Cricket 1897

39 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 2 , 1897. M IDDLESEX v. KENT. Played at Lord’s on August 26, 27, and 28. Middlesex won by 53 runs. I The wicket at Lord’s on Thursday was greatly in favour of the bowlers, and Alec Hearne on the one hide and J. T. Hearne on the other had splendid autlyses. There was quite a collapse in the Middle­ sex batting at first, but when Mr. W ebbe and Mr. Lucas were together they made a determined stand, which was very usful to their side. Mr. Webbe made some remarkably pretty hits in his 19, and one drive of Mr. Lucas’s was quite in his best style. Kent soon lost Mr. Mason, but Mr. Rashleigh, who was about the only man on either side to play the sort of innings that Mr. Stoddart used in former days to play when the wickets were bad, knocked the bowl­ ing about vigorously, and finding a steady partner in Mr. Le Fleming, a younger brother of J. Le Fleming, he was able to make things look well for his side. But when he was out for a fine 49 there was a collapse, which was only stopped by the close of play. On Frid y morning the innings was brought to an abrupt conclusion. J. T. Hearne dismissing one man aft* r another for insignificant scores, although Mr. Le Fleming, w h) made a most successful debut for his county, increased his score to 40. Middlesex, twelve runs in airear. proceeded to play much better cricket than on Thursday, thanks to spirited batting by Mr. W arn-r and Mr. Douglas, who raised the bcore from 38 for one wicket to 103 before they were parted. Mr. Douglas played brilliant cricket for 70, and Mr. Warner was as safe as ever in making his 51. After this, W right h id a great time with the ball, taking five wickets for 11 runs. Kent were put in to make 203 runs, and at the end of the day they had scored 37 of them without losing a wicket. On Saturday morning, Mr. Mason and Mr. Rashleigh, the not outs, continued to bat so well that there were great hopes that Kent would win, for 78 was up before the two batsmen were parted. Mr. Mason was the first co go for 33, made in his best form, and Mr Rashleigh soon followed him for 42, an innings worthy of the highest praise. W ith the dismissal of these two batsmen Middlesex began to gain the upper hand. J. T. Hearne bowled with great effect, and very little further resistance was offered to the bowl- M iddlesex . First inniags. H. B. Hayman, b Hearne ... 1 P. F. Warner, b Hearne ... 7 J.Douglas.c Huish,b Martin 9 Rawlin,cRashleigh.bHearne 8 R. S. Lucas, c Martin, b Hearne..................................37 A . J. Webbe,cMason,b Shine 19 b W right H . R. Bromley-Davenport, c Shine. r» Hearne ........... 1 C. M. Wells, c Mason, b H earne................................. 3 H . Philipson, c Huish, b Hearne..................................14 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 3 W ebb, b H earne.................. 0 Byes ..........................10 Second innings. b Shine.................5 c and b Hearne .. I b Mason ........... \ b Hearne ........... Total ..112 K e x t . First innings. J. R. Mason, b W ebb........... 9 Rev. W.Raahleigh.b Hearne 49 L. J. Le Fleming, c Rawlin, b W ebb.................................40 H . C. Stewart, c Douglas, b Hearne.................................. 0 Martin, b H earne................. 0 Hearne (A .), b Hearne ... 8 G. J. V . Weigall, b Hearne 2 F. Marchant, b Hearne ... 0 W right, not out .................. 5 Huish. c Douglas, b Webb.. 0 E. B. Shine, c B-Davenport, b Hearne .......................... 8 Byes .......................... 2 Total ...................123 M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . M artin......... 26 5 57 1 .. H earne......... 32 18 36 8 . Shine ........... 8 5 7 1 ... M ason... -... 2 1 2 0 c Huish, b Mason 15 .. 12 c Shine, b W right 2 c Huish, bW right 16 n o to u t.................11 b W right ........... 0 c and b Wright .. 1 B 5, lb 1, nb 1 7 Total ...213 Second inningj. b Rawlin ...........33 b Hearne ...........42 cWebbe,b Rawlin 2 b Rawlin ........... 5 c Philipson, b W ebb.................14 cRawlin.bHearne 12 b Hearne .......... 17 c D o u g la s , b Hearne ........... 4 b Hearne ........... 7 notout.................. 4 c D o u g la s , b Hearne .......... 0 B 8, lb 1 .. 9 Total ...149 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 34 11 79 0 ... 26 7 57 2 11 3 32 1 11 2 27 2 W right 121 8 11 5 Mason delivered a no-ball. K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W . TT. arr e (J. T.) 35 4 20 49 7 . U aw l.n........... 5 3 10 0 . W ebb ........... 