Cricket 1895

406 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t. 12, 1895. S C A R B O R O U G H F E S T IV A L . YORKSH IRE v. AN ELEVEN OF ENGLAND At Scarborough, September 5th, 6 th, and 7 th. It was rather absurd that in a match with such a title as this one of Yorkshire’ s best men, David Denton, should have been absent playing in another holiday fixture at Hastings. The England X I. was fairly powerful, and at any rate proved too strong for Yorkshire. An unusual incident occurred liefore play started. Rain had delayed the game, and the spectators became impatient. The umpires still considered the ground unfit for play when Mr. Hewett, who captained the English team, and who was quite willing to go into the field, was much insulted by the crowd on going to look at the pitch, and in consequence retired from the match. In the end F. R. Spofforth took Hewett’s place. Yorkshire did very badly against Meau and Hearne when play did begin, one man only doing himself justice ; Tunniclifife’ s brilliant 35 amidst so many failures standing out prominently. The total of 80 included 11 byes, so that the Pudsey batsman made j ust over half the runs. England did appreciably better, but A. C. MacLaren’s 24 aud Alec Hearne’ s 44 were the only items exceeding * 20 , and Yorkshire were left only 41 in the rear. Yorkshire’s second innings was almost a replica of their first, Mead with Spofforth dismissing them all for 82. The only double figure innings were Mounsey’ s 13 and Haigh’ s 18, and, though the wicket was affected by the rain, the Northerner’s batting was about as feeble as well can be imagined^ Only 42 were wanted to win, and A. O. Jones quickly settled matters, running up 32 not out. Baker ran himself out, but W . G. Quaife stayed with the amateur until England had won by nine wickets. Mead’s record in this match was eleven wickets for 67, a remarkably fine performance. The game being over early on Friday, a return match was got up to fill up the time remaining, but of course this does not Count in the first-class averages for the season. Yorkshire have made a disappoint­ ing show in the games of the Scarborough festival, and have finished up their season in by no means brilliant fashion. Of this last match the following is the score and bowling analysis:— Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. F. S. Jackson, lbw, b 9 b Spofforth........ 8 b Spof- Mead Brown, b Mead ........ Tunnicliffe, c Jones, Hearne..................... Moorhouse, b Heame... Wainwright, c and b Mead Peel, b Heame Lord Hawke, c Tyler, b Mead ........................... 5 Mounsey, run out ........ 0 Hirst, b Mead ............... 4 H a i g h , c MacLaren, Heame ............... c Mead, b forth ... 35 c Tyler, b Mead ... 8 b Mead ........ c Spofforth, b Mead ........ c Woodcock, b Spofforth c and b Mead ... b Mead ........ c Baker, b Mead 0 c Tyler, b Spof- Hunter, not out ............... 0 Bye&...........................11 Total Mr. A. C. MacLaren, c and b Haigh ... 24 Mr. A. O. Jones, c Tunnidiffe, b Peel 2 Hearae, cPeel,bJabk- son .....................44 Quaife (W. G.), c and b Jackson........ ... 19 Mr. G. L. Jessop, st Hunter, b Jackson 4 Baker, c Tunnicliffe, b Jackson .............. 0 E l e v e n o f E n g l a n d . Firat Innings. forth not out....... B 4, lb 1 Total Mead . Tyler Hearne Haigh........ Jackson Wainwriglit Peel ........ Mr. F. R. Spofforth, c Tunnicliffe, b Jack­ son ..................... l Mead, c Hunter, b Wainwright ........10 Tyler, c Mounsey, b Jackson .............. 1 Woodcock, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Wainwright 0 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Y o r k s h ir e First Inninsrs. O. M. Tt. W. O. .........15 3 3 29 5 ............ 16 . ... 2 0 12 0 ... 13 2 28 4 Spofforth 17 E l e v e n o f E n g l a n d . O. M. It. W. O. .. . 5 0 29 1 ............ 3 18 2 9 24 0 15 3 34 2 10 2 21 1 Second Innina-s. M. R. W. 1 38 5 39 4 M. R. W. 0 15 0 6 2 2 20 0 3 1 8 0 T H E H A S T IN G S F E S T IV A L . NORTH v. SOUTH. At Hastings, September 5th, 6 th and 7th. A capital start was made in this game between strong-, though not quite representative elevens, the South especially being without two or three of their best men. The wicket was good, and Abel and Grace scored 51 for the first wicket, when the Doctor left. Abel and Stoddart took the score to 108 and then the amateur whose share was 68 was bowded ; he had been in a hundred minutes, and hit a 5 and seven 4’s. Abel shortly after completed his 2000 runs for the season, but wickets' fell quickly, till five were down for 158. Town­ send and Lockwood made a welcome resistance and 47 had been put on before they were separated. The last three wickets only added 21 runs. The North had half-an-hour’ s batting in a queer light and Richardson got rid of both Ward and Shrewsbury very cheaply. Next day the batsmen of the North made a capital defence, Denton in an hour and ten minutes compiling 62 without a chance and reaching his 100 U runs this season. Townsend was badly punished, but Richard­ son had quite a triumph in dismissing seven batsmen, six of them first-class for 75 runs. After all, the North were but 20 behind, but W . G. and Stoddart, defied the bowling for two hours and ran