Cricket 1896

O ct . 29, 1896. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 443 BETWEEN THE INNINGS. THE FIRST-CLASS SEASON OF 1896. In my last two articles I dealt with the first-class season but recently ended from the “ individual ” standpoint; in this paper I intend to give the more remarkable achieve­ ments of the season in statistical form. \Vith no more prelude than this let me turn to the figures o f:— {a) BIG SCORING AND BATTING GENERALLY. I .— M a t c h e s o f 1,000 o r m o re R u n s . PS $ <D . ■M 9 1288 ... 30 . 12:35 ... 36 1220 ... 32 . 1217 ... 30 . At. Date. . Brighton, May: Match. . Sussex v. Somerset . M.C.C. y. C.U............Lord’s, June 25 . Warwicksh. v. Essex B’ham, July 16 . Sussex v. Glos...........Brighton, May 25 1190 ... 29 Derbyshire v. Yorks Derby, June 25 1179 ... 38 ... C.U.v.Thomton’sXI. Cambridge, May 7 1166... 36 ... O.U. v. Webbe’s XI. Oxford, May 18 1149 ... 32 ... C.U. v. M.C.C..........C’bridge, June 15 1138 ... 21 ... Warwicksh. v. Yorks B’ham, May 7 1126 ... 30 ... Yorks, v. Sussex .. Bradford, May 18 1101 ... 30 ... Yorks. v.Middlesex... Bradford, Aug. 17 1091 ... 28 ... Essex v.Derbyshire... Leyton. July 23 1073 ... 37 ... England v. Australia M’chester, July 16 1065 ... 32 ... Hants v. Somerset... S’hampton, July 9 1063 ... 36 ... O.U. v. C.U................Lord’s, July 2 1063 ... 35 ... Somerset v. Yorks ... Taunton, May 11 1063 ... 35 ... Sussex v. O.U......... Brighton, June 25 1057 ... 27 ... M.C.C. v. O.U.........Lord’s, June 29 1057 ... 27 .. Hants v. Yorks ... S’hampton,July 16 1057 ... 30 ... Notts v. Yorks......... N’ham, June 1 1054 ... 30 ... Middlesex v. Yorks... Lord’s, May 21 1035 ... 16 ... Somerset v. Sussex... Taunton, Aug. 6 1023 ... 29 ... Warwicksh. v. Hants B’ham, July 30 1023 ... 34 ... Glos. y. Middlesex ... Clifton, Aug. 6 1018 ... 30 ... Leicestersh. v. Yorks Leicester, June 18 1015 ... 26 ... Kent v. Lancashire... Canterbury,Aug.3 1009 ... 30 ... Derbyshire v. Surrey Derby, May 14 Tw enty-seven in all, considerably the biggest list of any season as yet. Yorkshire had a hand in just one-third of the total, and Sussex in fiv e ; Surrey and Lancashire, on the contrary, only participated in one each. The date given is that of the first day of the m atch ; in every case but one (M .C.C. v. Oxford University, at L ord’ s) three days were occupied. II.—B ig T otals (400 and over ). o |> o GO K ^ 887 ... 10 . 660 ... 10 . 625 ... 10 . 584 ... 10 . 583 . 577 . 559 . 551 . 543 . 525 . By. . Yorks • H . Aust. . M.C.C. . 519 ... 10 . 515 ... 10 . 514 . 512 . 507 . 483 . 476 . 466 . 463 . 462 . 459 . . C.U. . Surrey . . C.U. . M.C.C. 454 ... 10 450... 8 450 . 450 . 450 . 443 . 440 . 439 436 . 430 . 430 . 424 . 424 . 422 . 420 . 418 . 416 . 413 . 10 . 10 . 10 . 10 . 9 . 10 . 10 . , 9 . 10 . 10 . . 10 . , 10 . . 3 . . 10 . . 10 . . 10 . 412 .. 10 . 407 ... 10 . 406 ... 4 . 406 ... 