Cricket 1896

A ug . 20, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 373 SUSSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Brighton on August 17, 18 and 19. Drawn. Except that Sussex generally play very badly at Brighton against Lancashire, there seemed no reason when they won the toss that they should not make a large score. But—on the Brighton ground again— the Sussex tail does not like Mold, and after a moderately good beginning had been made by C. B. Fry, Killick, Vine, and K. S. Ranjitsinhji, the end was disaster. The Prince, who had abad linger, went in late and made 40 in his usual perfect style, but Newham and the captain and Marlow were not able to score more than 5 between them, which was sad. Mold and Briggs had good analyses. The Sussex total was passed before the close of the day, and on the next morning Lancashire began with a lead of 20runs with onlytwowicketsdown. True, MacLaren and Ward were out, but the former had made 40 and the latter 73, while Paul was in the middle of a long innings. Very little play was possible on Tuesday owing to rain. Lancashire batted under circum­ stances which did not favour the Sussex bowlers, and when it was decided to give up play for the day, the score was 252 for 4. Sugg had made a vigorous 38, Tyldesley 33. and Paul was still not out with 65 to his credit. On Wednesday Paul reachedthehundred, after batting four hours, and Mr. MacLaren wasable to declare just before one o’clock, Sussex having to make 192 before they could begin to count. The innings was altogether remarkable for the splendid batting of Ranjitsinhji, who obtained an absolute mastery over the bowling. The rest of the team who went in did very little but keep up their wickets as long as they could, while the Prince mide runs. Ranjitsinhji turned a probable defeat into an honourable draw. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. Marlow, b Briggs.......... ... 0 c Paul, bMold ... 25 C. B. Fry, b Briggs ... ... 24 c Mold, b Briggs 2 Killick, b Mold .......... ... 22 c/Thomas, bMold 6 Vine, b Baker .......... ... 36 b Mold................ 9 W. Newham, c Thomas, b Briggs........................ ... 0 bSugg.................10 W. L. Murdoch, lbw, b Briggs........................ ... 5 notout.................16 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Mac- Laren, b Mold .......... .. 40 stThomas.bSugg 165 Butcher, b Mold.......... ... 2 b Mold................. 0 Butt, not out................. ... 1 b Hallam ......... 14 Tate, b Baker .......... ... 0 not out ......... 7 Etheridge, lbw, b Mold ... 4 B 12, lb 5, w 2 ... ... 19 Extras.......... 5 Total .......... ...153 Total ...259 L an cash ire . A. C. MacLiren, b Fry 41 Ward (A.), b Butcher 73 Paul, not out ........ 107 Tyldesley. run out ... 33 Sugg (F.H.), c Butt, b Fry ...........................33 G. R. Bardswell. Bri< Baker, not out Extras... Total (4wkts.)*315 ;-i, ITallam, Thomas, and Mold did not bat. * Inninzs declared closed. Briggs ... Mold ... Bardswell Hallam Baker ... Sugg First innings. O. M. R. W. 28 10 52 3o'417 51 2 0 3 0 8 5 1 0 4 4 0 11 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 11 1 41 12 67 39 12 93 19 11 10 11 3 31 0 40 Mold and Bardswell each bowled a wide. L a n ca s h ir e . O. M. R. W. Tate...... 37 13 80 0 Etheridge 28 7 82 0 Fry...... 37 11 110 2 . Fry and Killick each bowled one wide. O. M. R. W . Killick ... 33 14 50 0 Butcher... 