Cricket 1897

118 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 6, 1897. SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 3 and 4. Surrey won by an innings and 2§5 runs. With this match the first-class season of 1897 began. The result of the Leices­ tershire and Surrey match has so often furnished a surprise, that although the midland county has not recently distin­ guished itself, there were not wanting prophets to foretell a defeat for Surrey this year. But in addition to the discouragement which Leicestershire re­ ceived last year by reason of its frequent failures, the team had to play without Pougher, who had hurt his foot badly just before the match. Under these circumstances an honourable defeat was about all that could be looked for. The match does not require much description. The last hope of Leicestershire went when Surrey won the toss, and at once began to make hay of the bowling. Abel was in as fine form as last year in this match, which is saying a good deal. He scored far more quickly than usual, and alto­ gether, in beginning the season with a hundred, shewed brilliant cricket. It was interesting to note that, while he was in with Brockwell, he seemed to be the hitter, while Brockwell, for once, was not quite comfortable. Nevertheless, Brockwell shewed signs that he will be as good as ever after he has settled down to his usual game. Hayward played a masterly inn­ ings, and when the bowling was worn to pieces Mr. Key and Mr. Read did pretty much as they liked with it. Mr. Chinnery made his debut for Surrey, but did not meet with success. Rudd bowled very well for Leicestershire, and was the only man who had anything like a good analysis. Leicestershire had to face a total of 560. The captain made 30, and contrary to his usual custom was a long time over his innings. Afterwards Joyce and Tomlin made a fine stand, and Tomlin has reason to be proud of his share in the match. The rest did very little, while in the sec­ ond innings no one could play Richardson, who began the season with a very fine analysis. Surrey had the easiest of vic­ tories, but a good many friends of the county must feel that it would have been a little more satisfactory if, besides Rich­ ardson and Hayward, some of the other bowlers had shewn promise of taking wickets during the season. S urrey . Brockwell, c Geeson, b R u dd...........................34 Abel, b W ood ...........144 Hayward, b Woodcock 130 Baldwin, b Rudd ... 32 H. D. G. L-Gower, c Geeson, b W ood ...5 3 H. B. Chinnery, b Gee­ son .......................... 1 W . W . Read, b Coe ... 62 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . K . J. Key, c Brown, b R u d d ..........................66 Lockwood, b Coe ... 0 W ood, not out ...........17 Richardson, st W hite­ side, b Rudd ... ... 6 B 13, lb 1, nb 1 ...1 5 Total ...660 C. E. de Trafford, b Hayward 30 Knight, b Richardson...........15 It. Joyce, b H ayw ard...........32 Tomlin, b Hayward ...........70 C. J. W ood, b Richardson 15 G. E. Rudd, b Richardson .. 0 Brown, not out ...................14 Geeson, b Hayward ........... 0 Coe, b Richardson................... 4 Woodcock, b Richardson ... 1 Whiteside, b Richardson ... 0 B 8, lb 1, w 4, nb 3 ... 16 Total ...197 c Leveson-Gower, b Richardson ... b Richardson ... b Richardson ... b Richardson ... cWood,bRichard- son ................... b Richardson ... b Hayward........... c sub, b Hayward run out b Hayward... not out........... B 2, lb 5 ... Total ... S u r r e y . O. M. R. W . W oodcock 38 8 143 1 Wood Rudd Tomlin O. M. R.W - 24 7 84 2 22.3 0 72 4 6 1 8 0 Geeson ... 