10 . Against. . Wrwksh.. . Leicestrsh. . Derbysh... . Leicestrsh. .O.U. Derbysh. Lancs. ... , Sussex ... Somerset... Glos. ... Sussex ... , Yorks ... „ . Sussex ... Somerset.. . Somerset Hants ... . Hants ... Yorks ... . Sussex ... . Derbysh ... . M.C.C. .. . C.U. .. Somerset Sussex ... , Notts ... Derbysh... Glos. ..r~ Aust. . , Yorks .. . Aust. .. . Derbysh . Yorks .. . Mdx. .. . Kent .. . Surrey . . Thm’sXI C.U. . Surrey .. Yorks . Derbysh Leicestrsh, . Notts ... Kent; . Surrey ... Essex . Somerset Sussex . Surrey Notts . Wbb’sXI C.U. Sussex ... Glos. . Hants . . Kent . Players . Yorks . . Notts . Glos. . Somerset Leicestrsh, The four counties which failed to reach 400 at any time during the season were :—Essex (highest total, 395), Lancashire (293 for six wickets), Leicestershire (399), and Warwick­ shire (347). Besides their five scores of over 400, the Australians made ten of over 300 ; while not one 400 score and only two of over 300 were hit against them. III.— T h e T h o u sa n d - R uns S c o r e r s . Date on which Match in which 1,000 was 1,000 was Batsman. reached. reached. Abel (R.) ......... June 19 ... Lancs, v. Surrey . K, S. Ranjitsinhji June 19 ... Kent v. Sussex . Kent . YorKs . , C.U. . , Aust. . , Yorks . . Surrey . . O.U. . Sussex . Derbysh.. . M.C.C. . . England. Sussex .. Hants . Surrey . At. Date B’ham, May 7, 8 Leicester,June 18,19 Derby, July 20, 21 Leicester, July 13,14 Lords, June 29 M’chster.,Aug.10,11 Taunton, Aug. 6, 7 Bristol, Aug. 3, 4 Bradford,May 18,19 , Brighton,May 29,30 S’hmpton, July 9,10 „ July 16,17 Brighton,June 22,23 Derby, May 15, 16 . Lord’s, June 26, 27 ,, June 25, 27 Taunton, Aug. 7, 8 Derby, June 15, 16 Brighton,May 25, 26 S’hampton,July 6,7 Leeds, May 28, 29 Leyton, July 9,10 Derby, June 25, 26 Nottingham, June 1 . Lord’s, June 18, 19 . Taunton, Aug.21,22 Oval, May 7 Cambrdge, May 8, 9 Oval, July 30, 31 . Derby, July 6, 7 . N’ham, Aug. 10,11 Oval, May 11,12 Brighton, May 28 Oval, Aug. 3, 4 C’bridge, May 14,15 Brighton,May 26,27 . Hastings, July 6, 7 Derby, June 25, 26 C’bridge, June 15,16 M’Chester,Julyl6,17 Brighton, Aug.20,21 S’mpton, Ju.30,Jy.l Oval, June 22 Brown (J. T W . G. Grace Gunn (W.) ... J. Darling ... S. E. Gregory Hayward (T.) F. A. Iredale Tunnicliffe(J.W.) July 21 F. S. Jackson ... July 23 Storer (W.)........ Chatterton (W.) A. E. Stoddart .. Brockwell (W.) . G. H. S. Trott .. L.C.H. Palairet.. W. Newham Sugg (F. H.) .. C. B ill................ Pougher (A. D.) Davidson (G.) .. J. R. Mason C. J. Burnup .. G. Giffen ........ Capt. Wynyard.. Ward (A .)........ H. W.Bainbridge Aug. 15 Peel (R.) ......... Aug. 18 Sir T. C. O’Brien Aug. 19 Hirst (G. H.) ... Aug. 20 A. O. Jone3 ... Aug. 20 . June 27 . . July 14 . . July 14 . . July 14 . . July 20 . . July 25 July 25 . July 25 . July 30 . Aug. 3 . Aug. 4 . Aug. 5 . Aug. 7 Aug. 7 Aug. 8 . Aug. 11 . Aug. 13 . Aug. 13 . Aug. 13 . Aug. 14 Aug. 15 •II B S 2218 2780 June 24 ... England v. Aust... 1873 June 26 ... GI03. v. lanes. .. 2135 Notts v. Aust. ... 1383 Leicstrsh. v. Aust. 1555 „ „ 1464 Gents, v. Players... 1595 Derbysh. v. Aust... 1328 Yorks v. Lancs. .. 1405 Yorks v. Somerset 1648 Essex v.Derbysh... 1313 „ „ ... 1193 M.C.C. v. Aust. ... 1671 Surrey v. Yorks ... 1377 Warwk. v. Aust.... 1297 Somerset v. Mdlsx. 1362 Glos. v. Sussex .. 1183 Leics. v. Lancs. ... 1439 Kent v. Aust. ... 1196 Leics. v. Lancs. ... 1121 Lancs, v. Derbysh. 1124 Surrey v. Kent ... 1242 „ „ ... 1295 Sussex v. Aust. ... 1208 Hants v. Warwk. .. 1038 Mdlsx. v. Lancs. .. 1172 Hants v. Warwk ... 1059 Yorks v. Mdlsx. ... 