Cricket 1898

150 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 26, 1898. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Cambridge on May 10, 20 and 21. Drawn. Under ordinary circumstances this match would have almost certainly been interesting, for the county had never previously opposed the University. But the rain came and spoiled everything—or almost every­ thing. The mat« h at least served one useful purpose, in that it showed conclusively that Rawlin is by no means played out as a boiler. At one period during the first innings of Cambridge he had taken four wickets for 7 runs, and finished up with a far better analysis than any other of the bowlers. On the first day play was carried on under great difficulties until luncheon, when six Cambridge wickets bad fallen for 63, of which Mr. Burnup claimed 25 as the result of an hour and a half’s batting. On Friday there was no play, owing to rain. The wicket was so greatly in favour of the bowlers on Saturday that only two scores were made over 20. One of these was by Mr. Coode, the Cambridge Senior, who has shown such promise this year; the other was by Mr. Head, a Middlesex player who is not one of the regular members of the team. His 43 was by far the highest innings of the match, and perhaps the best. No less than three men were run out during Ihe Middlesex innings, and as Trott, who had hurt his hand very badly on the Thursday, could not bat, the bowlers could only divide six wickets among them. Mr. Jessop made his reappearance in the Camlridge team, but it was not one of his days by any means, for he scored only 2 and 4, and bowled 16 overs without taking a wicket. C ambridge U niversity . First innings. C. J. Buraup, c Wei's, b Rawlin...............................25 G. G. Heslop, c MacGregor, b Eawlin ........................ C. R. Worthington, lbw, b Trott ............................... 11 J. H. Stogdon, b Trott ... 0 Second innings. 5 W a r n e r , b Heame .......... 6 14 c Wells, b Rawlin 1 G. L. Jessop, c Hayman, b Rawlin............................... A. T. Coode, c Wells, b Eawlin............................... C. E. M. Wilson, b Eawlin T. L. Taylor, c & b Hearne A. E. Hind, lbw, b Heame H. H. B. Hawkins, not out E. F. Penn, c Hayman, b E aw lin.............................. B 11, lb 1 ................. b Eawlin ... c Hayman, Hearne ... , 10 2 cWebbe,b Rawlin 4 not ou t.. not ou t.. B 3, lb 1, w 1... 5 Total (5wkts) 45 Total .................1C9 M iddlesex . G. MacGregor, run out Hearne (J. T.), e and b W ilson................. Phillips, not out.......... Trott. absent hurt ... B 3, w 2, nb 2 ... H.B. Hayman,run out 16 P. F. Warner, c W il­ son, b Hind .......... 3 J. R. Head, c Penn, b Hawkins.................43 R. S. Lucas, run out... 4 Rawlin, b B ind.......... 5 L. S. Wells, b Wilson 10 Total A. J.Webbe, c Heslop, b W ilson................. 5 C ambridge U niversity . ...102 Hearne Trott .. Rawlin Jessop Hind ... First innings. O. M. R. W. .......... 35 24 20 2 ......... .............. 24 8 42 2 .......... .......... 33 1 15 35 6 ......... Hearne bowled a wide. M id d lesex. O. M. R. W . ... 16 5 26 0 1Hawkins... 18 6 35 2 IWilson Second innings. O. M. R. W . 15 7 23 2 15 7 17 3 O. M. R. W. 10 2 27 1 7 1 4 7 3 Hawkins bowled two wides and Jessop two no-balls. HAMPSTEAD v. STOICS (12 a-side).—Played at Hampstead on May 18. S toics . K.W.Brittan.cHebert, b Morgan.................22 C. E. E. Lee, b Hebert 1 F. H. Holton, c Mc­ Donald, b Marsden 43 A. W. Rammell, b Hebert .................34 H. A. H. Carson, b Wilson ................. 3 Campbell - Roberts, b Hebert ................. 0 F. M. Carr, b Hebert W.J.Haycraft, not out P. Roberts, run out ... S. G. Felce, b Hebert B. Rennie, b Hebert... C. E. G. Lee, lbw, b Hebert ................. Extras................. Total H ampstead . E. Whinney, c and b Boberts .................20 C. K. McDonald, b Haycrafc................. 1 W. T. H. Danl.y, c Carr, b Eammell ... 