Cricket 1892

SEPT. 1, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 407 WARWICKSHIRE y. SURREY. The Warwickshire committee were singularly out of luck with regard to their last fixture of the season. The Surrey eleven were to have played at Birmingham on the first three days of this week, and on the form Surrey had been showing the match ought to have been interesting as well as successful. Heavy rain prevented any play on either of the three days, and the game had to be given up yesterday without a ball being delivered. The players were— Surrey: M, Read, Lohmann, Lockwood, Abel, Baldwin, Thompson, Wood, Sharpe, Brockwell, Henderson and Ayres. Warwickshire: Messrs. H. W. Bainbridge, J. E. Hill, O. Docker, and J. Rhodes, with Law, Rich­ ards, Shilton, Pallett, Lilley, Oreswell and White­ head LANCASHIRE v. NOTTS. The Lancashire eleven finished their season on Saturday at Old Trafford in brilliant fashion, with a victory over Notts, only the second that County has suffered during the present season. Notts was able to put its best side into the field, but Lancashire was less fortunate, losing the valuable services of A. C. McLaren, who had injured himself at Brighton ten days before. A. N. Hornby, who was able to take charge of the eleven again, lost the toss, and Notts determined to bat first. The wicket, though rather slow, owing to recent rains, did not favour the bowlers to any great extent, and it was generally expected that Notts would make a fairly good score. Tho start, though, was not altogether promising, and with Shrews­ bury out for sixteen, and Gunn the next wicket for seven, the outlook was not par­ ticularly hopeful. The young Cantab, A. O. Jones, however, played capital cricket, and he was out third at 71, of which he had contributed 35 in very promising style. A useful stand by the next two batsmen, Barnes and Flowers, which increased the score by 45 runs, made things look much better for the in side, and at lunch time the score was 122 with only four batsmen out. Briggs, owing to an injury, was not able to bowl after the interval, but fortunately he was not required. Mold and Watson bowled with remarkable success, so much so that the six remaining wickets were secured for an addition of only 36 runs. The cheap dismissal of Notts for 158i was in a great measure due to the effective bowling of Mold, who took half the wickets at a cost of 71 runs. The innings closed about ten minutes past four o’clock, and conse­ quently Lancashire were left with an hour and a half for batting on Thursday night. A heavy shower, which had stopped play for some twenty minutes towards the close of the innings, placed Notts rather at a disadvantage when Lancashire went in, and when time was up the score was 73 for the loss of three batsmen, Albert Ward being out to the last ball of the day. Sugg, who was not out 31 overnight, added 23 on Friday before he was out. He had been batting for just over an hour and a half, and his 54 was an excellent innings in every way, with pleaty of hit as well as sound defence. Smith, who succeeded him, played a more than usually watchful game, and of the eighty-three runs added while he was in his share was only twelve, for which he was in an hour and fifty minutes. Some of the very best cricket of the innings was seen while Baker and Crosfield were together. The partnership realised 87 runs, and Baker’s 66, which took him two hours and twenty minutes, was a jadicious display of good sound cricket. Crosfield, too, though he gave two chances,played as usual in free style, and the close of the innings found him still in with a very useful score of fifty to his credit. Though Notts were in a minority of 119 when they went in a second time on Friday afternoon, still the general impression was that the game was by no means over. Shrewsbury’s dismissal to the first ball, which he played into his wicket, however, was the com­ mencement of a series of disasters which fairly astonished the spectators. Jones also played on at six, and after Mold had bowled Gunn and Barnes in the same over Dixon and Daft were both dismissed. All this took place in the last hour on Friday, and by the time play ceased that night, six of the best wickets of Notts had fallen for only eighteen runs. Mold was the chief agent in this remarkable performance. He dismissed five of the six batsmen out at a cost of only nine runs. The completo collapse of tho Notts batsmen on Friday made the result a certainty for Lanca­ shire, that is if the weather held up. Notts still wanted 101 to save an innings defeat, and as they had only four wickets in reserve, it was generally regarded as beyond their capacity. Rain, however, nearly upset all