Cricket 1887

CBiCKET A WEEKLY REOOKI) OP THE GAME. AUG. 25,1887. to English Cricketers a few years ago, of the Belmont Club, who is managing the business on the American side, is counting on the following professionals— Tyers, of the Manhattan Club; Lane, of the Philadelphia; Burroughes, of the St. George’s; Bromhead, of the German­ town; and probably Buller, of Staten •Island, and that he is very hopeful of the due ratificationof the negotiations. I t is of course probable that such a trip may come off, though the announce­ ment of this tour sounds strange in the face of the fact that two teams of English cricketers will also be starring in the Colonies during the winter months. It also reads still more strangely when one considers the recent expression of opinion in Victoria discountenancing any further visits of English cricketers to Australia until a fair interval has passed. I have reason to believe, indeed, that the Victorian Association intends to take the strongest measures it can to show its dis­ approval of the presence of two English teams in Australia this winter. SCORE BOOK— Continued. SURREY v. KENT. After three days of good all-round cricket, the return match between these Counties ended yesterday in a fairly even draw, Kent having 56 runs to get to win with four wickets to fall. Kent, though George Heame was still unable to play, wasrepresented by avery strong eleven, wiuie Surrey were still without the services of Mr. Holier, Beaumont, and Jones. The Surrey captain, though the ground was at the outset a little slow from recent rains, decided to go in first. The batting was very disappointing though, and the result was a very moderate total of 136, Wootton taking seven wickets for 57 runs. At the end of the first day Kent had scored 87 with only one batsman out, and though the game early on the second morning went for a short time more in favour of Surrey, some fine hitting by Messrs. Marchant and Kemp enabled the Kent eleven to head their opponents by 120 runs. When they went in a second time Surrey lost their captain, Mr. Shuter, for only twelve runs, and the game then seemed to be far from favour­ able for them. Some really brilliant cricket by Messrs. Read and Key, however, entirely altered the aspect of the match and their partnership was productive of some of the finest batting seen at the Oval for a long time. In a little over threejiours the two batsmen put on 241 run's, without, as far as we could see, a chance, and Mr. Read was only out just as time was up. He got a nasty blow on the back of his head from a short one of Mr. Christopherson, but he played with undi­ minished pluck afterwards, and his success after a spell of ill-luck will be heard of with pleasure by all cricketers. Mr. Key, who was not out 139 when play ceased on Tuesday, and this number he increased yesterday to 179 be­ fore he was caught in the long-field. His cricket on Tuesday was of the most brilliant description, and particularly towards the close of the day he batted with remarkable free­ dom, scoring fastfromalltheKentbowlers alike. He was at the wickets four hours and a half, and his 179 included a splendid square-leg hit from Frank Hearne clean out of the ground for six. With the exception ofMr. Key the Surrey batting yesterday was very disappointing, and indeed nine of the eleven were only responsible for 52 runs. Kent went in at 2.45 wanting 224 to win, and with three hours and three quarters left there was quite time to make the runs. From the first, though, the batsmen, with the exception of Lord Harris, played with the strictest care, and when time was up they had only scored 171, or at the rate of about forty-five runs an hour. SURREY. First Innings. Second Innings. Read, c Marchant, b Christophorson ........ 14 b Wootton.......... 6 Mr. J. Shuter, b Wootton 23 c Thornton, b Ch r i stopher- son .............. 8 Mr. K. -J. Key, b Wootton 2 c Patterson, b Wootton ...179 Mr.W.W. Read, bWootton 15 candbPatterson 100 Abel, b Wootton...............33 ~ LohmaTin, b Wootton ... 4 Mr. W. G. Wyld, c Kemp, b Wootton .............. 7 Henderson, not ou t.......24 Wood, run out .............. 2 Bowley, lbw, b Wootton... 8 E. Mills, c Patterson, b A. Hearne ..................... 1 B ........................... 3 Total ............ 136 K e n t . First Innings. Mr. W. Rashleigh, b Loh­ mann .........................37 F. Hearne, c W. Read, b Abel ......................... 20 Mr. W. H. Patterson, lbw, b Mills......................... 46 Rev. R. T. Thornton, c Wyld, b Lohmann........ 3 Lord Harris, c Abel, Lohmann.............. Patterson, b Martin ........ 15 lbw, b Wootton 5 b Martin c and bWootton st Kemp, b Wootton stKemp,bMartin not out B 10, lb 2 ... 12 Total ...343 Second Innings. A. Hearne, c Wood, b Loh­ mann ........................... 4 Mr.F. Marchant, c Bowley, b Lohmann .............. 37 Mr. M. C. Kemp, c Mills, b Lohmann.................... 21 Mr S. Christopherson, c Shuter, b Lohmann ... 15 Martin, c Henderson, b M. Read ........................... 0 Wootton, not out ........ 8 B 14, lb 6, w 1 ........ 21 b Lohmann b Lohmann run out b Lohmann 44 c. W. Read, Lohmann run out not out ... 0 ... 56 ... 16 ... 0 b ... 51 ... 21 B 14, lb 4 ... 18 Total .............. 