Cricket 1891

118 C R IC K E T : A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. M A f 21,1891 SUEREY v. ESSEX. Though Essex was without two of its most reliable batsmen in the absence of Messrs. A . P. Lucas and F. E. Rowe, Surrey had also to find substitutes for Lockwood and Wood in this match begun at Kennington Oval on Thursday last. For the third time in succes­ sion Surrey were fortunate enough to win the toss, and as most of the eleven proved suc­ cessful they remained at the wickets until five o ’ c I ock . Abel, Lohmann, the Reads of the earlier batsmen did best, and later on Henderson and Brockwell, the latter of whom hit in excellent style, were seen to ad­ vantage, adding 53 for the eighth wicket. Brockwell hit three fours in succession, and his 48 not out was the highest score on the side. When Essex went in Mr. Owen played excellent cricket, and when the stumps were drawn on Thursday night after an hour-and- a-quarter’s batting, of 61 got for the loss of four wickets he had contributed 26 not out. Rain over night had affected the ground some­ what on Friday morning, and Lohmann and Sharpe proved so effective that the total was only increased by 67 runs. Of these 46 were got by Mr. Sewell and Cutts, the latter of whom, a left-handed batsman,playedvery steadily,while his partner hit freely. Following on in a minority of 166, though, Mr. Owen and Cutts made a better start for Essex against the bowling of Lohmann and Brockwell, and the score was 41 before the latter was caught. Carpenter, who followed, made fourteen in four hits, and as he had helped to add twenty the total was 61 when the second wicket fell. After this, though the rain caused three intervals, Lohmann and Sharpe quickly disposed of the remaining batsmen. Mr. Bishop and Pickett were both a second time dismissed without scoring, and as the last eight wickets only added 36, Surrey were left with an unexpectedly easy victory by an inn­ ings and 69 runs. Mr. Owen was responsible for 37 out of the second total of 97, and his battingwas one of thebest features of the game Lohmann, it will be seen, took ten wickets for 93, Sharpe nine for 84 runs. Cutts made his first appearance for Essex in this match. S urrey . Abel, c Mead, b CarHenderson, c Little- penter ............... 46 wood, b Pickett ... 33 Mr. J. Shuter, b Brockwell, notout... 48 Mead...................... 24 Sharpe, c Carpenter, Read, b Cutts......... 37 b Pickett ........ 0 Mr. W.W. Read,lbw, Mr. F. Fielding, b bMead ............... 43 Pickett ................ 2 Lohmann, c and b B 5, lb 6, nb 1 ... 12 Bishop ............... 45 — Mr. K. J. Key, b Total .........294 Bishop ............... 4 Ayres, o Sewell, b Mead...................... 0 E ssex . First Innings. Mr. H. G. Owen, c Abel, b Lohmann......................24 Carpenter, c Key, b Sharpe ...................... 6 Burns, b Abel ............... 11 Littlewood, c Read, b Lohmann...................... 5 Mr. F. P. Francis, b Lohmann...................... 0 Mr. C. D. Buxton, b Lohmann...................... 23 Mr. R. P. Sewell, b Sharpe 33 Mr. F. A. Bishop, b Lohmann...................... 0 Cutts, not out ..................13 Pickett, b Sharpe Mead, b Sharpe... B 6, lb 7 ......... Second Innings. b Sharpe .........37 lbw, b Lohmann 14 cand bLohmann b Sharpe ......... b Lohmann ... c Abel, b Loh­ mann............... candb Lohmann 11 b Sharpe ........ c Brockwell, 1 Sharpe ........ b Sharpe ........ not out ........ B 9, lb 2 ... 11 T otal................128 Total ... 97 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S urrey . First Innings. O. M.R. W. O. M. R. W PiCkett ......... 33 12 83 3 I Cutts...28 8 84 Mr.F.A.Bishop 25 12 46 2 C a r- Mead................ 19 4 568 I penter 3 113 1 Pickett bowled a no*ball. E ssex . Lohmann Sharpe Abel ... First Innings. O. M. R. W. 37 15 48 5 33 14 58 4 4 2 9 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 30 10 45 5 22 13 26 5 1 1 0 0 Brockwell 7 2 15 0 M.C.C. AND G. First Innings. Dr.W.G. Grace,st K( mble, b Briggs ......................16 Second Innings. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. LANCASHIRE. Though both sides were well represented for this match, begun at Lord’ s on Thursday, the bowlers found the wicket so much in their favour that they were able to show to advantage throughout. The long succession of dry weather had caused the ground to be watered more than usual just before the match, and hence Mr. Hornby was in some doubt as to going in when he had won the toss. He decided, however, to put Marylebone into the field, and thanks to his free hitting, and that of his successor, Sugg, the score was 64 when the second wicket fell. After this, though, Martin and Attewell bowled with such success that no one offered any great resistance, and the innings was over for 117, six of the eleven only contributing 18 runs between them.When Marylebone wentin it was soon evident that Mold would be very awkward. He began by bowling Flowers at 13, and, a little later, sent down a ball which hurt Barnes’ s hand so badly that he was not able to take any further part in the game. Mr. Grace and Lord Hawke got runs freely while they were together, and the latter’s 37 was far and away the best innings on the side. At one time it certainly did not look as if the County would be behind on the first hands, and, indeed, it was only a useful stand by Attewell and Martin for the ninth wicket which gave M.C.C. an advantage of 11 runs. W ith the exception of Sugg, who made 29 out of 35 while he was in, the