Cricket 1891

2 0 2 ORtCKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. JUNE 25, 1891 WARWICKSHIRE v. SURREY. The abandonment of the American tour caused a vacancy in the Surrey programme which was filled up by the arrangement of home and home fixtures with Warwickshire after an interruption of four years. Tho first match was begun at Birmingham on Thurs­ day, and proved very one-sided, Surrey being left with* a decisive victory on Friday after­ noon. Mr. A. F. Clarke took Wood’s place as wicket-keeper, and Watts played vice Hen­ derson, otherwise Surrey had its usual eleven. Mr. Shuter was again fortunate enough to win the toss, and with Abel, made such a good start that in the course of an hour and three- quarters 131 had been scored for the first wicket. Abel hit with rather unusual freedom, his share of this number being 69. The Surrey captain, who should have been caught when he had made five, was second out at 153 for G6 .gained, with the one exception named, by thoroughly good cricket. After the dis­ missal of Maurice Read and Lohmann, Mr. Key (who stayed in an hour for 25) and Mr. Read made a stand, though this was dwarfed by the spirited hitting of Brockwell and Lock­ wood, who took the score from 231 to 313 for the seventh wicket. Lockwood was the last man out, for an excellent 36. As will be seen, nine batsmen subscribed double figures to the total of 347. Though they lost Lilley on Thursday night without a run, Warwick­ shire did well on Friday morning up to a certain point. Mr. Bainbridge and Devey put on 57 runs for the second wioket, and the former in particular showed excellent cricket. From this point, though, Sharpe, who had been rather freely hit at first, bowled with remarkable success, and he took the last six wickets in fourteen overs for 10 runs. In a minority of 227 runs, Warwickshire fared even worse in the follow-on. The second innings was, indeed, only remarkable for the splendid bowling of Lockwood, who achieved the un­ common distinction of the “ hat trick,” getting Shilton, Pallett, and Cresswell with consecu­ tive balls. Like Sharpe in the first innings, he secured eight of the ten wickets, but at a smaller cost, and he has never before been seen to so much advantage for the County. Warwickshire were thus dismissed twice on Friday for an aggregate of 221, leaving Surrey victorious, about five in the afternoon, by an innings and 126 runs. S u rrey . Abel, c Lillev, b Pal- letfc ......................69 Mr. J. Shuter, b Shil­ ton ......................66 M. llead,cBainbridgc, b Pallett ...............17 Mr. W. W. Read, b Crcsswcll...............30 Lohmann, c Devey, b Pallett ............... 11 Mr. K. J. Key, b Shil­ ton ............... 25 Lockwood, b Cress- well ......................86 Brockwell, st Lilley, b Pallett............... 52 Watts, c Law, b Pal­ lett ...................... 2 Sharpe, b Cresswell 20 Mr. A. F. Clarke, not out ...................... 0 B 8, lb 11 ........... 19 T otal.........347 W a r w ick sh ir e . Second Innings. First Innings. Devey, b Sharpe... Lilley, run out ... Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, c Clarke, b Sharpe .........45 c W. W. Read, .. 21 c Watts,bSharpe 21 0 not out ......... 9 Law, b Sharpe ... . W. A. J. West, c Brock- well, b Lohmann......... Mr. L. C. Docker, lbw, b Sharpe ...................... 0 b Lockwood... 10 U c W. W. Read, b Lockwood ... 8 c Sharpe,bLock- wood............... c Abel, b Lock­ wood ......... ... 11 c Clarke, b Lock- Richards, not out ... wood .........11 Pallett, b Sharpe ......... 0 b Lockwood ... 0 Mr. J. B. Wood, o Clarke, b Sharpe ...................... 3 b Brockwell ... 9 Shilton, lbw, bSharpe ... 1 c Lohmann, b Lockwood ... 13 Cresswell, c Brockwell, b Sharpe............................ 10 b Lockwood ... 0 B 11, lb 2 ............... 13 B 3, lb 2 ... 5 Total ...120 T otal ...101 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . O. M. R. W Pallett ... 56 12 104 5 West Shilton ...'56 11 136 2 Devey Crosswell 27 2 52 3 W a r w ic k sh ir e . O.M. R. W. 19 0 17 0 First Innings. O. M. R. W. Lohmann 31 16 33 1 . Sharpe ... 3P4 16 54 8 . Lockwood 3 0 10 0 A bel............ 5 3 10 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ........ 3 1 8 0 ........ 133 8 25 1 ........ 26 12 87 8 Brockwell 15 6 26 1 SUSSEX v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. The memorable match played at Brighton in JuneJof last year, when Cambridge Univer­ sity totalled 703 for nine wickets, and a record aggregate for first-class oricket was established, will be well within the memory of our readers. Singularly enough,the same match this season, begun at Brighton on Thursday, produced some of the most remarkable cricket ever witnessed in this country, and at the same time surpassed the previous record. In the three full days during which the match lasted the extraordinary number of 1,402 runs were scored for forty wickets, giving the average of 35 runs per wicket, and each of the four inn­ ings exceeded 300. This not only beats the 1,339 runs scored in the same year, but is also only nine short of the 1,411 registered in the Inter-colonial match between New South Wales and Victoria at Sydney in 1892, which still maintains the distinction of the highest aggregate. Cambridge University, who were playing the young Kentish amateur, Mr. G. J. V. Weigall, in place of the Hon. M. G. Tolle­ mache, won the toss on a magnificent wicket, and made runs quickly from the start. The first lengthy stand was on the fall of the second wioket at 59 by Messrs. Douglas and Hill, the former of whom played an exceed­ ingly stylish and finely