Cricket 1893

AUG. 10, 1893 CRICKET § A WEEKLY RECORD 0 # THE GAME; 329 S U R R E Y v. K E N T . T h e heavy thunderstorm s on the secon d day deprived Surrey o f the ch a n ce o f m aking w hat w ould, in all probability, have been their highest innings o f the season. T h e w icket on T hursday w as on e o f the very best o f th e excellent pitches w h ich have been provided at th e O val during the last m onth, and as Surrey, fo r the sixth tim e in succession , lost th e toss, K ent g ot a rare oppor­ tunity. T h e Surrey m en, indeed, had anything b u t a prom ising outlook , as in addition to the absence o f C. M. W ells, L ock w ood had to rest ow ing to a strain. As M .R ea d and W ood, too, were unable to play at the last m om ent, in p lace o f the last tw o B aldw in and M arshall had to be brought in to th e eleven, and the latter, w ho h a d to be brou gh t u p from K enley, did n ot arrive until nearly on e o ’clock . Still fo r a tim e thin gs w ent w ell w ith them , and w ith fou r g ood batsm en out fo r 53, there w as an outside chance that K ent m igh t be dism issed fo r a m oderate total. The steady crick et o f A lec H earne and W righ t w as the first in cid en t of a very h op efu l ch aracter fo r K ent. T h ey w ere together fo r tw o hours and ten m inutes, during w h ich tim e they added 120 runs. H earne, w h o w as fifth ou t at 173, had only m ade 74 o f this num ber in three hours and a quarter, w ith tw o lives. W rig h t w as b attin g fo r m u ch a bou t the sam e tim e fo r his 69, a m ost useful and w atchful score. L e F lem in g’s free hitting w as quite a relief a fter the du ll crick et preceding, and his 59 ou t o f 88 w hile in w as decidedly the best feature o f th e innings, w h ich lasted altogether ju st over fo u r h ou rs and a half. Surrey had half-an-hour’s batting in a bad light at the end o f th e day, and in th is tim e m ade 9 fo r the loss o f tw o g ood bats­ m en, A b el and B aldw in. On F riday, Surrey, w hose ch an ces at the outset appeared to be any­ th in g b u t bright, w ere seen to great advantage. W a lter H earne, though he had com e to th e Oval o play, had to return h om e w ith a sore th roat on T hursday afternoon, and his bow ling w as greatly m issed. W . W . R ead played in his very best style, and H ayw ard len t h im such valuable assistance th a t 146 w as up b efore th e form er w as ou t lbw . O f th e 137 he had m ade 84 b y splendid cricket, w ith ou t anything th a t cou ld be fairly called a ch an ce, and w ith on ly tw o b ad strokes. H ender­ son had on ly com e in w hen a thunder­ storm cam e on, and as a secon d quickly follow ed, play w as given up fo r the day,w ith the total 146 for three w ickets. On S aturday m orning, the w icket w as again slow , and Surrey did w ell in raising their score to 288 before the last batsm an w as out. H ayw ard continued to pla y in adm irable style, and stayed till th e total w as 272. H e had been in a part o f each o f the three days, and his innings, w h ich had lasted over five hours, was on ly m arred b y on e ch an ce to short-slip w hen he had got 4. H e w atched the b all carefu lly throughout, and tow ards the end m ade fu ll use of every loose ball he had, sending one on to the ro o f of th e W est Stand. A ltogether it w as a very fine per­ form an ce, considering that th e w icket w as never really in fa vou r o f run-getting, and that his inn­ ings w as so m u ch interrupted. T ow ards the end o f the in nings th e Surrey captain h it freely, u ltim ately carrying o t his b a t fo r a very useful 41. In a m inority o f 12 runs, K ent began their secon