Cricket 1896

418 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 10, 1896. THE HASTINGS FESTIVAL. NORTH y . SOUTH. Played at Hastings on September 7 and 8. South won by five wickets. The last match of the first-class season may be said to have ended in a fizzle. Rain has been so plentiful of late that no wicket could be expected to hold out against it, and the bowlers have been lowering their averages per wicket to an extent which is surprising. At Hastings rain fell on the first day of the North v. South match just sufficiently to keep things moist, but the bowlers always had the best of matters. It seemed a good thing for the North to win the toss, even when their batsmen began to fall with uncomfortable rapidity before Heame and Lohmann; at no time during the innings did anyone show signs of playing Hearne. A slight stand was made by Brown and Tunnicliffe, who both reached double figures, but when they left there was a startling collapse, which was, however, arrested for a time when Wain­ wright and Attewell were together. These two men put on 26 runs during their partnership of about half-an-hour. But despite their efforts the total only came to 77, Hearae taking six wickets for 29, and Lohmann three for 47. When the South went in they doubtless felt what a good thing it was that Peel was not taking part in the match, for he would, like Hearne, have revelled in the wicket. Fortunately for the South, the two men best qualified to play a forcing game, Brockwell and Mr. Stoddart, both came off, and their batting made all the difference in the world in the result of the match. When they came together, Abel and Hayward were out, with the total at 26 ; when they were separated it was 86. Mr. Stoddart was the first to g o ; he made 43 by the best cricket in the match. Immediately afterwards Hirst bowled Killick and Brockwell, the latter for a pretty innings of 32, and the end seemed near. At close of play seven wickets were down for 101. On the next morning J. T. Hearne and Mr. C. L. Townsend, the not outs, made runs quickly, and the score had been increased by 20 before Hearae was out for 19. The innings closed for 132, Mr. Townsend carrying his bat for a well-played 19. A lead of 55 on such a tricky wicket was of very considerable advantage, as the North soon discovered. As in the first innings, three men, but not the same men, made double figures, and the rest did nothing. Hearne again had a very fine analysis—eight wickets for 35. As the innings closed for 82, the South had only to make 28 to win. Under these circumstances the captain gave the tail a chance of distinguishing themselves, with somewhat surprising results, for against the bowling of Ward and Brown they were as docile as could be wished. The runs were, however, knocked off for the loss of five wickets, but it really began to look as if the gi eat bats of the team would have to risk the chance of lowering their averages. Ward took three wickets for 16 runs. The teams were by no means representative, but at the same time both were decidedly strong. N o r th . First innings. A. C. MacLaren, b Hearne 6 Ward, b Heame................. 1 Brown, b Hearne................12 Tunnicliffe,c Abel,b Hearne 15 C. E. De Trafford, b Hearne 1 Baker, lbw, b Lohmann ... 1 Lilley, run out ................. 4 Hirst, b Hearne .......... ... 1 Wainwright, c Richardson, b Hearae ........................20 Attewell, b Lohmann......... 8 Mold, not out ................. 7 Leg-bye ................. 1 Total .................77 Second innings. b Hearne ......... 7 c Townsend, b Hearne ......... 17 b Heame .......... 0 c Townsend, b Heame .......... 5 b Hearne ......... 6 c Killick, b Rich­ ardson ......... 0 c Lohmann , b Hearne ..........20 c Hearne, b Loh­ mann ..........11 c Lohmann, Heame ... not out.......... b Heame ... Byes ... Total S ou th . First innings. A. E. Stoddart, b Hirst .. 43 Abel, c and b Attewell ... 9 Hayward.cHirst,b Attewell 2 Brockwell, b Hirst .......32 Killick, b Hirst ................. 0 C. L. Townsend, not out ... 19 Lohmann, c Lilley, b Atte­ well ................................ 4 Ayres, b Hirst ................. 1 Heame (J.T.), b Hirst ... 19 Butt, lbw, b Hirst .......... 0 Richardson, c De Trafford, b Attewell......................... 0 Second innings. Byes ... Total c Hirst, b Waid 11 not out................. 2 not out................ 4 c MacLaren, b Brown .......... 1 c Mold, b Brown 1 c Brown, b Ward 12 c Tunnicliffe, b Ward .......... 0 ... 3 ......... 132 Total (5wkts.) 31 N orth . First innings. O. M. R. W . 9 47 3 6 Lohmann ... 24 y < o ... Hearne(J.T.) 23’210 29 6 ... Richardson First innings. O. M. R. W. Attewell ... Wainwright Mold .......... Hirst .......... 32-411 11 3 8 3 13 9 66 4 ... 40 0 ... 9 0 ... 14 6 ... Ward... Brown Second innings. O. M. R. W. . . . 