Cricket 1892

AUG. 25, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME; 88 5 M IDDLESEX v. LANCASHIRE. Lancashire, with Mr. Maclarcn injured and Mr. Cr afield also away, had not its best side to oppose Middlesex at Lord’s, on Thursday last. Briggs, who had been unable to play at Brighton earlier in the week, was, however, able to take his place in the eleven, though, yet, far from well. With Mr. Crosfield away, wfr. Hornby reappeared to take charge of the eleven, which was strengthened by the appearance of FrankWard,who being now coach at Bossall School, is not available for the earlier m atches of the season. If Lancashire was not as strong as it m ight have been, Middlesex had its best side, the all-round cricket being greatly strengthened by the reappearance of Mr. Nepean. The cricket on Thursday took place under any­ thing but favourable conditions, as at the outset the light waa very bad, and after more than one interruption from rain, play had later on to be suspended twice owing to darkness. The game altogether lasted just three hours, and in this tim e 173 were scored with ten wickets down. Lancashire, who won the toss, were batting for two hours and three quarters for a total of 156. The early batting gave prom ise of a much letter score, as Frank Ward, Sugg, and Smith played so well, on a far from easy wicket, that when the first nam ed was out, 114 had been got for the loss o f only three batsmen. W ard hit with great resolution, and his 62, though not with­ out mistakes,was a highly creditable and judicious display under the circumstances. After W ard’s departure, Hearne bowled with great success, and as the seven remaining wickets only added 42 runs, Middlesex, after all, dismissed their opponents comparatively cheaply for 156. Ilearne took six of the ten wicket* at a cost of just over nine runs apiece. On Friday rain prevented any play till h ilf past four o’clock in the afternoon, and,even then,owing to the bad light, a suspension for forty-five m inutes was subsequently neces­ sary. Still, though the ground was very slow, Middlesex utilised their opportunities so well that in an hour and twenty minutes the score, wnich overnight was 17, had been raised to 128 at a cost o f three wickets. The sensation o f the cricket was furnished at the close by Messrs. flenery and O’Brien. Both batsmen hit out in vigorous style, and in the last half hour 65 run* were added, Mr. Henery having at one time punished four successive balls of Mold to the tune of 16 runs. On Saturday m orning Mr. O’Brien was out leg before after adding fivo, and his partner caught after he had increased his score by 11. W hile they were toge­ ther the two amateurs had added 74 runs, and their hitting all round was very powerful. After their separation the Lancashire bowlers were m ore successful. Later on, however, Messrs. Jardine and Nepean were seen to great advantage on a pitch that was beginning to help the bowlers, and, thanks to their stand, the last three wickets were responsible for an addition of 61 runs. At the end o f an innings Lancashire were 58 to the bad, and their prospects were still further reduced on comm encing their second innings when A. W ard was taken at the wicket without a run. Some vigorous hitting by Sugg, however, im proved Lancashire’s position, and just before luncheon he was caught with the total 52. After the interval Middlesex were seen to much better advantage, and the remaining batsmen made such a poor show against the bowling of Mr. Nepean and Hearne that the last eight wickets only added 45 runs. W ith 40 to win Middlesex lost Mr. Stod­ dart at 25, and the 15 wanted were soon knocked off by Messrs. W ebbe and Scott. Middlesex ac­ cordingly won with nine wickets to spare. Hearne’s bowling had a good deal to do with the result. Altogether he took nine Lancashire wickets at a cost of just over ten runs a-piece. M id d le sex .— First Innings. L ancashire . First Innings. Second Innings. Frank Ward, c Scott, b Rawlin ......................62 c Stoddart, b Hearne......... 44 Albert Ward, c Webbe, b Nepean ... ............... 9 c M’Gregor, b Hearne......... 0 Sugg, c O’Brien, b Rawlin 19 c Nepean, b Stod­ dart ............... 33 Smith, c Scott, b Hearne 20 c Ford,DNepean 3 Briggs, b Rawlin .........13 c Webbe, b Ne­ pean ......... 0 Baker, c Ford, b Hearne 10 b Hearne ......... 3 Yates, b Hearne............... 2 c Hearne, b Ne­ pean ......... 0 Mr.A.N. Hornby, b Hearne 9 Ibw, b Hearne... 4 Mr. A. T. Kemble, c M’Gregor, b Hearne ... 