Cricket 1896

M a y 14, 1896. CElCKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 139 THE AUSTRALIANS. THE SHEFFIELD PA R K MATCH. FIRST OF THE TOUR. May 12, 13 and 14. Drawn. It was a great thing for the Australians to win the toss in Iheir first match, and a still greater to make a good use of it. The eleven which opposed them con­ tained no member of Mr. Stoddart’s team, but it was pretty strong on the whole, although, as it happened, not one of the bowlers had distinguished himself in the earlier matches of the season. It was a bold step on the part of the Australian captain to first send in Donnan and Darling, neither of whom had previously appeared in a match in England, but the confidence shown by both was remarkable. Donnan left Austra­ lia with the reputation of being a sound bat who made runs reasonably quickly, but at Sheffield Park he appeared to have decided to play a stonewall game. On the other hand Darling made many beautiful hits It was a surprise to Lord Sheffield’s team and the on­ lookers when luncheon time arrived without a wicket having fallen, and it was a great performance on the part of the two batsmen to bring the total to 92 before they were separated, notwithstanding that the mis­ takes in the field were numerous. Before the first day’s play ended Giffen and Trott had shown some good batting for 38 and 43 not out, and Hill had shown the only approach to quick scoring in his 30 not out. When play ended the score was 241 for five wickets. It was an exceedingly good beginning, although from the point of view of a spectator it was perhaps a little monotonous. On Tuesday morning there was a sudden change in the game, and in a few minutes all the Australians were out for 257, the last five wickets having only put on sixteen runs. Owing to the drought the wicket was somewhat fiery, and the bowling often got up during the innings. When Lord Sheffield’s X I. went in to bat it was at once seen that Jones will be awkward to deal with on anything but a perfect wicket, for he began his first public appearance in the tour by hitting Grace about the body with his first three balls-and W .G. knows how to take caro of himself as well as most people. W .G. hit his next two balls for four, and began to play very attractive cricket. The score was taken to 56 before Mr. Jackson (who went in with W .G.) was out for 17, having for once been much slower in making runs than one of his partners. So far this looked promising, but Grace went soon afterwards for a perfect 49, and Shrewsbury, Gunn and C. B. Fry did almost nothing; in fact at lunch time five wickets were down for fcO, and of the rest only K. S. Ranjitsinhji seemed capable of making a lot of runs. Alec Hearne was out soon afterwards for 4, and the Australians seemed to have the upper hand very decidedly. Fortunately Ranjit­ sinhji was in no way incommoded by the eccentricities of the wicket nor by the pace and variety of the bowling, and finding a useful partner in Lilley he began to make runs very quickly, and was not disposed of until he had scored 79. W ith a lead of 62 runs the Australians did well in their second inning?, but again their cricket was not so attractive as, for their own sake, could be wished. Trott. however, showed all his old brilliancy in making 59 not out. The total was 194, which left the Englishmen with 2 )7 to make to win. There was no time to get the rvns, but Jackson and Ranjitsinhji played beautiful cricket. A ustralians . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. H. Done an (N.S.W .), b Fry ..................................32 c Hearne, b Davidson .. 25 Mr. J. Darling (S.A.), c Lilley, b M o ld ..................67 c Ranjitsinhji, b Hearne ...........35 Mr. G. Giffen (S.A.), c Lilley, b Jackson .......... 38 b M old................... 18 Mr. F. A . Iredale (N.S.W.) b Grace ..........................14 c Lilley, b David­ son ..................11 Mr. G. H. S. Trott (Vic.) c Ranjitsinhji, b Heame ... 43 notout...................59 Mr. S. E. Gregory (N.S.W .), b Grace .......................... 