Cricket 1896

388 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g 27, 1896. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE SOMERSET MATCH (THIRTY-FIRST MATCH OF THE TOUR). Played at Taunton on August 24, 25 and 26. Abandoned. >. « j The Somersetshire captain was decidedly favoured by fortune in winning the toss in this match, for, although what was a good wicket when the game began was soon spoiled by frequent showers, his side had a great pull over the Australians, whose bowlers were severely handicapped. The showers were just frequent enough, and just heavy enough, to keep the wicket in the rightstate for rungetting, and the home team certainly took advantage of this. Play was possible for a little over two hours in all, and during that time the Somerset batsmen did not allow the grass to grow under their feet, so that they had made the score of 156 for five wickets at the end of the day. This was not a wonderfully large total, but it was pretty obvious that the wicket would become worse instead of better. Of themenwho batted on the first day only L. C. H. Palairet and Robson failed to make runs, whileWoods, R. C. N. Palairet, Captain Hedlcy, and Roe all did very well indeed. The scoring was particularly rapid while Woods and R. C. N. Palairet were together. On the second morning of the match Roe and Challen made an excellent stand, both being somewhat lucky, but after their dismissal the innings soon came to a conclusion for 219, by no means a bad score. Trumble and McKibbin had good analyses, but Jones was hit about at first. When the Aus­ tralians went in they had an uphill game to play. The Somersetshire bowling has not been very deadly this year, but there was no knowing what could be done on a wicket which was gradually getting more and more difficult. Darling was out for 0, and Iredale only made 9. This was a very disheartening beginning, but Giffen and Donnan made a most plucky resistance to the bowling, and seemed to be quite pulling the match out of the fire when at last, with the total at 88, Giffen was caught for a very valuable and very finely played 40. His downfall was brought about by Robson, who speedily effected agreat changein thegame by someexcellent bowling. His next victim was Gregory, caught at the wicket. Four wickets for 92. The game was becoming interesting, but in a few more minutes it veered round entirely in favour of Somerset. Hill was bowled by Robson for one run; Donnan was run out after making a particularlygood 41; Trottonlymade one, and, although Kelly, Trumble and Jones stayed in for a time, they were all out before they became dangerous, and at the close of the innings Somerset had a lead of 90 runs. Robson took 6 wickets for 22 runs, a very fine performance. At the beginning of the Somerset second innings it looked very much as if a breakdown like that which occurred when Gloucestershirewerebattingonthe previous Saturday against the Australians would be seen, for the two Palairets and Hedley only managed to make one run between them. So far, three wickets were down for 1 run, and the lead of 90 on the first innings began to look remarkably useful. A short stand was made by Woods and Robson, who each made double figures, and when stumps were drawn the total had been brought to 49 for six wickets, Challen being not out 12, Hill, not out, 10. Thus Somerset had a lead of 139, with four wickets to fall. No play was possible on the third day of the match. S om erset . First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, b Jones 6 Capt. Hedley, b Jones ... 40 S. M. J. Woods, c Iredale, b Jones ........................35 cIredale, bGiffen 16 R. C. N. Palairet, cKelly, b Trumble ........................... 31 W.N. Roe, cHill, bTrumble 46 Robson, c Trott, b Trumble 2 J. B. Challen, b McKibbin 23 V. T. Hill, b McKibbin ... 4 Nichols, st Kelly, bTrumble 6 Tyler, cJones, b McKibbin 13 A. E. Newton, not out ... 0 B 4, lb 9 .................... 13 Total..................219 Total (6 wkts) 49 A u str a lia n s . ' Second innings, b McKibbin ... 0 b McKibbin ... 0 c Hill, bTrumble run out .......... b Giffen .......... not out................. not out................. F. A. Iredale, c and b Hedley ................. 