Cricket 1896

J u n e 4, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 189 WARWICKSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Birmingham on June 1, 2 and 3. Warwickshire won by 9 wickets. In their first innings, on a good wicket, the Ken* eleven did not make a score large enough to offer great hopes of winning. But the scoring was not left entirely to one or two men, and Mr. Mason, Alec Hearne, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Weigall, and Martin all played good cricket. If the "Warwickshire tail had not failed, the total of their side would have been such as to ensure a very easy victory, and even as it was the Kent score was exceeded by 140 runs. Mr. Bain- bridge and Diver were in wonderfully good form, and Lilley and Law made a stand which was of the utmost importance to their side. In their second innings Kent did only fairly well, and at the close of the second day they had lost five wickets, and were still 17 runs behind. In the end, Warwickshire won very easily. Cresswell bowled finely in the first innings of Kent. K en t . First innings. J. R. Mason, c W . Quaife, b Ward .......................... Hearne (A.), run o u t........... H. Simpsob, b Cresswell ... F. Marchant, b Cresswell... Easby, b Cresswell G. J. V. Weigall, c Lilley, b Santall .......................... C. O. Cooper, b Cresswell... W right (W .), c Lilley, b Cresswell .......................... Huish, b Santall.................. Martin, not out .................. W . M. Bradley, b Cresswell Second innings. c Cresswell, b Santall ...........19 b Santall .......... 7 c Santall, b Ward 37 st Lilley, b Ward 18 cCresswell,bWard 19 not out.......... lbw, b Pallett b Santall .......... 11 c Diver, b Pallett 4 c and b Pallett ... 9 b Pallett .......... 0 Extras ... 8 Total.. Total .172 W arw ick sh ire . H . W . Bainbridge, run out .................. 89 Quaife (W .),c Mason, b Bradley.................. 21 Quaife (W . G.)» c Huish, b Bradley ... 5 Diver, st Huish, b W right ...................66 Law, b Martin ...........46 Lilley, c Hearne, W right 51 W elford, c Martin, b W right ..................10 Santall, b Martin ... 7 Pallett, c Bradley, b W right .................. 0 Cresswell, not out ... 12 Ward, lbw, b Wright 2 B 8, lb 4, nb 1 ...1 3 Total ...325 Second In n in g s Q u a ife (W .), c Bradley, b W right, 9 ; Quaife (W . G .),n ot out, 15; Law, not out, 9 ; Total 33. Santall... Cresswell Ward ... Pallett... Bradley W right Hearne (A.) Martin......... M ason......... K e n t. First Innings. M. R. W . O. 24 6 56 2 35-1 7 69 6 15 4 40 1 11 3 17 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W . . 31 18 34 3 . 1 8 1 46 0 . 1 5 5 33 3 . 35 413 51 4 Pallett bowled one wide. W arw ick sh ire . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . .. 31 8 95 3 .................8 2 23 0 . 44 112 86 5 ................7 4 5 1 16 5 39 0 ........... . 45 16 73 2 ................ . 8 3 19 0 ........... Bradley delivered a no-ball. SURREY v. SOMERSETSHIRE. Played at the Oval on June 1 and 2. Surrey won by 10 wickets. The remark made by a writer in the Daily Mail that the match was lost by Somersetshire in the first half hour exactly represents the situation. During that half hour the wicket was slightly damp, and the first Somersetshire batsmen were placed at a disadvantage from which the team never recovered. For the re­ mainder of the match the wicket played as well as wickets have always played this year at the Oval, and the only subject for surprise is that the Surrey team did not make more runs. Mr. W oods played very fine cricket, and in the second innings was out to a wonderfully good catch in the long field by Hayward. The rest of the Somersetshire team did not shine in the first innings, but in the second Robson played well, and at the end Tyler and Nichols did some hitting, and Surrey had to go in again. So con­ vinced was the Somersetshire captain that it would be a nine or ten wickets victory—for on a good wicket the Surrey men who go in first are pretty certain to score—that he did not put himself on to bowl. The runs were hit off so easily that the failure of the Somerset team in the second innings to score more than 163 is unaccountable. S om erset. First Innings. G, Fowler, b Richardson ... 