Cricket 1896

396 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 3, 1896. NOTTS. V. SUSSEX. Played at Nottingham on August 27, 28 and 29. Notts won by 188 runs. It was of enormous advantage to Notts to win tbe tosi. for in both their innings Sussex had very much Ihe worst of the wicket. Indeed, it was surprising lhat K. 8. Ranjitsinhji and Mr. Fry should have been able to do so well in both innings. Gunn was absent from the Notts team, but Flowers filled his place with astonishing success ; he has for a long time been quite out of form, but he finished up the season by scoring 24 and 107. The majority of the Notts batsmen made runs either in the first innings or the S fctm d , and Guttridge and Flowers did well in both innings. Mr. Fry was by far the most successfnl bowler; he took 10 wickets for 147 in the match. The Sussex batting was only remarkable for the brilliant cricket played by Mr. Fry, who made 89 and 65. and K. S. Ranjitsinhji 43 and 41. As the Notts captain preferred to let his men bat ratherthan (lose the innings, there was just a chance that Sussex might manage to make a draw. The first wicket fell for 70, and the second at 101, but aft rwards every­ thing depended on Banjitsinbji, who for once was content merely to keep up his wicket. Nobody gave him any support whatever, and when he left, the match was soon over. N o tts . First innings. A. O Jones, c Arlington, b Tate ............................... 4 Shrewsbury, lbw, b Fry ... 48 P. W . Oscroft.b Tate..........27 Flowers,cRanjitsinhji.b Fry 24 Daft, c Parris, b Fry..........22 Attewell, b Fry ................. 3 C. W Wright, b Tate......... 69 J. A. Dixon, c Arlington, b Fry ............................... 8 Pike, 1) Hartley ................ 0 Gutlridge, b Tate.................18 G. II. Chambers, not out ... 7 B15, lb 6, w2 ...23 Total .................2-3 S u ssex . First innings. Marlow,cChambers, bJones 4 Killick, b Jones ................. 0 K S. Kanjitsinhji, c and b Daft ... ........................43 C. 13. Fry, lbw, b Jones ... 89 \V. Newham, c and b Gutt- rilge ............................... 1 W. L. Murdoch, bGuttridge 0 Bean (G.), st Pike, b Jones 15 Second innings. b Parris ..........10 b Parris ..........11 c Tate, b Fry ...16 c Tate, b Fry ...107 C Ranjitsinhji, b Hartley .......... 3 c Hartley, b Fry 11 c and b Tate ... 7 cTate, b Parris... 11 cArlington, b Fry 25 not out ................ 40 c Killick, b Fry 16 B 21, w 2 ... 23 Total... ..280 G. H. Arlington, c Pike, Jones ........................... Parris, not out .............. J. C. Hartley, c Daft, Attewell ..................... Ta e, c Attewell, b Jones . B 6, lb 1 .............. Total........ Second innings. b Attewell..........17 st Pike, b Daft... 7 cFlowers, b Jones 41 b Attewell..........65 c and b Attewell 0 cChambers,bDaft 3 c Guttridge, b Jones .......... 9 b Attewell.......... c Dixon, b Jones not out................. run out .......... B 3, lb 2, w 2 Tate ... Parris ... Hartley.. Killick ... Fry........ B oum ...184 N o tts . First innings. O. M. R. W. ....... 43*1 18 66 4 .. 5 16 0 .. Total Second innings. J8 5 53 1 9 4 11 0 ...........It 2 33 44 16 81 5 ........... 234 5 66 4 2 3 0 .. Hartley and Bean each bowled a wide and Fry bowled two wides. O. . 32 . 29 . 11 . lt . f M. R. W. 9 75 1 11 65 18 1 0 5 Chambers Jones ... A tt OW’fll (Juttiidge Daft .. .. S u sse x . First fmr.ngs. O. M.R. W. gl4 1 37 0 ... .17-1 3 49 6 .. . 22 11 29 1 ... . 15 3 31 2 .. 15 4 31 1 Secmd innings. O. M. R. W. Jones bowled two wides. ... 17-3 3 53 ... 32 21 27 ... 5 1 22 ... 