9 J. Darling, b Hedley 0 G. Giffen, c Tyler, b Robson .................40 H. Donnan, run out... 41 S E . Gregory, cNew­ ton, b Robson.......... 4 C. Hill, b Robson ... 1 G. H. S. Trott, c and b Hedley................. 1 S om erset . First innings. O. M. B. W . Jones .......... 27 3 94 3 .. Trumble ... 38 13 78 4 .. McKibbin ... 11*1 3 34 3 ... Giffen .. J. J. Kelly, 8tNewton, b Robson.................14 H.Trumble, cNewton, b Robson................. 8 E. Jones, c Challen, b Robson .................. 9 T. R. McKibbin, not out ......................... 0 Byes .................. 2 A u stralian s . Total Second innings. O. M. R. W. 2 12 10 0 1 21 2 28 2 Hedley .. Tyler Nichols... O. M. R. W. 27 12 50 3 0 36 0 1 15 0 11 5 Robson Palairet O. 13 1 M. R. W. 5 22 6 0 4 0 WARWICKSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Birmingham on August 24, 25 and 2B. Abandoned, Only about an hour’s play was possible on the first day of this match, but Warwickshire made a good start in that time, their score being 46 for one wicket. W. G. Quaife, who carried his bat for 18, was able to complete his thousand runs. Again on Tuesday the rain interrupted play so much there was only a short time for cricket, during which Warwickshire finished their innings for 166. Quaife and Diver, who were not out overnight, onlyincreasedtheirscoresslightly ; Diver had played well for 33. The feature of the innings was the batting of T. S. Fishwi'k, whomade a most promising debut, scoring 55 in an attractiveway. No further play was possible, owing to rain. W ar w ic k sh ir e . H. W. Bainbridge, c Chatterton, bHulme 0 Quaife (W.G.),c Chat­ terton, b Davidson 22 Diver, c Storer, b Davidson.................33 Quaife (W.), st Storer, b Hulme................. 2 Lilley, c Storer, b Davidson................. 1 Law,c Storer, bDavid­ son ........................19 T. S. Fishwick, c Wright, b Davidson 55 A. C. S. Glover, c Marsden,bDavidson 12 Pallett, cand b David­ son ........................11 Santall, candb David­ son ........................ 6 Whitehead, not out... 1 B 2, lb 1, nb 1... 4 Total ...166 D e r b y s h ir e :- S. H. Evershed, G. A. Marsden, L . G. Wright, H. S. Curgenven, Chatterton, David­ son, Storer, Sugg, Hulme, Purdy andGould. W ar w ick sh ire . O. M. R. W . | O. M. R. W. Davidson 52 26 70 8 Purdy ... 11 4 21 0 Hulme... 33 9 67 2 |Gould ... 7 3 4 0 Purdy bowled one no-ball. LANCASHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Manchester on August 24, 25 and 26. Abandoned. It has happened once or twice this year that play was possible all day at Manchester, when at other places veiy little could be done. After losing the tosson so many occasions, Mr. MacLaren was at last fortunate enough to be able to send his side in first on a wet wicketwhich did not verygreatlydeteriorate until the end of the day. All the first four men in the team made runs. Mr. MacLaren and Ward, playing a slow but very safe game, carried the score to 101 for the first wicket, and so gave their county a particularly good start, which was likely to be very useful to them later. Mr. MacLaren made a 78 which was worthy of him. Ward made 34 and Sugg 27, and afterwards Tyldesley played a fine innings of €8. All the rest of the team made single figures, except Mr. Bardswell and Mold. While the former was in with Tyldesley the Notts, bowlers were hit about considerably; they were together for about an hour, in which time they put on 83 runs. Mold hit a three and four fouis iu his innings of 21, not out. Although the other Notts, bowltrs were knocked about, Attewell had a wonderful analysis, which rivalled some of the performances of his best days; he had 26 maidens in 41 overs, and only 55 runs were hit off him for 5 wickets. At the end of the Lancashire innings stumps were drawn, and Notts, did not get a chance of batting at all, owing to per­ sistent and heavy rain. L an cash ire . ...129 A. C. MacLaren, b Brown .................78 Waid A.), c Jones, b Attewell ................ 34 Sugg (F.), b Attewell 27 Tyldesley, c Wright, b Attewell ......... 6S Baker, run o u t.......... 2 Paul, b Brown .......... 