Cricket 1887

AUG. 4, 1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 807 SURREY v. NOTTS. After a game productive throughout of the greatest excitement, Surrey gained a very oreditable victory over their great rivals of Notts, at the Oval, yesterday afternoon. The decisive success of the Southerners in the previous fixture played at Nottingham in Whit week, in conjunction with the fact that each eleven had so far only lost one engage­ ment, gave additional interest to the return, and it may safely be said that no county match has ever attracted such general interest. In proof of this it need only be stated that on the first day 24,450 paid to witness the game—by far the largest number ever recorded at the Oval—and; that in the three days money was taken for 51,607 persons. Neither county had quite its strength, Scotton being unable to play for Notts and Mr. W. E. Roller and Jones for Surrey. Sulley, a left-handed bowler, took the place of the first-named, while Henderson and Brockwell completed the Surrey team. Sherwin won the toss for Notts, and on an excellent racket Shrewsbury and Mr. Dixon started the batting. Though the score at the fall of the first wicket was 47, the Surrey men bowled and fielded sowell that the eighth wicket fell at 143, and it looked as if the Notts total would hardly exceed 160. A bad miss at extra mid-off, however, when he had only made four, gave Richard­ son a life, and the home team suffered heavily for the mistake,as Richardson, after the let-off, played excellent cricket, and Sherwin and he addedno less than 79 for the last wicket. At the end of the first day Surrey had made 14for the loss of only one batsman (Abel), and though Messrs. Shuter and W. W. Read played well, when the ninth wicket fell one run was wanted to save the follow-on. Wood, who had been obliged towards the close of the Surrey innings to retire owing to a severe injury to his hand, was, however, fortunately able to bat, and so well did Bowley and he bat, that the tenth wicket added 44, bringing the total .within 36 of that of Notts. Sherwin, who had injured his wrist, was unable to keep wicket, and Gunn had to take the gloves, a great loss in a double sense—in jSherwin’s absence from the wicket, and Gunn from the long-field. The Notts eleven made several mistakes in the field, no doubt from over-anxiety, and Maurice Read was let off twice in one over, a serious mis­ take which in all probability enabled Surrey to save the follow-on. When Notts went in again, Shrewsbury was soon got rid of, and the best cricket was shown by Messrs. Dixon and Daft, who were responsible for 86 of the 148 made at the end of the day for the loss of nine wickets. Surrey went in yesterday morning, wanting 205 to win—a heavy task at any time for a fourth innings, and particu­ larly so against the varied bowling of Notts. Abel was caught at seveu, but Messrs. Shuter and Key played admirable cricket, and the two amateurs put on 70 runs before the latter was caught. Messrs. Read and Shuter made another stand, and the score was 110 with only two wickets down, when Barnes was commissioned to bowl to the Pavilion wicket. So far the game had gone in favour of Surrey, but Barnes quicklydismissed Mr. Shuter, who had played another splendid innings of 53, Mr. Read, and Henderson, and then Notts seemed to have in turn the best of it. Surrey still wanted 78 to win when Lohmann joined Maurice Read, and during their partnership som? of the very best cricket of the match was shown. Read gave avery hard chance to mid- oa when he had made 23, but in spite of the e :cellent bowling and fielding of Notts, the ssore rose steadily until at 199 Read was eaAight in tho slips for an excellent in­ nings of 38. With only six to win W'ood came in, and the new comer adding five gave Surrey the victory at 4.40 by