Cricket 1892

AUG. 25, 1892 CBICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 383 G . R . B A R D S W E L L . C a pta in U pp in g h a m E l e v e n . G. R. B a r d sw e l l , the bowler of the Upping­ ham School eleven, and a good one, was born at Woolton, near Liverpool, and is now be­ tween eighteen and nineteen years of age. The son of an enthusiastic cricketer, he has enjoyed the advantage of careful coaching and supervision ever since he has been able to pitch a ball or handle a bat. His father resides at Southport, and accordingly the boy was sent to Rochly House, where the young cricketer gets every encouragement to play the game. He entered Uppingham in Jan., 1688, and in the following year, while himself hardly higher than the stumps, was first choice into the eleven, and, in fact, bore the brunt of the attack all through the season, taking 37 wickets at an average of sixteen runs apiece, and bowling nearly as many balls and taking almost as many wickets as the other bowlers put together. A great performance this, for a boy of 15 in his first season against strong teams, one of whioh numbered five county players, while a second included H. B. and D. Q. Steel. His batting average was 8.3-13ths. In 1S90 his bowling was not quite so effective, he having been apparently, in the dearth of other talent, somewhat overbowled in 1889. For the eleven he took only twelve wickets at a cost of 23.4 runs apiece, but his batting was much improved and he got an average of 16.5-12ths. In August, moreover, he got back into form and bowled with his old pre­ cision. This promise was amply fulfilled in 1891, when he was most successful, taking 53 wickets at the cost of 9.8 runs each. His batting average, however, fell to 7.7, and, good batsman as he undoubtedly is, it would seem as if, at present at least, he were unable to get runs and wickets in the same season. In the season just past his bowling was, per­ haps, better than ever. He obtained 66 wickets at the slightly increased rate of 11 runs a-piece, but then 1892 was much less of a bowlers’ year than 1891, and the reputation of the eleven prevented weak teams from coming down 'against them. He was especially good against the powerful teams brought down by S. Christopherson and A. B. Crosby (the latter containing more than half the Durham County Eleven), and secured in three innings 15 wickets at the cost of 176 runs. His bowling is far more difficult to play than it looks from the pavilion, and a good many batsmen who, as lookers on, quite understood him and went in to knock him off, had to put up with defeat and ill-success. IJe£ always keeps a good length, has learnt to vary his pace, and has a nice break from the off, which, if the wicket helps him, becomes very effective. As a batsman he is far better than his average would show. With greater strength and freedom from the anxieties of captaincy, we expect him to turn out a very punishing and run-getting batsman. He will still be at Uppingham in 1893, and will then go up to Oxford, where we hear he has some idea of entering at Hertford Cellege. HAMPSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. The Leicestershire eleven, after having the best of their return m atch with Hants, begun at Southam pton on Monday, won on Tuesday with six wickets to spare. H a m psh ire . First Innings. Mr. C. Robson, c W ood­ cock, b Wright ...........14 Soar, c de Trafford b Poughcr .......................... 9 Barton, lbw, b Poughcr... 28 CaptainW ynyard.bArnall 2 Mr. A. J. L. Hill, c Arnall, b Pougher.......................... 8 Mr. A. H. W ood, c Chap­ man, b Pougher ........... 2 Mr. R. Bencraft, b W ood­ cock ..................................22 Mr. D. A. Steele, b W ood­ cock ..................................18 Mr. F. Walkinshaw, b W oodcock .................. 0 Baldwin, c Tomlin, b Pougher .......................... 5 Captain Barton, not out... 5 B 6, lb l, w l.................. 8 Second Innings, b Pougher...........12 b W oodcock ... 7 c de Trafford, b Pougber ... 30 c W oodcock, b Pougher........... 7 b W oodcock ... 5 b W oodcock b Pougher ... b W oodcock not ou t.......... b W oodcock b Pougher... B 6, lb 6 ... Total ...116 Total ...145 L eicestershire .— First Innings. Mr. C. E. de Trafford, b Captain Barton 19 Warren, b Captain Barton ..................33 Chapman, run out ... 0 Pougher, c Barton, b Baldwin ..................17 Mr. S. R. W right, c Hill, b Steele.......... 14 Tom lin, c W ood, b Captain Barton ... 35 Holland, c Steele, b Captain Barton ... 16 In the Second Innings de Trafford scored, c and b Steele 13, Warren, c Baldwin, b Captain Barton 19, Chapman, (not out) 21, Pougher. (not out) 7, Wright, b Captain Barton 8, Tom lin, c and b Captain Barton 1; b 5, lb 1.—Total 75. Mr. C. S. Barratt, c Bencraft,bCaptain Barton ... ... ... 5 Mr. A Lorrim er, b B aldw in................... 6 W oodcock, not out 23 Mr. W. E. Arnall, c Bencraft,bCaptain Barton ................14 B 4, lb 1... ......... 