Cricket 1891

818 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAMEe AUG. 6, 1891 NOTTS v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. On Thursday last for the second time this season Gloucestershire had to go into the field without their captain, who, though recovered from the injury to his knee, had the mis­ fortune to rick bis back when practising in the morning before the commencement of the match. The Trent Bridge ground was soft and slippery after the rain when a start was made about one o’clock, and this proved a great advantage to the Gloucestershire bats­ men, who won the toss, their opponents having to bowl and field with a wet ball. Dr. E . M. Grace and Mr. Radcliffe, who went in first, made 47 for the first wicket, and at lunch the score was 70 with two batsmen out. Of this number Mr. Radcliffe had contributed 41 by free hitting, with one chance. In the after­ noon the game was frequently interrupted by showers, and, as a consequence, the wicket was kept easy for the batsmen, who, profiting by their opportunities, scored freely off the bowling of Notts. Painter and Mr. Sainsbury made a splendid stand. The pair, while they were together, added 86 , most of which came from the professional, who, it may be remem­ bered, proved very successful m the same match last year. Mr. Sainsbury was the first to go, being caught in the slips, after a sound and invaluable innings of 34. Only one more wicket—that of Mr. Page—fell before the call of time, when the score had been raised to 214, Painter being not out with 76 to his credit. Though a great deal more rain fell during the night, the wicket had recovered sufficiently to allow of a renewal at the usual time on Friday morning. Mr. Croome, the next in-comer, rendered Painter useful assist­ ance, and, between them, they carried the total to 264 before the amateur was caught at the wicket for a thoroughly well-got score of 36. Murch subsequently made several good hits, and the innings ultimately realised a highly creditable total of 294. Painter, who was the seventh batsman out at 276, was at the wickets three hours for his 101 , and it may safely be said that he has never played better cricket. He was in while 190 runs were added to tho total, and his 101 runs were got without an actual chance. During the lunch-time interval on Friday, the sun shone out bril­ liantly, and the sodden wicket was extremely treacherous. Still the poor batting display of Notts came as a surprise. It should be stated that, in addition to the absence of Sherwin and Barnes, who were suffering from slight injuries, Notts were placed at a still greater disadvantage by the loss of Shrewsbury, who had bruised one of his arms fielding on the previous day, and was unable to bat. The want of their great batsman—especially reli­ able as he is on a bowler’s wicket—was irreparable. Indeed, in the two hours’ batting on Friday afternoon, Notts were disposed of twice for an aggregate of 172 runs. Flowers hit with pluck and vigour each time, and in the first innings Gunn and he actually con­ tributed 62 out of 77 from the bat. In the follow-on, no one but Daft, however, lent Flowers any real help, and Gloucester­ shire had gained a decisive victory by an innings and 122 runs some time before the end of the second day. This success, the more creditable in the absence of Mr. W. G. Grace, was in a great measure due to the very fine bowling of Woof and Roberts. Though the ground was all in their favour, still their performance was highly creditable. W oof’s figures, though, were the better, showing eight wickets in 47 overs for 68 runs. G loucestershire . N o t t in g h a m s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. J. A. Dixon, c Murch, b Woof ........................ W. Marshall, c Board, b R oberts........................ Gunn, b W oof ... Flowers, c Page, b Woof ... ! Attewell, b Roberts..........3 H. B. Daft, c Sainsbury, b Roberts ........................ Mr. C. W . Wright, b Roberts ........................ Shacklock, c Sainsbury, b W o o f............................... Baggaley, not oat .......... Wharmby, run o u t .......... Shrewsbury, absent.......... N b ............................... . 0 b Roberts , , 30 c Grace, Murch ... c Roberts, W oof b Woof c and b Woof 0 run out c Pullen, b Roberts.......... 4 c Grace, b Woof 4 not out b Grace absent.......... B 5, lb 1 Total , 78 Total ... 94 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G lo u ce s te rs h ire . O.M. R. W. O. Shacklock 24 7 5d 2 Baggaley 29 Attewell ... 49 22 83 2 Flowers 20 Wharmby 12 1 29 0 N otts . M. R. W. 9 60 5 2 57 1 E s s e x . Mr. H. G. Owen, c Brockwell, b Loh­ mann........................14 Carpenter, c Watts, b Lohmann................. 0 E. N. Annan, b Sharpe .......... ... 8 Burns, c Sharpe, b Lohmann... ......... 9 Mr. G. B. Gosling, b Lockwood .......... 6 Mr. F. E. Rowe, b Lohmann ............10 Mr. C. D. Buxton, c Watts,b Lockwood 15 Mr. H. M. Taberer, not out .................11 Mead, b Lockwood 0 Pickett, st Watts, b Lohmann .......... 3 Mr. F. A. Bishop, b Lockwood .......... 1 B ........................11 Total ..........88 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Mead... Pickett Bishop S urrey . First Innings. O. M.R. W. 17 2 44 1 ... 38 23 51 4 ... 22 10 27 5 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 1.4 1 0 ....... 25 ......... 