Cricket 1896

200 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J c n e 11, 1896. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE MATCH. (EIGHTH OF THE TOUR). At Bristol on June 4, 5 and 6 . Australians won by an innings and 91 runs. A 8 Gloucestershire were without Mr. Jessop and Painter, the bowling at the disposal of the captain was exceedingly weak, and the Australians could very well afford, in their turn, to give Jones a well deserved rest. That Gloucestershire would be easily beaten was almost a certainty, for the champion does not get a hundred almost every other match this year, while Mr. Townsend seems powerless to bowl with the accuracy of last year. The first innings of Gloucestershire was not a success, and with the exception of a 27 by W . G. and a good 42 by Mr. Sewell, the batting was tame. Trumble and Giffen were the successful bowlers. On the other hand, it cannot be said that the Australians made the best use of their chances when they were in, for the bowling against them was even more moderate than usual; in fact, the only bowlers who met with any success were the two Veterans, W . G. and E. M .; Mr. Townsend was quite unable to get his pitch, though he was kept on almost long enough to bowl himself into form. As in previous matches, the Australian batting was generally monotonous; the men looked as safe as houses and nearly all of them got runs more or less gracefully, but there was a lack of brightness about the play which is apt to weary spectators, and make them yearn for a little variety. In the case of one or two of the counties, this want of attractive batting has been found to affect tlie exchequer considerably, but so many people will go to see the Australians, simply because they are the Australians, that there is very little fear of a falling off in the attendance. In bowling, the visitors have so far almost succeeded in creating a panic; all the regular bowlers have been shewing far better form than their doings in Australia during the last two or three seasons would have led one to expect, and it does not seem to matter whether Giffen or Trumble or Jones goes on, the effect is nearly always the same. It is curious that Eady and McKibbin, of whom very great things were expected, should have, as yet, done nothing, while Trumble and Giffen. who were thought to be played out. are doing wonderfully well. W . G. played them with confidence in his two fine innings for Gloucester­ shire, and so did Mr. Sewell, but some o f the Gloucestershire team were out before they began their innings. So far everything points to the success of the Australians in the big matches which are soon to begin; if they happen to me«t Jack Hearne and Attewell on a Lord’s wicket of this year’s pattern, and can make a lot of runs against them, they must be set down as the strongest batting team which has ever represented Australia. G lou cestersh ire . W.G.Grace, c Eady, b Giffen 27 clredale,bTrum ­ ble ...................66 8 c Hill, b Giffen... 21 OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Oxford on June 4 and 5. Oxford won by an innings and 23 runs. One of the weakest M.C.C. teams ever put in the field to play a first class match completely failed to hold its own against the University, who are at present decidedly strong. In bowling, the M.C.C. relied on Mead and Martin, with Trott as change—there was absolutely nobody else—while Bean was the only famous bat on the side. It is true that Harry and Trott were playing, but as batsmen on English wickets their reputations have yet to be made. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that with the exception of Mr. F. L. Fane, the Essex amateur, nobody made runs for the M.C.C. except the three men who have been mentioned. Mr. Cunliffe and Mr. Hartley were both in great form with the ball. For the University, Mr. Smith was again unsuccess­ ful, and his chances of his retaining his place are beginning to get small. Mr. Warner and Mr. Clayton both played well, and Mr. Gower was in great form. As usual, the tail made a lot of runs. M.C.C. an d G rou n d . Wrathall, b Trum ble........... Capt. A. H. Luard, c Kelly, b E*dy.................................. C. O. H. Sewell, c Kelly, b Trumble ........................... C. L. Townsend, c Trumble, b Giffen .......................... E.M.Grace, c Kelly, b Giffen Board, lbw, b Trumble E. L. Thomas, b Trumble. Murch, c Eady, b Giffen . Pepall, c and b Trumble . Roberts, not o u t ................ Bl, w l ............ 9 c Kelly, b Trott... 17 42 b Trumble . 37 not out.................. b Giffen ........... c Hill, b Giffen... c Gregory, b Trum ble........... b Trurnble........... cGiffen,bTrumble c Gregory, b Trumble ... ... B ........... Total..................110 A u str a lia n s . Total ...181 J. Darling, c Towns­ end, b E. M. Grace 35 H . Donnan, st Board, b W . G. Grace .. 87 G. Giffen, b Roberts... 25 H . Graham, b Roberts 3 S. E. Gregory, lbw, b W . G. Grace ...........64 C. Hill, c Roberts, b Murch .................. 33 F.A.Iredale, c Towns­ end, b E. M. Grace 34 G lo u c e s t e r s h ir e . O. M. R. W . G. H. S. Trott, b Murch ................... H. Trumble, c Pepall, b W . G. Grace J. J. Kelly, c Luard, b Pepall ................... C. J. Eady, not out ... B 18, lb 5, w 5, nb 4 Total ...........J Eady... . Trumble . Giffen Townsend Pepall ... Roberts... 20 46 42 O. .......... 32 ........... 27 Trott... 12 Eady delivered one wide. A u s tr a lia n s . M. 3 9 10 First innings. Harry, c Raikes, b Hartley 56 Bean (G.), st F ox,b Hartley 25 F. L. Fane, c Pilkington, b Cunliffe .......................... 13 Mead, b C unliffe................... 3 J.A.Gibbs(capt.), c Warner, b Cunliffe .......................... 0 W . S. Case, lbw, b Cunliffe 5 Trott (A. E.), c Leveson- Gower, b Hartley ......... .2 1 A.E.Leatham,lbw,bHartley 10 G. T. Mirehouse, b Cunliffe 0 Martyn,c Clayton, b Hartley 9 Huish (F. H .), not out ... 0 B 4, nb 1................... 5 R. W . 15 0 81 6 57 3 27 1 O. M. R. W . 32 5 102 0 103 1 27 1 11 74 2 O. M urch.. 27 E.M.Grace'21 W.G.Grace28 Second innings, c Bardswell, b Hartley ...........18 b C unliffe...........47 c W a d d y , b Hartley ...........39 c Fox, b Cunliffe 0 st Fox b Hartley 8 cSmith, b Hartley 3 c Bardswell, b Cunliffe ........... c and b Hartley b Cunliffe ........... run out ........... not out.................. B 4, nb 1 ... Total .147 Total ...126 G. O. Smith, b Mead P. F. Warner, c Huish, b Trott ............... F. G. H. Clayton, c Bean, b T rott.......... 66 C.C.Pilkington,bMead 5 G. B. Raikes, lbw, b Martin ................... 1 H. D. G. Leveson- Gover(capt.),bMead 46 G. R. Bardswell, lbw, O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . 53 b Trott . 40 J. C. Hartley, run out 16 P. S. Waddy, c Bean, b Harry .................. 39 F. H. E. Cunliffe, c Martin, b Mirehouse 15 R. W . Fox, not out ... 0 B 12, lb 3 ...........15 Total.. M.C.C. an d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. Cunliffe Hartley Raikes ... . Pilkington . O. M.R. W . 22 8 39 5 , 20-1 1 69 5 5 2 13 0 4 1 O. 162 22 7 69 15 Waddy 6 Cunliffe delivered two no-ball. 2 13 0 Mead . Martin . Trott O. 48 53 39 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . M. R. W.| 13 151 3 31 60 1 13 59 3 O. Mirehouse 6 Harry ... 3 M. R. W . 3 8 1 1 3 1 LANCASHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Aigburth on June 4, 5 and 6 . Lancashire won by 10 wickets. This match was completely spoiled by rain, which frequently interrupted play, and at times made the wicket very difficult. On the whole, the bowlers had by far the best of it. Their success against Warwick­ shire did not inspire the Leicestershire batsmen to great deeds, and in the first innings they could make nothing of the bowling of Briggs and Hallam, while in the second Mold and I’Anson were too good for them. But from the general failure Knight, bv his second innings of 66, stood out boldly. Most of the Lancashire batting was uninteresting, but Sugg, Mr. Arnold, and Mr. Tindall all played fine cricket. After a long period of indifferent success Mr. Hillyard did some very fine bowling for Leicestershire, but the county is sadly in need of another good bowler or two. L eicestersh ire . First innings. Holland, b Briggs ...........19 Knight, lbw, b Briggs ... 1 ..296 M. R. W . 6 52 2 6 45 2 7 60 3 Townsend^, bowled four wides, Murch one wide. [and Roberts four no-balls. * CLAPTON v. THE CLOVE.