Cricket 1885

266 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP. THE GAME, j u l y ie, 1 m. 4 57 for eight, and at Nottingham 304 for five -wickets, or in all 1,191 runs fo r twenty-six -wickets, a huge average of just on 46 runs. At Lord’s Mr. G. B. Studd scored 104 ; at Brighton Mr. Boiler scored 144, Mr. W . W . Bead 101 ; at Nottingham Grimshaw 114. At Nottingham on Tuesday F. Lee made 101; at Brighton Mr. W. Newham 115; so that altogether six hundreds were made in the three county matches finished yesterday. When to these is added Mr. Carrick’s 419 not out and Mr. A. Thompson's 112 at Chichester, it will be seen how phenomenal the scoring was on the two first days of the week. T H E E TO N AN D H A R R O W M A T CH . (By an O ld C aptain ) “ The Play’s the thing.” In its primary aim the annual match be­ tween these two Schools must always be invested with the greatest interest. To those, in particular, who take any concern in the cricket of the future it presents features such as certainly no other fixture of the year can possibly offer. For this reason it is eminently gratifying to be able to record that it is very long since the play all round, more especially the batting and fielding, has been of so high an order as it was at Lord’s on Friday and Saturday la3t. Only a few years ago tad a side in this match won the toss and scored such a total as 265 runs, an easy, if not a single innings victory might with confidence have been predicted. The wickets, though, at Lord’s, as every one knows, are very different to what they used to be. In this case, when the first innings of Eton was over, while the more sanguine were bold enough to prophesy that Harrow would get as many, if not more, runs, even the less hopeful were confident that the “ follow ” would be certainly saved. Philipson’s batting was distinctly tbe feature of Eton’s first venture. Young’s analysis for Harrow in both innings reads very well. Good as his bowling waB, however, it would have been far more expensive had it not been for the extreme weakness of the Eton boys, with hardly an ex­ ception, in their “ cutting ” and “ off-hitting.” The fieldiDg of Sanderson and Crawley for Harrow, and Barnard and Forster for Eton, was specially good, though there was little fault to find with the fielding generally in either eleven. Bromley-Martin was certainly the best bowler on either side, and the way he varied his pace and pitch, according to the style of the batsmen, proved him to be a worthy successor to C. T. Studd. He would, in all probability, have been more successful had Philipson been able to do his best at the wicket. The extraordinary stand made by Watson and Crawley may be said to have won the match for Harrow. The pluck and skiil with which these two boys batted is worthy of the highest praise. A t the outset Watson scored by far the quicker, and he made sixty to his partner’s twenty-six. Towards the close, however, Crawley had gained on him considerably, though he never caught him up. Next to Watson, Crawley, and Pbillipson, Foley’s two steady innings and Butler’s plucky forty-eight were invaluable to their respective sides. Thomas will pro­ bably make a first-class player when he gets more strength. It is worthy of note that this is the first time for many years that the match has not been managed from the pavilion. It is an excellent thing that this “ management by special messenger ” has been dropped by mutual consent, for surely good captaincy is as much a part of cricket education as any other department of the game. On this o casion there were two palpable errors in management, which would not have occurred under the old regime. It is probable, indsed, that the first innings of each side would have been much reduced but for these mis­ takes. The first was made by the Harrow Captain in keeping Watson on too long after he had obtained bis wicket, and the second by his Eton rival in allowing Lord G. Scott to bowl far too much, and in not trying H. W . Forster much sooner in the first innings. The latter, indeed, did not go on till 150 runs were got, while Gosling, who is usually first change, never bowled a ball. The finish was the most exciting that we can remember in any match at Lord’s since Cobden’s celebrated over gave Cambridge such a glorious victory in the Inter University match of 1S70. The agony duringthe last half hour was piled up to the highest, and the scene when Butler made the winning hit for Harrow fairly beggars description. It seems to us, however,that at this time of year with only two days to play, the hour of drawing stumps might be half past seven on the first as well as second night. In this particular instance, both Captains appear to have wished that the time for drawing should be half past seven on the second day, though they omitted to make any special arrangement until the evening of the first day when it was too late. It would indeed, have been a melancholy sight if the stumps had been drawn with the score standing at a tie, though, this might perfectly well have occurred. Those in authority should see to this before another match is commenced. A word of praise is due to Philipson for his plucky batting and wicket keeping, as he was suffering from the effects of a sunstroke which caused him to feel excessively weak during both days. He was out from sheer exhaustion in the first innings, and could not go in in his proper place in the second for the same reason. Under the circum­ stances his batting must be accounted a very fine performance. SUBBITON v. UPPER TOOTING. Played at Tooting on July 11. C. T, Roller, e and G. H. Windeler .. 