Cricket 1897

374 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. A u g . 26 , 1897. only played in about four matches. “ There were so many men from whom to e.honse,” he said, “ and though I don’t think I had fallen off, I certainly could not make many runs, and as I failed to do anything against Warwickshire I did not get another chance until the end of June when, although I had not been doing anything worth speaking of, I was chosen to play against Yorkshire, being caught for a duck. Once more the com­ mittee tried me, but I only scored 0 and 10 against Leicestershire. My average in county matches was 4f with a highest score of ten ! In 1895 I don’t think I played in a single match for the first eleven, but for the second my average was 32. I liked playing for the second very much, but in Olub aud Ground matches I wasvery often a failure. I felt that-I was really in good form, but try as I would I was continually making small scores, until at last I began to wonder whether I should ever be in the first eleven again.” “ What led to your being tried again ? ” “ I had done fnirly well for the second and Olub and G >uud up to the middle of July when I m '.de 80 and 118 against Eastbourne, and in the following match 149 and 7 against Badfo-d shire. Then I played against th i Australians, and although my scores were only 23 and 1, I was given another trial in the'Yorkshire match. As it happened this was a fortunate match for me as I scored 84; following it up by 111 against Notts in the Bank holiday match. Since then I have played in every match.” “ Do you remember the match in which you first played against really good bowling ? ” “ It was for Bury and West Suffolk against a good M.C.C. team in 1887. Bylott was playing for the M.C.C.—that was before the time that he was knocked up—and Bawlin, Chatterton, and, I think Pougher. Our wicket was on a side hill, which sloped more than Lord’s, and what surprised me most during the match was that the M.C.C. bowlers did not get more work on the ball. In that match I made a pretty good catch, but like many other good catches it was more or less of a flake. Bawlin hit a ball to long leg, and I had to run a long way for it, the ball all the time going away from me, but I happened to get one hand upon it, and brought the other down on the ball only just in time. I also do not for­ get that a gentleman on the M.C.C. side gave me half-a-crown for making the catch.” . “ What cricket had you played before this ? ” “ I joinel Bury United and Bury and West Suffolk clubs when I was about sixteen, because I thought I should like to have some good cricket, but I began to play after a fashion as far back as I cm remember. Until about 1886 I was as much of a bowler as a bat, but in that year I began to get some runs and my bowling fell off. In one of the matches which we played at about this time, near Newmarket, we had to make four runs to wiu with five minutes remaining for play. A.t this critical moment one of the fielding side happened to get hold of the ball, and with great presence of mind threw it into a wood which was not very far behind the wicket. Of course the wood was a boundary and if the ball was stopped by it without actually going in it was two ; if it went right in it was three. We could’nt find the ball before time was called, so that the match ended in a draw, or a tie, as we still required one run to win. We were naturally very sick about it. I don’t know whether the um­ pires would have had power to award the match to us, but in any case the umpire on the other side would not have con­ sented to this. About the only close match except the one against Middlesex this year that I have played in was for Bury and West Suffolk against Hintle- sham Hall, near Ipswich, the seat of Mr. Cuthbert Quilter. Their last man was in with one run wanted to tie. Mr. Mr. E. W. Lake was bowling. While we were all in a state of great excitement a catch was dropped, but no run was scored, and with the next ball Mr. Lake bo wled his man.” “ What do you consider the best innings you ever played ? ” “ I should say it was the 103 against Yorkshire this year at the Oyal—it was a better innings than the 234 against Kent iu July. But I am not at all sure that my best innings was not out 68 in 1892 against Gloucestershire on a very soft and difficult wicket against Ferris and Boberts, I remember that in the second innings when we had to make about 22, Mr. Shuter and Maurice Raad who had both got ducks in the first innings went in first and knocked the runs off.” W. A. B ettes ' worth . FOREST H ILL y. SUTTON.—Played at Sutton on August 14. F o r e st H il l . W . L. Pierce, b Cham­ bers .......................... 7 C. B. Squires, b Dagg 7 C. S. J. Douglas, st Jackson,b Chambers 21 F. Skipper, c Jackson, b Chambers ........... 4 G. J. Newman, b Chambers................. 2 W . 8. Holt, b Dagj C. G. Hill, b Dagg ... C. J. Welchman, b Chambers................. C. W . Le May, b Dagg H. Barham, b Dagg ... L. Siraker, not out ... Extras.................. 4 1 0 24 . 12 . 122 A.C. Havers, b Welch man .......................... 0 J. A. Knight, c W elch­ man, b Squires ... 0 A. R. Dagg, n jto u t ... 