0 c Rawlin, b Ne­ pean ......... 8 Watson, c Stoddart, b Hearne ...................... 5 not out ......... 0 Mold, not out ............... 0 b Hearne ......... 0 B 5, lb 2 ............... 7 Lb ......... 2 Total ............... 156 Total ... 97 CRICKETERS— B e s t <-CGfr3 G oods City Agents — b e a r t h is M ark.— A d v t P a rto n & L e s t e r , 94, Q u een S t., C heapside. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b M o ld .......................... 11 Mr. A. J. Webbe, c W atson, b Smith ... 29 Mr. S. W. Scott, c Mold, b Smith ... 11 Mr.T.C. O’Brien, lbw, b W atson..................37 Mr. P. J. T. Henery, c Yates, b Briggs ... 50 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, st Kemble, b Briggs ... 5 Mr. M. R. Jardine, c Baker, b Mold ... 27 Rawlin, c Smith, b Briggs ................... 1 Mr. E. A. Nepean, c A. Waid, b M old .. 16 Mr.G. M ’Gregor, not out .......................... 5 J. T. Hearne, run out 5 B 13, lb 4 ...........17 Total ...214 In the Second Innings Stoddart scored b Mold 11, Webbe, (not out) 17, Scott, (not out) 9; b 1, lb 2 —Total, 40. BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ancashire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hearne... ... 30 13 55 6 .......... 23.4 10 38 5 Nepean....... 16 2 40 1 .......... 18 5 39 4 Stoddart ... 5 1 173 .......... 2 0 4 1 Rawlin........ 18 6 37 0 .......... 7 3 14 0 M id d le se x . First Innings'. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mold ......... 16.3 5 55 3 .......... 6 2 19 1 Watson ... 23 8 55 1 Smith ....... 11 4 372 .......... 1 0 4 0 Briggs........ 18 5 50 3 .......... 4 1 14 0 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. S RREY. The Surrey eleven secured their second victory of last week on Saturday, bringing the Cheltenham week to an end with a verdict in their favour by ten wickets. Gloucestershire, who won the toss, had to bat at the outset in rather a bad light, in the first bour on Thursday, only scored 48 at a cost of two batsmen. Heavy rain caused a long interval, and, when play was resumed, the in-side fared very badly. Messrs. W. G. Grace and Rice put on 33 runs whilst they wore together, but the later batsmen made a singularly poor show, and the last six wickets fell to Lockw ood and L oh ­ mann for only twelve runs. The two bowlers were unchanged, but Lockw ood had much the better figures, taking seven wickets at a cost o f six runs apiece. A notice of Surrey’s out cricket would be incom plete without re­ ference to a fine catch by Brockwell at third man, which got rid of Mr. Radcliffe. W hen Surrey went in, Abel and Baldwin played with great judgment, and the finish of the game on Thursday saw 42 up with no batsman out. On FridayAbel was soon dismissed, and, with Maurice and Henderson out in quick succession, Gloucester­ shire had so far done fairly well. Mr. W . W. Read, however, made the game m uch more lively, and, while he was in with Baldwin, 70 runs were scored. Baldwin was fourth out at 160. He was in two hours and a half, and his 60 was only spoiled by one difficult chance. He w itches the ball very carefully, and Surrey has secured in him a thoroughly reliable batsman, and one sure to be o f great use. Mr. Read was in his very best form, and all the bowling cam e alike to him. Lohmann, too, was in a hitting vein, and while he was in with Mr. Read 68 runs were put on in thirty minutes. Mr. Read has rarely been seen to better advantage. He was only in an hour and fifty minutes, and in this time scored as many as 107 out of 169 runs. All round, his hitting was very hard and well timed, and to the best o f our knowledge he gave no chance. His 107 is, we m ay add, his fourth hundred for 8urrey during the season. After his departure the end soon came, and the last five wickets were obtained in half an hour for an addition of only 40 runs. Gloucestershire, w ho were in a minority of 171, had over two hours left for batting on Friday, and so well did Messrs. W. G. Grace and Rice play on the fall of the second wicket, that Surrey’s lead was greatly reduced. During their stay 73 runs were added, and when play ceased on Friday evening both were still in. The two not outs remained together fur half-an-hour on Satur­ day, and in that tim e put on 20 runs. In all they had added 93, and their batting was worthy of all praise, being free from anything like a mistake. Of Mr. Grace’s 64 it will be sufficient to say that it was marked by all his wonted judgm ent and accuracy