Cricket 1897

156 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 20, 1897. YORKSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Taunton, May 17, 18 and 19. Yorkshire won by five wickets. The exhibition given by the Somersetshire team, or rather by half of it, on the first day of this match, was such asto make its friends despair, but neverdid a teammore completely atone for failurethanSomer­ seton the second day. It wasnothing that Yorkshire on a perfect wicket should make 385; they might do as much as that againt any team when the ground was more or lessin favour of the bowlers, but to lose L. C. H. Palairet, Nichols, R. C. N. Palairet, M. H. Toller and S. M. J. Woods, for a mattrr of 33runs immediately afterwards was discouraging in the extreme. The Yorkshire innings was remarkable for the splendid cricket shewn by F. 8. Jackson and Denton, who each scored a hundred. The former’s 124 was made in two hours and three quarters, the latter’s 112in two hours, so that for once the profes­ sional was a faster scorer than the amateur. With the prospect of certain defeat confronting them Somerset onthe secondday of thematch setabout to make up, as far aswas possible, for the early misfor­ tunes of the side. The tail behaved nobly, more especially G. Fowler and Tyler. It ia hardly too much to say that Fowler’s innings of 70 was the feature of the match, coming as it did when things looked as black as possible for Somerset. In the follow on an entirely different beginning was made. 11. C. N. Palairet made an excellent 41, and his brother was at his best, which is saying a great deal. Robson also helped to considerably swell the total. When stumps were drawn Somerset had lost four wickets for 200, and were thus 38 runs to the good -not a very cheerful position, but by nomeans a hopeless one. The promise shown on Tuesday eveningwas not kept up on the following morning, and except that Robson increased his score to 80 nothing was done. Yorkshire only had to make 115, and after putting up 49 without loss, only won the match by fivewickets. Y orkshire . First innings. F. S. Jackson, cL. Palairet, b Tyler...........................IS Tunnicliffe, c Nichols, Woods..................... Brown, b Tyler ........ Denton, c Fowler,bTyler...112 Moorhouse, b Tyler ........ Peel, cWickham, b Robson Wainwright, c L. Palairet. b Robson ..................... Hirst, c Gill, b Tyler........ F. W. Milligan, bRobson . Haigh, b Robson............... Hunter, not out ............. B 10, lb 4, w 5 ........ " Total .............. S omerset . First innings. L. C. H. Palairet, cDenton, b Haigh .....................16 Nichols, b H irst............... 4 R. C. N. Palairet, b Hirst... 0 H. T. Stanley,bWainwright 51 M. H. Toller, c Brown, b Wainwright .............. 4 S. M. J. Woods, c Denton, b Wainwright............... 0 Rev.A.P.Wickham,bHaigh 3 Robson, lbw, b Wainwright 25 G.Fowler,c Hunter,bWain­ wright 70 Tyler, not out ...............39 Gill, lbw, b Haigh ......... 0 B 10, lb 1 .........11 Second innings. . 5 runout .. ... 30 , 5 c R. Palairet, b Tyler b Gill ........ ... 47 ... 9 , 22 b G ill........ ... 2 i 3 candb Gill... ... 0 ! 47 . 30 not out....... ... 11 . 15 . 0 not out........ ... 19 . 3 . 19 Extras... ... 1 .385 Total .. ...118 Second innings. cand b Haigh ... 79 c Denton, b Peel 20 c Tunnicliffe, b Wainwright ... 41 b Haigh ... ... 6 cHunter,bWain- wright ........ 6 b Peel............... 7 not out............... 7 cJackson, b Peel 80 candbPeel........15 cDenton, b Hirst 6 b Hirst............... 0 Extras........ 9 Total ...223 Total . ...276 Y o r k s h ir e . First innings O. M.' R. W. Tyler ........ 30 7 131 5 Woods........ 20 1 77 1 Gill ........ 15 2 ■ii; 0 Robson....... 14-2 3 66 4 Nichols........ 3 1 30 0 L. Palairet... 4 1 15 0 Fowler........ 1 0 1 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20 2 3 79 1 . 14 . 