Cricket 1896

332 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 6, 189 SU R R E Y v. Y O R K S H IR E . (LOHMANN’S BENEFIT.) Played at the Oval on July 30, 31, and Aug. 1. Surrey won by an innings and 61 runs. So much importance was attached to this match, and so popular is Lohmann, that a crowd far greater than that which had attended the match between Surrey and the Australians went to the Oval on Thursday. Fortunately for Lohmann the match lasted well into the third day, and altogether some 33,000 people paid for admission. In the first meeting between the two counties this year the weather was in favour of Yorkshire, and Surrey did remarkably well in making an even draw; in the return the weather was on the side of Surrey, who, having won the toss, ran up a big score for four wickets before the rain came on Thursday night. As things turned out Yorkshire could do nothing but play for a draw, and the state of the wicket while they were batting made this a matter of such extreme difficulty that their chances of attaining this aim were infinitesimal. Enough rain had fallen on the morning of the first day to make the wicket a little queer when Surrey went in, and for a time the ball did not travel as quickly as usual. Afterwards it came along easily as a rule, but all through the day there wa3 enough devil on the ball to make rungetting a fine art, and very great praise is due to Hayward and Baldwin for keeping in together while 221 runs were put on. Abel and Brockwell had the worst of the wicket, and they had to play for all they were worth. When Hayward and Baldwin began their long part­ nership the bowlers seemed likely to be masters of the situation, but they bowled without any luck, and the two Surrey batsmen slowly played themselves in. Hayward was missed once or twice rather badly, and these mistakes made all the difference in the world as to the result of the match. It was not until his score w as about 80 that his cricket was perfect, but after this it w as wholly delightful to watch. He kept everything on the ground; he hit very hard; and he had a great variety of strokes. Some of his square cuts, which even Mr. Jackson, whose fielding through­ out the day was superb, could not stop, will long be remembered by those who saw them. Baldwin was yery good indeed when the bowling was on the wicket, although he had several very close shaves of being bowled, and when he made a hit it was generally clean and hard. A curious thing about his innings was that whereas he quite mis-timed two off-balls out of three he hit the third so accurately and so hard that it went to the boundary in an instant. But the bowlers must have wondered how it wasthat he invariably managed to miss the ball entirely or t >hit it with the middle of the bat. It is easy to see why Baldwin has not, until just recently, kept up the promise which he showed a year or two ago, but it is probable that his innings against Yorkshire and the Australians will give him the confidence which he requires. When he was a few short of his hundred he was caught at the wicket, and was loudly applauded for what was undoubtedly a very fine innings. Lockwood came in, and was almost immediately hit on the knee. It was some time before he was himself again, but he played excellent cricket, and was not out 30 at the close of the day. In attempting to stop an extremely hard drive by Lockwood Mr. Jackson seriously injured a finger; he finished his over by means of two full pitches and a ball which tied Havward up, and was then obliged to leave the field. Ten minutes before time Hayward’s long innings was brought to a con­ clusion ; he was batting four hours and twenty minutes for his 164, and the second half of his innings was beyond all praise. When stumps 'were drawn Surrey were in the pleasing position of having scored 350 runs for four wickets. Everything pointed to a storm before the morning, so that the Yorkshiremen were not to be envied. The rain came and affected the wicket to such an extent that the remaining six Surrey batsmen could only put on 89 runs. The two not outs, Mr. Read and Lockwood, found the wicket soft but fairly easy at first, and they both played good cricket; but Peel began to feel at home in a short time, and soon carried everything before him ; Mr. Key alone was able to make a score. Against a total of 439, with the wicket likely to be queer, the York­ shiremen began their innings soon after