Cricket 1897

150 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 20, 1897. YORKSHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. H U N D R ED S B Y B R O W N , W A I.N W H IG IIT , AND BO A RD . Played at Bristol on May 13, 14 and 15. Yorkshire won by 10 wickets. But for a poor innings on the first dayof thematch Gloucestershirewould have made a remarkably good show against Yorkshire, despite the increasingweak­ ness of their bowling ; even asit was they were not far from making a drawn game of it. They were, however,pretty soundly beaten,andcouldhardlyhave expected any other result, seeing that they were not at their full strength, while Yorkshire were stronger than in their match against the M C.C. The first innings of Gloucestershire was most disappointing. With the advantage of winning the toss it was hoped that they would make a fairly large score, but except that W.G. played a masterly inaings of 55, the men who usually make the runs were all disposed of for surprisingly low score*. Towards the end of the innings Hale kept up his end for a long time, but could find no oneto help him, and carried his bat for a good 47. It was not tor a moment to be expected that the Yorkshiremen would follow the lead of their opponents, and before the day’splay ended they had already passed the Gloucestershire total for the loss of but onewicket, Mr. Jackson being not out 61 and Brown not out 69. Sofar things looked very serious for the western county, but on the following morning they got rid of bothbatsmenfor averyslightaddition to the score. Their success did not end here; they very soon had disposed of fivemen for 180, a distinct improvement on the look out ofthepreviousevening ; so far there wasnothing very alarming in the state of affairs to Gloucestershire, for after all, despite their fine beginning, Yorkshire were only 25 runs ahead. But the strength of the Yorkshire team, more than of any other county, lies in its all-round excell­ ence, and *you never know your luck ” until you have seenthe last man walking towards the pavilion. On Friday the tail asserteditself,and by the time the innings wasovertheGloucestershirebowlingaverages had been uncomfortably upset. Hirst and Wain­ wright eachmade a hundred, and Milligan put on 36 as a finish off to the innings. Total 494. Townsend and Roberts were kept on for most of the innings; the former took sevenwickets at a great cost, while Roberts only took two for 67£ runs apiece. With an awestriking leeway to mane up, Gloucestershire began badlyin their second innings, losing W.G., as well asWrathall and Hale, for84runs before stumps were drawn. Wrathall gave a glimpse of the form which for a short period last year brought him into theveryfrontrankofbatsmen. OntheSaturday, when it was toolate, some finebattingwasshown by Board, who made 126 in his best style, Townsend and W. S. A. Brown, Hirst and Wainwright had fairly good analyses, but the other bowlers were harmless. G lo u c e s t e rs h ire First innings. W. G. Grace, b Haigh ... 55 C. L. Townsend, c Tunni- cliffe, b Hirst ............... 4 Wrathall, b Haigh ........ 15 E. L. Thomas, b Haigh ... 9 Board, c Hunter, b Wain­ wright ........................... W. S. A. Brown, b Hirst ... 5 Hale, not out..............•... 47 Murch, c Denton, b Peel ... 4 F. C. Weaver, c Jackson, b Peel ........................... 1 F. C. Bracher, b Hirst ... 4 Roberts, run out............... 3 Second innings, b Wainwright ... 17 cHunter, b Hirst 51 cDenton,bWain­ wright ........ 41 c Moorhouse, b Wainwright ... 14 1 c Hirst, b Wain- B 4, lb c wright c sub., b Hirst . b Hirst............. b Wainwright . not out............ lbw, b Hirst c Moorhouse, Wainwright . B 11,lb 6 . .126 . 47 . 10 . 0 . 18 . 15 D . 2 . 17 Total... F. S. Jackson, cWra­ thall, b Roberts ... 68 Tunnicliffe, c and b Townsend.............. 19 Brown, c Hale, b Townsend...............72 Denton, c Thomas, b Murch ...............41 Moorhouse, cBoard, b Townsend.............. 2 Peel, lbw, b Townsend 6 ...155 Y o rk s h ire . Total ...358 Wainwright, lbw, b Townsend ......... 