Cricket 1896

284 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 16, 1896 ETON v. HARROW. Played at Lord’s on July 10 and 11. Drawn. Last year’ s match will long be remembered for the plucky way in which the last two Harrow batsmen, Henley and Cole, kept up their wickets in the second innings and turned which seemed like being a certain defeat into a draw. This year there were few exciting moments in the play. The Eton batting was on the whole distinctly above the average, but when the match ended Harrow were by no means in a bad position, for with two wickets to fall they were 86 runs on, and the two not outs showed not the slightest sign of being beaten by the bowling. If it had not been for the inability of most of the Harrow batsmen to play Mitchell’s lobs, it is not unlikely that their score in the first innings would have been nearly equal to that of Eton, for the other Eton bowlers gave them very little trouble, although the fast ones made the ball bump in the fashionable way. Mitchell is above the average of lob bowlers. He has an occasional fast ball which would be dangerous if it were of a good length ; he does not bowl very many balls high in the air; his ordinary slows are well pitched (provided that the batsman stays at home and makes them as difficult as he can), and he fields his own bowling well. He would doubtless find it an advantage if he were more frequently to use two hands instead of one. The other Eton bowlers had not much in them, but as most of them were tall and bowled fairly fast and made use of their height, they occasionally kicked a little. The fielding was as good as could be desired in a school match. It must not be imagined that be­ cause Eton made a lot of runs the Harrow bowl­ ing was remarkably weak. On the contrary, it was good and well pitched, but as Eton went in first on a splendid wicket, and as their best batsmen were lucky enough to come off, it is not at all surprising that a big score was made. Dowson, who has only recently re­ covered from a severe illness, has somewhat outgrown his strength, and though he bowled very steadily he was not seen quite at his best. But he will be a thom in the side of the Eton boys before he has ended his school career. Cole, the other little left hand bowler of last year, has also grow n; he is able to put in a much faster ball than last year, but he still seems to have a preference for a very slow hall indeed—too slow to be effective against anyone who dares to hit. The other bowlers were for the most part able to keep straight and had a good length, but there is room for improvement. The fielding was good on the whole, and it never became demoralised even when the long stands were made. As usual, the Eton boys seemed to tower over their opponents, and most of them made use of their height when batting. Pilkington and Bosan­ quet,who each made a hundred,both showed veiy good form and plenty of hitting power. A great deal of the credit of the big score belongs to Lubbock, who after Hutchinson was out for 5 made a determined resistance to the Harrow bowling with Pilkington as a partner. Legard and Tryon, who made the runs towards the end of the innings, found that the bowl­ ing had lost most of its sting ; they, consequently, had not much difficulty in scoring off it. The Harrow team may or may not have gone in with the idea of playing solely for a draw; they certainly seemed to have no intention of trying to equal the score of Eton. Cole was badly run out, which was a pity, as he is a likely bat to keep up his end. I f he and Maw had been able to keep in together some attractive batting might have been teen by those who came immediately after them, but after their early dismissal the Eton bowlers began to get the upper hand. Great things were expected of Vibart, who is a really excellent bat, but his display was most disappointing; he shaped but poorly at the slows, and gave three hard chances of c and b to Mitchell. Occasionally he made some good hits, but the bowlers were always a little too good for him. A t the end of the first day Harrow had only scored 64 for the loss of presumably four of their befet wickets. Fortunately for the school the tail were by no means discouraged by the failure of the best men, and during the stand for the ninth wicket some of the best cricket of the match was shown. Dowson, who gained a reputationfor