Cricket 1893

272 CRICEETs A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME0 JULY 18, 1893 YORK SH IRE v. SOM ERSETSH IRE. On the relative form o f the two counties this season, the result of the return m atch, begun at Sheffield on Thursday, was a foregone conclusion. W ith Yorkshire in the first and Som ersetshire in the last place in the com petition for the County cham pionship, on paper, at least, the latter had hardly an outside chance. T o m ake their pros­ pects worse, in addition to the brothers Palairet, Messrs. Challen and V. T. Hill, the captain, Mr. H. T. Hewett, was away, so that everything was in Yorkshire’s favour. The progress of the game, too, was i •accordance w ith the general anticipa­ tion Somersetshire, who went in first, by luncheon tim e on Thursday had scored 92 at a cost of three good wickets. Of these 60 were m ade by Nichols and Poynton, who, in just under an hour and a half, raised the total from 32 to 92. Poynton, who was in altogether nearly tw o hours, was fifth out at 98, o f w hich his share was 51, a very useful innings. L ock was in an hour for six, and the only interest in the later part of Som ersetshire’s batting was the free cricket of Tyler and W ickham , w ho added 26 for the last wicket. Even during Yorkshire’s outing the wicket had begun to help the bowlers, and, therefore, Som ersetshire’s innings, w hich had lasted three hours and ten minutes, was not a bad perfor­ m ance. The brilliant cricket of Sellers and Tunnicliffe, however, gave Yorkshire what proved to be in the end a winning advantage. The two batsm en hit in brilliant style, and their play, considering that the wicket was not in a condition for run-getting, was of quite an exceptional character. In an hour and forty m inutes they made 162 runs, so that they scored at the rate of over a hundred an hour. E xcept for one chance, too, by Sellers when he had got 32, there was no actual chance. W hen play ceased on Thursday night Yorkshire had scored 175 with only three batsm en out, and this num ber was increased by 125, thanks to the good hitting of W ainwright, Ulyett, and Hirst. Sell* rs was fifth out at 216, and his innings, which lasted two hours and three quarters, was only spoiled by the chance already m entioned. In a m inority of 139 Somersetshire had a heavy task before them even to save the innings, w ith the wicket naturally helping the bow lers still more. Under such conditions they found Wainwright very difficult, and though Spur­ way, Tyler, W oods, Bolus, Hedley, and W ickham all lent useful assistance, they failed to get up to Yorkshire’s one score, and were beaten by an innings and 13 runs. Wainwright took five wickets for 38 runs in Som ersetshire’s second innings. S o m e r s e t . First Innings. Mr. G. Fowler, c Hirst, b Wainwright ................... 1 Mr. F. J. Poynton, st Hunter, b Peel ...........51 Mr. W . C. Hedley, c Ulyett, b H irst ...........................18 Mr. R. P. Spurway, run out 0 Nichols, b W ainwright ... 20 Mr. G. R. W ood, c Hunter, b P e e l..................................11 Mr. S. M. J. W oods, run out .................................. 3 Mr. G . J. Lock, not out ... 6 Bolus, b W ainwright ... 1 Tyler, c Brown, b W ain­ w right .................................16 Mr. A. P. W ickham , c U lyett, b Moorhouse ... 21 B 8, lb 2 10 Second Innings. b W ainwright .. 0 b H irst ........... 4 c Brown,b W ain- w iight ...........13 b P e e l...................30 b W ainw right... 6 b W aller ...........15 b W ainwright ... 0 c Hunter, b W aller ........... 0 not out ...........14 b Hirst ...........27 c Tunnicliffe, b W ainw right... 10 B 3, lb 4 ... 7 Total ........... .. 161 Y o r k s h ir e . Total ...126 Mr A. Sellers, c M oorhous?,b Nichols 0 Hedley, b N icholls 103 W aller, b W oods ... 1 Brown, st W ickhan, Ulyett, b H edley ... 28 b Tyler ................. 0 Hirst, b Hed ey ... 21 Tunnicliffe, c Hedley, Hunter, not out ... 3 b F o w le r...................77 B 5, lb 3 ........... 8 Peel, b F o w le r ........... 0 — Mounsey, b Nichols 24 Total ..........300 W ainwright, c W ick­ ham , b Fowler ... 3>l BOW LING ANALYSIS. S om erset . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hirst ........... 21 13 21 1 ........... 17 5 48 2 W ainwright 38 14 83 4 ............ 18 3 7 38 5 Peel ........... 21 10 27 2 ........... 12 4 23 1 M oorhouse... 9.4 8 6 1 Mounsey ... 6 2 10 0 B r o w n ........... 4 2 4 0 W aller 10 6 10 2 Tyler ... Hedley ... N ichols... Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R. W . 24 7 86 1 23 7 51 22 7 6 O. M. R . W. W o o d s ... 