Cricket 1895

J uly 11. 1895. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 26.T GENTUiilEN v. PLAYERS. The annual encounter a t L o rd ’s on M onday between the am ateurs and the professional cricketers o f the country fortun ately d id not clash w ith the engage­ ments o f m any o f the leading counties, and very strong elevens had been got together by the M .C .C . True, captious persons m ig h t have asked where were R a n jitsin h ji, W oods, and one o r tw o m ore w ho m igh t have played fo r the G entlem en, and have com plained at the absence from the Players’ team o f Pougher and Q uaife. B u t several o f these w ill b« seen a t the O val to-m orrow , and so m any m en have shown rem arkable form th is year th a t the task o f selecting representative elevens m ust have been no sinecure. Fro m counties elsewhere engaged D avidson, Storer, and Peel appeared in the Players’ team , and F . 8. Jackson, C. B . F ry , and E . Sm ith strengthened the ranks of the G entlem en. G u n n w on the toss, and sent in A b e l and W a rd on a w icket w h ich was never perfect, and w hich, as the afternoon w ore on, became decidedly loose and dusty. R u n s came steadily, Jackson and S m ith bow ling \%ell, u n til a t ‘26 a short- pitched b a ll from the form er kicked up, and A b e l was caught in the slips. G u nn and W a rd played rather slow cricket, but, after 33 had been added, the latter was beaten by the Cantab. Sugg and G u nn were together fo r fo rty m inutes, an d p u t on 47 runs, when the N o tts’ m an was out fo r 33, w hich h ad oc­ cupied h im 75 m inutes. T h irteen ru n s later Sugg skied a ba ll to ooverpoint, and retired fo r 31, a rath er fluky innings. H ayw a rd and D avidson took the score to 144, the form er pla yin g in capital form , though at 14 he gave F r y a possible chance. H e was fin a lly out for 60, m ade in an hour and three-quarters, distin ctly the best as w ell as the highest score on the side. Richardson enlivened the gam e fo r au over or two, but the Players’ in nin gs was a ll over for 231, a disappointing to ta l considering the battin g strength of the side and the pau city of bow lers am ongst the opposition. W . G. G race and A . E . Stoddart opened the am ateurs’ account, and, though M old and Richardson for the first h alt-h o u r bowled th e ir best, and each batsm an had narrow escapes, Stoddart indeed givin g W ard a fa irly easy chance when 6, yet no w icket fell, and both m en a t last got w ell set and batted freely. D espite changes o f bow ling, 50 w ent up in as m any m inutes and 100 in n inety m inutes, Stoddart soon after com pleting h is 1,00) runs in first-class m atches th is year, the fou rth player to g ain th a t distinction. N o th in g o f note occurred up to the close o f play, w hen the am ateurs were w ith in 94 o f th e ir opponents, w ith no w ickets down. O n Tuesday 14 were added, and then Stoddart left for 71, h it in tw o hours and a quarter, and including eleven 4’s. Then came a collapse, Jackson failed, and the three U n iv e rsity cracks, M ordaunt, Druce, and F ry , contributed tw o runs between them , the fifth w icket fa llin g fo r 187. O ’ B rien joined Grace, and ru n s cam e freely, S ir T im o th y scoring 21, chiefly from R ichardson’s bow ling, bu t he was out at 228, and G race a t length was dism issed at 241. H is 118 was a w onderful achievem ent on a cru m blin g wicket, occupying fo u r hours and five m inutes. The rem aining w ickets did little , and the innings, which at one tim e looked lik e reaching a huge total, after a ll exceeded th e Players’ to tal only by 28, a result itself due to the grand play o f W . G . Grace, who succeeded where alm ost every other batsm an failed. The early p a rt o f the