Cricket 1891

2 6 0 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. JULY 16, 1891 his accomplishment of the hat trick against Warwickshire. In the two matches _with Derbyshirehewas creditedwith fifteenwickets at a cost of 79 runs, and in the fixture with Warwickshire, already referred to, his six wickets were got at an average of five runs. So far this season he has shown no sign of deterioration. On the contrary, his all-round cricket has shown amarked improvement, and his reputation as a batsman has been increased considerably by his score of 114 against Hamp­ shire, at Southampton, the first innings of three figures he has as yet made for the County. In enumerating his doings in 1889 and 1890, we omitted to mention that in the former year he took 117, in the latter 140 wickets for M.C.C. Strong in build and with great power—he weighs 13st. and stands 5ft. 8in.—Pickett is the type for a fast bowler. With a rather high delivery he sends the ball in at a great pace, and keeps up his end wonderfully. On certain wickets, as may be judged, he is very dangerous. A free hitter, too, he gets runs quickly when set. Moreover, he is a good Held. Our portrait is from aphotograph by V. J- W. Clark, 284, Romford Road, Forest Gate. Y orksh ire . First Innings. Ulyett, b Woodcock..........26 Hall, b Pougher................. 3 Cartman, b Pougher..........31 Lord Hawke, b Woodcock 7 Peel, c Walton, b Wood­ cock ................. .......... 2 Mr. S. R. Jackson, not out 54 Tunnicliffe, c Warren, b W oodcock........................ 7 Wainwright, c Wheeler, b Walton ........................ 1 Moorhouse,lbw, b Walton 0 Hunter, c Bailey, b Poug r ........................ 7 Harrison, b Pougher ... 0 Second InDings. B 14, lb 1 Total... ...156 run out ... 17 c Pearson, b Pougher... ... 21 c Holland, b Pougher... ... 9 c Wheeler, b Pougher... ... 15 b Pougher ... ... 43 c Holland, b Walton ... ... 35 b Woodcock ... 0 c Pongher, b Walton ... ... 27 not out ... 20 c Finney, b Walton ... ... 1 c Holland, b Pougher... ... 4 B 15, lb 7 ... 22 Total ...194 L eice stersh ire . First Innings. Wheeler, b Harrison Warren, run out......... YORKSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. The Leicestershire eleven did an extremely creditableperformance in this match, begun at Leeds on Thursday, winning after a most exciting finish early on Saturday afternoon with only one wicket in hand. Yorkshire, who went in first, found the ground a little slow at theoutset,andwere intill fouro’clock foratotal of 156. The only lengthy stand was by Mr. Jackson and Cartman, who added 54 for the fifth wicket. Cartman gave one chance, but Mr. Jackson (who is Captain of the Leeds Club andno relation to the Cantab of the same name) made no mistake. He was batting an hour and three quarters, and considering that this was his first appearance in a County match, his innings was a most promising and exemplary display of cricket. When Leicester­ shire went in Wheeler was dismissed without a run, but Mr. de Trafford hit vigorously to the tune of 35 out of 42 in a little over half- an-hour, and Pougher and Warren sub­ sequently played such good cricket that at the end of the first day 83 had been added, making the total 125 with only two bats­ menout. On Friday morning the addition of eight runs saw Pougher bowled for a very good 43, and then things went so badly with the in-side that though Warren and Holland brought the total to 163, the innings closed for 181, four wickets falling at 165. Warren was at the wickets three hours and a quarter for his 66, and therewas no flaw of any kind to mar an exceptionally good exhibition of batting. Though the wicket had worn some­ what by the second afternoon, and the fast bowlers made the ball get up a good deal, several] of the Yorkshiremen, notably Peel, Wainwright, Hall, andMoorhouse,were seento advantage, and the innings, which lastedfrom just before luncheon till six o’clock on Friday, realised a respectable total of 194. In the quarter of an hour left for play that night Leicestershire made 12 of 170 wanted to win for the loss ofWheeler’s wicket. OnSaturday, Holland was soon caught, but his successor Mr. de Trafford hit in his most resolute style, and in fifty-five minutes he knocked up no less than 60 out of 68 runs. It was a fearless and plucky display of batting spoiled by only one hard chanco whenhe had got 47. Pougher continued to play good cricket, but after losing Warren and Tomlin he was bowled, and as Finney, Bailey, and Mr. Pearson were quickly got rid of when the ninth wicket fell there were still 22wanted to win. Fortunately for Leicestershire, however, Woodcock and Waltonwere quite equal to the ocoasion, and soon after two o’clock on Saturday Leicester­ shire hadwon a most exoiting match with the last two men in, Mr. C. E. de Trafford, c Jackson, b Harrison ... 35 Pougher, b Harrison..........43 Holland, run out ..........13 Tomlin, c Wainwright, b Ulyett............................... Mr. T. S. Pearson, b Ulyett............................... 0 Bailey,cHarrison,b Wain­ wright............................... 0 Finney, b Wainwright ... 0 Woodcock, b Wainwrieht 13 Walton, not ou t................. 3 B 5, lb 3 ........................ 8 Second Innings. b Ulyett .......... 3 c Harrison, b Ulyett ............22 b Peel...................60 b Wainwright ... ‘22 c Hall, b Harri­ son ................. c Wainwright, b Ulyett .......... c Hunter, b Wainwright... ! c and b Peel . b Wainwright . not out ... . not out ... . B 11,1b 5 . 