Cricket 1896

132 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 14, 1896. BETWEEN THE INNINGS. There is no mistake about the genuinely first-class nature of Yorkshire’s record. When the Australians in 1893 scored 843 against the Combined Universities team, they had practically only one bowler with any pretensions to first-class form—Mr. G. F. Berkeley—to contend against; and when the Non-Smokers scored 803 against the Smokers in Australia, the match was played on a small ground, and there exists some suspicion that it was not taken very seriously by the players. But Warwickshire’s bowling, though not specially strong, is by no means the weakest of the first-class counties; and no question can arise as to the deadly earnest of the match, since it was one of the County Cham­ pionship series. This is the seventh occasion on which a side has scored more than 700 runs in a first- class match, and the fourth score of over 800, as the following list will show: — T o t a ls o f O ver 700 R uns. Wkts. Total, down. By Against 887 ... 10 ... Yorkshire ... Warwick ... 843 ... 10 .. 8th Aust.XI. O.U.&C.U., P. & P. ... 803 . 9 ... N.-Smokers Smokers ... 801 ... 10 ... Lancashire Som erset... 775 ... 10 ... N. 8. W . ...Victoria ... 726 ... 10 ... Notts.............Sussex 702 ... 9 ... Camb. Univ. „ A t Year. B’ham ... 1896 Portsmth 1893 E. Melb. 1887 Taunton 1895 Sydney ... 1882 Nott’ham 1895 Brighton 1890 Surrey’s highest score in a first-class match is 698, Essex’s 692, Kent’s 521, Middlesex’s 566, Sussex’s 592, Somerset’s 592, Gloucester­ shire’s 528, Hampshire’s 645, Derbyshire’s 427, Warwickshire’s 407, Leicestershire’s 348 for eight wickets, the M.C.C.’s 595 for seven wickets, Oxford University’s 651. My list of “ three centuries in an innings ” last week fell very apropos. Speaking of individual innings of 200 or more runs a while back, I remarked that this season would pro­ bably see several more added to the list. But if I had been asked to name the twenty men I thought likeliest to accomplish such a feat, the name of the man who has actually been the first to do it would not have been amoDg the twenty. Since so very large a share of Yorkshire’s trundling fell to Peel, his batting has gone off a bit. In 1891 he had the fine batting average of 24$ per innings ; but since then his highest in this country (he twice came out well in the batting averages of Australian tours) has been under 20. His three previous centuries in first-class were 158 for his County v. Middlesex at Lord’s, in 1889, 150 for Hall’s XI. v Sherwin’s X I. at Bradford, in 1891, and 128, Yorkshire v. Sussex at Brighton, in the same year. He has also made in matches, slightly below the first-class, 226* (Yorkshire v. Leicestershire, Bradford, 1892); 213 (Yorkshire,v. N. Riding, Middlesboro’ , 1885); 145* (Yorkshire v. Leicestershire, Leicester, 1889); 121 (Yorkshire v. Leicestershire, Leicester, 1893); 119 (Mr. Vernon’s Team v. X V III. of Tasmania, 1888); and 110* (Yorkshire v. Warwickshire, Dewsbury, 1893). Of the men who shared the honour and glory of the great innings of Thursday and Friday last with him, Lord Hawke has five times previously scored the century in first- class matches, Mr. Jackson seven times, and Wainwright thrice. The other two big scorers—Moorhouse and Hirst—have also been credited with three figures, the former twice, the latter once. Less than fifty more runs, properly apportioned, would have seen six batsmen making centuries in the innings. NOTABLE