30 11 62 3 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 37-4 1655 6 ... 30 12 35 3 ... 27 10 5) 1 W ells 2 2 LANCASH IRE v. NOTTS. L A N C A SH IR E W IN TH E C H A M P IO N SH IP . Played at Old Trafford on August 26 and 27. Lancashire won by an innings and 40 runs. A t this time of the year, when the wickets are apt to be queer, no county, however strong, can venture to feel very confident of beating an opposing county, however weak, and although Notts have falleu to pieces of late, it was by no means certain ohat if they had the best of the luck, they would not make Lanca­ shire’s chances of winning the championship look very small. But as things turned out it was Lanca­ shire who was favoured by all the luck that there was about, and after batting on a fairly easy wicket they were able to put Notts in twice, at a time when bowlers were able to do what they liked with the ball. If anything had gone wrong with the Lanca­ shire batting on the first day the boot might have been on the other leg ; but a brilliant start was made by Mr. MacLaren and Ward for the first wicket, and although Baker and Tyldesl«y did nothing, the rest all played a little above their reputation. The county was greatly indebted to Mr. S. M. Crosfleld, who. when he makes his occasional appearance now­ adays in the first eleven, nearly always distinguishes himself. He had to ffo in at a moment when a mis­ take or two might have been disastrous, but he steadily kept at his wicket, despite the excellence of the bowling, and before the day’s play ended, when he was not out, 44, he had the pleasure of seeing the bowling completely mastered, and his side placed in an enviable position. Meanwhile I ’Anson, by vigorous cricket, made 50 in an hour, and Mr. Hornby, who, while he was in, did nearly all the scaring, made 25 in something like his old style, while Cuttell helped Mr. Crosfleld considerably. W hen stumps were drawn, owing to a heavy rain­ storm, the total was 259 for seven wickets, so that Lancashire had an excellent prospect of winning, inasmuch as the wicket was pretty sure to go wrong on the following day. W hen the game was resumed the sun was shining, and the wicket soon began to dry. Mr. Crosfleld increased his score to 58, and finally carried his bat, but nobody else did anything, and the innings closed for 284. Notts now had a trying time. It was next to impossible to make any­ thing of Briggs and Cuttell, and except for 19 by Shrewsbury, and a good 37 by Attewell, the scores were very small indeed—so small that a follow-on was necessary, when again the bowlers carried every­ thing before them. This time Gunn played a good innings, and the tail made a determined effort to save the innings defeat, but at about half-past five the match was over. L a n c a s h ir e . A.C. MacLaren, lbw, b Attewell .................. 45 Ward, c Dench, b Attewell .................. 42 Baker, c Jones, b Atte­ well .......................... 9 Tyldesley, c Jones, b D ench......................... 0 Briggs, c Shrewsbury, b Attewell..................14 S. M. Crosfleld, not out 58 I’ Anson, b Attewell... 50 A . N. Hornby, c Dench, b Attewell 25 Cuttell, c Guttridge, b A ttew ell.................. Hallam, c Dixon, b Dench ................... Radclitfe, st Pike, b A ttew ell................... B 8, lb 1, w 1 20 Total ..284 First innings. Shrewsbury, b Cuttell N o t t s . 19 2 Mason (P.), b Cuttell........... Gunn (W .), c Ward, b B riggs.................................. 4 A. O. Jones, c Radcliffe, b B riggs..................................17 J. A. Dixon, run o u t ........... 2 Attewell (W .),c Briggs, b Cuttell..................................37 Daft, c Radcliffe, b Briggs 2 Dench, c and b Cuttell ... 9 Guttridge, not out ...........12 Pike, c and b Briggs ........... 5 Wass, c Tyldesley, b Cuttell 3 B 4, lb 4 .......................... 8 Second innings, c I ’Anson, b Cut­ tell .................. 11 b Cuttell ........... 0 b Hallam ...........21 c Radcliffe, b Cut­ tell ................... 7 b Hallam ...........16 st Radcliffe, b Cuttell ........... 2 cBriggs,b Cuttell 8 c Hallam, b Cut­ tell .................. 5 c Tyldesley, b Hallam ........... not o u t .................16 lbw, b Cuttell ... 15 Total Attewell Wass Dench ...........120 L a n c a s h ir e . O. M. R .W . Total ...124 52 21 102 8 Dixon Daft Jones M. R .W . 24 0 18 0 13 0 0 0 1 26 0 35 10 91 2 Attewell bowled a wide. N o t t s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Briggs ........... 27 6 66 4 ........... 