Cricket 1887

SEPT. 15, 1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECOED OF THE GAME. 405 B O H E M IA N S v, C A N E H IL L . Played at Cane H ill on Septem ber 10. C a n e H i l l . Dr. Hill, b A. W ood­ cock .................. .. E. Ooppard, b A. Wo ldcock ........... Hei rhr.ington runout H. Oliver, b II. Bell... G. Roberts, not out E xtras.................. Total W .Caton.b W oodcock G. Stanley, c Dunn, b •■’ell ..........................13 Rev. t C. Crawford, b ■». W ood cock ............ 4 Dr. Fitzgerald, b A. W oodcock .......... 5) IIenderson,bA W ood­ cock .......................... 9 Dr. Sorigge, b A. W oodcock ...........10 B o h e m ia n s . R. Bell, b Caton ... 10 L. W eston, hw, b E. Darwen. c Fitz­ gerald, bC oppard... 12 T R. M acnamara, b C *p p a rd .................. 3 J. Boxall, c and b Sprigge ..................20 A. w oodcock, b Caton 0 W . H. Stiles, b Fitz­ gerald .................. 55 F. lew in did not bat. J-itz- Crawford C. Chinn, b gerald ...................19 W D Stitt not out •» II Dunn.b Fitzgerald 3 B 9, lb 8 ...........17 Total ...139 T H E H A S T IN G S W E E K . A lth ou gh for m any years cricket has been played at H astings, and to a certnin extent a “ cricket w e e k ” has been organised b y the H astings C ricket Club, yet n oth in g has been .attem pted up to this season, w ith the solitary excep tion o f a visit from th e last A ustralian team , at all to com pare w ith the present v en ­ ture on th e part of the crick et authorities in this favou rite seaside resort. It was considered high tim e fo r the tow n to aw ake from th e leth argy w h ich h ad characterised it in m atters cncJceterial. A ccord in gly a strong m ovem ent w as m ade, and, w ith M r. R. L ydgate at its head, a com m ittee w as form ed to take up the m atter, and w ith Capt. G reatorex and M r. Carless as lion. secs, a .guarantee fu n d w as form ed of over £300, so that, from a financial point, success w as assured. It w as thought advis­ able to arrange three m atch es— N orth v. South, G entlem en o f Surrey v. G entlem en o f Sussex, and G entlem en v. P layers o f Sussex. E v e ry effort h ad been m ade to secure representative team s fo r the first and m ost im p ortan t m atch of the three, and alth ou gh it is never possible to get togeth er a team such as no one cou ld cavil at, yet very fair representative sides had been secured, and th e h on ou r o f th e N orth and South seem ed quite safe in th eir hands. T h e tow nspeople had le ft n oth in g u ndone on th eir part to give a festival appearance to th e streets—bun ting here, there and everyw here, th e pier standing out conspicuous w ith its V en etian m asts and lines of flags stretching from one to the other. W eln e sd a y , the day precedin g the opening in itch , w as an yth in g but cheerin g to those w ho had charge of the arrangem ents, and w hen a heavy thunderstorm broke over the tow n and deiuged the crick et ground, there w ere n ot w antin g those w ho predicted failure for this, the inaugural H astings C ricket W eek. ] [ow ever, lu ck ily fo r the executive, w hether Jupiter h ad spent his rage in th e last thund er­ bolt, or the god o f cricket, if there is one, had s o j’cen on behalf o f his youngest offspring, T h ursday broke gloriou sly fin e; in fact, we c in n o t call to m in d a m ore p erfect day in all this exception ally fine sum m er— a cloudless sky tem pered by a refreshing breeze. A lthough, naturally, th e wicked w as som ew hat soft, yet th e grou n d dried so qu ickly that w hen play com m en ced th e w icket w as quite fit to play on. T h e con dition o f th e tu rf reflected the highest credit on T . M ainw aring, the ground m m , w h ile th e general arrangem ents were m ost excellent. T h « pavilion bein g strictly reserved fo r the players and executive, a covered stand had been erected capable of seating som e 500 persons, and tents fo r the sile o f fru it and refreshm ents w ere dotted ab rat here and there. W h en play com m en ced there could n ot have been less than a thousand people on th e ground, and this w as increased to nexrly tw o thousand before stum ps w ere draw n for the day. T h e stands, too, w ere w ell patronised, and