The evening world., 1895-09-02
.COBB'S GREAT
BOWLING.
Keeps Down the Enelishmen'S
Score at The Big Cricket
Match.
TWO W|CKETs WITHOUT RUN.
All.New-Y orks Opened Well, but
Then Fell Away and
Died Quickly.
ONLY MADE 1I2 IN THE INNING.
Crowds See a Pretty Game Marred
Somewhat by Loose
Fielding.

8. l., Sept. 2-1f there Is one thing more
than another which arouses the sport
ing enthusiasm of Staten Islanders 1t Is
good game of cricket. and the hand
some grounds CT the Staten Island
Cricket Club were crowded this morning
to welcome the young oxford and Cam
bridge players. who made their first
| appearance to-day before the American
public In a game with the All New York
| team.
The piazza OF the clubhouse and the
grand stand were filed with men and
women in holiday attire as early as 10
o'clock, although the game was not be-
gun till II. while the field was covered
with groups of enthusiasts interested in
watching he preliminary practice of the
teams. From the two tall flagstaffs on
the top of the clubhouse foated the
Stars and Stripes and the flag OF Eng
| land
The Staten Islanders were out first on
| the crease and then the Erglishmen had
a turn at bowling and batting. The lat
| ter wore white trousers and white and
| blue striped coats as their uniform. AL
| though the usual number of players Is
| eleven. there were twelve on each side
in to-day's game.
At II O'Clock Capt. Howard MacNutt,
of the All New York team. won the toss
and ordered his men to the bat.
| The batting order was AS follows:
All New York.-C. Byers. A. T.. Pat
terson. Tyers. NJ. r. Cobb Lohman, r.
T. Rokeby. J. Mart +. +. Kelly, How
ard MacNutt. ]. l.. Pool and J. Rose.
The English team was made up OF
Capt. F. Mitchell. V. T. Hill. II. A. Ark
weight. N. F. Druce. w. Mortimer. F..
A. Phillips. J. C. Hartley. w. +. Milli-
gan. c. +. NJ. Wilson, w. w. Lowe. c.
ID. Robinson and r. A. Studd.
| The New York team is made up of
representative players from the Staten
Island. Manhattan and other clubs In
this vicinity. The umpires chosen were
Bryan Wharton for the New Yorks, and
Mr.. Pacey. of the Belmont Cricket Club.
| of Philadelphia, for the visitors.
AS the Englishmen came out In a body
from the clubhouse. and marched across
the lawn. they were received with ap-
plause by the spectators.
The bowlers for the collegians were
Milligan and Hartley. Play began at
ll.t5 with Byers and Patterson at the
|
runs. but the batting was rather slow
while the fielding of the Englishmen
was sharp and spirited.
Hartley's bowling was very effective
and soon after the start he nearly
caught Byers mapping at his wicket. He
saved an out by hairs breadth.
After nine overs only ten runs had
been made. Patterson got in some good
work off Milligan and did most of the
scoring.
At sixteen overs Patterson had Il
runs TO his credit and Byers "A, with
two byes: Then Lowe took Milligan s
place at bowling. and soon after Hart
ley was replaced by Wilson. The New
| Workers then had ~ runs.
| Byers made some fine hits. Patterson
was caught out in the points by Wilson,
the first wicket falling l23O with a
of g rSns or The y. Tsw Yoke5 io9k r.
place at the wickets.
he is a professional and a hard hitter,
and ths sors e efan Een The
out by Robinson. He had 81 runs to his
credit and the total score for New York
Cobb. of the New Jersey Athletic Club,
was the next batter. He led off with a
rattling drive for three runs, VIII .ch was
loudly applauded. At the next over
Hartley was bowling again in place OF
| Lowe and retired with runs to his
credit. Lohman taking his place. New
York had II runs at the fall Of the third
| wicket.
Arkwright relieved Lowe, and after
bowling a few balls Cobb hit to M.ll!-
gan and was caught out. He had scored
fourth wicket was ~ for the home play
ers.
Experts said the fielding of the Eng
| lishmen did not come up to that OF
| Lord HAWKES. team OF Br!tishers. but
this was natural, as the players. with
TWO exceptions, were all undergraduates
NTH wicket fell when Lohman was
caught out by Robinson. the wicket
keeper, bowled by Arkwright, with only
three runs TO his credit. Total score, 49,
after Rokeby was caught out by liill on
Arkwright bowling. He had only made
one run, and the total score at the fall
of the sixth wicket was -.
Kelly was the next batter. Mart and
Kelly who = a Long Islander kept the
ball flying ..;errily over the field for
again in place OF Ark kwr.ght. The sew
enth wicket fell a l.3O +. NJ, when Mart
was stumped out by Robinson, bowled
by Hartley. The total for New York a,
the fall of the wicket was lO}. An inter-
mission was then called, and the fed
was cleared while the players went over
to the clubhouse for luncheon;
At 2.l5 O'Clock play was called again.
with Kelly and MacNutt at the wickets,
Kelly was caught at the wicket of Mil
ligans first bail without scoring a run.
Pool. after scoring three runs. was also
caught at the wicket. The total score
AT the fall Of the ninth wicket was los
runs. MacNutt was the next out by a
clean bowl by Milligan. no further runs
having been scored, and after short
stand by f. e. Calder and Rose the in
ming closed with ll2 runs for New York,
Rose being the man not out for four.
The extras were byes, 8 leg byes and
l no ball.
The Englishmen went in to bat
at o'clock. This was the order of
batting:
Mitchell, HILL Wilson. Druce. Phillips,
Studd, Milligan,. Mortimer. Robinson,
Lowe. Arkwright and Hartley.
The first bowler for New York was
Cobb: The crowd on the field had
largely Increased since morning, and
there were fully three thousand spec
tators present when the Englishmen
began their inning. Mitchell and Hill
were at the bat, and Kelly was the sec
oni bowler. Mitchell WAS first caught