Cricket 1898

182 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JrrNB 9, 1898. SURREY y . LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on June 2, 3 & 4. Drawn. With one or two considerable interruptions from rain, a fair amount of progress was made in this match on the first day, which ended with the game in a very promising state for Surrey. All through the day the bowlers had much the best of it. Brock­ well alone obtained anything like a mastery over the bowling ; his innings of 76 not out was a fine piece of cricket. Towards the end of the inniDgs, Street, who had found a p’.ace in the team in the absence of Mr. Jephson and Hayward, upheld the honour of the tail. W hen Leicestershirewent in for fifty minutes batting, Lockwood was irresistible. Four wickets fell, all to his bow ling, for 86. There was not much cricket at Leicester on Friday, but by the time that play ended for the day. Leicestershire had given a good account of itself. Three more wickets fell, but from 36 for four wicket8the score had been brought to 102. The lest innings was played by Coe, who was not out 29. Lockwood took two of the three wickets, thus bring­ ing his total up to six. On Saturday morning he in­ creased it by two more, the whole eight only costing him 44 runs—an admirable performance. Coe again played excellent cricket. With very little proppest of finishing the match, Surrey did w*ll in the second innings, and with three wickets down Mr. Key de­ clared the innings closed, although there was only a very r mote chance that Leicestershire would be dis­ posed of in three-quarters of an hour. The Surrey bowler.* worked exceedingly well, but Leicestershire had not much difficulty in making a draw. S urrey . Lockwood, c Tomlin, b Pougher .......... Lees, c Wood, b King Wood (H.), c Wood, b Pougher .......... Richardson, c White­ side, b King ... .v Byes ................. 10 Total ..168 Abel, c Whiteside, Coe ........................17 Brockwell. not out ...76 Holland, b Pougher ... 4 V. F. S. Crawford, c and b Pougher .. 0 Braund, c and b Coe... 6 K. J. Key, c Brown, b Geeaon .................11 Street, c Pougher, b K in g ................. ... 22 Second innings : Abel, c and b Geeson, 39; Brock­ well, lbw, b Geeson, 23; Holland, st. Whiteside, b Geeson, 11; Y. F. S. Crawford, not out, 3; bye 1. Total (3 wkts.), *8). *Innings declared closed. L eicestershire , First inning*. Second innings. Knight, c and b Lockwood 3 b Lockwood ... 2 C. J. B. Wood, c Wood, b c Wood, b Rich- Lookwood........................15 ardson ............ 0 Tomlin, b Lockwood ........ 0 Pougher, c Braund, b Lock­ wood ............................... 7 C.E deTrafford,bLockwood 14 Whiteside, b Lockwood ... 10 KiDg,cBraund,b Richardson 13 Brown, not out .................19 Coe, c Street, b Lockwood... 40 Geeson, b Richardson.......... 4 Woodcock, b Lockwood ... 5 not out ... c Key, b Lees b Lees.......... b Lees .. ... B 2, W 2 .................... 4 Extras ... 0 Total ...184 SURREY. Total (5 wkts.) 27 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. King .......... 26.3 8 50 3 ... ... 6 0 12 0 Geeson.......... 15 3 81 1 ... ... 9 2 2 25 3 Pougher 27 7 64 4 ... ... 22 8 26 0 Coe .......... 16 7 19 2 ... ... 7 2 16 0 L eicestershire O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Richardson . . 22 8 42 2 .. ... 6 2 8 1 Lockwood . . 43 25 44 8 ... ... 6 2 12 1 Lees ... . . 19 11 15 0 ... ... 4.4 3 1 3 Crawford 3 1 5 0 Abel ... . 2 0 13 0 Brockwell 5 1 8 0 Street ... . 8 1 3 0 ... ... 6 2 6 0 Richardson and Lockwood each towled a wide. ESSEX y. YORKSHIRE. THE MATCH OF MISSED CHANCES. Played at Leyton on June 2, 3 and 4. York* shire won by three wickets. Last Friday nielit this match was in as interesting a position as could possibly be desired by the most enthusiastic seeker after excitement. Yorkshire with nine wi kels to fall, had to make 126 runs to win. As the batsman who had been disposed of was Brown, and as the wicket was almost certain to be in favour of the bowlera, prophets had a rare oppor­ tunity of distii guishing themselves if only they could make up th*ir minds. Saturday’s cricket was remarkable. The inteiest was kept up till the very end of the game, but this was only because Essex made mistake after mistake in the field, mistakes ■whichwill be alluded to on hundreds of cricket fields durinpr the season when a batting side is in despair of making the runs required to win. The first day’s play was confined to a little over two hours, during