Cricket 1894

30 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FEB. 22, 1893 and on the next day Messrs. Lubbock (41), C. I. Thornton (34) and G. Strachan (34) helped materially to swell the total, which reached 496. W.G-. had been 200, not out, overnight; and Lillywhite had “ troubled him for .£5 on account,” much to his surprise, for in the exoitment of the play he had forgotten all about the bet. The Players scored 147 for six wickets, and made a draw. Hayward, who was playing for the last time, and Carpenter were the biggest scorers, with 45 and 35, the former not out. Dick Humphrey, making his first appearance, was top scorer in the first innings of the Players, with 46, at Lord’s in 1872. W . G .’s 77 was by far the biggest score in the Gentleman’s first attempt. When the pros, went in again, Ephraim Lockwood and Eichard Daft were in fine form. Daft made a grand 102, and Ephraim scored 60 ; but no one else did much, The Gentlemen wanted about 220 to wia, and, thinks to W . G., who made 112, and 0. J. Ottaway (48), got them for the loss of but three wickets. Three great batsmenwere in form when the teams again met in the same week at the Oval. W . G. made 117 ; Mr. Yardley, 83 ; and Mr. Hornby, 80 ; and the total reached 338, the next highest score being 19. The scoring for the Players was at first just as uneven. In their first innings, Dick Humphrey made 96 and Southerton 39, not out, no one else reaching double figures. In the second innings, the scoring was more level, Pooley (47), Jupp *39), Dait (27), and Lockwood (24) doing best. The Gentle­ men won by nine wickets. At Lord’s in 1873, W . G. scored 163, G. P. 41, Messrs. Longman (his first appearance), Yardley, and W . Lawall over 20, and the total reached 315. G. F. and Messrs. Buchanan and C. K. Francis played havoc with the Players’ wickets, Oscroft (10 and 44) and Martin M'Intyre (27 and 56) being the only batsmen to come off. The Oval match was very similar. Again a score of over 100 (158 this time) from W . G., one of over 40 (49) from another member of the team (E. F. S. Tylecote), and three of over 20 (G. H . Long­ man, W . H. Hadow, and G. Strachan), and a victory for the Gentlemen by an innings and 14 runs, Buchanan and W . G. doing most of the bowling. Oscroft again was one of the Players’ most suc­ cessful batsmen (6 and 73), Emmett (18 not out and 49) and Alfred Shaw (14 and 36 not out) doing well also, and the scoring all-round being somewhat higher than at Lord’s. To complete the coincidence (which, to my thinking, is one of the most curious in cricket history), the third match this season (the first at Prince’s) was almost an exact replica of that at the Oval, the Gentlemen scoring 313 and winning by an innings and 54 runs. Mr. Hornby was the century scorer this time (104) ; but W. G., with 70, did not lag far behind the active and popular Lancashire captain, and G. F. was conspicuous with 63. Alfred Shaw’s 42, not out, in the first innings, was the highest score for the Players. W . G., G. F., and C. K. Francis were the bowlers. Edgar Willsher and Robert Carpenter, two of the most manly, straightforward, and generally-respected of cricketers, made their last appearance for the Players in this match. During the years 1870 3, W . G., in 16 innings for the Gentlemen, hadmade 1,401 runs! Mr. Frank Townsend represented the Gentlemen for the first time at the Oval in 1874, and was top scorer in the first innings with 59. Ephraim Lockwood carried his bat through the Players’ innings of 115 for 67. The Gentlemen’s second innings realised 256, E. F. S. Tyle­ cote (48), G. F. Grace (47), and A. N. Hornby (45) being the chief contributors. The Players made a manly attempt towin, scoring 258 (Jupp 55, Lockwood 48, Emmett 36, Charlwood 32 not out), but were beaten in the end by 48. At Lord's the pros, pulled through by two wickets. The last fourteen matches which had been brought to a definite con­ clusion had (lone against them, so that the turn in tile tide was more than wel­ come. Allen, Hill, Emmett, and Shaw did the bowling, and did it right well: witness the small score of 114 for which the previous all-conquering Gentlemen’s eleven were dismissed in iheir second innings. Ephraim Lockwood’s first innings of 70, Daft's 43 and 19, Pooley’s 16 and 39, not out, Jupp’s second and Alfred Shaw’s first of 32 each, were the best bits of batting for the Players; A.. W . Bidley (57), A. N. Hornby (63), and W. G. (48) in the first innings, and \V. Yardley (47), and G. F. (36), in the second, did best