Cricket 1885

2*50 CKICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JULY 9,1885, somemeasure to its present prosperity- I can honestly say, after a long experience, that no player has ever had a better claim on the support of all who appreciate good behaviour and sterling integrity, both on and off the field. He has especially deserved ■well of the Lancashire public, and as cricket is nowhere better supported than in Manchester, I am confident, that, with fine weather, he will boast a more than ordinarily successful benefit. T h e following table will give the results of the matches by the nine leading Counties this season up to date. Notts Won 1 . Lost . 0 Drai .. 2 Surrey .. 4 . . 1 .. 1 Yorkshire 2 . . 1 .. 3 Lancashire .. 2 . . 1 .. 1 Kent 2 . , 1 .. 0 Gloucestershire 2 . . 1 . . 0 Derbyshire .. 1 . . 2 . . 0 Sussex .. 1 . . , 4 . . 1 Middlesex 0 . , . 4 . . 0 T h e following are - the principal averages for all county and other important matches up to date. Names. I W. W . Bead .. Gunn................... W. E. Roller .. \V. G. Grace TJlyett Bead .. .. Grimshaw A. N. Hornby Wood................... Davenport C. W. Wright .. Briggs .. Flowers ., J. Shuter Barnes J. H. Brain Tester .. H.W.Bainbridge K. J. K e y .. .. H a l l ................... H. V. Page .. E. J. Diver Barlow .. .. 22 ..1293 Score. ..2 1 4*.. 59 21 ..1061 ..203 .. 50.11 13 .. 558 ..204 .. 42.12 11 .. 430 . . 76 .. 89.1 14 .. 448 .. 84*.. 32 19 .. 604 .. 97 .. 31.15 13 , . 393 ..1 2 1*.. 30.3 17 .. 504 .. 84 .. 29.11 12 .. 310 . . 57 .. 25.10 12 .. 309 ..1 0 1 *.. 25.9 19 .. 477 .. 78 .. 25.2 15 . . 367 ..115 .. 24.7 16 .. 387 .. 75 .. 24.3 15 .. 355 ..135 .. 23 10 19 . . 445 ..1 4 0 * .. 23.8 18 .. 430 •4 3 5 .. 23.6 17 .. 396 ..108 .. 23.5 19 .. 440 ..101 .. 23.3 19 .. 435 .. 70 .. 22.17 15 .. 337 . . 40 .. 22.7 17 .. 380 .. 78*.. 22.6 21 .. 466 ..143 .. 22.4 16 .. 349 .. 62 .. 21.13 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. T lu L ord ' s M atch . Though productire of a good finish, like its predecessor at the Oval, the second match of the year between picked elevens of Amateurs and Professionals, played at Lord’s on Monday and Tuesday, presented no other features of similarity. On the who e the elevens were stronger than on the Surrey ground, atid the inclusion of Messrs. Steel and Roller, who were unavle to play at the Oval, certainly strengthened the amateurs in theirweakest point—bowling Tha ground, though, which has always a good deal of work on it during the season, had been affected by the continuance of dry weather lately, and in parts was very bare. At the nursery end, in particular, the ball kicked very much, and on the second day the bowlers were able to carry everything before them. Indeed, on Tuesday only 221 runs were totalled for twenty-one wickets : a sufficient proof, especially with such an amount of batting on both sides, of the difficulties under which batsmen laboured. The chief feature of the first day’s cricket was the stand made by Messrs. F. M. Lucas and A. G. Steel. But for these two batsmen, indeed, the Gentlemen would have fared very badly. While they were together they added 112 runs by admirable cricket, and, indeed, they were responsible for 127 of the total of 160 made from the bat. Mr. Steel, who has only played once before this season in an important match, got his thirty-eight without anything like a mistake. Mr. Lucas was even seen to better advantage, and no finer cricket certainly of late years has been shown by anyone on his first appearance in the best match of the season. He is a left- handed bat, and hits very freely all-round, playing, too, very hard. In his eighty-nine, which were got without a fault, were nine fours, five threes and eight twos. Going in a second time in a minority of 22 runs the Gentlemen, with the exception of Mr. Lucas, who again played excellent cricket, could do little with the bowling of Barnes and Attewell. The former, helped by the ground, was particularly difficult, and the Gentlemen were two hours and five minutes making their small total of 98. As the wicket was, it was by no means a certainty that the Players would make the 77 runs wanted to win. Mr. Roller, too, bowled so well at the outset that Bates, Hall and Ulyett were got rid of for 27, and with live of the best wickets down for 57 there seemed jutt a chance of an exciting finish. Shrews­ bury, however, played with great judgment at the crisis, and mainly through his steadi­ ness the Players were able to win with four wickets to spare. Peate, Barnes and Atte­ well all bowled well, though Barnes was the most successful. He took in all eleven wickets, at a cost of 106 [runs—a capital per­ formance despite that the ground helped him materially. In addition to Mr. Lucas, Messrs. Boiler, Horner, Patterson and Brain all made their first appearance for the Gentlemen at Lord’s in this match. Mr. Roller took six wiokets for 41 runs. Mr. W. W. Read was playing for Surrey at Sonthampton, and in his absence the Gentlemen could not be con­ sidered representative. The Players had not beaten the Gentlemen at Lord’s since 1874. G entlemen . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. W. G. Grace, o Peate, b Flowers .......................... 6 Mr. J. H. Brain, c Sherwin, b Peate ..............................0 Mr. F. M. Lucas, o Barnes, b Peate .......................... 89 Mr. A. G. Steel, o Sherwin, b B a rn e s........................... 88 Mr. W.H.Patterson,b Barnffl 0 Mr. W. E. Roller, b Barnes 0 Mr. C.W.Wright, e Sherwin, b Peate.................................. 9 Mr. M. C. Kemp, not oat.. 15 Mr. H. V. Page, c Flowers, b Peate ...........................0 Mr. P. Christopherson, b Barnes ........................... 8 Mr. C. E. Horner, b Pcate.. 0 B 5, lb 6 ........................... 11 Total .171 b Barnes .. ..1 0 c Peate, b Barnes 0 •Ulyett,b Atlewell 81 b Barnei . .' .. 18 c Shrewsbury, b Barnes .. .. 9 1b w, b Barnes .. 11 c Ulyett,bAttewell 2 cSherwtn,b Barnes 7 st Sherwin, b Attewell .. .. 0 c and b Barnes .. 13 not ont.. '.. . • 0 L b 2 , n b 1 .. 3 Total „ 96 P layers . First Innings. Second Innings. HalJ, 1b w, b Grace .. .. 8 c Kemp, b Roller 8 Gunn, o Page, b Steel.. .. 29 c Kemp, b Grace 18 Ulyett,b Christopherson ..2 8 e Christopherson, b Roller .. .. 4 Barnes,c Patterson,b Horner 28 cWright, b Chris­ topherson .. 12 Shrewsbury, c Wright, b Christopherson.. .. ..8 8 notout............... 12 Briggs, o Kemp, b Grace .. 21 b Christopherson 13 Flowers, o Brain, b Roller.. 16 not eut....................... 11 Bates, not out .. . . .. 18 b Roller .. .. 6 Attewell. b Roller.................. 0 Sherwin, b Roller.. .. .. 3 Peate, b Grace ................... 8 B 5,1 b 6 ...................11 B 2 ,w 1.. 8 Total . . .. ..198 Total . . 80 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G entlemen . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Peate .. .. 85.1 16 61 5 .. .. 18 8 21 0 Flowers ..2 1 12 29 1 Attewell ..-27 12 82 0 .. .v 18 13 16 8 Barnes .. 88 18 48 i .. .. 35.1 IB 68 7 Barnes bowled a no-ball. P layers , First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Christopberson 2 1 4 59 2 . . . . 8 8 18 2 Grace .. ..17.2 4 40 8 .. .. 14 6 20 1 Horner .. ..24 12 41 1 . . .. 9 4 20 0 Steel .. .. 9 2 20 1 Roller . . . . 17 9 ^2 8 .. .. 16 8 19 3 Christopherson bowled a wide. DERBYSHIRE v. ESSEX. The Essex eleven have to be congratulated on a creditable victory over Derbyshire, at Derby yesterday. Up to a certain point the game was very even, and there was only a difference of eight runs in favour of Derby­ shire at the end of the first “ hands.” Heavy rain overnight interfered with the chances of Derbyshire when they continued their second innings yesterday, and on the slow wicket the bowlers were seen to the best advantage. Essex won by 62 runs, a result for which they had, in a great measure, to thank Mr. Bishop, lie bowled with marked success, taking seven wickets at a cost of 71 .runs. There were eight double-figures in the second innings of Essex. E ssex . First Innings. Second Innicgi. Mr. F. H. Stevens, b Cropper . .......................10 o Shacklock, b Cochrane .. ,.5 0 Mr. H. G. Owen, b C ropper......................82 ran o n t ....................18 Silcock, b Cochrane .. .. 5 b Cochrane .. ..2 4 Mr. C. D.Buxton,c Disney, - b Cochrane .. .. .. 48 1bw, b Cochrane .. 17 Mr. C. E. Green, c Disney, b Cochrano .. .. .. 0 lbw , b Chatterton 89 Jones, b Shacklock .. ..1 3 bCochrane .. ..8 3 Mr. A. E. Bead, run oat- . 4 b Cropper .. .. 10 Mr. D. Womersley, b Shacklock........................ 2 b Hall .. .. .. 3 Pickett, c Cropper, b Shacklock ................0 c Cochrane, b Chat* terton .. ..4 0 Mr. G. McEwen, b Cropper .......................1 not o a t ................... 9 Mr. F. ▲. Bishop, notoat 8 o Chatterton, b Cropper .. .. 0 B 3,1 b 1 ...................4 B 17, lb 8 , w 2 22 Total............................ 126 Total .. ..265 D erbyshire . First Innings. Second Innings. Wood-Sims, b Buxton . . 6 b Bishop...................24 Shacklock, b Bishop.. .. 5 b Pickett...................3J Mr. E. A. J. Maynard, c McEwen, b Silcock .. 4 c Silcock, b Bishop 4 Mr. L. C. Docker, ran oat 83 b Buxton .. .. •. 81 F. H. Sagg, b Silcock .. 10 c McEwen, bBishop 81 W. Chatterton, b Pickett 6 not o a t ................... 88 W, Cropper,bSilcock ..2 4 c and b Bishop .. 5 Mr. W. S. Eadie. b Pickett 8 b Bishop................... 6 Mr. A. H. J. Cochrane, b Silcock .......................... 14 b Bishop..................... 0 Hall, c McEwen, b Silcock 18 c Stevens, b Bilcock 19 Disney, not ont.. •• . . 8 b Bishop...................1 B 4,1 b 3 ...................7 B 4,1 b 2, w 1 .. 7 T o t a l ,.......................139 Total „ ..196