lunch, and no one was surprised that nine wickets were down when the day’s play ended. Six of the Surrey bowlers went on, and with the exception of Abel they all took a wicket or two for a few runs. For once Richardson, owing to the softness of the turf, did not go on first! The scoring was nearly all done by two men, Tunni- clitfe and Peel, who under the greatest difficulties stuck to their guns in a very determined manner. At the end of the day Mr. Jackson went in, despite his injured fingure, and made 10 before he was bowled by Richardson. On Saturday the innings soon closed, and although nearly all the visitors in their second innings made double figures the result was never in doubt, for the wickets fell too rapidly at first to leave Yorkshire any hope of making a draw. Denton played well, and Lord Hawke kept up his wicket till the m itch was en led. Hut the cricket of the day. and of tl^e in itch, was played by Mr. Smith. In forty minutes he made 55, and knocked the Surrey bowlers about in a way which has been done by nobody since Wrathall and Board were in together in the second innings of the Gloucestershire match. On the whole the match was satisfactory from every point of view except that of Yorkshire; it lasted long enough to ensure a very successful benefit for Lohmann, and its result will add to the interest taken in the county championship. An inj ured finger prevented Lohmann from bowling in the second innings. S u rrey . Brockwell, c Jackson, b Hirst ...................30 Abel, c Wainwright, b Haigh ................... 13 Hayward, b Smith ...164 Baldwin, c Hunter, b Jackson ...................84 Lockwood, st Hunter, b Peel ...................51 W . W. Read, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Peel ............33 Lohmann. c Brown, b Wainwright ... . K. J. Key, b Peel Braund, c Hunter, Peel ...................... Marshall, b Peel Richardson, not ou t. B 12, lb 3, w 1 . Total ... . Y orksh ire . First innings. Second innings Tunnicliffe, c Read, b Lock­ wood ............................... 47 c Marshall, b Richardson ... 6 Brown, c Abel, b Hayward 1 c Marshall, b Richardson ... 12 Denton, b Lohmann.......... 8 c B ra u n d , b Lockwood 35 Hirst, b Hayward .......... 0 c Hayw a r d , b Richardson ... 11 Peel, c and b Richardson ... 74 c Marshall, b Lockwood 18 Wainwright, c Abel, b Hay­ ward ............................... 6 c Brockwell, b Hayward........ 12 E. Smith, c Braund, b Loh­ mann ... ....................... 8 c Braund, b Hay­ ward................. 55 Lord Hawke, c Baldwin, b Richardson....................... 2 not out................. 34 Haigh, c Marshall,b Brock­ well ............................... 0 b Richardson 6 Hunter, not out ................. 8 c Brockwell, b Abel................. 11 F. S. Jackson, b Richardson 10 b Hayward........ 1 B 5, lb 2, w 1 .......... 8 B 3, lb 2 ... 5 Total ..........172 S u rrey . Total ...203 O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Peel ... 50-217 94 5 W ’nwright27 7 71 1 Haigh ... 38 11 76 1 Brown ... 6 1 15 0 Hirst ... 24 8 69 1 Jackson 19 4 55 1 Smith . . 14 3 43 1 Wainwright bowled a wide. Y orksh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w . Lohmann .. 29 9 45 2 ... Hayward ... 21 4 52 3 ... 18 7 43 3 Richardson... 20 12 30 3 ... ... 28 6 113 4 Abel .......... 2 0 8 0 ... ... 24 0 12 1 Lockwood ... 7 2 15 1 ... ... 11 6 28 2 Brockwell ... 8 3 14 1 Richardson delivered one wide. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE BEXHILL MATCH (TWENTY FOURTH OF THE t o u r ). Played at Bexhill on July 30 and 31. Earl de la Warr’s team won by four wickets. The eleven which was down to oppose the Austra­ lians was. on paper, not stronger than an ordinary county teim, and the Australians give four of their men a rest—Jones, Trumble, Eady and Kelly-and for the second time during the tour included Mr. Musgrove in the team. The result of leaving their two most useful bowlers out was that they were out­ played, although only by a very little, nearly all through the match. Of the wicket very little need be said; it wants a great deal of attention before it is fit for a three day’s match, and after being fiery on the first day, it was spoilt in the second by rain. The Australians won the toss, butfound that J. T. Hearne has got back his form again, and that Pougher, when he gets a wicket to help him, is as good a bowler as one could wish to see. To the general surprise the