Cricket 1897

A ug . 12, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 34:7 SUSSEX v. SOMERSETSHIRE. Played at Taunton on August 5, 6 and 7. Sussex won by nine wickets. For a change these counties had to bat on a wicket very greatly in favour of the bowlers, and what luck there was went in favour of Sussex. The absence of Mr. Woods and Mr. R. C. N. Palairet from the Somerset team, owiDg to injuries, handicapped it severely, and if ever a team needed all its men it was Somerset in this match. With a single victory to their credit and eight losses, Somerset had not done absolutely as badly as Middlesex and Derbyshire, but on the other hand they had few drawn games to look back upon with satisfaction. The beginning of the match was fairly hopeful for the home team, in­ asmuch as 105 was up for only three wickets, but with the score at 106 two more wickets had fallen, and afterwards there was a startling collapse against the bowling of Mr. Fry. By the end of the day Sussex had got within 15 of their opponents’ score for the loss of five wickets, which was not so bad considering that the wicket was against good batting. Marlow and Mr. Brann made a fairly good start, but the Piince again failed to distinguish himself, while Mr. Fry and Mr. Newham did very little On the other hand the captain played an invaluable innings, and was not out 53 when stumps were drawn. Very little play was possible on Friday. Mr. Murdoch did not increase his score, but Bean hit brilliantly for a short time when wickets were falling fast, and thanks to him the rot was not startling, although in the end Sussex only led by 42. On an ordinary wicket this would not of course have been much to be thankful for, but as rain fell so heavily that no more play was possible on Friday, the turf on Saturday was in such a state that batsmen had very little chance of making runs. The only Somerset player who could do any­ thing whatever against Bland and Tate was Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, whose 42 was worth many innings of a hundred. Sussex had to make 36 to win, and after Marlow was stumped for 1 the runs were hit off without further loss. S o m e r se t . First innings. Second innings. Capt. W .C. Hedley,cBland, b Hartley ... *................ 9 b Bland ........ 0 L. C. H. Palairet, c Butt, b B la n d ...............................27cMurdoch,bBland 42 Nichols, c Butt, bHartley... 14 bBland ........ 0 W. N. Roe, c Butt, b Bland 49 b 'fate............... 4 Robson, b Fry ................ 39 b Tate...............11 F.A.Phillips,c Butt, b Bland 1 b B and ........ 0 C. E. Dunlop, b Fry .......... 2 b Tate............... 9 G. Fowler, st Butt, b Fry... 9 c and b Bland ... 2 A.E.Newton,cHartley,bFry 1 n otou t.......... 3 R. B. Porch, c Tate, b Bland 5 b Bland ........ 0 Tyler, not out........................ 2 b Tate............... 4 Lb 2, w 4, nb 1 .. ... 7 B 1, lb 1 .......... 2 Total..........77 Total .................165 S ussex . Marlow, c Newton, b Robson .................34 G. Brann, b Fowler ... 14 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Newton, b Tyler ... 3 W. L. Murdoch, c and Bean, b Fowler..........33 J.C. Hartley, b Hedley 1 Butt, c Phillips, b Fowler ................ 9 Tate, run out .......... 0 Bland, not out .......... 9 B 12, lb 7, w 1 ... 20 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 18 4 43 6 17 4 32 4 b Hedley ... ......... 53 C. B. Fry, c Porch, b Robson .................15 Total W. Newham, lbw, Tyler ... .............. Second innings Marlow, st Newton, b Robson, 1; K. S. Ranjitsinhji, not out. 16; C. B. Fry, not out, 19; wide, 1.—Total (one wicket), 37. S o m e r se t . First innings. O. M. R. W. Bland .................28 4 9 63 4 . Hartley .......... 20 5 50 2 .. Tate ................. 4 0 14 0 . Fry .................12 1 31 4 .. Bland and Fry each bowled a wide. Hartley two wides, and Bland a no-ball. S u ss e x . First innings. Second innings. 0. M. R. W . O. M.R. W. Fowler................. 16 7 40 3 ......... Tyler ................. 26 6 67 2 ......... 4 1 10 0 Hedley.................16'3 6 45 2 ......... 8 3 18 0 Robson................. 10 1 29 2 ......... 3 2 8 1 Nichols .......... 