Cricket 1896

M a y 2 1 , 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 155 THE AUSTRALIANS. TH E CRYSTAL PALACE MATCH. May 18 and 19. Australians won by an innings and 221 runs. This was a match of surprises and disappointments. The eleven which represented England was not very powerful, although it contained some good bowlers and some good bats, but it was outplayed from first to last-especially at the last. The wicket was by no means perfect, but the Australians made infinitely better use of it than the Englishmen, who won the toss and gave only a moderate exhibition of batting. Jones was the successful bowler; hi.ssho't rising balls were remarkably useful. Sugg played good cricket, and it was just as well for the Aus­ tralians that he was out befoi e he had really settled down. He and Ward made a veiy good start. After this, except for a good 27, not out, by Pougher, the innings was not remarkable. A long and excellent start was made for the first Australian wicket by Donnan and Darling, and although both were disposed of before the end of the day, the total for four wickets was only six behind that of the Englishmen. On the second day Gregory and Hill completely collared the English bowling, and when Hill was out for a well played 40, Tiumble took his place and filled it in a most satisfactory manner. Gregory made many beautiful hits in his 154; the innings was a masterpiece. As the Englishmen were 2H4 runs behind, their position was not to be envied. They began their second innings badly, and the batting soon went from bad to worse. It is true that Jones was getting up in the most dangerous manner, but nearly all the wickets fell to Giffen, who kept a wonderful length and varied his pice with the soundest judgm ent; it is hardly too much to say that no two balls were alike The collapse of the batsmen was complete. W ith the total at 13, no less than six wickets were down, and the only man who had shown any signs of staying long was H. F. Ward, the Hamp?hire’ amateur, who, although he had the narrowest escape of having his head smashed by a rising ball, continued to play very pretty cricket. He was the only man in the team who was not con­ tinually tied up by the bowlers - most of the side were, however, not in long enough to be tied up very often. The total was 39, Mr. Ward carrying his bat for 14. The innings was nothing less than a rout. E ngland E leven . First Innings. Second innings. C E. De Trafford, c Eady, b Jones .......................... 2 c Eady, b Giffen 0 Ward (A.), b Jones ...........22 c Johns, b Jones 4 Sugg (F. H .), b Trumble ... 20 b Giffen ........... 5 W ard (H. F.), b Jones ... 9 not out ...........14 Rawlin, c Gitfen, b Jones ... 0 b Giffen 1 Baker, b Jones .................. 17 c Trumble,bJones 0 Briggs, b Eady .................. 10 b Giffen ............. 0 Pougher, not o u t..................27 lbw, b Giffen ... 0 G. W. Hillyard, c Eady, b Jones .................................. 0 b Giffen ........... 0 Smith (C.), c Johns, b Jones 0 c Hill, b Jones ... 3 Mold, b Jones .................. 0 b Giffen ........... 8 B 4, lb 3 ................... 7 B 3, lb 1 ... 4 Total ...........114 A ustralians . Total... 39 H. Trumble, c De Trafford, b Pougher 40 C. J. Eady, c Smith, b Pougher .................. 10 E. Jones, st Smith, b Briggs .................. 3 A . E. Johns, not out... 0 B 4, lb 1 ........... 5 Total ...374 H. Donnan, b Rawlin 54 J. Darling, c Mold, b Pougher .................41 G. Gitfen, c Smith, b Rawlin ................... 4 F. A. Iredale, c Hill­ yard, b M o ld .........21 G. H. S. Trott, c Smith, b Pougher ... 1 S. E. Gregory, b Pou­ gher ........................154 C. Hill, c Smith, b M old.........................41 E ngland E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Jones ........... 24 10 39 8 ........... 11 3 20 3 Trum ble......... 11 0 85 1 ........... Gitfen ........... 15 6 19 0 ........... 10.4 4 15 7 Eady ........... 3 0 14 1 ........... A u str a lia n s . O. M. R. W .j O. M. R. W . Mold ... 3 5 7 114 2 Hillyard 12 4 33 0 Briggs ... 24 8 43 1 j Rawlin 33 10 76 2 Pougher 47.3 17 100 5 I Baker ... 