Cricket 1897

J u l y 8, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 267 SUSSEX v. MIDDLESEX. P lay ed at B righ ton on J u ly 1, 2 and 3. D raw n. It would have puzzled the most astute cri'ic to estimate the chances of these teams if he knew that the match was to be played on a gooi wicket. It was "pretty certain that there would be some high scoring, but both sides are well up ia that branch of the game. Sussex won the toss and ptayed pretty slow cricket. Marlow and Mr. Brann made a fine stand for the first wicket, and at lunch time they were still togeiher with the score at 99 ; this they in­ creased to 141 before Mar’ow was at last out for a very steady innings of 61, made in a little less than three hours. It might have been supposed that by this time the Middlesex bowling had been quite worn out, but when stumps were drawn Sussex had only just doubled the score and had lost seven wickets. Mr. Brann left almost immediately after Marlow for a very prettily played 75, an innings, which, although slow, was not by any means unattractive. K. S Ranjitsinhji. Mr. Newham and Bean were all comfortably settled when they were out, and if either of them had kept in a little longer it would have made all the difference in the world to the total. On Friday the score was slowly taken to 303. Mr. Stoddart had a good analysis, and the bowlers were none of them much hit about. Middlesex did n >t bat as woll as had been expected, and although Rawlin and Dr. Thornton played well it was the splendid cricket of Mr. Webbe at the end of the innings which saved the side from cutting up rather badly. For a wonder the batting throughout the innings ten led to be slow, and the 8ussex bowling was never once collared. In the second innings of Sussex, Ranjitsinhji, whose performances have not recently been s artling. gave a specimen of his very best style in m iking 129 not out, and thanks to his long stand with Mr. Brann, who is certainly this year one of the very best batsmen in the country, the Sussex captain was able to close his innings when four wickets had fallen. For a short time there seemed a fair chance that Middlesex would not be able to play out time, but Dr. Thornton and Raw’ in came together and by steady cricket prevented a collapse. S ussex . First innings. Second innings. Marlow, c Hearne, b Rawlin 61 c and b Hearne .. 6 G. Brann, b Hearne . ... 75 ca n d b Rawlin .. 55 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, lbw, b Phillips................................ 34 not ou t................... 129 W . L. Murdoch, c Stoddart, b Rawlin ......................... 10 c N ic h o lls , b Rawlin ........... 2 W.Newham,lbw, b Stoddart 42 c and b Rawlin... 3 Bean, c MacGregor, b Stoddart ..........................33 not out....................15 Killick, st MacGregor, b Rawlin .. .......................... 12 Parris, c Webbe, b Stoddart 0 Butt, c Phillips, b Heame... 18 Bland, not out .................. 13 Tate, c Rawlin, b Hearne .. 1 B 4, w 1, nb 1 ......... 6 B 7, lb 3 ... 10 Total ...........205 Total (4 wkts.) *220 * Innings declared closed. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. H. B. Hayman, b Bland ... 22 c Parris, b Bland 22 P. F. Warner, b Tate.......... 10 c Butt, b Bland... 6 A. E. Stoddart, b Bland ... 13 c Tate, b Bland... 13 Rawlin, b P arris.................. 49 not out.................... 31 Dr. G. Thornton, c Bean, b K illick..................................31 not out.................... 41 Sic T. C. O’Brien, c Tate, b K illick.................. ......... 15 A. J. Webbe, c Brann, b P a rris..................................71 G. MacGregor, c Ranjit­ sinhji, b Parris.................. 5 R. W . Nicholls, b Bland ... 21 Heame (J. T .),b Tate.........20 Phillips, not o u t .................. 1 B 1, lb 7 .......... 8 B 4, lb 5 ... 9 Total ...........2o6 Total (3 wkts.)122 S ussex . Second innings O. M. R. W. .. 36 15 R9 1 .. 42 13 79 3 .. 13 4 30 0 .. 7 1 32 0 First innings. O. M. R . W . H eam e.......... 53’3 23 91 3 Rawlin........... 38 16 69 3 Stoddart ... 21 8 57 3 Phillips......... 46 16 74 1 Thornton ... 3 1 6 0 Hayman ... 2 0 2 0 ........... Rawlin delivered one no-ball and Thornton one wide. M idd lesex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Tate .......... 45 22 73 2 ... Bland ...........42 13 101 3 ... Parris ........... 