Cricket 1896

J u ly 16, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 285 THE AUSTRALIANS. TH E P L A Y E R S M ATCH (E IG H T E E N T H O F TH E TOUK). Played at Leyton on July 9, 10 and 11. Australians won by an innings and 137 runs. How many of the men who represented the Players would have taken part in this match if the best team had been available it is impossible to say; but only live of them were chosen for the match between Gentlemen and Players at Lord’s. Not that their eleven can be described as w eak; it is merely unrepre­ sentative. The bowling was not particularly strong, and when the Australians won the toss, there was a general feeling that something in the way of large, if not rapid, scoring would be seen. Iredale was again in splendid form, and with Darling completely mastered the bowling before a wicket fell. Both men played admirable cricket. W ith such a fine start it would not h ive been very surprising if a record score had been made, but although Giffen and Gregory played wonderfully good cricket, they were both out when they seemed to have the bowling at their mercy. Trott, who played a remarkably slow innings, carried his bat for 64, which took him two hours and three quarters to make; he must have surprised himself by his great patience. For a won­ der, J. T. Hearne was very expensive, and on the first day of the match did not take a wicket. The battingof the Players was disappointing, but this was hardly surprising, for very few of the men have made any stand against the present Australian team. It would be interesting to see Sugg and Ward make a lot of runs against them. Pougher, as usual when he is batting against the Australians, made some runs, and Storer conclusively shewed that he is not afraid of their bowling. But, except Baker and Chatterton, none of the rest ever looked like making runs. Jones was very successful with the ball in both innings, while Giffen did well in the first innings and Trott in the second. A u stralian s . F. A . Iredale, ht wkt, b Briggs ................171 J. Darling, c Pougher, b Baker ................ 70 G. Giffen, b Davidson 34 H. Donnan, c Briggs, b Mead .................. 4 S. E. Gregory, bStorer 46 G. H. S.Trott, notout 64 Total H. Graham, b Heame 0 P layers of E ngland . H. Trumble, c Storer, b H earne.................. 0 J. J. Kelly, bDavidson 25 E. Jones, c Baker, b Briggs .................. 15 R. McKibbin, b Mead 10 B 10, lb 4, nb 1... 15 ...451 First innings. Ward (A.), b Jones ............ 3 Sugg, c Kelly, b Jones ... 9 Chatterton, b Giffen ........39 Carpenter, st Kelly, b Trumble ........................12 Davidson, run out ............ 13 Pougher, c Jones, b Giffen... 43 b Jones Storer, b Jones ................62 Baker, c Gregory, b Giffen... 5 Briggs, b Jones .................. 2 Hearne (J. T.), c Trumble, b Giffen ......................... 2 Mead, not out .................. 0 Byes ......................... 7 Total...................... 197 Second innings. b Jones ........... 0 c Trumble,bJones 11 c Iredale, b Giffen 3 b Jones ........... 9 cGraham,bGiffen 10 0 . 34 lbw, b Trott c D o n n a n , Trumble ... . c McKibbin, Trott................ run out ... . not out................ B 4, lb 2 Total ...120 A u stralian s . 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Briggs ... 35 15 61. 2 Davidson 42 15 80 2 Hearne 53 21 101 2 Baker .12 4 26 1 Mead ... 41.1 18 81 2 Storer . 9 3 1 Pougher 28 10 59 0 Storer delivered a no-ball. P la te r s . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Trumble .. 16 3 42 1 ........... 7 2 22 1 Jones ... .. 22 6 47 4 ........... 14 4 27 4 Giffen ... .. 26.3 7 56 4 ........... 12 0 52 2 McKibbin 9 1 30 0 ........... Trott ... .. 10 3 15 0 ........... 5.1 1 13 2 HAMPSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Southampton on July 9,10 and 11. Somerset won by 8 wickets. In matches between these two counties a very great deal depends on winning the toss, if the game happens to be played on a good wicket, for the bowling of neither is very strong. Somersetshire were favoured by fortune this time and made a splendid use of their opponents, thanks almost entirely to Mr. Lionel Palairet, whose batting was almost perfect. He made 292 out of a total of 519. It was very unfortunate for Hampshire that he was in such fine form, for when he once gets set on a good wicket it does not greatly matter what the bowling is; he is as likely to get 300 as a hundred. Hampshire did well in both innings but it was hardly to be expected that they would save the match by playing out time. Unhappily for them Captain Wynyard, who played such excellent cricket against the Australians, was unsuccessful in both innings, but W ebb, Captain Quinton, Mr. Steele and Bacon did extremely, well, and in the second innings W ootton surprised the Somerset bowlers, and saved the innings defeat. S om erset . Y . T. Hill, c Wynyard, b Ward ..................22 R. B. P.