the calculations of those interested. Through the forenoon of Saturday there was a heavy downpour, and up to a certain time it looked as if Notts might save the game. As it was, a start was made just before threa o’clock, and as forty minutes sufficed to bring the game to a close, Lancashire won in the end by an innings and 69 runs. Just as the players left the field, the rain again began to fall, so that the match was just finished in time. Mold’s bowling was the great feature of the match. Altogether, he got twelve wickets, at a cost of 100 runs, a fine performance under any circumstances. Lan­ cashire thus shares with Somersetshire the dis­ tinction of defeating Notts this year. N o t t in g h a m s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Shrewsbury, b Briggs ...16 bM old................. 0 Mr. A. 0. Jone3, b Mold ... 35 b W atson .......... 4 Gunn, b Mold ................. 7 b Mold................. 2 Barnes, c Hornby, b Mold 29 b Mold................. 0 Flowers, run out ..........32 c Crosfield,bMold 0 Shacklock, c F. Ward, b Smith...............................17 not out ............ 8 Attewell, b W atson.......... 0 st Kemble,b Wat­ son ................. 4 H. B. Daft, b Mold .......... 1 st Kemble,bMold 6 Mr. J. A. Dixon, b Mold ... 0 b Mold................. 4 Mr. J. S.Robinson.not out 12 c Kemble,bWat- s o n ................. 3 Sherwin,cKemble.bWatson 8 c Smith, b Mold 17 L b ............................... 1 L b ................. 2 Total ..............158 L a n c a sh ir e . Total 50 Mr. A. N. Hornby, b Attewell................. 7 F. Ward, b Barnes ... 14 F. Sugg, b Attewell... 84 A.Ward,lbw,bBarnes 11 Smith, b Barnes ... 12 Briggs, run out..........16 Baker, c Shrewsbury, b Attewell ..........66 Mr. S. M. Crosfield, not out ................... 50 Mr. A. T. Kemble, c Daft, b Sherwin ... 2 Watson, c Dixon, b Flowers ...................16 Mold, b Barnes.......... 2 B 17, lb 1 0 ............27 Total ...277 BOWLING ANALYSIS N o t t in g h a m s h ir e . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Mold..................31 10 71 5 ... Briggs ........... 18 3 38 1 Smith .......... 12 4 23 1 Watson..........24.313 25 2 ... L a n c a s h ir e . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 23 10 29 7 12 19 3 O. M. R. W. Attewell... 69 42 57 3 Shacklock 32 14 65 0 Flowers... 22 5 50 1 O. M. R. W Barnes... 30.3 14 47 4 Dixon ... 4 2 5 0 Sherwin 13 6 26 1 SU3SEX v. MIDDLESEX. The Sussex eleven brought a season of almost unbroken failure to a close at Brighton on Tuesday with another defeat—their twelfth—this time at the hands of Middlesex. Sussex, with Jesse Hide again on the side, had about its best team, while Middlesex, who substituted the old Rugby foot all player J. H. Roberts for R. S. Lucas,was, barring the absence of E. A. Nepean, who only plays occasionally now, thoroughly we 1 represented. Heavy rainfall during the early morning of Monday made it a little uncertain whether there would be a chance of a commencement that day. The weather, though, cleared up later on and it was possible after all to make a start about a quarter past twelve o’clock. Webbe was fortunate enough to win the toss for Middlesex, and as the wicket dried slowly in the absence of any sunshine, his side got a great advantage in going in first. The ground, though of course slow, was not difficult, and thanks to the vigorous cricket of three members of the eleven, Middlesex fared so well that tho last wicket did not fall till a quarter past four o’clock. In three hours and ten minutes 228 runs were made, giving an average of about seventy runs an hour. Of 215 got from the bat Henery, Stoddart, and Roberts were accountable for 179, and six members of tho eleven only made 24 between them. Webbe and Stoddart opened the batting as usual, and the former was the first to go, caught for twelve. Stoddart was in his best vein for run-getting, and of the 70 got when he was out, after less than an hour’s play, his share was 43 with only one hard chance. A dangerous batsman was got rid of when O’Brien was caught for seven. Mr. Scott gave little more trouble, though he was in three- quarters of an hour for his eight. Phillips stayed in while Henery hit out vigorously, and the former’s sharo of the 55 added was only nine. After Rawlin’s dismissal Henery and McGregor made another stard, and the latter was only out by a clever piece of fielding by Guttridge, who threw down his wicket. Ford was! bowled without scoring, and then Roberts let out with oven more vigour than his partner, contributing 35 out of 48 while he was in for the ninth wicket. Hearne, the last man, was soon dismissed, and Henery was left to carry out his bat for 81. He was in just