Cricket 1897

198 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 10, 1897. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v . MIDDLESEX. Hayed at Lord’s on June 3, 4 and 5. Drawn. It has been assumed that Dr. Grace, proud of the successwhich attendedhis policy of putting Surrey in first, was tempted to rashly do the same thing when hewas opposedtoMiddlesex. But the Doctor is far too level-headed to run any risks unless his judgment assuredhim that hewasquitewarranted to do so. He was mistaken, and Middlesex, whenthey began to pile up runs, Beemedto have the best of the bargain, but it isvery questionable whether after all anything was lost by Gloucestershire by allowing their opponents to bat first. The wicket worewell to the end, and was perhaps at its easiestwhenGlouces­ tershire were batting. Neither team was at full strength, Mr. Stoddart being the most important absentee from Middlesex and Mr. Jesop from Gloucestershire. Probably Gloucestershire suffered more than their opponents, becausetheir bowling is soweak at its bestthat when they loseany of it they are very considerably handicapped. The feature of the match was thebatting of Mr. F. G. J. Ford in Townsend both innings. There oan be no doubt that a large Roberts part of the great popularity of Middlesex is due to Grace... the fact that their bat'ing is attractiveallthroughthe Murch team, while some of thebatsmen arepretty certainto Hale give a display which will gladden the heart of the Dearlove most callous spectator. Mr. Ford nobly carries out the traditions of the county, and when he gets well poing there is no bolder hitter in the world. On Thursday his innings of 6^ was delightful to watch; it contained some splendid hits, but it did not arouse the crowd to positive enthusiasm. On Saturday afternoon, however, he surpassed himse’f. and it is doubtful whether at the present moment there is any other cricketer who could grivesuch an exhibition of hard and nleanhitting. He was only batting for two hours and twenty-five minutes, and his innings of 150 included nineteen fours. There was plenty of very fine batting by other members of the Middlesex team, notablv Mr. Hayman, Mr. Warner, Sir T. C. O’Brien andMr. Webbe. Perhaps actually themost interesting, although not the most brilliant, batting in the first innings was that of Mr. Webbe, who can still hold his own with the many other famous veterans. Mr. Hayman is batting even better this year than hewas last year before his accident, and he and Mr. Warner are great acquisitions to theMiddle­ sex team. If only a new bowler or two could be found ! The only Gloucestershire bowler who had anything approaching agood analysis wasW.G., who with fourwicketsinthesecondinningsfor76wasmiles ahead of anyone else. The Gloucestershire batting on the whole was sound, but not of especial interest; in fact it was not the cue to be interesting. But Wrathall, who has not often covered himself with glory sincehis great innings at the Oval last year in­ partnership with Board, came out of his shell, and by a perfectinnings of 80 made up for many failures. It is to be hoped that he will be able to assist h5s county by other fine scores. Mr. S. A. P. Kitcat was the salvation of Gloucestershire beyond a d >ubt. After Wrathall’sfineinnings was brought to a con­ clusion two wickets fell rapidly, and altogethpr seven were down for 195, so that a hopeless follow-on seemed certain. But Mr. Kitcat proved equal to the occasion, and finding useful partners inMr. Dearlove, Murch andRoberts,he kept up his end and continued to make runs until not only was the follow-on saved, but the total brought within fi6of that of Middlesex. His stand with Roberts was truly remarkable. The Gloucestershire bowler has done many surprising things in the way of keeping up his wicket to allow his partner to score, but his greatstandof 55minutes to try to enableMr. Kitcat to complete his hundred is entit ed to rank among his most pronounced efforts of the barndoortype. During this time hemade two runs. If Mr. Kitcat had been capable of forcing the game he might easily have reached his hundred. As it washe had to be content with 95 not out, a fine defensive innings,lasting for three hoursandtwenty- five minutes. Hearne had a fairly good analysis, despitethe big total of 330. In their second innings Gloucestershire had no possibility of winning and in their object of playing for a draw they were easily successful. M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. H. B. Hayman, candbHale G2 b Grace ........ 