Cricket 1896

M a y 1 4 , 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 135 SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Playod at the Oval on May 7 and 8. Surrey won by an innings and 259 runs. The Leicestershire eleven had a very different experience at the Oval at the end of last week from that which befel them in the Fame match twelve months ago. Then they gained a highly deserving victory; this time they suffered a decisive defeat. They had not their best side, it is true, but neither had Surrey, with Lohmann, Hayward and Brock- well all away. Surrey had the first use of a perfect wicket and utilised their opportunities by remaining in till five minutes past six o’clock. Of their total of 443, Abel, Holland and Mr. Key between them contributed 321 out of 426 from the bat. The two pro­ fessionals put on no le$s than 220 runs for the second wicket in two hours and a quarter. Holland ought to have been caught in the slips soon after he came in, but the latter part of his innings was quite free from fault, and when he settled down his play was very free and attractive. Four runs later Abel was caught; except for a chancc also in the slips when he had made 36, his 152 was absolutely without a fault. Later on Mr. Key hit all round the wicket with great power, and his 62 not out, it deserves to be added, only occupied him an hour. After a long outing of five hours and a quarter, Leicestershire had only seven [minutes batting on Thursday, and in this time lost a good wicket, that of Holland, for nine runs. On Friday morning Richardson and Lockwood bowled with effect, particularly the former, and when the tenth wicket fell only 46 runs had been added. Leicestershire began their second innings no less than 358 runs to the bad. Lockwood had strained himself j ust before, so that he was not able to go into the field again. Mr. Do Trafford went in for hitting, which he did as usual with success, and his vigorous batting- met with hearty applause. After making 72 out of 96 he was caught by the wicket-keeper standing back, and then the end soon camr. Richardson did the hat trick by bowling Pougher, Geeson and Coe with successive balls, and though Wood stayed a short time the innings closed eventually for 129. In Surrey’s e^sy victory by an innings and 259 runs Richardson played an important part, In the match he took fifteen Leicestershire wickets at a cost of just over seven and a half runs apiece. Brown, Wood and Coe repre- fentod Leicestershire for the first timo in this match. S u rrey . 0 . M. R. W . Poughcr ...48'2 15 156 4 I Coe ... Woodcock 39 3 102 1 "Wood Geeson ...30 9 67 2 | L e ic e s te r s h ir e . First innings. O. M.It. W . Richard;on... SOI 11 31 7 ... Lockwood ... 14 7 21 3 Abel ........... 6 5 2 0 Smith... 0. M. R. W. 21 4 76 3 . 8 0 25 0 Second innings. <>. M. 1?. W . 28-3 8 32 8 Lockwood bowled one no-ball. S u rrey . W , W . Read, b Geeson 15 Abel, c De Trafford, b W oodcock ... ...152 Holland, st Whiteside, b Pougher ...........110 Ayres, c Whiteside, b Pougher Braund, c and Pougher ........... Lockwood, b Coe Street, b Geeson... K . J, Key (capt), not out ..........................62 Wood, c De Trafford, b C’o e .......................... 0 Smith, b Coe .......... 5 Richardson, lbw, b Pougher .................. 21 B 11, lb 4, nb 2 ... 17 Total .413 L eicestersh ire . First innings. C. E. de Trafford (capt.), b Richardson..........................12 Holland, b Richardson ... 0 Tomlin, b Lockw ood.......... 1 Knight, b L ockw ood........... 3 Pougher, b Lockwood ... 2 "Wood, b Richardson........... 1 Brown, not out .................. 15 Gaeson, b Richardson..........19 ( 'oe, c W ood, b Richardson 0 "Woodcock, b Richardson ... 1 Whiteside, b Richardson ... 0 Nb .................................. 1 Second innings. cW ood,bRicliard- son .................. 7 b Richardson b Smith b Smith b Richardson b Richardson c Holland, Richardson b Richardson b Richardson b Richardson not out........... B ........... Total ... 55 Total ...129 SOMERSET v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bristol on May 7, 8 and 9. Somerset won by 123 runs. After making a poor beginning on an excellent wicket, Somersetshire, thanks almost entirely to II. T. Stanley and S. M. J . Woods, were able to make a total of 258 in their first inning3. The stand made by Mr. Woods and Mr. Stanley practically decided the match; for with the exception of Robson, nobody eke on the side made any score worth notice. Mr. Woods, who is so often seen at his bc^t when his team is in great straits, played one of his most brilliant innings for 108, and Mr. Stanley, whoso score was 79, was an excellent foil to him, his batting being very careful and painstaking. W. G. had by far the best analysis of the Gloucestershire bowlers. The total was 2 )8. If the Doctor had happened to come off in batting, this total would have been none too large; but he only made 17, and his side seemed to loso heart by his early dismissal. At the close of the first day’s play, three gcod wickets were down for 43, all to the bowling of Tyler. This bad start was not very greatly improved upon on the Friday, although E. L. Thomas (47) an I Wrathall 59, not out, both played very fine cricket. A little misunderstanding between the two captains, who are both good sports­ men, led to