Cricket 1893

JULY 20,1898 CRICKET s A WEEKLY EECORD OF THE GAME. 279 BOW LING ANALYSIS. S ussex . First Innings. O. M. R. W . Second Innirgs. O. M. R. W. M’Leod ... 6 4 5 0 Turner........... 21 7 43 2 Trott ........... 12.3 6 27 5 ... G. Giffen ... 9 2 16 0 ... Bruce ........... 8 2 13 3 ... Turner delivered one no-ball. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. 27 13 35 5 25.3 8 56 4 6 7 2 8 1 13 0 Guttridge .. Tate .......... Humphreys Bean .......... O. 10 M. R. W. 1 41 1 1 27 0 ... 22.1 5 49 6 ... 15 2 35 1 ... O. M. R. W. 52 2 16 8 1 39 2 0 13 ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. On the form shown by the Australian team so far, there was little reason to fear that with any­ thing like even conditions they would be able to put to a severe test the full strength of English cricket. Still, for the first o f the three representa­ tive m atches, fixed for the comm encem ent of t» e present week at Lord’s, the M aryletone Club made every effort to get the best side for England. With so many cricketers of equal m erit, it would he in any case difficult to select an eleven that would give universal satisfaction. Still, although there were perhaps some errors of om ission as well as commission, there was very little fault to be f„und with the e’ even as finally selected. As it was, at the last moment an important change had to be made. W. G. Grace, who had taken partin every match between England and Australia since ihe fixture was established in 1878, had injured his hand at Bristol on Saturday, and as W. W . Read was unable to play when asked on Monday morning recourse was had to Flowers instead. The heavy rainfa'l of Sunday had necessarily had a prejudicial effect on the wicket, and the choice of innings under the circumstances, no doubt, gave rise to mixed feelings in the mind of Stoddart, the English captain. Bis decision in goingin, too, at first seemed a little doubtful, when after his own dismissal, Gunn, who succeed'd, was caught for two. The partnership of Jackson and Shrewsbury, however, soon reassured the less con­ fident. Although Turner was able to get a good deal of work on, the Cambridge captain hit in fine style and before he was out 137 had teen added. Of these he hed made 91, a brilliant display of dashing cricket only marred by two mistakes, the fit st when he had got 52. Shrewsbury, af.er receiving useful help frt m Flowerp, was seventh out at 298. He had teenac the wickets over four hours for his 106, a typical disp’ay of his best methods. Excepting for two half chances there was indeed no fault, and his admirable timing and watchful cricket were as pronounced as ever. The English innings, which lasted for four hours and three quarters prodi eid a total o f 331, a fine score, considering that, as the wicket was, runs were never easy to get. Turner took six wiciets for 67, a record which would have teen im ­ proved had the fielding teen more reliable. After their long outing the Australians began badly, losing Lyons and Giffen in the last hour for 33 runs. On Tuesday morning, too. for a time things went all in favour of England, and as Lockwood got rid of JBanneiman, M cLeod, and Trott in quick succession, half the Australians were out for 75. Just at this time,when things were looking very unpromising, Graham joined Gregory. The two young cricketers once more emphatically proved their nerve at a crisis. Playing w ih great pluck and confidence, they put quite a different complexion on the game. In an hour and forty minutes they added 142 runs, and t*ien Gregory was caught at the wicket. G regory’s play at such a critical time was worthy of the warmest praise. Bis innings was not without fault, but still he showed no small pluck, and h s readiness of resource was invaluable to the side. Bruce gave som e help to Graham, who was, Jibe Gregory, ultimately caught at the wicket with the total at 264. Though not free from n>istakes, his 107 was in every w a j a remarkable display under trying circum stances. He batted through­ out with great coolness as well as judgm ent and for a player making his first appearance in fc-uch a m atch on an English ground his perfor­ mance was of quite exceptional merit. lo ck - wood took the first six wickets of the Australians, and in such a long innings his figures were excel­ lent. Going in a second time on Tuesday after­ noon, 65 to the good, the English again made an unpromising comm encem ent, losing Stoddart at 27. Shrewsbury, who had given a hard chance to point before he had scored, after this made no mistake, and with Gunn, by the end o f the day, the total had been raised to 113 