Cricket 1897

352 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 12, 1897. TH E C H E LT EN H AM W EEK . KENT y. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Cheltenham on August 9, 10, and 11. Gloucestershire won by 63 runs. On a slow wicket, Gloucestershire were batting during most of the first day for on’y amoderate score. W.G. was not in luck’s way, and Wrathall made a duck, so that the start was not propitious. Mr. Rice and Mr. Champain prevented a rot, and, after another collapse, Mr. Richardson and W.G., jun. madeanother good start. Mr. Rice and Mr. Richardson each made over 50, the former by very slow and careful, but none the less useful, play, the latter by attractive batting. The total was not large, but it was thought large enough to give Gloucestershire reasonable hopes of victory, and when Kent went in and broke down, after a short stand by Mr. Mason and Alec Hearne, things looked very bad for the visitors, for they had lost four wickets for only 47, when play ended for the day. Exceedingly good batting by Mr. Stewart on the next morning, and useful scores by Mr. Marchant and Wright put a better appearance on the game, and Kent finished the innings only 15 to the bad. Glou­ cestershire began well enough in their second attempt, W.G. being in great form, and Mr. Rice, as before, making runs slowly. Wrathall also played a good iunings. Although the later batsman did not greatly help towards the total, the score was 190 for six wickets, at close of play, so that the home team had a decided advantage, which was increased on Wednes­ day morning owing to good play by the tail. Kent had to make 265. The innings was remarkable for brilliant batting by Mr. S. H. Day, who, after this success, is likely to be often seen again in the team. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace, sen. b Hearne 11 b Martin ..........58 R.W.Rice,cShine,bWright 57 b Mason ... ...24 Wright, b Hearne .......... 0 c Hearne, b Shine 32 F. H. B. Champain, c Brad­ ley, b Wright .................28 c and b Martin ... 13 G. L. Jessop, b Wright ... 0 stHuish,bWright 13 C. L. Townsend, b Bradley 5 b Mason ..........26 Board,cMarchant,b Bradley 0 b Martin ..........22 A. G. Richardson, c Mar­ chant,b Martin.................51 b Mason W. G. Grace, jun., ht wkt, b Easby ........................ 13 H. S. Goodwin, notout ... 8 W . S. A. Brown, b Shine ... 17 B 4, w 1, nb 1 .......... 6 Total ............205 K e n t . First innings. J. R. Mason, c Grace, jun., b Brown ........................19 Hearne (A .),b Brown ... 14 S. H. Day, b Jessop ........... 8 Martin, b Jessop ... ........... 0 Wright, b Jessop....................29 Easby, c Goodwin, b Brown 5 H. C. Stewart, c and b Townsend........................... 64 F. Marchant, c Champain, b Brown ........................... 28 W . M. Bradley, c Brown, b Townsend......................... 0 25 c Bradley, Wright ... c Hearne,bMason 0 not out .............14 Extras.............10 Total...........249 Huish, b Townsend .......... 5 E. B. Shine, not out .......... 7 B 1, lb 9, w 1 .................11 Second innings. c Jessop, b Brown 20 st Board, b Town­ send .................. 3 not out.................. 101 b Townsend ... 7 b Jessop .......... 5 b Jessop .......... 2 c Brown, b Grace, sen.................... 2 c Grace, sen., b Brown ......... 37 c Grace, jun., b Townsend ... 4 c Grace, sen., b Townsend ... 0 b Jessop .......... 5 Extras..........15 Total ..........190 G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First.innings. Martin .. Shine ... Hearne... Wright... Mason ... Bradley... Easby O. M. R. W. 10 60 1 . 29-2 16 14 6 38 13 4 1 2 28 3 Total..........201 Second innings. O. M. R. W . .30 11 60 3 .2 8 8 51 1 . 93 1 35 2 . 23 10 49 4 .14 5 44 0 . 1 1 1 0 Hearne bowled a no-ball and Wright a wide. Jessop ... Townsend Brown ... Grace, jun. Grace, sen. K e n t , First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 37 13 71 3 ... 12 0 49 3 ... 33 19 39 4 ... 7 4 ... 5 1 12 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 26*1 3 41 3 6 69 4 7 35 2 1 16 0 3 25 1 ... 15 ... 5 ... 