Cricket 1896

252 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J o l t 2 1.5!>6. THE AUSTRALIANS. T H E N O TTS M A TC H (F O U R T E E N T H OP T H E TOTJK) . Played at Trent Bridge on June 25, 26 and .2.7. Australians won by 6 wickets. Up fo the end of the second day of this match Notts had made a very even fight with their powerful visitors, but on the third day matters went badly with them, so that in the end they were easily beaten. When they went in after winning the toss, the wicket was not perfect, because of recent rains, but nearly all the team played good cricket; even the men from whom little was expected made runs. Shrewsbury who had been unfortunate for some little time obtained quite a mastery over ihe bowling, and it was a fine thing for the Australians that he was disposed of just in time. In the second innings he also played fin-lv. but was out just as- he seemed, to have comfortably settled down for a big innings. A. O. Jones and Gunn, the latter of whom was hurt on. the third day, were also in great form in both innings, and if a few of the rest of the team had followed tli^ir example, the Australians might have had to Work very hard for victory. But Jones frightened them, and Giffpn beat them by very fine bowling, which proved conclusively that his want of success during the last match or two was not caused by any falling off in his skill. BroWn, a well-known Cheshire player, made a-successful debut for Notts. The Australian batting was by no mean as uneven ;is it has been lately ; there Were no less than nine double figures in tlie first innings (the same number as in the Notts first innings), and of the six men who batted in the second innings four obtained double figures, and one of the others was not out. This was an excellent all round performance. In each innings there were ouly two large scores, and also in each the largest score was made by a batsman who had previously hardly played up to his reputation in England. Graham made a reallybeautiful 96,and was out through too great an eagerness to complete his hundred; but the surprise of the match was the splendid 94 not oudiby Ired tie, who has at. last, to the delight of all cricketers, shown that h Jis one of the very best bats in the team. If he and Graham can continue to play cricket such as they showed at Trent Bringe. the Australian team will be infinitely stronger in batting thanit has been up to the present time. Roth sides are to be greatly congratulated; Notts for making such an-entirely unexpected fight, and the Australians for showing that their reverses have not iu the least discourag;ed them. f ■ ' N o t t s . ■> First innings. Second innings. Shrewsbury, c Iredale, b Jones . ........... ...........39 b Jones ........... 23 A . O. Jones, run o u t ...........30 b Trum ble.......... 29 Gtinn, c Darling, b Trumble 36 not out..................49 AtteweU, c Johns, b Giffen 24 c Johns, b Jones8 C. W . Wright, b Eady ... 16 b Jones ............ 0 Flowers, b Trumble ........... 3 b Giffen ... ... 9 J. A , Dixon, c Darling, b Giffen ... ........................28 b Giffen ............ 0 Brown (S.). b G iffen ......... 7 b Giffen ............26 Pike, not o u t ........................ 41 c Johns, b Jones 0 Guttridge, c Jones, b Giffen 16 c Johns, b Giffen 1 A. R. Bennett, c Eady, b Trumble ..........................17 run ont ............ 0 Leg-byes .................. 6 W ide ............ 1 Total ..................269 A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Secoud innings. J. Darling,c Pike, b Bennett 44 c Pike, b Brown 18 C. J. Eady, c Shrewsbury, b .lones ... .................. 12 H. Graham, c Gunn, b Ben­ nett ..................................96 c and b Bennett 6 G. H. S. Trott (capt.), c Shrewsbury, h Jones 15 b Guun ............32 S. E. Gregory, c Pike, b Jones ..................................10 c Pike, b Attewell 18 G. Giffen, q Pike, b Gut­ tridge .................................. 12 not out.................... 0 C. Hill, c Flowers, b Gut- tr id g e .......................... ... 4 F. A. Iredale,c Pike,b Atte­ well ... ..........................13 not out .......... 94 H. Trumble, not o u t ...........18 E. Jones, b Bennett ...........18 A . E. Johns, c Shrewsbury, b A ttew ell.......................... 0 Byes .......................... 4 Byes ............ 2 Total ...........246 Total (4 wkts) 170 N o t t s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Tmm ble...........29 4 6 69 3 . ......... 