Cricket 1891

186 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. JUNE 18, 1891 M.C.C. & GROUND v. KENT. Though in the absence of Messrs. W . H. Pat­ terson, A. Daffen, and W. C. Kemp, as well as G. G. Hearne, Kent could certainly not be said to be in anything like full strength, its representatives had an easy victory over a fairly good side of M.C.C and Ground, in this match, played at Lord’s on Monday and Tuesday. TheCounty were fortunate enough to win the toss, and the innings, which lasted until nearly four o’clock on Monday, reached the respectable total of 195. Still the batting was of an uneven character, and three of the eleven were responsible for 150 of 189 got from the bat. Mr. Marcliant’s batting was the chief feature of the early part of the innings, and he maae 73 out of 95 while he was in, with one chance when he had got 29. Sub­ sequently Mr.Braybrooke and Wright, who hit hard, were seen to advantage, and the 39 of tho former was a thoroughly sound and fault­ less display. Tho Marylebone eleven in their turn made generally a poor show with the bat, and in two hours and a half the side were dis­ missed for 116. The exceptions were Mr. Ferris, Hearn, and Capt. Friend, and the latter, who carried out his bat for a useful 25, was fortunate enough to escape a chance of stump­ ing when 2 runs were still wanted to avoid a follow. As it was a heavy thunderstorm stopped play just before the appointed time on Monday, and on the following morning Kent utilised fully the opportunity of batting under fairly favourable conditions. Again, however, the scoring was uneven, and this time four of the side contributed 188 out of 216 from the bat. Though Mr. Weigall, who made such a promising debut against Warwickshire at Birmingham, and Alec Hearne played ex­ cellent cricket, the stand of the innings came when the former was partnered by Mr. Fox. In less than an hour and a half this pair in­ creased the total by 107, and it had reached the formidable number of 170 when the fifth batsman was out. From this point, though, the Kent wickets fell |fast before the good bowling of Dr. Grace, and as the last five men only added 57 the innings came to a close for 221, a smaller sum than at one time seemed possible. Mr. Weigall, who was in two hours and twenty minutes for his 61, and Mr. Fox, who hit finelv for 56, both played sterling cricket; and they, with Mr. Mitchell, bore off tho batting honours. Following, as it did, on a fine display against Warwickshire, Mr. Weigall’s performanco stamps him as a young batsman of great promise, and it will be a surprise if he should not have a trial in the Cambridge eleven. Dr. Grace bowled with remarkable success, and, as will be seen, he secured seven wickets at a cost of only 38 runs. The Marylebono team were left with 301 runs to win, and though the ground was still in good condition, they quite failed to accom­ plish this task. Bean stayed in for an hour, during which period he hit up 48 by really good crioket. Mr. Pope and Davenport each rendered him some slight assistance, but otherwise only a feeble display was given, and before seven o’clock on Tuesday, Kent were left with a decisive victory by 175 runs. Martin, in this seoond innings, was responsible for five wickets at a cost of little more than nine runs each. K ent . First Innings. Mr. G. J. Y. Weigall, b Grace............................. 7 A. Hearne, c Grace, b Bean .............................17 Mr. F. Marchant, b Ferris 73 O. J. M. Fox, b Bean ... 0 G. Q. Hearnc, run out ... 0 Mr. H. M. Braybrooke, b Burton ......................39 Mr. C. Mitchell, run out... 7 W. Hearne, st Davenport, b Bean ...................... 0 Wright, o Bean, b Burton 44 Martin, c Ferri«, b Grace 2 Nuttall, not out............... 0 B 2, lb4...................... 6 Total............. 195 Second Innings. b Grace ; .........61 lbw, b Grace ... 33 o G r a o e , b Burton ......... 3 b Grace .........50 c Pope, b Grace 10 c Davenport, b . Ferris... ... ... 8 not out .........38 b Grace ... b Grace run out ... b Grace B 4, lb 1 M.C.C. First Innings. Second Innings. Mr.W.G.Grace.cG.Hearne, b Martin ...................... 0 b Martin .......... Mr. J. J. Ferris, c G., b A. Hearne ......................38 b Martin ... ... Mr. R. J. Pope, c and b Wright ...................... 3 b Wright ... Bean, b Wright............... 9 b W. Hearne Mr. J. Cranston, b Wright 0 c Martin, Wright Davenport, b A. Hearne ... 8 c Braybrooke, b Martin ... W, Hearn, c Weigall, b W. Hearne ......................21 b W. Hearne Capt. L. B. Friend, not out .............................25 b Martin ... ... 2 Burton, c and b Martin ... 5 not out ......12 Wootton* b W. Hearne ... 3 b Martin ......... 0 Needham, b W. Hearne ... 2 c Marchant, b Wright ......... 0 B l . l b l ...................... 2 B 6, lb 1 ... 7 Total ..............«110 Total ...125 BOWLING ANALYSIS. K e n t . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Grace... . Burton Needham Bean ... Wootton , Ferris-... . 17.1 0 43 2 , 12 3 42 2 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 5 , 18 , 5 , 13 1 4 1 8 40 13 0 43 3 0 0 30.3 9 12 2 7 15 12 4 33 13 8 12 0 4 43 0 28 0 66 1 M.C.C. First Innings. O. M. R. W. Wright ... 27 16 24 3 . Martin......... 25 6 48 2 A. Hearne ... 10 3 22 2 W. Hearnc .. 