16 innings included one chance. Though Mr. Hornby and Baker more than maintained the rate of run-getting, putting on 51 in half an hour,with the former’sdepartureabreak-down occurred, and the last three wickets went down for ten runs. Out of the total of 210, Briggs, Smith, Baker, and Mr. Hornby contri­ buted as many as 188. Though Somersetshire lost their Captain, Mr. Hewett, before a run had been scored, thanks to the good cricket of Mr. L. C. Palairet, Mr. Fowler, and Nichols, the hundred went up for the loss of only four batsmen, Palairet’s 37 including one big hit clean over the pavilion. After this, however, Moldbowledwith sucheffect that no standwas made, and the innings was finished off in summary fashion for 128. The last three wickets all fell at the same total, when only three runswererequired to save the follow-on. Mold, who took seven wickets for 59 runs, a second time proved too much for the Somerset­ shire batsmen, in the follow-on, though there was nothing in the condition of the ground to excuse their failure, the side were dismissed in little more than two hours, for 132. At one timehalf the wickets were down for 50, and the one feature of the later batting was thepluckyhitting of Mr. S. M. J. Woods, who carried his bat for 38 out of 56 made while he was in. Mold this time obtained eight at a cost of nine runs each, so that altogether he dismissed fifteen batsmen for 131. Lancashire had only 51 runs to get when they went in a second time, and these were got for the loss of one |batsman, thanks to the free cricket of Albert Ward, who carried out his bat for 35. L a n cash ire . First Innings. Total ..181 Total ...170 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Y o r k s h ire . Poug er Woodcock Walton First Innings. O. M. R. W. 36 15 60 4 34 12 73 4 8 3 8 2 Second Innings. O. M. 42.115 26 11 18 5 R. W. 89 5 52 1 31 3 L e ic e st e r s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Peel ..........35 16 Harrison ... 37 20 Wainwright 15.4 8 Ulyett..........18 10 M orhouse 4 2 Hal .......... 2 1 Sccond Innings. O. M. R. W. 44 2 5 35 1 7 26 3 7 48 8 17 4 18 35 15 Barlow, b Woods ... 0 A. Ward, b Nichols ... 19 A.Smith, c Wickham, b W oods.................59 F. Sugg, run out ... 0 Yates, b Nichols ... 0 Briggs, st Wickham, b lyler ......... ... 68 Baker, c Woods, b L. Palairet ..........29 Mr. A. N. Hornby, b L. Palairet .......... Mr. A. T. Kemble, st Wickham, b L. Palairet................. Watson, b Nichols... Mold, not o u t .......... B ........................ Total ...210 In the Second Innings Barlow scored b L Palairet 12, A. Ward, (not out) 35, A. Smith, (not out) 4.—Total, 51. S o m ersetsh ire . SOMERSETSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. The Somersetshire eleven were seen to dis­ advantage in the first of their home matches of the season, begun at Taunton on Thursday, and Lancashire had won early on the second afternoon with nine wickets in hand. The home eam were without Messrs. Hedley, Cliallen, and Roe, but on the other hand, Lan­ cashire could not be said to have its full strength with Messrs. A. G. Steel and A. C. Maclaren absent. Lancashire, winning the toss on a good wicket, made good use of their dvantage, though their batting was some­ what uneven. Barlow was clean bowled by Mr. Woods before a run had been got, and after Smith and Albert Ward had taken the sco e to 41, three men, Ward, Sugg and Yates, were out from three consecutive balls, Sugg run out and the others both bowl d by Nicholls. Four wickets were now down for 41, but Briggs and Smith offered a determined resistance, and in spite of the various bowling changes no other wicket had been recorded till after luncheon, when Briggs was stumped. The partnership had produced 105 runs, and Briggs’ 68 was a characteristic display of resolute cricket. Smith, who did not long survive him, also played good cricket for his 59, though his First Innings. Mr. H. T. Hewett, run out Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, c Kemble, b Mold ..........37 Mr. R. C. N. Palairot, b Mold ............................... 6 Mr. G. Fowler, run out ... 20 Nichols, b Mold.................25 Tyler, b Mold .................13 Mr. E. J. Lock, b Mold ... 0 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, b Mold ...............................:o Mr. J. A. Gibbs, b Watson 6 Mr. C. J. Robinson, c Baker, b Mold................. Rev. A. P. Wickham, not out ............................... 0 B 4, lb 7 .................11 Second Innings, b Mold.................13 b W atson ......... 8 cKemble, b Mold 9 cHornby, b Mold 5 ch.emble, bMold 12 b Watson ... c and b Mold not out c and b Mold 0 bMold... b Mold.......... B 8, lb £ 17 10 88 , 6 4 10 Total ...128 Total ...132 BOWLING ANALYSIS. L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. W oods........ 28 8 76 2 ......... 7 2 20 0 Tyler .......... 34 9 80 1 ........ 8 1 19 0 Nichols 18 9 39 3 ......... 5 2 7 0 L. P lairet... 2 0 13 3 ......... 3.2 1 5 1 S o m e r se t sh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Watson 24 10 36 1 ......... 30 14 50 2 Mold ......... 22.1 3 59 7 ......... 29.2 5 72 8 Briggs........ 9 3 22 0 B o w lin g for St. Christopher’s School v. Stratheden House on July 10, N. Sample took n the.two innings fourteenwickets for 14 runs.