Cricket 1898

140 ORIOKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 19, 1898. SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on May 16, 17, and 18. Essex won by six wickets. This, the first match of the season for both Surrey and Essex, was one which each side was particularly anxious to win. There had been very little opportunity of knowing whether most of the players were in form, and he would have been a bold man who could venture to lay odds on either team. To win the toss was not an object of ambition to the captains, for the wicket was in the state when a man is not sorry to let another man have the responsibility of batting first, but when Mr. Key was successful, it did not eeem worth the risk to put Essex in. The beginning of the game was disastrous for Surrey. Abel and Brockwell, the two men who have made so many long stands in part­ nership for the first wicket, were both out when the total was only nine. The question as to whether or not a rot would set in was decided when Baldwin and Hayward were together, for they gradually took the edge off the bowling until a fairly large score seemed possible. When Baldwin went for a careful 20, Mr. Jephson began one of his most useful innings, and when it was almost time for luncheon he was still at the wicket, with Hayward as a partner. At this period of the game things looked well for Surrey. But a few minutes before lunch Hayward was caught at the wicket for an exceedingly good 61, and four wickets were down for 118. After this there were no other long partner­ ships, and wickets at first fell too rapidly to be pleasant, but at the end of the innings Lees and Richardson gave valuable help to Mr. Jephson, and the total was not far short of 200. Mr. Jephson kept up his wicket until Richardson, the last man, was in with him ; he had made 50 by the most painstaking cricket. By the end of the day the game was in such a position that neither side could claim an advantage, for Essex had lost five wickets for 108. There was nothing remark­ able in the batting; but nearly everyone made a useful score. There was certainly nothing to foreshadow the brilliant way in which the innings was closed on the next morning, although Mr. Turner was not out 25, and Mr. Street, also not out, had made some good hits in his 17. The next wicket fell at 123, and the seventh at 150. Still there was nothing in the game. But as time went on it was found that each man who came in to partner Mr. Turner was able to give him'valuable assistance, and before the eighth wicket* fell the Surrey total was passed. The 200 went up just before the ninth wicket fell, and it appeared as if Essex had got to the end of their tether. Mr. Turner, who had been batting for about two hours and a half, had not yet made his 50. Mead now came in. Although he has often enough shown that he is capable of making runs, nobody can have dreamed that before he was out the score would have approached periliously near to 300, and that Mr. Turner would have more than doubled his total. But from playing a most pronounced barn-door game, the young amateur suddenly changed his method, hitting with the utmost fieedom, while Mead kept up his wicket, and occa­ sionally got a four. The Surrey bowling was in a knot, and things began to look ominous, for there was no telling where the score would stop. At last, with the total at 289, Lees managed to bowl Mead, and Essex had a lead of 101. Mr. Turner carried his bat for 102, an innings which was divided into two distinct parts, each of which was a masterpiece in its way. It was now very uphill work for the Surrey team, more especially when Abel was again out almost at once. At the close of the day four wickets wrere down and Surrey were 27 runs o n ; Hayward and Mr. Crawford were both set when darkness prevented play. This was not at all promising, although one can never tell what the Surrey tail may do. But with the exception of Hayward and Lees, the batsmen were not able to make any prolonged resistance, and when the innings closed there was not very much left for Essex to do, provided the wicket still kept good. Hayward had played a wonderfully good innings for 85, and was out to a wonderful catch. Thanks chiefly to good cricket by Mr. McGahey, Essex soon knocked off the runs. Lockwood made his re-appearance in the Surrey team, and in bowling had as good an analysis as anyone on the side. S urrey . First innings. Brockwell,c Russell,b Kort­ right ............................... 8 Abel,cMcGahey,b Kortright 0 Hayward,cRussell,b Turner 64 Baldwin, c Russell, b Mead 20 D.L.A.Jephson,lbw,b Mead 50 V.F.S.Crawford.bKortright 2 K. J. Key, lbw, b Mead ... 1 Lockwood, c Kortright, b Mead ............................... 0 Lees, b Mead........................21 Wood, st Russell, b Bull ... 6 Richardson, not out ......... 13 B 1,1b 2 ................. 3 Total .................188 E ssex . First innin?s. H. G. Owen, c Wood, b Richardson........................18 Carpenter,c Baldwin,b Hay­ ward ...............................13 P. Perrin, c Brockwell, b Lockwood.........; .......... 5 C. McQahey, st Wood, b Hayward ........................ 5 A. J. Turner, not out......... 102 A. P. Lucas, b Richardson 25 F. Street, b Richardson ... 26 C. J. Kortright, b Lockwood 24 Russell,c Brockwell,b Lock­ wood ...............................26 F. G. Bull, b Lockwood ... 