Cricket 1897

232 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 15, 1897. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. THE OVAL MATCH. Played on July 8, 9, and 10. The Players won by eight wickets. So many difficulties had been thrown in the way of the Surrey County Committee, that they found it im­ possible to get together anything like a representative Gentlemen’s team, and on the morning of the match there was still one place to be filled up. The weak­ ness of the team is the more to be regretted, because, in the absence of the Australians, the highest honour that can fall to a cricketer is to take part in a Gentle­ men v. Players’ match at Lord’s or the Oval, and al­ though it is naturally very satisfactory to men who unexpectedly gain a place in the team, owing to the absence of better players, the inevitable result is that the match loses in importance. It is only necessary to say that for various reasons K. S. Ranjitsinhji, N. F. Druce, F. S. Jackson, G. MacGregor, F. G. Bull, J. A. Dixon, G. L. Jessop, F. G. J. Ford, not to men­ tion others, were, although invited, unable to play. L. C. H. Palairet was abroad, and it does not seem to have occurred to anyone that Mr. Brann is one of the very best men of the year. As it was there were three or four men, including W .G. and Captain Wynyard, who thoroughly deserved their places, while, in ad­ dition to Wynyard and W .G ., Mr. Champain, Mr. Milligan, and Mr. A. J. L. Hill greatly distinguished themselves in the match. It was in bowling that the Gentlemen were weakest, and it is a little surprising that they ever got the Players out on such a perfect wicket. Mr. Champain’s 82 in the first innings of the Gentlemen was made by really beautiful cricket, and the stand made by Mr. Milligan and Mr. Hill was one of the most pleasant features of the match. As was to be expected, nearly all the Players made runs, and the only surprising thing is that none of them made a hundred. In bowling, Peel did remarkably well in the first innings and Wainwright in the second. G en tlem en . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace, c Hearne, b Kichardson..........................41 c Hayward, b Hearne ........... 9 P. F. Warner, c Storer, b Hearne ..........................10 c Storer, b Rich­ ardson ........... 4 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Quaife, b P e e l.................. 33 c Hayward, b Wainwright ... 33 F.H.B. Champain, b Hearne 82 b Hearne ...........11 C. McGahey, b Richardson 7 c Storer, b W ain­ wright ...........18 C. L. Townsend, c Hearne, b P e e l.................................. 1 c Hearne, bWain- wright .......... 0 A . J. L. Hill, c Storer, b Peel 50 c Baker, b W ain­ wright ........... 0 F. W . Milligan, c Storer, b Richardson..........................47 c Abel, b Peel ...47 A . E. Newton, lbw, b Peel 4 not out...................26 S. A. P. Kitcat, not out ... 1 c Carpenter, b Wainwright ... 12 W . M. Bradley, b Peel ... 0 b Hirst................... 5 B 5, lb 3 .......................... 8 Byes ...........11 Total ...176 Total ...........284 P la y e r s . Abel, c Milligan, b Grace..........................30 Carpenter, b Bradley 0 Hayward, c Wynyard, b Hill.......................... 73 Quaife ( W .G.), cNew­ ton, b Grace ...........44 Wainwriprht, c New­ ton, b Wynyard ... 71 Baker, c Kitcat, b Grace..........................87 Storer, c Newton, b Grace... ................12 Second innings : Hirst, not out, 4 ; Peel, b Milli­ gan, 0; Richardson, c Newton, b Milligan, 27: Hearne (J. T.), not out, 0. Total (2 wkts ), 31. Hirst, c Wynyard, b Townsend.................. 65 Peel, c Hill, b Town­ send .......................... 27 Hearne (J.T.), not out 7 R ic h a r d s o n , c Mc­ Gahey, b Townsend 0 B 2, lb 9, w 4 ...1 5 ...431 Total G entlem en . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Richardson.. 33 7 81 3 ... ... 20 7 45 1 Hirst .......... 17 3 43 0 ... ... 7 2 22 1 Hearne.......... 2 1 6 54 2 ... ... 25 11 47 2 Wainwright 6 1 24 0 ... ... 15 2 48 5 Peel ......... 194 7 46 5 ... ... 2 1 3 1 Hayward .. 4 0 25 0 ... P la ye r s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R . W . Bradley........... 26 11 66 1 .................. Townsend ... 31'4 5 126 3 ........... Grace ............ 43 12 108 4 .................. Hill ....... 31 9 84 1 .................. Milligan ... 6 0 20 0 ..................3132 Wynyard ... 4 2 12 1 .................. Warner ... 3 0 24 0 McGahey ... 