Australians were out for 80, only Giffen aud Hill miking any runs to speak of. During the course of the tour, Trott has made a good many experiments, and has nearly always been justified by the success with which they have met, but itdid notprove a happy idea to begin the bowling with Darling. The 23 runs that were made off him for no wicket were very valuable to the Earl’s XI. Stoddart and H. Douglas bogan the batting for the Englishmen, and did so well that there was a prospect of a fair score, but after­ wards only Carpenter and Mc^ihev did anything "f note. St'll the innings ended for 10i, which (?ave the home team the important advantage of 22 runs, dix of the Australians made double figures in their second innings, and Darling, who for the occasion wisely abandoned his usual careful game, made some splendid hits in his 41. The Englishmen only had to make 117, but this was recognised as being a very formidable total, and what would have happened if Douglas had not made 68, can only be imagined; nobody else could play the bowling until Pougher came in and spoiled what promised to be a very interesting finish by carrying his bat for 10. The victory of his side must have been very pleasing to Earl de la Warr, who himself formed one of the team, but it need not be taken as a sign that the Australians are falling off. It is pity that the result of the match will spoil their record, which promised to be extraordinary. A ustralians . First innings. Second innings. F. A. Iredale, b Pougher ... 3 c de la Warr, b J. T. Hearne ... 10 J. Darling, b J. T. Heame 8 c &b J.T. Hearne 41 G. Giffen, b J. T. Hearne ... 25 c Sfoddart, b J. T. Hearne ... 3 G. H. S. Trott, c J. T. Hearne, b Pougher........ 0 c Alec , b J. T. Hearne .19 S. E. Gregory, b J. T. Hearne ...................... 4 b Pougher.... 5 C. Hill, b J. T. Hearne ... 21 c Nichols, b J. T. Hearne .16 H. Donnan, o Stoddart, b J. T. Hearne ............... 0 c McGahey, b J. T. Hearne... 13 H. Graham, b J. T. Hearne 8 c D o u g la s , b Pougher. 21 H. Musgrove, b Pougher ... 0 c D o u g la s , b Pougher.......... T. R. McKibbin c O’Brien, b Pougher...................... 0 not out........ 4 A E. Johns, n o to u t........ 4 c Stoddart, b J. T. Hearne ... 0 Leg-bves ............... 4 Leg-byes „.. 4 Total Total ...138 E arl de la W a rr ’ s X I. First innings. A. E. Stoddart, st Johns, b Trott ...............................26 J.Douglas.c Iredale, b Trott 18 Carpenter, b McKibbin ... 14 Hearne ^Alec), b McKibbin 3 C. McGahey. lbw, b Trott .. 18 Sir T. C. O’Brien, c Iredale, b McKibbin ................. 6 Pougher, b McKibbin ... 3 Nichols, st Johns, b Trott 0 Hearne (J. T.), c Musgrove, b McKibbin ................. 5 Earl de la Warr, run out ... 1 Whiteside, not out .......... 0 B 6, lb 2 ................. 8 Second innings. lbw, b Trott ... , c and b Gitfen ... 6 b diffen .......... b Giffen .......... i c Iredale.b Giffen i st Johns, b Trott 9 not o u t................10 not ou t................ 4 Total B 6, lb 2 ... 8 ..102 Total (6 wkts.) 117 A u str a lia n s . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne (J.T.)15 3 7 38 6 ... Pougher ... 15 2 33 4 ... E arl db la W arr ’ s First innings. O. M. R. W. Darling......... 4 0 23 0 ... McKibbin ... 152 5 35 5 ... Trott ......... 12 1 36 4 ... Giffen Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 26 10 59 7 .. 25 6 75 3 XL Second innings. O. M. R. W. 16 4 38 0 ... 15 3 36 2 .. 14 4 35 4 STREATHAM v. OLD WESTMINSTERS.-Playel at Streatham on July 25. O ld W estm insters . F. Rawson, c Druce, b Dawson .................17 H. R. Blaker, b Daw­ son ........................ 3 H. B. Tritton, b Wag- ener ........................16 W. Whinney, cMoore, b Hockley.................17 F. G. Oliver, b Bam- bridge .................77 H. A ’Deane, b Druce 10 F. Street, c Dawson, b Scott........................69 S tr e a th a m . R. R. Sanlilands, c Dawson, b Druce ... 30 C. J. M Fox, c Bam- bridge, b Dawson ... 19 H. H. Gordon, not out 13 L. A. M. Fevez, c Wagener, b Dawson 7 B 11, lb 4, w 1 ... 16 Total ...291 E. D. Compton, c Oli­ ver, b Street .......... 2 H. E. Hockley, c Fox, b Street .................12 N. F. Druce, not out 131 H. H. Scott, b Fox .. 12 H. L. Dawson, c Fox, b Street ................. 3 F, O. BunVid 'e D. O. K^rr. L. HoLoboue did u bat. A. Bailey, c Rawson. b Fox........................37 F. G. VVa^ener,notout 3 B 7, w 3, nb 1 ... 11 Total . 211 • I. S. M »o.i! md II.