Cricket 1889

858 CBICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. AUG. 29, 1889. S U R R E Y v . K E N T . The heavy rains of last week prevented any chance of the return match between these Counties, commenced at Kennington Oval on Thursday last, being played under reason­ ably good conditions, and the game was com­ pleted before luncheon on the second day. The wicket at the start was soft, and the Surrey Eleven,'Vho have been very unlucky just lately in the toss, though again unfortu­ nate in this respeot, were able to get rid of their opponents in an hour and three-quarters for the small total of 48. This we believe is with one exception(Yorkshire’a47against Kent at Sheffield) the lowest total in an important County match during the present season, and the credit of the performance rested on Loh­ mann and Beaumont. The pair, who bowled unchanged, equally divided the Kent wickets, and it is worthy of remark that only three balls went to the boundary during the innings, Though a shower during the interval made the wicket if anything a trifle easier for a time, when Surrey went in to bat, the commence­ ment was hardly an improvement on that of Kent, and three wickets were down for 10. Mr. Read, however, played a very judicious game, hitting freely at every ball at all over-pitched, and he made 28 out of 32 while he was in, an in­ valuable display of batting as the game stood. At the end of an innings Surrey had, as the wicket was, a very useful lead of 44 runs, and as, when rain stopped play soon after five o’clock, they had succeded in getting rid of Lord Harris without a run, Kent’s chances were not very promising when the game was resumed on Friday morning. As it happened, too, Lohmann and Beaumont were again in their best form, and as the score was only 81 when the seventh wicket fell, it hardly looked as if Kent would save an innings de­ feat. Though a useful standby FrankHearne and Barton did prevent this, Surrey only, in the end, wanted 10 runs to win. These were got by Mr. Shuter and Maurice Read, who might have been caught at short-slip from the win­ ning hit, so that Surrey won with ten wickets to spare. Beaumont and Lohmann bowled unchanged throughout both innings of Kent, and, oddly enough, each got ten wickets at precisely the same cost, of 49 runs. K e n t . First Innings. Second Imrngs. Lord Harris, b Lohmann 5 b Beaumont ... 0 Mr. W. H. Patterson, c Abel, b Lohmann......... 6 G. G. Hearne, c Abel, b Lohmann......................11 Mr.F.Marchant, c Sharpe, b Beaumont ............... Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b Loh­ mann ............................ A. Hearne, c Lohmann, b Beaumont...................... F. Hearne, c Key, b Beau­ mont ............................ Barton, c M. Head, b Loh­ mann ............................ Mr. M. C. Kemp, c Sharpe, b Beaumont ............... Martin, not ou t................ Wright, c Lohmann, b Beaumont...................... B ............................ c Wood, b Loh­ mann ......... 2 c Lockwood, b Beaumont ... 6 c Abel, b Beau­ mont ......... 5 c Sharpe, b Loh­ mann .........10 b Lohmann ... 2 c W. W. Read, b Lohmann ... 17 c Wood, b Beau­ mont ......... 6 c Wood, b Beau­ mont ......... 0 c Sharpe, b Loh­ mann ......... 1 not out B ... Total... 53 Total ............... 48 S urrey . First Innings. Lockwood, b Wright Wood, c A. Hearne, b Martin ................ Sharpe, notout.., ... Beaumont, c G. Hearue, b Wright L b ............... ... Read, run out Mr. J. Shuter, c Barton, b Martin... 10 Mr. K. J. Key, c Harris, b Martin ... 0 Mr. W. W. Read, c Kemp, b Wright... 28 Abel, b Martin......... 2 Lohmann, st Kemp,b Martin ................ 4 H en d erson , c F. Hearne, b Wright 10 In the Second Innings M. Read scored (not out) 6, Shuter (not out) 3 .—Total, 11. BOWLING ANALYSIS. K e n t . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Beaumont ... 23.2 10 28 5 .......... 24 16 21 fi Lohmann ... 23 11 18 5 .......... 24 11 31 6 S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Martin ......... 24 7 50 5 ......... 0.4 0 7 0 Wright .........23.4 0 35 4 ......... 1 0 4 0 THE CHELTENHAM WEEK. Total 92 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Heavy rain marred the enjoyment of this, the second match of the Cheltenham week, begun on Thursday, as it had in a great measure the previous fixture against Surrey. Still, on the whole some very interesting cricket was witnessed during tbe three days, and the application of the closure by the Middlesex captain on Saturday after­ noon gave additional interest to the final stages of the game. Gloucestershire, who won the toss, did very badly at the outset, losing four of their best batsmen for 28 runs. Mr. Townsend was the first indeed to lend Mr. W. G. Grace any real assistance, and he helped to make 90 runs, of which his share was just one- half, a well-played and invaluable innings for his side. Rain stopped play for the day soon after four o’clock, and then Gloucester­ shire’s score stood at 146 for six wickets, Mr. W . G. Grace not out 63. Mr. Grace found a very useful partner on Friday morning in Mr. Page, but the captain saw the whole team out, ana when the innings closed it was found that