Cricket 1887

258 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. JULY M, 1887. and his score of 107 included, besides 9 fours one six, and one five. Mr. Green, who had been instrumental while at Uppingham, in 1862, in starting the Uppingham Rovers Club in conjunction with the late W. O. Lucas, brother of A. P. Lucas, in lb82 took up the Essex County Club, which is indeed very largely indebted to him for its present hopeful position. The County Ground was then at Brentwood, but mainly through Mr. Green’s own efforts and his great personal influence, the excellent enclosure at Leyton was secured as the permanent home of Essex Cricket, which bids fair to flourish bravely on its new soil. Mr. Green was, in his day, not only a good cricketer, but an ex­ cellent all - round athlete. In 1866 he won Throwing the Cricket Ball at Cam­ bridge with a capital throw of 112 yards, and after representing Cambridge in the High Jump in 1867 and 1868 won the Amateur High Jump Championship with k5ft. 8^in., a tie with W. 0 . Little. He was also above the average at hurdles, and won several hurdle races between the years 1866 and 1869. He has always been good, too, across country, and indeed at the present time he is Field Master of the Essex Hounds, a position he accepted owing to the ill-health of the Master, Mr. Loftus Arkwright. A brilliant batsman, afine field, and at times useful as a fast bowler, Mr. Green had not many superiors among amateurs when at his best. He has always been a liberal supporter of cricket and cricketers, and the esteem in which he is held by all classes was shown recently by his election to be one of the trustees of the Cricketers’ Fund. THE SCORE BOOK. NOTICE.—The Editor wishes it to be dis­ tinctly understood that he only guarantees insertion of the scores of those Clubs arrang­ ing for the publication of all matches. To ensure insertion scores must reach this office, at trhe latest , by the first post on Tuesday morning following the match. ETON v. HARROW. As was generally expected, the Eton eleven proved to be distinctly the better side in their annual match with Harrow, played at Lord’s on Friday and Saturday last, and though the Harrovians made a good fight, it must be con­ ceded that they were not equal to their opponents at any point. Fair, the Harrow Captain, was lucky enough to beat Brand in the toss, and as the wicket was in good condition for run- getting took the innings, going in himself with A. C. Maclaren. Fair was bowled by a “ lob” at 26, but Watson and Maclaren, made matters look more hopeful for Harrow, and the score had been increased to 83 before the latter was bowled. Maclaren, who had played very well for his fifty-five, was caught at ninety, but after his retirement a surprising collapse took place. The last sevenwickets, indeed, only added seven runs, a result mainly due to the effective bowl­ ing of Bromley-DaveDport, whose six wickets were got at an expense of 44 runs. Eton did not make a good start, and though Foley and Coventry had both shown good cricket, at the fall of the sixth wicket the total was 107 or only six runs on. Lord Chelsea and Brand, the Captain, however, put on 63 before the latter was bowled, and the former was still in when the innings closed for 205, having scored 72 by clean andwelltimed hitting. When Harrow went in a second time in a minority of 104 A. C. Maclaren and Watson again batted in excellent style, andtheir partnership produced 62 of the 84 runs got for the loss of three wickets at the endof the firstday. On resuming the following morning Maclaren increased his score to 67beforehewas caught—an invaluable display of batting, worthy of unstinted praise. Ashworth and J. A. Maclaren later pn made a useful,stand, and the tail generally showed to better advantage, the last eight batsmen this ime cOritrfl&Tttmg99 of197frOmthe bat. Eton went in a second time wanting 100 to win, and the Harrovians had their hopes raised when Llewellyn and Foley, two of t le best batsmen on the side, were out for only fourteen. Brand and Gosiing, however, playedwith greatpluck, and the partnershipofthis pair,which produced 48 runs, fairly decided the result. After Brand’s retirement Coventry and Lord Chelsea were bowled in turn, and it was left to Gosling and Tollemache to finish the match, giving Eton the victory by five wickets. Gosling carried out his bat for 56, and the value of his innings cannot be over-estimated. He plays in neat style, and has hit as well as good defence. His judgment when the result hung in the balance, too, cannot be too highly commended. Fair, Jackson, and Ramsay were the most successful bowlers on the Harrow side, and the brothers MacLaren, Watson, Ashworth, and Torrens the best batsmen. A. C. MacLaren played, in particular, with great judgment and confidence, and his two innings were both most promising displays of batting. Lord Chelsea, Foley, Brand (the captain), and Gosling all batted well for Eton; Llewellyn, who scored so heavily against Winchester, being dismissed by Fair each time for single figures. Bromley-Davenport and Brand had to bear the brunt of the bowling, and the former, though expensive in the second innings, maintained his reprutation of 1886. Field’s wicket-keeping, too, was considerably above the average. H ar ro w . First Innings. Second Innings. J. St. F. Fair (captain), b Bathurst ..................... 7 b Brand ......... 1 A. C. MacLaren, c Coven­ try, b Brand ...............55 b Brand ......... 67 H. D. Watson, b Daven­ port ...........................16 st Field, b Bath­ urst 30 F. S. Jackson, c Coventry, b Davenport .............. 