*rch, run out... 11 Robson, run out...........54 A. E. Newton, not out 4 Tyler, b B arton...........28 Extras...................29 L. C. H. Palairet, W ard......................292 H. T. Stanley, c Rob­ son, b Barton............ 5 Smith (D.), bW ootton 19 Nichols b Steele ... 22 R. C. N. Palairet, b Steele............................ 3 S. M. J. Woods, c Total ...........519 Steele, b Ward ... 30 Second innings: H . T. Stanley, notout, 4 ; R. C. N. Palairet, notout, 4 ; V. T. Hill, c Barton, b Ward, 5 ; Robson, b Ward, 0 ; Extra, 1.—Total (2 wkts.), 14, H am psh ire . First innings. H. Ward, c Woods, b Tyler 6 C. Robson, c Robson, bTyler 1 Barton, b W oods..................14 Capt. Wynyard, c R. Palai­ ret, b Tyler..........................14 W ebb, c Tyler, b Woods ... 73 Capt. F. W . Quinton, lbw, b H i l l ..................................76 Bacon, c Smith, b Woods .. 0 D. A. Steele, st Newton, b Tyler ..................................48 Soar, c R. Palairet, b Tyler 4 Wootton, run out.................. 14 Second innings, c Newton, b Nichols ...........32 c R. Palairet, b W oods ........... 7 b Nichols ........... 8 c Hill, b Tyler ... 2 c Newton, b Tyler 6 b Woods .......... 52 c Tyler, b Nichols 47 Baldwin, not o u t... E xtras........... 6 b Tyler .......... not out ........... c R. Palairet, b Tyler ........... c Porch, b Woods 2 -Extras...........24 53 Total O. S om erset . M. R. W . Total ...270 O. M. R.W . Baldwin .. 37 8 116 0 ... ... 2 9 G 0 Soar ... ... 24 5 89 0 ... Barton .. 30-2 6 09 2 ... Wootton .. 32 11 78 1 ... Steele .. ... 22 2 65 2 ... Quinton 6 1 15 0 ... Wynyard . W ard ... . .. 6 .. 19 3 4 •JO 38 0 ... 3 ... 2 0 7 2 Barton bowled two no-balls. H am psh ire . O M. R. W . O. M. R. W . T yler........... 47 12 I ll 5 ... ... 40 15 89 4 Woods 32.1 10 77 3 ... ... 28 3 12 57 3 Nichols ... 10 3 14 0 ... ... 23 16 17 3 L. Palairet 12 4 .27 0 ... ... 21 4 60 0 Robson 6 2 11 0 ... ... 5 2 15 0 Hill ........... 6 2 16 1 ... ... 1 0 8 0 Hill bowled three wides. SURREY v. SUSSEX . A M EM O R A BLE M ATCH . Played at the Oval on July 9, 10 and 11. Sussex won by 43 runs. Although the Sussex eleven this year has not done much in the way of winning matches, it has shown on many occasions such wonderful form that no team which has to oppose it can afford to look upon the result without misgiving. Just lately Surrey has not been quite such a name to conjure with as it was a few weeks ago, and when it was found that Sussex had won the toss, it was felt that anything might happen if only Sussex came off in their first innings, but when all the best batsmen failed one after the other, the look out for the visitors was anything but brilliant. By and bye things began to look up a little for them when Killick, a young fellow who had been played for his bowling alone, began to lay on to Richardson and other Surrey bowlers as if he had quite mastered their secret, and, when at last the innings closed, the total, poor enough in all conscience, was not as bad as it might have been. Killick carried his bat for a very well played 57. At about this period of the game the friends of Surrey felt very easy in their minds, for what was a total of 116 to go in against on a good wicket against such bowling as Sussex could,prr duce ? In another hour and a half Surrey were out for 91. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to explain exactly how the breakdown in the batting occurred ; suffice it to say that three men were run out, among them being Abel, and that, no one seemed at home to Hartley, who, but for a bad miss or two, would have had an even better analysis than 6 wickets for 31. W ith two such powerful batting teams the small scoring which had been seen in the first innings of each team was not likely to last, and it was felt when Sussex went in a second time that the real game between the two counties was just beginning. When stumps were drawn Sussex were 75 runs on without losing a wicket; Marlow had retired after being hurt by Richardson, but it was known that in all probability he would be able to resume his innings in the morning. Killick, the not out of the first innings, went in first in the second, and was not out 24 at the close of the*day—K . S. Ranjitsinhji