Cricket 1897

314 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 29, 1897. YORKSHIRE y . ESSEX. A R E M A R K A B LE EN D IN G . Played at Huddersfield on July 22, 23 and 24. Essex won by one run. The interest which was taken in this match all over the country was considerable, for in the first meeting between the two teams Essex were victorious after a very close match, and it was certain that both teams would make an extraordinary effort to win in the the return. Unfortunately the fast bowlers were dangerous to the batsmen all through the match, and cricket was always played under difficulties. What luck there was went in favour of the visitors. It was a splendidly fought out game. At the first it seemed that very small scores would decide the result, but after each side had completed an innings the bowlers did not have matters all their own way. In the first innings of Essex things went very badly until Mr. Turner came in and stopped the rot, which was getting serious; thanks to him and to Mr. Fane the total came to 139 instead of about 60 as seemed at one time likely. The Yorkshiremen also began badly and was only saved from a collapse by Hirst who made one more than Mr. Turner. Essex had a lead of 5 runs on the first innings, and began so badly that half their wickets were down for 51 and as it was not for a moment to be supposed that the York­ shiremen would all fail a second time, it seemed cer­ tain that the result of the first match would be reversed. But, as in the first innings, Mr. Turner and Mr. Fane came to the rescue of their side and aided by an amount of good fortune for which the York­ shiremen (generally such good fieldsmen) had only to thank themselves, they quite altered the appear­ ance of the game. From 51 they brought the score to 172 when Mr. Fane was out for a most useful 47. Afterwards Mr. Kortright banged the bowling about, while Mr. Turner again played very fine cricket, and as Mr. Owen also made a good score the total fell just short of 300, and Yorkshire was left with 299 to win a very formidable task indeed. When they went in on Friday evening they had an hour and a quarter to play. At 2 Brown was bowled by Mr. Kortright; Mr. Jackson played the next ball on to his foot, whence it rolled into wicket; at 17 Mr. Bull bowled Tunnicliffe, and at 23 Denton was caught at slip off Mr. Kortright. Thus with four of the best men out the game seemed practically over, and although Moorhouse and Wainwright kept in the rest of the time, bringing the total up to 81, there seemed no earthly chance for Yorkshire on the next day. But the cricket which followed was as remarkable as anything which has been seen this year. The York­ shiremen, in face of the long odds against them, set their teeth, and although some of the men were knocked about by the fast bowling which was short and bumpy they played a great game undergreat diffi­ culties. Moorhouse andWainwright were not parted until the total was 138, but even then the task seemed almost impossible, and as both professionals went at almost the same total it seemed out of the question that their side could still make a fight which should make the Essex men tremt le for the result. But Hirst and Milligan treated the bowlers as if they were playing in an unimportant club match. In 40 minutes they increased the score by 85 and when Mr. Milligan was bowled by Pickett for a splendid 64 Yorkshire was within measurable distance of win­ ning. And then, sad to say, Hirst was run out, and a wail went up all round the ground. Still the Yorkshiremen did not despair. Lord Hawke played a great innings at a most exciting time, but Haigh did not stay long. When Bairstow, the last man, came in eleven runs were still required to win. Lord Hawke made seven of them and Bairstow two, but with only one run required to make a tie Bairstow was lbw. It was a tame conclusion to a wonderful match, a match in which the Yorkshiremen played an uphill game which was worthy of their great reputa­ tion. But even when the game seemed to be veering round in favour of Yorkshire the Essex men never lost heart; they played as hard as possible up to the very last. But to lose a match by one rim through a run out and lbw! It was trying for the Yorkshiremen. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, b Hirst .........24 b Hirst...................47 Carpenter, b Hirst .......... 5 c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst.................22 P. Terrin, c Brown, b Hirst 10 c Bairstow, b Jackson.......... 