Cricket 1888

JULY 12, 1888. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 259 LA N C A SH IR E v. M ID D L E S E X . The Lancashire Eleven, with, it must be admitted, considerably the best of the luck, showed to great advantage in this match, begun at Manchester on Thursday, and were left, before luncheon on Saturday, in possession of an easy victory by an innings and 21 runs. Rain only allowed about an hour-and-a-half’^ play on Thursday, and during this tim e the Middlesex eleven, who were without Messrs. Stanley Scott, Buckland, F. J. G. Ford, and E . A. Nepean, succeeded in getting rid of four Lancashire batsmen for 64 runs. Continuing on Friday m orning, two more wickets fell for an addition of twenty-five, and, with six bats­ men out for 89, it did not look as if Lancashire’s total would be a very large one. Barlow, who had been batting from the first w ith the greatest care, however, found a useful partner in Mr. Crosfield, and 37 were added before Barlow, who had been in nearly two hours and three-quarters for his 36, was bowled. Mr. Crosfield and Yates made even a better stand, and the partnership resulted in an addition of 78 runs for the eighth wicket. Yates’ hitting was vigorous, but the feature of the innings was the batting of Mr. Crosfield, who got his 67 in less than an hour and three-quarters, and without a mistake. W hen Middlesex went in Mr. W ebbe was soon dismissed, but Messrs. W alker and O’Brien gave the L an­ cashire bowlers considerable trouble, and when the form er was run out the total was 72 with only two wickets down. A fter this, though, Briggs, helped by a bad light, bowled with great success, and none of the remaining batsmen got double figures, the last eight wiokets, indeed, only increasing the total by 42 runs. Mr. O’B rien’s brilliant hitting was the feature of the Middlesex batting H e was only in an hour and a quarter, and in this short tim e scored 61 out of 84 runs without a fault. H is figures included nine fours. Briggs, who took in this innings seven wickets at a cost of 39 runs, bowled with quite the same effect when Middlesex followed on in a m inority of 106 on Saturday m orning. The ground, as it dried under the sun, was even more in favour of the bowlers, and the only stand, indeed, was while Messrs. O ’Brien and Vernon were together. The two amateurs added 46 runs for the fourth wicket,but, after the latter was caught in the long-field, the batting broke down, a;id the remaining batsmen were only responsible for an addition of 19 runs. Briggs’ bowling for Lancashire was remarkable. In the m atch he took thirteen Middlesex wickets at a cost of only 73 runs. It is worthy of remark that there was not an extra in either innings of Middlesex, a proof of Pilling’s accurate wicket-keeping. L a n c a s h ir e . Mr A. N. Hornby, c Hadow, b Bur:on... 6 Barlow, b Robertson 36 Mr.J.Eccles.cO’Brien, b B u rton ............... 8 P. Sugg, b Northcote 16 Briggs, c Webbe, b W est................ ... 13 Mr. 0 P. Lancashire, c O’Brien, b Burton 5 Robinson, c Robert­ son, b Burton......... 1* O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. Burton ... 58 22 87 4 Webbe .. 7 4 12 0 Robertson 48 31 54 3 Hadow .. 8 4 15 0 Northcote 14 5 81 1 O’Brien.. 5 1 10 1 West ... 9 4 8 1 Mr. S. M. Crosfield, b O’Brien ....... 67 Yates, b Robertson 85 Pilling, not out ... 8 Watson, b Robert­ son ......................... 7 B l, lb l, w l ... 3 T o ta l ...2-20 M id d le s e x . First Innings. Mr. A. J. Webbe, c Pilling, b Briggs ........................ 6 Mr. J. G. Walker, run out 24 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, cEccles, b Briggs ........................61 Mr. E. M. Hadow, b T-riggs 3 Mr. G. J. Vernon, b Briggs 0 Mr. P. J. de Paravicini, b Y ates............................... 8 b Briggs .................................. 2 Mr. J. Robertson, c Pilling, b W atson........................ 5b Briggs ......... 4 West, lbw, b B rig g s........ 0 c Watson,bBriggs 4 Mr. P. Northcote, bBriggs 5 bBriggs ......... 0 Burton, not o u t................. 0 cPilling.bWatson 3 Mr. F. T.Welman, cPilling, b Briggs ........................ 2 n o t out Second Innings. c Robinson, b Briggs .......... 7 c Lancashire, b Briggs ..........II b W atson......... 29 b W atson .......... 0 cEccles,bBarlow 25 T o ta l ... 0 Total ... 85 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L a n c a s h ir e . Burton bowled one wide. M id d l e s e x . Briggs... Watson Barlow Yates ... First Innings. O. M. R.W. 34.2 22 39 7 19 8 37 1 8 2 22 0 7 2 16 1 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. ......... 27.1 11 34 6 ........ 22 10 31 3 ......... 7 3 18 1 ......... 2 1 2 0 NO TT S v. YO RK SH IR E . Owing to incessant rain on Thursday the first match of the season between these counties could not be begun at Nottingham until Friday morning. A s a consequence the ground was altogether unfavourable for run- getting, but, even under these conditions, the play was unnecessarily slow, and the game throughout the two days was tedious and devoid of interest. On Friday, though the time devoted to actual play was six hours and a half, only 232 were scored in all, so that the rate of scoring was just over 35 runs an hour. N otts, who went in first, were all out for 143, of which Barnes and Gunn, who put on 58 runs for the third wicket, were respon­ sible for 93. Both batsmen played well, in particular Barnes, who was at the wickets two hours and a quarter for his 63, got without a mistake. T he Yorkshiremen scored even more slowly than their opponents when their turn came to bat, and in the three hours and five minutes left for play made 