Cricket 1888

AUG. 23, 1888. CKICKET s A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME* 857 SU R R E Y v. L A N C A SH IR E . F or the first tim e this season the Surrey eleven were seen to disadvantage at all points, in their return match with Lancashire, begun at the Oval, on Thursday, and the result was a defeat, after a succession of eleven victories in important county matches. The hom e team, who had, owing to indisposition, to leave out W ood for Mr. Trouncer, were fortunate enough to get the first use of an excellent wicket, and Mr. Shuter and Abel again made such a gc start, that the score was 92 before the former was out. Abel, though he made 54, was hardly seen at his best, and perhaps the most deserv­ ing innings of all was that o f Maurice Read H e hit all round with great determ ination, and his success was the more popular, as he has just latterly not been making any big scores. A t the end of the first day, Lancashire had made 53 for the loss of one wicket (Barlow), and, as Sugg was soon secured on Friday m orning, the game certainly then did not look very unfavourable for Surrey. Mr. Eccles, who went in first on Thursday night, however, m et with such unexpected consideration at the hands of the fieldsmen, that the Surrey men threw away all the advantage they had gained on the opening day. The weather was bitterly cold, ana no doubt this accounted in a great measure for some of the mistakes made in the field. Still, more than one of the catches ought to have been held, and Mr. Eccles, who was let off on Thursday evening at mid-on when he had only made 22, had several lives on the following day. W ithout seeking to dis­ parage in any way an altogether undoubtedly fine exhibition of batting, it must be admitted that the innings was one of great luck, in addition to the actual catches given. He ought certainly to have been caught in the long-field when he had got 74, had not Maurice Read m isjudged the catch, and he gave four m ore chances, three of them not easy. Briggs and Mr. Crosfield, w ho both hit well, were also let off, and Mr. Steel, too, was badly missed at extra coverpoint. In addition, the home team suffered sadly from the absence of W ood at the wicket. Mr. Bowden, who, though he stuck pluckily to work, had not had any practice behind the sticks for some time, evidently found the wicket far too fast for him . Mr. E ccles was at the wicket for five hours and a quarter, and even adm itting the flaws to which we have referred, his score of 184 was one of very great merit. There was much sound cricket, and, if somewhat uneven, as it is often in such a long innings, it was, on the whole, a display of which he has good reason to be proud. His total was made up of nine­ teen 4’s, nine 3’s, twenty-three 2’s, and thirty- five singles. Surrey went in a second time, 82 runs to the bad, and, though it looked as if Mr. Shuter and Abel would clear off the arrears, both batsmen had been dismissed before the close of play on Friday, when the total was 73 for two wickets. W hen the game was resumed on Saturday m orning, Surrey were still 9 runs behind, but as they had eight wickets in hand, there was every reason to believe that they would at least save the game. As it happened, though, the batting failed altogether when a great effort was wanted, and, with the exception of Henderson, whose o insistently steady play was the one redeeming leature of the cricket, the show was very disappointing. The eight wickets to­ gether only added 79 runs, a poor perform ­ ance with a ground all in favour of run-getting. W ith only 71 to win, Lancashire lost Barlow, who was let off at the wicket, as was Mr. E ccles, his partner, at 20. Sugg, however, by hitting of m ost resolute character, made 41 of the 53 runs still required, and Lancashire won a m ost creditable victory with nine wickets to spare. Their success was received with great enthusiasm by the crowd, and the principal members of the winning team were heartily cheered. In analysing the result, mention should be made of Pilling’8 wicket-keeping. In Surrey’s two innings he caught four bats­ m en, besides stumping two, and, as will be seen, there were only fou r extras in th e ir aggregate of 446. C onsidering th a t they had to go in against a long score of 294, the victory of Lancashire was one of w h ic h th e eleven have good reason to be proud. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. Abel, st Pilling, b Steel ... 54 c Taylor, b Steel 27 Mr. J. Shuter, b Watson... 51 c Pilling, b W at­ son ..................38 Lohm ann, c Yates, b Steel 5 c Pilling, b W at­ son ..................10 Mr. W . W . Read, c Pilling, b Rarlow .........................54 cTaylor.b Briggs Mr. K. J. Key, c Watson, b Briggs................................10 c Y ates,W atson Read, Ibw, b B rig g s..........74 c and b Briggs... Vlr.M. P. Bowden b Briggs 13 c Steel, b Briggs 12 Henderson, c Filling, b W atson ... .......... 14 c Steel, b Briggs 36 Mr. C. A. Trouncer, run out ................................16 b W a ts o n ............. 0 Beaumont, st Pilling, b Watson ......................... 0 b W a ts o n .......... Bowley, not o u t ................. 0 not out .......... B 1, lb 2 ......................... 3 B ............... . Total ..................294 L a n c a s h ir e . F irst Innings. Total ...152 Mr. J. Eccles, b Loh­ m ann .......................................................................... 181 Barlow, lbw, b Loh­ m ann ............................................................................14 Sugg, c Trouncer, b L o h m a n n .................................................................. 4 Mr. F. Taylor, c Bow­ den, b Lohm ann ... 14 Briggs, c M. Read, b Beaumont ..........45 Mr. E. E. Steel, c Lohm ann, b Beau­ m ont ............................................................................ 12 In the Second Innings Eccles scored (notout) 18, Barlow, c Key, b Lohm ann, 10, Sugg (not out) 41, b 4, lb 5—Total, 73. B OW LIN G ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . Mr. S. M. Crosfield, c and b Lohm ann 48 Yates, b Lohm ann... Mr A N Hornby, c Bowden, b Beau­ m ont W atson, b Beau­ mont .................. Pilling, n o to u t.......... B 29, lb 9 .......... Total ...376 First Innings. O. M. R vr. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Briggs ......... 34.1 17 57 8 .. ... 62 35 66 4 Harlow ......... 31 12 70 1 .. ... 3 1 15 0 Steel................ 36 12 77 2 .. ... 10 4 14 1 W a tso n ......... 45 22 68 3 .. ... 69 42 £6 5 Yates .......... 6 2 13 0 L a n c a sh ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W . Second Innings. O. M. R . W . Lohm ann 75 22 135 6 .. ... 19 10 28 1 Bowley ......... 27 10 41 0 .. ... 2 0 11 0 Beaum ont .. 57.1 33 67 4 .. ... 16 10 17 0 Abel................. 16 8 25 0 W . W. Read .. 6 0 27 0 ... ... 02 0 8 0 M. R e a d ......... 6 3 13 0 Henderson .. 9 2 15 0 Trouncer 5 1 12 0 T H E S IX T H A U S T R A L IA N T EAM T H IR T IE T H M A TCH .—v. N O T TS. The Australian Cricketers, who have not shown to advantage since the grounds have favoured the batsmen, suffered another severe reverse—the third in succession— on the Trent Bridge Ground, N ottingham , on Saturday last, when N otts beat them for the second time this season. Bonnor, who has not been shaping at all well just lately, Jones and Boyle stood out of the Australian team, which was com ­ pleted by the addition of Mr. W oods, of Cam­ bridge University. Sherwin having won the toss, N otts batted first, and as Turner, who has not been at all well for the last fortnight, was in anything but good form , the out cricket of the Australians was not seen at its best. Scotton was dism issed very early, but Mr. D ixon and Gunn soon got the measure of the Australian bowlers, and the stand of these two batsmen, both of whom played excellent cricket, was the first step in what proved to be an easy victory for the county, Barnes, who followed, lent Gunn valuable assistance, and the two professionals added 150 runs before the latter was bowled. H e had been batting