several carriages w ere on the ground. A s abou t h alf th e com pany con ­ sisted of ladies in th e m ost ch arm in g toilettes the appearance of th e grou n d presented a very pleasing coup cVasil , and rem inded th e o n ­ looker of an E ton and H arrow m atch on a sm all seal-*. The excellen t tow n band d is­ coursed a very excellen t selection o f m usic du rin g the afternoon, and thereby consider ibly enlivened the proceedings. O w ing to the lat* arrival o f the players, w ho had to travel all n igh t from Scarboro’ to nrrive in tim e fo r the m atch, it w as not until 12.30 that M r. R ead spun th e coin , and the advantage resting w ith th e South, a short d<4ay occurred, as th eir Skipper w as overheard to rem ark, upon E m m ett asking w hich he w ould do, “ that he m ust con su lt an em in ent local au th oriry on the prospects of the w icket before h e deci ed.” T h is consultation evidentlyprovin gsatisfactory to the chances of batting, “ T o m ” led his m en in to the field at 12.38. Peel and W ade opened th e bow lin g to M aurice R ead and Frank H earne, bu t w ith th e score at five a disaster befell the South. R ead, having a go at an extra curly one from W ade, and m issin g i ’ , w as clean bow led. M r. K ey filled the vacancy, and was received w ith a rou n d of applause as he left the Pavilion. H e soon show ed tViat he w as in form , as alm ost im m ediately he placed tw o to his credit off W ade, and snicked Peel for a like am ount. Barnes relieved Peel at 27, b u t the K ent professional show ed his appre­ ciation of the ch an gebv drivin g the new bow ler fo r fou r and cu ttin g him for three in h is first over, and drivin g W ade to th e bou n dary for a quartette in the next. M r. K ey scored a four from the other bow ler through the slips—by the n ow fam ous stroke in the slips peculiar to the Surrey Am ateur, that m ig h t be designated as the K ey pat. A lth ou gh E m m ett, B ates and F low ers w ere tried, it w as considered alm ost certain th at th e tw o w ou ld be together at luneh tim e, bu t at 83 H earne, w ho had scored 43 by faultless cricket, in playing rather far back to E m m ett, h it his w icket. N eedless to say the you n g professional w as received w ith lou d applause on his return to th e dressing- room . A n adjournm ent w as n ow m ade for luncheon. On resum ing play M r. R ea d filled the vacan cy, and was received in even a m ore cordial m anner than his partner. M r. Read began in a far m ore lively w ay than usual, but after adding 15 was clean bow led by areally good ball from E m m ett. A bel, w ho join ed M r. K ey, did n ot trouble the scorers, as, w ith the total a* 126, he w as caught bv F low ers at m id-off, and M r. P igg cam e in. A t 142 M r. K ey w as wel- taken bv Bates at slip, and w as enthusiastically cheered b y the on-lookers fo r his splendid p er­ form an ce. T h e ou ly real chance he gave, and that a very hard one, w as to G rim shaw , at cover-p oin t, w hen he had scored 50. Although M r. Sutthery pla^ ed in good form th e others gave little trouble, the innings closin g at ten m inutes to five for 210. On th e N orth goin g in to bat th e ligh t got very bad, the sun casting lon g shadow s rig h t across th e w icket, and w hen stum ps w ere draw n at six o ’clock five w ickets w ere dow n for 39, out of w h ich Flow ere h ad scored 20 b y hard hitting, P eel was bad ly run ou t w hen he had scored five, B ates callin g h im for an im possible run. A n oth er beautiful day was F riday, and alarge attendancp w as registered, fully 2,000 being on the ground during the afternoon. T h e w icket still played very w ell, and it w as n ot to be w ondered at th at w hen th e N orth resum ed th eir innings at 12 o ’clock runs cam e pretty freely, but the bad start o f the previous day affected them considerably, and although B arnes and Bates p layed really good cricket, th ey failed by 12 runs to avert the follow -on. T h e w ick et had now dried considerably and w as m uch easier than at an y tim e during the m atch, conse­ quen tly a m uch better state o f things w as the result of the second innings. L ohm ann and H ide bow led very w ell, and runs w ere rather difficult to m ake. B