f- r two wickets, Shrewsbury not out 45, Guon not °Rt 43. In spite o f the heavy rain in some parts of London overnight, the wicket was not particularly difficult yesterday m orning, and the two Notts players had pu ton C6 when Gunn fell to a fine catch at long-on. In two hours and twenty minutes he had helped Shrewsbury to add 152, of which his share was 77, made without anything like a mistake. F. S. Jackson, after being missed, was caught at square-leg, and Read, yho followed, was had at extra mid-off Ior a single. Here rain stopped play for a quarter of an hour, and on the resum ption, Shrewsbury and Lockw ood were dismissed w ithout another run. Shrewsbury had again played very fine cricket. This time he had been in three hours and a half for his 8>; ard as he scored 167 in tbe m atch, his value to the side w ill^e understood. Some free cricket by W ainwright gave a p’easant relief to the game, and when be was out in snccession to Flowers, the lunchcon tell rang with the score 234 for eight wickets. Heavy rain fell during the interval, and as tt-e Australians were then 209 to the bad Stoddart decided to close his innings. 'Jhough the rain once stopped, it soon recomm enced, and at five o ’clock it was dicided to abandon the game. On Monday 12,233 persons paid for admi.-sion, on Tuesday 12,410, and ytsterday 4321, m ating a total o f 28 967 for the m atch. In the last m atch at Lords in lb90, com pleted ear y on the third after­ noon, 30,279 p-id. E ngland . First Innings. Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b Turner ..........................24 Shrewsbury, c Blackham, b Turner ... .................106 Gunn, c Lyons, b Turner 2 Mr F. S. Jackson, c Black­ ham, b Turner.................. 91 M. Read, b Bruce ........... 6 Peel, c Bruce, b Trum ble 12 Flowers, b M c L e o d .........35 W ainwright, c G. Giffen, b Turner .......................... 1 Lockw ood, b B ru ce ..........23 Mr. G. McGregor, not out 5 Mold, b T u rn er.................. 0 B 19, lb 9, nb 2 ...........30 *Second Innings. b Turner .......13 b G. Giffen ... 81 c Graham, b G. Giffen ........77 c Bruce, b G. Giffen ......... 5 c M cLeod, b B iuce ......... 1 not out ......... 0 b Turner ......... 4 b G. Giffen.......26 b G. Giffen ... 0 B16,lb 9,w l,nbl 27 Total ................. 334 Total 234 *Innings declared closed. A ustralia . Mr A. C. Bannerman, c Shrewsbury, b Lockw ood ...........17 Mr. J. J. Lyons, b Lockw ood ........... 7 Mr. G. Giffen, b Lockw ood ........... 0 Mr. G. H. S. Trott, c M cGregor, b L ock­ wood .....................?3 Mr. R. W . M cLeod, b L ockw ood ........... 5 Mr. S. E. Gregory, c M cGregor, b L ock­ w ood ......................57 BOW LING Mr. H. Graham, c M cGregor, b Moldl07 Mr. W . Bruce, c Peel, b M old ..................23 Mr. C. T. B. Turner, b Flowers ........... 0 Mr. H. Trum ble, not out ........................... 2 Mr. J. M ‘C. Black­ ham, lbw, b Mold 2 B 15, lb 1 ...........16 Total ANALYSIS. ...269 Turner ... Bruce Trum ble Trott M cL eod ... Giffen E ngland . First Innings. O. M. R. W. 36 16 67 6 . 2 1 4 58 2 . 19 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 32 15 64 2 ... 20 10 34 1 . ... H 2 33 0 7 42 1 2 38 0 ............ 2 0 5 0 2L 6 51 1 ............ 25 11 28 0 18 3 48 0 ............ 26.4 6 43 5 Turner bow led one wide and two no-balls, and Trum ble bowled a no-ball. A ustralia . O. M.R. W . Peel .. 2J 12 36 0 Lockw ood 4511101 6 Mold ... 20.1 7 44 3 O. M. R. W . Jackson . 5 1 10 0 W ’n’right 11 3 41 0 Flowers .. 11 3 21 1 SOM ERSETSBIRE v. LANCASHIRE. After a singularly even game throughout, this m atch, comm enced on Monday, at Taunton, was drawn yes erday without any real advantage to either side. The Lancashire eleven were w ithout Mold, who had be n let off to represent England at Lord’s. On the other hand, Somersetshire had not its full strength, with J. B. Challen, V. T. Hill, and R. C. N. Palairet, who had played so well against Surrey at the Oval last week, all absent. Heavy rain on Sunday and in the forenoon of M onday made it certain that the wicket would favour the bowlers, and that the batsm en were generally seen at a disadvantage was shown by the fact that the highest total of the first three innings was 121. Lancashire, who won the toss, comm enced batting soon after three o’clock on M onday afternoon, and remained at the wickets two hours and a quarter for a total of 121. U p to a certain point they seemed likely to make a much better score. Albert W ard again played faultless cricket for nearly an hour and three-quarters, and when he wras bowled half the side were out for 95. The later batsmen, however, gave