100 Hirst, c Thomas, b Townsend .........134 F. W. Milligan, st Board, b Townsend 35 Haigh, c Wrathall, b Roberts ............... 4 Huuter, not out........ 0 B 8, lb 2, w 1,nb2 13 Total ....... 494 Second innings.— Tunnicliffe (not out), 10; Brown (not out), 11. Total (for no wicket), 21. G l o u c b s ik r s iiir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst.............. 19 5 393 ......... Peel .............. 39 6 44 2 ......... Wainwright ... 12 6 211 ... .. Haigh.............. 16 4 6 303 ......... Milligan ........ 4 1 140 ......... Jackson ... Brown Moorhouse Second innings, O. M. R. W. .33 7 73 4 . 3 0 26 0 40 12 103 6 .21 5 63 0 3 15 0 2 33 0 0 17 0 0 11 0 11 3 4 Roberts Townsend Weaver Murch Grace Brown Hale Y o rk s h ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. ...............2 ... Secondinnings . 49 11 185 593 4 207 5 3 7 O. . 10 . 13 . 11 6 _ 1 2-2 0 R. W. 6 0 15 0 Roberts delivered two no-balls and Murch one wide. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BA.NK (2) v. COUTl’S.—Played at Denmark Hill on May 13 and 14. L o n d o n a n d W e stm in ste r B a n k (2). S. Bowman, cBurtt, b Sercombe.............. 8 C. J . Crossley, b Burtt 18 G. Raby, c Burtt, b Sercombe............... 0 A. J. Richardson, b Burtt..................... 1 A. E. Thomson, c Davidson,bSercombe 6 H. White, candb Ser­ combe.................... 0 T. H.Pritchard, runout 7 F. W. Stone, b Ser­ combe .............. A. W. Brown, st Davidson, b Ser­ combe ............... H. Crossley, not out... E. S. Saunders, lbw, b Sercombe ........ Byes ........ Total COUTTS A. E. Tylecote, bBow­ man ..................... 5 J. Kentish, c and b Bowman ............... 5 C. J. S. Hopgood, b Richardson ........ 13 H. H. Pegler, b Bow­ man ..................... 2 A. Yargas, b Richard­ son ..................... .1 J. L. M. Davidson, c sub., b Richardson 0 L. B. Burtt, not out H. C. Plumer, bBow­ man .................... H. W. E. Sercombe, c Pritchard,bBowman E. Tyler, b Bowman S. S. Greenfield, b Richardson ........ B 5, w 1 Total ........ ITINERANTS v. TOWNLEY PARK.- Dulwich onMay 15. -Played at T o w n ley P a r k . G. Simpson, c and b Cryer........ ......... A. Wallers, c Boyd, b S. J. Holmes........ J. Buck, st Boyd, b A. Holmes .............. C. J. M. Fox, not out H. Taberton, c eicully, b Humphries A. Gasson, b Cryer ... W. Wood, b Hum­ phries .............. A. Young, st Boyd, b Humphries ........ C. Wood, not out B 17, lb 1, nb 1 .. 19 Total E. Broadhurst and C. H. Biggs did not bat. *Innings declared closed. I t in e r a n t s . *186 E. E. Humphries, b P. W. Hoe, b W. W. Wood.............. 5 Wood..................... 0 B. R. Scully, lbw, b J. F. Drake, c sub, b Simpson............... 1 W. Wood.............. 4 S.J.Holmes,bSimpson 1 E. M. Cavenaugh, not H.G.Cryer, cSimpson, out ..................... 8 b W. Wood ........ 11 G. Bridgers, bWallers 2 J.C. Boyd, b W. Wood 0 B 26, w 1 ........ 27 A. S. Hoe, bW. Wood 6 — A. Holmes, lbw, b Total ........ 65 Wallers .............. 0 LONDON AND COUNTY BANK v. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK.—Played at Dulwich on May 11,12 and 13. L ondon a n d C o u n ty B a n k . F. J.Finlinson,cWyatt, b Porter .............. 10 F. G.Cumings,c Fisher, b Cosser .............. 18 A. Jackson, lbw, b Porter.....................23 W.R.Patiison, bPorter 6 E. F. Robinson, b McConachy ........ 10 J. A. Bienvenu, b McConachy ........ 5 P. F. Allen did not bat. C. R. Trowell,not out 16 H. E. W. Ingram, b McConachy ..... 3 A. A. Yeoman, b McConachy ..... 0 B. M. Waldock, not out .................... 0 B 8,lb 4,w 1 ... 13 Total ... *104 'Innings declared closed. N a tio n a l P r o v in c ia l B a n k . R. C. Damant, run out 13 C. W. Wightman, c Yeoman, b Cumings 0 J. Price, c Allen, b Cuminga .............. 2 G. A. Cusser, b Bien­ venu ..................... 13 W. V. Pearson, cWal­ dock, b Cumings ... 7 O. Coleman, b Ingram 6 E. French, c Waldock, b Cumings........ ... 0 J. E. Wyatt, c Fin- linson, b Robinson 3 H. C. McConachy, not out ..................... 3 P. L. Fisher, c Robin­ son,bIngram........ 