8 2 20 1 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Cheltenham on August 17,18 & 19. Kent won by 25 runs. Some very pretty cricket was shewn on Monday by the first three men in the Kent team, and by Lord Harris, but there was a surprising collapse by the tail when Mr. Townsend began to get his pitch. When onlyone wicket had been obtained by Glouces­ tershire the scoring board showed 122. At 144 three wickets were down, and ten at 190. Mr. Burnup and Mr. Mason put on 51 for the first wicket, Mason, contrary to what is usual when he is in with the Cantab, getting more runs than his partner. After­ wards Mr. Patterson, who seems to play better every day, kept in with Mr. Burnup, and everythingpointed to along score. The old Universitybatsmen scoredas quicklyasthe youngone, and bothplayedan excellent game. Lord Harris, who has not played for Kent for years, shewedthathestill knowshowtoplayfirst-class bowling, andseemed set for a long score when he was bowled by Mr. Jessop. Then the collapse came. Gloucestershire lost Mr. Rice, run out, very soon, but Mr. Hemingway, who has not been seen at his best for some time, at last played a good innings, and W . G. kept up his wicket, batting as well as ever, until the last over, when he was bowled for 64. The total was 151 for three wickets—only 39 behind that of Kent. In the night heavy rain fell. Mr. Sewell, not out 0 on the previous day, succeeded in playing the Kent bowlers, but the rest of the team could do nothing with Mr. Bradley, with the result that they only made 11 between them, four of them getting duck’s eggs. This was a great and unexpected change in the state of affairs, and Kent, after all, went in a second time with a balance of only 12 against them. Again Mr. Burnup and Mr. Mason made a good start, but this time neither Mr. Patter­ son nor Lord Harris did much, and the total was no more than 178, which was, however, anything but unsatisfactory, for the wicket did not recover from the rain. With 1S7 to make, Gloucestershire soon lost Dr. Grace and Mr. Rice, and although Mr. Hemingway and Mr. Sewell again did well for their side, six wickets were down, when play ended, for 91. This left the match in an extremely interesting position, with the odds perhaps slightly in favour of Kent. On Wednesday Gloucestershire made a good tight, but were beaten. K ent . First innings. J. R. Mason, c Board, b Grace, sen..........................33 C.J. Burnup, c Hemingway, b Townsend .................57 W. H. Patterson, b Towns­ end ...............................54 H. C. Stewart, b Townsend 1 Lord Harris, b Jessop ... 20 G. J. V. Weigall, c Grace, jun., b Townsend .......... F . Marchant, b Jessop Martin, not out ... .......... E . B. Shine, c Champain, b Townsend........................ Huish,cChampain.b Towns­ end ............................... W. M. Bradley, lbw, b Townsend........................ B 4, lb 2, nb 3 Total......... 4 ... 9 ...1£0 Second innings, b Townsend ... 80 run out ........26 c Board, b Grace, jun..................11 c Grace, sen., b Townsend ... 0 cBoard, bRoberts 8 cBoard, bTowns­ end .................. 8 b Townsend ... 17 notout.............. 14 c Wrathall, b Roberts ........... 6 stBoard,b Towns­ end .................. 0 cJessop,b Towns­ end .................. 0 B 2, lb 2, nb 4... 8 Total ...178 G loucestershire . First innings. W.G. Grace, sen., b Bradley 64 R. W. Rice, run out .......... 6 W. McG. Hemingway, c Shine, b Bradley ..........78 C, O. H. Sewell, not out ... 34 C. L. Townsend, b Bradley 0 G. L. Jessop, c Stewart, b Bradley ........................ 0 bBradley ... W. G. Grace,Jun., cHuish, b Martin ........................ 0 not out........ F.H.B.Champain,c Bradley b Martiu ........................ 4 Wrathall,c Harris, bMartin 0 Board, b Bradley................ 3 Roberts, c Shine, b Bradley 4 Extras........................ 9 Second innings. cHuish,b Bradley 12 lbw, b Martin ... 4 cBradley,bMason 25 c Patterson, b Martin ..........34 cMartin, b Brad­ ley ................. 5 b Martin ..........15 b Burnup .......... 3 lbw, b Martin ... 19 c Mason, bMartin 0 Extras.......... 3 Total Total.. ...141 First innings. K en t . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 24 3 74 7 ........ 29-4 7 68 6 22 5 63 2 ........ . 6 1 17 0 10 4 19 0 ........ . 17 5 40 2 11 2 23 1 ........ . 6 0 17 0 2 1 2 0 .......... 