Cricket 1896

J une 25, 1896. CKICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 237 MIDDLESEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on June 18, 19, and '20. Middlesex won by an innings and 77 runs. Under whatever circumstanc-s a match between Middlesex and Gloucestershire may be played there is a certainty that there will be a great deal of atti active batting in the course of the match, and, in conse­ quence of this, a large crowd always comes together to see it. The position of either county in the championship tables has very little interest indeed for most of the spectators; they come to see cricket, and they get it. Middlesex won the toss, and per­ haps against a great bowling side they would not have m id e a great deal out of this advantage-even against a great fielding side (with bowling on a par with that of Gloucestershire) they would not have made a very large score. But the Gloucc-t< rshire fielding was really something quite out of the common even in county matches, and an ordinary public school team would have given them points. It is almost unnecessary to say that since this was the case there were a lot of very difficult chances (as well as easy ones), for it always seems to be the fate of a team weak in fielding to continually receive chances which only brilliant fielders could take. There were exceptions in the Gloucestershire team, but most of the men would do well to get a little fielding «nd catching practice before the next match. Mr. Hay- mau’s innings for Middlesex was of gre it excellence ; he is undoubtedly at present one of the most dangerous batsmen in England. In Dr. Thornton’s innings of 1H1 there were s:>me of the finest strokes to leg and some of the weakest strokes in the slips that one could possiby wish to see ; there were also some re­ markably good drives. The worst part of his innings was just before and just after ho had passed tMe hundred; at about this time he was exceptionally lucky. He was a gocd deal knocked about by Mr. Jessop, who was occasionally fo dangerous that one could ea«ily imagine what would have been the effect of Jones on the wicket. It w ‘*s tlia first hundred that Dr. Thornton had made for the county; it will prob­ ably not be the last, for, although he is not a perfect batsman, he has plenty of confidence, and is im­ proving. The other great innings on the side was that of Mr. Webbe, who only missed the hundred by five runs. He was very slow when he began batting, but after he had once become well set he played splendid cricket. Mr. Jessop was the best of the bowlers, but he had bad Iuck enough to have dis­ couraged even an old stager like Alfred Shaw or Peel. As was only to be expected after fielding to so big a score Gloucestershire did rather badly in the first inning3. Indeed if it had not been for Dr. Grace, who played as good cricket as he has ever played, and Board, who hit hard and well, the total would have been insignificant. In the follow-on the Doctor again played perfect cricket, and W . G. junior’s innings of 33 was distinctly good. Afterwards Wrathall and Mr. Hemingway made some of the finest hits seen at Lord’s this season, and Mr. Townsend and Captain Luard played well. The match lasted to the third morning. . M idd lesex . A . E. Stoddart, st Board, b Pepall ... 24 H . B. Hayman, b Grace, sen..................80 Rawlin, c Board, b Townsend ........... 0 Dr. G. Thornton, st Board, b Je&sop .161 Sir T. C. O’ Brien, c Goodwin, b Jessop 6 A. J. Webbe, c Board, b Grace, sen..............95 R. S. Lucas, c Grace, jun., b Jessop........... 5 Phillip?, c Townsend, b Pepall .................. H.R. Bromley-D iven- pirt, c Towns nd, b Grace, Jun............ Hearne(J.T.) c Jessop, b Townscnd .......... J. A. Hickson, not out B 10, lb 6, w 4, nb 1 21 Total ...450 G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace, st Hickson, b Phillips .......................... 60 c Hayman, b Phillips ... ... 56 W.G.Grace,jun., c Hickson, b Hearne .......................... 8 b Stoddart... ... 33 Wrathall, c Davenport, b Phillips .......................... 6 b Hearne ... ... 29 W . MeG. Hemingway, o O’Brien, b Phillips.......... 0 b Phillips ... ... 18 C. L. Townsend, b Hearne 4 b Hearne ... ... 41 Capt.A. H. Luard, c Thorn­ ton, b P h illip s.................. 9 b Phillips ... ... 