2 1 3 0 M.C.C. & GROUND V. ESSEX. At Lord’s, May 18 and 10. Essex won by an innings and 21 runs. If the fine weather continues much longer, the remark which used to be made yeais ago that “ if a man could make runs at Lord’s he could make them anywhere” will come in very useful once more. The wicket, to look at, was as perfect as need b e ; to bat on it with anything approaching succcss required a vast amount of good fortune as well as either a power to hit anything or a truly wondciful eye for awkward balls. Only three men in the two teams succeeded in combining these necessaries in a satisfactory manner, and the result was that the bowlers nearly always had the upper hand. Essex had the best of the wicket, but their score seemed likely to be insignifi­ cant until Mr. Bull and Mead were together. While Mr. Bull played good cricket Mead hit, as he can hit occasionally, and made 62; an innings was never more useful to a side; to all intents and purposes, it gave the victory to Essex. The M.C.C. team was distinctly weak, but ii was not so weak that the first innings of 41 represented in the slightest degree its strength, or want of strength Nobody could look at either Mr. Kortright or Mead. When the M.C.C. went in, the idea tint they would perhaps have to follow on could have occurred to nobody in the field. In their second innings Davenpoit managed, by extremely good cricket, to stay in for a couple of hours, and thanks to his score of 57 the innings defeat was nearly saved. Mr. Kortright again bowled well, but Pickett had the better analysis. Fast bowlers are at a premium at Lord’s just now. It is most unfortunate for Harry, the Australian batsman, that he has chosen the present time of the year for his debut in England. E ssex . Hussell.b J. T. Hearne 14 Burns, b Woodcock ... 16 F. G. Bull, c and b Brown ................. 34 Mead, c L.-Gower, b C. J. Kortright, c Brown, b Woodcock Carpenter, b J. T. Hearne .................. P.Perrin.b J.T.Hearne C. McGahey, c Foley, J. T. Hearne b J. T. Hearne ... 11 Pickett, not ou t. M ijor Orman, c L .- B 9, nb I Gower.b J.T.Hearne 12 H. G. Owen, st Daven­ port, b J. T. Hearne 3 M.C.C. and Ground. First innings. Second innings Harry, c and b M ead........... 0 c Owen, b Mead c Carpenter, b Pickett ........... 1 Brown (T.), b Kortright ... 3 14 Davenport, c and b M ead... 5 c Russell, b Kort­ right.................. 57 c Pickett, b Mead 10 C. P. Foley, b Kortright ... F. Leveson-Gower, b Kort­ 0 right .................................. 0 b Pickett ........... 3 Hearne (G. G.), b Kortright C. E. S. Mason, c Orman, b 3 cRussell,b Pickett 17 Mead .................................. 8 b Pickett ........... 0 L. J. Turner, b Kortright... 6 b Kortright.......... 11 Woodcock, b Kortright ... D. D. Pontifex, c Burns, b 1 c and b Kortright 5 Mead .................................. 3 c Mead, b Kort­ right .................. 2 Heame (J. T.), not out ... 11 not out.................. 1 Bye .......................... 1 Leg-bye 1 Total .................. 41 Total ...122 O. M. R.W ^ X‘ O. M.R. W. Hearne(J.T.)33 12 59 7 i Turner ... 3 1 15 0 W oodcock. .24 6 57 2 Brown .. 2 2. 0 1 Hearne (G.)12 1 43 0 J WoodcoL-k bowled one no-ball. M.C.C. and Ground. First innings. O. M. R. W . ... 11 5 1/3 6 . ... 10 3 4 17 4 . ... 24 10 28 4 ... 5 2 10 0 Kortright Mead......... Pickett .. B u ll......... McGahey........... 1 0 8 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W 10 3 1 34 4 15 4 41 2 WARWICKSHIRE v. SURREY. At Birmingham on May 18, 19 and 20. Surrey won by 10 wickets. For the second time, in succession, Surrey have had to field out to a big innings, and again they have followed up their outing by a fine display of batting. The wicket was nearly perfect; Richardson, as at Derby, was not very successful, and Abel was more effective than any other Suirey bowhr during the long innings of Warwickshire. Very finely did Mr. Bainbridge and Walter Quaife bat for the first wicket, but after their dismissal there was nobody who really mastered the bowling. Nevertheless, Diver shewed much of his old form in his 48, and Welford, the Aston Villa full back, made an exceptionally good and promising dtfbut. Most of the other members of the team made useful scores, but W . G. Quaife failed altogether. In the hope that Brockwell, after his fine play at Derby, had once more found his way into smooth waters, the captain put him in first, but Brockwell has evidently not yet got out of the storms. Abel and Hayward both did well, but it was leit to Holland to make the hundred which always falls to the lot of Suirey nowadays. W ith only four wickets down, and the score at 285, Surrey seemed to have a good thing on, but for once the tail quite collapsed, and the total was only 371. In their second innings Warwickshire, with the exception of Lilley und the captain, failed. