New-York tribune., 1900-08-13

! made against the great schools Of England IN IT'S
| tour which was ended last week.
The reputation Of the Haverford men in England
was made after their first two matches IN their
opening game against Malvern they won in hollow
style by 1S3 runs. The uniformly good batting OF
the eleven was remarkable, for eight got into
double figures and the match made particu-
lary notable by being the only game OF the trip
in which century was scored G. J. Allen was
tie lucky man, but his score OF lo9 was almost
eQUaIled by the vigorous hitting Of R. H. Patton,
who put 81 in short time and made twelve
boundary hits in succession.
The victory against Malvern was followed by a
win against Cheltenham Although the margin
was cut down from 1S3 81. the Haverford play
ers supposed 10 have acco npIished much
better feat by their defeat Of the crack Victorian
School The bowling Of Z. ". De Motte was a
great factor in this game. while ". ". Justice
made top score OF the match with 50
Then followed e grand game against Clifton Col
Iege. when c H. Garter and L. ". De Motto al
most snaJched the game out of the fire, and were
eventually defeated by only In a most ex-
citing contest r. H. Patton shone conspcuously
in this game both IN batting and bowling, for IN
addition 10 capturing five wickets he played an
other vigorous innings Of 81
The Marlborough match was next, and here the
visitors got lesson in playing Tor draw. The
weakness Of the bowling was painfully demon
strated, and with victory IN sight draw had TO
be accepted. The batting in this match was good
all through. and by going in first. after run Of
i'll luck. ". s. Hinchman showed what a deter
mtnation 10 score can do. He played a splendid
innings of 81, which was top score Of the match.
After the Marlborough game the young Amer
leans visited the Metropolis and there they had
the honor OF g game with he MaryIeboue Cricket
Club al Lords ground. The M c. C" can place
Z Gentlemen of England team" in the field. its
5000 members include all the crack amateurs Of
the country. In arranging matches the strength
OF the opposing team IS always gauged and an
eleven selected Of about equal strength. The
Haverford players we're. therefore, rather startled
even If complimented, when they among their
| opponents such players as 4. E. StOddart- P F
Warner and y. E. Druce. They took their med
icine with the best grace possible, and while they
were defeated by lot OF runs and four wickets TO
spare, they had the satisfaction Of running up a
score Of 176 before being disposed of.
IN the next game which against Winchester.
the batting went of, and although ". W Justice
played fine innings OF 81 and R H. Patton hit hard
for @ none OF the others with the exception OF A
C. Wood and ". V Dennis, could get into double
figures, and the total amounted to only 125- This
was easy for Winchester, who knocked of the runs
required win for the loss Of six -wickets.
Three drawn matches against Charterhouse,
Haleybury and Etou followed. In the Charter
house game F. c. sharpless showed up something
Ike his American form for the hrst time and
played a splendid innings OF 2 not out; He fol-
scoring g.. and Jkenceforth in form IN the
match against Eton r H Patton made his effort
peared to be too mueh for him. however. for he
proved TO be completely out OF form in all the fol-
lowing games, and although his first nine Innings
yielded 2S9 runs. his next six produced only 20-
Harrow was then encountered and the defeat
there sustained somewhat atoned for in the
next game, which al Shrewsbury. There a
score of 90 UP for the loss OF seven
wtckets- The Shrewsbury players succeeded IN
PLAYING for a draw. however. and the much de-
sired victory was not forthcoming
In the Oxford game Haverford resorred TO the
tactics of her opponent. and succeeded in roootug
the Oxonians OF a virtual victory by playing FOR
draw The tune changed against Rugby, now
4 va w
:. Hnchman played a fine innings OF 0+ here, while
". W. Justice came off in the bowling Inc
Cambridge University Long Vacation Club played
ford team went all 10 pieces in its first innings
against the Cantabs, but redeemed Itself IN the
second effort by scoring 20S for the loss OF eight
wickets. ", ;. HinChman scored another halL-
century and W ". Justice also did splendid Work
with the willow.
F c. sharpess practically leads the batting aver
ages. although J. ,. Drinker. who played IN only
four innings, IS al the head Of the list There IS
little TO choose. however. between the records or
". :. Einchman, P. H. Patton and ". ". Justice
all OF whom scored IN aggregate exceeding 800 runs.
The batting was even, and that no less than twelve
should finish in double figures is something 10
be PROUD Of The bru4t OF the bowling w.is borne borne
by r Il. Patton W W Justice. +. O. Sharplcss
and L " De Motto. W. S. Hinchman did a
share, too. while A. c. Wood and 9. J. Allen both
had an opportunity 10 see what they could do.