Cricket 1893

S E P T . 7, 1893 CRICJKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 890 N o t t s . First Innings. Shrewsbury, c Trotfc, b Coningham ........................ 9 Mr. J. A. Dixon, b Turner 1 Gunn, e Bruce, b Turner 12 Barnes, run o u t .................. 1 Flowers, not o u t ................25 H.B. Daft, c andb Turner 2 Mr. A. O. Jone?, b Turner 6 W . Attewell, b Turner ... 0 Mee, c Lyons, b Coning­ ham .................................. 0 Sherwin, b Coningham ... 0 Hardstaff, lbw, b Turner 1 B .................................. 6 Second Innings. c Blackham, b Turner ........... c and b l oning- h a m .................. lbw, b Turner .. b Turner ........... b Coningham ... c Blackham, b Turner ........... b Turner ........... b Turner ........... c Lyons, b Con­ ingham ...........12 b Turner ........... 2 not out ........... 5 B .................. 3 36 Total .................. 63 Total BOW LING ANALYSIS. ...126 A u s t r a l ia n s . 0. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W - Mee........... 34 10 89 1 Barnes ... 1 0 5 0 Attewell .. 33135 47 3 D aft ... 4 0 12 0 Flowers ... 46 31105 5 D ixon ... 3 0 12 0 Hardstaff 25 7 61 1 N o t t s . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Coningham ... 36 6 29 3 ........... 27.2 4 89 3 Turner ...........151 6 28 6 ........... S2 11 24 7 Trum ble 7 5 2 0 Bruce ... 2 0 8 0 TH IRTY-SEV EN TH M ATCH— v. MR C. I. THORNTON’S ELEVEN . M ost of the later Australian teams have visited Scarborough toward the end of their tour in England. Originally the English eleven which represented the opposition was collected by Lord Londesborough, who has always been a liberal patron,as he was for a long tim e the m oving spirit, of the Scarborough Festival. Latterly, since his retirem ent from the active control of affairs, the arrangements have been in the hands of C. I. Thornton, who has certainly proved him ­ self to be a capable successor. In the last m atch of the Scarborough Festival, begun on Monday, though there were several leading cricketers absent—am ong them W . G. Grace and Shrewsbury—he was fortunate to get a fairly representative side to oppose the Australians. The English team, too, set to their work with a determination which was full of promise. Luck favoured them in the toss, and as the wicket played better than in either of the two previous m atches, this under any circum stances constituted a great advantage. Jackson and Stoddart, the first two batsm en, soon got the measure of the Australian bowling, and runs cam e fast from the first. The Middlesex amateur was in particu­ larly fine form , and though his partner, as a rule, scores at a good pace, in this case a greater pro­ portion of the runs cam e from Stoddart. The hundred went up after an hour and a quarter’s batting.and at the luncheon interval both batsmen were still in with the total 170, of which Stoddart’s share was 101. On resuming, Jackson added four, and was then well caught at long on. At the time o f his retirement 176 runs had been made in a few m inutes under two hours, and of these he had con­ tributed 62 w ithout anything like a chance. Stoddart only saw the score increased by 40, and was then caught at short slip. His innings was a characteristic display of his best methods. In two hours and a half he had made 127 out of 216, and am ong his many briliiant hits was a grand drive out of the ground for six. He should have been caught at the wicket when he had made 49, and later on. when he had got 106, Gregory ought to have had him at long on. These, though, after all were small blemishes in a remark ably attractive display of free all-round cricket. Gunn and W. W . Read gave som e little trouble, but none o f the later batsm en except Newham, w ho carried out his bat for a capital 52, offered any s rious resis­ tance to the Australian bowling. The last five wickets, indeed, only added 87, and the day’s play clo se d with the com pletion of the innings, which hadlastecl fourhours and thirty-five minutes. When play began on Tuesday morning, the Australians iiacl a heavy task to face, with a total of 345 against them. Sti l their commencem ent was almost as hopeful