22 6 53 HAMPSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at. Southampton on Aug. 27, 28 and 29. Hampshire won by 6 wickets. Leicestershire gained no advantage by winning the toss, but they have sofrequently donebadlyin batting this season, that there was nothing remarkable in their only making 141 in the first innings. Mr. C. C. Stone was the only batsman who made anything like a big score ; he played very well indeed for his 55. Jlan.p-i.ir- were without Captain Wynyard and Cap­ tain (Juintun. but the team rose to the occasion, and v lull the im.ings ^as concluded, Hampshire had the very useful lead of 96. Barton was in splendid form and made 57, but most of the work was done by the tail, of whomWebb, Mr. Steele, andWootton showed upveryprominently. Therewasnothing veryremark­ able about the Leicestershire second innings, which contained ei<?ht double figures. Pougher (60) played the best cricket, and Mr. Joyce (44) and Geeson (30) also distinguished themselves. Hampshire had to make 131. They lost Mr. Robson and Mr. Bennett at once, but Barton again showed what a good bats­ man he is at a pinch, and Mr. Barrett made 30. The runs were hit off for the loss of 4 wickets. Baldwin bowled well in both innings for Hampshire. L eicestersh ire . First innings. C. E. de Trafford, c and b Baldwin ........................ G. W. Hillyard, c Barton, b Soar ............................... H. German, cWebb, bBald­ win ................ ..........10 Knight, c Robson, b Soar ... Pougher, c sub., b Steele ... C. C. Stone, c sub., b Bald­ win ... ........................ R. Joyce, c Steele,b Baldwin Second innings. 1 c sub., b Steele ... 2 4 b Baldwin........ 1 c Barton, b Bald­ win ................. b Steele ..........1 run out ..........( b Webb ..........15 b Baldwin..........44 Tomlin, c Steele, b Barton 23 c Robson, bWard 0 Geeson, c sub., b Baldwin .. 3 Woodcock, not out ..........18 Whiteside, c Steele, b Bald­ win ............................... 8 B 9, lb 3 .................12 R adclif Baldwin . b Baldwin . e, b Total... ..144 H am p sh ire. First innings R. A. Bennett, c Geeson, b Hillyard Total ..22 Second innings. b .1 7 c H illyard . Woodcock C, Robson, c Hillyard, b Pougher ........................ 7 b Woodcock Parbon, cHillyard, bWood- C03k .............................. 57 not out......... E. T. M. Barrett, c Geeson, b Hillyard........................ c Hillyard, bPou- gher................. b Woodcock H. F. Ward, run out.......... 4 A. H. Delme-Radcliffe, b Pougher ........................19 Webb, c and b Pougher ...54 notout.., D. A. Steele, b Woodcock... 20 Wootton, c Woodcock, b Geeson..............................29 Soar, not out........................10 Baldwin, b Geeson .......... 9 Byes ........................ 8 Byes Total... .. 240 L e ic e s te r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Soar .......... 3 0 8 2 ... Baldwin 31.2 14 61 6 ... 52 2 30 60 5 Steele.......... 14 5 2? 1 ... ... 31 9 75 2 Wootton ... 10 5 13 0 ... ... 18 4 44 0 Barton.......... 9 3 lt 1 ... ... 3 0 7 0 W ard ......... 3 1 10 0 ... ... 14 6 21 1 Webb .. 5 2 13 1 H am p sh ire First innings. Second innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. R. W. Woodcock ... 28 8 87 2 ........... 17 2 51 3 Pougher.......... 25 15 40 3 ........... 16 5 45 1 Hillyard.......... 24 6 61 2 .......... 4 2 12 0 Geeson .......... 13.3 2 44 2 ........... 12 5 17 0 THE AUSTRALIANS. THE RETURN LANCASHIHE SECOND OF THE ( t h ir t y - MATCH. TOUll). Played at Liverpool on August 27, 28 and 29. Australians won by 217 runs. As the Australians had gone through the______ without being beaten by a county team, their match with Lancashire attracted much attention, for the Lancashire team is probably far stronger just at present than it was when the Australians first played them. If the match had been played on a good wicket it might possibly have been interesting, but it was quite spoiled by lain, and Lancashire, who had to bat second and fourth, had no earthly chance of winning. Although the wicket offered no foothold to Mold, Briggs and Hallam were able to make a great deal of headway against the Australians, but as nearly every batsman who came in made a few runs, while Donnan, Gregory and Hill each made over twenty, the total was by no means to be despised. By the time that Lancashire began their innings, the wicket, which had been at fli»t wet, hsd dried nicely. The result was that McKibbin. one.