Cricket 1891

878 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME; AUG. 27, 1891 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. The Gloucestershire eleven, who have been perhaps more unfortunate than the majority of the other County teams in the weather they have had just lately, had another disagreeable experience for their last match of the season, on the Clifton College Ground this week. Wet during the early part of Monday morning prevented a commencement until 1 . 20 , and then the wicket was so soft that run-getting was not easy. Still the Notts eleven, who were fortunate enough to win the toss, were able to make a good show, thanks to another brilliant exhibition by their great batsman, Shrewsbury. Going in first he was sixth out at 162 and as he was only in two hours and a half for his 94 it will be seen he scored at a much faster rate than usual. His timing on the slow ground was perfection, and his innings, which was void of a mistake, on a wicket which required very watchful cricket, was only another proof of his marvellous resource as a batsman, of his truly wonderful aptitude for accommodating himself to every possible change of pitch. There were seven other double figures in the innings of Notts, and the total of 205 was the more creditable as owing to illness Baggaley had to leave the ground, and the team were in consequence one short. It may also be stated that Gunn and Mr.J.A.Dixon were both absent owing to business, so that the batting was con­ siderably weakened. Gloucestershire had only twenty minutes’ batting on Monday, and in this time lost one of their best batsmen (Mr. Radcliffe) for 12 runs. A heavy rainfall prevented any play on Tuesday,and yesterday a commencement was not possible until nearly one o’clock. Even then the ground was hardly in a fit state, and after Mr. W. G. Grace and Painter had been dismissed for an addition of twenty-six runs, the rain, which had been falling slightly for some little time, caused a retirement. The opportunity was utilised to have luncheon, but play had not been resumed long before another heavy downpour decided the Captains to give up the game altogether. Mr. E. M. Grace was not out as will be seen, having scored 43 of the total of 73. N o t t s . Shacklock, c E. M. Grace, b W. G. Grace .................11 T. Attewell, not out 14 Sherwin, b W. G. Grace ................. 3 Baggaley, absent, ill 0 B 8, lb 1 .......... 4 Shrewsbury,c Pullen, b W oof .................94 Flowers, c Sainsbury, b Roberts.................16 Barnes, b Roberts ... 0 W. Attewell, b Woof 12 Mr. R. Daft.c Board, b W . G. Grace ... 13 Mr. C. W. Wright, b W oof........................11 Total H. B. Daft, lbw, b W oof........................27 G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e Mr. E. M. Grace, not out ........................43 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe,b W. Attewell ..........11 Mr. W.G. Grace, lbw, b W. Attewen ... 6 Painter, lbw, b W. Attew ell............................................ 0 Mr. W. W. F. Pullen, b W. Attewell ... 2 Mr. E. Sainsbury, c Wright, b Barnes 10 Mr. A. C. M. Croome, not out ................. 0 B ........................ 1 ... 73 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. N o t t s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ,36 9 88 4 j Grace ... 26 8 50 3 ,24 9 52 2 I Croome... 4 1 11 0 G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. W.Attewell31 17 24 4 |Shacklock 1 1 0 0 Flowers... 23 7 45 0 |Barnes ... 5 4 3 1 Woof . Roberts . SOMERSETSHIRE v. M IDDLESEX. The Somersetshire eleven brought their first season as a County of the front rank to a close at Taunton yesterday, with a defeat at the hands of Middlesex. In the absence of Mr. A. J. Webbe, Mr. O’Brien again captained the Middlesex eleven, and as his luck was again in evidence in the toss the home team were placed at a great disadvantage at the outset. Going in first with Mr. Stoddart the Middlesex captain scored at a great rate, and at the time of the former’ s dismissal G 6 had been got in a little over half-an-hour. Mr. Scott, too, helped Mr. O’Brien to make runs freely, and he was responsible for 62 out of 125 added for the second wicket. Mr. O’Brien also saw Mr. Hadow go before he was out. He had contributed 113 out of 219 as the result of two hours and a half’s batting. An idea of the rate of the scoring can be had from these figures, which give an average of just under ninety runs an hour. Though at times a little lucky in placing the ball, Mr. 0 ’Brien|s 113 was a notable display of free cricket, his hitting all round being especially judicious and well timed. After his dismissal Mr. Woods and Tyler found no serious resistance, and as the six remaining wickets only added 85, Somersetshire had to go in against a total of 284. They then had only a little over half an hour left for batting, and under the disadvantage of a bad light were unlucky to lose the brothers Palairet and Mr. Challen for 29 runs. Rain prevented a resumption until 12 45 on Tuesday, and frequent showers during the afternoon made matters rather disagree­ able. The wet ground, though, at the outset, favoured Somersetshire, and Messrs. Hewett and Roe scored so freely that 78 had been added in an hour when the latter was bowled. Mr. Woods, too, lent his captain useful assistance, and there seemed almost a cer­ tainty that Somersetshire would save the follow - on. Mr. Woods was the sixth out at 144, but the later batsmen lent little help, and after all the total fell three short of the sum required to avoid a follow. Mr. Hewett, who was out at 171, hit with great freedom, but his innings was marred by two chances in the early part. Going in again 82 to the bad, Somersetshire were seen to disadvantage on the drying wioket, and in a little over an hour half the side had been dismissed for 53. Three wickets yesterday only added thirteen, and Middlesex seemed to have an innings victory well within their grasp. Mr. Robinson and Nichols, however, added 61 before they were separated, and chiefly through the former’ s free hitting the score was raised to 124 before the tenth wicket fell. A heavy downpour prevented Middlesex, who wanted 43, going in till after luncheon, and then the runs were got for the loss of one batsman, leaving Middlesex victorious by nine wickets. The bowling of Rawlin and Hearne contributed in a great measure to their success. The former took in all eleven wickets for 125 runs. