Cricket 1896

164 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 28 , 1896. THE AUSTRALIANS. TH E EASTBOURNE MATCH. FOURTH OF TH E TOUR. Played at the Saffrons on May 21, 22 and 23. Drawn. "With everything going wonderfully in their favour the Australians entered upon their match against an X I. of the South with the prospects of a pretty easy victory. As most of the be3t men in the south were engaged in other matches, the Eleven which opposed the Australians was decidedly weak, particularly in bowling. Under these circumstances it was only to be expected that the Australians should win the toss on what seemed a very good wicket. Donnan went for 0, but Giffen and Darling very soon sampled what little bowling there was, and though they could never be said to master it, they had a very good time for some hours. There were one or two unaccount­ able mistakes in the field, which made the already unenviable task of the few bowlers very difficult, but when the two men seemed likely to go on for the rest of the day—or the next two days for the matter of that—they were both out for the same score, 115. Three wickets fell immediately afterwards, and when play ended with six wickets down for 253, there was not much in the game in favour of either side. So far, so good ; but on the next day the rain came and to3k absolutely all interest out of the match, for if there was time to play it out it was a thousand to one that the team which had to bat second would make a mess of it. As things turned out, only a short time was available on Friday, during which Trumble and H ill, on a wet wicket, made over 30 each, and were still not out. On Saturday again play only took place for a few hours. The Australians, of course, promptly closed their innings ; but they could do no more than get five of their opponents out for 134, when rain stopped the match. J. R. Mason played good cricket for 53. A u str a lia n s . H. Donnan, c Butt, b K ortright................... 0 J. Darling, c Kort­ right, b Mason ...115 G. Giffen, b Martin ...115 F. A . Iredale, c Mead, b Mason ................... 1 G. H. S. Trott,b Mead 16 S. E. Gregory, c Mit­ chell, b M ea d ........... 4 C. Hill, not o u t ...........33 H. Trumble, not out... 38 Leg-byes ........... 6 Total (6 wkts) *328 J. J. Kelly, C. J. Eady, and E. Jones did not bat. * Innings declared closed. X I. o f t h e S o u th . F ^Mitchell, c Darling, b Trumble ...........24 Heam e (Alec) ,b Jones 8 J. R. Mason, c Eady, b Trott ..................53 N.F.Druce, c Gregory, b Giffen .................. 8 K.S. Ranjitsinhji,lbw, b Trumble ........... G. Brann, not out C.J. Kortright, not out B 3, lb 2 ........... Total (5 wkts) 134 J. Brown, Butt, Mead, and Martin did not bat. Kortright.. Martin M ead......... Trumble Jones... Giffen A u s t r a lia n s . O. M. R. W . 26 9 77 1 40 12 63 1 . 41 12 118 2 O. M. R. W . Heame, A. 15 9 17 0 Mason Brann . 16 4 40 2 7 0 X I. o f t h e S o u th . O. M.R. W . 20 7 50 2 Donnan . 18 12 20 1 Eady ... .12 4 32 1 Trott ... O. M. R . W . . 6 1 14 0 . 2 2 0 0 ,. 7 3 13 1 SURREY Y. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 21, 22, and 23. Surrey won by ten wickets. Once more Surrey carried everything before them after losing the toss. Gloucestershire made a very fine start, but the turning-point of their innings came when Ayres threw out W .G .—a very close thing indeed for the umpire to have to decide. The Doctor had played in his best style for 30. His downfall seemed to act like a wet blanket on the rest of the team, and Richardson had a beanfeast. Brockwell again went in first for Surrey, but he is not in form yet. Abel, however, and Holland broke the back of the bowling, and Hayward made the hundred which seems to be indispensable to the Surrey team this year. Now that the rain has come some county will, perhaps, teach them to learn to do without it. It is almost needless to say that the batting of the three men was excellent. The tail did very little until Richardson came in and began to hit the bowling all over the field; like Jack Hearne, Richardson would probably have become a famous bat if he had not been a famous bowler. During the innings W .G ., in stopping a ball, split one of his fingers ; this was another misfortune for Gloucestershire, which prac­ tically put them out of the jrunning. But they died very hard. The Doctor sent in Board