Cricket 1897

330 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 5, 1897. YORKSHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. I Played at Harrogate on July 29, 30, and 31. Gloucestershire won "by 140 runs. Interestirg from beginning to end, this match seemed likely to fizzle away into the now common draw; but almost at the last moment a change in the Gloucestershire bowling brought about a startling collapse in the Yorkshire tail, and the match waswon by the Southern county with only half an hour to spare. At the outset it did not appear to be at all likely that anything startling would be done in the way of run-getting, for the wicket was a little fiery, and the first few Gloucestershire men had great diffi­ culty in keeping up their wickets, let alone making runs. But Mr. Jessop came in and kept at the wickets for forty minutes, during which the York­ shire bowlers were banged about to all parts of the field, and out of it. Mr. Champain was Mr. Jessop’s partner, and wisely contented himself with a strictly defensive game, with the result that when Mr. Jessop’s extraordinary innings ended, with the score at 190, the Cambridge Blue had made no less than 101 out of the 118 put on during the partnership. Needless to say the Yorkshire bowlers were more or less bewildered by such treatment as they received at the han€s of Mr. Jessop, and they neverhad a chance of really settling down again, for Mr. Townsend, and afterwards Board, managed to always keep them going. The innings, which began with such solemnity, ended for 870. of which Mr. Townsend claimed 109 by the soundest cricket, and Board 43, run out. Yorkshire had no batting on the first day, but it was very evident that they would have to do all they knew on Friday if they wanted to put a good appearance on the game. From the way in which the innings was commenced it looked very much as if Gloucestershire were going to win in a canter, for at 24 Mr. Jackson was bowled by Mr. Jessop; Tunni­ cliffe went at 47, and at 62 and 63 a series of disasters fell on the Yorkshiremen, who lost "Wainwright, Denton, and Wilson. After this, however, the tail made a bold effort to retrieve the fortunes of the game, and succeeded so well that the follow-on was saved, although at the end of the innings Gloucester­ shire had a lead of 94. Hirst played very well indeed for 55, and Mr. Collinson, the new amateur in the team, also did well. When Lord Hawke joined him for the ninth wicket, 49 runs were still required to save the follow, but the batsmen rose to the occasion. Gloucestershire, although they lost Mr. Rice for 22, and W . G., caught off the last ball of the day for 33, were in a very satisfactory position when stumps were drawn, being 180 runs on with eight wickets to fall. On Saturday most of the team scored, but it was not until Board and Mr. Goodwin got together for the eighth wicket that the bowling was collared, although Mr. Champain, Wrathall, and Mr. Hemingway all made runs. With nine wickets down for ‘271, W. G. felt justified in declaring, for York­ shire had to make 365 in four hours and a quarter. After losing Mr. Jackson for four runs, the York­ shiremen did fairly well, thanks to good batting by Tunnicliffe, Brown, and Denton; but despite their efforts, four wickets were down for 113. The rest of the batsmen accordingly settled themselves to play for a draw. Mr. Wilson and Denton kept together until the danger of defeat seemed pretty nearly over, and afterwards there Mas another long partnership between Hirst and Denton. With an hour and a quarter remaining, and the two Yorkshiremtn apparently set to play out time, while, even if they were parted, four more men had to be disposed of, W . G. gave the ball to Mr. W. S. A. Brown, and a transformation scene was immediately brought on. Y o r s k h ir e . First innings. F. S. Jackson, bJessop ... 7 Tunnicliffe, c & b Jessop ... 24 Brown, c Townsend, b Roberts ... ................80 Denton, c Board, b Jessop.. 10 Wainwright, c Board, b Roberta ........................ C. E. M. Wilson, c Good­ man, b Roberts................. 0 Hirst, c & b Jessop ......... 55 F. W . Milligan, c & b Jessop 15 R.W.Collinson,cWrathall,b Roberts ........................34 Lord Hawke ,c Hemingway, b Roberts ........................ i Hunter, not out ................. Second innings. b Jessop .......... 4 c Board, b Jessop 25 G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. W. G. Grace, c Tunnicliffe, b W ilson ........................22 R. W. Rice, c Milligan, b Hirst ............................... F.H. B. Champain, c Tunni- L c Townsend, b Brown ......... 55 1 c Board, b Jessop 9 cliff, b Jackson... Wrathall, b Jackson . G. L. Jessop, b Jackson .. 101 W . McG. Hemingway, c Milligan, b Jackson........... 0 C. L. Townsend, c Milligan, b Wilson .........................109 Board, nm out ....................43 H. S. Goodwin, c Wain­ wright, b Jackson .............11 W. b. A. Brown, b Milligan 10 Roberts, not out ............ 1 Leg-byes 2, w 1 .. ... 3 Total................. ...370 Second innings. c Wainwright, b M illigan..........J b Jackson ..........5 b Wainwright ... 5 c Wainwright, b Wilson .......... J c D e n to n , b Wainwright ... c Jackson,bMilli- gan .................27 run out ........ b Milligan......... c Hirst,bMilligan 26 not out.................12 Byes......... 21 Total (9 wkts) *271 Byes ... b Jessop ... . c W r a th a ll, b Brown .......... c Townsend, b Brown .......... i Townsend, b Brown ......... not out................ c Champain, b Roberts ......... B 5, lb 2, w 1 22 Total .. 225 G l o u c est er sh ir e . Second innings. •Innings declared closed. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Birst ........ S7 7 86 1 ... ... 17 8 44 0 Wainwright 27 14 43 0 ... ... 24 7 83 2 Wilson........ 19 5 54 2 ... ... 15 7 16 1 Jackson 35 13 73 5 ... ... 17 6 40 1 Milligan 19.1 2 96 1 ... ... 19.4 5 67 4 Brown........ 5 1 15 0 .. Milligan delivered one wide. Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R. W. Townsend . . 8 1 28 0 Jessop ... . . 37 10 106 4 Roberts 33.3 10 84 6 Wrathall . 3 1 4 0 Brown .. 3 0 12 0 Grace ... .. 9 1 31 0 Second nningrs. O. M. R .W . 9 2 24 0 34 10 33.1 12 71 91 Jessop delivered three no-balls, and Roberts one; Brown delivered one wide. KENSINGTON v. BROOKWOOD. — Played Brookwood on July 24. K en sin g to n . A. English, b Robin- H. Morrison, b Hum­ phrey ........................ 0 G. T. Davis, not out... 31 C. E. Bloomer,b Hum­ phrey ........................ 0 E. V. Gardiner, b Humphrey ... ... 26 A. E. Damian, c Mold­ ing, b Humphrey ... 20 O. Damian, b Hum­ phrey........................24 L. de Montezuma, b Humphrey ..........19 C. E. Currie and G. A. Nicholls did not bat. C. J. Dux, not out B 23, w 1, nb 3 Total ... B rookw ood . D. Hendrison, b Mon­ tezuma .................33 Dr. Scanlan, b Currie 29 H Humphrey, b Cur­ rie ........................ 9 W. C. Robinson, c Gar­ diner, b Montezuna 15 Dr. Capps, zuma.. J. Baker, zuma... b Monie- 10 Total ...161 STREATHAM v. SURBITON.- on July 28 S u rb it o n . ESSEX y . SUSSEX. Played at Brighton on July 29, 30, and 31. Drawn. The meeting between these two counties naturally attracted a lot of attention, for although Yorkshire had signally failed against Essex, and although it is admitted on all sides that the rising county is this year a very hard nut to crack, there is never any knowing what Sussex may do; and it was quite on the cards that the Essex team might be sent home thinking that cricket was the queerest game in the world. It was not a wise move on the part of the Sussex captain to lose the toss, especially as the wicket was as perfect as it could well be, and nearly all the Essex men in good form just at present. The result was that the bowlers never had a look in on Thursday, and it was not until just before lunch on Friday that the Essex innings closed for the formid­ able total of 475. Towards this Mr. McGahey con­ tributed a very fine innings of 140, while Mr. Fane, Mr. Turner, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Kortright all batted particularly well. As usual, Bland took more wickets than any other bowler. The wicket was as good as ever when Sussex went in, but as it was not one of their days, Mr. Kortright and Mr. Bull were almost irresistible. Mr. Murdoch played excellent cricket when his men were going out one after the other, but seven wickets were down for 121, and Sussex men shook their heads, hoping, however, that the second innings