Cricket 1896

S e p t . 10, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 413 sadly, while his batting had not greatly pro­ gressed. Lilley, while batting well and keeping wicket finely, fairly earning his place in the England team, was scarcely as good a man hs a year ago. Pallett did better with the bat; but it was not runs that were wanted from Pallett; and his bowling was not at its best. Neither was Santall’s, who has not as yet quite realised expectations. Whitehead lost his regular place in the team, and did little when played. Cresswell, “Ward, theleft­ hander, and anewplayer named Forester were all given trials as bowlers, but none of them shone. The new roan seemed the pick of the lot, and may do better in future. •T.N.P. (To be continued.) WANDERERS. Times Most in Inns, notout. Runs, an inns. Aver. .. 18 ... 0 ... 972 ... Ill ... 54-00 .. 10 ... 3 ... 324 ... 128*... 46-28 .. 26 ... 6 ... 832 . .. 100*... 41-60 .. 16 ... 1 ... 540 ... 126 ... 36 00 ,.. 24 ... 1 ... 513 ... 60 ... 22-30 ... 8 ... 0 ... 160 ... 48 ... 2000 on11 ... 2 ... 174 ... 86 ... 19-33 .. 14 ... 3 ... 205 ... 38*... 18 63 ... 12 ... 1 ... 190 ... 45 ... 1777 .. 17 ... 3 ... 233 ... 45 ... 16-64 ... 9 ... 1 ... 115 ... 50 ... 14-37 Matches played, 23—Won 13; lost 2; drawn 8. BATTING AVERAGES. D. L. A. Jephson R. B. Brooks ... , S. Colman R. Williams ... H. C. Pretty ... E. D. Pawle ... F.C.AdairThomps G. E. Bicknell G. P. Joy J. H. Yearsley E. L. Dunster The following have batted in less than eight in ningsJ. E. G. Hadath, 11, 6, 0,13*, 23, 5 ; H. V. Bate. 13,17, 6, 16, 28; A. M. Latham, 57, 2, 15; G. W . Beldam, 179*, 0, 24, 4; N. L. Jenkins, 0, 22; Capt. Fleming, 103, 3, 31. 5; E. H. S. Berridge, 13, 41; F. G. Wagener, 4, 19; A. S. Bull, 19; H. E. Hockley, 32* ; A. B. Cipriani, 8, 0, 3 ; A. P. Keeling, 16*, 0*; C. Beldam, 42; E. Chubb, 2,11; L. Winter- Dryland, 2, 2; A. J. Clarke, 0, 7, 1* ; B. Maughan, 10*, 14 ; W. B. Alcock, 7, 1; W . E. Hobbs, 0, 30; A. B. Leane, 3, 0; C. D. Pawle, 24; H. S. Johnstone, 5*. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. F.C.A.-Thompson D. L. A. Jephson G. P. Joy ........ G. C. Bicknell ... J. H. Yearsley ... H. C. Pretty ... Less than ten wickets Colman, 7 for 179; T. J. Wheeler, 4 for 84; E. H. Chubb, 3 for 19; Capt. Fleming, 4 for 160; R. Wil­ liams, 3 for 26 ; E. L. Dunster, 3 for 30; A. J. Clarke, 3 for 74; F. C. Wagener, 1 for 3 ; H. V. Bate, 1 for47 C. A. Beldam, 1 for 32. 312-4 .,,. 72 ..„ 800 ... 54 ..,. 14*81 366-4 ... 56 .... 935 ..,. 50 .,,. 18-70 206 .,.. 52 ... 524 ..,. 28 .... 18-71 123 ... 17 ... 420 .. . 21 . 20 00 286 ... 83 ... 666 ... 32 ... 20-84 81 ... 23 .... 234 ... 10 .,,. 23-40 W. Alcock, 7 for 95; S. KENSINGTON PARK v. HAMPSTEAD.-Played at Hampstead on September 5. K ensington P a r k . First innings. P. Reynolds, c Marsden, b Hale ............................... 9 A. Davies, b Marsden ... 2 C. S. G. Lloyd, b Marsden 15 J.L.Johnston, c Lipscombe, bHale............................... 0 H. Smith, run out .......... 3 M. A. Nicholas, b Marsden 0 C. Nudding, c and b Hale... 0 A. P. Comyns, b Hale..........10 F. Medhurst, b Marsden ... 0 R. A. Laurie, b Marsden ... 4 H. D. Nicholas, not out ... 3 Byes........................ 1 Second innings. b Hale................. 8 b Marsden.......... 4 b Marsden.......... 0 lbw, b Marsden... 0 cWoodall,bMars- den ................. b Marsden.......... c Bell, b Dickson b Marsden.......... b Hale................. not out................. b Marsden.......... B 8, lb 6 ... Total.................47 H a m p stead . 4 Total H.Woodall,b Reynolds J. G. S. Besch, c John­ ston, b Lloyd........ H. R. Lipscombe, c H. Nicholas, b Lloyd ... W . G. Hale, b Lloyd A. R. Trimen, c H. Nicholas, b Lloyd... E. L. Marsden, b Lloyd........................ A. Read, c Lloyd, b Johnston................. H. Greig, b Johnston G. Bell, not out.......... J. C. R. Dickson, b Johnston................. E.S. Briggs, bJohnson B 1,1b 4 ......... Total .......... THE AUSTRALIANS. THE HASTINGS FESTIVAL. THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND MATCH (THIRTY- FOURTH AND LAST OF THE TOUR.) Played at Hastings on September 3, 4, and 5. Drawn. For the last match of their tour the Australians had a fine day to start with, and although the wicket has suffered from the heavy rain, there were hopes that the weather would hold out until the game was over. The first day was nearly all that could be desired. After their tiring journey from Scarborough the visitors were doubtless glad that they won the toss, and apart from everything else it was just as well to get the best of the wicket. The beginning of the innings was fairly promising, for Iredale, Donnan, Giffen, Trott, and Gregory all made double figures, which was by no means a bad performance under the circumstances. But the best part of the innings was to come when Hill came in. He played very pretty cricket, and his innings of 65 was one of the best things he has done during the tour, for Lohmann, Hayward, and Richardson were very difficult to play. Kelly, Trumble, and Jones also did themselves full justice, so that when the innings was over the