Cricket 1891

JULY 16, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME; 269 ETON v. HARROW. The general belief, particularly after their defeat at the hands of Winchester, that Eton had the worst of the outlook for this year’s contest with Harrow, proved to be fully justi­ fied by the result of the match played at Lord’s on Friday and Saturday last. The choice of innings is always regarded as of the greatest importance, and there was no small satisfaction among the supporters of Harrow when it was known that they had won the toss. Acting, however, on the advice of older heads, who thought with reason, as events proved, that the ground, which had hardly yet recovered from recent rains, would get faster as the game advanced, the Harrovians decided to take the field. Ander­ son (fast) and Pope (medium) opened the bowling to Brewis and Studd. Both batsmen shaped well, particularly Brewis, and 36 runs had been got when Studd, who had been in fifty minutes for nine, was run out. Mean­ while, Paine and Rome, both medium, had gone on, and thelatter succeededin getting the captain, Norman, caught with the total at 50. After his dismissal things went badlv for a time with Eton, and Hoare, Arkwright, and Crabtree were got rid of in quick succession, making half the side out for 92. The interest of the latter part of the batting centred in th3continuance of Brewis’ innings,which came to an end with the total at 113. First in he was eighth out, and his 70, which occupied him just over two hours, was a capitaldisplay of defensive and offensive cricket without a mistake, his leg-hitting being particularly f ood. Eton had been in altogether two ours and twenty minutes, and their com­ paratively cheap dismissal was chiefly due to the good bowling of Pope, who took four wickets for 22, and Rome. "When Harrow went in the ground was much faster, and some excellent batting was witnessed. Bosworth-Smith and Bevington put on 31 for the first wicket, but the best cricket wa3 while the latter and Pope were partners. Bevington while showing good defence scored freely from every loose ball, and the score had been increased to 110, before he was well caught at short slip. His 71 had been got in under an hour and a half, and there was not a mistake to be urged in dis­ paragement of an exceedingly promising dis­ play of cricket. Barlow lent Pope useful assistance to the extent of 49 runs, and after the latter’s dismissal, Anderson helped Barlow to add 65 by free and useful cricket. When the fourth wicket fell the total was 224, but the later batsmen failed utterly, and in forty minutes the innings had come to an unexpectedly early close, the last six wickets only adding 17 runs. On Eton going in a second ti*ie in a minority of 116 runs, Brewis and Studd were again seen to advantage. The former gave a hard chance before he had scored, and he utilised his escape to such pur­ pose that when play ceased 36 had been got with no wicket down. On Saturday morning the twoEtonians continuedto bat well, and the total had been increased by 39 before Studd was bowled for an exceedingly well got 40. Fourteen runs later, Brewis was caught at mid-on, having again played free and taking cricket for his 41, in which was only one mistake. Subsquently Hoare, Arkwright, and France-Hayhurst played up pluckily, and 150 went up with only half the side out. As before, the tail, however, lent little or no help, and as the captain, Norman, owing to an injury recived in the Winchester match, was unable to bat, the innings closed with the fall of the ninth wicket for a total of 187. Harrow with 72 to win lost their best bat (Bevington) at 15, and with Paine out at 18 there seemed to be just an outside chance for Eton. Barlow and Bosworth-Smith, how­ ever, by very careful cricket took the total to 40, and after the formers dismissal, Pope helped Smith to get the balance, giving Harrow the victory at 