would produce a better result. But the tail, in the persons of Butt and Mr. Hartley, did not seem to be much impressed by the excellence of the Essex bowlrng, and proceeded to make themselves at home, with the result that they kept their wickets intact until stumps were drawn with the score at 202. On Saturday, however. Mr. Kortright promptly finished off the innings, and Sussex had to follow on with a leeway of no less than 256 to make up. In such a deplorable situation most teams would have been content to play the slowest of cricket in hopes of making a draw, but the Sussex men set to work as if their one object in life was to show that, when put to it, they could make as big ascore as their opponents. They had not quite time to do this, but when stumps were drawn, they had very nearly accomplished the feat. The Essex bowlers, tired with their exertions of the previous innings, were treated even worse than the Sussex bowlers had been on the Thursday. In 40 minutes Mr. Brann and Marlow made 65, when Marlow was out for a good 47. Ranjitsinhji soon made himself at home, and as Brann kept steadily on his way, the score mounted until it reached 168, when Brann was lbw for his usual 60 made in about his usual time. Afterthis the Prince almost monopolised the scoring until Bean came in and hit. E ssex . A. Molding, b Monte­ zuma ....................... 4 Dr. Gayton, notout... 19 S. Spooner, b Monte­ zuma ........................ 0 J. Rendell, b Monte­ zuma ........................ 6 R.Sturt,bMontezuma 0 B 12, lb 8 ..........20 -Played at Surbiton H. J. Davenport, b W afener.................11 W. Bowring, c Wage- ner, b Schwarz ... 1 H. B. Richardson, c Gabriel, b Schwarz 71 Capt. A. J. Hill, c Schwarz, b Wagener 0 W. B.Windeler, c Mil­ ler, b Schwarz.......... 3 C. B. W o r s le y , c Schwarz, b Hooper 11 J. M. Capel, b Schwarz 30 G. A.Vicary, c Gabriel, b Miller ................. 3 E. Andrew, not out ... 10 H.A.Forsyth, c Hoop­ er, b Schwarz......... 1 R. Sale-hill,b Schwarz 3 Extras ................. 4 Total ..........148 S t r e a t h a m . N. Miller, b Richard­ son .......... ... .5 7 Dr. H. S. Barkworth, b Capel ................. 8 A .E . Watson, c Rich­ ardson, b Sale-Hill 31 R. O. Schwarz, c Foi- syth, b Sale-Hill E. Bailey, c Hill, S a le - H ill.................. J. F. W. Hooper, Sale-Hill.............. 61 A. Bailey, e.Windeler, b Sale-Hill ... ... 20 H. M. Leaf, b Sale- Hill ........................ 3 T. B. Gabriel, c Daven­ port, b Richardson 14 D.O. D. Kerr, c Daven­ port. b Richardson 25 F. G.Wagener, notout 1 Extras , 39 F. L. Fane, c Butt, b Bland........................32 Carpenter, b Bland ... 13 P. Perrin, c Tate, b Hartley ................. 8 C. McGahey, c Bland, b Hartley.................140 A. J. Turner, c Ranjit­ sinhji, b Bland ... 78 A. P. Lucas, b Bland 0 H. G. Owen, run out C.J.Kortright, c Bean, b Tate ... ... ... Mead, b Parris ... ... F. G. Bull, b Bland ... Pickett, not out......... B 3, lb 5, nb 11 ... Total S u ssex . First innings. G. Brann, b Kortrglit........ 1 Marlow, b Kortright..........12 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Mead, b B u ll............................... 7 W. L. Murdoch, c and b Bull 57 W. Newham, c and b Bull 26 J. C. Bartley, not out..........36 Butt, b Kortright.................57 Bland, b Kortright .......... 7 Tate, c Lucas, b Kortright 0 Bean, c Kortright, bBull ... 1 Parris, c Kortright, b Bull 0 B 7, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 ...15 Second innings, lbw, b Mead . 60 c Lucas, b Mead 47 b Pickett ........ 170 c and b Bull ... 14 lbw, b Kortright 10 not out.......... not out.......... B 8, lb 3 58 10 11 Total... ..219 Total (5wkts.) 380 Bland Hartley Tate... E s s e x . M. R. W. O. 574 19 131 57 15 153 41 14 74 O. M. R. W. !8 11 69 1 Parris ... Ranjit­ sinhji 8 3 29 0 Hartley bowled seven no-balls, and Bland four. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Kortright ... 17-3 4 47 5 .......... 16 3 62 1 Bull ........ . 41 12 76 5 .......... 32 6 104 1 Pickett........ 12 3 23 0 .......... 15 3 47 1 Mead ........ . 26 14 49 0 .......... 39 5 111 2 Turner........ . 2 0 9 0 .......... 9 2 21 0 McGahey 5 2 15 0 Carpenter 4 2 6 0 Owen ... 1 0 3 0 Mead bowled two no-balls, and Bull one wide.