Cricket 1896

316 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. J u l y 30, 1896. T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . THE SECOND M.C.C. MATCH. TW EN TY-SECOND OF THE TOUR. Played at Lord’s on July 23, 24 and 25. Drawn. It is quite a new thing to see the Australians play­ ing their hardest for a draw, but in this branch of the game they proved themselves on Saturday to be quite as efficient as in every other branch. The monotony of winning the toes must before long begin to pall on the Australians ; as usual, they won it on Thursday, and, as usual, went in first. In their two previous matches at Lord’s they gave a curious exhibition of batting in their first innings, but redeemed their mistakes in the second. With a few differences, the same thing took place in the third match. As the wicket seemed very good, it was not thought likely that the moderate bowling of the M.C.C. would be strong enough to dispose of the Australians for anything short of a very long score, but for about half an hour hrstory seemed about to repeat itself. For with no runs on the scoring board, Iredale was out; Giffen went at seven, and at 16, four Australians had been disposed of, including Darling and Gregory. Spectators prepared them­ selves for some sensational cricket, and it was some time before they realized that if anything was to happen of a startling nature it would be in the way of a long score by some of the batsmen. Trott and Donnan stopped the rot most effectually. They stayed together until they had sampled all the bowl­ ing which the captain thought it necessary to put on —he seemed to forget that in the Surrey match, at Lord’s, he himself was remarkably effective, for he did not bowl during either innings. Hearne issuffering from the complaint which generally attacks him at about this time of the year and sometimes lasts until towards the end of the season—the complaint of being overbowled. He was quite ineffective, and on his form of the past two or three weeks, he is not up to the standard which is required of a bowler in a representative eleven. It might have been thought that Woodcock, who only took two wickets for 159 against the Australians in the Leicestershire match, would hardly be the man to play against them with any chance of success, but he seemed to paralyze the first few batsmen by his pace, and had a very fine analysis at the end of the innings. It cannot be said that the batting of the Australians, except that of Trott and Jones, was attractive, but the first and greatest thing that was required was to keep up the wickets scmehow or other, and in this the tail were eminently successful. Trott’s innings was worthy of himself; he gave two or three easy chances, but it was not his fault that they were missed; he can be happy in the consciousness that the men in his own team are not much given to missing easy catches, and if his opponents miss them they have only them­ selves to blame. The Australian captain was batting a little less than three hours for 103, and he saved his side from a breakdown. At the end of the innings, Jones delighted everybody by making some vigorous hits: he made 13 in one over of Attewell’s, and two fours in another over from the same bowler, who is very seldom indeed hit with impunity. The innings, which had lasted most of the day, closed for 202. Some beautiful cricket was seen when Stoddart and MacLaren began the M.C.C. innings. For the first two or three overs Stoddart was not comfort­ able, whereas MacLaren was at home at once, and was never in difficulties. When they had settled down both men scored rapidly, making many very C ty strokes. They came down very hard on the , and gave the Australians plenty of opportunity to show what excellent fieldsmen they are. When only a four was wanted to make the total 100 for the first wicket Stoddart was caught for 61; he has not played such a brilliant innings for some time. Ranjitsinaji came in and went out within the space of a minute or two, and then Gunn and MacLaren played out time. The Lancashire captain had made 42 by masterly cricket. On Friday the Australians were fielding nearly all day; their bowling on the good wicket did not present very great difficulties to most of the batsmen, and the tail delighted in it. A long stand was made by Captain Wynyard and Gunn, who for the occasion exchanged their