Cricket 1897

166 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 27, 1897. ESSEX y . YORKSHIRE. AN EXCITING MATCH. Played at Leyton on May 20 and 21. Essex won by 3 wickets. After making avery satisfactorydrawwith Surrey, and gaining what is called “ a moral victory ” over Warwickshire, Essex covered themselves with glory by beating Yorkshire on a bowlers’ wicket. What might have happened if the wicket had been perfect has nothing to do with the case, for the match was fairly fought out on itsmerits, and although it would be going too far to say that the best teamwon, it was certainly the best teamon theday. When Yorkshire won the tossno Essexman, eventhough hemay have rememberedthat thewicket has, in former years, had a reputation for being fiery on occasions, could have ventured to hopethat they would be disposed of for much less than 300 runs. But when Mr. Jackson, Tunnicliffe, Brown, Denton, and Peel were out for 26 all theworldwondered. Spectatorsseemedagreedthat the wicket was perfect, and yet the Yorkshiremen seemedtiedupbythebowling. EvenwhenMoorhouse and Wainwright, the two men in the Yorkshire team who have stopped a rot times out of number, got to­ getherandgraduallybegantoraisethescore,theynever appearedquitecomfortable. But theyputon42during their partnership, and as Hirst, and Mr. Milligan, and Haigh all made runs, the totalof the inningswas not very bad. Oncemore theYorkshire tail haddone credit to itself. By this time some of the fire had beentakenout of the wicket, and things were alittle easier for Essex when they batted, although it was not by any means all plain sailing for them. At the end of the day they were in an excellent position, having put on 145 runs for fivewickets, thus.being only 9runs behind with fivewickets still to fall. The chief honours fell to Mr. PerrinandRussell, whoeach played a cricketer’s innings. With such a good beginning a fair score might have been hoped for, but of the tail only Mr. Owen did anything, and the total was but 199—45 runs on. In their second innings Yorkshire did verylittle better than before, but Mr. Jackson played distinctly the best innings of the match, and Peel and Mr. Milligan distinguished themselves. Essex had to make 132to win. For the first time during the game Yorkshire now began to get the best of it. They disposed of Carpenter, Mr. Perrin, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. McGahey for 36. Again, at 53, Mr. Owen was out, and until Mead and Mr. Kortright came together the visitors seemed like winning. But thesetwo men woredownthebowling, until when the timecamefor stumps to be drawnonly 17 runs were required. To the surprise of many cricketers the game was not adjourned until the following day, but was played to afinish, and asMr. Kortright andMead were well setthey kept together until th9 match was won. Thus Essex gained a memorable and well-deserved victory by 3 wickets. Y orksh ire . First innings. F. S. Jackson, c Carpenter, b B u ll........................... Tunnicliffe, c Perrin, b Kortright .....................14 Brown, c Russell, b Kort­ right .......................... Denton, c Kortright, b Bull Moorhouse, c Kortright, b Bull ........................... Peel, b Kortright............... Wainwright, b Mead........ Hirst, b Kortright ........ F. W. Milligan, not out ... Haigh, b Kortright ........ Second innings. 8 cOwen, b Bull . 57 Bairstow,c Kortright,b Bull 3 Extras..................... 0 Total ................154 b Mead cBonner,b Kort­ right .............. not out.............. Leg-byes ... Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Secondinnings. O. M. R. W. Kortright Bull ... Mead ... 21 2 29-3 7 9 3 76 5 63 4 15 1 ... . Pickett . E ssex . 22 26 8-1 3 First innings. O. M. R. W. Secondinnings. O. M. R. W. Peel ........ Hirst ........ Wainwright Haigh........ Milligan ... 33 12 35-417 11 6 13 4 9 2 Bland... Tate ... Parris... Killick S u rrey . First innings. O. M. ... 33 9 ... 39 14 .. 132 1 ... 