0 Smith, b R ichardson.......... 0 Second Innings. run out.................. 1 c Lockwood, b Lohmann ... 17 b Richardson ... 0 cWood,bRichard­ son ..................36 H. T. Stanley, run out Robson, b Richardson .. Capt. W . C. Hedley, b Richardson.......................... 0 b Richardson S. M. J. Woods, c Richard- ardson, b H ayw ard..........65 V. T. Hill, c Hayward, b Richardson..........................13 Nichols, c Lohmann, b Hay­ ward ..................................18 Dr. F. J. Poynton, b Richardson..........................10 Tyler, b Hayward.................. 0 Rev.A. P. Wickham, not out 0 B yes.......................... 3 c Hayward, Richardson b Richardson b Lohmann b ... 24 ... 0 ... 31 b Richardson ... 5 c & b Richardson 26 not out.................... 8 B 5, lb 1, w 1 7 Total ..163 and b Lockwood, Hedley .................. Ayres, b Nichols W ood, b Nichols Richardson, not out... B10, lb 1 Total..................116 S u rrey . Brockwell, b Woods... 43 Abel, b Tyler ...........13 Holland, lbw, b Tyler 13 Hayward, b Woods ... 1 Lohmann, b Woods ... 36 W .W .Read, c Fowler, b Tyler ................... 8 K. J. Key, c Robson, Total ...........198 b N ichols... ... Second Innings :—Brockwell, not out, 54; Abel, not out, 29 ; lb 1; Total, 84. S om erset . First innings. O. M. R. W . Richardson ... 14 2 60 6 . Lohmann ... 13 5 21 0 . Lockwood ... 6 1 25 0 . Hayward .. 6’33 7 3 . Lohmann bowled one wide. S u rrey . First innings. O. M. R. W . Tyler ........... 35 6 83' 3 . Woods ........... 30 7 87 3 N ichols........... 9-2 5 12 3 H edley........... 5 1 5 1 Second innings. O. M.R. W . 28 8 71 7 15-2 4 43 2 11 4 31 0 5 0 11 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 1 10 0 6 Fowler Robson Smith... 1 26 0 1 13 0 0 13 0 3-1 0 16 0 Poynton 2 0 5 0 FOLKESTONE v. S t . SW ITH IN S.-Played at Folkestone on May 21. F olkeston e . First innings. L. Rogers, c sub.,b Temple- 9 ton .................................. 9 L. Kent, c Gilders, b Tem­ pleton ...............................18 E. W . Moore, b Veillard . W . Cummins, not out... . Second innings. c Breeze,b Ralphe 15 c Veillard, b Ralphe.................. 6 b Ralphe ...........24 c Douglas, b Ralphe................... 4 lbw, b Veillard... 15 b Ralphe ........... 6 b Ralphe ........... 0 G. E. Roddis, b Veillard ... 0 G. N. Wyatt, lbw, bRalphe 0 G. S. Davies, run o u t......... 6 J. Crouch, c Templeton, b Veillard .............10 b Ralphe G. S. Hertslet, c Breeze, b Ralphe................................ 0 Dennant, b Ralphe ......... 3 J. Blackall, b Veillard ... 3 Byes ......................... 3 b V eillard........... 1 not o u t................. 10 b Ralphe ........... 4 B 6, lb 1, nb 1 8 Total .................70 S t . S w itiiin s . Total ...........93 First innings. G. C. Breese, b Crouch ... S. J. Templeton,b Roddis... Douglas, b Crouch ........... J. P. Nelson, b Crouch Gilders, b Crouch ........... A. E. Veillard, c & bCrouch J. H. Dimsdale, b Crouch Radford, c Hertslet,bRoddis Fawkes, c Cummins, b Kent Ralphe, c Crouch, b Roddis Samuel, not out .................. B 7, lb 2 .................. Total ................... Second innings. 3 absent ........... 0 2 b Crouch .......... 3 4 retired hurt 0 11 b Crouch ........... 1 0 b Rogers ........... 0 3 run out ........... 0 0 absent ........... 0 5 b Rogers ........... 0 6 b Rogers ........... 4 3 not out................... 0 6 b Crouch ........... 0 9 Bye 1 52 Total ... ... 