Cricket 1897

A ug . 12, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 353 SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE. RECORD SCORE FOR THE FIRST WICKET. Played at the Oval on August 9, 10, and 11. Surrey won by an innings and 303 runs. After the heavy rain which fell on Sunday it did not seem at all likely that anything startling would be done at the Oval on the following day ; in fact, no one would have been surprised if the scores had been very small indeed. But the wicket, after a few preliminary kicks, settled down to play remarkably well, at first somewhat slowly, but still quite easily. As usual, the first two Surrey batsmen were Abel and Brockwell, who gave the spectators an oppor­ tunity of comparing their styles for hour after hour. The rate of scoring was quite fast enough to please anybody, for both batsmen soon took the bowling in charge, and though the Hampshire captain exer­ cised good judgment in taking men off and putting others on, changes had no effect on the rate of run- getting. One or two chances were given in the course of the day, and when the total was 50, Abel was, in the opinion of the Hampshire men, caught at extra cover by Captain Wynyard, but as Abel showed no signs of going out, an appeal was made, which was answered by Thoms in favour of the batsman. It was not until the record of 378 for the first wicket, made by Brown and Tunnicliffe for Yorkshire v. Sussex in July, had been beaten—although only by one run -that the long partnership came to an end, Abel stepping out to a slow ball from Captain Wyn- yarJ, and being stumped. He had scored 173 ia a little over five hours by the soundest cricket. Brock­ well at this time was within four runs of his 200. Hayward was just in long enough to see the four runs made, when he ran himself out, not for the firsc time this season. There was not much more time for batting on Monday, but Mr. Druce made 30, and Brockwell increased his score to 207, both being not out, whenstumps were drawn, with the score at 411for three wickets. On the following morning the wicket was more difficult, and although the Hampshire bowlers were very tired, the score fell far short of what might have been expected. Brockwell was out soon afterplay was resumed. He had been batting for six hours and a quarter, and his innings included a five and 28 fours. When Hampshire went in their prospers were about as bad as they could be, for the bowlers derived some assistance from the wicket, while the batsmen were not encouraged by the reflection that Captain Quinton, Mr. Lacey, and Mr. A. J. L. Hill were n >t playing. The result was as might have been expected. Two or three men, notably, Mr. C. G. Ward, Mr. Steele, and Mr. Robson played well in the first innings, but no long stand was made, and a hopeless follow-on was the result. At th3 end of the day five wickets were down for 80, of which 51 belonged to Barton, who, in the first innings, was thrown out by Mr. Key for seven. Soar hit well on Wednesday, but the innings was soon over. S u r r e y . Abel, st Steele, b Wyn­ yard ........................173 Brockwell, b Soar ...225 Hayward, run out ... 0 N. F. Druce, b Soir ... 32 Baldwin, c Steele, b Kitchener.................16 H. D. G. L eveson - Gower, b Kitchener.. 29 D. L. A. Jephson. c Baldwin, b Soar ... 49 H a m ps h ir e . C. G. W ard , c A b el, b Richardson...................... 25 Barton, run out ................. 7 K. J. Key, c Barton, b Soar ............... : Lees, c Kitchener, b Soar........................ Wood, not o u t.......... Richardson, c Steele, b Kitchener B 18,lb2,wl,nb2 23 Total.. ...579 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, b Lees ............................... 3 Webb, c Druce, b Lees ... 8 E. C. Lee, b Richardson ... 5 D. A. Steele, run o u t ..........29 Baldwin, b Richardson ... 19 Soar,cLeveson-Gower,bLees o Light, b ttichardson .......... 1 C. Robson, not out ..........30 Kitchener,cWood,b Abel... 16 B 5, lb 1 b Richardson ... 6 c riayw ard, b Richardson ... 51 c Wood, b Hay­ ward ................ 4 c and b Jephson 1 b Richardson ... 3 c Druce, b Lees .. 11 b L“e s ............... 4 not out .......... 31 c Wood, b Rich­ ardson .......... 1 c Wood, b Hay­ ward ............... 1 c Balwiri, b Rich­ ardson .......... 4 B 6, lo 4 ... 