Cricket 1897

214 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uste 17, 1897. SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE (Return). A M ATCH F IN IS H E D IN A D A Y . Played at Leicester on June 10. Surrey won by an innings and 94 runs. On a wicket which helped thebowlers immensely a county like Leicestershire, weakened as it was by the absence of Pougher, one of its best bowlers on a queer wicket, had practically no chance whatever against Surrey. It often happens that Richardson cannot get a foothold when rain has been having its way for some time, butonthedayof thismatch every­ thing w„s in his favour, and he was not slow to take advantage of his opportunities. Hayward was also in very great form, and it was found unnecessary to change either of the two bowlers in either innings of Leicestershire. It was a nice question for Mr. de Trafford to decide whether it was advisable to put Surrey in when hewon the toss, but it would prob­ ably have made no difference to the result if he had done so, for the wicket, if anything, wasworse at the end of the day than at first. It v\asat once seenthat Richardson and Hayward were in their element, and the only chancethat their analysis might be spoiled was that some onecouldgoin andforcethegamecon­ siderably. But Leicestershire batsmen are not adepts at this kind of cricket, and all of them were content to play a steady and correct game, with the result that the innings closed for 35. The Surrey men, learning wisdom from the experience of their oppo­ nents, hit more vigorously than usual, and ran up a score of 164, which for the wicket was a formidable total. A poor beginning was made, but after four wickets had fallen for 59runs nearly everybody made a useful score, although Mr. Key and Hayward were the only onesto put up more than 20. "While Surrey were in the cricket was lively and interesting. Coe and Woodcock had good analyses for Leicestershire, although they could notcomparewithRichaidsonand Hayward. The second innings of Leicestershire was a reduplication of the first. The ball did all sorts of curious and unexpected things, and the batsmen,who tried all they knew to play good cricket, were at a complete lossto knowwhat to do. There was never anything like astand made, and the total came for the secondtime during thematch to 35. Richardson again had awonderful record. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. C. J. B. Wood, cBrockwell, b Hayward.................... Knight, bRichardson........ G. E. Rudd, b Hayward ... Tomlin, b Richardson........ C. E. deTrafford,bRichard­ son ................................ Coe, b Richardson ........ Brown, cBrockwell, b Hay­ ward ........................... Cobley, b Richardson........ Geeson, b Hayward ........ Woodcock, not out ........ Whiteside, b Hayward ... B 2, lb 2, nb 2 ........ Second innings. 10 lbw.b Richardson 5 1 b Richardson ... 9 0 run out ........ 4 0 c & b Hayward... 4 2 c Wood, b Rich­ ardson ........ 4 0 b Richardson ... 6 cKey,b Hayward 1 b Richardson 11 b Richardson 2 c Hayward, Richardson 0 not out........ 6 No-ball ... Total........ 85 W. W. Read, b Wood- K. J. Key, c Cobiey.'b Woodcock ........ 25 Nice, c Knight, b Coe 13 Wood, st Whiteside, b Cobley...............13 Richardson, not out... 3 B 5, lb2 ........ 7 Total .............. 35 S u r r e y . Brockwell, c Wood­ cock, b Geeson ... 9 Abel, c Cobley, b Geeson .............. 19 H. B. Chinnery, c Knight, b Coe........... 8 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, cand b Coe 7 Hayward,cWhiteside, b Woodcock ............. 26 Baldwin, b Coe............. 17 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hayward ........ 124 3 23 5 ... Richardson.............................. 12865 ... Hayward delivered three no-balls. S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 19 2 66 2IWoodcock 11 2 35 3 241 9 47 4ICobley ... 