Cricket 1893

JDLY IB, 1893 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 271 positions, and the length of time we had to remain perfectly motionless, was most trying to the nerves. The provincial photographers at those times were generally kind enough to tell us that we were quite at liberty to wink both eyes if we chose; whereupon every man would commence to wink and blink as if his life depended on his doing so. The local photographer would generally appear on the scene when we were at breakfast at an hotel, and send the waiter in to request an interview with Mr. Parr to make arrangements for our photos to be taken later in the day. “ Mr. Parr, the photographer’s here,,, the waiter would announce. “ What, a^ain ! ” George would exclaim with a look of disgust as he would reluctantly leave the table. Messrs. Hennah and Kent, the predecessors of Messrs. E. Hawkins and Co., of Brighton, must, I think, in these days have been in advance of most other photographers in taking cricket groups. I have an excellent photo­ graph of George Parr taken 35 years ago by this firm George had one of these himself— a coloured one—larger than the one I possess— the very one, by the way, which he substi­ tuted in the frame for the one taken in the tall hat. The one, too, which they took of the first American team is an exoellent picture. I have one of these unframed, and al hough it has been exposed in this condition for many, many years, it still remains scarcely at all faded. Messrs. McLean in the Haymarket look many portraits of cricketers years ago. They had a very good background representing the pavilion at Lord's, and the oricketer whose portrait was taken was so placed as to appear standing at the wicket in the centre of the ground. I have photographs of II. H. Stephenson, Wilson, Julius Oie3ar, C. F. Daft, H. Royston, Roger Iddison, myself, and many other cricketers of note taken by this firm. Messrs. Elliott and Fry in later years took some splendid cricket photographs. I remember them taking some very fine ones of Alfred Shaw and myself, separately and together. Also one very good one of the Notts eleven in 1875. When playing at Dublin in 1860, 1 bought a photograph of the All England Eleven taken there that year. This picture is arranged for a stereoscope. The photograph seen in the ordinary way is very small, bnt when placed in the stereoscope the group appear most life-like, one seems to be gazing at the men themselves. I have it before me now as I write. We are arranged in front of the dressing tent. All are standing except Julius Cse3ar and Tom Hayward, who are squatting on the grass. The former bareheaded, the latter wearing a pot hat and holding a cigar between his finger3. Behind them on the left is Alfred Clarke attired in a white jacket and a dark cap; next stands George Parr, his arms folded, yet managing to hold his round pot hat in one hand. Next H. H. Stephenson, wearing a cap, pads, and wicket-keeping gloves. Next, General (then Captain) Marshall, whose head and pot hat only are visible between Stephen­ son and Cris Tinley. The latter is attired in a round hat, grey shirt, and is holding a ball. Next is Mr. E. T- Blane wearing a cap and a veryjdark coloured shirt. I myself come next holding a bat and wearing a pot hat which had evidently been at tne time dinted in slightly by accident. Tarrant’s head can just be discerned, similarly adorned, peeping over my shoulder and that of George Anderson, who stands bareheaded. Willsher is at the extreme right of the cricketers, his head un­ covered, clad in a grey shirt, wearing a large tie tied in a bow (which he always affected) and holding a ball- Jackson, in plain clothes, as umpire, is the last of the group. Hayward and Cassar wear white shirts with a red spot. Clarke, Parr, Stephenson, Anderson, and I are all in white. I have an old photograph of the All England, taken when playing against twenty-two of Hallam and Staveley in 1857. But this is faded so that the figures are but dimly discerned. I can just recognise myself in a check shirt of loud pattern, and a straw hat. I have one. too, taken here of Mr. F. P. Miller and Jackson, the former holding a bat and the form of the latter towering above him with one hand on his shoulder and the other holding a ball- GENTLEMEN v. PLAYE . W ith only Yorkshire, Somersetshire, and Kent engaged in im portint m atches, the Marylebone Committee had a m uch easier task to collect a representative eleven for M onday’s m atch at Lord’s, than the