four wickets. Too much praise can not be given to Read and Lohmann, and their pluck at the critical time determined the result. Both richly deservedthe enthusiastic reception accorded to them when the game was com­ pleted. T h e spectators were highly elated over Surrey’s success, and therewas a scene of excitement such as the Oval has not seen for a long time, cheers following cheers until the various members of the winning team had dispersed. N o t t s . First Innings. Second Innings. Shrewsbury, c W ood, b L o h m a n n ..........................41 Mr. J. A. Dixon, c W Read, b A b el.................................30 Gunn, c W ood, bBowley 4 Barnes, c Shuter, b L oh­ m ann .................................43 Mr. H.B.Daft, c Lohmann, b B o w le y ........................... 7 Flowers, c W . Read, b L oh m a n n ........................... 1 Attewell, c Wood, b Beau­ m ont ................................... 1 Shacklock, c Lohm ann, b Beaum ont........................ 15 Richardson, not o u t.........54 Sulley, b Bowley.................11 Sherwin, c and b W. Read 34 B 3, lb 4 .......................... 7 Total ................248 S u r r e y . First Innings. Abel, c Richardson, b Barnes.................................. 2 cBow ley,b Beau­ m ont ........... b Lohmann c M. Read, b Beaum ont ... b A b el................... b Lohmann Mr. J. Shuter, c Sulley, b Richardson ..................41 b Barnes Mr. K. J. Key, c Attewell, b Barnes .......................... 0 c and b W. Read 16 c Abel, b L oh­ m ann ........... 0 c Abel,b Bow ley 15 c and b W. Read 4 run out ........... 4 not out ...........10 B 7 ,lb l,n b l 9 Total ...168 Second Innings. c Sulley, b Rich­ ardson ........... 3 Mr. W. W . Read, b Sulley 25 M. Read, c Shacklock, b S ulley..................................40 Henderson, c Barnes, Sulley ... .................. b ... 14 Lohmann, st Gunn, b Attewell .............................17 Beaumont, run o u t ........... 4 Brockwell, c Barnes, b S u lley........... .................... 4 Bowley, b A ttew ell...............36 W ood, not out ..................... 14 B 10, lb 1, w 1 ...........12 c SherwJn, Sulley ... b Barnes ... c Richardson, Sulley ... , c Sherwin, Barnes ... . not out ... 53 b ... 38 ... 18 ... 35 not out ........... 5 B 11, lb 2 ... 13 Total ..................212 Total BOW LING ANALYSIS. N o t t s . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 46 20 72 3 Bowley ____ __ Lohm ann ... 61 38 __ Beaum ont... 31 10 61 Abel .......... 22 13 20 W. W . Read 5.3 2 9 Henderson... 6 2 9 B rock w ell... 5 2 11 M. Read Second Innings. O. M. R. W . ... 10 4 15 1 . 35 18 46 3 ... 18 ... 16 ... 18 50 21 27 S u r r e y . Barnes First Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 19 3 51 Attewell ...26.214 43 Sulley......... 36 15 66 Richardson . 16 39 Flowers ... 1 o 1 Shacklock 10 D ixon ... 2 Sulley bow led a wide. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ......... 29.210 56 3 . ... 17 6 23 0 15 40 2 33 1 16 0 20 0 5 0 ... 33 16 . 11 4 CLAPTON v. HIGHBURY. Played at Clapton on August 1. H ig h b u r y . G. W akefield, b Me Ew en.......................... 0 F. Davis, b M cEwen 0 J. W. W ilks, c Hall, b Asser ................... 1 W.C.Black, c Emm er­ son, b Douglas ... 49 R . Wakefield, b M cE w e n ..................13 J. P. Ward, b Douglas 17 F. N. Hickson, c M cEwen,b Shenton 9 C l a pt o n . F. G. W ood, c Pur­ chase, b Douglas... F. H. Ferris, b D ou g la s.................. . F. T. Heppell, b McEwen . C. H. Searle, not out 8 B 5,1 b 1 Total ...114 F. H. Purchase. Wilks, b R. W ake­ field ............................. 44 J. W . Emmerson,lbw, b R. Wakefield ... 13 J. C. Shenton, c and b Black ......................92 H. Boyton, b Ward ... 17 S. A. Asaer, b W ard... 2 G .L . Lyons, run out 2 J. H. Douglas, not out 22 F. Briggs, c Wilks, b H ick son ..................... 