6 3 9 1 Total ..164 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 12 2 20 2 12 6 14 7 Geeson Coe ... PHILADELPHIANS v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on June 10 and 11. Lancashire won by seven wickets. In this match Lancashire, feeling pretty certain that the Philadelphians would not be seen at their best so soon after the beginning of their tour, es­ pecially after somuch rain had fallen,gave Mold and Ward a rest. Before the first day’s play was over they must have questioned the wisdom of this pro­ ceeding, although in the end it proved that the services of Mold and Ward were not needed. There was very little in it when Lancashire continued their innings on Friday, butthe scorewas increased to 149, so that the home team had an advantageof 26—avery useful lead. Except that Mr. Lester again playedwell, and Mr. Wood, Mr. Coates, and Mr. Bohlen made double figures, the Philadel­ phians in the second innings were not seen to advantage, which was not at all surprising. Hallam and Cuttell bowled remarkablywell. Lancashire had tomake 61 towin, and through good batting by Mr. Tindall and Mr. Rowley they found their task fairly easy. Although they weredefeated bysevenwickets, the Philadelphiansmay be said to have done not at all badly. Hampshire, Kent, and Leicestershire all did much worsein their matches on the same days. P h il a d e l p h ia n s . First innings. G. S. Patterson, c Smith, b Briggs...........................18 A. M. Wood, b Cuttell ... 34 J. A. Lester, b Cuttell ... 24 C. Coates, cSugg, b Cuttell 9 F. W. Ralston, b Briggs ... 3 F. H. Bohlen, b Cuttell ... 6 L Biddle, cCut‘tell,bBriggs 5 J.B.King,cHornby,b Briggs 2 H.F. Baily,c Smith,b Briggs 17 H. L. Clark, b Cuttell........ 0 P. H. Clark, not out......... 2 Byes .................... 3 Total ...123 Secondinnings. b Cuttell ........ 5 cHornby,bBriggs 12 b Cuttell ........ 24 b Cuttell ........ 15 c Tyldesley, b Hallam ........ 2 cCuttell.bHallam 10 cTindall,bCuttell 0 b Hallam ........ 0 b Hallam ........ 6 b Cuttell ........ 5 not out............. 4 B 2, lb 1 ........ 3 Total........ 86 L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Paul, b Baily.....................13 A. N. Hornby, b Baily ... 29 S.M.Tindall,cBohlen,bBaily 1 Baker, run out ............... 1 Tyldesley,cP. Clark,b Baily 14 Sugg (F.), cKing, bBaily... 4 E. Rowley, not out ........ 17 notout... Briggs, b King .............. 9 Cuttell, b King ............... 4 Smith, c Biddle, b Baily ...32 Hallam, cRalston,b Patter­ son................................. 1 b Baily B 15, lb 8, w 1 ........ 24 Second innings, cBohlen, b Baily 0 b Patterson ... 38 not out.............. 4 Total .149 Total (3wkts) 64 P h il a d e l p h ia n s . First innings. O. M. R.W. Briggs ........ 37-3 1177 5 ... Hallam ........ 17 917 0 ... Cuttell ........ 20 1026 5 ... L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Baily .............. 41 22 51 Patterson ........15 6 ... 28 1 ... King .............. 27 11 41 2 ... . P. H. Clark........ 2 15 0... Lester ... King bowled a wide. Second innings. O. M. R. W. .. 9 0 29 1 .. 5 1 15 4 ... 13*4 2 39 5 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 9'34 19 2 ... 1 0 4 1 ... 6 1 24 0 2 0 17 0 SUSSEX v. SOMERSETSHIRE. A V E R Y CLOSE F IN IS H . Played at Brighton on June 10 and 11. Sussex won by one wicket. Matches between SussexandSomersetaregenerally interesting, partly becausethe teams areonthewhole pretty equal, and partly because something wholly unexpected nearly always happens in them. The match last week proved no exception, forSussexafter having the game in hand gave one of their most curious displays in the secondinnings, and only won on the post after a desperate struggle. On the first day’splay they had a tremendous advantage, but in­ stead of winning by an innings asseemedatone time likely, they had to make 101, and lost fivewickets for 47. At this stage of the match Somerset seemed likely to beeasy winners, for the remaining batsmen were not the sort of men to give a feeliDg of confi­ dence. Bean, in ordinary seasons, would probably have kept in long enough with his captain to practi­ cally ensure the success of his side, but he is unlucky this year, and though heplayed good cricket he was out for 15. Mr. Murdoch left soon after him for a perfect innings of 35. Seven wickets for 81, leaving 20to bemade bY Butt, Bland, Tate and Parris be­ tween them. Pairis stuck to his work nobly, but Butt and Bland were unable to do much, and when Tate came in for the last wicket there were still 16 runs to be made. Up to this time Sussex always appeared to have apossibilityofwinning, despite the failure of somany of their best men, but to expect 15 runs to bemadefor the last wicket when the Somer­ setshiremen were in the full tide of success was a little toomuch. The excitement was prolonged for what seemed ages, for the batsmen played a barn­ door game and would risk nothing, until at last they had the satisfaction of pulling the match out of the fire. The hit which won thematch was a somewhat curious stroke ; but it was a successful one, and the ball went to the boundary. S om erset . First innings. L C. H.Palairet, b Bland... 