Cricket 1892

JUNE 23, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY EE CORD OF THE GAME. 227 takes rank with their greatest performances. They realised 222 in the fourth innings, and had at the close six wickets intact. And their veterans were all to the fore—Barnes with a ^double 87, Gunn with a double talent ” innings, the second uncompleted, whilst Shrewsbury made the Trent Bridge habitues open their eyes by actually scoring 49 in an hour and a half. Crosfield’s not out 82, Baker’s 50, and Briggs’ six wickets for 10 runs a-piece were powerless to stave off defeat, just as Stanley Scott’s aggregate of 134 was in the Middlesex-Yorkshire match. The Notts ring will soon be as big as ever. I have a suspicion that the small “ gates ” there of late are not wholly due to the Stonewall batting peculiar to the lacemen, but rather to the fact that for the last few years Notts have had to surrender tbeir long-held supremacy to other rivals. And the Notts public don’t take kindly to the change, as is but natural. Let Notts lift their head above the counties again, and Trent Bridge will prove as attrac­ tive as ever. P.S.—Several “ notches ” must again stand over. I am obliged by Mr. Gaston’s refer­ ence to Felix’s pamphlet, “ How to play Clarke.” You have only to do thi3 and that and the thing is done. Perhaps easier said than done, dear old cricketing and music- loving schoolmaster. It’s just what the con­ juror used to tell us at Christmas parties when the boys clamored for a fullexplanation of certain tricks. “ Now, I’ll show you how it’s done.” And he just repeated the trick. “ Now, you know,” as the apparatus was quickly put away. But we were not an atom wiser. Why, here’s W.G. only last week. For more than twenty years he has met and played Humphreys’ lobs till one felt certain he had mastered every move on the board. Here’s his latest effort, “ W. G. Grace, b Humphreys, 16,” and the reports added, “ the champion was never comfortable with the slows.” So I still swear by old Clarke, and wish he were here to-day. MIDDLESEX v. YORKSHIRE. The exceptionally good all-round cricket each eleven had been showing in the earlier fixtures lent additional importance and interest to the first match of the season between these Counties, which occupied Lord’s the latter half of last week. Fortunately, too, the play was thoroughly worthy of the occision. and after a match full of variation and incident Yorkshire won in brilliant style with four wickets to spare. Except that Mr. E. A. Nepean was unable to play, Middlesex was well represented. Yorkshire, too, had a strong side, finding room for Mr. E. Smith by the omission of Hall. Middlesex were fortunate enough to get first use of a capital wicket, and Messrs. Webbe and Stoddart made such a good start that 79 were scored before the latter was caught. Though at luncheon on Thursday 123 had been got without the loss of another batsman, an addition of eight runs saw the dismissal of Mr. Webbe, who had been in just under two hours for a faultless innings of 66. During the afternoon rain caused three long interruptions, and the Yorkshiremen had the disadvantage of bowling on an easy wicket and with a wet ball. Making fall use of their good luck. Messrs. Scott and O’Brien scored fast, and 96 had been added in the hour, when the latter, who had made 55 of them, was out 1b w. When play ceased on Thursday, Mr. Scott was not out 79, but he only added a single the next morning. His 89 was a fitting corollary to his brilliant performances of the season. Playing with great confidence and judgment, he lost no chance of scoring, and his 80 was absolutely free from a mis­ take of any kind. The heavy rain of the previou I week had affected the wicket considerably on Friday morni g, and the bowlers received such assistance that the innings in the end only reached 232, an unexpected y small score considering that 220 was up with only two batsmen out. Fortu­ nately for Yorkshire, although the ground at the commencement of their innings still favoured the bowlers, it recovered rapidly. Four wickets were down for 54, but Peel and Wainwright improved matters materially, and their stand was invalu­ able to the side. Peel was let off by the wicket keeper when he had made 14, but this was his only mis­ take, and when he wa3 out 78 had been added since the last wicket. On his retirement, Moorhouse and Wainwright treated the spectators to some very fine hitting. Wainwright, after making 73, was well caught and bowled, and after Moorhouse and Tunnicliffe had been caught, a catch at long off, which dismissed Hirst, brought the innings to a close for 228, Yorkshire having thus saved the follow on