3 1 6 0 ......... Fowler and Robson each bowled a wide. A LL CRICKETERS should possess a copy of “ Cricket’s Year Book.” Price sixpence. Con­ taining portraits of all the celebrities for the year in addition to a mass of useful information. Copies can be had of all the railway bookstalls, newsagents, or (sevenpence by post) from Cricket Office, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. TH E CANTERBURY W EEK . KENT v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Canterbury on August 5, 6 and 7. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. As a rule the Kent team is seen to very great ad­ vantage during the Canterbury Week, but the season has been unfortunate for the county, and moreover in both matches during the week the visitors won the toss. This as it turned out was a very great pull, for the wicket did not wear quite as well as had been hoped, and of course Kent had the worst of it. There was nothing in the beginning of the Yorkshire innings which pointe 1to a long score, but when Denton and Wainwrisht came together the bowling was worn down, and the long stand quite altered the appearance of the game. Denton made nearly his hundred and Wainwright nearly his fifty, while afterwards Mr. Wilson played a very sound innings for 91, carrying his bat, and Hirst, Lord Hawke, Mr. Ernest Smith and Hunter all added considerably to the total. Marlin bowled very well indeed, although he was at times hit about. Moorhouse was unfortunately hit by a fast ball when he had only been in a minute or two, and had to retire. Nobody was prepared for the discouraging breakdown in the Kent batting which followed. All the great batsmen in the team went out for very small scores, and when nine wickets were down the total was only 75, which was painful for the spectators to think of. The remaining two batsmen were Wright and Mr. Bradley. The former has occasionally made a good score, buc the latter has never been accused of spoiling his bowling by making many runs. For this occasion only, however, he played a really brilliant innings, treating all the Yorkshire bowlers alike. Four followed four until the spectators, only too pleased to have something exhilarating to watch, were aroused to a pitch of enthusiasmthe like of which is seldom seenat Canter­ bury. At lunch time the total had been increased by 53 in the space of half an hour, and although every­ body expected .that the partnership would end immediately after the game was resumed, the hitting still went on as vigorously as ever until Walter Wright at last was out for a very well played 37. Mr. Bradley was left unconquered with 67 to his credit, and when he returned to the pavilion he had a reception which he is not likely to forget. In three quarters of an hour the partnership had produced 95. Although this did not save the follow on, for Kent were still in a minority of 196, the Yorkshire bowlers must have been a little uneasy when the Kent second innings began, for if the last two men could pile on the runs in this way, surely the famous bats in the team would take a lesson from them. But although there was no breakdown this time, the bowlers generally managed to pet the best of it, and the innings defeat was only just saved. In the hope that Mr. Bradley would repeat his great performance the Kent captain sent him in first with Mr. Mason, but the spell was broken, and he was soon out. Another misfortune befel the home team just afterwards, for Alec Hearne slipped in turning to get back to his crease and was run out. After this, although Mr. Mason, Mr. Mordaunt, Mr. Livesay, Marlin and Mr. Stewart made useful scores, there was no com­ manding innings played. The game was prolonged to Saturday morning, when the end soon came. Mr. Jackson was very successful with the ball for Yorkshire. Y o r k sh ir e . Hirst, c Shine,b Brad­ ley .........................-38 Moorhouse, retired hurt ........................ 1 E. Smith, c Livesay, b Mason ...................29 F.S. Jackson, c Huish, b M artin................ 3 Tunnicliffe, c Mason, b W right.................13 Brown, c Mason, b Martin ................. 8 Denton, c Heame, b Mason ................ 84 Wainwright, c Shine, b M artin................ 46 C. E. M. Wilson, not out ....................... 91 Lord Hawke, b Martin 27 Hunter, c Mordaunt, b Martin.................20 B 3, w 2, nb 1 ... 6 Total . 366 Second innings :—Tunnicliffe, not out, 8; E. Smith, not out, 0.