Somersetshire at Taunton oa June 1 with 11 runs to spare. The home team made 221 (L. C. H. Palairet 96, Clapp not'*ut 60) and 176 (G. Fowler 52, B. W. B.irtlett 40) to the Hants team's 94 and 314 (B icon 92, H. F. Ward 71, C. Robson 41, Siar not out 38). A. O. Maclaren made his first appearance since his return from Australia when on May 30 be captained his county tr a nat Old Trafford ng-iiosfc Leicestershire, who suffered d"fe»t by 177 runs Lancashire put to^tthrr 202 (P-iul not out 77) and 168 (Ward not out 75, Mold 57), while Leicestershire made 104 and 89. la the home team's second innings nine wicke's fell for 57, but Ward, who carried his lat through, and Mold added 111 for the last wicket. The Hampshire lileven followed up their success over Somersetshire by defeating Derbyshire at Southampton on Juue 4 by an intiiugs and 79 runs. Hampshire's single innings realised 294 (Dr R. Bancroft not out; 62, Btrlon 41, H. F. Ward 38, Soar 36), and Soar and Baldwin, who were unchanged throughout, bowled with such effect that the Peak Cout.ty only made 82 (A. R Bennett 32) and 133 (DAvidson 32) A severe struggle for supremacy was witness' d in tho match between Some sut^bire aud Middlesex commenced at Lord's on Whit Monday, but a draw wss the result, the metropolitan te»m being 80 runs behind with two wickets to fall when stumps were drawn on the third d iy. Brillixn 1 ; batting by the brothers Palairet enabled Somwrsetsbire, who went in first to score 337 (L. Paiairet 109, R Palaire*; 108, G Fowler 31, Tyler 30), but Mi<l<iles»»x topped this score, making 370, to which A E. Stoddait contributed a lucky 150, Dr G. Thornton (not out) 67, Rawlin 61, and B. A. Nt-pean 50 Somersetshire in the second innings m>*de 291, S. M. J Wuoda compiling 109, V. T. Hilt 37, and W. N. Roe 35, and Middlesex, n-quiiing 259 to win, lest eight wick-ts for 158, A. B. St^dd .it b*t ing finely for 56. The mati-h was for ths benefit of the professional, T. Mycrofb. The attendance record at Brighton on Whit Monday, when Sussex met Gloucestershire, was broken, the attraction being "to see Grace bat." The champion gave a Sne exhibition in his first iuuingp, but the toring generally was not sufficiently heavy to prolong tbe match bejroud the second day, when iSuesex won by six wickets. The western county mad- 151 (W. G. Grace 91) and 146 (G L Jaaoop 31), and Sussex ccmpiled 213 (Marlow 7J5, G. Brann 40) and 86 for four wickets (Marlow 36). • The first Battle of thest-a3on was commenced at 8.-aoiall lane on June 3, and resulted in Lancashire gaining an easy vict ry by 145 run*. Lancashire made 166 and 304 (Paul 87. Wv d 63, Sugg 53, B4ter uot out 38) whih- York-hire scon d 161 (Dentou not oit 44, Wainwrnjht 35, Lord H*»vke 34) and 164 (Lord H*wke not out 45, Peel 40); Nfftts were beaten by nine wickets at tha hands of Surrey on June 6 The match, which was plaj ed at Nottingham, attracted large attendances, the gate receipts for the three days amounting to >vbont £520. Notts made 162 (Gunn 41) and 201 (Guim 6 5, C. W Wiijtht 55) to Surrey's 306 (K. J Key 127, Abel 57, R chardson not out 41) and 58 for one wicket (Abel not out 34). Q A drawn match was the result of the nveting between Warwickshire and Keat at Birmingham on June 