Cricket 1896

. J une 18, 1896. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 227 THE SCHOOLS. S h e r b o rn e .— The school played St. Paul’s at Kensington on June 12th, but were defeated by 33 runs. The match began at 9.30, and Whinney on winning the toss, put fct. Paul’s in. They ran up 140 on i very bad wicket, Hailey being highest scorer with 30, and several others reaching double figures. Extras accounted for 21, including 9 wides. The School began disastrously, losing 4 wickeds for 30, but Whinney made a splendid effort, and his fcore of G5 was beyond all praise. However, no one gave him any assistance, and the innings closed for 108. Alexander for St. Paul’s took 7 wickets for 30, and Prichard for Sherborne. 6 for 39. The School’s display was disappointing, but the vagaries of the wicket to some extent accounted for this. M a lv e r n .— Last Thursday the School was defeated by the Warwickshire Crusaders (12 aside) who were by no means a strong side. We batted first. Pain fell the day before the match and a hot sun made the wicket play in a curious way. Foster played a very careful and useful innings of 48. Short also played well, but the rest of the team did practically nothing. Our total was 106. The fiist three wickets of their side went down for next to no runs, and it seemed likely that we should pull the match off but the next three by stealing runs here and there brought their total up to ours, and they won by 5 wickets. Our fielding w*s not as good as it might have been. On the previous Tuesday, P. H. Foley brought down a very strong team against our 2nd eleven, their side scoring over two hundred, leaving us exactly an hour to play, and the match ended in a draw. M a r lb o r o u g h .— Clifton Club visited us on Satur­ day, and the match, after an exciting finish, ended in a draw. They won the toss, and were represented by E. Saiusbury and A. Robinson. The former carried his bat through the innings for a well played 103. None of the other batsman did much] and the innings closed for 173. Lewis bowled well, taking six wickets for 81. W e had two hours in which to make the runs, ana we bid fair to do it, as Sandford made 61, and Prest 55, the telegraph showing ISO for the loss of two wickets. Forty-five minutes remained then, and 50 runs were wanted. No one stayed long and the last m in went in to get 18. Only 10 of these were made when “ time ” put an end to an exciting match. Moline was the most successful bowler7 capturing six wickets for 59. The House matches are progressing. Abbott’s (Star) beat Cummings (Maltese Cross) by 7 wickets, thus qualify­ ing for the final. Their opponents will probably be either Madden’s “ Mitre ” or Littlefield. Moir made 100 and Bartholomew 50 for the latter against Preshute. C h e l t e n h a m . —On Saturday last we played against Cirencester who brought down a strong team includ­ ing C . O. H. Sewell and Mee. The College won the toss, but soon lost J. Champain and Thornton ; E. J. M Barret and F. H. B. Champain (captain) then got together, and were not parted till over 9) runs had been added, when Barret was clean bowled for 51. Champain continued batting in grand style, hitting all round the wicket. He was well supported by Kershaw (26) and Du Boulay (31) With the total at 314. we declared our innings closed, Champain carrying out his bat for 172, the highest score he has made for the College. This brings his average to 105 while Barret’s is now 81. Our opponents only had a hour and a half’s batting and in that time lost three wickets for 175 (8twell 56, Boulton 54.) STOICS v. BROXBOURNE.—Played at Broxboume on June 6. S toics . S. Cowlishaw, b Carter 67 C. E. E. Lee, b Knight 4 G. N. Levy, c Hamil­ ton, b Carter .......... 10 R. Horley, b Carter ... 9 C. C. Roberts, c John­ ston, b Hammond... A.W .Ramm ell,notout 60 W . J. Haycraft, lbw, b Hammond ......... 12 H. A . Higgs, not out 1 B 5, lb 1 ........... 6 Total (6 wkts) *176 F. A. Buckingham, B. Bennies, and S. Rocklitfe did not bat. •Innings declared closed. B roxbourne . J. Hammond, c Buck­ ingham, b Roberts 2 C. S. Knight, b Hay­ craft ......................... 0 S.M. Knight, st Higgs, b Haycraft .......... 26 E. Sharp, c Rammell, b Roberts.................. 9 G. F. Hamilton, c Rammell, b Cowli­ shaw .......................... 13 O. R. C. Johnston, b Cowlishaw .......... 4 E. C. Nichols, b Cow­ lishaw .................. 