Cricket 1890

2 6 0 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JU L Y 17, 1890. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v. KENT. The Kent eleven did a remarkably fine per­ formance in their return match of the season Martin with Notts,begun on the Trent Bridge Ground, Wright Nottingham, on Thursday. The excellent show they made, too, was the more creditable, as in addition to Mr. M. C. Kemp, three amateurs who have all batted well this year— Messrs. Fox, Hamilton, and Daffen, to wit— were all absent. The eleven, though, in­ cluded, for the first time this summer, it may be added, Mr. W. H. Patterson, and it was his exceptionally fine batting that laid the foundation of one of the best achievements so far recorded in County cricket during this season. Notts, who lost the toss, had a long outing, as at the end of the first day, when the telegraph showed 243,they had only succeeded in getting rid of three batsmen. The game, too, had been continued with only the usual in­ terruption for luncheon, and as tho actual play extended over five hours and a half, runs were got at the rate of 40 runs an hour, a proof of the excellence of the bowling and fieldiDg of the home team. The honours of this brilliant performance rested exclusively on two batsmen, Mr. Patterson and Alec Hearne. The amateur came in at one o’clock with the total 40 for two wickets, and when Hearne was bowled just after six o’clock the score was 209. The outgoing batsman’s share of this sum was 66, and during the five hours he was in, only one and that but a semblance of a chance could be urged to his discredit. As a display of careful, watchful cricket his inn­ ings was of a very high order of merit. Mr. Wilson stayed in with Mr. Patterson for the last twenty-five minutes on Thursday, and during this time 34 runs were added without th# loss of another batsman. Rain prevented any play on Friday till after luncheon, and then after two overs had realised nine runs, another heavy downpour stopped the game for the afternoon. On Saturday morning on reaching the grunod Mr. Marchant, the Kent captain, declared his innings at anendin the hope that with every possibility of difficult wicket Notts might be got out twice. Kent began well, too, by securing Mr. Dixon from the second ball, and another and even greater triumph was in store in Shrewsbury’s dismissal for fourteen. When, however, 40 had been scored for the loss of four wickets rain descended so heavily that it was decided at three o’clock to give up all idea of further play. Mr. Patterson’s brilliant innings of 123 not out was the more remarkable not only because it was really his first match this season, but also because he had to meet under such disadvantages bowlers like Attewell, Shacklock, Richardson, Flowers and Barnes Just at the outset he was not quite at home, and he was nearly out twice before he had made ten. After this, though, he settled down into his best form, and the latter part of his innings was free from anything like a flaw. K e n t . Mr. F. Marchant, b A ttew ell.....................14 A. Hearne, b Flowers 65 B 8, lb 4... ..........12 G. Hearne, bRichard- son ........................... 15 Total ..........252 Mr. W. H. Patterson, not out ...................123 W. F. Best. J. Le Fleming, Barton, Pentecost. Martin and Wright did not bat (innings declared finished). N o t t s . Mr. L. Wilson, not out ........................22 Mr. J. A. Dixon, c Wilson, b Martin... 0 Shrewsbury, b Bar­ ton ........................14 Gunn, not o u t ..........16 Scotton, b Barton ... 0 Barnes, Ibw, b Mar­ tin ........................ Butler, not out B ........................ Total .......... Flowers. Shacklock, Attewell, Richardson and Sherwin did not bat. BOWLING ANALYSIS. K e n t. O. M. R. W Attewell... 63 25 58 1 Shacklock 26 9 55 0 Richard­ son , 28 21 22 Flowers ... 86 16 61 O. B.rnes... 17 Dixon ... 7 Scotton 4 Butler... 5 M. R. W. 9 13 4 8 0 1 12 0 2 11 N o t t s . O. M. R. W.[ ,27 14 19 2 ,16 12 10 0 I O. Barton... 9 Best ... 1 R. W. 9 2 0 0 SUSSEX v. SURREY. The Sussex eleven were outplayed at all points in their first match of the season against Surrey, begun at Brighton on |Thurs- day, and had to put up with their sixth defeat, this time a decisive one, bv an innings and 91 runs. Sussex was unfortunate in having to play without Jesse Hide, whose hand, hurt in the match between the Austra­ lians and the South, at the Oval, had not yet recovered. On the other hand Surrey had quite its full strength, Abel standing down to make room for the promising young Cantab, Mr. R. N. Douglas, who made his first appear­ ance in County cricket in this match. Mr. Shuter won the toss and decided to go in, though the wicket seemed likely to improve. Some were of opinion that he had acted un­ wisely, and as Messrs. Shuter, Douglas, and Roller were all out for 27, there seemed some reason for their estimate. When the two Reads became partners, however, the Sussex bowlers came in for severe punish­ ment, and both batsmen scored freely till at 138 W. W. Read was out lbw in trying to get a ball from Bean round. He gave two chances, one when he had got 10 to cover point, the other to point when his score was 62. Still his hitting all-round the wicket was well timed and full of vigour, and his innings, which lasted an hour and three-quarters, was worthy of unstinted praise. Onhis retirement Mr. Key and Maurice Read maintained the lively character of the scoring, and runs again came freely till the latter, who had been in an hour, was easily caught at slip for a brilliantly hit 56. When Mr. Key was out