coolness last year, under very trying circumstances , kept in with W yld, and the bowlers for once were quite collared. W yld was at last out for a very fine 81. During his partnership with Dowson 101 runs were put on in an hour and a quarter, which is very fast scoring indeed for boys. Despite this plucky stand a follow on was necessary, and as the bowlers were a little tired the batting was better all round, although the total was not much larger than that of the first innings. As in the first innings, four wickets were down for 64, but Vibart and Studd, by very slow play, wore out the bowling and put on 58 while together. Afterwards Itattigan and Studd, who were bo:h considered by Harrovians as likely to make the Eton bowlers “ sit u p ” if they became set, made all fear of a defeat out of the question. They put on 89 while they were in partnership, and when they were both out Harrow were 56 runs on. Afterwards Dowson and Blair continued the scoring, and were both not out when the match came to an end. In the second innings Mitchell met with hardly any success at all, but he can look back with satisfaction on the match, for in the first innings he took six wickets for 44 in 40 overs, a great feat for a lob bowler. E to n . R. Lubbock, c Yibart, b Cole ......................56 C. K . Hutchison, c Vi­ bart, b Cole ............ 5 H. C. Pilkington, c Mathews, b Dowson 101 C. T. Allen, b Cole ... 10 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Henley, b Blair .120 F. H. Mitchell, b Dowson ......................11 F. H. Hollins, lbw, b Dowson .................. 8 A.D. Legard, b Vibart 37 G. L. Tryon, c Vibart, b Dowson..................33 C.H.Browning,notout 0 Hon. G. Ward, lbw, b VibaH .................. 0 Lb 3, w 1, nb 1... 5 H a rro w . First innings. P. T. Maw, c Browning, b W ard .......................... T. G. O. Cole, run out W . P. Robertson, c Tryon, b Bosanquet.......................... R. F. Vibart, b Mitchell ... H. L. Matthews, c and b Mitchell .......................... Hon. F. R. Henley (capt.), st Browning, b Mitchell E. B. T. Studd, c Pilking­ ton, b M itchell.................. W .F . A. Rattigan, cBrown­ ing, b Tryon ................... H. J. W yld, b Mitchell ... E. M Dowson, b Mitchell. . H. M. Blair, not o u t ........... B 7, lb 1, w 4, nb 1 ... Total Total Second innings. 11 b Allen.................. 23 6 run out.................. 23 3 b Bosanquet 0 42 b Allen.................. 35 10 b Bosanquet 7 1 5 b Tryon ........... 50 19 c and b Mitchell 72 81 c and b Tryon ... 0 26 not out.................. 12 1 not out................. 22 13 B 6, w 5 11 ..218 Total (8wkts)255 Cole Dowson W ard........... Mitchell ... Bosanquet Tryon A llen......... Legard ... E ton . O. M. R. W. 61 17141 3 W yld 64 29110 4 Blair Vibart... 30-112 66 2 Cole bowled a wide and a no-ball. H a rro w . First innings. O. M. R. W . 25 7 54 1 40 17 44 6 27 12 40 1 15 10 32 1 5 0 25 0 2 1 10 0 Pilkington ......... o v jii u Mitchell bowled one wide and one no-ball, Bosanquet three wides, Tryon four, and Lfgard one O. M. R. W . 18 6 57 0 5 3 7 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. . . 7 2 21 0 .. 37 12 70 1 .. 27 14 44 2 .. 24 10 40 2 ... 11 1 36 2 7 2 22 0 3 0 11 0 Y o rksh ire . NOTTS v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Huddersfield on July 9, 10 and 11. Notts won by 4 wickets. It is not usual for teams which are neaily always victorious to have the worst of whatever luck there may be in a match, .but, for once, Yorkshire were badly treated by fortune. After the Notts men had made what was only a moderately good score on a fine wicket, the rain came down and handicapped the Yorkshiremen so heavily, that they were not able to rise superior to circumstances. Most of the Notts men played good cricket, and Gunn, Mr. Dixon, Pike and Brow n did particularly well. The Yorkshiremen failed in batting against the bowling of Brown (who seems likely to be as useful to Notts as Haigh is to Yorkshire), and Attewell, and a follow-on was neces­ sary. In this, some splendid cricket was shown by Mr. Jackson and Brown, who made such a good stand that their side seemed out of the difficulty into which it had fallen, but after they were out, only Denton and Moorhouse made double figures. Brown and Attewell again bowled well. Notts only had to make 58 to win, but Yorkshire made a wonderfully good fight of it, and Haigh, who went on as first change, took 3 wickets for 8 runs. N otts . First innings. Second innings. A . O. Jones, b H aigh...........19 b P e e l...................... 5 Daft, c Denton, b Wain­ wright .................................. 