Cricket 1897

246 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 1, 1897. he said, “ owing to continued rain. On the next morning the sun came out baking hot. George Lohmann and I walked down to the ground together and, after looking for a minute or two at the pitch, Lohmann said to me : ‘ I’ll bet you that this match is over by- six o’clock to-night.’ And he was only wrong by a quarter of an hour. Lancashire won the toss and went in. They were all out for something like 53. We made about 120, and they were all out a second time for 37 at a quarter past six. Lohmann took twelve or thirteen wickets. I have never seen first-class batsmen so much at a loss as were the Lan­ cashire men when they were opposed to Lohmann in this match; it was simply im­ possible to do anything with him. I was playing in another match, at Headingley, against Yorkshire, in which rain played a very prominent part. On the third morning, after a day’s heavy rain, the match was in a very interesting state, and the public rolled up in their thousands. When the umpires in­ spected the wicket it was seen that no play would be possible for at least a couple of hours. The crowd became very impatient, and looked so threatening that the inspector of police said that he could not be responsible for the result if we did not begin play. Of course this was impossible. But a happy thought occurred to Mr. Shuter, who told some of us to put on our flannels and go out for practice. When the people saw us walking out they went back to their seats, but were at first very indignant when they siw that we were only going to the nets. We had a warm time of it at first, and they told us that they had not spent their tanners to see us at thn nets; but we managed to get them in good humour at last. When it was possible to play they had excitement enough to please anyone, for Mr. Shuter declared the innings when there was plenty of time to get the runs ; we had a most exciting finish, for wc won the match by 17 runs two minutes bjfore time.” “ You were in at the finish of what is known as the ‘ gaslight match ’ at the Oval P” “ It was against Yorkshire in 1889. We had to make about 170 to win on a difficult wicket, and as Maurice Read was incapacitated by reason of an in ju re d hand we had practi- c«lly only nine wickets to fall. We lost four wickets for about 40, and then Mr. Key and I made a short stand, but after he was out the wickets fell rapidly. Sharpe stayed in for the eighth wicket for some time. At the last when Beaumont came in—virtually the last man - we still w anted 35 to win, and the light was getting very bad. When tim«- arrived 25 runs w ere still required, but it was decided to go on for another half hour. We could do very little with the bowling, andwhen the half hour was up we wanted 11 runs. Then Mr. Shuter came out and asked Beaumont and me Avhat we thought about it ; we decided to finish it that night. By this time all the lamps were lighted in the pavilion and round the ground, and the crowd had encroached on the field of play. We managed, however, to struggle on, and eventually I hit Ulyett for four and the mitch was won. There had been a big crowd to watch the match, but I should think that at least half of them went away before the finish, thinking that the game was over and that Yorkshire would win easily. When Beaumont came in it was so dark that he could not see the ball, and he s'*id to Thoms, who was umpiring, ‘ Bothered if I can see the ball,’ to which Thoms replied, ‘ If you can’t see ’em you’d better feel for ’em. Fortunately in his first over or two the bill turned too much to hit the wicket; after that he was much more at home, but when the fast bowlers came on— U ly ett and Middle- brook—he was hit on the knuckles