6 THE AUSTRALIANS. T he O xford U n iversity M atch . (S eventh of the tour ). Played at Oxford on June 1, 2 and 3. Aus­ tralians won by seven wickets. So exceedingly well had the University team played in their match with Surrey, that they must have felt a reasonable amount of confidence of making a good fight against the Australians, but it cannot be said that the beginning of the match gave them much encouragement. It seemed likely to be a repetition of the old story—half the men alarmed by Jones and unable to do themselves justice, and the rest bowled by anybody who went on—for 3 wickets went down for 13, and 4 for 31 after about an hour’s play. At this period of the game, Mr. Leveson- (iower and Mr. Foster came together, and for the first time since the Sheffield Park match the Austra­ lian howling was in a knot. It was never collared, and the scoring was always slow, but for about a couple of hours none of the bowlers could hit the wicket, and as the field did not take the catches hich were given, matters really began to look serious for the Australians. It was not until the total was 146 that Mr. Foster was out for a most useful 66. Mr. Gower still kept on, but when he had nearly succeeded in making his hundred, he was out to a beautiful catch by Graham, at mid on. It was a good innings. Tw o or three of the tail shaped well, but the total was not as promising as it seemed likely to be. Jones sent down 21 maidens in his 41 overs, aad only 47 runs were hit off him for 5 wickets. The other bowlers were not so fortunate. In a queer light, the Austra­ lians lost two good wickets for 21. On Tuesday morning Eady made some good hits, and Graham, who played for the first time in the team, shewed that he has lost none of his old skill. Both men went at about the same time, and the total for 4 wickets was 81. A t this stage of the game, Oxford had a decided pull, but Giffen and Hill and Gregory turned the game in favour of the Australians. The cricket was not very interesting to watch, for runs came but seldom, until Gregory and Giffen were well set. When the total was 229, Giffen was bowled for a sound innings of 76, and after a time Gregory, who was seen at his best, was also out. A t the end of the innings Trumble made a useful 35, not out, and the Australian innings ended 71 in advance of that of Oxford. This balance had been nearly knocked off at the close of the day for two wickets, Fosterplaying a fine innings of 40. On the following morning all the best bats failed, but as in the Surrey match, Waddy and Hartley played well. Trumble was the cause of the collapse. O xford U n iv e r sity . Second innings. 1 st Johns, b Trott 7 12 c Johns, b Jones 16 First innings. G. O. Smith, b Giffen... P. F. Warner, c Johns, Jones .......................... H. K . Foster, c Johns, Eady .............................. 66 G. J. Mordaunt, b Jones ... 0 G. B. Raikes, c Giflen, b Jones .............................. 11 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Graham, b Jones .......93 G. R. Bardswell, st Johns,b Trumble ........................ 9 P. S. Waddy, b Giffen ... 16 J. C. Hartley, b Jones ...17 F. H. E. Cunliffe, not out... 2 R. S. Lewis, c Trumble, b G iffen ................................. 0 B 8, lb 2 ...............10 Total... ...237 b Trum ble...........40 cJohns,bTrumble 12 c G raham , b Trum ble........... 2 c Hill, b Trumble 2 b Trum ble........... 0 cGraham,b Giffen 23 c Graham, b Trum ble...........21 notout................ 0 c Iredale,b Giffen 2 Extras........... 4 Total ...129 A u stralian s . First innings. Second innings. .. 30 not out.................. 2 b 5 b Hartley ........... 5 .. 0 not out..................15 ... 38 c Lewis,b Cunliffe 28 .. 76 19 C. J. Eady, b Cunliffe... J. Darling, c Foster, Cunliffe ................... F. A . Iredale, lbw, Hartley .................. H. Graham, b Cunliffe G. Giffen, b Bardswell C. Hill, c and b Raikes S. E. Gregory, c Bardswell, b Hartley ...................................................68 G. H. S. Trott, c Mordaunt, b Bardswell ................... 5 b Hartley H. Trumble, not o u t ................................... 35 E. Jones, c Raikes, b Cunliffe ...................................................10 A. E. Johns, c and b Hartley ................................................. 6 B 4, lb 5, nb 7 ...1 6 Total... ...308 E xtras... Total