d innings a fter lu ncheon, and w hen rain utopped play at 3.40, had m ade 44 fo r the loss of A lec H earne and M ason. T h e w eather having clearcd up, the crow d, after a tim e, becam e im ­ patien t, and though th e um pires w ere o f opinion that t h 3 w icket w as n ot fit, it w as decided to start a t 5.30. A s the g rou n d w as very slippery, th e Surrey captain put on H enderson and A bel to b ow l. U nder such con d ition s th e crick et was really o f no interest, and so it need on ly be m en­ tioned that. in the fifty-five m inu tes left, six m ore w ick ets fell fo r an addition o f 34 runs. A t the finish K ent w ere 66 on w ith tw o w ickets to fall. K e n t . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. M r. J. R . M ason, b R ich a rd son ..................... 7 c M arshali, b R ich a rd son ... 16 A. H earne, c B aldw in, b R ich a rd son .................... 74 b H a y w a rd .......... 13 G . H earne, run ou t ............ 6 c W . R ead, b H enderson ... 11 R ev. W . R ashleigh, c B aldw in, b R ich ard son 12 c W . R ead, b A b e l.................... 6 M r. T . N. P erkins, b R ich a rd son .................... 0 b H enderson ... 0 W right, b H a y w a rd ............ 69 c K ey, b H ender­ son ..................... 11 M r. L eslie W ilson , b R ich a rd son ..................... 3 c M arshall, b A b e l.................... 8 M r. J. L e F lem ing, b R ich a rd son ..................... 59 c Abel, b H ender­ son ..................... 1 M r. F. M archant, b H ay­ w ard ...................................... 0 n ot out ............ 3 M artin, n ot o u t .................... 20 M r. M. C. K em p ,ru n out... 7 B 18, lb 1 ..................... 19 B ..................... 9 Total ...276 Total ... 78 S u r r e y . A bel, b W righ t .............. 0 H ayward, c Perkins, b G. H e a r n e .................112 Mr. Iv. J. K ey, b M a rtin ............................. 4 B aldw in, c A. H earne, b M artin ...................... 4 M r. W . W . Read, lbw , b W righ t ........................84 H enderson, c K em p, b M artin.............................. 8 B rockw ell, c K em p, b W righ t ............25 M r. J. Shuter, n ot o u t ..............................41 S harpe,c R ashleigh, b M artin ........... 1 M arshall, ru n ou t 2 R i c h a r d s o n , b M a r t in ..................... 0 B 4, lb 2, nb 1 ... 7 T o t a l ...........288 B O W L IN G A N A L Y S IS . F irst Innings. O R ich ard son .. S h a rp e ............ B rockw ell ... A b el ............ H ayw ard ... W . W . R ead H enderson ... K e n t . M R . W . .49 15 112 .28 11 55 0 .28 11 21 0 0 7 ... 3 .. 16 ... 3 ... 7 0 2 0 12 0 3 12 0 6 39 S econ d Innings. O. M . R . W . ............11 5 19 1 ............ 4 2 6 0 ...........13 5 14 2 ............7 3 16 1 ...........12.4 6 14 4 S u r r e y . O. M.R . W . | O. M . R . W M artin ...43.1 20 54 5 |M ason ... 18 4 53 0 W right ...39 16 76 3 IG . H earne 17 3 46 1 A . H earne 31 1352 0 | C R Y S T A L P A L A C E v. B L A C K H E A T H .—Played at Crystal P alace on August 5. C rystal P alace . F irst Innings. J. A ste, c E scom be, b H orner F. H . N elson, c E s­ com be, b H o rn e r... C apt. F lem ing, c M. Christopherson, b H orner ..................... W . F . U m ney,c H un­ ter, b H orn er............ E .H .L ulham ,c J acob, b D .Christopherson 11 17 C. M itchell, b H orner 0 J. H. T odd , c M. C hristopherson, b H orner ..................... 5 T . E . Saunders, b D. C hristopherson ... 44 G. C osens, b H orner 12 A. B.Cipriani.run ou t 0 C. F. T u fn ell,n ot ou t 0 L b l ,w 3 ..................... 