Cricket 1897

A pril 22, 1897. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 83 LORD H A W K E ’S TEAM IN THE WEST IND IE S . (Continued from page 61.) THE ST. LUCIA MATCH. (Eleventh of the Tour.) Played at St. Lucia on March 16. Lord Hawke’s team won by 278 runs on tho first innings. In this one day match the home team were sent first to the wickets, according to what has become quite a common custom of the captains of the two English teams this year. St. Lucia gave Bromley- Davenport and H. D. G. Leveson-Gower an oppportunity of improving their bowling averages, and were all out for 69, of which T. Dyer, who played a sound game, made no lees than 23. After an excellent start by Warner and Bardswell, who put on 108 before they were separated, the Englishmen had matters all their own way. Lord Hawke was in great form, and in his innings of 108 made some splendid hits, including three sixes. S t . L ucia . H. Evelyn, cWickham, b Leveson-Gower ... 9 T. Dyer, b Leveson- Gower ...............23 W . Howell,b Bromley- Davenport ......... 9 J. Romeo, c Whatman, b B-Davenport ... 0 R. Webster,b Bromley- Davenport ......... 0 J. G a r r a w a y , b B-Davenport......... 8 Pte. Hall, b Leveson- Gower ................. 5 Bmbr.Browne,cBards- well, b B-Davenport F. Barnard,c L-Gower, b B-Davenport J. M. Salmon, c L- Gower, b B-Daven­ port .......................... II. Volney, not out ... B 6, lb 3 ........... Total ... P. F. Warner, run out 71 G. R. Bardswell, c Romeo, b Evelyn ... 38 R. Berens, b Hall ... 9 A. D. Whatman, c Brown, b Webster... 4 Lord Hawke,cBarnard b Hall ....................108 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower b Webster ............ 3 H. R. B-Davenport, c Dyer, b Hall ..............15 L ord H awke ’ s T eam . C. Heseltine, c and b Hall .......................... 0 R. W . Wickham, b Webster .................. 34 A. E. Leatham, not out ..........................20 W.H.Wakefield,bHall 0 B 40, lb 4, w 1 ... 45 Total ...347 S t . L ucia . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Heseltine ... 12 8 8 0 1 L-G ow er 14 5 17 3 B-Davenport 23 14 31 7 |Leatham 3 1 4 0 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Webster Hall ... Howell Evelyn... , 23 28 , 12 11 6 56 3 5 90 5 1 47 0 0 35 1 Garraway 9 2 28 0 Salmon ... 3 0 20 0 Romeo ... 7 1 26 0 THE FIRST BRITISH GUIANA MATCH (Twelfth of the Tour.) Played at Georgetown, Demerara, on March 26, 27, and 29. Lord Hawke’s team won by seven wickets. It was agreed by the captains to play each of the matches against British Guiana to a finish. Lord Hawke on winning the toss did not put his opponents in, and it was wise that be sent in his own men first, for the home team was distinctly strong in bat­ ting. It cannot be said that the beginning of the innings was encouraging to the Englishmen, for Warner, Berens, What­ man, and Lord Hawke were all out for ~2. At this crisis, Leveson-Gower began what proved to be a wonderfully good innings, and gave the home team a lesson in batting which ought to be of the greatest use to them in the future. He was not very well backed up on the whole, but Bardswellplayed another of his fine innings, and Leatham greatly dis­ tinguished himself. The latter came in with the score at 214 for eight wickets, helped Leveson-Gower to raise the score to 316 in an hour, and was at last bowled for 43, an innings which included seven 4’s. It was unfortunate for British Guiana that they had to bat for half-an - hour before stumps were drawn, for they lost two of their be3t wickets in that time for 28. The team never quite recovered from this bad beginning, and the total only reached 136, tha highes? score being made by G. O. Learmond. In the follow on, a far different exhibiti< >n of the game was given, and most of the leading batsmen came off. Learmond again did well, but the chief honours belonged to S. W. Sproston and W. E. Goodman. The former only missed his hundred by five, and played remarkably good cricket, as indeed did Goodman. The two batsmen raised the score from 58 for four wickets to 194. With 49 to make, the visitors lost two wickets for seven runs, and a third wicket before the game was won. L ord H awke ’ s T eam . G. R. Bardswell, c and b King ...................77 P. F. Warner, lbw, b K in g ..........................19 - — ? C. Heseltine, b King... 3 R. W . Wickham, b W right .................. 5 A. E. Leatham, b Wright ..................43 W . H. Wakefield, not out .......................... 0 Extras ...........18 R. Berens, b King A. D. Whatman Sproston, b W eber 5 Lord Hawke, run out 0 H. D. G. Leveson- Gower, c and b King 136 Total ...322 H. R. B-Davenport, b W iight ................... 