Cricket 1896

M a y 14, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 133 WARWICKSHIRE v . YORKSHIRE. A RECORD SCORE. Edgbaston, May 7, 8 and 9. Drawn. After their disastrous match against Surrey the Warwickshire team could have had hut little hope of staving off a defeat from York­ shire, and practically none of winning the game, more especially when the visitors won the toss. To have to field against Yorkshire on a perfect wicket, when the weather is slightly cold, is not a task which is enjoyed by any team, even though it may possess very great strength in bowling ; by a team which knows that its bowling is weak the task is re­ garded with forebodings. For the Yorkshire tail only begins at Hunter, and even he often knocks up a lot of runs. There is no other county which is so strong in batting all through its eleven, and when nearly all the men come off in the same match, the result is likely to surprise the opposing side. The beginning of the Yorkshire innings was not extraordinary. It is true that Mr. Jackson was in splendid form, and made runs very quickly, but Tunnicliffe, Brown and Denton were all disposed of for smaller scores than they might have been expected to make. With these three men out the s^ore was 141, a total by no means alarming. But after this everything began to point to a very long score. Mr. Jackson and Moorhouse played wonder­ fully good cricket, and the next wicket (Mr. Jackson’s) did not fall until the total was 211. Mr. Jackson had been batting two hours and .a half for 117: a great innings. By this .time the ice was broken, and Warwickshire were evidently in for a lot of difficulties. Moorhouse and Wainwright continued the rapid scoring. In about three hours and a half the 300 was up, and there was very little hope for a side which could not keep down the runs more successfully than this. Still the runs came very quickly, •but a t.last -Moor- house went for 72. In the course of time Wainwright was also out, but not until he had scored 126. Six wickets were down for 405, and before the day’s play ended Mr. Milligan, who had soon knocked up 34, was bowled, and play ended with a total of 452 for seven wickets; Peel not out 37 and Lord Hawke not out 3. So far Yorkshire had done nothing to make the world wonder, but there were still some good men to bat. On the second morning the score was carried by Lord Hawke and Peel to 500 ; then 600 ; then 700, and finally to 740, before Lord Hawke was out for 166 ; a fine innings which had taken him j ust under four hours. The partnership had thus produced 240 runs. Hirst began to hit very hard as soon as he came in. Mean­ while Peel kept steadily on at about the rate of 30 runs an hour, and nothing seemed to disturb him. Long before this the Warwick­ shire team must have become callous and almost indifferent as to how many runs were obtained, for the longer the innings lasted the more chance had they of making a very con­ soling draw instead of being ignominiously defeated. The bowlers alone, who had their averages to think of, could have been very grieved at the turn affairs were taking. Just before the time for drawing stumps the long innings closed for 887—a record. As .War­ wickshire had no opportunity of showing whether they also could have scored a matter of $00 r ins if time had permitted, they could only play for the draw. Runs were of no moment at all, and as they succeeded in stopping in all day for 251 runs they must have wearied the Yorkshire eleven altaost as much as they'had been wearied themselves. But they accomplished their object,, and had nine wickets to fall in their second innings. To W. Gr. Quaife, who made 92 not out in about four hours, Warwickshire owe a very great deal. Altogether it was a memorable and a wonderful match. Y orksh ire . Mr. E. S. Jackson, Law, b Ward ... ...117 Tunnicliffe, c Pallett, b Glover ..................28 Brown, c Hill, b Pallett 23 Denton, cW .G . Quaife, b Santall .................. 