2 G. R. Bardswell, Attewell.............. Briggs, b Brown Smith, b Brown ... . Hallam, b Attewell , Mold, not out ... . Leg-byes ... , Total 31 . 7 . 0 . 0 . 21 ... 14 ...284 N o t t s : J. A. Dixon, C. W . Wright, A . O. Jones, P. W . Oscroft; Shrewsbury. Attewell, Daft (H. B.), Pike, Brown, Hardstaff, and,Guttridge. L an c a sh ir e . O. M.R. W. Hardstaff 31 15 54 0 Attewell 41*1 26 55 5 Brown... 369 102 4 O. M. R. W. Jones ... 4 0 26 0 Daft ... 4 0 14 0 Dixon... 4 2 19 0 MIDDLESEX v. SUSSEX. Played at Lord’s on August 24, 25, and 26. Drawn. On the first day of the match there was so much rain that there was less than an hour’s play. Sussex made the most of their opportunity, and although they lost Mr. Fry and Marlow before the game had to be abandoned for the day they put on 60 runs. Mr. Fry played vigorous ciicket for 21, and K. S. Ranjitsinhji, though not quite at his best, as was, indeed, to be expected, seeing that the wicket was soft and unpleasing both from a batsman’s and a bowler’s point of view, carried his bat for 23. He was not destined to make a hundred this time, for when the game was resumed on Tuesday he only added five to his total. Mr. Newham was out for 0, and then Mr. Murdoch and Killick kept together for more than an hour, the young professional hitting hard whenever the slightest opportunity seemed to offer, and the captain resolutely keeping up his end. Some unfortunate mistakes in the fielddidnot tendto encourage the bowlers. When Mr. Murdoch was out for a useful 16 the affairs of Sussex had begun to look very well indeed, but almost immediately after­ wards Killick was also out for 61, an innings which can hardly be too highly praised; it was attractive and it was sound. Except for Bean, who made a good 21, the tail did not distinguish themselves, and the innings closed for 163. Mr. Wells had a fine analysis. Middlesex were only batting for a short time, but lost three good wickets for 49, so that they were not in a very safe position. Rain interrupted the game very greatly during the day. There was niver any chance that the match would be finished on Wednesday. Middlesex did better than could have been expected, Mr. Bromley-Davenport playing a good innings. Sussex declared at 120 for two wickets, Ranjitsinhji played another of his fine innings and Mr. Fry batted well for 44. Middlesex easily played out time. S u ssex . First innings C. B. Fry, b Rawlin .......... 5 Marlow, c Hearne, b Ifcaw- Second innings, c and b Hearne... 44 lin . 21 c and b Wells K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Bel­ dam, b Rawlin.................28not out... Killick, cDouglas, b Hearne 61 not out W.Newham,cBray, b Raw­ lin ...................................... 0 W. L. Murdoch, st Bray, b Wells ...............................16 Bean, c Bray, b Heame ... 21 G. H. Arlington, c Heame, b Wells ........................ 4 Ford, b 15 42 . 13 J. C. Hartley, Wells ................. Parris, b Heame .. Tate, not out........ Extras Extras Total................163 Total ...*120 * Innings declared closed. M id d le se x . First innings. A. E. Stoddart, b Parris ... J. Douglas, lbw, b Tate ... F. G. J. Ford, b Tate.......... Rawlin, b Tate ................. P. F. Warner, b Tate.......... H. R. Bromley-Davenport, b Tate...............................44 C. M . Wells, cParris, b Tate 13 R. W. Nichols, b Ranjit­ sinhji ............................... 9 E. H. Bray, c Ranjitsinhji, b Tate............................... 6 C. A. Beldam, not out.......... 3 Hearne (J. T.), b Ranjit- sinhji ...............................15 Extras ..........19 Second innings. 8 b Parris 17 not out... 10 16 24 . 1 b Tate... Total... ...166 S u sse x . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne ... 30‘2 8 76 3 .. Rawlin ... 31 14 67 4 .. Wells ... 10 4 27 3 Stoddart M id d le s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . Tate.......... 39 15 65 7 .......... Parris ... 21 6 41 1 .......... Killick ... 10 2 21 0 .......... Ranjitsinhji 83 2 20 2 .......... Hartley Extras ... 7 Total ... 44 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 20 4 54 1 7 0 26 0 13 4 31 1 1 0 3 0 Second innings. O. M. B. W. 6 2 4 1 3 3 0 1 23 0 5 0 Tate delivered a no-ball.