Cricket 1888

276 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME.J JULY 19, 1888. G. Graoe ; and, most interesting of all, “ The Art of Training Young Cricketers,” by Mr. R. A. H. Mitchell; suffice it to say, that they are worthy of the reputation of the authors. The chapters upon the Australians and upon the University oricket match are also valuable additions to our list of well-told cricket chronicles. But a word must be said as to the illustrations of the book. Years ago, in one of the firstmodern b ro c h u r e s on the subject of the public school matches, there was a drawing by an eminent artist representing a batsman leaving his wicket, of which the two outer stumps are levelled, while the middle remains intact; and there is a drawing of Du Maurier’s, supposed to represent Lord’s cricket ground, which appeared in L o n d o n S o c ie t y about the same time,of the most fearful and wonderful inaccuracy. All suoh oaricature is a thing of the past; photography and the alliance of sport with art have changed it all, and the engravings in this volume are as perfect in attitude and expression as can be wished. The one which faoes the title is by no means the best, a t o u r d e f o r c e on the part of the artist as well as the bowler, and why the features of the people represented should be so utterly hideous, is a question we do not know how to answer; neither is the figure of Mr. Grace at page 310 either in drawing or a like­ ness. But the one atpage 34 is as good as can be, and is the champion to the life; and, throughout the whole volume are crowds of figures, which are admirable likenesses as well as faithful exponents of the letterpress. On the whole, it would be very difficult to compile a better book, or to place it before the public in a more pleasing shape. Its popularity will, we prediot, be not only immediate, but long- lived. SHEEfWIN AT THE WICKET .— (page .) GENTLEMEN OF SCOTLAND v. YORK SHIRE. The Yorkshire eleven without Ulyett, Peel, and Lord Hawke had a very easy victory in this match, played on the ground of the Grange Club at Edinburgh on Thursday and Friday last. The absence of some of the regular team enabled the executive of the Yorkshire Club to introduce three Old players in Emmett, Lockwood, and Grimshaw, and, as will be seen, the two first-named did good service. Though the Scotchmen went in first they allowed their opponents to get a long lead at the end of an innings. Lee, Wainwright, and Preston were the chief contributors on the Yorkshire side, and the stand of the two last-named towards the close was of the greatest assistance. Messrs. Asher andDon Wauchope, who were the prin­ cipal scorers in the first innings, were also the most successful batsmen for the Scotch­ men on the secqnd day, and their batting was the best feature of the play of the losing eleven. Emmett’s bowling, as will be seen, proved most effective for Yorkshire, who won by an innings and 59 runs. G e n t l e m e n o p S c o t l a n d . First Innings. Second Innings. L. M. Balfour, b Emmett 7 b Preston..14 H.M.Horsburgh,c Wade, b Emmett ........................ 1 b Wade . 8 O’. J. Stevenson, b Wade 0 b Preston..20 T. Anderson, c Lee, b Emmett ........................ 3 st Hunter,b Em ­ mett................ 7 R. H. Johnston, hw, b Wainwright .................13 c Preston, b Emmett........ 0 A.G. Asher, b Wainwright 19 cDay, b Steven­ son ..............31 A. R. Don Wauchope, not out ............................... 19 not out ........... 27 J. H. Le Messurier, b Wainwright ................. 3 b Emm ett...........12 J. T. Soutar, b Emm ett... 0 b Emmett........... 5 G. E. Robinson, c Grim­ shaw, b Emmett .......... 7 b P reston........... 0 R. H. Hair, b Preston ... 2 run out ....... 0 B l, l b l ........................ 2 B 6, lb 3, nbl 30 Total .............. 76 Y o r k s h ir e . Total ...129 Wade, c Balfour, b Robinson .......... 0 Wainwright,bSteven- son ........................55 Preston, c Messurier, b Stevenson..........40 Emmett, b Robimon 1 Hunter, not out Extras... Total .264 Hall, c Balfour, b Messurier ..........15 Grimshaw, b Robin­ son ........................ 8 Mr. A. G. Day, lbw, b Soutar ................. 1 Lee, c Anderson, b Robinson.................55 Lockwood, b Steven­ son ........................32 Mr. H. Hill, c Hors- burgh, b StevensonI35 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G e n t l e m e n o p S c o t l a n d . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W. Emmett ... 29 1920 5 .......... 25 11 5) 4 Wade.......... 14 6 22 1 .......... 18 Wainwright.il 424 3 Preston ... 8.1 1 8 1 .......... 21 12 Emmett bowled a wide. Y o m is h ir e . 