Cricket 1893

184 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JTJNE 8, 1893 SURREY v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. But for a masterly performance by Mr. W . G. Grace in Gloucestershire’s first inniDgs, and a remarkable stand by Brockwell and Richardson for Surrey’s last wicket, the first match of the season between the above counties, begun at the Oval on Thursday, would have been unproductive of any really noteworthy batting. As it was, though the wicket was never really bad, the ball seemed to come along at different paces, and it was evidently difficult to time with any degree of certainty. The Gloucestershire eleven, who won the toss, were all out before luncheon on the first day for a total of 105. With one exception they were quite abroad with Surrey’s bowling. The exception was Mr. W . G. Grace, and his perfor­ mance was one quite out of the common. The bowl­ ing, which puzzled the other batsmen, seemed quite plain and simple to him, and he saw the whole side out without making a mistake during the hour and three-quarters ho was in. It was one of the very best inniDgs he has played, certainly of late years, and another proof of his wonderful vitality. Richardson took five wickets for 78 runs. In the early part of the innings he did the hat trick, dismissing Painter and Mr. Kitcat with the fourth and fifth balls of one over, and Mr. E. M. Grace with the first of his next. If Gloucestershire fared badly Surrey showed up much worse till quite the close of the innings. Maurice Read, who went in first, was the only one who played Murch’sbowling at all well, and he was seventh out, having scored 43 out of 75. Lockwood and Marshall both went at the same total, and with nine wickets down for 75 it looked as if Gloucestershire would after all have an advantage on the first innings. Richard­ son, however, proved as useful to Surrey with the bat as he had with the ball. Brockwell and he both hit so freely that seventy minutes realized 105 runs, of which Richardson’s share was 69. He had one piece of luck in putting a ball just over point’s head, which Mr. E. M. Grace could have caught had he not left it to Captain Luard, who failed to reach it. Otherwise, he gave no chance, and his hitting all round was particularly clean and well-timed. Murch bowled, as will be seen, with great success, taking eight of the ten wickets at a little over nine runs apiece. Glou­ cestershire, thanks to some free hitting by Painter, had made 59for four wickets on Thursday night, and this number was increased to 92 before the side were out. Richardson’s bowling was again chiefly accountable for the failure of the Gloucestershire batsmen. This time he was even more successful, and on Friday morning his analysis showed 39 balls for seven runs and four wickets. Though Surrey had only 39 to get to win, the number cost them three good batsmen, so that they won in the end with seven wickets to spare. In Gloucestershire’s first innings only one batsman was bowled. On the other hand, of the thirteen Surrey wickets which fell, twelve were dis­ missed by catches. G lou cestersh ire . First Innings. Mr. W. G. Grace, not out 61 Mr J.J.Ferris,b Lockwood 10 Mr.O.G. Radcliffe, b Rich­ ardson ..............................17 Second Innings, c M. Read, b Richardson ... b Lockwood ... c Baldwin, b Richardson ... b Hayward ... S Painter, b Richardson ... Mr.S. A. P.Kitcat, b Rich­ ardson............................... 0 runout Mr. E. M. Grace, b Rich* ardson............................... Capt. A. H. Luard, bLock- w o o d ............................... 3 Roberts, b Lockwood ... 0 Atfield, b Richardson ... 0 Murch,c M Read,b Brock­ well ............................... 4 Board, b B rockw ell.......... 3 Lb ........................ 4 c Baldwin, Richardson . b Richardson . b Lockwood b Richardson not out ... . b Richardson B 1, lb 2 , Total .........105 Total S u r r e y .— First Innings. 14 Lockwood,c Painter, b Murch................. 0 Brockwell, not out 30 Marshall, c Paint er, b Murch................. 0 R i c h a r d s o n , c Painter, b Murch 69 Hayward, c Painter, b Murch ................. 8 M. Read, b Roberts ... 