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Newton, b Nichols 40 Mr. T. C. O’Bnen, st Newton, b Tyler ...113 Mr. S. W. Scott, c Woods, b Nichols 52 Mr. E. M. Hadow, b Woods .................11 Mr. R. S. Lucas, lbw, b Tyler ................. 5 Mr. A. K. Watson, b Woods ................. 1 In the Second Innings Lucas scored (not out) 21, Watson, b Woods 18, Phillips, (not out) 4.— Total, 43. S o m e r s e t s h ir e . Rawiin, c Challen, b Woods .................. 2 Mr. P. J. T, Henery, b Woods.................. 4 Phillips, b Tyler ... 2 J. T. Hearne, not out 11 Mr. H. Menzies, b Tyler ...............11 L b l . w l ........... 2 Total ...254 First Innings. Mr. L. C. H. Palairet. b Rawlin ... ................. Nichols, b Rawlin .......... Second Innings. 3 Menzies, b H earne.......... 7 b Menzies, b H earne..........12 Mr. J. B. Challen, b Baw- lin......................................11 cLucas.b Hearne 19 Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, b Rawlin ........................... 0 b Hearne ........... 12 Mr. W. N. Boe, b Stoddart 29 b Rawlin ............ 4 Mr. H. T. Hewett, c Scott, b H earne................. ...65run out ... ... 5 Mr. 8. M. J. Woods, c Henery, b B aw lin.........22 cHearne, bRaw­ lin Mr. V. T. Hill, b Rawlin... 15 c and b Rawlin Mr. A. E. Newton, b Raw­ lin...................................... 0 Mr.C.J. Robinson, not out 2 Tyler,c O’Brien, b Rawlin 0 B 10, lb 5 ...................15 Total ................. 172 c Stoddart, b Hearne ... 9 b Hearne ............42 not out .......... 1 B ........... 6 Total ...124 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Woods.......... 35 11 97 4 .......... 9.4 4 18 1 Tyler .......... 27.2 4 75 4 .......... 7 2 20 0 Nichols ... 24 9 59 2 L. Palairet 3 0 11 0 .......... Roe .......... 2 0 10 0 .......... Woods bowled a wide, S o m e r s e t s h ir e . 0 5 0 First Innings Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. B. W. Hearne ... 28 18 55 1 . ......... 28.2 11 61 6 Rawlin ... 81.2 9 64 8 ......... 81 12 5L 3 Phillips ... 5 1 19 0 . Hadow 3 0 13 0 ” 4 2 3 0 Stoddart... 3 1 6 1 ., ........ 2 0 13 0 YORKSH IRE v. KENT. Rain interfered considerably with the last of Yorkshire’s Inter-County matches for this season, so much so that the game which was begun at Leeds on Monday was left in an un­ finished state last night. Owing to the heavy rainfalls, the ground at the outset was very wet, and a commencement was not possible till 12.30 on Monday. Still Ulyett and Hall, who opened the batting for Yorkshire, made the best of the slow pitch, and at luncheon time the score was 52 with only Ulyett out. The latter part of the innings, though five batsmen got double figures, however, did not contain any noteworthy incident, and the nine remaining wickets were secured for an addition of 96 runs. Hall was in close on two hours, and his 38 was the best feature of Yorkshire’s batting. Martin and Aleo Hearne, it will be seen, divided the wickets equally, though the former had much the better analysis. Kent, at the finish on Monday, had to bat under the disadvantage of a bad light, and when play ceased two batsmen (Messrs. Rashleigh and Marchant) had been dismissed for 44 runs. The rain only admitted of an hour and a half’s play on Tuesday, and in this time Kent increased their score by 77 for the loss of five wickets. The chief feature of the game was the steady cricket of Mr. Fox, who was still in, having scored 34 of the runs made on Tuesday. Owing to the heavy rain of Tuesday night the ground was not in a fit state until after luncheon yesterday, and then Kent’s innings was quickly finished for an addition of |5runs. There was no chance of a definite finish, when Yorkshire went in with a lead of 22 runs, and after 78 had been made for the loss of five wickets, the game was drawn. Y o r k s h ir e . First InningB. Ulyett, b Martin ... 17 Hall, c Wilson, b A. Hearne .................88 Wardall, b A. Hearne 9 Peel, lbw, b A. Hearne 10 Mr. F. S. Jackson, 1b w, b Martin ... 11 Mr. E. Smith, c Hamilton, b A. Hearre .................15 Wainwright,st Kemp, b M artin.................19 In the Second Innings Ulyett scored,c Hamilton, b Martin 16, Hall, b Martin 2, Wardall (not out) 17, Peel (not out) 26, Jackson, c Patterson, b A. Hearne 8, Smith, c Marchant, b A. Hearne 0, Tunnicliffe,c Wright,b Martin 7; b 2.—Total,78. Tunnicliffe,c Kemp, b Martin .......... Mr. G. Thornton, c Patterson, b A. Hearne ................. Moorhouse, c Mar­ chant, b Martin ... Hunter, not out ... B ........................ 16 Total ...148 K e n t . A. Hearne, b Jack­ son ........................17 Mr. W. Rashleigh, st Hunter, b Wain­ wright ................. 7 Mr. F. Marchant, c Peel, b Jackson ... 21 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, b Wainwright ..........36 Mr. W . H. Patterson, c Smith, b .Jackson 7 Mr. L. A. Hamilton, c Tunnicliffe, b Peel ......... ... •• 16 Mr. L. Wilson, b Thornton .......... 5 Mr. M. C. Kemp, c Moorhouse, b Peel 6 G- Eearne, not out 6 Wright, c Wain­ wright, b Peel ... 1 Martin, st Hunter, b Wainwright ... 1 B ................. 3 Total ...126