4 Gunn, c Tunnicliffe, b Peel 20 J. A . Dixon, c Lord Hawke, b Haigh ......................45 Attewell, b Haigh .!. ... 15 C. W . Wright, b Hirst ... 8 Flowers, c Wainwright, b Hirst .................................. 9 Brown (S.),b Peel ............33 Pike, c Hunter, b Peel ... 39 Guttridge, c Haigh, b Hirst 21 Gregory, n o to u t........... ... l B 4, lb 8 ...................12 lb w . b wright run ont b Haigh b Haigh not out... b Haigh not out... First innings. F. S. Jackson, b Attewell... 0 Tunnicliffe, c Gregory, b B row n..................................18 Brown (J. T.), c Attewell. b Brown .......................... 12 Denton, c and b Gunn . . 16 Moorhouse, c Gunn, b Atte­ well .................................. 4 Wainwright, b Brown 5 Peel, c Gregory, b Brown... 5 Hirst, c Jones, b Attewell... 6 Lord Hawke, c Attewell, b Brow n..................................14 Haigh, b B row n ................... 1 Hunter, not out ................... 7 B 1, lb 1 ................... 2 Total.. . 90 Second innings, c Daft, b Dixon 59 b A ttew ell........... 1 lbw, b Flowers ... 71 c Jones, b Brown 22 b D a ft................... 5 c and b Attewell 19 lbw, b Brown ... 4 b Brown ........... 0 not out................... 1 lbw, b Attewell .. 4 cJone3,b Attewell 4 B 2, lb 1 ... 3 Total ...193 N otts . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W . H aig h ........... 35 14 62 3 ........... 6 3 8 3 Wainwright 25 16 39 1 ........... 11 3 30 1 Peel ........... 25 10 49 3 .......... 5 0 16 1 Jackson 12 3 31 0 ........... 0-2 0 4 0 Hirst ........... 14*2 4 24 3 B row n........... 2 0 9 0 Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Attewell .. 32 19 32 3 ........... 32312 77 4 Brow n......... 30-3 11 55 6 .......... 23 8 64 3 Gunn ......... 1 0 1 0 ........... 2 1 5 0 Gregory 2 0 12 0 Dixon 5 1 22 1 Daft ... 5 3 5 1 Flowers 3 1 5 1 STREATnAM v. Mr. H. M. LEAF’ at Streatham on July 8. S treatham . N. Miller, c Mathews, b Burns .....................36 A. de C. Scanlan, c Mathews, b Fisher 22 R.H. de Montmorency, c Havers, b H. M. Leaf ....................182 H. L. Dawson, lbw, b B agguley.....................6S C.J.Francis.hBagguley 20 G. B. Field did not bat. •Innings declared closed. X I .—Played E. D. Compton, b Bag­ guley...........................15 J. F. W. Hooper, st Matthews.b Leaf ... 0 C.L.Linnell.lbw.bLeaf 4 H. E. Hockley, not out 3 D. O. Kerr, not o u Extras ...........21 Total ...*387 Total... ..226 Total (6 w kts.) 58 M r . A.C.Havers, b Dawson Bagguley. c Field, b Montmorency Trotman, c Kerr, b Dawson ................. Fisher, c Kerr, b Daw­ son .......................... H.M.Leaf, c Compton, b Dawson ........... Burns, b Dawson Fecond innings: - A. 16 ; Bagguley, e and b 10; B 1 .-T otal,'53. L eaf ’ s X I. 3 L. Richards, b Linnell 0 E. H. Leaf, not out ... 35 E. D. Pawle, c Scanlan b F rancis................. 0 L.H.Mathews,b Miller 1 S. Druce, c Francis, b Miller......................... 4 B 13,1b 3, w 1 17 Total ...125 C. Havers, c and b Hooper, Linnell, 26; Trotman, not out, 18 BLACKHEATH v. BROMLEY.—Played atBromley ou July 11. B uomi . e y . A. H . Hewett, b D. Christopherson ... 3 F. E. Pamphilon, b Robson .................. 4 A. H. Bennett, b Rob- son .......................... 6 R. H. Smith, b Auld .. 26 W . G. Beach, c Lewis, b Mason .................. 18 A.W ilson, st Hutchin­ son, b Snell .........30 H. Lovel, c Auld, b fc'nell..........................30 T. Weeks, c Christo­ pherson, b Snell ... R. H. Smith, c Mason, b Snell ................... W . L. Crossley, not out .......................... L. Dickson, c Ure, b Snell.......................... B 5, lb 2 ........... Total ...........l BLACKnEATH. H.C. Mason, c Bennett, b W ils o n .................. 16 H. Goddtn, b Pam­ philon ........................ 10 P.A . Robson, b Wilson 8 W . D. Auld, c Smith, b B ennett................. 6 D. Christopherson, c and b Weeks .......... 48 A. W . Lewis, c R. H. Smith, b Wilson ... 49 C. A. Snell, b Beach 11 J . F. Ure, b Beach ... 3 J. C. Malin, not out... 8 G. R. Hutchinson, b W ilson ................... 5 B 6, lb 2 ........... 8 Total ...172 H . F. W etherby did not bat.