Cricket 1891

278 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME; JTJLT 23, 1891 LANCASHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. The brilliant victory gained by Middlesex over Lancashire in this return match at Manchester on Friday last, while it owed a great deal to the fine bowling of Rawlin and J. T. Hearne, was more nearly due to the magnificent batting of Mr. A. E. Stoddart. Mr. Webbe had the good fortune to win the toss for Middlesex, who stayed at the wickets throughout thewholeof Thursday, and scored the fine total of 372. Mr. Stoddart, who went in first and carried his bat through the innings, proved to be in splendid form, and compiled the remarkable score of 215 (not out). Mr. T. C. O’Brien, in the course of twenty-five minutes’ play, contributed 50 out of 68 by dashing cricket, but otherwise, down to the fall of the seventh wicket at 158, it did not look as though Middlesex were in for a very large score. With one exception all the dangerous batsmen on the side had then been dismissed; but Mr. Stoddart received suchun­ expected and welcome support from West, Hearne, and Phillips, that the last three wickets more than doubled the score. West assisted Mr. Stoddart to put on 101 in seventyminuteswhileHearnehelpedhimtoadd 66 in forty-five minutes, and Phillips’ partner­ ship for the last wicket added 47 runs. Each of these played thoroughly sterling cricket for their runs. Mr. Stoddart, who was loudly cheered on reaohing his 200, and who it may be imagined had a great reception on returning to the pavilion, achieved the dis­ tinction of the highest individual innings yet recorded in first-class matches this season, beating by 18 runs Abel’s fine innings of 197 at Brighton three day before. It is, moreover, Mr. Stoddart’s initial score of over 200 in first-class cricket, and his success after a long spell of ill luck was very popular. The durationofhis splendidinnings was just over five hours, andhis treatment of the bowling of Briggs, Mold, and Watson was masterly in the extreme. His display contained two chances, at 86 and 109 respectively, but these were the only blemishes in an otherwise remarkable display of judicious and well- timed all-round batting. It may be remarked as a coincidence that almost the only other fine innings thatMr. Stoddart had previously played this year was in the first match between these Counties, at Lord’s in June. On Thursday evening Barlow and Ward had fifteenminutes’ batting for the home County, and scored nine runs. Continuing on Friday, this pair, with Sugg, batted so well that 70 went up with only one man out. Ward was unfortunately run out when playing in excellent style, whilst Barlow was at the wickets an hour and forty minutes for 31. On J. T. Hearne changing ends, though, his bowling was attended withgreat success, and the last seven batsmen played him so feebly, with the one exception of Mr. Kemble, who carried his bat for aplucky score of 25, that the full total only reached 163, or more than 200 runs behind. Some of the Lancashire batsmen were seen to great disadvantage on the fast ground, and Hearne secured six wickets for just over 8 runs each. In the follow-on, with the wicket still good, it was thought Lancashire would make a much better show, but suchhopes were not realised. Briggs and Yates, who put on 48 runs in thirty minutes, made a brave attempt to break the bowling, but without success. Mr. Hornby alone of the others had any lengthy stay, and tbe innings and match came to an end, before the time for drawing stumps on Friday, in a single innings victory for Middlesex with 69 runs to spare. Hearne’s bowling record for the match was ten wickets for 83, which makes his record for the two matches between these Counties this season, the fine one of 21 wickets for 130. M iddlesex . Mr. A. E. Stoddarfc, not out ........215 Mr. A. J. Webbe, b M old....................... 2 Mr. S. W. Scott, c Watson, b Mold ... 5 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Kemble, b Watson 51 Mr. E. A. Nepean, b M old ...................... 8 Rawlin, b Mold ... 1 Mr. E. M. Hadow, c Kemble, b Mold'... 4 Mr. P. J. T. Henery, b Mold ................. 6 J. E. West, c Kemble, b Baker .................80 J. T. Hearne, b W at­ son ........................19 Phillips, b Mold ... 20 B 2,1 b 8, n b 1 ... 11 Total......... 372 L ancash ire . First Innings. Second Innings. Barlow, b Hearne ..........31 c West,b Hearne 4 A. Ward, run out ..........27 lb w , b Rawlin 9 Smith, b Hearne.................11 c Hearne,b Raw- lin ................. 7 F. Sugg, c West, b Hearno 30 b Hearne ... ... 5 Yatis, b Hearne................. 5 c H e a r n e , b Nepean ..........S3 Briggs, c Webbe, b Rawlin 8 c West, b Raw­ lin ... ..........26 Baker, c and b Hearne ... 2 c R a w l i n , b Nepean ..........10 Mr. A. N. Hornby, b Raw­ lin...................................... 8 b Hearne ..........22 Mr. A. T. Kemble, not out 25 c R a w lin , b Nepean .......... 7 Watson, c Hadow, b Hearne ........................ 3 b Hearne ..........12 Mold, c O’Brien, b Rawlin 2 not out .......... 0 B 8,1b 3.................11 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 Total ..........163 T otal.........140 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M id d l e s e x . O. M. R. W. Mold ... 