Cricket 1897

288 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. J u ly 15, 1897 GENTLEMEN v PLAYERS. THE MATCH AT LORI)’ S. Played on July 12, 13 and 14. Players won by 78 runs. There can be no possible doubt of the vast interest which is still taken in Gentlemen v. Players when the two sides are representative. The M.C.C committee were able to get together two teams which, although opinions may have differed with regard to two or three men who gained a place in them, could hardly have been improved upon. Wainwright and Mr. Druce are perhaps the only two absent* es about whose fitness to take part in the match opinion was unani­ mous. Mr. Druce had other engagements, while the welfare of the Yorkshire team in the match against Sussex was considered when it was decided not to include Wainwright among the players. In such an important match it was a great point in favour of the side which won the toss, as the wicket promised to be good. The choice of innings fell to the lot of the Players, who, as was to be expected under the circum­ stances kept in nearly all day. In this match the Gentlemen had plenty of bowling, most of it of a high class, and during the greater part of the innings runs took a lot of getting. It was only while Gunn was at the wicket that the bowling seemed made to be h it; the famous Notts player surprised and delighted the onlookers by the bold way in which he dealt with the bowling, more especially that of Mr. Bull, who was hit about in a manner to which he has not been accustomed of late, although he is never afraid to give a hitter plenty of opportunities to excel at his own game. Disregarding the outfields Gunn made some beautiful drives, and as usual his cutting was perfect; his innings of 69 was something to be remembered. But the feature of the first day’s cricket was the batting of Shrewsbury, polished as ever; during his long innings he hardly ever made a mistake; his timing was wonderful to watch, and his strokes all round the wicket left nothing to be desired. No one —even a tnan who cannot understand what there can be to see in mere “ style ” —could have described his inniDgs of 125 as slow. Apart from the batting of the two Notts men, there was nothing remarkable in the cricket shewn by the Players, although, of course, several men played finely. The Gentlemen had 35 minutes batting before stumps were drawn, and W .G. and Mr. Stoddart scored so quickly that 51 runs were made. But both batsmen got out just before time. On Tuesday Mr. Dixon and Mr. Mason, the not outs, played brilliant cricket and brought the total to 158 before they were parted; they scored quickly and at about the same rate, and were dis­ missed within a few minutes of each other. It looked as if a long score was going to be made, but the batting broke down and but for a good innings of 50, not out, by Mr. Ford, in which hard hitting was combined with careful play, and a steady 26 by Mr. MacGregor, the collapse would have been very noticeable. Hayward was the cause of the change in the fortunes of the game, for when he went on he managed to stick up the batsmen considerably, and got rid of Mr. Dixon, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Jessop for 43 runs — a great bowling feat. Thanks chiefly to him the Players began their second innings with the very useful lead of 72 runs. The two Surrey men Abel and Hayward, began well, but Abel lost his wicket before he was quite set, and Hayward was finely run out by Mr. Jessop. Gunn again played excellent cricket, but Shrewsbuiy did nothing this time. The rest of the day’s crick et was not remarkable, but when stumps were drawn the total was 223 for 9 wickets, so that the Gentlemen evidently had all thtir work cut out for Wednesday. Some bold hitting by Richardson and Hirst helped the score so consider­ ably on Wednesday that the Gentlemen had a much more difficult task than seemed probable on the pievious evening. They had to make 352 runs, and as Mr. Stoddart, Mr. Mason, Mr. Dixon, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, and Mr. Jackson only scored 42 between them, theie did not seem much chance that the total would be very nearly approached. The Doctor, how­ ever, was in great form and made 66, and when Mr. Ford and Mr. Jessop came together some very brilliant cricket was seen. Mr. Jessop got nearly all the bowling, but whenever his partner had an oppor­ tunity he made good use of it. For half an hour the field and bowlers were demoralised, while the