Cricket 1896

482 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D ec . 31, 1896. 27. Marlborough. A tie match, between Marlborough College and Marlborough Blues. The last four wickets of the latter went down without a run. 27. Bristol. F. H. Sugg scored 220 for Lancashire v. Gloucestershire. 29. Manchester. Messrs. H. B. Hayman and A. E. Stoddart scored 134 before a wicket fell in first inniDgs of Middle­ sex v. Lancashire. 30. Lord’ s. M.C.C. and Ground scored 583 for seven wickets (innings closed) v. Oxford University. JULY. 1. Beckenham. Mr. J. R. Mason and Alec Heaine put on 115 for first wicket in second innings for Kent v. Notts. —. A. E. Baker for Trotton took all ten wickets for one run. He got five wickets with successive balls. 4. Sheffield. Storer scored 122 in second innings of Derbyshire v. Yorkshire. His fourth hundred in consecutive matches. 4. Basingstoke. For Andover v. Basing­ stoke T. Richardson, the Surrey howler, took ten of the eleven wickets. Seven of these were with successive halls. —. South Australia. H. Pellew scored 102 and 104, in each case not out for Kapunda v. Eudunda. 7. Southampton. F. A. Iredale and H. Donnan put on 167 for first wicket of Australians v. Hants. 8. Oval. The Gentlemen beat the Players by one wicket. 9. Leyton. J. Darling and F. A. Iredale put on 117 for first wicket of Austra­ lians v. Players. 9. Birkenhead Park. For Birkenhead Park v. Northern Cecil, Holden scored 202 out of 261. In two consecutive overs he made 44 by two 6’s and eight 4’s. 11. Southampton. Mr. L. C. H. Palairet scored 292 out of a total of 519 in first innings of Somersetshire v. Hants. In all 1,066 runs were scored for thirty- two wickets. 11. Willesden. For Willesden v. Hamp­ stead T. M. Farmiloe and li. Leigh- ibbs put on 124 runs in sixty-five minutes. 11. Bristol. Board made 124 runs in second innings for Gloucestershire v. War­ wickshire in an hour and fifty minutes. 13. Leicester. The Australians scored 584 v. Leicestershire. 13. Winchester. 60th Rifles scored 619 for nine wickets against I Zingari. In the two days 1,056 runs were made for twenty wickets. 17. Southampton. Hampshire scored 515 against Yorkshire, (Capt. Wynyard, 268). Altogether 1,057 runs were scored for twenty-seven wickets. 18. Manchester. K. S. Ranjitsinhji scored 62 and 154 not out for England v. Australia. 20. Derby. The Australians scored 625 against Derbyshire. 22. Croydon. Y. F. S. Crawford scored 28 in one over for Whitgift Grammar Grammar School v. St. Dunstan’s College. 25. Leyton. In match between Essex and Derbyshire 1,091 runs were scored for 28 wickets. 27. Manchester. Messrs. R. C. X . Palairet and S. M. J. Woods scored 110 for first wicket in first innings of Somer­ setshire v. Lancashire. 29. 29. 10 . 10 . 15. 15. 17. 20 . 20 . Kennington Oval. C. H. R. Henman carried his hat through the innings for Whitgift Grammar School for 87 of 160, and W. A. Windsor for Surrey Club and Ground for 72 of 132. Corsham. J. G. O’Brien carried his bat through the innings for Corsham v. H. Harris’ XI. scoring 96 out of 166. AUGUST. Brighton. Gloucestershire scored 551 v. Sussex, Dr. W. Grace, 301. Gloucestershire’s highest_ innings in first-class cricket. Canterbury. Mr. A. C. MacLaren scored 226 not out in second innings for Lancashire v. Kent. Taunton. Sussex scored 559 v. Somer­ setshire. A record for Sussex in county cricket. In all 1,035 runs were made for sixteen wickets. Leicester. Leicestershire scored 399 in first innings against Lancashire. Its best innings in first-class cricket. Lord’s. Three seore3 of a hundred in second innings of M.C.C. and Ground v. Glamorganshire. Nottingham. Mr. A. O. Jones and Shrewsbury put on 223 for first wicket in first innings of Notts against Kent. Mr. J. R. Slason and Alec Hearne made 195 before a wicket fell in first innings of Kent, Manchester. Three hundreds in first innings of Derbyshire v. Lancashire. Derbyshire scored 577 (Davidson 274). Southampton. Mr. H. W. Bainbridge and W. G. Quaife made 110 wanted by Warwickshire to beat Hampshire without the loss of a wicket. Lessness Park. Rev. C. E. Kindersley and Mr. J. Shuter made first 160 runs for Lessness Park v. 2nd Lincoln­ shire Regiment in seventy