Cricket 1897

A ug . 5, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 337 MIDDLESEX v. SOMERSET. AN EXCITING FINISH. Played at Taunton on August 2, 3 and 4. Drawn. From a sporting point of view this match offered many attractions, for both sides have pretty consist­ ently failed this season, both are slow in batting and weak in bowling, and both may be relied on to strug­ gle hard to the end of the match. It was a point in favour of Middlesex to win the toss. Nearly every­ one made runs, but only two men, Mr. Stoddart and Mr. Douglas (whose re-appearance in the team must be very welcome) were able to make a big total. Mr. Stoddart was somewhat lucky in making his hundred, but much of hi* play reminded one of old times. Mr. Douglas batted carefully and well for 70. The total of 363 was large enough to give a consider­ able prospect of winniug, but Somerset came within 46 of it. The innings was very much like that of Middlesex. Most of the team made runs but only three made over 50. Mr. L. C. H. Palairet played beautiful cricket for 72; Mr. Roe showed that the practice which he gets at Elstree is not to be despised, for he made 58 in excellent style; while Mr. F. A. Phillips, the old Oxford Blue, was responsible for 52. On Tuesday evening Middlesex were 88 runs on and had lost Mr. 1ayman and Mr. Warner, neither of whom are at their best just at present. On Wednes­ day the scoring was Email. Middlesex lost Rawlin by a run out, and Mr. Stoddart was unable to bat, owing to a strained knee. Nobody could do much with the bowling, except Mr. Douglas and Mr. Bromley-Davenport, but in the end, Somerset had to make 237 to win. Things went very badly with them. Four wickets were down for 40, and eight for about double this number. \ ut the ninth wicket ciused no end of trouble, and the tenth could not be taken at all, so that by the merest shave Somerset escaped defeat. M id d l e s e x . Second innings. b Fowler b Woods First innings. H. B. Hayman, c Newton, b Fowler...............................28 P. F. Warner, b Fowler ... 9 A. E. Stoddart, c Newton, b Hedley ....................... 109 absent, hurt Rawlin, b Hedley................20 run out J. Douglas, c L. Palairet, b Hedley...............................70 b Tyler.......... A. J.Webbe, o sub., b Tyler 22 b Tyler........ G. McGregor, c andb Hedley 38 b Fowler H. R. Bromley-Davenport, b Woods ....................... 4 C. M. Wells, b Robson ... 30 F. H. E. Cunliffe, b Woods 0 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 23 B 4, lb 6 ........................10 c Roe,b Fowler... c Newton, b Fow­ ler ................. c and b Tyler ... not out................. B 2, lb 1, nb 1 .. Total.......... ...363 S o m e r se t . First innings. Capt. W. C. Hedley, c Stod­ dart, b Cunliffe............... 27 Robson, c Warner,b Hearne 0 L. C. H. Palairet, c Brom­ ley-Davenport, b Wells... 72 W. N. Roe, b Wells ..........58 Nichols, c Douglas,bHearne 24 F. A. Phillips, c Wells, b Davenport........................52 S. M. J. Woods, c Hayman, b Hearne ....................... 13 G. Fowler, not out ..........39 A. E. Newton, lbw, b Rawlin...............................17 R. B. Porch, b Rawlin ... 1 Tyler, b Rawlin ................ 0 B 4, lb 6, w 3, nb 1 ... 14 Total........ Total 190 Second innings. c sub., b Hearne 0 b Hearne ..........25 b Rawlin ......... c McGregor, b Rawlin .......... 6 st McGregor, b Wells ..........10 c McGregor, Rawlin ... cWells. b Cunliffe 10 c McGregor, b Hearne ..........25 cWarner, b Wells 4 13 ... 13 not out... not out... B 1,1b 3, w 1. nb 1 6 Total (9wkts)123 Fowler.. Tyler ... bedley.. Rotsou Woods TTearnr.. Uunhffe Rawlin.. W ells... Stoddart Second iD n in gs. O. M. R. W. 24-1 9 42 4 9 47 3 2 4 2 1 25 8 12 16 3 19 29 -it; 3 ..........317 M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M. R.W. . . . 35 8 98 2 ... 33 12106 1 ... 28 7 71 4 ... 13 1 2 42 1 ... ... 16 6 36 2 ... Nichols Woods delivered one no-ball. S o m e r se t . First innings. O. M. R.W . 3-i 11 92 3 .. 28 8 67 1 .. 133 5 25 3 . 