and Wrathall, and for a very long time the Surrey bowlers have not been treated so severely. Both men hit with fre­ quency and with vigour; they put up the ball a good deal, and now and then they put it in the way of the field, but very few vigorous innings are unattended by such little incidents as these. The 50 went up in half an hour, and the 100 in fifty minutes, and still the scoring went on. A t last at 145, made after seventy minutes play, Wrathall was out for 82. On the arrival of Captain Luard, the rate of scoring was still kept up ; and when Board was dismissed for 85, after the innings had lasted for an hour and fifty minutes, the total was 193, which is fast enough scoring to please even Mr. W . J. Ford or Lyons. The light had been bad for some time, and when Board was out play was stopped for the day. On the third day the wicket helped the bowlers, and the brilliant play of the three men did not avail to save the match. W .G . went in, but was caught and bowled for 0. G loucestershire . First Innings. Second Innings. W . G. Grace, run out.......... 30 c and b Hayward 0 Wrathall, b Richardson ... 26 c Richardson, b Lockwood ... 82 Capt. A. H . Luard, c H ol­ land .................................. 17 b Hayward.............39 C.L.Townsend,b Brockwell 4 c H o ll a n d , b Hayward........... 4 C.O.H.8ewell, b Richardson 19 c Richardson, b Hayward...........30 Board, lbw, b Richardson... 4 c Key,b Hayward 85 E. L. Thomas, b Richardson 2 c Street, b Lock­ wood.................. 20 E. S, de Winton, lbw, b Richardson........................... 0 absent................... 0 Murch, b Richardson........... 6 c Ayres, b Hay­ ward .................. 0 Pepall, not out .................. 6 c Ayres, b Hay­ ward .................. 0 Roberts, c Street, b Brock­ well .................................. 1 not out.................. 1 B 9, w 1 ...................10 Total.. ..125 Total ..261 First innings. K. J. Key, b Murch... 15 Street, c Townsend, b Murch ................... 0 W ood, b Murch........... 9 Richardson, c sub., b Roberts .................. 33 B 14, w 1 . 15 S u rrey . Brockwell, c Board, b Townsend.................... 4 Abel, c Roberts, b Murch ......................82 Holland, c Luard, b Roberts ......................44 Hayward, not out ...153 Ayres, c Luard, b Townsend......................14 W . W. Read, b Murch 11 Lockwood, c Towns­ end, b M u rch ............ 0 Second innings K . J. Key scored (not out) 5; Richardson (not out) 2.—Total (no wicket), 7. G louce stershire Total Lockwood Richardson Brockwell First innings, O. M. R. W . 8 1 29 0 22 15*2 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 54 7 ... 5 32 2 ... Hayward Abel 13 20 5 19-2 6 Brockwell bowled one wide. S u rr e y . First innings. O. M. R. W . Townsend ... 44 7 129 'Z Pepall ............ 16 5 46 0 Murch ............ 39 5 107 6 ... 21*4 5 61 2 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 0-10 4 0 Roberts ........ ** ■* u ux * Grace ........... 11 3 22 0 Murch bowled one wide. 1 0 3 0 SUNN IN GDALE SCHOOL v. FARNBOROUGH P A R K . —Played at Sunningdale School on May 20. F a r n b o ro u g h P a rk . C. G. Y. Wellesley, b Culme-Seymour ... 12 W . Garrard, b Milner 0 W . M. Hore, b Milner 2 D. Cargill, b Culme- Seymour .......... ... 4 A. S. Carylon, not out 16 F. S. McGachen, b Culme-Seymour ... 0 J. Campbell, c Culme- Seymour, b Milner 3 N. Cromie, b Culme- Seymour .................. R. Harford, b Culme- Seymour ................... P. Henry, b Culme- Seymour .................. W . W ild, b Culme- Seymour ................... B 13,lb 1 ........... Total S unningdale S chool . E. Culme-Seymour, c Garrard, b Carlyon 0 H. C. Scrimgrour, b Carlyon .................. 21 C.G.C.Fane, b Carlyon 0 R. E. D. Milner,c W el­ lesley, b Carlyon ... 21 W . Halswell, c and b Carlyon .................. 1 F. G. Strange, b Hore 26 R. A. Ratcliff, lbw, b Carlyon ... ... ... 5 E. V . Dearman-Bir- chall, c W ild, b Carlyon ................... N. R. Hasluck, b Hore G. T. Whitla, b W el­ lesley .......................... F. C. Aylmer-Lloyd, not out ................... B 14, lb 1, w 1 ... Total ........... MIDDLESEX v. YORKSHIRE. At Lord’s on May 21, 22 and 23. