Cricket 1890

162 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. JUNE 5, 1890. la c k of freedom , a useful change bow ler, and an excellent field, M iddlesex, for w hom he p layed la st year under the resid eu tial q u alifi­ catio n, has few better all-round cricketers. In other games, too, M r. M ordaunt h as made h is m a rk . H e was in the F ie ld as w e ll as the W a ll E le ve n s three years at E to n , and in the h isto ric contest between Collegers and Oppi­ dans at the W a ll game, w h ich is p ecu liar to E to n on S t. A n d rew ’s D a y , achieved the d is­ tin ctio n of thro w ing a goal—a feat not perform ed in th at m atch since 1847. H e won, too, m an y ath letic p rizes in the Colleger’s Sports, as w ell as the School Ju n io r M ile , and the School Q uarter, besides being sec Dnd in the H undred Yard s and the H am m er T h ro w in g . In the Fre shm e n ’s Sports of 1886, at C am ­ bridge, he w as second in the Q u arter, and th ird in the H undred, as w ell as second in the H a m ­ m er T h ro w in g . Am ong h is other accom plish­ m ents, too, it m ay be added th at he is a good b illia rd and fives p layer. O ur p o rtrait is from a photograph by E . H aw k in s & Co ., 108, K in g ’s Road, B rig h to n . M ID D L E S E X v . N O T T S . T h e unexpected defeat of the M iddlesex eleven in the first h a lf of the w eek, by Som er­ setshire, detracted to some extent from the interest th a t would otherw ise have attached to th e ir firs t m atch of the season w ith N otts, begun at Lo rd ’ s on T h u rsd a y last. On paper, indeed, after th eir victo ries over Sussex and S u rre y, the resu lt seemed a rea lly good thing for N otts. U n d er the circum stances, it w as decided to give a tria l to a new bow ler, Need­ h am , in place of A ttew ell,w ho not h aving quite recovered from the recent sprain to h is ankle, thought it advisable to take a rest. A s it hap ­ pened h is bow ling w as g reatly m issed, although Needham was ve ry successful fo r a first ap­ pearance, taking four w ickets in the first in n in g s at an average cost of fourteen and a h a lf ru n s. Left-h an d ed over m edium pace, he takes only one step at d elivering , and h is action is a little p ecu liar. H e kept in th is m atch a good length, and as the b all comes at tim es a lot w ith h is arm , there seems to be in h im the m aking of a useful bow ler. M r. W ebbe, who won the toss, as u sual took M r. Stoddart w ith h im to b at, and-such a bold fro n t did they show the N ottingham bowlers th a t in an hour and tw e n ty m in u tes 96 had been m ade, ofiw hich.M r. Stoddart, who was first out, contributed 57. M r. Scott, too, proved a u sefu l p artner for h is C ap tain , and M r. W ebbe had been in ju s t over two hours and a h a lf w hen he w as caught at the w icke t for 67, got w ith o u t a chance. L a te r on, W est h it all round w ith great freedom , and it w as not u n til after half-past five o’clock th at the last M id ­ dlesex w icket fell. N otts, who at the end of T h u rsd a y’s play had made 23 runs fo r the loss of one batsm an (M r. D ixo n ), found them selves at a great disadvantage w hen p lay was resum ed on F rid a y , ow ing to the h eavy ra in of the early m orning, w h ich made the ground for a tim e d ifficu lt. Shrew sbury and F lo w ers played up w ith great p lu ck, but J . T . H earne, who had been once tried before for the C ounty ,to w it ag ainst the A u stralian s in 1888, proved ve ry successful against the other batsm en. Flo w ers m ade 50 out of 81 ru n s w h ile he w as in , and w h ile Shacklock w as batting there seemed every chance th a t the follow would be saved. F o r some little tim e th is hung in doubt, and the u n ce rtain ty le n t great in terest to the game. M iddlesex, though, w ere able to secure the ten th w icket w ith the total at 204, and N otts w ere obliged to go in again in a m in o rity of 82 ru n s. Exce p tin g M r. D ixo n , too, none of them offered any great opposition to the M iddlesex b ow ling, and in the tw o hours and a h a lf th a t rem ained on F rid a y , s ix w ickets fe ll for 149, of w h ich M r. D ixo n , w ho