Cricket 1896

236 CRICK KT A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J one 25, 1896. THE AUSTRALIANS. T H E M ID L A N D C O U N TIE S M ATCH (T W E L F T H OF TH E T O U R ). Played at Birmingham on June 18, 19 and 20. Midlands won by four wickets. As originally arranged, the title of this match was to have been Australians v. Gentlemen of Engl ind, but owing to the difficulty of getting together any­ thing like a representative team of Gentlemen, it was changed to Australian* v. Midland Countie-. Although they suffered defeat the visitois showed up extremely well, and once more the ability of Aus­ tralians to play an uphill game was amply proved. Home rain had fallen on the previ »us day, but not enough to justify Trott in putting his opponents in, although, as matters turned out. it would, perhaps, have been better for hia side had he done s o ; but this is one of the chances of cricket which no captain, howev. r good a judge he may be, can accurately gauge, it was their first innings which prac.icallv lost the Australians the game, and some mistakes in the field during the first innings of the Midlands placed them at a great disadvantage. A very poor start was made, and at one time seven wickets were down for 63. The tail, however, on an improving pitch, did very well indeed, Eady especially dis­ tinguishing himself, and after all a fair totil was made. The home team lost Shrewsbury at onje, but Gunn, who is in splendid form this year, and A. O. Jone•*, played fine cricket, and when Jones was out he had made 31 out of 46. Another long stand, which broke the back of the bowling, was made by Gunn and VV. G. Quaife. The next wicket did not f til until the Australians’ score had been exceeded by lo, so that by this time the Englishmen seemed to have a wonderfully good chance of winning in an innings. Gunu was the first to go for an almost perfect <‘9. At the end of the day the total was 168 for three wickets. On Friday morning a remarkable change came over the game, and in place of the clever batling which had been shown on the previous ev« ning, there was an inexplicably tedious display f ir about an hour. Quaife, who, overnight, had made -15 took ncaily three quarters of an hour to bring his score up to 50, and LI. W. Bainbridge, who used to be a rapid scorer, was in for an hour for 7. After Quaifo and Bainbridge were out, the innings soon came to a close for *67, or 129 runs on. Thus heavily handicipped. the Australi»ns did fairly well dming the lest of the day, bus when stumps were drawn they were only 13 runs on with four wickets to fall. On Saturday the remaining batsmen gave a brilliant exhibition of the way to play an uphill game, and when the innings at last closed, the Englishmen were put in to make no less than 126. The chief credit of this fine peif irmance belongs to Hill, who p ayed a great innings of 98, and Jones, who m-ide some good hits in his 38. During part of the morning the Englishmen had to bowl with a wet ball. The runs were not hit off without difficulty, but there was never any real doubt that th« y would be made. A . O. Jones, Gunn and Lilley played good cricket. Trumble and Giff-n wt-ie unable to play, aud as Jones did not meet with his usual success, the Aus­ tralian bowling was not as strong as might have been wished. A u stralian s . First innings. Second innings. J. Darling, b Hulme ........... 2 run out ...........19 If. Donnan, b Hulme...........15 b A ttew ell.............20 G. H. S. Trott, c Davidson, A u stralian s . b Hulme S. E. Gregory, c Porter, H ulm e..................................17 II. Graham,b Hulme ... 1 C. Hill, lbw, b Attewell ... 11 F. A. Iredale, c Lilley, b H ulm c.................................. 0 C. J. Eady, c Jones, b Porter 41 J. J. Kelly, lbw. b Jones .. 13 E. Jones, run out.................. 27 T. 11. McKibbin, not out ... 0 0 b Attewell ... cPorter,b Hulme, 1 t-t Lilley,bLiulme 12 b Liulme .......... 98 B 10, w 1 .. 11 b Attew ell........... run out .......... c Lilley,bAttewell not out.................. c Bainbridge, b Hulme ......... B 4, lb 2 ... Total...................138 M idlan d C ou n ties . Total First innings. Shrewsbury, c Trott,b Jones 0 A. O. Jones, b McKibbin ... 