usual roles; the Captain played pretty but very steady cricket, while Gunn hit most brilliantly. Both made over 50. At the end of the innings Pougher played as carefully as could Donnan, while Board hit in his usual vigorous style, and when the latter was out for 45 Woodcock enjoyed anhour’s batting with Poa g her. The innings, which closed for 367, was remarkable for the two extremes of play—at times it was vigorous and attractive, at times it was neither. At the close of the day the Australians had lost two wickets for 113, of which Giffen scored a good 45, and Iredale 42 not out. The latter made a stand with Trott, who again played a great innings, but six wickets were down when the Australians were only about 60 runs on. At this period of the game they began to play in desperate earnest for a draw, and the rest of the innings was chiefly remarkable for dogged resistance to the bowling, which gained sarcastic remarks from the crowd. If a happy thought had not occurred to the M.C.C. captain to try Gunn it is probable that the innings would have dragged its slow length along until just before time, but Gunn was successful in disposing of three men. There was no time for the M.C.C. to get the runs, and no time to get them out, so that when they went in all the interest had gone from the match. Ranjitsinhji failed for the second time in the match—almost the only time this year— but such is life, while Stoddart again played a great innings. When stumps were drawn Gunn was as comfortably set as need be. A u stralian s . First innings. Second innings. F. A. Iredale, c Wynyard, b Hearne............................... 0 c Stoddart, b Heame ..........62 J. Darling, c Stoddart, b W oodcock........................ 6 b Woodcock ... 3 G. Giffen, b Woodcock ... 2 c Board, b Smith 45 G. H. S. Trott, b Attewell...103 cBoard,bPougher 62 S. E. Gregory, c Stoddart, b W oodcock........................ 0 c Wynyard, b Attewell.......... 1 H. Donnan, c Board, b Sm ith...............................24 c Wynyard, b Attewell..........12 C. Hill,c MacLaren,b Wood­ cock ...............................15 cStoddart,bGunn 65 H. Trumble, b Woodcock... 0 b Gunn ......... 29 J. J. Kelly, not out ......... 18 c and b Gunn ... 4 E. Jones, b Smith.................31 not out.................. 28 T. R. McKibbin, b Smith ... 0 b Woodcock ...11 Byes ........................ 3 B 4, lb 4, nb 1 9 Total ... ...202 Total ...331 M.C.C. and G round . First innings. Second innings. A. C. MacLaren.c Iredale, b G iffen...............................42 b Trumble............ 5 A. E. Stoddart, c Kelly, b Giffen...............................61 c and b Trumble 59 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c McKibbin, b Jones.......... 1 b Trumble.......... 3 Gunn, c Giffen, b Trumble 56 not out.................26 Capt.E.G.Wynyard,c Jones, b Trumble........................58 not out................... 4 E. Smith, c Giffen, b Trum­ ble.......................................10 Pougher, not ou t.................51 Board, b McKibbin ..........45 Attewell (W.), c Trott, b Trumble ........................ 0 Hearne (J. T.), b McKibbin 0 Woodcock, c Kelly, b Trott 30 B 10, lb 2, w 1 ..........13 Leg-byes............ 2 Total .................367 Total (3 wkts.) 99 A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Heame .......... 28 14 34 1 ........... 47 21 74 1 Woodcock ... 28 4 74 5 ........... 34‘1 5 80 2 Smith .......... 22 10 40 3 ........... 21 5 55 1 Pougher.......... 6 3 17 0 ........... 13 7 22 1 Attewell......... 15 8 34 1 ........... 48 26 54 2 Gunn 7 1 37 3 Attewell bowled one no-ball. Jones Trumble .. McKibbin Giffen ... Trott First innings, O. ’ M.C.C. and G round . . 33 . 41 . 23 . 33 . 11-3 M. R. W. 11 86 1 .. 13 89 4 .. 5 56 2 .. 8 87 2 .. 1 36 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. 