Cricket 1896

404 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. S e p t . 3, 1896. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. THE MATCH AGAINST MR. THORNTON S X I. (THIRTY-THIRD OF THE TOUR.) Played at Scarborough on August 31, September 1 and 2. Mr. Thornton’ s team won by an innings and 38 runs. The Australians havebeen decidedly unlucky inthe weather since the England match at the Oval, and although on tbe first day that they appeared at Scar­ borough there was little to be desired with regard to sunshine, rain fell in the night, and very little play Mas possible on the second day. And it happened, too, that the Australians had to bat onthe second day ou a wicket which, though it did not help the bowlers t03 much, was very bad for the batsmen. Mr. Thornton’s XI. were batting the whole of the first day, losing eight wickets for 289 before stumps were drawn. The feature of the innings was the splendid batting of L. C. H. Palairet and Jackson for the first wicket. For once the Australian bowling was fairly mastered. Runs came so quickly that the hundred was up after an hour and a quarter’s play, and when the first wicket (Palairet’s) fell at 119 play had been in progress for only an hour and a half. This would be a good rate of scoring againstanybowling ; against the Australian bowling, which is always so greatly helped by the field, it was remarkable. Palairet’s 71 included eight 4’s. Jacksonwas notlong in following his partner; his 67 was made in two hours and ten minutes, his rate of scoring being slower towards the end of his innings. Brown and Captain Wynyard never looked like making runs, and most of the team who followed the first two batsmen began in a hesitating way. Even Sir T. C. O’Brien, who in the end made 65 by some of the best cricket he has shown this year, was for some little time quiet and uncom­ fortable. Most of the tail made a few runs. On Tuesday morning the innings was quickly brought to an end for 294. The Australians began their innings a few minutes before lunch, and lost two wickets for 6 runs. When the game was resumed they did no better for some time, Peel, who was exceedingly difficult, taking five out of the first six wickets at a very small cost. Threewickets were down at 14, four at 23, five at 29, and six at 38. When things were looking as bad as could well be, Trott and Kelly came together, and the rot was stayed. The two Aus­ tralians held steadily on their course, and were not parted until the total had been brought up to 81, which put a much better appearance on the state of affairs. It was a very plucky stand indeed, but it could not save the follow on. A much better begin­ ning was made in the second innings, and when stumps were drawn 27 was up with no wicket down. No wicket fell until the score was 52, when Darling was out for a well-played 24. Gradually the wicket, which, from a batsman’s point of view, had been improved for a time by fog and dew, became worse, and it was soon seen that however pluckily the Aus­ tralians might fight they were doomed to defeat. Iredale played fine cricket for 42, Donnan did well, and a good stand was made by Trumble and Jones. But it was all of no avail, and at a little after half­ past three the Australians had been beaten for the sixth time. M r . C. I. T h o r n to n ’ s XI. Storer, b Jones ..........17 Peel, not out ..........13 Smith, c Darling, b McKibbin.................10 Hearne (J. T.), c Ire­ dale, b McKibbin ... 2 B 2, lb 8, w 1 ... 11 F. S. Jackson, b Jones 67 L. C. H. Palairet, c Hill, b Giffen......... 71 Brown, cKelly,bJones 9 Capt. Wynyard, b Gif­ fen ........ . ... 6 Tunnicliffe, c Giffen, bMcKibbin ..........17 Sir T. C. O’Brien, c Total ..........294 Iredale, b Jones .. 65 Davidson, st Kelly, b McKibbin................. 6 A u stralian s . First innings. Second innings J. Darling, cJackson, bPeel 0 c Tunnicliffe, Smith F. A. Iredale, cStorer,bPeel 6 runout........ G. Giffen, st Storer, b Peel 13 c Wynyard H. Donnan, b Peel .......... 