Cricket 1891

3 5 4 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. AUG. 20, 1891 M ID D L E S E X v. SUSSEX; Though they were fortunate enough to win the toss in their return match with M iddlesex at L ord’s on Thursday,the Sussex E leven made such poor use of their opportunities as to give their opponents a long lead which they held until the end. The ground was in excellent condition for run-getting, but notw ith­ standing this advantage m ost of the Sussex batsmen shaped badly against the bowling of Mr. Nepean, who took five wickets for 47 runs, and in a little over two hours the whole side had been dism issed for a small total of 130. O f 121 from the bat, Mr. Newham and Jesse H ide contributed no less than 86 , and indeed eight of the eleven were only between them accountable for nineteen. Middlesex when their turn came to bat made a very different show. Messrs. Stoddart arid O ’Brien from the very outset were thoroughly at hom e,and in an hour and ten minutes they had made 118 runs. Mr. O ’Brien m issing a lob was bowled, but Mr, Stoddart stayed till the score was 156, when Tate got one past him . H is 90 were got in his best style with only one chance, and an idea of the rate of his run-getting will be gathered from the fact that he was a few minutes under two hours at the wickets. Later on Phillips and Mr. H enery, who was m issed in the long field when he had made six, gave some trouble, and when play ceased on Thursday, M iddle­ sex were 74 runs ahead with only seven batsmen out. Soon after the comm encem ent of the game, W est the M iddlesex wicket­ keeper sprained his leg so badly that he had to eave the field, and as he was unable to take further part in the game, M iddlesex had to bat one short. On Friday morning Humphreys quickly disposed of the two out­ standing wickets of Middlesex for an addition of twelve runs, so that they had a lead of 86 runs on the first hands. Though Marlow was soon out in the second innings Sussex made such a prom ising comm encem ent as to raise hopes of a good match. Bean and Mr. Newham added 58 runs for the second wicket, and the form er continued to hit so freely that 100 was up with only tw o batsmen out. Mr. Brann’s dismissal was, however, soon followed by that of Bean, and after the latter’s retirem ent the M iddlesex bowlers were seen to such advantage that the innings closed for 162, the last seven wickets only adding 54 runs. Bean made 67 out of 117 while he was in,and though he ought to have beea stumped soon after he came in he gave no other chance till just as his stay of an hour and thirty-five minutes was up. The collapse of the later batsmen of Sussex left Middlesex w ith 77 to w in, and as these were got before five o ’clock on Friday for the loss of two batsmen Sussex were beaten by eight wickets. S u s s e x . First Innings. Bean, c West, b Nepean 1 b Hearne Marlow, b Hearne .......... 5 b Nepean ... Mr. W. Newham, c Phil­ lips, b Nepean ..........56 b P hillips............21 Mr. (i. Brann, b Nepean... 0 ‘ In the Second Innings Stoddart scored c Tate, b Humphreys 17, O’Brien, (not out) 25, Scott, c Butt, b Smith 18, Hadow, (not out) 16; lb 2.—Total, 78. BOWLING ANALYSIS. S u sse x . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne ... 25.4 9 46 3 Nepean ... 28 1 47 5 Rawlin ... 7 2 19 1 Phillips ... 5 2 9 1 First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. T a te.......... 13 2 42 1 ......... 11.2 2 23 0 Smith 10 4 13 0 ......... 5 2 8 1 Humphreys 26.3 8 78 6 ........ 9 1 37 1 H id e.......... 8 1 21 0 Wilson ... 7 1 23 0 Bean.......... 18 8 27 2 ......... 3 0 8 0 Second Innings. ... 67 c O’Brisn, Hearne ... Mr.G. L. Wilson, b Hearne 0 b Phillips ... J. Hide, b Phillips ..........80 ~ Mr. C. A. Smith, b Rawlin zm Mr. W. H. Andrews, b Nepean ........................ Humphreys, not out.., Butt, b N epean.......... Eawiin, Phillips ... st O’Brien, Nepean ... Tate, b Hearne . B 2, lb 7 . Total , 8 b Phillips ... ... 16 b Hearne ... ... 5 c O’Brien, Nepean ... ... 0 not out ... 9 B .......... Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b T a te ........................90 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, b Humphreys ..........44 Mr. S. W. Scott, b B ean........................ 8 Mr. E. A. Nepean ,c Bean,b Humphreys 11 Mr. E. M. Hadow, c and b Bean .......... 7 Rawlin,b Humphreys 2 , ..........180 M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Total ...162 J. Hearne, b Hum­ phreys ................. Mr. A. K. Watson, c and b Humphreys Mr. P. J. T. Henery, c and b Humphreys Phillips, not out ... J. E. West, absent... B 11, l b l .......... Total 5 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 22.3 5 46 3 .......... 22 6 48 3 .......... 4 2 7 0 .......... 18 0 44 4 Hadow 3 0 9 0 M id d l e s e x . A. Hearne, b Wain­ wright ... ... ... 1 Mr.W. Rashleigh, run out ........................49 Mr. F. Marchant, c Hunter, b Peel ... 23 Mr. W. H. Patterson, c Ulyett, b Jackson 1 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, c Harrison, b Wain­ wright ....................34 Mr. L. Wilson, c Hun- Total ..........173 ter, b Peel .......... In the Second Innings A. Hearne scored (not out) 10, Fox, (not out) 2, Daffen, b Wainwright 7; b4, lb l.