Cricket 1891

AUG. 13, 1891 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 333 T H E C A N T E R B U R Y W E E K . KENT v. SURREY. Though the rain interfered so much with the game on Thursday that no play was pos­ sible after it had proceeded three-quarters of an hour, the wicket on tha second afternoon was so muoh in favour of the bowlers that thfe match was completed well before luncheon time on Saturday. The luck which has followed Mr. Shuter with such persistency this season in the toss once again stood him in good stead, and in going in first Surrey gained an advan­ tage which did much to determine the result. Batting on a wet and easy wicket, Mr. Shuter and Abel had put on 29 when a fine catch in the long-field got rid of the former. W ith the addition of 3 runs heavy rain stopped play, and a resumption was not possible till S ast half-past five o’ clock. Even then it was oubtful whether the wicket was fit, and the bowlers found the ground so slippery that in the twenty-five minutes that remained Abel and Lockwood had added 28 without further loss. In spite of the unfavourable weather for the Ladies’ Day, the attendance was very large, and7,121 passed through the turnstiles,ofwhom 5,181 paid. On Friday morning the ground for a time remained fairly easy, and Abel and Lockwood made such good use of their chances that 51 more were added before the latter was bowled. Of the 82 put on for the second wicket Lockwood had made 48 in an hour and three-quarters by good cricket without an actual ohance. Abel soon followed,also bowled by Alec Hearne, after an excellent innings extending over two hours and a half. The hundred had gone up with only one batsman out, but as the wicket dried Alec Hearne and Wright were able to get a lot of work on the ball, aud though Lohmann and Mr- Streatfeild f ot into double figures, the total only reached 69, the last four wickets falling after luncheon for an addition of only 25 runs. Of the four Kent bowlers, Alec Hearne had the best figures, his four wickets costing only 8 runs apiece,while Wright’s five were got at an expense of 76. The ground was perhaps at its worst when Kent went in on Friday afternoon, and they fared very badly against the fine bowling of Lohmann and Sharpe. Of the earlier batsmen, Mr. Marchant punished Lockwood’s bowling severely, and thanks to his hitting and the steady cricket of Mr. Patterson, 50 went up for four wickets. When Sharpe was put on, however, he proved almost as destructive as Lohmann, and backed by fine fielding, Surrey succeeded in dismissing their opponents in an hour and a half for the small total of 69—exactly 100 runs in arrear. Helped by the ground Lohmann did a remark­ able performance. His analysis was, indeed, quite out of the common,reading eighteen overs and a ball (12 maidens) for 14 runs and six wickets. Sharpe,who took Lockwood’s place at 41, delivered eleven overs and secured four wickets for 5 runs each. Following on exactly a hundred to the bad,Kent had forty minutes’ batting on Friday night, and in that time lost Messrs. Marchant and Rashleigh for 40 runs. Continuing on Saturday, Mr. Patterson and Alec Hearne were soon dismissed, and as Messrs. Daffen and Fox as well as Mr. Patter­ son were dismissed at 56 there seemed small chance of Kent saving the innings, especially as, owing to an injury to his hand, Mr. Kemp was unable to bat. Mr. Wilson, who played with great pluck and judgment, however, found a useful partner in Wright, and their stand for the eighth wicket, which realised 44 runs, was productive of the best cricket on^the side of Kent. When Lockwood came on, how­ ever, in place of Sharpe, he soon dismissel Wright and Martin, bringing the innings to a close for 104. Surrey had thus to go in to get 5 runs, and as these were got off five balls, Kent were beaten by ten wickets. The luck was altogether on the side of the winners and win­ ning the toss it may fairly be urged won the match. Still the performance was a creditable one, and with this success Surrey were able to claim that they had beaten every one of the other eight leading counties once this season. How much of the credit of their victory was due to Lohmann’ s bowling the analysis will show. He bowled throughout the match, and his analysis showed 42 overs and one ball for 42 runs and ten wickets. Sharpe’s seven wickets cost 71, and Lockwoods two 43 runs. S u r r e y . First Innings. Mr. J. Shuter, c Fox, Mr. E. C. Streatfeild, b M artin................. 16 c Martin, b Wright 18 Abel, b A. Hearne ... 51 Mr. K. J. Key, c L o c k w o o d , b A. Rashleigh, b A. Hearne ................. 48 Hearne ................. 4 Mr. W. W . Read, c Brockwell, c Kemp, G.Hearne.b Wright 7 b Wright................. 0 Lohmann, c Kemp, Wood, c A. Hearne, b A. Hearne .......... 12 b Wright................. 0 Henderson, c Wilson, Sharpe, not out 3 b Wright................ 5 B ........................ 5 Total ..........169 In the Second Innings Mr. J. Shuter scored (not out) 3, Mr. K. J. Key (not out) 4.—Total 7. K ent . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Hearne, c Abel, b Lohmann........................ 0 lbw, b Sharpe ... 18 Mr. A. Daffen, b Lohmann 8 b Lohmann ... 0 Mr. F. Marchant, b Lohm ann........................31 c Wood,b Sharpe 7 Mr. W. H. Patterson, c and b Lohmann ...........10 b Lohmann ... 19 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b Sharpe 6 b Sharpe ....... 2 Mr. W. Rashleigh, c Lock­ wood, b Sharpe .......... 0 b Lohmann ... 3 Mr.L.Wilson, b Lohmann 3 not out ..........32 G. G. Hearne, b Sharpe ... 0 b Lohmann ... 0 Mr, M, C. Kemp, b Sharpe ........................ 0 absent (hurt) ... 0 Wright, not out.................10 b Lockwood ... 12 Martin, st Wood, b Lohm ann............................0 b Lockwood ... 0 B o, l b l ................. 6 B 4,1 b 7 ... 11 Total ..........69 Total..............1C4 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S urrey . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R. W. Martin .......... 23 7 43 1 ........... 0 4 0 7 0 Wright .......... 46-2 15 76 5 A. Hearne ... 30 16 324 G. Hearne ... 6 2130 K ent . First Innings. Second Innings. O.M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lohmann......... 181 12 146 ............. 24 14 28 4 Lockwood ... 7 0 290 ............. 3 0 14 2 Sharpe ......... 11 4 204 ............. 22 7 51 3 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SUSSEX. The heavy rains of last week had affected the wicket provided for this return match, commenced on the Clifton College Ground, on Thursday, so much that four innings had been completed before half-past four o’clock on the second afternoon. Mr. W . G. Grace, who had been absent from the matches at Nottingham and Canterbury, was fortunately well enough to resume direction of the Gloucestershire eleven, while the all-round cricket of Sussex was materially strengthened by the appear­ ance of Mr. C. A. Smith. The latter County, though, was placed at a great disadvantage in the absence of Marlow, who, owing to an injury to his hand, was unable to play. The choice of innings fell to Sussex, and Mr. New­ ham, though hesitating at first as to what course to pursue in the doubtful aspect of the weather, as events proved gained a great advantage by going in first. Though Bean was soon out, Hide played well, and later on Mr. Wilson was seen to especial advantage, scoring 36 out of 49 in an hour and a quarter by excellent cricket. As the ground was, however, most of the batsmen found the bowling of Roberts extremely difficult to play, and the innings, which had lasted two hours and a quarter, closed with the fall of the ninth wicket, Wells, who had been sent for to take Marlow’s place, not having arrived. Roberts, although the wicket at the outset was not altogether in his favour, came out with the excellent analysis of seven wickets for 43 runs. When Gloucestershire went in, the wicket was fast growing worse, and the eleven made a very poor show against the bowling of Tate and Mr. Smith. The brothers Grace and Mr. Radcliffe at the outset did fairly well, but this early promise was not maintained. Afterwards, indeed, no stand was made against the Sussex bowlers, and in an hour and ten minutes the whole side had been dis­ missed for 35 from the bat, of which the first three batsmen had contributed 30. Tate had a most extraordinary analysis, taking seven wickets in sixty-seven balls at a cost of only 17 runs. With a useful lead of 54 runs Sussex made a fairly good start in their second innings, thanks to some free cricket by Bean and Mr. Brann, and by the end of the day 51 had been got for the loss of half the side. By the resumption on Friday morning the ground had improved considerably, and Messrs. Smith and Dudney hit so freely that the 100 went up with only another batsman. Murch, however, proved very effective at the finish, and the total after all only reached 131. Woof, though, proved to be the most successful bowler, his six wickets only costing 41 runs. W ith 186 to win, on a wicket helping the bowlers considerably, Gloucestershire began badly in spite of some free hitting by Mr. E, M. Grace, losing Messrs. W. G. Grace and Radcliffe before luncheon for 41 runs. Some vigorous hitting by Mr. Pullen and Painter improved matters slightly, but still Sussex had a lot in hand, and when Murch was out the telegraph showed 92 for eight wickets. Just at the last Roberts and Board hit vigorously, and 29 were put on for the tenth wicket. Still, it was only an expiring effort, and Sussex were left with a creditable success by 55 runs. Their victory was mainly due to the exceptional bowling of Tate. He was unchanged during both innings, and his twelve wickets were got at a cost of 61 runs, figures under any conditions of a very remark­ able character. S u s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Bean, st Board, b Roberts 6 c Board, b W oof 18 J. Hide, b Roberts .......... 20 c Board, b Woof 8 Mr. G. Brann, b Roberts... 7 o Croome, b Woof .......... 27 Mr. W . Newham, c W . G. Grace, b R oberts.......... 0 c E. M. Grace, b W oof .......... 0 Mr. C. L. Wilson, c Board, b Woof ........................ 36 c Pullen, b R oberts.......... 1 Mr. W . H. Andrews, b Roberts ........................ 0 c Painter, b W oof .......... 1 Mr. C. A. Smith, b Roberts 6 b Murch .......... 31 Humphreys, b W oof.......... 2 st Board, b Woof 4 Mr. W. H. Dudney, not out 10 c Woof, b Murch 16 Tate, b Roberts................. 1 not out .......... 2 Wells, absent ................. 0 b Murch .......... 7 B ............................... 3 B 11, lb 5 ... 16 Total ................. 91 Total ...131 G loucestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr.W. G. Grace, c Wilson, b T a te .............................. 9 b Tate................. 6 Mr. E. M. Grace, c Tate, b Sm ith............................... 10 1 b w, b Hum­ phreys .......... 24 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Wil­ son. b Smith ................. 11 b Tate................. 7 Mr. W. W. F. Pullen, b Tate ............................... 0 b Smith .......... 16 Painter, b T a te ................. 0 b Smith .......... 11 Mr. A. C. M. Croome, c Andrews, b Smith......... 2 lbw, b Smith ... 4 Mr.H. Y. Page, c Newham, b T a te................ ... . . 2 b Tate.......... . .. 0 Murch, b Tate ... ,. 0 b T ate.......... ... 12 Woof, b Tate ... ... . . . l b Tate.......... ,... 8 Roberts, b Tate ... ... . .. 0 not out ... 22 Board, not out ... .. 0 c Andrews, b Humphreys ... 10 B ................. ... .. . 2 B 8, lb 2 ... 10 Total ... .. 87 Total ...130 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u s s e x . First Innings- Second Innings. O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W. W oof............. 24 8 32 2 .......... 22 5 41 6 Roberts ... 32 12 43 7 .......... 14 5 42 1 W. G. Grape 8 4 13Q ........... 10 7 5 0