Cricket 1889

876 CRICKET : A WEEKLY EE COED OF THE GAME. SEPT. 5, 1889. KENT v. NOTTS. The first-class County matches of 1889 were brought to an end on Friday last, at Beckenham, in a sensational fashion. The fixture was invested with particular interest, from the fact that in the event of a win for Kent there would be a tie between three Counties—Notts, Lancashire, and Surrey—for the first place in County cricket. There was every reason, too, to anticipate that both elevens would be seen at their best, as each was well represented, though we should have liked to have seen Mr. Leslie Wilson assisting Kent. The luck which had attended Kent in the toss of late forsook them on this occasion, and Notts had the good fortune to go in first, a f *eat advantage on a ground such as that at eckenham, where the pitch has not the reputation of wearing well. The wioket at the outset was slow, and the earlier batsmen of Notts played so carefully that at lunch time only 61 had been scored for the loss of three good batsmen, Mr. Dixon, Shrews­ bury and Barnes. In the afternoon tlje bowlers were able to get some work on, and Martin and Mr. Fox were so successful that the last seven wickets only added 73. Gunn was the highest scorer, and he played with the greatest care, being in two hours and a quarter for his 40. Martin and Mr. Fox both had excellent figures, but the latter was the more successful, his five wickets only costing 43 runs. When Kent went in on Thursday afternoon an hour remained for play, and during this time they did well to get 44 runs at a cost of one wicket. So far, Kent had rather the best of the game, but on Friday the ground wore so badly that scientific batting was out of the question, and the bowlers did very much as they liked. In the earlymorning the Kent wickets fellfast,and six batsmen fell for an addition of only 29 runs. Mr. Kemp, however, played with great confi­ dence and pluck when things were going altogether against his side, and it was entirely his excellent and useful not out innings of 28 that enabled Kent to get within 16 runs of their opponents. At lunch time on Friday, Notts had made 24 in their second innings, though at the expense of two of their best batsmen, Mr. Dixon and Shrewsbury. They were then 40 on with eight wickets to fall, and the game looked to be decidedly in their favour. On the resumption, though, came an extraordinary change. Gunn,who was not out with Barnes, increased his score to 17, but Martin and Wright bowled with such effect that not one of the other batsmen was able to offer any resistance, and in fifty minutes the innings was over, the last «ight wickets having only added 11 runs. Though when Kent went in at four o’clock on Friday afternoon they only wanted 62 to win, the ground was helping the bowlers so much that the task was far from easy, Attewell and Flowers, too, bowled sc well that six of the best batsmen were out for 25, of which Lord Harris had contributed 10 by good cricket. Notts seemed to have the game well in hand when Barton joined George Hearne. Twenty-seven were still wanted to win, and when two more had been added, Sherwin allowed an easy chance of running out Barton to escape, failing to handle the ball when thrown in. After tnis, the two batsmen gave no chance, and at 5.45 on Friday Kent had won with four wickets in hand. There was great enthusiasm at the finish, and Lord Harris took occasion to con­ gratulate the spectators who had mustered in large numbers each day on their orderly behaviour. Kent’s victory was due to the fine bowling of Martin, Mr. Fox and Wright, and to the plucky batting of George Hearne and Barton at the finish. Martin’s bowling was of an exceptional character. He took in all eleven wickets at a cost of 68 runs. On the other side Attewell was as successful. He bowled in Kent’s second innings 25 overs for 7 runs and fourwickets, and in the match 57 overs and three balls for 60 runs and ten wickets. First Innings. Mr. J. A. Dixon, c Heame, b Martin ... N o t t s . A. Shrewsbury, c Wright, b Martin ... .................12 Gunn, c Kemp, b Martin 40 Barnes, b Barton ..........12 Flowers, b Fox .................26 Scotton, c G. Heame, b Fox ...............................10 Attewell, b F o x ................. 8 Mr. H. B. Daft, lbw , b Martin............................... 2 Shacklock, b Fox .......... 0 Richardson, b Fox ..........13 Sherwin, not out................. 7 B 1, lb 1 ........................ 2 Total .................134 K e n t . First Innings. Lord Harris, b Shacklock 13 Mr. W. H. Patterson, b Richardson .................28 G. G. Heame, b Attewell 16 Mr.F.Marchant, c Flowers, b Attewell........................ 9 Mr. C. J. M. Fox,b Attewell 2 A. Hearne, c Barnes, b Attewell ........................ 1 F. Heame, b Attewell ... 4 Barton, b Shacklock.......... 7 Mr. M. C. Kemp, not out... 28 Martin, c Bcotton, b Flowers ........................ 9 Wright, b Atttewell.......... 1 Second Innings, c Marchant, b Martin .......... 2 c A. Heame, b Martin .......... 0 c Fox, b Martin 17 b Martin .......... 8 b Wright.......... 0 b Martin ... b Wright ... st Kemp, Martin ... st Kemp, Martin ... b Wright ... not out ... Total ... 35 Second Innings, b Attewell..........10 c Shrewsbury, b Attewell.......... 0 not out ..........14 b Attewell.......... 0 b Flowers.......... 1 1b w, b Flowers 0 c Shrewsbury, b Attewell not out B Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 22.115 18 7 ... 13 8 7 3 ... 9 6 10 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 25 21 7 4 . ... 7 4 13 0 . ... 18 10 26 2 Total .................118 Total ... 