Lohmann and Brockwell also made runs at a good rate, and the latter was not out for an exceedingly good 21, when the tenth wicket fell with the total at 291. Sussex had an hour and a quarter for batting on Thursday, and though the wicket was in much better condition for run-getting fared so badly that at seven o’clock six of the best wickets had fallen for 61. A shower had made the wicket easy when play was resumed on Friday, and runs came freely till Mr. Thomas, who was 28 not out overnight, was bowled for an excellent score of 43. The re­ maining batsmen only added fourteen, and with Gibbs’ dismissal the innings came to an end for 90. Following on in a minority of 187, Quaife and Bean had made seven of them when a heavy thunderstorm stopped play for the day. Though at the outset on Saturday the wicket was easy Sussex made a bad start, losing Quaife and Bean for only nineteen runs. Messrs. Thomas and Newham made a better stand, but as the wicket dried the bats­ men found it difficult to score, and when Sharpe came on again at 51, he proved very destructive. At luncheon time the total was 96 for seven wickets, and as only eight runs were added the innings closed for 104. The bowling of Sharpe and Lohmann contributed, as will be seen, very materially to Surrey’s easy victory. Sharpe, though, had slightly the better average, his ten wickets costing 80 while Lohmann’s eight were got at an expense of 77 runs. S u r r e y . S u s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Quaife, lbw, b Lohmann 17 b Sharpe .......... 2 lebay, st Wood, b Loh­ mann ............................... 0 b Sharpe .......... 0 Mr.W. Newham, b Sharpe 2 c and b Roller... 18 Mr. E. J. M’Cormick, b Sharpe ........................ 4 c Key, b Sharpe 7 Mr. F. Thomas, b Loh­ mann ............................... 43 b Sharpe .......... 21 Bean, c M. Read, b Loh­ mann ............................... 0 c W. Read, b Lohmunn 14 Mr. C. A. Smith, b Sharpe 1 not out .......... 15 Humphreys, st W ood, b Lohm ann........................ 17 b W. Read.......... 14 Brown, b Lohm ann.......... 5 b Sharpe .......... 4 Butt, not out ................. 2 b Sharpe .......... 2 Gibb, st Wood, b Loh­ mann ............................... 1 c Wood, b Sharpe .......... 1 B 2, lb 2........................ 4 B ................. 6 Total ................. 96 Total ...104 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . Bean... Smith Gibb... O. ... 38 ... 41 ... .16 M. R. W. 10 83 3 16 58 3 5 35 1 O. Brown...16 M’Cor­ mick R W 38 1 Humphreys 18.1 S u sse x . First Innings. O.M. R. W. Lohmann ... 33.315437 Sharpe....... 23 11 45 3 Lockwood ... 118 Second Innings. O. M. R W ,. ... 27 11 84 ... 32.415 35 Roller... 1L 8 18 W. Read 3 1 2 Brockwell 1 1 0 Mr. J. Shuter, b Smith .................10 Mr. R. N. Douglas, c Newham, b Gibb ... 17 Mr W. E. Roller, b Smith ................. 0 Mr. W. W. Read, lbw, bBean .................80 M. Read, c Tebay, b Smith........................ Mr. K. J. Key, lbw, b B ean........................ 56 S7 Lockwood,bHumph- r e y s ........................ Lohmann, c New­ ham, b Brown ... 80 Wood, c and b Bean Brockwell, not out... 21 Sharpe, c Newham, b Humphreys B 17,lb 2 .......... Total ...2gl C * ir ,K iT * K 8 .— B e s t < C G B ^ Goods b e a r t h is M a r k .— A d v t LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Of late years the fixtures between these for­ midable neighbours have given rise to general interest. The excellent all-round cricket shown by the Yorkshire eleven, too, this season, has invested their engagagements with more than ordinary interest. Under ordinarily favourable circumstances, the match begun at Old Trafford, on Thursday, would have been followed with the greatest anxiety. As it was, the weather, which has interfered more or less with almost every meeting of im­ portance for the last month, prevented the delivery of a ball on the third day, and thus robbed Lancashire of what seemed to be a certain victory. Lord Hawke was unable to take charge of the Yorkshire eleven, but Lancashire aleo lacked one of its best men in the absence of Sugg, who was suffering from sore throat. Mr. Hornby won the toss, but the Lancashire men found run-getting very difficult on the slow wicket, and their innings, though it lasted close on four hours, only realised 161 runs. By far the best batting was shown by Briggs, who did not give a chance during the two hours and twenty minutes he was at the wickets. He was, too, run out in trying a sharp run in response to Mr. Hornby’s call, and, unfortunately, in trying to get in, strained himself so badly that he not only had to be helped off the field, but was unable to bowl. The wicket, as it dried, became more difficult, and under the disadvantage of a bad light, Yorkshire could do nothing against the fast bowling of Mold. No one, indeed, but Mr. Smith played him at all confidently, and of the seven wickets that fell before the end of the day he had obtaiaed six. Yorkshire wanted 22 to save the follow- on when the game was resumed on Friday morning, and they managed to do this with 6 runs to spare. Going in a second time in a majority of 73 runs, Lancashire made an un­ promising commencement, the score being only 24 when the third wicket fell. Some brilliant hitting by Briggs and Paul, however, worked a wonderful change in the game. Briggs, who had Watson to run for him, hit all round in his very best style, and when he was out 95 had been added in exactly an hour. He was in altogether himself an hour and three quarters, and as a display of free and confident hitting his 54 can not be too highly