Cricket 1894

180 0RICEET § A WEEKLY BECORD OF THE GAME. jun e 7, 1894 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. After a close and exciting game throughout, Gloucestershire won this match, begun at Glou­ cester on Thursday, late on the following after­ noon with 43 runs to spare. Heavy rain had fallen earlier in the week as well as on Thu-sday morn­ ing, with the result that the ground was in such a state as to induce the Notts captain to object to the match being played there. Still this objection was, and wisely, withdrawn, and the c ame, which did not begin till three o’clock on Thursday afternoon, continued without interrup­ tions from the weather. Mr. C. W Wright win­ ning the toss decided to put Gloucestershire in, a move which, as events proved, was not attended with satisfactory results for his side. W. G. and Ferris put on 32 runs by excellent cricket at the start, but the best stand was by E.M. and Captain Newnham, who added 34 for the ninth wicket Notts in their turn commenced even more suc­ cessfully than their opponents, as W. Flowers and Mr Wright knocked up 43 runs in half an hour. Flowers, who was 36 not out when play ceased on Thursday, added 28on the following morning. He was only in an hour and a quarter, and his hitting was characterised by all his wonted fearlessness and vigour. On his retirement, Barnes played capital cricket, but as none of the later batsmen lent him much assistance the innings clo3ed for 133, or only thirteen on. With three of their best wickets down for 22, the early part of Gloucester­ shire’s second innings did not augur well for their ultimate success. A useful stand by Painter and Mr. Kitcat, however, improved their position materially, and with the help of some steady bxf,ting subsequently by Mr. Brown, the total reached 344. Of this total Painter contributed 51, the outcome of some excellent cricket extend­ ing over an hour and a half. With 132 to win Notts began disastrously under the double dis­ advantage of a tad light and a bowler’s pitch. Half the wiekets were down for 29, and though Daft, Barnes, T. Flowers, and Mr. lledgate gave a slightly better complexion to the game, Glouces­ tershire always had the result fairly assured. Notts, it must be remarked, were without Messrs. J. A. Dixon, the captain, and J. S Robinson, as well as Hardstaffe. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Dr. W . G. Grace, c Sharpe, b Attewell........................17 b Sharpe ............11 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Attewell 16 c Gunn, b Atte- we’l ................. 0 Mr. W. Troup, c Gunn, b Attewell ........................ 0 Pike, b Atte­ well ................. Painter,c and bW.Flowers 0 b W. Flowers ... Mr.S. A P. Kitcat, st Pike, b A ttew ell..................... 27 b W. Flowers ... Mr.E.M. Grace, c Baguley, b W . F low ers................. Wrathall c and b Attewell 0 Mr. H. W. Brown, b Atte­ well ............................... Mr. A. Newnham, c Gunn, b Baguley......... Roberts, c Gunn, b W. Flowers ....................... 0 Board, not out ................ 0 B ............................14 Total .............120 N otts . First Innings. Mr. C. W. Wright, b W. G. Grace ... ....................... 9 W. Flowers, b Brown ... 64 Baguley, run out ........ 2 Gunn, c W. G. Grace, b Roberts ....................10 Barnes, b Ferris............29 Attewell, b Brown ... ... 0 Daft, c Wrathall, b Brown 2 T. Flowers, b Brown ... 5 Mr. O. Redgate. c Painter, b R oberts........................ Pike, c W. G. Grace, b Roberts ........................ Sharpe, not o u t ................. B 5, nb 1 ................. st Pike, b Bagu­ ley ................. b Attewell.......... 4 not out 10 b W. Flowers ... 0 b W. Flowers ... 3 b W. Flowers ... 9 B 4, lb 3 ... 7 Total .........144 Second Innings. b R oberts.......... 4 c Board, b R oberts.......... 0 b W. G. Grace... 5 b Ferris ......... b Ferris ......... b Ferris ......... not out ........ b W. G. Grace . 1 b W. G. Grace . 5 b R oberts........ 0 b Roberts ... ., 6 B ............... Total .................133 BOWLING ANALYSIS. G lo u c e s te r s h ir e . Total ... I First InniDgs. O. M. R. W. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Sharpe........ 8 3 17 0 .......... 8 3 20 1 Attewel ... 31 2L 85 6 ..........24 5 60 3 W. Flowers... 17.4 4 32 3 ..........17 5 41 5 Barnes......... 4 0 10 0 T. Flowers... 6 3 10 0 Baguley 2 1 2 1 .......... 7 2 16 1 N otts . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Brown ........ . 11 0 4i 4 .......... 3 0 5 0 Roberts... ..16 2 7 27 3 .......... 19.3 7 34 4 Ferris ........,. 6 1 19 1 ..........13 6 17 3 Newnham .. 