Cricket 1897

M a r c h 25, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 37 ■who boasted that, while bis arm retained its strength and skill, Victoria should never knuckle under to New South Wales ? But then uprose Spofforth and Edwin Evans, and Sam’s boast went the way of other boasts, and Sam’s piteous plaint was: “ But what are we to do when they’ve got a cannon on at one end and a corkscrew at the other ? ” Wills— T. W. Wills—was undoubtedly one of the best all-round men Victoria ever had, or Australia either, for that matter, but his time was too early for the days of English tours. Stoddart and P. P. Warner are the shining lights of the two West Indian tours—a happy augury for Middlesex in 1897. Clifford Goodman, the Barbadian bowler, would appear to be a really first- class man, but on the whole it would not appear that the West Indies could raise at present anything better than a team capable of meeting our second-class counties. That, I think, they might do with fair prospects of success, and that reflects a good deal of credit on their perseverance and enthusiasm, considering the difficulties they must have had to surmount. J.N.P. L O R D H A W K E ’S T E A M I N T H E W E S T I N D I E S . (Continued from page 30). T H E A L L T R I N I D A D M A T C H (R eturn). (T h ird o f th e tou r.) P layed at P o rt o f Spain on F ebru ary 5 and 6. T rin id a d w on h y 5 w ickets. L obd H awke ’ s T eam . P. F. Warner, c Plummer, b Cumberbateh ...................30 eD’Ade,b Rudder 25 R. Berens, e Constantine, b o Rudder, b Cum- W oods..................................23 berbatch....... 1 H. 1). G. Leveson-Gower, c and b W oods ................. 4 b Curnberbateb... 4 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, b Woods .......................... 6 c&bCumberbatch 0 J. M. Dawson, b W oods ... 0 c Smith, b Cum­ berbatch ...........10 Lord Hawke, c W oods, b c Constantine, b Cumberbatch ...................26 Woods ........11 C. Heseltine, c and b Cum- c Constantine, b berbatch .......................... 6 W oods .......... 6 A. D. Whatman, c Harra­ gin, b W oods .................. 0 c Attale, b W oods 0 A.E.Leatham,lbw, b Woods 4 c Plummer, b Cumberbatch... 1 R. W . W ickham, not out.. 20 runout.................. 0 W . H. Wakefield, b W oods 12 n otou t.................. 0 Extras .......................... 19 Extras .......... 5 Total ...........180 T o ta l........ 63 A ll T rinidad . A. Warner,lbw, b L.-Gower 38 lbw, b Davenport 32 M. Smith, b L.-Gower ... 27 c L e a th a m , b H. Hutton, c Davenport, b Davenport ... 3 L.-Gower .......................... 0 b Davenport ... 1 L. 8. D’Ade, st Wakefield, b L.-Gower.......................... 3 not out....... 15 A. E. Harragin, b L.-Gower 4 b Davenport ... 6 L. Constantine, lbw, b L.- G ow er..................................35 b Davenport ... 1 C. Attale, b Heseltine.......... 1 A. Cumberbatch, c and b Heseltine .......................... 0 notout........10 E. A. Plummer,b Davenport 5 J. Woods, c Wakefield, b Davenport ........................... 5 8. Rudder, not out ... ... 0 Extras .......................... 6 E x tras............. 3 Total.................. 123 Total (5wkts) 71 L ord H awke ’ s T eam . „ T O. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W . Woods ................. 28 9 46 7 ........... 13 8 21 3 Cumberbatch ...29 11 65 3 ........... 16 4 26 5 Rnd d er................. i j o o ............... 4 l 11 1 A ll T rinidad . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Davenport .......... 8 1 29 2 ........... 11 3 25 5 Heseltine ......... 10 1 28 2 ........... Leveson-Gower ... 22 3 49 6 ........... 6 0 24 0 Wickham ......... 12 5 11 0 ........... 5 0 19 0 THE ST. GEORGE’S C.C. MATCH (GRENADA). (Fourth of the tour.) / S? Played at Grenada on February^) and 11. Lord Hawke’s team won hy fwickets. Owing to the heavy seas with which the coast line of Genada had been favoured it was found on the first morning of the match that the course of the river St. John had been diverted for the time being, and had flooded part of the road which led to the cricket ground. This led to some entertaining scenes, as foot passengers had to be carried over on the backs of enterprising individuals who saw a chance of increasing their income. St. George’s batted first, and lost two wickets for 8 runs. A stand was then made by H. A. Martin and H. O. Payne, who both made runs with some difficulty, although they raised the score to 46 before they were parted. Martin is the Bannerman— only in the sense of batting slowly—of the St. George’s team, and when he was out for 23 he had enjoyed a couple of hours at the wicket. After his dismissal a rot set in, and whereas only four wickets were down for 58 the whole team was disposed of for 91. Towards the end of the innings Bromley-Davenport, in at­ tempting to stop a hard drive back to him, broke a bone of one of the fingers of his left hand. The visitors did not make a much better start than their opponents, losing two wickets for 22, but after this the stand of the innings was made by A. D. Whatman and H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, who both made some fine hits in