4 1 8 0 Grace, junr.... 9 2 20 1 Townsend Jessop ... Roberts... Grace, Sen. Champain Jessop delivered four no-balls, Grace, Jun. one, and Roberts two no-balls. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. Second,innings. Martin ... Shine ... Mason ... Patterson Bradley... O. . 25 3 9 3 14 3 , 12 2 . 13-2 4 M. R. W. 74 3 ... 29 0 ... 32 0 ... 27 0 ... 31 6 ... O. M. R. W. 24-4 11 41 4 4 84 4 LEICESTERSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Birmingham on August 17, 18 & 19. Drawn. It ought to have been a good thing for Leicester­ shirewhen their captain won the toss, but theyhardly made the best of their advantages, for after keeping in all day for 279, they put Warwickshire in on a wicket somewhat affected by rain. But the bowlers laboured under some disadvantages, and for a time the wicket, though slow, was not as difficult as it might have been. But Warwickshire did very well indeed to make 224. When Leicestershire went in again a second time the wicket had become so difficult, that at close of play, six wickets were down for only 30-or, 85 runs on. Owing to rain, no play was possible on Wednesday. L e icestersh ire . First innings. • Second innings. C. E. de Trafford, b Santall 26 c Law, b Pallett 5 Knight, c and b Lilley C. C. Stone, c W. Quaife, 1 Santall ....................... Pougher, b Santall ......... R. Joyce, run out................ Tomlin, b Santall............... G. W . Hillyard, b Santall.. J. Powers, lbw, b Litley .. Geeson, c Law, b Lilley .. Woodcock, b Lilley ......... Whiteside, not out ......... B 16, w 6 ............... 96 c and b Pallett... 19 b Santall b Pallett not out... b Santall b Santall Total .................279 W a r w ic k sh ir e . Total ..........3D H. W . Bainbridge, c Stone, b Geeson ... 20 Quaife (W.G.), c Hill­ yard ........................50 Diver, cKnight,bHill­ yard ........................37 Quaife (W.), cWhite­ side, b Woodcock ... 38 Law. st Whiteside, b Hillyard .................27 Lilley, c Knight, b Woodcock .......... 4 L eicestersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Pallett ..........34 11 51 0 ... Forester.......... 18 3 44 0 ... Santall .......... 45 20 68 5 ... Quaife,W.G.... 17 5 34 0 ... Lilley .........11‘2 0 28 4 ..... Glover ......... 13 3 32 0 ..... Pal^ett bowled three wides, Quaifetwo, and Glover one. W a r w ic k sh ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Geeson... 42 20 71 2 [ Pougher 24 11 47 0 Hillyard 32 14 44 4 |Woodcock 25’2 10 51 4 A. C. S. Glover, cGee­ son, b Hillyard......... 15 Richards, bGeeson ... 0 Pallett. not out..........J2 Santall, c and b Hill­ yard ........................ 0 Forester, b Woodcock 10 B 6, lb 5 ..........11 Total! ......... 2J4 Second innings. O. M. R. AV. ... 169 15 3 157 15 3 EPSOM v. EWELL.—Played at Epsom onAugust 13. E well . First innings. Second innings. J. E. Perks, b Bull ..........10 c Boardman, b Edwards.......... 2 R. Mason, c Gilbert, b Bull 4 A. Perks, c Gilbert, b Board­ man ...............................24 b Edwards T. A. Rawlinson, c and b Green ...............................35 notout... E. Powley, c Bull, b Board­ man ...............................22 notout... A. Barton, b Edwards ... 3 A. M. Walters, b Edwards 9 B. Russell, b Edwards ... 0 C.H.T. Tailyour, b Edwards 2 J. S. Walters, st Gilbert, b Boardman........................ 5 b Edwards N. C. Parbury, not out ... 2 b Green Extras........................16 Extras 8 £0 18 Total ..........132 E psom . Total F. W. Ledger, c and b Rawlinson ..........15 A. J. Boardman, b Powley .................17 G. H. Longman, b Powley .......... J. B. G. Lester, Rawlinson .......... 9 F. W . Freeman, c Tailyour, b A. Wal­ ters ........................41 A. J. Green, lbw, b Tailyour ... ..........17 F. A. Oldaker, c J. Perks, b Tailyour ... 19 E. Gilbert, b A. Wal­ ters ........................ 4 H. J. Bull, b Russell 13 ...26 H. W. Edwards, b J. b Walters .................25 A. S. Soden, not out o Extras.................16 Total ...202