Cricket 1897

Aua. 26, 189?. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 379 YORKSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Bradford on August’ 19, 20 and 21. Yorkshire won by five wickets. Although Yorkshire were without Peel (who has been suspended by the Yorkshire committee for the rest of the reason for reasons upon which it is not necessary to enter here) and Mr. Jackson, few people thought that Derbyshire, the most unlucky of coun­ ties, would give them a scare. But on a bowler’s wicket at Bradford the visitors had much the best of it on the first day, and on the second seemed to have the match in hand, until about an hour before stumps were drawn. The Derbyshire first innings realised 128, and but for the remarkably good bowling of Haigh, who at one time took five wickets in three overs for a single run, and had an average for the whole innings of six for 18, their total woulu probably have been much larger. Against the bowling of Davidson and Mr. Walker the Yorkshire team fared very badly, but a stand for the last wicket saved the game from absolute collapse, although as it was they were 45 runs behind. On Friday the wicket was still in favour of the bowlers, and again Haigh had a good analysis, while Wainwright was almost irresist­ ible. Bagshaw alone of the Derbyshire men made a large score. Yorkshire, with 166 to win, began badly enough by losing Tunnicliffe, Brown and Denton for 34. But then, when Derbyshire seemed almost certain of victory a stand was made by Wain­ wright and Hirst, who by steady cricket increased the score by 21. After this Mr. Milligan stayed with Hirst until stumps were drawn, when Hirst was not out 42, and nearly all danger of losing had gone by, as only 42 more runs were required with six wickets in hand. On Saturday Mr. Milligan was disposed of for a very useful 32, but Birst increased his score to 63 and carried his bat. D e r b y sh ir e First innings. L. G. W right, run out ... 7 S.H,Evcrshed,bWainwright 36 Chatterton, b Haigh ...........10 Bagshaw, c Wainwright, b Milligan .............................12 Davidson, c Milligan, b Wainwright .....................29 Storer, lbw, b H a ig h .............25 Sugg (W .), b Haigh ........... 0 E. Maynard Ashcroft, b H a ig h ................................... 0 G. G. Walker, b Haigh ... 0 Gould, b Haigh ................... 0 Hancock, not out................... 0 B 5, lb 4 ................... 9 Total ................... 128 First innings. Tunnicliffe, b Davidson ... 1 Brown, c Storer, b Davidson 13 Denton, c Chatterton, b Davidson .......................... 6 Wainwright,c and b Walker 0 Lord Hawke, b Walker ... 11 Mounsey, ndt out.................. 8 Haigh,cDavidson, bW alker 0 Hunter, c Gould, b David­ son..........................................19 Hirst, b W a lk e r ................. 0 F. W . Milligan, b Davidson 1 Moorhouse, c Chatterton, b Davidson .......................... 8 B y es.................. 16 Second innings, c and b Haigh ... 18 c and b Haigh ... 0 c Brown, b W ain­ wright .......... 43 c Denton.b Haigh 14 b Wainwright ... 4 c Tupnicliffe, b Wainwright ... 16 c Tunnicliffe, b Wainwright ... 0 c Hirst, b Wain­ wright ...........15 c Mounsey, b Haigh ........... 8 c Brown, bWain- wright ........... 1 not ou t................. 0 W ide ........... 1 Total ...120 Second innings, c Chatterton, b Davidson.......... 0 b Walker ...........11 run out.................11 c Sugg,b Hancock 33 Total notout..................63 c Chatterton, b Bagshaw...........32 not out.................. 7 B 8, nb 1.......... 9 ... 83 Total (5 wkts.) 166 D e r b y s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . Wainwright ... 22 8 44 2 , Hirst... ... ... 2213 39 0 Haigh ..........13 7 18 6 F. W . Milligan 7 3 17 1 Denton .............. 1 0 1 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ...16 1 5 39 5 ... 3 1 11 0 ... 17 3 62 5 ... 3 0 7 0 Milligan bowled a wide. Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . Davidson ... 19’1 12 23 6 ... Walker ... 