Cricket 1897

362 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 19, 1897. SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on August 12 and 13. SuiTey won by 10 wickets. As this match had a most important bearing on the championship it was attended by large crowds on both days, and if it had lasted until Saturday the takings at the gate would have been about a record for Essex. Unfortunately the home team was not at its best, and was, moreover, not at all in luck’s way. Kortright From the beginning of the game the wicket was j ust Bull......... a little tricky — just tricky enough to give experienced De Zoete bowlers like Richardson and Hayward a great advan- Mead tage. But there is no question that the turning point of the game was the suceess met with by Mr. Jephson’8 lobs, amd it is pretty certain that Essex will not take the field again in a Surrey match without having had some practice against lob bowling. It was evident that most of the Essex men felt that a heavy respon­ sibility rested upon them, and Mr. Kortright in the second innings was almost the only member of the team who played with his usual confidence. The very beginning of the match was disastrous and ominous for Essex, Carpenter being bowled neck and crop with the first ball of the innings by Richardson. But such things have happened before without influencing the result in any way, and when Mr. Perrin and Mr. Fane were together, and got settled, the prospects of Essex were distinctly good. Mr. Perrin played sound crieket and seemed to have quite got over a little nervousness when he was finely caught in the slips by Abel. Mr. McGahey was never comfortable, and Mr. Turner, although he made 83, was not quite himself. But despite a general feeling of insecurity in the batting, which seemed to Bpreaditself among the speetators as well as the players, there was no reason why the seore should not be fairly large, until Mr. Jephson went on and disposed of Mr. Fane, who had been batting for an hour and a quarter for 29, Mr. Owen and Mr. Kortright. Then the end soon came, with the total at 143. Surrey began remarkably well with Abel and Broekwell, but at 76 Brockwell left, and for the rest of the day the bowlers had the upper hand, except that Abel was not disposed of until he had made a splendid 82. When stumps were drawn the total was 205 for eight wickets. As this was only 62 runs on there was not very much in it, since if Essex made a good many runs in the second innings Surrey would have to bat fourth on a wicket which was likely to be somewhat difficult. But on Friday morning Mr. Key, Wood and Richardson hit the bowling about considerably, and in the end Surrey led by 121. Of the Essex second innings there is very little to be said. Carpenter and Mr. Fane kept in for a time for the first wicket, but one or two balls from Richardson acted very queerly, and the batsmen were not able to inspire confidence in their success. Carpenter was the first to go, bowled by a ball pitched well up by Lees, and in another three-quarters of an hour six wickets were down. Mr. Fane was run out through a mis­ understanding when he was as well set as he was ever likely to be. When Hayward went on to bowl bowl he carried everything before him. At the end of the match Mr. Kortright played determined cricket and succeeded in saving the innings defeat. There were two or three mistakes in umpiring which told somewhat heavily on Essex. E ssex . First inning3. O. M. R. W. Richardson.......... 29 11 70 6 .. Lees ................. 5 0 17 0 .. Hayward ......... 13 6 29 1 .. Jephson.................. 13 2 22 3 .. Second innings. M. R. W. 4 62 2 7 17 1 2 31 6 0 16 0 S u r r e y . O. M. R. W. O. M. R.W. ......... 28 6 109 6 ........... 2 0 9 0 ......... 29 4 76 1 ........... I 'l l 1 0 .......... 18 5 47 1 ........... ......... 