88 runs for the loss of four wickets. Ilall and Ulyett were together for an hour for 24, and Hall, who was not out at the end of the day, with 14 to his credit, was at on 3 time in over an hour without scoring. On Saturday m orning W ainwright plaved w ith more freedom , but Hall was in thirty-five minutes for an addition of eight, and when the innings closed at the end of two hours only 64 had been added. Going in a second tim e in a m inority of nine runs Notts made a good start, Mr. D ixon and Scotton putting on 43 for the first wicket. Gunn helped to raise the total to 62, but except fora very useful stand by Messrs. Daft and W right, there was nothing noteworthy in the rest of the batting. W ainwright, the Yorkshire colt, finishing up the innings with a remark­ able bowling performance, getting all the last five wickets in seventy-one balls for only twenty runs. Yorkshire, at the close, wanted 106 to win w ith but fifty-five minutes left, and some verv steadv play ended with the loss of two batsmen for 21 runs. T he game was thus left in a fairly even draw, Yorkshire having eighty-five to win, with eight wiekets to fall In Yorkshire’s first innings Attewell bowled sixty-five overs and three balls, including as many as forty-five maidens, for 32 runs and three wickets. N o tts . First Innings. Mr. J. A. Dixon, b Wade... 4 Scotton, c Hall, b Wade... 3 Gunn.st Ellis, b Wilson... 30 Barnes, st Ellis, b Peel ... G3 Mr.C.W.Wright, c Preston, b Wilson ........................ 4 Mr H. B. Daft, c Hill, b Wilson............................... 2 Attewell, c Hill, b Peel ... 12 Richardson, lbw, b Wade 1 Shacklock, not out ......... 8 Sherwin, c Hall, bPreston 5 Sulley, b Peel ................ 1 Extras ........................10 Total ................143 - Second Innings. b Middlebrook... 19 b Peel . ... 26 c Ellis; b Wilson 12 b Middlebrook... 4 b Wainwright ... 12 Ib w . b Wain- wriuht .......... b Middlebrook... b Wainwright... b Wainwright... b Wainwright ... not out .......... B 8 , l b l ... O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. Peel .......... 44.2 26 87 8 .......... 48 35 B3 1 W ad e.......... 31 10 44 3 .......... 6 3 10 0 Middlebrook 17 7 21 0 .......... 33 20 :57 3 Wilson 15 G 28 3 .......... 9 1 15 1 Preston ... 11 9 3 1 Wainwright 17.3 9 20 5 Y o rk sh ire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. ;Attewell ... 63.3 45 32 3 .......... 9 6 3 0 Sulley.......... 49 29 53 2 .......... 8 7 1 0 Barnes 29 18 13 0 Richardson 33 21 24 2 .......... 23 15 7 2 Shacklock... 27 19 22 2 D ixon .......... 5 2 5 0 Daft .......... 3 2 1 1 .......... 4 0 8 0 Total ...114 Y o rk sh ire . First Inniugs. Preston, c Barnes, b Sulley .................11 Wade, b Daft ..........11 Middlebrook, lbw, b Attewell ... Ellis, not out B .......... ... 14 4 Ulyett, c Attewell, b Richardson ..........19 Ball, b Richardson ... 22 Lee, b Shacklock ... 22 Mr. H. Hill, b Sulley 7 Peel, b Shacklock ... 7 w a ''” vright, b Atte­ well ........................33 Mr. J. Wilson, b Atte- Total ..........152 well ........................ 0 In the Second Innings Ulyett scored b Richard­ son, 3, Hall, b Richardson, 1, Lee (not out) 8 , Hill (not out) 7; lb, 2 .—Total, 21 . BOWLING ANALYSIS. N otts . First Innings. Second Innings. SU S S E X v. K EN T After a very interesting game, Kent suc­ ceeded in w inning its first match of the season with Sussex, begun on Thursday at Brighton, having five wickets in hand when the final hit was made early on Saturday. Owing to the recent rains the wicket was not, as it is under favourable conditions, in favour of run- getting, and the scoring was indeed much below the average. The play on the opening day wras very slow, as only 213 runs were scored in five and a half hours, a low average little better than that of Friday at N otting­ ham in the match between Notts and Y ork­ shire The features of the first day were the bowling of W alter W right, w'ho took five of the ten Sussex wickets, and the batting of Humphreys, and of Mr. F ox and George ’ Hearne. The partnership of the two Kent men was invaluable for their side. They were together an hour and three-quarters, and during their stay put on 72 runs for the third wicket. W hen play ceased on Thursday evening Kent were one run ahead, with six wickets to fall, so that the game was then all in their favour. On Friday, though, Jesse H ide bowled so well that five wickets only added eight runs, and it was only a useful stand by A lec H earne and Martin, the last batsmen, who put on thirty, that enabled Kent to get anything of a lead. George Hearne was batting just under two hours and a half for his 46. Sussex went in a second time in a m inority of 39, but Tester and Quaife soon rubbed the arrears off, and at luncheon time—rain having meanwhile fallen twice — they were fifteen runs on with all their wickets in hand. After a well-played 56 Quaife was bowled, and the remainder of the batting w'as only noteworthy for a useful contribution of 33 by Mr. Brann, who, with the exception of one mistake early in his innines, got his runs very well. Sussex in their second innings tied the first total of Kent, and the latter were thus left with 108 to win on Friday afternoon. As on the previous day, Mr. F ox and Frank Hearne played well, and when play ceased 51 had been made for the loss of only two wickets. On Saturday m orning, though, things went better for Sussex, and three batsmen were dismissed for an addition of only 27 runs. W ith thirty to win, however, W right came to help Mr. W ilson, and the pair soon knocked off the number wanted, Sussex being defeated b y five wickets as before stated.