Cricket 1897

432 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e pt . 16, 1897. N orth . C. W. Wright, c Abel, b T-,illey. not out ... Richardson ......... 5 Peel, bRichardson W ard (A ), b Richard- A t t e w e ll ( SV.), son .......................... 0 Richardson ... Gunn W .], b Rich- ('lit 1-11, b Martin ardson..........................10 Hallam. h Martin Davidson, (A .),b Rich- B 13, lb 1, nb 3 ardson..........................39 Baker, b Richardson... 0 Total........... F. Mitchell, c Brann, b Martin ................... 3 Second innings:—C. W . Wright, not out, 32 ; Ward ( \.). b Hearne. 4 ; Gunn ( W .). c Butt, b Rich­ ardson. 38 ; Davidson (A .), not out, 2 ; b 8, lb 2,10.— Total (2 wickets) 83. .. 76 .. 1 b .. 0 ... 2 ... 0 ... 17 ..153 S o u t h . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hallam 15*1 3 29 4 ...........23 8 41 2 Peel ........... 9 1 29 0 .......... 10 2 28 0 Cuttell........... 16 3 29 4 ...........13-3 6 12 4 Attewell ... 10 2 17 2 .......... 26 11 11 4 Attewell delivered two wides. N o r t h . O. M. R. W. O. M R. W . Richardson.. 25 11 47 7 ...........143 6 26 1 Townsend . 15 1 44 0 ........... 2 0 8 0 M artin......... 13*3 5 27 3 ........... 9 2 22 0 Brockwell ... 2 0 15 0 Hearne 2 0 3 0 7 2 17 1 Grace 2 1 3 0 Richardson delivered three no-balls. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. Played at Hastings on September 20, 21 &22. Players won bjr 17-5 runs. On glancing down the names of the Gentlemen, one wondered where on earth the bowling was to come from if the wicket happened to have had time to recover from the heavy rains. Mr. Milli­ gan, Mr. Townsend and the Doctor were not a formidable trio, and it looked as if Mr. Brann would have to be the second change. At any rate his reputation as a bowler was at least on a level of that of W. G. junior or Mr, Mitchell, which is perhaps not saying very much. But the Doctor is a believer iu trying new hands, and so put on Mr. Y. F. S. Crawford as first change. The move was not success­ ful, although the young bowler was not hit about. W. G. junior was then given a chance, and to him fell the first wicket. Ward had batted patiently and well for 25 out of a total of 52. Another stand was made by Brown and Abel, who had previously brought his total up to 2,000, but at last when the two professionals seemed set for the day Mr. Brann got rid of them both. He had an analysis which must have surprised him—20 overs, 31 runs, 2 wickets. Guun was the only other batsman who made a large score; but he was in great form and his 58 was worthy of him. The tail were got rid of in very quick time by Mr. Milligan; the last five wickets, all of which fell to the Yorkshire amateur, only put on 12 runs. The Gentlemen had only a few minutes batting, Mr. Crawford and Mr. Townsend being the victims selected to go through the ordeal, which one of them, Mr. Crawford, did not survive. On Tuesday morning, Mr. Mitchell, who had gone in over night when Mr. Craw­ ford was bowled, began what turned out to be the finest innings of the Festival. Partnered by the Djctor, after Mr. Townsend was dismissed for 14, he played a very fine game, in the style which gained him a good reputation a few years ago. In two hours he made 84 out of 123, and shewed conclusively that he has by no means lost his bitting. Thanks chiefly to him and to W. G. who, as usual, played fine cricket in making his 46, the Gentlemen made a tie with the Players on the first innings, a result which was hardly expected. Richardson took most of the wickets. In their second innings the Players put on 52 without losing a wicket before stumps were drawn, Abel, who has quite renewed his form, being not out 28 and Ward not out 19. On Wednesday morning the weakness of the Gentlemen’s bowling was exposed to all the world. Changes were quite ineffective for a long time. But at last Abel was got rid of for an excellent 60, and his place was taken by Brown, who very soon made himself at home. Meanwhile Ward shewed no signs of moving. However, after he had made his hundred he was dismissed by Mr. Milligan, and in a short time the innings was closed at 242 for two wickets. There did not seem much chance of finishing the match, but Richardson was in form, and made things so surprisingly uncom­ fortable for the Gentlemen that they could only put on 67, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Milligan alone making double figures. P la y e r s . First innings. Second innings. Abel, c Milligan, b Brann .. 69 c Crawford, b Stewart ...........60 Ward (A .),lit wkt.,b Grace, j un...............................................25 b M illigan.........Iu3 Brown.c W ickham ,b Brann 2<> not out.....................50 Brockwell, c Grace, ju n .,b Mitchell ................................14 Gunn (W.)» c Brann, b Grace, sen..................................60 Davidson, c Wickham, b M illigan ...........................13 Baker, c and b Milligan ... 1 Lilley, c Townsend, b Milli­ gan ...................................... 