52-4 6 It 7 Briggs 26 5 84 0 Smith 12 5 28 0 O. M. R. W. Watson 43 16 82 2 Barlow 1 0 1 0 Baker 10 3 26 1 Mold bowled a no-ball. L ancash ire . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne......... 37 17 50 6 Mr. Nepean 15 5 23 0 Phillips ... 17 7 42 0 Rawlin..........15 3 4 37 3 Second Innings. O. M. It. W. ... 1811 33 4 . ... 13 0 34 3 ... 3 1 12 0 ........ 25 6 56 3 ESSEX v. HAMPSHIRE. The Hampshire eleven, following up their victor over Leicestershire at Leicester, brought a successful week to a close at Ley on on Saturday, when they beat Essex after a well contested game by 21 runs. Though Messrs. Bencraft and Forster made a good start for Hampshire, putting on 83 for the first wicket, the remainder of the batting was disappointing, and the total had only been i creased by 88 when the last batsman was out. Mr. Johnston, who opened the battingwith Mr. Lucas for Essex, hit freely for 76, but the later batsmen could do little with the bowling of Mr. Studd, who took seven wickets at a cost of 71 runs, and the total, like thatof Hampshire,was smaller than at one time seemed likely. Going in a second time, in a minority of 26, the Hampshire eleven were seen to better advantage, and six of them secured double figures. Messrs. Richar s and Hill contributed more than one half of the total, and the former,who scored 93 iu he match for once out, deserves the highest praise for his consistently good batting. Wanting 177 to win, Essex made a promising commencement, and after Carpen­ ter’ departureMessrs.Owen and Lucas scored so fast that a victory seemed to be very probable. Though Messrs. Johnston and Hayley, however, lent useful assistance, there was n serious resistance offered afterwards, andHampshire wonwith a little in hand, a highly creditable success. H a m p sh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. H. W. Forster, c Pick­ ett, b Lucas ... ..........53 c Taberer, b Mead .......26 Mr. Bencraft, b Mead ...38 b Mead .......12 Mr. A. J. L. Hill, c Carpen­ ter, b P ick e tt................. 3 b Taberer....... 44 Mr. F. Eden, c Pickett, b Mead ...............................18 c Carpenter, b Bishop .......10 Soar, b Pickett ................. 8 b Pickett ........... 6 Mr. H. W. Studd, c and b Mead ............................... 0 b Mead ... ... 4 Mr. C. J. R. Richards, not out ...............................33 b Pickett .......60 Baldwin, b Pickett .......... l b Pickett ..........14 Mr. A. Russell, b Pickett 0 1 b w, b Mead ... 3 Mr. D. A. Steele, b Mead 12 not out .......... 7 Mr. J. H. Darby, b Bishop 1 b Mead................. 4 B 8,1b 6 .......... 9 B 11,1b 1 ... 12 Total ..........171 E sse x . Total......... 202 Second Innings. First Innings. Mr. H. G. Owen, c Ben­ craft, b Soar ..............21 c Soar, b Hill ... 42 Mr. A. 8. Johnston, c Darby, b Studd ...76 • Eden, b Steele 38 Mr. A. P. Lucas, b Studd 26 c Soar, b Hill ... 18 Carpenter, b Studd ..... 2 c Darby,b Studd 0 Burns, b Studd ............. 29 b H ill.................. 0 Mr. H. Hailey, run out ... 6 c Studd, b Bald­ win .................17 Mr. H. M. Taberer, c Forster, b Studd ..... 0 c Baldwin, b Steele .......... 6 Mr. Littlewood, c Hill, b Baldwin ...................... 0 c Russell, b Baldwin.......... 3 Mr. F. A. Bishop, bStudd 5 c Russell, b Baldwin.......... 0 Mead, not out ............. 11 not out ........... 5 Pickett, b Studd..............13 b Steele ...........11 B ........................ 8 B 10, lb 3, w 2 15 Total..........197 Total.......... 155 BOWLING ANALYSIS. H a m p sh ire. First Innings. O. M. R. W. Pickett ... 28 3 67 4 . Moad .......... 31 9 54 4 . Mr. Bishop 9 1 3 23 1 . Mr. Lucas ... 7 2 11 1 Mr. Taberer 1 0 7 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 21 6 61 3 ... 32-2 15 67 5 ... 16 2 29 1 ... 7 3 17 u ... 6 4 4 1 Burns 4 2 12 0 E sse x . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M, R. W. O. M. R. W. Mr. Hill ... 7 1 270 ............. 15 6 28 3 Baldwin ... 44 25 47 1 ............ 27 3 10 3S 3 Soar ........ 10 2 291 ............ 1 1 0 0 Mr. Forster 5 1 150 ............ 7 4 13 0 Mr. Studd... 28'2 12 71 7 ....................9 3 22 1 Mr. Steele 15 6 39 3 Studd and Forster each bowled a wide. HORNSEY v. HAMPSTEAD NONDE­ SCRIPTS. Played at Hornsey on July 18. ; H ornsey . E. W. Nicholls, Ibw, b H aycraft..........54 E. A. Cox, c and b King........................ 3 G. P. Cox, not out ... 4 B 12, lb 5, nb 1 18 J. Dempsey, c Hay­ craft, b Hutchinson 5 G. H. Swinstead, c Wade.bHutchinson C A. E. Turbeville, b Haycraft ... .......... 8 H. Jeff, run out ... 1 F. H. Swinstead, run out ........................64 W.P.Harrison, cDart, b Hutchinson.......... 3 T. A. Nicholls and H. W. Sharp did not bat (innings declared finished,) H ampstead N ondescripts . T otal... . 160 A.W.Rammell, cE.W. Nicholls, b G. H. Swinstead................. 2 H. Wad , not out ... 60 L. Corke, b G. P. Cox 27 V. E. Dart, b G. H. Swinstead................ 1 J. M. Price-Williams, b F. H. Swinstead... 0 C.Br ithwaite, b G.H. Swinstead .......... 1 E. F. King, b G. H. Swinstead .......... C. M. Carvalho, b F. H. S vinstead L. Hutchinson, not out ........................ B 5, lb 1 .......... Total . ...102 W. J. Haycraft and H. M, Ayrefl did ?aot bat,