6 Capt. W. C. Hedley,cButt, b Tate........................... 0 R. C. N. Palairet, b Killick 20 F. A. Phillips, b Bland ... 0 Robson, b Bland.............. 4 S. M. J. Woods, b Bland ... 29 G. Fowler, b Bland ........ 9 V. T. Hill, b Killick ........ 0 E. A. Newton, b Killick ... 0 Tyler, cParris, b Bland ... 1 Gill, not out.................... 4 Byes ..................... 2 Total ...............75 S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. Killick, b Hedley............. 0 runout ........ 8 Marlow, b Woods ....... 33 cNewton, b Gill 3 K.S.Ranjitsinhji, cRobson, b Woods ................... 49 cHedley,b Gill... 3 W. L. Murdoch, cWoods, b Tyler ...........................25 G.Brann,cNewton,bWoods 32 W.Newham,cFowler,bTyler 12 Bean, b Hedley .............. 13 Parris, c Phillips, b Hedley 9 Butt, c Newton, b Hedley... 0 Second innings, cButt, b Parris .. 29 c Brann, b Parris 9 ( Butt, b Parris... 50 c Ranjitsinhji, b Tate............... 7 cBrann, b Parris 9 cMarlow,bParris 59 c Tate, b Killick 4 b Killick ........29 not out.............. 5 c Parris, b Bland 0 cButt, b Bland... 7 Byes ........ 5 Total........ 213 Bland, b Robson ... Tate, not out........ Leg-byes ... Total ... ... 11 ........ 188 S o m e r se t . b Robson ........ 35 b Tyler ........ 6 c Hill, b Hedley 2 cFuwler,bWoods 15 not out.............. 20 c New ton, b Robson ....... . 1 c P h illip s, b Robson ........ 0 not out.............. 5 Lb 3, w 1, nb 1 5 Total (9wkts) 103 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Tate 13 2 32 1 ... ... 18 4 37 1 Bland ... 22 10 31 6 ... ... 25 13 50 2 Killick ... 9 5 10 3 ... ... 33 15 72 2 Parris ... ... 27 10 49 5 S u ss e x . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hedley ... ... 21 6 41 4 .. ... 21 10 29 1 Robson ... ... 33-4 17 51 1 ... ... 11*4 5 20 3 G ill........ ... 5 0 25 0 ... ... 11 6 20 2 Woods ... .. 11 3 33 3 ... ... 3 1 7 1 Tyler ... 16 3 35 2 ... ,... 21 11 22 1 OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Oxford on June 10 and 11. Oxford won by 13 runs. The team which represented the M.C.C. was stronger thanhas been put in the field by them of late, especially in bowling; the batting strength lav crneily in the Middlesex amateurs, Mr. Webbe Sir T. C. O’Brien and Mr. Vernon, in addition to Board As it happened three of them tame off in one innings or the other, but the rest of theteam, except Roche whomade 20 at a critical time at the end of the match, did verylittle indeed. On thefirst day’splay Oxford had an advantage of66, eachsidehavingcom­ pleted aninnings. Out of the 22 batsmen only six scoreddoublefigures. ForOxfordMr. Fane andMr Bromley-Martin did particularly well with scores of 44and 48, and Mr. Foster made a very useful 27. When the M.C.C. batted the bowlers generally had matters all their own way, but Mr. Webbe kept up the excellent formwhich he has shown this season, andmade a verywell played 47. Mr. Wright andMr. Stocks did someremarkable bowling for Oxford. In their secondinnings the University were not seen at their best. Eight of the team played single figure innings, but Mr. Fane, Mr. Champain and Mr. (Jun- liffe savedthe side from disaster. The M.C.C. had tomake 184on awicket which, althoughit seemedto beimproving, was by no means easy, and it was very doubtful whether theruns would beobtained Again Mr. Webbe playedwell, although he was out just as hewasweU set. Board made 26, but thenthe bowlers began to gain the upper hand, and the game seemed over. But Mr. Vernon, although he does not play very much first-class cricket nowadays, is always a difficult man to get rid of, and if he is allowedtokeep in the runs come veryrapidly. He went in when four wickets were down with about a hundred runs still to be obtaintd, and until he was joined by J. T. Hearne there seemedlittle chance that there would be any­ thing like a close finish. But Hearne helped Mr. Vernon soconsiderably that when heleftthepartner­ ship for the eighthwicket had puton55, therunsonly having taken half an hour to make. As Sir T. C.