Surrey Executive last week. As a consequence, while there was little or no difference in the strength of the Players, the Gentlemen were m uch stronger, and, indeed, except that Brain, who was ill, had to be replaced by Murdoch, the eleven went Into the field as advertised. This tim e the choice of innings fell to the Gentlem en, and although the recent rain helped the bowlers a little at the start, the in-side did bo well that it was six o ’clock before the last wicket fell. Though eight of the eleven got doublo figures the bulk of the scoring was done I y the two Surrey cricketers, W. W. Read and W ells. The form er has rarely been seen to better advantage, and his 79 w ai an innings in every way up to his best standard. After his ill-luck this season, W ells’ success, too, will be particu'arly gratifying t ) cric.eters generally. The best feature in the Players’ outing was the bowling of Attewell. Just lately he has not been very successful, but on tbis occasion he kept an exoellent length, and his figures, coneider- ing the quality of the batting, were exceptionally good. Shrewsbury, w ho had recovered from the blow he had received at the Ov-1 last Thursday, opened the Players’ innings with Sugg, but gave little trouble, and in the forty minutes that remained on Monday Sugg and Gunn were a’so dismissed, for a total of 35. On Tuesday m orning the Players fared a3 badly against Kortright. Maurice Read, w hoplayed admirab y for his 43, in­ deed, was the only one who shaped well against the fast bowling, and in an hour and a half the seven remaining w ickets were secured for an addition of 82 runs. K ortright’s first appearance for the Gentlem en was a marked success. He bowled at a great pace, and keeping a good length secured the dismissal of seven of the ten batsm en at a cost of 73 runs. Following in a m inority of 140 the Players began in a very different style, so that the deficit o f 140 runs was wiped off with only Sugg and Gunn out. This time Shrewsbury was seen to the best advantage, and his 88 was the highest, as it was the teat or equal to the best, in the match. Lockw ood and Hearne subsequently hit freely, but otherwise there was nothing note­ worthy in the later batting of the Players. W ith 120 to win the Gentleman had only ten minutes left on Tuesday night, in which tim e they made seven for tne loss of Ford’s wicket. Owing to the heavy rainfall overnight, yesterday m orning the game could not be resumed till 3.45. Then Briggs and Hearne proved so effective that M cGregor, Stoddart, and Kerris went in quick succession, so that four wickets were down for 32 runs. W.G. and Jackeon had added seventeen when radn again stopped the gam?, and in the absence of any chance of further play the m atch was given up as drawn. It will be noticed that M cGregor did not give a bye in either innings of the Players. G entlem en . First Innings. Mr. C. M. W ells, b Lockw ood ... ... 44 Mr. F. G. J. Ford, c S h r e w s b u r y , b Briggs ................... 6 Mr. G. M 'Gregor, c Sherwin, b Atte­ well ...........................21 Mr. C. J. Kortright, not out ................... 0 B 7, lb 1 ........... 8 Total ...258 BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. G entlem en . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R. W. Briggs ........... 26 4 611 .............. 14 4 29 2 Hearne ........... 49 21 762 .............. 14 8 13 A ttew ell......... 49 30 51 5 ........... 1.2 1 1 Lockw ood ... 15.4 3 23 1 ........... 2 1 4 F low ers........... 15 7 25 0 Bean ........... 3 0 14 0 P layers . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Second Innings. . O. M.R. W . Kortright . . . . 23 4 73 7 ............ 20.4 4 67 2 Jackson ............ 18 6 32 1 ............ 15 6 33 1 W ells......................6 1 13 2 ........... ?3 3 81 4 Ferris ... 23 7 69 3 Ferris delivered one no-ball. Mr. W . G. Grace, lDw, b Attewell ...3 2 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, run out ..................13 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Hearne .................. 0 Mr. W . W . Read, b A tte w e ll.................. 79 Mr. F. S. Jackson, c Sherwin, b Attewe 1 19 Mr. A. C. M cLaren, b Attewell ..................21 Mr. W . L. Murdoch, b Hearne ...................15 In the Second Innings G race scored (not out) 7, Stoddart, b Briggs, 11, Ferris, c Sherwin, b Hearne, 7,Jackson (not out) 10, Ford, b Lockw ood, 4, M cGregor, c and b Briggs, 8 ; lb 2.—Total, 49. P laye rs . First Innings. Second Innings. Shrewsbury, b Jackson ... 