of timing. Mr. Rice was in over two hours and a half for his 42, and his watchful cricket was again of the greatest value to the side. While Messrs. Grace and Rice were together there were some hones that Gloucestershire might after all make a fairly good show. Their separation, however, destroyed any such chance, and as the seven remaining wickets only added 64 the total after all only reached 197. This left Surrey with only 27 to win, and Mr. Shuter and Maurice Read knocked this number off in a quarter of an hour, giving Surrey the victory by ten wickets. Lock­ w ood’s bowling was a very im portant factor in the result. In the m atch he took twelve wickets at an average cost of just under nine and a half runs. Abel, c Woof, Roberts .................37 Baldwin, c sub., b Ferris .................60 M. Read, c Page, b Roberts ............... 0 Henderson, c Page, b Roberts ... ........... 6 Mr. W. W . Read, c Rice, b Murch ...107 Lockw ood, c and b Murch ............... 4 S urrey .—First Innings, b Lohmann, c W oof, b W . G. Grace...........33 Mr. J. Shuter, o Rice, b Murch ... 0 Brockwell, c Rad­ cliffe, b Murch ... 3 Wood, b W .G .Grace 3 Richardson, not out 2 B 8, nb 1 ........... 9 Total ...264 In the Second Innings M. Read scored, (not out) 6, Shuter, (not out) 21.—Total 27. G loucestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. Dr. E. M. Grace, c W ood, b Lockwood .................. 12 b A b el.................. 9 Mr. O. G. Radcliffe, c Brockwell, b Lockw ood 18 b Lockw ood ... 21 Mr. R. W . Rice, c Loh­ mann, b Lockw ood 18 run out ........... 42 Painter, c W ood, b L ock ­ wood .................................. 8 b A b el.................. 8 Dr. W . G. Grace, b L oh­ mann .................................. 25 lbw, b Lohmann 64 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b L ock­ wood .................................. 1 c M. Read, b Lockw ood ... 16 Capt. A. H. Luard, b Loh* m a n n .................................. 5 b Lockw ood ... 1 Roberts, c Henderson, b Lohm ann.......................... 0 b Lockw ood ... 8 Mr. H. V. Page, c Wood, b Lockw ood.......................... 0 b Lockw ood 20 Murch, c W . W. Read, b L ockw ood.......................... 5 b Richardson ... 0 W oof, not out ................... 1 notou t ........... 1 B 6, lb 1 ... 7 Total ........... 93 Total ...197 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G l OUC ESTERSHIRE. First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lohmann ... 2 > 7 51 3 ........... 46 2t 54 1 Lockwood ... 19.3 8 42 7 ........... 36.1 VO 73 5 Abel ........... 15 5 31 2 Richardson 16 5 26 1 Brockw ell... 5 2 6 0 S u r r e y . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Roberts ... 24 9 49 3 M u rch ......... 28 4 105 4 Ferris ......... 19 2 56 1 Radcliffe ... 2 0 18 0 W oof .......... 2 0 9 0 W . G. Grace 8.2 1 18 2 Second Inniners. O. M. 11. W. . ... 2.1 0 16 0 . ... 3 1 11 0 Roberts bowled a no-ball. MR. F. R E D 3R A V E ’S BRIGHTON XI. v. MR C. SMITH’S LONDON XI.—Played at Brighton on August 22. M r. F. R e d g ra ve’s XI. First Innings. Second Innings. R. Norman, c Monsby, b Hinton ... ...........* ... 17 st Monsby, b Kohlbeck ... 6 H. G. Sefton, b Preston ... 9 c Kohlbeck, b Hinton ........... 7 A. Marten,c and b Hinton 21 b Kohlbeck ... 0 W. Hubble, b Smith sen .. 28 b Kohlbeck ... 0 R. Kates, c Kohlbeck, b C om p ton .......................... 43 c and b K ohl­ beck ........... 3 F. Turner,c and b Preston 24 b Kohlbeck ... 0 L. W atson, c Hinton, b K in g .................................. 16 c Preston, b Hinton ... ... 5 F. A. Ralston, st M onsby, b Smith sen....................... 17 b Kohlbeck ... 6 D.E. Long,c Southcom be, b H in to n .......................... 7 c 8outhcom be, b Kohlbeck ... 0 F. Redgrave, not out ... 13 b Kohlbeck ... 4 L. A. Taylor, c Preston, b C o m p to n .......................... 8 not out ............ 1 Total ......... 203 Mr. C. S m ith ’ s XI. Total H.Southcombe.b Red­ grave ..........................17 A. Parr, c and b Sef­ ton .......................... 7 J. A. Kohlbeck, not out .......................... 87 C. Hinton, c Kates, b Redgrave.................. 19 C. Smith sen, b Turner ...................15 A. Monsby, c Sefton, b Long ...................10 W. H. Preston, c Turner, b Taylor... 27 C. Sm ith jun, b Red­ grave .................. 9 E. Smith, c Sefton,b Taylor .................. 13 R. King, c Hubble, b Sefton ................... 7 W. Com pton,b Long 8 B 7, lb 12 ...........19 Total ..238