Cricket 1896

234 > -«»- CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 25, 1896. “ *What”bowler have you found the most difficult ? ” “ Peel has worried me much more than anybody else ; he has such a curious delivery, and so often deceives you in the length and flight of the ball. Last year at Leyton he was bowling to me, and gradually drawing me out ; I played ball after ball pretty easily, but just as I was beginning to feel quite at home with him I found myself stretching for­ ward just a little too far, overbalanced myself and was stumped. I could see afterwards what he had been after, but I had no idea at all at the time that I was being gently lured into a trap. In the return match at Harrogate I was much more at home with him, for the light was so good that you could see him well, and though he was able to get a lot of work on, the wicket was so dead that the ball turned very slowly.” _ ....... .. “ Did you get any runs in this match ? ” “ I made 55 or 52, I forget which, but the wicket was so very queer that it was of no use trying to play correct cricket, and so I hit at most things, and it happened to come off—it was much more likely to have failed. It was about the hardest hitting innings I have ever played, but you really couldn’t do anything but hit. The boundary was very short too, which made hitting much easier, and I managed to get the ball over the ropes four or five times. Frank Mitchell also hit some over the ropes, and he and Johnston each hit the ball clean out of the ground.” “ Did Essex win that match? ” “ Yes—it was very exciting towards the end. We "began very badly, for Owen, Car­ penter, and I were all out for 1 run, but the side fortunately made 83 in the end. The wicket was so dead that it looked at first as if we should not be able to play at all. In their second innings Yorkshire had about 139 to get. Mead got five wickets, and Kortright three or four. I remember that in my first innings Hirst bowled me neck and crop for 0, and they were chaffing me in the second innings about getting a pair; if I hadn’t chanced to make a four or two to begin with I should have probably got the spectacles.” “ What was your first match for the county?” ^ “ It was against Derbyshire at Leyton. I was very anxious when I went out to field for fear I should make a mess of it. I was in the deep field for Mead and fine leg down by the sheet to save the runs for Kortright. I waited and waited, but throughout the innings not a single ball came in my direction, which in a small way must be almost a record. I had plenty to do in the second innings in the same position, and I seemed to be running about nearly all the time. It was a curious change.” “ Were you successful in batting in that match?” “ I made 37, and was played in the next two matches against Leicestershire and York­ shire, in which I failed altogether to come off, and so I was dropped for the rest of the season. In the Derby match I thought the bowling was delightfully easy, and that county cricket was very great fun, but in the next two matches I came to the conclusion that there was a good deal more in county bowling than meets the eye at first sight, and somehow or other the fun seemed quite to be taken out of the game.” “ Did you play regularly in the next season ? ” ^ “ No. Last year was the first in which I played regularly. The fact is, that I had a great deal to learn by experience, and it took me some time to get out of very bad habits. Once I had a run of very bad luck, both in first-class and dub cricket—if it can be called bad luck. I was stumped time after time in hitting at the wrong ball. I found, too, that one has to play a difierent game in first-class cricket from what one does in club cricket. In club cricket you may take liberties which escape punishment, but the least mistake or error of judgment is generally fatal in first-class cricket—fortunately for me there are also mistakes made in the field.” “ Did you have any coaching when you were young?” “ I never had any coaching until this year, when Mr. C. E. Green sent Abel and Maurice Read to coach us at Leyton. It seemed very funny at first to be told that you mustn’t do this and you mustn’ t do that, but it was, nevertheless, obvious that the advice was good and sound. If the coaching did not do me any good, it was not the fault of Abel and Read, for they both gave the best possible advice. But I am very much afraid that I have got faults which cannot be eradicated— at any rate, by advice. It seems to me that one has to learn by bitter experience that certain strokes are bad—you may be told that they are bad, and you may see that they are bad, but until you have had practical experience of their futility you continue to make them. It is curious that it should be so, but I know it is the case with me—perhaps it is not with others.” “ When did you begin your cricket ? ” “ As a youngster I used to play on Wanstead Flats. At that time there were only about half-a-dozen matches going on at the same time; there must be 50 or 60 now, I should think, so that the game has obviously spread a good deal. You ran everything out, but I wasn’t big enough to get more than seven by any one hit. At that time I didn’t think so much of cricket as of football, but at present the case is reversed.” “ When did you first begin to plav fairly well? ” ‘ ‘ I suppose it would be when I played ior Upton Park. From there I went, in 1892, to Leyton and joined the cricket club. As I did pretty well for them and had an average of 45, I was asked to play for the county. I made 107 in the first match I ever played for Leyton. I still play for the club on Saturdays if there is no county match on, and I also play in club and ground matches on the county ground. W. A. B e t t e s w o r t h . SUNNINGDALE SCHOOL v. ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL.—Played at Sunningdale School on June 22. S t . G eorge ’ s S chool . First inning F. C . S. Jeune, b Seymour H. R. Nicholl, b Seymour... J. H. King, b M ilner........... D. Smith, c Seymour, b M ilner.................................. J. N. Diggle, b Milner A. N. Lubbock, o Peel, b Seymour .......................... C. H. Nicholl, b Culme- Seymour .......................... J. B. Tregarthen, c and b M ilner.................................. 3 G. A. Ash, c and b Seymour 10 Second innings. b Strange .......... run out .......... b Milner .......... b Strange ......... b Strange .......... G. H. Rhodes, b Milner J. Robinson, not out ... Byes .................. 6 run out ........... 0 b Strange ........... c and b Halswelle c Ratcliff, b Hals­ welle.................. run out ........... not out.................. Total... 52 Total...........31 C. G. C. Fane, c Smith, b King .................. 2 R. A . Ratcliff, b King 22 E. Culme - Seymour, run out .................. 18 R.E. D. Milner,b King 28 W.Halswelle, b Diggle 2 H. C. Scrimgeour, b Diggle 7 E. V . Dearman-Birch- all,c,Rhodes,bDiggle 9 S unningdale S chool . F. G. Strange, c King, b H. Nicholl ........... H. Peel, c Jeune, b H. Nicholl *................. G T. Whitla, not out N. R. Hasluck, b H. Nicholl ................... Total ..........1< GRANVILLE v. LONDON AND WESTM INSTER BANK.—Played at Lee on June 15 and 16. L ondon A nd W estm inster B a n k . C. A. Snell, c Havers, b Passmore ...........45 H. O. Manfield, b Havers ...................25 W. Bradbery, c W ood, b H avers................ 37 C. S. J. Douglas, c W ood, b Havers ... 18 C.J.Bowman, c W ood, b H avers...................44 A.G.Gough, c Lincoln, b H avers......... . ... 0 G ra n v ille . 2 L. Pitt Brook, b W ood T. W . Mackintosh, run out ................... 0 C. C.; Simpson, not out 0 J. Bfadbery, c Morris, b H avers.................. 6 A. Podmore, b Havers 10 B 11, lb 9, w 1 ... 21 Total ...208 W . Morris, c Podmore, b Simpson ...........19 C. J. M. Godfrey, b P odm ore...................10 J. C. Stone, st Pitt Brook, b Podmore 20 P. P. I incoln, b Pod­ more ..........................16 L. R. Havers, not out 88 A . R. Layman, J. B. W ood, and T. Passmore did not bat. GRAN VILLE v, BURLINGTON WANDERERS.— clayed at Lee on June 20. B urlington W anderers . R. F . Taylor, c Snell, b Mackintosh........... 5 E. R. D. Moulder, b Mackintosh ...........12 G. C. Nicoll, notout... 2 Byes ................... 3 Total (6 wkts.) 175 A. J. Trollope, c Lay­ man, b Havers ... 17 R. L. Henriques, run out .......................... 4 J.P. Clarkson, bSwann 31 F. W . Freeman, b Swann ........... 4 E. Williamson, c Lay­ man, b Ellis ... ... 63 A . Waller, H. Waller, M. J. Wells and H. T. Bull did not bat. D. L. A. Jephson, not out ..........................132 E. B. Warren, not out 34 B 18, lb 4, nb 1... 23 Total (5 wktf) 808 W . Morris, b Bull ... 25 P. G. Swann, st War­ ren, b Bull ........... 2 E. Ryiner Jones, run out ..........................17 J. Wilson, junr., b Freem an........... ... 24 C. J. M. Godfrey, c Jephson,b Bull ... 5 L. R. Havers, b W al­ ler .......... ...........10 E. R. Moulder, bFree- man .......................... 4 G ra n v ille . P. P. Lincoln, b Wal­ ler ........................... 1 S. Ellis, c Clarkson, b Williamson ...........15 L. R. Glover, not out 14 A. R. Layman, b W il­ liamson ................... 0 B 18, lb 2 ...........20 Total .. 137 GRANVILLE “ A ” v. CROYDON (2).—Played at Croydon on June 20. C roydon . A . E. Drage, b W ood G. F. Long, b Pass- more .......................... 0 J. C. Meech, b Pass- more .......................... 3 R. F. Smith, c Lloyd, b W ood .................. 37 A . C. Dent,b Passmore 0 H, S. Hipwell and A . N. Other did not bat. G r a n v ille . J. Aris, b Lamb...........65 W . H. Bagott, b Pass- more ..........................12 C. P. Wicks, not out 58 Cl Woolcott, not out... 14 B 21, lb 11 ...........32 Total (8 wkts) 221 F. E. Lander, lbw, b Smith ...................21 A. T. Lloyd, b Smith 34 C. S. Carey, lbw, b Smith .................. 12 W . Greer, c Wicks, b Pagott .......... ,..20 F. B. Wood, not out 16 A. F. Debtnham, b Smith .................. 0 J. Clifford did not bat. A. H . Her8ee,b Bagott T. Passmore, b Bagott E. F. Lamb, b Smith J. A . Johnston, not out B 12, lb 1, nb 1... 14 Total (8 wkts) 123 GRANVILLE “ A ” v. M r . ESCOMBE’S X I.-P la y ed at Manor Way, Lee,- on June 20. M r . E scom be’ s X I. R. L. Escombe, run out ..........................11 J. H. C. Fegan, b F Helder ...................16 F. Escombe, b F. Hel­ der t.........................28 A. R. Barney, c F. Helder, b Edwards 21 W . R. Lamarchand, b E dw ards.................. 0 W . Harrower,bAusten 6 G ran ville G. E. T. Sunderland, b A u sten................... W . S. Thornton, b Downes ................... C. C. Wood, b Downes A. G. Bonter, c F. Helder, b Downes H. W oodcock, not out B 23, lb 1, w 1 Total A. F. Downes, lbw, b Woodcock ........... A. L. Ryder, lbw, b Woodcock ...........: F. Helder, c Thornton, b B on ter...................< H. G. Davis, c and b Fegan ‘ A .” ..138 W . Edwards, not out 64 E. Furze, b Thornton 4 Wm . Cox, c F. Es­ combe, b Fegan ... 1 G. Helder, not out ... 16 B 5, w 2 ........... 7 Total (6 wkts) 154 H . W . Gill, T, Johnston and T, P, Austen did not bat.