Cricket 1895

A ug . 22, 1895. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 363 SURREY v. KENT. S urrey . First Innings. Abel, c Kemp, b Bradley ...103 Mr. W. W. Read, bBradley 12 At Kennington Oval, August 19th. 20th. and 21st* Except that H. D. Leveson-Gower occupied the place of N. F. Druee, Surrey played the teamdefeaed last week. Kent had the Rev.' W. Rashleigh in place of Huish. and both teams were, therefore, fairly repre­ sentative. The wicket seemedtohavequiterecovered fromthelate rains, and played well throughout the match. The tosswasagiiuwonby Mr. Key. whosent in W. W. Read with Abel. The amateur left at 27, but when Hayward joined Abel slow and steady play became the order of things, the first hour’s play realizing only 44. The rate of scoringthenixproved, 66 going on in fifty-fiveminutes, nor wasthepartner­ ship closed until the scoring boards showed 171. Hayward had made 76 in two hours and a quarter ana completed his 1,000 in first-class cricketthisyear. Brockwell came in and again runs came steadily until at 214 Abel’s fine inningscame to a close. He had played with skill and confidence for just under three hours and a half and gave no chance, there were 37 singles in his 106. M. Read soon left, but Lockwood and Brockwell in three quarters ofanhour added 63. Brockwell Jeftat 28i for 44, for which he had been batting moderately well for an hour and three quarters. Wickets then fell more quickly, until at, 'dll. Richardson, the last man, joined Wood, and both hitting in spirited fa*-hion 36 were put on in twenty minutes, the innings closing with the la«t ball of the day. Few were prepared for the good innings played by K*-nt on Tuesdty, but the wicket was nearly perfect, and the batsmen had the best of matters all through the day. the Mirrey bowlers having to fight hard for wickets. Therateof scoring at the start was good, Mason and Hearne playing very well, but at 34 Richardson dismissed the ex- Wintonian with a very fine ball. W. W. Rnshleigh followed in, and during his tenminutes t-taymade16, Hearne meanwhile contibuting 9. Patterson, who came next, played excellent cricket, but at 84 Hearne was caught at the wicket. It wasduringthepartner­ ship of Stewart and Patterson that Kent first looked like rivalling Surrey’s score, the Lancing master playing very fine cricket, his off-driving being specially good, and the score rose quickly, until at 146 Patterson was out for 42 made in seventy-five minutes. Easby did not shape well and was soon out, but Marchant aud Stewart hit very finely till at 227 the latter was splendid .y caught. His dashing69 included nine 4’s and occupied himan hour andthree quarters. At 232Marchant left for a hard hit score, but with Wright in, the innings defeat was saved, and all the later batsmen p rforining Well, the score reached 311, Kemp taking out his bat for an excellent 32. Surrey in the.hourand a half left for playmade 83 runs and lost three wickets, Abel, Hay­ ward and Head. Tne latter mad-* 45, includingseven 4’s, two 3’s, and threa 2’s. but should have been caught when 11, an unlucky mistake lor Kent. Mason dismissed Hayward and Read by splendid catches. Yesterday, W. W. Read and Broc*well continued Surrey’s innings, and runs came rather slowly. At 122 Walter Read left, and 121 Bradley got rid of both Lockwood and Leveson- Gower. Mr. Key came in, and a long stand epsued, though the amateur might have been caught in the long-field at 150. Profiting by the mistake, he began to nit in fine form, and the score rose rapidly, till at 236 ir 114 for tue wicket Brockwell left for awell played 8-?. Just before lunch time Key was well caught;fora hard hit 77. Richardson was sentintohit but wascaughtwithout scoring, andat251forniuethe inningswasdeclaredclosed. Kentbeing left301towin. and three hours and a quarter to pity. Hearne aud Rasbleigh began as if they intended to get the runs, and 18were madein the first ten minutes, but Richardson and Lockwood bowled very well, and though Rashleigh made 4<>,five wickets had fallen for 87, wnen Marchant joined Easby. The Kent captain ably followed Mr. Key’s example, and though Easby and Kemp did little more than reach double figures the score rose surely the score for five being doubled with seven wickets down. Wright did little more than keep his wicket up, but Marchant