Agnew, G. H. Windeler, Capt. E. E. G. Bird, Capt. H. Cummings, Rev. T. P. Monnington, Rev. S. C. Voules. O.M.'s. MARRIAGES. June 11th, at St. Bartholomew's, Sydenham, the Rev. Colin Grant-Dalton, sixth son of D. F. Grant-Dalton, Esq., of Shanks House, Wincanton, to Amy Ellen, elder daughter of the late John Sowler, of Bowdon, Cheshire. June 25th, at Westminster Abbey, the Hon. Hallam Tennyson, eldest son of Lord Tennyson, to Audrey, only daughter of Charles John Boyle, Esq. DEATH. June 15th, at Longparish, Hants, the Rev. Edward Forward, Vicar of Longparish, aged 52. ARMY. Royal Artillery-Major Percy Charles Whalley retires with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. OXFORD. Jurisprudence Honour School-Class 3-E. Mahon, Exeter College J. E. Williams, Trinity College. CAMBRIDGE. Doctor of Medicine.-Alfred Francis Street, Trinity College. Mathematical Tripos.-Sen. Optime-G. W. Butler, Trinity College. Natural Science Tripos, Part II.-Class II-H. M. Elder, Trinity College. FIRST EXAMINATION FOR M.B. DEGREE. Passed in Elementary Animal Biology.-W. B. de Jersey, Pembroke College. C. H. Leaf, Trinity College; M. Miley, B.A., Trinity College. Passed in Chemistry and Physics.-C. H. Leaf, Trinity College. Passed in Elementary Biology.-C. H. Leaf, Trinity College. Passed in Pharmacy, &c.-M. Miley, B.A., Trinity College. PASSED THE GENERAL EXAMINATION FOR THE B.A. DEGREE. Class II.-G. R. Mullens, Jesus College; W. D. H. Petter, Trinity College. Class III-B. Vaughan-Johnson, Trinity College. At Trinity College, a prize for proficiency in Classics and Mathematics was awarded to A. F. Hort, the Greek Testament Prize to A. F. Hort, and a prize for Mathematics to A. C. de la C. Crommelin. At Pembroke College, W. G. G. Stokes was promoted to a Scholarship of £70, for proficiency in Classics. INNS OF COURT. bridge. Francis Allan Houssemayne Du Boulay, B.A., Keble College, Oxford. Priests. Henry Francis, B.A., Exeter College, Oxford. Cecil Square, B.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. Frederick de Paravicini, Rector of Grately, Andover. E. H. Buckland, New College, Oxford, has received his 'blue.' ERRATUM. On page 92 of our last number under "Ecclesiastical Preferments," for Rev. H. A. Sherington, read Rev H. A, Sheringham. Correspondence. To the Editor of the Marlburian. SIR,-May I be allowed to make a proposal similar to some that have been previously made but disregarded:—it is, that some more accommodation be supplied for the benefit of those unfortunate ladies who are kind enough to grace the proceedings on the XI. It is true that the number of our visitors is not large, but still I think that the few we have might be treated better than they are at present. Out of the generosity of our hearts we might levy a small subscription from each member of the school, without completely ruining them; or else, possibly, our people would not object to a solitary shilling, or even less, being affixed to the bill. I have heard that at other places, where the school were not generous enough to give a sufficient amount of seats to the lady spectators, the ladies themselves took the trouble to hold a Bazaar for the purpose; this plan might be adopted, if all others fail. Begging you to insert this, I remain, yours, &c., H. To the Editor of the Marlburian. DEAR SIR,-I desire through the medium of your columns to put in a plea on behalf of the cricketing interest, which, I think, deserves great attention. As matters stand at present no member of the school is allowed to go to Cheltenham to see our match, when played away from here. Now I can see no reason why members of the XXII in particular, should not be allowed to go there, after getting a leave from House and Form master. When a fellow gets into the XXII he is generally competent to take care of himself; if his house master thinks that he is not, he can easily refuse his leave. The new line now offers peculiar advantages, and I hope to see this speedily put into effect. Yours, &c., LITTLE SAMUEL. To the Editor of the Marlburian. SIR, I was greatly pleased at the number of letters advocating cricket reform that appeared in your last numbers. I should like to make one or two further suggestions. I believe that many a promising cricketer lies latent on second or third game, simply from his merits never coming before the House Captain's notice. I should therefore urge that Dormitory matches should be of very frequent occurrence, and that each house should have a Dormitory match once a fortnight or twice in three weeks. If possible Dormitory matches should not consist in pick-ups, but there should be XI v XXII, VIIJ v XVI and games of that kind. Should such matches be played frequently, some promising cricketer would sure to be unearthed occasionally, when he could be tried on first game. I would also suggest that the experiment of putting the "not out" of last time in first might be tried SIR,-May I be allowed to offer a suggestion with regard to the Cricket reports which appear during the summer term in the "Marlburian." In years gone by it used to be the practice to insert accounts of the principal games played between the leading cricketers in the School; such for instance as, "The XI v the XXII," "B v C House," "The XI v the Common Room," "North v South," and others of a similar kind. I presume that these games are still played; and they are, I venture to think, perhaps of even more interest to Old Marlburians than are the numerous House matches; at all events they serve to give a better idea of the powers of the leading cricketers in the School. I have not the least desire that the reports of House Matches, which are doubtless of great interest to the School, should be curtailed; but I feel confident that many Old Marlburians will join with me in the wish that the old practice of inserting accounts of the more important games played on the Eleven, should be resumed. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, 20th June, 1884. O.M. [O.M's suggestion is reasonable; but there are practical difficulties. The games O. M. mentions are still played, but very rarely, we believe, played out, or if played out, the teams are often completely changed in the middle of the game, owing to the claims of house-matches. We should be willing to accede to O.M's request, whenever it is not impossible.-Ed. M.] To the Editor of the Marlburian. DEAR SIR,-In reply to the anonymous and unworthy attack upon the Marlborough Blues, which I regret to see you admitted to the columns of your last number, will you kindly allow me to say, for the benefit of your correspondent, that the club has not performed two cricket curiosities. It has, I admit, performed one, but on a ground where any other club in England, I verily believe, would have performed a curiosity, and with a team composed almost entirely of former members of the XI. We do not go down to any match without knowing perfectly well whom we have got to bowl, and we do not all go on in turns. I admit our bowling is often not strong; but how many really first-rate Marlburian bowlers are there? We generally have at least one very fair one, and two or three others who can help a little. It has never, at least never to my knowledge, been proposed to abolish the club, which indeed is only just starting; and though I myself and one or two other members who occasionally play for the club may not be able to play cricket, we do the best we can, and only appear when an unavoidable disappointment at the last moment renders it necessary for someone to fill the vacancy. After the failure of the old Marlborough Nomad Cricket Club of course it was not easy to start a new one, but there seemed a reasonable promise of obtaining support from younger members as they left school, and that promise is certainly being fulfilled, as nearly every member of the XI who leaves expresses his willingness to join and play when he can, and if this goes on the club must in time become a success. But of course if a lot of foolish tittle tattle is circulated about it, and any O.M. who may be prejudiced against it chooses to make such assertions as those in your last number, it is impossible to expect fellows to join. It is very easy to get any club into disrepute in such a way, and if you once give a dog a bad name you know what happens. The greatest Marlburian cricketer of the day does not disdain to own us, and possibly we could afford to despise the opinion of any other Marlburian cricketer at Liverpool. The notice I have taken of his assertions will, I hope, prove to your correspondent that we do not do so, and I hope he will make amends to us for his discourtesy by at once writing and asking to be elected a Marlborough Blue; and let me suggest that any cricketer who thinks it a disgrace to be beaten by us should come and play for us, and endeavour to make it a disgrace for us to be beaten. I should like to add, if I may, one word on the subject of cricket after the Rugby match. It appears to me to be a condition precedent to the arrangement of any match that the captain of the XI should undertake to insist on his team playing cricket to the best of their ability. I think one of the strongest arguments against playing any school matches after the Rugby match is that (I very much regret to say it) fellows don't care 3 rap who wins and simply play the fool. Witness the Oatlands Park Match of, I think, two years ago-the last one played. However, the fact that the Master absolutely forbids any compulsory cricket in the holidays other than the Rugby match on account of the objections of several parents to their sons being kept in town, is merely without any other argument a conclusive answer to those who urged that several good matches should be arranged for the XI. Whether or not some moderate and pleasing match shall be arranged by the Captain of the XI to be played by such a school team as he can get, seems to me to be a question for his own judgment rather than anybody else's, and if he is satisfied that the team he has got fairly represents the School, I am disposed to think that he is fairly entitled to play as Marlborough College;" but as it is objected that if the team is a good one, it ought to play the best match possible, and that if it is not so good it ought not to play as Marlborough College, I would respectfully suggest to the Captain that his team should play as Marlborough Blues. We should be proud that they should play under that name, and indeed our matches at that time are arranged expressly in the hope that as many members of the School as possible may play. I should like to see a whole school team captained by the School captain playing in all the Blues' matches after the Rugby match, and would willingly arrange any special match they might suggest. Surely this would obviate all difficulties. The School could play all matches they desire without objections, and the Blues could, I hope, show them that they are not such bad fellows as they are reported to be. Apologizing for the length of my letter, I am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully, L. MITCHEL CHAPMAN. New University Club, St. James' Street, June 