Cricket 1897

J uly 29, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 315 LEICESTERSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Leicester on July 22, 23 and 24. Leicestershire won by five wickets. The meeting between these two teams was of more 'han ordinary interest because, unless the game ended in a draw, one of the sides would be freed from the reproach of not having won a single match during the season. On paper Derbyshire were certainly the stronger side, but the ill-luck which has followed them this year did not leave them, and the much desired victory fell to Leicestershire. It was by no means an advantage, as it turned out. to Derbyshire to win the toss, for the wicket had improved by the time that Leicestershire went in, and on the first days’ play Leicestershire had a decided advantage, scoring 187 for 7 wickets against a completed innings of 125. During the day Mr. Marriott was the only man on either side who made anything like a large score. The advantage gained by Leicestershire was increased on Friday by 26 runs, and when Derbyshire went in again there was a leeway of 88 to make up. Such a good start was made that the runs were hit off for the loss of Mr. Evershed, and as Mr. Wright. Davidson and Storer all made about 50, Leicestershire had to make 187 to win, and as they have so often broken down this season it was by no means certain that victory would attend their efforts. But Mr. Marriott again played well, while Knight, King, Coe and Tomlin all made runs, so that Leicestershire were able to claim their first victory of the year by five wickets. It must be said that Derbyshire were very greatly handicapped by the absence of Walter Sugg and Chatterton owing to injured hands, while Mr. Stocks and Mr. Marriott proved very useful additions to the team. D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. S. H. Evershed, b Stocks ... L. G. Wright, c Whiteside, b Stocks ........................ Bagshaw, b Woodcock........ Davidson, b Woodcock Storer, c Marriott, b Stocks Gould, run out ......... G. G. Walker, b Woodcc Cross, not out............... Warren, lbw, b Stocks Hancock, c Marriott, Stocks........................ B yes......... Second innings 12 b Geeson .......... 30 20 c Whiteside, b Woodcock 47 22 e Marriott, b Geeson ......... 25 4 c Geeson,bWood- cock ................. 47 4 b Stocks ......... 50 26 c Whiteside, b Stocks .......... 11 3 b Woodcock 0 14 not out................ 27 2 b Woodcock 0 9 b Woodcock 0 6 b Stocks ......... 16 3 B 18, lb 3 ... 21 Total ...125 Total ...274 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. C. J. Wood, b Cross ..........31 Knight, c Walker, b Cross 3 Second innings, lbw, b Hancock.. 2 c Bagshaw, b Storer ..........38 H. H. Marriott, c Bagshaw, b Hancock....................... 43 b Storer King, b Gould .................27 b Hancock ... Coe, b Cross ........................27 run out......... Tomlin,c Wright,b Hancock 14 not out.......... Geeson, c Davidson, b Hancock ........................15 notout............ C. E. deTrafford, bHancock 14 F. W. Stocks, not out......... 30 Whiteside, c Gould, b Cross 3 Woodcock, run out .......... 0 B 3, lb 3 .......... 6 Total ...213 D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . B 3, lb 6 , w 1... 10 Total (5 wkts.) 187 Second innings. O. M. R. W. Woodcock .. . 23 4 73 4 ......... 28 5 106 5 Stocks ........ . 22 4 9 49 5 .......... 28-3 9 57 3 King... 12 2 31 0 Geeson 17 4 It 2 Wood 6 3 5 0 Coe ... 2 0 in 0 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Davidson ... 16 5 41 0 .......... 1 0 8 0 Cross ......... . 33 11 68 4 ......... 20 9 28 0 Walker.......... 9 1 24 0 .......... 4 0 22 0 Hancock . 184 4 50 4 .......... 13 2 44 2 Gould .......... 9 2 23 1 .......... 6 3 13 0 Warren......... . 1 0 1 0 ..... 6 1 19 0 Bagshaw 2 1 2 0 Storer ... 