Cricket 1896

372 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 20, 1896. MIDDLESEX v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Bradford on August 17, 18 and 19. Drawn. The Middlesex batting in the first innings was sometimes very good indeed, and sometimes very disappointing. Mr. Stoddart and Mr. Douglas began so well that at lunch time they had not been separated and had put on no less than 168 runs. Thus they may be said to have practically beguntheir innings with a lead of 1P8 when the game was resumed. Mr. Stoddart being not out, 90, and Mr. Douglas 77. One began to think of records for the first vicket, but with the total at 178, Mr. Stoddart was out for a splendid 94, and at 203, both Hearne and Mr. Douglas had gone. Mr. Douglas had made 87, and had played very taking cricket. Except that Rawlin scored 24, the rest of the innings was a triumph for Wainwright, who took 6 wickets for 45. Yorkshire, after losing Tunnicliffe for 16. began to make runs almost as quickly as had Middlesex, for Mr. Jackson and Brown were in great form. No other wicket fell on Monday, and Yorkshire, with 109 to their credit, proceeded on the next morning to wear out the Middlesex bowling. Mr. Jackson made his hundred in his best style, and Brown was also at his best in making his 65. Most of the rest of the teammade 20 or 30, and the innings closed for 363, Yorkshire thus having a lead of 100. On a more limited scale, Mr. Douglas and Mr. Stoddart again scored well for the first wicket, but when stumps were drawn, Middlesex were still 1 run behind, and had lost two wickets, Mr. Douglas being not out, 35. Mr. Lucas and Sir T. C. O'Brien played remarkably good and determined cricket on Wednesday morning. Yorkshire had no time to make the 233 required, but they shewed pretty clearly that want of time was the only thing which could prevent thpm from winning. Mr. Jackson only just missed making two hundreds in the match. His 83 and Tunnicliffe’s 55 not out were both splendid innings. M id d le se x . First innings, A. E. Stoddart, c Denton, b Wainwright .......... ... 94 J. Douglas, c Haigh,bSmith 87 Hearne (J.T.), cTunnicliffe, b Wainwright................. 9 Rawlin, cHunter, b Smith... 21 F. G. J. Ford, st Hunter, b Smith............................... 3 Sir T. C. O’Brien, b Wain­ wright ...............................10 A. J. Webbe, c Tunnicliffe, b Wainwright................. R. S. Lucas, c Hunter, b Wainwright ................. Second innings. c Hunter, b Hirst 36 c Smith, b Hirst 42 b Peel . b Teel . 16 c Brown, b Hirst 12 c Smith, b Hirst 94 3 retiredhurt.......... 7 12 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, b Wainwright.................11 C. E. M. Wells, b Smith ... 4 H. Bray, not out................. 0 Extras........................ 6 Total........................263 Y orksh ire . First innings. F. S. Jackson, b Heame ...115 Tunnicliffe, b Rawlin..........16 Brown (J. T.), st Bray, b Wells ...............................65 i Denton, c Ford, b Daven­ port ............................... 35 E. Smith, cWells, b Daven­ port ............................... 4 Hirst, c Stoddart, bWells... 26 Peel, c Stoddart. b Hearne 36 Wainwright, b Wells..........22 Mounsey, c Webbe, b Wells 12 Haigh, b Wells ................. 7 Hunter, not o u t................. 3 B 8, lb 14 .................22 Total .................363 M id d le se x . First innings. O. M. R. W . ... 12 c Brown, b Jack­ son .................i lbw, b Peel......... : not out................. c Peel, b Hirst ... Extras.......... Total Second innings. b Lucas ..........83 notout....................55 ESSEX V. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Derby on August 17, 18 and 19. Essex won by 201 runs. The Essex teamwas seen to erreatadvantage in this match, for although they hardly did as well as might have been expected in their first innings, they were fortunate enough to be so much assisted by rain that they disposed of Derbyshire for a much smaller score than they could have hoped. Carpenter, Mr. Owen, Pickett, and Mr Lucas—who, like Mr. Patterson, does not play much cricket nowadays, but plays it well—were the chief scorers for Essex, and Bagshaw, who carriedhis bat for 45, was the only Derbyshire man to make nv-re than 20. In their second innings Essex began badly, but, thanks to very fine play by Mr. McGahey and Mr. Lucas, they were in an excellent position on Tuesday evening, and on Wednesday they greatly increased their advantage. Storer and Davidson made a determined resistance when Derbyshire went in again, but there was never much chance of a draw. E ssex . First innings. F. L. Fane, b Hulme ... ... 