Cricket 1894

340 miGKETg A WEEKLY BECOKB Of TEE <&AME> AUG. 28, 1894 T H E C H E L T E N H A M W E E K . G L O U C E S T E R S H IR E v. K E N T . 5 {T h e G loucestershire E leven finished, as they h ad com m en ced, th e O nelcenham W eek in gloriou sly, losing their secon d m a tch on Saturday b y 84 runs. T h e rain, w h ich has spoiled crick et everyw here ju st lately, had been in evidence in C heltenham up to the foren oon o f T hursday, and, indeed, the gam e cou ld n ot b e com m en ced till p a st one o ’clock . A s th e w icket was, K en t got a great advantage in w inning th e toss, and did fairly to rea ch a total o f 161 as th e ou tcom e o f three hours and a h a lf’s cricket. O f this sum M essrs. R ash- Jeigh and M ason con trib u ted 8 j in excellen t style, though the latter m ight have been cau gh t w hen ha ha d on ly g ot a cou p le. G loucestershire had a little over a quarter o f an hour fo r batting on T hursday night, in w h ich tim e they on ly scored six run s at a cost o f tw o batsm en, M essrs. T ow n ­ send and R ice. On F riday m orning thin gs w ent bad ly fo r G loucestershire, and in spite o f a useful 16 by W .G ., and som e free hitting by M r. Jessop, th e score w as on ly 55 w hen the seventh w icket fell, A follow -on then seem ed fairly certain, b u t a plu ck y stand b y M es3r3. E . M. G ra ce and P age realised 24 o f the 27 h elped to prevent this, and w hen the te ith w icket fell G loucestershire Were on ly 61 behind. A lec H earne’s bow lin g at the finish w as specially notew orthy. H e took the last three w ickets at a cost o f on ly on e run G oin g in a secon d tim e, K ent started rem arkably w ell, M essrs. M ason and M arch m t pu ttin g on 51 fo r the first w icket. A fter that the bow ler3 w ere seen to better advin ta ge, and alth ou gh M essrs. R ashleigh and W eigall w ere together fo r som e tittle tim e, the innings closed fo r an addition of only 43 ruus. A s w ill be seen, seven o f th e eleven m ade on ly seven runs betw een them . A t th e finish Mr. Jessop b ow led five overs fo r tw o runs and three w ickets. W ith 170 to w in G loucestershire had, as the w icket w as, a very difficult task, and w ith h a lf th e side ou t fo r 32, any outside ch a n ce they m ig h t have had w as gone. M essrs. P age and T ow n sen d w ere the first to m ake a stand, and by th e finish on F riday, b y plu ck y crick et, th ey had added 33 w ith ou t being separated. On Saturday m orn in g the m a tch w as soon over. O f th e tw o n ot outs, Mr. P age,w ho added four, alone increased his score, and as the five rem aining w ickets were dism issed fo r an addition o f tw enty runs, K ent w ere 81 runs to th e g ood at the finish. In the m a tch W alter H earne took ten G loucestershire w ickets fo r 93 runs. K e n t . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. M r. J. R . M ason, c B oard, b W . G . G r ic e .....................40 c T ow n send, b R o b e r t s ............26 M r.F. M archant, c Jessop , b R o b e r t s ............................. 6 c P a g e,b R ob erts 36 M r. L . W i’son, b R ob erts 5 b F erris ............ 0 A. H earne, c E . M . G race, b T ow n sen d ..................... l cJ e3 sop ,b F erris 3 R ev.W .R ash leigh .b J essop 45 b Jessop ............21 M r. G . J. V . W eigall, c B oard, b R ob erts ............11 c F ran cis, b T ow n sen d ... 11 M r. H . C. Stew art, c P age, b Jessop ..............................21 run oufc ............... 2 M r. M . C. K em p, c R ice, b F e r r is ......................................15 b J essop .............. 2 W righ t, n ot o u t ..................... 6 n ot ou t ............ 0 M artin, c P ainter.b Fe ris 3 b Jessop ............ 0 W . H earne, b Jessop ... 1 run o u t ............ 0 B 5, lb 1, n b l ............ 7 B ..................... 4 T ota l .....................161 T o ta l ...105 G l o u c e s t e r sh ir e . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. M r. C. L . T ow n send, c M ason, b W . H earne ... 