9 Second Innings: Bardswell, lbw, b Vyfhins, 4; Warner, b King, 2; Berens, not out,-2 ; Whatman, not out, 18 ; Leatham, c Weber, b King, 22 ; extra 1. —Total (for three wickets), 49. B ritish G uiana . First innings. G.C.Learmond,b Heseltine, 33 B. H. Bayley, b Heseltine... 0 O. Weber, c Heseltine, b Davenport.......................... 0 S. W . Sproston, b Heseltine 20 W.E.Goodman.cWhatman, b Davenport .................. 5 E. F. Wright, c Wickham, b Davenport.......................... 14 A. B. Clarke, not out.......... 29 W . P. Weber, b Heseltine 9 C. H. King, c Heseltine, b Wickham .......................... 11 A. G. Bell, c Whatman, b W ick h am .......................... 6 H. Yyfhins, c Hawke, b Wickham .......................... 0 Extras .................. 9 Second innings. b ... 22 ... 3 Total ..........136 c Heseltine, Davenport b Davenport c Bardswell, Davenport c Bardswell, Heseltine c Davenport, b Wickham ... i c Wickham, b Heseltine.......... c Heseltine, b Davenport ... not out.................. b Heseltine........... b Heseltine.......... b Wickham Extras ... Total ...2 L ord H awke ’ s T eam . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . King ... ... 88*2 6 108 5 ... ... 9-1 2 31 2 Vyfhins .. 24 9 67 0 ... ... 9 3 17 1 W eber........... 10 2 49 1 Wright .. 20 6 52 3 Sproston ... 4 0 28 0 B ritish G uiana . First Innings. Second Innings. Davenport Heseltine... W ickham... Gower O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . 52 7 62 3 ........... 26 5 81 4 21 2 41 4 ........... 23 7 49 4 6.4 3 It 3 ......... 174 4 49 2 4 0 18 0 ........... 5 0 1!) 0 Leatham 3 0 17 0 THE DERBYSHIRE COLTS’ MATCH. Played at Derby on April 19 and 20. Drawn. N o t e . —In the second innings of the Colts, some of the bowlers were put on against their own side. A very slow wicket discounted the chances of the batsmen very greatly, an 1 the colts did not show to any advantage. Warren was very successful with the ball against them, and Storer, who went on last, took nine wickets for 43. At the close of the first day’s play, the eleven had only scored 29 for the loss of four wickets, and had still a leeway of 57 to make up. On Tuesday the rest of the eleven collapsed in a remarkable manner, and the total made was less than that of the Colts by 21. In their second innings the Colts did badly, with the single ex­ ception of Houseman, who hit well for 36 out of 62. As stated above, it was thought advisable to give the Colts’ bow­ lers another chance of distinguishing themselves, and, therefore, they were al­ lowed to bowl in the second innings of their own side. There could be no possi­ ble objection to this. It is, of course, unnecessary, under the circumstances, to give the bowling analyse.'. T he C olts . Second innings, run out ........... 5 First innings. H. Bostock, c Warren, b Davidson ... .................. 7 E. O. Houseman, c sub., b Warren ........................... 1 \Y.Ellis,cEvershed,b Purdy 5 S. Taylor, b Davidson.......... 0 T. Brown, b Davidson ... 0 A. H. Smith, b Warren ... 0 H. Leivers, b Storer .......... 4 W. Prince, c Marsden, b Warren .......................... 0 W . Slater, b Storer ........... 0 H. J. Thompson, b Storer 0 F. Wright, c and b Storer 19 H. Hardy, c sub., b Storer 0 W. Ryley, c Davidson, b Storer .................................. 0 W .Birkett,c Purdy.b Storer 1 lt.Hyde,st Wilmot, b Storer 10 A. Steeples, c and b Warren 0 R. Steeples, b VYarren ... 5 W . Lee, b S torer.................. 1 J. J. Bourne, c Marsden, b Warren ........................14 A. Hancock, b Warren .. 0 O. A. Wibberley, c and b Warren .......................... 2 W. B. Delacombe, not out 10 B 3, lb 4 .................. 7 b Bourne ... b Sugg.......... b Bourne ... b Bourne ... b Hancock ... b Bourne b Hancock . b Bourne . b Bourne . 35 6 0 0 c Sugg, b Bourne 0 not out.. . " ........... 1 b Bourne ........... 1 Extras........... 2 Total..................86 Total (12 wkts) *62 * Innings declared closed. T he E leven . b E llis.................. 7 Bagshaw, b Lee ..................17 Storer, not out ..................12 Bourne, did not bat ........... 0 Davideon, c Prince, b A. Steeples .......................... 2 Warren, c Smith, b Lee ... u Sugg, c Leivers, b Lee ... 1 G. A. Marsdtn, b Hyde ... 5 S. H. Evershed, b Leivers... 0 L. G. W right, c and b Bir- kett .................................. 2 Hancock, did not b a t........... 0 E. M. Ashcroft, b Birkett... 4 T. Purdy, lbw, b Wibberley 14 W. Wilmot, c and b Thomp­ son.......................................... 5 ! Thompson, b Warren ........... Extras Total.. c Smith, b W ar­ ren .................. 0 b Birkett ........... 5 b Smith ........... 5 run out ........... 0 c Brown, b Bir­ kett .................. 6 E x tra s.......... 7 Total (7 wkts) 38 A LL Cricketers should get particulars of W . H. Gray’s “ Masterpiece Driver.” Catalogue and General Price List post free from 8, Goswell lload, London, E.C.