10 Total Soar ... . Baldw n . Light Steele Lee .........149 SuRRBY. O. M. R. W. Total ..127 55 16 127 50 17 106 5 76 4 20 23 9 14 Wynyard... 21 5 0 0 0 0 3 75 1 Ward . Webb . Robson . Barton O. M. R. W. Kitchener 15 13 0 19 0 25 0 12 0 54 3 Soar delivered a wide, and Steele and Barton a no- ba.l t-a:h. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R .W . O. M. R .W . Richardson ... 24 3 85 4 .15.2 4 35 5 Lees .......... 24 6 55 3 . 9 3 23 2 Abel .......... 0.4 0 0 1 .......... Hayward ... 1 0 3 0 . 9 4 24 2 Brockwell 9 4 16 0 Jephson.. 6 0 19 1 LANCASHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on August 9 and 10. Lancashire won by 9 wickets. It was a foregone conclusion that this match would end in favour of Lancashire, unless some hitherto unsuspected skill was discovered in the Leicestershire batting or bowling. Possibly, if the visitors had won the toss, they might have given a fair account of themselves, but as they lost it they were doomed to a severe defeat, for it would have been difficult for any team to mike runs when the time came for them to bat. On the whole they did well to get rid of Lanca­ shire for 200, thanks to excellent bowling by Wood­ cock, but when they came to bat they could do nothing at all with Briggs in the first innings, and not very much in the second. Some good and steady cricket by Mr. Stocks at the end of the follow-on saved the innings defeat, and if all the team had batted as well as the tail a closer game would have resulted. Mr. MacLar-*n, fortunately for Leicestershire, did not come off in either innings. L a n c a s h ir e . S. M. Tindall, c sub., b Woodcock ..........14 A. N.Hornby,cWhite­ side, b Geeson........ 21 Cuttell, not o u t......... 11 Hallam, cWhiteside, b Woodcock................ 0 B 1,1b 5 ... ... 6 A. C. MacLaren, c Knight, b Woodcock 13 Ward, c Stocks, b Woodcock ..........27 Fugg (F.), b Gee*on ... 4 Baker, c Wood, b King 35 Smith (C.), c Wood, b Geeson ............... 19 Briggs, c Whiteside, b Woodcock ..........22 Total ................200 rAnson, b Woodcock 28 8econd innings : -A . C. MacLaren, bStocks, 16; Ward, not out, 21; Sugg (F.), not out, 15 ; no-ball, 1.—Total (I wicket) 53. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. C. J. B. Wood, b Briggs ... 7 runout ..........22 German, b Briggs .......... 0 c Cuttell,b Briggs 13 Knight, c Hornby, b Briggs 3 c Ward, b Briggs 5 H.H.Marriott, lbw, bBriggs 35 b I’A nson.......... 0 Pougher, lbw, b Briggs ... 0 c and b Cuttell... 17 King, run out .................10 lbw, b Cuttell .. 4 R. Joyce, c Ward, b Hallam 7 c Smith,b Hallam 6 Geeson, c Tindall, b Hallam 12 c Sugg, b Briggs 13 F. W. Stocks, b Briggs ... 2 cWard, b Hallam 40 Whiteside, not out .......... 0 run out ..........14 Woodcock.b Hallam......... 1 notout.................18 Byes ........................ 2 Byes ..........20 Total ... 79 L a n c a s h ir e . Total ...172 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. 11. W . Woodcock ... 33-1 6 96 6 .......... 5 0 18 0 Stocks .......... 16 4 36 0 .......... 8 5 9 1 Geeson .......... 24 9 44 3 .......... 4 1 25 0 King .......... 5 0 18 1 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Briggs .......... 205 43 6 .. Cuttell .......... 61 21 0 . Hallam . ... 13‘4 8 11 I’Anson... 15 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 36-4 12 63 3 ... 29 8 43 2 ... 36 2i 35 2 11 1 DULWICH v. NORTHBROOK.- on July 31. N o r t h b r o o k . Played at Dulwich W.R. Willis, b Turner 5 C. O. Springthorp, b Turner .................10 C. Higham, c Phillips, b Darby .................15 W.C. Collins, o Darby, b Turner ... ........ 4 F. H. Wiilis, c Darke, b Turner.................25 W. Collins, b Darby... 14 A. H. Smith, b Tregel- las ........................ 8 P. Westley, n>t out ... 45 W. D. Butler, b Col­ yer ........................10 H. Murphy, b Colyer 19 C. Kelly, run out ... 1 B 3, lb 2 .......... 5 Total ...161 D u l w ic h . R. Longley, b W . Col- W. Turner, c Spring- lins ............... ... 58 thorp, b Higham ... 0 T. C. Stafford, b W. L. Phillips, not out ... 12 Collins .................32 B 2, lb 1, nb 1 ... 4 J.F. Colyer, not out...101 — Total ..........207 F. Huntley, E. J. Heasman, C. P. Tregellas, T. A. Darke, H J. Tage anl TT. Darby did not hat. WEEKS. S u r b ito n .