Cricket 1896

A ug . 13, 1896. OEIOKET: A WEEKLY .RECORD OF THE GAME. 347 BETWEEN THE INNINGS. The week ending last Saturday was full of bright and interesting cricket. A week of big gcoring, too—probably no other week of first-class cricket has equalled it in number of runs, for in the thirteen matches, 10,896 runs were totalled, and as 390 wickets fell, the average per wicket was nearly 28 (27.93). Sixteen centuries were scored, as in the last week of May, which also produced over 10,000 runs. And long stands for a wicket were numerous. Here is the list:— W. 101. 112, 211. 198. 107 111. 132. 17L. 129. 1:58 135. 219. Batsmen. .Darling & Trott .Mason & Rashleigh... .Grace & Rice .......... .Grace & Kitcat......... .MacLaren& Tyldesley .M’Gahey & Perrin ... ,Fane & Russell......... Killick & Newham ... .De Trafford &Knight Knight & Pougher ... ,Brown & Hirst.......... ,L. C. H. & R. C. N. Palairet................. Match. At, Au.v.W’k. Kt.v.Lncs. Glos.v.Sx. Lncs.v.Kt. Ex.v.Leic. Ex. v. Sy. Sx. v. Smt. Leic.v.Lcs. Yks.v.Han, Date. Aug. B’ham 3 C’bury 3 Bristol 3 >, 4 C’bury 5 Leic’ter 5 Leyton 6 T’nton 6 Leic’ter 6 „ fi H’gate 7 S’mt.v.Sx. T’nton 7.8 v . M id d le se x . . 5, 6* and 0 f jr 43 12 not playing 2 for 82 , 49, and 11 for 200 44,66,and 6for 143 88 and 24* Gloucestershire Gloucestershire’s play during the week was worthy of the best traditions of the good old western county. Not even when the three great Graces were in their prime were much finer victories than those over Sussex and Middlesex achieved. And it is noteworthy that the men who won the first match of the week had very little indeed to do with winning the second. Young Charley Town­ send had a share in both victories—a big share in the second; but otherwise the leading actors were all different, as this tabulated statement will show :— v. S u ssex. W . G. Grace ...301 and 4 for 53 R. W. Rice ... 84 S. A. P. Kitcat... 77* Roberts .......... 7 for 88 C L.Townsend...30, and 5 for 155. G. L. Jessop ... 2, and 3 for 72 . C.O.H. Sewell... 4 This is as it should be. has depended altogether too much of late upon the efforts of two or three men. Last week, not only the seven above-mentioned, but also Board, Wrathall, Mr. Hemingway, and young Mr. Champain all did good, if not great, service for their county. Indeed, W. G., junior, was the only man of the twelve who played during the week who was not distinctly worth his place ; and we all know that young Grace has a good deal of cricket in him, even though he be infinitely below the standard set up by his illustrious father. ____________________ And that 301 ! It would have been a wonderful score even from the W. G. of twenty years ago, an athlete in the prime of his glorious strength and immense activity; from W. G., the veteran of thirty years and more of first-class cricket, the scorer of a hundred and more of centuries, the man whose son we see now grown to manhood, it was simply marvellous. To tho3e who know the Bristol ground it will seem still more so. The boundaries there are wide ; and Frank Sugg’s 220, a few weeks ago, was, until the other day, by far the largest individual innings as yet recorded upon it. It would seem that MacLarenrs 424 is still by no means absolutely safe from assault by the holder of tho former record. Here is a complete list of the instances of 300 in an innings in first-class matches :— Score. Batsman. Match. At. Year. 424 ...A. C. MacLaren...Lan. v. Som....Taunton...1895 344 ...W. G. Grace ...M.C.C.v.Kent..C’nt’b’y...l876 338 ...W. W. Read ...S’rr’y v. Ox.U..Oval ...1888 321 ...W. L. Murdoch...N.S.W. v.Viet..Sydney ...1882 318*.,.W. G. Grace ...Glos. v.Yorks...Ch’nh’m..l876 301 ...W.G.Grace ...Glos. v.S’ts’x ..Bristol ...1896 More records during the week—399, Leicestershire’s record score in first-class cricket; 551, Gloucestershire’s ditto; 559, Sussex’s record in county cricket; 1,035 for 16 wickets, in Somerset v. Sussex, thehighest average per wicket in a first-class match ; centuries for the first time from Baldwin, Russell, and C. J. Burnup (who has at last got out of the nineties, having made in first- class matches this season scores of 92, 95 and 93); an innings defeat for Surrey at the hands of Essex. Six batsmen have completed their 1,000 runs during the week—Gr. H. S. Trott, L. C. H. Palairet, W. Newham, Frank Sugg, C. Hill and Pougher, in the order named. Two of the Australian bowlers, Jones and Trumble, each took his 100th wicket; and Giffen is now only one off. The great George will probably secure both the 1,000 runs and the 100 wickets in the third test match—an appropriate occasion for such a fineall-round performance. 1 Ranji ’ ’ scored his two-thousandth run on Thursday. Baldwin’s reinstatement in the Surrey eleven (for after that fine score on Tuesday he can scarcely be left out again for some time to come) will please many besides myself. But what is still more pleasant to see, is that he has obviously got rid of his mania for stonewalling. He wrill have a much better chance of retaining his place in the team if he can continue to get his runs at a good pace. It is rubbish to talk of young Killick’s being only eighteen. Ho was born in January, 1875, and so has attained his majority. Furthermore, he played for Sussex in one match as long ago as 1893. Now it is not usual for lads of fourteen to appear in county cricket; though, I believe, Briggs was not much more than sixteen when he came out for Lancashire. It appears to mo that someone must have seen a paragraph in some paper at the time of Killick’s first appearance, and, forgetting that the Horsham lad’s age has no more stood still than that of the rest of us, set afloat the infant phenomenon story on that insufficient ground. Talking of ages, if Lord’s or the Oval needs a big and novel attraction for next season, let a match be played between Over Forty v. Under Twenty-five. The following would be among those qualified for the seniors:— W. G. Grace, W. W. Read, A. N. Hornby, W. L. Murdoch, A. J. Webbe, Lord Harris, A. P. Lucas, Shrewsbury, Flowers, Peel, Walter Wright, George Hearne, Humphreys and Ward; while a strong team of juniors might be chosen from J. R. Mason, H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, F. H. E. Cunliffe, G. L. Jessop, C. L. Townsend, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, P. F. Warner, G. O. Smith, F. Mitchell, N. F. Druce, W. G. Druce, C. S. M. Wilson, Killick, Denton and Holland. J. N. P. WEEKS. S urbiton .— This “ Annual” commenced on July 27, and concluded on the August Bank Holiday. The wickets daring the first four days were very good, and large scoring resulted, but the ruin made a great difference afterwards. The result was two wins v. Streatham and Wimbledon; two losses, M.C.C. and Oundle Rovers, and two drawn games, Incogniti and Richmond. The home team made 1299 runs for 51 wickets, average 25'24, whilst the visitors made 1088 for 58 wickets, average 18'44. Three innings were scored of over 100. C. A. Trouneer, who played in every match, was in capital form, making in all 361, an average of 60 per innings. G. W . Ricketts made 106, not out, carrying his bat through the innings v. Richmond, aud R. Howell just missed hi? century, with 93 v. Wimbledon. LORD GLAMIS’ X I. v. MR. T. F. HARRISON’S X I.