Cricket 1898

190 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JuNB^g, 1898. Mead ... Roche ... Davidson Thompson C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R .W . ~ ------------ ,12 7 26 0 25 7 25*2 12 30 5 7 1 O. M 26 5 1 23 0 24 10 42 2 R .W . 63 3 14-1 8 1 I 22 0 Hornsby Davidson towled two no-balls. M C.C. & G round . First innings. Second innings. Bind......... Fernie ... De Zoete.. Hankins.. Winter ... Wilson ... O. M. R. W. 18 9 19 1 O. M. R. W . 23 ,15 3 261 ............ 6 0 17 0 18 6 234 ............ 16 1 39 1 5 2 80 ............ 25 9 45 7 ' , 2 3 1 23 ............ 6 0 20 0 13 7 17 1 Worthington 4 1 8 0 Burnup.......... 2 0 8 0 Fernie bowled four no-balls, and Wilson and De Zoete one each. KENT v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Gravesend on June 6, 7, and 8. Drawn. With a team which was the same as that which defeated Middlesex, except that Mr. Rice played in­ stead of Roberts, Gloucestershire may have felt almost confident of being able to beat Kent. But before the end of the first day’s play they must have begun to wonder whether they would come out of the match with a moderate amount of credit to them­ selves. It was not of much use to remind themselves that in 1895 Kent scored a first innings of 470 against them, and yet were beaten j in the year 1898, as far as it has gone, a big first innings ^means victory, 'or at the least a very satisfactory draw. Mr. Townsend, who had bowled so admirably at Lord’s at the end of the previous week, was not in form, and the absence of Roberts was very greatly felt. Play did not begin until just before lunch on account of rain. Kent made a fairly good beginning, thanks to the brilliant batting of Mr. Mason, who scored 38 out of the first 50. Two wickets were down with the total at 54, and then Mr. W . H. Patterson, after a year’s absence from first-class cricket, came in to partner Mr. Mason. From this moment the field had a trying time, for both batsmen were in such splendid form that the bowlers were quite powerless against them, and when stumps were drawn they were still together. Mr. Mason was then at 152 and Mr. Patterson at 89. In their different styles both batsmen played most attractive cricket. The total was 265 for two wickets, and with the prospect before them of batting on a pitch which was almost certain to become very diffi­ cult, Gloucestershire seemed to have a bad time before them. On Tuesday morning both the batsmen who had kept together for so long were disposed of in the first few minutes after play was resumed, Mr. Mason without increasing his score, and Mr. Patterson after adding two more runs. The partnership had produced 213 runs in less than three hours. This cheerful com­ mencement of the day was made still brighter for Gloucestershire by the downfall of three other bats­ men in a short time, but then came a long stand by Mr. Weigall and Martin and another by Martin and Wright, which resulted in a very considerable increase to the score. When the day’s play ended, Gloucester­ shire had scored 171 rims for the loss of five wickets, thanks to a fine start by W . G. and Mr. Sewell. The Doctor was in his very best form, and Mr. Sewell played most attractive cricket. It was not expected that the last five batsmen would do much, but Mr. Rice and Mr. Brown played wonderfully well, and the follow-on was easily saved. There was now very little chance of finishing the match, but with the Kent total at 143 for only three wickets, the innings was closed in the vain hope that Gloucestershire might collapse. Mr. Mason made another good score, and when the innings was closed, Mr. Knowles and Easby were going very strongly. Gloucestershire easily played out time. K ent . First innings. Second innings. J. R. Mason, c Board, b Brown................. .........152 st Board,b Town­ send .................40 Heame (A.), c Board, b Brown............................... 4 c and b Townsend 0 L. J. Le Fleming, b Browm 3 W . H. Patterson, c Brown, b Townsend .................91 c and b Townsend 6 W. L. Knowles, b Townsend 3 not out.................35 Easby,c Sewell,b Townsend 4 not out.................50 F. Marchant, c and b Town­ send ...............................13 G. J. V. Weigall, c Troup, b Murch ................. ... 33 Martin, b Murch.................48 Wright, not out .................10 Huish, c Brown, b Murch... 0 G loucestershire . W . G. Grace, c Weigall, b Hearne ........................71 cHuish.b Heame 4 S. De Winton. b Wright ... 14 W.Troup.c Huish, b Martin 1 C. O. H, Sewell, c Easby, b Hearne...............................67 notout................... C. L. Townsend, b Martin 18 Beard, c Huish, b Hearne ... 2 lbw, b Martin ... R. W . Rice, b Hearne........ 38 noc,out................... Wrathall, lbw, b Martin ... 0 c Easby, b Martin W. S. A. Brown, lbw, b Martin...............................43 Hale, run out ................. 4 Murch, not out ..'.............. 3 B 9, w 1, nb 2 ......... 12 16 Total .. .. 273 K ent . B 8, lb 1 ... 9 Total (3wkts.) 67 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 7 55 3 0 24 0 8 18 0 5 23 0 3 11 0 26 5 15 12 First innings. O. M. R. W. Townsend ... 55 8 149 4 Murch.......... 18 5 41 3 Brown.......... 53 23 83 3 Grace .......... 30 13 41 0 Wrathall ... 