Cricket 1897

378 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. A ug . 26, 1897. SURREY y. LANCASH IRE . T H E G REA T CO UN TY M ATCH OF 1897. Played at the Oval on August 19, 20 and 21. Surrey won by six wickets. Although it was not absolutely certain that the result of this match would determine which side should be champion county for the ensuing year, there can be no question that the meeting of the two counties was considered by most people as a soit of final tie. A week before the date of the opening day the newspapers all over England began to discuss the constitution of the teams and the merits of the players, and while the game was in progress the evening papers simply “ let themselves go.” Critics were not, as a rule, greatly inclined to prophesy what would be the result, but there was a general feeling that all thjipgs being equal Surrey would get a little the best o f it. This feeling was intensified when it was found that Mold would be unable to play owiiig to a damaged knee. Long before the time fixed lor the beginning of play crowds began to pour in at the Oyal, and when the first ball was bowled there must have been something like 15,000 people present, who were prepared for anything, since heavy rain had fajUen, while the clouds looked as if they were quite ready to begin again to deluge the wioket. After winning the toss Mr. MacLaren had an anxious time before he decided to take first innings, atter carefully inspecting the wicket with Mr. Hornby, but it is by no means certain that he would have been any better off if he had put Surrey in first, although as things turned out the wicket happened to be a little more in favour of Surrey than of Lancashire. A t first all went well with Lancashire. Mr. MacLaren on the difficult pitch played wonderfully good cricket, while "Ward was as steady as a rock until he was well caught by Abel off Richardson. After he left Sugg came in. Sugg is possibly seen at his bestw’hen the ball does not come too quickly off the pitch, and, playing a forcing game, he soon got the bowlers into such a state that they haidly know whac to serve up to him. Thanks chiefly to him and Mr. MacLaren, who made 37, the score had mounted to 140 by lunch time, so that Lancashire seemed to be in a very good position indeed. But after lunch a most remarkable change came over the game. Sugg increased his score by 7— he was 60 not out at lunch time—and was then bowled by Richardson, after which the end came with startling suddenness. Lees and Richardson were the bowlers, the former taking three wickets after lunch for four runs in five overs, and the latter three for ten runs in the same number of overs. Lancashire men were deeply disappointed, for the lunch score had only been increased by 14 runs, so that Surrey had to go tn against a total of 154. The beginning of the burrey innings was interesting ki the extreme. In the second over Abel was caught at point for 1; with the total at 12 Brockwell was splendidly caught and bowled by Cuttell; while at 29 Baldwin was out after being in a long time for two. This was such a dis­ couraging beginning that the spectators prepared themselves for developments. But the next develop­ ment was in the nature of a surprise, for Mr. Jephson and Hayward, combining steady play with hard hitting, made a stand which was the turning point of the game, and despite well judged changes in the bowling, they were not parted until twenty minutes before time, when Hayward was out for a very fine 62 with the total at 102. Even now Surrey v ere not in such a good position as Lancashire at the same total, but Braund, who came in next, stayed with Mr. Jephson until stumps were drawn, when 114 was the score for four wickets, and as it was unlikely that the Surrey tail would collapse as suddenly as the Northerners, they had a decided pull. Friday was a day of shower.*, and the bowlers often had to bowl with a wet ball, but nevertheless very little was done in the way of scoring. Mr. Jephson increased his total to 67 by excellent cricket—indeed his innings was perhaps the best he has ever played; Brauud gave a good account of himself, and Lees, in the middle of what looked very much like a rot, helped himself to the bowling. In the end the total was 216, thus giving Surrey a lead of 62, a formidable lead enough, which was however disposed of by Lancashire for the loss of only one wicket, although Mr. MacLaren only made 12. W ith Ward and Sugg well in, and quite comiortable with the bowling, the game was in a most interesting position, when suddenly a much to be regretted accident entirely altered the state of the game. W ith his total at 37 Sugg was hit on the hand