-T o ta l, 24. KEN T v . YO RK SH IR E . On the form they have been showing just lately, especially w ith their captain, Lord Hawke, still unable to play, the Yorkshire- m en on paper had certainly the worst of the outlook for their first fixture with Kent, fixed for the second part of last week at Maidstone. In winning the toss, too, Kent had all the best of the wicket, which showed unmistakable traces of the recent rains, so much so as to get an advantage on the first day, which practically gave them the match. Going in first, the home team kept possession of the wickets till past four o’clock on Thursday. T he innings altogether lasted just under two hours and three-quarters, and the rate of scoring was so good throughout that a very respectable total of 173 was reached. S ix of the eleven got double figures,and of the 165 from the bat, Messrs. Rashleigh and F ox contributed 83 or just one half. The form er’ s, in particular, was an excellent display of sound and confident batting. H e had made 49 out of 81 in an hour and ten minutes when he was thrown out by W ainwright. The Yorkshire- men found the wicket much more difficult when their turn came to bat, and the hour and three-quarters that remained on Thursday night proved sufficient for the completion of their innings. Tunnicliffe and W ardall alone offered any serious resistance to the bowling of Martin and W right, and the form er proved particularly effective, taking six wickets at a cost of under four and a half runs apiece. Follow ing on in a m inority of a hundred runs on Friday m orning, the earlier batsmen o f Yorkshire found the wicket still far from easy, and Martin and W right were at the outset so successful that Mr. Smith, Hall, and Wardall were all out with the total only 22. The free hitting o f Mr. Jackson helped Peel to add 35 runs, and U lyett on the form er’s retirement stayed while 36 runs were put on. Peel, who was batting in his very best form , however, gave the Kent bowlers considerable trouble, and was the last man out. Going in w ith the score at 21 he saw seven batsmen go, scoring 57 out of 101 while in. Though he was in nearly two hours and a half he never seemed to be at all at a loss with the bowling. On the contrary he played w ith the greatest confidence as well as judg­ m ent, and there was nothing like a flaw in his innings. Left w ith 23 to win, Kent got this number for the loss of Mr. Daffen, so that Yorkshire were beaten by nine wickets. The bowling of Martin and W right greatly con­ tributed to their victory as will be seen. The form er was especially successful, his ten wickets only costing 63 runs. Just before the end of Yorkshire’s second innings Mr. Kemp had to give up wicket-keeping owing to an in ju ry to his hand, and Mr. Patterson took ...216 bis place. K en t . First Innings. Mr. A. Daffen, b Wainwright.......... Mr. M. C. Kemp, c Jackson, b Smith 14 G. G. Hearne, b Har­ rison........................16 Wright, c Hunter, b Harrison.................16 Martin, not out ... 5 B 4, lb 4 .......... 8 Y o r k sh ir e . First Innings. Hall, c and b Wright ... 2 Ulyett, c Wilson, b Martin 3 Wardall, c Wilson, b Wright ........................15 Peel, b Wright ................. 8 Mr.F.S. Jackson, c Kemp, b Martin ........................ Mr. G. Thornton, lbw, b Martin ........................ Mr. E. Smith, b Martin ... Wainwright, b Martin ... Second Innings. b Wright .......... 8 b Martin ..........13 b Wright .......... 5 c Fox, b Martin 57 0 b A. Hearne Tunnicliffe, run out .. Harrison, b Martin ... Hunter, not out.......... B 1, lb 1 .......... b Martin .......... b Wright .......... c Kemp, b Wright .......... c Patterson, b Wright .......... c and b Martin not out ... ... B 5, lb 1 ... Total .................73 Total ...122 BOWTLING ANALYSIS. K ent . Fi.st Innings. O. M. R. W. Peel .......... 33 13 54 2 Wainwright 23 8 46 3 Harrison... 8.3 2 26 2 Jackson ... 10 5 14 1 Tnornton 6 2 16 0 Smith ... 3 0 9 1 Second Innings. O. M. K. W. ... 3.4 0 9 1 1 10 0 Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Martin ... 24 10 26 6 Wright ... 20 9 38 3 A. Hearne 4 2 7 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ...25.2 13 37 4 ... 30 10 64 5 ... 11 6 9 1 G.Hearne 6 3 6 0 LANCASHIRE v. NOTTS. The rain, which has interfered with the success of so many of the home matches of the Lancashire season, was unfortunately again very much in evidence on the occasion of the return with Notts, fixed for the latter part of last week, at Manchester. There was not in fact one full day’s cricket, for while no play was possible after five o’clock on Thurs­ day, not a ball was bowled on Friday, and on the Saturday the ground was still in such an unfavourable condition that a commencement was not possible till half-past one o’clock. As a consequence there was no possibility of the game being played out, and the seven hours and a half of actual play only allowed of the completion of an innings by each side. Nottr, who won the toss, were batting on Thursday for about three hours and a quarter, though the duration of the innings was increased to four hours by two intervals. Shrewsbury, who owing to an injury to his hand had not played since the end of last month, reappeared in the eleven and with the best results. Still Notts only made a moderate show, and their total of 145in the condition of the ground was very d is' appointing. Shrewsbury, Gunn, and Attewell were indeed responsible for 126 out of 143 from the bat, so that eight of the eleven could only together account for saventeen. Shrews, bury’s 67 occupied him close on three hours, and there was nothing that could be magni­ fied into a chance until just before he was out. After the close of the innings, just before five o’clock on Thursday, no play was possible till 1.35 on Saturday afternoon, and then the ground never got really diffioult. Still the