— The Surbiton C.C. commenced their annual week on July 26, and have been favoured, except on the first day, with favourable weather, enabling some good scores to be made. The batting of H. B. Richardson, the old Cliftonian, who captained the teamin the absence of R. Howell, the club skipper, has been quite the feature of the week. On July 26, R. S. Lucas brought over a strong side to represent Teddington, but heavy rain falling at intervals spoilt what wou'd have proved a very interesting fixture. Batting first the home team scored 202for six wickets, of which Richardson made 112 not out by capital cricket. The next day Hounslow Garrison were the visitors, but were quite outplayed, only scoring 85and 47 for five wickets to Surbiton’s 242 for eight wickets, the chief scorers being E. J. Reid 69, H. J. Daven­ port 47, H. B. Richardson 40. R. Sale-Hill bowled well taking six wickets for 37. On the 28th, Streatham with a strong representative team got the better of Surbiton, scoring 283 to the latter*s 148, of which Richardson was responsible for 71. R. Sale-Hill was again successful with the ball taking six wickets for 58. Wimbledon were the visitors on the 29th—a very exciting match going against them—making 178 of which T. Westray made 60. Surbiton did not fare well at first, but Richardson again came to the rescue, knocking up 135, though he was badly missed early in his innings. On Friday the M.C.C. and Ground, including Pike, Geeson and Burton gave the hom^ team a lot of trouble, making 219 of which E. H. Buckland made 55, and Maj->r Pochin 29. This total should have been reduced had all the chances been accepted. To this Surbiton could only respond with 160, the last wicket falling within two minutes of time, when Jupp was bowled off his arm by a kicking ball. P. Castle played excellent cricket for 74, and was well supported by E. J. Reid with 24, but both H. B. Richardson and E. S. Trouncer were got rid of very cheaply. On Saturday Ealing sent down a very powerful team, including P. S. Waddy the Cambridge Blue. Batting first they made 288, the chief scorers being P. S. Waddy 69, J. Clarke 89, and E. S . Littlejohn 5>; of the 12 extras only four were byes, W. Bowring performing well behind the sticks. Surbiton at the call of time had made 105 for five wicket*, W. B. Windeler batting very steadily for 24. H. B. Richardson by making 18 brought his aggregate in S.C.C. cricket to 1010runs for 14completed innings, including five centuries. His average during the “ week” has been 76 per innings. On the last day of the ciicket week, Monday, August 2, the Oundle Rovers visited Surbiton, but another draw was the result. Batting first on a capital wicket the home team made 294 for four wickets; H. J. Davenport recovered his form making 124. J. F. Newton 48, C. H. Jupp 38 not out. The Oundle Rovers made 156 for seven, G. L. Colborne being responsible for 68 not out, W. L. Eves 39. C. H. Jupp bowled well and took five wickets for 53 runs, while NcWtt n performed capitally behind the sticks. CLAPTON v. CLOVE.—Played at Clapton on Aug. 2. C l o v e . First innings. F. G. Wood, b Cooper......... 0 Jeffries, c sub, b Genders ... 0 H. B. Hugill, c Milton, jun., b Genders........................39 notout... H. M. Gowing, cVanBoolen, b Genders........................ Second innings, c and b Dr. Ladell 4 c Van Boolen, b Cooper .......... 1 74 R. G. Longoroft. c Rogers, b Cooper ........................ 8 Davies, b C ooper................ 6 E. Elkington, b Cooper ... 1 R. H. Clark, b Cooper......... 1 Bradshaw, not out .......... 1 Lawley, b Cooper................. 1 Allen, b Cooper ................. 0 Lb 1 ........................ 1 c Douglas, jun., b Tate ..........27 ca’idb Dr. Lalell b Milton, jun. ... b Cooper .......... b Cooper .......... b Dr. Ladell not out................ B 7, lb 3 ... Total ... 64 Total ...174 C lajton . J. L. Tate, b Gowing 24 J. Rogers, cWood, b S. Genders, run out... 1 Bradshaw................ 0 J. H. Douglas, run out 0 J. Douglas, jun.,not W. Cooper, lbw, b out ... ................. 1 Bradshaw................92 H. Milton, jun., b Dr.T. Jones, b Gowing 5 Bradshaw................ 0 T. Radford, b Gowing 0 B 2, lb 1 ........ 3 Dr.Ladell,b Bradshaw 31 — M. Van Boolen, b Total ..........157 Bradshaw .. *.......... 0 F a m o u s c r i c k e t e r s & c r i c k e t g r o u n d s Handsomely bound in publishers’ case. Equal to new. 6/6, post free. H.L., Cricket Office. 1*8, Upper Thames Stm't, E C.