Cricket 1894

AUG. 16, 1894 CRICKET j A WEEKLY BE CORD OF THE GAME) 328 invaluable stand of 72 was made by Jackson (34) and Brown (42) in the second innings, after Lord Hawke and Tunnicliffe had literally thrown away their wickets, and Yorkshire running up 217, won easily by 102 runs. Thus they have amply atoned for their double defeat of 1893 at the hands of their old rivals. It is much to be regretted that Lancashire can’t find one decent change bowler; as usual, Briggs and Mold took nineteen wickets between them. In Yorkshire there is endless variety in the bowling, Jackson’s four for 14 at the last stage coming out best. And what aglorious fielding team his Lordship bosses. Brown is a new man at point, but he is alreadyhard to beat. Better fielding I never want to see, nor worse either. Some of us set great store by it. But all-round this match was noteworthy in this important item. Only one real catch was missed through­ out, and that none too easy; but it made all the difference. Ernest Smith is scarcely the man to be let off first ball. Tindall put in some marvellous work, and Briggs, as always, proved to be as well worth watchiDg a3 any cricketer living. I like the way he feeds batsmen ; Peel won’t ; but Briggs must have regretted Smith was not slamming him at Old Trafford, for he would certainly have been caught there from hits that landed the ball either amongst or over the ring at Bradford. And what of other matches ? I can’t tackle them. The weather everywhere is just disgraceful. Fancy a wet Canterbury Week, Monday a complete blank, Wednesday not much better ; and never once a sound firm wicket. Averagesare getting knocked about. Surrey, however, seem to be favoured. A drawn game would be a novelty for them. Like Yorkshire, they put on two more victories last week, and at present there is “ nothin?, in it,” seeing that Yorkshire have been robbed out of a match. Perhaps Kent will not wish the match to be played that should have come off at Bradford. I don’t think it would end differently from the tussle of last week, Parson Rashleigh (38 and 44) got his share of the gross total of 239. So did Brown—95 (not out) out of Yorkshire’s score of 213. The second scorer of Kent— Mason (42)—can claim 18 more than the second best Yorkshireman. Walter Hearne’s failure with the ball, on awicket that seemed made for him, was most disappointing, whilst, on the other hand, Peel and Wain wright have not bowled so well in the same match for a long time, taking nine wickets apiece. Canterbury Week of sunniest mem­ ories to myself, has usually seen the Lion of Kent rampant, if not triumphant. A draw with Warwickshire much in Kent’s favour will scarcely atone for their break-down against Yorkshire, nor is the gate money for the week likely to come anywhere near last year's returns of £1158. One is glad the London public have not followed the example set at Nottingham whenever Notts are playing. Surrey and Notts might have been playing the crucial game of 1892 over again, judging by the com­ pany (33,000) gathered to witness the Bank Holiday fight. Though nobody anticipated a reversal of public form. Notts have no surprise up their sleeve—rarely indeed have they ever had one; they always play for all they are worth, and how much that is this year we know to a nicety. Brockwell’s fifth century was no surprise, but his effort at Taunton later on was: 106 (not out), 0, and 1 constitute a pleasing variety, if nothing else. Notts’ failure—stopping at 73—was disgrace­ ful with Lockwood disabled, and the fresh start promised no better result. However Dixon (51) and Wright (73) stopped the rot, or at any rate checked it. Dixon has done nothing since his century (106) against Warwickshire,and it may be doubtful whether Wiight has ever played a better innings for his county. Nothing avail d to prevent a one-innings defeat, Notts’ fourth in succession against Surrey. They still have a bigleadon