up 150 for the firat wicket. Stoddart’s 71 included ten 4’s, and was brilliantly hit. Abel was cheaply disposed of, but the Master completed his ninth hundred this season with the last ball of the day. On Saturday he increased this by 4 only, and when the total had been raised to 255 lor six he declared his innings, leaving the North 276 to get to win. A dismal start was made, Shrewsbury and Ward, again failing, and four of the best wickets falling for 15. Davidson stayed the rot, and Lilley played a fine innings. When seven wickets had fallen for 72, C. W . W right came to his assistance, and the pair played with much confidence, Richardson coming in for some punishment. Woods went on at 152, and one run later with 81 added for the partnership Wright was out. Lilley left at 162, and all were out at 166, leaving the Southern team winners by 109 runs. Score and analysis:— S o u t h . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. W. G. Grace, c Lilley, b Mold ...........................19 cWright,bBriggs104 Mr. A. E. Stoddart, b Pougher .................... 68 c De Trafford, b Pougher........71 Abel, c Davidson, bPougher 38 c Davidson, b Mold.............. 8 Brockwell, b Pougher........ 8 cLilley,bPougher 15 Mr. C. L. Townsend, c Chatterton, b Davidson... 39 not out.............. 26 Mi*. B. M. J. Woods, Board, not out .. Byes 13 Total ... 121 Second Innings : Mr. A. O. Jones, not out, 32; Quaife (W. G.), not out, 6; Baker, run out, 5: B 1, lb 1, 2—Total (1 wkt), 45. Lilley, b Mold Lockwood, c Lilley, b Davidson ..................... Hearne (G. G.), not out ... Butt, b Briggs ............... Martin, st Lilley, b Briggs Richardson, c Chatterton, b ! Pougher, Briggs ... 23 12 notout... 0 Davidson Lcg-byes... c Chatterton, b Briggs ........ Byes 1, lb 1,w 2 N o r t ii . First Innings. Shrewsbury,bRichardson... 1 Ward (A.), b Richardson ... 5 Second Innings, c Grace, b Town­ send ............. 3 cButt,b Richard­ son .............. 1 Chatterton,candb Richard­ son................................ 36 b Richardson Davidson, c Woods, b Richardson .> ...............12 Lilley, b Richardson ... ... 23 Denton, b Richardson .. ...62 Mr. C. E. de Trafford, c Hearne, b Townsend ... 20 b Townsend ... 23 b Woods ........75 b Richardson ... 16 Mr. C. W. Wright, st Butt, b Towosend ............... 2 Briggs, stButt, b Townsend 0 Pougher, not out...............30 Mold, b Richardson ......... 0 Byes...........................15 c Abel, b Town­ send .............. 0 c Brockwell, b Woods ........31 not out............. 8 b Richardson ... 2 run out ........ 0 B 5, w 1, nb 1 7 Total.. ..203 Total ...166 BOWLING ANALYSIS. S o u t h . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Mold ........ 37 8 84 2 . Briggs........ 19 2 66 2 . Davidson .. 2P110 31 3 Pougher ... 21 9 41 3 . Second Inning?. O. M. R. W. . 26 5 81 1 . 17 2 54 3 .1 7 7 35 0 . 42 17 81 2 Mold and Davidson each bowled a wide. N o r t h . First Innings. O. M. R. W. Townsend ... 21 1 98 3 . Richardson...26 1 8 75 7 . Woods.......... 4 0 18 0 . Martin......... 2 2 0 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. .2 0 5 55 3 .. 21 5 91 4 . 21 0 8 2 3 1 5 0 Richardson bowled one wide and Woods one no-ball. Total ................. 226 Total (6 wkts) *255 * Innings declared closed. MR. STODDART’S ANGLO - AUSTRA ­ L IAN ELEVEN v. REST OF ENGLAND . The Hastings authorities had considerable difficulty in getting together a representative eleven to oppose Mr. Stoddart’s team, but the committee are to be congratulated on sending such a capital side into the field. It would be easy to suggest a few improvements, and one would liked to have seen F. S. Jackson, L. C. H. Palairet, and K. S. Ranjitsinhji, but the team was strong at all points. As gener­ ally expected, Mr. Stoddart played the same eleven that appeared in the last four test matches against the full strength of Australia, the absentees being Mr. L H. Gay and Walter Humphreys. A more interesting struggle has not been witnessed, both sides straining every nerve to obtain a victory. Stoddart’s team were most anxious not to be beaten by our English eleven. The greatest feature of the first innings was that MacLaren and W . G. Grace, the two men now standing at the top of the first-class batting averages, should have beon each dismissed without get­ ting a run. The ground had thoroughly recovered from the effects of the rain, and looked in such capital condition, that Stod­ dart gained a decided advantage by winning the toss. The innings underwent many start­ ling changes, a bad start being recovered from by the admirable batting of Stoddart and Peel, and a collapse occurring after the fall of the fifth wicket. Brockwell and Albert Ward scored 49 in half an hour for the first wicket, but the total had only reached 97 when the fcwirth man was sent back. At that point Stoddart and Peel made their long stand, remaining together for nearly seventy minutes, and putting on 89 runs. Stoddart’s stay extended over an hour aud thrce-quar- ters, and included seven 4’s, three 3’s, and twro 2 ’s, Peel also playod well, but was missed at point when 25, and gave a 1 hard chance at the wicket when 41. After the fall of the fifth wicker at 180, the last five batsmen only added 31 runs. Woods and