Cricket 1889

246 CEICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JULY 11, 1889. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. After amost successful, as well as interesting match, the Players succeeded in winning this annualfixture,begun on Thursday at Kenning­ ton Oval, twenty minutes before time on Saturday afternoon. Lancashire, who were playing Warwickshire, could not spare Briggs, and Messrs. Spofforth, A. G. Steel and Key were unable to represent the Gentlemen. Still, on the whole, except that Read could not play at the last moment owing to an injury, the two sides were thoroughly repre­ sentative, and it is satisfactory to be able to add that the play throughout the three days was in every way worthy of the importance of the contest. Fortunately for the Gentlemen, they were able to get first use of a perfect wicket, and with a strong batting side were seen to distinct advantage. The Players were out in the field, indeed, until a quarter past six o’clock, having seen 347 runs scored during their outing of just over five hours and a quarter. Seven of the eight first batsmen got double figures, and the only failure was the Nottingham captain, Mr. Dixon, who was, unfortunately for him, splendidly thrown out by Gunn from close to the boundary. Messrs. Grace and Stoddart made a good start for the Gentlemen, putting on 81 runs ior the first wicket in an hour and ten minutes. Of this number Mr. Stoddart had made 59 in excellent style, though he ought to have been easily caught at mid-off whfen he had only made 7. Mr. Grace played with more care than usual, and he was batting altogether for two hours and twenty minutes for his 49. Mr. Read, though, was in fine form, and Messrs. O’Brien and Cranston were both seen at their best. Mr. O’Brien made one or two mis-hits at the outset, but afterwards his hitting was very good, and the latter part of his innings worthy of the highest praise. In some respects the first innings of the Players was curiously like that of their opponents. All the first nine batsmen got into doubles, and the tenth wicket fell on Friday at a quarter past six o’clock, as had that of the Gentle­ men on the first day. Altogether, the Players, though, were batting for just over six hours, and as they secured 49 runs more in the extra period of fifty minutes, it will be seen that the rate of scoring was very much the same. The chief honours of the Players’ side in batting rested with Gunn, Barnes, Shrewsbury and Quaife. Neither Shrewsbury nor Barnes seemed to be at home at the start, and Gunn ought to have been caught at slip from Mr. Bishop’s bowling when he had got 32. Still, the batting of all three when they got set was thoroughly worthy of their respective reputa­ tions, and Gunn and Barnes, it may be added, increased the score by 121 runs while they were together. Quaife, though only played as a substitute in place of Maurice Read, who had injured his hand badly in the match between Surrey and Yorkshire earlier in the week, quite justified his first selection for the Players, and his score of 42 not out was a highly meritorious display, equal indeed to any in the match. The Gentlemen, who bad done so far well, to be only in a minority of 49 runs, had twenty minutes’ batting on Friday night, and, during this time, Messrs. Dixon and Stoddart made 14 without the loss of a wicket. The general impression on Saturday morning was in favour of a drawn game, but Mr. Grace did not receive any great assistance from the earlier batsmen of the Gentlemen, and at luncheon, five wickets were down for 140, or only 91 on. Mr. Grace played with great care and judgment. Going in first, he was seventh out with the total at 167, and his 67 was not only a faultless but a most useful innings. Later on, Messrs. Nepean and Philipson scored freely, and their partnership, which re­ sulted in an addition of 55runs in half an hour, was of inestimable value to the side. As the second innings oftheGentlemen closed at4.lOon Saturday the Players had by no means an easy task before them to make 177in two hours and a half, or at the rate of 71runs an hour. Shrews­ bury, who had injured his left wrist on the previous day, however, could hardly have selected a better pair to commence than Gunn and Quaife, and the two at once set to work in such earnest, that it soon became evident they were well ahead of time. In spite of changes, at the end of an hour 81 runs had been got, and so evenly had they scored, that when the telegraph showed 111 eaoh had made 63. Gunn though, now he had got thoroughly set, began to get runs faster, and when Mr. Nepean went on to bowl again at 155 Quaife’ s score only showed 59. This as it proved was his last hit, as going out to play one of the slows, he was bowled, j ust as it seemed likely the runs would have been got without the fall of a wicket. The young Sussex professional had again played faultless cricket, and his per­ formance in scoring 101 for once out was a re­ markable one for a first appearance. Barnes came in, and as Gunn was then 92, it seemed quite certain he would reach his hundred. Barnes, however, scored 11 of the 21 that re­ mained, and the excitement then became general as to whether Gunn would after all succeed. When the total was 174, he was only 95, and as Barnes had been for the last over or two evidently playing to allow his partner to get three figures it was just possible that with a single from Mr. Bishop and a four from Mr. Nepean he would. The latter, too, pitched him one up clearly to hit but he did not get full hold of it.and as the two runs still wantedwere made, the match was over, the Players winning by nine wickets at twenty minutes to seven. Gunn’s 98 not out was a really remarkable display of batting/He played with consummate confidence and judgment, and his coolness when many might have been anxious was worthy of the highest praise. He did not make as far as we saw anything like a mis­ take, and his performance in helping to make 171 at the end of a match for the loss of only one wicket was a great one. In the three days 1,145 runs were scored for thirty-one wickets. This is, we believe, the largest aggregate scored at the Oval, and the average beats that of the recent run-getting match between Middlesex and Yorkshire, at Lord's. On the first day 4,940 passed through the public turnstiles, on the second 5,427, on the third 4,810, so that in the match 15,177 persons paid the shilling charged for admission to the ground. G e n t l e m e n . First Innings. Second Innings. Dr. W. G. Grace, c Shrews­ bury, b Wright .........49 c Sherwin, b Richardson ... 