4 c S. E. Gregory, c Smith, b Hearne............................... 6 Smith Wynyard, Peel.......... C. Hill, c Tunnicliffe,b Peel 2 G. H. S. Trott, c Smith, b a Hearne.............................. c W ynyard, Smith b Peel.......... b .. 24 .. 42 b .. 3 b ,.. 14 M r. T h o r n to n ’s XI. 33 c Tunnicliffe, b Peel.................. 7 J. J. Kelly,c Palairet, bPeel 21 cStorer, b Peel 8 H. Trumble, c Brown,bPeel 7 c Brown, b Hearne ........14 A. E. Jones, b Hearne ... 10 c Palairet, b Hearne .......20 T. R. McKibbin, not out ... 6notout... ... 1 Byes ........................ 8 Extras .......... 5 0. M. R. W . Trumble [30 11 55 0 McKibbin'’33.4 7 81 4 Trott ...' 4 0 14 0 Giffen Jones O. M. R. W. 26 5 58 2 30 7 72 4 Jones delivered a wide. Hearne Peel ... Davidson Jackson First innings. O. ' 37 A u str a lia n s . M. R. W . 13 42 3 ... 29.1 10 53 7 ... 4 0 12 0 ... 1 0 1 0 ... Smith ... Smith bowled a wide. Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 35 13 72 1 . 25*1 7 43 5 . 2 1 1 0 14 7 19 3 SURREY v. SUSSEX. Played at Brighton on August 31, Septem­ ber 1 and 2, Surrey won by ten wickets. In the firstmatch at the Oval Sussexwere victorious after a wonderful match, which they all but lost by their bad fielding, and although Surrey have recently fallen greatly from their high estate, much interest was taken in the return match. This time absolutely no luck came in the way of Sussex. They lost the toss, and so gave their opponents an opportunity of getting first knock on a wicket which was vexy easy without being very fast, and had themselves to do their best to get runs under circumstances which greatly favoured the bowlers. The Surrey innings was remarkable for the magnificent cricket played by Brockwell, who hardly made a poor stroke in his 107. This score took him only an hour and a half to make, and during his long stand with Abel for the first wicket, when 156 runs were put on, he scored nearly twice as fast as his partner, who meanwhile, was notmakingruns veryslowly. With the exception of Baldwin and Mr. Read—thelatterhas come off with flying colours just lately—the rest of the Surrey eleven did very little indeed. In fact, although the first wicket fell at 156, the total was only 177 when five wickets were down. An invaluable stand was, however, made by Mr. Read and Baldwin, who both played excellent cricket, and in the end Sussex were set a hard task. They began well enough, for when stumps were drawn they had made 55 for one wi:ket, K. S. Ranjitsinhji being not out 25, andMarlow not out26. But heavy rain during the night and the early morning made rungetting so difficult that the side was out for 147. The two not outs only increased their score by a few, but Killick again played a good innings. Mr. Murdoch was not playing, and Mr. Newham was unlucky. Lohmann took six wickets for 58. The follow on was not very promis­ ing, and at the end of the day six wickets were down for 127, which was not surprising considering what a great advantage the bowlers enjoyed. Beau played splendid cricket for 43 not out and increased his total to 56 on the next morning. Mr. Collins carried his bat for 22. The match was over soon after one o’clock. S u r r e y . Abel, st Arlington, b Hartley ..............59 Brockwell, c Arling­ ton, b Fry ..... 107 Hayward, cArlington, b Fry...................... 1 Baldwin, run out ... 59 Hayes, b Fry ........ 1 Lockwood, st Arling­ ton, b Hartley ... 0 W . W. Read, cArling­ ton, b Killick..........43 Lohmann, run out ... 5 Braund, b Hartley ... 5 Wood, not out .......... 8 Nice, cMarlow,bHart­ ley ........................ 3 B 9, lb 2, nb 6 ... 17 Total ..308 Total.. ..116 Total ...140 Second inningsHayes, not out, 5; W. W . Read, not out, 2.—Total 7. S u ssex . First innings. C. B. Fry, c Haye3, b Loh­ mann ............................... 4 Marlow, c Brockwell, b Lohmann ........................28 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Brock­ well, b Hayward ..........38 W. Newham, b Lohmann... 