with 14 to spare. Wainwright has been batting with great success this season, and his 73 was an exceptionally good exhibition of free and well-timed hitting. Going in again with a lead of 65 runs, Middlesex fared badly,losing Mr. Stoddart for only 2 runs. Messrs. Webbe and O’Brien were also got rid of cheaply, and though after Mr. Thesiger’s retirement.Rawlin hit vigorously,when play ceased on Fiiday the score was 115, with half the side out, Mr. Scott, not out, 48. On Saturday morning, Mr. Scott was soon dis missed, and though Mr. Lucas, Phillips, and Hearne all did fairly well, the five remaining wickets only added 64 runs. Mr. Scott’s 54 was another sound exhibition of cricket, quite worthy of his pre­ vious records. In the match he scored 131 runs. With 219 to win before, Lord Hawke, who was suffering from a chill, sent in Ulyett and Mounsey to commence what was a very difficult task for a fourth innings. Though the colt was bowled at 24, Ulyett however found a useful partner in the old Oxonian, Mr.Smith, and a slight shower during the luncheon hour enabled them to score freely. An hour produced 70 runs, and then Mr. Smith, who had played with great pluck and judgment, was run out. Soon after Peel arrived, a shower caused another short delay, and on the resumption Ulyett. who had meanwhile given rather a hard chance to mid-on, lost Peel, well caught at short slip. Mr. Sellars, though at firzt a little uneasy, stayed while Ulyett continued to hit freely all round, and when rain again caused a retirement the total was 198, or an addition of 77 runs. The downpour this time was so heavy that there seemed to be a chance of it preventing any further play. Fortun­ ately the weather cleared after half an hour, aud there was nothing more to interfere with the settlement of the game. The resumption, however, proved immediately fatal to both batsmen, the retirement of Mr. Sellars (played on) being: very shortly followed by Ulyett’s dis missal, clean bowled by Hearne. In his long career Ulyett has never perhaps been seen to better advantage. From the first he batted with great judgment as well as confidence, and while he played at times with no small care, he hit hard whenever occasion offered. He was in just three hours, and though he might have been caught three tinres. only one chance, at the wicket early in his inning*, was at all easy. Wainwright and Moorhouse raised the total to 24'). and after the latter had been dismissed Wainwright made the winning hit, giving York­ shire a brilliant victory with four wickets to spare. The Middlesex fielding w hs at fault frequently and this accounted in no small degree for their defeat. Wainwright when he had made seventeen ought to have been caught by the wicket-keeper, and this was not the only mistake of the kin ’. Still the Yorkshire eleven deserve ail the credit of an exceptionally fine performance, the result of excellent all round cricket. This win, it may be added, was their tenth successive victory this season. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr.A.E. Stoddart, c Hirst, b Mounsey .................43 b P eel................... 2 Mr. A. J. Webbe, c Wain­ wright, b Peel.................66 c Peel, b Wain­ wright ........... 12 Mr. S. W. Scott, b Wain- wrigho................................ 80 lbw, b Wain­ wright ........... 51 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, lbw, b Peel .................................55 b P eel..................... 14 Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger, b Mounsey ......................... 4 Rawlin, st Hunter, b M ounsey......................... 2 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Mr. R. Head, b Peel.......... Phillips, b P eel................. Mr. R. S. Lucas, b Wain­ wright............................... J. T. Hearne, not ont J. E. West, c Hirst, b Wainwright .. cHunter.bSmith 11 c Peel, b Wain­ wright ..........28 9 b Wainwright... 1 7 b Wainwright ... 19 c Hunter, b Peel 21 not out ..........21 B 8, lb 6 Total .............. 14 , ..........292 Y o r k s h ir e . 6 c Hunter, b Peel 0 Lb .......... 1 Total ...181 First Innings. Lord Hawke, b Hearne ... 26 Mounsey, run out .......... 3 Ulyett, b Rawlin .......... 5 Peel, c Scott, b Rawlin ... 54 Mr. A. Sellers, c Lucas, b Hearne ........................ 5 Wainwright, c and b Phil­ lips ...............................73 Mr. E. Smith, b Hearne... 2 Moorhouse,c West, b Raw­ lin......................................26 Tunnicliffe, c Lucas, b Phillips ........................ 5 Hirst, c Lucas, b Phillips 17 Hunter, not o u t................. 6 B 4, lb 2 ................. 6 Total ................ 