Cricket 1890

148 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. MAY 29, 1890. W H I T G I F T W A N D E R E R S v. C R O Y D O N . P laye d at Croydon on M ay 24. C ro y d o n . b H. R . Groom , Y ou le..........................■ W . T. Grant, b B alch.......................... A. W . AllaD, c Youle, b Balch ................... J. C. Neech, b B alch.......................... H. W . W ard, c L . J., b H. L. Turner ... E. R . "Wilkinson, c I». J-,b H .L . Turner J. Aris, b H. L. Turner ................... V.G.Biscoe, c Howes, b Balch ...................13 J. W hitcom b, not out ...........................28 J. A. Archer, c G. Marks, b Youle ... 3 H. W . Dent, c L . J. Turner, b Youle ... 0 B 21, lb 3 .............24 Tutal .JS8 W h it g if t W a n d e r e r s . H.L.Turner, not out 110 G. Marks, c Aris, b A lla n ..........................17 R. D. Mackenzie, b A llan.......................... 3 W . J. K. Flinton, b A lla n .......................... 12 G.L. Marks, c Groom , b Neech ...................13 A. W . Cooper, E. H. Balch and E. S. Youle did not bat. A.E.H owes.cG room , b W h itcom b ......... L . J. Turner, b Neech ................... S.J. Ching, n otout... B 25, lb 2 ........... T o ta l...........1 K E N T v . G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E . Th o u g h n e ith e r side had its best eleven, some ve ry interesting cricke t w as the outcome of the first m atch of the season betw een these counties, w h ich occupied the Mote P a rk ground at M aidstone, the la tte r p a rt of last w eek. G loucestershire, w ho w ere w itho ut M essrs. P u lle n , Page, and Tow nsend, as w ell as W oo f, played tw o m en new to county crioket in M essrs. B ro w n of B edm in ster, and D e W in to n of the C lifto n Club. T h e y won the toss and w ere in u n til a q u arter to five o’clo ck for a respectable to tal of 231. F o r th is th ey w ere m a in ly indebted to th e exceptional perform ance of M r. W . G . G race. T h e great batsm an, who w ent in first, as u su al, w as not out w hen the tenth w icke t fell. T h e in n in g s lasted ju st under four h ours, so th a t he w as b atting for th a t tim e , and w ith only one semblance of a m istake, a d ifficu lt chance to short-slip w hen he had got 42. I t w as an in n in g s in every sense w o rth y of h is rep uta­ tio n . P a in te r helped M r. G race to add 77 for the fo u rth w icke t. H e w as in a little over an h o u r fo r h is 46. K e n t had an hour and ten m inutes fo r batting on T h u rsd a y, and, during th a t tim e, scored 69 for the loss of tw o bats­ m en, M r. H am ilto n and George H earne. R e ­ sum ing on F rid a y , M r. D affen continued to p lay stead ily, and M essrs. M arch an t, F o x , and W ilso n scored so fre e ly th a t at luncheon tim e the total had been raised to 277 fo r the d is­ m issal of only tw o m ore w ickets. M r. D affen had been in tw o h o u rs and a h a lf fo r 62, a steady d isp lay, offering a great co ntrast in style to th at of M r. M arch an t, who w as batting less th an an h our for h is 41. M essrs. F o x and W ilso n got ru n s ve ry fast, adding 117 ru n s in an hour and five m inutes. T h e la tte r w as m issed at short-leg w hen he had got 19, b ut M r. F o x , who w as at the w ickets two hours and a h a lf, made h is 58 w itho ut a m is­ take. O w ing to an in ju ry to h is knee, M r. W . G . G race w as only able to bowl a few overs, and the best an alysis w as th a t of h is brother, w ho got fo u r w ickets w ith h is lobs at a cost of only 45 ru n s. G oing in a second tim e ju s t afte r four o’clock on F rid a y , 110 to the bad, G loucestershire had ju s t cleared offthe arrears, w hen p lay ceased th at n ig h t for the loss of four of th e ir best batsm en, in clu d in g M r. W . G . G race, who w as bowled ju s t before the close. On Saturd ay m o rning , how ever, some resolute h ittin g b y P a in te r im proved G lo ucestershire’s position m a te ria lly. T h e professional, who w ent in th ird w icket down, made 83 out