hit innings of 61 in seventy minutes, and out of 98 while in. Fol­ lowing this, Messrs. M‘Gregor and Hill put on 100 runs for the fifth wicket, the Cambridge captain hitting out, while Hill generally batted with great steadiness. He was in for over three hours for his 75. The most sensational incident of the innings, however, was the wonderful hitting of Mr. E. C. Streatfeild, who, coming in at the fall of the sixth wicket, actually contributed 98 out of 122 while in. It was only natural that, scoring at this pace, he should give more than one chance, but his driving and leg-hitting were alike brilliant, and he is to be congratulated upon a very fine display. Sussex, who had on Thursday even­ ing, in response to a total of 369, lost three of their best wickets for 83, on Friday, thanks to the good crioket of Messrs. Newham, Brann, and Andrews, succeeded in running up a total of 314. Mr. Newham scored 95 in as many minutes, by free, fearless, and withal faultless cricket, while Mr. Brann, too, ac­ complished a fine performance, carrying his bat out for 88. Mr. Jackson secured five wickets in 36 overs for 102 runs, while Mr. Woods had 99 runs hit from him and only took two wickets. Going in again on Friday afternoon, the Light Blues had at the drawing of stumps made 240 for the loss of seven men. The most successful run-getters were Mr. Hill, who by means of another fine innings of 61 made his aggregate for the match 136; Mr. Jackson, who scored 42, and Mr. Weigall, who was at the wickets seventy-five minutes for his 41. The third morning, witnessed the conclusion of the Cambridge second innings for 366. This, together with the lead of 45 runs previously possessed, plaoed the Univer­ sity no fewer than 411 runs in front. Mr. Streatfeild followed up his fine performance in the first innings by hitting up 35, whilst Mr. Jephson (who scored 46 runs in the match without being out) stayed with Mr. Woods [and put on 99 for the tenth wicket. Mr. Woods was seen to considerable advantage in scoring 62. W ith less than five hours left, Sussex started upon their task of getting 412 runs, and at first it did not seem as though they would nearly approach that number. At 68 for three wickets, however, Messrs. Newham and Brann got together, and by magnificent hitting ]mt on 102 runs. The Sussex captain was in an hour and forty minutes for his 51. The performance of this pair was, however, thrown into the shade by that of Messrs. Brann, who followed up his first score of 88 not out by another grand innings of 161, and Andrews. Never before has Mr. Brann been seen to such advantage. Altogether he scored 249 runs for cnce out, and it is not too much to say that the close fight made by Sussex was largely due to him. Mr. Andrews’ 56 was, in a lesser degree, also a fine display, while Humphreys stayed a consider­ able time seeing Mr. Brann hit. Sussex after a most plucky up hill game were only beaten by 48 runs, and thus ended one of the most remarkable matches ever witnessed on an English cricket ground. C a m brid ge U n iv e r sity . First Innings. Mr. R. N. Douglas, b Tate 61 Mr. N. C. Cooper, lbw, b Humphreys ................13 Mr. C. J. V. Weigall, b Humphreys ............... 9 Mr. A J. L. Hill, st Butt, b Humphreys............... 75 Mr. F. S. Jackson, c New­ ham, b Mitchell ......... 4 Mr. G. M’Gregor, c Hilton, b Mitchell......................48 Mr. C. M. Wells, c Butt, b numphieys ................19 Mr. E. C. Btreatfeild, b Mitchell ......................98 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, run out .........................12 Mr. H. M. Braybrooke, st Butt, b Humphreys ... 0 Mr. D. L. A. Jephson, not out ..........................I® B 7, lb 3.................. 10 Total ........... 359 S u s se x . First Innings. Quaife, c Streatfeild, b Jackson .................... 13 Marlow, b Jackson ....... 1 Bean, b Jackson... ... ... 21 Mr.W.Nfcwham, c Weigall, b Wells ............... ... Mr. W. H. Andrews, c M’Gregor, b Wells......46 Humphreys, c Streatfeild, b Jackson.................... 9 Mr. G. Brann, not out ... 88 Mitchell, c M’Gregor, b Second Innings, b Tate... .........26 b Tate................ 3 b Humphreys ... 4L c Hilton, b Bean 61 b Tate................42 c Hilton, b Bean 5 c Brann, b Tate 29 c Butt, b Mit­ chell............... 35 c Andrews, b Tate................63 c Butt, b Hum­ phreys 1 .........13 not out .........36 B 9, lb 4 ... 13 Total ...3C6 Second Innings. c Jephson, b Jackson.........13 b Jackson.........13 c Braybrooke, b Jackson.........34 ... 51 95 b Woods Jackson 6 Tate, b Woods ................ 6 Butt, c Streatfeild, b Woods............................16 Hilton, c Cooper, b Streat­ feild ............................. 4 B ............................. 9 c Hill, b Streat­ feild .............. 56 c Streatfcild, b W oods .........12 c Douglas, b Strc-atfoild ...161 c Jackson, b Streaifcild ... 9 b H ill................ 0 c Jackson, b Hill 2 not out ......... 2 B 4, w 6 ... 10 Total ............... 314 Total ...863 BOWLING ANALYSIS. C a m b r id g e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Tate ......... 29 Hilton ... 35 Humphreys 38 Mitchell Bean ... ... Brann ... 11 6 97 5 67 3105 22.1 2 42 16 5 24 6 14 Second Inuings. O. M. R. W. ... 47.4 13 120 5 ... 17 7 37 0 ... 29 2 94 2 ... 22 6 40 1 ... 21 4 55 2 ... 3 0 7 3 Woods... Jackson ... Wells......... Hill ......... 8treatfoild... S u sse x . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 34 36 16 7 5 99 6 102 3 53 2 22 8.3 1 29 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 2 38 2 4 118 8 5 58 0 7 68 2 7 62 15 38 19 24 20.3 Jephson 4 0 19