25 11 37 3 33 8 95 2 ..................... 169262 4 2 2 0 . B.-D'v’nport 5 0 22 1 .......... Cunlirte and Bromley-Davenport each bowled a wide, Wei’s bowled two wides, and Cunliffe two no-balls. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 30 18 41 3 ... 10 7 13 1 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Playedat Bristol onAugust 2,3, and4. Drawn. Although the Sussex score amounted to 367 in the first innings, the batting was not on the whole quite as attractive as usual. Mr. Brann and Marlow made an excellent start, both playing very well, but the Prince was run out for a duck’s egg, and afterwards, Bean was the only man who greatly helped his captain. But Mr. Murdoch’s fine batting to a gre tt extent made up for other disappointments; he took charge of the bowling, and was not disposed of till he had made 130. Gloucestershire began sufficiently well with Mr. Rice and W.G., and although after the partnership was broken most of the team made small scores, the Doctor found the bowling quite to his liking, and was able to add another hundred to his always increasing list. At the close of the second day, Gloucestershire had not completed an innings, but as they had nearly saved the follow-on, everything pointed to a drawn game, and there was never any chance on Wednesday that the match would he fin­ ished. Mr. Murdoch again played well, and Parris put on a freely-hit 70, but Ranjitsinhji again failed to live up to his reputation. S u s s e x . First innings. Second innings. Marlow, lbw, b Grace, jun. 59 b Roberts ... ... 27 G.Brann,c Rice,b Grace,sen. c Townsend, Roberts ... b Townsend K. S. Ranjitsinhji, run out W. L. Murdoch, c and b Grace, sen...130 b Champain W. Newham, st. Board, b Roberts................................. 19 Bean, c Board, b Grace, sen. 41 53 Parris, b Grace, sen............ 18 J. C. Hartley, c Wrathall, b Grace, sen..........................18 Butt, c Rice, b Roberts ... 0 Bland, c Grace, jun., b Grace, sen.......................... 4 Tate, not out........................26 B 11, lb 3 .................14 run out ........ c Champain, t Roberts ........ st Board, b Grace, jun................... 70 21 21 c and b Grace, jr. c Champain, b Grace, jun. ... c Townsend, b Grace, jun. ... not o u t............... Extras......... Total .. 249 G l o u c e st e r . W . G. Grace, sen.,lbw, b Ranjitsnhji........116 R. W . Rice, c Parris, b Tate .....................34 F. H. B. Champain, b T a te ......................... 1 Wrathall, c Bean, b Hartley ....................27 C. L. Townsend, b Parris...........................12 G. L. Je8sop, st Butt, b Hartley....................26 S u s s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . Board, b Hartley ... 21 W . McG. Hemingway, c and b Hartley ... 12 W. G. Grace, jun., c Ranjitsinhji,bHartley 0 H. 8. Goodwin.notout 44 Roberts, c Butt, b Parris........................ 0 Extris...................13 Total ...... 306 Jessop........ Roberts ... Townsend... Grace, sen... Grace, jun... Champain... 16 5 39 50 24 97 18 3 63 62-2 16 117 10 2 21 12 4 16 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 33 ... 14 .., 14 ... 193 ... 15 Hartley Bland Tate ... Champain bowled one to-ball. G io u c e s t e b . O. M. R.W.l O. f-8 7 101 5 Parris ... 11 .23 6 48 0 Ranjit- .36 13 84 2 I binhji... 2 Bland bowled five no-balls. M. R. W. 3 36 2 SIDCUP v. GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE.-Played at Sidcup on July 31. S id c u p . C. C. Southey, not out 3 E. Brookes, not ou t... 45 B 7, lb 3 .................10 Total (4 wkts.) *213 A. W . Boultbee, st Best, b Baldwin ... 23 R. J. Leggett, b Bul­ lock ........................ 7 A .M . Sturges, c Ran­ dall, b Murrell ... 95 C. E. Corthorn, c Ran­ dall, b Bullock ... ?0 G. E. Southey and G. Harker did not bat. * Innings declared closed. G o ld sm ith s ’ I n st it u t e . W. Falkner, b Southey H. Randall, c Southey, b Edward................ R. Windebank, c Har­ ker, b Edward W . H. M a n ley , b Southey ................. : H. Y. B u llo c k , b Southey ................ 