4 T otal ...131 In the S econd Innings N elson scored (n ot ou t,' 27, M itchell (n ot ou t), 11, T odd , st M ordaunt, io D .C hristopherson, 11, T ufnell, b E scom te, 6 ; b5, lb 1, w T otal, 63. B l a c k h e a t h . S. Castle, b Umney ... 18 A. W . Stew art, c Cos­ ens, b Aste ............ 9 E .J.M ordaunt, c C os­ ens, b A ste ............12 J. E scom be, st Saun­ ders, b Aste ............ 4 P . C hristopherson, st S aunders,b U m ney 5 C. H unter, b A ste ... 0 M. C hristopherson, ru n o u t ..................... 3 G . O. Jacob, b A ste... 1 D . C hristopherson,st Saunders, b A ste... 11 C. E . H orner, not ou t 18 Sm ith, b U m ney ... 5 13 2, lb 5 ..................... 7 T otal , 93 B E C K E N H 1M v. C R Y ST A L P A L A C E .—P layed at B eckenham on A ugust 7. B ecken ham . H. W .F orster.cT od d, b L u lh a m ...................89 A. H. M arshall, b A. B aker ....................23 M . T orren s, c and b A. B a k e r .................... W . B . P atterson, st Saunders,bA.Baker 0 H . B . Street, c Cip­ riani, b A s t e ............18 J. R ob in son W alker, lbw, b N e lso n ..........39 E . G. R and did n ot bat. In n in gs declared closed. C r ystal P alace . F . Street, c T odd, b A s t e ............................. l l L . H inton, n ot o u t ... 52 A. M . Inglig, b P. Baker .....................58 7 G. H. C larke, b P. Baker ..................... 7 A. A .T orren s,not ou t 5 B 3 , l b l ..................... 4 T otal ...304 F. H .N elson.c Clarke, b F orster....................... 29 F. E . Saunders, c C lark,b H . Street... 9 L. H. N eam e c R ob­ inson W alker, b H. Street ....................11 C. M itchell, b Mar- T otal s h a ll.............................81 E . H. L ulham , A. B. C ipriani, G. Forrester, and H. C. P ow ell did n ot bat. P. C. B aker, run ou t 3 J. A ste, n ot ou t ... 10 A. A. Baker,c H inton, b R obin son W alker 0 J. H. T odd, n o t o u t 6 B 9, lb l , w 2 ............12 ..161 T hr B lu es and T h e ir B a ttles (1827 to 1892), iritn scores o f all C ricket M atches played between the U niversities. One Shilling, By p ost Is 2d.— W righ t and C o., “ E n g lish S pokts ” Office, 41, St. A ndrew ’s H ill, D o cto rs’ C om m on, E.C. TH E E IGH TH AUSTRALIAN TEAM . T W E N T Y -E IO H T H M A T C H —v. E S S E X . T he original fixtu re fo r th e second h a lf o f last w eek a t L eyton w as A ustralians v. C am bridge U niversity P ast and P resent. As it w as not possible to get a representative side o f th e latter together, it was m utually agreed th a t the Essex eleven should, instead, oppose the Australians, a very satisfactory arrangem ent as events proved. B annerm an, w ho captain ed the Australian team in the absence o f B lackham , as w ell as o f G eorge G iffen and M cL eod , w as fortunate enough to win th e toss, and they w ere in for m ost o f T hursday A ltogeth er the in nings lasted three hours and a quarter, and so even w as the batting that, though seven o f the eleven got 25 or m ore, th e best score was B ru ce’s 56. In p ro o f o f the left-hander’s brilliant cricket, it need on ly b e said th a t he was in a little over an h ou r. H e gave n o ch an ce, and his in nings w as in every w ay a w orth y supple­ m en t to his excep tion a lly fine displays at the O val and P ortsm ou th . Still, the m ost n otew orthy feature of the in nings w as the bow ling o f M ead. He g o t all th e first nine batsm en, and ju st m issed the rare feat o f taking all ten w ickets. K ortright, the fa st bow ler w ho had been so successful fo r M .C.C. against the A ustralians, and for G entlem en again st P layers at L o rd ’s, it w ill be seen, bow led seventeen overs at a co s t o f 70 