Players’ second in nin gs gave no prom ise o f a good fight, A b e l going a t 17, G unn a t 38, Sugg a t 42, and H ayw a rd a t 47. W a rd found a better partner in D avidson, the fifth w icket pu ttin g on 42 in th irty-five m inutes. B u t on S torer jo in in g W a rd a splendid stand was m ade, the newcom er h ittin g freely, an d W a rd pla yin g excellent cricket, and it was not u n til 95 had been added and the score was 185 th a t W a rd w as o ut fo r 76, m ade in tw o hours and th irty-five m in ut-s, a very fine display and a worthy in nin gs to com plete the Lan ca strian ’s 1,000 runs this season. Storer was join ed by Peel, and both m en took advantage o f the bow ling being quite worn out, an d before the draw ing of stum ps they raised the score by 84, Peel playin g the m ore correct cricket, b u t S torer h ittin g freely. One over from F ry yielded him fou r 4’s. Y esterday Storer was out w ith 12 added, h avin g batted in excellent form for tw o hours and th irty-fiv e m inutes fo r 93; the seventh w icket had added 96. The rem ainder o f the players’ innings was rem arkable for a great h ittin g per­ form ance by R ich a r Ison, who in tw enty m inutes h it up 43, in clu d in g seven 4’s, three o f the last off successive b alls from Jackson. Peel took out h is bat te r 71, in clud in g ten 4’s, after tw o hours batting. Set 336 to w in, w ith plenty o f tim e to lose the m atch, the Gentlem en lo st S to d ia rt a t 34 and G race at 42 for 19 each, neither h avin g been com fortable w ith the bowling. Jackson and M ord au n t d id little , bu t JJixon played excellent cricket fo r h is 53, five w ickets being down for 14J. Thence the cricke t took a tu rn in favour of the am ateurs. C. B . F ry and Druce bittin g very w ell, and it looked as if the gam e m igh t be saved, b u t despite 30 from O ’B rien , 40 from Sm ith (nut out), 50 from D ruce, and 60,fro m F ry , a curious accession of tens (M ason scoring lo), the gam e after a ll finished in a victo ry for the Players by 32 ru n 3 . ^ all, 1,156 ru n s were scored, an average nearly approaching 29 per w icket, a very good score on an im perfect and cru m blin g w icket. Score and analysis:— P la y e r s . F irs t Innings. A be l, c S m ith, b Jackson ... 16 W a rd (A .), b Jackson ... 24 G unn (capt.), b Sm ith ... 33 Sugg (F. H .), c M ord au n t, b D ix o n .......................... 31 H ayw ard, c Stoddart, b 1?ry ..................................60 ru n out D avidson, c M ord au n t, b D ix o n .......................... ... 10 Storer (W .), b Jackson ... 4 Peel, c Grace, b Sm ith ... 12 A ttew ell (W .), not ou t ... 9 Richardson, c Grace, b F ry 15 M o ld , c Jackson, b S m ith ... 3 B 5, lb 3, w 5, nb 1 ...1 4 Second Innings, c and b D ix o n ... 11 c M acG regor, b J a c k s o n ..............76 b S m ith .. ... 20 c M acG regor, b S m ith ............ 0 T o ta l ..231 b F r y ...................20 c S m ith, b Ja ck ­ son ...................93 n o to u t...................71 b Jackson ... ... 13 cJackson,b D ix o n 43 b D ix o n ........... 6 B 3,1b 1, w 3 , nb 3 10 T o ta l ...........363 G en tlem en , F irs t Innings. M r. W . G. G race (capt.), c Storer, b Peel ................118 M r. A . E . Stoddart, b R ichardson.........................71 M r. F . S. Jackson, b M o ld 8 M r. G. J. M ord aunt, c H ay ­ w ard, b R ichard so n .......... 1 M r. N . F . D ruce, ru n o u t... 0 M r. C. B . F ry , lbw , b Richardson .................j ... 1 S ir T . C. O ’B rien , b Peel ... 21 M r. J. A . D ixo n , n ot o ut ... 8 M r. J . R . M ason, b Peel ... 2 M r. E . S m ith, b Richardson 2 M r. G. M acG regor, c M old, b P e e l.................................. 5 B 20, lb l,n b 1 T o ta l ..259 Second In n ing s, b R ichardson ... 