9 C. McGahey, c Wainwright, b Hirst............................... 0 c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst................. 5 A. J. Turner, c Brown, b Jackson ........................40 b Haigh ............Ill Russell, st Bairstow, b Hirst 5 c and b Haigh ... 2 H. G. Owen, b Jackson .. 23 b Milligan..........20 C. J. Kortright, b Hirst ... 11 c Hawke, b Haigh 39 Mead, c Bairstow, b Jackson 12 notout................ 0 F. G. Bull, c Bairstow, b Jackson ........................ 1 b Hirst.................14 Pickett, not out ................. 0 cJackson, b Hirst 0 Byes............................... 8 B 22, lb 2,nb 1 25 Total .................135 Total .. 297 E s s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. 11. W. Wainwright. . 16 10 10 0 ... . . 8 0 21 0 Hirst ... . . 26-1 11 46 6 ... . .38 12 74 5 Haigh ... . . 6 3 10 0 ... . . 23-3 6 50 3 Jackson... . .14 2 38 4 ... . .26 4 74 1 Milligan . 6 0 27 3 ... . .14 3 44 1 Brown. . 4 1 6 0 Hirst delivered one no-ball. Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kortright .17 1 68 4 ... .. 31 6 123 5 Bull ... . .20 9 46 4 ... .. 22 2 78 1 Mead ... . . 6 2 14 0 ... . 12-4 1 40 2 Pickett ... . . 2 4 1 2 1 ... .. 16 2 53 1 Y o r k s h ir e . Fifst innings. Second innings. Brown, b Bull ............... 4 b Kortright ... 2 Tunnicliffe, lbw, b Bull ... 1b B u ll.................. 7 F. S, Jackson, c Russell, b Kortright ................ ... 20 b Kortright ... 0 Denton, c Russell, b Kort­ right ............................. 1 Moorhouse, c McGahey, b Kortright ........................12 Wainwright, run out.. 10 Hirst, c Kortright, b Bull .. 41 F. W . Milligan, st Russell, b B u ll............................... 5 Lord Hawke, b Kortright... 0 Haigh, not out .................24 Bairstow, b Pickett ..........12 Lb 3, w 2....................... 5 c McGahey, b Kortright ... 12 c Bull, b Kort­ right................. 68 c Bull, b Kort­ right.................63 run out ..........54 b Pickett ... not out......... b Mead lbw, b Mead W 1, lb 2 quickly, and with only a minute left the runs were knocked off without further loss. Mr. Townsend played an invaluable innings of 67 not out. N o tts . First innings. Second innings Shrewsbury, run out ... 64 b Townsend 58 Mason, run out .......... 24 c Jessop, b Town­ send ................. 7 Gunn (W.), st Board, b Townsend................ 4 c Champain, b Roberts .......... 1 J. A. Dixon, c Jessop, b Townsend................. 8 c Board, b Murch 32 A. O. Jones, c Champain, b Grace ........................ 43 cBoard,b Roberts 34 Dench, lbw, b Townsend 5 not out................. 27 Daft, c Roberts, b Grace 25 c and b Townsend 10 Gunn (J.), c Champain, b Townsend................. 7 c Champain, b Townsend 7 Pike, not out................. 44 c Townsend, b Grace .......... 15 Guttridge, c Champain, b Townsend................. 73 c Murch, b Grace 8 Henson, c Richardson, b Townsend................. 3 c Board, b Brown 0 B 2, lb 3, w 1, nb 5 11 B 3, lb 3, w 1... 7 Total .......... ...311 Total.........206 Kortright delivered one and Bull two wides. Total ...159 Total ...2S4 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. A GOOD F IN IS H . Played at Trent Bridge on July 22, 23 and 24. Gloucestershire won by three wickets. This match was deeply interesting from beginning to end. For about an hour during the second innings of Gloucestershire the Notts men seemed to have a decided advantage, but this state of affairs was soon altered, and up to the last it was anybody’s game. Notts made an excellent beginning in the firstinnings, and ended it with a score which gave them a reason­ able chanee of victory. It was unfortunate for them that Shrewsbury was run out when he was well on his way towards his hundred, and that the same fate happened to Mason when he was making a fine stand with Shrewsbury for the first wicket, but in neither case could the batsman be blamed, for it was owing to remarkable fielding that the wickets were lost, it was just as well for Glouces­ tershire that these two men were disposed of in this way, for they had both of them quite taken the measure of the bowling. Gunn, Mr. Dixon and Dench did not, for a wonder, distinguish themselves, but Mr. Jones made a useful 43, and when the innings seemed nearly over Guttridge and Pike collared the bowling. The Gloucestershire fielding wras good all through, while Mr. Brown