81 A. A. Carter, H. R. Hebert, E. L. Marsden, D. H. Morgan, H. Wilson, H. G. Price-Williams and F. V. Selfe did not bat. SOMERSET y . HAMPSHIRE. Played at Bath on May 19, 20 and 21. Abandoned. It was perhaps as well for Hampshire that this match was not played out, for they were by no means at their full strength. A certain amount of play was possible on the first day, but on Friday and Saturday not a ball was bowled. The chief feature of the match, as far as it went, was the safe and careful hatting of Captain Poore, who, after doing exceed­ ingly well at Lord’s in an M.C.C. match, made his first appearance for the county. He went in first and carried his bat for 49 out of a total of 97 ; his innings included four 4’s, of which three were made in an over. Tyler, as usual on a slow wicket, was very diffi­ cult to play, but successful as he was his analysis was not as good as that of Robson, who, going on late in the innings, took five wickets—three with successive balls - for 14 runs. The only Hampshire batsman except Captain Poore who did well was Barton. In the course of twenty minutes batting Mr. Palairet and Mr. Trask put on 30 runs for Somerset without being parted. Then the rain came down. H ampshire . Capt. R. M. Poore, not out ........................49 Barton, lbw, b Tyler... 18 Webb, c D. Smith, b Tyler........................ 8 A. J. L. Hill, b Robson 6 W. Andrew, b Robson 1 C. G. Ward, c D. Smith, b Robson ... 0 D. A. Steele, c Robson, b Tyler ................. 7 S omerset . L. C. H. Palairet, not out, 20; W . Trask, not out, 10.—Total (no wiiket), 30. R. C. N. Palairet. ,G.. Fowler, S. M. J. Woods, Robson, Nichols, Tyler, Smith (D.), Smith (W.), and Cranfield did not bat. C. Heseltine, c L. Palairet, b Tyler ... C. Bobson, b Tyler ... Baldwin, c R. Palairet, b Robson................. Light, b Robson.......... B 1, lb 2 .......... Total .......... Fowler Tyler... H am pshire. O. M. R. W. 7 2 30 01 Woods 26 9 39 5 IRobson Som erset. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. , 5 3 12 0 132 5 14 5 O. M. R. W. A.J.L.Hill... 5 1 15 0 1Baldwin .. 5 2 15 0 M.C.C. AND GROUND y. NOTTS. Played at Lord’s on May 19, 20 and 21. Abandoned. Weak as was the M.C.C. team which went to Oxford, it was powerful as compared with thatwhich opposed Notts. If the match could have been played on a perfect wicket the result would no doubt have been interesting. As matters turned out it made very little difference whether the men were all champions or mediocrities, for play only lasted three quarters of an hour, during which Notts were at the wickets. Before the rain came Shrewsbury and Mr. Dixon had just got comfortably settled. N otts . A. O. Jones, c Huish, J. A. Dixon, not out... 14 b Roche ................. 7 — Shrewsbury, not out... 14 Total (2 wkts) ... 43 Gunn (W .), c Huish, b Roche ................. 8 I Attewell (W.), Dench, Pike, Gunn (J.), Henson, Riley (J.) and Wass (T.) did not bat. M.C.C. and G round. C. P. Foley, F. Mitchell, C. Lawrence, Lord Brack- ley, Hon. J. S. R. Tufton, Burns, Thompson, Roche, Overton, Huish and O’Halloran. N otts . O. M. R. W . Roche ... 11 6 17 2 I Overton Thompson 9 3 22 0 1 O.M .R.W . ... 1 0 4 0 W. S. Hale, not out ...141 A. R. Trimen, not out 12 Extras.................18 Total (3 wkts.) 273 LANCASHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on May 19, 20 and 21. Abandoned. At last Leicestershire, after a most distressing and weary period of failure, can point to a splendid per­ formance. They had very much the best of the draw against their formidable opponents, who cannot have been very greatly grieved when they first found that it was impossible to finish the match. It is true that if Lancashire had been in the same position as Leicestershire on the morning of the third day the match would probably have ended in their favour, for they would have forced the game for all they were worth, and left time to get their opponents out. But Leicestershire preferred to play abarndoor game, and bo missed their chance. The large total (for these days) of 318 made by Leicestershire was not this time due to the play of a couple of men alone, for four of the side distinguished themselves. The chief credit belongs to Tomlin, who in three hours and a quarter made 106, a fine innings', which included thirteen 4’s. Mr. Wood