67 Mr. A. E. Stoddart,c Gunn, b Peel...................... ... 59 c Barnes, b Loh- mann ...........18 Mr. J. A. Dixon, run out... 3 c Lohmann, b Richardson ... 8 Mr. W. W. Read, c Abel, b Ulyett............................ 42 c Peel, b Loh­ mann ...........16 Mr. W. Newham, c and b Richardson ................19 b Ulyett .........11 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Ulyett, b Wright ......................90 c Lohmann, b Ulyett ........... 18 Mr. J. Cranston, not out 51 c Shrewsbury, b Lohmann ... 15 Mr. E. A. Nepean, b Loh­ mann ............................ 21 notout .........39 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, lbw, b Ulyett............................. 1 c Sherwin, b Lohmann ... 6 Mr. 5 . Philipson, c Leh­ mann, b yiyett ......... 4 b Peel............ 24 Mr. F. A. Bishop, c Sher­ win, b U lyett............... 0 run out ........ 1 B 6, lb 2 ...................... 8 B .............. 2 Total Total ...225 42 , .........347 P l a y e r s . First Innings. Quaife, not out Lohmann, c Grace. b Woods...............15 Richardson,bBishop 7 Sherwin, c and b Nepean ............... 7 L b ...................... 2 Abel, b W oods......11 Wright, c Philipson, b Nepean............ 27 Peel, b Dixon ......... 39 Gunn, b Woods......61 Barnes, run out ... 90 Shrewsbury, c Grace, b Dixon ............ 57 Ulyett, c Bishop, b Total .........396 Stoddart............ 38 In the SecondInnings Gunn scored (not out) 98, Barnes (not out) 15, Quaife, b Nepean 59; b 4, lb 1. -T otal, 177. BOWLING ANA1Y81 G e n t l e m e n . Fir&t Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R.W. Lohmann ... 44 17 77 1 .......... 48.4 16 95 4 Wright ... ... 37 10 86 2 ......... 8 3 13 0 Richardson ... 31 12 55 1 ......... 36 21 46 2 Peel......... ... 25 7 59 1 ......... 17 8 21 1 Ulyett ... .. 16.4 2 43 4 ......... 9 1 48 2 Barnes ... ... 4 0 19 0 Woods ., Nepean ., Bishop . Dixon ., Stoddart Grace .. Read P l a y e r s . First Innings O. M. R.W. 55 19125 3 ... 34.1 7 77 2 ... 33 8 74 1 ... 31 11 72 2 ... 12 2 29 1 ... 5 1 15 0 ... 2 1 2 0 Second Innings. O. M. R.W. 8 2 25 0 1 32 1 7 34 0 4 44 0 2 23 0 1 14 0 9.1 17 12 7 5 CHESHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Though the Yorkshire eleven were without Peel and Ulyett, who were both representing the Players, as well as Lord Hawke, Lee and Preston, they had a very easy viotory in this match, played at Stockport on Friday and Saturday. Hall was dismissed without a run, too, when Yorkshire, who had won the toss, went in, and it was the tail that did most of the run-getting. Wade, Hawden (a colt), Moor- house and Hunter were in fact the principal scorers, and the best stand of the day was while the two first named were partners. Seven of the eleven reached double figures, but Wade and Hawden carried offthe honours, the pair being responsible for 138 out of 282, or just under one half of the total from the bat. Though, mainly owing to the good cricket of Mr. Turner, who was not out 26, Cheshire had made 67 for the loss of four wickets on Friday night, the eleven made a poor show on Saturday, and the game was soon over. Mr. Turner played well for his 41, in which were eight fours, but no one else on the side was able to make more than 17, and before half past three o’clock on Saturday Yorkshire had won by an innings and 104 runs. Wade’s bowling was the principal faotor in the dismissal of the Cheshire bats­ men. His seven wiokets only oost 84 runs. Y o r k sh ir e . Hall, b Bretherton ... 0 Harrison, b Bennett 24 A. Sellars, b Brether­ ton ...................... 2 Wainwright,bBennett 5 Towler, c Ravens- croft, b Bretherton 21 Wade, b Bennett ...72 Hawden, c and b Bennett ......... ... 66 Moorhouse, c Brown, b Bretherton ... 37 Hunter,c Davenport, b Bretherton.........37 Whitehead, b Brown 6 Middlebrook,not out 12 Extras............... 16 Total C h e s h ir e . First Innings. J. Ravenscroft, b Wain­ wright ... ...................... R. L. Crankshaw, b Wain­ wright ... ....................... Brown, b Wainwright Davenport, b Middlebrook Second Innings. c Harrison, b Whitehead ... 17 c Hunter, b Whitehead ... b Wainwright... 12 c and b White­ head ................ 1 A. N. Turner, c Fowler, b Wade ... ...................... 41 run out ... H. D. Littlewood, b Wade 13 c Hunter, _ „ _ Whitehead Hollowood, c Wainwright, b Wade ......................10 b Moornouse Sinfield, c Hall, b Wade... 4 not out Wotherspoon, b Wade ... 1 b Moorhouse Bretherton, not o u t.........12 b Moorhouse Bennett, c Wainwright, b W ade............................ 0 , 15 . 6 . 0 , 10 Extras ... Total ... 9 ...114 c Wainwright, b Wade ......... 3 Extras.........10 Total ... 80 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Y o r k sh ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bretherton 51.3 16 86 5 j Linfield 9 3 18 0 Bennett ... 33 11 75 4 Wother- Brown ... 31 13 58 1 spoon II 1 45 0