Wrathall batting without a man to run for him, though he was somewhat lame. Total, 153. Tyler took six wickcts for 50 runs, from which it would seem that he is by no means played out yet as some have inferred. In their second innings, Somerset did none too well, only making 173, but their lead ol 105 on the first innings proved to bo of the greatest service to them. Mr. Woods again batted finely for 52, and Robson and Mr. Fowler also did well, but most of the team were unable tomakc a ly tiling of tho'bowling\ f W.G. and Mr. Townsend. W .G . tad the fine analysis of seven wickets for 59 runs in 22.2 overs. He is nearly always fatal to men who have never played him before, but in this innings he seemed to puzzle batsmen who know him thoroughly. As Gloucestershire had to make 279 runs, much depended on whether W.G. was successful or not. Nearly three quarters of an hour remained for play, but the Doctor preferred not to go in unt 1 the Saturday. His decision seemed likely to prove wise, for Board and Wrathall made runs quickly, and when play ended, 60 runs had been made for two wickets, Wrathall being not out 29. On tho third day of tbe match, Gloucestershire were in by no means an unsatisfactory position, for with eight of their best wickets to fall, there were only 219 runs to make. Murch, who with Wratha'l was not out on Friday, was soon bowled, and ! W.G. came in. Three wickets were now down for 73. Tho sccro mounted feteadily, and the Doctor seemed, in good form. The I critical point of the innings was reached when |Wrathall was out for 70—his second fine innings in the match. Tho total was now I 126 for four wickets, and it was anybody’s gamo. But W.G. was beautifully caught in the long field by L. C. II. Palairot, and onco more Somersot held a decidod advantage. Tho rest of tho Gloucestershire innings was a triumph for Tyler, and a great disappointment for tho homo team. After W .G .’s dismissal, nobody made anything like a stand, except Mr. Townsend, and Somerset won easily. S om erset. First innings. Mr. G. Fowler, b Roberts ... Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, b Roberts .......................... 5 S’oman, c Prichard, b Roberts ........................... 5 Robson, c Board, b Roberts 20 Air. H. T. Stanley,' b Grace 79 Mr. S. M. J. Woods, lbw, b M urch..................................108 Nicholls, struck ball twicc... 10 Smith ( 6 .), run out ........... 8 Dr. Foynton, c Murch, b Grace ..................................12 Rev. A. P. Wickham, not out .................................. 0 Tyler, b Grace .................. 0 B yes.......................... 3 ..................258 Second innings, b Gracc .......... 29 b Townsend I c Board, b Graco IL c and b Graco ... 3 b Graco .......... 52 c Board,b Roberts 1:» c Board, b Graco 0 c Towusend, b Graco .......... 7 b Townsend not out........... B 2, lb 3 Total Total G loucester . First innings. Mr. W. G. Grace, b T yler... 17 Mr. J. W . S. Jellic, lbw, b Tyler .................................. 1 Mr. E. L. Thomas, c Poyn- ton, b Woods .. ...........47 Board, c Robson, b Tyler ... 0 -Mi*. 11. C. Prichard, b Woods 16 Mr. C. L. Townsend, c Fowler, b Tyler ........... 8 Wrathall, not out ...........59 Murch, b Hobson................. 1 Mr. F. C. Bracher, c Stanley, b Tyler.................................. 1 Roberts, c Palairet, b W oods 0 Pepall, c Nichols, b Tyler... 1 B yes.......................... 2 Total ..........................153 Second innings, c Talairet, b Tyler L5 lbw, b Tyler ... 0 b Robson .......... 2 c Woods, b Tyler ‘10 b Robson .......... 4 c and b Tyler ... 13 c Poynton, b Tyler 70 lbw, b Tyler . . 4 c Fowler, b Tyler 1 not out.................. 3 st Wickham, b Tyler ........... 0 B yes... ... 3 Total ...K5 S om erset . First innings. Roberts ... Murch ... Pi pall ... Grace O. M. R. W. 40 14 8 1 4 ... 44 12 122 1 8 1 28 0 18.4 9 23 3 ... Townsenl ... G lou cester . Second inning-’. O. M. R. W. ... 11 2 40 1 22.2 5 , 17 1 59 7 6D 2 • First innings. O. M. R. W. T v le r ........... 33.2 14 fO 6 . Nichols ... 23 12 34 0 . Fowler........... 2 0 2 0 W oods......... 21 6 47 3 . Robson ... 11 3 18 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 28.1 9 72 8 . 7 2 20 0 . 10 0 50 0 ,. 14 10 10 2 ST. BARTHOLOMEW ’ S HOSPITAL v. STOICS.- 1layed at Winchmore Hill on May 9. S t . B artholom ew ’ s H o spita l . W. n . Randolph, c Raaimell, b C. C. Roberts .................. 1 A. E. Jefferson, b C. C. Roberts .......... 13 R. F. Rose, b Haycraft 5 H. S. Greaves, b C. C. Roberts .................. 27 II. W . Whitwell, c Ramraell.b Haycraft 0 •J. C. Sale, b C . C. Ro­ berts .......................... 5 F. H. Maturin, cEvery, b C. C. Robeits ... 1 H. E. Scojncs, b C. C. Robtrts .................. G. C. Marrack, no: out .......................... A. J. l’ickeiing, c Rammell,b Hayeraft H. W. Pauk, c U. •*’. Roberts, b Haycr.il't B 5 ,lb 2 ........... Toti>l .......... S toics . A . G. Every, b Rose... 13 C. E. E. Lee, bRosc... 2 L. Cowlishaw, b Rose 18 A. W. Rammell, c Marrack, b Pank ... 4 W. J. Haycraft, b Pank........................... 1 C. E. Robeits, st Ma- turin, b P a a k .......... 0 C. C. Robeits, b Pank C. Haywood, b Rose... L. M. Leggatt, c Pick­ ering, b Pank .......... C. E. G. Lee, b Pauk B. Rennie, not out ... B 2 .................. Tolul .............