their scores of 48 and 42. As an experi­ ment, the St. George’s captain tried an over of lobs during this partnership, Hughes for the time discarding his usual style of bowling. The experiment was not considered to be a success. When stumps were drawn Lord Hawke and J. M. Dawson were in, with the score at 160 for seven wickets. On the following morning the innings soon came to a close, Lord Hawke carrying his bat for a well hit 24. Except that Martin again played a valuable innings for St. George’s and that there were 20 extras, the second innings of the home team was not in­ teresting from the point of view of batting, but it showed Lord Hawke in great form as a lob bowler. The visitors only had to make 24 in their second innings. St. George’s C.C. H. A. Martin, st Whatman, b Leatham ..........................23 c sub,b Hawke... 30 G. A . de Freitas, c Hawke, b Davenport .................. 0 c ‘Whatman, b Heseltine........... 9 W . H. Mignon, c L.-Gower, b Leatham.......................... 1 run out................... 2 H. O. Payne, c Hawke, b Davenport.................. ... 18 b Heseltine........... 0 A . G. Hughes, c Davenport, b Leatham ..........................10 c andb Warner... 0 J.B.Wells,lbw, b Davenport 1 runout................... 5 M. E. H. Martin, c Hawke, b Leatham .......................... 8 c Heseltine, b Hawke ........... 6 J. McCoy, st Whatman, b Leatham .......................... 8 c Whatman, b Warner ........... 1 D.Thompson, lbw, b Daven­ port 7 e Heseltine, b b H awke........... 4 H. Alexander, notout.......... 1 notout....................16 D. Kerr, run o u t.................. 0 b Hawke ............ 0 L. Kerr, b Warner ........... 3 b Warner ............11 Extras..........................31 Extras .............20 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, c L. Kerr, b Mignon .......................... 5 R. Berens, b H ughes...........10 not out................. 2 A . D. Whatman, st Thomp­ son, b Alexander ...........48 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, c and b Mignon ...................42 G.R.Bardswell,lbw, b Wells 10 C. Heseltine, c De Freitas, b Wells .................. ... 12 R. W . Wickham, b Mignon 0 b Mignon .......... 5 J. M. Dawson, b Mignon ... 12 not out.................14 Lord Hawke, not ou t...........24 W . H. Wakefield, b Mignon 0 b Mignon .......... 0 A. E. Leatham, c Hughes, b Mignon .......................... 2 cL.Kerr,bHughes 2 H. R. Bromley-Davenport, absent, hurt ................... 0 Extras.......................... 7 Extras ........... 1 Total (3wkts) 24 Total...........172 S t . G eorge ’ s . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 2 16 0 Total ... T otal...........104 First innings O. M. R. W . B.-Davenport ... 17 9 22 4 .. Leatham ...........15 3 36 5 .. Wickham ........... 6 4 6 0 ................ Heseltine ........... 7 3 8 0 .......... 21 14 13 2 L.-Gower ........... 8 3 8 0 ........... 2 0 4 0 1-11 0 1 ........... 9 4 12 3 H a w k e .......... 11 2 34 4 Wakefield ... 5 3 5 0 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . Warner First innings Hughes ... Mignon ... Wells ................... 14 4 36 2 ... Payne ................... 9 0 28 0 ... Alexander ........... 2 0 9 1 ... Second innings. 15 1 48 1 ..............5 1 8 1 18 3 44 6 . 8 3 10 2 2 0 5 0 THE ALL GRENADA MATCH. (Fifth of the tour.) Played at Grenada on February 12 and 13. Lord Hawke’s team won by an innings and 18 runs. L ord H aw P.F. Warner,c Straker, b M ignon.................. 4 R. Berens, c Hosten, b H ughes.................. 29 A- D. Whatman, c Straker, b Hughes .. 23 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, b H ughes... 28 Lord Hawke,bMignon 3 G. R. Bardswell, c and b Hughes.................. 1 kejs T eam . J . M. Dawson, c and b Hughes ...................26 C. Heseltine, b Hughes 10 A. E. Leatham, b Hughes ................... 4 R. W . Wickham, b Hughes ................... 2 W . Wakefield, not out 1 Extras................... 7 Total A ll G renada . First innings. H. A . Martin, b Heseltine... 7 J. McCoy, b L.-Gower ... 0 Straker, b Heseltine 11 H. O. Payne, b L.-Gower... 1 A. G. Hughes, c Wickham, b L.-G ow er......................... 1 Benjamin, c Bardswell, b L.-Gower ........................... 2 W . H. Mignon, c Warner, L.‘ Gower ..........................11 G.A. DeFreitas, b L.-Gower 6 Hosten, not out .................. 4 J. Wells, b Heseltine........... 0 Hutchinson, c Bardswell, b Heseltine .......................... 4 Extras... ................... 4 Second innings, absent, hurt ... 0 c Wickham, b Leatham...........17 c Leveson-Gower, b Wickham ... 2 run out................... 1 c Wickham, b Leatham........... 1 c Heseltine, b Leatham........... 0 not out................ bWifikham st Wakefield, Wickham b Bardswell lbw, b Warner . Extras ... , 23 2 Total ... 51 T o ta l...........69 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . O. M.R. W . O. M.R. W. Mignon ... 21 9 38 2 1W ells............ 2 0 8 0 Hughes ... 19 4 52 8 Payne.............4 0 15 0 Benjamin... 3 0 18 0 | A ll G renada . Heseltine j L.-Gower First innings. Second innings. 9 21 4 ... 7 26 6 ... Leatham Wickham Warner Bardswell 19 17 3