Cricket 1892

JULY 14, 1892. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 295 THE TONBRIDGE WEEK. KENT v. LANCASIIRE. In winning the toss at Tonbridge on Monday, the Lancashire eleven gained an rdvantage which the subsequent rainfall enabled them to convert into a decisive victory. So far this year the Kent bowling has not been of a very formidable character, and the loss of Alec Hearne, who was unable to play at the last moment owing to an attack of ery ipelas, weakened it considerably. The Tonbridge ground, too, is generally in favour of h gh scoring, and a« Lancashire were lucky enough to get choice of innings, they made full use of an excellent wicket. From a few minutes after twelve till half past six o’clocfc they were batting, and even at the end of tbe day there was still one wicket to fall. The boundaries at Tonbridge are ea«y, and runs came fast throughout. Sugg and Ward set an exce'lent example, and eighty-seven runs were made in an hour for the first wicket Smith, Briggs, Tinsley, and Mr. Crosfield also scored freely from the Kent bowlers, and the total was 293 when the sixth wicket fell. The vigorous hitting of Yates and Baker,however, put all the previous batting into the shade. Both p ofessionals hit in most determined fashion, and so rapidly did they score that 176 had been added in an hour and a half before tney were parted. Neither gave an actual chance, and as an exhibition of clean and well-timed hitting, their play was quite out of tho common. At the end of the first day, Lancashire had scored 481 for nine wickets, and the innings closed on Tuesday morning with the total unaltered. Whou they went in Kent did not start ^ery well, and when rain etopped play just lefore one o’clock, two good batsmen were out with the total only 47. A resumption was not possible till twenty minutes past four o’clock, and then Briggs and Mo’d bowled wi'h such remarkable suc­ cess that sixteen wickets fell in an hoar and twenty-fire minutes. Mr. Fox played carefully, but on the fast drying wicket the Kent batsmen were quite unable to do anything, and the eight outstanding wickets in the first innings fell for an addition of only 50runs. In the follow-on Briggs and Mold were quite unplayable, and when play was given up for the day eight wickets were down for 42, of which Mr Weigall, who was not ont, had contributed 15. Yesterday Mr. Weigall was bowled by Mold for an addition of 3 runs, and when the same bowler had dismissed Hearne the match was over, leaving Lancashire with a victory by an innings and 330 run*. Briggs and Mold rowled unchanged throughout the match for Lancashire, lhe latter took ten wickets for 91 runs, niue of the ten in tho second innings at a cost of only 29 runs. L a n c a sh ir e , A. Ward, lbw, b Hearne .........18 F. Sugg, c Wilson, b Wright ................ 68 A. Smith, b Hearne ... 61 Briggs, run out........ 54 Tinsley, c Fox, b Hearne ............... 44 Mr. S. M. Croafield, b Hearne ................38 Baker, o Weigall, b Le Fleming .........109 K ent , First Inniuga. Mr. H. M. Braybrooke, c Bakei, b Mold................. l Mr. W. Rashleigh, b Briggs............................... 8 Mr. G. J. V. Weigall, c Kemble, b Mold ......... 38 Mr. L. Wilson, c Mold, b Briggs............................... 12 Mr. J. Le Fleming, b Briggs............................... 5 Mr. C. M. J, Fox, c Baker, b Briggs ........................... Mr. F. Marchant, run out 2 Mr. E. Malden, c Watson, b Mold ...................... . 5 Martin, run o u t................ 9 W. Hearne, 0 Smith, b Mold ................................ 0 Wright, not o u t ............... 0 B l , l b l .................. 2 Total Yates, c Maldo'1, b Hearne ................ 71 Mr. A. T. Kemble, b Le Flem ing......... 0 Watson.c Rashleigh, b Wright .......... 7 Mold, not ouf. ......... 0 B 7, lb 3 ..........10 Total ...481 Second Innings, c Yates, b Mold 1 c Smith, b Mold 4 b Mold b Mold .. ... 18 ... 1 b c Crosfield, Briggs ... c Kemble, Mold ... b Mold b M o ld .............. c Yates, b Mold b Mold... . notout B ... . M.C.C. v. GRANGE CLUB. Some heavy scoring marked the first visit of the Grange Club to Lord’s on Monday. Rain pre­ vented any play after lunch on Tuesday, by which time 763 had been made with only twelve batsmen out. Grant-Asher and Johnston put on 328 for the fourth wicket of the Edinburgh Club. G range C l u b . Martin Hearne Wright Fox ... •• 97 Total ... 