8. R. Best, b Southey W. 8. M u r r e ll, b Southey ................. E. J. Lander, run out —Wilson, b Southey A. Baldwin, not out... B 1, lb 1 ................. Total .......... YORKSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on August 2, 3 and 4. Yorkshire won by nine wickets. There was not much chance that the match between these two counties would produce an interesting finish, and although Warwickshire won the toss aud batted on a good wicket, they made only a poor score. Mr. Brinbndge and Diver each made over 50 by excellent cricket, but the other batsmen were unable to play the bowling. Most of the Yorkshiremen made runs. Denton batted particularly well for 141 and carried his bat, while Mr. Jackson, Brown, Hirst and Haigh all made useful scores. In their second innings Warwickshsre, 202 in arrear. made a fair beginning, Mr. Bainbridge playing well for 62. The tail, espe­ cially Mr. Glover, who by vigorous cricket, only just missed making his hundred, were in great form, and after all Yorkshire had to make about a hundred. Mr. Jackson was run out, but Brown and Tunnicliffe knocked off the runs. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. H. W . Bainbridge, b Hirst 52 Qu&ife (W .), e Jackson, b Hirst ............................... 4 b Jackson J. F. Byrne, c Milligan, b Hirst ............................... 0 Lilley, b Smith .................11 Quaife (W.G.), c Bairstow, b Milligan....................... 11 Diver, c Brown, b Denton... 53 Second innings, b Hirst ..........6; c Brown, b Haigh 19 hit ball twice ... 13 1 Santall, b Deaton.................26 A.C.H Glover, lbw,bJackson 4 Pallett, b Jackson .......... 0 Lord, b Denton ................ 3 Forester, not o u t................. 0 Extras........................ 8 b Brown ... c *Bairt>tow Brown b Birst b Hir.'t c an i b Brown... 3» not out .......... r* run out ..........38 Extras ... i » 14 1 OS Total ..........172 Total ...30'» Y o r k s h ir e . F. S. Jackson, b Lord 30 Tunnicliffe, c Bain­ bridge, b Forester ... 27 Brown, c Quaife (W.), b Forester....................47 Denton, not ou t...........141 Moorhouse, c Lilley, b Forester ....................18 Hirst, lbw, b Byrne ... 81 F. W . Milligan, c For­ rester, b Lord..........27 LordHawke,b Forester 0 E. Smith, b Lord . . l Haigh, b Lilley......... 30 Bairstow,lbw, b Lilley 0 Extras.................12 Total .. 374 Second innings: — F. S. Jackson, run out, 11; Tunnicliffe, not out, 36; Brown, not out, 54 ; Extra , 3. Total (I wicket) 104. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. Pmith Hirst Jackson.. Haigh .. Milligan Brown .. Denton.. O. M. R. W. ...19 5 38 1 ...24 9 37 3 ...15 2 34 2 ... 4 2 12 0 ...11 3 29 1 ... 3 0 10 0 ... 3.3 2 4 3 Hirst and Milligan each bowled a wide. Y o r k s h ir e . Second innii>g->. O. M.K. w. 20 6 4 0 14 51 3 9 55 1 5 20 1 9 3) 0 3 60 8 35 0 36 28 11 21 18 22 First innings. Santall . Lord Forester Pallett . Byrne O. M. R. W. 8 81 0 . 9 113 3 . ...34 11 70 4 . ..14 1 49 0 . 5 25 1 . 1 17 0 . Lilley .......... 2.2 0 7 2 . Santall and Quaife each bowled two widrs, and Forester one. . 39 . 12 Quaife (W ) 8 Second inu n-_r.s O. M. R. 3 O 16 0 5 1 22 it 9 1 29 O 3 8 7 0 2 0 s 0 6 0 19 0 GOLDSMITH8’ INSTITUTE (2) Played at New Cross on July 31. G o ld sm ith s ’ I n st it u t e (2). COURT J. E. DeGruchy, Champ ................ 10 j F. Bowler, c Perry, b Champ ................. 2 E. Medway, c Brad­ ford, b Roberts ... 41 J. A. T. Good, run out 30 W. F. Dray, b Champ 13 F. J. Evans and F. Blake did not Iat. declared closed. A.B.Falkn-r.b Champ C. Botten, b Robert>. A. Medway, not out. H. Joanes, not out .. Byes ............... Total (7 wkts.)1S * Inn ui? C o u r t s . Notson, b Botten Cleaver, b Botten ... Perry, b Botten......... J. W. Roberts, b Med­ way ........................ Goodwin, b Medway.. Bradford, b Medway.. Rattle, b Botten........ C. E. Roberts, run ou Cuamps, b Botten Adam*, b Botten......... Pearce, not o u t ......... B 3,lb 1 .......... Total ........