4.30 on Saturday with seven wickets to spare, All round the Harro­ vians had the better side, and their cricket generally was superior to that of Eton, Bevington, Pope, Barlow, Anderson, and Boswo th-Smithwere seento best advantagefor Harr w as rungetters. Mention has already been made of Mr. Bevington’s great promise, andwith more strengthBoswell-Smith should d velop into a good bat. Arkwright, who played so well for Eton against Winchester, was not in good health, and the eleven were severely handicapped by their Captain’s in­ ability to direct them in the field, orto bat on the second day. Brewis’ batting for them w s on of the very best features of the match. E ton . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. R. A. Studd, run out 9 b Pope ..........40 Mr. G. R. Brewis, lbw, b Pope ...............................70 c Clayton, b Paine ..........41 Mr.R.C. Norman, c Ander­ son, b Rome ................. 8 absent (ill) ... 0 Mr. V. R. Hoare, b Rome 4 c Barlow,bSmith 15 Mr. H. A. Arkwright, b Pope ............................... 6 cand b Anderson 28 Mr.P.L. Crabtree, b Rome 7 runout .......... 7 Mr. E. Lane-Fox, c Smith, b Anderson ................. 6 not out .......... 9 Mr.F.C.France-Hayhurst, c Bevington, b Anderson 0 c Bevington, b Pope ..........14 Mr. 0. H. Northey, not out 10 c Anderson, b Pope... .......... 5 Mr. D. H. Forbes, b Pope 0 b Rome .......... 9 Mr. H. St. J. Peacock, b Pope ............................... 2 run out .......... 0 B l, lb2........................ 3 B7, lb ll,n b 1 19 Total ..........125 H a rro w . First Innings, Total ...187 Mr. J. C. Bevington, cHoare.bArkwright 71 Mr, B. N. Bosworth- Smith, b F ox........20 Mr. C. G. Pope, b Ark­ wright ........44 Mr. M. Y. Barlow, c Hayhurst, b Crab­ tree ........................58 Mr. W. B. Anderson, c Fox, b Crabtree... 26 Mr. A. I. Paine, c Hoare, b F ox........ 7 Mr. T. T. Phelps, b Forbes ................. Mr. F. G. H. Clayton, b Forbes................. Mr. C. S. Rome, not out ........................ Mr. C. S. Ridgeway, b Hoare ................. Mr. C. Andrea, b Hoare ................. B 3, lb 2, nb 2 ... Total ...241 In the Second Innings Mr. J. C. Bevington scored c and b Fox 12, Mr. B. N. Bosworth-Smith, (not out) 26, Mr. C. G. Pope, (not out) 12, Mr. M. Y. Bar- low, b Forbes 13, Mr. A. I. Paine, b Forbes 8; b 1, lb 2, nb 3.—Total, 72. BOWLING ANALYSIS. E ton . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 31 12 37 Anderson Pope ... Paine ... Rome ... 10 13 3 Forbes... Arkwright, Lane Fox Hoare ... Crabtree Studd ... 3.414 22 4 ... .13 5 28 0 ... .13 5 35 3 ... Smith Barlow Anderson bowled 1 no-ball. H a rro w . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 28 9 59 2 ., 31 10 78 17 10 8 36.216 70 28 13 42 5 14 12 19 7 12 1 11 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 23.1 1° 10 3 9 27 2 .., 3 b5 2 ... 2 25 2 0 10 0 Forbes bowled 5 no balls. I spite of counter attractions the attendance, favoured by fine weather, was quite up to, if not above the average. Sixty- five matches have now been played, of which H arrow has won 28, Eton 26, and 11 have been drawn. The papers generally include in error the match of 1805 as a win for Eton, though it was not solely confined to actual members of the tw o Sohools. YORKSHIRE v. NOTTS. Following up their brilliant victory at Brighton on Saturday, the Nottinghamshire eleven secured another success at Sheffield yesterday, when they defeated their old rivals of Yorkshire by an innings and 76 runs. Neithe side.had quite its full strength, Barnes having to. stand down owing to a strain in the match between North and South at Bir­ mingham, while Hunter’s place at the wicket for Yorkshire bad to be taken by Wormald, the former having injured his hand badly in the Leicestershire match last week. Though they won the toss the Yorkshire eleven were, wi h the one exception of Ulyett, seen to great dis dvantage