8 38 1 O.M. R. W. Robinson...58 29 86 4 Soutar ...32 12 70 1 H a ir...........12 3 28 0 O. M. R. W. Messurierl8 10 21 1 Stevensonl4 2 43 4 C H E SH IRE v. L A N C A SH IR E . Though Lancashire were without Briggs and Sugg they put a strong side into the field at Stockport on Friday for this match, and the result was never—well, hardly ever—in doubt. Bretherton bowled well, as his figures will show, and his bowling was the best feature of the m atch on the Cheshire side. Mr. F. Taylor, who has not played for Lancashire for some tim e, reappeared in the eleven, and with success, making the highest aggregate of the match. The bowling of Yates and Mr. Kentfield, too, was of great use to Lancashire. E ach took eight wickets, the form er for 37, the latter for 62 runs. Lancashire won by 99 runs. L ancashire . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. N. Hornby, lbw, b Renwick ........................ 8 c Davenport, b Smith ..........38 Barlow, c and b Renwick 15 c Ravenscroft, b Smith ..........20 Mr. F. Taylor, b Brown ... 66 c Crankshaw, b Bretherton ... 0 Mr. S. M. Crosfield, b iu lla lo v e ........................15 c Smith, b Bretherton ... 2 Robinson, c Brown, b Bretherton ................. 7 c Smith, b Bretherton ... 0 Mr. O. P. Lancashire, c Davenport,b Bretherton 9 c Ravenscroft, b Bretherton ... 0 Mr. R. W. Kentfield, c Fullalove, b Bretherton 3 not out ..........15 Yates, c Bretherton, b Brown...............................11 c and b Smith... 8 Pilling, not out .................20 c Smith, b Bretherton ... 1 Watson, b Smith ..........11 b Smith ............ 0 Nash.c Ravenscroft,b Ful­ lalove ............................... 1 c Brown, b Bretherton ... 0 E xtras........................10 B ................... 4 C h e s h ir e . First Innings. Mr. R. L. Crankshaw, b Y a tes...............................5 Mr.J.Ravenscroft.c Yates, b Nash............................... 4 Davenport, b Watson ... 20 Wright, c and b Yates ... 22 Mr.R L. Renwick, c Yates, b Kentfield ................. Mr. J. O. Fullalove, b Y a te s............................... 0 Brown ,c Nash,b Kentfield 0 Mr. A. H. Turner, b Kent­ field ............................... 4 Smith, c Kentfield, b Yates 9 Bretherton, c Robinson, b Kentfield ........................ 2 Thornber, not out .......... 0 E xtras........................ 5 Second Innings. c Nash, b Kent­ field................. 5 c Crosfield, b Yates .......... 3 c Pilling,b Yates 2 c Barlow,bYates 15 0 c and b Yates ... 0 b Barlow ........ 7 b Kentfield ... 3 c Barlow,b Kent­ field ............. 10 b Barlow ........ 4 not out ........ 4 c Yates, b Kent­ field............... 0 Extras ... 13 Total .................99 Total ... 66 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. Seoond Innings. O. M. R .W . O. M. R. W, Brown ... ... 29 10 44 2 ......... 7 1 15 0 Renwick... ... 27 7 43 2 . . ... 8 1 13 0 Smith ... ... 10 3 19 1 ......... 18 7 29 4 Bretherton ... 20 5 37 3 ......... 16.38 27 6 Fullalove ... 14 5 23 2 C h e s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Kentfield ... 25 14 31 4 .. ... 27 18 2L 4 Yates ... ... 10.2 5 14 4 .. ... 16 8 23 4 Barlow... ... 8 5 11 0 .. ... 10.17 9 2 Watson ... 31 18 29 1 Nash ... . . . 8 5 9 1 ETON v. HARROW. Total ............... 176 Total ... i A match played through without rain is a pleasant experience this, so far, depressing season. Considering, too, the importance of the great school fixture as a speetacle alone, it is gratifying to be able to record that, in spite of the heavy and dull atmosphere on Saturday, the Eton and Harrowmatch of 1888, begun at Lord’s on Friday, was carried out in favourable weather. The recent rains caused the ground to be in favour of the bowlera, but some fairly good cricket was shown on both sides, and, as the game went, the better side won. On paper there seemed to be every chance of an interesting game. Eton had only three of last year’s choices to five of Harrow, and many, judging from the moderate form shown by the Eton eleven in the trial with Winchester, were inclined to favour the chances of the Harrovians. The Harrow captain, winning the toss, decided to go in, but Studd, a younger brother of the celebrated brotherhood, and Pechell bowled with such success that six wickets were down for 32. Jackson, who was seventh batsman out, made 21 of 35 while he was in, and his play, and that of Gilroy, who later on hit with consider­ able vigour, were the chief features of the Harrow innings, which lasted just under two hours. Eton tried five bowlers, and of these Studd (medium right) and Pechell (slow left) were tho most successful, the former taking six wickets at an average cost of four and a half runs. The Etonians in their turn made a bad start, and, except for some very creditable cricket by Yate-Lee, who fell to a brilliant catch at long-on, after having been an hour and a quarter at the wickets, there was little worthy of note in the batting. It looked as if Eton would get very little in advance of their opponents’ total, but the last man, Pechell, gave some trouble, and the Harrovians were in the end 26 behind on the first hands. Of the five Harrow bowlers, Jackson was the most successful. He bore the brunt of the work, and came out with very creditable figures, taking six wickets in thirty-five overs for 40 runs. The commence­ ment of Harrow’s second innings was anything but auspicious. When Hoare joined Watson two wickets were down for 4, but these two