runs, w ithout taking a w icket. E ssex, w ho had scored 72 on Thursday n igh t fo r the loss o f tw o batBm en, h ad increased this total on F riday b y 111, at a cost o f five m o ie w ickets, w hen a heavy thunder­ storm stopped play for the day. Carpenter, w ho w as not ou t overnight, w as b attin g tw o hours in all fo r his 46, w ith ou t a real mistake. L ater on, w ith the help o f m istakes in th e field, H ailey and K ortrigh t scored freely, having added 39 w hen play w as stopped. S oon after the gam e w as resum ed on Saturday a hea vy show er caused an in terru p tion o f over half-an-hour, and then P ickett and H ailey scored fast, till the form er w as stum ped, brin gm g the innings to a close for 287, or 13 behind. H ailey carried ou t his bat fo r 38, a w atch fu l display o f cricket, lasting over tw o hours and a-half. T h e wicket w as n o t in favour o f b attin g w hen th e Australians w ent in for their secon d innings, and M ead’s bow ling again proved so effective that, though L yon s and Bannerm an pu t on 44 for th e first w icket, the total only reach ed 141. The n ext best stand w as b y the last tw o b atsm en, C oningham and Jarvis, w h o pu t on 26 fo r the tenth w icket. M ead again b ow led w ith success. This tim e h e g ot eight t atsm en fo r 69, and altogether his record w as a fine one. O f the tw enty A ustralian w ickets he w as credited w ith n o less than seventeen, and a collection on the ground in recogn ition o f his fine perform an ce realised tw elve pou nds, o f w hich P ick ett received fou r pounds. E ssex, w ith 153 to w in, had less than half-an-hour’s b attin g, and as in this tim e they m ade 32 fo r the loss o f C arpenter’s w icket, they h a d non e the w orst o f a draw n gam e. The C ounty eleven deserve to be highly congratulated on th eir excellent show . A u s t r a l ia n s . F irst Innings. Mr. J. J. L yon s, c T aberer, b M ead ............ 7 Mr. A. C. B annerm an, lbw , b M ead .............................34 M r. G. H . S. T rott, c a n d b M e a d ......................................25 M r. S. E . G regory, b M ead 26 M r. H . G raham , c T aberer, b M ead .............................. Mr. W . Bruce, c R ussell, b M ead ...................................... Mr. H . T rum ble, b M ead .. Mr. C. T . B . T u rn er, c L u cas, b M ead .................... Mr. W . F. G iffen, n ot out M r. A. C oningham , b P ick ett ............................. M r. A. H . Jarvis, b M ead... L b 1, nb 1 ..................... S econd Innings. c and b M ead ... 29 c R ussell, bM ead 29 c sub., b M e a d ... 0 c C arpenter, b P ick ett ............ 5 35 st R ussell, b M ead ............ 7 56 b M ead ............ 5 28 c M ead, b P ick ett 15 27 b M ead ............ 18 9 b M ead ............ 0 1 n ot ou t ............ 19 0 b M ead ............ 10 2 B ..................... 4 T otal ............250 E sse x T o ta l ...141 F irst Innings. M r. A. S. J oh n ston , b T r u m b le ..................... 7 C arpenter, c Jarvis, b C on in gh am ............42 M r. H . G. Ow en, b C oningham ............36 M r. A. P . L u ca s, c and b T ru m ble ... 15 M r. H . H ailey, n ot ou t 38 Burns, b T tu m ble ... 7 R ussell, c G regory, b T ru m ble ..................... 8 In th e S econd In n in gs Mr. A. S. J oh n ston scored (n ot ou t) 10, C arpenter, b T rott, 7, Mr. H . G. Owen (not ou t) 2 ; b 13.—T otal, 32. M r. H . M. T aberer, c B ruce, b T ru m b le 8 M r. C. J. K ortright, lbw , b T urner- ... M ead, c G iffen, b T ru m b le..................... P ickett, st Jarvis, b B ru ce ..................... B 12, lb 4, w 4 ... T o t a l ............i 23 25