Cricket 1894

AUG. 23, 1894 « C I E h A WEEKLY EE COED OF THE GAME-. 339 draw the line there. On the first day the odds were a kingdom to a hay seed on York­ shire, as they left off with 68 runs to the good and six wickets intact. On the Tues 'ay there was aglorious fight. A transformation scene, and my county had to play hard right up to the finish. Middlesex lost the match within two hours of the start; 98 was an inglorious show on the part of able ba’smen; indeed, in their twenty innings there was no higher score than 27. O’Brien’s absencemay have made a big difference, as T.C. is just the man to stop a rot and force the pace. Just lately, too—witness the Somersetshire match—he has been at his best. I thought the colt Warner,who the daybeforehad scored a capital double not out against Gloucester­ shire, might have appeared with advantage. Yorkshire’s first innings was about as lucky a performance as I have ever seen—mind you, I don’t say that Jackson (91), the Cap­ tain (25), and Peel (39) did not play uncom­ monly well under Ihe conditions. Peel did especially; but it was wonderful how often the ball all but hit the stumps—an extra coat of varnish would have done the trick. And what say of 6 wickets falling for 17 runs on the Tuesday, when only four had previously registered 167 ? Yorkshire had to strain every nerve to get the 68 runs required in the fourth innings. If A. J. had not missed Smith soon after he cime in, Yorkshire might have gone down a point. Two wickets went with the score at a tie. Umpires I regard as infallible, I do really— this is not a joke—but ageneral andemph stic appeal for a catch at wicket against Hawke the first ball of the second innings almost upset my creed. A lot was said of Webbe’s prolonging the g5me tenminutes beyond the hour for drawing in order to finish the mafch. “ Most sportsmanlike.” Say rather, most sensible4 That did not cost Middlesex the match, it probably cost Yorkshire tbe wickets of Peel and Smitb, who were dismissedwhen only onerun was wantedto win. The bowling was great on both sides. liawlin, almost a veteran (37 years, well nigh) seems, like good wine, to improve by age; he is not f ir removed from the best all-round men of the present day. He took 12 for 75, being un­ playable on the second morning. Wain­ wright all but established a record in York­ shire cricket with his nine wickets in one innings ; so wonderful was his off-break that the Middlesex batsmen seemed to be in des­ pair of playing it by correct cricket, and went in for swiping, and trusting to luck. A pity he did not get the tenth. He did get them all against Staffordshire in 1890, but neither he nor any other Yorkshire- man has secured all the ten in first- class cricket. Nin8 wickets appear to the credit of Emmett twice, v. Notts in 1868, and Cambridgeshire in 1869; Preston had nine M.C.C. wickets in 1888, so had Foster in June last. Middlesex are dead out of luck’s way just now, their last three matches resulting in ofie loss, and twodraws considerably in their favour. Their last was against Notts, who wanted 123 run3and had lost five of their best wickets. Watson’s aggregate of 103 was far and away the best for Middlesex ; one does intensely long for Stoddart to break his spell of luck before he leaves for Australia. Last year he had a bad August up to the Scarbrrough Festival, when a brilliant inniogs of 127 came from his bat. The young Notfs bowler—7 for 75—con­ firmed his previous efforts against Somerset­ shire and Gloucestershire. I do wish Hand- ford may prove worthy to stand in the royal succession of great Notts bowlers. But nine bowlers on in an innings of only 294 tell a deplorable tale. It is most gratifying that Wright (77) is doing better than perhaps ever before for his County ; an enthusiastic sportsman deserves well at the hands of for­ tune. Gunn, however, is still Notts’ sheet- anchor, and b y fair