Cricket 1896

J une 4, 1806. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 179 THE AUSTRALIANS. THE ?IH 9T LANCASHIRE MATCH. (SIXTH OP THE TO U R.) Played at Old Trafford on May 28, 29 and 30. Australians won by 154 runs. After the performances o f the Lancashire men who were engaged in the Crystal Palace match, some doubt was felt as to the ability of the county to hold its own against the Australians, but at several periods of the game there was a reasonable prospect of a close finish. As the wicket gave some help to the bowlers, more especially towards the end of the match, it was a decided advantage to the visitors to win the toss. During the first day’s play, the bowlers had hard work to make any impression on the batsmen, and in these improved circumstances, Iredale showed clearly that the reputation he gained in Australia as a splen­ did bat was well deserved ; he played his highest and best innings of the tour. W ith the exception of Hill, none of the other great bats in the team came off, but, as usual, they nearly all did something towardshelping the score along. When the end seemed near. Kellv. by some sound cricket, helped Iredale to put on 94 runs, which made all the difference in the. world to the result of the match. In the course'of three quarters of an hour’s batting, Lancashire did none too well, losing Baker and Ward for 54. On the second day, the Lancashire batting was disappointing, although seven of the team made double figures. Paul played his usual sound and steady game for 44, and Briggs and Sugg both did w ell; Sugg-, however, hardly played hij usual bold game. The follow-on was only just saved. Jones was not as dangerous to the batsmen as usual, but for all that he took four wickets for 69 runs, while Trumble surpassed himself, taking four wickets at 6 runs apiece. For a time, in their second innings, the Australians experienced almost a rot, and five wickets were down for 45; but it is so unusual to see a rot set in when an Australian team is batting, that no surprise was felt when a long stand was made by Gregory and Trumble, who quite altered the appearance of the game. As a result of their fine play—Gregory was credited with 54, and Trumble with 30—the total was not ignominious, although it was by no means large. Thanks, however, to their lead of 113 on the first innings, the Austra­ lians were able to set Lancashire the task of making 253, and were thus practically sure of a victory. In­ stead of the usual long interval which obtains in Australian matches in England when there is no special need for huny, only the legal time was allowed, for with twelve minutes left for play, it was only natural that the visitors should try to get a wicket or two. W ith the idea of saving his best men, the Lan- c tshire captain put in the tail with disastrous results, for three wickets fell for 4 leg-byes. This was most disheartening for Lancashire, and they never recovered from the bad beginning. Ward played a very good innings, and J. F. Arnold showed considerable pre­ mise in his 33, but that was all. The bowling was treated with the greatest respect—perhaps with too great respect —and three of the four men who went on had good analyses. O. M R. W . * a M. R. W . Jones ......... . 28 6 69 4 ... 15 9 15 2 McKibbin . . 12 4 17 0 ... Trumble 21*213 24 4 .......... 10 3 4 15 3 Giffen ... . . 19 7 33 2 .......... 15 4 38 2 •Trott ... i. 5 0 16 0 ....... 11 3 16 2 1 Trott bowled a wide. A u stralian s . First innings. J. Darling, run out ...........11 H.Donnan,c Paul, b Hallam 24 G. Giffen, run out .......... 21 C. Hill, c 8mith, b Mold ... 44 G. H S. Trott, b Mold ...I t S. E. Gregory-, c Smith, b B riggs..................................21 F. A. Iredale, c Ward, b Mold .................................. 67 H . Trumble, c Hallam, b ,B riggs.......................... ... 0 J. J. Kelly, c Ward, b Biker 45 E. Jones, b Baker ........... 5 T. R. McKibbin, not out ... 0 B 24, lb 5 .................. 29 Total ... Second innings, c Smith, b Mold 0 c Smith, b Mold 8 b Briggs ......... 7 c Hallam, b M old 12 bM old... ... .'... 3 c I’A n son , b Briggs ... .7. 54 st Smith, b Briggs 6 c Paul, b Hallam .30 c Baker, b Briggs .3 c T i n d a ll , b Hallam ........... 0 not o u t.................. 4 B 8, lb 4 ... 12 T ota l...........139 L an cash ire . First innings. Ward (A.), c Jones, b Trumble .......................... 31 Paul, b Giffen ..................44 Baker, c Iredale, b Trumble 0 S. M. Tindall, c Kelly, b Jones ..................................12 Pugg (F.H.),c Kelly,b Jones 25 J. F. Arnold, b Giffen ... 