16 H. P. Brodie,c Black, b R . W akefield ... 6 W . E. Hall, c W ood, b R . W akefield ... 3 J. W . M cEwen, c Ferris,bR.Wakefield 1 B 18,1 b 3, n b 2 23 Total ....... 241 THE CANTERBURY WEEK . KENT v. YORKSHIRE. After some remarkable run-getting, th opening match of the Canterbury Week ended yesterday in a drawn game. Yorkshire, who won the toss, were in all the first day, scoring 305 for the loss of only one batsman. Ulyett, the Sheffielder.who played in his most brilliant style, contributed 124 of the first 169, wbile Hall and Lee were each not out, Hall with 89, Lee with 82, when play ceased on Monday. On resuming on* Tuesday morning both the not outs completed their hundred, Hall,who had been batting for six hours and a half, being the first to go, caught at mid- on, with the total at 355, for 110, a grand display of defensive cricket, Lee played on whenheliadreached 119,aninnings ofverygreat merit,occupying three hours and a-half. The performance of Ulyett, Hall, and Lee was in every way an extraordinary one, and we be­ lieve it is the only instance of the first three batsmen on a side each making a hundred in an important match. Later on Bates, Peel, and Wade hit hard, and the innings ulti­ mately reached 559—the largest total of the year in a first-class contest. Kent,going in after a long spell of fielding, made a bad start, and when play ceased on Tuesday had lost four good wickets for 51. Yesterday only 78 were added before the innings closed, and the home team consequently had to follow on in a minbrity of 430 runs. In the second innings, though, some very fine hitting by Frank Hearne, who contributed 144 out of 277, was seen, and Kent were able to draw the game, a creditable achievement after their ill-suocess in the first attempt. At the finish they still wanted 153 runs to save an innings defeat with only four wickets to fall. Y o r k sh ir e . U lyett, c A. Hearne, b Christopherson...124 Hall, c Harris, b L. W ilson ....................110 Lee, b A. Hearne ...119 Hon. M. B. Hawke, b Christopherson ... 15 Bates, c Kemp, b Christopherson ... 64 Peel, c Kem p,b Chris­ topherson ..............43 K e n t . First Innings. Mr. F. Marchant, c Bates, b U lyett .......................... 4 Mr. W . H. Patterson, c Bates, b U lyett ...........14 F. Hearne, c Hunter, b Emm ett ..........................10 Rev. C. W ilson, b W ade ... 0 Mr. T j . W ilson, c Bates, b U ly ett..................................39 L ord Harris, 1bw, b WTade 20 a . He^rne. b W ade ........... 2 Mr. M. C. K em o. b W ade 0 Mr. S. Christopherson, b Emm ett .......................... 1 W ootton, b Bates ...........17 Martin, not o u t .................. 19 B 2, lb 1 .......................... 3 Total ...................129 Preston, c Kem p, b W ootton .................. 6 W ade, c W ootton, b F. Hearne ...........40 Denton, b W ootton 1 Emm ett, run out ... 16 Hunter, not out ... 0 B 10, lb 1 1 ...........21 Total ...559 Second Innings. c Hunter, b U lyett ... ... 26 c Hall, b Peel , ... 39 c Hall, b P e e l,...144 run out ... , ... 3 c Hunter, b Ulyett ... ... 0 c Hunter, b Ulyett ... ... 1 not out ... 36 not out ... ... 11 B 11, lb5, w 1 17 Total ..277 BOW LING ANALYSIS. Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R .W W ootton ... 79 31 If 8 2 A. Hearne... 8-2 29 131 1 Cliristphrsn 60 ?4 111 4 Martin.......... 94 57 82 0 F. Hearne ... 24 13 32 1 K e n t , First Innings. O. M. R. ... 32 18 21 7 O. M. R.W Marchant .1 3 5 21 Harris ... 8 2 12 C. W ilson 7 4 7 L . W ilson 4 0 14 Patterson.. 0 0 0 1 2 20 0 Emm ett U lyett... W ade ... Peel Bates . 24 . 2 1 0.2 0 49 8 37 W, 2 3 4 0 1 Preston H a ll... JEmmett bowled a wide. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 17 8 28 0 ... 24 12 40 3 ... 31 12 56 0 51 33 46 4 7 0 26 0 19 . 10 7 47 0 17 0