Cricket 1888

872 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. AUG. 30, 1888. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. The Middlesex eleven, who have been alto­ gether only moderately successful this season, showed to great advantage in this 5 the second match of theCheltenham week, and were able,on Saturday afternoon, to claim a most creditable victory by an innings and 83 runs. Mr. W. G. Grace was fortunate enough to win the toss on Thursday, but the Gloucestershire batsmen did not show at all to advantage against the bowling of Burton and Messrs. Nepean and Robertson, and their joint efforts only produced an aggregate of 115. Middlesex, on the other hand, made full use of their opportunities, and, thanks to the good cricket of Messrs. O’Brien —who has been batting very well just lately— and Thesiger, had made 65 before the end of the first day for the loss of but one batsman. Owing to rain, play was only possible for an hour and fifty minutes on Friday, and during this time the Middlesex batsmen scored so well that 121 runs were added at a cost of four more wickets. Messrs. O’Brien and Thesiger both played free and good cricket for their runs, and later on Mr. Ford, who was let off at the wickets when he had made a single, hit with great vigour, being still in at the close, after scoring 60 of the last 84 runs. Mr Ford only added eight on Saturday morning, but Messrs. Paravicini, Bryant, and Robertson all gave the Gloucestershire bowlers trouble, and, thanks to their good cricket, Middlesex were able to claim a lead of 179 runs. Going in for the second time at 1.15 on Saturday afternoon, Gloucestershire’s only chance was a draw. Mr. Nepean’s leg-breaks, however, soon made a victory for Middlesex possible by getting Mr. W . G. Grace stumped in his first over without a run. After his retirement— with the exception of Mr. Radcliffe, who played admirable cricket—no one offered any serious resistance to the bowling of Mr. Nepean and Burton, and, as the teath wicket fell at 147, Middlesex were left with an unexpectedly easy vietory. Their success was the more meri­ torious as they had only ten men to bat, owing to an accident to Mr. Hadow, who, in catching Mr. W . G. Grace on the first day, fell heavily against the rails of the grand stand, and was so much bruised over the face as to be unable to take any further part in the game. Mr. Rad- cliffe’s batting in Gloucestershire’s second in­ nings cannot be too highly commended. Going in first wicket, he was eighth out at 121 , of which number he had contributed 76 without a chance. Mr. Townsend fell to a magnificent running catch in the long-field bv Mr. do Paravicini. The victory of the Middlesex eleven should not be passed over without a word of praise to Mr. Bryant for his excellent wicket-keeping. In the two innings of Glou­ cestershire he stumped four and caught three batsmen. G lo u c est ersh ire . First Inninsrs Dr. W. G. Grace, c Hadow, b N ep ea n ........................19 Dr E. M.Grace c Thesiger, b Robertson .................18 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe Thesiger, b Burton Sesond Innings. st Bryant, b Nepeau .......... i st Bryant, b Nepean .......... Mr. W. W. F. Pullen, c Walker, b B urton..........17 Painter,cWalker,b Burton 0 12 c Bryant, Nepean ... Mr. F. Townsend, Bryant, b Ford Mr .T. H. Brain, st Bryant, b Robertson ................. Mr. H.V. Page,b Robertson E. Peake, st Bryant, b Nepean ........................ W oof, c sub., b Nepean ... Roberts, not o u t................ c Bryant, Burton ... c Walker, Burton ... ... 76 b ... 17 b ... 0 84 c Paravicini, b Burton 9 Total ...125 c Ford, b Burton 2 c O'Brien, b Nepean .......... 9 c sub., b Robert­ son .................12 c Robertson, b Ford................ 2 not out .......... 9 B 6, lb 4 ... 