all matches played since 1851, havingwon 34 to Surrey's 26, 10 being drawn. Bawlin and O’Brien certainly sent Middle­ sex home first in their race with Somerset­ shire. Only a difference of 19 points at the finish. Bawlin scored an innings of 85, and took ten wickets for 81, whilst T.C. scored one of 110 (not out), as fine an effort as he has notched since his famous 100 (not out) againBt Yorkshire in 1889. Stoddart badly wants a hard wicket. Hedley and Tyler took 19 wickets between them, and Hill (79) did quite his share. Somersetshire may find comfoit in the reflection that losing the toss meant losing the match, were not the Surrey match too recent to admit of such an excuse. Another near thing—a fourwickets defeat in a match where 129 was the leger innings. Where’s Maurice Bead 1 My boy writes me that he saw him umpire for Surrey second at Northampton last week. I should fancy the Taunton folks have had enough cricket of late; it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Since July 23 there has been only one interval of three days : since then Lancashire, Kent, Sussex, Middlesex, Surrey, and Notts (this week) have all figured there. Had the home team been victorious through­ out, the locals could not, perhaps, have had a surfeit of cricket. Congratulations in abundance to Sussex. One more victory. Tbe Oxford captain scored a century—his first for the county. And Parris, following up his success against Kent (ten for 61), bowled in as wonderful form as any bowler of the year—fifteen wickets for 98. Gloucestershire are now at the bottom. I hope W.G. won’t kill young Townsend, but to keep him on for two and a half hours without a change was a shocking instance of misjudgment. When W.G. captains England, there is no better leader; one can’t say as much for him in County matches. When did Gloucestershire compel Middlesex, or, indeed, any other front-rank County, to follow-on? Board’s unfinished 84 was the last wonder of the cricket world. Then Middlesex applied the closure, and almost won after all. P.S.—Hampshire have recently beaten Essex, Derbyshire, and Warwickshire. No wonder Derbyshire ask that Hampshire shall next year beadmitted intothe first class com­ petition. They should onform. If so, theywill only resume a position they held thirty years ago, when the brothers Ede, Lucas, Tubb, Ubsdell, ifoutherton, and a namesake of mine kept that county in the first rank—‘he county fromwhich came the famous Hamble- don Club, and which can claim to have been the cradle of cricket. Derbyshire should not have made public the M.C.C. circular to the counties respecting the future of county cricket. Nowthatthey have,let me remark (1), that I am delighted that county cricket should be left to the M.C.C.: I would have no County Cricket Council again. But (2) the M.C.C. must lay down the system on which the positions of the several counties may be determined. The public has so much at stake to-day in county cricket, that it will never rest satisfied that the M.C.C. at the close of the season should arrange the order of merit. Of course, no plan will give perfect satisfaction until every one of the thirteen or fourteen counties p'ays every other, as I devoutly hope will be the case before long. W e s t ’ s P o c k e t B c o b e B o ok con ta in s am ple ro o m fo r keeping B ow lin g A nalysis, & c., fo r 48 innings. In use by all prin cip al C lubs. P o st free la. ljd ., o f W right & C o., 41, St. A ndrew ’s Hill D o cto rs' C om m on s, B.C. C RO YD O N v. A D D IiO O M BE.—Played at Addis- com be on August 6. A d MSCOMBE. G . A . M artin cLavers, b H ardy .'...................85 A . P u lford , c W il­ liam s, b H ardy ... 17 S. C. PurBer, b B agott 9 H. R . H ulbert, b B ag­ ott ............................. 0 B. M artyr,b W illiam s 3 H . G . Roberts, run o u t ............................. 