43 Henderson, c and b Murch .................13 Mr.W. W. Read, c W. G. Grace, b Murch 2 Baldwin,cW.G.Grace, b Murch ................. 8 Mr. K. J. Key, c E. M. Grace, b Roberts ... 1 Mr.J.Shuter, c Luard, b Murch ................. 0 In the Second Innings Hayward scored c Kitcat, b Roberts 4 ; Henderson, c Painter, b Roberts 6 : Baldwin (not out), 1; Mr. K. J. Key (not out), 5; Brockwell, c Atfield, b Murch 3.—Total 19. BOWLING ANALYSIS. G lo u c e s t e r s h ir e B 1, lb 2 Total ...180 First Innings. O. Lockwood 13 Richardson 15 Brockwell 3 R. W. 49 3 ., 44 5 ., Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 16 2 51 2 18.4 6 33 6 S u rr ey . First Innings. O. M.R. W. Roberts ... 26 10 57 2 ... Murch ...33.3 11 74 8 ... Ferris ... 4 1 18 0 W .G . Grace 7 1 25 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 7 3 9 2 ... 7.2 3 10 1 LANCASHIRE v. SUSSEX. Rain on Saturday afternoon at Manchester brought a run-getting match to a premature conclusion, and at the same time deprived the spectators of what would in all likelihood have been an interesting finish. Lancashire took full advantage of first use of an excellent wicket, and were batting altogether for four hours and three- quarters for a total of 340. The main credit of this performance rested with Sugg and Briggs. The two professionals added 101 for the fourth wicket in just over the hour, in which time Briggs had himself scored 60. Though he had some little luck just at first, when he settled down his hitting all round the wicket was particularly fine, and indeed, there were only six singles in his score. Sugg who had gone in first wicket down, was not out at the close of the innings. His 169 was the result of just under four hours and a half’s cricket. Such a long innings is rarely free from fault, and he gave more than one chance. Still, as a display of uniformly punishing batting, it was worthy of the highestpraise. Though they had to go in against a long total of 346, the earlier Sussexbats­ men shaped so well that they were able to head this by a hundred runs. As with Lancashire, the bulk of the scoring was done by two men. Bean and Mr. W ilson put on 101 for the first wicket, but the former found in Mr. Murdoch even a more reliable partner, and these two helped to put on 226 while thev were together. Bean, who is in fine form this season, has never been seen to better advantage. In four hours he made 186 runs, and as an exhibition of fearless and determined hitting it has hardly ever been surpassed. Quite early in the innings he hit a ball very hard to Tinsley, and this, which could hardly be called a chance, was his only mistake. Later on Mr. Brann scored freely, and his hitting was the only feature of the latter part of the innings. Exactly a hundred behind, Lancashire made 33 without the loss of a wicket in the last twenty-five minutes on Friday. On Saturday morning Mr. McLaren and A. Ward added 53, so that the total was 86 before the former was out. Sugg this time was dis­ missed for three, but Albert Ward and Smith were not so easily separated, and the score was 151 before Ward, who had been in two hours and a quarter without an actual life, was caught. At luncheon time the total was 182 with only three batsmen out, but the rain during the interval worked a great change, and in an hour and ten minutes the innings was over, the last seven wickets only adding 54 runs. Had the game been continued, Sussex would have had to make 137 runs in the fourth innings. As it was, rain pre­ vented any more play, and so the match was left drawn. In all, as will be seen, 1,028 runs were scored for thirty wickets. L ancashire . First Innings. A. Ward, b Humphreys ... 6 Mr. A. C. M'Laren, c Butt, b Guttridge .................23 F. Sugg, not ou t.................169 A. Smith, c Newham, b H ilton............................... 3 Briggs,cNewham,bHilton 60 F. Ward, b Humphreys ... 13 Tinsley, run out.................28 Baker, st Butt, b Hum- Second Innings, c Butt, b Hum­ phreys ..........77 b Guttridge ... 44 c Smith, b Bean 3 b Humphreys... 21 b Guttridge ... 40 and b Hum­ phreys ... Mr. A. T. Kemble, st Butt, b Humphreys................. 8 Watson, c and b Smith ... 13 Mold, c Butt, b Beau......... 2 B 0, lb 9 .......................... 