1 J. Carter, st Higgs, b H aycraft.................. 4 W . H. Butler, c Levy, b Haycraft ........... 0 J. Gardiner, b Cowli­ shaw .......................... 0 H. F. Hunt, not out .. 0 B 4, lb 2 ........... 6 THE AUSTRALIANS. T H E SECON D Y O R K SH IR E M ATCH . (TH E E LE V EN TH OF TH E T O U R .) Played at Leeds on Juno 15, 16 and 17. l)rawn. The severe defeat suffered by the Yorkshiremen in their first match against the Australians had the effect of greatly inci easing the iuterest taken in the second, for it was hoped that on a better wicket, and with more equal chauces the home team might win. But although rain had not fallen in Leeds lor some days the wicket was not in favour of batsmen, and on the second day a thunderstorm came on and veiy little cricket was seen. Up to the end of the second day there was veiy little to choose between the team s; but the promise of a queer wicket on the third day offered all sorts of possibilities. 'Ihe Australians in their first innings were hardly seen at their best, but this was not their fault, for tne bowling against them was very difficult. As on numberless other occasions, Gregory made runs when they were badly wanted; he is one of the very few men tither in hngland or Australia who can bat on any sort of wicket under any circumstances. His innings of 59 was a masterpiece, and but for it, the total of his side might have been insignificant. As it was the Yorkshiremen had no easy task before them when they went in. The success of Hirst during the Australian innings was such as to make it probable that Jones wuUld be a thorn in the side of the Yorkshire batsmen, and few of them could play him with confidence. F. S. Jackson and Tunnicliffe began to score very quickly, and Brown was not slow in making inns, but when these throe were out the total was only 44. After this, nobody but Denton could make runs, and even he was much aided by good fortune. A t the close of the day seven wickets were down for 96, so that the game was slightly in fa\our of the Australians. On Tuesday no play was pos ible until late in the afternoon, when a little progress w'a* made with the game. When the Australians went in a second time they wisely forced the game, and at the time of drawing, stumps were in a good position. No play was possible on Wednesday. A u stralian s . First innings. H. Graham, b Wain­ wright .................. 1 H. Donnan, b Hirst... 14 G. Giffen, b Hirst ... 11 S. E. Giegory, c Hun­ ter, b Hirst ...........59 J. Darling, b Peel ... 0 G. H. S. Trott, c Hun­ ter, b Wainwright... 7 Second innings.—H. Graham, not out, 10; J. Dailing, c Tunnicliffe, b Wainwright, 21; extras, 0. —Total, 31. Y orksh ire . C. Hill, b Jackson ... 17 F. A. Iredale, b H iist 6 H. Trumble, c Denton, b Hirst ..................17 E.Jones, bWainwright 0 A. E. Johns, not out 0 B 8, lb 2 , nb 2 ... 12 Total .144 Peel, b Jones ........... 0 Hirst, lbw, b Giffen ... 10 Lord llawke, b Jones 8 F. W.Milligan, b Jones 4 Hunter, run out.......... 0 Leg-byes ........... 4 Total ...108 F. S. Jackson, b Jones 20 Tunnicliffe,c Iredale,b T rott.......................... 8 Brown,c Trott, b Jones 12 Denton, not out.......... 36 Moorhouse,c Trumble, b Jones .................. 2 Wainwright,c Johns,b Jones .................. 4 A u stralian s . First innings. O. M. R. W . Peel.................. 25 11 39 1 ... Wainwright... 21 15 23 2 ... Jackson......... 15 5 30 2 ... Hirst ......... 18 6 40 5 ... Hirst delivered two no-balls. Y orksh ire . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Trumble ... 3 0 10 0 1Jones ... 16 6 36 7 Trott ........... 4 0 22 1 |Giffen ... 14*2 3 36 1 Second ionings. O. M. R. W . 2 1 12 0 3-2 0 11 1 3 1 8 0 Total , 65 M.C.C. & GROUND v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on June 15 and 16. Warwickshire won by 7 wickets. Owing to the number of other matches which were taking place, the M.C.C. could only put a very weak team in the field-perhaps the weakest which has represented the Club in a first class match this year, and not vastly superior to its team which ordinarily play against schools. Warwickshire were without Walter Quaife, Cresswell and Ward. The first innings of the M.C.C. was without interest, except for the splendid batting of Bean, who, in his 68, made many really beautiful drives. It seemed likely that W ar­ wickshire would run up a big score, for the bowling which was at the disposal of Mr. Maude was very