30th. Cricket. PROMOTED INTO THE X1 M.C.C.C. V. GENTLEMEN OF HANTS. It was most unfortunate that the match with Lucas' XI fell through, as the substitute provided for it was most unsatisfactory. The only redeeming points in an otherwise uninteresting game were the scores of Cheales and Meyrick for us, and of A. B. Turner for the visitors. The performance of the first-mentioned in particular was worthy of special notice, his leg hitting being remarkably well timed throughout, as most of the bowlers discovered sooner or later, especially the gallant captain of the visitors. There were certainly two or three chances, notably one declined by A. B. Turner in the long field when Cheales had scored 77. But even allowing a liberal discount in consideration of such chances the performance is one we are not likely to see repeated for some time. Meyrick's 93 made up for all the bad luck he enjoyed in the earlier part of the season, and has, we hope, brought him back to his last year's form. Those who know his style of batting and who does not ?-will be able to appreciate how long he was at the wickets for so large a score. A. B. Turner played an excellent innings, and has considerably improved his style since he left. The match did not begin till two on Thursday, as the Hants Gentlemen were not in full force before that time. By the time stumps were drawn for the day several would have been glad if they had begun later still. Padwick and Cheales went to the wickets first, and the captain set an excellent example by hitting up 31 before he was caught at the wicket. We have heard it stated that one of the Hants men was afterwards held responsible for the score, but as we were not on the ground at the time we cannot vouch for the truth of the statement. Sheppard filled the vacancy created by his captain's involuntary retirement, but as he tried to remove one of Lipscomb's deliveries off his stumps to a safe distance in the direction of square leg the ball revenged the insult offered to it by finding its way into his wicket -two wickets for 71. Firth followed, but seemed scarcely at home with Lipscomb's deliveries. He played tolerably steadily, however, and it was not till the first century had been telegraphed and sixteen runs more added that after nearly returning one to Lipscomb in one over he put a ball in the same bowler's next over up into mid off's hands. Meyrick came next and played as steadily as usual at first. Even the merry game Cheales was playing with Lipscomb, putting him to leg twice for 2 and once for 4 in the same over, did not tempt him to take liberties, nor when Cheales despatched Lipscomb twice to the off for 4 in the following over. The treatment was too much for Lipscomb, who reluctantly resigned the ball to Turner. He bowled so short that for the next few overs all the runs came from Breton at the other end, but as the bowling was not dangerous at either end a double change was tried, Bloxham taking Breton's place, and Blaker Turner's. To the "stone-wallers" in possession of the wicket, however, no change seemed dangerous. Cheales put Blaker quietly to the off for one, securing his century amid loud applause, and Meyrick kept making pretty leg snicks off either bowler indifferently. Dawson went on just before the second century was signalled with a miscellaneous collection of lobs and grubs, but Meyrick drew the grubs to leg for 3, and Cheales placed the lobs just where the field couldn't get them, so that change was equally unproductive of a separation. A monotonous game of ' tip and run' produced a variety of bowlers, Lipscomb taking the lion's share, and even the wicket-keeper Adams being obliged to resign the gloves for the ball. Cheales kept hitting every thing, however, making some nice straight drives off Adams down to the canvass where Sheppard, who in consideration of his short stay at the wickets had been allowed to participate in the afternoon's cricket by fielding substitute for Blaker, was the means of saving one or two fourers. Hopes were entertained that Cheales would complete his second century, but unfortunately when all the attacks of the opposition bowling had failed, Meyrick misjudged a run for him and he was thrown out by Huddleston. State of the game 305-4-171. Keeling partnered Meyrick and hit grandly, particularly punishing Bloxham. A delivery of this bowler he removed with more success than had attended a previous batsman from the region of his leg-stump to square-leg for 6, which induced the captain to supersede Bloxham by Breton. His partner was hitting two's and three's also in a most unusual style; so that Lipscomb had again to fall back upon himself for a change, and succeeded in tempting Keeling, who had made 17, to put a ball into Turner's hands, while Meyrick returned his next ball to him and retired caught and bowled, for an excellent 93. Sale and Buchanan, who now mounted guard over the stumps, showed some fair cricket. Sale effected a leg-hit for 6 like his predecessor and like him retired for 17 caught by the wicket-keeper standing back. Meyrick-Jones joined Buchanan, but did not keep him long, as when Huddleston had stuck him up considerably for one over, he sought relief by dancing out to a short one from the indefatigable Lipscomb and was easily stumped. State of the game, 395-8-12. Buchanan might have made more had he and Meyrick-Jones exerted themselves more in running the first run of every hit quicker, many two's were converted thereby into singles and three's into two's. Play commenced on Friday after 10 o'clock when Chaine and Meyrick-Jones continued their innings. Runs