Cricket 1893

AUG. 17, 1893 CRIOKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 351 SO M E R SE TSH IR E v. SU SSE X . T h e Som ersetshire E leven, after having all the 1 est o f th e Jater stages of this m atch, begun at T aunton on T hursday, w ere deprived o f a certain victory b y the heavy ra in fall o f Saturday after­ noon , ju st as they were w ithin reach o f success. Som ersetshire, w ho w on the foss, m ade an ex­ cellent start, thanks to the fine cricket o f L. Palairet, H edley and C hallen, and at the luncheon interval on Thursday had scored 164 fo r four w ickets, as the result o f an hour and fifty m inutes’ cricket. H um phreys’ lobs, how ever, w orked an extraordinary change on the resum ption, and in forty-five m inutes the last six w ickets fell fo r an addition o f only 19 runs. This was the work o f H um phreys, ■who w as rem arkably sucessful, getting five w ickets in the last seven overs at a co st o f only 12 runs. Su sex were 1<ft with tw o hours and a quarter fo r batting and thanks to a good &tart by W ilson and M arlow , and a useful stand b.v M urdoch and N ew ham , p u t on 130 in that tim e f r the losa of h a lf the side. On F riday m orning the Sussex tail perform ed alm ost as badly against T yler’s bow licg as Som ersetshire had against the lobs. In less than f n hour the five rem aining w ickets fell for an addition o f 52 runs, so th a t at the end o f an in nings Som ersetshire had a lead o f one run. Tyler bow led w ith great success. H is six wickets w ere got a t a cost o f ju st over nine runs apiece. L . P alairet and H ed 'ey opened S om ersetshire's secon d innings as they h a d the first, auspiciously •corin g G7 in forty-five m inutes, 'ih e brilliant hittin g o f Challen later o r, how ever, eclipsed every­ thing elee. H e played H um phrey w ith great confi dence, and his 108, w hich on ly took him tw o hours to m ake, w as r fine display o f f ee and a ttractive <ricket w ithout a m istake. U seful assistance, too, w as rendered by N ew ton and W oods. Sussex, w ith 266 to w in, entered on the fourth innings, w ith fifty m inutes left for play on F riday night. T h is tim e they w ere n o t so fortunate, as before tim e tw o of th e best \ atsm en had been dism issed for a total o f 43. Rain delayed a resu m ption till twelve o ’clock on Saturday m orning, and then W ood s b o w e d w ith su ch effect that seven w ickets fell for an addition o f on ly i 6 runs. W ith 367 to w in and only one to fall, H um phreys join ed P rann, and by steady cricket these tw o added eighteen runs— bringing the to ta l to 117. It w as then ju st after h alf past tw elve, and rain set in so heavily th a t in a very sh ort tim e the w icket w as quite u&fit. Still the tw o elevens rem ained till past five o ’clo ck before it w as decided to abandon the gam e as draw n S u ssix at the finish w anted 149 to w in with only on e w icket in hand, so that the rain deprived Som ersetshire o f a certain victory. S o m e r s e t . F irst Innings. M r. W . C. H edley, st B utt, b H u m p h re y s....................43 M r. L . C. H. P alairet, c H ide, b L o w e ....................73 M r. J. B . Challen, c H u m ­ ph reys, b L ow e ................25 M r. H. T . H ew ett, b H um ­ p h re y s....................................... 9 M r. R . C. N. P alairet, c a n d b H u m p h re y s...........10 M r. V. T . H ill, c and b H um p h reys ...................... 9 c M r. A . E . N ew ton, st B utt, b H u m p h re y s...................... 6 c S econd Innings. b H um phreys ... 88 b H um phreys ... 25 c M arlow , b H um phreys ...108 b L ow e ............10 b H um phreys ... 5 c H i d e , b H um phreys .. 11 Mr. S. M . J. W ood s, b L o w e ...................................... 2 M r. C. E . D unlop, b H u m ­ p h reys .............................. 2 T yler, n ot ou t ..................... 1 N ichols, st B utt, b H u m ­ p h rey s.......................... . ... 1 B 1, lb 1 .............................. 2 T otal .....................183 S u s se x . L o w e , b H um phreys... 14 c M urdoch, b W ilson ............34 b H um phreys ... 9 b H um phreys ... 1 n ot o u t ............ 2 B 2, lb 1, w 4 7 T ota l ...264 F irst Innings. S econd Innings. M arlow , c W ood s, b T yler 44 c L . P alairet, b W o o d s ............ 6 M r. G . L . W ilson, c D u n lop , b T yler ............ 19 c R . P alairet, b W ood s ............ 13 M r. W . L . M urdoch, n ot o u t ...................................... 62 c R. P alairet, b W ood s ............ 13 M r. G . Brann, b T yler ... 2 not ou t ............ 29 M r. W . N ew hain, run ou t 30 1) T yler ............ 23 ,J. H ide, b W ood s ............ 0 b W oods ............ 6 G uttridge, c L . Palairet, b H ed ley .............................. 3 c D unlop, b H edley ............ 