4 Mead, b Lees........................34 B 1, lb 5, nb 1 .......... 7 Second innings. b Kortright ... 23 c Lucas, b Bull... 6 c Carpenter, b Kortright ... 85 c and b Mead ... 2 c Russell, b Kor- right............... 11 cKortright,b Bull 14 b Kortright..........11 c McGahey, b Kortright ... 4 not out.................23 c Street, b Bull... 14 c Owen, b B ull... 0 B 6, lb 1 .......... 7 Total..........200 Second innings b Richardson b Lockwood c Baldwin, Richardson ... 1 ... 15 b ... 14 notout................40 c Wood, b Lees... 12 not out................ 17 Total Leg-bye........ 1 ...289 Total (4wkts)...100 S urrey . First innings. . Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Kortright .. 22 8 48 3 ... ... 34 11 82 5 Bull.............. .. 24 5 67 1 ... ... 25 2 4 60 4 Mead ... ... 31-3 13 46 5 ... ... 22 6 42 1 Carpenter . . 2 0 12 0 ... McGahey . . 3 0 11 0 ... Turner ... . .. 1 0 1 0 ... ... 3 0 9 0 E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Richardson ... 31 8 108 3 ... ... 14 2 53 2 Lees .......... ... 14 4 6 39 1 ... ... 6 1 It 1 Lockwood ... 25 8 62 4 ... ... 11 3 23 1 Hayward ... ... 18 3 42 2 ... ... 2 1 2 0 Jephson ... ... 4 0 18 0 .. Brockwell... ... 3 0 13 0 ... Abe1 32 2 7 0 Lockwood bowled one no-ball. YORKSHIRE v. SOMERSET. PJayed at Bath on May 16, 17 and 18. Yorkshire won by 108 runs. At this time of the year Somerset is generally a county which can be beaten with­ out much difficulty, and it is not likely that many prophets felt themselves called upon to foretell a victory against Yorkshire. But the feelings of the home team can very easily be imagined when six of the Yorkshiremen were out for the very small total of 42. There were left H irst, Rhodes, Lord Hawke, H aigh and Hunter to uphold the honour of the famous Yorkshire tail, which has over and over again saved the side when it has been almost in extremis. A slight stand for the sixth w icket made matters look better, but eight men were out at 65. A fter this the tail began to assert itself. Lord Hawke proved to be in such excellent form , and was so well backed up b y H aigh, that the total was raised to 148 before the ninth wicket fell, and the innings Closed for 163. Rhodes, the new Yorkshire bowler, was far too difficult for the Somerset men, and Mr. Palairet alone made a score o f over 20. A t the end of the day each side had played an innings, Yorkshire leading b y 59 runs. On Tuesday m orning, in threatening weather, some excellent batting was seen when Mr. Jackson and Tunnicliffe were at the wicket, so that the useful lead was considerably increased before rain came down and caused play to be abandoned for the day. Some remarkable cricket was seen on W ednesday. Thanks to M r. Jackson’ s 45 overnight, and innings of 50 and 39 by T u n ­ nicliffe and Denton, the Yorkshire captain was able to declare at a quarter past one, leaving Somerset to make 234. The w icket, however, helped the bowlers so considerably that the home team collapsed in a most decided manner. Rhodes was again irresistible, and Haigh also had a fine analysis. Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. Brown, b Tyler ................. 2 b Fowler ........... 10 Tunnicliffe, b Fowler.......... 5 c F ow ler, b Robson ..........50 F. 8, Jackson, c Newton, b Fowler...............................10 b Woods ........... 45 Denton, b Tyler ................. 3 b Robson ...........39 Wainwright, b Fowler ... 12 st L. Palairet, b Tyler................. 7 Hirst,cR.Palairet,bFowler 20 st L. Palairet, b Tyler.................11 F.W. Milligan, lbw, b Fowler 4 c R. Paliiret, b Robson .......... 2 Rhodes, c Nicholas, b Tyler 7 not out................. 5 Lord Hawke, b Tyler..........50 Haigh, not out .................39 Hunter, c Fowler, b Tyler... 7 B l, n b 3 ................ 4 B 3, w l,nb 1 5 Total ........ 163 Total (7 wkts.)*174 * Innings declared closed. S omersetshire . First innings. Second innings. L. C. H. Palairet, c Brown, b Jackson ........................26 st Hunter, b Rhodes .......... 1 Robson, b Jackson .......... 9 cHaigh,bRhodes 0 R. C. N. Palairet. b Jackson 2 b Khodes .......... 6 Nichols, c Hunter, b Rhodes 17 b Haigh .......... 0 W . Trask, b Bhode* .......... 2 not ou t................ 2 S. M. J. Woods, b Rhodes.. 3 b Haigh .......... 4 G. Fowler, c Hunter, b Rhodes............... ..........14 c Wainwright, b Rhodes .t. ... 9 A. E. Newton, st Hunter, b Rhodes ........................16 absent.................... 0 Tyler, b Rhodes ................. 6 b Rhodes .......... 2 Smith (D.), c Hunter, b Rhodes............................... 2 st Hunter, b Rhodes .......... 0 Smith (W .), not o u t .......... 3 c Jackson, b Haigh .......... 7 L^g-byes................ 4 B 3, lb 1 ... 4 Total ...104 Total ... 35 Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. 11. W. Fowler.......... 32 11 65 5 ............ 19 10 30 1 Tyler ..........32’1 7 68 5 .......... 23 3 47 2 Robson.......... 3 1 160 ........... 20 8 40 3 W oods.......... 2 0 100 ........... 10 0 27 1 Smith, W . ... 6 1 19 0 Ty!erbowlel three no-balls. S omerskt . First innings. Seconl innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. R. W. Jackson.......... 25 8 573 ............ Haigh .......... 11 4 190 ............ 13 8 10 3 R hodes..........134 4 247 ........... 13 6 21 6