Cricket 1894

JULY 5, 1894 OEICKET? A WEEKLY BECOED OF THE GAME* arm — this was the only occasion I saw him bowl this way—the Surrey batsmen were all at sea. Last week’s match will be remem­ bered for the splendid up-hill fight by Ernest Smith (112 in all), Wainwright (56), Moor­ house (57), and Mounsey (53), at the back end of Yorkshire’s second innings. The pace was hotter even than W .W . and BrockweU’s had been the day before. Smith was in about 90 minutes altogether, and a run a minute on th 9 part of hi? chums aroused tremendous enthusiasm in the Surrey ring. How they cheered Yorkshire at the finish. A delightful contrast to the sullen silence of the Sheffield crowd just a fortnight earlier. In three particulars these two matches furnished a parallel; Surrey won the toss each time; both were fin:sbed on the second d ay; whilst the 2G,839 who paid at the Oval were only just in advance of the 25,670 at Bramall Lane. I think I am correct in stating that, with the exception of the August Bank Holiday matches of recent years, there has never been such a crowd at any Surrey county match as was present on the opening day. Add to that, the third day’s gate at the end of the week, and that equally prolific Saturday afternoon gate when Middlesex went over the water, and the Surrey exchequer will probably be more flourishing than ever. Beaten, but not disgraced, may Sussex inscribe on theit escutcheon. 'Ihey have the satisfaction of knowing that under pre­ cisely equal conditions they made a far better fight than Yorkshire. Surrey scored 45 less against their bowling, whilst they scored 74 more against Surrey, than the Northern county had done. It was a splendid achievement to send Surrey in a second time to get 176 runs, after having to follow on with an adverse balance < f 158. Bean (50), Marlow (51>, and Murdoch (81) were in glorious trim, and an aggregate of 383, coming immediately after their scores against both Universities, convinces me of the pro­ foundness of the insight of an unknown cor­ respondent who a week ago wrote me— “ Wait for hard wickets, and then you will see what a grand batting team ours is.” Shall I be smiled or sneered at by the younger genera­ tion if I venture to urge that, taking all the conditions into account— the perfect wicket, and the ability of the Surrey batsmen—Alfred Shaw’s bowling on Thursday last—seven wickets for 69 runs—was almost the best of the whole season ? To me it is much more astonishing that after thirty years’ work a man should bowl almost as weli as ever, than that after the same length of service another man—W .G.— should bat almost as well as he ever did. Batting generally survives bowl- in g ; few great bowlers last much more than ten years ; many a batsman, to wit, Walter Bead, loses but little of his skill after twice as many years. Kent’s double victory requir. s moie space than I can spa-e. It’s Monday morning, and I must be off to Leeds to welcome Notts after their basting of Lancashire. Yorkshire must not hold them too cheaply to-d ay; with Gunn in form again, and Attewe’l quickly recovering his old cunning with the ba 1, and Flower.'*, though a veteran (for mav not a man claim that honorable desig­ nation in his eighteenth year?), as good as ever, there may be a su*prise in store at Leeds. One must congratulate Dafs on playing the best innings (85) that has ever appeared against his name. Ah !—Lanca­ shire—you are in a sorry plight; y~u were never so down on your luck during all the years I dwelt among you, nor do I remember since you opened fira in 1864 such a run of adverse fortune dogging your steps. W ith Mold away, Notts beat y o u , with Mold back again, and taking 13 wieke's to boot, Kent leave you 30 runs in the rear. But even belt r than their defeat of L an­ cashire (who, by the byerhave been thrashed by every county save Sussex) was Kent’s victoiy over Middlesex, Totals of 250 and 327 (6 wickets) prove that Kent must be regarded with something more than respect even by Surrey. All through the week Mason was at his very best, witness innings of 55, 43, 14 and 102—the latter, his first century in front rank cricket. Weigall was a capital second, with 15, 70 (not out), 65, and 35. Whilst Parson Bashleigb, who will always be remembered as the fir*t bats­ man to notch a century in his initial ’Varsity match, came out very strong against Middle­ sex 76 and 65. ' Hearne —10 wickets—did certainly one man’s work, but as he was not seconded by the batsmen—Ford’s 60 being the only innings above mediocrity, it is not to be wondered at that Kent ran home with nearly 200 runs in hand. S U R R E Y v. S U S S E X . T h e Surrey eleven brou gh t a b u sy w eek at the O val to a su ccessfu l close on Saturday evening w ith a victory over S ussex w ith a little over h a lf an h ou r to spare. 