Cricket 1889

JUNE 13,1889. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECOED OF THE GAME. 179 SURREY v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Though they had certainly the worst of the play on the first day in this match, begun on Thursday at Kennington Oval, the Surrey eleven were seen to better advantage as the game advanced, and were left the winners at half-past five o’clock on Saturday afternoon by 250 runs. Wood, who has been suffering from his eyes since his return from the Cape, was unable to take wicket for Surrey, and his place was occupied by Mr. R. B. Brooks, an old Surrey County School boy, who made a very favourable impression on his first appearance in an important match. While, with this one exception, Surrey was in full strength, Gloucestershire had only a moderate eleven. Messrs. E. M. Grace, owing to a recent accident, Townsend, Page, Pullen, as well as W oof, were all absent, and room was thus found for two new players, Mr. H. W. Chard, of theBristol School Masters Club, and Murch, the groundman at the County Ground, Bristol. Having won the toss, Mr. Shuter went in with Abel, but the first batsmen of Surrey made a disappointing show, and two o’clock five of the best wickets had fallen with the total only 100, of which Mr. Key had contri­ buted 49. After the interval, however, the batting improved, and the tail, notably Loh­ mann, Henderson, and Beaumont, did so well, that 110 were added before the innings closed. Gloucestershire had, so far, done well to get rid of their opponents for 210 , and, thanks to some mistakes in the field, Surrey fared badly when Gloucestershire’s turn came to bat. Mr. Radcliffe was well caught at long-slip at 16, but Messrs. Grace and Cranston treated the Surrey bowling lightly, and the score had been inoreased in an hour and forty minutes by 126 runs, when the latter was bowled. He was caught low down in the slips when he had got nineteen, but neither of the umpires could see the catch, otherwise there was nothing like a flaw in his innings of 55, a thoroughly sound and taking display of cricket. At the end of the first day Mr. W . G. Grace was not out 84, Mr. Brain not out 9, and as the Gloucestershire total was then 160 with only two wickets down, their chances were extremely good. Heavy rain during Thursday night, however, made the ground much slower on the following morning, and Lohmann and Sharpe found the wicket so much more to their liking, that the last eight wickets were dismissed for an addition of 46 runs. Mr. Grace was easily caught at mid-on after adding ten, and having contributed 94 of 170 scoredduring his stay. He was in altogether two hours and three-quarters, and though he was missed twice,by Bowley at mid-on when he had made 19, and by Mr. Shuter at short-leg when his score was 63, and several hits in the long field did not come to hand, the latter part of his innings was in every way worthy of him. Though Mr. Shuter was again unlucky when Surrey went in a second time, four runs to the good, the batting showed a great improve­ ment, and when rain stopped play at 4.30 the total was 133 for the loss of only three bats­ men, a result mainly due to the brilliant and well-timed hitting of Maurice Read, who was not out 50. On Saturday morning Read, Mr. Key, and Lohmann all scored well, and Sharpe stayed with Henderson while 92 runs were added for the seventh wicket. When Sharpe was caught the total was 338, and at this point Mr. Shuter decided to declare his innings at an end, the first occasion on which the new rule has been put in force in an important match. Maurice Read’s 78 was a particularly fine display of free cricket, and Henderson’s 63 not out was worthy of quite as high praise, his batting showing much more freedom than usual. Gloucestershire wanting 343 runs to win had a difficult task before them, as there were three hours and ten minutes still left for play. They began unfortunately, too, as Mr. Radcliffe was finely caught at cover-point in Beaumont’s first over, and after losing Mr. Cranston at 34, Mr. Grace played a fast one of Lohmann’s on to his wicket at 61. Painter again failed to score, and Mr. Brain’s dismissal at 72 practi­ cally destroyed Gloucestershire’s last chance. The remaining wickets were quickly secured for an addition of twenty runs, and the game thus came to an unexpectedly early close, leaving Surrey with an easy victory. Loh­ mann bowled with great success on Saturday, his seven wickets only costing 34 runs. S u r b e y . First Innings. Mr. J. Shuter, c Chard, b Roberts ...................... 0 Abel, c Painter, b Chard 18 Mr. K. J. Key, c Brain, b Koberts ......................49 Mr. W. W. Read, b Grace 13 Read, c Chard, b Roberts 13 Lohmann, b Grace .........31 Henderson, c Cranston, b Radcliffe ......................30 not out Mr. R. B. Brooks, st Bush, b Grace ...................... 4 Sharpe, c Painter, b Roberts ......................10 Second Innings. c Bush, b Grace 8 c Roberts, b Murch .........33 c Cranston, b Roberts.........45 c Bush, b Rad­ cliffe ............... 21 b Murch .........78 c Cranston, b Radcliffe.........48 ... 63 Beaumont, c Cranston, b Radcliffe ........................27 Bowley, not ou t................ 7 B 6 , lb 2 ................ 8 Total ................210 c Painter, b Grace .........j B 2, lb 4 ... 6 Total G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First Innings. Dr. W. G. Grace, c Beau­ mont, b Sharpe .........94 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Bowley, b Lohmann ... 7 Mr. J. Cranston, b Bowley 55 Mr. J. H. Brain, b Sharpe 9 Painter, c and b Lohmann 0 Second Innings. b Lohmann ... 31 c Bhuter, b Lohmann ... 0 c Sharpe, b Lohmann ... 