Cricket 1897

M ay 13, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 139 M.C.O. & GROUND v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 10, 11 and 12. M.C.C. won by 7wickets. It was by no means a strong team, on paper, which represented the M C.C., and was particularly weak in batting as compared with some other M.C.C. teams. Yorkshire was at full strength, with the exception of Mr. Jackson and Mr. Ernest Smith. For bowling the home team relied on Martin and Hearne and the two Australians, of whom Roche, the Mel­ bourne player, made his debut in Eaglish cricket. As a stranger whose style would be new to the Yorkshiremen, he was naturally put on first, when Yorkshire, having wou the toss, went to the wickets. Brown and Tunnicliffe sampled him very carefully, but although they found him somewhat difficult at first, it was clear that he had not yet got into form. The Yorkshire innings was remarkable for the batting of three men who have so often done great things for their side. Tuanicliffe was content to play a very steady game, rarely using his great powers of hitting, while Brown made runs with reasonable quickness, the stand for the first wicket by these two men pointed to a big innings by the county. When Brown was out for a pretty 54, made in an hour and twenty minutes, the total was 87. Denton was getting well set when he was run out, and then Moorhouse made a stand, with Tunnicliffe, who, after batting for about two hours and a half, was caught for 54; the same score as Brown. If it were not for the exceptional strength of the York­ shire batting, Moorhouse would never be left out of the team; he played a very fine innings for 78, the highest score on the side. The tail gave a fair account of itself, but was not so difficult to dispose of as is often the case. When stumps were drawn the M.C.C. had scored 36 without losing a wicket. On the next morning most of the team played good cricket, and nearly every man played quite up to his reputation. C. P. Foley, who is seldom seen now-a-days in first class cricket, played an excellent and taking game for 42. At luncheon time there seemed, however, no likelihood that the Yorkshire total would be nearly approached, for seven wickets had fallen for 154, and only Martin, Hearne, Mr. Wentworth, and Roche were left. It is true that Hearne frequently makes a few runs, and that Martin has, on occasion, knocked up a fair score, but they are not to be relied on. It is true, also, that Mr. Wentworth had excited the admiration of the crowd and the cricketers by keeping at the wicket in the bitterly cold weather for more than an hour and a half without getting many runs, but it did not seem likely that he would be able to hold out very much longer. Roche was an un­ known quantity. As it happened, all calculations were quite upset by Martin, who made no less than 71, and made his runs well. Mr. Wentworth brought his score to 36, his last dozen runs being made quickly, and Hearne and Roche both played well, so that the total oame within 8 of that of Yorkshire. In their second innings Yorkshire began fairly well, and when stumps were drawn had lost three wickets for 75, with Tunnicliffe and Moorhouse well in. The continua­ tion of the innings was not very interest­ ing, and until Lord Hawke came in things looked very bad for the county. But Lord Hawke soon showed that his practice in the West Indies during the winter months had not been wasted, and he carried his bat for a brilliant 63. Tiie M.C.C. had to make 226, and set about their work with delightful energy. Mr. C. W. Wright was in great form, aud with Mr. Warner put on 43 for the first wicket, of which the Notts amateur’s share was no less than 33. Then a long stand by Trott and Warner practically won the match for the M.O.C. For once the Yorkshire bowling was quite in­ effective. Trott at last went for 62, one of his best innings in England, while Mr. Warner stayed until his side had won, scoring 108. Y o rk s h ire . First innings. Tunnicliffe, c Warner, b Martin...........................51 Brown, b Hearne ...............54 Denton, run out .............. 13 Moorhouse, c Foley, b Wigram .....................78 Peel, lbw, b Martin ........ 7 Wainwright, o Wigram, b Boche........................... 1 Mounsey, cHearne,b Roche 9 Lord Hawke, b Hearne ... 10 F. W . Milligan, b Martin... 26 Haigh, cWarner, b Hearne 4 Hunter, not out .............. 6 B 5, lb 7 ........ 12 Total ........ 274 Secondinnings. cBoard,bHeame 34 cBoard,bHearne 25 cBoard,bHeame 6 b Hearne ........ 14 b Martin ........ 