5 0 9 1 ... 18-4 5 35 8 ... 14 5 33 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 4 1 16 3 3*1 0 15 2 WEST WRATLING PARK. Matches played, 15; won, 12; drawn, 3. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns out. runs. inns. Aver. W. L. B. Hayter ... 11 .. 6 . . 429 . . 104*. . 85 8 G. M. T. Smyth ... 12 .. 5 . . 483 . . 104 . . 69-0 W . R. Gray ... 12 .. 3 . . 371 . . 100* . 41-2 F. S. Nisbet ... ... 11 ... 2 . . 368 . . 102*. . 40 8 W. N. Cobbold... ... 11 .. 2 . . 351 . . 100*. . 39 0 C. M. King......... ... 4 .. 1 . . 70 ... 50*.. 23-3 M. Yates .......... ... 10 .. 1 . . 168 . . 39 . . 18*6 W. Turner......... ... 2 .. 0 . . 37 . . 20 . . 18’5 A. F. Lumsden... ... 11 ... 2 . . 186 . . 36 . . 17-3 W. L. Grieve ... ... 7 ... 2 ... 71 . . 29*. . 14-2 D. Macpherson... ... 6 ... 0 .. 36 . . 21 . . 6-0 C. F. Mitford ... ... 7 .. 1 . . 26 . 6 ... 43 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. W . R. Gray ... ... 12 . . 1 . . 45 . 5 . . 90 F. S. Nisbet ... . . 164 . . 30 . . 412 . . 40 . . 10-3 W. N. Cobbold .. 40 . . 14 . . 73 . . 7 . . 104 C. M. King ... .. 43 . . 12 . . 109 . . 10 . . 109 W . L. B. Hayter .. 200 . . 45 . . 568 . . 47 . . 12-1 A. F. Lumsden .. 29 .. 5 . . 91 . . 7 . . 13-0 CLAPTON v. WALTHAMSTOW TOWN.—Played at Walthamstow on September 5. C lapto n . A. Dodson, c and b Batty........................11 C.E.Chapman, not out 17 S. Meadows, not out... 2 B 8, lb 1, w 3 ... 12 J. J. Attenborough, c Seaward,b Challis... 13 S. G. Genders, b Batty 20 F. A. Boys, lbw, b Batty........................40 F. M. Harding, c Con­ nell, b Batty .......... 5 Total (5wkts)...*120 G. P. Stanley, P. H. Griffey, Cooper, and M. Van Boolen did not bat. * Innings declared closed. W alth am sto w T o w n . J. Moth, b Cooper ... A. Kirby, b Cooper ... H. Bayliss, b Cooper... J. C. Seaward, c Dod­ son, b Cooper .......... W . Moth, b Harding F. Challis, lbw, b Cooper ................. C. Connell, b Cooper... C. Dyer, b Harding ... A. Batty, b Griffey ... W. Godfrey, c and b Griffey ................. A. Howe, not out Byes................. Total .......... CLAPTON v. WALTHAMSTOW TOWN.-Played at Clapton on September 5. C lapto n . H.Boyton, c Penstone, R. R. Bruce, b Hig- b Higgins.................15 gins ......................... 5 J. H. Douglas, b Hig- J....... H. Milton, b Hig­ gins ........................ 6 gins ......................... 0 F. A. Bishop, c Kear, F. H. Moore, run out 7 b Higgins................. 3 A. J. Dyke, not out ... 4 P. R. Waterer, b Pen- R. H. Walbancke, b stone......................... 0 Higgins .................. 0 H. E. Trafford, b Pen- Byes ................. 2 stone........................ 3 — W. H. Nolloth, c and Total ..........69 b Higgins.................24 W a lth am stow T ow n . Penstone, not out ... 6 Mallett, not out......... 5 B3,lb 1, nb2 ... 6 Braithwaite, c Boyton, b Waterer .......... Garrett, b Nolloth ... Pascoe, c Nolloth, b Dyke........................ Kear, b Waterer Total Thomas, A. Kerman, Shepherd, How, and Higgins did not bat. CLAPTON v. TOTTENHAM.-Played at Totten­ ham on August 29. C lapton . J. J. Wiggett, bMason 1 F.M.Harding, bCooke 5 H. E. Swift, b Cooke... 0 S. G. Genders, lbw, b Cooke...................... 27 A. Dodson, b Cooke ... 0 S. Meadows, b Cooke 3 G.P.Stanley, b Barlow 4 F. A. Boys, bCooke ... 6 T ottenham Cooper, run out.......... 4 M. Van Boolen, not out .......................0 J. J. Attenborough, b Barlow ................. 1 Byes ................. 8 Total 59 H. B. Wooldridge, b Cooper ................. H.W.TomMns, c Gen­ ders, b Cooper.......... W.J.Messum, b Hard­ ing ........................ A . H. Coleman, c Van Boolen, b Genders .. G.A. Mason, b Stanley VV. J. Driver, c Meadows, b Stanley A. W. Barlow, b Stan­ ley............................... 0 E. Adams, c Wiggett, b Swift .................28 A. G. Warren, not out 2 E. D. Cooke, b Cooper 0 A. F. McLellan, b Cooper........................ 0 B 14, lb 2 ..........16 Total ...126 WANSTEAD v. HONOR OAK. stead on September 5. W an stead . -Played at Wan- J.W. Bonner, c Jones, b Hayes .................14 L. Cowlishaw, b Hayes 1 Banks, run out ..........24 A. W . Rammell, b Hayes........................ 1 H. S. Fonner, b Hayes 2 J. F. Marshall, c Chap­ man, b Dickason ... 22 C. Campbell-Roberts, c sub , b Hayes ... 9 H onor O a k . J. P. H. Soper, Jones, b Hayes C. Raison, lbw, J. S. Abbott, not C. J. Hamilton, Dickason........ b ... 6 out 1 , b ... 0 ... 4 ... 92 E. G. Hayes, c Ram­ mell, b liaison......... J. R. Dickason,runout E. Chapman, c Ram­ mell, b Roberts A. Jones, b Cowlishaw G. S. Harrison, c Hamilton, b Raison T. G. Tracey, b Roberts ................. W. E. Grey, not out... H. Burton, not out ... B 3, lb 3, nb 1... Total (6 wkts) 71 F. A. Wilkie, and H. L. Holford did not bat.