arnes was cl*an bow led at 13, and upon TTlyett jo in in g H all runs cam e rather m ore freely, so that at 44 A bel took the ball from H ide. T h e separation, though, cam e from th e other end,H all returning one gently to L oh m a n n . S hortly after, too, U lyett played one from th e sam e bow ler into his w icket. B ates and M r.D aft,w h o pla}’ed fine free crick et’ brou gh t in several changes o f bow ling, and it. w as n ot until the score had reached 116 that Mr. W . W B ead, w ho had gone on at the m arine end w i h lob^, bow led Mr. D a ft w ith his first ball A t 130 Bates, w h o had scored 61— in clu d in g a m agnificent h it clean ou t of the ground, the b a ll striking the houses op p o­ site —let ou t at one o f M r. P igg ’s,w ho had gone on in place of B ow ley, and w as clean bow led. Peel was splendidly caught bv M aurice R ead in the long-field, the Surrey m an c a c hing the ball am ong the spectators, w ho had jum ned from th eir seat's to save them selves from b e in " hit, K m m ett andW ad^ w ere together at the call of tim e, the s o :e bein g 174. Saturday open 'd very w et, rain falling heavily, but the w eather cleaning up bv eleven o ’clock it w as decided to start play at one. A lovely afternoon succeeded the w et m ornin g, b u t the h ot sun interfered in n o sm all degree w ith th e w icket, and effected one o f those surprises fo r w hich crick et is fam ous. O ver a thousand people w itnessed the close o f the m atch , w h ich \vTas as excitin g as it prom ised to be. A t the start, ow in g to the w et, the w icket played easy, and the tw o not outs m anaged to take the score to 203 before they w ere parted. L u n ch here intervened, an I it w as n ot till three o ’clock that th e South started th eir second inuings. F rom th e first the w ick et played very trick ily, and Peel m anaged to get a lot o f w ork on. A l­ though the Captain trie 1 his hardest to save the gam e bv som e really splendid h ittin g, it was n ot to be, and the South retired defeated— but certainly n ot disgraced— b y 27 runs. S o u t h . First Innings. M. Read, b Wade ........... 1 F. H eam e. hw, b Em m ett 43 Mr. K. J. Key, c Bates, b Emm ptt ..........................70 Mr. W . W .Read.b Emm ett 15 R.Abel.c Flowers.b Barnes 0 Mr. H. Pigg, b B ates...........26 Mr. A. M. Sutthery, st Sherwin, b Peel ...........17 G. Lohm ann. Peel........... 0 I. Hide, c and b pates ... 3 T. Bowley, st Sherwin, b Peel .................................. 6 H. Phillips, not o u t ...........10 B12, lb 1, w 5, nb 1 ... 19 Total ...................210 N o r t h . First Inuings. L. Hall, c J. Hide, b Loh­ mann .................................. 0 'V. Flowers, b Piqg ............. 20 M r.R. B. D aft.b Lohm ann f> S. W ade, b Lohmann ... 3 w. Bates, c Piece, b Hide .. 23 R. Peel, run o u t ................... 5 S3Cond Innings, c r’rimshaw, b P eel.................. 9 c Hall, b Peel ... 0 c Sherwin.b Peel 14 c Hall, hPeel ... 30 c Peel, b Barnes 0 c B*tes, b Em ­ m ett ........... G c Barnes, b E m ­ mett ........... 9 c Bates, b Peel 3 not out ........... 7 Ibw. b Peel b E m m ett... B ........... T o ta l... 85 Second Innings, c and*'Lohmann 15 b Lohm ann b W . W . Bead not out ... . b Pi<rg........... c M. Read, Lohm ann b Lohm ann b Lohm ann W. Barnes, not r u t ...........32 G. XTlyett, b Hide ........... 0 I. Grimshaw, c W . W . Bead, b Hide ................... 3 b Pigg... T. Emm ett, c Abel, b L oh ­ mann .......................... ... 8 M. Shprwin, b Lohm ann .. 2 B 10, lo 2 ...................12 7 13 11 11 23 c Phillips b Abel 17 b Lohm ann ... 11 B .................. 6 Total ...119 Total ...208 BOW LING ANALYSIS. S o u t h . Fir it Innings. Second Innings. O. M. 1?. W . O. If. R. W . Peel ... .. 24 10 37 a ... 23 7 43 6 Wade ... .. 18 9 ?8 1 Barnes... .. 17 7 40 l ... 11 2 2> 1 Bates ... . . 23.3 11 39 9. P'minett .. 21 33 a: 3 ... 12 G 12 3 Flowers 4 1 14 ■» En m itt bowled five w ilrs and one no-ball. N orth . First I m ings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Lohm ann... 33.3 15 4t 5 ... 43 17 79 6 Bowley ... 39 G 38 0 ... 10 5 16 0 Pigg ........... 8 2 14 1 ... 27 13 39 2 J. Hide ... 12 4 14 3 ... 1* 6 22 O Abel ... 9.3 3 94 1 W. Read 5 1 17 3