with the bat. That player was i n hour and three-quarters for his 37, but no one else gave any trouble to the Notts b wlers, and though the innings lasted close on three hours the total only reached 110, of whic the last seven wickets contributed 50. The light was bad after luncheon, but this could hardly be accepted as a reasonable excuse for a very disappointing show. Tho batting of Notts offered a great contrast later in t e day, and when play ceased 84 runs had been got for the loss of Mr. Dixon’s wicket, with Shrewsbury and Gunn both well in. The two not outs, continuing their innings on Tuesday, scored much faster than usual.add- ing fifty runs in less than the same number of minutes. Gunn was first to leave at 134, and Shrewsbury, who had batted in his best form for three hours and twenty minutes, followed at 147, of which he had contributed 59. Eight wickets were down for 195, but Daft and Baggaley, the colt, gave unexpected trouble, and the pair added seventy, the latter, who is avery diminutive cricketer, playingwith great confidence as well as judgment. Daft’s dis­ missal, after an excellent display of two hours, brought a long innings to a close. The York- shiremen had, indeed, been in the field for five hours and a half, so that the scoring averaged the fair rate of fifty-three runs an hour. Going in a second time 182 to the bad Yorkshire made a very bad start. The total when the third wicket fell was only 19, and though Mr. Jackson, who hit freely, Hall, and Wainwright were seen to better advantage, when stumps were drawn on Tuesday night the score was only 91 with six of the best bats­ men out. The end, too, came yesterday sooner even than was expected, and in a little over half an hour the match was over, the four remaining wickets only adding 15 runs- Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. Hall, c Sherwin, b Flowers 11 Ulyett, c Shacklock,b Atte- well ............................... Wardall, c Daft, b Flowers Cartman, run out .......... Peel, b Attewell................. Mr. F. S. Jackson, b Flowers ........................ Lord Hawke, c Daft, b Attewell ........................ Wainwright, b Flowers ... Wormald, b Attewell Harrison, not out .......... T o ta l..........110 N otts . Second Innings, not out ......... 41 47 b F low ers......... 1 3 b Flowers .......... 2 3 b Attewell......... 3 10 c Shacklock, b Attewell.......... 4 9 b Shacklock ... 2 0 b Shacklock ... £9 10 c Baggaley, b .-hacklock ... 0 3 b Shacklock ... 14 5 b Shacklock ... 2 9 b Shacklock ... 1 B ................. 7 Total ...1C6 Mr. J. A. Dixon, b Jackson .................... 28 Shrewsbury, c War­ dall, b Peel .............59 Gunn, c Ulyett, b Peel ................................ 39 Mr. C. W. Wright, b Harrison.................. 9 Flowers, c Wormald, b Pe<*l .................. 5 Mr. J. S. Robinson, c Peel, b Harrison ... 7 Daft, c Hall, b Smith 56 Attewell, c Smith, b Harrison................. 4 Sbacklock, b Jack­ son ........................ 22 Baggaley, c Wain­ wright, b Smith ... 37 Sherwin, not out ... 9 B 8, lb 9 ..........17 Total , ...292 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Y o r k s h ir e . Attewell Flowers Shacklock Baggaloy First Innings. O. M. R. W. 37 23 44 5 23 9 40 4 13 9 Peel.......... Harrison Jackson 8 15 0 5 11 0 N o tts . O. M. R. W. 55 27 63 3 55 31 72 3 25 8 57 2 Wainwright 21 8 52 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 34 21 29 2 .......... 16 7 27 2 .......... 21.1 9 37 6 .......... 4 1 6 0 O. M. R. W. Smith 5 7 27 2 Ulyett 2 2 0 0 Hall ... 2 0 4 0 W e have received an advance copy of the “Ludgate Monthly ” for August. The number should beof interest to cricketers,as it contains an rticle entitled “The Oval,” embellished with a full page illustration of the Surrey Eleven, another of the ground, and portraits of Mr. Shuter, Mr. W. W. Read, Mr. C. W. Alcock, Abel, Maurice Read, Lohmann, etc-