1 N. Morice, b Castle .. 14 G. F. Bonner,b Winde- ler ........................... 8 W. H. Lipscombe, rnn oat ..........................4 F. C. B. Wright, b Windeler..................52 0. Q. Roberts, b Win­ deler .......................... 10 G. A, Jackgon, run oat 0 U pper T ootino . F. G. Thorne, b Win­ deler .......................... 2 W . Sawyer, 1 b w, b R. Howell .. .. 35 F. W . Baker, c Castle, b Windeler .. .. 8 G. H. Q. Gilbert, b R. Howell ..................2 H. M. Patrick, not out 7 B 17,1 b 4 .. .. 21 Total .154 J. A. Perkin, b Sawyer F. Capper, c Roller, b Jackson ..................2 R„Howell, c Jackson,b Roller.......................... 27 S. Castle, b Morice .. 7tJ R. A. Read, h w, b Roller.......................... 4 A. C. Challis, b Roller 6 W . Higgins, b Gilbert 0 SU BE ITO *. B. Howell, c Thorne, b Baker ..................25 G. H. Windeler, b Boiler .................. 37 F.B.Windeler, b Baker 12 H,H.Branston,notout 6 W. Pearson, b Roller 6 B 6 , lb 5 . . 1 1 Total , MIDDLESEX v. KENT. The Middlesex Eleven are to be heartily congratulated on their first success of the season. Though they had the best of the luck beyond a doubt in winning the toss, their easy victory over Kent at Lord’s on Tuesday must be accounted a good per­ formance. Lord Harris and Mr. W. H. Patterson were absent, but, otherwise, Kent was very fairly represented. The chie feature of the first day’s play was the good batting of Messrs. Studd, O’Brien, and Webbe. Mr. Studd, in particular, has never been seen to better advantage. He was two hours and three quarters at the wickets, and his 104, which consisted of nine fours, five threes, thirteen twos, and twenty-seven singles, were got without a chance. The heavy thunderstorm of Monday night made the wicket far less easy for Kent on the following day, though it played better later in the afternoon. Despite the disadvantages under which they laboured, some capital cricket was shown by Mr. Mackinnon, Frank Hearne, and Bev. R. T. Thornton. The last named, in particular, deserves credit for his vigorous hitting in the seiond innings. In his sixty were ten four3. Middlesex won by ten wickets. Mr. Vernon, who has only recently returned from Australia,represented Middlesex for the first time this season. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Mr.G.B.Stadd, C Chris­ topherson,b(i.Hearnel04 Mr. E. M. Hadow, b Christopherson .. 17 Mr. S. W. Scott, b A. Hearno ...............19 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Kemp,b Christopher­ son .. .. .. .. 50 Mr.A.J.Webbe,c Kemp, b Wootton .. .. 67 Mr. G. F. Yernon, b G. Hearne ...............11 West.cChristopherson, b A. Hearne .. . . 2 3 Mr. C. E. Cottrell, c Wootton,b A.Hoarne 7 Mr. J. Robertson, b Wootton.................. 6 Mr. W. Williams, not o a t ...........................14 Burton, e Kemp, b Wootton...................7 B ........................... 8 Total ..«3i In the Second Innings Mr. G. B. Studd scored (not out), 20, Mr. E, M. Hadow (not out), 22; byes, 5.— Total 47. K ent . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr.F.A. Mackinnon, c West, b Hadow .......................... 57 Mr. M. C. Kemp, b Burton 6 c Barton, Robertson c Williams, Robertson G, G. Hearne, c Williams, b Burton.................. 4 b Button Rev. R. T. Thornton, c Cottrell, b Webt...................1 1 .. 10 Williams, Hadow 17 F. Hearne,lb w,bRobertson 51 c Scott, b Barton 13 Mr.R. S. Jones, cRobertson, b Burton .......................... Mr. T. R. Hine-Hajcock, b Robertson.......................... Mr. F. Marchant,c Williams, b Burton .......................... Mr. S. Christopherson, c Yernon, b Robertson . . 1 9 cScott,bRobertson 10 Wootton, not out....................9 b Burton .. .. 7 A.. Hearne, c and b West .. 2 notout...................0 B 16,1 b 3, n-b 1 .. .. 20 B 14, n b 2 .. 1 i 2 b Hadow . 5 b Robertson .. 9 5 c West, b Hadow £1 Total ..................191 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. .18 M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 8 1 5 0 ,. .. 6.8 4 5 0 ,. .. 7 2 18 0 ,. .. 10 4 14 0 O. M. R. W. A. Hearne . . 4 1 8 100 8 Wootton .. 87.1 11 67 8 Christopherson 32 7 89 2 G. G. Hearne.. 34 15 46 2 F. Hearne .. 7 1 26 0 K e n t . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Barton . . . . 41 23 65 4 . . . . 55 28 61 3 Cottrell.. . . 2 8 22 14 0 . . . . 6 3 16 0 Robert*on .. 31 14 54 3 . . . . 34 15 65 4 Hadow .. .. 10 7 16 1 .. .. 26.2 16 30 8 West . . . . 5 0 22 2 Robertson, Cottrell and Burton each'bowlel a no*ball