5 Total ..187 SURREY v. LANCASHIRE. Somersetshire’s victory over Notts, which placed the latter on an equality of points with Surrey for the premiership, gave additional interest to Surrey’s last two fixtures. Of late years Lancashire has, too, generally been successful at the Oval, and hence the chance of witnessing some good cricket, with probably some influence on the championship, attracted quite ten thousand spectators to the Surrey ground on Monday. Unfortunately Lancashire had not their best side, and with Mr. A. C. Maclaren absent from an injury, and A. W ard hardly able to bat owing to a very bad thumb, their chances were considerably discounted. Mr. Crosfield won the toss for Lancashire, but as it happened Surrey gained rather than lost in having to field first. A very heavy dew made the ground rather difficult at the outset, and until he got his length Lockwood bumped a little at times. As the day advanced, however, the wicket got easier, and it was decidedly better during the after­ noon. Meanwhile Lancashire had been in and out. Sugg, who played as he has been playing of late, with some care, was in a considerable time. No one else, though, did m uch against the effective bowling of Lockwood and Lohmann, and the innings, which had lasted two hours and ten minutes, only realised 99 runs. Lohmann bowled well, but with bad luck, and twelve of his sixteen overs were maidens. Lockwood coming on a second time proved very effective, and his last 48 balls were delivered for 27 runs and six wickets. When Surrey went in Abel was soon out, and though Baldwin stayed in for an hour and a half, when the fifth wicket fell the score was only 103. At that time there did not seem to be a certainty that Surrey would get much of a lead. Messrs. Shuter and Read, however, made the game much more lively, and after the latter’s retirement Loh­ mann helped his Captain tjo score so fast that tbe last hundred runs were got in just oyer an hour. Mr. Shuter had played admirable cricket without losing any chance of a run, and, except for a very hard chance to third man, there was no fault to be found with his batting. When play ceased on Monday night Surrey’s score was 209 for six wickets,and on the following morning the batting was so poor that in twenty minutes the innings, which had lasted three hours and a half, was over for an increase of only twenty runs. It is worthy of remark that Abel, Henderson, and Mr. Shuter all played on. With no less than 130 runs to the bad Lancashire had a difficult task before them. Lockw ood and Lohm ann, too, bowled with such success that the early batsmen all failed. When the fifth wicket fell tho total was only 47, and though Baker played admirable cricket while ho was in , even wiih his 41 the telegraph only showed 91 on tbe fall of the seventh wicket. In spite of his injured hand A. W ard played capital cricket, and he was in an hour for a very useful score of 25. W atson was out the ninth wicket at 135 and with but five on, and only Mold to help Mr. Kemble, tho end seemed close at hand Though some of his strokes were very lucky at first, still Mold after a time played well, and Mr Kemble and he made so light of the Surrey bowlers, who were evidently feeling the effects of the great heat, that 58 had been added before Mr. Kemble was bowled for an exceedingly useful score of 50. M old carried out his bat for 36, which contained several fine off hits. Surrey went in just before five o’clock, with 68 to win and with rain imminent. Again Abel played on, but although Baldwin and Maurice Read were also dismissed, the result was never in doubt, and Mr. W . W. Read and Henderson gave Surrey the victory by seven wickets, soon after six o’clock. L ancashire . Second Innings, b Lohmann ... 25 First Innings. A. Ward, c Lohmann, b Lockw ood........................ 7 F. W ard, c Abel, b L oh ­ mann ................................ 8 Sugg, c Brockwell, b Abel 22 Smith, c W ood, b L ock­ w ood ................................ 9 Briggs, b Lockw ood......... 8 Baker, b Richardson ... 5 Mr. S. M. Crosfield, c Lohmann, b Lockw ood Yates,c Lohmann,b Lock­ w ood ......................... ... 6 Mr. A. T. Kemble, cW ood, b Lockwood ...............11 W atson, c Abel, b Lock­ wood ... ......................... 8 Mold, not out ................. 3 B 6, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 ... 9 o Abel, b Loh­ mann ...........15 b Lockw ood ... 2 c W ood, b L oh­ mann ........... 0 c W ood, b L ock­ wood ...........10 c Baldwin,b L oh­ mann ...........41 c Brockwell, b Lockw ood ... 7 c Shuter, b Lock­ wood ........... 1 b Lockw ood ... 50 c Lohmann, b Abel.................. 8 not out ...........36 B l , n b l ........... 2 Total ...197 Total ...................99 S u r r e y .— First Innings. Lohmann, c Cros­ field, b Briggs ... 28 BrockwelJ.c A. Ward, b B riggs.................. 7 W ood, c Watson, b Briggs .................. 1 Richardson, not out 0 ... H Abel, b M old ... ... 8 Baldwin, c Crosneld, b B riggs....................32 M. Read, b Mold ... G Henderson, b Mold .. 25 Mr. W. W . Read, c Sugg, b Briggs ... 30 Lockwood, c Sugg, b Briggs .................. 23 Mr. J. Bhuter, b Mold 56 . In the Second Innings Abel scored, b Briggs 5, Baldwin, c Smith, b Briggs 12, M. Read, c Kemble, b Mold 19, Henderson, (not out) 20, W. Read, (not out) 5; lb 10—Total, 71. BOW LING ANALYSIS. B 12, lb 1 Total Mold .. Briggs .. Smith .. Watson Baker .. S u r r e y . First Innings. O. M. R . W. ........ 40 10 103 4 ... ... 30.312 73 6 ... s.. 6 2 14 0 ... 15 10 25 0 ... ... 1 0 1 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9.4 3 23 1 ... 17 8 24 2 ... 7 3 14 0 L a n c a sh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. R. W Lohmann ... 16 12 71 ............ 37 14 67 4 Lockw ood... 22.3 4 607 ............ 32.2 8 85 5 Abel ........... 3 0 5 1 ............. 5 0 11 1 Richardson 10 4 18 1 ............. 7 2 18 0 Brockwell 2 0 14 0 Richardson bowled a wide, and Lockwood two no-Dalls. ___________________________ C ricketers not satisfied with the Balls and Bats they have used are advised to try the < CCD brand made by Geo. G. Bussey & Co., Peckham Rye, S.E.—Advt.