4 b W . H earne ...1 1 M r.R .W .R ice,lbw ,b M artin 2 b A. H earne ... 0 M r.H .H . F rancis, b M artin 8 st K em p, b W . H earne ............ 5 M r. W . G . G race, c A., b W . H earne............................. 16 c W ilson , b W . H earne ............11 M r. J. J. F erris, b M artin 1 b W . H earne ... 1 P ainter, c M artin, b W . H earne .............................. 1 b A. H earne ... 14 M r. G. L . Jessop, c M ar- chant, b W . H earne ... 20 c W . H earne, b M artin .......... 2 M r. H . V . Pa^e, n ot o u t ... 28 c S tew art, b M artin ............23 M r.E .M .G race,bA . H earne 10 c Stew art, b W . H earne ............ 7 B oa rd , c and b A. H earne 3 b W . H earne ... 2 R ob erts, c K em p, b A. H carn c .............................. 0 n o t ou t ............ 2 B ...................................... 4 B 3, lb 4............ 7 M otal .....................97 T o ta l ... 85 BO ft L IN G A N A L Y S IS . K e n t . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. O . M . R . W . O. M . R . W . T ow n sen d ... 80 8 691 ............... 8 1 31 1 R o t e f t s .............. 29 15 383 ............... 13 5 20 2 F erris .............. 23 8 3 22 ............... 9 3 24 2 W . G. G race... 6 1 131 ............... 5 0 36 0 Jessop ............ 11.2 6 12 3 ............ 9 5 10 3 F erris delivered on e no-ball. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . F irst Innings. O. M . R . W . W . H earne ... 23 9 53 4 M artin ............. 21 10 39 3 A . H earne ... 3.4 2 1 3 S econ d Innings. O. M R . W . . ...22 8 40 6 . ...8.3 3 11 2 . ... 17 8 27 2 S U R R E Y v. L A N C A S 3 IR E . T h e rain, w h ich delayed the com m encem ent of this m a tch at th e O val till F rida y m orning, n aturally h ad such an effect on the grouud that there w as every ch a n ce o f the gam e being m ostly in fa v ou r o f the bow lers. T h e w icket, too. ow ing to occa sion a l rain fall, never had an opportunity o f drying, and as a con sequen ce th e crick et was hard ly a reliable test o f the real m erits o f the tw o sides. T h ou gh Surrey w on the toss, th ey certainly gained n o advantage in going in first, and, indeed, later in the day L an cash ire fou n d the w icket faster and run-getting m ore easy. A t the outset Briggs m ade th e ball do a g ood deal, and A bel, L ockw ood, B rockw ell, and Mr. R ead all fell to h im , w ith the to ta l on ly 23 on th e fa ll o f the fou rth w icket. H ayw ard and S treet w ere th e first pa ir to m ake a stand, and w hen the form er, w h o had been in over an h ou r fo r 16, w as caught, the total w as 53 w ith h a lf th e side out. Street, from the tim e he want in, played w ith great confidence, and his batting w as th e one featu re o f Surrey’s innings. He m ade 48 o f the last 69 runs, and considering the con d ition o f the ground, the excel'en ce o f the bow ling and fielding, and how the oth er bats­ m en had failed, h is ju d iciou s and plu ck y cricket m erited the highest praise. H e ou gh t to have been caught in th e lon g field w hen h e had m ade 23, b u t otherw ise th e L an cash ire fielding was all rou n d distinctly above the average, Bardsw ell, at short-slip, in particular, m aking som e fine catch es. Surrey’s innings, w h ich had lasted tw o h ou rs and a half, on ly produ ced 97 runs, thanks chiefly to the effective bow ling o f Briggs, w h o dism issed seven batsm en at a cost o f only 46 runs. T hough M r. M cL aren and W ard pu t on the first tw enty runs fo r L an cash ire in less than a quarter o f an hour, L ock w ood and R ichardson fou n d so m u ch help from th e ground that the score w as only 46 w hen the sixth w icket fell. A t th a t tim e it quite look ed as if Surrey w ould, after a'l, have an advantage on the first innings. W hen thin gs w ere going altogether against their side, how ever, M r. T in d all and T insley show ed great nerva as w ell as ju dgm en t, and their partner­ ship o f 37 