Cricket 1895

426 C R IC K E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 19, 1895. W . G. GRACE’ S TEAM v. W . W . READ ’ S TEAM . The match between teams selected by W . G. Grace and \V. W . Read, w’hich takes place annually at the end of the first-class cricket season on the Priory Cricket Ground at Reigate, was for the first time in its history a three-day fixture. Both teams included many well-known players, but there was no attempt made to send them in in the usual order adopted in county matches, lots being drawn for priority. Thus, when W . G. Grace won the toss, and decided that his side should bat first, Richardson, the Surrey fast bowler, who had good fortune in the draw, had the honour of going in first with W . L. Murdoch. Shortly after one o’clock Murdoch and Richardson began batting against the bowling of Peel and Brockwell. Play was in progress a little short of three hours and a half, during which 254 runs were scored for the loss of five wickets. The first five batsmen all reached double figures, Abel being in about an hour for 43, and Murdoch an hour and a half for 46. MacLaren during a short stay hit Peel out of the ground for 6, while G. Brann, during a visit of thirty-five minutes, accom­ plished that feat three times, his smartly-hit total of 51 also including two 4’s, a 3, and six 2’ s. Grace went in sixth wicket down, and after scoring 19 in quick style was well caught in the long-field by English, a local player who was fielding for K . S. Ranjitsinhji. On Friday the overnight total of W . G. Grace’s team—254 for nine wickets—was carried to 294 before the innings was brought to an end through Toller being run out. C. W . Wright carried out his bat for 21. W . W . Read’s side commenced batting just before one o’clock, and were at the wickets two hours and a half for their score of 212. Brockwell and Harrower were the first pair of batsmen,but the amateur was out with the total 9. Brockwell scored 23 out of 46 during his his stay, but R. S. Lucas and Newham were quickly sent back, and with Rahjitsinhji playing on from Lohmann, after scoring 36 in good style, half the wickets were down for 8 l. Powell and Graburn added 32 for the next wicket, and before the Surrey man left he had subscribed 49 in clever fashion for an hour and a half’s batting. Walter Read and Lockwood afterwards rendered useful assis­ tance, or otherwise the total would have been much smaller. Townsend and Lohmann divided the wickets equally, but the profes­ sional had much the best average. W ith the useful lead of 82, Grace’s team commenced their second venture at ten minutes to five with Murdoch and Hewett, Lockwood and Ranjitsinhji sharing the attack. They had forty minutes’ batting before stumps were drawn for the day, and scored 43 runs without being separated. The not outs, Hewett and Murdoch, scored nine more runs before the Sussex amateur caught his fellow county man off his own bowling. Townsend was soon sent to the right about, and with the score 83 Hewett was caught, having hit up forty-seven in his usual style. Abel began to bat in a very free fashion, although he lost Toller, Maclaren, C. W . W right, and Grace very quickly. Brann who came in seventh wicket down at 110, did much better. Abel scored very freely at first, but after he and Brann had added 58 in very quick style, the Sussex batsman was stumped off Peel. Brockwell then soon brought the innings to an end by dismissing Lohmctnn and Richardson for 193. Abel in an hour and twenty-five minutes, played particularly merry cricket for seventy.five, which in­ cluded twelve 4’ s, a 3, and five 2’s. Walter Read’ s team commenced the attempt of mak­ ing 276 runs to win at a quarter to three. Peel and Brockwell opened in lively fashion, scoring 62 in thirty-five minutes before Peel was caught in the long field. Brockwell followed him to the pavilion after making 44 in fifty minutes, the total at that point being 79 for two wickets. After this point seven wickets were down for 165. Graburn, who left at this total, was run out, but Ranjitsinhji who went in first wicket down, was batting in rare style, and when joined by his captain the total was raised to 207 in less than half- an-hour. It had been decided to draw stumps at five o’clock. Thus the match was left drawn, Walter Read’ s team requiring 69 runs to win with three wickets to fall. Ranjitsinhji carried out his bat for a very fine sixty-seven, which contained six 4’s, two 3’ s, and six 2’ s, and W . W . Read was not out seventeen. Score and analysis :— M b. "W. G . G race ’ s E leven . F irst In n in gs. Second Innings. M r. W . L . M u rd och , b Peel 46 c and b R a n jit­ sin h ji .............16 M r. H . T . H ew ett, c R ead , b P eel ........................................ 3 c N ew ham , b R an jitsin jh i ... 47 M r. C. L . T ow nsend, c G ra­ bu rn , b Peel ....................21 b R a n jitsin h ji ... 4 A b el, b B rockw ell ..........43 n ot ou t ..............75 M r. M . H . T oller, ru n ou t... 41 st C larke, b P eel 1 M r. A . C. M acL aren , c sub., b P e e l .........................................18 b P e e l ......................... 0 M r. W . G . G race, c su b ., b P eel ......................................19 lbw , b P e e l.............. 1 M r. C . W . W righ t, n o t ou t 21 c C larke, b R a n ­ jitsin h ji ............. 0 M r. G . B ran n, c B rockw ell, b H arrow er ...................51 c C lark e,b P eel... 28 L oh m an n , st Clarke, b H arrow er ............................... 0 c N ew ham , b B rockw ell ... 9 R ich ardson, b Peel ..........16 c N ew ham , b B rock w ell ... 