25 12 33 1 Jones *...........18 8 42 1 . ......... 35 16 49 4 Giffen ........... 30 4 92 4 .......... 12-2 2 29 4 Trott ........... 11 3 26 0 . ......... 7 2 6 0 Eady ........... 24 11 34 1 .......... 13 5 28 0 A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . Attewell... ... 36 4 18 64 2 . . ... 18 9 21 1 Bennett ... ... 32 12 68 3 ... ... 2 V 2 13 53 1 Guttridge ... 24 6 52 2 ... ... 14 6 21 0 Jones ... 13 0 41 3 ... ... 3 0 lit 0 Brown ... ... 9 3 17 0 ... ... 15 7 22 1 D ixin ... ... 5 1 !> 0 Gunn ... . . 8 2 23 1 Total.........146 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Bristol on June 25, 26, and 27. Lancashire won by an innings and 18 runs. Neither county was well represented in this match, while Mold, who had one of his fingers hurt at Taunton, was unable to bat for Lancashire and h id to retire from the field after bowling a couple of overs. As things turned out his absence was not greatly felt, for Baker did very great execution with the hall. The Gloucestershire batting was lament­ ably uneven; W. G.. Wrathall, and Mr. Townsend, the first three men on the list, played fin** cricket iu both innings, but the rest of the team, with the ex­ ception of Mr. Cha npain, who made 28 in the second innings, did nothing at all. TheDoctor was in splen­ did, form, and it was a great feat to make 51 and 102 not out. It was very long odds against his making the hundred, for when Roberts, the last man. came in he still wanted 16runs. But Roberts stonewalled and kept up his wicket j ust long enough. The Lancashire innings was remarkable for the wonderfully good cricket shown by Sugg, whose 220 is the highest score he has ever made in first-class cricket. His innings lasted for three hours and forty minutes. Baker alpo did extremely well. It is pleasant to Hnd that after a long period of small success Mr. Townsend took six wickets for 126, which in a total of 389 is a good performance. G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace, c Tyldesley, b B r ig g s ................................ 51 notout.....................102 Wrathall, c I ’Anson, b B a k e r..................................44 C. L. Townsend, c Benton, B a k er.......................... ... 17 H. B. Champain, c I’ Anson, b Baker ......................... 1 A. Lamb, c Paul, b Briggs 8 F. C. Bracher, st Smith, b B riggs.................. ........... Mur h, b Baker .................. Board, c Smith, b Baker ... 0 Painter, b B aker.................. 0 H. Jessop, run out ........... 0 Roberts, not o u t ................... 0 B 4, lb 3 ................... 7 Tyldesley, P aul........... 30 Total .133 c Paul, b Briggs 88 c Smith, b Briggs 28 b Briggs ...........10 4 c c ugg, b Briggs 4 ' ’ 0 0 9 3 _ 0 B 12 , lb 1, w 1 14 Total..........238 absent, hurt c Howley,b Briggs st Smith, b Briggs run o u t......... c Smilh, b Briggs Trott delivered one wide. Ward, b Townsend ... 27 Sugg, c sub, b Towns- ..220 b .. 10 end Smith, c Grace, Townsend................. Paul, st Board, b Townsend.................. C. H. Benton, c Cham­ pain. b Townsend Tyldesley, c Board, b Murch .................. L a n c a s h ir e . Baker, c Board, Roberts ............... Briggs, c Jessop, Townsend I’Anson. b Roberts . E. Rowley, not out Mold, absent, hurt B 8 , w 3 ... 19 Total Briggs I ’Anson Mold... Baker Paul ... G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . 34 7 81 3 12 2 2 0 22*1 13 18 . 1 1 24 0 3 0 6 0 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 60-1 20 93 7 44 22 78 0 22 7 I’Anson bowled a wide. 11 TO 0 1 23 1 L a n c a s h ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. 42-2 12 125 2 1Painter 8 135 0 12 12 44 1 |Lam b... 4 0 32 0 Townsend 41 8 125 6 I Jessop... 