1 not o u t ................. 2 Peel not out .. ...................... 5 Attewell, c and b Milligan 3 Richardson, b Milligan ... 4 B 6, w 2, nb 1 ........... 9 Extras.......... 22 Total ..................214 * Innings declared G en t l e m e n , V. F. S. Crawford, b Rich­ ardson... .......................... 4 C. L. Townsend, st Lilley, b P e el..................................19 F.Mitchell,cAttewell. b Peel 84 W.G.Grace,sen., b Richard­ son 46 H.C. Stewart, b Richardson 13 11 G. Brann. b Richardson ... W. L. Murdoch, st Lilley, b Attew ell.......................... 1 C. W. Wright, b Richardroa 4 F. W. Milligan, lbw, b Attewell .......................... 0 W. G. Grace, jun., b Rich­ ardson ..................................16 Rev.A.P. W ickham ,notout 8 B 4. lb 3, w 1 ........... 8 Total ...*242 closed. c Peel, b Richard­ son .................. 5 b Richardson ... 4 c and b Attewell 8 b Richardson c Davidson, Richardson b Richardson b Attewell ... b Attewell ... c Davidson, Richardson b Richardson not out........... Bye Total ..214 Total ... 67 P layers . O. M. R. W.O. M. R. W . M illigin ... 29 13 62 5 ............. 31 14 76 1 Townsend ... 11 2 28 0 ............. 15 3 37 0 Crawford ... 6 3 14 0 ............. 11 4 21 0 Grace, jun.... 7 4 13 1 ............. 12 5 18 0 B ran n.......... 20 8 31 2 ........... Mitchell ... 11 2 34 1 ............. 10 4 19 0 Grace, sen.... 7 0 23 1 ............. 3 1 6 0 Stewart ... 5 1 10 1 Murdoch .. 5 3 7 0 W right .. 6 0 25 0 Mitchell deliverei two wides and Townsend one, and Crawford three no-balls and Wright one. ftKNTLKMEK. O. M. R. W.o . M. R. W . Richardson .. 44*816 98 6 ..............15 4 5 43 7 Attewell ... 28 17 44 2 ............. 16 6 23 3 Davidson ... 16 6 16 0 ............. Brockwell ... 5 1 17 0 ............. Peel .......... 14 0 31 2 ........... Peel delivered one wide. CR ICK ET IN IN D IA . BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PARSEES. Played on the Bombay Gymkhana Ground on August 20 and 21. Brawn, The great match of the Bombiy season was sadly interrupted by rain. All Bom­ bay “ society,” including H E. the Governor, Lord Smdhurst, turned out to see the contest, while the crowd rolled up iu its thousands. From the time that the first ball was bowled until the Presidency team, weakened by the absence of some of its best players, managed to stave off defeat at the last moment, the bowlers were masters of the situation, so that there were continual opportunities for the spectators, who were mostly na*ives, to express their feelings by lou l shrieks of joy or sorrow. The Parsees had the advantage of batting first, and as the bowlers were occasionally handicapped by a wet ball during the innings, the score was fairly large, thanks to the plucky batting of the tail. Despite the weakness of the English team, no one anticipated that it would break down completely in batting, but remarkable bowling by Bharucha and Pavri upset all calculations. The highest score was 12. The innings had been stopped by rain on the first day, with the score at 19 for two wickets. When the Parsees went in again, with a lead of 39, it was thought that they had a good chance of winning, and as the innings produced five more runs than the first they put in the Presi­ dency to make 12o. Three hours still remained for play, so that there was plenty of time to get the runs or to lose the match. It was very soon seen that the question of winning need not be con­ sidered at all, for, apart from the fact that none of the batsmen seemed capable of forcing the game, the wicket was in such a condition that the bowlers were able to do what they liked with the ball. A stand of an hour and a half was made by Cheetham and Browne, who brought the score from 14 to 43 by painfully slow cricket. But after Cheet.ham went for 22 the game seemed over. However, Browne still continued to keep up his wicket, hardly ever bothering about runs, and in the end defeat was save!, the Englishmen having three wickets in hand. Browne was bitting for about three hours at the rate of five and a third runs per hour. P arsebs . First innings. Secondinnings. B. D. Gagrat, e Hall, b Sinclair ................... 8 c Jardioe, b Sin­ clair .. ....... 7 D. E. Mody, b Cheetham... 2 cHail,bCheetham 1 K. M. Mistry, c Vines, b Sinclair ... ... ... ... 1 b Cheetham.......24 D. C. Dtruwalla, c Hall, b Sinclair ................... 16 b Sinclair ......... 14 D. D._Ivingi, q Harrington, b Sinclair ................... 5 c Sangster, b Cheatham.......10 B. C. Machliwalla, st Hall, b Cheetham.................. 5 b Cheetham....... 5 D. M. Raji, c Fairfax, b Cheetham................... 22 lbw, b Sinclair ... 3 Dr. Pavri, c &b Cheetham 8 c Jardine, b Cheetham....... 3 R. E. Mody, lbw, b Si iclair 1 runout........... 12 D. N. Writer, b Cheetham.. 11 c Jardine, b Cheetham....... 2 H. K. Bharucha, not out .. 1 notout............. ‘2 Extras................... 1 Extras........ 3 Total . 81 Total.. N E X T ISSUE, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 28.