Cricket 1897

256 CRICKET : A“WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 1, 1897. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Taunton on June 28 and 29. Gloucestershire won by 10 wickets. When each side had finished an innings there was only such a small difference between the totals that nothing pointed to a speedy finish to the game. Somerset had done fairly well by making 255, thanks chiefly to good cricket by Mr. Fowler, Nichols, and Mr. R. 0. N. Palairet, while Gloucestershire had exceeded this total by 39. Mr. A. G. Richard*on batted very finely indeed for 89, while Wrathall,.'W. G., Mr. F. Townsend, and Painter also did well. The two latter made their runs at a time when their county seemed in a very unpromising position. A surprising collapse on a queer wicket by Somerset completely altered the appearance of the game, and Gloucestershire won with the greatest ease. Roberts bowled with very great effect. First innings. Second innings Robson, c Board, b Roberts 23 c Painter, b (3. Townshend 10 Smith (D.), run out ........... 0 c Wrathall, b Roberts ........... 1 R. C. N. Palairet. c Heming­ way, b C. Townsend......... 32 c Board,bRoberts 1 Nichols, c Wrathall, b C. Tow nsend........................... 53 c Wrathall, b C. Townsend 8 H. T. Stanley, c Painter, b C. Townsend .................. 26 c Grace, b C. Townsend 16 S. M. J. W oods, c and b C. T ow nsend......................... 0 c Painter, b Ro­ berts .................. 4 G. Fowler, c Wrathall, b Roberts .......................... 61 b Roberts ........... 5 A. E. Newton, c Wrathall, b Roberts .......................... 27 b Roberts ........... 0 R. B. Porch, c Richardson, b C. Tow nsend................... 6 b Townsend 4 Gill, b Painter ................... 14 c Painter, b Ro­ berts ................... 8 Cranfield, not out.................. 3 not out................... 0 B 5, lb 4, w 1........... 10 Extras........... 0 Total.................. 255 Total ... 57 G loucestershire . 39 Board, c Nichols, b Cranfield................... 7 Painter; lbw, b Cran- W . G. Grace, b G ill... 25 A . G. Richardson, c Palairet, b Cranfield 89 Wrathall, b Gill. W . McG. Hemingway, b Gill.......................... o C. L. Townsend, b Robson ................... 5 W . S. A. Brown, b Gill 4 F. N. Townsend, c W oods, b Cranfleld 56 Second innings :—Hemingway, not out, 2; Board, not out, 17 ; extras, 0.—Total (no wickets), 19. field Murch, c Palairet, Cranfield................ Roberts, not out... . B 9, lb 2 nb 1 . Total.. .. 294 S omerset . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R .W . C. Townsend 39 5 134 5 . . ... 10-1 2 36 4 Roberts 31 13 64 3 .. . ... 10 4 21 6 Grace ........... 20 7 34 0 .. M u rch ........... 2 0 8 0 . . Painter........... 5 4 3 5 1 .. Murch bowled a wide. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W . Robson 26 9 58 1 .. . . . . 2 1 6 0 Cranfield ... 343 4 113 5 .. Gill ........... 27 9 76 4 .. .. 1 0 11 0 Nichols 5 2 11 0 .. Fowler 2 1 4 0 . . Woods 7 0 20 0 .. Porch .. .’ .*.*.* 0*4 0 2 0 SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. AN EXCITING FINISH. Played at the Oval on June 28 and 29. Surrey won by 9 runs. If, in a match between Middlesex and Surrey, the two sides have anything like equal chances as regards weather and the state of the wicket, it is always pretty certain that the struggle between them will be severe and sustained. For a long time Middlesex has been one of the hardest nuts which Surrey has had to crack, even in years when Surrey has, on paper, been very much the stronger. There were not wanting signs this year that the fight would be keener than ever, for Middlesex has shewn itself to be strong, despite its want of succe>s. The interest taken in the match was by no means lessened when it was found that the game would have to be played on a bowlers’ wicket, for it seemed that the teams would be more nearly on an equality. It must have been an anxious moment for the Surrey captain when he won the toss, for the wicket was in the condition which may be described as “ doubtful” —it might improve or it might not. Mr. Key decided on taking the innings, and as far as the play on Monday was concerned he seemeu to have made a mistake, for his men were, for the most part, made to appear like novices against the bowling of Rawlin and Heame. In fact, Abel was the only man who quite played up to his reputation; his innings of 47 was almost as good as anything he has ever done. Despite the general failm e of the batting, the total came to 112. The wicket was improving a little while Middlesex were in, but scoring was very difficult and nobody seemed comfortable until Mr. MacGregor and Dr. Thornton came together and made the best stand of the day. They completely altered the appearance of the game by very sound, if not very attractive, cricket, and thanks chiefly to them, Middlesex left off with the very useful lead of 67. Heavy rain fell in the night, which proved to be the undoing of Middle­ sex. for at first the wicket was not so very difficult and Surrey were able to wipe off the arrears and leave the visitors to make 98 not a large total, but a formidable one on a queer wicket. Again most of the Surrey men failed in batting, but Abel was again in form, and Hayward p’ayed a very fine innings indeed for 77, while Mr. Key once more came to the rescue of his side when matters were very critical, and made an invaluable 33. Hearne and Rawlin again bowled well. When Middlesex went in they only twice managed to get in a winning position. As man after man went out Surrey generally seemed to have a little—a very little—in hand, and although a deter­ mined or lucky stand might have turned the scale, there was no one who was able to make it, although Mr. W ebbe and Mr. MacGregor very nearly did what was wanted, and amid the wildest excitement Surrey were victors by nine runs. The great opportunity of Middlesex occurred when only 15 runs were wanted with three wickets still to fall. Much of the credit of the victory belongs to Richardson, who in the two innings took eleven wickets for 124 runs. Lees also was of the greatest service to his side. S urrey . First innings. Brockwell, c Ford, b Rawlin 12 Abel, b Hearne ..................47 Hayward, c Stoddart, b Rawlin ..........................12 Baldwin, c MacGregor, b Rawlin ... . ...........16 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, st MacGregor, b Rawlin ... 0 H. B. Chinnery, run out ... 0 W .W . Read, lbw, b Stoddart 0 K. J. Key, b H earn e........... 1 Lees, c Warner, b Rawlin... 16 W ood, not out ......... Richardson, b Heame B 4 ,lb 1 .................. Total..........................112 M iddlesex . First innings. H. B. Hayman,b Richardson 0 P. F.W am er,cW ood,b Lees 29 A. E. Stoddart, c Hayward, b Richardson .................. 12 Rawlin, c Brockwell, b Richardson .................. 1 F. G. J. Fotd, b Lees...........11 Sir T. C. O’Brien, b Richard­ son..........................................22 Dr. G. Thornton, b Lees ... 46 A. J. Webbe, b Richardson 1 G.MacGrtgor,cWood,b Lees 40 Heame (J. T.), not out ... 8 Phillips (J.), b Richardson 0 B 4, lb 5 .......................... 9 ...179 Second innings. run out ........... 0 st MacGregor, b Stoddart...........30 b Heame ...........77 b Hearne ........... 5 c O’Brien, b Raw­ lin ................... b Rawlin ........... b Rawlin .......... st MacGregor, b Heame .......... c MacGregor, b Rawlin ........... b Heame ........... not out.................. Total ...164 Second innings, b Richardson ... 13 b Richardson ... 5 : Brockwell, Hayward .. b Hayward ... 3 c Lees, b Richard­ son .................. 0 b L ees.................. 0 c W ood, b Rich­ ardson ..........12 c Baldwin, b Lees 6 b L ees.................. 13 c W ood, b Rich­ ardson ........... 0 not out ........... 0 B 4, lb 4 ........... 8 Total........... S urrey . First innings. O. M. R .W . Hearne ...........24’310 3t 3 Rawlin ........... 30 12 61 5 Stoddart ........... 6 4 12 1 Total ... 88 Second innings. O. M. R .W . ...34-417 60 4 ... 34 11 61 4 ... 7 4 19 1 Phillips 7 2 24 0 Richardson Lees ........... Hayes Brockwell... M iddlesex . First innings., O. M. R .W . 