Cricket 1893

434 CRIOKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. SEl Ti 21. 1898 REMINISCENCES OF CRICKET. B y RICHARD DAFT. “ E xtracts from an old S crap B ook .” T h e next match I find recorded in my old scrap book is one between the All England Eleven against 20 of Hereford, with Adams and C. Arnold given,played in 1851. In the ac­ count of the match it tells us that the 22 comprised some excellent players; and, in fact, the team was too good for the eleven. “ Such players as Messrs.Davis,Barrett, Stan­ hope Hon. J. and C. Fiennes, Mr. Evel\n, the Messrs. Banks and others would hardly, we imagine, require the assistance of Adams ; however, such was the case, the eleven being over anxious to have a good match, and, if beaten, attribute it mainly to the superiority of the:r opponents. The ground, under the able mmagement of the veteran Bentley, was in exce lent order, and the spirited supporters of cricket in Herefordshire are much to be commended, the expenses of the match being entirely defrayed by subscription. They were honoured by having among them Lord Bate­ man, who took an active part in the field, and in the second inniugs played several fineov;rs from Wisden and Caffyn, aud brought out his bat. Amongst the spectators we observed the Hon. Frederick Cavendish. The play, owing to the rain, did not commence till half past one o’clock. Lillywhite with his printing tent did not arrive on the ground till half past four o’clock, and, therefore, cards were n >t issued on the first day.” The England innings was opened by Mr. Felix and Wisden, who opposed the bowling of Adams a n l Arnold. Mr. Felix scored 5, and Wisden 6. One hit for two Ly the latter ‘ ‘ ought to have been scored 4 as it touched the boundary.” Parr was stumped for 6, Caffyn scored 20. “ Guy made a splendid drive for 4, and was then stumped. Grundy and Mr. Mynn busily employed the fielders, the latter making 3 drives from Adams in one over, two of them beiog 4’s, and the other a two ; he then made a leg hit from him for 4, and followed it up, making some fine hits till he had scored 30.” The innings closed for 131. Some very fine cricket having been shown, “ which,” observes the newspaper, “ must always be the case on such a ground as Hereford.” The twenty-two in their first innings totalled 124. Adams scored 20, making a splendid leg hit off Grundy for 5, and also a square leg hit for 4. “ Lord Bateman received one from Wisden which was too good to be stopped.” Then wa are informed of how each wicket fell. “ The first for 6, the second for 6, the third for 10 ’ and so right through the twenty-two. In their second venture the Eleven were all disposed of for 81. The first four wickets, Parr, Caffyn, Ca33ar, and Grundy fell for 14 runs. Mr. Felix carried out his bat for 23, being top scorer. “ Martingell scored 13 in his usually steady and scientific manner. Box with II was the only other batsman who reached double figures. The innings closed a few m nutes before 5 o’clock, so, of course, there was no hope of bringing the match to a satisfactory conclusion.” In the second innings the local team obtained 25 for six wickets, and the match was drawn. “ A ball was got up by the Mayor for the amusement of the visitors, which went off with great eclat.” The report concludes by stating that this will be an annual match, “ and no doubt ere long we shall see sixteen or eighteen of the county of Hereford con*ending against the Eleven of All England.” The mutch which comes next in the book is Notts v. England at Lord’s, and is described as “ the grand, opening of the season.” The ground, especially on the first two days, we are told, presenoea a most animated appearance. “ Amoagst the numerous spectator s we notice the M i quis of Exeter, the Marquis of Worces­ ter, t ie Earl of Winteiton, the Earl of Strait tmore, Lord Guernsey, the Earl of Ux- b idg , the Earl Spencer, Lord Althorpe, Lord ] ge , Lord Stanhope, Hon. F. Ponsonby, lit. ii R. Grimston, Hon. Col. Lowfiher, the Hon. Col. Liddell, Hon. Capt. Neville, Hon