as that of their opponents. Lyons hit so freely, that after forty minutes’ play, when he was out, 64 runs had been got. Though Giffen, Trott, a n i Bruce were none of them successful, Bannerman played with much m ore freedom than is his wont, and at luncheon tim e he was still in, having contributed 50 of the 137 got for four wickets. On resuming, Graham, who had given a hard chance just after he cam e in, hit away in the m ost resolute style. Just after the 200 had appeared, however, he lost Bannerman, who was caught at third man. A better or more useful innings than his 74 he has never played. For over two hours and a ha*f he had played all the bowlers with confidence and judgment. His painstaking cricket, indeed, fairly took the edge off the English bowling, and there was no chance to depreciate his performance. Trum ble. too, proved a partner after Graham’s heart, and again the score rose quickly. Just as he seemed certain of his hun­ dred, however, Graham played a ball on to his foot and then on to his wicket. His innings was a m ost exemplaryexhibition of free and attractive cricket. His 95 only occupied two hours, and his play all round was quite up to the standard of his many good perform ances during the tour. Trum ble’s 62 was also a m ost creditable display of free cricket, McLeod. Turner, and Blackham all, too, lent useful assistance, so that the Aus­ tralians after all got a lead of 46, a very fine perform ance against a total o f 315. Yesterday morning Jackson and Stoddart had wiped off the runs in which the England eleven were in arrear, and added 10 m ore when the latter was bowled. Jackson, w ho stayed till the 100 appeared, was the fourth out, having played a second tim e very fine cricket for his 68. At luncheon-time the score was 168 with five bats­ men out, and with an addition of 62 at a cost of three m ore wickets, the innings was closed. Giffen took six of the eight wickets down at a cost of under 15 runs apiece. When the Austra­ lians, who wanted 185 to win, went in for the fourth innings, about an hour and three quarters remained for play. There was, therefore, little chance of a definite result, and when 87 had been made for the loss of five wickets, the stumps and the game were drawn. M r . T h o r n to n ’ s E l e v e n . First Innings. *Sccond Innings. Mr.F.R.Jackson.cGregory, b Turner .......................... 62 c Graham, b Giffen ........... 68 Mr.A.E. Stoddart, c Giffen, b Trum ble..........................127 b Giffen ........... 26 Gunn, b Trumble ........... 31 c M’Leod, b Giffen ........... 7 Mr. W, W . Read, c Black' ham, b Trumble ........... Mr. E. Smith, b Turner ... 22 b Giffen ........... 24 4 c and b Giffen ... 1 Mr. W . Newham, not out 52 c G if fe n , b Trum ble 37 Peel, st Blackham, b Trum ble .......................... 18 st Rlnckhair, b Giffen ........... 31 M rT.C. O’Brien, st Black- ham, b G iffen ................... 1 c Trumble, b M ’L e o d ........... 13 Lockw ood, c and b Giffen 6 not out ........... 15 Mr.A. T. Kemble, b Giffen 2 not out ........... 2 Richardson, b Trumble ... 12 B 5, lb 3 .......................... 8 B ................... 6 Total ................. 345 Total ...230 *Innings declared closed. A u st r a l ia n s . First Innings. Mr.J. J. Lyons, c Jackson, b P e e l..................................40 Mr. A. C. Bannerman, c Newham, b Richardson 74 Mr. G. Giffen, c O’Brien, b Sm ith ..................................14 Mr. H. Trott, b Sm ith ... 0 Mr. W. Bruce, c Stoddart, b P e e l..................................12 Mr.H.Graham, b Richard­ son ..................................95 Mr. S. E. Gregory, c Lock­ wood, b Jackson ............ 1 Mr. H. Trumble, c Smith, b Jackson ........................ 62 Mr.R. W. M’Leod, r o t out 30 Mr C T.B. Turner, c Read, b Jackson ........................ 16 Mr. J. M’C. Blackham, c Kemble, b Richardson 24 B 14, lb 9 .................23 Total ................391 Second Innings. b P e e l..................47 b P e e l.................. 12 c Read, b Peel ... 10 b Richardson ... 2 c O’ Brien, b Richardson ... 5 not out not out L b .......... Total ... 