he had contributed 127 of the total of 282. He ought to have been caught at short- slip when he had got 39, but this wap his only mistake during the four hours and a half he was at the wickets. The per­ formance was in every way worthy of him, for the ground did not favour the batsman at all, and great judgment and care were necessary. Though, when Middlesex went in, Messrs. Webbe and Stoddart were both dismissed before a run was scored, and Mr. Nepean was, like his two predecessors, caught at mid-off a little later, some spirited hitting by Messrs. O’Brien and Hadow put a much better appearance on the game. Messrs. Vernon and Henery, too, gave considerable trouble, but still Middlesex were unable to avert a follow- on, and they had to go in again in a minority of 104. A heavy shower made the wicket easier when play was resumed on Saturday morning, and Messrs. Ford and Paravicini, who had scored 11 overnight without the loss of a wicket, made the best use of their oppor­ tunities, reaching 87 before the latter, who had only contributed twenty of them, was caught. Mr. Ford continued to hit in brilliant style when Mr. Stoddart came in, and fifty minutes realised 84runs. Then Mr. Ford was bowled for a most brilliantly hit innings of 108. He was in under two hours for his score, and the total when he left was 171, so that he made nearly two-thirds of the runs during his stay. He gave a chance at the wicket when he had only got 17, and might have been twice subsequently caught. His hitting, though, all-round was singularly well timed, and his innings altogether worthy of the highest praise. At half-past four o’clock, when the Middlesex total was 240 for seven wickets, Mr. Webbe declared his innings at an end on the off-chance of getting his opponents out. Gloucestershire were left at the finish with 137 to get to win in an hour and twelve minutes, and though the earlier batsmen hit away in the hope of scoring fast, when time was up five wickets had fallen for 45 runs, Mr. W . G. Grace having held himself in reserve. At the finish, Glou­ cestershire wanted 92 to win with half of their wickets in hand. G loucestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr.W. G. Grace, not out.. .127 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, b Stoddart ...................... 9 b Ford.................... 10 Mr. W. W. F. Pullen, c Ford, b Stoddart ......... 4 b Ford.., ........... 0 Mr. J. Cranston, b Nepean 0 not out ............. 15 Mr. J. H. Brain, b Stod­ dart ............................ 1 c Stoddart, b Ford................. 1 Mr. F. Townsend, c Vernon, b Ford ......... 45. not out ......... 5 Mr. E. M. Grace, c Stod­ dart, b Ford ............... 10 c Paravicini, b Stoddart.......... 4 Painter, c West, b Stod­ dart ............................ 17 b Stoddart............ 11 Mr. H. V. Page, c West, b Hadow............................ 43 Roberts, c Ford, b Nepean 3 Woof, c Burton, b Stod­ dart ............................ 13 B 7, lb 2, nb 1 ........... 10 Lb ..................... 2 Total ............... 282 Total ... 48 M iddlesex . First Innings. *Second Innings. Mr. A. J. Webbe,c Towns­ end, b Woof ................ 0 not out ... ... 0 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Townsend, b Roberts ... 0 st Page, b Woof 45 Mr. E. A. Nepean, c Townsend, b Woof ... 13 c Cranston, b Roberts............ 10 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, b W. G. Grace............................ 2 i b Roberts ... ... 21 Mr. E. M. Hadow, c Page, b W. G. Grace............ 40 c and b Roberts 17 Mr.P. J. T. Henery, c E.M. Grace, b Woof............ 30 b Woof ........... 5 Mr. G. F.Yernon, c Pullen, b Townsend ............ 32 not out ............ 9 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, b Townsend.................... 7 b Woof ........... 108 Mr. P. J. de Paravicini, b Roberts .................. 15 c Townsend, b Painter............ 20 West,c Townsend, b Woof 16 Burton, not out............. 0 B ............................ 1 B ................ 5 Total ............... 178 Total ...240 * Innings declared finished. BOWLING ANALYSIS. G loucestershire . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 14 5 25 2 ... 13 6 21 3 First Innings. O . M . R. W. Stoddart ...84.3 7 97 5 Ford ......... 22 7 48 2 Nepean ...23 4 47 2 Burton ...16 5 28 0 Hadow ...10 8 29 1 Webbe......... 7 1 23 0 Webbe bowled a no-ball. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. O . M . R. W. O . M . R. W. Roberts ...22 8 37 2 ... ... 28 2 86 3 Woof ...........28.4 5 89 4 ...... 28 4 80 3 W. G. Grace 7 1 32 2 ...... 4 2 4 0 Townsend... 5 0 19 2 ...... 3 0 9 0 Radcliffe 5 1 29 0 Painter 8 2 27 1 SURREY v. YORKSHIRE. The Surrey eleven brought their important matches to a close at the Oval on Tuesday last in brilliant, style, beating Yorkshire, after a very even gaire throughout, amidst great excitement with only two wickets to spare. The ground was slow at the outset, and though it was playing better at the finish, when Surrey had to make the runs was never really easy. Lord Hawke winning the toss, Surrey had for the sixth time in succession to take the field. The outing was not a long one, though, as though Ulyett and Hall made a good