31 Gunn, b McKibbin ..........69 Kelly, b Quaife (W .G Trott .......................... Lilley, b McKibbin H . \V. Bainbridge, lbw. Trott .................................. 7 Davidson, run out .........16 J. E. Hill, not out ...........16 Attewell.cEady,b McKibbin 20 Hulme, b Jones ................... 3 Porter, b Jones ................... 8 B 11, lb 1 .................. 12 ... 17 b Second innings. b Eady.................. l b Jones .......... 38 c G ra h a m , b McKibbin ... 26 lbw, b Trott b Trott........... b Eady........... not out........... not out........... B 4, lb 3 ......... 7 Total ...267 T otal (6 wkts) 12-i First innings. Hulme ... . Attewell... . Porter ... , Davidson A. O. Jones O. M. R. W. 2i LI 54 6 . 21 7 42 1 .. . 7 - 1 3 9 L . . 8 3 13 0 . . 2 0 9 1. Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 45 3 20 69 4 . 62 28 73 4 . 4 0 26 0 . 29 15 52 0 . 6 1 28 0 Hulme delivered one wide. M id la n d C ounties . J->nes McKibbin Eady Trott Donnan ... First innings. O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 3 f L 17 . 47 21 . 29 12 . 15 4 . 7 2 22 15 12 SUSSEX V. KENT. T H E T O N liltlD G E W E E K (SECO N D M A T C ll). I’layed on June 18 and 19. Sussex won by four wickets. It i< very seldom that a good game is not seen when these two counties oppose each other, and no matter how badly one of them may have been doing, it is pretty certain t> rise to the occasion when it meets the other. Up to the match last week neither couhty had Avon a match this season, but Sussex had by far the better record, and it was in accordance with the fitness of things that it should pull through. Throughout the game the bowlers had the best of it, and as the bowling is pretty weak on both sides, it was anybodj’s game from beginning to end. Most of the Kent batsmen did a little, but none of them ex­ cept Easby did much. On the other h md, although many of the Sussex men failed altogether, there were found a few who made up for the shortcomings of the revt. Of these Mr Murdoch and Mr. Arlington are deserving of very high prai'e. for they both played a great game, though from different t-tandpoints, when runs were badly wanted. A t the end of the first innings of Sussex, Tate came with a rush and quite altered the appearance of the game, which just before his arrival looked bad for his county. In the second innings Mr. Newham and Mr. Arlington practically won the match for their side. Alec Heat ne had a re­ markably good bo vliug analysis for Kent, aud Parris a n d Tate, who had all the Sussex bowling to them­ selves except two overs, both d id well. K e n t . First innings. Hearne (A.), b Tate .........24 J. K. Mason, b Tate ...........12 Rev. \V. Rashleigh, c Ran­ jitsinhji, b Parris ........... 5 F.Marchant, c Ranj itsinbj i, b l'arris ........................ 15 E.n.Simpson,cTate,bParris 13 G. J. E. Weigall, b Tate ... 0 Easby, b Tate ..................... 13 E. C. Mordaunt, c Newham, b Panis ............................. 18 Second innings. b Killick ........... 8 b T a te..................10 b Tate . ... 21 b T a te.................. 4 c Butt, b Parris... 0 c Tate, b Parris .. 13 b T a te.................. 34 c Ranjitsinhji, b Martin, b Tarris lluish, not out Munds, b Tate Byes .. . Total . ... 2 7 ... 9 ... 4 ...122 Pan is c and b Parris . not out................ b Parris ... . Byes................ Total ... . S u ssex . First innings. Marlow, c Mason, b Hearce 12 Bean (G.), b H earne...........16 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, lbw, b Hearne................................. 7 W . L. Murdoch, notout ... 50 W. Newham, b Hearne ... 0 G. H. Arlington,b Mason... 20 Killick, b M ason.................. 0 Parris, b Hearne................... 2 Butt, b Hearne .................. 0 Tate, c nuish, b Martin ... 33 Mawle, b M arlin.................. 0 Bj es .......................... 4 Second innings, c Huish,b He^rne 6 c and b Martin ... 9 b Hearne ... 24 stHuish,bHeaine 1 lbw, b Hearne ... 21 cWeigall,bMasm 42 not out..................12 not out.................. 1 Total ... ...114 Total (6 wkts) 116 K ent . First iunings. O. M. R .W . Tate .................. 27-4 13 39 5 . Parris..................27 9 79 ft . Killick . S u ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Hearne (A.) Martin Mason Munds Mordaunt... 28 27-2 11 . 