Cricket 1896

M a y 21 , 1896. GEICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 149 T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . THE ESSEX MATCH. At Leyton, May 14, 15 and 16. Australians won by seven wickets. It was generally expected that the Australians would win this match, for although the Essex team may prove to be strong somewhat later in the season,its members are at present a little too diffident to be able to do themselves justice. This was especially noticeable in the Australian match, and if Essex had played as they would have played against any first-class county they might have run the Australians very close for victory. It was in the running between the wickets that they showed their hand the most plainly, and the Australians would have indeed been blind if they had not seen the hypnotic influence they exercised and had failed to make use of it. It is one thing to make risky runs, and another to allow the field to terrorise over the runners. In batting too there was a hesita­ tion which is not seen as a rule in the Essex team, and sometimes short-pitched balls were treated with a deference which was wasted. But with all this Essex made a really good fight at more than one period of the match, and if they are wise enough to take its lessons to heart—and they are not often backward in taking lessons—they will have no cause to regret their defeat. In the first innings they lost H. G. Owen and Carpenter very quickly, and the two young cricketers who succeeded them, P. Perrin and C. McGahey, may well be pardoned for showing some nervousness when they went in, for from the way in which Jones got up it was obvious that the wicket was not perfect. But they soon recovered and gave an excellent display of batting. Nevertheless half the wickets were down for 88. Fortunately for the side Mr. Lucas was playing, and Mr. Lucas never helps the opposing side to get him o u t; nothing dis­ turbs his equanimity. He played a wonderfully good innings for 46, and the total came to 166, which was not so bad after all. The Australians did not seem to like Kortright more than the Essex batsmen liked Jones, and they were often at sea with Mead. When the day’s play ended four of their wickets were down for 78, so that it was anybody’s game. On the second morning Gregory, who had shown that he has lost none of his skill as a batsman, was out for 34, and soon seven wickets were down for 110. This looked well for Essex. But Kelly, who has taken Blackham’s place in more ways than one, joined Hill, and the Essex bowling was collared, although the rate of scoring was never rapid. Kelly was at last out for 2D, made in a little less than an hour and a half, and Hill followed him for 73—the best innings in the match. Total 223. So well did Carpenter and Owen begin the Essex second innings (although their luck was considerable) that the runs were nearly hit off when Owen was caught off what looked very like a bump ball. There were still nine wickets to go down when the Australian lead had been wiped out, and once more it was anybody’s game. But a sudden change came, and when stumps were drawn the total was only 109 for 5 wickets—52 runs on. This change was brought about by Trumble and Jones. Jones had met with no success at the pavilion end, but so awkwardly had Giffen got up at the other end, that it is almost a wonder that Jones was not tried at it until the last half hour. Giffen had bowled with all his old skill, but with no luck. The runs had chiefly been made by Carpenter, who in his 51 made some exceedingly good strokes, although he was beaten so often that his survival for so long was astonishing. It was not one of his best innings. Perrin seemed very nervous, and McGahey, alter being quite at sea for a ball or two, made a big hit into the pavilion, and then suddenly began to play a steady game, with faial results. On Saturday the total was increased to 149, thanks to a good 20 by F. G. Bull. The Australians knocked off the runs w ith the loss of three wickets, Iredale and Trott being seen to great advantage. E ssex . First innings. H . G. Owen, e Trott, b G iffe n .................................. 6 Carpenter, b Giffen ........... 4 P.Perrin, c Kelly, b Trumble 35 C. McGahey, st Kelly, b Trumble .......................... 20 b Jones C. J. Kortright, c McKibbin, b Trum ble...........................16 A. P. Lucas, b Giffen...........46 Russell, c Trumble, b Jones 16 J. F. Bawtree, b Jones ... 