1 Killick, lbw, b Nice ..........41 G. H. Arlington, c Braund, b Hayward.......................... 9 A. Collins, b Lohmann ... 2 Bean, b Lohmann ........... 8 Parris, b Lohmann ........... 13 J. C. Hartley, b Lohmann... 0 Tate, not out... No-ball Total Second innings. run out ..........26 c Abel, b Nice ... 12 c Wood, b Nice .. 10 cAbel,bLohmann 18 c Lockwood, b Lohmann ... 4 c Hayward, b Lohmann ... 0 not out ..........22 cRead.bHayward 56 c and b Lohmann 7 c H ayes, b Lohmann ... 5 c W ood , b Hayward.......... 0 Extras .......... 6 S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Tate................. 19 5 64 0 ................ 1 Hartley .......... 30 4 105 4 ................ Killick ......... 15 5 42 1 ................ Fry ................. 25 7 54 3 ................ Collins .......... 6 3 12 0 ................ Parris ......... 4 1 14 0 ................ Newham 1 0 4 0 Hartley bowled six no-balls. S u sse x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M.R. W . Lohmann ... 30*2 10 58 6 ........... 42 14 67 5 Hayward ... 23 8 61 3 ........... 21*2 8 43 2 Nice .......... 8 4 23 1 .......... 23 9 43 2 Abel .......... 1 0 4 0 ............ 5 2 7 0 Lockwood 2 2 0 0 Hayward bowled a no-ball. WARWICKSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on August 31, September 1 and 2. Drawn. A couple of overs represented the whole of the play whichwas possible on the first day of this match, and on the second day there was only just time to finish off the innings of Warwickshire, who batted first. The total of 110 was chiefly made up of small scores, but W, G. Quaife kept in a long time for 37. The bowlers had the best of it on the whole, although their lot was not greatly to be envied. There was not the slightest chance of finishing the match, but Lancashire gained a decided advantage before play ended. W a r w ic k sh ir e . Quaife (W.), cTyldes­ ley, b Brings ..........20 Quaife (W. G.), b Briggs .................37 Diver, c Sugg, b Hal­ lam ........................12 Law, b Baker ..........10 H. W. Bainbridge, b Hallam ................. 4 Lilley, b Briggs..........13 T. S. Fishwick, c Mac­ laren, b Briggs ... 2 L an cash ire . A. C. S. Glover, c Tyldesley, b Briggs Pallett, cMacLaren, b Hallam ................. Santall, not out.......... Whitehead, b Hallam B 4, lb 2, w 1 ... Total Sugg, c Pallett Baker, not out ... Briggs, not out ... A. C. MacLaren, b Pallett ................. 7 G. R. Bardswell, c Glover, b Santall ... 23 Ward, c Whitehead, b Santall................. 8 Tyldesley, b Pallett... 45 W a r w ic k sh ir e . O. M. R. W, I 42 *16 62 5 Baker... 35-1 23 36 4 | Briggs bowled a wide. L a n c a s h ire . O. M. R. W . 5 67 3 1 21 0 Lilley, b , 12 27 . 7 Total (5 wkts) 129 Briggs Hallam Pallett ... Whitehead M. R. W. 3 5 1 O. M. R. W. Santall 20 3 41 2 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS, (in a id o f THE CHARLES ABSOLON TESTIMONIAL FUND.) Played at the Oval on August 31 and Septem­ ber 1. Drawn. Unfortunately the weather was so wet that the fund did not secure the assistance which had been hoped for. P l a y e r s . 41 Knight, b Keene... Richards, b Hales Tomlin, run out......... 23 Pougher, b Hales ...14 Burns, c Pretty, b Keene........................ 3 Geeson, c Keene, b Stanley-Briggs .... 40 Woodcock, b Keene ... 52 P. J. Heasler, c Russell, b Beldam... 0 * Innings declared closed. G en tlem en . G. W . Beldam, st Wardroper, c Hales, b Beldam................. 1 Burton, candb Keene 16 Whiteside, not out ... 11 Humphreys (W.), not out ........................ 11 B 11, lb 6. w 1... 18 Total (10 wkts)*238 Total H. C. Pretty, lbw, b Burton .................18 W. S. Hales, stWhite­ side, b Humphreys... 22 W. T. Grabum, b Pougher .................21 H. C. Preece, c Richards, b Tomlin 33 Russell (T.), c Bums, b Geeson.................17 C. H. Hulls, Keene, and F. Henry did not bat. Whiteside,bPougher 15 T.W. Saint, not out... 0 Adair-Thompson, not out Stanley-Brigge, Tomlin ........ B 1,lb 1 . , 22 Total (7 wkts) 150