'W inning th e toss, Surrey w ere at th e w ickets till 5.80 on T hursday a fter­ n oon fo r a total of 356. A bel, w ho w ent in first, w as ou t fo r a single, bu t otherw ise th e early b a ts­ m en all did w ell, and w he i the lu n ch eon beli rang at tw o o’clo ck 152 had been got fo r the loss o f three w ickets. O n resum ing B r o c k w e ! con­ tinued to play fine crick et, and Mr. Jephson, w ho ha d helped him to add 108 in eighty m inutes, w as caught som e tim e before the profession al w as out. B rockw ell, w ho had scored 103 again st Y ork ­ shire, ju st m issed m aking tw o successive hu n ­ dreds. H e w as cau gh t at the w icket w hen he had g ot 93, a very fine display o f free and taking cricket, occu pyin g tw o hours and a h alf. Soon a fter his retirem ent M r. Read left, and though Mr. K ey and H ayw ard b oth le o t useful assistance, the later batsm en did little. A lfred Shaw fow led w ith rem arkable precision and judgm ent, and w hen he w as pu t o a fo r the last tim e he b ow led w ith rem arkable success, sending dow n 36 balls fo r tw elve runs a n d fou r w ickets. W 'ith R ich ard son aw ay Surrey w ere, o f course, w ithout their best bow ler, and B ean and M arlow , w ith som e little lu ck, g ot on so w ell on T hursday even­ in g that fifty runs w ere p u t on in th e last forty- five m inu tes w ith ou t th e loss o f a w ickec On F riday m orniD g thin~ s w ent very badly w ith the in-side, so m u ch so that th e n ot outs, as w ell as M essrs. M urdoch and H easm an, w ere all ou t for an addition o f only seventeen run. M essrs. N ew ham and Sm ith m ade a useful stm d , and subsequently M r. A rlington, the you n g Sussex am ateur, pu nished th e lob s o f M r. Jephson severely. Still, th s Surrey bow lers w ere never severely tried, and soon after lu n ch rn F riday th e inning 1 w as over fo r 193. B eing 158 b ehind Sussex had to follow o n , and it soon bee «me evident that on the fa st w icket,Surrey, w ith ou t R ich a rd -on , w ould have a lon g and tiring day in the field B ean and M arlow , though they had som e lu ck in placing the ball, p'ayed excellent cricket, and 93 had been g o t in an hour and a quarter, w hen B ean w as stum ped from a lo b fo r an e& trem ely usefu l score o f 50. Mr. M urdoch, w h o cam e next, hit his first b all to square-leg, b u t M aurice R ea d m isju d ged the catch , and the b atsm an escaped. A fter th a t he played in his very best form , and a fter losin g M arlow and M r. N ew ham , w as still in w hen pla y ceased o n F riday, w ith 218 up fo r the loss o f on ly three w ickets. M arlow and M r. N ew ham h id roth played excellent cricket. A s Sussex w ere then 60 ahead w ith seven w ickets still in hand, there w as every ch an ce o f a fu ll day’s cricket on Satur­ day. F orty w ere added b y M essrs. M urdoch and H easm an, and it look ed as if Surrey m ight have to play h ard even to save th e gam e. As it was. A bel’s b ow li g proved in valuable in the em ergency. H e had got Mr. N ew ham ’s w icket overnight, and on S aturday m orning he b ow led w ith su ch success that, th ou gh B u tt and H um phreys m ade a short and very useful stand, the innings w as com p leted in tw o hours and a h a lf fo r an addition o f 115 runs. Mr. M urdoch, w ho had seen 172 added w hile he w as in, played a great gam e fo r his side, and his 8), barring the ca tch direct y he w ent in, w as w orthy o f his best days. On a w icket still in excellent con d ition , and w ith three hours and a quarter still left fo r play, Surrey had at least a ch a n ce o f m aking the runs w ell w ithin the tim e. Still, th ey began in anything but a prom isin g fashion. A b el w as bow led off h is leg* again fo r a single, and though L ock w ood and R ead h it freely, tw o splendid ca tch es w h ich got rid o f M aurice R ea d and B rockw ell m ade the gam e again open. F ou r w ickets w ere dow n for 95 w hen M essrs R ead and Jephson got together, and 1h i ugh at fl st theform er w as anything but at h om e w ith H um p h reys’ lobs after a tim e w hen they settled dow n the result w as placed b eyon d a doubt. A t all events, the tw o oatsm en w ere together fo r a little under an h ou r and a half, and the w inning h it w as m ade ju st before six o ’clo ck b y Mr. Jephson. T h is gave Surrey their secon d victory o f the w eek, this tim e b y six w ickets. S u r r e y .