0*3 0 4 0 Townsend delivered three wides and H ill one. THE PHILADELPHIANS. THE W ARW ICKSH IRE MATCH. (Ninth of the tour. Played at Edgbaston on July 8, 9, and 10. Philadelphians won by 5 wickets. This was a remarkably well fought match from beginning to end. Neither side had its regular wicket-keeper, with the result that the extras were considerable. Warwickshire ran up a large score in the first innings, but despite this, Mr. King had a good analysis. Lilley, although he could not keep wicket, was able to bat and made 70, while Law exceeded this score by two. Thanks to good all-round cricket, in which Mr. Lester and Mr. B ohlen-no4; to mention extras—distinguished themselves, the visitors closely approached the Warwickshire score, and got rid of nearly all their opponents in the second innings for a little over a hundred. But the last three men, Santall, Pallett and Field, batted so well that the total was j ust over two hundred. Mr. King again bowled finely. W ith 229 to make, the Philadelphians had lost Mr. Patterson and Mr. Baily for 13 when stumps were drawn on Friday evening, so that their prospects were by no means good. But Mr. Lester and Mr. Cregar made such a very fine stand that when they were parted a victory seemed likely, and when Mr. King and Mr. Bohlen came together it was assured. The Philadelphians are to be congratulated on their success, which was gained by excellent all round play. W a r w ic k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Quaife (W .),b K in g ........... 3 b Clark.................. 3 Santall, b Clark .................. 10 notout.....................44 J.F. Byrne, c Bates, b Baily 32 lbw, b King.........30 Lilley, c W ood, b Clarke ... 70 c Coates, b Baily 6 Diver, b Baily ...................13 b King................. 13 Law, b K ing..........................72 b King................. 3 R.Williams, c Bates, b Baily 2-i b King................. 0 A. C. S. Glover, b King ... 13 b K in g ................16 Devey, not out .................. 20 b King................. 6 Pallett, b King .................. 0 b King.................23 Field, c Baker, b King ... 2 b Cregar .........28 B 28, lb 3, nb.4 ... 35 B 19, lb 6, nb 4. . 29 Total........... ...296 T ota l...........201 P hiladelphians . G. S. Patterson, b Santall... 4 b Pallett ............ 0 A. M. W ood, b Field......... 24 c W i 1liam s, b Pallett ...........17 J. A. Lester, c Byrne, b Santall.................................35 b Santall ............67 H. C. Thayer, b Santall ... 18 J. B. King, c Field, b Lilley 13 not out....................46 C. Coates, jun., lbw, b Santall.. .........................25 F. H. Bohlen, not out ... 56 n otou t....................31 E. M. Cregar, b Pallett ... 28 b Byrne ............57 F. H. Bates, b Byrne........... 1 P. H. Clarke, b Santall ... 10 H. P. Baily, b Santall ... 14 c Byrne, b Santall 4 B 31, lb 5, nb 5 ...........41 B 3, lb b ... 8 Total.......... 269 Total (5 wkts) 230 W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. King ........... 28-1 5 95 5 ........... 28 8 72 7 Patterson ... 9 1 23 0 ............ C la rk .......... 20 4 52 2 ............ 14 4 41 1 Cregar........... 5 1 13 0 ............ 2*2 0 12 1 B a ily ........... 23 4 61 8 ............ 11 2 47 1 B a tes.......... 5 0 17 0 ............ King and Baily delivered four no-balls each. P hiladelphians . O. M. R. W .O. M. R. W . Santall ... 38’1 15 58 6 ............ 31 10 75 2 Pallett ... 25 4 60 1 ............ 29 10 48 2 F ie ld ........... 20 5 50 1 ............ 11 1 44 0 L illey........... 13 2 30 1 ............ 5 0 16 0 Byrne........... 9 1 27 1 ............ 11.3 5 22 1 Quaife (W ) 1 0 3 0 ............ D evey......... 8 2 17 0 Field delivered four no-balls and Pallett one. CLAPTON v. WOODFORD WELLS.—Played at Clapton on July 10. W oodford W rlls . E. C. Palmer, b Renals, 99; D. Tosetti, not out, 106 ; b 11.—Total (one wicket), *216. G. Tosetti, A. Tosetti, A. P. Bain, H. F. Chamen, J. Mussett, W . J. Harte, H. H. Davis, W . W ood- house and H. Crump did not bat. * Innings declared closed. C la pto n . J. H. D o u g la Crump, b Bain.. ... 23 H. Chichester, run out 3 H. T r a f f o r d , b G. Toaetti .. .......... 1 F A Boys, c Crump, b Mussett.................. 5 H. Boyton, J. H. R. F. A. Bishop, c Davis, b D. Tosetti ...........46 E. Richardson, not out 3 Byes ........... ... 