Cricket 1896

J u ly 9, 1896. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 275 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. THE OVAL MATCH. Played on July 6, 7 and 8. Gentlemen won by one wicket. To all intents and purposes the match might have been entitled Gentlemen of the South v. Players of the South, for the whole of the Northern teams were playing matches on their own account. Under the circumstances the match was not as attractive as usual, although both sides were fairly strong. It was thought that the Gentlemen would be almost ridicu­ lously weak in bowling, since Mr. Kortright and Mr. Townsend were the only two bowlers with repu­ tations, and neither of them has done anything worth speaking of this year; but the supposed weakness of the Gentlemen proved to be their strength, for although the aforesaid bowlers entirely failed in the first innings of the Players, a surprise was in store when Mr. Grace and Mr. Bull took up the running. Mr. Bull has once or twice previously done a good performance, but he astonished everybody by taking eight wickets for 94. The only batsmen who showed up well for the Players were Abel, Brockwell, Lohmann and Board, and o f these, Lohmann was the only one who was really seen at his best. A shockingly bad start was made by the Gentlemen, for W .G . and Mr. Palairet, the two great men on the side, were both out with the total at 4, and as of the few other famous batsmen who were not taking part in county cricket, neither Mr. Stoddart nor Mr. W oods was playing, the Players seemed to have a very good thing on. It was not unlikely that Mr. Hayman and Mr. Gwynn would make runs, but when they were both disposed of without much difficulty, it looked as if the end of the innings would soon come. Up to this time J. T. Hearne bad bowled wonderfully well. An entirely unexpected change now came over the game, and a very fine stand was made by Mr. Townsend and Mr. Bead. The Surrey batsman was out just before time for an invaluable 66, but Mr. Townsend, on the following morning, continued to play fine cricket, and in partnership with Mr. Foster quite mastered the bowling. Mr. Townsend really ought to have made his hundred, for whether by accident or design Richardson give him two or three easy ones when his score was 96 ; he missed them all. His innings was one of the best he has played this year. Mr. Foster was out for 72, and he also played a very fine innings. The rest did very little. W ith a leeway of 55 to make up, the Players hardly did as well as might have been expected. This time Mr. Grace and Mr. Townsend were the successful bowlers, and Lohmann, Wrathall and Rawlin the successful batsmen. The Gentlemen had to make 137, and when stumps were drawn, had made 36 for the loss of Mr. Palairet and Mr. Gwynn—by no means a good beginning. On W ed­ nesday, Mr. Grace and Mr. Perrin (who was not out overnight) brought the score to 57 before the latter was out. Another stand was made by Mr. Townsend, but after his dismissal the game became very exciting indeed, and it was a tie when the ninth wicket fell. P la y e r s . First innings. Second innings. Abel, c Townsend, b Bull... 44 b B u ll...................28 Brockwell,cKortright,bBull 55 c Gwynn, b Kort- Carpenter, c Gwynn, b Bull 3 Hayward, c Foster, b Bull 19 Wrathall, c Read, b B u ll... 16 Lohmann, b Grace ... ... 37 Rawlin, c Gwynn, b Bull ... 14 Board, not out ........... ... 24 Heame (J. T.), st Lewis, b Grace .................................. 7 Mead, c Grace, b Bull.......... 9 Richardson, c Hayman, b Bull .................................. 7 B 6, lb 7 ...........13 T o ta l- right e Grace, b Towns­ end ................. b Grace ......... c sub, b Grace .. c Palairet, t Townsend not out......... b Grace ... 35 ... 3 c Palairet, b Bull absent, hurt cPalairet, b Grace Byes........... ...248 G e n t l e m e n , First innings. W . G. Grace, b Hearne ... 1 L. C. H. Palairet, c Board, b Heame .......................... 1 L. H. Gwynn, c Board, b Heame..................................24 H. B. Hayman, c Board, b Hearne..................................10 C.L.Townsend.bRichardson 96 W . W . Read, c Board, b Richardson..........................56 H. K. Foster, c Rawlin, b Brockw ell,..........................72 P. Perrin, c and b Hearae... 