Cricket 1896

A u g . 20, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 363 BETWEEN THE INNINGS. The Warwick-Hants match at South­ ampton was responsible for quite a strange coincidence. The captain of each side scored a century—Captain Wynyard 111, Mr. Bain­ bridge 118—and each reached his 1000th run of the season in the second innings of his side. The list of batsmen with 1,000 or more runs is now (August 15) twenty-seven strong, the two mentioned, with Davidson, J. R. Mason, George Giffen, andAlbert Ward having reinforced it during the week. Giffen also took his hundredth wicket on August 10, but he did not, after all, manage to accomplish the two big feats in the same match, as he narrowly escaped a pair in the international. The 1,000-runs list is already only one name short of the 28 of last year—by far the largest on record up to then—and this scoring of a four-figure total during the season is no longer the great feat it used to be. The in­ creased number of matches reckoned as first- class is, of course, largely responsible for this change; but still I don’ t think this has had quite co much to do with it as the fine weather of 1895 and 1896. Nearly twenty more bats­ men are likely to achieve the feat this year; but in a wet season it is not likely that more thnt twelve or fifteen in all would do so. Anyway, such a record is one of which any batsmen may well feel proud, even if it is not the remarkable performance it was in the days of twelve or fifteen years ago. I have been looking up the 1,000-runs makers of the last ten years (1887-1896 in- clus.A re ), and find that those who have ac­ complished the feat oftenest during that time are: W. G. Grace (in nine seasons), Gunn and Abel (each seven), Shrewsbury (five, with a possible sixth—his total thus far this season being 941), A. E. Stoddart and W. W . Read (each five), A. Ward, F. S. Jackson, and G. H. S. Trott (each four), W. L. Murdoch (three, with a possible fourth—836 to date), J. T. Brown, W. Newham, L. C. H. Palairet, and F. II. Sugg (each three). Among the bowlers Briggs has an unbeatable record, having secured well over 100 wickets in each year of the ten; Peel, Mold, and Attewell have each done so in eight (the Lancastrian was not playing first-class cricket in 1887 and 1888); Lohmann and J. T. Hearne in six (George being an absentee in 1893 and 1894); Martin in five, with a chance of making his record six; Richardson in four (not playing till the last five years of the decade); Wain- right in three, probably four; C. T. B. Turner, Tyler, and Lockwood each in three. What a change ten years has wrought in Derbyshire cricket! The number of batsmen who had made centuries for the Peak county during its first fifteen years of first-class cricket might easily have been counted on the fingers of one hand. Nowadays Derby­ shire has in Mr. Evershed, Mr. Wright, Chatterton, Bagshaw, Davidson, and Storer, a sextet of batsmen such as few counties can equal ; and the recent big score against Lancashire, while it altogether overtops any­ thing previously recorded by Derbyshire, is far from being the only notable batting per­ formance of the county during the last three seasons’ cricket. In 1887, the last season of the Peak county’s first period as first class, the only matches won were two v. Essex and one v. Leicestershire, neither of these counties then being reckoned in the sacred circle. The seven first-class matches played were all lost. Thus : M.C.C. beat Derbyshire by 145 runs; Surrey by an innings and 231 at Derby, by 299 runs