which Essex completed an innings on a bowler’s wicket for the small score of 78, while Yorkshire lost Brown, Tunnicliffe and Mr. Milligan for only eight runs in the mauvais quart d'heure before stumps were drawn. The only two men who made double figures were McGahey and Carpenter, both by steady cricket. The last six Essex batsmen only made 18 between them. On Friday the rain kept off, except for a period of about a quarter of an hour, and much progress was made. The Yorkshire tail failed almost as completely as the Essex tail had failed on Thursday, but there was some brilliant batting by three other members of the team, Wainwrignt, Denton and Mr. Jackson, who, realizing that the barn door style was not likely to meet with success, went for the bowling with determination. The wicket was at its worst when Mr. Jackson was batting, but it rolled out pretty well, and the Essex men made runs fairly easily for a time. Off the first two balls in the innings Mr. Owen was missed in the slips, and he narrowly escaped being bowled two or three times before he became settled. He only made 16, but it was a useful innings. All the other safe bats in the team came off, and made scores of about twenty or thirty, which placed their county in a highly satisfac­ tory position. But although the sixth wicket did not fall until the total was 157, the tail collapsed before the bowling of Wainwright and Hirst, who went on late in the innings, and Yorkshire had not to make as many runs as atone time seemedhighly probable. For the second time during the match they had to bat for a few minutes before stumps were drawn, and for the second time these few minutes were disastrous to them, Brown being towled neck and crop by Mr. Bull for a single run. Haigh was sent in to play out time. With every run of the utmost importance, Haigh aad Tunnicliffe kept together on Saturday until the total was 14. and Mr. Jackson came in. Then began the first of a seiies of missed chances, which lost Fssex the match. With his score at three, Mr. Jackson gave a chance of c and b to Mr. Bull. It was not taken. With his score at ten, Tunnicliffe was missed at slip by Mr. McGahey. The total was taken to 38 when Mead, who was put on to bowl in place of Mr. Kortright, disposed of Mr. Jackson. Three wickets down. The next partnership—Denton and Tunnicliffe—was of the utmost importance to Yorkshire, and when it was broken the home team seemed certain to lose, for the total had been taken to 87, of which Denton, who was first to go, claimed 40. He was batting for just over the half hour, and whilehewasat thewicket the bowlers had atryingtime, for he hit with the greatest determination. With his score at 32 he had given a chance at third man to Mr. Bull. Wainwright helped Tunnicliffe to bring the total to 100, when he was caught at the wicket, after previously being missed c and b by Mr. B u ll- five wickets down with 27 runs still required. There was not much hope now for Essex, but if Tunnicliffe had not teen again missed at slip, or if Hirst had been caught at the wicket off a difficult chance, the finish might have been intensely exciting. Even as it was there was a possibility of a close finish, for before the runs were knocked off, Hirst and Tunni­ cliffe were both caught at slip. But these catches came a little too late. Tunnicliffe had been batting for two hours and a half for 44, an innings which includtd numerous chances. E ssex . First innings. H.G.Owen,c Brown,b Haigh 6 Carpenter, run out ..........22 P. Perrin, c Denton, b Jack­ son...................................... 4 C. McGahey, b Jackson ...21 A. J. Turner, b Rhodes ... 8 A. P. Lucas, c Milligan, b Jackson ........................ 2 Russell, 2and b Rhodes ... 7 C. J. Kortright, c Haigh, b Jackson ........................ 0 G.^Tossetti, c and b Rhodes 1 Mead, b Jackson................. 7 F. G. Bull, not out .......... 0 Second innings, c Tunnicliffe, b Haigh .......15 b Wainwright ... 26 st H u n te r , b Rhodes .......20 b Rhodes .......23 c Hirst, b Wain­ wright .......34 . 25 b Hirst.......... , b Hirst.......... b Hirst......... , b Wainwripht c Tunnicliffe, Wainwright , not out.......... , B 7, lb 6 Total .................78 Y orkshire , First innings. Brown, c Kortright, b Bull 0 Tunnicliffe, b Bull ......... 0 F. W . Milligan, c Carpenter, b Mead .............................. 3 Denton, c R use ell, b Mead 46 Wainwright, c Russell, b Mead ...............................20 Hirst, b B ull........................ 2 F. 8. Jackson, not out ... c8 Rhodes, c McGahey, b Bull 0 Lord Hawke, b Mead ... 