19 2 63 1 F ow ler... 15 4 28 3 M IDD LE SEX v. SUSSEX. The Sussex eleven did a very good perform ance at Lord’s at the end of last week, beating Middle­ sex, on Saturday afternoon, after an excellent display of all-round cricket, with eight wickets to spare. Middlesex, w ho were well represented, were fortunate enough to win the toss, and by luncheon time on Thursday had scored in just under two hours 131 at a cost of only two bats­ men. Much of the credit of this success rested with Stoddart, who was in an hour and forty minutes for his 68. Scott, who had helped him to add 108, stayed till the total was 161. His innings had lasted two hours and a quarter, and his cricket was admirable in every way. Thanks to Foley and Douglas, who made his first appear­ ance for Middlesex in this m atch, the total was 199 when the fourth wicket fell. Afterwards, Tate’s bow ling proved very effective, and as the last six wickets only added 44, the innings closed for 243. A curious incident oc urred while Foley was in. A ball from Gutteridge rebounded from the wicket-keeper and rem oved the bails. Foley taking up one of the bails an appeal was made, and for som e rea on or other the um pire gave him out. Having persuaded the umpire to retract his decision, Murdoch requested Foley to go in, w hich he did, a pleasant courtesy which reflected great credit on the Sussex captain. On Thursday night Sussex had an hour and twenty minutes for batting, and thanks to the good cricket of Murdoch, before tim e had made 86 for the loss of three wickets. On Friday morning Murdoch, Brann, W ilson, and Hum phreys all showed to advantage for Sussex. The fourth wicket added 60, the fifth 93, aud the seventh 81. The great feature o f the batting was the fine perform ance of Brann. Going in third wicket down at 78, he was seventh out at 317. F or four hours and forty minutes he played all the Middlesex bowler * with equal confidence and judgm ent, and w ithout a mistake. Going in a second time in a m inority of 1 3 Middlesex began badly, having scored 45 on Friday night at a cost of two of their best bats­ m en—W ebbe and Stoddart. On Saturday m orn­ ing the Middlesex batting was very disappointing, and though Ford hit with his usual resolution, and Scott, Foley, and Henery also lent useful assistance, the eight remaining wickets were dis­ missed in two hours and ten minutes for an addition of only 137 runs. W anting 80 to win Sussex began in remarkable style, scoring 16 from the first over at a cost of Bean’s wicket. Marlow played on in Rawlin’s first over, and then Newham, w ho was missed when 50 had been got, and Murdoch knocked off the runs still wanted in fine style w ithout another wicket. The game had hardly been finished before a heavy thunderstorm broke over the ground. M id d l e s e x . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, c Hilton, b Bean...................63 b T a te ................... 7 Mr. A. J. W ebbe, b H ilton 1 c Newham, b Hum phreys ... 23 Mr. S. W . Scott, c and b G u ttrid ge.......................... 65 c Hilton, b G ut­ tridge ...........22 Mr. C P. Foley, c and b Tate .................................. 47 c Brann, b Bean 26 Mr. J. Douglas, c Butt, b H ilton...................................17 c H um phreys, b Guttridge ... 0 Mr. F. G J. ForJ, b H ilton 0 b Bean ...........57 Rawlin, c Murdoch, b Tate .................................. 11 c and b Bean ... 8 Mr. P. J. T. nenery, not out .................................. 20 b Hum phreys ... 21 Mr. E M. Hadow, b Tate 0 c Newham, b Hum phreys ... 2 Mr. G. M'Grejror, c New­ ham, b Tate ................... 0 st Brann, b Hum phreys ... 3 J.T Hearne,b Humphreys 1 n otou t ........... 0 B 9, lb 4 ..........................13 B .....................10 Total ...213 S u sse x . First Innings. Total ..182 Guttridge, c Hearne, b Douglas ... 7 Humphreys, c Raw- Bean, b Rawlin . ... 5 Marlow, c Scott, b S tod d a rt..................22 Mr. W. L. Murdoch,b Douglas ..................57 Mr. W. Newham, c M ‘Gregor, b D oug­ las .......................... 15 Mr. G. Brann, b Hearne ..................159 Mr. G. L. W ilson, b D o u g la s.................. 40 In the Second Innings Bean scored,b Hearne, 8, Marlow, b Rawlin, 0, Murdoch (n t out) 31, Newham (not out) 33; b 4, w 1.—Total, 80. lin, b Douglas Tate, not out ... Hilton, b Hearne Butt, absent ... B ................... Total ... BOW LING ANALYSIS. M idd lesex . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. G uttridge.........21 6 46 1 ........... 11 4 42 2 H ilton ............31 17 39 3 ............ 21 9 46 0 Humphreys .. 13.1 2 40 1 ........... 7.1 0 26 4 W ilson . . . . 2 0 14 0 T a t e ...................23 6 57 4 ............ 28 16 29 1 B e a n ....................16 6 34 1 ............ 