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. H. W . Bainbridge, c Read, b Richardson ..................57 st W ood, b Street 20 Quaife. W., ht wkt, b Abel 96 c Wood,bRichard- son .................. 3 Quaife, W . G .,b Richardson 0 lbw,b Richardson 0 Law, b Bichardson ...........10 c Key, b Street . 6 Lilltry, c Wood, b Abel ... 24 not out.................. 51 Diver, c and b Brockwell .. 48 b Richardson . . 0 Pallett, c Wood, b Lock­ wood ..................................14 b Richardson ... 1 Welford, c Ayres, b A b el... 36 runout ........... 0 Santall, run o u t ...................10 b Richaidson .. 4 Barton, c Hayward, b Abel 11 b Lockwood ... 16 Ward, notout ................... 0 b Richardson ...11 B 2, lb 3, nb 2 ........... 7 Extras ... .. 2 Total ..313 Surrey. Total ...114 K. J. Key, c Lilley, b W . G. Q uaifc........... Ayres, run out .......... W ood, c W . G. Quaife, b Santall.................. Richardson, run out... B 4, lb 4, w 4 Total ...371 O. M. R. W . ... 35 17 55 6 Brockwell, c W ard, b Pallett .................. 14 Abel, b B arton...........42 Holland, c Law, b Santall ... ...153 Hayward, b Barton ... 51 Lockwood, b W . G. Quaife ..................29 Street, c Lilley,b Ward 23 W . W. Read, not out 34 Second I n n in g s A b e l, not out, 33; Brockwell not out, 24.—Total 57. W arwickshire . O. M. R. W . Richard;on ... 36 10113 3 Brockwell ..1 4 5 26 1 ....... Lockwood ... 26 6 81 1 .......... 17 4 29 1* H ayward.......... 13 4 31 0 . . . . 8 3 18 0 W . W. Read ... 5 2 14 0 .......... A b e l.................. 14-1 1 41 4 .......... Street.......... 9 3 10 2 Lockwood bowled three no-balls and Brockwell one. S urrey . Pallfctt .......... 30 8 69 1 ....... 5 1 11 0 S an tall.......... 51 2 17 95 2 ....... 6 1 17 0 Barton ........... 15 4 50 2 ....... 1 1 0 0 Ward .......... 27 9 64 I ... ... 3'2 0 15 0 W elford ... *2 11 45 0 ....... 3 0 14 0 Quaife, W . G. 22 10 36 2 ....... Quaife bowled two wides, and Pallett and Ward one each. I OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. MR. A. J. WEBBE’S X I. Oxfcrd, May 18, 19 and 20. Oxford won by 150 runs. The University began their first trial match against a visiting eleven with a great deal of credit, but it seems almost a pity that they have wasted so much fine weather iu playing among themselves. Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Levesou-Gower both played great innings, and several others did themselves justice. Mr. Stoddart, who is a much better bowler than he himself seems to think, was very successful with the ball, and Trott did by no means bauly on the good wicket. Mr. Webbe’s team made a very poor beginning, and had lost three wickets for 19 when stumps were drawn for the day. But on the next morning Mr. Hayman, Mr. btoddart, Mr. W oods, and Trott all played well, while Mr. Webbe, to the great pleasure of both teams, was in brilliant form. It is greatly to be hoped that he will follow up his 86 with many other long iunings. Although the total was 67 behind that of Oxford, there was but Jittl« prospect of the match being finished when Oxford went in again. A t 312, however, they closed their innings, and, perhaps, because of the rain, Mr. W ebbt’s team could not play out time. O xford U n iv e r sity . First inniugs. Second innings. P. F. Warner, c Kemble, b Bathurst ..........................45 c and b Maude ... 55 B. N. Bosworth-Smith, b Trott .................................. 8 c Trott, b Daven­ port ..................£5 F. L. Fane, b Trott ...........83 b Bathurst............31 G. J. Mordaunt, b Trott ... t2 b Trott.................j 49 C. C. Pilkington, b Stoddart 86 not out............ 54 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Hayman, b fctoddart ... 69 notout.......................53 G. B. Raikes, c Maude, b tttoddart ............................ 0 c H. Kemble, b Stoddart.......... 18 G. R. Bardswell, b Stoddart 8 P. S. Waddy, not o u t.............29 lbw, b Trott ... 7 F. H. E. Cunliffe, b Trott... 0 R. W . Fox, lbw, b Stoddart 9 B 21, lb 5, nb 1 ...........27 B 5, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 10 Total .......... 346 Total ...*312 • Innings declared closed.