Cricket 1894

JUNE 21, 1894 CRICKET i A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME* 211 he would be played against Sussex on the 7th inst. They will be satisfied now; nine wickets in one innings is an unusual feat for any bowler ; for a colt it establishes a record. It has been done only thrice in the entire history of Yorkshire cricket—viz , by Tom Emmett v. Notts in 1868, and v. Cambridgeshire in 1869 ; and by Preston v. M.C.C. in 1888. Wainwright, in ft second-rate match—Staffordshire in 1890— had all the ten wickets. And Yorkshire have another colt—Charlesworth, of Hull— who should be tried before long. Of his batting in the Colts’ match at Trent Bridge last week, a correspondent (quoted above) wiites:— “ You would have enjoyed the cricket, the batting was quite refreshing in its freeness. Yorkshire have a very promising colt in Charlesworth (84 runs), his style cf p^ay, attitude at the wicket, and physique, reminded me of Flowers.” As he scored 71 on Saturday against Peel’s bowling, he ought to prove a “ find.” Poor Lancashire! Their hcu e wants setting in order; but where, one cannot exactly tay. Not in bowling, unless to get an understudy or two to Briggs and Mold. It’s in batting they need recruits. They have only two men who can make runs—Ward and Baker. Nobody looked for their triumph over Surrey, even when they won the toss. By the bye, I in­ tended scoring again this week, but that Editor of miLe has forestalled me. Still I will say my piece: 23 first-class county matches have been played up to Saturday last, and of these only three times las the side that has won the tross won the match. It’s a fact worth studjing on the part of those who would have us believe that on soft wickets this freak of fortune is of immeasur­ able importance. My experience goes to show that it is on very hard wickets (unless the turf is of superlative quality), and when the scoring is abnormally heavy, that the side which takes the fourth innings is at an im­ mense disadvantage. On batter pudding wickets, choice of innings makes little or no difference. Lancashire's batt'ng was redeemed from contempt by Briggs (55), Lockwood (57), Brockwell (59), and Abel (32) were all there. Rut Richardson (12 for 112 runs) l ad the lion’s share in the result. In a fortnight’s unbroken first-class matches—8 innings—he has taken 46 wickets. The averages andan­ alysis are published to-day. I don’t knowwho draws up these lists; whoever he is, he deserves canonization. Wainwright heads the bowling column—59 wickets, average 8.31 ; Richardson, 91, average9.36 ; Hearne (John) 97, average 9,83. My gauge has always been the number of wickets compared with the numb r of overs bowled. He is the best bowler who gets most wickets in the shortest time. Thus tested, Richardson is easily first; and as he hits the sticks seven times out of ten (if not oftener), I have no hesitation in pronouncing him the deadliest bowler of the day, and we must go back some years to find his equa1. As Derbyshire is only a second-rate county, one will not refer to their memorable triumph at the beginning of last week. Courtesy requires that they should get credit for i t ; at the same time let us chivalrously repress the name of their opponents. One on the losing side may well ask what is the use of a man taking nine wickets for 30 runs, if 22 innings realise only 112 runs ? What, indeed ? Middlesex and Somersetshire deservemore space than can ba given them. It’s all through the Sheffield match. I was privi­ leged to see a county match on June 11, and shan’t see another until Notts come to Leeds on July 2, unless I run up to town on Mon­ day. You see, a man’s perspective gets all wrong. Two wins for each county in one week 1 Surrey have not yet beaten Middle­ sex at Lord’s. Only