earlier batsmen of Lancashire did little in the second innings on Friday, and when the fifth wicket fell the total was only 54. Ward and Yates, however, played excellent cricket on a ground which favouredthebowlers greatly,and 56were added before the former was caught,for a useful if not faultless score of 82. Yates continued to bat in excellent style, and as Watson was absent the innings closed on the fall of the ninthwicket. Yates’ 30, not out, was a highly creditable per­ formance under the circumstances. Flowers bowled with great success at the finish, taking the last four wickets at a cost of only 8 runs. Marylebone, when they went in for their second innings, wanted 107 to win, and 33 of these had been got for the loss of Mr. Grace and Flowers, when rain, which had previously stopped the game twice, caused the suspension of play for the day. Immediately after the resumption on Saturday Lord Hawke, who was not out 20 over night, was well stumped, and though Messrs. Pope and Russel gave some slight trouble Briggs and Baker soon dis­ missed the remaining batsmen. Saturday only saw 52 added, and as the innings closed for 85, Lancashire won with 21 runs to spare. The Rev. Vernon Royle, who had been absent from first-class cricket for some time, was, it will be seen, included in the Lancashire eleven. L ancashire . First Innings. Mr.A.N.Hornby, c Hawke, b M artin...................... 31 Barlow,cGrace, b Attewell 10 Sugg, c Flowers, b Martin 22 A. Ward, b M artin.........15 Briggs, b Attewell .........12 Rev.V.F.Koyle, b Attewell 2 Yates, lbw, b Attewell ... 3 Baker, b Martin............... 0 Mr. A. T. Kemble, not out 9 Watson, st Sherwin, b Martin ...................... 2 Mold, b Martin......... ... 2 B 8, lb 1 ...................... 9 b Flowers ... lbw, b Martin b Martin ... not out b Flowers......... c sub, b Flowers absent......... ... c Pojje, bFlowers Flowers, b Mold... Second Innings. c Bherwin, b Martin......... c Sherwin, b Attewell.........15 c sub,b Attewell 29 33 2 1 30 0 0 Barnes, retired hurt......... 4 Mr. J. Cranston, c Mold, b Briggs............................ 0 Lord Hawke, b Watson ... 37 c Hornby, . b Briggs ......... 4 , 10 st Kemble, b Briggs ......... 2 absent................ 0 Mr. R. J. Pope, b Watson 12 Mr. J. S. Russel, b Mold 0 Mr. H. D. Littlewood, b Watson ...................... Attewell, st Kemble, b Briggs... ... ............... Martin, not out............... Sherwin, b Mold ... ... B 4, lb 4 ...................... b Briggs .........15 st Kemble, b Briggs .........26 run out .........17 c Mold, b Baker 14 9 cBarlow.bBriggs 0 Total .........117 Total ...117 c Yates, b Baker 0 not out ......... 2 c sub, b Baker... 0 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 Total... 85 Total ............... 128 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ancashire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Attewell........30 12 57 4 Martin ........ 80.2 14 50 6 Barnes . . . . . . 1 0 1 0 O. M.R. W. ...25 8 38 2 ... 26 7 54 3 Grace 3 0 14 0 Flowers! 4 1 8 4 M.C.C. and G. First Innings. O. M. R. W. Mold............... 35 12 55 3 Briggs ......... 17 4 44 3 Watson......... 17 8 21 3 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 6 1 17 0 ........ 29 11 36 5 Baker.0.3 9 27 3 OXFORD UN IVERSITY v. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. With the exception of the substitution of W . G. Clegg, a Senior, for the Freshman F. Leveson-Gower, the Oxford eleven in this match, begun at Oxford on Thursday last, was the same as that which had been so decisively beaten by Lancashire earlier in the week. Oxford had to meet, too, a strong side in the eleven collected by A. J. Webbe, although there was no great amount of bowling. W in­ ning the toss, however, proved of consider­ able advantage to them, and they kept the Gentlemen out in the field for four hours, scoring so fast as to make 283 runs in this time. For this total they wrere mostly in­ debted to an exceptionally fine display of hitting by E. Smith. In less than two hours he knocked up 117, and as he went in when the total was 112, it will be seen he made nearly three-fourths of the runs while he was batting. There was no actual mistake, too, to detract from a brilliant performance, and in proof of the severity of his hitting we may add that his figures, which included two sixes and twenty fours, only contained seventeen singles. Though Smith’s batting over­ shadowed the rest, Brain and Clegg lent him useful assistance, and the latter helped to add 89 for the ninth wicket. When the Gentle­ men went in Webbe and Vernon scored fast, and in fifty minutes 82 runs were got for the loss of two batsmen (Hewett and Forster). Frequent showers and a cold wind handi­ capped Oxford heavily on Friday, and under the double disadvantage of a slippery ground and a wet ball they fared badly. Vernon and Pearson in particular hit freely. The former made 90 out of 112 in an hour and 20 minutes, and Pearson got his 70 in the same number of minutes. Case, an Oxford Senior, who took Dr. J. E. Barrett’s place, also shaped well, and his 55 was the result of excellent cricket without a mistake. Commencing their second innings in a minority of 76, the University made a bad start, losing two batsmen in forty minutes for only twenty-two runs. Rain delayed the resumption on Saturday, and the weather, with hail and rain in addition to a bleak wind, made matters very disagreeable for the fieldsmen in particular. Still, though the wicketwas in Oxford’sfavour at the outset