— F irst Innings. M r. K. J. K ey, c Sm ith, b Shaw H ayw ard, c A rling­ ton, b S h a w ............ Street, b Shaw F. Sm ith, b Shaw ... W ood , n ot o u t............ B 23, lb 5. w l ... L ock w ood , c H eas­ m an, d G uttridge .. 41 Abel, c M urdoch, b S h a w ............................... 1 R ead, b f-haw ................27 B rockw ell, c B u tL, b G u ttrid g e ...................93 Mr. D . L . A. Jeph son , c H easm an, b Shaw 49 Mr. W . W . R ead, c H easm an, b G u t­ tridge ................. ... 4 I In th e S econd Innings L ock w ood scored c and b H um phreys 48, A bel, b G uttridge 1, R ead, c Shaw, b G uttridge 26, B rockw ell. c Hean, b H um phreys 7, J ephson (not ou t) 46, W . W . R ead (n ot ou t; i t ; b 5, lb 2.—T otal, 177. S ussex . S econd Innings. T otal ...356 F irst Innings. B ean, c W ood , b L o ck ­ w o o d .............................. , M arlow , b Sm ith M r. W . L . M urdoch, A bel, b L o ck w o o d ... ...2 1 st W ood , b Jeph­ son ................... £0 ... 83 c W ood, b L o ck ­ w ood ...............51 0 c Jeph son , b A b e l...................83 Mr. W . N ew ham , c a n d b J ep h son ............................. 28 c W . W . R ead, b A b e l.. 35 Mr. W . G. H easm an, Sm ith, b L o ck w o o d . M r. C. A . Sm ith, c W ood, b Street .............................30 b Street M r. G . H . A rlington, run ou t ......................................43 c R ead, b A bel 10 G uttridge, b S t r e e t ............ 3 st W ood , b Abel 7 B u tt,c Sm ith,b L o ck w o o d 16 1 c W ood , b A bel 49 .. 12 Jephson, A b e l........... H um phreys, c WTood, b S m ith ...................................... 1 n ot out Shaw, n o t out B 6, lb 2, w 1, n b 5 ... 14 8 b Sm ith B 6, n b 3 22 ... 16 ... 1 ... 9 T otal ....................198 T otal .i 333 B O W L IN G A N A L Y S IS . S u r r e y . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. O. M. R . W . O. M R .W . Shaw ............ 44.1 21 69 7 .............. 29 12 33 0 G uttridge ... 41 10 136 3 ........... 2 .4 7 62 2 Sm ith ............... 13 2 45 0 ............... 4 0 7 0 H u m p h rey s... 18 1 50 0 ............... 15 1 52 2 B ean ................. 7 0 27 0 ............... 2 0 11 0 S u sse x . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . L o ck w o o d ... 30 8 63 4 .................:-0 6 84 1 Sm ith ...............*5 4 8 5 ) 2 ............. 32 4 5 73 1 B rockw ell ... 2 0 It 0 ............. 10 2 23 d Street ..................13 7 £7 2 .............34 It 5 ! 1 J e p h s o n ............... 12 3 28 1 ............. 5 1 2» 1 H ayw ard ... 3 0 12 0 A b el ............58 9 55> 6 L o ck w o o d b ow ’ed seven n o-balls and on e w ide, and Street one no-ball. C L iP T O N v. D U L W IC a .—P layed tt C lap ton on June 27. C la pt o n . J.H. D ouglas,c D a-by, b T reeelliB ............64 F. A. B ish cr, csu b., b D arby .................... 16 E . O. P alm er, b T erry 83 H. A. B o y tm , b I re- g e lln s ............................ 9 A. 8. H att, b D arby .. 5 G. L . L yon s,c Brierly, b Brown ....................112 H . E . T riffo rd , b T otal tu b ................................... D ulw ich did n ot bat. W . F. G rant, ran ou t 21 A .E .M urton.bB row n 0 B. J. W aterer, n ot ou t ............................. 2 J. A. W aterer, b D arty ..................... 1 G. Stanley,c Erierly, b D a rb y ..................... 0 B 16, lb 5 ............21 ..842 C L A P T O N v. W A N S T E A D — P layed at W anstead on June 3). CliAPTON. A . S. H att, b R ob erts 16 H . V . C hichester, b R aison .....................10 R. R . B ruce, b R aison 0 W . H. N olloth, b R aison ..................... 0 S. A. Asser, c R aison, b J oh n son . ... <2 W .F .G ran t,b R obert* 2 H. E . Traffor.5, b R ob erts , K. E . D u m m it, b Raison ...................... 1 F. A. Boys, b J oh n ­ son ............................. 39 G . R. C rofts, n ot ou t 16 A. D yke, c Heath, b C ockett ... B ... T otal ...134 A. S. Johnson, A s s e r .................... O. R. B orrodaile, Asser ... W a n st e a d . b ... 41 b ... 23 J. Heath, n o to u t B 3, lb 2 ... ... 21 ... 5 T otal W , H. K eily, n ot ou t 19 * W orm esley, C. R aison, P. S ne'l, E . C ocket1, C. R ou*rtp, P. B anks, and K C hilm an did not bat.