1206 „ „ ... 1087 Sussex v. Yorks ... 1122 Notts v. Mdlsx. ...1050 Baker (G. R.) .. Aug. 21 ... Surrey v. Lancs. ... 1046 S. M. J. Woods... Aug. 22 ... Somerset v. Kent... 1128 Quaife (W. G,)... Aug. 24 ... Warwk. v. Drbysh. 1053 Killick (E. H.) ... Aug. 25 ... Mdlsx. v. Sussex... 1100 Denton (D.) ... Aug. 26 ... Kent v. Yorks ... 1028 Shrewsbury (A.) Aug. 28 ... Notts v. Sussex .. 1009 H. Donnan......... Sept. 5 ... South v. Aust. ... 1009 O f these 39 batsmen the Australians have seven, Yorkshire six, Surrey, Sussex, Lanca­ shire, N otts, and Derbyshire each three, K ent, M iddlesex, W arw ick and Somerset each two, and Leicestershire, Gloucestershire, and Hampshire each one. The absolutely new name3 in the list are those of Darling. Iredale, H ill, Pougher, Burnup, W ynyard Peel, H irst, Jones, Baker, Quaife, K illick, and Donnan. A s to the 2,000 runs, R anjitsinhji reached his 2,000th on August 6, in the match Somer set v. Sussex; W .G . on August 17, in Gloucestershire v. K e n t; A bel on A ugust 19, in Surrey v. Australians. I V .— B ig I ndividual S cores . The enormous number of 151 centuries was made ; while on 44 occasions batsmen reached or passed 90, but were unable to reach three figures. A sa list o f the centuries has already appeared in Cricket , I shall content m yself with a summary of them h ere; and I w ill also give a list of the scores between 89 and 100, which has not, I believe, been given elsewhere. Score of over 300: W . G. Grace, 301. Scores of 200 and under 300 (12) :• Shrewsbury, Sugg (F. H.), Wainwright, H. F. Ward, and S. M. J. Woods (each 2) ; H. W. Bainbridge, Baldwin (C.), Barton (Y. A.). Bean (G.), Board, C. J. Burnup, Carpenter, Denton (D.), C. E. De Trafford, Diver, H. Donnan, N. ;F. Druce, W. G. Druce, Flowers, Lord Harris, H. B. Hayman, W. M. Hemingway, Hirst, A. O. Jones, Marlow, H. H. Marriott, F. Mitchell, Moorhouse, W. L. Murdoch, Sir T. C. O’Brien, R. C. N. Palairet, W. H. Patter­ son, Paul, P. Perrin, W . W. ‘Read, W . N. Roe, Russell, C. O. H. Sewell, G. O. Smith, E. L. Thomas, Dr. G. Thornton, P. S. Waddy, Ward (A.), Welford, and C. W . Wright (each one). Scores of 90 and under 100 (44), the figures here are the actual scores :— Abel, 94, 94, 91 Brown, 90, 90 W . Newham, 92, 92 Quaife (W.), 96, 96 Storer, 98, 92 Baker, 94 C. B. Fry, 92 H. Graham, 96 C. J. Burnup, 95, 93, 92 F. S. Jackson, 95*, 91 R. C. N. Palairet. 99, 92 A. E. Stoddart, 94, 93 Attewell, 96 G. R. Bardswell, 97 Hearne (A.), 92 C. Hill, 98 Hirst, 90 A. O. Jones, 98 H.D.G. Levsn.-Gower, 93 Sir T. C. O’Brien, 94 W. N. Roe. 93* Sugg (F. H.), 96 Tunnicliffe. 99 S. M. J. Woods, 98 F. A. Iredale, 94 G. L. Jessop, 93 Knight, 96 C. McGahey, 97 Quaife (W. G.), 92* E. H. Simpson. 94 C. L. Townsend, 96 A. J. Webbe, 95 L. G. Wright, 94 V. — L o n g P a r t n e r s h ip s (over 200 runs). Abel, 231 Brown, 203 Davidson, 247 W. G. Grace, 243* Gunn, 207* Hayward, 229* A. C. MacLaren, 226* W. Newham, 201* L. C. H. Palairet, 292 Peel, 210* Sugg (F. H.), 220 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, 268 Scores of 100 and under 200 (138), the figures in brackets indicate the number of such scores made :— K. S. Ranjitsinhji (10) ; Storer (5) ; Abel, Hayward, F. A. Iredale, and A. E. Stoddart (each 4); Brock­ well, Brown, J. Darling, S. E. Gregory, F. S. Jackson, J. R. Mason, L. C. H. Palairet, G. H. S. Trott, and Capt E. G. Wynyard (each 3); Bagshaw, Chatterton, G. Giffen, W . G. Grace, Gunn, Lord Hawke, C. Hill Holland (F. C.), Killick, Lilley, F. Marchant, Peel’ Rougher, Quaife (W. G.), Rev. W . Rashleigh’ 108 ... 