Cricket 1891

286 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EE COED OF THE GAME, JULY 23, 1891 SUSSEX v. MIDDLESEX. Tlie Sussex eleven signalised the ravival of their old fixture with Middlesex after an in­ terval of twenty-eight years in auspicious fashion at Brighton on Tuesday, when they gained a very creditable victory with six wickets to spare. Both sides were well repre­ sented, although Butt, the Sussex wicket­ keeper, who had received an injury to his hand at Nottingham last week, had to be re­ placed by Mr. W. H. Dudney. Though Mid­ dlesex, who were lucky enough to win the toss, made a bad start in losing their captain, Messrs. Stoddart, Scott, and O’Brien were seen to such advantage that at one time 160 was up with only half the side out. Humph­ reys’ lobs, however, were not relished by the later batsmen, and when the tenth wicket fell the total had only been raised to 186. Mr. Stanley Scott’s batting was the best feature of the innings. Going in first wicket down he saw all the other batsmen leave, finally carry­ ing out his bat for 65, in which there was nothing like a chance. Sussex began even in a less promising way, and with five of the best batsmen on the side out for 63, a small total seemed to be the most probable outcome. As it was, Marlow, who had been showing excellent cricket from the first, found a useful partner in Mr.C.A.Smith,and when playceased on Monday seven wickets were down for 149, of which Marlow had contributed 69 by excellent cricket. On Tuesday, Mr. Smith and Humphreys played up very pluckily, and after they had added 67 runs the innings came to an end for 200 , the amateur carrying out his bat for an exceedingly well-played 50. Ilawlin’s bowling was one of the best features of the out-cricket of Middlesex. He got four wickets at a cost of only 27 runs. Jt was generally thonght that Sussex would have a long outing when they took the field' a second time. Instead, Mr. Smith and Tate bowled so well, helped to some extent,by the wicket, that six of the best batsmen of Middlesex actually weut dowjn for 26 runs. Some free hitting by the Old Harrovians, Messrs. Hadow and Henery, who put on 47 in thirty minutes, improved matters a little, but the tail again failed signally and the last three men onlyadded 13, the innings closing for 86 . Left with 73 to win, Sussex started badly, losing Marlow, Bean, and Mr. Newham for 17. Some free cricket by Mr. Brann, however, soon put the result beyond doubt, and Middlesex, in the end, were beaten by six wickets. This success was thoroughly well earned. The field­ ing was admirable, and the bowling $f Humphreys, Tate, and Smith had much to do with the result. Humphreys took seven wickets for 81 runs with his lobs, and in the second innings of Middlesex Mr. Smith dismissed five batsmen at a cost of only 25 runs. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Humphreys, b Wilson... 41 c Bean, b Smith 4 Mr. A. J. Webbe, c Dud­ ney, b Tate ................. 2 b Smith .......... 3 Mr. S. W. Scott, not out... 65 c and b Tafco ... 15 Mr. E. A. Nepean, c and b Humphreys ................. 1 b Tate................. 0 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Smith, b T ate............................... 41 o Brann, b Tate 1 Bawlin, b Humphreys ... 1 c Newham, b Smith .......... 2 Mr. E. M. Hadow, c Mar­ low, b Tate........................ 21 c Hide, b Smith 31 Mr. P. J. T. Henery, c Dudney, b Tate .......... 1 o Brann, b Smith .......... 15 J. E. West, c Dudney, b Humphreys ................. 6 not out .......... 7 J. T. Hearne, st Dudney, b Humphreys................. 1 c Smith, b Hum­ phreys .......... 2 Phillips, o Hide, b Hum­ phreys............................... 0 c Brann, b Hum­ phreys ... ... 2 B 4, lb l, w 1................. 6 B 2, lb 2 ... 4 Total .............. ,.180 Total ... 86 Mr. C. A. Smith, not 69 out ........................ 50 11 Humphreys, c Scott, b Rawlin................. 35 0 Mr. W. H. Dudney, b Rawlin................. 1 0 Tate, c Hearne, b b R aw lin................. 0 14 B 4, lb 1 .......... 5 S ussex . First Innings. Marlow, c Kawlin, b Hadow ................. Bean, b Nepean........ Mr. W. Newham, c Hearne, bNepean... Mr. G. L. Wilson, c West, b Hearne ... Mr. G. Brann, b Nepean ................. Jesse Hide,run out ... 5 Mr. W. H. Andrews, Total ..........2C0 c Qearne, b Rawlin 10 In the Second Innings Marlow scored, c West, b Hearne 2, Bean, b Hearne 3, Mr. W. Newham, b Nepean T, Mr. G. L. Wilson (not out) 15, Mr. G. Brann, b Hearne 33, Jesse Hide (not out) 10 ; b 3— Total, 73. BOWLING ANALYSIS. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tate .......... 25 5 63 4 .......... 16 3 46 3 Mr. Smith... 10 3 16 0 ..........* 19 10 25 5 Humphreys 20.3 5 70 5 .......... 5 0 11 2 Mr. Wilson 10 4 18 1 Bean .......... 3 0 13 0 Mr. Wilson bowled one wide. S ussex . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne ' ... 35 Mr. Nepean 85 15 Rawlin ... 19 Phillips ... 7 Mr. Hadow... 13 10 64 1 75 3 6 27 4 12 0 17 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 13.2 1 35 3 ... 9 1 28 1 ... 