Cricket 1893

242 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JUNE 29. 1893 TH E E IG H TH AUSTRAL IAN TEAM . FO U R TE EN TH MATCH—y. KEN T. The Australian team brought a successful week to a close at Gravesend on Friday w ith a decisive victory over Kent. By contrast with their brilliant win over the Players a few days before, the per­ form ance was of a m uch lesser order of m erit. In the first place they were only opposed by a very m oderate side of Kent, and in the second in going in first they had all the best of the wicket. Still if their batting was uneven the cricket all-round was in som e respects up to the best standard, and they m ade full use of the advantages the rainfall of Thursday night gave them on the second day. The Australian captain deeming it advisable to save his hands, the care of the wicket was entrusted again to Jarvis, and as M cLeod also stood down another trial was given to W alter Giffen. The advantage the Australians gained at the outset in going in first was lost by the failures of the early batsmen. They m ade a bad 9how, indeed, against the bowling of Alec Hearne and W right, and in fifty minutes five of the best run-getters on the side had been dis­ missed for only 37 runs. So far things had gone all in favour of Kent, and the first pair to offer any resistance were Messrs. Bruce and Gregory. Both batsm en scored freely, and the form er’s 77, which included a big hit out of the ground for six, was a lively and attractive display of cricket in every way w orthy of his high Australian reputa­ tion. Later on, too, G regory found a useful partner in W alter Giffen, and the latter’s 24 was .o f great value to the side. Gregory was batting for an hour and three-quarters for his 59, which was only m arred by a chance of stum ping when he had got 50. W hile the other Kent bowlers were very expensive Alec Hearne had a fine analysis. He took six of the ten wickets at a cost of 49 runsj W hen Kent went in Trum ble bowled with great success, so m uch so, indeed, that in the hour and three-quarters that remained for play on Thurs­ day eight of the best batsm en had been dismissed for 97. The heavy rain during the night had its natural effect on the wicket, and under such cir­ cum stances Kent after their early failures had not even an outside chance of saving the game Ex­ cepting Mr. Knowles and Alec Hearne, no one made any stand against the bowling of Trum ble and Turner, and no change was required. Trum ble followed up his brilliant success at Lord’s with another fine perform ance. He bow led throughout the m atch with a result of twelve wickets for 84 runs. Turner’s figures were only slightly less noteworthy, for he got six wickets at an average of just over nine runs a-piece. The Australians won by an innings and one run. A u stralian s . Mr. J. J. Lyons, c M a r c h a n t , b A. H eam e ........... ... Mr. A. C. Bannerman, cH ibbard.b W right Mr. G. Giffen, b A. Hearne ................... Mr. G. H. S. Trott, c H i b b a r d , b A. Hearne ................... Mr. W . Bruce, run out Mr. H. Graham, b A. Hearne ................... Mr. S. E. Gregory, c Marchant, b A. H eam e ...................59 Mr. C. T. D. Turner, c and b W right ... 3 Mr. H. Trumble, b W right ................... 0 Mr. W . F. Giffen, b A. Hearne ...........24 Mr. A. H. Jarvis, not out ........................... 7 L b ........................... 1 K en t. First Innings. Total ...194 Second Innings. A. Hearne, b G. Giffen ... 18 c T r o t t , b Trum ble... ... 16 Mr. S. Castle, ran out ... 6 b Trum ble... ... 1 Mr. G. J. V. Weigall, b Trum ble.......................... 20 b Trum ble... ... 2 Mr. W. L . Knowles, b Trum ble ......................... 13 c T r o t t , b Trum ble... ... 21 M r.F.M archant.bTrum ble 4 b Turner ... ... 3 Mr. C. J. M. Fox, c Lyons, b Turner ........................,. 0 b Turner ... ... 8 Mr. H. M. Braybrooke. b Trum ble .......................... 4 b Trum ble ... 11 Martin, c G. Giffen, b Turner .......................... 14 b Trum ble ... 2 G. Hearne, c Graham, b Trum ble .......................... 17 c Graham, b Trum ble... ... 5 W right, b Turner ........... 5 not out ... 7 Mr. J. A. Hibbard, not out 0 b Turner ... ... 0 B .................................. 3 B ........... ... 13 Total ...................104 Total ... 89 BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. A u s tra lia n s . O. M. R. W . A.Hearne 36.216 49 6 W righ t... 31 8 72 3 G.Hearne 6 0 33 0 K en t. First Innings. O. M. R. W. G. Giffen ...1 2 3381 Trum ble.......... 28.3 10 40 5 , Turner ........17 11 23 3 O. M. R. W. M artin... 