1. Th». h< me 'eana's fi««t innings realised 225 (L. O. Docker 4?, Lilley 40, Sinr.all not out 38). au<i Kent made 229 ( W L. Kuowks 79, Wright 32). The second venture ot Warwickshire was closed with three wickets down for 210 (William Quaife nob out 78, H W. Bainbtidgr 75), aud Kent then scored 105 for three wickets (Easby not out 56). Tha most noteworthy feature of the match between Essex and Leicestershire, commenced at Ley ou on June 3, was that Pickets took, at a co-t of 32 runs, the whole of the latte^'s 10 wickets in the first innings Leicester-hire nevertheless were the winners, scoring 111 and 190 (Chapman 56, C. B. de Trafford 44) to their opponents' 103 (Burns 37) and 123 (G. M Gah»y st). Gloucestershire were weakly represented, especially in bowling, when they met Surrey at the Oval on June 6, and the latter team toak advantage of the fact to score 405. H*yward made 123 without a chance, while W. W. Read contributed 54, Abel 38, Brockwelt 37 (not out), and Holland 33. Gloucestershire scored 129 (G. L. Jessop 35, A H. Luard 32) and 81, R'i'hardson and Lockwood bowling with great effect A sp'eudid performance was accomplished by Mold in the match between Lancashire and Kent, commenced on June 6, 16 wickets out of 17 that fell to the bowler* being secured by the j fast trundler at *. cost ot 111 runs Lancashire scored 487— the, best total they had made np to that time — to which Paul contribut-d 140 (his Urst century for the county), Ward 76, B-vker 58. Baggs 47, Sugg 39, Tinsley 35, and Smith 30, whil« Kent made 71 and 125 (W. H. Patterson not out 57). A luw scoring match was that between Yorkshire and Leicester-hire, played on a fiery wickeb at Leicester. The visiting team made j 188 (Moorhouse not out 81, Dentou 30) and 132 to Leicestershire's 153 (Holland 65, Pougher 35) and 80 (C. E. De Trafford 34). Hirst was the mot destructive bowler for Yorkshire, who won by 87 runs. '1 irne unfortunately prevented a definite ter- j ruination to the match between Sussex and j Sonitrse^hire, which was bsgua at Brighton on j .June 6 and produced the highest total ever scored in an inter-county match in England, 1544 "uns being made for the loss of only 32 wukets. Sus<ex stnrted with 518— * he highest total ever nvtde by the county — asd 10 of the team reached double figures. Marlow topped the list with 155 (in the compilation of which I ha gave one cbance only), and X S. Ranjit- ! sinhji made 95, W. L. Murdoch 94, and G. Brann 42 Somersetshire responded with 465, S. M. J. Woods playing magnificently for 215 (made in two hours and a-half), and receiving able assistance from F. J. Poynton (57) L. C. H. Palair<-t (42), R. P. Spurway (38), and G. Fowler (35). The second innings of Sussf-x was closed with nine wickets down for 243 (X S. Ranjitsinhji 57, Parris not out 52, A Colling 46, G. Brann 42), and 'Somersetshire, then bpiug 297 behind, made 118 for three wickets (G. Fowler not out 56, L. C. H. Palairet 31). The M.C.C. and Ground easily defeated Warwickshire by an iauings *nd 215 runs on June 7. The M.C.C. scored 448, to which Dr W. J. Scott contributed 107, Sir T. C. O'Brien (nob out) 106, Chatterton 55, Storor 44,' and R. 8. Lucas 41. The county made 132 and IC6, Law making 32 in each innings.