10 Tot^l ...147 M id d l e s e x . Mr. J. G. WalKer, b W. G. G ra ce..........10 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Painter, b Woof ... 59 Hon. F. J. N.Thesiger, b R oberts............... 30 Mr. E. A. Nepean, b R adcliffe.................. 1 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, c Woof, bW. G. Grace 68 Mr. A. J. Webbe, c Page, b Peake........... 9 Mr.P.J.de Paravicini, c Pullen, b Roberts 42 Mr. J. Robertson, b R ob erts.................15 Burton, not out ... 5 Mr. H. W. Bryant, b W oof .................38 Mr. E. M. Hadow, absent (hurt) ... 0 B 8, lb 9, w 1 ... 18 Total ...295 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G lo u c est ersh ire . First Innings. O. M. RW . Burton ... 21 8 38 3 Ford Nepean Rocertson ... O. Radcliffe 14 2 31 1 W oof ... 39.3 18 65 2 W.G.Grace 36 14 72 2 20 5.2 3 12 1 ........... 10 0 8 23 3 ........... 31 16 18 43 3 ........... 12.1 Webbe 2 M id d l e s e x . M. R.W. , Roberts 33 Peake... 16 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. 3 43 0 33 O. M. R.W. 14 75 3 4 34 1 S U R R E Y v. L E IC E ST E R SH IR E . Surrey put its full strength, with the one exception of the captain, Mr. John Shuter, who was replaced by Mr. Trouncer, into the field at the Oval on Thursday last to meet Leicestershire. The result was a defeat for the latter, who, as will be remembered, won the first m atch of the season at Leicester, when Surrey were without Messrs, Shuter, Key, R oller, W . W . Read and Bow den, by eleven runs. Leicestershire, having won the toss, made an excellent start against Lohmann and Beaumont, who at the outset, w ith a wet wicket anda greasy ball, were not on the spot, and the total at one tim e was 67 with only Mr. Stone out. A fter Tom lin had been run out, however, came a great collapse, and the innings closed for an addition of only eleven runs. Lohm ann taking eight of the ten wickets for 36 runs. Though Mr. Bowden was seen to great advantage when Surrey went in m ost of the early batsmen were puzzled by Mr.Arnall-Thom pson’s bowling, and it was only a useful stand at the close bv Mr. Trouncer and Henderson that en­ abled the home team to get a lead of 102 runs. Leicestershire had lost one batsman (Mr. Stone) for eighteen on Thursday night, and as on the follow ing m orning Tom lin, Wheeler, Mr. Marriott and Mr. de Trafford were also out w ith the total only 62, it looked as if the m atch would very soon be over. W arren, how ­ ever, found a valuable partner in Mr. Crofts, and lay capital cricket the pair added 145 runs before the professional was caught for a useful but not faultless innings of 57. Pougher, who followed, also batted well, and 66 m ore were put on before Beaum ont bowled Mr. Crofts, H e had been in tw o hours and a quarter, and there was no actual mistake in a thoroughly sound and well played innings. Surrey, left w ith 106 to win, lost A bel at 21, but Mr. B ow den’s brilliant all-round cricket soon settled the question, the runs required being got in eighty m inutes for the loss of a wicket. L eicestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Warren, c Bowden, b Lohm ann........................37 c Bowden, b W. W. Read..........57 Mr. C. C. Stone, b Loh­ mann ............................... 1 st Bowden, b Lohmann ... 4 Tomlin, run o u t................22 c sub., b Loh­ mann ..........16 Wheeler, b B ow ley.......... 0 c Abel, b Beau­ mont .......... 4 Mr. C. Marriott, c Eowley, b Lohmann ................. 5 b Beaumont ... 0 Mr. C. E. de Trafford, c Beaumont, b Lohmann 2 b Beiumont ... 0 Pougher, b Lohmann ... 0 not out ...........38 Mr. A. W. Crofts, not out 2 b Beaumont ... 61 Mr.H.T.Arnall-Thompson, b Lohmann ................. 0 c Trouncer, b Beaumont ... 12 Rylott, c Bowden, b Loh­ mann ............................... 0 c Trouncer, b Lohmann ... 