m ean3 or foul he ouoht to be made to go to Australia. Like Sugg, he has this year shown a marked preference for Somersetshire bowling, a hundred in each match and almost the double .barrel in the return. I was awfully disappointed, after learning from the Cricket evening that Gunn was not out 89 on Tuesday, to find next morning tha*; he was out, and to a ball he should have thumped to the boundary. One doesn’t want this two-century trick to be repeated too often, it must never become one of the commonplaces of batting; but on-5 wouldlike to seethe names of at least Shrews­ bury and Gunn in tbis select column. Shall we ever now? Wright scored another 70 in this match, which rain stopped when Notts looked like getting home leagues in advance of the men of the West. Poor Gloucestershire! but what e’se can you expect when in a match in which their opponents—K<nt—scored only 266 runs in all, one bowler takes two wickets at a cost of 88 run», another six wickets for 22 runs? It is inexcusable. I know nothing about Jessop, but at any rat9 just now he should have ample trial. Where is Newnham ? At Leeds he bowled as well as any bowler on either side, taking seven wickets for 40 runs Walter Hearne’s analysis had a welcome lift—10 for 108. The Kentish parson is batting so splendidly in every match that one regrets his inability to p^ay more fre quently. “ Weren’t Sussex sucked ?” whatever that may mean. I give the words as they were spoken by a youth rising twelve years. He was referring to their match with Hamp­ shire. The latter can’t be left out in the cold next year. Their four last matches all wins, and at the cost of Essex, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, and Sussex. Barton, Hill, Wynyard,and Ward are batsmen any County would be proud to possess. Moral .—Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched; which being rendered in cricket terms, reads thus :—Never apply the closure too early. Has the present week a surprise in st or e THE GENTLEMEN OF HOLLAND IN ENGLAND. E IG H T H M A TC JH .-v. H A S T IN G S AN D ST . L E O N A R D S . P layed at H astings on A ugust 15. G entlem en o f H ollan d w on on first in nings by six runs. G e n t l e m e n o p H o l l a n d . H a st in g s a n d S t . L e o n a r d s . H. L ove, b T rom p de f R ev. H . C. L ennox- H a a s ..................................10 L avender, b P ost­ h um a .............................. 5 E . J. M cC orm ick, b P osth u m a ............13 J.O .H artley,b T rom p de Haas ........... 5 II. W .T indali, b P ost­ hum a ........... ............ 2 H . H em m ings,b P ost- T otal h u m a .............................. 4 D r. A. J. B a con , b T rom p de H aas ... 0 F irst Inning?. Second Innings. J. C. S chroeder, b L enox- T indall .................... 1 run ou t ............ 6 E . B ourlier, c L ove, b L a v e n d e r ............................. 1 c L ove, b L aven- de .................... 5 W . B . S olom on , b L aven ­ der ...................................... 6 c H . T indall, B a l l .................... 19 J. E . ^\iss, c H . Tindall, b L avender ............................. 22 b H a r tle y ............ 3 C. J. P osth u m a, b L aven ­ der ............................................. 0 b B a ll.................... 15 E. H oeffelm an, c and b L avender ............................ 15 b L ennox-T indall 3 P . li. T rom p de H aas, b C lark ...................................... 3 b L avender 11 W . J?’. P roost, ru n out ... 1 b B a l l .................... 2 J. H isgio, c Lavender, b C la r k ...................................... 2 n ot ou t ............ 0 J. W V anderbosch, c H. T indall, b H artley............ 25 n ot o u t ............ 0 J . W . G . C oops, n ot out... 8 B 11, lb 2 .................... 13 B 11, lb 5 ... 16 T ota l .................... 97 T otal 80 T indall, n ot ou t ... 