0 I’ Anson, c Darling, b Jones 10 Briggs, b Trumble ...........24 bmith, b Jones .................. 0 Hallam, not out .................. 13 Mold, c Giffen, b Trumble 0 Byes .......................... 9 Second innings. c Kelly, b Trott 20 runout • ... ... 1 b Trumble ........... 2 c Trott, b Jones 12 str Kelly, b Trott 2 c and b Trumble 33 not out...* ... 0 b Trum ble...........14 c and b Giffen ... 0 cTrumble,b Jones 0 b Giffen ........... 0 B 3, lb 10, w 1 14 Total ....................168 Total ... 98 A u s tr a lia n s . First innings. O. M. R . W . ........... 32 12 52 2 ... Mold ........... 38-2 7 109 3 .. H allam ........... 19 4 50 1 ... I’Anson........... 8 0 28 0 .... Baker ........... 6 1. 13 2 ... L an cash ire . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 41321 36 4 4 2 0 0 27 17 2 0 4 2 I WARWICKSHIRE v.LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on May 28; 29 and 30. Leicestershire won by one wicket. A S p l e n d id F in is h . Thanks chiefly to two very fine innings by W . G. Q,uaife and Welford, the latter of whom has speedily proved himself to be one of the best bats in the team, Warwickshire made a sufficiently big score to have great hopes of beating the unfortunate Leicestershire eleven. But although most of the best men in the home team did very little, Pougher played a splendid innings of 102,and as the tail did well the follow on was saved. In their second innings Warwickshire did very badly against the bowling of W oodcock, although Lilley, with a brilliant 81, and Diver with 41, made in quite his old form, redeemed the innings from failure. Leicestershire had to make 267. Again a bad start was made, but afterwards every man on the side played well, and gradually it began to be seen that there was a chance of winning. But a change came over the game, and when W ood­ cock and Whiteside were in for the last Wicket, there were still 47 runs to be made, and the match looked vastly in favour of Warwickshire, for neither batsman usually makes many runs. By dint of hard hitting on the part of Woodcock, and steady playiE g by Whiteside, the runs were hit off amid the greatest excitement. It was an altogether unexpected ending, but none the less welcome to Leicestershire. W a r w ic k s h ir e . ' • * First innings'. Q,uaife . (W .), c Whiteside, b Woodeock • .V. .......... 1 Quaife (W . G.), c Knight, b W oodcock ............................105 H.W.Buinbridge, c Wright, b Woodeock .......................15 Law, c Whiteside, b W ood­ cock .................................... 6 Tilley, c Holland, b W right 28 Diver, b Woodcock ............ 2 Welford, b Pougher ............118 Pallett, lbw. b Pougher Santall, b Wright Forester, c Whiteside, W right.......................... Ward, not out ........... B 14, lb 3.......... Total.. .. 18 .. 9 b .. 0 . 2 .. 17 ..321 Second innings. c De Trafford, b Pougher ... ... 0 c T o m lin , b Woodcock ... 2 c Whiteside, b Woodcock ... 3 b Woodcock ... 81 b Woodcock ... 6 b Coe ... ... ... 47 c Pougher, b Woodcock ... 3 b Woodcock ... 0 b W right ... ... 0 b W right ... ... 5 not out........... ... 0 B 2, lb 3, w 4 9 Total ...156 L eicestersh ire . Whiteside, b Santall........... 5 F. Brown, c Lilley, b Santall 0 Wood, c Forester, b Pallett 5 Holland,cForester,b Santall 0 Pougher, not ou t.......... ...102 Knight, c Law, b Santall.. 16 C. E. de Trafford, b Santall 2 Tomlin, b Forester ...........25 F. W right, run out ...........17 Coe, b Santall .................. 25 Woodcock, b Santall........... 0 B 13, lb 1..................14 not out................. 5 b Forester........... 0 run out ...........17 c Lilley, b Santall 3 cForester.b Ward CO c Forester, b W el­ ford ...................25 c Diver, b Pallett 33 c Lilley, b Pallett 11 b W ard ...........15 b Ward ...........39 not out.................. 46 B 10, w 3 ... 13 Total........................ 211 •* Total (9 wkts.)267 W arw ic k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . W oodcock... 37 8 95 5 .. ... 21*1 6 46 6 Pougher ... 34*4 10 74 2 ............ 6 2 14 1 Wright ... 19 6 48 3 ............ 10 3 38 2 Coe .......... 13 1 52 0 ............. 13 W o o d ........... 6 1 28 0 ............ 4 Tomlin........... 1 0 6 0 ............. W ood bowled four wides. L e ic e s te r s h ir e . 45 19 68 7 ............ 