Cricket 1897

A ug . 12, 1897. CRICKET: A WEEKLY REC0RD2QF THE GAME. 345 one of his best days, when he was the admit­ ted champion of Australia on English grounds. His last seven innings have been 77, 70, 57, 14, 130, 53, and 53, a total of 454. His first seven of the season were 44, 13, 51, 12, 46, 72, and 105, total 343, so that very nearly 80 per cent, of his runs (1,041 to date) were made in those 14 innings. For consistent scoring, no one this year (at least, among the front-rank batsmen) can touch Tom Hayward. He was out for two and 0 in the Sussex match at the Oval, and has four times scored nine (once not out). His other 26 innings are thus made up : - seven scores ranging from 11 to 20 ; two of from 21 to 30 ; seven of from 31 to 40; two of from 41 to 50; one between 50 and 60 ; one between 60 and 70 ; two between 70 and 80 ; three between 8) and 90; and one cen­ tury (130). But Hayward is an admittedly great batsman. On previous form Mr. C. J. Kortright is very far from being so. If I remember rightly, he only averaged ten last year. So far this season, he has twice been out without scoring in 20 innings; but these were absolutely the only occasions on which he has failed to make double figures, and among his scores have been 74, 66*, 60, 39 an 1 33*. These are very fine figures for “ a mere bowler.” Albert Ward has not been out for a single figure since June 7, and among his scores since that date have boen 118, 87, 68, 67, 56, 55, 51, 49 and 40. Of Captain Wynyard’s fifteen innings thus far, thirteen are of double figures, and only one of the thirteen under 20. Mr. J. F. Byrne had played eleven innings before he was got rid of for a single figure; and his captain, Mr. Bain­ bridge, has only failed to reach double figures four times in 21 innings, while his scores have included 101, 81, 69, 62, 60, 52 and 50* Abel, Ranjitsinhji and Wainwright with five three-figure innings each ; G. L. Jessop, with four; Brown, N. F. Druce, W . G. Grace, William Gunn and Tyldesley, with three each. Among the bowlers whose consistency de­ serves a word or two of praise are Tom Rich­ ardson, who has only failed to get wickets in two out of 41 innings in which he has bowled, and who has taken eight wickets in an innings twice, seven five times, and six seven times; Mr. F. G. Bull, whose only failure was in the the first innings of the Players at Lord’s (his figures then were 38—124 -0 ), and who has had nine wickets in an innings once and seven three times; Jack Hearne, who in 39 innings has only twice had to go minus a wicket (and he had only 13 overs altogether in those two innings); Cyril Bland, with only one absolute failure in 31 innings, and records of 14 wickets in one match and 10 each in three others; Mr. F. H. E. Cunliffe, with but one failure (only six overs then); and Tyler, who, although punished severely, has only twice in 22 innings gone wicketless, and in one of those two innings had but four overs. Remarkable, too, has been the recent success of Mr. C. Heseltine, who, from being thought not quite good enough for county cricket, his suddenly blossomed into form that would make him sure of a welcome on most county sides. A hard-hitting resolute batsman, in his day evidently a deadly fast bowler, and a sportsman of the right stamp, Mr. Heseltine should prove a real power for good in Hampshire cricket. Seven centuries were made during the first week in August, and, curiously enough, six of them were begun (in two cases ended also) on the Monday. The exception was W .G .’s 116 v. Sussex, the champion’s third three- figure innings of the year. So far the most prominent names in the century