for three hours, and there was no fault of any kind to be found w ith his 91, an innings the more welcome from the faot that he had recently been out of luok. Barnes followed up his excellent perform ance for E ngland at the Oval earlier in the week with another ad­ m irable display of batting. H e was at the wicket only two hours and twenty minutes for his 90, in which there was nothing like a chance. Messrs. D aft and Beves, and later on Attewell and Flowers, punished the A us­ tralian bowling, and the total showed 359 with only six wickets at the end of the first day. This number they raised to 441 before the innings ended on Friday m orning, thanks chiefly to A ttewell and Flowers, the latter of whom hit w ith exceeding vigour for his 62. Ferris was the m ost successful of the A us­ tralian bowlers, and it is worthy of note that Turner, whose success with the ball has been the chief feature of the tour, was not on this occasion able to get a wicket. Slight rain had fallen on Friday morning, and the ground did not play well when the Australians had in turn to bat. A ttewell’s bowling proved too m uch for the m aj ority, and it was only through ausefulstandby Lyons and Jarvis, the last two batsmen, who added 32, that the total reached the moderate sum of 95. Following on with a huge m ajority of 346 runs against them the Australians fared rather better, and before play closed on Friday night seventy runs had been got for the loss of four batsmen. On Saturday M cDonnell, Turner, W oods, and Edwards all did m oderately well, but no serious resistance was offered to the bow ling of Mr. D ixon and Attewell, and when W orrall was caught at long-on with the total 147, the match was over, leaving N otts with a splendid victory by an innings and 199 runs. One of the chief factors in the brilliant success was the bowling of Attewell. In the two innings of the Australians he was credited with twelve wickets at an average cost of exactly eight runs. The total of 441 made by Notts is the highest score against the Australian team by a county. N o t ts . Mr. J. A. Dixon, run out .........................49 Scotton, b W oods ... 4 Gunn, b L y o n s ..........91 Barnes.c and bW oods 90 Mr. H. B. D aft, b Ferris.........................34 Mr. Beves, c W or­ rall, b F e rris ..........42 Attewell, c Edwards, b Ferris ..................40 Flowers, b Trott ... 62 Shacklock.c Banner­ m an, b Ferris ... 2 Richardson,st Black­ ham. b T rott.......... 4 Sherwin, not out ... 2 B13, lb 6, w l , n b 1 21 T otal.................441 A u str a l ia n s . First Innings. A. C. Bannerman, c Barnes, b Attewell ... 16 P. S. McDonnell, c Dixon, b Barnes ......................... 1 H. Trott, c Dixon, b Atte* well ................................ 13 J. D. Edwards, C Barnes, b Attewell......................... 0 J. McC. Blackham , c Flowers, b Attewell ... 10 C. T. B. Turner, c Dixon, b A ttew ell.........................10 S. M. J. Woods, b Attewell 9 J. J. Ferris, run o u t .......... 1 J . J. Lyons, not o u t ..........19 J. W orrall, c and b Atte­ well ...............„ .......... 0 A. H. Jarvis, b A ttew ell... 14 L b ................................ 2 Total ..................95 Second Innings. b Dixon ..........20 c Beves, b A tte­ well ................. 23 b Barnes not out b Dixon b Dixon run out ... 5 ... 20 ... 12 ... 16 ... 11 c Beves, b Atte­ well ................. 1 c Shacklock, b A ttew ell..........10 c D aft, b Atte­ well ................. 0 st Sherwin, b Dixon ..........20 B 6, lb 3 ... 9 Total ...147 Turner Woods Ferris B O W L IN G ANALYSIS. N o tts . O. M. R . W . O. M. R. W . .46 22 75 0 1Lyons ... 28 5 65 1 61 22111 2 Trott ... 19.3 3 39 2 55 18106 4 I W orrall ... 7 0 24 0 Ferris delivered a no ball and Trott one wide. A u str a lia n s. F irst Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R . W. Barnes .......... 28 13 31 1 ........... 19 6 39 1 A ttew ell.......... 86.1 19 48 8 ............. 25 12 48 4 F low ers.......... 9 5 14 0 Richardson 10 5 10 0 Dixon........... 24 9 41 4