Cricket 1891

242 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OP THE GAME. JULY 9, 1891 LANCASHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Rain interfered considerably -with the pro­ gress of this match, begun at Manchester on Thursday, and at the same time completely spoiled Warwickshire’s chances of making a good fight. Warwickshire had not its full side with Mr. L. C. Docker and Richards away, while, with the one exception of Briggs, who was representing the Players, Lancashire had its usual team. Winning the toss proved a great advantage to Lancashire, and they made such good use of the two hours and a half which the rain allowed them for play on Thursday to as secure 147 for fourwickets. The chief feature of the cricket was the fine batting of Alfred Ward, who made 54 out of 66 while he was in. He gave no chance and as he was only batting fifty minutes it will be peen that he scored at an unusual pace. On FridaymorningYates hit with greatresolution, and it was mainly through his vigorous cricket that 85 were added before the inning3 closed. Going in ona pitch that favoured the bowlers considerably, Warwickshire made a very bad start, and when their fifth wicket fell the total was only 24. A useful stand by Mr. Hill and Pallett, however, improved matters slightly, and some vigorous but very lucky hitting by Lilley enabled Warwickshire after all to reach a fairly respectable total of 124. Lilley made 47 out of 52 in less than half an hour, and even allowing for his escapes it was a very plucky display of batting. Being 108 runs behind Warwickshire had to follow on, and again the earlier batsmen fared so badly against the bowling of Watson and Mold that at the end- of Friday seven wickets had fallen for 63 runs. A very little time sufficed to bring the match to a close on Satur­ day, and as the remaining batsmen only added eight,Warwickshire were beatenby an innings and 36 runs. Mold was particularly success­ ful with the ball, as will be seen. His eleven wickets for Lancashire only cost 70 runs. L a n c a sh ir e . A. Ward, c Devey, b Pallett .................54 Barlow, b Pallett ...35 A. Smith, b Pallett... 4 1 F. Sugg, b P&Lett ... 13 Mr. S. M. Cro&field, b Shilton ................. 1 Yates, run o u t ......... 46 Baker, c Cre*swell, b Pallett .................11 Mr. A. N. Hornby, c Law, b Shilton ... 14 Watson, c Maul, b West........................ 2 Whiteside, not ou t... 3 Mold, lbw, b Shilton 0 B 4, lb 4, nb 1 ... 9 Total ..232 W a b w ic k sh ir e . Jirst Innings. Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, b Watson ........................ Law, c Sugg, b Mold......... Mr. H. C. Maul, b Mold ... West, c Yates, b Watson Shilton, c Yates, b Watson 3 Mr. J. E. Hill, not out ... 33 Pallett, b Mold ................ 12 Lilley, c and b Smith ...47 Mr. K. Everett, b Mold ... 8 Devey, b Mold ................ l Cresswell. b Watson......... 1 B 4, lb 1 ................. 5 Second Innings. c Baker, b Mold 5 c Sugg, b Watson 2 run out .......... 5 c Ilornby, b Mold.......... b Mold.......... b Watson ... b Mold......... b Watson ... b Mold......... b Mold......... not out B J, )b 2 Total .................124 Total .. 72 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ancash ire . Pallett... Shilton West ... O. M. R. W. 48 15 83 5 , 46.4 9 1U9 3 5 3 8 1 Cresswell 2 Devey... 1 O. M. JR. w. 8 0 9 0 W a r w ic k sh ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Watson... 3(5.2 13 55 4 Mold ... 33 17 42 5 Smith ... 7 0 13 1 Baker ... 4 1 6 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 25 10 41 3 ... 24.1 12 28 6 C om ic C ricket.—By the Cocjmey Sportsman (Alec Nelson). A profusely illustrated and viva­ cious volume. Post free, 1/2. Wright & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hil', E.C. Can be had from all news agents or W. II. Smith’s bookstalls. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. T he O val M atch . Considering the difficulty alwaysexperienced in the collection of the full strength of amateurs, the elevens which took the field at the Oval on Thursday for the first of the two m tches of the season between Gentlemen and Players were very strong. While the t am which did duty for the Players could not possibly have been improved, the Gentlemen had a very powerful side- Messrs. A. G. Steel, W. Newham, and A. E. Nepean, who were invited, were unable to play, but their absence enabled places to be given to some younger players, one of whom, Mr. E. Smith of Oxford, fully justified his inolusion by his excepionally good batting. The match, too, was noteworthy for the fact that Mr.J. J. Ferris, the Australian who is qualifying for Gloucestershire, played for the first time for the Gentlemen. When it was knownthat TJ1vett had been fortunate to winthe toss it wasthought that the Gentlemen, with the wicket in the best condition, were booked for a long outing. The batting of the Players was however on the whole very dis­ appointing. Ulyett and Shrewsbury put on 36 for the first wicket, but neither Gunn nor Barnes played up to their usual form, and the best cricket was while Abel andMaurice Read were together. The two Surrey men had brought the total from 49 to 104 by luncheon time on Thursday, and they tied for the highest score on theBide.After the resumption, however, the bowliDg of Messrs. Woods and Grace proved too good for the later bats­ men with the one exception of Peel, and the innings came to an unexpectedly early close, the last six wickets only adding 61 runs. Mr. Ferris, it will be seen, was not successful with the ball, and thebulk of the bowling was