time after time, for at first he had no glove on the left hand. But though his hands were bleeding he kept on without flinching. I thought that when the fast bowlers came on our plans would have been upset. I don’t remember to have ever seen such fine fielding as that of the Yorkshiremen—there was not the slightest mistake made either in picking up or return­ ing the ball.” “ You must have had a warm reception when you returned to the pavilion ? ” “ We had. But what I remember most was that Mr. Shuter came up and shook hands with me, saying how pleased he was. He was always very kind to me, and to everybody else, more particularly to beginners, to whom a word of encouragement was of the utmost value. It did not matter whether we were winning or losing, he was always cheerful and encouraging, and I think he was one of the finest captains who ever walked on to the field.” “ What do you consider the chief differences between first and second class county cricket ? ” ‘ ‘ The difference, I think, lies chiefly in the bowling. Now and then you meet with a very good class bowler indeed, in fact, you might call him quite first-class ; but generally speaking there is a considerable difference. It makes it more difficult at first for a man who has been regularly playing in first-class cricket, when he comes to play in second- class, because he has to lea-n all th^ styles of strangers.” W. A. BETrESWORTII. IN JOONI IT on Juue 26. v. SURBITON.—Played at Surbiton IxC )G N iri. L. J. Moon, c Richard­ son, b G arrod...........64 E G.Moon.cWindeler, b G a rrod .................. 14 FI. P. Justice, c Forsyth, b Worsley 17 W. E. Harrison, b Richardson ...........24 D. C. Lee, c Jupp, b Trouncer......................15 T. W. Hemmerde, c R i c h a r d s o n , b , Trouncer.................... 0 M. G. Nelson, c Forsyth, b Trouncer 21 C. Dixon, b Garrod ... 13 C. H. Blake, b Garrod u E. B. Frederick, b Garrod .................. 1 W . G. Thompson, not out .......................... 3 B 17, lb 3, nb 1 .. 21 Total ...183 SUBBITON. H. B. Richard oa, b Frederick.................. 3 W . B. Windeler. c L. J. Moon, b Blake 2 C. A. Trouncer. c Frederick, b Thomp­ son ........... . 65 Capt. A. J. H fl,cL ed, b Thompson ...........14 J. M. Cupel, b Th »m - son ................................ 9 C. B. Worsley, b Blake 20 C. F. Nesham, notout 32 n. H. Jupp, b Blake 4 F.W .Forsyth,b Blake 0 J. N. Garrod, c Hem- nic-rde, b Blake ... 18 Rev. C. II. Bailey, c Hemmerde, b Blake 3 B 6, w 1, nb 1 8 Total . .. 178 YBNEY SCHOOL. BEJKENH VM. v. ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL. LE A.THE AHEAD .-Played at Becken­ ham on June 23. B sckkxuam . S. D. Johnston, b W illiam s........... ... 1 N.C. Phillips, c Woods, b Buller ...................44 W . E. Cornabe, c Hodson, b Buller ... 27 T. A. Tapp,b Buller... 0 S. B.Winch,b Fletcher 10 H. B. Hartley,c McKee, b Buller ................... 2 T.H.C. Brougham, run out .......................... 2 S t. John*i FI. C. Bolton, b Tapp.. 3 G. E. McKee, run out 38 N. S. Linton, run out 2 A. E. Buller, b Hartley 28 F. R. Farmer, c Chauner.b Anderson 6 H.S. Sedgwick, b Tapp 12 H. A . Boyd, b Tapp ... 0 G. Chaoner, c Buller, b Williams ........... 5 A. Powell, not out ... 10 G. Boddington, c and b Williams J. K. Anderson, Fletsher ........... Extras ... Total ... S chool . G. Williams, b Tapp.. A. Woods, not out ... Y. Hodgson, b Tapp.. A. N. Fletcher, run out .......................... Extras .......... Total ...........1 ABBEY SCHOOL, BECKENHAM, v. THE LIMES, GREENWICH (Mr. Littlejohns).—Played at Beckenham on June 24. A bbey S chool . L.A.Johnston, notout 57 T. A. Tapp, b O’Sulli­ van .......................... 4 N.C. Phillips, b Smart 11 W . E. Cornab6, c and b H arvey.................. 