hit freely, and there seemed just a chance that time would arrive before the Kent men were disposed of, but Walter Read going onwith lobs got Marchint caught in the long-field, aud Keut’s last chance was gone, Martin falling a victim to the lobs, and Richardson disposing of Bradleyfor another cypher. In the end Surrey won by 77runs in a very high scoring match, li51 runs being made for thirty-nine wickets, a record at the Oval for many years, at any rate. Of the Kentish bowlers Bradley obtained most wickets, andmany habitu&< of the Oval were impressed with the style in which he bowled. He was expensive, but at times putdown a great number of good balls, and his first appearance on the Surreyground is notlikely to be his last, ftiohardsoa bowlt-d in an in-and-out fashion, but took twelve Kentish wickets, though freely hit at times. His analysis was not at all unlike Bradley’s in form, but of course much better, as he had four more wickets for nearly the same number of runs. Score and analysis Hayward, b Wright Brockwell, c Patterson, Wright .................. Second Innings, c Kemp.b Martin 15 cKemp, bWright 14 Read (M.), c Mason, b Bradley ............ 76 c Mason,bBradley 1 cMason, bPatter­ son .............. I 8 Lockwood, c Mason, b Bradley ..................33 Mr. H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, b Martin ..... 14 Mr. K. J. Key, c Patterson, b Martin ..................11 Wood, not out ....... . ... 35 Lohminn, lbw, b Martin ... 3 Richardson, c Wright, b Martin......................... 9 B 9, lb 3 ........... 12 c Mason, b Brad­ ley ..............45 b Bradley........ 0 cKemp, bBradley 0 cMason,bWright 77 not out.............. 0 not out ........ 9 cEasby, bMartin 0 B 1,1b 3 ... 4 Total ... *251 Total........ * Innings declared closed. K ent . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. J. R. Mason,b Richardson ...........................18 b Richardson ... J Hearne (A.), c Wood, b Lockwood........ 34 Rev. W. Rashleigh, c Key, b Lohmann ............. 16 : Brockwell, Lockwood Hayward, Lockwood Mr. W. H. Patterson, c and b Richardson .............. 42 b Richardson Mr. H. C. Stewart, c Lock­ wood. b Rich*rdson........69 Easby, b hiehardson........ 7 Mr. F. Marchant, c Key, b Richardson.................... 34 Mr. M. C. Kemp, not out... 32 Wright, b Richardson Martin,c Lockwood, b Hay­ ward ........................... Mr. W. M. Bradley, c Loh- 13 b Richardson ... b Richardson ... 15 c Key, bW. Read 82 c Sub.,b Richard- . 12 . 18 son notout... 27 b W. Read... 9 b Richardson B 8, nb 2 ................... 10 B 17, lblnb4 22 Total .. .............. 311 Total ........ 226 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S urrey . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bradley 42 11 130 4 . . ... 38 13 P8 4 Martin........ 48 21 77 4 . . ... 39 18 70 2 Wright 31 7 65 2 ........ 20 .10 24 2 Hearne........ 16 5 29 0 ........ 11 3 29 < Mason........ 4 1 9 0 . ....... 4 1 14 0 Patterson ... 11 0 41 0 ....... 2 0 12 1 K ent . First Innings. Second Innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Lohmann ... 25 5 67 1 ....... 6 1 21 0 Richardson... 44 9 136 6 ....... 25 4 4 90 6 Lockwood .. 9 2 25 1 ....... 17 0 63 2 Hayward .. 10 0 38 2 ....... 3 0 13 0 L.-Gower .. 3 0 14 0 Brockwell .. 7 2 21 0 Abel 4 2 8 0 W. W. Read 3 0 9 2 Richardson delivered two no-balls, and Hayward four. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTINGHAM - SHIKE. At Cheltenham. August 19th and 20 th. The team with which Notts opposed Gloucestershire in the first match of the Cheltenham week was by no means at full strength. Shrewsbury was absent through business. Gunn through illness, and Flowers called away at the last moment by a domestic affliction. Except that Hemingway was away and replaced by H. V. Page, the western county was well represented. Grace won the toss and went in with Ferris, but run getting was very slow. Attewell bowled magnificently on a fairly good pitch, and when Feiris left at 23the game had been in progress forty minutes. Wrathall was dismissed at 3H, but Orace and Rice stayed together, and in an hour doubled the score, but at 77 the latter was bowled. Sewell made 8, but Grace playing faster the score was 105when Attewell cmght Sewell fromhis own bowl­ ing. Up to that point the bowler had sent down 1^3 balls for 