Cricket 1889

263 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JULY 18, 1889. for an alteration which came before them last year. Much do I hope they will sanction auoh a change with the least possible delay. Then, and not till then, will the monotonous charaoter of modern bowling undergo a change for the better. The “ glorious uncertainty ” will return more and more. Huge century sooringwill be rarer. The batsman will be better balanced by the bowler. The game will be better all round, and certainly it will be more interesting for spectators, for whom at times, oftentimes one might say, it is exceed­ ingly tame and featureless. Ma^yI say a word about wicket-keeping—and here I am bound to admit that the old wicket­ keepers cannot compare to any advantage witn the new. It is wonderful now-a-days to see Sherwin, Pilling, and others handle the ball. Nevertheless, many would be glad to see the venerable but nearly extinct ‘ ‘ long- stop ” re-instated in his old position, and this precisely because it would mean that the monotony of modern overhand bowling on the off stump had been relieved by the round-arm delivery which negociates the leg-twist, and the wicket-keeper could not calculate to a moral certainty on which side the ball will come. (This applies also to “ long-leg,”) One other point as to the monotonous ar­ rangement, now so common, of a side follow­ ing the exact order of going in the first time in their second innings. In the good old ante-Diluvian era to which I belong, a good captain had many a chance, and he exercised it often too, of varying his order of going in according to his requirements. He took the trouble of writing out a list for second innings as much as for the first, and sent in his fast run-getters (like O’Brien or Key) to force the running. How many matches have been left drawn, or lost, for want of similar methods! The ill-luck of a first innings with nervous players has, moreover, a good deal to do with their prospects in the second, and this should be remembered. Some variation, too, is moie interesting to lookers on, and fairer to the players all round. Hoping these observations are not entirely beside the mark. H il l y e r , CLAPTON v. ST. JOHN’S. Played at Gospel Oak on July 13. C lapton . W. M. Barradell, b Francis ............... M. Qrosvenor, b Peck R. E. Hunt, c Peck, b Francis ......... ... J. W. McEwen, c Johnson, b Francis A. Dodson, b Francis H.D. King, b Francis W. H. Nolloth, b Francis............... J. J. Wiggitt.notout E. French, b Lee ... J. H. Milton, b Lee... B 3, lb 1, w 1 ... Total S t . J ohn ’ s . G. Davis, c French, b McEwen ... ......... Service, c and b Nolloth ................ Lee, b McEwen......... Francis, c Hunt, b M cEwen............... Peck, b McEwen Johnson, run out ... Robinson, bNolloth... Watson, b McEwen Lansdown, b Mc­ Ewen ................ Jones, c Hunt, b Nolloth............... James, not out B 4, w 1 ......... Total , 54 CLAPTON v. ESSEX C. & G. Played at Leyton on July 10. C l a p t o n . J. H. Douglas, b Burns 1 W. Low, c Matthews, b Bishop ............... 15 H. Boyton, b Burns... 4 J. C. L. Shenton, c Bishop, b Burns ... 17 S. A. Asser, c Little­ wood, b Bishop ... 9 P.P.Lincoln.c Bishop, b Burns ................ 0 W.E.Hall, c Russell, b Borns ............... 0 S. R. Bastard, b Mead 0 F. A. Bishop, b Mead 3 A. G. Andrews, c and b Shenton............... 10 Burns, hw, b Kirk ...37 A. J. East, b Mead ... 2 W. T. Matthews, c Sub., b Mead......... 8 Littlewood, c Boyton, bHall......................120 Rev. J. Fairchild, c Low, b Shenton ... . Kennett, 1b w, b Walker ............... A. J. East, st Winter- burn, b Shenton ... P. P. Lincoln, c Bruce, b Shenton... J. Bowles, c Walker, b Shenton ......... C. Allsopp, c Kent, b Douglas ......... A, Singer, c Kersey, b Burns................10 Kirk, c Littlewood, b Burns ............... Mead, not out......... A. N. Other, absent 0 B ...................... Total E sse x 0. & G Carpenter, c Sub., b Douglas.............. 2 Russell, not out ... 10 H. M. Kersey, absent 0 W. J. Hamilton, absent .............. 0 B 4, lb 6 .......10 Total ...202 CLAPTON v. UPTON PARK. Played at Clapton on July 13. U pton P ark . 18 R. Ganly, c Nell, b Asser ................11 W. T. Matthews, st Winterburn, b Douglas............... 3 W. Dudley, b Asser 3 W. Roper, not out... 17 L. H. Ardley, c Win­ terburn, b Asser... 11 B ...................... 2 Total ...101 C lapto n . R.R.Bruce, b Kennett W. Low, c Kennett, b Bowles ..r* ......... H. Boyton, b Kennett J. C. L. Shenton, b Ganly ............... S. A. Asser, 1b w, b Ganly....................., H. Douglas, b Bowles H. T. Nell, b Ganly... 2 F. H. Purchase, st East, b Ganly ... 13 T. Winterburn, b Bowles ................ 5 R. M. Walker, st East, b Ganly ... 15 A. A. Kent, not out 2 B 5, 1 b 4, w 1 ... 10 Total 93 the soore to 32 at the end of the day. Yester­ day, Martin and Wright carried everything before them again, and Moorhouse was the only batsman to get double figures. The seven remaining wickets were dismissed for an addi­ tion of thirty runs, and so Kent were left with a decisive victory by an innings and 106 runs. Martin and Wright bowled unchanged throughout the match, a performance of very rare occurrence in important fixtures. The former took ten wickets and Wright nine wickets, the former’s costing 65, and the latter’s 51 runs. Mr. W. Rashleigh, b Middlebrook......... 