34 6 118 1 C oe...........‘ 37 11 92 2 Brown ... 9 1 28 0 W ood delivered one no-ball. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . Richardson... 30.3 10 70 6 ... Lockwood ..... 12 3 45 0 ... Abel ................ 9 3 18 0 ... Hayward ........ 19 6 41 4 ... Brockwell ..... 4 1 7 0 ... Hayward bowled four wides and two no-balls, and Lockwood delivered one no-ball. Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 14.1 2 35 6 14 3 36 3 SURREY X I. v. XY I. Played at the Oval on April 30 and May 1. Drawn. The cricket season of 1897 may be said to have begun at the Oval with this match, which, although it was played under dispiriting conditions, at least to show that these promising bats are ready to take their places in the county team when occasion offers. As regards bowling, matters were not quite so satis­ factory, and there does not seem to be another Lohmann or Richardson among the young players. H. B. Chinnery, the old Etonian, was included in the eleven, and made a successful first appearance. There is no reason why he should not develop iuto a fine bat. H. R. Parkes was the best of the Colts, as far as play in this match was concerned. S u r r e y F ir s t X I. Baldwin, c Crawford, b Smith ..................37 Ayres, c sub, b Lees... 13 Hayward,lbw, b Keene 42 Holland, lbw, b Smith 24 H. B. Chinnery, c Braund, b W ilson .. 41 Tockwood, b Braund.. 8 Hayes, c Lohmann, b Braund ................... 5 K. J. Key (capt.), c Braund, b Baker ... 0 Nice, c Lohmann, b Wilson .................. 10 Richardson, not out... 7 Marshall,c Thompson, b Braund.................. 1 B 3, lb 5 ........... 8 Total ..196 N e x t XV I. Braund. bLockwood... 10 Smith (F. E.), run out 0 H.R.Parkes,c Holland, b Richardson...........25 Henderson,b Hayward 1 Lohmann (J. S.), c Holland, b Hayward 0 J. W . Crawford, e Holland,b Lockwood 22 Lees, c Ayres, b Chinnery........... ..1 8 Baker (W .J.), b Hayes 11 C. E. Wilson, c and b Hayes .................. 0 Second inning3:—Braund, c Holland, b Lockwood, 1; H. R. Parkes, not out, 31; Henderson, not out, 5 ; Thompson, b Chinnery, 29; B 2, lb 1.—Total (2 wkts.), 69, S u r k e y F ir st X I. Thompson, not out ... 10 W. T. Graburn, c Chinnery, b Hayes 1 C. J. L. Gilson, st Marshall, b Hayes 0 Hussey, b Lockwood 0 Keeley, b Lockwood 0 Keene, b Lockwood.. 0 H. H. B. Hawkins, absent .................. 0 B 5, lb 1, nb 1 ... 7 Tjtal ...105 Smith L ees.......... Gilson Crawford.. O. M. R. W.. 39 16 62 2 18 5 31 1 7 3 19 0 W ilson. Keene . Braund.. 0 * Baker . O. M. R. W . . 7 3 15 2 ,12 6 18 1 162 10 20 3 8 3 19 1 N e x t X Y I. First innings. O. M. R .W . Hayward... .. 10 6 8 2 Lockwood.. .. 143 4 80 5 Richardson .. 10 4 24 1 N ic e ........... .. 6 2 6 0 Chinnery ... .. 5 1 23 1 Hayes .. 8 5 7 4 ... 6 ... 2 ... 2 ... 4 Baldwin 3 Lockwood delivered a no-ball. Second innings. O. M. R .W . , ... 6 0 17 0 ... 6 3 8 1 0 0 * 1 0 0 T HE SURREY X I. IN 1896. A Descriptive Record of the Matches played in that Season. W ith Full Scores, Batting and Bowling Averages, &c., and a Portrait Group of the Team. 75 pp. Price 4d. net. A t all bookstalls; and post free, 5d., from Merritt and Hatcher, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. CRYSTAL PALACE v. Played at Reigate Priory C r y s t a l T. Turner, b Morrison 1 A. W . G a r d e n e r Woolaton, c Poland, b Read ... ...........18 J. C. Barchard, lbw, b R e a d .......................... lo C. Mitchell,b Morrison 44 G. Marks, c Nightin­ gale, b Read ...........16 H. S. Ladell, jun., b R e a d .......................... 