5 Carpenter, b Hulme .........38 P. Perrin, lbw, b Dividson 2 C. McGahey, st Storer, b Davidson ........................15 H. G. Owen, c and b Storer 44 A. P. Lucas, c Curgenven, b Storer ........................42 J. W. Bonner, b Storer ... 6 C. J. Kortright, b Hulme .. 16 F. G. Bull, b 8torer ..........13 Mead, not out .................15 Pickett, c sub, b Hulme ... 23 Leg-byes................ 8 Second innings. b Hulme .......10 b Storer .......17 cWright,bHulme 0 c Davidson, b Porter ......69 cWright,bDavid­ son ..............16 b Hulme .......56 c Storer,b David­ son ..............59 c Marsden, b Hulme .......10 c Porter, bHulme 4 c Davidson, b Hulme...... 29 not o u t........... 12 Byes ........ 3 Total ...285 D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, b Bull.......... 12 b Bull.......... ... 13 Sugg (W.), b Kortright ... 5 b Mead ... 10 Chatterton, b Bull .......... 19 b Bull.......... ... 13 Davidson, b Kortright 10 b Bull.......... ... 40 Storer, c Lucas, b Mead ... 18 b Mead......... ... 45 Basshaw, not out ... 45 c Bull, b Mead c Kortright, Bull.......... ... 15 Hulme, c Fane, b Mead ... 2 b .. 9 G. A. Marsden. b Pirkett .. IS not out.......... ... 4 H. G. Curgenven, b Picketl 8 b Mead ... 3 W . B. Delacombe, b Bull.. 7 b Kortright ... 0 Porter, c Perrin, b Bull .. 0 b Bull.......... ... 4 Extras ................ 11 Extras... ... 0 Total ......... 155 Total ...155 Haigh ... Peel.......... Hirst Smith Jackson ... Wainwright Brown ... 55 23 36 2 3 10 2 26 5 6 1 — 26 11 45 3 0 “ Hirst bowled a wide. 12 0 . 6 . 0 . Total........ 143 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 16 6 34 0 27 11 56 3 . 36-3 6 109 5 . 12 1 32 0 . 9 2 28 1 .. 16 3 54 0 Y o rk sh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hearne 58 23 115 2 ... . . 15 5 21 0 Rawlin 23 8 50 1 ... . Stoddart ... 4 2 11 0 ... . ’. 9 6 11 0 W ells.......... 30.4 7 87 5 .. . . 6 0 23 0 Davenport... 29 9 78 2 ... . . 9 4 30 0 Ford . . 7 0 41 0 Lucas . . 3 0 12 1 Davenport bowled a no-ball. Davidson Hulme ... Porter ... Sugg ... Curgenven Storer ... E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. 37'! 17 6 11 20 42 15 58 5 43 1 8 1 20 3 48 Second innings. O. M. R. AY. ... 42 2 19 70 2 ... 51 ... 16 ... 4 . 24 21 5^8 6 6 25 1 0 19 0 0 10 0 8 59 1 D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. Kortright ... 16 1 39 2 ... Bull ........ 21-3 8 38 4 ... Mead ........ 17 4 48 2 ... Pickett.......... 3 1 16 2 ... Second innings. ... 9 1 33 1 ... 34 3 13 68 5 ... 36 16 55 4 teams, have frequently had to field out while a long stand was being made, but they never lose heart, and the bowling never becomes loose. All that a captain can do, inthewayof judiciously changing his bowling, is done by Trott, and sooner or later the longpartner­ ship is broken, almost invariably to be followed by something like a breakdown. Even so in the Surrey match when the score had mounted to 148 for one wicket, and Abel and Hayward both seemed reason­ ably certaintomaketheir hundred, Abel wassuddenly completely beaten by Jones, andthenanotherdisaster followed at once. Baldwin was quiteat sea, andsoon was out. But Hayward still continued to play fine cricket, and Hayes, an importation from the Surrey second team, surprised everybody by the calm way in which, after the first anxious over or two had been gone through, he settled down to keep Hayward company. Sofar, no seriouscollapse had taken place, and the score began to mount up until at last it reached 200. As only three wickets were down, this looked remarkably promising. But the Australians possessed their souls in peace, and were rewarded by the downfall of Hayward for 84. One could not wish to see better cricket than had beenplayed by him and Abel. Then, at last, the breakdown began