5 117 0 Roberts, Murch, andTownsend each bowled a wide. Roberts. Murch SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. Played at the Oval on June 25 and Middlesex won by 206 runs. 26. Nobody ever knows what to expect of the Middle sex team. Sometimes it goes down in the most un­ accountable manner before a couuty which it ought to easily beat; at other times it does an astonish­ ing perf- rmance when the odds are altogether against it. But when Middlesex plays 8 urrey it is almost certain that the team will be seen at its very best in batting, bowling, and fielding. It is no new thing for Surrey to be checked iu its career by its old rival, even when the Surrey team seems strong enough to beat anything. On a bowlers’ wicket Middlesex has nnny men who are not only capable of forcing the game but are determined to do it, whereas Mr. Key and Lohmann are almost the only Surrey men who wiil hit regardless of consequences. The beginning of the game was very unpromising for Middlesex, but Dr. Thornton, Rawlin, and Sir T. C. O’ Brien by lively cricket made things better, while Mr. Daven­ port •cor^d a useful 14 at the end of the innings. But for all this the total was only 10 leaving Surrey a task which, in the language of the police courts, they might be expected to “ do on their heads.” But a great smprise was in store-a surp is* almost as bewildering as the collapse of the Australians in their two matches this season at Lord’s. Hearne and Rawlin were the bowlers, and Mr. Key was the only man to show a front against them. Total, 45. The match was not yet lost, but it was pretty sife to pro­ phesy that some of the Middlesex hitters, encouraged by the lead which their county had gained, would make things lively in the second innings. The steady players were soon out, but it was one of Sir T. C. O’ Brien’s days, and he shewed some remarkable cricket: Meanwhile, Mr. Lucas kept up his end (he was the only steady player who succeeded in doiug this during the match) and the score mounted so rapidly that the chances of Surrey became nmaller and smaller. VVhen Mr. Lucas was out for a very useful 26 the innings seemed over, but Mr. Davenport once more gave evidence that he is about the best tenth man in England. He scored 50 (not out), while Sir Timothy was at 1ist fairly caught in the long field for 137 -an innings of incalculable value to his side. Surrey had to make 332 on an improving wicket, but for some reason or other they did not rise to the occasion. Now and then a promising stand was made, but on the whole they seem-d to be painfully aware that they were playing a very uphill game. At the eud s -me excellent cricket was shewn by the captain and Mr. Read, but Middlesex were the easiest of winners. Rawlin aud Hearne again bowled splen­ didly. M id d l e s e x Fir>t innings. Second innings. A. E. Stoddart, b Hayward 4 b Richardson ... 5 H. B. Hayman, c Richard­ son, b Lohmann G. MacGregor, c W ood, b Lohmann .......................... Dr. G. Thornton, c Brock- well, b Lohmann ........... 1 b Lohmann 3 Rawlin, b Richardson... Sir T. C. O’Brien, c Street, b Richardson... ..........30 A. J. Webbs (capt.), c Wood, b Richardson R. S. Lucas, c and b Loh­ mann .................................. 4 Phillips, b Richardson ... 8 H. R Bromley-Davenport, b Lohmann.........................14 Heame (J. T.), not out ... 4 No-ball .............. i 5 c W ood, b T.oh- luanu ........... 18 st Wood, b Loh­ mann Street, b Loh- manu ........... 15 c Holland, b Readl37 4 run out.................. 6 4 run out .......... 26 8 c Hayward, b Lockwood ... 7 60 Total ...108 S u r r e y . First innings. Brockwell, c O’Brien, b Rawlin ......................... 4 Abel, c Rawlin, b Hearne... 3 Holland, c Stoddart, b Hearne.................................. 8 Hayward, b Hearne ........... 0 Lockwood, c Heame, b Rawlin.................. ... 4 W. W . Read, b Hearne ... 3 Street, c Webbe, b Kawlin 3 K. J. Key (capt.), not out 14 Lohmann,c Lucas, b Hearne 0 W ood.c Davenport,b Rawlin 0 notout... . b Lockwood B 10lb5, nb 1 16 Total.........268 Second innings. b Hearne ........... 4 st MacGregor, b Rawlin ........... 6 b FTearne ........... 2 b Hearne ........... 19 c and b Rawlin... 10 not out.................. 22 retired, hurt ... 6 b Hearne ... b Hearne ... c Stoddart, Rawlin ... Richardson, c Stoddart, b Hearne.................................. 2 b Heame ... Byes ........................... 4 B 5, lb 3 Total ..4 5 M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . Richardson ... 14 2 43 4 ... Lohm aun.......... 14 3 39 5 ... H ayw ard........... 9 2 21 1 ... Lockwood.......... 6 3 4 0 ... Ab 1 ........... Brockwell ... Read ... 25 .. 11 b .. 12 1 Total ...126 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 27 7 89 1 6 70 4 1 34 0 3 29 2 1 5 0 0 15 0 1 10 1 28 10 11*3 2 2 4 ................... •* l IV j Richardson and Lockwood each bowled a no-ball. S u r r e y . O. M. K. W . O. M. R. W . Hearne ......... 12 4 26 6 ........... 31*2 11 64 6 Rawlin ........... 11 6 15 4 ........... 31 13 51 3 Hearne bowlrd one no-ball.