PERFORMANCES OF THE W EEK ENDING M AY 9. BOW LING. W . G. Grace, 10 for 82, Gloucester v. Somerset, at Bristol. Tyler, 14 for 122, Somerset v. Gloucester, at Bristol. Richardson, 15 for 113, Surrey v. Leicester, at Oval. Richardson, hat trick in second innings of Leicester—Rougher, Geeson and Coe all clean bowled. J. T. Hearne, for M.C.C., 10 for 75 v. Notts, 10 for 115 v. Sussex—a grand week’s work. Ten bowlers went on in the Yorkshire innings of 887 at Edgbaston, Law being the only man who was not given a turn. G. L. Jessop and C. E. M. Wilson, aided by a run-out, got down six wickets of Mr. Thornton’s England X L for 41-in the first innings on a good wicket at Fenner’ s. BATTING. Eleven centuries. Four in one innings. Two each in two others—each time for Surrey. Abel 290 in two innings during week. Thirty-four individual scores of 50 or more in the eight first-class matches of the week. Totals of 887, 443, 440, and 362. Long stands for a wicket (100 or more runs) :— Rs. Wkts. Batsmen. Match. A t Date 122...8...Law&Pallett ... Wrwck. v.Surrey Oval... 4 142 . 6 ..Abel&W .W .Read Surrey v.Wrwck. ,, ... 5 144 . 3...Chatterton&liunn M.C.C. v. Sussex Lord’s 6 124 7 F. W .M nude& G. J. Y. W eigall... Eng. X I. v. C.U. Camb. 7 120 . 4...C: J. Burnup & H. H. Marriott ... C.U. v. Eng. X I. „ 7 165.. 5 ..H .T . Stanley & S. M. J. Woods ... Smt. v. Glos. ... Bristol 7 220...2...Abel & Holland... Surrey v. Leic. .. Oval... 7 128...5...Moorhous-j> and Waiawright ... Yorks.v.Wrwck. B’ham 7 292...8...Lord Hawke and Peel ... .......... „ ... „ 7,8 33...9...Hirst and Peel ... ,, ... ,, 8 Ten such stands in the first weak of the season, when one might reasonably expect batsmen to be short of practice! Never, surely, has a season opened in such style. Altogether, duriog the week, 6,143 runs were scored for the loss of 262 wickets, giving the remarkable average of nearly 23£ per wicket. There were two matches of over 1,000 runs : - Cambridge University v. C. I. Thornton’s England X I., 1,179 for thirty-eight; War­ wickshire v. Yorkshire, 1,138 for twen‘y-oue. The success so early in the season of Abel, Walter Read and S. M. J. Woods, three of my favourite cricketers, is pleasing indeed to me. W. G. did not do much ; but it he is in good enough form to score the century with 22 in the field, it won’t be long before he is credited with some big innings. Tyler bowl- d him for the first time at Bristol. Wrathall, who showed promising form last year, seems likely to make a lot of runs for his county this. They will be needad, for the team Gloucester­ shire put j into the field on Thursday was a very weak one. Jessop showed fine all­ round form in the Freshmen’s match, though not particularly successful against Thornton’s team. Albert Trott’s first appearance as an English cricketer was a distinct success. His bowling did not appear to offer much difficulty to the Cantabs; but liis score of 58, in the second innings of his side, was very good. I have no space to deal with other corres­ pondence this week ; but I must acknowledge, with thanks, letters l'rom Messrs. D. C. Stedman, Ralph Meriden, Geo. Botting, R. L. Elderton, and one or two others. If I am able, I will answer their communications next week. J. N. P. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. C. W . R e y n o l d s . —The address of Cricket is 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. Dr. J. S t e w a r t .— Thanks, but it is too late now. C. V. R e y n o l d s . —W.G. bowled lobs in Gen­ tlemen of England v. I. Zingari last year at Lord’s. BRIXTON WANDERERS v. BATTERSEA.