53 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N o t t s . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Martin.......... 55 3050 4 . Wright.......... 24 1226 0 . Fox .......... 84.21643 5 . Barton.......... 4 0 13 1 K e n t . First Innings. O. M.R. W . Attewell ... 32.31053 6 . Richardson... 30 1736 1 Flowers ... 207 1 Shacklock ... 11516 2 Bames.......... 1 0 6 0 During the luncheon interval on Friday, occasion was taken to present Frank Hearne, who is leaving England for South Africa to fulfil a five years’ engagement with the Western Province C.C., at Cape Town, with a sum of money collected by Kent cricketers, in appreciation of the services he has rendered to the county. Mr. F. A. Mackinnon, the president of the Kent County C.C., made the presentation, which consisted of a cheque for Sl23 7s. Id., and testified to the high esteem in which the Hearnes were held by the cricket public. lo rd Harris also spoke highly of Frank Hearne’s excellent conduct and sports­ manlike behaviour on the cricket field. A collection on the ground subsequently produced an addition of £21 2s, 9d. to the testimonial fund, so that Hearne received in all £144 9s. lOd. but his side made a very bad start, the total being only 30 when the fourth wicket fell. Hall and Wainwright, thanks to some very faulty fielding, however, added 89 before they were separated, and it was their stand which conduced to the respectable total of 185. When play ceased on Thursday night, Lohmann’s side had scored 27 without the loss of a wicket, but the ground was so treacherous on the following morning, that only 72 were added before the innings closed. S. B . Lohmann, an elder brother of the famous Surrey cricketer, who had played on a few occasions for the Surrey Colts, was the chief scorer with a well got 35, and the two Lohmanns, as will be seen, were responsible for more than one half of the total got from the bat. By consent of the two captains, a new wicket was prepared before Lonmann’s side, who had to follow on in a minority of 86, went in again. This time a slightly better show was made, and five batsmen got double figures, though the highest contribution was one of 32 by Burns, of Essex. Hall’s eleven, who were left with 49 to win, made 21 of the number for the loss of three batsmen on Friday night, and the remaining 28 on Saturday morning, at a cost of two more, so that Lohmann’s team were beaten in the end by five wickets. Peel and George Lohmann were the most successful bowlers for their respective sides. The former’s eleven wickets cost 77, the latter’s eight 80 runs. Whitehead also bowled well for Hall’s eleven, taking four wickets for 25 runs. H a l l ’ s E l e v e n . Second Innings. First Innings. Hall, c G. Lohmann, b Collishaw....................... 64 Ulyett, b Shilton .......... 1 Lee, c Collishaw, b G. Lohmann........................ 5 Peel, c and b G. Lohmann 0 Richards, c Law, b G. Lohmann........................ 14 Wainwright, c S. Loh­ mann, b Abel................. 51 Wade, c G. Lohmann, b Shilton ........................21 Moorhouse,c S. Lohmann, b Abel.................................. 13 Hunter, b Shilton ........... 7 Whitehead, c and b G. Lohmann........................ 0 Harrison, not out .......... 7 B l, n b l .................. 2 L. HALL ’S ELEVEN v. G. LOHMANN ’S ELEVEN . A variety of circumstances prevented this match, fixed for the latter part of last week at Harrogate, being carried out as had been originally intended. The idea of its pro­ moters was to play an eleven of Yorkshire against an eleven of the South, but several players who had promised were unable to assist Lohmann at the last moment, and his team was by no means as strong as at one time seemed likely. Owing to recent rains, too, the wicket was so soft at the outset that play could not be commenced at the proper time on Thursday, and the scoring, as a conse­ quence, did not reach a high average. Hall winning the toss, went in first with tllyett not out .......... 9 c Burns, b Loh­ mann .......... 0 c B u tle r, b Shilton.......... 0 c Burns, b Loh­ mann .......... 7 not out ..........10 b Lohmann ... 8 c Law, b G. Loh­ mann ..........11 B ................. 5 Total .................185 L o h m a n n ’ s E l e v e n . Total ... 50 First Innings. Second Innings. S. B. Lohmann, b Wain­ wright ............................. 35 run out .......... 10 Major, c Moorhouse, b Peel ............................... 13 st Hunter,b Peel 4 Law, b Wainwright... ... 0 c Wade, b Peel 7 Abel, b Wright ................. 0 c Moorhouse, b Peel................. 14 G. Lohmann, c Hall, b Whitehead ................. 13 st Hunter, b Wade .......... 28 Burns, b Whitehead.......... 8 c Whitehead, b Peel................. 32 Collishaw, lbw, b Peel ... 12 b Whitehead ... 1 L. Whitehead, st Hunter, b Peel............................... 3 c Hall, b White­ head................. 1 B. Butler, not out .......... 3 not out .......... 20 Shilton, st Hunter, b Peel ............................... 0 c Wainwright, b Peel................. 1 Disney, c Harrison, b Peel 6 c Wainwright, b Peel................. 4 B ............................... 6 B 7,1 b 5 ... 12 Total ................. 99 Total ...134 BOWLING ANALYSIS. H a l l ’ s E l e v e n . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W , O.M. R. W. Shilton .......... 36 18 41 3 .......... 14 4 23 1 G. Lohmann... 28 9 60 4 .......... 15 8 20 4 Burns .......... 8 1 17 0 S. B. Lohmann 6 0 18 0 Abel................. 15 5 27 2 .......... 2 1 2 0 Law ................. 5 0 8 0 Collishaw ... 5 2 12 1 Law bowled a no-ball.