by a ball from Richardson with such force that a finger was broken, and broken badly. He had of course to retire, and Lancashire never recovered from the misfortune which had thus befallen them ; for the rest of the match they fought well, but they were fighting against fate. Tyldesley, Baker, Mr. Tindall and Cuttell made three duck’s eggs and five runs between them, and six wickets were down for 95-o n ly 33 runs on. A t the close of the day, when all seemed lost, Briggs and I’Anson made a very plucky stand, raising the total to 112 before stumps were drawn without being parted—60 runs ahead. This was not much to go upon, but there was a possibility of rain in the night, and, if it came, anything might happen. But the rain was very slight, and it was plainly seen that, bar acc:dents, Surrey would win pretty easily. The two not outs continued to play good cricket, and thanks to them Lancashire had a lead of 89runs. These were knocked off pretty easily by Surrey, although Abel and Baldwin did not succeed iu reaching double figures. L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. A . C. MacLaren, b Richard­ son ..................................37 W ard (A.), c Abel, b Rich­ ardson ..................................14 Sugg (F. H .). b L ees...........67 Tyldesley, c Braund, b Hay­ ward .................................. 9 Baker, c Abel,b Hayward... 18 S. M. Tindall, b Richardson 6 Briggs, c W ood, bLees ... 2 Cuttell, b Lees .................. 2 I’Anson, c Holland, b Rich­ ardson .................................. 2 Hallam.cAbel,b Richardson 0 Radcliffe, not out.................. 0 B 2, lb 3, nb 2 .......... 7 Total ...154 S u rre y . Second innings. c W ood, b Rich­ ardson ..........1 b Bichardson ... 1 retired hurt ... £ c Baldwin,b Hay­ ward ................. b Richardson ... c Jephson, b Hayward.......... b Richardson ... ; c Baldwin,bRich- ardson ........... c Key, b Jephson 28 not out................... 0 b Richardson ... 0 Lb 7, nb 4 ... 11 Total...........151 First innings. Abel, c Baker, b Cuttell ... 1 Brockwell, c andb Cuttell... 8 Hayward,cKadcliffe,bBaker 62 Baldwin, c MacLaren, b B riggs.................................. D. L. A . Jephson, st Rad­ cliffe, b i riggs................... Second innings, c Baker,b Hallam 4 b Hallam ........... not out.................. 2 lbw, b Briggs ... 67 Braund, lbw, b Briggs ... 32 Holland, c Cuttell, b Briggs 0 K. J. Key, c Hallam, b B riggs.................................. 0 Lees, c Tindall, b Briggs ... 34 W ood, run out ................... 7 Richardson, not out ........... 1 B 1, nb 1 ................... 2 Total .... c MacLaren, Cuttell ... not out........... H. W . Bainbridge, b Reynolds...................24 Quaife (W ), c Mar­ chant, b Snine ... 4 J. F. Byrne, lbw, b Martin ...................28 Lilley, b Reynolds ... 6 Quaife (W .G.), c Mar­ chant, b Martin ... 33 Diver, b Shine ... Leg-bye.......... Total (4 wkts) 90 . ...216 L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Richardson........... 23 4 53 5 ............ 24 9 52 6 Hayward .......... 12 2 51 2 ............ 15 3 46 2 Lees .................. 13 4 24 3 ............ 15 4 42 0 Jephson.................. 4 0 19 0 ............ 1 1 0 1 Hayward delivered five no-balls and Richardson one S u r r e y . O. M.R. W . O. M. R. W. Briggs ...........434 17 67 6 ............ 18 4 29 1 Cuttell ............ 46 19 84 2 ............ 10 3 36 1 I ’Anson ........... 6 2 14 0 ........... Baker ........... 4 0 12 1 ............. Hallam ............ 35 20 37 0 ............ 19 3 8 24 2 Cuttell bowled one no-ball. KENT v. WARW ICKSH IRE . Played at Tonbridge on Aug. I f, 20, and 21 Drawn. As in Gloucestershire v. Somerset at Clifton, there was no play at Tonbridge on the second day of this match, and the only question of interest on Saturday was whether Warwickshire would succeed in keeping in long enough to make a draw. Although the wicket was greatly affected by the rain, it was never very difficult, so that the visitors were able to keep in until twenty minutes before time for a very satisfactory total. The innings was chieflv remarkable for the good batting of the tail, the last four men making no less than 165 between them, a feat which had not a little to do with the position of their side at the end of the match. It is curious that the Kent innings was also noticeable chiefiy for the batting of the tail. Mr. March ant played an almost perfect innings— attractive and yet safe. While he was in with Mr. Shine for the ninth wicket the hitting was such as to arouse the enthusiasm of the crowd, for no less than 158 runs were put on in an hour. Mr. Stewart also played brilliant cricket in making his 56, while Mr. Mason, who has been “ off colour” lately, made 39. K e n t . J. R. Mason, c Santall, b P a lle tt.................. 39 Hon. J. R. Tufton, st Lilley, b Forester ... 