256 Total ...168 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings O M. R.W. O. M. It. W. Wootton.......... 61 35 577 .......... 73 31 109 Christopherson19 3 391 .......... 18 3 Martin ............21 14 140 ..........71 35 A. Hearne... 27.218 231 .......... 12 F. Hearne 9 Marchant 8 Harris ... 5 Patterson 4 Rashleigh 1 K e n t. 63 91 16 4 15 2 16 2 14 2 7 1 0 Lohmann Mills........ Abel........ Bowley ... M. Read... First Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 65.128 102 7 ... 52 31 55 1 ... 20 8 30 1 ... 22 10 37 0 . . 7 4 11 1 ... ... Bowley bowled a wide Second Innings. O. M. R. W* , ... 60 36 50 4 . ... 18 8 ?4 0 ... 24.213 20 0 ... 27 14 43 0 4 0 13 0 BICKLEY PARK v. BECKENHAM. Played at Bickley Park on August 20. B e ck e n h a m . W. G. Wyld, b HubW. B. Friend, c and bard .................... 31 b Thornton ........ 4 W. 61. Torrens, c PatL. Wilson, not out... 0 tisson, b Bouch ... 17 R. Hilder, c Hilder,b E. C. Friend, b HubThornton ........ 0 bard ....... ............. 16 A.N. Other, absent 0 Tate, c Pattisson, b O.N. E. More, absent 0 Tonge .............. 15 B ..................... 10 H. S. Barkworth, c — Fielding, b Tonge 10 Total ........ 122 P. Chater, b Tonge ... 19 B ic k l e y P ark . W. Rashleigh,c W.B. Friend, b Wilson ... 29 F. Marchant, c E. C. Friend, b Tate ... 10 J. N.Tonge, b Chater 13 R. T. Thornton, b Wilson ............... 6 F. Melding, c sub., b T ate.................... 9 G. C. Boosey, 1b w, b W. B. Friend........ 33 W.H.Andrews,cChater b E. C. Friend ... 21 W. B. Pattisson, c Barkworth, b E. C. Friend .............. 41 T.P Eilder, b Chater 7 H. E. Bouch, not out 0 G. C. Hubbard, b E. C. Friend.............. 0 B2, lb6, nbl ... 9 Total ...178 LANCASHIRE v. SUSSEX. The Lancashire Eleven yesterday added another to their excellent records during the last few weeks by beating Sussex at Brighton after three days of capital all round cricket. Sussex went in first, but no one except Tester, who was in nearly three hours for his 36, Mr. Thomas, and Bean did mueh against the bowling of Watson and br^gs, who dis­ missed their opponents for a moderate total of 147. In spite of a finely hit 69 by Sugg, Lancashire did not seem likely until jus*; the close of the innings to head this score, and it was only auseful stand by the last two bats­ men, Pilling and Watson, who added 40, that enabled them to claim a lead of 49 runs. In the second innings Sussex showed all to­ gether to better advantage, and Mr. Thomas and Humphreys while they were toget er gave the game quite a new aspect by their excellent cricket, the pair adding 127 runs for the fifth wicket. When play began yesterday Lancashire wanted 204 to win, and thanks chiefly to another bri liant display of hitting by Sugg, who again scored 09, including 14 fours, and the free cricket of Mr. Hornby, the runs were got with four wickets to spare. S u sse x . First Innings. _Secrad Innings. Quaife, b Watson ........ 0 Tester,c Pilling, b Watson 36 Mr.W. Newham,b Watson 15 J. Hide, b Briggs........ ... 4 Humphreys, lbw, b Briggs 0 Mr. F. Thomas, b Watson 35 Bean, c Baker, b Briggs... 23 Mr. C. A. Smith,b Watson 11 Mr. W H.Dudney, b Briggs 4 Phillips, not out.............. 7 A. Hide, c Eccles, b Wat­ son ........................... 0 B 9, lb 3.................... 12 Total ...147 b Briggs b Watson........ 4 stPilling, b Briggs ........ 18 bWatson........24 c Sugg, b Briggs 82 lbw, b Watson... 56 b Watson........ 32 c Sugg, b Briggs 20 c and b Watson 6 st Pilling, b Briggs ........ 1 not out ........ 0 B 5, lb 3 ... 8 Total ...252 First Innings. Mr. A.N.Hornby, bA. Hide 6 Barlow, run ou t.............. 8 Sugg, b Tester .............. 69 Mr. J. Eccles, c and b A. Hide .................... .- 12 Briggs, c Tester, b A. Hide 2 Mr. G. Jowett, b Smith ... 16 Robinson, run out ........ 7 Baker, b Smith............... 1 Yates, b Smith .............. 23 Watson, b Humphreys ... 23 Pilling, not ou t.............. 14 B10, lb 5 ...............15 L an cash ire . Second Innings, c Bean,b A. Hide 38 b A. Hide........ 8 b Bean.............. 69 b Tester ... c Quaife, b A. Hide.............. 22 c and b Smith... 16 not out ........ 27 not out ... ... 2 Extras........ 16 Total .............. 195 BOWLING AULYSIS. S u sse x . Total ...204 Watson Briggs.. Barlow Jowett.. FirstInnings. O. M. R. W. 58.240 51 6 66 40 71 4 13 11 2 0 5 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. . 76 40 73 . 55 27 101 . bl 18 30 Yates . Sugg . Baker . L an c a sh ir e . , 6 3 . 13 3 7 0 0 13 0 6 20 0 Bean ... A. Hide Tester... Smith ... J. Hide First Innings. O. M. R. W. 27 12 52 0 33 15 51 3 19 11 26 1 21 10 34 3 5 2 12 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 15 7 24 1 . ... 27 13 39 ii . ... 23 15 26 1 Humphreys 3 2 2 6 1 ... 14 9 41 2 14 1 44 L o n d o n & S u b u rb a n A s s o c ia t io n “ S p o r t s ­ man C h a lle n g e C up .”—The semi-final round resulted in the Walham Green beating the Phcenix Upper Clapton, and the Bees and Dartmouth Park playing two drawn games. Dartmouth Park have, therefore, to play off a bye with the Walham Green, and the winning side will have to meet the Bees in the final, which takes place at Lord’s Ground, St John’s Wood (by kind permission of the M.C.C.) oai Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 7th and oth.