done by Messrs. Woods and Grace, the former of whomtook 6wickets for60 runs. Thoughwhen the Gentlemen went in, Mr. Grace was dis­ missed for eight, the batting generally had rather the best of the bowling, and when play ceased on Tuesday the score showed 144 for the loss of four batsmen. The credit of this performance rested with Messrs. Stoddart, Dixon, and Read, and the last named, who helped Mr. Dixon to add 67 runs for the fourth wicket, was seen to the greatest advan­ tage, taking out his bat for an extremely well played fifty. On Friday morning Mr. Read was bowled without another run, but Messrs. Smith and Douglas made amends by some excellent cricket, and the two young amateurs added 43 for the sixth wicket. Heavy rain caused a long interval after Mr. Jackson had been dismissed, and when play was resumed, Mr. Smith scored fast until he was at last caught in the country. His 76 was a very fine display of cricket. He batted with great judgment without losing an opportunity of punishing a ball that wanted hitting, and, as we have already said, the excellence of his play thoroughly warranted his selection to play for the Gentlemen. The innings, which had lasted altogether four hours and a quarter, realised a total of 278, so that the average rate of scoring was high. Briggs was the most successful bowler for the Players, and his six wiokets cost over 17 runs apiece. Though the wicket was begin­ ning to dry fast under the influence of the bright sun, the poor show of the Players with the bnt'was unexpected. As it happened, how­ ever, thepitch just suited Mr.Ferris,and in less than two hours the whole side were out for the small total of 59. Messrrs. FerrisandWoods, it will be seen, bowled unchanged, and the former had the remarkable figures of twenty- one overs for 28 runs and seven wickets. On the first day 7,050 persons paid the shilling charged for admission, and on the second 4,979. It is worthy of remark that this is the first time the Gentlemen have won at the Oval for ten years. P layers . First Innings. Shrewsbury (Notts), Smith, b Jackson ... , 17 c Ulyett (Yorkshire), c Dixon, b Woods ..........22 Gunn (Notts), o and b Woods...............................11 Abel (Surrey), c Douglas, b Woods ........................27 Barnes (Notts), b Woods 5 Read (Surrey), st M’Gregor, b Grace..........27 Peel (Yorkshire), not out 22 Lohmann(Surrey), c Stod­ dart, b G race................. 6 c Second Innings. Stoddart, b Woods ......... 14 c Woods, b Ferris 10 c Smith, b Ferris 5 c Grace, b Ferris lbw, b Woods ... c Grace, b Ferris c Smith, bFerris Briggs (Lancashire), c M’Gregor, b Woods ... 13 Sharpe (Surrey), c Stod­ dart, b W oods................. 5 Hunter (Yorkshire), lbw, b Grace ........................ 0 B 8,1b 2... Total ... 10 O’Brien, b Woods ........ c and b Ferris... not out ........ c Stoddart, Ferris B 3, lb 1 .............. 165 G e n tl e m e n . Total , 1 . 4 59 W.G. Grace (Glouces­ tershire), lbw, b Briggs ................. 8 A. E. Stoddart (Mid­ dlesex), c Gunn, b Sharpe ................... 39 T. C. O’Brien (Middle­ sex), c Sharpe, b Briggs ................... 19 W. W. Read (Surrey), b Briggs ............... ..50 J. A. Dixon (Notts), b Sharpe................... 20 R. N. Douglas (Cam­ bridge University), b Briggs ...................30 E. Smith (Oxford University), c Ul­ yett, b Lohmann... 76 F. S. Jackson (Cam­ bridge University), c Hunter, b Briggs 5 G. M’Gregor (Cam­ bridge University), c Read, b Briggs... 11 S.M. J. Woods (Cam­ bridge University), run out ............... 11 J J. Ferris, not out 7 B 6, lb 1 .......... 2 Total ........278 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Ferris... Woods Jackson Grace ... Lohmann Brigga ... Sharpe... P la y e r s . First Innings. O. M. R. W. .. 18 6 810 .......... .. 48 23 69 6 ......... ... 9 3 28 1 ...21.1 7 27 3 G e n tl e m e n . O. M. R. W. 31.1 13 77 1 I Peel .. 51 16104 6 Ulyett. 26 11 69 2 I Second Innings. O. R. R. W. ... 21 10 28 7 ... 20 9 27 3 O. 10 2 M. R. W. 4 14 0 0 7 0 M.C.O. & GROUND v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Though they had a far from formidable eleven of M,C.C. & Ground to oppose them in this match, begun at Lord’s on Thursday, Leicestershire had the worst of the game throughout andwere left on Saturdaymorning with a defeat by 64 runs. In spite of the heavy rains of Wednesday there was a full day’s cricket on Thursday, resulting in an aggregate of 316 runs for the loss of twenty- one wickets, Marylebone, who were able to claim a lead of 67 on the first hands, made a capital start when they went in a second time and anks to theexcellent batting of Mr. Pope and Chatterton. When play ceased on Thurs­ day night the total was 65 for one wicket, but b ight sunshine following a very heavy rain­ all on Fridaymorning thoughcaused the game to go all in favour of the bowlers, and the nine emaining wickets only added 82. Pougher brought a fine piece of bowling to a brilliant finish, taking the last three wickets with successive balls. In all he got eight of the ten batsmen for 52 runs. With 205 to win Leices­ ters ire began in most promising style, and Wheel r and Warren put on 71 before the latter was caught. Though play ceased on Fri ay 125 runs had been made with half the si e out, the tail gave little help on the following morning and in half an hour the match was finished for an addition of only fiftee runs. Warren for the third time this seas went in first and carried out his bat, Ho ough to have been caught at short slip when he had made 15, but this was the only fault to detract from an otherwise excellent perform-