14 Martin, c Santall, b Pallett ...................19 H.C. Stewart, c Lilley, b W . G. Quaife ... 56 G. J. Mordaunt, lbw, b Santall................... 9 Rev. W . Rashleigh, b Pallett .................. J.F.Reynolds,bSantall 13 F. Marchant, not out 144 Wright, b W.G. Quaife E. B. Shine, c Diver, b Byrne ..................49 Huish, not o u t ..............22 B 18, lb 8, w 2 ... 28 W a r w ic k s h ir e . 12 R. Williams, c Tuf­ ton. b Shine ........... A.C.S.Glover.bMartin 59 Santall, b Reynolds ... 16 Pallett, * c Mason, b Marcliant ...........55 Forester, not out ... 35 B 18, lb 3, nbl ... 22 Pallett ... 44 Forester... 20 Santall ... 35 Quaife(W .) 5 K e n t . M. R. W . 17 108 3 4 77 1 9 90 2 1 22 0 Total O. Byrne ... 10 Quaife(WG) 4 Glover ... 1 .......... 295 M. R. W . 1 43 1 0 22 2 0 3 0 Santall and Quaife (W .) each delivered one wide, W a r w ic k s h ir e . M. R. W . O. Martin ... 18 Shine ... 36 Reynolds... 30 Wright Mason... Marchant O. M. R. W . 19 8 28 0 Martin delivered one no-ball. 6 2 0-3 0 HAMPSH IRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Portsmouth on August 19, 20 & 21. Drawn. It nearly always happens that Hampshire do well against their oldest rivals, and at Portsmouth, aided by the vagaries of the weather, they gave a very good account of themselves. On the first day they put together 218, thanks almost entirely to the good play of Webb, who made a hundred, and Mr. Heseltine, who as one of the tail, greatly distinguished himself. Sussex had lost a wicket for 20 when stumps were drawn, so that it was anybody’s game. On Friday rain prevented any play. On Saturday, on a soft and slow wicket, Sussex began to collapse in an ominous manner, and the rot was not stayed until Mr. New­ ham was partnered by Parris for the seventh wicket. Parris hit out nobly, while Mr. Newham kept steadily ons making an occasional four when an opportunity presented iteelf. In the end, Parris made 57, while Mr. Newham carried his bat for a finely played 40. The most successful Hamphire bowler was Mr. Hesel­ tine. There was not much chance of finishing the match when Hampshire went in again, unless the team went to pieces, but as they played a fairly good innings they were enabled to draw about an hour’s time, hoping against hope that Sussex would collapse as they did in the first innings. But after Mr, Fry had put his leg in front of his wicket, Mr. Brann and the Prince kept together for the rest of the time. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. A . J. L. Hill, b 'l a t e ........... 0 Barton, c Parris, b Bland... 14 W ebb, c Hartley, b Ranjit­ sinhji ..................................i l l F. E. Lacey, c and b Tate... 10 E. C. Lee, b Tate.................. 0 Capt. Quinton, b Tate ... 1 Robson, b Hartley ........... 9 D.A.Steele,c Bland,b Parris 14 C.Heseltine,cBrann,bBland 42 Baldwin, b Rat.jitsinhji ... 6 Kitchener, not out ........... 0 B 8, nb 3 .......................... 11 Second innings. b Parris ........... b Bland ........... b Bland ........... b Bland ........... c Bean, b Parris b Bland ........... b T a te.................. not out.................. b Bland ........... not out.................. 3 18 7 27 3 21 8 6 2 , 7 Total... ..218 * Innings declared closed, S u ss e x Lb 1, nb 2 ... 3 Total (8 wkts)*105 G. Brann, c H ill, b H eseltine..................23 J. C. Hartley, c Rob­ son, b Heseltine ... 6 K . S. Ranjitsinbji, c Lacey, b iieseltiue... 3 C. B. Fry, c Robson, b Beseltine................... 4 W . L. Murdoch, b H eseltine................... 0 W . Newham, not out 40 Second innings: G. Braun, not out, 43; K . S. Ranjitsinbji, not out, 21; C. B. Fry, lbw, b Baldwin, 10; B 7, lb 1, w 1.—Total (1 wkt), 83. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. ~ R. W . Bean (G.), run out . Pari is, st Robson, Hill ........................ Butt, b .Baldwin Tate, b H ill................ Bland, c Webb, Baldwin .. ... . B 4, lb 7, nb 1 . Total ... . .. 57 .. 3 .. 0 b .. 3 .. 12 ..156 Tate ... Bland... Parris... Hartley Ranjitsinhji O. 29 , 27 . 7 . 5 , 11 Second innings. O. . 20 . 26 M. R. W. 7 33 8 57 2 12 Total (9wkte.) 393 * Innings declared closed. Hartley delivered one and Bland four no-balls. S u ss e x . O. M. R. W . O. M. R.’ W . Baldwin ...........25-1 8 62 2 ............. 8 1 31 Kitchener........... 3 1 4 0 ............ 14 7 28 0 Hill .................. 10 2 23 2 ............ 6 1 11 0 Steele.................. 5 1 14 0 ............ 1 0 4 0 H eseltine........... 20 9 41 5 Heseltine bowled one no-ball, and H ill one wide.