2 F. Hearne, b Middle­ brook...................... 9 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b Whitehead .........22 G. G. Hearne, not out ......................64 Mr. F. Marchant, c Hunter, b Peel ... 38 Bombr. Barton, st Hunter, b Wade ... 82 Y orkshire , First Innings. Hall, bWright ... ... ... 4 Ulyett, b Martin............... 0 KENT v. YORKSHIRE. Three players new to County cricket made their appearance in this matoh, begun at Maid­ stone on Monday and conoluded yesterday. An accident to Wainwright gave a place in the Yorkshire eleven to Mr. E. Smith, the Old Cliftonian, who was tried as a fast bowler for Oxford, but did not get his colours. Pente­ cost’s reoeht injury gave Kent an opportunity of trying Nuttall, of Erith (who, though tried several times for the second eleven of Kent, is better known in Essex as the Beckton wicket­ keeper), and Bombardier Barton, who played two very fine innings a few weeks ago for the Royal Artillery against M.C.C. at Lord’s. Though he won the toss Lord Hawke decided, after some consultation, to put Kent in, as the wioket was slow from the recent rains. The ground, though, was neververy much in favour of the bowlers at the outset, and Kent made good use of the opportunity of having first innings. Mr. Rashleigh and Frank Hearne were both soon bowled by Middlebrook, but Mr. Fox and George Hearpe put on twenty- eight for the third wicket, and Mr. Ma*chant hit away in such vigorous style that thirty- eight of forty runs got while he was in came from his bat. Barton, too, played with no small freedom, and his score of thirty-two was in every way a promising exhibition. Mr. Leslie Wilson, also, showed good cricket for his twenty-eight, and when rain stopped play at 4.30 the score was 179 for seven wickets, George Hearne not out 38. OnTuesday, chiefly through the stand of the brothers Hearne, an hour and a half elapsed before the innings was brought to a close, and then George Hearne was Still in. Going in second wicket down with the soore at twelve, he was not out when the innings finished, having scored sixty-four out of 227 while he was in. He had been bat­ ting four hours and forty minutes for his runs and but for a chance to mid-off when he hac got forty, there was no flaw to mar a fine display of defensive crioket. Yorkshire made a very bad show when their turn came, to bat, and Martin and Wright, with the help of the ground, bowled so successfully that the eleven were out for an aggregate of 57 from the bat, of which Lord Hawke, the captain, had contributed 22. Going in a second time in a minority of 168 they fared as badly. When Ulyett, Hall, and Lee were out the total was but four, and it was only some ‘ steady crioket by Peel and Wade that brought K bnt . Mr. L. Wilson, c and b Middlebrook ... 28 Wright, b Middle­ brook ................ 0 A. Hearne,b Smith 41 Nuttall, c and b Peel...................... Martin, c and b Peel...................... 0 B 1,1 b2 ......... 3 Total Lee, b Martin ... . Peel, lbw, b Martin . Wade, c Nuttall, b Wright 5 Lord Hawke, b Wright ... 22 Moorhouse, st Nuttall, b Martin ................... Mr. E. Smith, b Martin , Whitehead, b Martin Hunter, b Wright ... . Middlebrook, not out B 11,1 b 3 Total Second Innings, c A. Hearne, b Martin ......... 0 c A. Hearne, b Wright ......... 4 c and b Martin 0 c G. Hearne, b Martin .........19 c A. Heame, b Wright ......... 15 st F. Hearne, b Wright ......... 5 c and b Wright 12 run out b Martin ... not out c Martin, Wright ... B 2,1 b 1 Total ... BOWLING ANALYSIS. K ent . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Peel......... 45.317 80 3 1 Ulyett ... 11 5 16 0 Middle- Smith ... 17 11 17 1 brook ... 40 20 37 4 Hall ... 5 3 5 0 Whitehead 22 11 31 1 Wade ... 21 9 50 1 I Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Wright ... 15.4 4 22 4 . Martin................................ 156356. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 25.410 29 5 .. 25 11 30 4 CRYSTAL PALACE v. PLAISTOW. Played at Plaistow on July 13. C rystal P alace . W. F. Noakes, c and b Latter ............... J. N. Noakes, c Car- thorn, b Reed......... W. R. Hawkins, b Latter ................ J. Dives, b Smith ... H. Aste, b Smith A. Kayess, b Long- d o n ......................13 W. Bryant, run out 24 H. Cosens, not out... 0 B 3, lb 4, w 3 ...10 Total ...209 C. H. Dorman, N. Cipriani and H, Heath did not bat (innings declared finished). P laisto w . S. A. Smith, c and b W. F. Noakes......... C. E. Corthorn, b Bryant ................ A. H. Latter, b Bryant ............... A. E. Willett, c Cip­ riani, bW.F.Noakes E. Solbe, b Bryant ... F. Kelly, c Dorman, b W. F. Noakes......... If. Carr, cJ.N.,bW.F. Noakes ................ E. C. Reed, b W. F. Noakes ................13 Nicholas, not out ... 0 O. Howard, c Dor­ man,bW.F.Noakes 1 Longdon, c and b Bryant ................ 1 B 2, lb 2 .......... 4 Total... 35