Cricket 1886

AUG. 26,1886. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 877 SURREY v. KENT. The meetings between these Counties of late years have generally, especially those at the Oval, been productive of interesting finishes. The return match of this season, played at the Oval on Thursday last and two following days, like its predecessor at Becken­ ham, was, too, singularly exciting at the close, being won with only three minutes to spare. Owing to the heavy rain a commencement could not be made on Thursday, and as the wicket never got really in favour of the bats­ men the run-getting was not up to the usual standard. Lord Harris was unable to play for Kent, but on the other side, in addition to Mr. Roller, who is now on his way to America, Bowley was also an absentee from the Surrey Eleven. Mr. Shuter won the toss, and at one time it looked as if Surrey would make a good score. Mr. Shuter and Abel put on 34 for the first wicket, and the two Reads subsequently added 96, of which the professional, who had been let off three times, contributed 54 by vigorous hitting. After their separation, though, a complete collapse took place, and the total, which at one time had been 155 with three batsmen out, was only 176 when the tenth wicket fell. Martin, a left-handed bowler who made his first appearance at the Oval in this match, bowled with great success. He took seven wickets for 43 runs, Mr. Kemp stumping the last three batsmen, Mr. Read, Jones and Beaumont, in succession from his bowling. The wicket was drying fast as Kent began to bat, and Lohmann’s bowling proved so effective that F. and G. Hearne and Mr. Patterson were all out to him without a run. Messrs. Rashleigh andWilson playedvery care­ fully, andwhen Mr. Rasbleighwasbowled, after fifty-one minutes’batting,he had onlygotone of sixteen runs. When Mr. Marchant joined Mr. Wilson four wickets were down for sixteen, and it looked as if the Kent total would be a very small one The two amateurs, however, played with the greatest pluck, and before they were parted the score had been raised to 79, an invaluable partnership for their side. Mr. Wilson was out eighth wicket at 120, for an admirable score of 55, and the innings ultimately reached a total of 142, avery credit­ able one asthe wicketplayel. Surrey, who had over-night in the one over bowled lost Hen­ derson for two runs, found the wicket slow on Saturday morning, and six of the best batsmen were out for 79. Diver and Abel however showed some capital cricket, and at luncheon time the total was 125 without juiother fall. On resuming Diver, Wood and Abel were all out with the score unaltered, Beaumont to an absurd attempt at a second run, and the innings closed for 130. Martin again bowled well. His five wickets cost 43 runs, so that altogether in the match he was creditedwith twelve wickets at an expense of 86 runs, adistinctly good performance. Kent, left with 185to win,hadthree hours andtenminutes in which to get them, and as the wicket was getting faster the task was quite within their capacity. The Surrey men bowled and fielded up well, and after getting rid of F. Hearne, who failed to score each time, with his second ball,Lohmann also dismissedGeorge Hearne at 34. Mr. Patterson lent Mr. Rash­ leigh, who had been playing very steadily from the first, some very useful help, but when the former was caught at the wicket at 66, things began to take a turn in favour of Surrey. The dismissal of two dangerously fast scorers like Messrs. Wilson and Marchant further reduced Kent’s chances of winning. The aim of the Kent batsmen was then a draw, but things stillwent againstthem,andwhenMr. Rashleigh was caught at 105 after a most praiseworthy innings of two hours and a half, Surrey’s pros­ pect of success was decidedly promising. Mr. Thornton and Alec Hearne both played with the greatest care, but Surrey got the last wicket j ust in time,and won amidstthegreatest excitement by 39 runs?,with only three minutes to spare. Lohmann, Jones and Beaumont all bowled well at the finish, and Diver, who kept wicket in T*lacf» of Wood, who had received a blow on the head on Friday, did his work admirably. Indeed he caught four of the ten batsmen in Kent’s second innings. S urrey . First Innings. Second Innings. Abel, c A. Hearne, b Mar­ tin.................................. 32 l b w , b Thorn­ ton ............... 32 Mr. J. Shuter, b Wootton 12 b Wootton ... 1 Lohmann, c Wilson, b Martin ..................... 8 b Martin ......... 9 Mr. w. W. Read, st Kemp, b Martin ..................... 51 b A. Hearne ... 18 Bead, c F. Hearne, b Wootton ........................54 c Kemp, b Mar­ tin ...............29 Diver, c A. Hearne, b Martin............................ 0 b Martin .........23 Mr. M. P. Bowden, b Mar­ tin... ..........................;. ... 0 b Martin ia ... 3 Hendeison, b Wootton ... 5 c Kemp, bWoot­ ton ............... 2 Wood, not out ............... 7 c A. Hearne, b Martin ......... 0 Jones, st Kemp, b Martin 3 not out ......... 4 Beaumont, st Kemp, b Martin............................ 0 run out ... ... 1 B ............................ 4 B 6,1 b 2 ... 8 Total ... .........176 Total ...130 K ent . First Innings Second Innings. Mr. W. Rashleigh, b Beau­ mont ............. ......... 1 c Diver, b Loh­ mann .........53 F. Hearne, b Lohmann ... 0 c and b Loh­ mann ......... 0 G. G. Hearne, b Lohmann 0 c w. W. Read, b Lohmann ... 15 Mr. W. H. Patterson, b Lohmann...................... 