—Total (no wicket), 8. K e n t . First innings. J. R. Mason, c Hunter, b Jackson ........................1 Hearne (A.), b Hirst.......... ' G. J. Mordaunt, c Denton, b Hirst.............................. R. O’H. Livesay, c Wain­ wright, b Jackson .......... Martin, c Hawke, b Jackson F. Marchant, b Hirst... Second innings, c Brown, b Smith 32 10 c sub, b Wilson... 45 not out................. cand b Jaokaon .. ... 14 c Hunter, b Jack­ son ................. H.C. Stewart,cWainwright, c Tunnicliffe, b b Jackson........................11 Wainwright 25 Wright, c Hirst, b Jackson 37 c sub.b Smith ... 14 E.B.Shine,cHiret,b Jackson 1 Huish, c sub, b Jackson ... 1 W. M. Bradley, not out ... 67 Byes b Jackson b Jackson c Hirst, b Wain­ wright Byes ... 12 Total ................ 170 Total......... 202 Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R .W . Wright .......... 31 12 77 1 .. Martin ..........50’4 21 94 5 .. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Bradley Mason Shine... Hearne . 16 . 13 . 19 . 14 1 64 Stewart ... 0 2 0 8 0 Shine delivered two wides and Hearne one no-ball-. K e n t . First innings. ..21 5 80 3 ... _______ ___ 20 2 0 78 7 ... Smith............. 1 0 6 0 ... Wainwright ... 1 0 2 0 ... Wilson H irst ... Jackson Second innings. ... 11 6 28 .0 ... 17*4 6 44 4 ... 18 7 43 2 ...24 6 67 2 . . . 3 0 8 1 INCOGNITI v. JERSEY ISLAND.-Played at Jersey Island on Jn^y 29 and 30. I n c o g n it i . W.J. Seton, b Mowatt '32 R. O. Jourdain, b Wilkinson .......... 33 R. J. Baker, c Hunts­ man, b Wilkinson .. 24 A. Priestley, b Higgin-. botham ................. 2 J. H. Smith, b Wilkin­ son ........................75 A.C.S.Glover, cHunts- man,bHigginbotham 97 J. A. Berners, b Wil­ kinson .................30 Capt. F. H. Connor, c and b Mowatt..........15 A.B.Cipriani, c Huge- son,b Higginbotham 12 J. C. Low, c Wilkin­ son, b Mowatt ... 0 E. B. Fisher, not out 8 B 47, lb 7, w 1 ..,5.3 Total ..383 J e r s e y I sl a n d . First innings. Capt. J. Little, b Jourdain 0 Lce.-Corpl. Beauclerk, b Jourdain ........................ 21 L. G. Freeland, not out ...137 H. L. C. Huntsman,b Baker 21 C.E. Higginbotham, c and b Glover...............................H C. Disney - Roebuck, b Jourdain ........................ 2 Capt. G. Bramwell, b Glover 4 E. Knatchbull-Hugeson, c Low, b Jourdain .......... 9 Sergt. Wood, c Seton, b Jourdain ..................... 34 C. R. J. Mowatt, c Cipriani, b Jourdain.......... ......... 1 Pte. Wilkinson, b Priestley 50 B 20, lb 6, W 4 ...3 0 Total ........ 320 Second innings, not out................12 c Baker, b Glover 9 c Smith, b Glover 11 b Baker ........... .30 c Berners,bBaker 70 b Priestley.............29 c Priestley, b Glover ........... 1 B 5, w 2... 7 Total (6 wkts) 169 INCOGNITI v. W. H. LAVERTON’S X I.—Played at Westbury on August 2 and 3. Second innings. not out................ 19 b Miller .......... 1 I n c o o n it i . First innings. Capt. H. C. Prichard, b Shor­ land ............................... 9 H. G. Barlow, b Miller ... 40 W. E. Bristowe,c Pontifex, b Miller ........................ 0 H. A. Francis, not out .. 169 C. H. Edey, b M iller.......... 0 H. P. Justice, b Shorland... 0 T. A. Higson, b Shorland... 10 W. J. Synnott, b Atfield ... 17 W. H. Whatley, lbw, b Harding .................16 F. H. Maturin, b Miller ... 21 W. P. Carpmael, b Shorland 1 B 13, lb 1, nb 1 ..........15 Total........................298 W. H. L a v b r t W D. D. Pontifex, b Justice ... 6 F. W . Stancomb, b Justice 11 J. Dean, c Higson, b Edey 39 Newman, lbw, b Edey ... 30 E. T. Shorland, b Edey ... 0 Atfleld, c Maturin, b Justice 22 4 14 A. G. Stancomb, b Francis C. Hardinsr, run out .......... A. J. P. Miller, b Justice ... J. C. Heathcote, not out ... W. H. Laverton, b Justice Bye ............................... b Shorland . not out........ b Shorland......... 9 b Shorland.......... 4 Bye .......... 1 Total (4wkts) 52 •sXL c Francis, b Jus­ tice .................37 not out.................100 c Higson, b Ma­ turin ..........108 c Edey, b Francis 15 b Higson ..........52 notout.......... ... 26 B 10, lb 7, nb 2 19 Total........................146 Total (4wkts) *357 * Innings dec’ ared closed. t h e SURREY XI. IN 1896. A Descriptive Record 1 of the Matches played in that Season. With Full Scores, Batting and Bowlin* Averages, &c., and a Portrait Group of the Team. 75 pp. Pnce4d. net. 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