12 Total (4 wkts.) 93 Renals, H. Walbancke, SUSSEX y. NOTTS. Played at Hastings on July 8, 9, and 10. Notts won by 69 runs. In their proud position as leader with a hundred per cent in the championship table, although with only a single victory to their credit, the Notts team must have looked with longing eyes on the Brighton wicket, for it is in batting that they excel so greatly this year. Whether the Sussex committee, remembering the many times that they have watched from the pavilion the Notts batsmen—more particularly Gunn and Shrewsbury—making hay of the Sussex bowling on the perfect Brighton wicket, changed the plan of the match to Hastings with a view to lessening the disparity between the teams, or whether they thought that the Notts men might consider a visit to Hastings a pleasant variety, it is certain that the Sussex men had the worst of the bargain and the wicket. Every­ where else teams were making fine scores, but at Hastings Notts, who won the toss, made but a poor show in the first innings. In fact, if it had not been for some very resolute batting by Mr. A. O. Jones, their score would have been insignificant. Bland had a fine analysis. Poorly as Notts had done, Sussex were not seen to much greater advantage, for, except for fine innings by Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Newham and Bean, the batsmen were uuable to do anything against Guttridge. Nevertheless, the home county had a lead of 43. Notts began very badly when they went in again, losing Gunn, Shrewsbury, and Mr.C.W . W right at once for very few runs indeed. But now­ adays, the Notts batting does not break down if the two great professionals are unable to distinguish themselves. Attewell, Mr. Jones, and Daft made useful scores, and Dench and Mr. Dixon, as they have so ofien done this year, played splendid cricket. Mr. Dixon’s score was within 20 of the hundred, and Dench earned talent money. Sussex had what on the Brighton wicket would have been an easy task—they had to make 225 to win. They began fairly well, for when stumps were drawn only two wickets were down, while Mr. Murdoch and Ranjitsinhji were well in. On Saturday both played well, but after the Prince, went for 57, and Mr. Murdoch for 31, the game was over. It is singular that Guttridge, who was in former days in the Sussex team, should have taken nearly all the wickets against his old side, but his bowling was very short, and got up in a dangerous way. N o tts . First innings. Second innings. Shrewsbury,cParris,t Bland 7 cMurdoch,bBland 8 C.W.Wright, c Ranjitsinhji, b T a te..................................27 c Parris, b Tate... 1 Gunn, b Tate.......................... 6 b Bland ............ 7 Attewell,cMurdoch,bBland 19 c and b Tate ...3 7 J. A. Dixon, c Murdoch, b B la n d .................................. 3 c Murdoch.b Tate 80 A. O. Jones, b Tate ...........58 c Tate, b Bland.. 25 Dench, b Tate ................... 6 c Butt, b Tate ... 55 Daft, c Tate, b Bland........... 1 not out....................22 Pike, c Parris, b Tate........... 8 b T ate.................... 0 Mason, not out .................. 9 c Butt, b Bland .. 4 Guttridge, c and b Bland ... 1 c Butt, b Tate ... 9 Bye .......................... 1 B15,lb 3,nb2 20 Total ........... 146 Total ...268 c Jones, b Gutt­ ridge.................. 1 c Pike, b Attewell 0 c Dixon, b Atte­ well ...................57 c Jones, b Gutt­ ridge...................31 c Shrewsbury, b Guttridge......... 0 c Pike,bGuttridge 7 c Daft,b Attewell 13 notout...................22 b Guttridge.. .. 5 b Guttridge.......... 1 c Jones, b Atte- wpll Q B 10,1b 4,’nb 1 15 Total..........155 S u sse x . G. Brann, b Guttridge ... 6 Marlow, b G uttridge........... 8 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c and b Attewell .......................... 8 W . L. Murdoch, b Dixon ... 52 W . Newham, c Shrewsbury, b A ttew ell.......................... 25 Bean, c Gunn, b Guttridge 69 Killick, c Pike, b Guttridge 2 Parris, c Attewell, b Gutt­ ridge .................................. 8 Butt, b Guttridge.................. 0 Bland, lbw, b Attewell ... 2 Tate, not ou t.......................... 2 B 4, lb 2, nb 2 ... 8 Total..................190 N o tts . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Bland........... 32‘4 9 86 6 ............. 37 12 107 4 Tate ........... 32 11 59 4 ............. 43*1 17 77 6 Killick ........... 12 2 35 0 Parris ........... 10 2 29 0 Killick delivered two no-balls. S u ssex . Guttridge . Attewell Dixon... . Daft ... . Dench... O. M. R. W . O. M. R. w . 29 7 61 6 ... ... 25 10 79 6 31-3 12 73 3 ... ... 27-3 10 48 4 7 2 17 1 ... ... 1 0 1 0 8 2 18 0 ... ... 4 1 12 0 Dr. Ladell, G. Stanley and E. Richardson did not bat. Guttridge delivered two no-balls and Attewell one.