15 NOTTS v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Trent Bridge on August 9,10, & 11. Drawn. On a wicket which, though slow at first, gradually improved until it was almost perfect, Notts, who batted first, kept in during the whole of Monday, but owing to the excellence of the Derbyshire bowling, and a disinclination to force the game, they only put on 289 runs. On the other hand they only lost six wickets in doing so. The great performance of the day \*as that of W . Gunn, who was seen at his very best, his hitting all round the wicket being masterly. When stumps were drawn he was not out with 152 to his credit. Shrewsbury seemed comfortably set when he misjudged the well-known ability of Walter Sugg at cover-point, and was accordingly run out by a beautiful piece of work. Dench and Attewell made useful additions to the score. On Thursday Gunn continued to keep up his wicket, and at times scored rapidly. He had the satisfaction of making 230, his previous best score being 228 for Players against the Australians. Altogether he was at the wickets for six hours and three-quarters, and his hits included 28 fours and 13 threes. At the end of the innings Mason, who had only been included in the team at the last moment, owing to the absence of Mr. Dixon, played well for 41. With the prospsct of another beating before them, Derbyshire, in a very short time, began to make hay of the bowling, and Mr. Wright and Mr. Evershed were in brilliant form, putting up 160 before the latter was caught and bowled, having just failed to make hishundred. Mr. Wright was joined by Bagshaw, who made 27. Just before play ended for the day Mr. Wright was out for a remarkably good 133, while the score had been taken to 275 for only three wickets, so that the game was in a very satisfactory state for Derbyshire, who were now only 140 runs behind, with seven wickets to fall. The Notts bowlers had a very trying ex­ perience on Wednesday, for the Derbyshire men were in splendid form, Davidson making a hundred, and Mr. Maynard Ashcroft only failing to accomplish the same feat by a single run. Of course there was no possible chance of bringiDg the match to a definite issue, but the Derbyshire team are to be congratulated on their great peiformance. N o tt s . Shrewsbury, run out... 25 P. W . Oscroft, lbw, b Davidson................. 4 Gunn (W .), b Chatter­ ton ..................... 230 A. O. Jones, b Walker 4 Dench, c Chatterton, b Gould ............... 41 Attewell, c Bagshaw, b Hancock ............... 35 Daft, c Storer, b Bag­ shaw ........................12 Mason, c Chatterton, b Hancock ......... 41 Guttridge, b Chatter­ ton ........................ 3 Gunn (J.), b Walker 3 Pike, not out .......... 0 B 10, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 17 Total ......... 415 Second innings Oscroft, c Wright, b Walker, 8: Shrewsbury, not out, 7; Gunn, not out, 8—Total (1 wkt.), 23. D e r b y s h ir e . S. H. Evershed, c and b Bench ...................90 L. G. Wright, st Pike, b Jones ........ ...133 Bagshaw, b J. Gunn... 27 Chatterton, b Attewell 25 Davidson, run out ... 121 Storer, st Pike, Jones................. Sugg, run out ... E. M. Ashcroft, c Jones, b Oscroft ... 99 G. G.Walker, stPike, b 25 .. 1 N o t t s , First innings. O. M. R. W. 46 24 65 1 60*2 17 113 2 49 22 98 2 b Daft Gould,notout ... Hancock, c Jones, D a ft................. Extras ... Davidson Walker.. Hancock Gould..........14 Storer .......... 6 Chatterton... 22 Shaw ..........24 Evershed ,*... 1 9 60 12 26 Total Second innings. O. M. R. W . 2 13 0 Davidson delivered a no-ball and Hancock a wide. Guttridge Attewell ., J. Gunn ., D aft........ Jones D e r b y sh ir e . M. R. W. 11 104 0 19 104 1 4 67 1 4 47 2 0 84 2 [ Oscroft bowled a wide. Mason Dench W. Gunn.. Oscroft .. 0. M. R. W . 