14 5 30 1 ........... De Z >ete bowled a no-ball. SOMERSET v. KENT. Played at Taunton on August 12, 13, and 14. Somerset won by 80 runs.. Rain considerably interfered with this match, which was generally in favour of the bowlers. Indeed, if the fielding of Kent had been at all go >d while Somerset were batting in the first innings, there would probably have been no total of 200 in any of the four innings. Thanks, however, to mistakes in the field, Somerset had the whip-hand of their oppo­ nents almost from the first. There was little that was worthy of particular notice in the batting, although few single-figure innings ware played on either side, but Mr. Marchant’s 41 stands out clearly above other scores, because it was made when Kent were in the apparently hopeless position in the first innings. It was plucky of Mr. Woods to declare on Saturday at lunch-time, for Kent had three hours and a quarter (stumps were to be drawn at half-past five) in which to make 267 runs, by no means an impossible task if the batsmen were capable of keeping up their wickets. But Mr. Woods had rightly estimated that 267 runs would take a lot of getting on the somewhat difficult pitch, and although Mr. Mason and Alec Hearne put on 51 runs for the first wicket in three- quarters of an hour, the Kent men soon gave up the idea of trying to make the rans, and contented themselves with playing for a draw, in which they were nearly successful, the last wicket falling a quarter of an hour before time. S o m e r se t . First innings. S. M. J. Woods, b Wright 9 L. C. H. Palairet, b Shine.. 16 Nichols, b Shine.................42 W. N. Roe, c Mason, b Shine 4 ... 27 Robson, b Wright F. A. Phillips, c Huish, b Shine ............................... G. Fowler, not out .......... C. E. Dunlop, c Hearne, b Bradley ........................ Capt.W.C.Hedley,b Bradley 0 A.E.Newton,candbWright 12 Tyler, c Day, b Wright ... 13 B 4, lb 8, w 2.............14 41 Seeond innings, c Shin®,b Hearne 26 c Huish,bBradley 2 run out ..........12 b Bradley ..........14 c Hearn?, b Brad­ ley ................. 12 cEasby, b Martin 18 not out.................19 cHuish,bBradley 34 st Huish,b Mason 2) MIDDLESEX v. SUSSEX. Played at Lord’ s on August 12, 13 and 14. Middlesex -won b y seven wickets. After a most disastrous season Middlesex just managed to beat Sussex eighteen miautes before time on Saturday. The play of Sussex was disappointing all round, with one or two exceptions. In batting Marlow, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Mr. Murdoch and Bean did very little to distinguish themselves, and the bowling was so much “ off ” that Mr. MaeGregor was allowed to make 141. The famous Middlesex wieket- keeper, although he has not a very taking style as a bat, has often made runs, and at one time was in great form for a month or two, but he is hardly the batsman one would expeet to make a hundred. As regards Mr. Douglas, who also made a hundred for Middlesex, it is quite another story ; he is good enough to make a hundred against any bowling, and it is only to be regretted that he cannot spare the time to play more frequently. Except that Mr. R. S. Lucas played good cricket in each innings there was nothing remarkable about the rest of the Middlesex batting. As the Middlesex seore was exactly double that of Sussex, the latter had a very uphill task when they went in a second time. Ranjitsinhji began so well that everyone hoped he would play up to his reputation, but with his score at 33 he was caught. With Ranjitsinhj i, Marlow, Mr. Fry and Mr. Murdoeh all out for 92 things looked black indeed for Sussex. It was then that a splendid stand by Mr. Brann, who had been batting all through the innings, and Mr. Newham very nearly turned an almost certain defeat into a draw. In fact when Mr. Brann was at last out for 109, after batting with the utmost steadiness for four hours and a quarter, the chances of defeat were very small indeed, for only half the wickets were down, the arrears had been knocked off, and there was not much time left for play. But Mr. Wells soon settled the tail, and Mr. Newham was left to carry his bat for a beautiful innings of 84. Middlesex had to make 67 in 65 minutes, and as they began slowly and badly, there was a possibility that the runs would not be made. Mr. Lucas, however, forced the game, and the runs were hit off in comfort. Thus Middlesex won their first mateh of the season. S u s s e x . First innings. Marlow,c Hearne, b Cunliffe 18 E s s e x . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, et Wood, b Jephson ........................ 21 run out ...........27 Carpenter, b Richardson .. 0 b Lees..................10 P. Peirin, c Abel, b Rich- ardson...............................31 b Hayward...........16 C. McGahey, st Wood, b Hayward ........................14 b Hayward............. 18 A. J. Turner, b Richardson 33 Russell, b Richardson ... 