-* the failure of the team, and Trumble carried everything before them. OnlyMacLaren could make runs ; he played a forcing game, which was the only one possible, and came off for a time, making some really splendid hits in his 20. McKibbin had 6 wickets for 27, and Trumble 4 for 34. Trumble’s analysis was spoiled by MacLaren’s vigorous hitting. On the second day of the match rain interrupted play considerably, and the bowlers had a hard time of it. But despite the difficulties under which they worked, they got rid of the Australians for 183, for the wicket was not easy to make runs on. Gregory played awonderfullygood innings of 53, and Darling, Giffen, Hill and Trumble all made over 20. Lancashire hadtomake 246towin. They had a few minutes batting, during which they scored 10 for the loss of two wickets—not two of the best wickets it is true. On the Saturday morning no rain came to make the wicket easier, and good judges prophesied that some surprising bowling would be seen. The startwas disastrous, for Sugg was run out off the first ball. Then misfortunes came in such quick succession, that 8 wickets were down for 17, and the innings closed for 28. Nobody could play McKibbin or Trumble, the former taking 7 wickets for 11 and the latter 2 for 12. A u stralian s . First innings. Second innings. J. Darling, c Tyldesley, b Briggs................................ 5 c Sugg, b Hallam 25 F. A. Iredale, b Briggs ...12 c Baker, b Briggs 5 G. Giffen, c Bardswell, b Hallam ....................... 5 cBaker,b Hallam 22 H. Donnan, c Bardswell, b Briggs..................................25 c Smith, b Briggs 10 S. E. Gregory, b Hallam ...22 c Bardswell, b Hallam ......... 53 C. Hill, c Tyldesley, bBriggs 22 cBaker,b Hallam 31 G. H. S. Trott, c Bardswell, b Briggs ....................... 6 c Smith,b Hallam 0 J. J. Kelly, c Smith, b Hallam ......................... 9 c Bardswell, b Briggs ......... 2 H. Trumble, not ou t........ 8 cHallam,bBriggs 21 E. Jones, lbw, b Briggs ... 9 bBriggs ........... 1 T. R. McKibbin, cTyldesley, b Briggs ...................... 0 not out.................. 4 Byes .......................1 B 1, lb 8 ... 9 Total ...124 Total........183 L an cash ire . First innings. Second innings. Waid, cGregory, b 1 rumble 5 cIredale,b Trum­ ble ................ 6 H. B. Steel, c Iredale, b McKibbin........................ 6 b McKibbin ... 2 Sugg, b McKibbin .......... 7 run out ....... 3 A. C. MacLaren, c Iredale, b Trumble........................20 b McKibbin ... 2 Tyldesley, c Kelly, b McKibbin ........................ 7 st Kelly, b Mc­ Kibbin ....... 1 Baker, st Kelly, b McKibbin 5 c Kelly, b Trum­ ble ............... 0 G.R.Bardswell, b McKibbin 0 st Kelly, b Mc­ Kibbin ....... 4 Briggs, c Kelly, b McKibbin 0cand bMcKibbin 0 Smith (C.), c Jones, b Trumble ........................ 8 b McKibbin ... 0 Hallam, not o u t................. 2 not out............ 3 Mold, c Jones, b Trumble... 1 6t Kelly, b Mc­ Kibbin ....... 2 Leg-bye ................. 1 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 Total ... 62 A u s tr a lia n s . First innings. O. M. R. W . Briggs ............38 12 63 7 ... , Hallam ........... 32 14 55 3 ... Baker ........... 5 2 5 0 ... . Mold ... . L a n ca s h ik e . First innings. O. M. R. W . Trumble..........16‘2 6 31 4 ... , McKibbin ... 16 6 27 6 ... Total Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 39.4 10 73 5 .3 8 11 74 5 . 2 0 11 0 . 3 0 16 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. .1 1 7 12 3 . 103 5 11 7 CLAPTON v. TOTTENHAM.-Played at Clapton on August 29. C lapton . J. H. Douglas,b Payne 20 F. A. Bishop, b Devey 46 J. L. Tate, c Sturt, b Payne........................23 H. Boyton, c Sturt, b Devey ................. 6 H. E. Trafford,b Biggs 47 P. R. Waterer, b Roberts .................16 R. H. Walbancke did not bat. T o tten h am . Did not bat. J. H. Renals,c Devey, b Briggs ................. 3 W. H. Nolloth,not out 18 W. W. Thorogood, c Thomas, b Briggs ... 4 W. M. Heller, not out 6 B 7, lb 7 ..........14 Total (8 wkts) 206