w as s till in , had m ade 71. O n S atu rd ay the N ottingham C ap tain had only added tw o w hen he was w ell taken at the w icke t. H e had played ad m ir­ able cricke t throughout, and considering how q u ickly the w ickets fe ll on the second evening, h is in ning s was w o rth y of the highest praise. S hacklock played w ith great freedom for 43, and when he was out, the n in th w icket, the end had p ractically arrive d , as only s ix more runs w ere added. M iddlesex at the fin ish wanted 124 to w in , and in the sixty -fiv e m inutes before luncheon on Satu rd ay, had made 50 of them at the expense of one of th eir ve ry best batsm en, M r. Stoddart. N otw ithstanding several changes, and in spite of the close field­ ing of N otts, M essrs. W ebbe and Scott added 46 on the resum ption, before the form er, who had played excellen t cricket fo r h is 43 , was taken at the w icket. M r. O’B rie n only came in to fa ll a viotim to S h erw in at the w ioket, but M essrs. H e n e ry and Scott soon placed the resu lt beyond doubt, and a d rive fo r fo u r to the P a v ilio n b y M r. H enery left M iddlesex ju s t before four o’clock w ith a well-earned and m ost creditable victo ry. J . T . H earne, whom we have already m entioned, bowls fastish rig h t, w ith an easy actio n, and as he is gener­ a lly a good length, besides being able to m ake the ball do som ething, on h is form of la s t week he bids fa ir to be of use to M iddlesex. M id d l e se x . F irst Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b uarnes ...................57 Mr. A. J. Webbe leapt.), c Sherwin, b .Needham ...........67 Mr. S. W. Scott, c Shrewsbury, bNeed- ham .......................... 4-2 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Beves, b Flowers ... 20 Mr. P. J. T. Henery, c Scotton, b Needham 17 Mr. U. F. Vernon, c Shrewsbury,bNeed- lid ,w ........................... 2 y Mr. P. J. de Paravi- cini.c Shrewsbury, b F'lowers ........... 2 J. E. West, c Need­ ham, b Dixon ... 46 Burton, b D ixon ... 12 Phillips, c and b F lo w ers................... 9 J. T. Hearne, not out 0 B 7,lb 4, n b l ...12 Total ...........286 In the Second Innings Stoddart scored b RicUarason, S, w eooe, c Sherwiu, b Larues, 43 Sout»E (not out), 51, O’Hrien, c Sherwin, b Barues’ 1, Henery (not out;, 12; o B, lb 3.—Total, 124. N o tts . First Inniugs. Shrewsbury, c O’Brien, b Hearne ...........................54 Mr. j . A. Dixon (capt.), b Hearne ........... Second Innings. .. 10 ... 14 b ... 21 ... 50 Gunn, b Phillips Barnes, c Webbe, Burton ................... Flowers, b Bearne ... Scotton, b Hearne ........... 0 Mr. G, Beves, b Hearne ... 0 Shacklock, c W ebbe, b Stoddarfc ........................... 21 Richardson, c O ’Brien, b Stoddart ...........................10 Sherwin, b H e a r n e ........... 7 Needham, not out ........... 3 B 10, lb 4 Total ... 14 ...204 b Stoddart... ... 11 c W ist, b Stod­ dart ........... ... 73 c W est, b Burton 20 b W ebbe ... ... 0 c Webbe, b B urton ... ... 3 c O’Brien, b Hearne ... ... 2 c Hearne, b Stoddart ... 14 c Henery, b Phillips ... ... 43 b Phillips ... ... 13 not out ... 2 c Burton, b Phillips ... ... 5 B 17, lb 2 ... 19 Total ...2U5 BOW LING ANALYSIS. M id d le se x . F irst Innings. O. M. R. W . 22 6 54 0 ... 33 12 69 3 ... 31 11 45 0 ... 32 10 62 4 ... 22 10 43 1 ... 3 0 11 2 Shacklock Flowers ... Richardson Needham... Barnes ... D ixon Second Innings. O. M. R . W . ... 15 3 80 0 ... 14 4 33 0 ... 21 11 28 1 ... 8 5 12 0 ... 11.1 8 15 2 N o ttin gh am sh ire . First Inning*. O. M. R. W. Burton ........... 24 8 43 1 ... Phillips ........... 25 10 43 1 ... Hearne ........... 33.310 62 6 ... S toddart........... 24 5 39 2 ... W ebbe Second Innings. O. M. R . W . ... 26 8 49 2 ... 14.3 6 22 3 ... 24 9 45 1 ... 26 8 61 ... 5 2 9 1 C ricketers .— B e s t G oods b e a r this M ark .— A dyt. T H E S E V E N T H A U S T R A L IA N T E A M . S E V E N T H M A T C H .