runs fo r the seventh w icket w as invalu­ able fo r L ancashire. Sm ith, too, played a resolute gam e, and as the last fou r w ickets added no less than 101, w hen th e innings closed L ancashire had a very useful lead, as the w icket w as, o f 50 runs, W o o d w as in great form fo r Surrey, ca tch in g fou r b atsm en w hile standing back, besides stum ping one. F orty m in u tes w ere left for batting on F rida y w hen Surrey w ent in a secon d tim e, and w ith th e light at tim es a little t ying, fared very badly. L o c k w o o l w as w e 'l cau gh t at point, and b efore th e close n ot on ly w as A bel bow led, but H ayw ard and B rockw ell w ere also dism issed by sm art catch es at short-slip. A yres and W o o d then played ou t tim e, w ith fou r o f S urrey’s b itsm en out fo r 41. A s they w ere still 9 runs b ehind w hen play began on Saturday m orning, th e ch a n ces o f the h om e team saving th e gam e w ere apparently very sm all. B y steady crick et A yres and W ood added 22, and Mr. R ead, w h o carried out h is hat fo r 33, an extrem ely w ell played innings, received useful assistance from Street, w h oh elp sd to add 28 fo r tb e seventh w icket W ith 105 up, or 55 on, Surrey's position w as m u ch better, but Mr. K ey, S m ith, and R ich ard son on ly scored 9 betw een them , so that th e innings closed fo r an addition o f on ly nine runs. B riggs’ bow lin g w as again very effective. In the m atch he to o k thirteen Surrey w ickets fo r 93 runs. T h ou gh L ancashire on ly w anted 75 to w in, there w ere still som e w h o th ou gh t Su-rey had m ore than an outside chance. L o ck w o o d soon show ed that h e w ou ld have seriously to be reckon ed w ith, and as in his first over he g ot rid o f b oth W ard and Sugg, Surrey began to realise that they had a look in. H eavy rain shopped play at 1.4% and on resum ing after the lu n ch eon interval L ick w o o d and R ich ard son bow led w ith such success that Paul, Briggs, and B aker w ere dism issed, the score w hen the last nam ed w ent show ing on ly nine runs w ith h a lf the side out. A fine ca tch b y A bel got rid o f M r.M cLaren, w h o had been iu fo rty m inutes fo r six, and w hen on e run later M r. T indall skied cn e to A b el at short slip, seven batsm en had been g ot rid o f fo r only 26 runs. A victory fo r Surrey then seem ed a m ere m atter o f tim e, as 49 were still w anted to w in w ith only three w ickets in hand. A t the crisis, how ever, T in sley and Sm ith played very fine cricket, and as they added 30 w ith little sign o f getting out, H ayw ard relieved R iohards m. T he change soon w ork ed ,an d six runs later Sm ith, w ho h a d show n great nerve and judgm ent, w as e isily cau gh t at cover-point. W ith on y ten to win, M r. B ardsw ell cam e in, and as eight o f these were q u ick ly got, the gam e seem ed over. W ith only on e ru n to tie, the am ateur w as caught by the w icket-keeper standing back, and M old, th e last batsm an, cam e in. T h e new com er in backing up w as very nearly run out, and then T insley gave a rather difficult ch an ce to B rockw ell in the slips, w h ich w as n ot accepted. T he fieldsm an, though he prevented th e b all going to the pavilion, gave one run w h ich m ade a tie, and then w ith the gam e still a tie, M old w as caught b y W o o d standing ta ck . T here w as naturally great excitem ent at the finish, and it w as som e tim e before the enthu­ siasm of the sp ectators subsided. O f T insley’s b attin g to o m u ch ca n n ot be said in praise. He show ed con su m m ate ju dgm en t and pluck, and his efforts deserv ed a better result. L ock w ood ’s bow ling at the finish w as quite ex cep tion a l H is six w ickets on ly cost 30 runs, and it w as rather hard lu ck that h e did not pu ll th e m a tc l off for his side. S u r r e y . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings. A bel, c P aul, b Briggs ... 