settle your dear neigh­ bours just over the water, and the champion­ ship will go back to the Oval again. Martin’s position among the bowlers—second—proves that but for his sprain at Canterbury, Somer­ setshire would not have run home from Kent with three wickets in hand. Nor might Palairet have scored such a brilliant double (60 and 61), a truly refreshing exception to the army of Lilliputian innings of late. Sam Woods took twelve wickets—his best piece of work for many a long day. When Notts were at Lords, 76 was the leading total, and it came not from their bats. A very modest affair indeed. One man (Douglas) reached 36 (not out); the rest nowhere. The bowlers excepted, of course; Hearne’s twelve wickets cost about 4£ runs a piece. One fails to understand W .G .’s refusal to play five minutes longer on Friday evening in order to finish the match against Somer­ setshire. There may be a depth of strategy in his decision which ordinary mortals can­ not fathom. In my judgment, this is a point umpires ought to decide, not captains. I want them to have the same power as referees at football, viz., order an extension of time whenever there is a reasonable chance of bringing a match to a conclusion, and the next day’s matches will permit. What sense is there in detaining men from returning home in time for a club match on the Satur­ day ? The wickets are improving. Hurrah 1 Witness Spurway’s 108 (not out), and the re­ spectable scoring down at Brighton, P. S.—Lockwood at Sheffield refused to take a ball after it had left bowler’s hand. Never mind from what cause. Ought he ? Should umpires have passed such a refusal ? In all the miserable scores of last week, only one batsman (Mold) got the spectacles. The deplorable accident to the Middlesex captain, which has called forth universal sympathy, should lead to a thorough exami­ nation of all nets. They are too often put away when wet, and so rot quickly. Four more communications just to hand, which I have not had time to read yet. STOICS v. ENFIELD.—Played at Enfield on June 16. E n f ie l d . First Ioninga. Chambers, b Kortright ... 0 R. Piitchard, b Weathorp 2 W. Chart, c Haycraf', b W esthorp........................ 9 H. A. Ford, b Kortright ... 6 A. H. Smith, b Kortright 8 H. R. Ford, b Kortright ... 14 Second Innings. not out ..........13 b Kortright ... 10 H. M. Bourne, b Wes­ thorp ............................... E. V. Ford, ltw, b Kort­ right ............................... H. W. Smith, b Westhorp W . Piitchard,b Westhorp P. Boundy, not out .......... B ........................ b Cheesman ... 1 b Kortright ... 0 b Kortright ... 3 c Every, b Hay- crafc................. 4 9 b Haycraft b Cheesman b Haj craft.......... b Korttisht b KoKmght B 3, ID 1 nb 2 Total ..........C7 S t o ic s . Total ... 40 First Innings. A. W. Rammell, b H. J. We6thorp, b H. W, Smith ... ... ... J. L. Haycraft, c Boundy, b H. W. Smith ................. J. W. Bonner, b H.W, Smith ................. 5. Cheesman, b H.W, Smith ................. C. J. Kortright, c Pritchard, b H. W, Smith .................24 Total ........... 55 A. G. Every, c and b H. R. Ford .......... 4 In the Second Innings Haycraft scored (not out^ 6, Bonner, b H.W. Smith 6, Kortright, b Chambers 8, Rammell (not out) 10.—Total 30. R. Ford F. A. Buckingham, b H R. Ford .......... L. M. Leggatt, b H. R Ford ................. A. H. Bartlett, b H. R. F ori ................. C. E. E. Lee, not out B l, lb2 .......... Total HAMPSTEAD v. BISHOPS STORTFORD.— Played at Bishops Stortford on June 13. H a m p ste a d .— First Innings. J. G. Q. Bescb, not out ........................18 P. F. Wilson,b Jones F. H. W ihon.bJones 0 A. O. Dunr», b Jonea 3 H. Francis, c Prit­ chett, b Jones ... 