6 run out................... 0 Mr. C. Hill (S.A.), c Lilley, b Mold..................................32 b Davidson ... 23 Mr. C. J. Eady (Tasmania), c Hearne, b Mold ........... 2 cLilley,bPougher 10 Mr. J. J. Kelly (N.S.W .), not out.................................. 2 b Hearne ............ 9 Mr. E. Jones (S, A.) b Mold .................................. 9 c Ranj.tsinYji, b Pougher........... 0 Mr. T. R. McKibbin (N.S.W .), st Lilley, b Heame.................................. 0 b P ougher............ 4 B 10, lb 1, w 1 ...........1J L ord S h effield ’ s X I . First Innings. Second Innings. Dr. W . G. Grace, c Kelly, b Jones ................................. Mr. F. S. Jackson, c Hill, b Jones .................................. Shrewsbury, c Donnan, b J o n e s .................................. Gunn, c Giffen, b Jones ... K. S. Ranjitsinhj i, cIredale, b Jones ......................... Mr. C. B. Fry. b Jones Hearne (Alec), c Kelly, b Eady .................................. Lilley, c and b McKibbin ... Davidson, b Jones .......... Pougher, not o u t.................. Mold, run out .................. B 2, lb 1, w 2 .......... 49 c Giffen, b Jones 26 17 not out , 95 c Hill, b Eady ... 6 c Donnan,b Jones 42 b Trott.................. 5 Mold........... Pougher ... Jackson ... Davidson... Grace Fry ........... Hearne ... Total ..........195 • A u s tr a lia n s . First Innings. O. M. R. W .’ 32 15 61 4 16 20 12 21 12 11 5 37 0 6 40 1 6 21 0 7 40 2 3 29 1 4 17 B 4, lb 2 ... 6 Total ...180 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . ... 17 3 €0 1 ... 16 9 19 3 ... 2 0 9 0 ... 27 14 ... 3 2 ... 7 2 ... 18 3 3 0 15 0 47 2 Mold delivered one wide. L o r d S h e ffie ld ’ s X I. Second Innings. Jones McKibbin Giffen Eady First Innings. O. M. R. W . 22 4 84 7 12 2 0 38 1 14 4 46 0 8 2 22 1 Donnan Trott O. ... 16 ... 10 ... 12 ... 4 3 0-2 0 M. R. W . 2 49 2 0 48 0 2 44 0 0 13 1 16 0 4 1 Eady delivered 2 wides and McKibbin 2 no-balls. Total ...257 Total.........194 SOMERSET v. YORKSHIRE. Taunton, May 11,12, and 13. Yorkshiro won by five wickets. W ith the honours of their great score fresh upon them, the Yorkshire team went to Taunton and lost the toss. For a time they must have begun to wonder whether another record was going to be made against them, for Mr. Palairet (who, with Mr. Hewett, made 346 against Yorkshire in 1892 for the first wicket) was in splendid form, and found in Mr. Fowler and Robson partners who could also make a lot of runs. But Mr. Fowler was out for 47, and Robson for 43, and four wickets were down for 217, when Mr. Palairet went for a superb 113. After this Mr. Woods hit with great vigour and skill, but c mid get nobody to stay with him, and was at last out for 76. Mr. Wickham carried his bat for 21. Total, 323. In the absence of Mr. Jackson (who was at Sheffield Park), Brown and Tunnicliffe went in for Yorkshire, but their lucky star has not yet risen this season, and it was left for Mounsey and Moorhouse to make the first big stand of the innings. After Mounsey was out for a good 41, Wainwright came in and stayed with Moorhouse until the total was 251, when he was disposed of for a sound innings of 52. Moorhouse, who a year or two ago seemed likely to be dropped from the Yorkshire team, made 113. When Peel and Lord Hawke came together another long partnership was begun, but this time it was ended before it became dangerous. Yorkshire were all out for 400. In their second innings Somerset did not do as well as had been hoped, but thanks to a fine 71 by the captain and good scores by Robson and Smith, the total was 203, leaving Yorkshire a somewhat easy task, which they accomplished for the loss of five wickets,.although for some time they seemed to have a chance of losing. S om erset . First Innings. Second Innings. Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, c Wainwright, b Milligan 113 c Wainwright, b Hirst.................. l Smith (D.), b Hirst ... Mr. G. Fowler, c Haigh, b Hirst .................................. Robson, b H aigh.................. Nichols, c Brown, b Hirst... Mr. S. M.J.Woods, c Brown, b W ainw right..................! Sloman, c Hunter, b Hirst Dr. F. J. Poynton, run out Tyler, b P eel...