Cricket 1891

342 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. AUG. 13, 1891 LANCASHIRE v. SOMERSETSHIRE. The stormy weather which has been so general of late prevented a commencement of this matoh at Manchester till after luncheon time on Monday, and then the ground was hardly quite fit. Under such unfavourable conditions, Somersetshire did very respectably, and indeed, as the pitch was, their total of 156 was a creditable achievement. The scoring, too, was of a very even character, with no less than seven double figures, ranging from Mr. S. M. J. Woods’ 37, to Mr. V. T. Hill’s 10. The best stand of the innings was by Messrs. Woods and Challen, who put on 57 runs for the fourth wicket. On the soft ground, Mold made the ball do a great deal, and he secured five batsmen at a cost of 64 runs. Runs came freely when Ward and Sugg opened the Lancashire innings, and at the call of time on Monday, they had made 56 for the loss of two batsmen (Sugg and Smith). On Tuesday morning the wicket played fairly, as it diied gradually, and most of the Lan­ cashire batsmen did well. Ward, who had gone in first, continued to play in his very best style,'and his 60 was the result of two hours and ten minutes’ batting without a mistake. Yates, Baker, and Mr. Crosfield also showed to advantage. The former helped Ward to make 59 for the fourth wicket, while Mr. Crosfield, who played the best cricket of the latter part of the innings, carried his bat out, contributing 30 to the total of 215. Of the four bowlers tried by Somersetshire Tyler, who got half the wickets for 74, proved the most successful. The visitors had arrears of 59 to clear off, but they made so bad a start on Tuesday afternoon lhat they had only made 44 of these, for the loss of four good wickets, when heavy rain stopped play for the day, just before half-past four o’clock. The wicket yesterday, after the downpour of Tuesday, helped the bowlers considerably, and with the exception of Mr. Challen, who played well for his 33, no one could do much with the bowling of Mold and Briggs. The former in particular proved very effective, and as the remaining batsmen only added 48 the innings closed for 92. This left Lanca­ shire with 31 to win, and thanks to the vigorous hitting of Sugg these were got for the loss of two batsmen, leaving Lancashire with an easy victory by eight wickets. In the match, Mold got eleven Somersetshire’s wickets at a cost of just under 10 runs. S o m e rsetsh ir e . First Innings. Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, efc Kemble, b Briggs.......... 9 Mr.H.T.Hewett, c Hornby, b Mold...............................15 Mr. J. B. Challen, c Mold, b W atson........................ Mr. W . N. Roe, b Briggs... 0 b Mold Mr.S. M. J. Woods, b Mold 37 b Mold ... Mr. V. T. Hill, b Mold ... 10 b Mold.......... Nichols, b Watson .......... 1 b M o ll.......... Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, not out ...............................18 notout Mr. A. E. Newton, lbw, b Briggs...............................13 lbw, b Briggs Mr. C. J. Robinson, st Kemble, b Mold .......... 5 b Briggs ... Tyler, b Mold ...................19 b Mold Lb ......................... 1 B ............... Second Innings. c Baker, b Mold 7 run out .......... 3 28 c Ward, b Briggs 33 . 0 . 6 . 18 . 5 Total F. H. Sugg, b Nichols A. Ward c L. Palairet, b Tyler .................60 A.Smith, c Robinson, b W ood s.................10 Briggs, b Nichols ... 0 Yates, b Nichols ... 33 Baker,c Roe,b Woods 27 Mr. S. M. Crosfield, notout .................30 .............. 156 L a n c a s h ir e . First Innings. Total ... 92 Mr. A. N. Hornby, c Challen, b Tyler ... 1 Mr. A. T. Kemble, c and b T y le r ..........17 Watson,c L.Palairet, b Tyler ................. 2 Mold, c Nichols, b Tyler ................. 6 L b ........................ 1 Total ...215 In the Second Innings F. Sugg scored (not out) 23, A. Ward, c Newton, b Woods 1, A. Smith, b Woods 3, Briggs, (not out) 8 ; b 4.—Total, 34. BOWLING ANALYSIS. S o m e rsetsh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Briggs ... 21 7 69 8 ... ... 30 15 83 3 M old.......... 26.2 7 61 5 ... ... 34.4 19 45 6 Smith 6 4 7 0 ... ... 6 2 10 0 Watson ... 9 2 15 2 ... L ancashire First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Woods ... 21 4 73 2 ... ... 6.4 3 21 2 Nichols ... 38 16 52 3 ... ... 9 6 6 0 Tyler.......... 31 4 74 5 ... ... 4 2 3 0 L. Palairet 3 0 15 0 ... ... SUSSEX v. KENT. The excellence of the wickets provided on the Sussex County Ground, at Brighton, was again forciblyillustrated by the first part of the second match of the season between these counties, which occupied the first half of this week. On the occasion of the previous meet­ ing, at Tonbridge, the game was drawn after 623 runs had been made for fifteenwickets,and in the return finished yesterday the scoring was high on the first two days, realising 620 runs for twenty-one wickets. Sussex were fortunate enough to win the toss, and, though the ground was at the outset a trifle slow from recent rains, made the best use of their opportunities, keeping possession of the wickets the whole of Monday, and scoring 265 for the loss of eight batsmen. The foundation of this very creditable total was laid by Bean and Marlow, who in the course of two hours’ play hit up 111 runs for the first wicket. The latter’s 41,the outcome of excellent cricket as it was, was quite overshadowed by the brilliant E erformance of Bean. After he lost Marlow e stayed a considerable time with Mr. Brann, and the pair put on 55 while they were together. Bean, who was third man out at 176, had in three hours and ten minutes con­ tributed 102 by masterly as well as effective all-round batting. His hits