57 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L a n c a sh ir e . O. M. R. W. o . M. R. W. 61 12 113 0 LeFlem- 49.111 138 5 ing ...12 0 41 2 1 2) 0 0 21 ... 34 9 8 > 2 Marchant 6 ... 9 1 35 0 Wilson .. 4 Raehleigh 2 0 17 K e n t , First Innings. Second Inningj. ivt i* 9* R- W ‘ 0 M K w “ old ..........29 2 8 (52 4 ..........15.3 4 £9 9 Briggs .......... 29 16 33 4 .......... 15 7 21 1 L. M. Balfour, Russell, b Denison 8 H. Hay Brown, c Pontifex.bHillyard 37 A. Daffen, c Hillyard, b Denison ........... 8 A. G. Asher, b Hill­ yard ......................... 215 R. H. Johnston, c Russell,b Denison..163 H. L. Fleming, bHill- yard...................................26 F. J. Marjoribanks did not bat. Innings declared closed. M.O.C. H. J. Stevenson, lbw, b Hillyard .......... 1 E. S. Balfour, c Car- nac, b Hillyard .. 3) D. L. Smith, not out 17 W. C. Johnston, b H illyard................. 1 B 40, lb 14, w 2... 56 Total ...557 P la y e r s .— First Innings. G. G. Lang, b Mar­ joribanks .......... 1 G. Denison, not out 66 B 7,1b 8 , w 2............17 J. S. Russel, c L. Balfour, b Marjori­ banks .................. 4 D, D. Pontifex, not out ......................... 107 Captain Rivett-Car- T otal. nac, b Asher.............11 F. H. Oates, Captain F. J. Raitt, H. Bayswater G. W. Hil yard, F. Hid. and Dr. Barton Smith did not bat. ___________________________ GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. It was the misfortune rather than the fault of the Surrey authorities that the annual match between Gentlemen and Players at the Oval should have been shorn of some of its usual interest. Messrs. Woods and Ferris were both unable to represent the Gentlemen owing to injured hands, and as Mr. Nepean alao was pre­ vented from playing, the little amateur bowling of any capacity was further reduced. As Lord Hawke, Messrs. Mo *regor, Jackson, H. T. Hewett, and E. Smith also were compelled to decline the invitation of the Surrey Committee, the services of several players who had not previously figured in this most important match of the year were lost. To add to the difficulties of the Oval execu­ tive, Dr. W. G. Grace,Jwho would have played, was obliged at the last moment to withdraw owing to a strain. On the other side, too, Gunn, owing to illness, and Attewell, who had injured his hand at Brighton, had on Saturday to bereplaced by Henderson and Rawlin. To add to their troubles, the amateurs were unfortunate enough to lose the toss, so that they commenced the game under the greatest possib'e disadvantage. As it was, though, their out cricket was better thrn might have been expected, and they certainly did well to get rid of the formidable side to which they were opposed for a total of 325. The innings, which lasted a little over five hours, was chiefly remarkable for the extraordinary performance of Shrewsbury. Going in first, he was not out when the tenth wicket fell, scoring 15Lout of 312, or nearly one half of the runs, from the bat. He gave a possiole chance to extra slip rather wide when he had made twelve. This was the only semblance of a mistake, and, indeed, the only other bad hit was an uppish stroke through the slips, just before the finish. His judgment and accuracy of timing were remarkable, and great batsman as he is, he has never shown greater judgment and accuracy of timing. Asa display of scientific cricket it was remarkable. The Gent’emen had forty minutes left for batting on Monday, and such use did Messrs. Stoddart and Palairet make of them that the score was 54 when play ceased. On Tuesday morning the early batsmen were not at home with Lockwood’s bowling, and six wickets fell mostly through bad cricket for an addition of only 87 runs. Mr. Read, who had gone in third wicket down, however, found a useful partner in Mr. Wells, and the confi­ dent cricket of the two Surrey men was a great relief after previous failures. Mr. Wells played in excellent style, and 87 were added before he was stumped for an extremely well-played 40. Mr. Read’s 70 was up to his best standard. He gave two chances just before he was out, but tho greater part of his innings was free from anything like a fault. In a minority of 143 the Gentlemen had to follow on, but rain fell steadily just before two o’clock, and without interruption, so that they could not commence their second innings till yesterday. This time the bulk of their scoring was doue by three batsmen—Messrs. Scott, 8 todda't, and Pal*iret—who contributed 131 of tho total