crowd was raised to a pitch of excitement seldom seen on a cricket ground. The partnership lasted for thirty- five minutes, during which time 88 runs were put on of which no less than 67 were claimed by Mr. Jessop, who, it is needles to say, was very heartily applauded when he returned to the pavilion. Mr. Ford carried his bat for a wonderfully good innings of 79. In the first innings he was not out 50, so that he will be able to look back on the match with very great pleasure. After the excitement came the reaction, and the innings closed very soon, but despite the failures of so many great players, the Gentlemen made a splen­ did fight. P la y e r s . Abel, b Jessop ................... 5 c Jessop,'b Cun­ liffe .................. 22 Hayward, c Bull, b Cunliffe 37 run out ...........47 Gunn, b Cun1 i f f e ................. 69 b Jessop ...........42 Shrewsbury (A.), run ou t.. 125 c M acG regor, b Cunliffe .......... 1 Baker, b Cunliffe.................. 30 o Jessop, b Bull 39 Chatterton, c Bull, b Grace 21 c and b Bull ... 2 Storer, lbw, b Grace ........... 0 lbw, b Jessop ... 1 Hirst, c Jessop, b Mason 34 not out ...........61 Attewell (W .), c Grace, b M ason .................................. 2 c Mason, b Bull 11 Hearne (J. T.), not out .. 11 b Cunliffe ........... 6 Richardson (T.), c Stoddart, b Mason ..........................14 c Ford,b Stoddart 30 B 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 9 ... 20 B 11, lb 2, nb 4 17 Total . 358 G en tlem en First innings. W . G. Grace, c Abel, b Hearne ..............................24 A . E. Stoddart, b Richard­ son ......................................25 J. R. Mason, c Baker, b Attewell ..............................62 J. A. Dixon, c and b Hay­ ward ......................................52 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Hay­ ward .................................... 9 F. S. Jackson, b Hayward 6 F. G. J. Ford, not out ... 50 G. L. Jessop, b Hayward .. 4 G. MacGregor,b Richardson 26 F, H. E. Cunliffe,b Richard­ son..............................................14 F. G. Bull, b Richardson ... 0 B 7, lb 3, nb 4 ...........14 Total..........................286 T otal...........279 Second innings, b Richardson ... 66 b Hayward.......... 8 b Richardson ... 10 c Hirst, b Hay­ ward .......... 18 b Richardson ... 5 b Richardson ... 1 not out................. 79 c Hayward, b A ttew ell.......... 67 lbw, bRichardson 5 b Richardson ... 7 b Attewell.......... 5 B l, l b l ........... 2 Total ...273 P laters . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Bull .......... 30 5 124 0 ... .. 27 5 90 3 Jessop ........... 22 5 35 1 ... .. 22 8 49 2 Jackson .......... 18 8 34 0 ... . 10 0 26 0 Cunliffe .......... 27 7 71 3 ... .. 20 6 66 3 Grace ........... 20 7 45 2 .. Mason .......... 15.1 6 29 3 ... 9 0 22 0 Stoddart 2 0 9 1 Cunliffe delivered thirteen no-balls and Bull a wide. G entlem en . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Richardson ... 23 4 5 88 4 ........... 28 2 130 6 H earae.......... 19 4 58 1 ........... 9 0 52 0 Attew ell......... 24 5 61 1 ........... 7 0 20 2 Hirst .......... 7 0 22 0 ........... Hayward ... 16 3 43 4 ........... 17 5 69 2 Hayward delivered four no-balls. SUSSEX V . YORKSHIRE. A RECORD FOR THE FIRST WICKET. Played at Sheffield on July 12, 13, and 14. Yorkshire won by an innings and 307 runs. Greatly weakened, morally and actually, by the absence of K . S. Ranjitsinhji, Sussex, after winning the toss, hardly played up to the form which was hoped from them. The innings was only noticeable for the steady but sound batting of Mr. Brann, who made 56, and a useful 33 by Vine, the Eastbourne cricketer, who took Ranjitsinhji’s place. The total was only 164—not much to show against the Y or^ shire team on a good wicket—notwithstanding the absence of Mr. Jackson, Lord Hawke, and Hirst from the side. Mr. Milligan and Haigh were the bowlers who caused the downfall of the Sussex bats­ men. Before the day’s play ended Brown and Tun­ nicliffe showed very conclusively that there vas nothing whatever the matter with the wicket, for they put up 216 without being parted. It may be imagined that Sussex did not enter on their day’s work on the next morning with any extraordinary keenness ; they had doubtless been reminded during the previous evening of the record score made by Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Palairet for the first wicket, and as lunch-time approached they must have taken a very great interest in that