15 phreys Murdoch, Guttridge c Guttridge, Bean 16 14 Total ..........346 S ussex . c Wilson,b Hum­ phreys ......... 0 not out .......... 7 b Humphreys... 0 B 8, lb *2, nbl 11 Total ...236 Hayward Bean, c Sugg, b F. W ard.........................186 Mr. G. L. Wilson, b Baker ................... 45 Mr. W. L. Murdoch, b Mold ................... 96 Mr. W. Newham, c Watson, b F. Ward 13 Mr. G. Brann,not out 50 Mr. C. A. Smith, b M o ld ......................... 5 Guttridge, c Kemble, b Mold ................. 6 Total • BOWLING ANALYSIS. L ancashire . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 32 4 319 4 21.3 8 37 1 . 24 17 Humphreys.., Bean ........ Hilton ......... Tate ........ Guttridge .. Smith ........ Brann .......... 79 2 31 0 16 8 27 1 10 4 25 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W ... 25.3 5 56 5 ... 30 10 58 2 ... 16 2 7 26 40 0 11 0 60 3 Mold ... Brigss .. Watson O. M R. W. 64 15 196 5 52.317 91 0 12 4 37 0 Smith Baker O. M. R VV .8 2 21 0 .10 2 29 3 F. Ward 29 13 48 1 BARNES (2) v. S t . THOMAS’S HOSPITAL (2).- Played at Barnes on June 3. B arnes . C . Shirreff, b Williams.................14 L. E. Fawcus, run out ........................ 0 H. C.Mossop.b David­ son ... ' .......... 2 A. Hockley, b David­ son ........................ 2 H. Shirreff, c Ather­ ton, b Da\iison ... 10 A. Sissons, run out .. 38 E. R. Keene, c David­ son,bRay................. W. Hockley, c Ray, b Pern........................ S. 8. KeeDe, not out S. Hockley, b David­ son ........................ J. Pnrdy, b Davidson B 5, w 2................. Total S t . T homas ’ s H ospital . ..103 L. Mortimer, iun out 1 E.Atherton,♦>Sissons 0 R. Ray, b Sissons ... 18 J. Pern, b Sissons ... 9 E.Williams,cSiasons, b H. Shirreff.......... 0 G. Pemberton, b H. Shirreff ................. 0 E. Rousseau, c S. Keene, b H.Shirreff 2 T. Haynes, b Sissons 18 R. D a v id s o n , c F a w c u s , b H. Shirreff ................. 5 J. Glascow, not out... E. Dominy, b Sissons i B ........................ ; Total 63 BARNES v. KENSINGTON.- wood Scrubbs on June 3. Played at Worm- K ensington . C. E.Bloomer,b Farn- shaw.......... ..........28 F. M. v\heatley, Itw, b Stevens................ 0 E. A. Watson, not out 53 W.H.Wheelerc aTid b Stevens ................. 9 J. Briggp, cStevens, b Earnshaw .......... 3 W. E. Bloomer, b Stevens ................. 0 E. H. Shaw, lbw, b Earnshaw ........... 3 H. T. Taylor, b Stevens ....................24 W. A. Watson, c Walter, b Stevens 16 H. Smith, c Hack- maD, b Stevens ... 14 Mitchell, c Franco, b Frith .................. 2 B 11, lb 4, n b l ...1C Total , ...168 B arnes . F. W. Earn^haw, E. Watson, b Taylor ... ......13 W. Frill’, c v\heeler, b W. Wat s o n .......60 C. E. Rate iff, c and b Taylor ............. 15 J. J. Franco, c Mit­ chell b Taylor ... 1 G. B. Hunt, b Taylor 0 J. G. M. Robertson,b M i'ch ell.............. 33 A. G. H. Stevens, run out ........................ 8 G. R. Mossop, lbw, b Taylor .................13 J. Walker, not ou t... 8 G. Levy, lbw, b Tay­ lor ........................ 8 C. Hacknnan,bTaylor 0 B 1, lb 6, w 1.......... 8 Total ..167 HONOR OAK v. BEES.—Played at Honor Oak on June 3. H onor O ak . Humphreys, b Mold 4 Butt, b F. Ward ... 9 Tate, c Kemble, b Mold ................. 7 Hilton, c Laren, b Briggs ................. 1 B 16, lb 7, nb 1... 24 ...446 G. Harrison, c Mid­ dleman, b i uxton 0 F. Lett, c Bourlett, b Snow........................26 C. Skipwith, c Cox, b Barham .................26 G. Smedley,bBarham 7 T. Dickason, b Snow 14 F. Harrison, c Bar* ham, b Buxton ... 82 F. E. Huish, b Snow 2 .J. Warren, b Snow ... 0 E. Hayes, not out 3> C. H. Mayo, b Snow 5 A. Jones, c and b Buxton .................31 B 13,1b 3 ............ 16 Total ...198 B e e s . A. Owens, b G. Harrison................. 1 C. Newberry, c War­ ren, b Lett ..........14 H. Preece, c Warren, b Mayo .................24 E. Maitland, c G. Harrison, b Mayo... 23 Q. Saint, c Warren, b G. Harrison .......... 6 F. Cox, c Warren, b Mayo ................. L. Bourlett, not out A. Snow,absent, hurt J. Buxton, b Mayo ... E. Barham, b Mayo . J. Middlemas, c and b Mayo ................. B 2, lb 3................. Total ..........