6 Moorhouse, b Ward ... 72 Wainwright, run out...126 Peel, not out .........210 Mr. F. W . Milligan, b Pallett ..................34 Lord Hawke, bPallett 166 Hirst, c Glover, b Santall ........... Hunter, b Pallett B 5, lb 6, w 4 Total . 83 . 5 15 ...887 Mr. H. W . Bainbridge, c Hunter, b H irst... 5 Quaife, W. b Hirst ... 0 Quaife, W . G , not out 92 Law, c Jackson, b H irst.......................... 7 Lilley, b Hirst ... ... 0 Mr. J. E. Hill, b Hirst 4 Diver, b Peel ..........27 W a r w ic k s h ir e . First Innings. Pallett, c Wainwright, b Jackson..................25 Santall, b Hirst...........29 Mr. A. C. S. Glover, b H irst.......................... 1 Ward, b Hirst ........... 3 B 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 10 Total ...203 Second Innings: Mr. H. W . Bainbridge, b Wain­ wright,. 29, Quaife, W ., not out, 18: nb 1.—Total (1 wkt) 48. Santall Ward... Glover Pallett Y o r k s h ire , O. M. R.W . 65 9 223 2 62 11 175 2 30 1 154 1 . 75-3 14 184 4 Quaife,W.G. 8 1 33 0 O. M. R. W . Bainbridge 6 1 17 0 H ill.......... 3 0 14 0 Lilley ... 6 1 13 0 Quaife,W. 9 1 18 0 Diver ... 10 1 41 0 Pallett bowled two wides, and Hill and Diver one wide each. W a r w ic k sh ir e . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Hirst ........... 40-1 16 59 8 ........... Peel..................... 31 21 27 1 ............. 3 2 4 0 Jackson............. 18 9 23 1 ............. Wainwright .. 16 ‘7 35 0 ............. 21 1 4 1 Milligan... ...13 5 140 ... ... 5 1 15 0 Brown .............. 4 0 24 0 ............. Moorhouse ... 4 1 11 0 ............. 4 0 24 0 Hirst bowled one and Moorhouse two no-balls, and Peel one wide. PANTHER v. M ILTON.—Played at Catford on May 6. M ilto n . Thompson, run out ... Harris, b Wallers Flood, c Dos Santos, b Wallers -.......... - Cave, run out ... ... Foster, b Bayley.......... Owen, b Bayley.......... Clement, b Wallers ... Ford, b B ayley........... James, c Standish, b Wallers ................... Meredith, b Wallers Spicer, not o u t ........... Total ........... A . E. D. Lewis, not out ..........................25 W . A. Standish, c Flood, b Thompson 19 E. Dos Santos, not out 10 Extras .......... 1 Total (1 wkt) 55 J. H. W ood, N. S. Leslie, P. Key, S. Silverthome, E. W . Mantle, B. W . Green, A . Wallers, and W . L. Bayley did not ba t.. WH ITGIFT WANDERERS (2) v. SUTTON (2).— Played at Sutton on May 9. H. Simpson, b E. Tur­ ner .......................... E. C. Steward, b E. Turner G. M. Topp, c Cooper, b E. Turner .......... W . A . Hunt, lbw, b E. Turner .......... C. Costin, b Thwaites W . S. Holford, b E. Turner .................. R. Appleton, lbw, b Softly........................... A . Nightingale, lbw, b E Turner ........... W . Bell, b E. Turner P. Shelley, c Docking, b Softly ........... W . Roberts, not out... B 7 ,lb 1 ........... Total ........... t W h itg ift W an d erers . E. G. Turner, lbw, b H unt........... .......... 13 E. C. Smethurst, b Steward .................. 3 E. R. Jensen, b Hunt 3 iR.L. Turner,bSteward 3 A . E. Softly, b; Hunt 52 H . Stovold, b Steward 4 A . W . Cooper, b Stew­ ard ..........................13 i > H. Docking, b Steward 2 C. M. Goodbody, not out ..........................49 H. V. Green, b Night­ ingale ... ........... 8 G. B. Thwaites, lbw, b Nightingale ........... 8 B 10, lb 2, w 3 ... 