Cricket 1895

126 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. M ay 9, 1895 M .C .C . A N D G R O U N D v . L E IC E S T E R ­ S H IR E . T h e M idlan d cou n ty team p roved n o equal m atch for the fa irly strong eleven pitted ag a in st th em b y the M .C .C . G . F . V ern on p la y ed in such dashing style that he evoked m an y m em ories o f h is o ld -tim e trium ph s. In each in n in gs he scored over fifty , and in his .second display his 51 ou t o f 74 in 45 m inutes w as a m ost b rillian t in n in gs, and contained n in e 4’ s. It w as n oted as a coin cidence that in each venture o f th e M .C .C . he w as sixth m an out, and that on each occasion som ething lik e a ro t set in a fter his departure. F . M artin follow ed up his success against N otts b y g e ttin g eigh t w ickets for a fra ction under 8 runs a p ie c e ; F low ers, D avidson, and C hat- terton also doin g w ell, and A . K n ow les, the y o u n g L ancastrian am ateur, w ho is g e ttin g a g o o d trial this sprin g, look s lik e tu rn in g out w e ll, an d m ay be o f use to th e cou n ty. F o r th e visitors D e T rafford , in his second innings, after an escape before he had scored, h it about v e ry freely , bu t after his departure several w ick ets w ent d ow n ra p id ly , and th e interest o f the gam e was revived on ly w hen W ood cock , w h o w ith W h iteside was in fo r th e last w icket, b egan to h it w ith m u ch freedom , and p u t on .33 runs in a very short space o f tim e. I n the m atch Stocks, th e left-h a n d ed L eicester bow ler, did w ell in obtain in g nin e w ickets for 93. T h e left-h an ders, it w ill be noticed, had th e best analysis on each side, and the w ickets, ■on T u esd ay especially, fe ll ch iefly at the P a v ilio n end, the east w in d h elp in g the bow lers. Storer kept w ick et excellen tly, and his stum ping Stone w as a b rillian t piece o f jplay. S core and analysis :— M.C.C. and G round . First Innings. Second Innings. A . N. Hornby, st Whiteside, b P ou gh er...........................13 b H illyard............. 3 C . W . Wright, b Hillyard... 19 runout ........... 6 Flowers, b Stocks..................35 b Stocks .............27 Storer, b Woodcock ........... 6 b P ougher...........14 G. F. Vernon, c Whiteside, b Stocks .......................... 55 c Chapman, b Stocks .........51 'Chatterton, b Hillyard ... 4 c Pougher, b W oodcock ... 50 A . Knowles, c and b Stocks 11 cHolland,bStocks 13 Davidson, c Woodcock, b Stocks..................................16 c Stone, b Stocks 28 M . M. Barker, b Hillyard... 1 b Woodcock ... l Martin, b Stocks................... 0 not out................... 0 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 0 runout ........... 6 B 4 ,1-b 2, n-b 1 ... 7 B 14,1-b 3, n-b 4 21 Total ...................167 Total ...220 L eicestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. ,C. E. de Trafford (capt.), b Hearne ........................... 0 b Martin .........30 >G. W . Hillyard, c and b Martin .......................... 19 lbw, b Martin ... 1 Holland, b Hearne ........... 0 b Martin .........21 Tomlin, run o u t ................... 9 c Davidson, b Heame ........10 Pougher, b Martin ...........28 b Heame ........... 2 -C. C . Stone, b M artin ............. 1 st Storer, b Davidson.......... 4 Warren, st Storer, b Martin 30 c Hoinby, b Hearne .......... 0 Chapman, lbw, b Martin ... 2 b Hearne ........... 0 F. W . Stocks, b Hearne ... 5 b Davidson........... 7 W oodcock, run out ........... 4 not out.................33 Whiteside, not out ........... 8 c Barker, b Chat­ terton ......... 5 Leg-byes........................... 2 Byes ................... 7 Total ...................108 . Total ...120 BOWLING- ANALYSIS. M.C.C. and G round . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R.W . W oodcock .. 13 1 13 1 ............ 11.3 1 46 2 Pouffher ... 15 8 29 1 ............ 23 7 52 1 Hillyard ... 27.3 7 69 3 ........... 16 5 27 1 Stocks .. . 11 3 I9 5 •• • 27 6 74 1 Woodcock delivered five no-balls. L eicestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M . R. W . O. M. II.W . Hearne....... 17 3 59 3 ......... 19 4 42 4 M artin...... 23.4 9 31 5 ............ 19 9 31 3 Davidson “ ... 7 2 16 0 ........... 23 8 36 2 Chatterton 2.2 0 4 1 U m p ir e s F . Farrands and W . Hearn. MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. NOTTS. The closing stages of the opening match of the premier club this season did not belie the promise of the first day’s play. When the game came to an end shortly after five o'clock on Thursday, the forty wickets had fallen for 276 runs, or a trifle under 7 runs each on an average. The ground, which had been bad enough on the first day, was worse on the second, the bright sun having caked the surface. As a consequence, Martin and J. T. Hearne for the Club, and Attewell and Flowers for the County, bowled with marked success. Notts had two wickets down for fifteen on Wednesday night, and of the not out pair, Gunn added a single only before being bowled by Woodcock. Flowers, who hit well and pluckily, made 29 out of 31 whilst he was at the wicket, but no one else on the side scored double figures, so that the innings closed for 58, 18 behind M.C.C.’s modest venture of 76. The four amateurs, A. O. Jones, C. W. Wright, R. H. Howitt, and J. S. Robinson, scored a single run between them. Martin, as will be seen, had seven wickets for thirty-one. The second innings of M.C.C. was not marked by any special incidents. Hornby made 18, the only other double figures were those of A. Knowles and Martin. Flowers followed up his plucky innings