3 b Brand .......... 1 W. M. Torrens, b Daven­ port ........................... 0 run out .................18 A. C. S. Barchard, b Brand............ .............. 3 b Brand ... ,.. 10 P. Ashworth, not out ... 0 stField.b Daven­ port 23 E. G. Raphael,c Bathurst, b Brand .................... 0 bMaclachlan ... 8 J. A. MacLaren, b Daven­ port ........................... 4 b Davenport ... 21 T. B. A. Clarke, b Daven­ port ........................... 0 not out .................12 N. Ramsay, c Tollemache, b Davenport .............. 0 bMaclachlan... 6 B (?, lb 6>nb 1 ........ 13 B4,lb2,nbl 7 Total ... ........ 101 E ton . First Innings. C. P. Foley, b Jackson ... 37 W. D. Llewellyn, b Fair... 5 R. C. Gosling, c and b Fair ... ..................... 4 Hon. H. T. Coventry, b Jackson .....................35 Hon. M. Tollemache, b Jackson ... ............... 6 Lord Chelsea, not out ... 72 H< R. B.-Davenport, b Watson .................... 2 T. W. Brand (captain), b Total ...204 Second Innings. bJackson ........ lbw, b Fair not out b Ramsay ... not out b Ramsay ... ... 56 Fair L. C. Maclachlan, c Raphael, b Fair ........ 9 F. R. Hervey-Bathurst, b Ramsay .................... 3 C. A. Field, b Ramsay ... 0 B 3, lb 2 ..................... 5 Total ............ 205 27 c Clarke, b Fair 17 B 3, lb 2 ... 5 Total ...101 BOWLING ANALYSIS. H a r r o w . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Brand........... 29 22 14 3 .......... 61 26 66 4 Davenport... 31.118 44 6 ........ 46 23 67 2 Bathurst... 14 6 19 1 ........ 27 11 45 1 Maclachlan 6 2 11 0 ........ 11.2 4 19 2 Bathurst bowled a no-ball. E to n . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jackson ... 23 15 24 3 ........ 25 10 40 1 Fair ........3) 11 61 4 ........ 17 3 44 2 Ramsay ... 21 9 47 2 ........ 7-2 2 12 2 Watson ... 11 3 25 1 J.MacLaren 3 1 8 0 Ashworth... 3 0 12 0 Raphael ... 2 0 2 0 Olarfce... ... 6 3 18 0 KENT v. SUSSEX. Kent, though only able to put a moderate eleven into the field at Tonbridge on Monday, had the satisfaction of beating Sussex, by no means the strength of Sussex,though,yesterday gaining its first victory this season, with six wickets to spare. Winning the toss Kent made a fairly good show, thanks chiefly to the good cricket of Mr. Rashleigh, and the tenth wi cket fell with the total at 214, of which the Oxonian had contributed 77 in his best style. Sussex, who had scored 58 for two wickets on Monday night, made apoor showwhen playwas resumed, and Mr. Stanley Christopherson, who has only played rarely for Kent of late, and Wootton bowled with such remark­ able success that none of the remaining bats­ men made any stand, the last eight wickets falling in fifty minutes for an addition of only 21. In the follow-on, too, they for a time fared very badly, and on the fall of the fifth wicket still wanted 60 runs to save the innings. Mr. Dudney, T7ho had made a very favourable debut against Yorkshire at Brad­ ford, however, came to the rescue of the side when things were altogether against them with some brilliant hitting. Humphreys and he while they were together added 86, and the amateur after being two hours and a half at the wickets and getting within three runs of his hundred was unlucky enough to be caught. In his most praiseworthy innings of 97 were eight fours. With 109 to win Kent got 48 of them on Tuesday night for the loss of two wickets, and yesterday two more batsmen were dismissed before the winning run was got. Mr. P. Christopherson made his first appearance for Kent in this match. Score K e n t . First Innings. Second Innings. Rev. R. T. Thornton, st Phillips, b Tester........... 31 c Quaife,b A. Hide............... 1 F. Hearne, c Dudney, b J. Hide ........ ...............12 not out .......... 51 Mr. W. Rashleigh, c Phil­ lips, b A. Hide..................77 b A. Hide ......18 G. G. Hearne, b Smith ... 11 c J.Hide.bTester 24 T. Pawley, b Smith.......... 0 b J. Hide ...... 5 A. Hearne, b Smith........ 12 not out ... 2 P. Christopherson, c J., b A. Hide .....................27 S.Christopherson.b Smith 2 Hickmott, b Smith.......... 3 Martin, not out................ 8 Wootton, b Smith ........ 13 B 14, lb 4 ...............18 B ................ 8 Total ........ 214 S u sse x . Total ...109 Second Innings. First Innings. Tester, c Hickmott, b Wootton ....................... 17run out ............20 Quaife, c Hickmott, b Christopherson ...........11c Hickmott, b Wootton ... 4 Mr. F. H. Gresson, c A. Hearne, b Wootton ... 8 run out ............ 11 J. Hide, b S. Christopher­ son ............................. 22b Wootton.......... 0 Bean, b S.Christopherson 0 b S.Christopher­ son ................. 42 Mr. M. P. Lucas, not out... 10 b S. Christopher­ son . ............... 1 Humphreys, b S. Chris­ topherson ..................... 0 c Hickmott, b Wootten...........28 Mr. W. H. Dudney, b S. Christopherson .......... 4c Hickmott, b Pawley ...........97 Mr. C. A. Smith, b Woot­ ton ............................ 1b Pawley ............23 Phillips, b Wootton......... 0 c Hickmott, b Pawley .......... 0 A. Hide, c F. Hearne, b Wootton ...................... 0not out .......... 0 B 5, lb 1..................... 6 B11, lb 4, w 2 17 Total ...............79 Total ...243 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S ussex . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Christopherson 37 16 43 5 ... 32 11 72 2 Wootton........ 35.3 23 22 5 ... 46 24 87 3 Martin ........ 1 0 8 0 ... 25 15 27 0 A. Hearne 18 8 17 0 Pawley ... 11.2 7 11 3 G.Hearne 4 2 12 0 Christopherson and Pawley bowled one wide each.