84 J. Illington, c aad b Squires ................... 3 Chambers, H. Hyslop, P. A. Dag| and E. Windus did not bat. Total 14 S u tto n . L. Jackson, c Straker, b Welchman .......... 7 R. S. Dally, n o to u t... 54 Extras..................19 Total ..167 W . J. Havers PANTHER v. DULW ICH .—Played at Dulwich on August 14. D u l w ic h . E. A. Redman, lbw, b Wdliams .................. 27 W . A . King, b Bayley 2 T. A. Drake, b Wil­ liams .......................... 6 S. Simpson,c Williams, b Mantle ...................15 A . R. Colyer, b W il­ liams .......... ........... 0 C. P. Tregellis, b Lewis 40 P a n t h e r . J. F. Colyer, b W il­ liams.......................... W.Adams,b Williams A. G. Fallon, b Bayley C. H. Howell, c Stan­ dish, b Bayley S. B. Halbert, not out B 6, lb 2.................. Total . ...114 E. W . Mantle, c Drake, b King ...................19 W. L. Bayley, b J. F. Colyer..........................46 A . E. D. Lewis, lbw, b Tregellis ................. 0 W . H. D. Williams, b Redman ...................36 S. Silverthorne, b A. R. C o ly e r...................27 S. Bingham, not out.. 30 W . A . Standish, c Fallon, b Simpson.. 5 R. S y k e s, b A. R. Colyer ..................18 B 13, lb 3 ...........16 Total.. ...197 UPPER TOOTING y . SU RBITON .-Played at Surbiton on August 14. U p pe r T o o t in g . D. H. Butcher, lbw, b W indeler...................75 S. A. Attlee, c Castle, b Forsyth................... 7 A. A. Alien, c Worsley, b Forsyth................... 2 D. C. Bartley, b For­ syth .......................... 31 F. G. Thome, b W in­ deler .......................... 9 L. V. Harper, lbw, b W inieler ................... 1 D. Franks, b Wors­ ley ..........................18 E. F. W h is tle r , b W in deler.................14 F. C. Ryde, bWorsley 2) A. Pollard, run out... 7 R. Simpson, run out.. 0 B 5, lb 1, nb 1 ... 7 Total . ...1)1 S u r b it o n . C. A. Trouncer, run out 77 P. Castle, b Bartley ... 3 J. A. E. Hickson, b Bartley ...................47 H . E. Knight, lbw, b Simp son .................. 25 W . F. Forsyth, b Bart­ ley ............................10 W . B. W in d e le r , c Thome, b Simpson... 15 C. B. W o r s le y , c Thorne, b Simpson.. H. H. Jupp, b Bartley H. A . F o r s y t h , b Bartley .. ........... Rev. A. E. Beavan, not out ................... G. A. Yicary, c and b Sim pson.................. B 3, w 1, nb 1... Total ...........2 PANTHER v. BARNES.—Played at Catford on August 21. P a n t iie r . W . L. Bayley, c Hick­ man, b Benstead ... 17 E. W . Mantle, c Bar­ ham, b Hickman ... 17 D. G. Williams, b Barham ..................14 W . Coppinger, c Sis­ sons, b B irham ... 5 R. J. G. Bingham, b H ickm an.................. 13 R. Sykes, b Franco ... 29 * Innings declared closed. B a r n e s . J. H olgson, c Sissons, b J. Sissons .......... 8 R. Day, not o u t .........16 B. W . Green, c and b J. Sissons.................. 0 C. Day, b C. Sissons... 11 A. W . Harpur, not out ... ................. 5 B 21, lb 7, w l, n b l 30 Total (9 wkts.)*165 J. G. M. Robertson, c Bingham, b Harpur 2 J. J. Franco, c and b Harpur .................. 0 F. W. Bensteid, run out .......................... 0 H.E.Barham,bHarpur 0 A. Sisson , b Harpur.. 0 F. D. Bird, c R. Day, b B a y ley .................. 0 G. W . Hodgson, b Harpur ................... 0 G. *R. Mossop, c R. Day, b Harpur ... 1 C. E. Sissons, not oh * 12 C. Hickman, b Mantle 1 C. B. Piggott, b J. H odgson ..................15 B 6, lb 4 ..........10 Total ... 41 Mr. J. C. LOVELL’S XI. Matches played, 18; won, 7 ; tie, 1; drawn, 1; lost, 9. BATTING AVERAGES. (5 or more innings). No. Times of nob Total Inns. out. runs. Aver. K. Robinson ... 9 ... 0 ..,. 217 .. . 2411 J. P. Candler ... 10 ... 0 . ‘227 .. . 227 L. AV. Roberts ... ... 11 ... 2 .... 200 .. . 2222 A . Meller .................. 13 ... 1 ... 206 .. . 17'IU Rev. H. S. Brooke ... 5 ... 0 ... 71 .. . 14-66 C. H. Mountain .. 20 ... 0 ... 22J .. . 11 J. S. Lovell.......... ,... 21 ... 2 ..., 170 .. 8 94 W . H. Golds ... ... 11 ... 0 ... 93 .. 8-45 E. G. Langton ... .,.. 17 ... 3 ... 108 .. 7-71 G. A. R ing................ 14 ... 5 ... 61 .. 677 F. H. Hunt ... ... 10 ... 2 ... 48 .. . 6 S. H. Flindt ... ... 17 ... 0 ... 101 .. . 594 E. D. Lovell ... ,... 13 - 0 ... 39 .. 3 L. Lovell ................ 5 ... 0 ... 8 .. 1*6 J. C. Lovell ... ,... 6 ... 2 ... 4 .. 1 H. Tidy ................ .. 8 ... 2 ... 5 .. •as BOWLING AVERAGES. (10 or more overs). Overs. Runs. Wkts. Aver. H. W est.......... ........... 10 ... 17 ... 3 .,.. 5 66 S. Rendell ... ........... 19 ... 48 ... 7 ... 6*8> J. P. Candler ...........2 2 ... 356 ... 47 ... 7-57 S. Briggs ........... 16 ... 48 ... 6 ... 8 A. Meller ........... 28 ... 67 ... -7 ... 957 E. D. Lovell... ........... 11 ... 30 ... 3 .,.. 10 J. S. Lovell ... ........... 327-3 ... 701 ... 61 .... 1149 S. H. Flindt ... ........... 222 4 ... 516 ,... 42 .... 1228 K. Robinson... ........... 248-4 ... 605 ,... 41 .,,. 1231 A. V. Russell ... ... 15 ... 29 ,.. 2 .. . 145 S. B. Golds ... ........... 23 ... 60 ... 3 .... 20 L. W . Roberta ........... 39 ... 102 ,... 4 .... 25-5 G. A. Ring ... ........... 22 ... 56 . .. 1 .. . 66 W. H. Golds... ........... 11 ... 36 ... 0 ... 0 J. C. Lovell ... ........... 10 ... 45 . .. 0 ... 0