score was 222, which was likely to take some beating on the wicket. Hill’s 65 included no less than eleven 4’s. While he was in with Trumble 51 runs were added to the score in half an hour. Jones, as usual, was not long in making his 26; he was batting for fourteen minutes only, and once drove Townsend out of the ground. Trumble carried his bat for a very sound 26. Half an hour remained for play when the South went in. It was pretty evident from the very beginning that it would require something more than luck to make runs, for McKibbin was very diffi­ cult indeed, although he only managed to get one wicket before stumps were drawn—the only wicket which fell. His victim was Stoddart, who, being in two minds about the ball, seemed to have escaped, when it rolled from his arm into the wicket. The total at the end of the day—stumps were drawn at half-past five—was 31, W.G. being not out 22 and Abel not out 5. Rain began to fall almost directly afterwards, with a persistency which boded disaster for a good many batsmen on the morrow. When the time came for play to be resumed cricket was impossible, and it was not until past three o’clock that a ball was bowled. The South did as well as could have been ex­ pected when they went on with their innings. W.G. once more showed what a fine all-round batsman he is by making 53, with the aid of more good fortune than falls to the lot of every batsman. But if a man made many runs on such a wicket he was bound to have a good deal of luck. Abel, Hayward, Brockwell, Killick, Lohmann, and J. T. Heame all made double figures, and the total was 154 for nine wickets when play ended for the day. The light became very bad between four and five o’clock, and for about a quarter of an hour the game was adjourned. Rain fell again during the night, so heavily that it was on the cards that the match would have to be aban­ doned, but at half-past twelve on the next morning play was resumed. On a wicket which cutthrough,Heame and Richardson made runs quickly, and when at last they were separated the total had been brought to 192, only 30 behind that of the Austra­ lians. McKibbin took six wickets for 65, and Giffen also bowled well, but Trumble did not take a wicket. The Australians in their second innings began with Iredale and Donnan, who at lunch time were still in with the total at 22. But by the time that they were able to go on with their innings the wicket had become very much more difficult. Heame took the place of Townsend with the ball, while as before Lohmann bowled from the other end. The result was a complete break­ down in the batting, which, however, was not surprising, for Heame and Lohmann on a really difficult wicket are about the two most dangerous bowlers in England. Nobody was able to look at them. Heame took six wickets for eight runs, a performance which was as good as any of the wonderful performances that have been done in this season of sur­ prises. Lohmann took four for 45. It was perhaps just as well for the Austra­ lians that there was no time to finish the match, although it could not be said that the South would certainly have w on ; anything may happen on a tricky wicket. As it was 45 runs out of the 94 required to win were made in forty-five minutes for the loss of two wickets. A u stralian s . First innings. F. A. Iredale, lbw, b Loh­ mann ............................... H. Donnan, b Lohmann ... (i. Giffen, b Richardson ... G. H. S. Trott, b Lohmann 8. E. Gregory, o Lohmann, b Townsend ................. C. Hill, b Richardson.......... H. Graham, b Lohmann .,. J. J. Kelly, b Hayward ... H. Trumble, not ou t.......... E. Jones, b Richardson ... Second innings. 17 cButt,bLohmann 6 11 b Hearne .......... 16 17 c and b Hearne... 0 10 b Lohmann ... 5 10 c Butt, b Heame 6 65 b Heame .......... 11 4 c Townsend, b Hearae ......... 0 16 c and b Lohmann 5 26 not out................. 6 . 26 c Townsend, b Hearne .......... 4 0 c Stoddart, b Lohmann 4 B 9, lb 11 ... Total ... . 222 Total ..........i S outh of E n gland . W.G. Grace, c Iredale, b McKibbin ..........53 A. E. Stoddart, b Mc­ Kibbin ................. 4 Abel, e Donnan, b McKibbin................. Hayward, c Gregory, b Giffen ................. C. L. Townsend, b McKibbin................. 15 21 Brockwell, st Kelly, b McKibbin.................14 Killick,cKelly,bGiffen 16 Lohmann,lbw, bGiffen 11 Hearne (J.T.),not out 29 Butt, b Giffen ... ... 5 Richardson, c Jones, b McKibbin ..........15 B 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 8 Total ...192 Second innings: A. E. Stoddart, c Kelly, b Mc­ Kibbin, 10; Abel, c Trott, bMcKibbin, 24 ; Hayward, not out, 11.—Total (2 wickets), 45. A u s tra lia n s , First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 17 13 8 6 7 1 10 0 Hearne (J. T.) 9 4 16 Townsend ... 14’2 1 54 Richardson ... 24 11 54 Lohmann ... 25 7 63 4 . Hayward ... 6 2 15 1 . S outh of E ngland . First innings. O. M. R .W . McKibbin........ 34-1 10 65 6 ... Trumble .......... 13 2 36 0 ... Giffen................. 21 1 83 4 .......... Trumble bowled a wide and Giffen a no-ball. ... 23 4 6 45 4 Second'innings. O. M. R.W . ... 9 2 30 2 ... 9 3 15 0