0 W. H. Porter,Jack­ son, b Robinson ... 1 B 8, lb 1 ........ 9 Total... , 57 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. SUSSEX. AN INNINGS OF 260 BY K . S. RANJIT8INHJI. Played at Lord’s on May 13, 14 and 15. M.C.C. won by 46 runs. This was in every way a remarkable match. Although the Sussex score in the first innings amounted to 418,a totalwhich isgenerally considered enough to make a side certain at least to avoid defeat, the M.C.C. played up so well against the weak Sussex bowling that in the end they were able to claima victory. An analysis of the 418 runs shows that oneman, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, scored more than all the rest of theside; there was only oneother score over 50— that of Mr. Murdoch, who played almost a perfect innings; threemenmadebetween20 and 30; while six of themwere responsibleforatotal of 23. And this in an innings which included a wonderful score of 260. For some little time Ranjit­ sinhji did not settle down to his work— he takes longtr to get warm than an Englishman—but when once he had made himself thoroughly at home he obtained as complete amastery over the bowling as could wish to be seen. He was only batting for five minutes over four hours. His score included a six and 36 fours. While he was in with Murdoch 173 runs were put on in just over an hour and a half. Bland batted well at the end of the innings. The M.C.C. batting, both in the first innings and the follow on, was a completecontrast to that of Sussex. Nobody made a hundred, but everybodymade double figures in one innings or the other. There was nothing particularly attractive about the batting,and the only wonder is that, as almost every batsman seemedto havemastered the bowling, no higherscore was made. Mr. Warner, Mr. Foley, Chatterton and Mr. Jardine distinguished themselves the most. Bland bowled very well indeed in both innings, but he had very little luck, andhad tobekept ontoolong, by force of circumstances. The Sussex second innings was only relieved frommonotony by a fine innings of 48by Killick. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. Bean (G.), b Martin ......... 0b Hearne .......... 0 Marlow, b Davidson ...........25b Hearne ........... 8 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, cDavid­ son, b Heame ................260 W. L. Murdoch, st Storer, b Davidson..................... 51 Vine, b Davidson.............. 0 Killick, b Hearne............... 22 Parris, cStorer,bWarner... 3 Cox, lbw, b Warner ........ 6 Butt, not out..................... 8 Tate, cDavidson, b Hearne 6 Bland, b Hearne.............. 28 B 4, lb 4, nb 1 ... 9 Total.................... 418 M.C.C. First innings.. P. F. Warner, b Tate........ 33 C. E. de Trafford, b Tate ... 39 Chatterton, b Bland ........ 19 C. P. Foley, cButt, b Bland 26 Davidson, run out ........ 9 Storer, b Parris ............... 20 M. R. Jardine, b Bland ... 52 B. V. Wentworth, b Bland 23 Lord Hawke, b Bland ... 12 Martin, c Parris, b Bland... 5 Hearne (J.T.), not out ... 16 B 3, lb 7, nb 2 ... 12 c Hawke, b Davidson ... 12 c Chatterton, b Davidson ... 12 cStorer,bDavid­ son ............... 9 b Davidson.......48 c Foley, b Martin 15 runout............... 8 b Martin ........ 3 b Davidson........ 0 not out.............. 7 B 14, nb 1 15 Total ...137 Second innings, st Butt, b Parris 37 cButt, b Bland... 8 c Butt, b Killick 79 c Murdoch, b Killick ........47 lbw, b Tate........43 c Bean, b Bland 36 b Tate.............. 0 cButt, b Bland... 34 b Parris not out... b Parris Total 0 35 5 B 7,1b3,nb1 11 ...335 S u ssex . First innings. Bland Cox ... Tate... Parris Total Second innings. O.M. R. W. ... 23 7 59 3 ... 11 2 26 2 ... 22.39 37 5 Storer bowled one no-ball. M.C.C. and G round. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hearne ... ... 44.4 16 104 4 Martin ... ... 35 5 127 1 Davidson .. 24 7 65 3 Chatterton .,.. 17 5 56 0 Storer ... ... 5 0 31 0 Warner ... ... 11 3 26 2 25 33 9 7 105 6 ... 6 44 0 ... 7 85 2 ... 4 20 1 ... Killick.. O. M. R. W ' 47 11 113 3 10 3 38 0 14 70 2 17.2 5 27 11 Ranjitsinhji 3 1 Bland bowled ano-ball.