Cricket 1891

888 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECCED OF THE GAME. SEPT. 3, 1891 shows that up to a few weeks ago, out of over 3,500 runs made while he was keeping, there were only twenty-five byes. As a wioket-keeper, Hunter has certainly no superior at the present time. W ith any amount of pluck he is equally at home with all varieties of bowling, and without any un­ necessary show, is smart as well as sure. As a batsman, though he has frequently played excellent cricket,when runs, too, were wanted, he has still in our opinion, to prove his true form,which is muoh better than he has as yet shown. A total abstainer, and with youth on his side, Hunter’s future as a cricketer should be more than ordinarily bright. Our portrait is from a photograph by E. Hawkins & Co., 108, King’s Road, Brighton. THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. NORTH v. SOUTH. The rain, which prevented the delivery of a ball in the first fixture (M.C.C. & Ground and Yorkshire)during the latter part of last week, caused this match, begun on Monday, to be practically the commencement of the Scar­ borough Festival. Even then the weather was so unpropitious that only two hours’ cricket was possible on the first day, and as a natural consequence the ground throughout was so slow as to be all in favour of the bowlers. Though strong, the South as selected was certainly not a representative side, and the absence of Mr.W. G. Grace, who was unable to play, was a source of great regret, while the Northern team was certainly not the best side with Shrewsbury not to mention others away. On the other hand Lord Hawke’s re­ appearance after a long absence, owing to an injured hand, was heartily welcomed. Though they won the toss, the South fared very badly on the soft ground, and during the two hours allowed for play on Monday nine wickets fell for 68 runs. Briggs’ bowling proved altogether too much for the majority of the batsmen. He took seven of the nine wickets, and in addition had the distinction, very rare in a first-class match, of the hat trick, dismissin g Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Read, and Lohmann with successive balls. Continuing on Tuesday, Lohmann and Mr.Woodsboth hit freely, and the la st wicket added 28 runs, the former carrying out his bat for a vigorous and well-played 30. When the North went in, a brilliant catch by Lohmann off his own bowling dismissed Ulyett. His successor, Mr. Smith, however, helped by some luck, made a vigorous stand, and as it happened three Yorkshiremen contributed 93 of the total of 125. Mr. Smith was badly missed before he had got a run, but altogether his determined hitting was most opportune. He was seventh out at 105, after an innings of an hour and a half, and he played a resolute game thoroughly suited to the character of the ground. Mr. Jackson’s 27 was also an excellent display of free cricket. Lohmann followed up his careful per­ formance with the bat with some capital out cricket. He got six of the ten wickets at a cost of 57 runs. Going in a second time 29 to the bad the South again fared badly, and when play ceased on Tuesday Mr. Stoddart and Abel had been dismissed for only fifteen runs. The finish, yesterday, with the wicket drying under the influence of the sun, gave rise to some very exciting cricket, com­ pensating a little for early disappointments. The second innings of the South closed for an addition of 66 runs, no-one but Mr. McGregor and Bean doing anything against the bowling of Attewell and Briggs. With only 53 to win the North commenced their task after luncheon, and with thirty up and only one batsman (Lord Hawke) outtheir success seemed certain. The exceptionally fine bowling of Lohmann, well supported by Mr. Ferris, however, worked a remarkable change. A splendid catch, also by Lohmann, too, dis­ missed Mr. Smith, the one batsman who had been at all dangerous, and in the end the South won a brilliant victory with six runs to spare. Lohmann’s all-round cricket was quite the feature of the match. His first innings of 30 not out was the second highest score of the game, and in addition he took thirteen wickets for less than six and a half runs apiece, Briggs’ eleven wickets for the other side cost 102 runs. Mr. Smith’s second score of 23 for the North included a hit out of the ground for six off Lohmann. S o u th . First Innings. Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Atte­ well, b B rigg s................. 1 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b Attewell ........................ 3 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, st Hunter, b B riggs..........17 Abel, b Attewell................. 1 Mr. W. W. Read, c Ulyett, b Briggs ........................ 16 Bean, st Hunter, b Briggs 0 Lohmann, not out ..........30 Mr. E. M. Hadow, l b w , b Briggs ... ... .... ... 0 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Briggs 0 Mr. G. M’Gregor, l b w , b Briggs ........................ 9 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, b Peel 19 Second Innings. b Attewell.......... 0 c Chatterton, b Attewell..........11 o Barnes, b Atte­ well ................. 8 c and b Attewell 1 b Attewell.......... 4 not out ..........18 c Hawke, b Atte­ well ................. 5 l b w , b Briggs... b Briggs .......... b Briggs .......... c U l y e t t , b Briggs .......... B .................. Total ..........96 N o r t h . FiiMt I nnings. Ulyett, c and b Lohmann 3 Lord Hawke, b Ferris ... 