on the off side as usual, were particular well-timed. He only gave one chance, and that rather a hard return to the bowler when be had got 53. Mr. Brann, as usual, hit freely for his 36, and after his departure Messrs. Wilson, Smith, and Andrews lent valuable assistance, the last-; named being caught on the stroke of time. Mr. Atkjps. who was to take wicket for Kent, did not arrive till after luncheon, and bv con­ sent of the Sussex captain Nuttall was allowed to keep till his arrival. On Tuesday Messrs. Smith, who was not out overnight with 16 runs, and Dudney, with some luck, scored at a great rate, and 63 runs had been added in forty minutes before the innings of Sussex, which had lasted five hours and forty minutes, came to a close. Of these 63 Mr. Smith, who carried out his bat, had made 34, and though he gave itwo chances his 50 was an excellent display of free hitting. Mr. Wilson, it will be seen, made four catches at point. Going in against a big total of 328 Kent made an exoellent start. Their first three batsmen, Mr. Rashleigh, Alec Hearne, and Mr. Mar­ chant scored 80 between them . Afterwards things for a time went in favour of Sussex, and with Mr. Fox caught at the wicket and Mr. Wilson run out, five of the best batsmen were out for 131. Though the chances of Kent saving the follow-on were then a little doubtful, Mr. W . H. Patterson greatly im­ proved matters, and his brilliant display of batting was the saving of the side. Though his defence was as strong as ever, he played a much freer game than is his wont. While he was in with Mr. Daffen 86 were added for the sixth wicket, a large majority from his bat. Mr. Patterson, indeed, did most of the run-getting, and when he was at last sent back, caught and bowled, he had contributed no fewer than 120 out of 186 got during his stay. He had been in for a few minutes under three hours, and there was not a semblance of a chance to be urged against his innings—one of exceptional merit. Wright soon followed, and with his dismissal the innings closed for 267, or only 61 to the bad. Sussex had forty minutes’ batting on Tuesday night, and in this time lost Mr. Brann for 25 runs. Heavy rain during Tuesday night produced an entire change in the cricket yesterday, and the wicket was so seriously affected that the bowlers had things entirely their own way. Martin and Wright took full advantage of the condition of the ground in the early part of the day, and by a few minutes past one o’clock the nine remaining wickets of Sussex had been secured for an addition of 52 runs. Martin was responsible for the dismissal of seven batsmen at a cost of 27, Wright took the other three for 45 runs. As the ground was, Kent had a very difficult task before them, with 139 to win, and against the bowl­ ing of Tate and Hide they made a very poor show. Mr. Marchant, with two lives, scored 21 , but his was the only double figure, and three of the side contributed 39 out of 43 from the bat* Mr. Fox, who was not out at luncheon time, was not on the ground to resume his innings on the resumption, and before half-past three o’clock the match was over, Sussex being left with a creditable victory by 84 runs. Tate and Hide bowled throughout Kent’s second innings, and the former had a fine analysis of six wickets for 23 runs. S u sse x . First Innings. _ Second Innings. A. ...102 Bean, c Wilson, Hearne ................. ftlarlow, c Wilson, Daffen........................ J. Hide, b Wright ... Mr. G. Brann, lbw, b G. Hearne ........................36 b Wright Mr. G. L. Wilson, c Wil­ son, b G. Hearne .......... A. Hearne, b Martin ..........13 b Martin .......... 0 c Wright, b Mar­ tin .................14 Mr. W. Newham, run out 9 Mr. C. A. Smith, not out 50 Humphreys, b Martin ... 4 Mr. W. H. Andrews, c A. Hearne, b Daffen ..........15 Mr. W. H. Dudney, b A. Hearne ...........................21 b Martin Tate, c Wilsoo, b A. Hearne ......................... 3 not out B 10, lb 2 .................12 B ... c G. Hearne, Martin ... . c Patterson, Wright ... . st Atkins, Martin ... . c Marchant, Martin ... . c Daffen, b Mar tin ... 13 10 ... 0 , 0 21 . 3 , 0 0 0 Total .................328 Total ... 77 K ent . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. W . Rashleigh, b Humphreys .................28 c Brann, b Hide 9 A. Hearne, c Dudney, b Humphreys ....................25 lbw, b Tate Mr. F. Marchant, b Humphreys ....................27 b Hide........... Mr. W. H. Patterson, c and b Tate.........................120 b T ate.......... Mr. C. J. M. Fox, c Dudney, b Smith ........... 5 absent Mr. L. Wilson, run out... 6 b Tate......... Mr. A. Daffen, run out 24 bH ide......... Mr. F. M. Atkins, c Humphreys, b Wilson... 1 b Tate............... 0 G. G. Heame. c Andrews, b Humphreys................. 4 not out ......... 1 Wright, b Tate .................14 b T a te............... S Martin, not o u t ................. 4 b T a te............... 0 B 3, lb 6 ......................... 9 B 7, l.b4... 11 Total........................267 T otal... 54 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S ussex . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Martin ... 52 21 841 ............. 27.8 14 27 7 Wright! ... 37 15 531 ............ 27 11 45 3 A. Hearne 33.2 9 72 3 G. Hearne 22 6 40 2 Daffen ... 20 6 46 2 Patterson... 6 2 21 0 K ent . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. T a te .......... 19.4 8 37 2 ............ 12.3 6 23 6 H id e.......... 35 6 210 ............ 13 5 20 3 Smith......... 22 4 56 1 Humphreys 28 7 97 4 Bean.......... 8 3 10 0 Wilson ... 16 5 37 1______________ CRICKETERS— B est G oods City Agents — beau th is M ark . — A d v t. P a b to n & L e s t e r , 94, Q u een S t ., C u ea p sid b .