limited indeed ; in fact the captain himself had to go on at one end. But with the exception of W. G. Quaife, all the Warwickshire men seemed stale or indifferent; even Mr. Bainbridge was content to play a stonewall game, and was frequently in difficulties. Law made some runs, but not in his best style; W ol­ ford, who seems to have taken Briggs a«* his model in batt;ng, both in style and gesture, did not by any means come up to the reputation which he has so quickly gained ; and Lilley and Diver, who made the best stand of the inrings, were often at fault. Mr. Maude was very suecei-sful with the ball, and if half the possible chances off his bowling had been taken, he could have had a wonderfully fine analysis. On the whole, the M.C.C. did well to get rid of their opponents so easily. After another somewhat uninter­ esting innings by the M.C.C., Warwickshire had to make 157, and their ciicket was of suoli a different cla- s from that of their first innings that thty won very •easily. M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. Bean, c Lilley, b Quaife ...68 cPallett,bWhite­ head .................. 10 Wrathall, c Lilley, b Santall 4 c Lilley, b White­ head .................. 15 F. W . Maude b Welford . 1 7 cDevey, b Pallett 14 Whitehead (L.), c Santall, b Glover .........................29 c Painbridge, b Pallett ............'8 R. W . Nicholls, lbw, b . Santall................................... 9 c Lilley, b White­ head .................. 6 C. C. Stone, c Whitehead, b Santall.................................10 c Lilley, b White­ head .......... ... 35 H. H. Cobb, b Santall ... 0 c Lilley. b White­ head ................... 3 F.;E. L«cey, b Pdllett ... 3 b Santall .............11 H. D. Littlewood, c Glover, b Santill ........................... 3 c Lilley, b Santall 2 Butt, not out.......................... 0 notout.................... 24 Handford,c Lilley, b Pallett 10 b Glover .............18 Byes.......................... 6 B 2, lb 4, w 1... 7 Total...........159 W a rw ick sh ire . Total ...183 H.W.Baiubridge, lbw, Santall, b Whitehead 14 b M au de.................. 7 A. C. S. Glover, c and Law, c and b Maude 23 b M aude................... 4 Quaife (W . G.), b Devey, c Bean, b Maude .................. 28 Maude ................... 7 Welford, c Stone, b Pallett, b Wrathall ... 16 Maude .................. 2 Whitehead (J.), not Lilley, lbw, b Whiteout .......................... 20 head .......................... 32 Byes................... 5 Diver, c Butt, b — Whitehead ........... 27 Total ...........18> Second innings.—H W . Bainbridge. c and b Bean, 41 ; Law, run out, 3 ; Quaife (W . G.), not out, 63; Welford, c Butt, b Bean, 43; Lilley, not out, 3 ; Byes, 5; Total (3 wickets), 158. M.C.C. First innings. * O. M. R. W . Pallett........... 17-4 6 46 2 . Santall......... 25 8 41 5 . W elford ... 7 1 13 1 Whitehead J. 7 0 26 0 ................... 2G Quaife, W.G. 6 1 15 1 Glover.......... 2 0 9 1 ............ 7‘1 0 17 1 Whiteheadbowled one wide. W arw ick sh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. w! 26. 11 35 2 . 27 11 49 2 WhitcheadL.... Maude .......... Handford Bean.................. Wrathall........... O. M. R. W . 21 10 40 3 . 43 14 14 7 11 3 0-4 0 90 6 25 0 . 21 0 . 4 1 . Sccond innings. O. M. R. W. 15 4 23 0 1 66 0 4 15 0 5 37 2 1 12 0 ... 16 ... 11 ... 18 ... 6 KENT v. MIDDLESEX. T H E TO N B R ID G E W E E K . Played on June 15, 16 and 17. Drawn. It is often said that J. T. Heame cannot bowl unless he has the wicket at Lord’s to work upon, but, if it were necessary to confute this, his performance in the Kent first innings might be given as a sample of what he can do on another ground. It was a curious match. Kent went in first and after Alec Heame was out for 0, a wonderful stand was made by Mr. Mason and Mr. Rashleigh, who took the score from 2 to 201 before they were separated. Mr. Rashleigh, who is nothing if not thorough, was in very great form, and by comparison with him, Mr. Mason scored quite slowly. Mr. Rashleigh was in for less than two hours and a half, in which time he made 163, including 25 fours—a wonderfully good innings. Mr. Mason was out first for an admirable 66. Then a great change came over the game, and what looked like being a very long innings was abruptly ended for 257, of which Mr. Rashleigh and Mr. Mason had made 229 between them. As there were four extras, the rest of the team were account-