22 P. F. Wnrner, c Winton, b 0. L. Townsend ........ 84 lbw, b Grace ... 5 R. W. Nichols, st Board, b C. L. Townsend ........ 7b Grace ........ 8 Rawlin, b Murch.............. 35 b Grace ........39 F. G. J. Ford, c Winton, b Roberts .....................66 cGrace,bRoberts150 SirT.C.O’Brien,lbw, bGrace 30b Murch ........ 3 Dr.G.Thomton,lbw,bGrace 6notout..............21 A. J. Webbe, not out........ 58 H. Philipson, c Board, b C. L. Townsend ........ 7 Hearne (J. T.), st Board, b C. L. Townsend ........ 10 Phillips, b C. L. Townsend 9 B 9, lb 2, nb 1 .............12 G lou cestershire . First innings. Second innings. S. deWinton, b Hearne ... 10 Hale, stPhilipson,b Hearae 16 Wrathall,cO’Brien.bRawlin 80 W. G. Grace, cPhilipson, b Rawlin.......................... 19 not out., not out... b Hearne C. L. Townsend, b Hearne... 23 S. A. P. Kitcat, not out ... 95 Board, b Hearne............... .8 F. N. Townsend, b Hearne 7 A. J. Dearlove, run out ... 19 Murch, b Rawlin....... . ... 21 Roberts,cO’Brien, t Phillips 2 B 23, lb 4 .............. 27 Total .............. 330 M id d le s e x . First innings. O. M R. W. 5 .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 .. 0 . c W arner, Hearne ... b Thornton b Rawlin ... c Hayman, Thornton b Rawlin ... B 4, lb 3... Total... Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 40-3 8 130 .31 10 85 . 21 3 46 10 1 17-2 4 30 9 . 11 1 2 0 e a n o v e .............. * v v ............... Robertsbowlel oneno-ball andMurch onewide. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 31 13 56 2 . 18 7 26 0 . 20 12 29 2 . 15 8 15 2 . 5 0 21 0 . 1 1 0 0 . 1 0 1 0 G lo u c e s te r s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne ........ 61 26 97 5 ....... Phillips ........362 10 83 1 ... . Rawlin ........ 51 17 109 3 ... . Thornton......... 14 6 14 0 ... Hayman... . O’Brien ... . Warner ... . DULWICH v. ADDISCOMBE.— Played at Addis­ combe onMay 26. D u lw ich . C. W. Whitehurst, c Carpenter, b Jenner 2 B. W. Heasman, not out 78 0 .. 79 ' 29 H. Stafford,cRoberta, b Allen .............. E. J. Heasman, b Jenner .............. H. Darby, c Marshall, b Colthard ....... A.R.Colyer,c Roberts, b Jenner.............. W. M.Frizell, cCoult- hard. b Allen........ 2 J. F. Colyer, c Clark, b Allen ............... 9 A ddiscomde . First innings. A. Wiltshire, cB.W . Heas­ man, b J. F. Cjlyer........ 1 OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. SURREY. Played at Oxford on June 3, 4 and 5. Surrey won by five wickets. On account of the heavy work before the Surrey team it was thought well to give Richardson arest in this match. Mr. Walter Read also stood down. The bowlers had the best of it nearly all through the match, but Oxford put themselves out of the running bycollapsing in the first innings,when thewicketwas at its worst, against the bowling of Hayward and Hayes. Despite this they played a very fine uphill game, and it speaks well for their strength that they managed in the end to runSurreyascloseas theydid. Hayward had for the two innings the fine analysis of 14wickets for 103runs, but, exceptthat Hayes came with a rush when he was put onatthe end of the first innings, the other Surrey bowlers did not in the least distinguish themselves, although it may be said that Brockwell had very little opportunity given him. Still it looks more than ever as if Surrey would have to rely almost entirely on Hayward and Richardson asa rule, which is not quite aspromising a look out as could be wished. If the result proves that the other bowlers can give a good account of themselves so much the better. The Oxford captain had no causeto bedissatisfiedwith the performances of his own bowlers, except that Hartley and Cunliffe had to get the wickets. In batting Surrey did very well, for although they did not make large scores, the bowling was always very difficult. Abel scored in both inn­ ings, and Hayward oncemoreshowed that it doesnot require a fast wicket to see him in form, while Mr. Leveson-Gower