Cricket 1897

S e p t . 2, 1897. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 395 HAMPSH IRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Southampton on August 26, 27, and 28. Hampshire won by six wickets. W ith only one victory to their credit and nine defeits, Leicestershire entered upon their last chance of slightly bettering their position, and for the first pirfcof the match fortune favoured them so much, that at the end of the second day they had a good prospect of winning. Ooly about half an hour’s play was po*sib’e on the Thursday, during which Leices- shire made 36 for the 1>ss of Knight, Pougher being well in with his score at 21. A good deal of progress was made with the match on Friday, Pougher inerea<insr bin score to 39, and Mr. W ood, Mr. M ir- riott and Mr. Stock* all making useful a lditions to the t)tal. For Hampshire, Captain vVynyard and Mr. Hill were very successful with the ball. The Hamphire batting was not remarkable, and although Webb made 20 and Mr. Hill 32, the total was 55 below that of their opponents, who in their second innings had added 14 to their lead for the loss of one wicket. On Saturday the Leicestershire team on a difficult wicket could make nothing of Air. Hill, whose analysis was remarkably good, and Coe was the only m in who made a good score. Hampshire had thus to m ike less than they exp ^cted, but it was thought that it would take all their time to put on the 133 required to win. Thanks, however, to splendid cricket by Captain Wynyard, good batting by Barton, and a decidedly well played 42 (not out) by Mr. Lee, th9 runs were hit off without much difficulty. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. Knight, b Baldwin ............ 1 b H il l ................... 0 C. J. Wood, c & b Wynyard 28 c Bennett, b Hill 0 Pougher, b Wynyard ......39 b H ill................... 2 H. ti. Marriott, b Hill ... 32 b H il l...................14 Coe, c and b Wynyard ... 9 b Hill ..................28 It. C. Joyce, c Bennett, b Wynyard ..........................14 c B r o d h u r s t , b Oeeson, c Bennett, b H ill... 12 O. E. Rudd, b Hill ........... 3 F. W . Stooks, c Stee’e, Baldwin ........................ White<ide, c Heseltine, Baldwin .......................... 4 W oodcock, not out ........... 0 B13, w l ..........................14 Baldwin . lbw, b Hill... b Baldwin ... 23 b Baldwin . c Wynyard, b Hill not out.................. B 6, lb 5 ... Total ... 77 Second innings. Total ..............................179 H a m ps h ir e . First innings. Capt. E. G. Wynyard, b G eesm ........................................lt lbw, b C oe..........43 Barton, c and b Stocks ... 14 c and b Stocks ... 24 Webb,stWhiteside,bStocks 20 c W h it e s id e ,b Woodcock ... 4 R. A. Bennett, c Pougher, b Stocks ..................................... 0 A. J. L. Hill, run out . ... 33 b Stocks ...........10 F.E. Lacey,c Wood.b Stocks 4 not o u t ................ 9 C!. Heseltine, b Stocks ... 10 D. A. Steele, b Geeson ... 1 E, C. Lee, not out....................... 15 not o u t.................42 Baldwin, b Geeson ............. 0 B. M. L. B r o d h u r s t, b Stocks.................................. Byes .......................... Total........... „ 124 Lb 1, nb 1 ... 2 Total(4 wkts) 134 L e ic e st e r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Baldwin 30 10 55 3 ... ... 16.3 8 20 3 Heseltine ... 11 4 23 0 ... . Hill ........... 21 9 27 3 ... . 21 9 36 7 Brodhurst... 5 0 13 0 ... ... 2 2 10 0 Wynyard ... 21 6 47 4 ... ... 2 2 0 0 Hill bowled a wide. H a m ps h ir e . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. W oodcock... 4 1 7 0 . . . .. 5 1 20 1 Stocks 23.1 4 66 6 ... ... 16 3 43 2 Geeson 20 7 47 3 . ... 13.1 2 40 0 Wood. .. 3 0 13 0 Coe .. 