6 B 13, lb 1, w 2 .............15 B 4, lb 2 ... 6 T otal ...294 T otal ...........193 M r . W . W . R e a d ’ s E leven . F irst Innings. S econd In n in gs. B rock w ell, b T ow nsend ... 23 c B rann ,b T ow n s­ end 44 M r. P . R . H arrow er, c W rig h t, b T ow nsend ... 2 c G race,b T ow n s­ end 11 K . S. R an jitsin h ji, b L o h ­ m an n ....................................... 36 n o t ou t..........67 M r. R . S. L ucas, b L o h ­ m ann .......................................... 5 b L oh m an n ...... 6 M r.W .N ew h a m .b L oh m a n n 16 b L o h m a n n .. .. 18 M r. E . O . P ow ell, b T ow n s­ en d .......................................12 b L oh m an n ...... 0 M r. W . T . G raburn, b L oh ­ m an n .......................................49 run ou t ...... 2 M r: W . W . R ead , lb w , b T ow n sen d .............................31 n ot o u t...........17 P eel, c H ew ett, b T ow n sen d 3 c A bel, b T ow n s­ end 27 L o ck w ood , n ot ou t ...........15 M r. A . F . Clarke, c A b e l, b L o h m a n n ................................ 0 B 16, lb 4............................. 20 B 14, lb 1.........15 T otal ......................212 T ota l (7 w kts) 207 B O W L IN G A N A L Y S IS . G r a c e ’ s E leven . F irst In n in gs. S econd In n in gs. O . M . R . W . O . M . R . W . P eel.................... 41 6 112 6 ............... 24 7 47 4 B rockw ell ... 55 18 116 1 ............ 5'1 0 29 2 H arrow er ... 15 1 50 2 ............... L ock w ood ... 0 ’4 0 10 .............. 9 0 20 0 R a n jitsin h ji... 28 4 91 4 R ea d ’ s E leven . F irst In n in gs. Second In n in gs. O . M . R . W . O . M . R . W . T ow n sen d . 31 3 119 5 .............. 28 3 123 3 L oh m an n ... 2 1 3 4 50 5 ............... 27 7 69 3 T oller ....... 9 3 23 0 T H E E N G L I S H C R I C K E T E R S I N A M E R I C A . TH IRD M ATCH— v. P EN N SY LV A N IA U N IV E R S IT Y . Mr. Mitchell’s team opposed eleven of Pennsylvania University (Past and Present) on the 13th inst. The weather was fine. Mitchell went in with Hill on a rather diffi­ cult wicket, the latter hitting well, but he was caught from a bumping ball at 89. Hemingway hit vigorously, and at lunch the score stood 120 for one, Mitchell 46 not out. Afterwards the figures advanced rapidly, though Mitchell was caught for a faultless 58. Phillips and Wilson batted well, and the inn­ ings closed for 281. The fielding was fair. The Philadelphians started their innings at 4.30, and lost four wickets for 38 in an hour. The match was continued next day in fine weather before a large attendance. The w'icket was bumpy. The Philadelphians were all out before lunch and had to follow on. A great improvement was then mani­ fested. t>oble and Patterson defied the bowl­ ing, though the former was rather lucky. Coates afterwards hit well. The English fielding was good, though several chances were missed, and Hemingway splendidly caught Ralston at long-on. Robinson’s wicket- keeping was magnificent. This match was concluded on Monday, the home eleven win­ ning, after following on, by 100 runs. The wicket was crumbling when Pennsylvania, with eight wickets down, resumed batting, but 24 were added before the innings closed The English batting quite collapsed before the bowling of Patterson and Clark, who took five wickets for 24 and four for 37 respec­ tively. Full score:— M r . F ran k M itch ell ’ s T e a m . F irst In n in gs. S econ d In n in gs. M itch ell, c B rock ie, b B row n 58 c G ood m an , b P a t­ terson ............. 1 H ill, c N oble, b C lark.............46 c R a lston , b P a t­ terson .............13 H em ingw ay, c B row n , b P a t­ terson .........................................36 b P atterson ... 11 S tudd, b P atterson .............18 c R alston , b C lark 0 P h illips, c R alston , b P at­ terson .........................................31 b P atterson ... 2 W ilson , c R alston , b P atter­ son ..................................................31 b C lark........................ 2 M illigan, b C la rk ...................... 6 b C lark........................ 0 ttobinson, b C lark .............12 c N ob le, b C lark 25 A rk w righ t, c T h a y e r , b C lark .........................................16 r u n o u t........................ 1 L ow e, b P atterson ............. 0 c C lark, b P atter­ son ....................... 2 H artley, n ot o u t ......................12 n ot o u t........................ 2 B l 4 , l b l , w 2 , n b l ...1 8 B 1, lb 1 ... 2 T o ta l.. ...284 T otal 61 P en nsylvan ia U n iversity P ast an d P resen t . F irst In n in gs. T hayer, c L ow e, b H a rtley 16 B rockie, ru n o u t ... ............. 0 C lark, ju n ., c W ilso n , b H artley ................................ 3 Clark, c R obin son , b L ow e 4 Patterson, c R obin son , b H artley ................................23 Coates, ju n ., c M itch ell, b H artley ................................ 7 B ohlen, c A rk w righ t, b L ow e 2 N oble, n ot ou t ......................35 R alston, c R obin son , b W il­ son ..................................................26 B row n, c H ill, b W ilso n ...1 6 G oodm an , ju n ., c M itch ell, S econ d Innings. b M it c h e ll............. n o t o u t......................■ b M illigan B 2, nb 1 . . Total... c H ill, b W ilso n 0 b M illig a n ............. <> c R o b i n s o n , b A rk w righ t ... 63 c H em in g w ay, b L o w e ......................63 c R obin son , b H ill 4 c H artley, b H ill 62 c H em in g w ay, b H a rtle y .............14 cR o b in s o n ,b W il- son ....................... 8 b H a rtley ............. 5 E x tr a s .............32 Total ...307