2 E. W. Bishop, run out C. D. Hamilton, b Sharman ................. W. S. Hale, c and b Sharm an................. G. Thornton, lbw, b Jones ........................ W. E. Holdship, b Jones........................ 3 Total ..........54 S. H. Williams, b Jones ........................ In the Second Innings Bishop 6cored b 8haw 0, Hale, c Shaw, b Chamley 24, Thornton (not out) 31, Holdship (not out) 0, Williams, b Shatman 6, Besch, b Haynes 34; b 8, w 2.—Total, 105. B is h o p s S to r t f o r d . Rev. E. D. 8haw, c and b Holdahip .......... 3 Jones, c Williams, b H oldship......... ... 7 G. R. Brewis, b Hold­ ship ........................19 E.L.Swift, b Holdship 0 A. P. Sewell, o Williams,bHoldship 7 S.K. Snaiman. c Hold­ ship, b Thornton ... 4 G. E. B. Pritchett, b Thornton .......... G. P. Newport, b Holdship................. E. D. Agnew, b Thornton .......... W. A. Haynee, b Thornton .......... F. Chamley, not out B l, lb l .......... Total 2 0 2 . 47 HAMPSTEAD v. EALING (12 a-side).—Played at Hampstead on Jun616. E a l in g . First Innings. S. F. Wood, b Holdship, ... 2 M. A. Jaques, b Spoffortb, 13 H.G. Hili, b Spofforth ... 4 R.Green-Price, c Holdship, b Spofforth ................. A. P. Horden, c Besch, b H oldsh ip........................ 0 Second Innings. not out .......... 1 b Ppofforth ... 1 b H a 'e................. 0 8 b Fpofforth ... 0 H. R. Power, b Spofforth... 4 D. R. Dangar, b Spofforth 0 E. Jowitt, b Holdehip ... 3 A. L. Jackson, b Hale , 16 E. C. Johnson, bFpofforth 3 A. H. Gossage, b Spofforth 0 J. B. Duthie, not out ... 0 B 12, lb 2 .................14 c Spofforth, b Bale................. b Spofforth b M organ.......... c A’Deane, b Moreen .......... c Wilsor, b Hamilton c and b Spof- fcrth.............. st Moon, b Ha-nilton lbw, b Hale B 11, lb l ... T o t a l.................67 Total ... 29 H a m p s t e a d . W* R, Moon, lbw, b Duthie ................. 2 W. E. Hold hip, c Jaques, b H ill.......... 9 W. h . Hale, b Duthie 49 S. W, Farmiloe, c Jaques, b H ill......... 2 F. R. Spofforth, b John-on ................. 2 J. G. Q. Ee3Ch, b Jowitt........................21 P. F. Wilson, b Jowitt 10 E. W. Bishop,b Dan­ gar ........................... 12 W. W . A’Deane, o Johnson, b Dan­ gar ...........................26 D. II. Morgan, b Hill 0 H. T. Tewson. b Hill 0 C. D. Hamilton, not out ......................... 0 B 1), lb 2 ..........12 Total ..........145 SUNNINGDALE SCHOOL v. MORHMER SCHOOL—Played at Sunningdale School on June 13. M o r t im e r S c h o o l . N. Hendersor, b Strange ................ 0 E.Cadogan, bStrange 0 S.Trefuais, b Strange 5 W.Gallwey. c Lowry- Corry, b Craufurd... 24 R. Drammoni’ , b Strange ................. 0 D. Hay, b Craufurd... 1 F. Sutton, b Craufu: d 4 R. Hamilton, b Pige- Leschallas .......... 2 S. Denison, not out 3 A. Vi liers, b Muir- Mackenzie .......... 1 H. Troyte, b Pige- Leschallas .......... 0 Lb 2, w l , n b 2 ... 5 Tjtal ... 45 S u n n ik g d a l e S c h o o l . E. W. Eill-Thomson. c Sutton, b Hamil­ ton ...........................31 H. A. Lowry-Corry, b Gallwey .................. 7 K. J.Muir-Mackenzie, b Hamilton ..........16 H. Pige - Leschallas, not out ................... 10 A. P. Strange, c and b fia'lwey .......... M.J.C S. Johnstone, c Cadogan, b Gall­ wey ........................ R.E.Milner, b Hamil­ ton ........................ A. Craufurtl, not out Lb 2, w6, nb8 ... T o ta l..........97 L. J. M. Grant, A. E. A. Cowan, and J. H. Kemp- Welch did not bat. R e v is e d " L a w s o f C r i c k e t ” for 1894, together with Hints to Young Players, an instructive treatise illustrated by seven special engravings, five diagrams showing how to place a team in he field to different bowling, and copy of rules for guidance of those forming clubs, &c. Post free 4 stamps, of Wright and Co., 41 Et, Andrew’s Hill Dn-it^s’ Commons, E.C