6 0 11 1 Stocks bowled one no-ball. SURREY v. SOMERSET. SURREY LOSE THE CHAM PIONSHIP. Played at Taunton on August 26, 27 and 28. Somerset won by 66 runs. Very great importance was attached to the result of this match, for if victorious, or if they made a draw, Surrey might still win the champi inship, while if they lost they would have to give wav to I.ancashire. On Thursday it rained pretty nearly all day, so that no play was possible, an l it was evident that chance would enter largely into the result. It will le remembered that last year Somerset were victorious in this match, and that this year they were successful at the Oval, so that quite apart from the consideration of winning the county championship, there were reasons why Surrey shoul 1 make an extraordinary effort to win. The choice of first innings fell to Somerset, which was thought to be a great advantage, as the wicket was likely to become very queer by the end of the day. But the beginning of the Somerset innings was such as to cause consternation to the Iriends of the county. In Kichardson’s fir^t over >lr. L. C. H. Palairet was caught at the wicket; in Hayward’s first over, at the other end, Mr. Woods was caught at m;d-off, and with the total at 5 Mr. Hill was caught from a drive. Here were materials for a sensati >n. A rot had set in, and it continued in an alarming manner, Mr. Roe and Nichols both doing very little, and five wickets were down for 19. At this period of the game, Hayward, who had taken three wickets for 11 runs, serious'y injured his left hand and retired—a great misfortune. But the tide of success was not yet st yed, for Lees, who went on in place of Hayward, bowled Mr. Dunlop, with the total at 21, so that six wickets were down, and the game seemed certaio to end in an easy win for Surrey. From this moment, however, the fortunes of Somerset took a sudden turn, and for the rest of the match they were always on th-i up grade. A stand was made by Robson and Mr. G. Fowler, a stand of which the value was not to be estimated by the number of runs made, anl afterwards, Mr. Newton and Tyler made double figures. I q the meantime, R >bson had been playing wonderfully good cricket, and when he was at last bowled by Richardson, he had made 48. Thanks to the plucky play of the tail, the total came to 110, but this seemed little enough against such a strong batting team as Surrey. The wicket had, however, become very difficult when Surrey went in after lunch, and the opening of the innings was even worse than that of Somerset. A t 5, Brockwell was boauti- fu'ly caught by Mr. Fowler at mid-on. At 8, Abel, Mr. Druce, Mr. Jephson, and Braund were all out. This was about as bad as things could possibly be, and it was not much better when another wicket fell, with the total at 19. Then, as in the Somerset innings, a man was found to stand in the breach. This was Lees, who as usual, went for the bowling without any hesitation, and as Wood also managed to keep up his wicket, the score moun*ed considerably. But 8 wickets were down for 88, of which Lees was responsible for 41. Richardson did not last loag. and as Hayward did not come out to bat with one hand, the innings closed for 93. Tyler and Captain Hedley bowled exceedingly well. W ith a lead of 17 Somerset did very much better in the secon 1 innings, for when play ended the total was 142 for 5 wickets, 159 runs on. To Mr. dill, who hit brilliantly for 61, the favourable position in which the county stood at the close of the day was chiefly due; but useful innings were also played by Mr. Woods, Mr. L. C. H. Palairet, Mr. Dunlop, Tyler and Captain Hedley. The innings rdosed on Saturday for 193, Mr. Roe carrying his bat for a well played 31. Surrey had to make 211 to win, with heaps of time before them, so that there was no p >ssible question of anything but v otory or defeat. Opinions on the ground as to the probability of the task being accomplished varied considerably, but on the whole it was thought that Surrey might manage to win. The beginning of the innings was simply disastrous, for Brockwell was run out, with the total at 5. Mr. Druce and A tel then came together, and so well did they bat that danger of defeat seemed to be almost over; in less than three quarters of an hour they put on 57, Mr. Druee being tne first to go, for a finely played 32. It was tne turning point of the game when he was dismissed, and from this time Somerset began to forge ahead. When Lees came in, he again made things lively, and Mr. Key also looked like staying, but every now and then a wicket fell, and the prospect of victory became more and more remote. Wood car­ ried his bat for 13. and as Hayward did not bat, there was no excitement at the finish. S o m e r se t . First innings. S. M. J. Woods, c Lees, b Hayward .......................... 0 L. C. H. Palairet, c Wood, b Richardson .................. 0 V. T. Hill, c Brockwell, b Hayward .......................... 3 C. E. Dunlop, b Lees...........11 W . N. Roe, c Braund, b Hayward .......................... 