183 56 0 184 41 3 Trott delivered a wide. ESSEX v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Leyton on July 23, 24, and 25. Drawn. If it were not that wickets have a habit of behaving in a peculiar manner this year it would hardly have seemed possible that the Hampshire match and the Derbyshire match could have been played on the same ground. In the one batsmen were at a very great disadvantage; in the other they had matters all their own way. So true was the wicket at the end of the week that there was never much probability that the match would be brought to a finish, for on neither side is the bowling strong, while both teams can bat well. It was a decided advantage to win the toss, and Derbyshire made excellent use of it, not­ withstanding that some of the best men on the side did nothing. Chatterton made a hundred, and Storer only missed doing so by eight runs. With three ex­ ceptions the Essex men made good scores, McGahey, Owen, and Bull doing best, and despite the big total made by Derbyshire the Midland county only had a lead of 61 on the firstinnings. The second innings of Derbyshire was almost a repetition of the first, except that this time all the best men came off except Sugg. Chatterton had made 85 not out when the innings was closed. In the Essex second innings McGahey and Perrin were in great form, and when stumps were drawn both were not out with the score at 179 foi 3. D er b ysh ir e . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, c and b Mead 12 c and b Bull ... 46 S. H. Evershed, b Mead ... 9 Bagshaw, c Carpenter, b Pickett ........................ 1 c Russell, b Bull 41 Chatterton, b McGahey ..111 n otou t............... 85 Davidson, c Fane, b Pickett 27 c Fane, b Pickett 51 Storer, b Pickett.................92 b Mead ............31 Sugg (W.), b Pickett..........44 c Perrin, b Mead 1 H. G. Curgenven, b Bull ... 19 Gould, b Bull .................16 Hulme, not out ................. 5 Porter, b Bull ................. 0 B 19, lb 1 .................20 B 8, nb 1 ............ 9 Total .................356 Total (5 wkts.)*264 * Innings declared closed. E ss e x . First innings. F. L. Fane, c Porter, b Davidson .........13 Carpenter, c and b Porter .................30 P.Perrin, c Hulme, b Porter .................17 C. McGahey, c and b Storer .................47 H. G. Owen, c Hulme, b Porter J. W. Bonner, lbw, 1 Hulme ................ Russell, b Sugg........ Freeman, b Sugg F. G. Bull, not out .. Mead, b Davidson .. Pickett, b Hulme B 17, lb 4, nb 1.. Total 37 41 1 0 22 ..292 Second innings : F. L. Fane, lbw, b Curgenven, 21; Carpenter, c Storer, b Porter, 0 ; P. Perrin, b David­ son, 73; C. McGahey, not out, 76 ; H G. Owen, not out, 3 ; B 4, lb 2, 6.—Total (3 wkts.) 179. D er b ysh ir e . First innings. Mead ... Pickett... Bull ... Carpenter Owen ... Freeman McGahey O. 43 36 21 7 5 4 1 M. R. 12 115 9 100 W. 2 . 4 . 3 .. 0 .. 0 ., 0 . 1 Second innings. O. M. 32 12 261 10 29 10 14 2 Pickett bowled a no-ball. E8SEX. First innings. O. M. R. W. Davidson ... 31 12 61 2 Porter......... 51 19 95 3 Hulme.......... 33-420 41 2 G ould.......... 3 0 16 0 Storer.......... 14 1 48 1 Sugg ......... 9 4 19 2 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 18 9 26 1 ... 19 6 43 1 ... 24 9 47 0 ... 1 1 0 0 ... 3 0 15 0 3 1 15 0 Chatterton 4 1 10 0 Curgenven 7 1 16 1 Wright ... 1 0 1 C Porter delivered a no-ball. CATERHAM v. KENSINGTON PARK.-Played at St. Quintin’s Park on July 11. C ater h a m . 16 6 N.Kirkpatrick,b Lloyd J. Wheble, not out .. 16 F. J. Roe, b Nicholas 0 M. Cockle, b Lloyd ... 1 T. Natts, c Smyth, b Nicholas ................. 6 B 16, lb 6 ......... 22 R. S. Ibbs, b Lloyd A. C. Cook, c and b Lloyd........................ W. Langton, c Winter, b Thring................. A. Bailey, b Lloyd ... F. Cook, c Lloyd, b Nicholas................. O. W. Street, b Nicho­ las ........................ K ensington P a r k . C. H. M. Thring, not out, 69 ; F. H. C. Levick, b F. Cook, 18; C. G. Hildyard, not out, 22; Byes 11.— Total (1 wkt.) 120. C. S. G. Lloyd, F. A. Warner. E. S. Blois, C. Mac­ donald, H. D. Nicholas. W. Winter, E. W. Smythe and H. WrLjlit did not bat. Total ..215 KING’S CR03S AMD HACKNEY v. ISLINGTON BRANCHES OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANK.—Played at Tufnell Park on July 15. I sling to n . Walrond,lbw,bBlizard 0 Ham, b Bradley.......... 1 i Wallace, b Blizard ... 6 Cox, b Blizard ......... 0 ■ Cooper, b Blizard ... 0 j Sharpley, b Blizard ... 2 Steer, b Blizard......... 0 * Long and King did not bat. Smith, c Taylor, Bradley .......... Lakeman, not out Byes .......... Total (8 wkts.) 17 K ing ’ s C ross and H a c k n e y . Binkoke.cLong.b Ham Blizard, b Wallace . Sanders, b Wallace . Bradley, c Walrond, H am ..................... Cull, b Wallace ... . Taylor, b Ham ... . Robinson, b Ham . 19 Ellerton, b Wallace ... Death, c King, b Ham Stevens, b Wallace ... Louis, not out .......... Total 51