15 Total OXFORD UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN’S MATCH. Played at Oxford on May 7 and 8. This match was much less interesting than usual. Only three men—A. F. Vernon 86, R. W . Mitchell 63, and A. Eccles 128—stood out at all prominently in batting, but in bowling C. C. Pilkington, last year’s Eton captain, was remarkably successful. Alto­ gether he took 12 wickets for 64 runs in 41*1 overs. Mr. Leveson-Gower’s side won by an innings and 41 runs. M r . L eveson -G o w er ’ s S id e . A.S.Crawley (Harrow) c and b Graves ... 22 C.C.Pilkington(Eton), b G raves.................. 22 A. G. Vernon (Shrews­ bury) , b Graves ... 86 H. W . Kettlewell (Eton), bGraves ... 13 D. H.Auchinleck( Win­ chester) , b Graves... 7 J. C. Jack (Marl­ borough)^ Graves,b Goodacre..................19 W . . G. Thompson (Loretto), c Ascroft, b Montmorency ... 4 M r. G. R. B a r d s w e ll1 First innings. A. H. Belcher (Brighton), c Auchinleck, b-Probyn ... 0 b Good... A. Page (Harrow), run out 3 A . Eccles (Repton), st Thomson; b Stuart...........40 b Good... T.H.K.Dashwood (Welling­ ton), c Mitchell, b Stuart .C.Probyn (Weston), c Ascroft, b Mont­ morency .................. 34 R. W.Mitchell (Eton), c Eccles,b Stocks ... 63 F. Good (Charter­ house), b Stocks ... 0 G. B.Stuart (Repton),c Bardswell, b Belcher 8 F. W. Holmes (W in­ chester), b Stocks ... 0 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, not out ... 21 B 4, lb 2 ........... 6 305 Total 8 S id e . Second innings. c Mitchell,b Good 0 , 18 .173 R. H. De Montmorency (St. Paul’s), c Gower, b Pil­ kington .......................... 16 E. H. Y. Weigall ( Welling­ ton),cProbyn*b Pilkington 1 F. Goodacre (Liverpool), c Holme, b Stuart ... ... 2 F.A.Lee (Repton) ,c Auchin­ leck, b Pilkington ........... 0 P. P. Graves (Haileybury), c and b Pilkington...........16 A. W .F. Baird’(Eton), c and b Pilkington ......... 8 F. W . Stocks (Denstone),'c Crawford, b Pilkington... 8 c Auchinleck, b Pilkington ... ! W . F. Ashcroft (Rugby), b Probyn .......................... G. R. Bardswell (Oriel), not out.......................................... Wides ................... c Crawley,b Good 4 lbw, b Stuart ... 7 c Vernon,b Stuart 13 b Pilkington ... 0 cJack,bPilkington 5 c Crawley, b Pil­ kington ...........14 c Leveson-Gower, . b Pilkington ... 0 3not out....................... 0 3 c Leveson-Gower, b Pilkington ... 25 2 Extras......13 Total.................. 128 Total...........136 M r . L eveson -G o w er ’ s S id e . O. M. R. W . O.M. R. W . Stocks ... 42 14 70 3 1Goodacre ... 4 2 14 1 Weigall... 29 6 70 0 j Montmorency 7’2 0 2 a 2 Graves ... 30 7 59 5Belcher.............. 9 2 28 1 Eccles ... 9 1 33 0 j M r . B ard sw ell ’ s S id e . First innings. . O. M. R . W . Second innings. O. M. R. W . Probyn.................. 14 5 27 2 ............ Mitchell .......... 14 6 20 0 ...........16 8 19 0 Pilkington........... 26 13 37 6 ............ 151 6 27 6 S tu art.................. 24 7 42 3 ............ 16 7 42 2 1 rr r ok I G ood. . Stuart bowled two wides. FOREST H ILL (3) v. GUILDHALL.- Played at Perry Rise on May 9. G u ild h a ll . ... 17 5 35 4 -Played at J. P. Clarkson, c Rew, b H ill......................... 1 F. Downes, b Hill ... 10 F. Robins, b Rew ... 1 E. L. Cockell, b Reid 8 F. Helder, b Reid ... 8 W . Russell. b Rew ... 2 L. E. Helder, b H ill... 20 F orest H il l . E. Ryder, not out ... 23 A. Phillips, c and b Fitt .......................... 1 R.W . Knechth, b Fitt 3 A. J. Helder, b Fitt... 0 Extras .......... 10 Total ... . 87 W . Baiham, run out 2 H. Rew, not out . 6 C. Fitt, not o u t......... 0 Exiras .......18 H. Reid, c Downes, b Helder ................... 1 A. Cockell, b Phillips 39 J. G. Trotter, lbw, b Phillips .................. 22 E. W . Wightwich, b Total (5 wkts) 88 F. H elder................... 0 .................. H. Mullins, G. Hill, H. Garland, and A. B. Willis did not bat.