to look ominous. W. W. did little, andLohmann didnothing. The captain was as unconcerned asusual bywhat had happened before he came in, and made a useful 27, but nobody else did anything except Hayes, who was ninth out for a decidedly good 62. Theinningswhich had promised so well, closed for 295. With that half hour’s play before them which is always so uncom­ fortable at the end of the day, and so frequently disastrous, Iredaleand Darling begantoscorequickly, and when stumps were 'drawn, had put on 39 runs, so that if the weather held fine on the following day, Surrey seemed likely to have a bad time. But owing to heavy rain, no play at all was possible, which pointed either to the success of Surrey on the Wednesday, or a draw. The Australians hoped to be able to save the follow on, and partly because the wicket had not been affected so much by the wet as had been feared, and partly because they showed some of the most plucky batting imaginable, they got within 71 of the Surrey total. Every one of the first five men came off and scored between 30 and 40, making adrawcertain. The sunwas notpowerful, but towardstheendof theinningsthewicketwasnaturally not as goodas at first, and the tail did not do much. Neither did Surrey when theywent in again, with the single exception of Abel, who has over and over again proved himself to be a wonderful batsmanonallsorts of wickets. He carried his bat for 50, and had the pleasure of bringing his aggregateinfirst-classcricket this season to over 2,000. The innings was closed, but the light was so bad that the game had to be abandoned. S u rrey . First innings. Brockwell, cKelly, b Trum­ ble ...............................19 Abel, b Jones...................... 71 Hayward, cDarling, b Giffen 84 Second“innings. not out ......... c Jones, b Mc­ Kibbin .......... b McKibbin b Giffen .......... not out .......... Baldwin, b Jones................. 0 Hayes, c Trott, b Giffen ... 62 W. W. Read, lbw, b Giffen 5 Lohmann, b Giffen .......... 0 K. J. Key, c Jones, b Giffen 27 Thompson, b Giffen .......... 5 b Trumble ... Wood, not out .................12 Richardson, b Giffen.......... 1 B 4, lb 4, w 1 .......... 9 Extras... Total.................295 Total (4 wkts.)*90 * Innings declared closed. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE RETURN SURREY MATCH. (TWENTY-NINTH OF THE TOUR). Played at the Oval on August 17, 18 and 19. Drawn. On Monday, when Surrey werebatting on an excel­ lent wicket until within 40 minutes of the close of play, the weather was perfect. On Tuesday, it was about as bad as it could be, and no playwas possible. Under these circumstances, the Australians could hope for nothing on the Wednesday, except to make a draw. Theyhad no chance ofwinning. Trott lost the toss for the third time in succession- he has certainly lost it lately under most disheartening cir­ cumstances-and as Abel and Hayward were both in splendid form, a very solid foundation had been laid for a big score before they wereseparated. For once, while they were together, the Australian bowling looked simple, and the scoring was much faster than one is accustomed to see when the two Surrey men are in. Brockwell had previously got outfor 1 9when he seemed well set. The Australians, like all ^other A u stralian s . F. A. Iredale, c Hayes, b Richardson..........38 J. Darling, c Thomp­ son, b Lohmann ... 31 G. Giffen, c Wood, b Richardson ..........34 G.H.S. Trott, cHayes, b Abel .................32 C. Hill, c Lohmann, b Richardson ..........35 H. Graham, lbw, b Hayward....................11 H. Donnan, c Wood, b Richardson......... 7 J. J.Kelly, b Richard­ son ........................15 H. Trumble, not out... 8 E. Jones, c Hayes, Richardson T. R. McKibbin, Lohmann.......... Extras......... 3 Total .224 Jones Trumble... McKibbin Giffen ... Trott S u rrey . First innings. O. M. R .W . 30 9 69 2 35 16 65 1 16 3 41 0 31-1 7 81 7 15 5 30 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 15 ... 15 ... 6 6 Trumble bowled a wide. 4 25 1 6 30 2 4 11 1 1 15 0 A u s tr a lia n s . O. M . R. W. Richards’n 29 8 78 6 Tohmann 16 1 4 52 2 Hayward 19 6 56 1 O. M.B. W. Abel ... 8 3 15 1 Thompson 5 5 0 0 Read ... 4 0 17 0 Hayward"oowled two no-balls.