6 21 18 Gill bowled 4wides and Woods 1wide S o m e rse t First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 28 13 52 2 ... 21-4 10 48 14 Hirst ...... Haigh ...... Peel .......... Wainwright... Milligan........ Jackson........ Brown ........ Second innings. O. M. R. W. 3 . 10 0 11 55 5 2 20 0 8 0 25 8 55 16 6 35 39 11 77 32 7 100 0 19 0 WARWICKSHIRE v. ESSEX. Played at Edgbaston on May 17, 18, 19. Drawn. It is a very great consolationin the game of cricket to feel that, although you may have been soundly thrashed by a sidewhich has had to put in allit knew to make adraw with a third team, which you have to meet in a fewdays, you may very likely make things lively for that third team. Thus Warwickshire must have felt that there was no reason why Essex should beat them, despitethe difference in the results of the matches of the two counties against Surrey. They were sofar favoured by goodluck astowin the toss, and although the innings did not amount to quite what might have been wished, it was on the whole very satisfactory; for however good the wicket may be, it takes some batting to beat a score of 281. Unfortunately, most of the team were content with small scores, and W. G. Quaife alone managed to defy the bowlers for hours. His 120 was his highest and, perhaps, his best innings. Essex lost a wicket, before the day’splay ended, for 30, but on Tuesday they gradually got a little the best of the game, and ended their innings with an advantage of 65 runs. This desirable result was chiefly due to fine batting by Carpenter, P. Perrin, and H. G. Owen, who made 248out of the total of 346 In their second innings, Warwickshire did so well that they were able to declare. Mr. Bainbridge andW. G. Quaife were in great form. Essex had no chance of winning, but made good use of the time at their disposal. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. EL W. Bainbridg?, run out 7 Quaife (W.), cand b Bull. . 19 Quaife (W. G.), b Mead ...120 Diver, b Pickett ...............36 T. S. Fishwick, b Kortright 11 Lilley. b Bull.....................11 J. E. Hill, b Pickctt ........ 24 A. C. S Glover,cCarpenter, b Pickett ..................... 9 Pallett, not out .............. 30 Santall, b Bull .............. 2 Forester, c Russell, b Bull 0 B 1, lb 10, w 1 ........ 12 Second innings, c Pickett, b Bull 69 lbw, b Mead ... 35 b Kortright....... 62 b Bull.............. 0 lbw, b Mead ... 26 c Russell, bMead 16 lbw, b Mead ... 18 c Carpenter, b Pickett ........ 32 not out.............. 3 Extras........ 10 Total .............. 281 Total (8wkts.)*271 *Innings declared closed. E s s e x . J. W. Bonner, lbw, b H. G. Owen, st Diver, Forester ... ... 4 b Lilley ............ 51 Carpenter, c and b Reeves,lbw,b Forester 4 Lilley.............. ...141 C. Kortright, c W. G. F. G. Bull, run out 16 Quaife, b Lilley ... 10 P. Perrin, c Glover "b Meid, c Glover, b Santall ........ 56 Santall .............. 16 C. McGahey, lbw, b Pickett, not out........ 6 Santall ........ 2 B 19, lb 6, w 5 ... 30 Russell, cW., bW. G. — Quaife............. 10 Total ........ 346 Secondinn'ngs.—Carpenter, not out,35; McGahey, not out, 51•extras, 4.— Total (no wicket), 90. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Secondinnings. O. M. R. W. Kortright ... 25 5 71 1 ........ 13 4 23 1 Bull ... ... 37*410 83 4 ........ 43 14 112 2 Mead ... ... 24 9 53 1 ........ 56 28 90 4 Pickett... ... 17 7 31 3 ........ 25 8 36 1 Reeves... ... 3 1 12 0 ........ Carpenter ... 7 2 14 0 ........ Bull bowled 2wides. E s s e x . Santall ... 33 12 75 3 ........ 7 1 18 0 Forester ... 45 16 83 2 ........ 10 3 17 0 Quaife(W.G.) 20 6 51 1 ........ Pallett... ... 21 6 37 0 ........ Glover ... ... 5 3 3 0 ........ 5 0 19 0 Lilley ... ... 24 3 62 3 ........ 