10 c Beaumont, b Lohmann ... 15 c Sharpe, b Beaumont Mr. E. L. Griffiths, b Sharpe............................11 b Lohmann Mr. H.W. Chard, c Bowley, b Lohmann ............... 0 st Brooks, Lohmann Mr. E. G. Murdock, b Lohmann...................... 0 b Sharpe ... Murch, c Abel, b Beau­ mont ............................ 10 b Sharpe ... Mr. J. A. Bush, b Sharpe 2 not out Roberts, not out............... 8 bLohmann B 9, lb 1..................... 10 B 14, lb 1 Total ...206 Total ... 92 BOWLING ANALYSIS. SORREY. First Innings. O. M. R. W. Roberts ... 41 21 65 4 .. Chard......... 25 6 50 1 Radcliffe ... 10 2 45 2 ... G race......... 25 13 42 3 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. , ... 49 23 86 1 ... 31 14 48 0 ... 23 7 65 2 , ... 32.3 7 80 2 Murch... 17 2 53 2 G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Lohmann ... 5327 65 4 Beaumont... 17 5 42 1 Sharpe......... 3724 41 4 Abel ......... 4 2 6 0 Bowley............ 15 3 42 1 Second Innings. O. M.R. W ... 22.3 9 84 7 ... 12 2 37 1 ... 10 7 6 2 LANCASHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Though representedby its usual team Lanca­ shire had to put up with a defeat in its first match of the season against Middlesex, begun at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Thursday last. Mr. A. J. Webbe was fortunate in mustering a strong side, but Mold, the new fast bowler of Lancashire, and Briggs proved so successful that the Middlesex captain, who was in an hour and twenty minutes, proved to be the highest scorer with seventeen, and the innings only reached 96, a very small total considering the strength of the batting. The Lancashire eleven began in a much more promising form, and at one time the telegraph board showed fifty runs with only two batsmen out. After this, though, Mr. Nepean’s curly bowling told with remarkable effect and only twenty-four runs were added before the innings was over. Mr. Nepean took five wickets for twenty- one runs, and of this number it may be re­ marked seven were the result of overthrows. At the end of the first day Middlesex had scored 37 in their second innings for the loss of two batsmen, and 131 were added on Friday morning before the tenth wicket fell. For this success they were mainly indebted to the very fine cricket of Mr. Stoddart. Going in first that gentleman was fourth out, having con­ tributed 71 of 112 runs made during his stay. Altogether he was batting for an hour and fifty minutes, and his play was remarkable for all its usual freedom and power. Of the ten wickets seven fell to Briggs at an average of under eleven runs. Though they were left with 19Lto win the Lancashire eleven have of late shown such an aptitude for playing an up­ hill game that their chances seemed by no means hopeless. Mr. Hornby and Barlow, however, gave little trouble, and with four of the best batsmen out and the total only 66 things certainly looked more in favour of Middlesex. When Sugg and Briggs were together the game underwent another change, but the latter for a second time sacrificed his wicket through over-eagerness, and this mis­ take was a serious one as it proved. Sugg was stumped after making 38, and though Watson at the last hit resolutely Middlesex had always a little in hand, winning in the end by 31 runs. Mr. Nepean was again successful with the ball, though his figures will not bear comparison with his in Lancashire’s first innings. Barlow, who was lame, was unable to bowl on the second day, and this was a serious loss to the home team. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Cros­ field, b Mold ............... 1 Mr. A. J. Webbe, b Mold... 17 Mr. S. W. Scott, st Pilling, b Mold............................ 15 Mr. E. A. Nepean, b Mold 1 Mr. J. G. Walker, b Briggs 8 Mr.G.F.Vemon, c Watson, b Briggs ...................... 2 Mr. E. M. Hadow, b Briggs 13 Mr. P. J. de Paravicini, c Crosfield, b Briggs......... 7 Mr. J. E. West, c Hornby, b Mold............................ 14 Burton, not out............... 16 Mr. L. H. Bacmeister, b Mold ............................. 2 Second Innings. c Sugg, b Briggs 71 c Watson, b Briggs .........15 b Mold ......... 0 c 8 ugg, b Briggs 8 c Pilling,bBriggs 17 b Briggs .........27 c Ward, b Mold 10 not out ......... 4 cPilling,bBriggs 3 b Briggs ......... 2 B ............... Total ......... ... 96 L a n c a s h ir e , Total ...168 First Innings. Mr. A. N. Hornby, b Bac- mcister .................... 8 Barlow, b Stoddart......16 Mr. J. Eccles, c Burton, b Bacmeister ............ 14 A. Ward, c and b Nepean 10 F. H. Sugg, b Nepean ... 5 Mr. S. M. Crosfield,c Para­ vicini, b Stoddart....... 2 Briggs, run out Baker, not out Pilling, st West, b Nepean 4 Watson, lbw, b Nepean ... 4 Mold, b Nepean............... 0 B .....................* ... 3 Total ................74 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Mold............... 30 10 47 6 .. Briggs ......... 29 14 49 4 Second Innings. b Stoddart.........13 1b w, b Nepean 12 b Nepean.........28 b Stoddart ... 4 stWest.bNepean 38 c West, b Bac­ meister ......... run out ......... c Burton, b Nepean......... b Bacmeister ... not out ......... b Bacmeister ... B 3, lb 2 ... Total ...159 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 32 9 62 2 ... 38.215 74 7 Watson 14 7 0 L a n c a sh ir e . First Innings. O. M.R. W. Burton ......... 16 9 17 0 .. Bacmeister ... 21 10 23 2 .. Nepean ......... 13.1 4 24 5 .. Stoddart......... 8 4 7 2 . . Second Innings. O. M. R. \V. ... 8 2 22 0 ... 15.4 1 50 3 ... 17 3 57 4 ... 13 4 25 2 R eport S heets for sending matches to this paper, post-free lOd. per doz. The Manager wishes to remind Hon. Secs, and others that it is absolutely necessary tg use these sheets when forwarding scores.