36 6 1 27 0 4 25 1 0 24 0 Santall.. Welford Pallett.. Forester Ward .29 11 58 12 2 42 1 11 8 0 30 9 14 90 YORKSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Leeds on May 28, 29, and 30. Yorkshire won by 9 wickets. A t this time of the year the Kent team is generally weak, but on paper the eleven which was opposed to Yorkshire was perhaps stronger than usual, except that the bowling was weakened by the absence of Walter W right, whose league engagements prevented him from playing. Under these circumstances it was a stroke of luck to win the toss, but roost of the men made a very poor stand against the Yorkshire bowl­ ing. Fortunately Mr. Marchant* who has many limes' played a wonderful innings for^Xent when nobody else seemed able to play the bowling, was in his best form, and although for a long 'time nobody could stay with him he scored with freedom.. A t last' Walter Hearne came in and gave him such invaluable assist­ ance that there was a fine prospect of sending York­ shire in with a very large score to make up But at a critical moment Hearne slipped and injured his knee, with the result that he had to retire and could take no further part in the match. Just before the end of the" innings Mr. Marchant was out for a beautiful innings of 128 out of a total o f 205. This was not big enough to encourage hopes of making a good match; particu­ larly as the accident to Hearne meant that.the bowling of the Kent team was very weak indeed.. It did not take long to see that there was by no means enough of it to have much effect on the Yorkshire-* imen. Brown, Tunnicliffe, Moorhouse, and Dtntou all made a lot of runs easily, and although afterthree wickets had fallen for 232 the game took a turn in ;favour of Kent, the Yorkshire tail had to be reckoned- ' with, and it upset all calculations. Lord Hawke was ' in splendid form, and after beginning very slowly- he .made his hundred, but if it had not been for an un­ expected 41 by Hunter hS would not have been able to do this. The total was 459, which was large enough to make Kent very doubtful pf saving the innings defeat. But in their second attempt, the scoring was much more level. Mr. Mason did himself "justire* Martin scored a useful 36, Mr. Marchant with 88 again .played brilliant cricket, and several men gotj into double figures.. Bijt, despite all the efforts that wei'e made, Kent were only, just able .to save .the innings defeat. Mr. Mjjligan was the most successful bowler for Yorkshire, but Peel, for a wpnder, was unable to . take a wicket. No less than 100 runs were obtained off him, and as he only made one run> lie will look back upon the match with curiosity. " , . K en t . First innings.' J. R. Mason, b H irst........... 0 Hearne (A.), b H irst........... 9 E. H. Simpson, c W ain­ wright, b Hirst.................. 2 F. Marchant, c Hawke, b Wainwright ................. Easby, b Milligan................. G. J. Y . Weigall, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Wainwright Second ifinings. c Hunter, b M illi- •’... 50 * ... '3 gan . b Hirst -29“ 128 b M illigan........... t 15 b M illigan...........] 1 c Hunter*b .Milli- gan Pallett bDwled two wide and Santall ous wide. run out... b Hirst ;C. O. Cooper, c Tunnicliffe, 1 b M illigan.......... ........... Martin, c and b Milligan ... Hearne (W .), retired hurt... 34 absent, hurt Huish (K. H .). cTunnicliffe, b W ainw right................... 5 . 18; - M ,. o W . M. Bradley, not out B 8, lb 2, nb 1 ... st H u n t e r , b Wainwright ... 4 not o u t................. 0 B ll,lb 4 ,w l,n b l 17* Total ................. 205 Total Y o r k s h ir e .— First innings. ...275 Brown, c Mason, b Bradley ... ... ... 90 Tunnicliffe, c Huish, b Alec Hearne ...........31 Moorhouse, c sub., b Easby ..................66 Denton, c Huish, b Bradley ... ...........65 Wainwright, c and b Bradley .................. 5 Peel, b Alec Hearne... 1 Hirst, c Huish, b Alec Hearne ... ...........24 Lord Hawke, not out 110 Mounsey, c Marchant, b Alec Hearne..-. .. 0 F. W . Milligan, c sub., b Alec Hearne... Hunter, st Huish, Mason ................ B 4, lb 2 ... . Total 17 41 6 Second innings., O . M. R. VV. 281. 9 69 2 * 33 9 57 1 .459, Second innings Brown, not out, 11; Tunnicliff#, c Alec Hearne, b Bradley, 2 ; Moorhouse, not out, 7 ; Byes, 3.—Tolal^l wicket), 23. . t K ent . First innings. O. M. R. W . H irst.................. 25 8 44 3 ... Wainwright ... 24 1 7 55 3 ... Peel ................... 15 1 60 0 ... Milligan ........... 15 7 35 3 ... Brown Hirst bowled two no-balls and Miligan one wide. YORKSHIRE* O. M. R. W.; O. M. R. W !Bradley ........... 48 20 133 3 M artin................... 28 5 95 0 Hearne (A.) ... 54 19 125 5 'Mnson ... ... 23*4 4 -8 0 -1 Easby ................... 3 0 20 1 32 11 40 0 , ... 26 73 4 19 0 . 3 0 13 1 2 1 7 0