also not out 24. So far Sussex had a decided adyantage. On the Friday runs came with rapidity, and Surrey were out in the field all day. Killick made his first hundred in county cricket—a splendid innings—and Marlow, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Mr. Murdoch, and Bean were all seen to advantage, more especially the two last, whose cricket was brilliant in the extreme. A t the close of the day Sussex had the very useful lead of 410, and still had a wicket to fall. This wicket only added three runs, so that Surrey were left with the almost impossible task of making 414. Then some of the most curious cricket in the match was seen. It might have been thought that the experience of losing three men in thefirst innings by bad judgment in running would have taught all the Surrey men a severe lesson, but in the second innings both Hayward and Holland, two of the safest bats, were run out, although in neither instance was it the fault of the man who lost his wicket. Abel did very little, but Brockwell hit very finely. After he had made fifty he began to hit harder than ever, and the Sussex men had more missed catches on their conscience than is good for the well-being of any eleven. Thanks to many, many misses, as well as vigorous cricket, Brockwell made no less than 137. Despite this the match seemed over when seven wickets were down for 203. It was then that Lohmann and Mr. Read came together, and for nearly two hours knocked the bowling to all parts of the field. Both men have done many fine things for Surrey, but their performance on Saturday deserves to rank with the best of them. When they were separated 71 runs were required, and the end soon came, leaving Sussex the victors of a stubbornly fought contest—victors who can hardly be said to have deserved their success, on account of their poor fielding. Mr. Hartley was a great sufferer from missed catches, and as he is a bowler who relies for his wickets almost entirely on the field, it looks as if he has a good time coming. Perhaps, however, the Sussex men will not give another exhibition of fielding like that which was seen at the Oval on Saturday afternoon. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. Bean (G.), b Richardson ... 0 c Hayward, b Lohmann ... 72 Marlow, c W ood, b Lock­ wood ..................................18 b A b el.................... 46 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Loh­ mann, b Richardson ... 2 b Richardson ... 36 W . L. Murdoch (capt.), c Holland, b Richardson ... 10 b Brockwell ... 67 W . Newham, b Lockwood 17 b Richardson ... 5 J. C. Hartley, lbw, b Abel 7 run out ........... 8 Killick, not out ........................................57 Bean (J.), b Richardson ... 0 Parris, b Lohmann .............................. 1 Tate, b Lockwood .............................. 2 Butt, b Lockwood .............................. 0 Leg-byes................... 2 Total ........... 116 Total S u rrey . First innings. Brockwell, b H artley................................ 17 Abel, run out................................................31 Holland, b Hartley .............................. 5 Hayward, c and b Hartley 19 ..102 c Lockwood, Richardson c W ood, b Loh­ mann ........... 2 st W ood, b Abel 22 b Richardson ... 12 not out..................12 Bye 1, lb 6 ... 7 ...391 Lockwood, lbw, b Hartley K. J. Key (capt.), b Hartley W . W . Read, c Killick, b Hartley .......................... 3 Braund, run o u t ................... 3 Lohmann, c Bean, b Parris 4 W ood, not out ................... 4 Richardson, run out ........... 0 B 7, lb 1 ................... 8 Second innings, c Parris, b Tate...137 c Tate, b Parris... 10 run out ........... 2 run out ........... 8 c Tate, b Killick 0 c G. Bean, b Tate 28 b Ranjitsinhji ... 75 st Butt, b Hartley 2 not out..................86 c G. B e a n , b Hartley ........... 6 c G. B e a n , b Hartley ........... 3 B 7, lb 3, w 2, n b l 13 Total . ... 94 Total.. 370 S u ssex . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Richardson .. 23 5 59 4 ............. 63-219 150 4 Lohmann .. 17 9 26 1 ............. 37 15 76 2 Abel .. 11 5 9 1 ............. 84 10 31 2 Lockwood .. 8*4 3 20 4 ............. 20 6 60 0 R e a d ........... 7 2 is 0 Braund 5 2 9 0 Brockwell... id 4 40 1 S u rrey . Murdoch 4 1 17 0 ............. Tate .. 9 1 26 0 ............. 30 12 76 2 Hartley .. 14 3 31 6 ............. 46 3 9 146 3 Parris ... .. 8 3 12 1 ............. 25 8 53 1 Killick ... 13 0 53 1 G. Bean ... 1 0 9 0 Ranjitsinhji 4 1 16 1 Parris and Hartley bowled a wide each, and Ranjit­ sinhji a no-ball.