list are: What a splendid array of batsmen Mr. Stoddart has gathered together for his Aus­ tralian tour! With Richardson, Jack Hearne, Hirst, Wainwright, and Hayward, the bowling may be strong enough; but the batting is far and away stronger. There are already on the side ten men who are all more or less in the habit of making centuries ; and if, as is said to be likely, J. T. Brown will be chosen, it will be possible to put into the field eleven batsmen, the total of whose highest innings in first-class cricket reaches the enormous figure of 2,440 runs. For here are the highest scores made by the eleven players indicated: — A C. MicLaren Brown (J. T.) .. .. K. S. Ranjitsinhji . Hayward (T.).. ... N. F. Druce ........ A. B. Stoddart I cannot help regretting that Albert Ward has not been given a place ; and it will be a still greater pity if Brown is passed over. These two men did great things with the last team; and both are as good as ever now. Some surprise was expressed by a few critics at Mr. Stoddart’s invitation to Attewell, which does not appear to have been accepted. But no English bowler, not even Lohmann, has done better in Australia than genial “ Dick ” ; and if he had gone thither again, I should not have been surprised to find him at the top of the bowling- averages when the tour ended. .T. N. P. 424 J. R. Mason ... ... 183 311 Wainwright (E.) ... 171 26C Storer (W.) ... 160* 22J* Hirst (G. H.) ... ... 134 227* Board (J. H.)... ... 126 215* ------ Total ........ 2,440 INCOGNITI v. TEDDINGTON.—Played at Ted­ dington on August 2 and 3. I n c o g n it i . First innings. Second innings. A. P. Snell, c Castle, b Tam- worth ...............................40 b B. Bosanquet... J. FI. Browning, b B. Bosanquet........................ 0 lbw, b Tamworth L. C. R. Thring, b B. Bosan- qu~t ...............................49 c Crawford, b Tamworth ...101 J.A.Berners,bB. Bosanquet 17 st Castle, b Sim- monds ..........23 Major C. E. Orman, b B. Bosanquet........................62 s Crowder, Tamworth KENSINGTON PARK v. UPPER TOOTING.— Played at Upper Tooting on August 5. U p p e r T o o tin g . not D. H. Butcher, out ........................86 C. R. Lucas, not out .. 38 B4, n b l .......... 6 T. W . Hemmerde, Jackson, b Lloyd ...103 H. C. L. Tindall, b H. Nicholas.................187 J. V. Veitch, b Lloyd 5 J. H. Lindsay, c H. Total ..........380 Nicholas, b Lloyd... D. C. Bartley, S. A. Atlee, N. O. Thomas, C. K. Atlee and M. N. Collier did not bat. * Innings declared closed. K en sin g to n P a r k . J. R. Wood, c Tindall, b Lindsay ..........36 C. S. G. Lloyd, c At­ lee, b L ’l'jas ..........46 A. W. W a ts o n , b Lindsay .................32 A. E. Holt, b Lind­ say ........................33 R. W. J a c k so n , b Lindsay .................25 M. A. Nicholas, not out 37 H. S. Stork, b Bartley 4 J. C. Low, b Lindsay 1 H. D. Nicholas, b Lindsay ................. 0 F. H. Medhurst, not out ....................... 13 B 8, lb 3 ..........11 Total (8 wkts.) 238 Capt. P. C. W . Trevor, b Tamworth........................ 4 b B. Bosanquet . J.Chapman, c&bTamworth 4 notout.............. W. J. Seton, not o u t..........31 b Crawford........... E. E. Felton, lbw, b B. Bosanquet a........................ 0 not ou t............... R. O. Jourdain, bTamworth 0 C. H. Blake, b Tamworth... 1 L. E. G. Abney, b Crawford 19 Extras ................. 16 Extras ... 39 Total ..........213 Total (7 wkts.)*274 •Innings declared closed. T eddington . B . J. T. Bosanquet, b Blake 16 b Jourdain......... 48 J. W. Crawford, c Thring, b Abney ........................ 2 c Browning, b Blake ......... 