—v , L A N C A S H IR E . A fte r th eir defeat at the hands of Y o rk sh ire e arlier in the w eek, the chances of the A u s­ tralian s h ard ly seemed p a rticu la rly hopeful w hen they appeared at O ld Trafford on T h u rs ­ day last to meet such a pow erful all-round side as Lan cash ire has been able to place in the field during the la st two or three years. T h e y were u n lu cky, too, in h aving to p lay w ith o u t B lackh am , who received a severe blow w h ile keeping w icket at Sheffield on Tuesd ay, and in h is absence M urdoch had to take the w ick e t. C harlton, who had not been p articu ­ la rly successful since the O xford m atch, w as left out to give T ru m b le another chance, and, as w ill be seen, the la tte r proved very u sefu l both w ith bat and b all. T h e excellent show of the Lano ash ire eleven against K e n t on the first two days of the w eek gave ad ditional interest to the m atch, ahd on the first day there could not have been less th an seventeen thousand spectators. M urdoch, who has been so fa r ve ry lu ck y in the toss, w as again fortunate to get the choice, and, as the w icket w as in run- getting order, n a tu ra lly took the in n in g s. A ve ry bad start the A u stralian s m ade, too, as B rig g s w as w ell on the spot, and B a rre tt’ s dis­ m issal w as followed by th at of M urdoch. W ith two of the best batsm en out in the firs t over, and for only 1 ru n , things looked ve ry unpro­ m ising for the side, and though L y o n s h it w ith h is usual freedom, T ro tt received so little assistance from Jones and W alte rs th a t when the fifth w ioket fe ll the total w as only 72. T u rn e r and T ro tt, how ever, played the La n c a ­ sh ire bowling w ith confidence, and by good cricke t they had raised the score to 144, when the latte r w as given cut l b w . H e had been in two hours and ten m inutes, and h is 61 was the outcome of w atch fu l and co r­ rect batting w ith o u t a chance. T u rn e r, who had made h is 48 in an h o u r by m ore free b at­ tin g but by equally good cricke t, soon followed, and h is dism issal the seventh batsm an,w ith the total only 155, ce rtain ly did not give prom ise of a very h ig h total. B u rn , who had hitherto done little or nothing w ith the bat, however, len t G regory valuable assistance, and th eir stand for the eighth w icket proved the tu rn in g point of the game. B o th batsm en playea p lu ck ily , m aking the m ost of th e ir oppor­ tu nities, and 59 w as the resu lt of th e ir p artn er­ ship. A fte r B u rn ’s d ism issal, F e r r is and Trum b le both h it fre e ly, and helped by more th an one m istake in the field G regory w as s till in w hen the in ning s closed. T h e la st five w ickets had added no less than 245 ru n s, and of these G regory had contributed 59, a u sefu l score, but not w ith o u t lu ck , containing as it did more th an one chance. La n ca sh ire , in th e ir tu rn , m ade only a fa ir sta rt, having lost two of th eir best batsm en w hen p lay ceased on T h u rsd ay n ig h t. A n y chances of the county m aking an even game of it w ere, how ever, u tte rly destroyed by the h eavy ra in of T h u rsd a y n ig h t, l l i e w icket under the influence of the sun the follow ing day indeed proved so treacherous th at the A u stralian bowlers carried everyth in g before them , and in a little over tw o hours tw o inning s of La n ca sh ire had been completed. T u rn e r and F e rris , two bow lers w ith o u t a superior under such conditions, provedso effective when p lay w as resum ed on F rid a y th a t in three- quarters of an;hour the eight rem aining w ickets in La n cash ire ’s first in n in g s fell for an addition of only 26 ru n s. T u rn e r, w ith the w in d be­ h in d h im , w as irre sistib le , and in eight overs he w as credited w ith five w ickets at a cost of only 9 runs, the la st four batsm en a ll failin g to score. In the follow on, too, although M r. H o rn b y and B rig g s m ade 32 ru n s in the first eight overs, T u rn e r again bowled w ith great success, and Trum b le, who took F e rris ’s end, w as so effective at the fia ish th a t the last seven w ickets only added 30 ru n s. On F rid a y eighteen La n cash ire w ickets fe ll fo r 109 runs, and as the aggregate only amounted to 161, the A u stralian s won w ith 155 ru n s and an in n in g s to spare. T u rn e r’s bow ling co ntri-