9 3 . ft 0 . 3 0 48 6 . 46 2 . 16 0 . 10 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 29 9 48 4 ... 27 10 76 5 ... 2 1 1 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 22-3 4 63 4 ... 17 5 37 1 ... 5 2 16 1 YORKSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on June 18, 19 and 20. Yorkshire won by an innings and 302 runs. For the batting averages of the Yorkshire team this match was all that could be desired, for every man on the side made double figures, while Brown and Hirst each scored a hundred, and Mr. Jackson, Tunnicliffe, and Denton all made over 70. The only Leicester­ shire bowler who met with the slightest success was the captain. It was, perhaps, as well for Leicester­ shire that Peel and Lord Hawke were not among the Yorkshire tail. Against the vast total of 660 Leicestershire could only play for a draw, but as the Yorkshire innings ended on Friday afternoon, there was not much chance that a draw could be obtained. As usually happens when a side goes in against a very big score, the first innings of Leicestershire only produced a moderate score, although Tomlin made a very usef il fi2. Ln the follow on seven of the team made double figures, and Kuight, Pougher, and Tomlin did particularly well. As it was, theLeicester- shire mm managed to prolong the match until four o’clock, so that they really did uncommonly well under the circumstances. Y o r k s h ir e . F. W . Milligan, c Pou­ gher, b De Trafford 48 Mounsey, c Whiteside, b Pougber .............. 21 Haigh, not out ..............32 Hunter, c sub, b Pou­ gher ..............................31 B 15, lb 3, nb 1... 19 Total .6W Tunnicliffe, c Holland, b G eeson................ 79 Brown, c Tomlin, b P ou gh er.................131 F. S. Jackson, c Tom ­ lin, b Gee*>ou...........77 Denton, bC'ie ...........73 Moorhouse, c De Traf­ ford, b Woodcock ... 19 Wainwright, b W ood­ cock ..........................23 Hirst, c Coe, b De Trafford .................. 107 LK.CESTERSniRE. First innings. Second innings. C. E. De Trafford, b llaigh 2 4 b Jackson ...........18 Holland, c Denton, b Hirst 9 c Hunter, b Jack­ son ..................10 Knight, c Tunnicliffe, b Llirat ................................. 16 notout................45 Tougher, c Wainwright, b Llirst .................................. 4 b Moorhouse ... 39 W ood, c Hunter, b Hirst ... 2 lbw, b Brown ... 10 Coe, b Jackson .................. 16 c Haigh, b Jack­ son ..................13 Brown, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 0 stHunter.bBrown 8 Tomlin, b Milligan ...........62 c Milligan,bHirst 37 Geeson, c Tunnicliffe, b Jackson .......................... 13run out ................ 4 Woodcock, c Tunnicliffe, b Jackson .......................... 2 stHunter.bBrown 1 Whiteside, not out ...........10run out ................. 0 B 6, w 1 ................... 7 B 7, nb 1 8 ...........165 Total ...193 Y o rksh ire . Total O. M. R. W . Pougher .. 63.1 22 135 3 Woodcock 51 4 147 2 Geeson ...46 12 1H0 2 Coe O. M. R. W . Tomlin ... 2 0 5 0 Wood ... 2 0 19 0 De Trafford 7 0 47 2 tc2 3 114 1 j H olland... 2 0 14 0 Holland bowled one no-ball. First innings. O. L eicestersh ire . Hirst Haigh ... . Jackson ... , Wainwright . Milligan... . 23 17 14 5 2.4 M. R. W. 10 67 5 .. 4 40 1 .. 2 27 3 .. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 23 1 1 M oorhouse........... B row n................... Mounsey ........... Hirst bowled one no-ball. 19 10 19 10 4 5 46 4 17 EPSOM v. MALDEN W AN D ERERS.-Played at Malden on June 20. E psom . F. W . Ledger, bSharpe 6 R. O. Crawford, b Sharpo ................. 10 G. H. Longman, c West, b Sharpe . 0 H. Bassett, b Morrison 25 A . J. Green, b Sharpe 1 J. G. B. Lester, b Sharpe ................... 0 A. C. Barton, bSharpe 5 A. S. Soden. b Sharpe 9 A. W . Gordon, b Mor­ rison .......................... 2 Lieut. P. Leveson- Gower, not out ... 17 E. Norman,b Morrison 8 B 3, lb 3 ........... 6 Total . 89 M ald en W an d erers . H. H. Brigg, b Bassett 1 A. Jennings, run out 13 A. W . Sharpe, b Les­ ter ..........................51 A. Rough, run out ... 0 E. Swift, not out ... 76 N. Vicary, b Bassett... 5 Saunderson, b Bassett 0 G. West, not out ... 2 B 11, lb 11 ...........22 Total ..173 L’adday, W . H art and H. R. M orrison did not bat