1 A. J. Crowder, b Jourdain 41 b Thring .........13 N. E. T. Bosanquet, b Blake 3 c Browning, b „ Abney ..........30 T. Castle, c Snell, b Thring 42 b Thring ......... 2 L. Tamworth, lbw, b Thring 1lbw, b Jourdain.. 0 —Simmonds, c Browning, b Thring...............................22 A. R. Davies did not bat. KENSINGTON PARKv. TEDDINGTON at Buehey Park on August 7. K e n sin g to n P a r k . -Played J. R.Wood,c A. King- Stephens, b Sim­ monds .................42 J. Gifford,.b Simmonds 38 A. W. Watson, c A. J. Crowder,b Frederick 24 J. Dean, c A. J., b G. B. Crowder ......... 6 T. H. C. Levick, c Sim­ monds. b Frederick 35 M. A. Nicholas, c and b Frederick ..........16 E. V. Acton, b Tam­ worth .................55 A. P. Comyns, c L. King-Stephens, b Tamworth ..........20 H. D. Nicholas, b G. Crowder ................ 0 W. G. Thompson, b Tamworth ......... 0 H. K. Gow, not out... 1 B 11, lb 7, w 2 ...20 W. J. Seton, c and b W ood........................13 E. B. Frederick, b Comyns .................27 A. J. Crowder, c Gow, b Acton .................40 N. E. F. Bosanquet, b Levick ................... 25 L. Tamworth, run out 11 B. Crowder, b Thomp­ son ...........................10 F. King-Stephens, c H. D. Nicholas, b Levick 13 T e d d in g t o n . Total ...257 J. R. Bowden-Smith, b L evick................. L. King-Stephens, c Gow, b Levick G. Simmonds, not out J. P. Mead, b Thomp­ son ........................ B 4, lb 4, w 2 ... Total ......... ] LONDON SCOTTISH v. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL-OLD BOYS.—Played at Brondesbury on August 7. L o n d o n S c o t t is h . T.S.Taylor, cE.Bayley, b Richardson ..........10 A. F.Denniston, c Kim- bal, b Richardson ... 39 C.C. Allom, b Richard­ son ........................15 W. E. Maclagan, c E. Bayley, bEastman... 40 J. Lacont, Jr. c Mac­ Donald, b Eastman 26 F. J. Wass, bEistman 10 B. Porter, st Reid, b Richardson ..........25 A. R. Daniels, not out 5 B 18, lb 7, wb 2 ... 27 Total ......... *197 B. Hume, F. Connel and J. D. Lang did not bat.— •Innings declared closed. U. C. S. O ld B o y s . —Bent,c Taylor,bWass —Macdonald, c Den- niston, b Wass —Eastman,bDenniston —Westhorpe, b Den- niston....................... —Reid, b Denniston ... —Kimber, b Wass .. —Wright, c Taylor, b W ass........................ V. Bayley, c and b Denniston .......... —Richardson, c Dan­ iels, b Denniston ... E. Bayley, b Wass ... —Betenson, not out... Total ......... KENSINGTON v. MID HERTS. -Played at St. Albans on Aug. 7. K kn sin o to m . C. E. Bloomer, c War- |A. English, not out .. 103 8 Browning, Abney ... . G. Frederick, st Browning, b Trevor ........................ 7 b Abney ... . E. B. Fisher, st Browning, b A bney............................... 0 b Abney ... . Capt. O. Faussett, not out 2 st Browning, Abney ... . A. M. Robertson, absent ... not out............. M. Colebank, absent........ c and b Abney Extras .................31 Extras... , 15 Total ..167 Total . ner, b Wilders.. Ayres, b Wilders ... 57 Street, lbw, b Warner 8 L. de Montezuma, b Wilders ......... 1 A. Damian, c Boyd, b Warner .......... ... 30 O. Dtinian, b Wilders 1 J. D. Watts, c Samp- b Cassavetti ......... 12 Salmon, not out......... 22 B 14, lb 3, w 1, nbl 19 Total (7 wkts) *261 C. J. Dux and H. Smith did not bat. • Innings declared closed. M id H e r t s . J. Warner, b Monte­ zuma ... ............... 5 W . Daniel, c Bloomer, b Street .................29 T. Sampson, b Street 9 B. A. Cassavetti, c Bloomer, b Street ... 10 W. J. Harvey, b Street 4 L. H. Boyd aud C. B. A. Goldie, not out 7 Wilders, b Street ... 0 H. Webdale, b Street 1 W. T. Westell, not out 15 B 4, lb 4 ... 8 Total (7 wkts) 88 Taylor did not bat.