7 lbw, b W ells ...8 8 F. H. Sugg, c M cGregor, b K o rtrig h t......................... 8 c Ferris, b Kort­ right ...........11 Gunn, b Kortright ........11 st M cGregor, b Ferris ...........14 M. Read,c and b Kortright 42 c Jackson, b W ells ...........44 Baan, c W ells, b K rtright 6 c M cLaren, b W ells ...........26 Flowers, c M cLaren, b W e lls ...............................11 b Ferris ... ... 4 Briggs, b K ortrig h t......... 9 lbw, b Ferris ... 5 L ockwood,c Wells, b K ort­ right .............................. 15 c W ells, b Jack­ son ...................31 Attewell, b W ells ......... 8 b W ells ............. 0 J. T. Hearne, not out ... 1 not out .............25 Sherwin, b Kortright ... 0 b Kortright ... 1 L b 8, nb 1... 9 SOM ERSETSH IRE v. KENT. Considering that w ith the exception of J. B. Challen and V. T. Hill, Som ersetshire was able far the first time this season to put som ething like a representative eleven into the field at Taunton on Monday to meet Kent, it was unfortunate that the m atch shou d have been played under such unfavourable conditions. Kent, who were playing three new men in the old athlete Rev. H. C. L. Tindall, T.N.Perkins, of the Cambridge e’even, and C. vv. Little, of Oxford, who was tried as a wicket­ keeper, secured the choice of innings, and between half-past ihree and the end of the first day had scored 224 for the loss of only four wickets. Just after M archant’s dism issal at 25 a heavy shower caused an interval of forty minutes, and this kept the ground easy for the tatsmen. As a coneequence, runs came at a fair rate throughout. The stand of the day was that o f the Hearne’s on the fall of the third wicket. In an hour and three quarters the two brothers added 107, and it was not until tbe total had reached 212 ttat Alec was out. His innings had la&ted three hours and five minutes, and his 89 was a m ost exem plary display of watchful cricket with hardly a mistak«. George Hearne, who was not out 43 on M onday night, was not ab e to reeume his innings on Tuesday owing to the heavy rainfall, and as the Kent captain closed his innings first thing jesierday morning, he had no chance o f further batting. The commencem ent of Som ersetshire’s batting yesterday vtas auspicious, as Hewett and Fowler were both out with the total only thirteen. Lionel Palairet and Hedley were the first to make a stand against the Kent bowling, and the Oxford captain saw tbe whole side out. Going in first he was still in when th« innings closed, having made 51 out o f 119 from the bat without a chance of any kind. Following « n 102 to the bad, Somersetshire had lost Lionel Palairet, when another heavy rainfall caused the gam e to be finally abandoned. K e n t . Mr. F. Marchant, b G. Hearne, not out 43 T y le r............................. 23 Mr. L. W ilson, not A. Hearne, b N ichols 89 out .......................... 8 Mr. E. M. Blair, b B ...........................13 W oods ......................26 — Martin, c R. Palairet, j Total ...........224 b W o o d s .................. 22 ! T.N.Perkins, J. L e Flem ing, Rev. H. C. L. Tindall, C. W . Little, and Wright did not bat. Innings declared closed. S omerset . First Innings. Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, not out ...................... 51 Mr. H. T. Hewett, c Martin, b A.Hearne 5 Mr.G. Fowler,c Little, b M a r tin .................... 6 Mr. W . C. Hedley, b Wright ...................26 Mr. F, J. Poynton, b A. Hearne.................... 0 Mr. R C. N. Palairet, c and b A. Hearne 12 Mr. S. M. J. W oods, lbw, b A. Hearne... 0 Nichols, b Tindall ... 4 Bolus, c Perkins, b W right ................... 0 Tyler, c Tindall, b Martin ...................13 Mr. A. P. W ickham, b Martin ................... 2 L b ........................... 3 Total ...122 Total ..................118 Total ...258 In the Second Innings L. C. H. Palairet scored b A. Hearne, 7, Hewett (not out), 8, Fowler (not out), 3.—Total 18. BOW LIN G ANALYSIS. K ent . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. T yler......... 29 12 46 II W oods ..21 Nichols ... 17 6 38 1 |F ow ler... 6 H ed'ey ... 18 5 440 jL.Palairet 3 S omerset . First Innings. Secm d Innings. O. M. R .W. O. M. R. W. Martin ... 36.1 17 493 ......... 3 A. Hearne 35 21 274 ........... 4 W righ t... U 6 182 T in dall... 11 4 251 4 £8 2 13 0 0 12 0 0 7 0 0 11 1 E. A. Barrett, scored 220 for K ing’s College Hos­ pital against London Hospital, at Richm ond, on July 4, in the semi-final ties ior the Inter-H ospi­ tal Club.