15 B u tt, b W ood s ..................... 0 b W ood s ............ 4 L ow e, lbw , b T yler ............ 9 b H edley .......... 0 T ate, b T yler ..................... 7 c N ew ton, b W ood s ............ 0 H um phreys, b T vler............ 4 not ou t ............ 8 B ............ ..................... 2 T otal ....................182 T ota l ...117 B O W L IN G A N A L Y SIS. S o m e r s e t. F irst Innings. O. M . R . W . L ow e ............ 22 7 48 3 . G uttridge ... 5 0 18 0 . T ate ............ 4 0 21 0 . H u m p h rey s... 25.4 4 72 7 . W ils o n ............ 7 0 22 0 L ow e b ow led fou r w ides. S u sse x . S econ d Innings. O. M. R . W . ... 20 8 44 1 ... 5 0 21 0 , ... 17 7 40 0 , ... 27.4 3 121 8 ... 10 2 31 1 F irst Innings. O. M .R . W . T yler ............ 32.4 11 55 6 W o o d s ............ 27 5 80 2 H ed ley............ 22 7 39 1 N ichols ... 5 3 6 0 S econd Innings. O. M . R . W. . ... 13 6 32 1 ... 27 4 68 6 ... 8 2 17 2 L E IC E S T E R S H IR E v. S U R R E Y . T h e Surrey eleven have in previous years m ore than on ce been seen to gri at disadvantage on the L eicestersh ire ground. In their return m atch last T hursday th e L icestershire eleven once again show ed them selves capable o f holdin g their ow n, and w ere able to w in a low scoring m atch lasting only an h ou r in to the second day. Ow ing to a severe thunderstorm overnight, follow ed b y a heavy show er ju st as th e gam e w as started on T hursday m orning, the w ick et w as all in fa vou r of the b ow ers, and som e extraordinary crick et w as w itnessed. Surrey, w h o w ere playin g eleven professionals, w ith J. Shuter, W . W . R ead, K . J. K ey, as w ell as M. R ea d and L o ck w o o d all away, w ent in first, and w ere all ou t in an h ou r and ten m inutes. L eicestersh ire in their tu rn on ly fared slightly better, and their inningsj w h ich lasted ju st an hour, only reach ed 43. In S urrey’s second innings A yres played g ood cricket, and B aldw in w as in forty-five m in u tes fo r his 12. O therw ise, n o one did m u ch again st P ough er and W o o d co ck , and the form er h a d quite exceptional figures, his tw elve w ickets on ly costin g £8 runs. A t the end o f th e first day L eicestersh ire w ere left w ith 48 to w in and nine w ickets to fall, and in spite o f the fine bow ling o f R ich a rd son they g ot them on the im p rovin g pitch w ith five w ickets to spare In the m a tch R ich ard son took eleven L eicester- shire w ickets fo r 35 runs. S u r r e y . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. A bel, c Stocks, b W o o d ­ co ck ...................................... 8 c L orrim er, b W oO dcock ... 10 H ayw ard, c W hiteside, b P ou gh er ............................. 3 b W o o d co ck ... 0 treet, c P ougher, b W o o d ­ co ck ...................................... 0 b P o u g h e r............ 4 aldw in, c W hiteside, b W o o d co ck ..................... 5 c L orrim er, b P ough er ... 12 H enderson, b P ough er ... 5 b P o u g h e r............ 7 B rockw ell, b W ood cock ... 9 c L orrim er, b Ayres, c H illyard, b P ough er ............................. W ood cock ... 0 1 c and b P ough er 14 W ood , c W ood cock , b P ough er .............................. 2 c W hiteside, b P ou gh er ... 4 Sharpe, c Stocks, b W o o d ­ co ck ...................................... 0 run ou t ............ 1 Sm ith,cFinney, b P ou gh er 0 n ot ou t ............ 4 R ichardson, n ot o u t............ 0 c T om lin , b P ou gh er ... 0 B ........................... . ... 1 B 7 , w l ............ 8 T otal ..................... 34 T ota l ... 64 L e ic e ste u sh ire . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. H olland,cA yres.bR ichard- son ...................................... 10 c B aldw in, b R ich a rd son 4 F inney, c Sm ith, b Sharpe 5 Chapm an, b S h a rp e............ 1 c B rockw ell, b R ich a rd so n ... 4 T om lin , c and b R ich a rd ­ son ...................................... 0 c B rockw ell, b R ich ardson 13 P ougher, b R ich ardson ... 10 n ot ou t ............24 Mr. D . L orrim er, b Sharpe 0 c H ayw ard, b R ich ard son 0 M r. G. W . H illyard, c A bel, b R ich a 1d s o n .................... 0 n ot ou t ............ 9 M r.C. M arriott, b R ich a rd ­ son ...................................... 8 b R ich ardson ... 1 W ood cock , c Sm ith, b R ich ard son ..................... 1 Mr. F. W . Stocks, c Sm ith, b Sharpe ............................. o W hiteside, not ou t ............ 0 B 2, lb 4 ............ ... 6 W ..................... 1 T otal .................... 43 T otal ... 56 B O W L IN G A N A L Y S IS . S u r r e y . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M . R . W . W o o d co ck ... 12 7 18 5 ............. 19 7 33 3 P ough er ... 12 6 15 5 ............. 19.411 23 6 H illyard 1 1 0 0 W o o d co ck b ow led a w ide. L e io e st e r s h ir e . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R , W . R ich a rd son ... 11 6 18 6 ............. 11 5 17 6 S h a rp e ............ 11 3 19 4 ............. 9 2 35 0 B rockw ell 1.2 0 3 0 S harpe b ow led one w ide. G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E v. M ID D LE SE X . O n the relative perform ances o f th e tw o cou n ties this season, the return m atch begun on the C lifton C ollege G round, on T hursday last, seem ed to be a really g ood thing fo r the latter. In losing the toss again, too, G loucestershire were again placed at a great disadvantage w h ich tended still further to red u ce their chances. T he M id­ dlesex eleven, in deed, m ade full use o f their oppor­ tunities in going in first on an excellent w icket, and tb e com p letion o f the first da y’s crick et saw 340 runs to their credit fo r the loss o f on ly six of the side. Stoddart and F oley, helped by som e lu ck, put on 113 fo r the second w icket, and later on O’B rien, R aw lin, and M cG regor all scored freely. T he w icket-keeper and R aw lin at the end o f the day got run s at a great pace, and, indeed, their partnership produced 122 runs in eighty m inutes, 'ih e G loucestershire bow lers included tw o m em bers o f the C lifton College eleven, W .G ., ju n ., and C>. T ow nsend, a son of the veteran, J?rank T ow n send, w ho did such good service for G loucestershire for m any years. T h e latter, is a slow bow ler w h o seem s likely to have a future before him . T h ou gh very slight,he show s con sid er­ able skill and ju dgm en t, varying h is p a ce and p itch w ith judgm ent. B esides he gets a lo t of w ork on toth w ays, and though on this occasion rather expensive, he w as very unlucky, pu zzling the batsm en tim e after tim e, besides having several catch es m issed off him . The fou r ou t­ standing w ickets on F riday m orning added 45, and th e iDnings clo se d w ith R aw lin ’s dism issal for a to ta l o f 385. Rawlin w as batting tw o hours and three quarters fo r h is 74, an adm irable display w ith only one chance to square-leg w hen he had got 13. W hen G loucestershire w ent in W .G . was in his best form . A fter F erris’s dism issal, h ow ever, R aw lin and H earne fo r a tim e carried everything before them , and the total w as only 73 w hen the fifth w icket fell. T he firet batsm an to len d W .G . any h elp w as C apt. L uard, and his exam ple w as so w ell follow ed by Page, brain , and M urch that the innings u ltim ately reached a total o f 235, an addition of 167 fo r the last h alf. F riday’s cricket closed w ith th e com p letion o f G loucestershire’s first innings, and as they entered on th e third day w anting 150 to avoid an innings defeat their chances were very rem ote. R ain during the m orn ­ ing had affected the p itch to som e extent, and under this disadvantage the G loucestershire batsm en shaped very badly. Raw lin and Hearne, w ith som e h elp from the pitch , bow led w ith rem ark able su ccess, and in a little over an hour and a h alf the w h ole side w ere out fo r 52, leaving M idd esex w ith an easy w in by an innings and 98 runs- R aw lin’s all-round cricket w as th e chief a gent in their success. In addition to his score o f 74 he took tw elve w ickets at a cost o f under seven runs a-piece. M id d l e s e x . M r. A . E . Stoddart, b M urch .....................75 M r. A . J. W eb be, b M urch ..................... 5 M r. C. P. F oley, b M urch ... ... 72 M r. T. C. O ’B rien, c Ferrig, b T ow n send 50 M r. F. G . J. F ord , c L u ard, b M urch ... 12 R aw lin, b M urch ... 74 M r G. M cG regor, c M urch,b T ow n send 68 Mr. R . S. L ucas, b M urch .................... 9 Mr. P. J. T . H enery, b M u rch .................... 2 J. T. H earne, st Brain, b T ow n send 1 P hillips, n ot ou t ... 10 B ............................. 7 T otal ...385 G lo u c e s t e r sh ir e . F irst Innings. M r. W . G . G race, b F ord... i S econd Innings, c W e b b e , b R aw lin ............ b H earne ............ b R aw lin ............ b R a w lin ............ M r. J. J. F erris, b R aw lin 22 P ainter, c F ord, b H earne 1 M r. R . W . R ice, run ou t ... 0 M r. C. L . T ow n send, b lla w lin ............................. 1 b R a w lin ............ M r. W . G . G race, ju n ., c M cG regor, b R aw lin ... 0 c M cG regor, b C apt. A. H. L uard, b R aw lin ............................. 34 M r. E . M. G race,c Hearne, b S todd art............................. 4 M r. H. V . Page, n ot ou t ... 30 Mr. W . H. B rain, c F ord, b Stoddart ..............................36 M urch, c R aw lin, b F ord 30 B 8, lb 1 .............................. 9 H earne ... b R aw lin ............ 2 b R aw lin ............10 c M cG regor, b R aw lin ............ 0 n ot out b R aw lin Total ...235 Total ... 52