—Played at King’s Walden on July 31. M r . T. F. H arrison ’ s XI. M. Churchill, b Glamis 8 W. H. Dent, c Oakley, b Barnes.................60 H. Sowerby, b Dunn .. 35 F. F. Hort, c Dunn, b Glamis ................. 3 H. S. Hughes, not out 62 T. G. Sowerby, lbw, b Dunn........................ 9 H.J.Sowerby, c Blake, b Dunn ................. 3 S. G. Clowes, b Dunn 0 A. Hills, c Wells, b Glamis .................33 Cripps,cDunn,b Blake 6 A. Gosling, b Dunn ... 0 B 23, lb 3, w 4 ... 30 Total L ord G lam is ’ XI. Lord Glamis, c Hort, b Clowes .................29 A. T. B. Dunn,notout 202 | A. M. Blake, b Clowes 6 C. Parr, not out., B 15, lb l . Total . ..249 ... 13 ... 16 G. Streatfleld, Dr. Barnes, R. Oakley, Richard Wells, Rev. J. Duncan, L. Hugh Smith, and A. N. Other did not bat. ST. PAUL’S WALDEN v. MR. SOWERBY’S X I.- Played at St. Paul’s Walden, Bury, on August 10. M r . S ow erby ’ s XI. F. H. Sowerby, b Bon- field ........................13 R. Haviland, c Parr, b Dunn........................ 3 A. Hucklesby, c Earle, b Bonfield .......... 9 T. Sowerby, run out... 13 Wilson, b Dunn......... 11 St. G. Clowes, b Dunn 0 St. P aul ’ A. T. B. Dunn, c Trus- sell. b W ilson......... 0 Lord Glamis,b Stilwell 10 J. Knight, c H. Sower­ by, b Wilson ..........43 C. Parr, not out..........33 Dr.Barnes, b Huckles­ by ........................18 H.T. Sowerby, not out 11 H. Atwood, c Parr, b Dunn........................ 0 H. Trussell, b Dunn 0 T. Laosell, b Dunn ... 0 C. Stilwell, run out ... 0 B 4, lb 5, w 2 ...11 Total ..........71 W a ld e n . A. Fawcett, c H. Sowerby,b Huckles­ by ...................... 0 W . J. Earle, not out 5 J.Tooley, b nucklesby 0 B 10, lb 1, w 2 ... 13 Total (6wkts.) 122 INCOGNITI v. KENLEY.—Played at Kenley on August 7. I n cooniti . E. H. Harrington, run out .......... .......... 7 E. A. Parke, b Tufnell 4 N. F. Druce, b Capel 49 J. F. Dunlop, c Cooke, b Hawkins ......... 51 E. H. Morgan, c Capel, b Hawkins .......... 1 T. S.Whitfield,b Capel 19 A. E. Holt, c Barclay, b Hawkins.............. 9 W. H. Edwards did not bat. K e n le y . C. H. Hunter, b Capel 53 Maj. Montresor, not out ........................22 M. P. A. Hankey, not out ........................11 B 13, nb 1 ........ 14 H. H. B. Hawkins, c Montresor, b Druce 6 J. M. Capel, b Druce 4 H. Bryant, b Edwards 11 A. E. Cooke, c Mon­ tresor, b Druce ... 23 F. R. Maw, b Edwards 4 R. C. Williams,c Mon­ tresor, b Druce ... 3 Dr. F. Beard, c Mon­ tresor, b Druce ... 0 C. Burnan, b Druce 14 •N. F. Barclay, b Druce 8 C.F.Drake, b Edwards 4 C. F. Tufnell, not out 1 B 6, lb 2 .......... 8 Total ..........86 LONDON AND COUNTY BANK (2) v. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK (2).-Played at Dulwich on August 5 and 6. L ondon and C ou nty B a n k . W. n. Siggers, b P.F.Allen,cDelarogue, b Morris ................. 0 F. W. Norton, b Morris .................13 A. Silver, not out ... 10 C. R. Trowell.b Morris 3 P. W. Goodchild, b Morris ................. 5 J. Stedall, W . H. Walrond and F. E. Walrond did not bat. L ondon J oint S tock B ank . Whitby ................. 3 G. Spalding, b Morris 2 F.G.Goodway,bMorris 0 B 5, lb 2, w 2 ... 9 Total (7 wkts.) 45 Macbeth, b Siggers .. L. Delarogue, c and b Trowell ................. E. T. Spearing, b Siggers ................. Theobald, c Stedall, b Trowell ................. H. Whitby, c sub, b Goodw ay................. P. Morris, run out ... Emra, b Siggers.. Payne, b Spalding G. E. Lockhart, r out ........ Morren, b Siggers Batt, b Siggers . B 4, w 1 Total 212