228 Second Inning3. b Hearne ..........15 b Hearne ..........Ill c Hearne, b Raw­ lin ................... 11 b Hearne ..........22 not out run out b Hearne not out B 4, lb 3 ... 7 Total ...250 Peel.............. Birst ... . Wainwright. Smith ... . Mourn ey M id d l e s e x . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 53 21 85 4 ... 21 9 40 0 ... 12 3 3 44 3 ... 13 1 51 0 ... 28 6 58 3 First Hearne ... , Rawlin ... . Phillips ... , Stoddart Y o r k sh ir e . Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 3712 78 3 ... „. 23 4 65 3 ... 22.2 3 74 3 ... ... 3 0 5 0 .., Second Innings. O. M. R. W ... 43.3 24 53 4 ... 11 3 17 0 ... 47 1C 81 5 ... 20 5 32 1 Second Innings O. M. R. W. ... 89 20 62 4 ; ... 37 6 98 1 ... 13.1 1 60 0 ... 8 1 23 0 SUSSEX v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVEliSITY. Though they had the advantage of going hi first at Brighton on Thursday, Sussex made such a poor show in their second innings that Cam­ bridge were able to claim a victory by six wickets before four o’clock on the second afternoon. Th^ wicket was not so good as is usually provided at Brighton, and the ball got up nastily at times throughout the game. This will account, to a groat extent, for the small scoring, thirty-four wickets realising an aggrecate of 506 run*, or mi average of just under fifteen runs. 'ili9 only feature of the first innings of Sussex was the stand of Mr. Newham and Marlow for the fifth wicket. In fifty minutes these two batsmen added 75 runs, and by some of the best cricket of th > match. Owing to a strained arm Mr. New­ ham had not been playing recently, and his success wa9 therefore the more gratifying. He was only in an hour and a quirter, and his C2, or of 108,only contained one mistake,a difficult chance to mid-onat54. Cambridge occupied the iest of the day with their first innings, which lasted two hours and three quarters. The seventh wicket fe l at 102, but some hitting by Messrs. Weils aud Hill added 62 runs in fifty minutes, and Cambridge after all got a lead of fourteen runs on the first innings. The Sussex batsmen were seen to great disadvantage when they went in a second time on Friday, and in less than two hours were all out for the small total of 82. Of some disappointing batting the best was that of Love, who made his first appcarance for the County against Hamp­ shire in the previous week. He played with greao care a id was an hour and a quarter at the wickeia for his eleven. Mr. Jackson’s bowling had much to do with the cheap dismissal of Sussex. In (i6 balls he got five of the la'ter’s wickets at a cost of five mns a piece. Left with 69 to wiu Cambridge got that number for the loss of four batsmen. Messrs. Cooper, J. Douglas, and Scott gave little trouble, but Messrs. R. N. Douglas aud tbe freshman Latham both played excellent cricket, and the former, who had been altogether out of luck before this season, was in at the finish, taking out his bat for an extremely well got 38. Mr. Streatfeiid's bowling had much to do with the victory of Cambridge. In the match altogether he secured ten wickets at a cost of eight and a half runs a piece, an excellent performance. Sussex were without Messrs G. L. Wilson and C. A. Smith, Cambridge without Messrs. Jephson, Gay, and Bromley-Davenport. S u s s e x . First Innings. Bean, c Scott, b Streat­ feild ............................... 1 Love, b Jackson................11 Mr. G. Brann, b Jackson 0 Gu'tridge, b Streatfeild ... 24 Marlow, b Streatfeild ... 83 Mr. W. Newham, c J. Douglas, b Streatfeild 62 J. Hide, run out .......... 2 Humphreys, b Wells ... 21 Mr. W. H. Andrews, lbw, b Streatfeild .................12 Butt, b Streatfeild .......... 0 Tate, not out ................. 0 Second Innings. c E. Douglas, b Streatfeild ... 3 bStreatfeild . . It st Graham, b Streatfeild ... 14 c Wells, b Jack­ son ................. 6 c sub., b Jack­ son ................. 5 b Wells ..........12 b Jackson..........11 c Ii. Douglas, b etreatfeild ... 7 B .......... 4 b Jackson.......... 5 not out .......... 8 c sub., b Jack­ son ................. 0 Total ..........170 Total C a m b r id g e U n iv e r s it y . First Innings. Mr. R. N. Douglas, c Brann, b Quttridge 10 Mr. N. C. Cooper, c Butt, b Guttridge .. 25 Mr. G. J. V. Weigall, b Humphreys.............18 Mr. J. Douglas, run out ..................... 7 Mr. F. S. Jackson,run out ........................26 Mr. P. H. Latham, c Butt, bGuttridge 2 Mr. W. M. Scott, b Humphreys.......... 7 Mr. C. M. Wells, not o u t ........................38 Mr. A. J. L. Hill, c Butt, b H ide.........40 Mr. E. C. Streat­ feild, b Tate.......... 5 Mr. J. Graham, c Butt, b Hide.......... 3 B ........................ 3 Total ...184