19444 4 Second innings. O. M. R. W . Chatterton Hancock... Bagshaw.. Davidson bowled a no-ball. 28 12 51 15 3 46 1 0 7 5 0 19 9-3 1 34 NOTTS V . MIDDLESEX. Played at Trent Bridge on Aug. 19, 20, 21. Middlesex won by 56 runs. When Middlesex put Notts in a second time to make 168 on a wicket which was not easy, there was a fair chance of seeing a close fight, but when Shrewsbury was run out, and when some time afterwards Mr. Jones followed his example, the Notts men seemed to lose heart and to play without confidence. They had plenty of time to make the runs, and when only two wickets were down for 55, it seemed very probable that they would gain a victory, but Mr. Dixon and Mr. Jones began to try for short runs, with fatal results, and afterwards Middlesex always held the upper hand. The i-urprise of the matt h was the good bowling of W ebb, a young professional who assisted Middlesex for the first time. In the first innings he took seven wickets for 56 runs, going on at a time when Notts had much the best of the gam e; and in the second, three for 43; so that he made an extremely good dgbut. In the course of the match four innings stood out prominently. First must be placed the 162 of Mr. A . O. Jones, which was one of the best innings he has ever played, and was the most noticeable in that some of the side seemed quite unable to play the bowling. Another fine innings was that of Mr. Dixon, who, in partnership with Mr. Jones, give Notts aid which was very greatly wanted. The two other innings were played by Middlesex men. the first by Mr. Warner and the second by Rawlin—both worthy of very high praise. M id d l e s e x . First innings. H. B. Hayman, b Attewell 19 P.F.Warner,lbw, b Gregory 79 J. Douglas, b Daft ........... 0 Rawlin, b Attewell .......... 84 G.MacGregor,cGunn,bDench 31 R. S. Lucas, c Gregory, b D en ch .................................. 2 A. J. Webbe, lbw, b Atte­ well ..................................17 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, c Dench, b Attewell ... 20 C. M. Wells, not o u t .......... 15 Hearne (J.T.), b Attewell... 16 Webb, c Pike, b Gregory ... 1 B S, lb 3, nb 1 ...12 Total .......... 296 Second innings. b A ttew ell........... 1 b D a ft .................11 b Attew ell...........48 stPike,b Attewell 4 lbw, b Attewell... 42 c Dixon, b Atte­ well .................. 5 c and b Daft ... 18 c Jones,bAttewell 20 lbw, b Attewell .. 0 c Shrewsbury, b A ttew ell........... 5 n o to u t................. 2 B10, lb 3 ...13 T otal... ..169 First innings. Shrewsbury, b W e lls ........ 24 Mason, c Hearne, b Bawlin 0 Gunn (W .), c Webbe, b Rawlin .......................... 0 A. O. Jones, b W e b b ........162 J. A. Dixon, b W ebb.........58 Attewell, b W ebb ........... 0 Dench, b W ebb .................. 9 Daft, b W ebb .......... Guttridge, not out Pike, b W ebb .......... Gregory, b W ebb.......... B 16, lb 5 .......... Total ... Attewell Gregory Daft Guttridge Dench ... Jones ... First innings. O. M. R. W . 59 32 73 5 ., 25-3 6 57 2 . 31 9 61 1 . 12 3 43 0 . 15 6 29 2 .. 5 1 21 0 .. Second innings. run out ........... 3 b Hearne ...........23 b Wells ...........29 run out ...........11 b Hearne ........... 5 c Douglas,bWebb 16 c A. J. Webbe, b W ebb ........... 3 b W ebb ........... 0 c MacGregor, b Hearne .......... 9 b Hearne ........... 2 not out.................. 4 B 4, lb 2 ... 6 Total ...........Ill Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 45-4 24 ~ " 20 22 68 9 37 Guttridge delivered a no-ball. N o tts . First innings. O. M. R. W . Heame ... 28 15 45 0 . Rawlin ... 26 11 60 2 . Wells .......... 23 4 85 1 . W e b b ........... 1ST 4 56 7 . B.-Davenport 6 1 31 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 30-416 55 4 . . . 2 2 0 0 . . . 5 3 5 1 ... 