over two hours, and though he gave more than one chance, the first at 44, his resolute hitting was of great value to the side. Heasman and Bean made a fairly good start when Sussex went in, but the dismissal of New­ ham and Brann by Rawlin, both without a run, gave the game a turn in favour of Middlesex, and when rain stopped play just after half-past five o’clock, four of the best batsmen were out for 56. Another rainfall during Monday night, followed by bright sunshine on Tuesday, made the result fairly a certaintyfor Middlesex. The wicket, indeed, helped the bowlers materially, and Hearne and Rawlin proved so effective that no change was required. The first innings of Sussex was soon bought to a close on Tuesday, and in fifty minutes the six remaining wickets were secured for an addition of only 42 runs. In the follow on the ground was even less favourable for the batsmen, and, with the exception of Brann, who was in fifty minutes for his 24, no one was able to make any stay. After lunch, six wickets fell for 43, a condition of things almost identical with the performance of the tail in the first innings, and when the last batsman was out, Middlesex were left with an easy win by an innings and 43 runs. Hearne and Rawlin, as will be seen, had excellent figures. The former, though, had much the better analysis, taking twelve wickets in the match at a cost of less than eight runs a piece. M id d l e s e x . Mr. A. J. Webbe, c Marlow, b Gutt­ ridge........................11 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b H ide........................43 Mr. S. W. Scott, c and b Tate .......... 8 Mr. T. C. O’Brien, c Somerset, b Tate... 7 Mr. P. J. T. Henery, not out .................81 Phillips, c Marlow, b H ide........................ 9 S u s s e x . First Innings. Mr. W. G. Heasman, b Hearne ........................19 Bean, c Roberts, b Hearne 10 Mr. W. Newham, b Raw­ lin...................................... 0 Mr. G. Brann, b Rawlin... 0 Marlow, c Hearne, b Raw­ lin.......... ........................23 J. Hide, b Rawlin ..........14 Guttridge, cand b Hearne 14 Mr. A. F. Somerset, b Hearne ........................ 0 Tate, c Scott, b Hearne ... 0 Butt, not out ................. 7 Humphreys, b Rawlin ... 11 Rawlin, b Tate.......... 0 Mr. G. M’Gregor, run out ........................21 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, b Humphreys .......... 0 Mr. J. H. Roberts, c Brann, b Tate ... 35 J. T. Hearne, lbw, b T ate........................ 0 B 4, lb 7, nb 2 ... 13 Total ... ...223 Second Innings. c and b Hearne 10 c Henery, b Rawlin .......... 6 c and b Hearne 6 b Hearne ..........24 c Stoddart, b Rawlin .......... 6 b Hearne .......... 0 b Hearne .......... 0 b Hearne ... run out c W e b b e , Hearne ... not out B .......... 4 7 9 Total... 87 Total .................98 BOWLING ANALYSIS. M id d l e s e x . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W T a te .......... 88.3 13 77 5 I Hide ........... 21 6 64 2 B ean.......... 5 0 15 0 Brann........... 7 1 21 0 Guttridge... 11 5 22 1 |Humphreys. 5 0 26 1 Guttridge bowled two no-balls. S u s s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Hearne ... 235 55 5 .......... 22 10 36 7 Rawlin. 21.4 7 43 5 .................... 21 4 42 9 GRANVILLE (LEE) v. HAMPSTEAD NONDE SCRIPTS.—Played at Lee on August 20. H a m p s t e a d N o n d e s c r ip t s . H. F. Smith, b Bull A. H. Crickman, b West C. E. Lee, b Greer ... 13 F.T. Selfe, c E. Cross- key, b West .......... 0 A. C. Collier, b Bull 35 W.Durrant, st Ryder, b Bull .................11 J. S. Worthington, b Bull ........................ 0 C. Braithwaite, b W est........................ 3 A. L. Gray, b Boll ... 0 0 C. O. Grabham, not out ................. C. N. Carvalho, B ull................. B 2, lb 3, nb 1 Total „ 18 b .. 8 ... 6 ... 94 G r a n v il l e . J. Wilson, jun., b Braithwaite ............ 11 E. W. Moore, c Grab­ ham, b Carvalho ... 5 E. Crosskey,b Braith­ waite .. ... .............41 F. G. Bull, c Gray, b Collier ....................19 R.Crosskey, b Braith­ waite ........................ 0 W. Greer, c Carvalho, b Selfe ....................12 Jos. Wilson, c Crick­ man,b Braithwaite 10 A.D. Parry, bBraith­ waite .................11 J. A. Johnston, b Braithwaite.......... 3 A. L. Ryder, not out 7 H. West, b Worth­ ington ................. 2 B 8, w 1 .......... 9 Total ...130 G r a c e P a r l o u r C r ic k e t .— A Handsome Birth­ day Present for boya. Matches played and analy­ sis kept same as on the cricket field. Any number can play, and endless enjoyment and amusement is anorded by this ingenious Indoor Game. Post free, securely packed, 2/10.— W r ig h t & Co., 41, St. Andrew’s Hill, London.