— Played at Denmark Hill on May 9. B a tt e r se a . G. Holland, c Mason, b Rider .................. 16 A. E. Holland, b Jones 14 H. Carver, b Jones ... 1 H. A . White, b Jones 6 W. May, c Mason, b Rider..........................36 Rev. J. F. Sugden, b Gilhgan .................. 3 G. F. Mellish, b Jones 2 R. Hunt, c and bJones 0 H. C. Haldane, b Gilli- gan ...........................10 G. F. M. Camroux, b Rider.......................... 9 M. C. Fry, not out ...11 B 6 ................... 6 Total ...114 F. Odell, b White ... 0 F. P. Rider, b Cam­ roux .......................... 10 E. V. White, b Sugden 28 W. A . Gilhgan, b C am roux.................. 0 A. J. Whyte, b Cam­ roux .......................... 1 C. Hogg, b Mellish ... 42 E. H. Urop.b Camroux 16 B rixto n W an dbrers . H. Mason, c Haldane, b M ellish................... 8 C. Smith, b Mellish ... 0 F. Millar, not out ... 28 C. F. Jones, b Mel­ lish .......................... 0 B 3, lb 4 ........... 7 Total ...135 ADDISCOMBE y. NORWOOD.—Played at Norwood on May 9. N o rw ood . R. S. Rogers, not out 70 S. Hollands, b Cutler 13 H.Blackt'ordjb Hughes 2 A. P. Roe, b Hughes ..11 C. F. Blain, b Cutler 16 W . T. Goodwin, c and b Cutler .................. 0 F. S. Hallam, C. G. Austin, and L. F. Elliott did not bat. * Innings declared closed. A. French, b Hughes 10 F. W . Austin, notout 10 Extras ...........19 Total (6 wkts) *151 A ddiscom be . C, E, Davies, b Rogers 7 E. Wiltshire, b Roe ... 0 A. Hughes, not out ... 30 N. E. Cutler, b Rogers 8 G. H. Purser, b Rogers 4 J. H. Coulthard, H. W . Myait, A. Wiltshire, T. F. Perrin and S. Wiltshire did not bat. , C. Purser, not out 4 Extras ........... 9 Total (4 wkts)... 62 CRYSTAL PALACE v. ADDISCOMBE.-Played at Crystal Palace on May 12. A ddiscom be . E. Wiltshire, b Um­ ney .........................57 R. S. Rogers, c Abra­ ham. b Campbell ... 4 A. Hughes, c Bickuell, b Barrett.................. 12 A. Goodman, b Um­ ney .. .................. 4 F. Hill, b Umney ... 6 M. M. Moore, c and b Umney .................. 8 H. G. Roberts, b Umney ................... 0 J. R. Coulthard, b Umney ................... 6 J. H. Purser, b Barrett 17 H. P. Moore, not out 7 C. S. Despeez, c Bick­ nell, b Barrett Leg-byei Total .126 S. Colman, not out ...122 Dr. J. E. Barrett, b Hughes .................. 1 G. E. Bicknell, b H. Moore .................. 12 J. M. Campbell, b Hughes ..................24 J. N. Noakes, c Wilt­ shire, b Rogers ... 10 C rysta l P a la c e . Dr. W. F. Umney, b Rober.s ......... ... 19 F. Abraham, c Good­ man, b Roberts ... 2 A. W . Gardner W ool- loton. b Moore ... 25 E. G. Turner, not out 0 B 22, lb 1, w 3 ... 26 Total (7 wkts.) 241 R. H. Dillon and Capt. Fleming did not bat M ARQUEES. Second hand. Suitable for every purpose. £0 X 16 ft., £8 ; 28 X 14 ft., £7 ; 15 x 9 ft., 65/-. Army Bell Tents, 17/6. Complete in every requirement. Best Value. P e tk r s & S on s, 44, Tenter Street South, Goodman’s Fields, E. S URREY X I. IN 18^5.—A Descriptive Record of the matches played in that season, with Batting and Bowling Averages and Portraits of the Team. P4ce, 3d ; by post, 4d. Obtainable at Bookstalls, Newsagents* or of Messrs. Merritt &. Hatcher, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. C RICKET.—Wanted im m ed ia te ly . Copy April 13th, 1833, and two copies April 16ih, l«d4. Lowest price, etc., to A.B. c/o Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C.