2 H . Clark, b B a g o tt ... D. M . R oberts, c and b 1 a v e r s .................... J. J. Sm allw ood, b B a g ott ..................... P. 8. L on g, 1‘- jw , b L avers ..................... F . W . Straker, n ot out ............................. B !5 , lb 3, w 2 ... C b o id o n . F irst Innings. T otal R . A rcher, b M artin 1 R . D . D algliesh, c L . K. W atson,run ou t 0 Straker, b R oberts 8 C. P. W icks, c H ulW .H . B agott.c L ong, bert, b P u rser............ 1 b R oberts ............ 1 J, Aris, lbw , b M arE . A. W illiam s, c tin ............................. 37 Robert?, b Sm all­ N. L avers, b M artin 13 w ood ..................... 12 C. W . W oolcott, n ot J. H. H ardy, b P u r­ out ............................. 12 ser .............................. 9 H. W .W ard.b R ob erts 1 B 8 , lb 3, n b l ... 7 T o t a l ............ 97 Iu the S econd Innings W atson scored, b Strafee* 9, W icks, lbw , b C lark 15, A ris, b S m allw ood 12- LaverB {not oat) 5, W oolcott, c and b C lark 8, Dal- giiesh (n ot out) 6, W illiam s, b Clark 8 ; b 3, lb 1, w 1.— T ota l 68 CRO Y D O N y. M IT C H A M -P la y e d at M itcham on A ugust 11. C k o id o n . H .R .G room .cR hodes, b T . P . H arvey ... 3 C. W . M. F eist, c C larke, b H arris ... 0 A. E . Clarke, b H arris 2 T. A. W atson , n ot ou t S3 J. W hitcom b,cK n ight, b H arris ... ............ 5 G. F. L ong, b T. P. H a ivey ..................... 1 C. G . M ay, b H arris 6 L .K .W atson ,c Edgar, b H ussey.....................15 C. W . W oolcott, b H ussey ..................... 0 A. W . Cooper, b H ussey ..................... 8 E. H .B alch, b H arris 0 B .............................. 7 T otal , 65 M it c h a m . N. A . H arvey, c and b F e is t ..................... ... 12 T. P. Harvey, c and b Clarke .....................36 n. P illin ger, b R aich 3 F . Harris, c G room , b F e is t ..............................11 W . R hodes, c D. K . W atson, b F e ist... 6 A. F . Clarke, c W hit­ com b , b F eist ... 1 not W . H ussey, out .............................. 5 J. C a f f a r e y , b F eist............................. 2 A. W . E dgar, not out .............................. (1 B 4 , lb 4 ............ 8 T otal ... 84 F . K night and W . D artnell did n ot ta t. B U C K H U R ST H IL L (2) v. L O U G H T O N P A R K .— P layed at B uckhurst Hill on A ugust 11. L o u q h t o n P a r k . FI, N orton, b M egson 19 ] L. M ollett, c and b W . Sharp, c Sheldon, j Roper ..................... b M egson ..................... 2 W . E d w a r d s , b R . S harp, c P h illips, R op er ..................... * H . Sharp, c H arding, b R o p e r ..................... H . C uthtert, not out .............................. Extras ..................... b M e g s o n ................... 0 G. G riffen, b S heldon 2 G. H itch , c Barwell, b R op er.............................13 A. M ayor, b M egson 7 A. E dw ards,c D avies, b P h illip s.................... 11 T otal B cck jr tm K H il l . 8 0 0 0 7 67 T. S. Barwell, b H itch 2 L . F rost,c Molletfc, b T. M . H arding, e M itch ..................... 13 G riffen, b H itch ... 6 J. F . R op er, b H. M egson, b N orton 19 S harp ..................... 0 A. F . A . B arnardo, b G . A. T everson, b H itch ............................. 9 H itch ..................... 4 J. J.S h eldon , b H itch 8 S. H . D avies, n ot W . J. Phillips, st on t .............................. 6 Sharp, b H itch ... 0 B ............................. 1 E .B arw ell, c Sharp, b — S harp............................. 6 T ota l ............ 71 E v ery cricketer should send 7 stam ps to the office o f this pa per fo r this year’s C e io k c T C a l e n d a r (27th y ear o f issue). It con tain s chief fixtures fo r the season arranged in ch -o n o lo g ica l order, table for registration o f players in m atches to com e, pages for the insertion o f oth er engage­ m ents, L aw s o f C ricket, etc., etc. H andy size fo r the pocket, bound in c lo th ; in leather w allets gilt lettering, Is. 6d.