8 cBoard,bHearne 20 c Board, bMartin 4 not out..............63 run out ........ 9 c Jardine, b Hearne ........ 26 b Hearne ........ 3 Extras........ 5 Total ........ 217 M.C.C. a n d G ro u n d . First innings. C. W. Wright, run out....... 23 P. F.Warner, b Wainwright 16 notout... Trott (A. E.), c Milligan, b Haigh........................... 8 Second innings, c Hunter, b Peel 33 M. R. Jardine, cliffe, b Peel c Tunni- , 21 C. P. Foley, b Haigh........42 C. Wigram, b Wainwright 1 B.V. Wentworth, stHunter, b Peel...........................33 Board, b Haigh ........ ... 2 Martin, c Hunter, b Wain­ wright ...........................71 Hearne (J. T.l, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Milligan .........19 Roche, not out .............. 22 B 4, w 1 ........ 5 c Tunnicliife, b Wainwright ... 62 c Tunnicliffe, b Brown ........ 5 not out.............. 21 Total ........ 266 Total(3wkts)229 Y o r k s h ir e . First inning3. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Roche ........ 35 16 75 2 ... Martin......... 37-3 16 62 3 ... !!. 27 7 68 2 Hearae.........30 7 69 3 ... ... 37211 74 7 Trott ........ 4 1 19 0 ... ... 5 0 28 0 Wigram.......,15 5 37 1 ... ... 9 3 42 0 M.C.C. an d G ro u n d . First innings. SecondInnings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Haigh .. . 33 13 75 3 ... ... 9 1 37 0 Peel ....... .. 40 17 50 2 ... ... 10 4 15 1 Wainwright... 37-3 13 61 3 ... ... 22*1 2 68 1 Milligan .22 7 49 1 ... ... 10 0 51 0 Hrown....... . 3 0 12 0 ... ... 10 2 41 1 Moorhouse .... 4 0 10 0 ... Denton....... . 2 0 4 0 ... Mounsey 5 1 14 0 Peel delivered awide. SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at the Oval on May 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. S j greatly have the Essex men im­ proved in recent years that it is never safe for any other county to rely on gain­ ing a victory over them, and Surrey, with the experience of 1896 at L9yton before them, would be the last to do so. Cricket at the Oval was played under difficulties, and the bowlers and field were greatly to be pitied, for with the thermometer at something not very far removal from zero, and a cold wind, they found it hard to hold the ball. Surrey had the task of fielding on the first day, and found that their bowling depended a little too much on Richardson and Hayward. They could hardly be blamed for their fielding, and poor as it was, it did not compare very unfavourably with that of Essex on the second day. There is no telling what might have happened if Perrin and McGahey had not become well set together— possibly Richardson might have created a panic. But the two young batsmen took the score from 44 to 181 for the third wicket, and by the time that they were separated the Surrey bowling had but little devil left in it. The partnership, during which 137 runs were put on, lasted for an hour and three quarters. They both played very attrac­ tive and correct cricket, and may be heartily congratulated on beginning the season so well. McGahey missed his hundred by six; last year, it will be remembered, his highest score was 97. After Perrin was dismissed there was a momentary break down in the batting, but A. P. Lucas, whom no breakdown could discourage, steadily kept on his way until he, at last, found a valuable partner in Mead. Just before Mead came in three wickets had fallen with the total at 240. Mead helped Mr. Lucas to raise it to 306, and the innings closed for 316. This was very encouraging for Essex. At ten minutes past six, when the first two Surrey batsmen were about to begin the painful processof trying to play out time in a bad light, the umpires stopped play, and stumps were drawn. On Tues­ day, after the first wicket had fallen for 30, there was something very nearly like a collapse in the batting, which was only stayed when Chinnery joined Hayward, with the score at 86 for four wickets. The old Etonian batted sowell that hopes were entertained of a large score, but he was out for 25, and afterwards nobody but the captain could stay with Hayward. Mr. Key made a most valuable stand, and when he was out for 37— the last man— the score had been taken from 140 to 199. Hayward was out at 174 for a soundly-played, but somewhat fortu­ nate, innings of 66. The chief cause that the total of the Surrey innings fell short of what had been hoped was the bowling of F. G. Bull, who had the splendid analysis of nine wickets for 93. Essex, in their second innings, made a most promising start, F. L. Fane and Carpenter putting up 77 for the first wicket. The bowling had