26 G. L. Jessop, c Stoddard, b Phillips .......................... 5 c Hickson, b Phillips ... ... 4 Board, b Phillips.................. 35 c Hearne, b Phillips ... ... 16 H. S. Goodwin, c Hayman, b Phillips .......................... 12 b Phillips ... ... 0 Murch, not out .................. 1 not out.......... ... 5 Pepall, b H earne.................. 0 b Heame ... ... 0 Leg-byes ........... 3 B 1, lb 1 ... 2 Total .. .. 143 Total ...230 M id d le s e x . O. M. R. W. Jessop ... 41 11 122 3 Pepall ... ^8 7 63 2 Townsend 17-2 1 87 2 O. M. R. W . Murch ... 10 1 40 0 Grace,sen. 30 6 64 2 Grace.jun. 27 9 5? 1 Murch bowled three wide.s, Grace, sen., one wide, and Townsend a no-ball. G lo u c e s te r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . G. M. R. W . H.ai-ne ... 31*4 14 60 3 ........... 27 3 7 Oi 3 Phillips ... 31 8 SO 7 ......... 31 3 107 6 Stoddart 11 1 35 1 Rawlin 7 1 21 0 •SU RREY V. L A N C A S H IR E . Played at Old Trafford on June 18 and 19. Lancashire won by three wickets. After their hard fight agunst Leicestershire the Surrey men had a bid time at Old Trafford. For once they suffered as they have so often made other teams suffer this season-that is to say, they went in first and were all out before they knew wnere thcy were. The excellent bowling of Mold and the state of the wicket was the cause of the surprisingly small total of 78, and not superlatively bad hatting. In fact, as things turned out, it would have been much better to put the other si le in. but this is always such a risky proceeding that no captain can be blamed for not doing it. To add to their misfortunes the Surrey bowlers, duiingpart of the Lancashire innings had to bowl with a wet ball, and on the whole they did well to get eight of their opponents out for 149. Ward and Mr. Rowley, who went in first, passed the Surrey score before they were parted, but after them only Sugg and Baker made anything like a stand. The innings was soon brought to a conclusion on Fiiday morning, and Lancashire were in the pleasing position of being 79 runs ahead. So f ir everything had gone in favour of Lancashire, and as heavy rain fell during the night their chances of winning seemed to be greatly improved. A surprise was iu store for both sides. Brockwell and Abel, who opened the Surrey second innings, played beautiful cricket, and they knocked off the arrears in less than an hour. When at last Brockwell was out for a splendid 53 Surrey were 27 runs on, and at lunch they were 33 runs on. After lunch a startling change came over the game, and almost before anyone had realised what had happened Surrey were all out for 161. The collapse was caused by Hallam. who on a drying wicket was extremely difficult. Lancashire, with 83 to win, had by no means an easy task. Half the wickets were dcwn for 35. and Surrey seemed likely to win after all. Then Briggs, who is always a valuable man at a pin h, got in with Baker, and. although the Surrey bowlers worked for all they were worth, the ruus were gradu ally knocked off, until at last when Briggs wasbi.wled for 24 only 16 remained. To the last moment Surrey played up with determination, but although they ob­ tained one more wicket, they had to lose the match. S urrey . First innings. Second innings. Abel, b M o ld ......................... 6 b Hallam ...........56 Brockwell, b Mold ........... 6 c l ’Anson,bM old 53 Lohmann, b Mold ...........15 b M old.................... 3 Street, b Mo’d ..................19 c Taul, b Hallam Hayward, c Smith, b Mold 3 b Dallam ........... W . W . Head, b Hallam ... 11 lbw, b Uallam ... Richardson, c Paul, b Mold 0 not o u t................. Lockwood, c Ward, b Mold 8 lbw, b Mold Holland, c Paul, b Hallam 8 b Hallam .......... K. J. Key (capt.), not out 1 b Hallam ........... Wood, b Mold .................. 0 b M old.................. No-ball ....................1 Leg-byes ... Total ......... .181 Total ... 78 L a n ca s h ir e . First innings. Ward (A.), c Brockwell, b Richardson.......... *.......... E. Rowley, ht.wkt., b Read 39 Second innings. Paul, b Richardson Sugg (F. H .), c Holland, Read ............................... Baker, c and b Lohmann S. M. Tindall (capt.), Wood, b Richardson Briggs, b Richardson... . I’ Anson, b Richardson Smith (C.), b Hayward . Hallam, b Hayward ... . Mold, not out ... ... • B 5 ,lb 1 ............... 