28 1 10 32 3 K illick ........... 25 9 52 2 Second innings. O. 13 16 9 8 M. It. W. 5 32 0 3 52 3 4 18 0 5 7 0 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Played at Lord’s on July 1 and 2. M.C.C. won by 8 wickets. On the whole the University were not seen at their best in this match, and they were quite out­ played. In batting Mr. Fane, Mr. Bromley Martin aud Mr. W right distinguished themselves, but in the first innings Trott proved far too difficult for most of the team, and in the second the tail collapsed when W. G. went on. Neither was there anything of great interest in the M.O.C. batting, with the two exceptions of the innings of W. G. and Mr. Mordauut, who soon obtained a mastery over the bowling and put up 140 runs in an hour and a quarter. Both played such wonderfully good cricket that they made the Oxford bowling look very easy indeed. O xfo rd . First innings. Second innings. R. E. Foster, st Charles, b Davidson ..........................28 lbw, b Attewell... 9 F. H. B. Champain, c and b Martin.................................11 b Trott.....................19 G. E. Bromley-Martin, c Davidson, b Tro t ...........41 b Trott.................... 0 F. L. Fane, b Tr.»tt .......... 50 b Grace ............33 A.Eccles,c Attewell. b Trott 14 ru n ou t................. 4 G. R. Bardswell, b Trott ... 0 cVVeigall, b Grace 5 E. C. W right, lbw, b Trott 0 lbw, b Martin 30 F. H. B. Cunliffe, c David­ son, b Trott .................. 1 b Grace ............10 E. C. Lee, not out ...........29 c Kemp, b Grice 19 F. VV. Stocks, b Trott........... 2 not o u t .................... 7 L. H. S. Mathews, b T rott. 0- c Martin, b Grace 9 B 8, lb 6 ..................lt B 4, lb 4 ... 8 Total ...........190 Total ..153 Ranjitsinhji 3 1 4 0 and later by the most vigorous hitting made 118. Mr. Bohlen played very well indeed when the visitors batted again, but he was not backed up, and Hamp­ shire, thanks to sound batting by Barton and another good innings by Major Spens, had no difficulty in winning. This victory may give Hampshire the encouragement of which they stand greatly in need. P h ila d e lp h ia n s. First innings. Second innings. H. C. Thayer, b Baldwin ... 11 c Steele, b Bower 18 G. S. Patterson, c and b Light ......................................83 c Heseltine, b Bower ....... 5 J. A. Lester, st Bennett, b Baldwin ...............................60 b Heseltine ... 6 A. M. Wood, b Andrew ...47 cBennett,bHesel­ tine ................ 7 J. B. King, c Light, b Hill.. 35 b H ill................17 C. Coates, b Andrew ........... 5 b Bower ... ... 24 H. Bohlen, run out ........... 3 c Bennett,bLight 50 H. P. Baily, c Bennett, b Andrew ..............................12 c Spens, b Hill ... 17 F. W. Ralston, bAndrew... 0 b H ill.................... 0 E. M. Cregar, c Spens, b Heseltine ..............................18 c Hill, b Bower .. 1 P. H. Clark, not out ........... 0 not o u t .............. 7 B 8, lb 4, w 1 ...13 B8, lb 1, w 2 .. 11 M.C.C. & G round . W . G. Grace,c Wright, V. L. Leese, lbw, b b Stocks ..................79 Cunliffe ................... 24 G. J. M o rd a u n t, c A t t e w e ll (W .), b Fane, b Bardswell 55 Stocks ....................20 Davidson, o Wright,M a r t in , c a n d b b Lee.......................... 6 Wright .................... 0 H. K. Foster, b Cun- Capt. S. F. Charles, liffe .......................... 2 not out .................... 0 G. Kemp, b Lee .. .. 10 B 18,1b6,w 2,nb 3 29 Trott (A. E.), cFoster, b W rig h t................. 9 Total ...........272 G. J. V. Weigall, c Bardswell, b Stocks 33 Second innings: Davidson, not out, 8 ; H. K. Foster, b Lee, 10; G. Kemp, b Eccles, 21; G. J. V. Weigall, not out, 26; b 9, nb 1.—Total (2 wkts.), 75. O xford U niversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W .O. M. R. W Attewell ... 25 13 38 0 ............ 21 14 i5 1 Davidson ... 18 8 29 1 ............ Martin........ 12 6 20 1 ............ 12 4 16 1 Grace ........ 14 3 36 0 ........... 18 2 71 5 Trott ........ 26 211 53 8 ............ 16 4 33 2 M.C.C. & G round . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W .O. M. R. W. Cunliffe ... 28 6 92 2 ............ Wright ... 26 11 42 2 ............ 7 3 12 0 Stocks........... 27-310 55 3 ........ 1 1 0 0 Lee ........... 16 8 27 2 ............ 12 5 28 1 Bardswell ... 9 2 27 1 ............ Eccles ........ 