17 A. Clark, b P ost­ hum a .....................11 H. S. Johnstone, b P osthum a ...........11 W. H . B all, b T rom p de Baas ............ 0 B 12, lb 1 ............13 91 N IN T H M A T C H —v . S O U T H S A X O N 3. P layed a t S t. L eonards on A ugust 16. D raw n E o u t h S a x o n s P ap illon , I H . G P osthum a D ’A. J. B acon , b T r >mp de H aas ... 0 G . K . P ap illon , b P osthum a ........... 4 H enson, c C oops, b T rom p de H aas ... 26 R ev. H. U. L en n ox- T indall, c T rom p de H aas, b P ost­ h u m a .............................63 T ota l A . H. C olville, run ou t .............................23 G e n t le m e n o f H o ll a n d . H . W . T indall, c fiisgen, b T rom p de H a a s .................... 6 W . B easley, a b-en t 0 C C. Sharpe, b P ost- h am a ..................... 8 A. K. N. C ow per- Colss, b P osth u m a 7 T . Paris in, n ot o u t ... 0 ... 10 ...149 E . Schroeder, b li. C. T ir d i l .......... E . H oetfelm an, run ou t .............................12 W . B . S olom on, c s u b , b H . O. T in- dail .............................58 E . W eiss, b H . C. T indall .....................16 T otal C. J. P osth u m a, c Sharpe, b H. C. T indall ..................... 7 W . V an den B osch a n d J. W . G. Coop3 did not bat. P .R .T rom p de H aas, n ot ou t ... ............25 E .B oulier, b H en son 0 W. F. P roost, b H en­ son .............................. 0 H . H isgen, n ot o u t ... 7 B 7, lb 1 ............ 8 ...138 T E N T H M A T C 3.—-v. G E N T L E M E N O P S U R R E Y . Played on R ich m on d A th letic G round on A ngus 17 and 18. G entlem en o f Surrey w on b y 192 runs. G e n tl e m e n o f S u r r e y . F irst Innings. S econd Inn'ngs. W . B. P entelow , c P o st­ hum a, b T rom p de Haas 10 b P osth u m a ... 15 H .H Jupp, c S chroeder, b P o sth u m a ............................. 6 b T rom p de H a a s ................... 5 G . H Stephenson, b P o s t­ hum a .......................................... 12 run cu t ............. 1 L . M ortim er, c and b P o st­ hum a ...................................... 8 c and b S olom on 35 M . E . P avri, run out ... 40 b P osth u m a ... 33 R . Barker, b T rom p de H aas ...................................... 9 c S olom on, b P osth n m a ... £6 H .R .P arkes, c H oeffelm an, b Jrom p de H a a s............. 0 b P osth u m a ... 0 A . H. Sutherland, b S olo­ m on ............ ............ 17 b P osth u m a ... 18 H . Cundell, st Schroeder, b P osth u m a .....................11 st Schroeder, b P o3thum a ... 23 E . N .C a 'lt n , n ot out ... 13 n o to u t .............. l A , F. Clarke, I qw , b W eiss 18 b P osth u m a ... 11 B 2 , l b l , w 2 .....................5 B 3, ib 1, w 1 5 T otal ............ „ . 149 T o t a l... ... 203 G e n tl e m e n of H o l la n d . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. E .H oeffe’m an, b M ortim er 7 c Clarke, b M or­ tim er ............ 3 P. R . T rom p de H aas, c Jupp, b M ortim er,.................14 c Stevenson, b P avri ............ 3 W . S olom on, c B arker, b M o r t im e r ............................... 0 b J u p p ... ... ... 8 F . W eiss, st Clarke, b Jupp ........................................ 0 c M ortim er, b P *vri.................. 4 C. J. P osthum a, c Steven­ son, b J u p p .........................i i c Barker, b P en­ telow ......... 9 J. C. Schroeder, c Carlow , b P entelow ........................28 c Stevenson, b P entelow ... 26 E F ourlier, b P a v r i.............16 b P avri ........... 2 J. Bisgen, run ou t ............. 0 c M ortim er, b P entelow ... 7 F . W . V an den B osch n ot ou t ........................................ 1 c Sutherland, b P avri ......... 8 W . F . P roost, b P ente­ low ............................. ... 0 c M ortim er, b P en telow ......... 0 W . C oops, lb w , b P avri ... 0 n ot out .......... o B 8, lb 4 .............12 L b .................................... 1 Total Total ... 71