1 030 Cuttell ...........i8"410 45 5 ............. 27215 36 7 Hallam ........... 2 1 1 0 ........... 26 6 85 3 THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. YORKSH IRE v. M .C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Scarborough on Aug. 26, 27 and 28. Yorkshire won by 69 runs. It has been customary this season for the M.C.C. to put the weakest imaginable team in the field in first-class matches, and to emerge triumphantly from the encounter; in the Yorkshire match the M.C.C. team was of considerable strength, comparing very favourably indeed with that which beat Yorkshire at the beginning of the season at Lord’s—and yet it was beaten easily. Mr. Spofforth made his usual appear­ ance at Scarborough, and although his bowling, taken all through the match, was not destructive, he had a period o f great success at the beginning of the York­ shire innings when at one time he had disposed of Mr. Jackson, Tunnicliffe, Brown and Denton, at a remarkably small cost. After this, however, his success practically ended. On the other hand, Mr. Jessop bowled well in both innings, in the first taking five wickets for 36. Wainwright batted ex­ ceedingly well for Yorkshire in the first innings, making 62 in an hour and forty minutes, and Haigh also played a useful innings. When the M.C.C. went in Carpenter played good cricket for 33 and Davidson carried his bat for 27 ; the rest of the team could do nothing against Hirst and Haigh, the former especially being very difficult. In the Yorkshire second innings Mr. Jackson played a bold game, and with Brown as a partner put on 115 runs in an hour and a quarter. The amateur’s fine innings in­ cluded a drive out of the ground off Mr. Spofforth and 9 fours. Brown made 46 in his best style, but the re­ mainder of the team did very little. In this innings Mead was very destructive with the ball. The M.C.C. had to make 227, and at close of play on Friday had lost six wickets for 111, so that they seemed out of the run­ ning. Mr. Chinnery and Chattertonboth played well. The innings was soon brought to a close on Saturday morning, but not before Mr. Yernon had shewn that though he does not play much in first- class cricket now, he is by no means played out. Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. F. S. Jackson, b Spofforth 15 Tunnicliffe, b Spofforth ... 0 Brown, c Burns, b Spofforth 17 Denton, c Chatterton, b Spofforth .......................... Wainwright, c Storer, b Jessop..................................62 Hirst, c Chinnery, b Jessop 11 F. W . Milligan, b Jessop ... 0 Moorhouse, b Jessop........... 5 Lord Hawke, lbw, b Spof­ forth .................................. 4 Haigh, notout ...................21 Hunter, c Board, b Jessop 7 B 4, lb 3 ........................... 7 Second innings. b Mead ....... 72 b Mead ....... 10 b Mead .......46 1 b Mead ....... 0 >2 c Storer, b Mead 10 . b Jessop ......17 Ibw, b Mead ... 8 lbw, b Mead ... 9 b Jessop ......... 2 not out................. 0 absent, hurt ... 0 B23,lb 6, nb2 31 T otal.........................150 Total ...205 M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . First innings. Second innings. Carpenter, b Haigh ...........33 H. B. Chinnery, c Hirst, b b Haigh ... ... 4 H a ig h ..................................12 c and b Hirst ... 24 Chatterton, b Haigh ........... 0 b Haigh ... ... 35 Storer, lbw, b H a ig h ...........16 c and b Haigh ... 16 Davidson, not out ...........27 G . L . Jessop, c Milligan, b c and b Jackson 23 Hirst .................................. 7 c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst................ .. 3 Board, b Haigh ................... 0 b Hirst................ .. 17 Mead, b Haigh ................... 0 b Jackson ... ... 7 Burns, b Hirst ................... 7 not out................ .. 6 G . F. Vernon, b Hirst ... 0 b Haigh ... ... 15 F. R. Spofforth, b Haigh ... 1 b Jackson ... ... 0 B 25, lb 1 .................................... 26 Byes ... ... 7 Total .................................... 129 Total ...157 Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. O. M . R. W. Spofforth Mead ... Jessop 10 80 5 ... 13 6 27 0 ... 18 6 36 5 Davidson Second innings. O. M. R .W . .. 20 6 62 0 . 29*2 7 64 7 .1 3 3 25 2 3 23 0 Davidson delivered two no balls. M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O.M. R. W . Haigh .......... 25*311 46 7 .......... 13 6 41 4 Wainwright ... 8 2 12 0 ......... 3 0 16 0 Jackson ........... 7 1 24 0 ............ 13‘2 2 37 3 H irst.................. 10 3 21 3 ............ 20 5 47 3 Milligan 5 1 9 0