7 2 12 0 W. G. Grace 11 4 27 1 .......... 9 0 29 3 Brown delivered one no-ball. MIDDLESEX v. YORKS3IRE. With such good bowling on both sides, after tbe heavy rainfall in London earlier in the week, as well as on Thursday morniDg, it was qaite safe to pred ct that the match between these Counties, begun at Lord’s on Thursday, would be marked by low scoring on both sides. The?e anticipations were ful y realised, for though the cricket on the opening day only really lasted iust over two hours the game was over soon after half past six o’clock the following evening. Altogether, too, thirty-3even wickets fell for an aggregite of 311 runs, or 581 from the 1at, which gave an average of less than eight ruas for each batsman. The ground, it is hardly neces­ sary to add, was all in favour of the bowlers, throughout and Peel and Wainwright on the one hand and J. T. Hearne on the other all h\d excep­ tionally good figures. Midd esex, who won the toss, began in promising style with twenty-eight up before a wicket fell. Subsequently, though, Mr. Lucas, who went in for the hitting game, and Phillips alone offered any resistance, and the side were all out for 92. Yorkshire, who had made 22 overnight at the cost of one wicket, found J. T. Hearne’s bow ing Very difficult on Friday morning. Fortunately towards the finish Peel found a use­ ful partner in Mounsey, and the latter’s frae cricket was of inestimable va'ue to the side. Middlesex, who had a lead of e'even runs, lost all their advan­ tage when they went in f»gain. This time Peel and Wainwright found the wicket even more to their liking, with tha result that when the last man came in the score was only 32. Mr. MicGregor and Hearae, however, played with great p’uck at the crisis, and it was very unfortunate that their partnership, which added 81 runs, should have come to an end by a mistake about a run. With 75 to win, and under the double disadvantage of a bad wicket and defective light, Yorkshire’s success was far from certain. J. T. Hearne and Rawlin, too, bowled up well, and to such purpose that even with a useful score of 28 by Tunnicliffe, when the seventh wicket fe'l the total was only 48 Then Mounsey joined Wainwright. with the same result as at the finish of the Notts match at Nottingham earlier in the week. Playing with great j ndgment, as well as pluck, the two batsmen obtained the 27 runs still wanting to win, and gave Yorkshire a very creditab'.e victory for tbe second time in the week with three wickets to spare. Wainwright and Peel both bowled with great success f or Yorkshire, though the former had the better figures. J. T. Hearne’s all round cricket for Midd'esex was worthy of a better fate Besides taking tleven wickets for 73 runs, h6 made twenty without being out. M id d le se x . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. A, E. Stoddar b Peel 19 b Wainw/ight .. 0 Mr. A J. Webbe, b Wain­ wright................ 14 st Hunter,b Peel 8 Rawlin, c Hunter, b Peel 7 c Lord Bawke, b Wainwiight .. 0 Mr. C. P. Foley, c Hunter, b P eel.............. 0 b P e e l................ 1 Mr.R.S. Lucas, c Mitchell, b Peel . ... ................ 20 b Wainwright... 9 Mr. H. B. Hayman, c Hunter, b Peel .......... 2 b Wainwright .. 5 Mr. P. J. T. Henery, c Mounsey, b Wainwright 4 b Wainwright .. 0 Phillips,lbw,bWainwright 11 c Tunnicliffe, b Peei................. 6 Mr. G. MacGregor, lbw, b Wainwright ................. 6 run out .......... 14 Mr.J.Westhorp.st Hunter, b W ainwright................ 1 b P ee l................. 0 J. T. Hearne, not out ... 3 not out .......... 17 B 3, lb 2 ................. 5 B 1,1b 2 ... 3 Total ................. 92 Total 63 Y orkshire . First Innings. Lord Hawke, c Rawlin, b Hearne ........................ 3 Mr.F.S.Jackson,c Phillips, b Rawlin ........................18 Brown,c Rawlio, b Hearne 1 Tunnicliffe, b Hearne ... 0 Mr. F. Mitchell, run ou t... 0 Peel, c Hearne, b Phillips 14 Mr. E. Smith, b Hearne ... 5 Wainwright, b Hearne ... 0 Mounsey, not out ..........33 Birst, b Hearne................. 1 Hunter, c Stoddart, b Hearne ........................ 0 B ............................... 6 Second Inn’ngs. b Rawlin .......... 0 b Hearne ......... c MacGregor, b Rawlin .......... c MacGregor, b Hearne ... .5 lbw, b Hearne .. cFoley.b Hearne 0 c and b Rawlin 0 not out ... ... 13 not out .......... 7 B 8, lb!5 ... 13 ... 75 Total .................81 Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. M id d le se x , First Innings._ _____ Second Innings. O. M. R. W. Peel .......... 31 11 44 6 Hirst .......... 7 3 11 0 Wainwright 24 7 32 5 O. M. r T w . . 14.3 4 29 4 ,15 4 31 5 Y o rk s h ire . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne......... 33 13 46 7 ... R a w lin ........ 26 14 25 1 ... Stoddart ... 4 1 3 0 Phillips........ 2 1 1 1 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 18.1 9 27 4 ... 18 7 35 3 LAN JJAS31RE v. 8USSEX. If for nothing else, the match between these counties, began at Manchester, on Thursday, was interesting for tbe reappearance of Alfred Shaw in first-class cricket. Shaw, after doing brilliant service for Notts as a slow bowler, had re ired seven years ago. For ten seasons he had, through the liberality of Lord Sheffield, acted as cricket iostructor to the Sussex C.O. The dearth of good bowlers in the County suggested to Mr. Murdoch the advisability of playing Shaw, though now in his fifty-second year, for Sussex under the residen­ tial qualification. The proposal met with the entire concurrence of Lord Sheffield, and accord­ ingly Shaw made his first appearance for the County in this match. Just latterly Sussex has been very unlucky in injuries to its players, and though Bean had to some extent recovered from the injury to his finger, received in the Gloucester­ shire match, Marlow, who was also hurt on the same occasion, was unable to assist his county, a great loss to the side. In spite of the recent rain­ fall the wicket played fairly well at the start, and Lancashire going in first were batting five hours for a total of :J55. The main credit of this perform­ ance rested with the later ba‘smen. Albert Ward, who started the batting, was in two hours and three quarters for 69, a useful, if not faultless in­ nings. Baker, Briggs, and Tinsley, also, were seen to advantage, particularly the first named, who has t egun the season in exceptionally promising form. After he settled down he hit all r >und with great vigour, and his 96, which only took him an hour and forty mi iutes, was as smart a display of well-timed hitting as one could wish to see, Briggs and Tinsley added 97 in an hour and a quarter. Tbe former’s well-hit 65 included two lives, but no fault could be urged against Tinsley’s 53, which was the result <f sound cricket. Shaw bowled, as will be seen, extremely well, and with rather bad luck. Altogether he delivered 52 overs for 73 runs and four wickets. Owing to a bad hand, Butt was not in his usual form at the wicket, and in addition the fielding was decidedly faulty, so that the bowlers were hardly likely to be seen at their best with such poor support. The first innings of Sussex was only noteworthy for the exceptional performance of Mr. Newham. Going in first he saw the whole side out. Alfred Shaw, who went in last, alone rendered him assistance, helping to add 28 for the tenth wicket. The in­ ning-', which had lasted two hours and three quarters, produced 158 from the bat, and of these Mr. Newham was responsible for 1>0. Though he ought to have been caught at 39, and perhaps again at 85, there was otherwise no fl iw in a remarkably fine display of judicious and attrac­ tive cricket Following on in a minority of 181, Sussex fired very badly, losing Bern and Messrs. Murdoch and Newhim for only 16 runs. This triple disaster had a discouraging effect naturally on the 1*ter b «tsmen, and Mold carried everything before him Mr. Br*nn was too lame to go in to bat, and with only nine wickets to fall the innings was over in a hour and a qu»rter for the small total of 38. Mold’ s figures were quite out of the common. Iu seventy-nine b ills he got rid of seven batsmen at a cost of only seventeen runs Lan­ cashire won in the ead by an inniigs and 143 runs. I j ANCASHIRE. A. Ward, c Murdoch, b Humphreys .. .. 63 Mr. A. C. MacLaren, b Kil i c k ................. 0 F. Sugg, b Shaw ...14 Brown, b Shaw... ... 7 Baker, c Newham, b Humphreys ........... 96 Briggs, st Butt, b Shaw.......................... 65 Tinsley, c Newham, b Lowe .................53 Mr. W. H Houlds- worth, b Shaw ... 21 "harm by, b Lowe... 0 Mr. A T. Kemble, not out ................. 7 Mol 1, c Bean,b Lowe 1 B 8, ib 12, w 2 ... 22 Total .. 355 S ussex . First Innings. Bean, c Ward, b Briggs ... 0 Mr. W. Newham, not out 110 Lowe b Mold ... ... 5 Mr. W. L. Murdock, b Mold ........................ 7 b Briggs Mr. C. A Smith,c Kemble, b Wharmby .......... 3 flumphreys, b M o ld ......... 1 Second Innings, c Kemble, b M old................ 1 b Mold .......... 9 b Mold .......... 4 Guttridge, b Wharmvy ... 6 Killick, ibw, b Wharmby 0 Butt, c Tinsley, b Mold ... 6 Mr. G Brann, b Briggs ... 4 A. Shaw, b Briggs ..........16 B 15, l b l.................16 Total ...174 b Mold .......... c B r o w n , b Briggs .......... b Mold .......... b Wo’d .......... c Sugg, b Mold... absent, hurt ... not out .......... Total ...