16runs and three wickets. Townsend cime in and escaping from a change given before he scored proved a most useful partner, and an hour and a quarter elapsed in which 82 runs were put on, b*f»re he was bowled. Jessop hit up 10 in a fewminutes and Page left at 214, but Painter came in and Grace completed his eighth hundred this season after four hours and twenty-fiveminutes’ play. At the close of the day’s play, Gloucestershire had 242runs for seven wickets. Grace added 6 only to his score on the second day and the innings soon closed. The cham­ pion’s 119 was the r»suit of five hours’ batting, and he hit eight 4’s, four 3’s, and nineteen 2’s. Notts had but ten batsmen in Flower’s ab^en^, and in th‘» course of the afternoon these were twice dismissed for 164 runs. Under these circumstances, there is little to record as regards the batting, beyond a con­ sistent series of failures. In th *first innings Jessop at one time had bowled six overs for 10 runs and three wickets, and at anofher thirteen ov*rsforone run and four wickets. The only real resistance to the bowl ng was when Dixon and Jones wereassocia­ ted in Notts’ second innings, and the former’s 39 was a leally good score played under disheartening <*ir- cumstances. In the two innings Townsend had 13 wickets for 110 runs and Jessop four for 21, the for­ mer thus agiin taking the lead amongst all bowlers this season. In the end Gloucestershire won very easilybyaninningsand93runs. Scoreandanalysis:— G loucestershire . Dr. W. G. Grace, b Mr. G. L. Jessop, b Bennett .............. 119 Dixon ........ 10 Mr. J. J. Ferris, b Mr. H. V. Page, b Jones..................... 9 Attewell ... ... 9 Wrathall, c and b Painter, lbw, b Atte­ Attewell .............. 11 well .............. 15 Mr. R. W. Rice, b Board, notout ... 3 Attewell ............. 21 Roberts, c sub., "b Mr. C. O. H. Sewell, c Attewell ....... 1 andb Attewell 8 B 12, lb 5, nb 1 18 Mr. O. L. Townsend, — b Dixon .............. 33 Total ... 257 THE POSITIONS OF COUNTIES. The following table shows the positions of the fourteen first-class counties in the championship contest so far as it has gone — i.e., to August 21:— Played. Won. Lost. Drwn. Pnts. Surrey ........ ... 22 ... 15 . . 3 . . 4 . . 12 Yorkshire ... 24 . . 14 . . 5 .. 5 . . 9 I>ancashire ... ... 18 . . 11 . . 4 .. 3 . . 7 Gloucestershire ... 15 . . 7 . . 5 .. 3 . . 2 Derbyshire ... ... 15 . . 5 . . 4 .. 6 . . 1 Middlesex ... 15 . . 5 . . 5 .. 6 . . 0 Warwickshire ... 18 . . 6 . . 6 .. 6 . . 0 Essex ... 15 . . 5 . . 7 .. 3 . . —2 Hampshire ... 14 . . 5 . . 8 .. 1 . . —3 Sussex ........ ... 16 . . 4 . . 8 .. 4 . . —4 Leicestershire ... 14 . . 3 . . 8 .. 3 . . —5 Somerset........ ... 14 . . 3 ... 8 .. 3 . . —5 Kent.............. ... 15 . . 3 . . 9 .. 3 . . —6 Notts ........ ... 17 . . 3 ... 10 .. 4 . . —7 Losses are deducted from Wins, and drawn games ignored. The match, Lancashire v. Somerset at Manchester, July 25th, &c., was abandoned through rain, without a ball being bowled, and is, therefore, not included in the above figures. N otts . First Innings. Mr. J. A. Dixon, b Town­ send ........................... 9 Mr. A. O. Jones, c Grace, b Townsend.....................14 Mr. P. W. Oscroft, b Jessop 3 Mr. C. W. Wright, c Board, b Jessop .................... 0 Bagguley,c andb Townsend 7 Daft, b Jessop .............. 2 Attewell, c Grace, b Town­ send ..................... ... 11 Longdon, b Jessop ........ 2 Wilkinson, not out ........ Mr. A. R. Bennett, stBoard, b Townsend .............. Flowers, absent ............... Byes....... . ............... Second Innings. o Board, b Town­ send .............. 26 c Board, b Town­ send .............. 39 c Ferris, b Town­ send .............. c Ferris, b Town­ send .............. c andbTownsend not out.............. c Page, b Town­ send .............. st Board,b Town­ send .............. c Grace,b Roberts lbw, b Townsend absent.............. Byes ........ 0 Total Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. Bennett Attewell Jones ... Wilkinson G loucestershire . R. W. 55 1 52 6 48 1 17 0 O. Dixon ... 22 Flowers 2 Daft ... 1 R. W. '49 2 17 0 1 0 Attewell delivered one no-ball. N otts . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Townsend ... 20’3 6 43 5 ., Painter .. 5 2 10 0 Jessop........ 15 12 9 4 . Robarts . Second Innings. O. M. R. W. 2 67 8 19 8 10