—Played at Clapton on May 28. C lapton . J. N. Douglas, b H oi- Stanley Briggs, lbw, b lister.............................21 Cooke... P. P. Lincoln, c and b b Gowing............................... 0 E. H . S. Berridge, not out ........................................143 A . G. Wheatley, c Beal, b Hollister .. 3 A. Johnson, Rev. E. R. Ford, H. Boyton, H. Mishell, Dr. Ladell did not bat. .•Innings declared closed. TnE C lo v e . F. Butter, not out ...102 B 13, lb 3, w l,n b 1 18 Total (4 wkts)*291 H. M. Gowing, c sub, b Butter ................... C. Lydon, b Johnson... F. Beal, b Butter F. G. Wood, not out... B 6, lb 2 ........... Total .......... i Pougher, c Smith, b Hallam 23 Tomlin, c I’Anson, b Hallam 16 Coe, c Baker, b Hallam ... 5 G. W . Hillyard, c Arnold, b Hallam .......................... 3 Bailey, st Smith, b Briggs 11 W ood, c Baker, b Mold ... 14 Brown, not out .................. 7 W oodcock, c Mold, bHallam 10 Whiteside, b Briggs ........... 0 B 6, lb 1 ................... 7 Total.. Second innings. b M old................... c H a lla m , b 1’A n s o n ........... t lbw, b I’Anson... c Hallam,bBriggs b Mold.................. b M old................... b I’Anson ... . b M old................ b I ’Anson ... . not out................ c Sugg, b Mold . B 5, lb 4 . Total 16 3 5 1 .. 15 . 3 . 9 .. 5 .. 0 .. 9 . 137 Briggs, st Whiteside, b Hillyard .......... Smith, c Tomlin, b Pougher .................. Hallam, not out.......... Mold, c Holland, b Hillyard ........... ... B 1, lb 4 ........... 13 Total ...186 ...116 L a n c a s h ire , Paul, run out ........... 8 Ward, b Woodcock ... 8 Sugg, b Pougher ... 39 Baker, c Bailey, b Hill­ yard .......................... 11 J. F. Arnold, c and b Pougher .................. 37 S. M. Tindall, c and b Hillyard ...................57 I’Anson, c and b Hill­ yard .......................... 5 Second innings:—Paul, not out, 3 }; Ward, not out, 33; extras, 4. Total (for no wicket), 70. L eicestersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Briggs ........... 35.2 15 53 4 ... Mold ........... 12 4 28 0 ... H allam ........... 23 9 28 6 ... I’Anson, L ancash ire . First innings. ~ R. W . 67 1 ... 59 3 ... , 41 5 ... 14 0 ... . Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 24 8 , 22.310 . 11 5 11 4 Woodcock Pougher... Hillyard C oe........... O. M. 15 0 32 16 23.1 10 5 2 Second innings. O. M.R. W. . 10 3 23 0 . 18 12 17 0 .1 2 2 26 0 ADDI8COMBE v. M ITCHAM .—Played at Mitcham on May 30. M itcham . A. Beresford, b Butter 0 H. Hollister, stLadell, b Butter ................... 9 F. Cooke,b Johnson... 4 H. B. Hugill, b John­ son .......................... 8 T. H. Case, st Ladell, b Butter .................. 4 S. H. Hill, b Butter ... 20 E. Elkington, b John­ son .......................... 6 Second in n in g s A . Beresford, b Butter, 28; H. Hollister, c sub, b Briggs, 0;S. H. Hill, not out,22 ; E. Elkington, not out;, 2; F.G. W ood, c Ladell, b Boyton, 8.—Extras 7.—Total (3 w kts.) 67, T. P. Harvey, b Peck 0 N. A . Harvey, b Allen 28 Rev. H. Sturt, b H. G. Roberts .................. 24 H. Pillinger.b E. W ilt­ shire ..........................16 G. T. Wheble, b Peck 40 J. Pilliuger, lbw, b H. G. Roberts ...........13 A. F. Clarke, c Barker, b E . Wiltshire ...11 A ddiscombe . First innings. E. Wiltshire, b T. P. Harvey G. G. Windsor, c H.G. Roberts, b Peck W . Hussey, not out . F. Knight, lbw, P e c k ........................ J. Keene, b Peck Extras ... . 18 17 Total ...198 P. Allen, c Clarke, b T. P. Harvey.................................. J. R. Coulthard, b Keen ... A. J. Trollope, b T. P. Harvey.................................. A. Peck, b T. P. Harvey ... A. Wiltshire, c and b Keene H. G. Roberts, c Windsor, b K ee:ie..................................: R. J. Grant, b T. P. Harvey T. B. Marshall, c T. P. Har­ vey, b Keene ................... D. M Koberts, st Clarke, b T. P. Harvey ................... a J. T. Barker, not o u t........... 0 Extras.......................... 0 8econd innings. 2 c T. P. Harvey, b Sturt................... 4 1 b N. A . Harvey... 17 0 b Sturt.................. 14 7 stWindsor,bSturt 5 4 not out ...........37 0 c Clarke, b Sturt 0 i8 c Keene, b N. A. Harvey .......... 1 8 absent (hurt) ... 0 1 cW indsor,b Sturt 16 c Keene, b N. A. Harvey ........... c and b Sturt ... E xtras.......... Total , 53 T otal ...H 5