came pretty freely and both batsmen played very fair cricket, until Meyrick-Jones was unfortunately run out, when well set. Bere followed, but the innings did not last much longer, as the new comer was bowled by Huddleston, and the innings closed for 445, an abnormal score, and one we believe never attained even in the doughty days of yore by our XI. We may congratulate ourself on the result, though, as we have hinted, the bowling of the visitors was hardly first rate. The labours of middle school over, the bank was duly thronged and great cheers greeted the dismissal of Dawson from Sale's first ball; Adams took his place, but had only compiled 9 when Sale bowled him also to his evident disgust. Hall meantime had made some very good strokes, but before Turner had long been his vis-à-vis he fell to a neat catch by Sale off his own bowling. Bere had started bowling from Lyne's end, but being somewhat erratic and expensive he was displaced by Keeling, who after sending Jack son two very fast balls, with which he could do nothing, bowled him with the third. With the arrival of Lipscomb our bowling was hit all over the field, Turner paying especial and impartial attention to all alike. Lipscomb played a veteran's game and defied our attack very successfully, until on resuming after lunch Keeling found his way to his wicket. Huddleston followed and the stand of the innings was made. Turner abated nothing, hitting 5's and 6's all over the ground. Huddleston was missed by Padwick off an extremely easy chance at slip, but played good cricket, until at last Turner was caught at the wicket off Bere, who was bowling now very fairly. Breton joined Huddleston, but though there was still some scoring by the tail, the deliveries of Cheales caused the remaining bats to succumb quickly, two falling to catches at point by Buchanan; and the innings closed for a hard-earned 208. The downfall of this but the wicket was too last year's performance, It was now after 4 o'clock, so that there appeared little hope of victory. Bloxham, who was not out in the previous innings, escorted Hall to the wickets. Luck was with us, as he was immediately bowled by Cheales. Adams joined Hall, but only to see his partner bowled by Sale. wicket gave us some hope, good for Sale to repeat his and as Turner appeared just as likely to make 75 again, the bowling was changed, not before Cheales had dismissed Adams for 18. Jackson appeared and played with laudable steadiness and there seemed little hope of effecting a separation, until a false hit lost Turner his wicket, caught at slip off Bere. But Lipscomb showed that he was not to be beaten and played everything extremely carefully. Despite Padwick's efforts to unsettle them, they were left together at the call of time, with the score at 120, for four wickets. On the whole it is doubtful if we should have won in an innings. But none of our bowlers were quite suited by the wicket, and it is little wonder that we failed to get them out twice on the same day. We need not say much about our batting, which speaks for itself. Our fielding was as usual good, though even the best missed an unusually easy catch. Buchanan at point was at times first rate. Keeling and Padwick covered a great deal of ground and must have saved a considerable number of runs by their activity. But there were exceptions. We cannot again entirely praise Chaine's wicket MARLBOROUGH BLUES ▾ READING. Played at Reading, on Saturday, June 21st, and resulted in an easy victory for the O.M's., for whom Rose and Bourdillon were the chief scorers, the latter who was left not out with 85, looking as though four figures would not be too much for him if any one would be kind enough to stay in with him. "That young gentleman from India he do hit 'em about" was the remark of one of the spectators. A subsequent observation that we were better than the Australians caused us considerable amusement. The Reading batsmen had a little practice off Baines and Rose, and then they all fell before Weeding and Fellowes, and home to tea. MARLBOROUGH BLUES. A. Womersley, c Crowhurst, b Grant W. A. Rose, b Paine we went HOUSE GROUND MATCH. COTTON HOUSE V. PRESHUTE. 2 ... 2 9 Extras ... 6 This game was begun on Saturday (June 14th) on Preshute ground. Preshute won the toss and chose to go in. Their whole side was dismissed for 95 runs, the chief contributors being Lewis (41) and Belk (16), no one else reaching double figures. Cotton House had only 35 minutes left them to play in, but quickly lost 6 wickets for 21 runs (Ferguson Davie 11.) The game was continued on the following Tuesday, when Cotton House were all out for 58, Boulton (22) and Mavrogordato 2us. (14) only giving any resistance to the bowling of Lewis who obtained 6 wickets. Preshute's second innings amounted to 64, of which Lewis made 29, and Belk 14, Burness taking 5 of their wickets. Cotton House were left 102 runs to win, but at drawing of stumps had lost 3 wickets for 34 runs (Batley 17). When the game was resumed on the next Friday, three more wickets fell for 7 runs, but then Burness (42 not out) and Keeling (22 not out) quickly hit W. J. Grant, b Fellowes C. B. Maxwell, b Fellowes W. Tombs, not out A. T. Hoye, b Fellowes Byes, 11; Wide, 1;... PENNY READING. --- 126 Saturday, June 21st, saw the Bradleian very fairly filled on the occasion of this term's Reading. There were several novelties in the programme, foremost amongst which was an eight-handed arrangement on two pianofortes of Weber's "Invitation pour la danse." This was well executed by H. Kitto, C. S. Preston, A. Webber, and R. E. |