87 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Mr. T hornton ’ s E leven . First Innings. Eecond Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Turner ... ... 33 12 73 2 ...........10 1 30 0 Giffen ... .... 35 5 103 3 ...........22 2 88 6 Trum ble... .,.. 31 8 87 5 ...........19 2 68 1 M L eod ... . 7 1 28 0 ........... 4 1 11 1 Trott ... .,.. 5 0 2> 0 Bruce ... . 3 0 14 0 ........... 8 1 27 0 A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Richardson ,.. 29 2 7 73 3 ... ... 10 1 42 2 Lockw ood ... 13 1 76 0 Peel.................„ 40 11 103 2 ...........14 5 18 3 Smith .........,. 19 7 35 2 ........... 4 1 23 0 W . W. Read. . . 3 I 19 0 Jackson .. .. 19 4 52 3 Stoddart . . 4 0 10 0 J. T. BROWN , Just at the moment the cricket enthusiasts in the “ big coonty ” are, and small blame to them, radiant with the brilliant successes of the Yorkshire eleven. And rightly, too, prime favourite of them all is the young cricketer who stands first in the batting averages, J. T. Brown, to wit. Of Browns there are, and have been, many of cricket fame. But to the York- shireman up to date there is only one, J. T. of Driffield, that is. A native of Yorkshire, like ten of the county eleven, the good folk of Driffield are proud, and with reason, of their representative,who was born and spent all his life among them. So far, at all events, his career has been one of undoubted promise. It was a case with him of success at first sight. His opening trial was at Bradford on July 8,1839— against Leicestershire, and he was fortunate enough to establish himself in public favour at once with a very creditable 59. Nor were his performances in 1890 at all discouraging. On the contrary he was fairly successful, suffi­ ciently so at all events to retain his place in the County eleven throughout the season. It was not, however, until this year that his position ;was assured. In 1891, as well as in 1892, he was only an occasional member of the Yorkshire eleven, and his one performance of any note was a very good score of 65,not out, at Scarborough, against M.C.C. and Ground, in the closing match of last summer. The remembrance of his excellent form on that occasion stood him in good stead. It ensured him at all events a place in the team at the commencement of this season, a place he has held throughout, not only with credit to himself, but to the great advantage of the side. How consistently successful he has been can best be shown by his position at the head of the batting averages in first-class county matches. This, cf itself, is a great record for a player only in his fourth year. In all matches for Yorkshire, as will be seen in another place, he has a fine aggregate of 141 for 49 completed innings — the best record of any Yorkshire cricketer. Of those who have played through the heat of the season, only one, Mr. A. Sellers, has a better average, and he has only a fractional advantage, having at the same time played six innings less. An enumeration of his many good per­ formances is hardly requisite. Are they not written in the chronicles of the Books of C r ic k e t ? Brown has been pre­ eminently “ the safe m an” of the York­ shire eleven. On all kinds of wickets he has been seen to advantage. W ith sound defence, he has plenty of hit when required, and on more than one important occasion has shown himself full of confidence and resolution when things have been going against the side. As a bowler, he has fre­ quently got the eleven out of a difficulty. The Yorkshire folk have designated his bowlingsomewhat disrespectfully as “ donkey drops.” Still by their very variety his leg- breaks have been of very great use as a change, at times even to the extent of working an entire change in the game. A hard working and pains-taking field, moreover, he does not lose many runs. A keen footballer, too, Brown has been one of the most active members of the Driffield (Rugby) Club. Our portrait is from a photograph by Hawkins and Co., of Preston Hoad, Brighton. T hr B lue 8 and T h eir B attles (1827 to 1892) *itn scores of all Cricket Matches p lajed between the Universities. One Shilling, By post Is 2d.— W righband Co., “ E nglish S ports Office, 41 St. Andrew’s Hill, D octors’ Common, E.C*