E. Bligh, Hon. C. Paget, Hon. F. Paget, Hon H. Neville, Hon. J. Fienr.es, and m my oth<-r members of this distinguished club. On Tuesday, we may mention that three new members were elected and proposed. The match had excited considerable interest since it was announced owing, no doubt, to the victories which the county aohieved last season over the Southern County, Surrey home and home. This, in fact, was the reason for trying their strength against so powerful an eleven as England can now produce, and in this case they were selected—wa believe, by a noble Lord.” We ara then informed that Notts had twice before played agaiust England, once in 1842 at Trent Bridge, when a challenge was sent them to play for i ‘ l00. which was readily accepted, and Fuller Pilch on the part of England selected the XI., which was as follows ; — Lillywhite, seur., Hillyer, Box, F. Pilch, A. Mynn, Wenman, Sewell, Hon. F. Ponsonby, Hawkins, Dorring- ton, and Dean. Notts were represented by B. Parr, Clarke, Barker, Guy, S. P a rr,------ Noyes, Esq., G. Butler, Good, Oscroft, Chap­ man, and lledgate. (The------Noyes,Esq., men­ tion d is the gentleman who used to practise with the chain and ljg attached to his right leg, whom I alluded to in my last article.) England won this match by ten wickets, scoring in their first innings 228, their oppo nents making 122 and 110. Mr. M>nn scored 61, and Pilch GO. Clarke was top soorer for Notts with 26. In 1847 another match styled Notts v. England was got up for the benefit of Barker, but on this occasion England was bidly repre­ sented. The pliyers were Martingell, Clifford, Wright, Pilch, Brett, Hunt, Sampson, Chat­ terton, C. O. Eaton, Esq., Robv, and White. The couni y proved victoriouf by 10 wicket3, strangely enough turning the tables on Eng­ land, who defeated them by the same number of wickets in the previous encounter. “ But,” says the old newspaper, “ the credit of beating England could by no means be granted them. On this oooasion, however, they are fully entitled to the ‘ flag,’ and may for the present possess the honour of being the ‘Champion County.’ ” After these preliminary remarks the paper c imes to the great match in question (1853). Tae ground, it says, was in splendid condition ; “ such bowling was never excelled, and the batting (although so great a number of runs were not obtained as we ex­ pected there would have been)was of a descrip­ tion seldomwitnessed,as the number of maiden overs given below will testify. At ten minutes to 12 o’clock the usual sound of the ‘ bell ’ was heard, and immediately caused a ‘ ring’ to be formed, and at 5 minutes to that hour Wiaden bowled his first ball to Butler Parr, whose partner was Clarke. Betting, 6 to 4 on England. We may here state that the England 6ide was under the captaincy of Mr Nicholson, and Nottingham under the ab e management of Hon. F. Ponsonby.” This last sentence reads rather strange, as Mr. Ponsonby did not plav in the match. Two runs were obtained in the first over. Sherman bowled from the pavilion, and was hit hard to square leg by Parr for 4. Martingell then missed an easy chance at “ middle on ’’ given by Clarke. The first two batsmen both were run out with the total at 13. “ The two Nottingham heroes, G. Parr and Guy, now got together, and, as usual, something was ex­ pected from them ” Parr having made 4 was bowled by Sherman amidst loud cheei s from the backers of England. His brother Sam followed, but was soon caught at 'he wicket without having troubled the fcorer. This was Sam’ s first appearance at Lord’s. R. C. Tinley next appeared, this too being his first match on the famous London ground. He made 5 runs, when the report says “ he played forward at a ‘ short pitched ’ ball from Wisden which scattered his ‘ sticks.’ ” This made 5 wickets down for 36 runs. “ Betting, 2 to 1 on England.” C. Brown joined Guy, who had, we are told, been playing remark­ ably well and steady against the bowling of Wisden and Sherman. “ This upright and scientific ‘ bat ’ showed the ball its full face whenever it came, and it was not until he had received 38 overs thf*t he let ‘ one by ’ whioh, ;n consequence of so many of Wisden’s being straight a slight noisj was l.eari *in falling of timber. ” His innings is described as being one of “ masterly style.” Grundy, the next man in, wa3 not out 14, the top score of his side. “ F. Tinley, a very dangerous bat, was luckily for England disposed of first ball,” The innings closed for 63, after two hours and a quarter’s play (slo* scoring indeed). Mr. W. Nicholson and Dean were the first to bat for England. The latter was run out for 3, the former scored 20. Clarke and Grundy were the first to bowl for Notts. G. Anderson proved a troublesome customer and scored 30, causing Bicklev, Nixon, and F. Tinley to be tried with the ball. Caffyn was the highest scorer with 35, “ a cautious and masterly performance.” The innings closed at 5 minutes to 7 for 117. The spectators being promptly served with cards issued by Lillywhite. Notts in their second innings scored 129. G. Parr making 49, tho highest score of ihe match, “ an exceedingly fine display of cricket.” Sam Parr, who, we are told, was “ all abroad ” at first, played very well after the first few overs, and was second scorer with 25. Guy made 17 and F. Tinley 13,not out. England, in their second innings, could do nothing with the Notts bowling, and were all disposed of for 48. Bickley secured eight wickets for 23 runs, and Clarke bowled 16 maidens in succession. Out of the 44 overs he sent down, 32 were maidens. “ Some little doubt existed in the minds of the ‘ lo >kers-on ’ respecting the man­ ner in which Cae3ar was given out. It ap­ pears from enquiry that he played the ball which ran towards the wicket-keeper, who in trying to ‘ field ’ it touched the wicket, and the umpire at the bowler's end gave him out as ‘ bowled.’ We should have thought that the other umpire ought to have bean appealed to, and Csesar should have done so before leaving the wicket.” This matoh,which Notts won by 27 runs,was a great feat for them to have accomplished against such a powerful eleven as that of England. At the foot of the score of the match in my scrap book there is writte l in faded ink : “ Went to London to see this matoh—W .G.” HOCKEY MEMBERS O ? THE S.C.C. v. SOUT 1- GA I'E C.C.—Played at Southgate on Septem­ ber 16. H ockey M e m b e r s . li v. E. B. Hil', b Ewart ...................17 R. W. Scott, not oat 40 P. Collinson, not out 11 B .......................... 4 Total ..153 A. S. Harris, c Smith, b Bryan ..................28 E. P. hugden.b Bryan 27 E. C. Siuaders, b H. R. Ford .................. 22 W . C. Mayor, b W . Bickettd.................. 0 W. J. Phillips,b Bryan 4 W G. Quilte*’, A. L. Wrightson. R. A. Maud3, aud E. White did not bat. Inuings dec ared closed. S o u t h g a t e . L. Dudley-Smitb, not J. Allen, c Maude, b oat .......................... 50 | Scott............................. 7 H.R.Ford.cSaunders, I A. Ricketts, b Harris 21 b Phillips ... .. 9 W. Ricketts, b H. a . Ford, c White, Phillips ................... 6 b Scott .................. 8 B ..................... 9 F. Bryan, c Mayor, b — Scott ................... 2 Total ...........112 E. Jiggins. C. T. Ewart, P. Fairweather, R. H Pearson, and G. A. Gordon dil not bat. CRYSTAL P lLVC S v. BANSTEAD.—Played at Crystal Palace on S^tenr er 14. C r ysta l P alace . S. Colman, not out ... 107 IW . T. Grant, not out 1 1 D. L. A. Jephson, D B 23, lo 7, w 1 ... 31 Harroweil..................63 | — Total......... 312 F. C. Barchard, F. D. Pawle, Capt. Fleming, F. H. Nelson, J. M. Gowenlcck, Col. Pennycuick. G. (’osens, and H. S. Gladstone did not bat. Innings declared closed1 B a n stea d . W. L. Randall, lbw, b Grant..........................16 J Randal1,^Gladstone 10 F. C. Lingard, c Glad stone, b Colman ... 95 Rev. R. O. Salmon, c Pawle, b Cosens ... 5 W. L. Harrowell, b Jephson................. I J.Salmon, not ont 48 H.R. Cripps, not out 9 B 2, lb 9, w 1 ... 12 Tot*l ...196 R. H. Dillon, C. Lambert, M. Cripps, and J. Brown did not bat.