at the Oval; Lancashire by 54 runs at Long Eaton, and by six wickets at Manchester ; Yorkshire by an innings and 39 runs at Derby, and an innings and 163 at Sheffield. The highest total put together by Derbyshire in these seven matches was 174 v. Surrey at the Oval; the highest individual innings for the county was George Davidson’s 75 v. Yorkshire at Derby. In no one of the six county matches did the total of an innings for Derbyshire fall below 100; it wras not, then, a case of occasional breakdowns, but of hopeless mediocrity. The best bowling aver­ age, it may be remarked, too, was over 20, and the fielding was radically bad. Look on that, and then on this. Since Derbyshire’s reinslafoment at tho beginning of 1894, the county had played (up to Satur­ day last) 44 first-class matches (40 with counties, three v. M.C.C., one v. Australians), of which it had won 16, lost 13, drawn 15—a really capital record. In 1894, no century was recorded ; but in the 33 matches of 1895 and 1896 (to date), no fewer than 15 have been made for the county—six by Storer, three each bjr Bagshaw and Chatterton, one each by Davidson, Mr. S. II. Evershed and Walter Sugg. It is t-ingular that Davidson, who had never got higher than 81 before, should in his first three-figure innings in a first-class match score so many as 274. During the period when both counties were second- class, Davidson scored at least one century against Essex, for whose bowling his comrade Chatterton has also shown marked partiality. The weakest county of the five which were promoted in 1894 is, unquestionably, Leices­ tershire. In Mr. De Trafford, Pougher, Tomlin, Knight, Woodcock, Whiteside, and Geeson, she has the nucleus of a fair side, though it is unfortunate that, bar Knight, whose methods are of the slowest, she has no reliable batsmen ; and if Mr. H. II. Marriott, Mr. G. W. Hillyard, and Holland can only show their true form next year, it is just possible that the county may be found much higher up the Champion­ ship list. Long stands for a August 15 :— wicket, week ending Jones&Shr’wsbury ,.3...Ch’ttert’n&D’v«lsn .4 ..Davidson & Storer ,.l...A.Hearne&Masoii 4 ..Douglas & Ford... . 2 ... Abel & Hayward .2 . Donnan & Giffen 3...Q,’nton&Wynyard 5 Ford & O’Biien ... .2...Fry &Ranjitsinhji Bnbrge&W.G.Q’fe Nottw.Kent Drby v.Lncs Kentv.Notts M’dlxv.Lncs S’rr’yv.Kent Aust. v. S’x. Han.v.Wwk M’dlxv.Lncs S’x v. Aust. Wwk.v.IIan August N’ham... 10 M’cbStr 10 „ 10, 11 N’ham .. 11 Lord’s ... 13 Oval 13. 14 B’ton 13, 14 S’pton ... 14 Lord’s... 14 B’ton 11, 15 S’pton ... 15 So far as I know, the partnership of Storer and Davidson at Manchester ranks tenth in number of runs of all recorded in first-class mutches. There have been in all thirteen of over 300, and perhaps it would not be out of place if I were to give the fulllist here :— PARTNERSHIPS OF OVERl300?RUN8. Sere.' 398. 363. 346. 310. 338 3’0. 324. 312.. 310.. 308 . 305 C03 W . Batsmen. Match. At Year 2.. Gunn&Shrewsbury...Nottsv.Sx... .N’ham. .’90 2 ...MacLaren & Paul .. Lncs.v.Smt. Taunt’n’95 1 .Hewett&L.Palairet Smt. v. Yks. „ ’92 7...Key &Philipson ...O.U. v. Mdx. Chisw’k ’87 5 ..R.S.Lucas&0’Brien Mdx. v. Sx. B’^on ...’95 4...Barnes & Gunn ...M.C.C.v.Yks.Lord’s ’85 2...A. Lyttelton & J. D. Walker............... Mdx.v.Glos. Clifton ’83 ; Gunn&Shrewsbury Nottsv.Sx. B’ton ...’91 3.. Gunn&Shrewsbury Non-Smkrs. v. Smokers Melb. ...’87 4...Davidson &Storer ...Dby.v.Lncs. Man. ...’96 .3 ..Abel & Holland ...Siy.v.C. U. Oval . . ’95 3 W.W.Read&Roller...Riy. v.Lnrs Man. ...’87 1 . Mariow&G.LAVilaou