of 178. As it was, this sum might have been considerably reduced had some of the many chances been taken, though in excuse it may be stated that the light in the morning was very bad. Though by no means at home to Lockwood in the early part of the innings. Mr. Scott, aftrr he settled down, played excellent cricket, even if he had some luck. At the finish the Players wanted 36 to win, and Lockwood, who was missed at cover-point and Shrewsbury soon knocked theso off, giving the Players the victory by tea wickets. Messrs. Wells, Berkeley, and Gay made their first appearance for the Gentlemen in this match, Hendersonaud Rawlin for the Players. Shrewsbury’s 151 we may add, is the highest in­ dividual score f. r the Players against the Gentle­ men either at Lord’s or the Oval. Abe’, c Palairet, b Streatfeild ..........28 Shrewsbury, not out 151 M. Read, c Wells, b Hedley ................. 3 Lohmann, c and b Hedley ................. 0 Barnes, c Palairet, b Hedlay .................20 Peel, c Newham, b Jackson .................23 Total ....................352 Henderson.c Palairet, b Streatfeild......... In the Second Innings Shrewsbury scored (not out) 11, Lockwood (not out) 21; b 1—Total, 36. G entlemen . Wainwright, c Scott, b Jackson .......... 33 Lockwood, b Jack­ son ........................ 0 Rawlin, c Gay, b Jackson ................. 4 Sherwin, c Jackson, b Wells .................14 B 8 , lb l, nb 4 ... 13 First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A.E. Stoddart,c Wain­ wright, b Lockwood ... 27 cRawlin,b Lock­ wood .......... 29 Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, lbw, b Lockwood ................. 30 c Peel, b Loh­ mann .......... 22 Mr. G. F. H. Berkeley, b Lockwood... ................. 2 not out ... ... 0 Mr.S.W.Scott,b Lockwood 0 c Henderson, b Peel................. 81 Mr. W. W. Road, c Sher­ win, b Barnes........ . ... 70 c Wainwright, b Peel................. 7 Mr. F. S. Jackson, b Lock­ wood ............................... 0 c Wainwright, b Lockwood ... 4 Mr. W. Newham, b Loh­ mann .............................. 0 c Sherwin, b Peel................. 8 Mr. E. C. Streatfeild, run out ............................... 1 run out .......... 1 Mr. C. M. Wells, st Sher­ win, b Lohmann .......... 40 b Peel................. 13 Mr. W. C. Hedley,b Barnes 1 c Abel, b Loh­ mann .......... 6 Mr. L. H. Gay, not out ... 0 c Wainwright, b Lohmann ... 4 B 8 , lb 2, nb 1 .......... 11 B 1, lb 2, nb 1 4 Total .................182 Total ...178 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P layers . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. B. W. O. M. R. W, Berkeley ... 23 8 41 0 ............. 5.1 2 16 0 Jackco'i ... 31 3 81 4 ............. 6 0 19 0 Hedley ... 31 11 55 3 Streatfeild... 27 6 70 2 Wells......... 7.3 2 25 1 W. Read ... 7 0 20 0 Palairet ... 7 2 20 0 Hedley aud Berkeley each bowled two no balls. G e n t l e m e n . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. " .............. Lohmann ... 29 9 60 2 .., Peel............... 13 2 34 0 Lockwood ... 18 4 52 5 .. R aw lin........ 5 2 18 0 B arnes........ 6 3 7 2 Wainwright 9 3 20 0 Lockwood bowled two no-balls. O. M B W. 27.1 6 70 3 28 15 33 4 15 0 51 2 BROADWATER v. OLD CARTHUSIANS.— Played at Broadwater on July 8 . B r o a d w a t e r . H. B. Denham, c W. F. Fe’ton, c Col­ vin. b Erekine ... 19 C. Bett. b Crossman 1 J. R Head, b Shel- merdine ....................37 Street, c Hawkins, b Erskine .................. 9 W. D. Marshall, run out ......................... 136 A. Sillem, O. Lambert, L. Phillip*, anl G. Marshall did not bat. Innings declared closed. O ld C arthusians . Head, b Colvin ... 45 J. du Y. Brunton, c Head, b Colvin ... 10 B. Evans, not out ... 10 B 23, w 1, nb3 ... 27 T o ta l..........294 W. H Wakefield, b Street ................. 0 W.Doring c Lam ert, b Denham .......... 9 J. B. Hawkins, b Dea- h*m ........................ 5 D. Crossman, c and b Bett ........................15 Rev. E. Colebrooke.c Marshall, b Street 22 H. Price, c Lambert, b Head........................ 4 G. Heal, h Street ... 7 R. T. Kokeby, b Den­ ham ........................ 22 E.G.Colvin, b Street D. Griffiths, not out A. Erskine, c Lam­ bert, b Denham ... W. Shelmerdiue, c Evans, b Denham Extras................. Total ...111 Every cricketer should send 7 stamps to the office of this paper for this year’s C ricbet Calendar (24th year of issue). 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