minutes. Bradford. Messrs. J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart put on 178 runs for first wicket in first innings for Middlesex v. Yorkshire. Mr. F. S. Jackson and Tunnicliffe made 127 before a wicket fell in second innings of Yorkshire. Brighton. Mr. F. S. Jackson andTunni­ cliffe put on 143 for first wicket for Yorkshire v. Sussex. Nottingham. Messrs. J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart put on 158 for first wicket in first innings of Middlesex v. Notts. In a match in Gloucestershire between Cam Mills and Dursley the former made 329 in an hour and forty minutes for no wicket. A. Davis scored 201 not out. Brighton. K. S. Ranjitsinhji scored 100 and 125not out for Sussex v. Yorkshire. Kennington Oval. Mold (Lancashire) in Surrey’s first innings bowled Loh­ mann with a ball which took the bail 63 yards 6 inches from the stumps. A record. Cheltenham. Gloucestershire’s second score of 17 against the Australians was the lowest innings in first-class cricket in 1896. Manchester. Mr. A. C. MacLaren and A. Ward scored 101 for first wicket for Lancashire v. Notts. Lord’s, Messrs. J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart scored 166 for first wicket in second innings of Middlesex against Kent. The third time they had put on a hundred for first wicket within a fortnight. In the match between Leyton and Finchley three of the Leyton menwere run out from successive balls. OBITUARY. H. H. STEPHENSON. Although it was known that H. H. Stevenson had been failing in health for a long time, the news of his death on December 17th in his 64th year, at Up­ pingham, the home of his later years, came as a startling surprise. It wasless than two years ago that he began to seriously think of writing his reminiscences, and what the cricketing world has lost by his not being able to carry out his idea, can easily be imagined by those who have had the pleasure of knowing him. For he had an apparently undiminishing stock of the most curious and interesting experiences and anecdotes, while his dry humour was quite irresistible. By all Uppingham boys he was regarded as a personal friend, and not one of them but can tell of some kindly trait in the genial old “ H .H .” as they always speak of him. But it is not only Uppingham boys who will miss him; he had scores—nay, hundreds of friends among cricketers of all classes and capabilities, and it cannot well have been that he had an enemy. It was through the efforts of Mr. C. E. Green that “ H. H. ” went to Uppingham, much against his will, for he thought that he should be ruined by the new venture, and that he would be forgotten in a very short time. But in after years he had every reason to see that Mr. Green’s judgment had not been at fault, and he always con­ sidered that he owed a very great deal to the famous Essex cricketer. But he also knew that he had done a great work, and although he would have been the last man in the world to brag about it, he did not make a pretence of being ignorant of it. When he went to Uppingham he found that there was very much to be done, if the school, from a cricket point of view, was to take its place among the other great schools. He set to work with determination, and helped by masters and boys alike, he very soon began to make headway. Then came the famous succession of cricketers who made Uppingham famous : A. P. Lucas, D. Q. Steel, H. Rotherham, Gregor MacGregor, Stanley Christopherson, J. A. Turner, W. S. Patterson, S. S. Schultz, H. T. Luddington. J. H. M. Hare, and later C. E. M. Wilson, W. McG. HemiDgway and G. R. Bardswell. This is a list of which any school coach might well be proud. But “ H. H .” was by no means an ordinary school coach; he might almost have been regarded as one of the masters, and his word was law. Up to quite recently he used to bowl at the nets, and professed to be very greatly shocked when Mr. Stanley Christopherson, in an interview, mentioned that he only bowled from about sixteen yards. “ What an idea!” he said. “ If my memory serves me, he used to do a little poaching himself at practice 1” If he had never gained fame as a coach, Stephenson might well have been satisfied with his fame as a county cricketer. As a Surrey man—he was bom N E X T ISSUE, T HUR SDA Y , J ANU A R Y 28.