2 Baigh,st Russell, b Mead... 0 Hunter, c Lucas, b Bull ... 2 B 3, lb 2 ................. 5 Total . 168 Second innings. b B u ll................ 1 c Kortright,bBull 44 not out................. 0 bM ead................40 c Russell, b Bull 3 c Kortright,bBull 12 bMead.................13 not ou t................ 3 b Kortright ... 7 Total B 4, lb 2 ... 6 . ...118 Total (T wkts.) 129 E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W. Jackson ... 24’3 8 46 5 ... H aigh.......... 13 6 23 1 ... Rhodes.......... 11 6 9 3 ... Wainwright H irst.......... Y orkshire . First innings. O. M. R. W . Bull ............ 25*4 9 62 5 ... Mead .......... 25 8 51 5 ... Tossetti ... 1 1 0 0 ... Kortright... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 33 25 22 10 17 7 20 8 38 2 16*2 7 14 6 32 4 27 3 Second innings. O. M.R. W. ... 26*311 44 4 ... 20 9 25 2 18 3 64 1 MIDDLESEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Lords on June 2, 3 and 4. Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets. Although Gloucestershire could not muster its full strength for this match the teams were placed on something of an equality, for Middlesex had to deplore the services of Albert Trott, whose hand is not yet well. No cricket took place on Thursday owing to rain, but on Friday each side completed an innings, and Middlesex, with 39 rung to knock off, went in a second time. When stumps were drawn they were 49 runs on with seven wickets still in hand, so that therewas verylittle in favour of either eleven. The chief feature of the day’s cricket was the innings of Mr. Warner and bowling of Mr. Townsend and Heame. Mr. Warner, by almost perfect cricket, carried his bat through the first innings of Middlesex, although absolutely nobody else on the side could hit Mr. Townsend, who was bowling in something like his old form. Some very fine cricket by Mr. Stoddart, who seemed to be well-suited by the slower wicket, and some very steady play by Rawlin enabled Middle­ sex to set Gloucestershire the task of making 126 to win. This was not very formidable as the wicket was passable. Mr. de Winton and W . G. made a floe stand after Wrathall had been cheaply dismissed, and afterwards Mr. Troup stayed with the Doctor until the match was won. W. G. carried his bat for a par­ ticularly patient innings, lastingforabout three hours. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, not out ... 46 cHale,bTownsend 18 H. B. Hayman, b Townsend 0 A. E. Stoddart,vb Townsend 0 J. R. Head, c Roberts, b Townsend........................13 Rawlin, c Townsend, b Roberts ........................ F. G. J. Ford, c Board, b Townsend........................ Dr. G. Thornton, c and b Townsend........................ H. R. B. Davenport, c and b Townsend........................ H. Philipson, b Townsend.. Heame (J. T.), b Townsend Webb, b Townsend .......... Bye 1, l-b l,w l W rath all Roberts ..........19 not out.................70 c Brown,bTowns- end ................. 0 0 c and b Townsend 40 0 c Sewell,bTowns- end ................. 1 0 lbw, b Murch ... 4 4 b Murch .......... 5 b Townsend 2 b Townsend 2 c Board, b Murch 3 Bye 1 ,1-b 3, w 3 Total .................75 G loucestershire . Total ... 164 W. G. Grace, c Ford, b H eaine................ 5 Wrathall, c Hearne, b Rawlin ................ 23 W. Troup, b Hearne.. 3 C. O. H. Sewell, b Heame ................ 3 C. L. Townsend, c Thornton, b Rawlin 1 Board,cFord.b Bearne 34 Hale, b Heame.......... 0 W. S. A. Brown, c Philipson, b Webb.. 13 S. de Winton, not out 15 Murch, b Heame ... 0 Roberts, c Warner, b Heame .................13 Byes 2 ,1-b 2 ... 4 Total ...114 Second innings : W. G. Grace, not out 39; Wrat­ hall, c Ford, b Hearne 0; W . Troup, not out 27 ; S. de Winton, c Stoddart, b Webb 38; Extras, 22; total (2 wickets), 126 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Townsend 19 3 3 48 9 ................. 34 10 86 6 Brown ... 11 5 15 0 ................. 51 8 0 Roberts ... 8 4 9 1 ................. 19 7 36 1 Murch 9 1 2 27 3 Roberts delivered two wides and Townsend and Murch one each. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. ~ O. M. R. W. ................ 32 18 26 1 ................ 19 9 19 0 ................. 18 9 30 1 Stoddart 7 3 7 0 Davenport 11 6 8 0 Thornton 7*3 8 14 0 Bromley-Davenport delivered four wides and Stod­ dart one wide. O. M. R. W . Heame(J.T.)26 11 60 7 Rawlin ... 17 5 34 2 . Webb ... 8 1 26 1