little help,for the iast five wickets were only able to add 26 rims. Somersetshire had fifty minutes for batting on Monday afternoon, and in this tim e lost half the side for 51 runs. Oakley’s slow bowling proved particularly effective, and the only batsm an to play him with any confidence was W oods, who was not out 24, the result o f vigorous hitting Though on Tuesday morning Hewctt and W oods added £8, after their separation the end cam e eo quickly that the innings closed for an addition of 15. Owing to an injury to his hand, Hedley was unable to bow-1 on Tuesday, and his loss m ight have proved serious for Somersetshire. Fortunately, Tyler and Nichols were quite equal to the occasion, and Lancashire’s second innings was a curious reproduction of the first, occupying exactly the same time for 2 runs less W ith 41 to win, Somersetshire began badly, losing Hewett and Palairet fo r 29. Tw o heavy showers, however, made the ground easy, and Hedley, utilising the occasion while the Lancashire bowlers were under the disadvantage o f a wet ball, scored freely. He made 54 out of 75 while he was in by well- tim ed hitting, and when he was out play ceased for the day. Though they were left with only 59 to win and seven wickets in hand, Somersetshire had not by any means an easy task befote them yesterday. Rt.in prevented a resumption till 12.3^, and then af.er W oods had quickiy knocked up 2 . Fowier and N ichols were boih dismissed w ithout scoring. Another heavy downpour stopped play with the total 113 for six wicketp, and after waiting on without hope of a cessation the gi»me was abandoned. The m atch was thus drawn in a very interesting condition, Somersetshire w«ntiL-g 23 to win. with six wickets to fall. Nichols’ bowling for Somersetshire deserves special mention. In the m atch he took nine wickets for 95 runs. L ancashire , First Innings Mr.A.C.Maclaren.b Nicho’s 12 A. Ward, b Tyler..................44 tiugg, c W oods, b Tyler ... 1 A. Smith, c Hewett, b H edley ........................... 4 Briggs, c Woods, b Tyler... 11 Baker, b Nic hols ...........23 Mr. C. H. Benton, c Poyn- ton, b 'Jy,er ...................12 F. Ward, c Bolu*, b Hedley 0 Mr. P. M. Crosfield, c Pa’airet, b N icho s ..........11 Mr. A. T. Kem ble.bNichols 0 Oakley, not out ... ........... 1 Lb ................................. 2 Total ................. .121 £OMB.RSh.T. First Innines Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, lbw, b Biiggs ........................... 7 Mr. G. Fowler, b Oaklty ... 6 Mr. W . C. Hed.ey, c and b O akley................................. 5 Mr.F.J. P ojnton, b Oak ey 4 Mr. S. M. J. Wood>», c A. Ward, b F. W ard .......... 32 Nichols, b Oakley ........... 2 Mr. H. T. Hewett, b Briggs 22 Bolus, c Smith, b F. Ward 0 Ty er, c Sugg, b F. Ward 2 Rev. A. P. W ickham , not out ................... ... 5 Mr. T. Spenctr, c Briggs, b F. Ward........................... 8 B 6, lb 1.......................... 7 Fecond Innings b N ic h o ls ........... 9 b N ic h o ls ...........22 b Tyler ........... 4 b N ichcls , b Woods c W ickham , b N ,cho s ...........1C 2 , 25 b Woods ... lbw, b Tjler 0 14 c Spencer, bN ic­ ho s ..................21 c Hewett,b Tyler 6 not cut ............ 0 Total ..119 Second Innirgs b Oakley ........... 9 ckem ble.blsaker 0 b Oakley ... not out b Baker ... st Kemble, Oakley ... b Briggs ... not out ... C4 ... 26 ... 20 b ... 0 ... 5 ... 1 B 2, lb 1 ... 3 Total ................. 100 Total BOW LING ANALYSIS. ...1-8 Tyler ... N icho s .. H edley ... I ANCASHIRE First Innings O. M. R. W . 30 10 62 4 ............ 20 4 45 4 ............. 12 5 12 2 Woods S omerset . First Innings O. M. R. W. B r ig g s ........... 20 5 34 2 ... F. Ward ... 6.4 0 14 4 ... O akley........... 13 1 45 4 ... Second Innings O. M. R. W. 27 12 49 3 . 28 412 50 5 6 0 20 2 Second Innings O. M. R. W, 9 40 1 2 19 0 1 39 3 2 11 2 1 6 0 24 7 ........ 13 Baker 5 Smith 3 PRINCIPAL MATCHES FOR NEXT W E E K . July 20—Lord's, M.C.C. and Ground v. Leicester­ shire July 20—Catford Bridge, Kent v. Surrey July 20—Brighton, Sussex v. Hampshire July 2C—Dewsbury, Yorkshire v. Warwickshire Julj 2*3—M anchester, Lancashire v. Middlesex July 20—Taunton, SOMERSET v. AUSTRA­ LIANS July 24—Kennington Oval. Surrey v. Sussex July 24—LordV, M IDDLESEX v. AUSTRALIAN July 24—Birmingham, W arwickshire v. H am p­ shire July 24—Liverpool, Lancashire v, Somerset July 24—Nottingham, Notts v. Kent July 24—Shvffield, Yorkshire v. Essex July 24—Stoke, Staffordshire v. Cheshire N ew C ivil S ervice C o - operation , L td . B arfield .—Played at Gospel Oak ou July 1 . Barfield, fc9 and 21 ; N.C.S.C.. 33 and 53.