17 Owen 12 9 43 4 5 37 2 3 28 2 Pickett bowled a no-ball. Second Innings. O. M. R. \V. First Innings. O. M. R. W. Woof .......... 23 12 36 4 .......... 24 10 32 4 Murch......... 6 1 23 0 .......... 9 6 13 1 Roberts ... 16 8 18 4 .......... 14 2 42 2 Grace.......... 1.2 1 1 1 Roberts bowled a no ball. ESSEX v. SURREY. The heavy rains prevented a commence­ ment of this return match at Leyton on Thursday, and as from the same cause play only lasted two hours on Friday morning, there was practically only a little over one day’s actual cricket. Surrey winning the toss went in first on Friday, and while play lasted scored 79 for the loss of six batsmen. The wicket, as was only to be expected, gave considerable assistance to the bowlers,and Henderson, who went in fifth and was not out at the end of the day, was the highest scorer with twenty. On Saturday morning Henderson was soon dismissed, but through the steady cricket of Ayres and the free hitting of Watts, 47 were added before the innings closed. Excepting Mr. Owen none of the earlier batsmen of Essex did much against Lohmann’s bowling, and though later on Messrs. Rowe, Buxton and Taberer gave some trouble, when the tenth wicket fell the total was only 88 . The credit of their dis­ missal rested with Lohmann and Lockwood, who took nine of the ten wickets, the former five for 37, the latter four for 14. W ith a lead of 38 runs Surrey made a fairly good start in the second innings, and the total was 64 when the third wicket fell. After this, however, no one except Wood got double figures,and as there was no time for Essex to go in when the innings ended, the match was drawn. Dr. E. M. Grace, c Shrewsbury, b bag­ galey ...........................18 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c and b Baggaley ... 41 Mr. E. bainsbury, c Marshall, b Atte­ well ... ....................34 Mr..W. W. Pullen, c Wright, b baggaley 18 Painter, c Attewell, b Shacklock..................101 Mr. H. V. Page, lbw, b Attewell ..........15 Mr.A. C. M. Croome, c Wright,b Flower i 35 Murch, b Baggaley 17 Woof.c and b Shack­ lock ... ................. Roberts, not out ... Board, b baggaley... 0 B 4, lb 5 .......... Total ...294 S u rrey. First Innings. Abel,c Annan, b Bishop 11 Second Innings, c Buxton, b Bis­ hop .................ll Lockwood, c Mead, b Pickett ........................12 b Bishop .......... Lohmann, c Carpenter, b Bishop ...........................15 c Mead, b Owen Mr. W. W. Read, c Burns, b P ick ett........................... 10 12 Henderson, c Taberer, b M ea d ...............................22 Mr. K. J. Key, b Bishop... 3 BrockwelJ, c Gosling, b Bishop ........................ 0 Ayres, not out .................20 Wattp, b Pickett.................26 Wood, b Pickett................. 3 Sharpe, c Annan, b Bis­ hop ............................... 0 B 1, lb 2, nb 1 .......... 4 c Gosling, Pickeit ... b Owen b Pickett ... , 21 0 b Pickett .......... not out................. cRowe, b Pickett c Rowe, b Mead 13 b Mead .......... B 2, lb 3, nb 1 Lohmann Sharpe ... M. R. W. 17 37 6 26 O. M. R. W . Lockw oodl5.l 9 14 4 HAMPSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. The Hampshire eleven, who had beaten Leicestershire at Leicester in July, had to put up with a defeat in the return match, played at Southampton at the end of last week, after an equally well contested game. Owing to rain, the wicket was all in favour of the bowlers on Thursday, and though play did not begin till nearly a quarter to three o’clock, before stumps were drawn seventeen wickets had fallen for 152. The only noteworthy features were the hitting of Mr. De Trafford, who made 46 out of 67 for Leicestershire, and of Mr. Lacey on the other side. Rain again delayed the game till half-past one o’clock on Friday, and then after getting rid of the remaining wickets of Hampshire for an addition of 36 runs, Leicestershire made 176 in their second innings, a creditable total considering that the wicket, for a time at least, was in favour of the bowlers. This excellent show was due to the good batting of Mr. Turner, Pougher, and Mr. Wright, particu­ larly of the last named, who made 59 in an hour and a half without a chance. Hampshire, who had over-night got 13 of 123 wanted to win without the loss of a wicket, made a poor show on Saturday against the bowling of Pougher and Woodcock, and were all out for 88 ,leaving Leicestershirewith avery creditable win by 34 runs. In Hampshire’s second innings Pougher took six wickets for 39 runs. L eicestershire . Total ..126 Total ...114 First Innings. Wheeler, c Russell, b Baldwin ........................ Warren, b Baldwin.......... Mr. C. fG. de Trafford, c Bethune, b Barton......... Mr. J. A. Turner, c Soar, b Barton ........................ Pougher, c Bencraft, b Barton ........................ Holland, run out................. Mr. S. R. Wright, b Bar­ ton ............................... Mr. D. L o r r i m e r , c Bethune, b Soar .......... Chapman, c Bethune, b Soar ............................... Woodcock, c Forster, b Soar ............................... Mr. W. E. Arnall,“not out Second Innings. 6 b Soar................. 7 3 c Robson, b Soar 4 46 c and b Barton 16 l c L a c e y , b F orster..........28 1b w, b Barton 28 run out .......... 1 c Bethune, Barton ... , 59 1 c Russell, b Soar 15 0 c Soar, b Steele 9 2 st Robson, Barton ... 0 not out B .......... Total 67 Total.........176