2 Dexter, c Henderson, b Lohm ann........................ 0 c Abel, b Beau­ mont .......... 0 B 6, lb 3 ....................... 9 B 7, lb 5, w 1 13 S urrey . First Innings. Henderson, cDexter, b Pougher ..........19 Mr. C. A. Trouncer, b Rylott.................46 Wood, c Dexter, b Pougher................. 5 Beaumont, c Crofts, b R ylott... Bowley, not out B ................. 0 . 7 , 10 T ota l..........183 Abel, c Rylott, b Pougher ................. 0 Mr. M. P. Bowden, c Pougher, b Thomp­ son ........................59 Read, b Thompson ... 13 Mr. W. W. Read, c Marriott, b Thomp­ son ........................13 Mr. K. J. Key, c Rylott, b Thomp­ son ..................... . 6 Lohmann, c Warren, b T hom pson.......... 2 In the Second Innings Abel scored b Rylott 3, Bowden, (not out) 81, Read, (not out) 20; b3.— Total, 107. BOWLING ANALYSIS. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M.R. W. O. M.R. W. Lohmann ... 22.310 36 8 .......... 48 19 88 3 Beaumont... 11 5 22 0 .......... 53.324 f6 6 Bowley..........11 6 11 1 .......... 11 6 12 U Atel ... 7 5 5 0 W. Read 8 3 13 1 Henderson 3 0 10 0 Abel bowled one wide. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Pougher...........36 16 66 3 .......... 16 3 89 0 Rylott ...........25 14 44 2 ..; ... 14 3 7 29 1 A.-Thompson.22 4 47 5 ........ 7 1 18 0 W a r r e n ...13 8 18 0 ....... 10 4 18 0 TotaJ 78 Total ...*307 KENT v. YORKSH IRE. Kent’s season was brought to a close with the completion of this match on the Mote Park Ground at Maidstone, on Saturday. The Yorkshiremen, the first to bat on Thursday, were at the wickets for nearly four hours and a half, realising, during that time, an aggregate of 192. The chief contributors to this respec­ table total were Hall and Wainwright, who were together responsible for exactly one half of the runs got from the bat. Kent, with onlv twenty minutes left on the first night, reserved its best batsmen for the following morning, and, before the stumps were drawn, Wright, the two Heames, ana Martin had all been dismissed for only seven runs. On Friday morning, Mr. Patterson was seen to the best advantage, and Lord Harris and Mr. Tonge also lent useful assistance. Mr. Patterson was in two hours and a half for his 58, and his innings throughout was worthy of the highest praise. Going in a second time with a lead of 72, Yorkshire, in addition to some bad play, had also a little ill luck, and W right and Martin between them dismissed the team in an hour and forty minutes for 75, Wright taking five wickets for only 22 runs. Kent entered on their second innings on Friday evening, with 148 to win, in anything but a good light, and, when play ceased, had made 53 of the number for the loss of four batsmen. The overnight rain caused the ground to be difficult for the Kent batsmen on Saturday morning, and, though Mr. Kemp made 20 by vigorous hitting, the six remaining wickets only added 43, giving Yorkshire the victory by 51 runs. Preston’s bowling at the close con­ tributed materially to this success. In Kent’s second innings he took five wickets for 23 runs # Y o r k sh ir e . First Innings. Lord Hawke, b Wootton 4 Hall.c G. Hearne,b Martin 49 Ulyett. b Martin ..........26 Lee, st Kemp, b Patterson 32 Peel, lbw, b Wootton ... 12 Preston.cKemp.bWootton 0 Wainwright, not out ... 48 Moorhouse, b Wootton ... 0 Wade, c A. Hearne, b Pat­ terson ...............................18 Middlebrook, st Kent, b P atterson........................ 0 Ellis, c Kemp, b Patterson 0 B 3, lb 4, w 1................. 8 Total ...193 Second Innings, c Patterson, b Wright ..........11 c Kemp.bMartin 4 c Kemp.bMartin b Wright .......... 3 c Fox, b Martin 25 c A. Hearne, b Wright .......... 2 run out ............ 6 b Martin ............. 15 c A. Hearne, b Wright .......... 0 b Wright ........... 0 not out ........... 0 B ................. 7 Total .., 75