254 17 10 5 8 27 1 41 Second innings. O. M. B. W . ... 20 4 5 38 5 ... 13 5 26 3 16 0 Hayward 8 OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. SUSSEX. Played at Brighton on June 28 and 29. Ox­ ford won by an innings and 40 runs. The University caught \he Sussex men on two of their off days. There was nothing wonderful about the Oxford innings except that neaily all the runs were made by two men, Mr. Cbampain and Mr. Bromley Martin ; the rest of the side did not shew up at all well. Mr. Martin was very slow at the beginning of his innings, but towards the end of it his cricket was very interesting. Mr. Cbampain again shewed himself to be one of the best of the young amateurs of the day. Of the Sussex batting it would not be well to say too much. The wicket was difficult while they were in, and they managed to make it look even more difficult. Jn the first innings K . S. Ranjitsinhji was the only man who could do anything with the bowlinsr; in the second he again did well, and in addition Mr. Murdoch played a fine not out innings of 46. Nearly all the Oxford t owlers hid good analyses. O xford U niversity . F. L. Fane, b Bland ... 4 F. H. B. Champain, c Brann, b Killick ... 60 G. E. Bromley-Martin, c Murdoch, b Bland..137 R. E. Foster, b Killick 2 A. Eccles, b Parris ... 0 G. R. Bardswell, c Bland, b Killick ... 15 F. H. E. Cunliffe, b Tate ..........................15 S ussex . First innings. Marlow, c Bardswell, b W right.......... ................... 0 E. C. Wiight, ht wkt, b Tate ................... 0 E. C. Lee. b Tate ... 0 R. W . Fox, b Tate ... 0 F. W . Stocks, not out 11 B 4, lb 2.................. 6 Total . . 250 G H. Arlington,c Champain, b Cunliffe ... .................. K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Ibw, b Cunliffe .......................... W . L. Murdoch, b Stocks G. Brann, lbw, b Lee........... W . Newham, b Stocks Bean, c Wright, b Cunliffe Killick, not out .................. Parris, lbw, b W right........... Bland, b W righ t.................. Tate, b W right .................. B 4, nb 2 .......................... Second innings. c B a r d s w e ll, b Cunliffe ........... 5 17 c Fox, b Cunliffe 2 c Foster,b W right 20 not out ...........46 b Cunliffe ........... 2 c Fox, b Cunliffe 0 c Wright,bStocks 17 b Stocks ........... 2 b Wright ........... 0 c Wright,b Stocks 4 b Lee .................. 11 B 4, lb 3, nb 4 11 Total ..........................90 Total .. 120 O xford U niversity . O. M. R. W . Parris ... 17 5 48 1 Killick ... 24 8 60 3 O. M. R. W . Tate ... 23784 4 Bland ... 17.2 5 52 2 S ussex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Cunliffe ........... 19 8 30 3 ... Wright ... ... 11.4 3 24 4 ... Stocks ........... 16 7 21 2 ... L e e ................... 8 4 9 1 ... Cunliffe delivered four no-balls. Second innings. M. R. W 7 34 4 4 40 2 6 35 3 3 0 1 O. ... 17 ... 21 ... 14 ... 3.2 WHITGIFT GRAMMAR SCHOOL v. W H ITGIFT WANDERERS (2).—Played at North End, Croy­ don, on June 26. W hitgift S chool . V. F. Crawford, b Mc­ Culloch ....................140 W . H. S a n d e ll, b Thwaites......................75 A. R. Neligan, c H.Y. Green, b Thwaites.. 4 E. J. Sheppard, c Sto­ vold, b Thwaites ... 4 T. A. Roose, not out... 0 B 6, lb 2 ................... 8 Total (4 wkts.) 231 G. U. B. Roose, G. C. Hampton, W . G. Smith, C. H. Mabey, D. G. Lawson, and M. Martin, did not bat. W hitgiet W anderers (2). C. S. Jupp. b Crawford 0 A. E. Softly,cG.Roose, b Crawford ......... 8 R. A. Sheppard, c Crawford, b Sandell 11 H. W . Stovold, st O. Roose, b Hampton 40 H. Docking, b Sandell 0 H .Y. Green.cG.Roose, b Sandell.................. 0 E. R. B. Jensen, b Sandell .................. 0 Second innings A. E. Softly, c Lawson, b Shep­ pard, 4; R. A. Sheppard, not out, 19; II. DockiLg, not out, 7 ; byes, 2.—Total (1 wicket), to. G. B Thwaites, b Sheppard................... H . Mather, not out ... H . O. Green, b Sandell R. S. McCulloch, lbw, b Sandell.................. B 2, lb 2, nb 1 ... T o ta l...........