8.4 2 20 3 Second Innings. O. M. R. W- ... 19.4 5 62 8 ... 19 4 47 5 ... 0 3 9 0 ... 6 2 10 2 Total ...221 SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. The Surrey eleven added another to their very creditable succession of victories at Ken­ nington Oval on Tuesday, when they defeated Middlesex by an innings and threo runs. Mr. Shuter, who had been very lucky in previous matches in the toss, was not this time favoured by the coin, and as a consequence he had to lead his men out into the field. Their outing, however, was only of brief duration, as the ball got up at one end rather awkwardly at times, and Sharpe proved so successful that Middlesex were out in an hour and a half for a small total of 86. Of the ten wickets Sharpe was credited with nine at a cost of 47 runs, and Abel, at short slip, caught four bats­ men, tho majority good catches. The com­ mencement of Surrey’s batting was hardly more promising than that of their opponents. Mr. Shuter, Mr. W . W . Read, and Abel gave little trouble, and with three dangerous bats­ men out for 38, there was a chance that Mid­ dlesex might got rid of the Surrey eleven for a comparatively small total. Unfortunately, however, Mr. J. P. Rogers, of the Hampstead Club, who took J. E . West’s place at the wicket, was not at home on his first introduc­ tion to County cricket, and-he failed to take advantage of more than one chance of stump­ ing. Maurice Read and Lohmann, too, were both fortunate in being missed in the field, and their free hitting had no small effect in influencing the result. While they were to­ gether they scored 65 runs in thirty-five minutes, and though both were decidedly lucky, none the less, their resolute cricket was greatly appreciated by the spectators. T o­ wards the close of the innings, too, runs were scored fast by Brockwell, Wood, and Sharpe, and Wood’s 33 was, without a doubt, the best performance on the side. Going in a second time 147 runs to the bad, Middlesex quickly lost Messrs. Stoddart and Scott, the latter well caught in front of the pavilion. Mr. Webbe, who had been missed before he had scored by the |wicket*keeper standing back, however, subsequently batted with great care and judgment, and with ;Mr. Nepean had added 38 runs when rain stopped play on Monday evening. The wicket had not been appreciably affected by the wet when the game was resumed on Tuesday morning, and Sharpe and Lohmann proved so successful with the ball that six wicxets were secured for an addi­ tion of 42 runs. Mr. Johnston, who had played with no little confidence and judgment from the first, however, found two useful partners at the last in Hearne and Phillips, and the latter not only lent such valuable assistance, but himself shaped so well, that Middlesex seemed certain to avoid an innings defeat. As it was, however, Mr. Johnston, when only three runs were required to put Surrey in a second time, missed one from Sharpe and the match was over a few minutes after one o’clock. Mr. Johnston’s plucky batting at the finish was worthy of all praise. Though he gave two chances his innings under the circumstances was a very creditable display, and he certainly set the other batsmen an exoellent example when things were going altogether against his side. Sharpe was again the most succossful bowler for Surrey, and his figures in the match (46 overs and 4 balls for 97 runs and fourteen wickets) were exceptionally good. M id d le se x . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Henderson, b Sharpe ... 14 b Sharpe », Mr. A. J. Webbe, c Abel, b Sharpe ... ... ... ... 4 Mr. S. W. Scott, c Abel, b Sharpe ............... ... 16 Mr. E. A. Nepean, c Wood, b Sharpe >H ............... 19 Mr. J. E. Johnston, o Abel, b Sharpe............... 1 Rawlin, c Abel, b Loh­ mann ... ...................... 6 Mr. E. M. Hadow, b Sharpe ...................... 2 Mr. G. F. Vernon, c Hen­ derson, b Sharpe......... 6 Mr. J. P. Rogers, not out 7 Hearne, c Lohmann, b Sharpe ...................... c Lohmann, Sharpe ... c M. Read, Lohmann b Sharpe ... b Sbarpe ... b Sharpe ... c W. Read, Lohmann b ... 38 ... 0 ... 13 ... 49 ... 0 b 8 Phillips, c Sharpe B 8, lb 1 ... Total Wood, b .........80 S urrey . o sub, b Loh­ mann ......... 10 c W. Read, b Lohmann ... 0 c W. Read, b Lockwood ... 10 not out ......... 9 B 2, lb 2, w 1 5 Total ...144 Abel, c Rogors, b Hoarne ......... ... 11 Mr. J. Shutor, b Nepean ......... ... 2 Road, c Rawlin, b Phillips ......... ... 49 Mr. W. W. Read, b Nepean ......... ... 4 Lohmann, c Stod­ dart, b Phillips ... 43 Mr. K. J. Key, b Hearne ......... ... 7 Henderson, c Hearne, b Nepean...............10 Lockwood, b Hearne 7 Brockwell, c Rawlin, b Phillips............... 33 Wood, b Hoarno ... 33 Sharpe, not out ... 20 B 10, lb 4 .........14 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. ...22r3 M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Lohmann Sharpe... O. M. E. W. O. M. B. W. 19 11 30 1 .......... 28 7 67 4 . 18 3 4 47 9 .......... 281 12 50 5 Lockwood 9 1 Abel......... 1 0 2 0 Sharpe bowled 1 wide. Hearne Nepean S u r r e y . O. M. R. W., 28 2 7 67 4 Bawlin .. 23 5 C3 3 1Phillips.. O. M. E. w. II 2 31 0 15 3 58 3 CRICKETER8 — B est G oods City A,gent*— beau this Make.—Advt. V akton &L bbteb 94, Q uben S t ., C heapside *