9 2 30 0 M archant 2 0 9 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . . ... 21 7 44 7 . ... 21.4 7 32 3 FIFTEEN TH MATCH — v. SH REW SBU RY’S ENGL1ND ELEVEN . SHREW SBU RY’S BEN EFIT. W ith one exception, cricket, or rather the art of batting, has had no more brilliant exponent during the last ten years than Arthur Shrewsbury. Bis exceptional ability, even ignoring the brilliant service he has rendered to Notts since 1875, would have entitled him to exceptional consideration. Taking into account, too, his relationswith Austra­ lian cricket, it was specially fitting that the Australian team should have participated in this m atch arranged by the Notts County C.C, for his benefit at Trent bridge in the first part of the week. Considering too that Kent, Lancashire, and Yorkshire were all playing, Shrewsbury’s Eleven was a good one, including two Yorkshiremen, Peel and Wainwright, who had been excused the Warwickshire match. The Englishm en were fortunate enough to win the toss, and so well did they utilise a run-g®tting wicket that ty the end of Monday 857 had been got with only seven batsmen out. The chief credit of this perform ance rested with the first iw o batsmen, W .G. and Stoddart. They fairiy took the edge off the Australian bowling, scoring 114 before a wicket fell. The latter, who was out at 170, was missed in the long-field when he had made 44, otherwise his innings of 96, which lasted two hours and ten minutes, was a characteristic display, with well-tim ed and clean hitting when occasion required. Gunn and Mr. Palairet, who had given up the Oxford m atch wiih Sussex to assist Shrewsbury, also both shaped well, and their partnership for the third wicket added 111 runs. Shrewebu y was not out at the end of the first day for 30, and he was still in when the innings closed on Tuesday morning, having been in two hours and a half for a faultless score of 52. The heavy rainfall of Monday night was of course against the Australians, and on the slow wicket they had to play very hard for their run?. The comm encem ent of their innings was unfor­ tunate, as Lyons was out w ithout a run, and by lunch tim e on Tuesday, when tbe score was only 47, Giffen, Trott, snd Bruce had also been dismissed. W hen the seventh batsman was out the telegraph showed 77, and the oniy noteworthy feature of the later batting was the stand of Gregory and M cLeod, who put on 34 for the eighth wicket. Peel made every possible use of a pitch to help him , and he bowled through out the innings, taking Bix wickets for 65. Fol­ lowing on in a m inority of 296, the Australians again made a Dad start. Bruce, however, enli vened the game considerably, and by some bril­ liant cricket he made 46 out of 56 in a little over half-an-hour. Among his h ts was one to square leg out of the ground for six. Following his example Gregory hit out bravely, and he was still in when play ceased on Tuesd&y, having scored 47 of the last sixty runs. Half-an-hour yesterday sufficed to finish the match, and with Blackham unable to bat the innings was closed for an addition of only seven runs. The Austra­ lians had to put up with a decisive defeat by an innings and 153 runs, S h re w sb u ry ’s E n g la n d XI. M r.W . G. Grace, c G. Giffen, b Turner ... 49 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Trott, b Bruce ... 94 Gunn, b G. Giffen ... 64 Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, c Lyons, bG . Giffen 71 Shrewsbury, not out 52 M r.W .W .Read, c and b G. Giffen .......... 27 Peel, c Gregory, b G. Giffen ................... 1 W a i n w r i g h t , c Turner, b Trurable 6 L o c k w o o d , b Trum ble ...........11 Attewell, st Black­ ham, b Trum ble... 0 Storer, c Banner­ man, b Bruce ... 25 B 10, lb 5, w 1 ... 16 Total ...416 A ustralians . First Innings. Mr. J. J. Lyons, c Gunn, b P e e l.................................. 0 Mr. A. C. Bannerman, c Grace, b P e e l..................19 Mr. G. Giffen, c Palairet, b Peel ..................................17 Mr. G. H. S. Trott, run out 5 Mr. W . Bruce, c and b Peel 1 Mr. S. E. Gregory, c Palairet, b Lockw ood ... 21 Mr.H. Graham, hw, bP eel 3 Mr. R. W . M’ Leod, not out 27 Mr. H. Trum ble, c Read, b P e e l.................................. 7 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, c Gunn, b W ainwright ... 5 Mr. J. M’C Blackham, c Storer, b W ainwright... 0 B 13, lb 2 ...................15 Total .................. 120 Second Innings. b P e e l... ... ... 4 b W ainw right... 7 c Shrewsbury, b W ainwright... 13 c Read, b Peel .. 2 lbw, b Attewell 46 c Shrewsbury, b P e e l.................. 51 b P e e l.................. 0 c Lockw ood, b W ainw right... 