for the Gentlemen. Still another century from W . G.’s bat in the match at Prince’s this year— 110 in the second innings. He made 23 in the first innings, and G. F. scored 93, not out, and 12 ; so that the brothers Grace scored more than half the runs for the Gentle­ men, who made 222 and 209, against the Players’ 243 (Charlwood 85, Shaw 54, Jupp 42) and 128 (Oscroft 33, Pooley 31, not out), and won by 61 runs. Fred Morley made his debut for the Players, and took eight wickets. The first match in 1875 (at the Oval) was drawn, in favour of the Players, for whom Morley and Alfred Shaw got down six Gentlemen’s wickets in the second innings for but 13 runs. HarryJupp, with 46 and 52, was by far the most successful batsman in the match; innings of 31 and 28 from Lockwood, 32 from W .G ., and 48 from Mr. Longman being the most notable contributions apart from these. George Ulyett made his debut for the Players. In the Lord’s match the first innings of each side was comparatively uneventful, though Mr. Longman made 70, Mr. A. W . Bidley 45, not out, and Andrew Greenwood 51. But the second innings of the Gentlemen was remarkable for the fine stand made by W.G. and Mr. A. J. Webbe, who had made his first appear­ ance in these matches at the Oval the week before. These two went in first together, and were not parted until the score stood at 203, when the present Middlesex captain was out for a splendid, steady 65. W.G. was run out when he had made 152 ; Mr, Hornby scored 58, Mr. Longman 41, and Lord Harris, whose first match for the Gentlemen this was, 39, not out, the total reaching 444. Lockwood (67) was top scorer for the Players, who were beaten by 262 runs. At {Prince’s the biggest score on either side was Tom Emmett’s 28 in the second innings of the Players, for whom Souther­ ton (who had twelve wickets) and Alfred Shaw bowled so finely that they gained a victory (a rare experience lor them in the early seventies) by 43 runs. At the Oval in 1876, a draw resulted, owing to big scoring. B. G. Barlow made amore than usually successful first appear­ ance for the Players, scoring 27 and 33. W.G. played a fine second innings of 90, Tom Emmett having had the rare satis­ faction of settling him for a duck in the first. Mr. F. Penn, for the Geritleimen, made an even bettor debut than Barlow on the other side, scoring 52 and 27, not out ; and that master of finished and elegant batting, Mr. A. P. Lucas, also a debutant, scored 25 and 18 ; while G.F. made 27 and 35, and A. W . Bidley 25 and 20, not out. Whyatt, Emmett, and Selby each played an innings of between 40 and 50 ; and Jupp made 17 and 32. But the hero of the match was that fine batsman, Bichard Daft, who played, in his best style, innings of 48 and 61. Altogether 924 runs were scored. At Lord’s the Gentlemen Had some­ thing very like a walk-over. W.G. scored 169, making a six and a seven in one over of Tom Emmett’s; and Mr. Ottaway (42) helped him to make a long stand for the first wicket. Later on in the innings Mr. Bidley scored 103, and G.F. 68, not out; and the total reached 440. The Players batted fairly well against the bowling of Mr. Appleby and the brothers Grace, Oscroft (51 in the first innings), Daft (28 and 39, not out) and Jupp (34 and 21) showing to most advantage ; but they could not score enough, and the Gentle­ men won by an innings and 93 runs. Shrewsbury made his first appearance for the Players in this match. As usual, the scoring at Prince’s was considerably smaller. Lockwood (70 and 17), Barlow (6 and 45, not out) and Jem Lillywhite, playing for the last time (30, not out, and 12) did best for the Players; and the ever-reliable W .G . (17 and33), G. H. Longman (19 and 31), A. P. Lucas (35 in the first innings), F. Penn (20 and 23, not out), and W . H . Hadow (20, not out, and 16) were to the fore for the amateurs, who won by 5 wickets, Mr. W. S. Patterson, the Cantab (not to be con­ founded with the more famous W . II. Patterson, of Harrow, Oxford, and Kent renown), bowled well for the Gentlemen on this his first appearance. Arthur Shrewsbury played a splendid 78, proclaimed by all who saw it the best innings of a match rich in great scores, at the Oval in 1877 ; and he and Ephraim Lockwood, whose score was but three short of a century, made a long stand for the first wicket. Then Selby got 70, Daft 29, Wyld (his first appearance) 51,and Emmett 27 ; and the total reached 405, the highest the pros, had ever yet made. The amateurs started on their stern chase with a good will; but when W .G . was out