greatly distinguished himself. Mr. Key, asusual, came out with agood innings when it was wanted. The great feature of the Oxford batting was the78in the second innings by Mr. Champain, the Gloucestershire amateur. He is likely to be a very useful man both to his county and his Univer­ sity. It was evident from theway inwhichhe played the Surrey bowling at the endof the Gloucestershire match— atrying time fora young player— that he can keephis head at a critical point of the game. The only other batsmen who did anything of note were P. S. Waddy and G. E. Bromley-Martin. O xford U n iv e r sity . W. E. Clayton, b Jen­ ner .................... W. C. Lockhart, c Kenward, b Allen.. C. P. Tregellas, absent B 7, lb 5 ........ Total.' ........ S Second innings. cFrizell, bWhite- hurst.............. Total B 1, lb 3, w 1... ..386 Total (6wkts) *253 *Innings declared closed. Capt. Carpenter, b J. F. Colypr ... !.................16 J. R. Coulthard, c B. W. Heasman, b Stafford ...21 P. Allen, b Darby ......27 H. G. Roberts, b Stafford .. 0 Whitehurst, Frizell ... , 20 C. Kenward, b Stafford W.S. Jenner, cand b Darby 12 H. E. Dyer, b Stafford H. Docking, b B. W. Heas man ........................... z C. A. Marshall, c Darby, b Stafford ..................... 0 H. G. Clark, not out........ 0 B 2, lb 5 .............. 7 c E J. Heasman, bLockhart ... 4 cA. R. Colyer, b B. W. Heasinan 13 b Frizell ........22 3 not out.............. 0 Total... 97 First innings. F. L. Fane, b Hayward ... 0 F. H. B. Champain, b Hay­ ward ........................... G.E.Bromley-Martin,cKey, b Hayward.....................17 A. Eccles, b Hayward........ 13 G. R. Bardswell, b Hayes... 8 Second innings, b Hayward........ ! . 3 lbw, b Hayward 78 runout............. 35 b Hayward........ 11 cMarshall,bHay- T. B. Henderson,bHayward 0 P. S. Waddy, b Hayward ... 0 E. C. Wright, b Hayes ... 4 J. C. Hartley, b Hayward .. 7 F. H. E. Cunliffe, c and b Hayes.......................... 6 R. W. Fox, not out ........ 1 Byes ..................... 6 To'al ... .........65 ward, lbw, b Hayward b Hayward........ b Hayward........ b Nice............... b Nice.............. not out............. 15 1 17 Total.. lbw, b Clayton ... 6 Byes........ 3 Total (6wkts) 70 INCOGNITI v. SHERBORNE SCHOOL—Played at SherborneonMay 31and June 1. I ncogniti . Capt. Trevor, lbw, b Langhorne ........59 N. A. Lewaine, st Crawford, b Winch 10 J. J. Howley,b Pothe- cary .................... 10 A. G. Archer, c C. S.-Leathe8,bWinch 79 J. A. Berners, cPinck­ ney, b Winch........ 26 W. F. Felton, c Wat- ney, b Potliecary ... 46 J. A. Gibb, c Gainier, b Langhorne.........€5 S h erborne S chool . E. A. Wilson scored (not out) 3; H. E. Stanger Leathes (not out), 0; b 4.— Total, 7. A. J. Brawford, C. F. Stanger Leathes, I. G. Winch, H. C. Pinckney, C. W. Watney, G. R. Gainier, H. E. Jones, F. W. Pothecary and R. Lang- home did not bat. A. Roberts, c F. S.- Leathes, b Winch ... 10 T.C.Belt,lbw,b Winch 38 Major Montresor, not out .................... 9 H. V. F le tch e r,c Jones, b Winch ... 6 B 9, lb 3, w 1 ...13 Total ...371 S u rrey . First innings. Abel, cWright,b Cunliffe... 18 Brockwell, c Hartley, b Cunliffe .................. 23 Hayward,cHartley,bWaddy 37 not out. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c Cha'i pain, b Hartley ... 50 notout. H. B. Cbinnery, c Fox, b Hartley .................. 12 Baldwin, b Cunliffe ....... 1 Hayes, cWaddy, b Cunliffe 5 K. J. Key, c Champain, b Cunliffe ............. . ... 29 c Fox, b Hartley 7 Lees, c Bromley-Martin, b Hartley ................... 3 Nice, cFox, b Hartley ... 0 Marshall, not out............. 2 B 11, nb 1 ............12 Second innings. cEccles,bCunliffe 32 st Fox, b Hartley 14 b Cunliffe ........24 b Cunliffe ........ 0 B 7,nb 5.. 12 Total ...192 Total (5wkts.) 101 Hayward Lees Brockwell Nice Hayes ... O xford U n iv e r sity ." First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ----------- — 20-2 8 O. M. R. W. ... 38 12 70 Abel . 16 6 28 14 3 S u rrey . First innings. O. M. R. W. Cun1 iffe ........ 38‘3 15 72 5 ., Hartley ....... 26 6 53 4.. Wright ........ 10 1 27 0 .. Waddy ........ 5 2 14 1.. Henderson......... 7 2 14 0 . Secondinnings. O. M. R. W. . 31 18 21 3 , 5 2 , 11 6 Cunliffe delivered four and Waddy two no-balls.