Cricket 1892

406 CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. SEPT. 1, 1892 give gratification to those who have had practical experience of his interest in sport as well as his methods as an administrator. An old cricketer himself, his interest in the game has never slackened. As Presi­ dent of the Surrey County Club for several years, he has regarded the office as more than a mere honorary appointment. He has, in fact, been one of the most regular attendants on the committee, and it is not too much to say that the prosperity of the County Club, of late years, has been in a great measure due to his careful and judicious direction as the head of the governing body. S urrey cricket in general, and the Streat­ ham Club in particular, will suffer materially by the loss of C. L. Morgan, who is leaving England next month. Son of a good old cricketer, whose left-hand bowling was of service to the Civil Service, more than once to Surrey itself, the Morgans have been associated with South London cricket for two generations. B orn on May 27, 1867, in Brixton, C.L. was educated at a private school. The bulk of his cricket has been played with the Streatham Club, and for several years he has been one of quite its best, if not its best all-round player. In 1885 he began his record of hundreds for Streatham with a score of 146 against the Marlborough Blues, and has since got several times into three figures for the Club. His first score of any account in Surrey cricket was his 116 for the Gentle­ men of Surrey against the Parsees. In the following season he got 145 for the second eleven of Surrey against Hertfordshire, and later in the year made a creditable first appearance for Surrey at Southampton with a score of 42 against Hampshire. In addition he has beenvery successful as abowler, and in fact as an all-round player has had few superiors in the Metropolitan Clubs. After his marriage, wjiich was to take place yesterdayj he is to leave England for Brazil. He expects to see the last of England, for some years at all events, at the end of the month. O nly one match (that between Somerset­ shire and Sussex, to commence at Brighton to-day) remains for decision to complete the competition among the nine leading Counties for this year. This will not affect the though many way, so that the final order of merit can be gathered from the table which follows: Played. Wen. Lost. Drawn. Points. Surrey ............. 16 ... 13 ... 2 ... 1 ... 11 Notts ................. 16 ... 10 ... 2 ... 4 ... 8 Somersetshire... 15 ... 8 ... 5 ,.. 2 ... 3 Lancashire ...... 16 ... 7 ... 6 ... 4 ... 2 Middlesex ...... 16 ... 7 ... 6 ... 3 ... 1 Yorkshire.......... 16 ... 5 ... 5 ... 6 «. 0 Kent ................. 16 ... 2 ... 9 ... 5 ... —7 Gloucestershire 16 ... 1 ... 8 ... 7 ... —7 Sussex .............. 15 ... 1 ... 12 ... 2 ... —11 In scoring points, losses are deducted from wins and drawn games ignored. T he new record for the first wicket estab­ lished by the two Somersetshire amateurs, H. T. Hewett and L. C. H. Palairet, is only a fitting climax to the many excellent perform­ ances they have done for their Connty. The Somersetshire Eleven have made themselves deservedly popular by the spirited game they have played. Under the influence of a Captain, himself one of the keenest of cricketers as well as most resolute of batsmen, they have made Somersetshire cricket a bye-word for every, thing that is dashing and sportsmanlike, and their continued success will be a source of gratification to all real well-wishers of the game. M ention of the great feat of Hewett and Palairet is a suitable opportunity for giving in detail the chief records for the first wicket in first-class matches :— 1892—H. T. Hewett and L. C. H. Palairet, Somersetshire v. Yorkshire, Taunton ... 316 1869—W. G. Grace and B. B. Cooper, Gentle- of the South v. Players of the South, Oval 283 1887—Bhrewsbury and A.E.Stoddart, England v. M.O.C. &Ground, Lord’s ........................266 1886—K. J. Key and W. Rashleigh, Oxford v. Cambridge, Lord’s ...................................243 1872—W. G. Grace and T. G. Matthews, Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire, Sheffield ... 238 T h e following innings of a hundred and over have come under our notice since last week:— Bean, M.C.C. & G. v. Northumberland, August 26....................................................................122 Davidson, G., M.C.C. & G. v. South Saxons, August 26.................................................................... 130* Davies, R. O., Oswestry v. Shropshire, August 25.................................................................... 100* Fox, C. J. M., Crystal Palace v. Ordnance Store Corps, August 25 ..............................147 Hedley, W. C., Somersetshire v. Yorkshire, August 26... ....................................................... 102 Hewett, H. T., Somersetshire v. Yorkshire, August 26 .................................................................... 201 Jessop, G L.,Cheltenham Town v.Hatherley, August 20....................................................................ICO* Palairet, L. C. H., Somersetshire v. York­ shire, August 26 ..........................................116 Ra/jjitsinhji, K. S., Cassandra v. Bridlington and Quay, August 20 ..........................................142 Sewell, R. P., D. Womersley’s Twelve v. H. Gibson’s Twelve, August 24 ........................Ill Templeman, B., Buckingham v. Bicester, August 23 ................ ..............................113* THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. YORKSHIRE V. M.C.C. & G. As last year, unfavourable weather caused the first day of the Scarborough Festival to be a blank. Rain prevented a commencement of the opening match until Tuesday, and even then, though the interruptions were very brief, the players had to leave the field from the same cause. Lord Hawke was not able to take his place in the Yorkshire eleven, and asWardall was absent room was found for Hirst, the fast bowler, who was successful in some of the earlier matches of the season. The county matches deprived M.C.C. of some of its best all round players, but still the eleven was fairly strong, if not by any means representative. Yorkshire were successful in the toss, and, as the wicket was, gained a decided advantage in going in first. The start though was singularly unpromising, Smith and Jackson, tho first two batsmen, only scoring three runs between them. Sellers and Tunnicliffe, however, offered a deter­ mined resistance to the Marylebono bowling, and by spirited cricket they added 71 before they were S arted. In spite of this stand, six wickets were own with the total only 81, and tho chances of a good score seemed anything but bright. As it was, Wainwright found a very reliable partner in Brown, and their partnership, which produced 70 runs, gave the game another turn in favour of Yorkshire. Subsequently Hirst knocked up 25, and the innings, which had only lasted two hours and three quarters, closed for 208 with Brown still in. His 65 not out was a par­ ticularly good performance. He was only in an hour and a half, and there was no fault to be found in any way with his batting, which was full of confidence. Burns was the roost successful bowler, as will be seen, on the side of M.C.C. His six wickets only cost 41 runs. The Marylebone innings was commenced by two fast scorers, Thornton and De Trafford, and fifty was up with only one batsman out. After their separation however no one made any stay, and the Yoikshire bowlers profited so well by a bad light that when play ceased on Tuesday the score was seventy six with seven batsmen out. Although some rain fell during the night, the game was resumed soon after eleven o’clock CRICKETERS— B e st <CCB« Goods C ity Agents — b e a r this M ark.—Advt. P a rton & L e s te r , 94, Queen S t., Cheapside. yesterday. M.C.C., with 53 to save the follow-on, and three wickets in hand, were very nearly accomplishing this. Pougher, after making five out of ,23 runs, was caught and Vernon soon followed. Hornsby and Spofforth were hitting freely, when a good catch dismissed the latter, and brought the innings to a close with three runs still wanting to avoid a follow-on. Murdoch and De Trafford opened M.C.C.’s second innings, and the latter was soon busy, scoring 29 of the first 31 before he fell to a good catch in the long field. Chatterton and Murdoch gave little trouble, and at lunch time the score was 45 for three wickets. Davidson was soon caught on the resumption but Burns hit away freely, and with the assistance of some vigorous cricket by Thorn­ ton, and later on by Vernon, the total was raised to 224 before the last wicket fell. Burns was in two hours for his 79. He was missed when he got 25, but altogether his batting was worthy of bigh praise, and his hitting all round was clean and well-timed. In the short time that remained for Yorkshire to bat they scored 56 for the loss of Smith and Wainwright, so that at the finish they wanted 87 to win, with eight wickets in hand. Y o r k s h ir e .— First Innings. Brown, not out ... 65 Moorhouse, c Spof­ forth, b Hornsby 10 Hirst, c Vernon, b Burns Ellis, b Burns... B10, lb l ... Totil ... , 25 .. 0 ... II ..208 Mr. E. Smith, b Spof­ forth ........................ 0 Mr. F. S. Jackson, b Spofforth................. 3 Tunnicliffe, c and b Burns........................25 Mr.A.Sellers, b Burns 39 Peel, lbw, b Burns ... 1 Wainwright, b Spof­ forth ........................29 Ulyett, b Bums ... 0 In the Second Innings Smith scored, c Burns, b Chatterton 10, Tunnicliffe (not out) 22, Peel (not out) 10, Wainwright, c and b Chatterton 11: b2, lb 1.—Total, 56. M.C.C. First Innings. Second Innings. Mr.C.I. Thornton,c Wain­ wright, b Peel.............. 27 c Moorhouse, b Peel.................30 Mr. C. E. de Trafford, b H irst........................ ... 12 c B r o w n , b Peel.................29 Mr.W.L.Murdoch, st Ellis, b Peel...............................18 c Jackson, b Peel................. 5 Chatterton, c Ulyett, b Peel ................................ 4 c Wainwright, b Hirst ......... 4 Burns, cSmith, b Peel ... 6 c B r o w n , b Hirst ..........79 Davidson, st Ellis, b Peel 3 c Brown,bWain- wright .......... 4 Mr. F. E. Lacey, b Wain­ wright............................... 4 b Smith .......... 10 Pougher,c Hirst, b Peel 5 c Ellis, b Jack­ son ................. 7 Mr. G F. Vernon, b Wain­ wright...............................19 c Brown, bWain- wright ..........38 Mr. J. H. Hornsby, not out ...............................15 not out .......... 17 Mr. F. R. Spofforth, c Brown, b Peel................. 8 c sub, b Wain­ wright .......... 0 B 2, lb 3 ................. 5 B ................. 1 Total ..........126 Total ...224 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Y orkshide . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ,. 5 0 22 0 . . 3 2 4 0 O. M. R. W. Spofforth ... 32 11 75 3 Pougher ... 10 1 36 0 Davidson ... 4 1 18 0 Burns... ... 16,1 5 41 6 Chatterton 4 1 7 0 Hornsby ... 5 0 20 1 9 2 27 2 M.C.C. First Innings. O. M. R. W. Second Innings. ... ..... ...... O. M. R. W. Peel .......... 28.3 11 60 7 .......... 26 10 59 3 H irst.......... 8 1 27 1 .......... 17 6 33 2 Wainwright 20 6 34 2 .......... 16.3 5 45 3 Mr. Jackson 1L 2 37 1 Mr. Smith 15 5 29 1 Moorhouse 4 0 20 0 R e v is e d “ Law s o p C r ic k e t ” for 1892, together with Hints to Young Players, an instructive treatise illustrated by seven special engravings, five diagrams showing how to place a team in the field to different bowling, and copy of rules for guidance of those forming clubs, &a. Post free I stamps, of Wright and Co., 41 St, Andrew’s Hill Doctors’ Commons, E.C