10 Mr. E. Smith, c Stoddart, b A bel...............................56 Gunn.c Wood, b Lohmann 6 Barnes, c M’Gregor, b L ohm ann........................ 2 C h a t t e r t o n , l b w , b Lohm ann........................11 Peel, c Stoddart, b Lohm ann........................ 3 Total ... 81 Second Innings, b Lohmann ... 5 b Lohmann ... 1 c Lohmann, b Ferris ..........23 ... 3 Mr. F. S. Jackson, M’Gregor, b Ferris Briggs, b Lohmann ... Attewell, c M’Gregor, Ferris........................ Hunter, not ou t.......... B ................. st ... 27 ... 0 b ... 6 ... 1 ... 1 b Ferris h w, b Lohmann b Lohmann c O’B r i e n , b Lohmann 1b w, b Ferris ... lbw, b Lohmann b Lohmann not out L b .......... Total ..........125 Total ... 46 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S o u t h . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Attewe’l ... 32 16 33 2 Briggs.......... 3115. 63 7 .. Peel .......... 0.4 0 0 1 .. N o r t h . First Innings. O, M .R. W. Mr. Ferris... 19 3 47 3 . Lohmann ... 21 4 67 6 Mr. Woods . . 3 0 19 0 Abel .......... 1 0 1 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. \V, ... 24 13 32 6 ... 20 2 39 4 ... 5 1 9 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W ... 11 4 15 3 ... 11.3 3 25 7 S u t t o n . SUTTON v. CHEAM. Played at Sutton on August 29. C h e a m . A. N. Streatfield, c Hallam, b Higgin­ botham ................. 4 J. Thoms, b Bam­ bridge........................ 0 G. W. Cosser, c and b Bambridge ..........18 D. Napper, b Strib- ling ........................ 2 W. H. Weekes, b Bambridge .......... 0 J. Cotter, b Bam­ bridge ................. 9 E. Ockenden, b Forster ........ . ... 7 E. Stribling, b F orster................. 1 A. Fry, c and b Bambridge .......... 2 C. Spence, c Ash­ worth,bBambridge 1 H. Farley, not out... 8 J. Flint, b Higgin­ botham ................. 0 B 4, w 1 .......... 5 Total. , 57 D. Hallam, lbw, b Cosser .................15 H. Ashworth, c and b Streatfield .......... 2 E. H. Bambridge, c Napper, b Cosser... 25 G. R. Blades, run out 13 A. Stribling, c Coeser, b N apper.................15 W.Martyr.c Spence, b Cosser.................13 F. J. Nightingale, not o u t ....................19 E. R. Forster, not out ...........................18 B 3, w 3 ........... 6 Total.......... 126 J. Higginbotham, W. Smith, G. Topp, and R. Turner did not bat. SOUTH HAMPSTEAD v. W EST MID DLESEX. Played at Acton on August 29. W e s t M id d l e s e x . F. C. Buxton, run out H. C. Walker, c Hair, b Gilliard................. H. Squire, b Gilliard... H. Musgrave, b Dart J. Richardson, run out ........................ H. E. Eggledon, c L. E. Thomas, b Dart E. Jourden, run out C.Twite, c Brooman, b Dart .................11 S. Jourden, run out 0 E. Smith, b Gilliard 0 G. H. Walker, not out Extras Total 31 S o u t h H a m p s t e a d . V. E. Dart, c Twite, b A. C. Thomas, G. H. Walker.. F. W. Tew c Twite, b G. H. Walker.......... 3 W. Hanweil, c Twite, b G. H. Walker ... 4 P. B. Gilliard, b G. H. Walker ................. 5 T. B. Orgias, c S. Jourdeo, b Buxton 22 H. W. Brooman, b Buxton ................. 0 A.H.Hill, c Musgrave, b G. H. Walker ... 5 Squire, b Buxton W. jicGavin Hair, c S. Jourden, b B uxton................. F. C. Barrett, c S. Jourden, b Baxton L. E. Thomas, not •ut ........................ Extras................. Total.......... BLACKIIEATH JUNIORS v. TEDDING­ TON JUNIORS. Played at Teddington on August 24. B l a c k h e a t h J u n io r s . F. Escombe, c Bur­ nett, b crowden ... 64 H.Yeomau.c Burnett, b Jeffery.......... IT.. 8 D. Christopherson, c Wright, b Crow- den ........................38 F. Aston, b Crowden 25 A. E. Lund, b Jeffery 0 J. Phillips, not out ... 25 H. Baird, b Crowden 14 D. Auld, c Wright, b Jeffery ................. R. Newton, c and b Jeffery ................. A. MacKinnon, run out ........................ C. T. Aston, b Crow­ den ........................ B 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 Total F. R. King-Stephen, c Aston, b D. Chris­ topherson .......... 0 D. Burnett, b D. Christopherson ... 16 Hon. W. A. Miller, lbw, b Yeoman ... 19 A. Crowden, b Es­ combe .................31 W. Wright,c Yeoman, b Aston ................. 3 W.Jeffery,b Escombe 26 T e d d in g t o n J u n io r s . ...190 D. D. D. C. Crowden, b Christopherson H. Goodman, b Christopherson B. Crowden, b Christopheraon ... W. Bull, not out B. King-Stephen,run out ........................ B10, l b l .......... Total ......... P. ESCOMBE’S X I. v. X XII. OF BLACK­ HEATH JUNIORS. Played at the Kectory Field on August 26. F. E s o o m b b ’ s XI. F. W. Simmonds, not out .....................100 J.Escombe, candbD. Christopherson ... 7 J. Fegan, c Auld b Aston....................... 4 R.A. Fegan, c Peyton, b Aston ................. 1 W. Escombe, c Auld, b A ston .................28 F.Escombe,bYeoman 43 J. Hemmant, not out ........................ 7 B ........................ 7 Total ...197 H. Simmonds, R. G. Raw, E. Mackinnon, and G. W. Davies did not bat. (Innings declared fin­ ished}, B l a c k h e a t h J u n io r s . H. Christopherson, o Escombe, b F. Sim­ monds .................S J. Phillips, b J. H. Fegan ................. F.Aston.cF.Escombe, b Fegan ................. D. Christopherson, b J. Escombe ..........< J. Latham, c and b Simmonds .......... A. E. Lund, b F. Escom be................. H. Baird.cSimmonds, b Escombe .......... D. Auld, b Es­ combe ................. 4 A. McKinnon, st Escombe, b Fegan 11 H. Yeoman, run out 9 J. Peyton, b Escombe .......... 0 F. Davies, not out... 7 C. Aston, b Sim­ monds ................. 0 Extras................. 4 Total ...124