19 b P e e l...................19 b A tte w e ll...........11 c an d b A tte w e ll 5 b H a y w a rd ...........50 st Storer, b Peel 60 b H a y w a rd ...........30 c A ttew ell, b Peel 53 c Storer, b R ich ­ ardson ...........10 n o t o u t..................40 c H ayw ard, b Richardson ... 0 B 4, nb 2 ... 6 T o ta l ...303 Jackson Sm ith F ry ... D ixon B O W L I N G A N A L Y S I S . P la ye r s . F irs t Innings. O. M . R . W . .. 33 12 70 3 ... ..3 3 25 67 3 ... ..2 1 3 48 2 ... .. 11 6 32 2 Second Innings* O .M . R . W . 34 7 96 3 34 8 109 2 15 5 52 1 16 2 2 44 3 M ason 13 4 31 0 Stoddart 5 1 21 0 F ry delivered s ix wides, D ix o n tw o wides, Jackson tw o no-balls, and Sm ith and M ason one no-ball. G entlem en . F irs t Innings. Second Innings. O. M . R . W . O M . R . W . R ichardson ... 35 8 76 4 ..... 28 6 101 3 M o ld ......... 35 16 61 1 ..... 15 4 56 0 Peel.................. 25*2 6 39 4 ........... 29 3 9 51 3 Davidson ... 18 3 41 0 ..... 10 1 34 0 A ttew ell......... 8 1 20 0 ..... 2515 30 2 H a y w a rd 6 3 25 2 M o ld bow led tw o no-balls and H a y w a rd one no-ball. B L A C K H E A T H v. B U T T E R F L I E S .— P layed at Rectory F ie ld on J u ly 6. B la c k iik a th . J . H . C. H . R . B la k e r, c S. M oore.b C .E . M ason 43 J . E . M ason, c and b Henderson ........... A . W . Stew art, c J . R . M ason, b H enderson D . Christopherson, c H iggingbotham , b R icketts ................... S. H eath, cH enderson, b R icketts .......... u G .C. H ubbard,cBarnett, b C . E . M ason ...........38 15 19 H enderson ...........12 H . C. M ason, c S. M oore, b H enderson 12 R . B . Stew art, n ot o u t 24 M . Christopherson, b J . R . M ason ........... 0 N a p ie r Clavering,c & b R ick etts ...................22 B 13, lb 1 ...........14 T o ta l ...201 B u tterflies . C. W . R icketts, c D . Christopherson b R . B . Stew art .......23 J . R . M ason, c J . E . M ason, b R . B . Stew art ................. 2 T .B . H enderson, c and b R . B . Stew art ... 7 F . H . B row ning, c H ubbard, b R . B . Stew art ................. 3 A .M .StreatfieldM oore, c A . W . Stew art, b R . B . Stew art......... 2 In the second in nin gs A . M . Streatfield M oore, scored, c H ub bard , b D . Christopherson 6 ; G . P . R. W in law , not out 49; C. E . S . M ason, not o u t 50; extras 9. T o ta l 114. C. E . H ig gin gboth am , c H eath , d R . B . Stew art .................. H . G . B arn ett, b H eath G . P. R . W in la w , b H ea th ................... F . G. O liver, b H e a th B . J . Southey, b H ea th C. E . S. M ason, n o to u t T o ta l , 70 LEICESTERSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. B o th counties were, swell represented for th is encounter w h ich opened a t. the A ylestone ground, Leicester, on M onday. W a rw icksh ire batted first,, an d the com m encem ent o f p la y gave no prom ise o f a good ba tting display, three w ickets fa llin g fo r 29. Th en L ille y w ent in, and fo r the rem ainder of the inDings, three hours an d three quarters, played excellent cricket, h ittin g in m ost vigorous style. H is- score o f 158 n ot out is his h ighest, it contained a six , tw enty-tw o 4’s, six 3’s, fourteen 2’s, and only eighteen singles. H e gave b u t one chance, a hard one in th e slip s when 127. The to ta l reached 299, L ille y ’s c h ie f supporters being D ive r and Law , w ith the form er he pu t on 78 fo r the fo u rth w icket, and w ith the la tte r 102 fo r the sixth.