1 lbw, b Lohmann 5 run out ...........13 b Richardson ... 8 b Richardson ... 1 not out..................21 b Richarhson ... 0 b Lockwood ... 24 cWood,bRichard- son ........... .. 6 not out.................. 0 B 7, nb 1 Total .157 S u rrey . Total (7 wkts.) 86 First innings. O. M. R. W . B rig g s......... 11 3 26 0 ......... Mold ........... 22*1 10 33 8 ........... Hallam ... 12 6 18 2 ........... I’Anson Second innings. O. M. It. W. 14 4 30 0 ... 24 8 68 4 25 13 42 6 0 18 0 L a n ca s h ire . First innings. O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. It. W. Richardson.. 23 7 60 5 ... ... 24 11 31 4 Hayward 123 7 13 2 ... ... 7 3 15 0 Lohmann .. 18 8 '22 1 ... ... 14 7 18 1 Lockwood .. 7 1 18 0 ... ... 54 1 14 1 Read ......... 8 0 38 2 Lockwood delivered a no-ball. KENSINGTON v. HOLBORN.—Played at W ood Lane on June 20. K ensington . C. E. Bloomer, b Lake 38 C. E. Currie, b Risien 8 G.A.Nicholls, cFarra- day, b n e n ry ........... 1 R. II. Moore, lbw, b Henry ................... 8 L. de Montezuma, b Risien ...................36 F. M. Wheatley, not out ..........................11 W . Ciurie, c Briggs, b Ni holla ........... 0 W . H. Wheeler, c Davies, b Currie ... 8 S. Hawes, b Currie ... 8 F. J. Risien, b Monte­ zuma ..........................27 A . C. Boden, c Davies, b Cunie ...................10 P. J. Risien, b Monte­ zuma .......................... 0 E.V.Gardner, b Risien 5 G. R. Jen» er, b Risien 0 G. T. Davies, b Risien 10 J. Briggs, c and b Currie ... ... A. E. Damain, Currie .......... B 7,1b 5... 11 Total . 143 W . Farraday, c Da­ main. b Montezuma 0 W . W . GreeD, hit wkt, b Cur ie .................. 5 E. J. Lake, b Gardner 12 A . S. Lake, notout... 20 F. Henry, not out ... It B 2, jb 5 ........... 7 Total . . . 1 1 L ALLEYN v. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—Played at Dulwich on June 20. A ll e y n . A.E.Flower.bSimpson 0 J. n . Hall, b Simps-in 3 R. Tinkham, c and b S iin rson ...................30 E Bradbery,bSimpson 15 A . 11. Parsons, b J. Bradbery................... 4 E. O. Thompson, c W. Bradbery. b Snell... 34 Total C. T. Parsons, b J. Bradbery...................12 L ondon and W estm inster B ank . J. Boxall notout ... A. W . Parsons, c Musson, b SDell ... R. D. Shaw, b Snell .. J. Attfield, st Brook, b Snell .................. B 11,1b 2 .......... 18 C.A. Snell, b Bradfcery 3 n . O. MaufitId, b Bradbery.................. 3 W. Bradbery,bThomp- son ..........................57 C. J. B o w m a n , b Thompson ........... 0 L. Titt-Brook, b Hall 9 A. G. Gough, c Brad­ bery, b Tinkham ... 32 A . Podmore did not bat. F. F. Musson, c Hall, b lhompson .......... 15 P. W. Brooks, b Hall I J. Bradbery, not out 5 C. C. Sinipam ,notout 0 B 11, lb 2 .. .. 13 Total (8 wkts ) l;~8 INCOGNITI v. BICKLEY P A R K .— Played at Bickley on June 15 and 13. IxCOGNITI. Dr. C. S. W. Cobbold, b Thornton .......... 26 B. H. Latter, b Keel­ ing .......................... 5 A. Neame, b Thornton 0 C. Elliot, not out ... 2 E Milner-Jones, b Keeling .................. 6 B 13,1b l,w 2,nb 3 19 P. F. Hadow,c Boosey, b Thornton .......... 76 Capt. I/. H. D’Aeth, b Keeling .................. 17 F. D Browne, b Keel­ ing .......................... 0 W . B. Baker, b Keel­ ing ..........................17 F. G. Skipwith, b Knowles .................. 27 Capt. E. P. Prest, b Total .........197 Knowles .................. 2 Second innings.—P. F. Hadow, c and b Knowle?, 9 ; Capt. L. H. D ’Aeth, not out, 30 ; F. D. Browne, c MacKewau, b Knowles, 6; W . B. Baktr, not out, 8 ; byes, 6. —Total, 59. B ick ley P a r k . Second innings. 3 First innings. C. F. Thornton, st Skipwith, b Baker ..........................48 L. A. Shuter,lbw, b Cobbold 10 W . L. Knowles, b Baker ... 8 F. De L.Solbe,lbw, b Baker 14 J. H. Kolsy.htwkt, b Elliot 31 G. C. Boosey, c Browne, b Cobbold ..........................29 H. W. Kealing, b Elliot ... I W . W . Cooper, b Baker ... 19 C.M. Baker, cand b Cobbold 4J II. Jeffery, not out ........... 1 A . MacKcwan, b Cobbold... 0 B 5, lb 2 ................... 7 Total ..................210 ht wkt, b Elliot 16 b Baker .......... 11 c Elliot, b Baker 13 st Skipwith. b Ediot .......... 7 cSkipwith,bEdiot 3 b Bak< r ..........34 cSkipwith.bEl iot 0 b Cobb I d ......... 15 b Baker ... 5 not out .......... 1I b Milner-Jones ... 10 B 15, lb 1 ...1 6 Total..........114