0 not out ...........16 c Palairet,b Peel 0 absent.................. 0 B 2, lb 2........... 4 Total ...143 BOW LING ANALYSIS. S h re w s b u ry ’s XI. O. M. R.W . j O. M. R. W . Trum ble 39 14 83 3 I G. Giffon 4818 118 4 M’Leod... 24 8 52 0 T u rn er... 29 12 52 1 Trott ... 13 1 46 0 |Bruce ... 15.2 3 49 2 Bruce bowled one wide. A ustralians . First Innings. O. M. R. W . P e e l................... 26 5 65 6 L ockw ood ... 16 5 25 1 W ainwright...9.1 2 15 2 Secon Innings. O. M. R. W . . ...22 7 45 5 . . . . 2 1 4 0 . ...18 5 56 3 Attew ell ...10 2 34 1 M IDDLESEX v. SURREY. The Middlesex Eleven gained their second victory of the season over Surrey at Lord’s on Saturday, when after having all the worst of the early play, they won with 76 runs to spare. Surrey, who won the toss, made good uee of their oppor­ tunities, remaining at the wickets till half past five o’clock on Thursday. The chief contributors to their total o f 287 were M aurice Read, Mr. Key, and Abel. The best as it was the highest score was Head’s 75. He hit all round the wicket with equal freedom and confidence, and his innings, which lasted ju st under two hours, was absolutely free from a chance. Abel, who was thrown out from the long field by Mr. Henery, and Mr. Key both played well, but neither display was faultless. The Middlesex fielding, indeed, was generally faulty and in the m ajority of instances the bats­ men had m ore than the usual share of luck. After their long outing Middlesex only m ade a fairly good start, losing Messrs. O'Brien and M'Gregor in the last half hour for only 35 inns. The heavy rain of Thursday night m ade the wicket a trifle difficult on the following morning, and in an hour and a half the remaining batsm en of Middlesex were dism issed for an addition of 73 runs. Follow ing on w ith a heavy sum o f 179 against them , Middlesex seemed to have anything but an easy task before them. A sit wa?, a splendid perform ance by the first two batsm en, Messrs. Stoddart and O’Brien, effectually changed the whole aspect o f the game. From the first both played with the greatest confidence, and a better exhibition o f free and attractive cricket has rarely, been seen. By this tim e the wicket had shown a great improvement, and runs cam e so freely that in just under two hours and a half, 228 runs were made. At this total, Mr. Stoddart, who had contributed 125, was out. He had played in his m ost attractive style, and a rem arkable display of batting was only disfigured by one chance when he had made 78. Mr. O’Brien w as caught at the wicket at 254 His 113 wus marred by two mistakes, tbe first in the slips when he had made fifty, and again at the wicket a little later. Still his batting showed all the old punishing power, and his innings was just o f the kind to delight the spectators. Later in the day Mr. Ford, who was m issed at third man just after he cam e in, and Rawlin scored 91 for the fifth wicket, and soon after the former was out, stumps were drawn for the day with the total 353 for five batsmen. Middlesex, w ho were then 174 on with half the side to go, did not fare well on Saturday m orning, and in a little under an hour the innings was over for an addition of only 24 runs. Surrey, w ith 199 to win, went in for the fourth innings just before one o ’oclock. Abel and Ayres, who comm enced the batting, shaped well, and the early play afforded som e hopes of a good finish. After their separation, Maurice Read was unfortu­ nately run out, a m isfortune which no doubt had som e effect on the result. As it was, though Brockwell again played pluckily and well, no one else made any stand against the bowling of Hearns and Rawlin. Middlesex were in the end left with a m ost creditable victory. There was great enthusiasm at the result. S u rr ey . First Innings. Abel, run out ........... 45 Lockw ood, lbw, b Rawlin 4 M. Read, b Hearne ...........75 Mr. W . W . Read, c Stod­ dart, b Ford ................... 6 Mr. K. J. Key, lbw, b Stoddart ..........................53 Henderson, c M cGregor, b Hearne .......................... 0 Ayres, b H earne................. 2 Mr. J. Shuter, b Stoddart 19 Brockwell, b Ford ...........26 W ood, c Phillips, b Stod­ dart ..................................17 Richardson, not ou t........... 9 B 27, lb 2, w 2 ...........31 Total ...................287 Second Innings. c M cGregor, b Hearne ...........12 bR aw lin ...........11 run out ........... b H eam e ........... b Hearne ........... 17 23 1 b Rawlin ... c M cGregor, Rawlin ... bR aw lin ... b Hearne ... c Scott,b Rawlin 7 not out ........... 0 B ................... 8 Total ...119