by taking five wickets, four clean bowled, for 39 runs. The total ultimately reached 84, which, with the first hand’8balance of 18, gave M.C.C. what was looked upon, and turned out to be, a winning advantage. Though they only needed 103 to get to win, Notts scarcely ever looked like success. Daft played a patient innings of three-quarters of an hour for 20, and Flowers again forced the game to the tune of 23. But the support given to their efforts was very feeble, A. O. Jones just gained double figures, but the other eight men made 9 runs between them. The end camewith the County 37 in the rear. Martin in the match took twelve wickets for 56. Score and analysis :— M.C.C. a n d G ro u n d . First Innings. A. N. Hornby, c Wright, b Attewell .......................... C. E. de Trafford, c Howitt, b Flowers .......................... A . Hearne, c Gunn, b Atte­ well ................................. Bean, b A ttew ell.................. Storer, c and b Attewell ... A . J. L. Hill, b Flowers ... Lord Hawke, b Attewell ... A . Knowles, b Handford ... Martin, c and b Attewell .. J. T. Hearne, not out........... W oodcock, b Attewell L-b .......................... T otal................... First Innings. Daft, lbw, b Martin .. Pike, c and b Martin . Gunn, b Woodcock .. Flowers, c Martin, b J. T. Heame ................... A. I). Jones, b Martin C. W . Wright, b Martin R. n . nowitt, lbw, b Martin J. S. Robinson, c Storer, b M artin.................. Wilkinson, b J. T. Heame Attewell, not o u t................... 2 Handford, c Lord Hawke, b M artin.............................................................. 9 Extras .................0 Total...................58 Total.. Second Innings. '4 c Flowers, b Atte­ well ................... 18 1 b Flowers ........... 5 16 c Jones, b Attewell 0 10 b Flowers ........... 4 25 run out ........... 4 0 b A ttew ell........... 6 1 b Handford 5 9 b Flowers ........... 12 4 c W right, b Flowers ........... 13 5 b Flowers ........... 8 0 not out................... 5 1 B 3 ,1-b 1 ... 4 76 Total ... 84 T*. Secondjlnnings. 6 b J. T. Heame ... 20 1 b J. T. Hearne ... 0 9 b Martin ........... 0 29 b Woodcock 23 0 b Woodcock 11 1 b Martin ........... 4 0 st Storer,b Martin 0 0 b Martin ........... 0 1 b Martin .......... 3 BOW LING ANALYSIS. M.C.C. First Innings. Second Innings. O. M . R.W . O. M. R. W . Attewell ............. 21-3 6 35 7 ... 21 7 32 3 Flowers ........... 16 3 34 2 ... 10 0 39 5 Handford ........... 5 2 6 1 ... 11 6 9 1 N o t ts . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M . R.W . O. M. R. W. W ood ................... 15 8 24 1 ... M artin................... 19-1 9 31 7 ... 17 7 25 5 J. Hearne ........... 5 3 3 2 ... 12’ 3 5 23 3 Woodcock ... 4 2 15 2 Woodcock delivered 2 no-balls. Woodcock, J. T. Hearne. not out Nb ... CRICKET AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY . THE CAMBRIDGE SENIORS TRIAL. Compared with the rather heavy scoring of the Freshmen’s Match, the second of the trial matches at Cambridge began with a rather tame day’s play on Thursday last. The twelves were captained by H. E. Symes- Thompson and G. S. Wilson. Symes- Thompson’s side opened the batting with W. G. Grace, junior, and the captain, who was immediately bowled by Rudd without scoring. Five wickets were down for 56when Metcalfe and Hemingway made a good stand, putting on between them 63 runs. In the end, with useful contributions of 16, 15, and 13 from Lowe, Mortimer, and Cobbold, the innings realised the respectable total of 172. On Mr. Wilson’8side going to the wickets, a remark­ able bit of bowling was done by W. W. Lowe, of Pembroke, whose first ten overs yielded but 11 runs, and disposed of seven batsmen. Crocker and Reeve made a fair stand, but the total of the innings only reached 56, the follow on was just saved under the new rule. In the second innings Symes- Thompson himself scored well, and" with Studd, was not out at the close of the day’s play, when two wickets were down for 109. The second day’s play was a very great improvement upon the initial stage. Studd and Symes-Thompson continued their partner­ ship of the previous evening, and by some admirable play on the part of the captain, the total was taken to 172, a stand of 112 before the last named was bowled by White- well for 71. Studd continued his hitting until within 8 of the century, when he fell a victim to the same bowler for a hard hit innings, which included nine 4’s, five 3’s, and ten 2’s. But later in the innings, when Hemingway and Mortimer got together, some still more rapid scoring was seen. This pair set all the bowling at defiance, and put on 108 runs for their partnership, Heming­ way actually scoring 86 in 70 minutes, a very remarkable performance thus early in the season. Mortimer was the last man out, for 57, and the innings realised 397, a splendid total. G. S. Wilson’s side required 514 to win, and the interest of the game had waned altogether when on the close of play on Friday, they had made 158 for 5 wickets, all the batsmen having scored double figures, but Whitwell only showing a decided success with 69 not not. On resuming on Saturday, Whitwell continued to bat well, but no one stayed long with him, and he was finally out ninth wicket down for a well played 88. L, V. Lodge, of Magdalene, the well-known Association footballer, bowled fairly well, and took six wickets for 80 runs, but the match does not seem to have brought to light any very great bowling talent. Symes- Thompson, Studd, Hemingway, andWhitwell, however, showed considerable form as batsmen. 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