played an exceedingly careful innings of 51, Brown made a valuable stand with Tomlin, putting on 108 runs in partnership with him, and Woodcock astonished the bowlers at the end of the innings by making 62 not out by the most vigorous cricket. When Lancashire batted Ward was four.d to te in great form ; he was at the wickets for three hours and a half for 115, when he was run out. Except for 31 by Baker and 22 by Tyldesley, the batting of the Lancastrians was not remarkable. On b’aturday morning the position of the game was that each side had played an innings and Leicestershire were 99 runs on. The game was interrupted several times by the bad light, and as Leicestershire contented them­ selves with playing an extremely steady game, it became pretty obvious that the result must Ye a draw. In the end play had to be abandoned at half­ past four. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. E. de Trafford, b Cut'ell 9 c Smith, b Cuttell 1 C. J. B. Wood, c Smith, b Cuttell..............................51 c Smith, b Cuttell 20 Knight, b Cuttell.................11 c Hornby, b Mold 23 Pougher, c Cuttell, b Briggs 13 b Cuttell .......... 9 Tomlin, b Cuttell.................106 not out................. 15 Coe, st Smith, b Cuttell ... 0 b Mold................ 7 Brown, st Smith, b Briggs .. 38 Whitehead, b Cuttell.......... 5 Geeson, lbw, b Cuttell ... 0 Woodcock, not out ..........62 not out................... 7 Whiteside, lbw, b Briggs ... 9 B 5, lb 9 .................14 Byes................... 8 Total (5wkts) 90 Total .............. 318 L ancashire . Baker, b Coe .............31 Ward, run out ..........115 Sugg (F.), e White­ side, b Coe .......... 0 Tyldesley, lb w , b Woodcock ............ 22 Cuttell, b Geeson ... 11 I’Anson, c Whitehead, b Wood ................. 1 S.M. Tindall, b Wood­ cock .......................... 16 Briggs, c Whiteside, b Woodcock ......... 6 A. N. Hornby, c and b Geeson.................11 Smith fC.), st White­ side, d Geeson.......... 1 Mold, not out .......... 1 B 1, lb 3 .......... 4 Total ...219 L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M.R. W. Mold................. 47 17 99 0 .......... 21 4 39 2 Cuttell .......... 68 36 74 7 .......... 32 37 35 3 Briggs .......... 41*3 12 107 3 ........... 12 7 8 0 I’Anson .......... 50 16 0 ................ Tindall .......... 4 1 8 0 ........... Pougher Geeson . Coe .. . L ancashire . O. M. R. W. O.M. R. W. 10 2 29 0 IWoodcock 31 10 56 3 , 381 1258 3 Whitehead 5 1 7 0 ,18 5 40 2 |Wood ... 7 2 25 1 ESSEX y . SUSSEX. Played at Leyton on May 19, 20 and 21. Abandoned. Fresh from their victory over Surrey, it was in the nature of things that Essex should win the toss and bat on a wicket which promised to be remarkably queer by the time that Sussex went in—for rain was in the air; but it was not by any means in the nature of things that all the advantage which they had gained should be thrown away. But what avails it to be a strong county when the clerk of the weather steps in ! Not particularly awe-striking at any time, the Sussex bowling was greatly weakened by the absence of Tate ; and when Mr. Owen and Carpenter had sampled it they set to work to lay in a stock of runs towards their averages. Mr. Owen, who scored much more quickly than usual, was the first to go, with the total at 67, of which he claimed 42. Mr. Perrin came in, and, aa he soon got settled, another long stand seemed likely to be made, but with the total at 114 Carpenter was bowled by a full pitch. Play had lasted for five minutes over the hour; it lasted no longer, for'the rain came down. E ssex . H. G. Owen, c Butt, b Killick .................42 Carpenter, b Parris ... 51 P. Perrin, not out B 4, lb 3, nb 1 13 8 Total (2 wkts)...114 C. McGahey, F. Street, A. J. Turner, A. P. Lucas, C. J. Kortright, Russell, F. G. Bull and Mead did not bat. S ussex . W. L. Murdoch, G. Brann, W. Newham, L. de Montezuma, Bean (G.), Bland, Parris, Butt, Cox, Killick and Vine. E ssex . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Bland ...10 1 42 0 IKillick ... 7 0 35 1 Cox ............ 6 0 23 0 1Parris......... 8 1 6 1 Killiok bowled a no-ball.