19 S. B. Winch, run out 18 R. D. Craig, b O’Sulli­ van .......................... 5 K . N. Bruce, c Rus­ sell, b Sullivan .. 0 G. Chauner, b O’Sulli­ van ..........................11 S. C. Cooper, c and b Smart.......................... 2 A. V. Johnston, b O’ Sullivan .................. 3 S. K . Anderson, c Meakin, b Smart ... 8 Extras.................. 15 Total ..153 T he L imes . H. Weston, b Ander­ son ..........................12 H. Meakin. b Tapp ... 2 R. C. Smart, b Ander­ son .......................... 10 H. M. Borritt, c Corn­ abe, b Anderson ... 1 H. J. Meakin, b Tapp 5 H. E. Harvey, b Tapp 0 K. Purvtfs, c Craig, b Anderson.................. 5 W . Lucas, b Tapp ... E. Russell, not out ... P. O ’ S u lliv a n , b Anderson.................. T.Partinton, c W inch, b Anderson ........... Extras.................. Total ........... ST. SW ITH IN ’ S v. SUTTON (2).—Played at Catford on June 26. S t . S w it h in ’ s Carew-Hunt, not out 15 F. J. H. Hunt, b M orrison.................. 1 B 12, lb 1.........13 C. Macdonald, b M orrison.................. 79 S. Silverthorne, c and b Sutherland ......... 83 Kirkpatrick, c and b Sutherland ........... 2 Total ..................... 19 Longhurst, b Blades... 2 S u tton . G. R. Blades, b Hunt 0 D. Johnson, not out... 31 L. Straker, b Hunt ... 3 Carnegie, c Hunt, b Greenhill.................. 25 F. W . Morrison, c McDonald, b Hunt.. 12 Sutherland, c Willows, b Greenhill ... .•.. 1 W . E. Gregg, c and b H u n t......................... 10 L. G. Lee, b Grennhill 2 T. Straker, notout ... 21 B 10, lb 4............14 Total...........119 S. G. Poole and C. J. Easton did not bat. ABBEY SCHOOL, BECKENHAM, v. ELSTREE SCHOOL.—Played at Beckenham on June 26. A bbey S chool . H. B. Hartley, b Mc- Dermot .................. 1 ■*. B. Winch, b Evans 0 N. C. Phillips, b M c- Dermot .................. 26 L. D. Johnston,bClark 38 N. G. Comab6, c Eng­ lish. b McDermot ... 88 T. A. Tapp, b McDer­ mot .......................... 17 S. K. Anderson, b McDormot ........... 5 E ls t b e * S ch o o l. C. H. Eyre, lbw, b R. D. Craig, c Eyre, b McDermot ........... G. Channer, b McDer­ mot .......................... K. N. Bruce, not out A. Powell, c Saunders, b M cD erm ot........... E x tra s.................. Total ...........1 10 T a p p ..........................15 E. W. Evans, c Craig, b Tapp ................... 1 C. B. Magnay, c Phil­ lips, b Tapp ........... 7 K. E. H. Baily, b Tapp 4 11. B. Gething, c ana b T a p p .......................... 9 A F. Lambert, b Phil­ lips .......................... 2 G. Bosworth,b Phillips 16 H. L. W . Clarke, not out ..........................10 R. E. English, b Phil­ lips .......................... 0 A. N. Saunders,c Phil­ lips, b Anderson ... 4 H, C. McDermot, b Anderson.................. 0 E x tras.................. 14 Total . 82 KENSINGTON PA RK v. CHELMSFORD.—Played fct. Quinton’s Park on June 26. K ensington P a b k . J. G. D o n a ld s o n , b T._H . C. Levick, b Walker .................42 B. Kirwan, c Walker, b C rozier.................. 22 E. H. Seaton,c Ballard, b W a lk er.................. 30 J. D. F. Campbell, st Peterkin, b Lucas ... 0 A. W . W a t s o n , c Whitaker, b Crozier 11 M. A. N ic h o la s , b Walker .................. 0 Walker ..............17 C. F. Wade, bLucas 7 S. Christopherson, not out ........................ 6 L. E. G. Abney, c Acton, b Lucas ... 2 H. D. Nicholas, b Lucas ................ n Extras ..... 9 Total ...146 C helm sford . R. L. W h it a k e r , c Abney, b B. Nicholas 57 J. L. Martin, c Donald­ son, b Abney ........... 9 A. P. Lucas, not out ...104 Ballard, E. V. Acton, G. H. Gray, H. Crozier, C. R. Triton, A. L. Fearnneax and Walker did not bat. M. G. Peterkin, not out .......................... 57 Extras ...........17 Total