and Mr. Champain were brilliant. At the end of the first day’s play Glouces­ tershire, against a total of 311, had put on 49 without losing a wicket. Thanks chiefly to a hundred by W.G., who batted carefully and well, and good cricket by ftlr. Richardson, the visitors were bnly 7 runs behind on the first innings. When Notts went in again Gunn failed for the second time in the match, but Shrewsbury and Mr. Dixon were once more in fine form. When stumps were drawn the score was 97 for three wickets -104 runs on. On Saturday, by not very interesting cricket the score was taken to 206, Shrewsbury for the second time in the match making over 50. This left Gloucestershire with 214to win, but despite good cricket by W.G., Mr. Champain, Mr. Jessop and Mr. Tow'nsend six wickets were down for 101, and for about the first time Notts really had a good chance of winning and preserving their hun­ dred per cent, record. But Mr. Townsend was still not out, and when he was joined by Mr. Richardson at this critical time the batting soon began to get the upper hand of the bowling. By really splendid cricket the two young amateurs took the score to 187, when Mr. Richardson was out for 45. While he was in with Mr. Townsend he had been playing against time as well as against a team which was playing its very best in the pretty confident hope of victory. Even when Mr. Richardson left the game was by no means over, for the three remaining wickets had not only to account for 28 runs but to make them in twenty minutes, so that the position was very in­ teresting indeed. Murch came in and kept up his wicket, while Mr. Townsend made the runs very G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. Wrathall, c Gunn, b Gutt­ ridge ...............................32 c Jones, b D aft.. 8 Board, lbw, b Guttridge ...37 b Guttridge ... 2 W.G.Grace,cMason,b Daft 126 c W. Gunn, b Guttridge ... 27 F. H. B. Champain, c Jonep, b Henson . .................27 b J. G unn.......... 2j C. L. Townsend, c Pike, b Henson ........................ 0 not out..............67 G. L. Jessop, c Jones, b J. Gunn ...............................14 c Dixon, b Gutt­ ridge.................30 W. McG. Hemingway, c Jones, b Henson .......... 2 c Dench, b Gutt­ ridge................. 8 A. G. Richardson, c Pike, b Daft ...............................46 lbw, b Dench ... 45 Murch, b Mason.................14 not out.............. 1 Roberts, not o u t................. 0 W. S. A. Brown, c Dixon, b Daft ............................... 2 B 3, lb 1 ................. 4B 3,1b l,nb 1... 5 Total .................304 Total (7wkts) 214 N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W. Jessop............... 14 5 31 0 .......... Roberts ......... 17 5 47 0 ........... 3114 59 2 Townsend ......... 39 6 123 6 ........... 35 8 92 4 Grace ................ 26 6 65 2 ........... 13 4 30 2 Richardson......... 3 0 18 0 ................. Brown................ 8 4 16 0 ........... 5 1 2 4 1 Murch 8 3 1 1 1 Townsend delivered five no-balls, and Brown and Murch a wide each. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Henson ......... 26 7 66 3 .......... 10 4 21 0 Jones................. 10 0 52 0 .......... Gunn (J .).......... 38 9 80 1 ......... 18 5 54 1 Guttridge......... 20 1 67 2 ........... 26 6 55 4 Dixon................. 11 3 26 0 ........... 7 2 16 0 Daft ................. 10*1 6 12 3 .......... 15 3 40 0 Mason................ 3 1 71 ............ 5 0 20 0 Dench 5*1 3 3 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W . CLAPTON v. CHESHUNT AND DISTRICT. Played at Cheshunt on July 24. C h e sh u n t and D is t r ic t . E. H. Wales, c Boyton, b Asser .................37 P. Paul, c Trafford, b Chichester.................18 F. O. Keysell, c Chich­ ester, b Abbott..........50 E. Paul, b Hugill ... 8 Rev. F. S. Keysell, c Chapman, b Hugill 14 H. B. Debenham, b Abbott ................. 8 C lapto n . H. J. Harper, c Boy­ ton, b Asser ... ... 29 A. Bassill, c Boys, b Abbott ................. o W. Harper, c Hugill, b Asser ................. 2 J. Cobley, run out ... 21 R. Archer, not out ... 30 B 14, nb 2 ........ 16 Total .. 23 J F. A. Boys, c Bassill, b Keysell .................50 H. E. Y. Chichester, c Keysell, b F. S. Key­ sell ........................33 ! J. L. Tate, not out ... 24 Dr. Jones, not out ... 3 B 8, wb 1 .......... 9 Total (2 wkts )..119 H. E. Trafford, H. Hugill, S. A. Asser, J. H. Douglas. A. J. Chapman, H. Boyton and J. a ! Abbott did not bat.