4 F . G. Bull, b Jones ........... 3 Second innings. c D o n n a n , b Trum ble.......... 13 c G iffe n , b Trum ble...........51 b Trum ble...........20 ... 10 Mead, c Iredale, b Trumble 0 Pickett, not out .................. 12 B 1, lb 3 ................... 4 Total... ..166 b Jones .......... 2 cJones,b Trumble 16 b Giffen ........... 7 not out.................. 0 c D o n n a n , b Trum ble.......... 20 b Giffen .......... 1 bT ru m b le........... 1 B 4, lb 3, w 1 8 Total ...149 A u stralian s . First innings. Second innings. H. Donnan, c Russell, b Kortright .......................... 9 run out ........... J. Darling, c Lucas, b Mead 21 b Kortright G. Giffen, b Mead ..........11 b Kortright F. A. Iredale, b Kortright 9 G. H. S. Trott, b Mead ... 7 S. E. Gregory, b Kortright 34 C. Hill, b Mead ..................73 H. Trumble, lbw, b Mead... 8 J. J. Kelly, b Pickett.......... 29 E. Jones, b Pickett ...........11 T. R. McKibbin, not out ... 2 B 8, w 1 .................. 9 not out... not out... Total .......... 223 Total (3 wkts.) 93 Essex. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Jones ... ... 26 13 47 3 ... ... 22 9 30 2 Giffen ... ... 21 1 5 54 3 ... ... 25 13 30 2 Trumble . . 2 0 5 46 4 ... .. 29 212 62 6 Trott ... ... 10 4 15 0 ... . M cKibbin... .!!! 12 5 19 0 Trumble delivered one wide. Australians. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Kortright ... 23 1 95 3 ... ,... 15 5 39 2 Mead ... ... 36-315 68 5 ... ... 14 4 40 0 Pickett ... 12 4 30 2 ... ... 3 0 7 0 Bull ... ... 6 3 10 0 ... ... 3 1 7 0 Bawtree Owen ... ... 3 1 6 0 ... . ... 1 0 5 0 ... , Kortright delivered one wide. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. M r . A. J. WEBBE’ S X I. At Cambridge, May 14, 15 and 16. Mr. A. J. Webbe’s X I. won by eight wickets. In this match the doings of the University were dis­ appointing. It was nothing that Mr. W ebbe’s team should make 422 runs in the first innings after winning the toss, for it was strong enough to have a right to expect to make a lot of runs on a good wicket. But it was a surprise when the Cambridge men went out one after the other with never a stand which was long enough to raise hopes of a moderately good score. It is true that in the second innings they showed that they have not all at once forgotten how to make runs, but their efforts to retrieve their fortunes came too late. The first innings of the visitors was chiefly re­ markable for the fine batting of Mr. C. W . W right, who by excellent and much more attractive play than is his wont made 114. With the exception of Mr. Stoddart and Trott—certainly two of the best bats in the team—everybody made some runs. Mr. Lacey, on one of his few appearances, showed such fine form for 50 that one can but regret his inability to play much for Hampshire. Mr. Mason was also in form, and at the end of the innings a surprise came in the shape of 65 not out by Mr. Bromley-Davenport. Nine wickets had fallen at the close of the first day for 410. Mr. Davenport finally carried his bat for 73. The downfall of the Cambridge team in their first innings can only be regarded as one of the curiosities of cricket. The total was 139. In the follow on Mr. Hemingway hit well, with great power and frequency, and thanks chiefly to him the total was 55 for the first wicket. This had taken less than twenty-five minutes to make. The good beginning was followed up, but Mr. Simpson and Mr. Jessop failed. Mr. Hemingway increased his score to 7 2 -a remarkably good innings. Mr. Druce seemed nicely set when he was out, and it was hoped that he was about to give an example of the splendid play which last year made him very high in the averages. Mr. Marriott and Mr. W ilson both played good cricket, and at the end of the day the score was 263 for eight wickets. Al­ though this was not enough to save the innings defeat, it was far better than the srore of the first innings. Mr. Mitchell went in very late, and was not out 18. W ith only two wickets to fall the prospects that the game would last much longer were not large, but Mr. Robinson stayed while Mr. Mitchell hit, as he used to hit the year before latt, and in the end the total was 360. Mr. Mitchell did not succeed in carry­ ing his bat, but he made a splendid 84. In knocking off the 75 runs required, Mr. W ebbe’s team lost two wickets. Trott, for the first time since his arrival in England, was seen to advantage with the ball. M r. A. J. W ebbr’s Team. A.E. Stoddart,c Druce, b W ilso n ................... 