5 b M o ld .....................13 L ock w ood , c B ardsw ell, b B r ig g s ...................................... 7 c P aul, b M old .. 13 H ayw ard, c B ardsw ell, b B rig g s..................... ................16 c B ardsw ell, b B riggs ... 0 B rockw e’ l, b B r ig g s ............. 1 c B ardsw ell, b B riggs ............ 5 M r. W . W . R ea d, c W ard, b Briggs .......................... 8 n o t o u t ..............33 Street, b M old .....................43 c B aker, b M old 12 A yres, st C. Sm ith, b B rig g s........................................ 2 c M aclaren, b B ardsw e 1 ... 23 M r. K . J. K ey, c C. Sm ith, b M old ....................................... 1 st Sm ith, b B riggs ............ 7 F . E . Sm ith, c M old, b B rig g s..................... ... 0 b B riggs ............. 0 R ichardson,b M o ld .............. 6 c and b B riggs . 2 W ood , n ot ou t ............ ... 2 c B ardsw ell, b B riggs ............10 L b ..................................... 1 B 2, lb 4 ... 6 T o t a l ................... 97 L a n c a s h ir e . T otal ...121 Fir3t Innings. S econ d Innings. M r.A.C M aclaren, c W ood , b R ich ard son ... ...............10 c A bel, b L o ck ­ w ood ............ 6 A . W ard, b L o ck w o o d ... 15 b L ock w ood ... 0 F . Sugg, c W . R ead, b R ich ard son ................. 8 b L o c k w o o l ... 0 Paul, c W ood, b R ich a rd­ son ........................................ 5 b R ich ard son ... 3 Briggs, c W ood , b L ock ­ w ood ....................................... 4 b L ock w ood ... 1 Baker, b L o c k w o o d ............ 0 b R ich a rd son ... 0 M r S. M T in d all, c and b H a y w a r d ................................. 49 c A bel, b L o ck ­ w ood ................11 T insley,si W ood , b Sm ith 19 n ot ou t ................19 C. Sm ith, c W ood , b R ich ­ ardson ......................................20 c S m ith , b H a y ­ w a rd ........................21 M r. G . R . B ardsw ell, c A yres, b K ich ardson ... 12 c W o o d , b R ich ­ ardson ............. 4 M old, n ot ou t ................. 0 c W o o d , b L o ck ­ w ood ............ 0 L b ... ..................... 5 B 4, lb 5 ... 9 T otal ............ ...147 T ota l ... 74 B O W L IN G A N A L Y S IS . S u r r e y . F irst Innings. S econ d Innings O. M. R . W . O. M . R . W , B riggs ............ 84 16 467 .............. 28.411 47 6 M old ............ 241 14 31 3 ............... 22 8 61 3 B ardsw ell ... 9 5 160 ............... 6 3 10 1 L a n c a sh ir e . F irst Innings. S econd Innings. O. M.R . W . O. M. R W . R ich ard son ...22.3 9 52 5 .............. 13 3 26 3 L o ck w o o d ... 17 3 483 .............. 14 4 30 6 S m ith ............ 4 1 11 1 A b e l................... 2 0 15 0 H ayw ard ... 5 1 161 .............. 1 0 9 1 H A M P S H IR E v. S U SSE X . F ollow ing up their recen t successes, the H a m p ­ shire eleven did another fine perform a n ce a t S outham pton at the end o f last w eek. T he m atch w as the return w ith Sussex, and as the latter had its fu ll side, th e v ictory o f H ants w as the m ore creditable Sussex w on th e toss, bu t as the w icket w as very soft from the recen t rainfall, i?oing in first gave n o great advantage. T he Sussex batting, excep t fo r a usefu l stand b y M essrs. M urdoch and B rann and som e free h it­ ting by Parris subsequently, presented n o n ote­ w orth y feature R u n s w ere n ot easy to get, and th e innings, w h ich lasted tw o hours and tw enty m inutes, only realised a to ta l o f 112. T h e co m ­ m encem ent o f H am pshire’s batting did n ot seem to in dicate a lon g outin g fo r Sussex, as three o f the m ost likely run-getters w ere oa t w ith the total on ly thirty. D uring th e partnership o f M essrs. H ill and W ard, how ever, the gam e underw ent a com p lete change. B oth scored freely and 122 w era added before th e form er, w ho h a d been in tw o hours, w as caught at the w icket fo r an excellent score of 75 M r. W ard, w h o w as n ot ou t 63 on T hursday night w ith th e total 175 fo r fou r w ick ets