24 8 45 3 T HE SURREY X I. IN 1896. A Descriptive Record of the Matches played in that Season. W ith Full Scores, Batting and Bowling Averages, &c., and a Portrait Group of the Team. 75 pp. Price 4d. net. At all bookstalls; and post free, 5d., from Merritt and Hatcher, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C SOMERSETSHIRE v. GLOUCESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Clifton on August 19, 20 and 21. Drawn. The first day’s play in this match was promising of a very interests g finish, for the home county had made 283, while Somerset had lost four wickets for 141. It was not at all a bad day’s work for the two sides to score 424 between them. At the commence­ ment of their innings Gloucestershire met with two great disasters, W . G. and Rice being both out in a very few minutes, but Wrathall and Board soon showed that there was not going to be a rot, while a little later Mr. Jessop came in and played one of his most attractive innings. He did not play with quite such abandon as usual when he first went to the wickets, but when he had got his hand in the bowlers were at a complete loss to know what to make of him. The scoring had always been rapid, for the first hundred had gone up in 70 minutes, before Mr. Jessop went in, and the second hundred, made during his innings, was put on even more quickly; in fact at lunch time the total was 175—preity good scoring for a couple of hours. The next 25 runs went up in ten minutes, and it was not until 217 that Mr. Jessop was at last bowled by Mr. Woods for a most valuable 90 made in 55 minutes. Towards the total Board had contributed a very well played 67. After Mr. Jessop left there was not very much more done by his side, except that Mr. Goodwin and Roberts made 54 between them in 55 minutes for the last wicket. Until Mr. Woods and Mr. F. A. Phillips came togeth< r for the fifth Somersetshire wicket the bowlers had a little the best of it, but their partner­ ship produced 49 runs before stumps were drawn, both being not out. On Friday no play was possible owing to rain. When play was resumed on Saturday there was not much chance of finishing the match, especially as the Somerset innings did not close until about half-past three. Gloucestershire went in again at a quarter to four, and everybody thought that they would comfortably play out time, but an unmistak­ able rot set in, batsman after batsman getting out for a small score, until at 57 for six wickets W . G. declared the innings closed, leaving Somerset only half an hour for batting. It may be mentioned that W . G. did not himself go in. Of course there was no time to get Somerset out a second time, and they made 51 for two wickets. G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . First innings. W . G. Grace, sen., c New­ ton, b Hedley .................8 R. W . Rice, lbw, b Tyler ... 6 Wrathall, b Woods ...........24 Board, c and b Robson ... 67 C. L. Townsend, b W oods 0 G. L. Jessop, b Woods ... 90 Second innings. not out...............13 b Robson ....... 0 c Woods, b Hed­ ley .................. 0 not out..................18 c Palairet, b Hed­ ley .................. 2 W . McG. Hemingway, b W oods..................................20 b Hedley ....... 0 W . G. Grace, jun., b Woods 5 A. G. Riehardson, b W oods 0 b Robson ... ... 2 H. S. Goodwin, not out ... 36 b Hedley .....17 Roberts, run o u t .................. 15 B 8, lb 4 ..........................12 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 Total..........................283Total (6 wkts) *57 * Innings declared closed. S o m e r se t . Y. T. Hill, c Grace, jr., i Robson, b Grace, sen. ... 18 29 6 12 G. Fowler, b Jessop.. A. E. Newton, c Rich­ ardson, b Grace, sn. Tyler, c Hemingway, b Grace, sen.............. Capt. Hedley, not out Leg-byes ........... b Townsend L. C. H. Palairet, Roberts ................ Nichols, b Townsend W . N. Roe, lbw, b Grace, sen. F. A. Phillips, c and b Grace, sen................92 S. M. J. Woods, b Jes­ sop ..» ................34 I Second innings: V. T. Hill, c Rice, b Townsend, 20; L. C. H. Palairet, c Hemingway, b Townsend, 27 ; Capt. Hedley, not out, 2 ; Byes, 2—Total (*2wkts), 51. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R .W . Total ..218 Second innings. Hedley ........... 20 7 66 1 . T y ler................... 29 2 70 1 Fowler ........... 10 3 24 0 Woods ........... 19-1 5 80 6 Robson ........... 9 7 17 1 .. Nichols ........... 4 2 14 0 Hill .. Roe ... S o m e r se t . First innings. O. M. R. W . Townsend........... 17 1 86 2 .. Roberts ........... 9 2 26 1 .. Jessop ............. 22 7 51 2 Grace, sen. ... 14’2 1 52 5 O. , 15 M. R. W . 6 22 4 14 7 16 2 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . . 7 1 37 2 . . 7 2 12 0