of 123 w h ile he w as in b y w ell- tim ed all-ro u n d h ittin g . D u rin g the h our and three-quarters he w as in , he only gave one chance, and th a t to long on ju s t before he was out. K e n t, w an tin g 109 to w in , made a bad sta rt, and w ith three of the best batsm en out for 29, G loucestershire seem ed to h ave ju st a look in . A m istake, how ever, b y M u rch , at m id -o ff, in failin g to catch M r. F o x soon after h e cam e in, how ever, h elped K e n t at the crisis, and after the dism issal o f M essrs. F o x and N ich olson , th e brothers H earne g o t the runs still required, g ivin g K ent th e v ictory w ith five w ickets to spare. R ob erts bow led w ell at th e finish, taking fou r o f th e five w ickets at a cost o f 36 runs. M artin ’s bow ling fo r K ent w as one o f th e best features o f th e m atch . In all he took eleven w ickets at an average of exactly 12 runs. G loucestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. W . G. Grace, not out 109 b W right ...........37 Mr. H. H. Francis, run out .................................. 2 st Pentecost, b Martin ........... 1 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, b Martin ...........................11 c Fox, b Martin 20 Mr. J. Cranston, c Mar­ chant, b Christopherson 27 c G. Hearne, b C h r i stopher- s o n ................ 12 Painter, st Pentecost, b Martin .......................... 46 c A.,b G- Hearne83 M r.E. M. Grace, c W right, b Martin .......................... 1 c Daffen, b Mar­ tin ................ 18 Mr. W . O. Vizard, lbw , b Fox .................................. 17 b W right ............. 2 Murch, lbw, b Martin ... 2 c A. Hearne, b C h r i stopher- s o n .................... 5 Mr. H. W . Brown, c A. Hearne, b M artin........... 0 c Martin, b W right ............ 7 Mr. G. S. de W inton, b Martin ........................... 0 c A . Hearne, b Martin ............ 19 Roberts, c Pentecost, b Martin ............................ 8 not out ............. 0 B 7, lb 1 ................... 8 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 Total ....................231 Total ...209 K e n t . First Innings. Mr. L . A. H am ilton, c W . G. Grace, b R oberts 11 Mr. A. Daffen, b Much ... 52 G. Hearne, b Roberts ... 22 M r.F.M archant.b Roberts 41 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b E . M. G ra ce......................................58 Mr. L. W ilson, b E . M. G ra ce......................................86 A. Hearne, c and b E. M. G race..................................16 not out Mr. 8. Christopherson, c Vizard, b R oberts........... 0 W right, b E. M. Grace ... 6 Martin, c Radcliffo, b M urch..................................17 Pentecost, not out .............................. 8 B 21, lb 3 ........................................24 Second Innings. st Vizard, b E. M. G race ... 4 c Vizard, b R ob erts...........18 not out ...........38 b R oberts........... 0 c and b Roberts 22 c Vizard, b Roberts ... ... 13 Total ...311 B ................... 3 Total ...102 BOW LING ANALYSIS. G lo u cestersh ire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. W righ t........... 30 10 59 0 ........... 33 315 61 3 M a rtin ........... 52.423 62 7 ........... 39 16 70 4 F ox.................. 13 2 40 1 ........... 2 0 9 0 Christopher­ son ........... 17 3 40 1 ........... 15 5 37 2 A. Hearne ... 7 2 22 0 ........... 13 3 15 0 G. Hearne 9 3 12 1 K e nt . First Innings. O. M. R. W . Roberts ...5318 115 4 ... B r o w n ............13 1 37 0 W . G. G race 7 2 9 0 .. Radcliffe ...11 3 29 0 M u rch ............26 8 68 2 E. M. G race...19.2 3 45 4 Painter..............7 0 14 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W ... 24 12 36 4 ... 