113 2 41 2 Storer bowled a wide. T HE SURREY XI. IN 1896. A Descriptive Record of the Matches played in that Season. With Full Scores, Batting and Bowling Averages, &c., and a Portrait Group of the Team. 75 pp. Price4d.net. At all bookstalls; and post free, 5d., from Merritt and Hatcher, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. TH E PH ILADELPH IANS . T H E M .C.C. M ATCH (T H IR T E E N T H OF T H E TO U R). Played at Lord’s on July 22, 23 and 24. M.C.C. won by 227 runs. The team which opposed the Philadelphianswas by no means stro n g on paper, but the M.C.C. has been su rp risiD gly fo rtu n a te w ith th e moderate elevens w h ic h it has put into th e field throughout the season, and therefore nobody was surprised w h e n the Philadelphians were defeated with ease. The M.C.C. had th e best of the wicket w h ic h "was, h o w e v e r, always gOQd. All the best of the M.C.C. batsmen came off in one innings or o th e r, w h ic h was decidedly a for­ tunate thing for their.side, but most of the Philadel­ p h ia n s were unable to play the b o w lin g of Trott. w h o is, on h is present form, one of th e best bowlers of th e day, w ith any confidence. Mr. Patterson and Mr. Lester, h o w e v e r, obtained a masteryover th e bowling in the first innings, and it was a pity that an injured handprevented th e captain from batting in th e second, when Mr. Lester, who had batted well in the first inn­ ings, played a great game to try to save his side from a severe defeat. Mr. King bowled well for the Philadelphians in the second innings, and Mr. Clark in the first, while Trott had an excellent analysis for the M.C.C. M.C.C. First innings. C. W . Wright, b Bates ... 19 F. Mitchell, c Clark, b Cre- Second innings. Patterson, b Cregar ..........28 133 c King, b Lester 58 c Bates, b King... 73 18 c Wood, b Cregar 35 34 c Biddle, b Bates 10 9 b King................. 0 4 b King................. 1 ... 21 not out.................34 11 gar Rawlin, b Clark ......... Trott (A. E.), b King F. W . Maude, run out W. S. Hale, b Clark ... P. D. Fitzgerald, b Clark J. Gifford, not out Capt. F. S. Charles, b Clark 0 b King. Whitehead (Lees), b Clark 0 Hearne (J. T.), run out ... 12 not out...............17 B 17, lb 3, w l,nb 1... 22 B ll,lb l,n b l 13 Total................278 Total (8 wkts)*280 * Innings declared closed. P h il a d e l p h ia n s . Second innings. b Trott.. c and b Trott First innings. A. M. Wood, lbw, b Trott... 0 H. C. Thayer, b Hearne ... 1 J. A. Lester, b Hearne ... 33 b Trott... G. S. Patterson, c Rawlin, b Trott...............................64 absent, hnrt ... 0 F. H. Bohlen, b Trott ... 0 c R a w lin , b Hearne .......16 J. B. King, b Maude.......31 run out ......... 3 L. Biddle, c Hearne, b Trott 15 b Trott.............. 17 E. M. Cregar, b Trott ... 1 c and b Trott ... 17 F. H. Bates, b T rott...... 10 b Maude ......... 3 P. H. Clark, b T ro tt........... 0 not out................ 1 F. W . Ralston, not out ... 3 b Trott................ 0 --------- ‘ " B 11, lb 2... 13 B 17,1b 4... 21 Total .................179 M.C.C. Total , ...152 First O. in n in g s. M. R. W . Second innings. King .......... 33 8 67 1 Clark .......... 26 7 63 . 5 Bates ......... 12 3 41 1 Lester......... 144 2 43 0 Cregar.......... 7 0 25 1 Patterson ... 5 1 17 0 King delivered two no-balls and Clark one wide. O. 24 31 14 11 18 M. R. W. 4 72 4 6 85 0 2 44 1 3 28 1 7 38 2 O. Trott ......... 31 Hearne ... 32 Rawlin......... 8 Maude......... 6 P h il a d e l p h ia n s . M. R. W. O. M. R. W . 83 7 ... 48 2 ... 12 0 ... 15 1 ......... 9 Whitehead 8 29 3 7 23 12 87 6 30 1 12 1 10 0 WHITGIFT WANDERERS v. CROYDON.—Played at Croydon on July 17. W h it g if t W a n d e r e r s . E. Guy Turner, c Bis­ coe, b Dent ......... 53 M. E. Cutler, b Watson 12 H. L Turner, bWatson 10 G. Marks, b Watson .. 1 A. E. Howes, b Smith 53 R. L. Turner, run out 12 A. F. West, c Watson, b Dent .................13 G. A. Bacon, b Ching 0 H. G. Roberts, st Bis­ coe, b Dent ..........13 L. J. Turner, c Patey, b Dent ................. 4 E. H. Balch, not out 0 B 6 , lb, 5 ... 11 Total ..182 C ro yd o n . C.M.W. Feist, c Bacon, b E. Turner ......... 6 A.C. Dent, b E. Turner 11 J. C. Neech,b L.Turner 7 T. A. Watson, b E. Turner ................ 12 E.W . 8 mith,bL.Turner 0 J. A. Archer, not out.. 34 H.W.Patey,bL.Tumer 0 H.R. Groom, c Marks, b L. Turner .......... 0 r.Wingate,bL.Turner 0 R. Biscoe, b Howes ... 4 S. J. Ching, c West, b H. Turner ..........19 B 2, lb 1 .......... 