- .................. 10 c Wainwright, b Hirst... c Tunnicliffe, b Wainwright ... run out ...........; lbw, b Wain­ wright ........... Rev. A . P.Wickham, not out 21 Gamlin, b Wainwright ... 2 B 2, lb 1, nb 1 ........... 4 Total .........323 c Wainwright, Hirst ... . b Wainwright . notout............... c Tunnicliffe, Wainwright . b Wainwripl.t . b Wainwr.ght Extras , 34 Y o r k s h ir e . First Innings. Brown, c Smith, b Tyler Tunnicliffe, o Palairet, Tyler .................................. w Mounsey, c and b Tyler ... 41 Moorhouse,c Smith, bTyler 113 Wainwright,c Smith, bfyler 62 Peel, b Nichols ................. 48 Hirst, c Gamlin, b Palairet 5 Lord Hawke, c Smith, b T y le r.................................. 62 Mr. F. W . Milligan, b Nicholls .......................... 28 Haigh, c Wickham, b Tyler 8 Hunter, not out ........... ... 0 B yes.................................. 8 Total.................400 First Innings. O. M. R. W . Second Innings. 5 b Robson c Palairet, b Tyler b Tyler.................. b Tyler.................. c Sloman, b Nichols ........... not out.................. not out.................. Extra Total ...132 12 112 14 54 36 9 Hirst ........... Peel ........... Haigh........... Wainwright Milligan ... Brown Hirst bowled one no-ball, and Milligan and Brown a wide each. Y orksh ire . 37 39 10 3 36 1 20-1 3 66 2 18 4 51 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 36 20 47 2 ... 20 5 ... 4 2 ... 28 4 10 49 3 0 1 0 6 19 0 31 0 First Innings. Second Innings. O. M R. w. O. M. K. W T v le r ........... 604 10 196 7 ... ... 19 3 46 3 Woods 6 0 19 0 ... Fowler 2 0 5 0 ... Nichols 24 8 66 2 ... 17 3 52 1 Robson 25 5 69 0 ... ... 9 2 28 1 Gamlin « 1 21 0 ... ... 41 3 4 0 Palairet 7 2 27 1 .. 1 0 1 0 LEATHERHJSAD v. CRYSTAL PALACE. - Played at Leatherhead on May 9. L ea th e r iie a d . H. S. Goodwin, b Noakes .................. 27 n. L. Rogers, b Noakes 11 R. Langton, c Baker, b Cozens .................. 1 II. B. Tritton, b Cosens 7 F. E. Sturt, c Fox, b Noakes ................... 2 A. H. Sutherland, c Graham, b Cosens... 0 C. B. Tritton, b W tlls 0 B. S. Hue-Williams, b Noakes ..................57 Cecil B. Tritton, b Noakes .................. l R. G. Hue-Williams, c Fox, b W e lls .......... 6 R. V. Alcock, not out 16 Extras ...........25 Total .153 C r y s t a l P a la c e . lbw, b Total ...208 G. Graham, Goodwin ... ... ... 0 A. Cosens, b Goodwin 25 L. S. Wells, run out... 15 W. Hardy, b Suther­ land .......................... 6 J. N. Noakes, b Sturt 14 G. Peny, b Sutherland 2 H. A. Gaitshill, b Sutherland .......... (1 R. H. Fox, b Suther­ land .......................... 6 J. T. Elliott Lockhart, b Sturt ................... 2 E. T. Campbell, b Sutherland ........... 0 H. P. Blackwood, not out .......................... 0 Extras .......... 6 Total 76 BROXBOURNE v. HORNSEY, bourne on May 9. B roxrourne . -Played at Brox- C. S. Knight, c Clarke, b B rew er..................27 H . J. Sharpe, b Brewer ..................11 E. C. Sharpe, b Brewer 3 G. F. Hamilton, c Carter, b Manning 8 J. Shepherd, b Brewer 4 O. R. B. Johnstone, c Cox, b B ryer.......... 16 H. Shepherd, c Talbot, b Clarke ..................22 A . J. R. P^el, c and b Clarke .................. 2 Carter, c Carter, b Bryer.......................... 2 E. C. Nicholls, b Bryer 4 F. J. Newsam, not out ..........................13 Simson, c Bryer, b Brewer ...................12 B 4, lb 2 ........... 6 Total. ... 130 H o rn sey . S. L. Clarke, b Knight 4 E. A . Cox, c Knight, b Carter ...................11 E. J. Ramsey, b Carter 16 W . J. L. Brewer, lbw, b K n igh t.................. 5 H. Collingridge, c Shepherd, b Knight 1 F. O. Tubby, c Hamil­ ton, b K night........... 7 E. F. Nicholls did not bat. W . E. Manning, b Carter ................... 0* C. Bryer, b Carter ... 3 C. W . Talbot, not out 30 E. W . Carter, c Shep­ herd. b E. Sharpe ... 14 J. A. Waterer, notout 4 B 3, lb 6 ........... 9. Total ..104.