17 8 2) 3 S ussex . First Innings. O. M. R. W Hearne ......... 51.3 20 86 2 Rawlin .............39 13 67 1 Stoddart.......... 13 2 50 1 D o u g la s............ 42 13 98 5 ............ 10.4 3 24 0 F o r d ......................4 1 14 0 Hadow ...........10 2 25 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 17 10 32 1 ... 6 1 19 1 W ebbe ...........6 5 0 28 .. 9 .. 3 .. 0 .. 1 ..346 GEN TLEM EN v. PLAYERS. Considering that Yorkshire, Somersetshire, Middlesex, Sussex, as well as Oxford University, were all playing, the Surrey comm ittee had no easy task to collect a strong eleven to represent the Gentlemen in this annual m atch at the end of last week at the Oval. To add to their difficulties, W . W . Read and P'. S. Jackson, owing to injuries, were obliged to withdraw at the last moment. Still, though the eleven was not in any way repre­ sentative, the result was a very even and exciting game, won after all by the Players by th i bare margin of eight runs. In contrast with the weak side of Gentlemen, the Players had a strong com ­ bination, and one w hich would not have been materially im proved by the presence o f J. T. Hearne, Peel, or W ainwright. Shrewsbury was fortunate enough to win the toss, and when W .G . was seen leading the Gentlem en into the field it was generally thought a long outing was in store for them . As it was, a great surprise was at hand, and the first day’s play went all in favour of the Gentlemen. Shrewsbury and Sugg were able to put on 46 for the first wicket, and the score was 75 when Shrewsbury, who had received a nasty blow on the head in trying to get one of Sm ith’s round was out. It was Sm ith’s bowling which was respon­ sible for the cheap dism issal of the Players. He took, altogether, five wickets for 49 runs, and after lunch got rid of the last three batsm en in 11 balls for only three runs. To get the Players out for 129 in two hours was a very fine perform ance, and W. G. and Ferris made such a good start when the Gentlemen’s turn cam e to bat, that it looked as if they would get a big lead. W . G. gave a chance in the slips before he had scored, but afterwards Ferris and he played all the Players’ bowling with great confidence, and in a little over an hour and a half 118 runs had been got. W . G., w hose share was 57, was bowled, and Ferris, whose excellent score of 60 was only marred by one m istake at 57, was third out at 133. Though at o *e tim e 203 was up with only half the side out, M old bow led with great success at the close, and in twenty minutes the five outstanding wickets were secured for an addition of only 13 runs. The Players, who began their second innings on Friday m orning in a m inority of 84, lost Sugg w ithout a run, and as Shrewsbury was unavle to take any further part in the m atch things did not look particularly well for them. Gunn and Read, however, very soon put a different com plexion on the game, Gunn played m uch m ore freely than is his wont, and the cricket during their partnership was* singularly bright and attractive. In an hour and twenty minutes 109 were added, and then Read was caught and bowled. Gunn, after batting just over two hours, unluckily pulled a ball on to his wicket. His 88 was a polished as well as sound exhibition of cricket without anything like a blemish. After Gunn’s retirement, the only incident was the stand of Alec Hearne ami Storer. Their partnership realised 40 runa, but except Alec Hearne, w ho was batting two hours and carried out his bat for 43, there was no score of any account. G oing in for the fourth innings with 165 to win, the Gent'em en found the bowling of Lockw ood and M old anything but easy. W. G., in fact, was the only batsm an able to plav them with any confidence, and he had a life when he had only made 15. Just at the end of the day Fry batted with great care, and he was in when play ceased on Friday with W. G., w ho had scored 55 of 111 made for the loss of six wickets. On Saturday m orning the Gentlemen wanted 54 to win with four wickets to fall, and 16 of them had been added before Fry, who had plaved a very useful innings, was bowled. W ells’ free cricket suggested the idea that he might win the game. At 150, however, he was caught behind the wicket, and then W. G., feeling that his best ch ince was to hit, letting out at a slow one from Lockw ood, was caught at point. He had played the excellent bowling of Lockw ood and Mold with great judg­ m ent and care for over three hours, and it was hard luck that the big effort he made for the side only just missed success. As it was, Kem ble was easily caught the next ball, and the Players thus