- W oodcock’s bow ling, 8 for 111, in so long an in n in g s is w o rth y of rem ark. In the sh o rt tim e le ft fo r p la y on M onday, Leicestershire scored 21 for the loss of Chapm an’s w icket. O n resum ing, Geeson and H o lla n d to ok th e to tal to 45, w hen th e form er left, O. E . de T ra ffo rd being alm ost a t once ru n out before scoring. H o lla n d and T o m lin p u t on 36 fo r the fo u rth w icket in fifty m inutes, b u t exc p t fo r some ra p id h ittin g by K n ig h t, no one gave H o lla n d m uch assistance, and when he was seventh out fo r 40 a fter a valuable b u t tedious in nin gs of tw o hours and th irty-five m inutes, the end soon cam e for the poor to ta l o f 135. Follow ing on, Leicestershire fared badly H illy a rd and de Trafford being out fo r 13. H o lla n d and T o m lin then h it in curious contrast to the first in nin gs play, an d 55 had been m ade in h alf-a n -h ou r w hen T o m lin was stu p id ly ru n out. A g a in the bow l rs gained the m astery and s ix w ickets w ere dow n fo r 86. Pougher and K n ig h t p u t on 23, and then K n ig h t and Geeson defied the bow ling fo r an h ou r although on ly 39 runs w ere scored, neither b ein g o u t w hen play was adjourned w ith the gam e hope­ lessly against th e ir side. Yesterday, less than h a lf an h ou r’s p la y stifflcpd to b rin g the gam e to a close, the outstanding w ickets a d din g only nine runs to the total, an d the in nin gs closing fo r 155. leaving W a r­ w ickshire victorious by an in nin gs and nioe runs. Score and a n a ly sis: W a r w ic k sh ir e . M r.H . W . B ain bridg e, b H illy a rd ...........15 Q uaife (W .), b W oo d­ cock .......................... 0 Richards, b W oodcock 11 D ive r, c Pougher, b W oodcock ... ... 39 L ille y , n ot o u t ...........158 Q uaife (W . G .), b W oodcock ........... 3 L a w , c H illy a rd , b W oodcock ...........52 S an ta ll b W oodcock 0 M r. A . C. S. Glover, cM a rrio tt.b H illy a rd 10- P a lle tt, b W oodcock O- W hitehead,cPougher, b W oodcock ... ... 2 B 5, lb 3, w 1... 9* T o ta l ...299- L eicestersh ire . F irs t Innings. Chapm an,c L ille y , b S an tall 2 H o lla n d , e W . Q uaife, b S an ta ll .......................... 40 Geeson, c W h iteh ead, b P a lle tt..................................29 M r. C. E . de T rafford, ru n ou t........... ................... 0 T o m lin , c W . G . Q uaife, b P a lle tt...................................17 M r.H . H . M a rrio tt, c D ive r, b W hitehead .................. 5 Pougher, b W h itehead ... 0 K n ig h t, c G lover, b S an ta ll 24 M r. G . W . H illy a rd , c R ich ard s, b W hitehead ... 3 W ooodcock,lbw ,bW hitehead 8 W hiteside, not o u t ........... 1 B 1, lb l,w 4 .......... 6 T o ta l.......................... 135 Second Innings, c D ive r, b S an ta ll & lbw , b P a lle tt ... 36 c G lover,b S an ta ll 25- c and b P a lle tt... 5 ru n out ............28 cG lover,b S an ta ll 1 b S an ta ll ...............16- b P a lle tt .............. 25- c D ive r, b P a lle tt 1 not o u t..................... 0 c W . Q uaife, b P a lle tt ............ 0- E x tra s ................12 T o ta l .............155- B O W L I N G A N A L Y S I S . W a r w ic k sh ir e . O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . W oodcock 38‘3 9111 8 jPou gh er ... 20 5 47 0 H illy a rd ... 27 8 75 2 IGeeson .. 17 4 57 0 W oodcock bow led one wide. L e ic e ste r sh ir e . F irs t Innings. Second In n ing s. O . M . R . W . O . M . R . W _ P a lle tt........... 34 13 53 3 .............. 39 17 68 5 S an ta ll............ 21 11 50 3 ............. 36 23 32 4 W h ite h e a d ... 22-1 10 26 3 .............. 12 4 29 0 G lover ... 6 2 14 0 P a lle tt delivered eig h t w ides and a no-b all, and S an ta ll three w ides. C R I C K E T R e p ort Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. O rder of G oin g -In C ards, 7d. per dozen, post free. W est’s Pocket Scoring B ook, 1/2 each, post free.— T o be obtained a t the Office o f Cricket , 168, U p p e r Tham es Street, L o n d o i, E .C .