record, for Brown and Tunnicliffe showed no signs of being particularly tired, while they made runs with persistency. The question as to whether the previous record would be beaten was decided before lunch, when the score was 348—a new record. There were yet other records to be passed, so that the interest was by no means taken out of the match. Some relief came when Tunnicliffe was at last caught for 147, with the total at 378, but Brown did not follow the custom of getting out directly after his partner left. In course of time he reached his 300, and the record made by Mr. MacLaren at Taunton in July, 1895, began to loom in the distance. But when his score was 311, Brown was caught by Parris, as Wain­ wright had been. His wonderful innings had lasted for six hours and a quarter, while Tunnicliffe made his 147 in four hours and thirty-five minutes. After the stand for the first wicket it was left to the Yorkshiremen to help them­ selves. Denton and Moorhouse did not avail themselves of the opportunity, but Wainwright, Mr. Mitchell, and Peel made good use o f it. When stumps were drawn the score was 681 for five wickets, and the question which now exercised the minds of players and spectators was whether Yorkshire would go for the record for an innings or declare at once, with the idea of making sure of winning the match. The captain decided to declare. Sussex made a very bad start, and although Mr. Newham, Bean, and Parris played well, there was never much likelihood that the visitors could play out time. S ussex . First innings. Second innings. G. Brann, c Mounsey, b H aig h ..................................57 c Tunnicliffe, b b Milligan ... 1 Marlow, c Mitchell, b Haigh 11 c Mitchell, b Mil­ ligan..................13 W . L. Murdoch, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Peel .................. 2 b M illigan........... 0 Vine, c Tunnicliffe, b Milli­ gan ..................................33 c M il l ig a n , b Brown .......... 20 W . Newham, cWainwright, b M illigan.......................... 6 c Haigh, b Brown 42 Bean, c Hunter, b Milligan 15 c Mitchell, b Mil­ ligan..................39 Pai ris, b Milligan ........... 6 n otou t.................. 52 Killick, not out ................... 6 b M illigan........... 4 Butt, c Hunter, b Milligan 15 c Denton, b M iiligan.......... 3 Bland, b Haigh .................. 0 c Denton,bWain- wright .......... 13 Tate, cWainwright, b Haigh 2 b M illigan........... 5 B 8, 1b 3 ...........................11 Extras.............18 Total ...164 Total ...210 Y orksh ire . Wainwright, not out 104 F. Mitchell, run out 35 Peel, not out .......... 39 B 18, lb 6, w 2 ... 25 Total (5 wkts)*681 Brown (J. T.), c Par­ ris, b Killick ............311 Tunnicliffe, c Parris, b Vine ....................147 Denton, c Killick, b Bland .......................11 Moorhouse, lbw, b Parris........................... 9 F. W . Milligan, Mounsey, Haigh, and Hunter did not bat. * Innings declared closed. S u ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W . P e e l.......... Haigh Wainwright Milligan ... 19 30 12 47 7 18 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. Bland Tate Killick . Pan is Brann 0 ... 45 5 ... Brown Mounsey Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R .W . 52 14 165 1 57 19 107 0 26 5 74 1 45 10 117 1 23 10 51 5 2 14 4 18 4 7 0 34 0 44 1 Marlow . Bean Vine Newham 24-3 5 65 7 9 0 25 2 7 3 7 0 O. M. R. W . 1 14 0 2 20 0 23 3 79 1 8 1 29 0 Bean and Newham each bowled a wide. DULWICH v. CROYDON.—Played at Croydon on July 10. C roydon . E. W . Smith, lbw, b Darby ................... 6 R. Biscoe. b Darby . . 2 T. A, Watson, c S. E. Huntley, b Fishwick 49 C. W . M. Feist, c Staf­ ford, b W h ite...........20 C. A. Curgenven, b Darby .................. 0 A. C. Dent, b W hite .. 5 J. L. Meech, c F. Huntley, b Fishwick 0 D ula R. Longley, b W atson 8 L. Phillips, c Watson, b Patey ...................23 W . Morris, b Watson 0 T. C. Stafford, c Dent, b W atson................... 4 J. F. Colyer, c Ching. b Dent .................. £8 H. Darby, b Watson... 19 S. E. Hun’ ley, b E.W . Smith.......................... 17 H . W . Patey, not out 26 J. A. Archer, c Staf­ ford, b Phillips ... 41 S. J. Ching, c F. Huntley, b Phillips 5 H. E. Smith, b Fish­ wick .......................... 21 B 6, lb 7, nb 1 ... 14 Total . 189 E. White, b E. W . Smith .................. F . Huntley, c Curgen­ ven, b Archer.......... T. A. Darke, not out H. Fishwick. not out B 7, lb 2 ... ... Total (9 wkts)144