6 1 17 1 B.-Martin ... 2 1 4 0 Champain ... 0'1 0 4 0 Cunliffe bowled three and Martin one no-balls, and Lee two wides. THE PHILADELPHIANS. THE HAM PSHIRE M ATCn (EIGHTH OF THE TOUH.). Played at Bournemouth on July 1, 2 and 3. Hampshire won by 5 wickets. For the first time during their tour the Philadel­ phians have been able to play a match right through on a good and hard wicket, and as far as their batting is concerned they did well in the first innings, but in the second they were not seen to advantage. What was at fault was their bowling and fielding, but it may be said that a good many of the team have damaged hands, which does not tend to improve catching and picking up quickly. The Philadelphians won the toss, and from the way in which the first five men batted they seemed certain to make a very large score. Mr. Patterson, who has at last played himself into form, made beautiful strokes all round the wicket, and if he keeps up his scoring, as he probably will, the batting strength of the team will be very greatly strengthened. Mr. Lester, Mr. Wood and Mr. King all played such good cricket that 253 runs were up for 5 wickets. Unfortunately the tail col­ lapsed. The Hampshire first innings was in no way remarkable except for the very fine play of the veteran, Major Spens, who at first by steady play Total.. ...292 Total ..163 H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. R. A. Bennett, c Clark, b Baily ......................................13 b King.................... 0 D. A. Steele, b K in g ..............29 not o u t......................14 Barton, c King, b Baily ... 21 not out....................03 W. Andrew, b Cregar..............14 b Clark ............ 11 Captain Quinton, b King ... 12 b Clark ............. 8 A. J. L. Hill, c Ralston, b Cregar.....................................28 b Clark ............. 5 Major L T. Spens, not out 118 b Patterson ... 34 C. Heseltine, c King, b Patterson .......... ..............12 Light, c King, b Baily ... 4 Bower, b King ......... . ... 5 Baldwin, a b sen t.................... 0 B 16, lb 3, w 3 ... 22 B 12, w 1 ... 13 Total...................281 Total (5 wkts.)l78 P hiladelphians . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Baldwin ... 39 16 642 ............. Bower ........... 12 1 330 ............. 28 11 43 4 H ill................. 20 9 28 1 ............ 18-4 10 33 3 Andrew ... 17 5 364 ............. 6 1 9 0 Heseltine ... 13 2 351 .............. 14 2 41 2 Quinton ... 10 1 440 .............. Light ........... 14 6 321 .............. 6 3 6 1 Steele ........... 5 1 70 ............. 6 1 15 0 Steele bowled a wide. Hill bowled two wides. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W .. King ........... 31*3 4 84 3 ........... 31 8 63 1 Cregar........... 10 3 402 ............. 3 0 9 0 C lark........... 6 1 140 ............. 14 4 46 3 B a ily ........... 29 7 833 ............. 6 0 26 0 Patterson ... 23 8 331 ............. 9 4 21 1 Baily bowled two wides. and Patterson one wide. Cregar bowled one wide. SUNNINGDALE SCHOOL v. SUNNYMEDE SCHOOL—Played at SunnymedeSchool on July3. Sunni n o dale S c h o o l. First innings. Second innings. J. C. W . Damant, b G. Field 2 stG. Field,b Wace 0 C. A. L. Payne, b Wace ... 0 c F. Cotton, b Stockwell ... 0 H. Peel, c F. Cotton, b Wace 16 c and b 3tockwell 13 C. F. Bowman, c Nugent, b G. Field ......................... 4 c Farmer,bStock- w e ll.................. 1 E. V . Dearm in-Biroh ill, c H. Cotton, b W a ci...........14 b Stoekwell ... 18 D. Grahame, b Stockwell... 0 b F. Cotton........... 5 H. I. Merriman, b Wace ... 3 b Wace ........... 0 A. G. Culme-Seymour, b Stockwell .......................... 0 b F. C otton......... 3 A. L. Lucas-Tooth, b Wace 4 cWhite,bFietcher 4 V. D. S. Williams, b Wace 6 not o u t.................10 M. Kemp-Welch, not out... 0; not o u t................. 3 B 1, lb 3 ................... 4 B 6, lb 1 ........... 7 Total Total (9 wkts) 64 S unnymede S chool . V.C.Stockwell,bPayne 9 G.W.Field,b Grahame 3 A G . Nugent, c Payne, b Grahame ......... 0 P. B Wace, c Payne, b Grahame .......... 12 E. T. N. Farmer, b Payne ...........‘ ••• 0 F.A.S.Cotton, b Payne 14 H.S.Cotton.bGrahame 0 N. T. White, b Payne W. A Daniell, c Gra­ hame, b Payne A A.Fletcher,c Merri­ man, b Grahame ... J. L. Field, not out ... B 3, w 1 ........... Total ... ...