0 R e ig a t e F. J. Nightingate, b Turner .................. 4 A. Blaber, b Barchard 15 J. W . Neale, b Turner 13 W . W . Read, b Turner 36 G. Bone-Devereux, b Barchard................... 1 F. W . S. Brabham, c Umney, b Turner ...31 E. R. Hardman, b Turner ................... 0 REIGATE PRIORY.— on May 1. P a l a c e . H. R. Ladell, b Morri­ son .......................... 4 H. Cadell. b Read ... 14 F. A . Wombwell, b M orrison.................. 3 J. C. Umney, lbw b R ea d.......................... 1 H. G. Vesey, notout 0 B 4, lb 2, w 1 ... 7 Total ......118 P r io r y . H. Bailey, c W om b- well, b Barchard ... 0 S. Poland, not out ... 18 F. T. Neale, run out 0 F. C. Morrison, c M it­ chell, b Barchard ... 22 B 3, lb 1 ........ 4 Total ...144 PANTHER (2) v. COLLEGE PA RK .—Played at Catford on May 1. P a n t h e r (2). E. W . Mantle, b Darby 11 W . A. S ta n d is h , c Masters, b Whorwell 32 R. W . Boyd, c Waller, b Darby .................. 6 S. F. Prior, b Martin... 11 C. Day, c Powell, b Martin ...................11 N. S. R e a d in g , b Whorwell ........... 2 M. Heir, not out ... 13 P. Key, c Martin, b Darby ................... 8 C. F. Sulley, not out... 2 Byes .................. 7 C. Hunt, R. Day did not bat. C o l l e g e P a r k . Total ...103 R.G . W hite,c& bPrior 6 Darby, b Boyd ........... 0 Whorwell, c Boyd, b P r io r .......................... 3 Masters, b P rior...........13 Howell, b P rio r.......... 2 Edwards, c Mantle, b C. Day ................... 1 Waller, b C. Day ... 3 Dale, not out .............18 Martin, c & b Prior... 5 Donaldson, c Reading 10 9 __________________________ 61 STOICS v. UPM INSTER FR IARS.—Played at Upminster on May 1. U pminster . b Prior Batchelor, b Prior Byes ........... Total ... S. de Winton, c Every, b Haycraft ........... S. H. S. Haynes, b Hayc r a ft................... E. J. Brown, b Roberts A . L. Forrester, b Roberts ................... F.D. Gibbs, b Haycraft W .H . Stride,b Roberts E. S. Woodiwiss, b Roberts ................... J. E. M. Farquhar, b Roberts ................... A. S. Haynes, b Roberts .................. L. A . Stride, not out A . Richardson, b H aycraft................... Total 11 S t o ic s . C. E. E. Lee, b S. 25 A . G. Every, b S. Haynes ................... 6 J. Elston, c L, A. Stride, b S. Haynes 4 C. Campbell-Roberts, lbw, b Richardson... 13 Total D. Epps, b Forrester... 0 W . J. Haycraft, b Richardson ........... 1 D. Roberts and E. Smith did not bat. A. H. Bartlett, c L. A. Stride, b Brown ... 3 B. Rennie, c. Gibbs, b B row n .................. o H. W ilson, not out ... 2 B 3, lb 2 ........... 5 59 CROYDON v. FOREST H ILL.—Played at Croydon on May 1. C r o y d o n . H. R.Groom, c Cockell. b Bradley... R. Biscoe, lbw, b Welchman ........... E. Wilson Smith, b Phillips ................... C. W. M. Feist, b Welchman ........... T. A. Watson, c Skipper, b H ooker... J. Whitsombe, b Hooker .................. 4 C. J. Paget, b Hooker 0 J. C Neech, b Welch­ man .......................... 0 H. W . Patey, b Hooker 5 J. A. Archer, b Hooker 1 S. J. Ching,not ou t... 11 Extras ........... 7 H. A. Hooker, not out 33 F. Shipper, c J. A. Archer, b Neech ... 11 C. S. J. Douglas, c and b W atson................... 4 C. Phillips, b Watson 0 W . L. Pierce, c W hit- combe, b Patey .. 1 L. Y. Cockell, b Paget 3 F o r e s t H il l . T ota l... 75 C. J. Welchman, b Patey .................. L. B. Meredith, c and b Patey .................. W .M . Bradley, runout H. M. Watmough, not out .......................... Extras ........... B. Batchelor, did not bat. Total (8 wkts)