20 5 R. W. 84 1 .. Secondinnings. O. M. R. W. c Bonner, b Bull 7 b Kortright ... 2 c Owen, b Bull... 14 c Pickett, b Bull 5 bMead ........ 45 b Kortright ... 3 st Russell, b Bull 14 * " - 26 SURREY v, SUSSEX. Played at the Oval on May 20, 21 and 22. Surrey won by 279 runs. This matchwasremarkable iu many ways—for the finedoublescoresofAbel, Mr. Chinnery, Mr. Key, and Mr. Murdoch; for the good fight made by Sussex in the first innings, which brought themfrom an unen­ viable position to onewhich was fairly satisfactory ; for the immense superiority shewn by Surrey in the second innings ; and for the splendid all round play of Brockwell. It was decidedly Brockwell’s match, notwithstanding the 5and 156 of Abel, who would in nine cases out of ten have been the hero of the gamewith such scores. Brockwell made 66 and 131 and took 5 wickets for 60 in the first innings and 4for 27 in the second—a proud record. It is noticeablethat onthesideof Surreyno lessthan four men out of the sevenwho batted in bothinnings made double scores of over 20; on the side of Sussex Mr. Murdoch alone accomplished the same feat. Although the match ended in the complete triumph of Surrey, there was nothing in the resultto act as a discouragement to Sussex, for they did very well in both innings, despite what, by comparison with his other scores, may be called the failure of Ranjitsinhji. Not that atotal of 55for two innings is to be despised; but when so much depended on a scoreof ahundred by the prince, it was unsatisfying. The result of the match practically turned on the standmade byBrockwellandAbel forthe first wicket in the second innings of Surrey; but for this the finishmight havebeeninteresting. As it was Surrey were in aperfectly secureposition at the end of the second day, and any runs made afterwards, did but seal the fateof Sussexmoresecurely. The last hour’s batting by Surrey produced runs at the rate of two a minute, and the cricket shewn by Mr. Chinnery and Mr. Key was delightfully attractive. There was plenty of good batting by Sussex men—notably Mr. Brann, Marlow, Killick, Ranjitsinhji, and above all Mr. Murdoch, who seems to improve as he gets older after a temporary falling off a fewyears ago. When one considers how well Surrey did in this match, itmayseemthateverythingwas couleur de rose , but the fact that Richardson’s two wickets cost 83 runs apiecewas a little disquieting. S u rrey . First innings. Brockwell, b Killick ........ 66 Total 0 0 3 ..176 E sse x . First innings. Second innings. C. McGahey, lbw, b Peel ... 10 b Haigh .........16 Carpenter, cWainwright, b Hirst ........................... 2 P.Perrin,cBrown,bMilligan 39 A, P. Lucas, c Milligan, b Hirst ...........................11 Russell, b Peel ................. 45 H. G. Owen, c Bairstow, b Hirst ............................. 25 J. W. Bonner, c Bairstow, b Hirst............................. 17 C. J. Kortright, c Peel, b Haigh............................. 21 Mead, cHirst, b Haigh ... 21 F. G. Bull, not out ......... 0 Pickett, b Hirst ............... 2 B 5, lb 1 ............... 6 Total ............... 199 b Hirst............. c Wainwright, Hirst............ b Haigh ........ 5 c Brown, b Hirst 27 cMilligan,bHirst 6 lbw, b Hirst ... 8 not out... not out... 13 B 11, lb 2 Total (7wkts.) 132 Abel, c Butt, b Tate ........ Hayward, c Ranjitsinhji, b Bland........................... H. D. G. Leveson-GoAver, b Tate .......................... Baldwin, b Tate.............. H. B. Chinnery, b Tate ... W. W. Read, not out........ K. J. Key, cButt, b Parris Lees, c Killick, b Parris ... Wood, c Butt, b Tate........ Richardson, b Parris........ B 3,lb 8, nb 1.............. Second innings, cButt, b Killick 131 c Murdoch, b Bland ........ 156 2 c andb Bland cBland, b Tate .. cKillick, b Tate not out.............. not out.............. 44 3 ....... 59 1 ....... Brann....... Bean ....... Marlow Ranjitsinhji Bland bowled one no-ball. S u ssex. 26 4100 33 4108 23-3 2 86 27 10 84 4 0 18 3 0 24 2 2 0 14 First innings. Richardson Brockwell... Hayward ... Lees ... . Abel ........ O. . 25 . 33 . 14 . 19 M. R. W. Secondinnings. O. M. R. W. , 27 . 18-1 . 16 . 7 Chinnery 10 Brockwell bowled oneno-ball. LANCASHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Playedat Southampton onMay 20,21, and22. Lancashire won by eight wickets. It was unfortunate that Hampshire could only put such a moderate team in the field—they were even compelled to enlist the services of a veteran, Major Bethune, who probably thought long ago that his days of first-class cricket were over—and it would indeed have been surprising if they had been suc­ cessful, even althoughLancashire werewithout Mold. The first innings of Lancashire, who had not played at Southampton for 27 years, showed four of the teamat their best, and therewas some very attractive cricket by Frank Sugg, Baker—who made 140—and Smith. Paul also played a valuable innings. The total wastoobig for Hampshiretorival, andalthough several men made fair scores, the highest innings was 40, by Mr. Ward, who, in the follow-on, again played good cricket. The southern county played an excellent up-hill game, in which Barton, Mr. Barrett, aud Webb were prominent, but it was obviously doomed to be beaten. L a n c a sh ir e . Hallam, c Robson, b Baldwin .............. 18 A.N. Hornby, b Steele 6 Cuttell, b Baldwin I’Anson, not out Byes........ Total ... 14 372 B 6, lb 6 12 ...295 Total....... *Innings declared closed. S ussex . First innings. Marlow, b Brockwell........ Killick, c Leveson-Gower, b Brockwell.................... K. S. Ranjitsinhji,bBrock­ well ........................... G. Brann, b Lees.............. W. L. Murdoch, b Lees ... W. Newham, b Brockwell Bean (G.), b Lees ........ Parris, csub., b Abel........ Bland, c Hayward, b Lees Butt, not out................... Tate, b Brockwell............. B 5, lb 4 ................... Total................... Total (5wkts)*448 Secondinnings. Ward, c Hill, b Bald­ win .....................10 Paul, b Bethune ... 50 Sugg (F.), b Webb ... 71 Baker, c Ward, b Baldwin .............. 140 Tyldesley, c Webb, b Soar..................... 1 Briggs, b Webb........ 0 Smith, c Robson, b Steele ...............58 Secondinnings: Ward (not out), 16; Sugg, b Bald­ win, 13; Baker (not out), 29; Briggs, c Steele, b Soar 0; byes, 5.— Total (2 wickets), 63. H ampshire . First innings. H. F. Ward, b Cuttell ... 40 Soar, c Sugg, b Cuttell ... 37 A. J. L. Hill, c Hornby, b I’Anson ................... 3 Barton, b Hallam...........27 E. M. Barrett, c and b I’Anson ................... 2 Capt. A. H. Luard, c Hal­ lam, b Cuttell ............. 1 Webb, cWard, b Hallam... 27 D. A. Steele, c Hornby, b Briggs......................... 3 b Hallam ................ 1 C. Robson, st Smith, b Briggs............. 24 b Cuttell .......................... 21 Major Bethune, st Smith, b Briggs......................... 3 Baldwin, not out............. 9 B 3, lb 2 ...... 5 Second innings. b Cuttell ........ 39 b Baker ........ 8 c Paul, b Hallam 2 cHallam,b Briggs 39 c Sugg, b Briggs 51 cSugg, b Hallam 18 cCuttell,bHallam 40 Total ..181 not out.............. 8 cBriggs,bHallam 14 B 7, lb 5 ... 12 Total ...253 L a n c a sh ir e . 6 uvw u u .uu iu o b Chinnery........ 40 First innings. Second innings. O . M. R. W. O . M. R. W. 32 b Brockwell 12 Soar ........ 36 9 91 1 ... .. 10 1 31 1 Baldwin 52 15 100 4 ... .. 11 3 19 1 0 b Richardson ... 55 Steele........ 11*2 3 88 2 ... 2 0 8 0 47 b Hayward........ 12 Bethune 12 1 27 1 ... 46 b Brockwell 72 Hill .. .. 13 2 40 0 ... 10 b Richardson ... 3 Webb ........ 7 1 33 2 ... 4 c sub., b BrockBarton....... 5 1 21 0 ... well .............. £3 Ward ....... 3 0 84 0 ... 29 b Hayward........ 1 27 c Read, b HayH am psh ire . ward .............. 0 First innings. Second innings. 22 c Chinnery, b O. M. R. W. O . M. R. W Brockwell 5 Briggs........ 26-1 8 57 3 ... .. 22 3 60 2 0 not out.............. 3 Hallam 23 6 57 2 ... . 27*£ 2 71 5 9 B 5, nb 1 6 I’Anson 19 4 3L 2 ... ... 8 0 30 0 — — Cuttell....... 16 6 31 3 ... ... 26 6 68 2 .232 Total ...232 Baker 6 2 12 1