17 C. J. Kortright, c Board, b Richardson.......................... 0 F. G. Bull, not out ........... 5 R. P. Lewis, b Bichardson 0 B 11, lb 8, nb 2 ...........21 Kortright Townsend Grace B u ll......... Total ...191 Second innings, notout...................53 b Richardson ... 8 c Lohmann, b Heame ........... 1 b Lohmann ... 0 c & b Richardson 12 b Lohmann c sub., b Richard­ son *................... b Richardson ... c Wrathall, b Richardson ... b Richardson ... not out.................. B 3, lb 6 ... P l a y e r s . First innings O. M. R. W . 0 46 0 1 19 0 6 76 2 4 94 8 G entlem en . First innings Second innings. O. M.R. W . 13 3 41 1 10 2 38 2 122 1 50 4 20 2 59 2 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W . Richardson .. 38 11 86 4 ... ... 27-3 3 86 6 Hearne ... ... 37 8 58 5 ... ... 18 9 18 1 Lohmann .. 14 2 42 0 ... ... 12 7 14 2 Rawlin ... ... 11 3 31 0 ... ... 2 0 10 0 Mead ... 14 4 28 0 Brockwell ... 8 3 23 1 Hayward... .. 2 1 1L 0 Hayward delivered two no-balls. YORKSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. At Leeds, July 6 and 7. Yorkshire won by an innings and 14 runs. The Warwickshire eleven has done so poorly this year that it had practically no change of beating Yorkshire. The Warwickshire captain had the good fortune to win the toss, but his side, with the excep­ tion of himself and Law, of whom the latter played very tine cricket, did not make use of their oppor­ tunities. It was only reasonable to suppose that Yorkshire would m ike a large total, and although Mr. Jackson and Tunnicliffe did nothing, for a wonder, Brown, Denton, Wainwright, Peel, and the tail (if Yorkshire has a tail) were able to give the Warwickshire men plenty of exercise. Walter Quaife, Diver and Lilley were in good form in the Warwickshire second innings. W a r w ic k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. H.W.Bainbridge,st Hunter, b Brown ..........................32 Quaife (W .), c Hirst, b Peel 19 Law, c Tunnicliffe, b Brown 65 Quaife (W . G.), b Haigh ... 5 Diver, b Haigh .................. 13 Lilley, c Hunter, b Hirst ... 3 Santall, st Hunter, b Haigh 1 A. C. S. Glover, c Wain­ wright, b Haigh ........... 4 b Jackson ... . Pallett, c Tunnicliffe, b Wainwright .................. 14 b Haigh ... . Whitehead, lbw, b Brown... 0 not out................ Cresswell, not out ........... 5 b Haigh ... . B 1,1b 4, w l ........... 6 B 2 ,l b l . c Wainwright, b Haigh ........... 2 c Wainwright, b Brown ...........45 cJackson,b Haigh 6 b Haigh ........... 0 cHunter,b Brown 24 b Haigh ...........23 b Haigh ...........14 Total..................167 Total ...148 Y orksh ire . F. S. Jackson, c San­ tall, b Whitehead... 5 Tunnicliffe, c Lilley, b Santall .................. 1 Brown, c Lilley, b Whitehead .......... 90 Denton, b Pallett ... 39 Moorhouse, c Lilley, b - Cresswell.................. 5 Wainwright, c Lilley, b Santall..................40 Peel, not out ...........73 Hirst, c W . G. Quaife. b Glover ...............14 Lord Hawke, c W hite­ head, b Glover ... 1 Haigh, c Lilley, b Glover ............... 19 Hunter, c Santall, b Glover ............... 27 B 11, lb 2, nb 2 ... 15 Total ...329 Haigh Hirst........... P e e l........... Jackson ... Brown Wainwright W a r w ic k sh ir e . First innings O. M. R. W . 9 29 23 11 10 7 10-2 2 6 3 _ 61 10 50 7 8 10 26 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 24*4 11 49 7 9 3 27 0 8 4 14 1 13 2 50 2 8 5 5 0 Wainwright bowled one wide. Y orkshire First innings. O. M. R. W. Santall ... 27 10 61 2 Whitehead 14 1 55 2 Pallett ... 28 4 107 1 Pallett delivered two no-balls. O. M. R. W . Cresswell 27 6 59 1 Glover ... 17 1 4 32 4 Total..* ............303 T otal ...137 C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen,post free. Order of Going-In Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. West’s Pocket Scoring Book, 1/2 each, post free.