5 Nichols, b Richardson......... 0 Rob on, b Richardson.............43 G. Fowler, c Jephson, b Lees 12 A. E. Newton, c Braund, b B rockw ell..........................11 Tyler, b Brockwell .......... 15 Capt. W. C. Hedley,notout 0 B 1,1b 4 ................... 5 Total ...................110 Second innings. c Braund, b Lees 14 b Richardson ... 18 c Brockwell, b Richardson ... 61 c & b Richardson 13 notout..................31 b Lees.................. 0 c Braun 1, b Lees 4 c Wood, b Rich­ ardson ...........16 lbw,b Richardson 0 c Lees, b Jephson 14 b Lecm...................17 B 3,lb 1, nb 1 5 Tot il 19J S u r r e y . First innings. Abel, b Tyler .. ........... 1 Brockwell, c Fowler, b Tyler 4 N. F. Druce, c Palairet, b H edley.................................. 3 Baldwin, h Robson .......... 15 D. L. A Jephson, c Fowler, b Hedley .......................... 0 Braund, lbw, b Hedley ... 0 K J. Key, c Newton, bTyler 10 Lees, c Hill, b Tyler .......... 41 Wood, not out ..................18 Richardson,c Dunlop,bTyler 1 IIlyward, absent, hurt ... 0 E xtras.......................... 0 Total ... 93 Second inning*. b Tyler.................. 30 run out.................. 1 cNewton,bTyler 32 lbw, b Robson ... 1 c Hill, b Robson 7 lbw, b Tyler ... 1 c Fowler, b Tyler 11 c and b Woods ... 20 not o u t.................32 b Robson ........... ft absent, hurt ... 0 Byes ........... 4 Total ...144 S o m e r se t . First innings. O. M. R. W . Richardson.. 19'2 5 41 3 Hiyw.trd ... 5 0 •ees ........... 8 Jr*phsoi . 2 Brockwell ... 5 Second innings. O. M. K. W. ... 29 3 11 68 5 11 3 ... 2 20 2 ... 0 11 0 ... 0 22 2 ... Braund Abel ... 8 60 4 0 23 1 2 13 0 2 9 0 0 15 0 Richardson bowled a no-ball. S u r r e y . First iunings. O. M. R. W , Hedley ... 16 5 29 3 .. Tyl-r .......... 15-1 2 41 5 .. Robson ... 4 1 13 I .. W o o d .......... 1 070 . . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 12 2 24 0 ... 29 1*> 67 4 .. 17-1 10 20 3 ... 11 1 29 1 INCOGNITI v. GENTLEMEN O ? SUSSEX.— Pliyed at Brighton on August 27 au 1 23. I s c o g n it i . First innings. Second innings. A. P. Snell, b Philcox ... 2 4 c Maurice, b Cie­ nain s ............ 4 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b A. E. Ridsdale .......................29 c Maurice, b A. E Ridsdale........ 15 H. H. Harrington, b C. L. A. Smith ...................... 47 c C. L. A. Smith, b Clements ... 4 A. C. S. Glover, c Philcox, b C. L A. Smith ........18 c A. H .T. Smith, b Clements ... 43 R;v. F. W . Blanl, c E. A. Ltidsdale, b Clements ... 45 b Philcox ... 12 C. W. Lin Isay, c E. A. Ri lsdale, b Clements T. A. Higson, b C. L. A. S m ith .................................. W. E. Martyn, c A. H. T., b U. L. A. Smith ......... A. E Holt, not out ........... A. Kobeits, b Clements ... L. E. G. Abney, c Papillon, b Clements.......................... B 3 ,lb 1 .......................... 8 c Maurice, b Phil­ cox .................. n )t out.................. runout... not out... Bye T otal.........................2ol Total (7 wkts) 10J Gentlemen of Sussex. First innings. Second inn ngs. H. G. Papillon, c Glover, b H igson.................................. 0 runout.................18 C. L. A. Smith,b Higson... 43 b Bosanquet ... 0 A. E. Ridsdale, c and b Hig­ son ............................... 10 b Abney ......... 18 E. A. Ridsdale, c Lindsay, b Higson ..............................25 b Abney ............ 2 A. H. T. Smith, c Bosan­ quet, b A b n e y .................... 2 b nigson ............ 9 G. B.ves, bHigson . ... 21 c and b Higson... 22 Rev. F. L. G. Maurice, b Higson................................... 8 b Higsin ............. 2 B. F. O. Dow la, b Bosan­ quet .........................................................2 c Glover, b Bosan­ quet .................. 26 P. H. Campion, not out ...5 1 cUigson.b Abney 2 C. Philcox, b H igson............ 0 b Bosanquet ... 13 F. Clemeuts, c Clover, b H igson.....................................29 n otou t................... 5 B 2 ly lb 2, w 1 ...........25 B 12, lb 5 ... 17 Total... ...216 Total ...131 A LL CRICKETERS should possess a copy of “ Cricket’s Year Bx>k.” P»ice sixpence. Con­ taining portraits of all the celebrities f -r the yeir in addition to a miss of useful informition. Copies can be had of all the railway bookstalls, news ige its, or (sev. npence by p<»st) Iroin CnckfA Office, 168, Upper Thames Street, K.C.