6 2 7 0 19 5 56 1 M .C .C . & G . v. L A N C A S H IR E . Though not in fu ll strength, the La n cash ire eleven had all the best of th e ir an nual m atch w ith M .C .C . and G round, played at L o rd ’s on Monday and Tu esd ay, and wool w ith eight w ickets to spare. M arylebone, who had only a moderate team , m ade a sensational com­ m encem ent on M onday, and in eleven overs seven batsm en— in clu d in g G unn and C h a t­ terton—were dism issed fo r on ly eight ru n s. W hen W est, the N ortham ptonshire profes­ sional, joined Flo w e rs, how ever, the game underw ent an e xtrao rd in ary change. B o th batsm en h it w ith great vigo ur, and, when Flo w e rs w as ru n out for a thoroughly w ell-got 44, the score had been increased b y 92 ru n s. W est stayed u n til 139 had been totalled, when a catch by Sugg in the long-field brought a p lu cky and most deserving display of batting to an end. W est cam e in when it seemed lik e ly th at h is side w ould be dism issed for a sm all score, and too m uch praise can h a rd ly be accorded h im for h is fin ely h it in n in g s, in w h ich there w as only one m istake, a chance to long-off when he had made 48. W hen La n cash ire w ent in , B a rlo w was soon out, but ch iefly through the fine h ittin g of M r. H o rn b y who w as in an hour and fo rty m inutes fo r h is 69, and B rig g s, in the tw o hours and fifty m inutes th at rem ained on the first d ay, 195 were made for the loss of eight w ickets. A curious incident d u rin g the early p a rt of M r. H o rn b y’s innings m ust be recorded. W h ite ­ head, w h ile bow ling, lost hold of the b all, w h ich slipped out of h is hands, and fe ll a few yard s up the p itch . M r. H o rnb y ra n to h it it, but W hitehead getting to it first sent it to C a rlin , who put the w icket dow n. I t was claim ed b y M .C .C . th at the batsm an was out, h aving by h is action made the b all in play. M r. H o rn b y, on the other hand, urged th at W hitehead had obstructed h im and prevented h im getting to the b a ll, and h is versio n was accepted by the um p ire, who ruled th a t he was not out. M arylebone had to go in fo r th eir second inning s on Tu esd ay in a m in o rity of 90, and so good a sta rt w as made th a t the arrears were w iped off w ith only tw o batsm en out. A fte r luncheon, though, Mold and B rigg s bowled w ith great success, and the total after all w as only ju st doubled, the last five w ickets fallin g for an addition of 37 ru n s. G unn u n ­ fortunately had h is hand in ju red b y a fast b all from Mold w hen he had made 24 runs, and h is retirem ent w as of course a great loss to the side, La n c a sh ire , w ith 91 to w in , lost M r. H ornby in the second over, but, after the d ism issal of B arlo w and Sugg, M r. K em p and W ard both played fine cricket, and th ey soon put the issue beyond doubt, getting the runs w ith o u t another w ick e t. M r. K em p , the old Cantab, has been absent from first-class cricket for the last tw o years, and cricketers w ill welcom e h is re-appearance. W h itesid e, too, was tried at the w icket in place of P illin g , and La n cash ire also gave a tria l to two new pro­ fessionals—T in sle y , a Y o rksh irem an engaged w ith the Le y la n d C lu b , and Crab tree, of Todm orden. M.C.C. and G round. T o T h e D e a f.— A Person cured of Deafness and noises in the head of 23 years’ standing by a sim ple remedy, will send a description of it F r e e to any Person who applies to N ic h o ls o n , 21. Bedford Square, London, W .C.— A d v t. First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. J. S. Russel,run out... 0 b W atson Gunn, c W hiteside, b W atson .......................... Chatterton, b Briggs ..» Mr. S. C. Newton, b Briggs Mr. C. E. de Trafford, c Whiteside, b Briggs Flowers, run out ... 40 retired hurt ... 24 b Watson ...........43 b M old...................21 . 3 44 Burns, c W ard, b Briggs 3 Whitehead, b W atson ... 0 W . W est, c Sugg, b Barlow 74 Rawlin, not o u t ........... Carlin, 1 b w, b Briggs B .......................... lbw, b Briggs ... c Crabtree, b Briggs ........... b M old................... not out ........... st W hiteside, b Briggs ........... c Kemp, b Mold b Briggs ........... B 2, lb 4 ... Total ...................139 Total ...180 C r ic k e t e r s .—B e s t G oods BEAR THIS SlAltK,— A d v t.