4 1 7 0 SURREY v. DERBYSHIRE. The victorious career of the Surrey eleve n received a severe check at the Oval on Tues­ day last, when Derbyshire beat them decisively with ten wickets to spare. Fortune again gave Mr. Shuter the choice of innings, but after the heavy rains of the previous day, going in first in this case proved to be a dis­ advantage rather than a benefit. As it was, though five of the side got double figures, no one could do much with the excellent bowling of Davidson and Porter, and in a little over two hours the side were out for the small total of 104. The two bowlers named were unchanged, and though Davidson had the better figures, both kept an excellent length, aud Porter moreover had rather the worst of the luck. The ground had dried considerably during Derbyshire’s innings, and Sharpe and Lohmann proved to be much easier than was expected. Mr. Wright and Sugg were soon dismissed, but a determined stand was made by Chatterton and Bagshaw, and 139 were added before the latter, a left-handed bats­ man, fell to a magnificent catch in the long- field by Lohmann. The two professionals were together for two hours and twenty minutes, and though they had a little luck at times in E lacing the ball the cricket was of an extremely igh-class and free from an actual mistake. After their separation the end soon came, and Mr. Read’s loos proved so successful that the total after all only reached 187, the last seven wickets adding but 43 runs. Rain during Monday night and a heavy shower soon after the commencement of play on the following morning caused the wicket again to help the bowlers on Tuesday, and the Surrey eleven, generally, were, as before, seen to great disad­ vantage against the fine bowling of Porter and Davidson. Henderson, indeed, was the only one of the side who played with|any confidence. Brockwell helped him to add 44 for the eighth wicket, but otherwise there was nothing to call for praise. Going in first, Henderson was ninth out, and though not faultless,his innings, which lasted two hours and forty minutes, was an admirable display of plucky and care­ ful cricket. Left with only 29 to win, Mr. Wright and Sugg made very light work of the task, securing the runs in less than the same number of minutes. Derbyshire’s victory was well reoeived and there was considerable cheering at tho finish. Their success, the result of excellent all-round cricket, was thoroughly well deserved, and they showed to advantage at all points. Porter, who bowled through Surrey’s second innings without a change, was particularly difficult, and considering the time he kept up his end, his length was exceptionally good. S u r r e y . First Innings. Abel, b Davidson ..........23 Mr. J. Shuter, c Hall, b Davidson........................ 5 Mr. K. J. Key, b Davidson 11 Mr. W. W. Read, b Porter 10 Second Innings, b Porter .......... 1 cStorer,b David- , 12 son c Chatterton, Porter .......... 4 b Porter .......... 3 c Davidson, b Porter .......... 5 b Porter .......... 0 c Storer,b David­ son .................46 run ont ..........30 c Sugg, b Porter 22 c Bagshaw, b Davidson ... 0 not out .......... 5 B 1,1b 2 ... 3 M, Read, b Davidson Lohmann, b Porter.......... 7 Henderson, b Porter.......... 1 Lockwood, b Porter..........18 Brockwell, b Davidson ... 20 Sharpe, not out... .......... 4 Mr. A. F. Clarke, b David­ son ............................... 0 B l,n b 2 ................. 3 T ota l.................104 Total ...111 D e r b y s h ir e . First Innings. Mr. L. G. Wright, c Lohmann, b Sharpe 0 W. Sugg, b Sharpe ... 6 Chatterton, c Lock­ wood, b W. R ead... 59 Bagshaw,c Lohmann, b W. Read ..........80 Mr. S. H. Evershed, b Brockwell .......... 3 Davidson, c Loh­ mann, b W. Read... 3 Total Storer, not out..........15 Mr H. F. Wright, b W. R ead................. 3 W. Hall, c Hender­ son, b Brockwell 0 Porter, b W. Read ... 8 Wood-Sims,b Brock­ well ........................ l B ........................ 9 ..187 In the Second Innings Mr. L. G. Wright scored (not out) 19, W. Sugg, (not out) 12.—Total, 31. BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u r r e y . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Davidson... 32.1 16 41 6 .......... 41.2 21 41 8 Porter ... 32 14 60 4 .......... 43 Hall 2 22 61 6 0 6 0 D e r b y s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lohmann... 17 6 48 0 .......... 3 0 6 0 Sharpe 17 5 43 2 .......... 6 2 14 0 Lockwood 16 6 21 0 .......... 4 1 11 0 A b e l.......... 3 1 11 0 Brockwell 14.3 6 21 3 W . Read ... 11 1 31 5 CHARLTON PARK v. OLD CHARL­ TON. Played at Charlton Park on July 18. C h a r l t o n P a r k . E. A. Redman, b Leaney .................71 J. A. Thornton, b Leaney ................. 0 H.Stapley.at Sweeney b Draper.................28 A. J. Dodd, b Draper 14 W. J. McCanlis, b Gilbert ................. 6 T. P. Woodhouse, run out ................. 2 A. Lovey, b Leaney 9 H. C. Sargent, b Leaney .................12 W. J. C. Keats, not out ........................24 W. J. Cowley, b Leaney .................’ 4 R. S. Wild, b Draper 5 B 8,1 b 3 ..........11 Total......... 186 O ld C h a r l t o n . W . Davies, b Stap- ley ........................ 2 G. Gilbert, b Stapley 5 P. Sweeney, b Sar­ gent ........................ 1 P. Davies, h w, b Keats .................39 J. Leaney, 1 b w, b Stapley ................. 6 W. Draper, b McCan­ lis ........................26 H. Gradige, b Keats F. Cross, b Keats ... E. Wright, b McCan­ lis ........................ R. Kirk, not out M. Bentall,b McCan­ lis ........................ B2, lb 2 .......... Total.......... T he match between Norfolk and Bedford­ shire, played on Friday and Saturday at Nor­ wich, ended in favour of the former by an innings and 149 runs. Norfolk scored 522 (Rev. A. C. Davis 126, Rev. F , Sandwith 123), against 222 and 151 by Beds.