Cricket 1896

M ay 7, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 123 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A. P a terson . — The victory of Lancashire over Somerset by an innings and 452 runs was referred to in last week’s Pavilion Gossip. G. L acy . —Your interesting letter will appear next weeK. LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on May 4, 5 and 6. Yorkshire won by 2 wickets. After a great difficulty in fixing dates for the matches between Yorkshire and Lanca­ shire, owing to the visit of the Australians, the committees of the two counties came to an understanding, and the matches were arranged. The effect of playing the first match at Old Trafford at the beginning of May instead of during the Whitsuntide holi­ days, was apparent in the decreased number of spectators, but some eight thousand of them put in an appearance on the first day. With the wicket considerably in favour of the bowlers, and most of the batsmen somewhat out of practice, it was a foregone conclusion that the scores would be small. It is almost a tradition in matches between Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Notts, that unless the wicket is absolutely perfect, the spectators will see plenty of wickets fall in a reasonably short time. It was something in favour of Lanca­ shire to win the toss, but from the way in which the wickets began to fall, it looked for the moment as if the team was going to make a very poor score. Fortunately for his county, Frank Sugg was in his best form. His hit­ ting was hard, and, as a rule, well timed; possibly he was using one of his new patent bats. His various partners were wise enough to keep very quiet while he was hitting the bowling about, but he scored so rapidly that the total mounted up in a very satisfactory manner. At last he was out for 74, an innings in which were eleven fours. It lasted for 70 minutes only. Thanks to this, the Lancashire total was 150, which was quite large enough to make the Yorkshiremen thoughtful. They were soon still more thoughtful, for Briggs not only bowled finely, but obtained wickets. Except when Mr. Jackson was in, the scoring was slow, for the hitters were not very suc­ cessful. But after Mr. Jackson had made 21, Moorhouse, at a very critical time, played the soundest cricket for 43, and chiefly owing to the display of these two men, the total was only 27 behind that of Lancashire. At the end of the innings stumps were drawn for the day. On the Tuesday, Paul was the hero on the Lancashire side, for he played nearly through the innings for 52, whereas with the exception of Sugg and Smith, the end of the team failed. The innings closed for 139. Thus Yorkshire had to make 167 runs to win —a difficult task. They began with 8 for one wicket. Brown and Mr. Jackson played good cricket, but Brown went at 37- Then with Denton and Mr. Jackson together, the game seemed to be going entirely in favour of Yorkshire. At 61 Mr. Jackson was bowled by Briggs for a splendid innings of 41, and once more the game became interesting. Moorhouse, who had played so well in the first innings, only made 1, but Wainwright, his successor, kept his head, and as he has so often done before, began to pull the match out of the fire. He was not disposed of until just before the time for drawing stumps, and if his partners had been able to give him more assistance, Yorkshire would have won easily. His score was 47, and the total was 149. There were still 18 runs for Yorkshire to make with two wickets to fall, so that the game was in a deeply interesting position. On Wednesday, however, Hirst and Mounsey knocked off the runs, and Yorkshire won by two wickets. Throughout the match the bowling was good, and it is difficult to say whether Mr. Jackson, Peel, Briggs, or Mr. Milligan did the best. Lancashire. First innings. Mr. A. N. Hornby, c Hunter, b P e e l.................................. 1 Ward (A.), c Hunter, bPeel 13 Paul, st Hunter, b Wain­ wright ................................ 16 Sugg (F.), c Denton, b Hirst 74 Baker, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 1 Mr. C. H. Benton, b Jackson 1 Briggs, c Milligan,b Jackson 8 Smith (C.), not out .......... 12 Cuttell, lbw, b Peel ............ 2 Hallam, b Hirst .................... 0 Mold, b Peel ... ......................11 B 6, lb 5 ......................11 Total....................150 Second innings. c Hunter, b Jack­ son .................... 5 c Hirst, b Milligan 14 c Wainwright, b M illigan.............. 52 c Tunnicliffe, b M illigan...............16 b Jack son............ 4 c Tunnicliffe, b M illigan............ 0 c Wainwright, b Jackson ............ 4 st Hunter,b Jack­ son .......................17 notout........... ... 8 b P e e l.................... 0 b P e e l.................... 4 B 11, lb 4 ... 15 Total ...139 Yorkshire, First Innings. Mr. F. S. Jackson, c Sugg, b Briggs ......................21 Tunnicliffe, b Briggs'........ 0 Brown, b B riggs................ 4 Denton, b Briggs..............18 Moorhouse, c Hornby, b Hallam ...................... 43 Wainwright, b Briggs ... 11 Peel, c Paul, b Hallam .. 12 Mr. F. W . Milligan, b Mold 4 Mounsey, not out................ 1 Hirst, b H a lla m ................. 5 Hunter, c and b M old........ 0 B 3, lb 1 ................ 4 Second Innings. b Briggs .......... 41 c Smith, b Mold 6 b Briggs ...........10 b Mold ...........25 lbw, b Briggs b Mold c and b Mold b Baker not out........... not out........... P eel................ Hirst ......... W ainwright. Jackson......... Total..................123 Lancashire. First Innings. O. M. R. W . .. 29-4 12 54 4 ... 25 13 47 17 ‘21 Milligan 18 Yorkshire. First Innings. O. M. R. W . Briggs ........... 23 8 44 5 ... Extras.......... 4 Total ...168 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . .. 21 8 21 2 ... 18 7 29 0 ... 15 8 25 15 16 :5<> 28 Mold Cuttell . Hallam . 12 3 32 2 9 2 21 0 12 4 22 3 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . ........35 3 lb 55 3 ........... 20 6 47 4 ........... 5 0 12 0 ........... 11 0 30 0 Baker 9 2 18 1 M.C.C. AND Played at Lord’s on May 4 and 5. won by 6 wickets. GROUND v. NOTTS. M.C.C. Everybody at Lord’s on Monday seemed pleased to see W.G. agaiti, and as he stepped on to the field he was given a very hearty welcome. There was a slight wind blowing when the match began, but the weather was lovely, and the wicket looked good, although judging by the way in which the ball occa­ sionally cocked up, it had a weak spot or two. Notts sent in Shrewsbury and A. O. Jones to the bowling of Martin and Davidson. W.G. soon had some slashing cuts .to stop, and it was a pleasure to see how easily he picked up the ball. Much to the delight of the crowd, Shrewsbury opened his shoulders and drove the ball to the boundary time after time, and that his driving was hard Martin no doubt knows, for he rubbed his hands over one that was exceptionally warm. Shrewsbury made 46, an innings which was worthy of his great reputation. C. W . Wright hit hard and well; in fact his play was very much more vigorous than usual. He made an ex­ tremely useful 28, but nobody else did much. Davidson distinguished himself by making three catches, the one that dismissed Arm­ strong being very good indeed, low down in the slips. Hearne bowled very well. The Notts innings closed at about three o’clock for 136. Wass did not have an opportunity of showing his skill with the bat, for Heame bowled Hardstaff and he never had a ball. Grace scored first for the M.C.C. with a drive for 3 off Wass, who is a tall, right hand, medium-paced bowler, with a slinging action. W.G. did not stay long, for after De Trafford had scored 25 he struck late at a fine ball from Attewell and was bowled. De Trafford’s innings was without a chance, and his drives were very fine, especially some that he sent back in the direction of the bowler. He was bowled by a ball that just took his bails. Notts were not quite as clever in the field as the M.C.C. The best stand of the match was made when Storer and Hearne were together. Both hit well, and although Storer got a nasty crack on the knee which caused his leg to give way on several occasions, he still con­ tinued to score quickly. Hearne at length fell a victim to Jones, who had just come on bowling, and the innings closed 38 to the good. When Notts went in again there was just an hour’s play, and they did badly with the exception of Shrewsbury, who hit five 4’s and a 3 in his 27. It was beautifully fine when play was resumed on Tuesday, and the Notts score was taken to 111. The M.C.C. had not a very formidable task before them, but they lost W.G. when he had scored 19. The issue of the match was, however, not in doubt, and Notts were defeated by 6 wickets. N otts . First innings. Mr. A . O. Jones, c Storer, b Davidson .......................... 0 Shrewsbury (A.), c David­ son, b Mead ...................46 Gunn, c Gibson, b Heame... 19 Flowers, b Hearne ........... 0 Mr. J. A . Dixon, c Peacock, b Heame ................. ... 16 b Heame Mr. C. W . Wright, c David­ son, b Mead .................. Second’innings. c Storer,b Heame 8 c Mead, b David­ son ...................27 b Heame ........... i b Davidson...........14 Armstrong, c Davidson, b Mead ........... ...................12 Attewell (W .), b Hearne ... 5 Pike, run out........... Hardstaff, b Heame Wass, not out Byes .......... Total... ... 4 ... 2 ... 0 ... 4 ...136 c Martin,bDavid- son ... ......... 19 b Heame ........... 1 c Storer, b David­ son ................... 2 b Davidson........... 9 not out............... 19 c Storer,b Heame 0 Byes ........... 4 Total...........i n rM .c.c. First innings. Second innings. Mr. W . G. Grace, b Attewell 4 lbw, b Hardstaff 19 Mr.C.E. de Trafford, b Wass 44 b Jones .............15 Davidson, b Attewell........... 1 run out.................... M r.F.W . Maude, b Attewell 26 st Pike, b Jones. . 11 Mr.H.O.Peacock,b Attewell 1 Mr. A. E. Gibson.b Attewell 4 Storer, not out .................. 50 not out................ 5 Mr. C. C. Stone, b Attewell 0 not out................ 5 Mead, lbw, b Attewell ... 2 Heame (J. T.), c Shrews­ bury, b Jones ................... 31 Martin, c and b Jones........... 0 B 4, lb 7 ...............11 Total ... ...174 B 2, lb 4 Total... 6 74 N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W . 8 21 0 ... _________ ______ 4 27 1 ... Heame ...........18’4 8 35 5 ... M ead................... 12 3 49 3 ... Martin ...........18 Davidson...........11 Second innings. O. M. R. W. • 19 4 43 5 ■ 23-1 10 40 5 . 5 2 24 0 M .C.C. and Ground. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Attewell ........... 21 5 53 7 ............. 14 5 35 0 Hardstaff ........... 12 2 35 0 ............. 7 3 1 1 1 Wass ................... 11 0 58 1 ............. 3 0 6 0 D ix o n ................... 4 1 13 0 ............ Jones ................... 12 0 4 2 ... ... 5’1 0 16 2