5 0 18 0 Bainbridgs 4 0 14 0 Forester, Santall, and Lilley each bowled a wide, and W. G. Quaife bowled three. JOXFORD UNIVERSITY : SCRATCH MATCH. Played at Oxford on May 17, 18, and 19. Drawn. The difficultieswhich beset the captain of an Uni­ versity team seem likely to be much greater than usual this year at Oxford, and Mr. Bardswell was wise in discarding the usual mafch between the XI. and sixteen freshmen in favour of a scratch match. With hardly any old Blues to help himhe wouldhave found it hard to choose an eleven. The match can hardly haveassistedhim verygreatlytowardsachoice ofnewmen, althoughitwill besurprising if F. L. Fane and R. E. Foster do not get their blues. R. D. Bannon played a good innings, but he seems to be very uncertain. The bowling is not very promising, although several men can bowl fairly well. M r . B a r d s w e l l ’ s S id e . First innings. F. L. Fane, lbw, b Jordan 71 G. Biomley-Martin, Stratton, b Jordan ... C. D. Fisher, run out... R. E. Foster, b Wright G. H. Rowe, b Jordan Secondinnings. : Champain, b Cunliffe ........ ! ... 65 b Cunliffe ........ ... 14 b Stratton........ ... 62 b Wright ........ ... 1 c Scobell, b Hen- K. A. Woodward, c Mat­ thews, b Jordan ........ 18 R. H. de Montmorency, c Jordan, b Stratton........ 48 J. M. Quinton, lbw, b Wright........................... H. F, Morres, cWeatherby, b Stratton..................... E. C. Lee, b Henderson ... G. R. Bardswell, c Jordan, b Henderson ............... F. W. Stocks, not out........ R. W. Fox, run out B 8, lb 3, w 3 ... derson s Weatherby, Wright ... : M a rty n , Stratton .. 6 b Stratton cEccles,bWright not out............. 2 c Champain, Jordan ... . 0 c Henderson, Wright ... . 10 bWright ... . Extras .. . 14 0 0 12 Total... ........ 318 M r . C u n lif f e ’ s First innings. B. D. Bannon, c Fox, b Fisher.......................... 47 H. R. Parkes, c Bromley- Martin, b Stocks ........15 A. Eccles, c Bardswell, b Fisher........................... 5 F. H. B. Champain, cBrom­ ley-Martin, b Fisher ... 20 T. J. Weatherby,b Quinton 5 T. B. Henderson, c Bards­ well, b Lee ...............22 G. B. Scobell, b Lee ........... 21 E. C. Wright, b Lee ......... 0 J. W. Stratton, c Bromley- Martin, b Montmorency 84 H. Martyn, b Lee............... 0 G. Jordan, b Lee............... 0 F.'H . E. Cunliffe, st Fox, b Lee ............................. 55 L. S. Matthews, not out ... 2 B 19, lb 2.......................21 Total ...176 S id e . Secondinnings. cLee, b Fisher... 34 b Stocks ........ 10 b Bromley-Mar- tin ............... 1 c Rowe, b Fisher 22 b Bardswell ... 4 cStocks,bBards­ well................23 not out ........ 1 B 18, lb 4 22 Wright ... Jordan ... Scobell ... Cunliffe ... Henderson Stratton . Total ........ /..300 Total (6wkts) 176 M r . B a r d s w e ll ’ s S id e . First innings. O. M. R. W. 34 4 24 2 8 13 5 , 19 2 20 5 2 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 18-4 6 13 14 12 9 18 3 ' Jordan bowled two wides and Wright onewide. M r . C u n lif f e ’s S id e. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Lee ............. 34 13 72 6 ... ... 10 2 38 0 Stocks ....... 30 11 64 1 ... ... 9 3 1!) 1 Fisher ....... 28 0 62 3 ... ... 7 2 44 2 Quinton....... 11 2 43 1 ... B.-Martin 7 1 14 0 . .. !!! 9 2 38 1 Montmorency 10 5 15 1 .. . Bardswell 3 0 9 o ... ... 4 0 15 2 CATFORD v. FOREST HILL.-Played at Forest Hill on May 15. C a tfo r d . E. S. Barry,b S. B. Lea 45 W. P. Pearson, b C. Phillips ............... 5 S. Slade, b C. Welch­ man ..................... 0 C. S. Sabin,bC.Welch­ man C. E. Page, run out.. 128 R. L. Allport, b F. Skipper .............. 21 W. R. Hassell, notout 13 Extras ........ 10 Total (6wkts.)*224 J. H . Vercoe, C. R. Ingersoll, C. E. Hand, and B. B. Todd did not bat. *Innings declared closed. F o r e s t H i l l . H. A. Hooker, b Hand 0 F. Skipper, b Sabin ... 0 C. S. J. Douglas, c Hand, b Page........ 43 W.R Williams,cTodd, b Pearson.............. 52 C. J. Welchman, b Pearson .............. 1 B. Batchelor, not out 21 S. B. Lea, lbw, b Barry..................... 1 L. V. Cockell, not out 10 Extras ........ 7 Total (6 wkts ) 135 W. S. Pierce, C. Phillips, and H. M. Watmough did not bat.