—To be obtained at the Office of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street. London, E.C. THE AUSTRALIANS. T H E H A M P S H IR E M ATCH (SE V E N TE E N TH OF TH E t o u r ). Played at Southampton on July 6 and 7. Australians won by an innings and 125 runs. It was small matter for wonder that the Australians considered that the Hampshire match offered a suit­ able opportunity to give some of their team a well- needed rest, for this season Hampshire has not kept up its promise of 1895. This has been partly due to the impossibility of getting together their strongest side, but against the Australians they were nearly as strong as they could be. When opposed to a weak team Trott’s luck in winning the toss sometimes deserts him, and at Southampton Hampshire had the opportunity of going in first. A very fair start was made by Robson, Captain Wynyard, and W ard; in fact, there was a great stand for the second wicket, but after Captain Quinton had made 13, a remarkable rot set in, which must have reminded the Australians of their own batting at Lord’s this year. Three wickets were down for 119, and the innings closed for 134 ; it had only taken an hour to make the first hun­ dred runs. Eady, who came on very late, had a wonderful analysis, and McKibbin kept up the form which he has lately been shewing. The Australians had left out Gregory, Darling, Kelly, and Jones from their team, and had included their manager; they were therefore not so strong as usual in batting, but a good deal too strong for Hampshire. The first two batsmen, Donnan and Iredale, speedily mastered the bowling, and for about an hour and a half the Hamp­ shire men could not get a wicket. Donnan was the first to go with 80 to his credit, and not long after­ wards Iredale followed him, having made his second hundred during the tour. Both men had played excellent cricket, and it was no discredit to the Hampshire bowlers that they could not stop the run- getting. Before stumps were drawn Trott was out, and Giffen had made 30. Three wickets were down for 231, a big total, but nothing startling. On Tues­ day a fine stand was made by Giffen and Graham, who put on 99 before Graham went for 65. Giffen continued to make runs until his total was 130—a very fine innings. The tail did not give much trouble. Hampshire were pretty evidently in for an innings defeat, but a good beginning was made by the same men who had done best in the first innings. Captain Wynyard was seen at his very best, and it was a great disappointment to the spectators when he was out for 68. A t the end W ebb played exceedingly well. H am psh ire . First innings. Second innings. Robson, b M cK ibbin.......16 c Hill,b Trumble 23 H. F. Ward, c Mu^grove, b M cK ib b in .......................... 44 c Eady, b T rott.. 15 Capt. Wynyard, c Trumble, b Trott..................................37 Capt. Quinton, b Eady ... 13 Barton, b Eady ................... 0 W ebb, lbw, b McKibbin .. 9 D. A . Steele, b McKibbin .. Soar, b McKibbin.................. Baldwin, c Graham, b Eady Sykes, not out ................... W ooton, b E a d y ................... Extras.......................... Total.......... 134 c and b McKibbin 68 lbw, b Trumble... 6 c Eady, b Trott... 6 c I r e d a le , b Trum ble.......... lbw, b McKibbin st Hill, b Trott... c Hill, b Trott ... lbw, b Trott not out.................. Extras.......... Total ...203 A ustralian s . F. A. Iredale, b Soar...106 H. Donnan, b Baldwin 80 G. Giffen, c Ward, b Baldwin .................. 130 G. H. S.Trott,bBarton 4 H. Graham, b Soar ... 66 C. Hill, c Wynyard, b W ooton ...................11 H. Musgrove, c Steele, bW ooton ................... 2 C. J. Eady, c Barton, b Wynyard .......... 11 H. Trumble, b Bald­ win ..........................28 T.R.McKibbin, b Soar 8 A. E. Johns, not out... 2 Extras ...........14 Total ..462 H am psh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. 1C. R. W . O. M, R. W . G iffen ......... 7 1 31 0 .......... 9 3 32 0 McKibbin .. 18 5 11 5 ........... 14 3 40 2 Trott ......... 5 2 21 1 .......... 17 1 66 5 Trumble 7 2 22 0 ........... 13-2 3 34 3 Eady ... . 11 8 6 4 .......... Musgrove 4 0 18 0 A u s t r a l ia n s . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Baldwin... 56 17 110 3 Quinton... 6 0 13 0 Steele ... 9 2 21 0 Wynyard6 1 18 1 Soar ... 46*4 7 146 3 Wooton... 38 10 106 2 Barton ... 12 3 34 1 Soar, Wooton, Barton, and Steele each delivered a no-ball.