Cambridge University gained a brilliant victory over a strong M.C.C. team on Ju-e 8, winning by an iuivngs and 23 runs. Th« Light ; Blues opened with 515, tovards which N. F. Druce contributed a splendid score of 199 (uot on-), wuil* C E. Wihon rna<-1e B\, J. Burrough 42, and W. W. Lowe 33. The MC C m.ule 232 (.Carpenter 61, J. H. J H -rushy 51, C Pigg not out 33, Rawlin 30) and 240 (Davidson 50, N. L-esa 42, Carpenter 38). The next m*tch played by the Light Blues was agunst Dublin University, and again N. F. Druce played an important part in securing for them the victory, which was guiued in an innings wi f h two ruus to spare. Cambridge made 393, N. F. Druoo contributing 116, W. M. Hemingway 63, H. H. Marriott 60, F. Mitobell 40, W. G Druoe 31, and W W. Lowe 30. Dublin Univorbity scared 133 (L. H. Gwynn 63) and 263 (L H. Gwynn 106, P. A. Maxwell 39, A. D. Comyn 30). Surrey drfenfctd S mersatshire at the Oval on Juno 11 with nine wickoti to spare. The visiting team started badly, losing five wickers for 16, but they wre not di»po<i<)d of uutil they had reached 186 (S. M. J. Woods 85). Surrey made 269, of which 146 was put on by the ninth wicket Brook well subscribed 80, Wood (not out) 77, Abel 42, and W. W. Read 31 S >meraet^hire'fl second iuuiugs realised 111 only (V. T. Hill 44), and Surrey then scored 3L for one wiokefe. A victory by an innings and 16- runs was K»inad by No tt* over Lc'-o-t^hu'e at Trent Bridge on June 12 The via tin£ leun made 192 (Bolland 45 Chapman nob «mt 39, Tornlin 36) and 104 (9. W. Hillyard 36). while Nott? scored 312, none of th; team, how-.Vtsr, doing much with the exception of A O Jones (118) and Gunn (111), whose partnership was productive of 230 runs. Some ot the inosl; promirent members of the Oxford Univeis'ty team were absanfe from the malcb in wßich tbe Dark Blues encountered a team r-tpresent ing- the MC.C. and Ground on JuiiC 10. Th« university scored 319 (G. J. MwrU.in* 95, R H. S B is* 47, P. F. Warner 44, H. K. Fooler 40) and 163 (G J. Mo.dauot 45), aud tho M.C O made 350 (Aloe Heirne 95, Be*n 62, H T. Hewett 34, Martin 33. H. Philips-™ 30) and 133 for five wiV.kels (H. T. H«watt 49. F Quiutoa not out 34), the club winniug by five wickets. - Yorkshire gained a well-earned victory over Middlesex by 298 runs at Lord* on June 12. Tho Tyke<=, going in fir«t, made 258 (Brown making 62, F. S. Jnckson 30, ond se\'en others re«ct-ing double figures), and Middle-sex n j p!i' y d with 255 (Sir T. C. O"Brien TS, H. B H»j man 53, G. F. Veruon 32). The second innings of Yorkshire was closed with seven wickets down foi 411, to wbich Tunnicliffe, by hardhitting, contributed 101, Moorhouse (not out) 65, Deuton 57, Lord H*wke (not out) 52, Brown 47, aud Wainwright 35 The ree f ropolitaa team wee dismi«s«d for 115 iv their second ianin^s, Sir TirnM.hy O'Brien making 48. D. rby-hire defeated Warwick'hire ou June 12 by 201 ru»s. The Peak County mado 193 (D*vid«on 79, W. Stor-r 34) and 247 (Sugg not out 80, Bashaw 35, H S'orv r 35) to Warwickhire's 128 (H W. Bainb-idge 64) and 111 (Lilley 48, Sant<<ll 35). Iv tbe fiiMt innings of Warwickshire, D.ividson captured nine wickets for 39 runs. The following matches were in progress whan the nivil left: — Hampshire 160 and 59 for four wick«fcs v. Yorkshire 198 ; S->m trcet-hire 191 and 177 v. E-<»ex 181 and 101 for four wickfts ; M.C.C and G vv-d 184-and 298 (W. G. Greci 125) v. K--t 262 a-d 38 for five wickets; L-uica-hirc 159 mii-I 23 for one wicket v. Surrey 332 (Ab-1 157) ; MiddW-x 566 (Sir T C. O'Brien 202, H. 8 Luea* 185) v. SuP3ex 301 for five wickets (G B-->mn not ou" 114).