fcx. v. (J. i . L’tou ...’05 Nine centuries were scored last week, two of them, those by Davidson and C. O. H. Sewell, by batsmen who had not previously had that distinction in fiist-class cricket, but on the whole the scoring was somewhat smaller than of late, the nine matches producing 6,686 runs for 299 wickets—average 22-36. The end of the season is close upon us ; only 29 matches now remain to be played ; but the next fortnight will be a busy one. England has now a clear lead of ten in the test matches with Australia. According to the generally accepted ruling 4-6 have been played, 6 of which have been drawn, whilo England has won 25, Australia 15. J. N. P. STREATHAM v. WIMBLEDON.- bledon on August 15. W im bledon . -Played at Wim- H. T. Grundtvig. c Freeman, b Bailey... 0 G. Winslow, c Free­ man, b Bailey.. .. 7 W. E. Martyn, cKerr, b Freeman ......... 23 D. Forde, b Russell ... 77 L. E. G. Abney, b Bailey ................. 0 E. E. Pearse, c Kerr, b Barradell .......... 0 A. C. Broadbent, b Abney ................. 3 Russell, b Forde ... 13 C. H. Leaf, b Ferde... ‘>0 H. M. Leaf,bWinslow 27 D. H. Scott, c Blake, b Winslow ..........33 J. E. Barradell, c Pearse, b Abney ... 7 D. O. Kerr, c Nesbitt, b Martyn.................58 H. B. Blake, eC. Leaf, b Freeman ........ A. Nesbitt, b Russell C. H. Thompson, not out ........................ K. O.Hunter, bliussell J. B. Macpherson, b C. Leaf ................. Byes ................. Total ..........l C. A. Hill, b Forde ... 0 A. Bailey, c Nesbitt, b Winslow .......... 9 E. P. Pulbrook, not out ......... ... 22 Freeman, cThompson, b Hunter................. 4 B 23, lb 8 ..........31 Total ..227 STREATHAM v. LEINSTER.- on August 5. L e in ster . Flayedat Streatham L. D. Lambert, cRus­ sell, b N. Druce ... 17 G. T. Keatings, b Mortimer................. 0 J. H. Watson,runout 18 R. H. Lambert, c W. Druce, bN. Druce...104 J. Costello, bN. Druce 4 T.C Perott,cN. Druce, b Mortimer .......... 0 H.H. Scott, b R. Lam­ bert ........................ 0 Russell, c Keating, b Lambert.................11 N. F. Druce, not out...160 W. G. Druce, c L. Lambert,b Keatings 4 L. Mortimer, b Perott 2<> H. M. Leaf, b Keating 14 W. “ Brown,” lbw, b R. Lambert .......... 1 J. H. M organ, c Mathews, b Hockley 7 W. P. Murphy, c N. Druce, b Hockley ... 16 J. R. Tuke, b N. Drure 5 C.J Giffen, b N. Druce 0 P. Kennedy, not out... 3 B 7. lb 3 ..........10 Total ...184 H. E. Hockley, b R. Lambert................. E. G. Parton, b R. Lambert ............... Chambers, c R. Lam­ bert, b Keating L. H. S. Matthews, b Keating ................. Leg-bye .......... Total ..........2 STREATHAM v. GRYPHONS.- ham on August 15. S treatiiam . ■Played at Streat- N.Miller, bSandilands 13 P. B. Parker, c W . Lyon, b Trotman ... 31 W. G. Druce, not out110 G. C. Linnell. b Great- orex ........................ 3 J. F. Hooper, b Trot- man ........................14 Lloyd Jones, H. S. Mooie, L. Homcastle, and J, A. Druce did not bat. * InniD gs declared closed. G ryp h on s. G. B. Field, c and b Sandilands .......... 5 E. Purton, not out ...30 B 11, lb 1 ............12 Total (5wk*s.)*218 R. R. Sandilands, c L.-Jones, b Parton 44 J.F.Graham,cHooper, b Miller ................. 7 R. M. Harvey, c W. Druce, b Parton ... 26 J. A. Lyon, c Miller, b Parton ................ 8 W.R.Lyon, bL.-Jones N.F.Trotman, bMil’er 34 B. C. Grtatorex, c Horncastle, b Miller 39 D. Elliott Lockhart, not out ................. 5 A. If. Powell, not out 2 Byes ................. 5 Total (7 wkts.)176 H. r. Clarke and G. B. Blount did not bat.