5 H. B. Hayman, b Lowe 27 J. R. Mason, c Wilson, b Jessop ..................... 54 C. W . Wright, lbw, b Shine........................... 114 F. E. Lacey, b Burnup 50 G. J. V . Weigall, b Shine............................. 34 A. J. Webbe, b Shine 12 Second innings: Stoddart, c and b Wilson, 17; Hayman, not out, 35; Mason, b Shine, 0 ; Weigall, not out, 14; Extras, 9.—Total (2 wickets), 75. Trott, A .E ., b Lowe... 0 H.R. Bromley-Daven­ port, not o u t .......... 73 C.A. Beldam, c Robin­ son, b Shine ...........15 L. C. V. Bathurst, b Jessop ... ...........17 Byes, 9, lb 7, nb 5 21 Total .422 C ambridge U niversity . First innings. F. Mitchell, b Trott ............ 6 C. J. Bumup, lbw, b Trolt 18 W . M. Hemingway, b Davenport.......................... 7 N. F. Druce, c Webbe, b Davenport.......................... 0 H. H. Marriott, lbw, b D avenport.......................... 16 Second innings, c Davenport, b Trott.................. 6 run out ........... lbw, b Trott b Beldam ... c Mason, Beldam ... G. H. Simpson, c Mason, b Trott .................................. 0 b Beldam G. L. Jessop, c Webbe, b Davenport..........................13 C. E. M. Wilson, b Trott ... 19 W . W . Lowe, not out...........16 C. D. Robinson, c Beldam, Davenport..........................19 E. B. Shine, c and b Daven­ port .................................. 1 B 11, lb 4,w 1,nb 5 ... 21 b Trott.......... c Stoddart, Beldam ... 72 ... 30 b ... 46 ... 0 ... 1 b ... 63 lbw, b Beldam ... 0 c Wright, b Trott 19 not out.................. 5 B 23, lb 8, nb 1 32 Total ...136 M r . W ebbe ’ s X I. First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W Jessop........... 37-4 9 96 2 ........... 2 1 8 0 W ilson ... 48 17 87 1 ......... 8 2 16 1 L o w e ........... 21 7 66 2 Burnup 10 3 26 1 ......... 21 1 9 0 Shine........... 26 4 84 4 ........... 9 2 33 1 Simpson ... 11 1 42 0 Wilson bowled three no-balls, and Jessop, Burnup and Shine one each. C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. 11. W . T r o t t ........... 27 6 54 4 ... .. 35 48 120 4 Davenpoit... 261 11 61 6 ......... 6 0 41 0 Beldam ......... 29 7 97 5 Mason ......... 11 3 32 0 Stoddart ......... 7 2 23 0 Bathurst . . .. 6 0 15 0 Trott bowled one wide and Davenport six no-1 alls. ROYAL M ILITA RY ACADEMY v. BLi HEATH.—Played at Woolwich on May 16. R.M .A. Garston, run out Walton, b Stewart ... Brind, st Lewis, b Stewart .................. Russell, b Prosser . . Szozetanski, b Prosser Greig, c Blaker, b Stewart .................. Johnston, b Prosser ... Little, b Prosser... Dalzell, b fctewart W int er b o t t o m , Lewis, b Prosser Hannay, not out Leg-byes ... 9 11 1 0 2 Total ... 58 B lackheatii . Capt. Lindner, c Dal­ zell, b Little .......... 16 H. R. Blaker, c Greig, b Little .................. 77 A . W . S t e w a r t , c Johnston, b Dalzell 14 G. R. Hutchinson, b Dalzell .................. 0 W . F. Soames, c John­ ston, b Dalzell ... 19 A . W . Lewis, c Little, b Garston.................. 0 R , B. Stewart did not bat. H. St. J. Clarke, b Garston .................. 4 W . F. Witherby, b Dalzell .................. 9 W. H. Prosser, not out 14 H. Christopherson, not out .................. 7 Total (8 wkts.) 160 INCOGNITI v. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. — Played at Vincent Square on May 9. I ncogniti . Rev. F. W . Poland, b Moore .................. 7 J.H.Healing, b Moore 11 D. W . F. Duncan, lbw, b Moore ................... J. F. Bawtree, lbw, b Moore.......................... A.R.Malden, b Murray H. F. Bawtree, lbw, b Moore .................. SirW.Ru8sell,st Moon, b M urray.................. 40 G. Davis, b Moore ... H. B. Carver, b Moore J. E. Bagalgette, b Moore .................. J. R. Causton, M.P., b Moore ................... E. H. Blake, notout... Lb 8, w 2 ........... Total ...125 W estminster S chool . L. J.M oon, bBlake ... 63 W . F. Fox, b Carver... 7 C. Van der Gucht, b Carver ................... 0 R. G. Moore, b Malden 21 H. O. C. Beasley, b Blake..........................10 C.D.Fister,. st Poland, b Blake.................. 50 R.W . B. Blake, lbw, b Malden .................. 0 A . Whitlow, b Blake F. Young, b Blake ... R. G. Murray, b Blake W . A. G. Stamp, b Carver .................. A . Berens, not out ... B 35, lb 2, nb 1 ... Total .................. 2