5 H. G. Owen, lbw, b Jephson 0 C.J.Kortright, c Brockwell,' b Jephson........................ 2 Mead, c Abel, b Richardson 4 F. G. Bull, c Baldwin, b Richardson....................... 18 H. W . de Zoete, not out ... 2 B 4, lb 1 ................. 6 Total ...143 b ay ard c Wood, b Hay­ ward................. c Brockwell, b Hayward......... c Wood, b Rich­ ardson .......... c Gower, b Rich­ ardson .......... b Hayward........ b Hayward.......... not out................. Byes................ Total..........: S u r r e y . Abel, c & b Kortright 8*2 Brockwell, c Russell, b Kortright ..........37 B ayward, c Carpenter, b de Zoete.................23 N.F.Druce,bKortright 11 Baldwin, c Fane, b Kortright................ 4 D. L. A. Jephson, b Kortright................. 0 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, c Russell, b Kortright................20 K. J. Key, c McGahey, b Bull .................42 Lees, run out .......... 0 Wood, not out ..........32 Richardson, b Mead ... 11 B 1, nb 1 .......... 2 Total •Innings declared closed. K en t First innings, B 8, lb 1 .......... 276 Total (9 wkts)•169 C. B. Fry, b Wdlls ..........63 c K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Mac­ Gregor, b Heame .......... Second innings. MacGregor, b Hearne .......... Cunliffe, b Hearne .......... : W. L. Murdoch, b Cunliffe G. Brann, st MacGregor, b Cunliffe ... ....................55 W. Newham, c Warner, b Hearne.................................20 Bean(G.),cWebbe, bHearae 15 J. R. Mason, b Robson 20 Hearne (A.), b Woods ... 3 S. H. Day, b H edley..........13 H. C. Stewart, c Newton, b Hedley...............................34 Martin, c Robson, b Hedley 16 Wright, c Robson, b Hedley 14 Easby, c Wood, b Robson.. 13 F. Marchant, c Tyler, b Hedley...............................41 W. M. Bradley, c Fowler, b Hedley............................... 8 Huish, c Phillips, b Hedley 1 E. B. Shine, not o u t ..........10 Byes........................ 6 Total ...179 S o m e r se t . Second innings, c Palairet, b Hed­ ley .................33 cNichol8,bWoods 22 st Newton,bTyler 19 c Woods, b Tyler 42 c Woods, b Tyler 5 not out.................22 b Hedley .......... 5 c Nichols, b Tyler 9 c Phillips, b Tyler 22 lbw, b Tyler ... 0 c Nichols, b Tyler 0 Leg-byes .. 7 ..186 J. C. Hartley, c Rawlin, b H eam e............................. 7 Butt, b Cunliffe .................12 Tate, not out........................ 4 Bland, b Cunliffe................. 0 B 6, lb 3, nb 2 ..........11 c Warner, b Cun­ liffe ................. b Cunliffe .......... c Warner, b B.- Davenport .. ] not out................. c Rawlin, b B.- Davenport b Wells .......... b Wells lbw, b Wells b Cunliffe 10 6 13 . 0 7 Bl,lb7,nb8,wl 17 Total ... 2.6 M id d l e s e x . Total . Total ..........264 Socond inningsBaldwin, not out, 0 ; Richardson, not out, 10.—Total (no wicket), 10. Wright . Mason Shine Martin . Bradley . Hearne . Easby Tyler Woods . Robson . Hedley . Nichols . First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 31-3 16 ... 14 3 35 9 11 3 9 Total Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 2 . 23 . 19 . 11 . 18 . 10 Shine bowled two wides. K e n t . O. M. R. W. . 16 . 14 24 11 , 25 2 7 2 0 O. . 29 . 16 4 M. R. W. P. F. Warner, b Fry ..........39 b Tate............ J. Douglas, c Butt, b Fry . .110 run out R. W. Nicholls, b Tate ... 2 Rawlin, c Butt, b Fry ... 9 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, b Bland ........................15 c Fry, b Tate A.J.Webbe,cBean,bHartley 24 G. MacGregor, run out ...141 notout.......... R. S. Lucas, b Ranjitsinhji 45 notout.......... C. M. Wells, c Butt, b Ran­ jitsinhji ........................ 0 F. H. E. Cunliffe, not out... 9 Hearae(J.T.),cButt,bBland 0 B 16, lb 19, w 1, nb 2... 38 . 282 Total ..432 Byes .......... 3 Total (3 wkts) 67 Second innings. Fowler T a te ......... Bland Fry ..... Hartley . Ranjitsinhji Brann . 40-2 , 37 . 25 9 6 O. , 56 22 . 50-1 12 . 22 7 12 3 :. R. W. S u ss e x . First innings. O. M. R. W. Hearne ...... 37 17 55 4 .. Cunliffe .......... 38 9 99 5 . W ells.................. 10 4 29 1 . Bawlin ........... 9 1 22 0 . B.-Davenport.. 10 5 13 2 Cunliffe delivered ten no-balls and Bromley-Daven­ port one wide. M id d l e s e x . O. M. R. W. 31 10 74 1 ... 8 120 2 ... 13 79 3 ... 2 89 1 ... 4 15 2 17 O. M. R. W. , 9 104 . 2 2 25 2 1 29 0 0 10 0 2 9 0 Hartleybowledtwono-balls and Ranjitsinbjionev^ide