3 HAMPSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Brighton on July 22, 23, and 24. Sussex won by an innings and 176 runs. With a very weak team and very much the worst of the luck, the Hampshire men were completely out­ played in this match from the beginning of the game. All the chief Sussex batsmen, with the exception of Bean, came off. K. S. Ranjitsinhji was in brilliant form, and made another hundred, while Mr. Brann played one of his usual sound innings. Marlow only just failed to earn talent money, and Mr. Murdoch and Mr. Newham both played very fine cricket. If the tail had not collapsed the score might have rivalled that made by 8 urrey against Kent at the Oval. Rain on the first day affected the wicket, and when Hampshire went in runs were only made with great difficulty. Notrody could do much against Bland and Tate except Mr. Hill and Mr. Andrew, the Bournemouth amateur, who is an acquisition to the Hampshire team. Mr. Hill carried his bat for a wonderfully good 64, and in the second innings Mr. Andrew was the only man on the side who could keep his wicket up. He played a most valuable not-out innings of 54. S u ss e x . G. Brann, b Andrew.. 77 Marlow, c Bennett, b Andrew ....................48 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Hill ......................... 149 W. L. Murdoch, c Robson, b Andrew.. 70 W. Newham, c and b Heseltine............... 61 Bean, b Hill................. 0 H am psh ir e Parris, lbw, b Hill ... 0 J. C. Hartley, c Hill, b Andrew................. 3 Butt, lbw, b Andrew.. 24 Bland, b Steele.......... 1 Tate, not out .......... 0 B 1, lb 2, w 2 ... 5 Total ..........438 First innings. Second innings. Barton, c Parris, b Bland ... 9 b Tate............... . 14 Soar, b Bland................ ... 4 b H artley........ . 0 A. J. L. Hill, not out... ... 64 b Bland ........ . 0 W. Andrew, b Tate ... ... 22 not out................ . 54 E. C. Lee, b Tate.......... ... 10 b Bland ........ . 1 R. A. Bennett, b Tate.. ... 0 c Butt, b Tate .. . 0 C. Robson, c Newham, b Tate ........................ ... 2 run out ........ . 0 D. A. Steele, b Parris... ... 1 st Butt.b Hartley 5 J. H. Darby, b Tate .. ... 1 b Bland.............. . 17 C. Heseltine, c Tate, b B lan d........................ ... 7 c Brann, b Tate. . 8 Baldwin, b Bland.......... ... 0 b H artley.......... 14 B 13,lb 1 ................. 14 Byes .......... 15 Total .......... ...134 Total ...128 S u s s e x . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Heseltine.. 9 1 36 1 Steele ... 13 3 31 1 H ill.......... 30 8 56 3 Andrew... 49 8 157 5 Baldwin... 18 5 55 0 Lee......... 16 5 43 0 Soar.......... 25 9 45 0 Barton ... 1 0 10 0 Hill and Soar each delivered a wide. H a n t s . First innings. O. M. R. W. Bland ... 183 8 37 4 Hartley ... 11 2 28 0 . T a te.......... 21 10 21 5 .. Parris ... 14 6 34 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 23 12 47 3 ... 8 2 15 3 ... 31 15 51 3 HAMPSTEAD v. ELTHAM.—Played at Hampstead on July 17. H a m p s t e a d . First innings. A. R. Trimen, b Johnston 8 H. R. Hebert, b Johnston 0 J. L. Maffey, b Hayward ... 13 C. E. Jeafferson, st Spicer, b Johnston........................ 4 A. Reid, b Hayward.......... 4 J. O. Gibbon, st Spicer, b Johnston ........................ 1 J. C. Toller, b W ood..........33 H. F. Whinney, run out ... 21 T. W. Mackintosh, not out 16 E. Reid, b W ood................. 0 J. Dickson, b Wood .......... 0 Extras ........................ 5 Second innings. lbw, b Wood ... « not out................ ' c Pitt, b Wood ... 8 lbw, b Wood ... 10 c Johnston, b Young .......... 3 c Jackson, b Young ........ 8 c 8 imson, b Wood 0 b Young .......... 5 lbw, b Wood ... 0 Extras.......... 2 Total . ..........105 ELTnA M . Total (8 wkts) 50 Total 96 A. S. Johnston, b Hebert ................. R. Hayward, lbw, b Hebert ................. J. C. Wood, b Hebert T. H. Pitt, c A. Reid, b Hebert ................ A. S. Jackson.b Hebert L. Spicer, b Hebert ... Simson, b Hebert Moule, b Hebert .. 4 Eagleton, b Mackin­ tosh ........................ 3 C. A. Pitt, not out ... 2 W. Young, c Mackin­ tosh, b Gibbon ... 10 Extras.................10 Total 47