4 .. Davidson and Storer, Derbyshire v. Lan­ cashire, at Manchester, Aug. 10,11. !92 ... 8 ... Lord Hawke and Peel, Yorkshire v. War­ wickshire, at Birmingham, May 7, 8. 149 ... 2 ... L. C. H. Palariet and R. C. N. Palairet, Somrst. v. Sussex, at Taunton,Aug.7,8. !48 ... 7 ... W . G. Grace andE. L. Thomas, Glouces­ tershire v. Sussex, at Brighton, May 25. ’42 ... 3 ... N. F. Druce and C. E. M. Wilson,Camb. Univ. v. M.C.C., at Lord’s, June, 26,27. !23 ... 1 ... A. O. Jones and Shrewsbury, Notts v. Kent, at Nottingham, August 10. !21 ... 4 ... S. E. Gregory andG.H. S. Trott, Austra­ lia v. England, at Lord’s, June 23. *21 ... 3 ... Baldwin and Hayward, Surrey v. York­ shire, at Oval, July 30. J20 ... 2 ... Abel and Holland, Surrey v. Leicester­ shire, at Oval, May 7. 220 ... 4 ... Lord Harris and W .H . Patterson, Kent v. Somerset, at Taunton, August 20. 218 ... 1 ... H.B. Hayman and A.E. Stoddart,Middle­ sex v. Yorkshire, at Lord’s, May 21. 216 . 3 ... W . L. Murdoch and W. Newham, Sussex v. Somerset, at Brighton, May 29, 30. 213 ... 2 ... J. Darling and G. Giffen, Australians v. XI. of South, at Eastbourne, May 21. 211 ... 1 ... Bean (G.) and Marlow, Sussex v. Glouces­ tershire, at Brighton, May 26, 27. 211 ... 2 ... W .G . Grace and R. W. Rice, Gloucester­ shire v. Sussex, at Bristol, August 3. 211 ... 5 ... H. Donnan and G. H. S. Trott. Austra­ lians v. Derbyshire, at Derby, July 20.21 208 ... 3 ... Chatterton and Davidson, Derbyshire v. Lancashire, at Manchester, August 10. The first and last of these were made in tho same innings. So m any were the partnerships of 100 or more but under 200 that to repeat them (for I have given them from week to week) here would take up far too much space. I shall, however, for the sake of ready reference, give those for the first and last wickets, as being of more importance than the rest. The value of such a pei formance by the first two batsmen on a side is obvious at a gla n ce; while a three-figure partnership for the last wicket is so infrequent that its rarity alone should be sufficient to entitle it to honourable mention. Besides the three chronicled in the foregoing list there were, then, the follow ing three- figure F irst - wicket P artnerships . Runs. 195 ... Heaine (A.) and J. R. Mason, Kent v. Notts, at Nottingham, August 11. 178 ... J. Douglas ar.d A. E. Stoddart, Middlesex v. Yorkshire, at Bradford, August 17. 167 ... H. Donnan and F. A. Iredale, Australians v. Hampshire, at South>mp?cn, July 6. 166 ... J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart, Middlesex v. Kent, at Lord’s, August 27. 158 ... J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart, Middlesex v. Notts, at Nottingham. August 20. 147*.., Brown and Tunnicliffe. Yorkshire v. Middle­ sex, at Lord’s, May 23. N E X T ISSUE, THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 26.