15 3 35 0 24 7 55 1 4 0 22 0 12 5 27 1 Townsend bowled a wide. SUSSEX y. YORKSHIRE. Played at Brighton on August 9, 10 and 11. Sussex won by six wickets. In the first match between these teams Yorkshire gave Sussex such a “ dressing down ” as the Souther­ ners are not likely to forget, but it is not often now­ adays that Sussex does badly in both games against another county, and in the return, Yorkshire had to put up with a severe defeat. It was not a great advantage to win the toss, and if the Yorkshire captain could have guessed how things were going to turn out, he would probably have sent his opponents in first. While Yorkshire batted the bowlers had much the best of it, but although Bland and Tate were very difficult to play, it was Mr. Hart­ leywho got most of.thewickets. lt wasnot one of Mr. Jackson’s days, but Tunnicliffe and Denton played such good cricket that they raised the score from 21 to 75before they were parted. After this the turn of the bowlers came and Yorkshire were all out for 175, not a bad score for a somewhat tricky wicket, but not likely to be big enough for a wicket which showed signs of rapidly improving. Nevertheless, by the time that stumps were drawn, Yorkshire had disposed of Marlow, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Mr. Murdoch and Mr. Fry—the latter run out—for 86, so that there was very little in favour of either side. Mr. Brann was not out 26. On Tuesday two other wickets soon fell, Mr. Brann only increasing his score by 6, but after this the appearance of the game was entirely changed owing to a splendid stand by Mr. Newham and Bean. When they came together, the score was 96 for six wickets ; at lunch time it was 254 with the batsmen still in, and when they were at last parted it was 279, the partnership having produced 163 runs in two hours and a quarter. Bean was the first to go, for a well played 115. Two more wickets fell quickly, but a long stand was made by the last man, Tate, with Mr. Newham, not quite long enough, however, to enable Mr. Newham to complete his hundred—another over would probably have been enough. Mr. New­ ham’s 96, not out, was an admirable innings. With 152 to make before they were level, Yorkshire quickly lost Mr. Jackson and Tunnicliffe. A fine stand by Denton and Moorhouse gave hopes of a long score, but at close of play both batsmen were out, while the total had only been advanced to 129 for five wickets— 23 runs being still required to save the innings defeat. But Hirst, Mr. Ernest Smith, and Lord Hawke played so well on Wednesday morning, that Sussex had to make 118. As rain fell during the day there was a possibility of failure, but good cricket by Mr. Fry and Mr. Brann enabled Sussex to gain avery welcome victory. Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. F. S. Jackson, b Bland ... 9 Tunnicliffe, c Fry,b Hartley 44 Denton, c Brann, b Hartley 35 Moorhouse, b Hartley ... 0 Wainwright, st Butt, b Hartley .......... .......... 8 Hirst, c Fry, b Hartley ... 17 F. W . Milligan, c Murdoch, b Hartley ........................18 E. Smith, b Fry ................. 0 Lord Hawke, b Bland .. .. 22 Haigh, b Bland .................11 Bairstow, not out .......... 3 B 6, w 1, nb 1 .......... 8 Second innings, c Bean, b Hartley 1 c M a rlo w , b Hartley ... . c Butt, b Fry b Tate.......... b Hartley c Butt, b Hartley 88 7 44 24 10 Total ...175 lbw, bTate... b Fiy .......... c and b Tate b Hartley ... not out.......... Extras... Total 12 45 22 3 0 13 S u s s e x . First innings. Second innings. G. Brann, c Milligan, b Jackson...........................32 notout.................... 25 Marlow, b Wainwright ... 13 b Haigh ............ 4 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Haigh 33 b Haigh ...........12 W. L. Murdoch, b Wain­ wright ................................ 3 b Smith .............18 C. B. Fry, run out ........... 8 c Hirst, b Haigh 55 J. C. Hartley, c Hawke, b _ . Q Wainwright W. Newham, not out... Bean, b Wainwright ... Butt, c Hawke, b Smith Bland, b Wainwright... Tate, b Haigh................ B 6, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 Total................. . 96 notout.......... .115 . 4 . 0 . 12 11 Extras... Total (6 wkts) 119 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 38 19 58 3 ... 18 3 60 0 ,.. 36 11 96 6 ... 15 6 42 2 ...327 Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Tate .......... 21 16 18 0 ... Bland.......... 16*1 4 41 3 ... Hartley ... 28 5 85 6 ... Fry .......... 19 11 23 1 ... Hartley bowled three wides, Bland and Fry one each Hartley bowled one no-ball. S u ss e x . First innings. Second innings. Jackson Haigh ... Smith ... Hirst ... Milligan Denton Haigh and Hinst each delivered a wide, and Jackson a no-ball. 0 . M. R. W. 0 . M. R. w . 42 15 68 5 ... ... 12 0 38 0 32 8 71 1 ... ... 10 2 21 1 21 2 51 2 ... ... 14 4 33 3 20 4 64 1 ... ... 7 0 1!) 0 20 8 33 0 ... 3 0 20 0 ... 6 1 9 0 ...