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. A REM ARKABLE M ATCH. There have been few matches in which fortune was more fickle, now inclining to one side with what seemed an irresistible force and now to the other, but it is hard work for fortune to help a side on which the bowling is very weak. But for this defect in the armour of Middlesex, the result would certainly not have been a defeat for them. For a change the wicket played beautifully until the rain came, and even then it had improved again when Yorkshire went in a second time to knock off the runs; the wicket always seems to improve at the right time for counties which are well up in the running for the Championship. It was good to see Mr. Stoddart in splendid form once more, and also in luck’s way, and it was also good to see that Mr. Hayman is working himself nearly into the very front rank. The cricket shown by both men in the first innings of Middlesex was all that could be desired by the severest critic. It was a great feat to put on 218 runs for the first wicket. The scoring was singularly even, and both men made their hundred at about the same time. After Mr. Stoddart went, Mr. Hayman continued to make runs and Mr. MacGregor also did well, but the total was not as great as seemed likely at first. The Yorkshire innings was very like that of Middlesex, Brown and Tunnicliffe made 139 for the first wicket, and Brown continued to bat freely after his partner had gone, while one other man, Mr. E. Smith, also made a good score, in which were some beautiful hits. Brown seems to have at last entirely recovered the splendid form he showed in Australia, and his 203 was worthy of all praise. A t the close of the second day Yorkshire were within 35 of the Middlesex score with only five wickets down, but rain came, and on the morrow the tail were soon disposed of, so that after all Middlesex led on the first innings, although only by three runs. The second innings of Middlesex was notable for the fine bowling of Peel, and the equal fine batting of Sir T. C. O’Brien on a wicket somewhat affected by the rain. Yorkshire had to make 146 in an hour and 55 minutes, and the betting was about even that they would do it. To the surprise of everybody they made the runs without the loss of a wicket, Brown and Tunnicliffe playing such a bold game and scoring so rapidly that in an hour and twenty minutes they had won the game for Yorkshire. M id d le se x . First innings. Second innings. A. E. Stoddart, c Brown, b Peel ..................................100 c Wainwright, b Hirst...................24 H.B.Hayman,cPeel,bHirst 152 b Wainwright ... 0 R. S. Lucas, c Smith, b Peel 19 st Hunter, b Peel 34 Rawlin, c Tunnicliffe, b Peel 2 c Brown, b Peel... 2 G.MacGregor,c and b Smith 50 b Wainwright ... Sir T. C. O’Brien, b Peel ... 20 ..................... A. J. Webbe, b Milligan ... 5 F. W . Maude, b M illigan... 0 Phillips, lbw, b Smith...........18 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, b Smith .......................... 6 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 3 B 3, lb 5, w 1 ........... 9 c Wainwright, P e e l................. c and b Hirst .. c and b Peel c Tunnicliffe, 1 P e e l................ c Brown, b Peel., not out................. 57 0 12 Total Tunnicliffe, c O’Brien, b H earne..................... 62 Brown, c Lucas, b Rawlin ................... 203 Moorhouse,c Stoddart, ...384 Y o r k s h ir e . T o ta l.......... 142 b Rawlin ... Wainwright, lbw, b Heame ........... Peel, b Hearne ... Hirst, c Rawlin, Heame ... 13 E. Smith, b Heame ... 42 Lord Hawke, c Lucas, b H earne................... 5 Mounsey, c Lucas, b Rawlin .................. 0 F.W .M illigan, not out 2 Hunter, c Rawlin, b Heame .................. 14 Lb 9, w 3, nb 1... 13 Total .......... 381 iffe, not out, 63; Brown, 3 ... 11 b ... 13 Second innings: Tunnic not out, 81; byes, 3.—Total (no wicket), 147. M id d le se x . Milligan... . Hirst ... . Peel................ Smith ... . W ainwright. Moorhouse . Mounsey... . 0 . M. R. W . O. M. R. W . 21 5 77 2 ... 27 5 69 1 ... 14 4 52 2 49 14 99 4 ... ... 27-4 14 28 6 18-4 4 62 3 ... 13 1 52 0 ... 14 4 59 2 6 2 10 0 ......... 2 1 6 0 ........... Hirst bowled a wide. Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W . 53*1 19 104 7 ... ... 12 2 47 0 40 9 110 3 ... ... 6 2 20 0 16 2 65 0 ... ... 11 1 22 0 14 4 51 0 ... ... 2 0 13 0 7 3 20 0 ... ... 7 0 32 0 4 1 18 0 ... Lucas ... o- 3 0 10 0 Heame’(J- T.) Rawlin ... Phillips ... Davenport Stoddart ... Maude Davenport bowled one no-ball and three wides,