0 c Diver, b Jones 17 Mr. C. Wilson, c Shuter, b Beaumont..................... 55 c Diver, b Jones 10 Mr. F. Marchant, c Loh­ mann, b Beaumont ... 36 1b w, b Jones .... 0 Mr. A. J. Thornton, c Bowden, b Beaumont... 6 c W. W. Read, b Beaumont ... 3 Mr. M. C. Kemp, c Beau­ mont, b Jones...............13 b Lohmann ... 3 A. Hearne, not out .........18 c Diver, b Loh­ mann ......... 3 Wootton, c Bowden, b Beaumont..................... 2 not out ......... 2 Martin, c sub., b Jones ... 3 b Beaumont ... 3 B5, ib 2, n b l......... 8 B 13, lb 3 . . . 16 Total ...142 Total ..125 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u rr ey . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. K.W. Wootton ... 44 19 81 3 ... ... 25 9 43 2 A. Hearne ... 13 3 41 0 ...... 28 16 28 1 Martin......... 38.1 16 43 7 ...... 40 22 43 5 G. G. Hearne 7 3 7 0 ... ... 4 3 3 0 Thorntun 5.2 3 5 1 K ent . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. MR.W. Lohmann ... 36 19 55 3 ...... 55 33 39 5 Beaumont... 36 23 40 5 ......... 32.116 34 2 Jones......... 14.1 5 2-5 2 ...... 21 10 29 3 Abel ......... 6 3 4 0 ...... 1} 6 7 0 Henderson 5 1 10 0 Jones bowled a no ball. NOTTS v. MIDDLESEX. Heavy rain prevented a commencement of this return match at Nottingham on Thursday, and after some slow cricket on the two follow­ ing days the game was left undecided. Mid­ dlesex had the same eleven as had represented it earlier in the week at Bradford, while in place of Scotton, who was absent in conse­ quence of a domestic bereavement, Notts had to play the colt Lockwood. The ground favoured the bowlers throughout, and the scoring in consequence was considerably below the usual standard, only 390 runs being totalled during the two days for 32 wickets, an average of onlv a little over twelve runs. Middlesex, winning the toss,Were not dismissed until they had reached 168, a very respectable total considering the slow wicket. Six bats­ men were able to get double figures, the honour of highest scorer falling to Mr. Stoddart, who came out in rather a new character. Usually regarded as a free batsman and fast run-getter, on this occasion he showed strict and admirable defence, being in three hours and twenty minutes for thirty-two. Notts had lost three wickets for 58 when play ceased on Friday, and as the rest on Saturday only added 67, at the end of an innings the home team were 43 behind. Middlesex * owed their advantage in a very great measure to the exceptionally fine bowling of Mr. Robertson. His figures were remarkable against such a batting side, although the ground favoured the ball. He bowled 39 overs for 35 runs and seven wickets. On going in again five Mid­ dlesex wickets were dismissed for only 23 runs, and then Notts had for a moment just a look in. Some useful cricket by Spillman and West, however, destroyed their chance of a victory, and the stand of these two batsmen made a draw secure. Only three-quarters of an hour, indeed, remained when Notts went in a second time, and on the completion of the game they had got 24 of the 117 required to win for ohe loss of two batsmen. They thus wanted at the close 93 to win with eight wickets to spare. Flowers and Attewell bowled without a change through the second innings of Middlesex. Both, as will be seen, had excellent figures. M iddlesex . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. J. Webbe, b Flowers 2 c Flowers, b Attewell............13 Mr A. E. Stoddart, c Sherwin, 1) Shaw .........32 b Attewell......... 4 Mr. J. G. Walker, b Lock­ wood .............................. 17 b Flowers......... 5 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Atte­ well, b Shacklock.........25 c Shrewsbury, b Attewell.......... 1 Mr.A. S.Johnston, st Sher­ win, b Shaw ............... 0 c Sherwin, b Attewell.......... 0 Spillman, c Attewell, b Flowers ......................15 st Sherwin, b Flowers............15 West, b Shaw ................ 5 c wunn, b Atte­ well ..................16 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, c and b Flowers ...................... 4 b Attewell.......... 4 Burton, st Sherwin, b Barnes ......................20 b Flowers......... 5 Mr. M.J Dauglish, c Gunn, b Barnes ........................28 b lowers......... 5 Mr. J. Robertson, not out 9 not out .......... 3 B 9, lb 2 ......................11 B ......... 2 Total . ... 168 N o tts . Total ... 73 First Innings. Shacklock, c and b Robertson ... 2 Lockwood, not out... 16 Shaw, bRobertson... 3 Sherwin, c Spillman, b Burton ........ 1 B 16, lb 3 ........19 T o ta l.........125 Barnes,b Robertson .. 17 Shrewsbury,b west... 17 Gunn, b Robertson ... 0 Jjlowers, c Robertson, b West ...............10 Mr. H. B. Daft, b Rob­ ertson..................... 29 Selby, c and b Rob­ ertson..................... 1 Attewell, b Robertson 10 In the Second Innings Barnes scored b Robert­ son 6, Shrewsbury, lbw, b Robertson 10, Gunn (not out) 4, Flowers (not out) 4.—Total, 24. BOWLING ANALYSIS. M idd lesex . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Flowers ... 4726393 . 57.3 M 35 4 Attewell ... 3019210 . 57 33 36 6 Lockwood . .2 0 4 401 Shacklock.. 16 11 12 1 Shaw......... 33 21 32 3 Barnes ... 148132 N otts . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Burton ;.. 22.2 14 21 1 Webbe ... 84100 Robertson.. 39 23 35 7 . W est......... 15 12 372 . Second Innings. O. M. R. W 158 18 2 15 12 6 0 P laying for Mr. Hobbs’ Club against Cheam, on Aug. 18, at Norbury, E. Mills made 121 (not out) in just over the hour. In three overs he scored 49 runs.