14 3 47 0 Townsend bowled two wides and Murch five, Wrathall bowled two no-balls. G loucestershire . First inningj*. ^ ^ Second innings^ Heame.. Wright Mason.. Mai tin Easby... Hearne bowled a wide, and Mason and vVright a no-ball each. 0. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. 47 19 71 4 ... ... 6 4 6 1 44 21 7.') 1 ... ... 13 7 16 1 28 14 46 0 ... ... 2 1 4 0 31-4 15 41 4 ... ... 15 2 28 1 9 1 28 0 ... ... 5 I 4 0 DULWICH on May SO. v. GRECIANS.—Played "at Dulwich, D ulwich . C. J. Heasman, b East­ wood ........................ 2 S. Simpson, c Richard­ son, b Hooton.......... 0 W . Morris, c Ellwood, b Eastwood ......... 5 T. R. Pearse, b Hooton 10 W . A. King, b Hooton 1 E. H. Heasman, b Eastwood................. 8 G recians . First innings. M. E.Pope, lbw and b Pearse 3 R. Ellwood, b Pearce.......... 2 H. E. Williams, b Pearse... M. R. Holman, lbw, b Pearce............................... E. Cretchley, c Cowan, b Pearse............................... F. W. Ellis, c Banks, b Cretchley ..........76 O. Jones, b Cretchley 18 R. E. Mayo, b Brown 3 E. Engelbach,b Brown 19 J. H. Cowan, b Brown 3 A. Aldridge, not out... 2 B 13, lb 2 .................15 Total ...162 Second innings. b Ellis.............. .. 6 not out................. 7 4 b Simpson.......... 5 H. O. Wells, c Simpson, b Pearce................................ 4 J. M. Richards, c Jones, b Pearce............................... 5 J. Brown, not out.................. 1 W . W. Gill, b Pearse........... 0 W . Hooton, b Morris.......... 0 J. Eastwood, c Ellis, b Pearse............................... 3 C. E. Banks, run o u t........... 1 B 10, lb 2 ...........................12 Total........................43 c Cowan, b E. J. Heasman..........48 c and b Ellis ... 85 b Simpson.......... 0 c King, b Simpson 0 Byes ..........35 Total (6 wkts) 126 PRESCOTT DIMSDALE’S v. ST. SWITHIN’S.— Played at Catford Bridge on June 2 and 3. S t . S w ithin ’ s . J. A. Knight, b Hills 22 A. F. Blades, b Hills 1 A. E. D. Lewis, c Rees, b Hsley ................. 9 C. Longhurst, b Hills 0 W . Bayley, c Brewitt, b Hills .................52 S.Silverthorne,b Hills 31 F. W. Longhurst, not out .......................... 5 A. Midlane, b Hills ... 0 G. R. Blades, not out 3 Extras................... 6 Total (6wkts) *129 F. Collins and T. A. Straker did not bat. *Innings declared closed. P rescott D imsdale ’ s . 11 u UIUWU U iLLUiV.il . B 16, lb 1, w 5, nb 2... 24 Extras... Total ...........................885 Total • Inningi declared closed. 12 L. G. Ilsley, c Lewis, b Knight ................. C. Ledger, lbw, b Knight ................. W . H. Coppinger, b Knight ................. F. E. Hills, c Collins, b Lewis........................ F. J. Vaughan, c Knight, b Lewis ... H. Brown, not out ... G. Brown, b G. R. Blades ................. A. P. Brown, b G. R. Blades ................. A. G. Denton, b G. R. Blades ................. L. H. Brewitt, b G. R. Blades ................. C. Rees, absent......... Extras................. Total ......... SURREY v. YORKSHIRE. A REMARKABLE MATCH. Played at Bradford on June 6, 7 and 8. Yorkshire won by an innings and 121 runs. The exceedingly tad luck in the matter of weather which has followed Surrey this year showed no sigrs of changing on the opening day of this match, for on account of the heavy rain no play was possible. On the second morning the sun shone brightly, and in the course of the day dried the wicket just sufficiently to make batting a misery and bowliDg a wild delight. Surrey had the good fortune to bat when there was a chance of making a moderately good score. Although nearly all the team found the bowling too difficult to play, Abel and Brockwell made a fair start, and after a depressing period of collapse the captain stood in the breach, and stayed there until serious danger was past. Abel’s innings was worthy of the very highest praise—as was also Mr. Key’s. At the close of the day there was not very much like­ lihood that the match w ould be finished, for Yorkshire had not quite completed their first inniDgs. They were two runs on, with two wickets still to fall. On paper this was a very slight advantage, but when the game was resumed on Wednesday morning the lead soon began to assume alarming proportions. Hirst and Haigh, the two not outs, the former with 45 and the latter with 19, obtained such a mastery over the bowling that spectators and players alike were in a state of wonderment. Both men played excellent cricket. The bowling was frequently changed, but the rate of scoring never lessened, and it was not until the partnership had produced 19*2 runs, in about two hours and three-quarters, that a means was found of disposing of Haigh for 85. In the meantime, Hirst had increased his total to 130. The Yorkshire captain now closed the innings, leaving Surrey with 158 runs to make. What followed was bewildering. Wicket after wicket fell to Rhodes with a rapidity which was startling, and the innings was a complete and inexplicable failure. Hunter’s success behind the wicket was very noticeable. S urr * y . First innings. Abel, st Hunter, b Wain­ wright ............... ... 51 Brockwell, b Wainwright... 19 Hayward, st Hunter, b Rhodes............................... 1 Baldwin, c and b Wain­ wright ............................... 3 D. L. A. Jephson, e and b Wainwright ................. 4 K. J. Key, c Jackson, b Rhodes...............................32 Street, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes............................... 0 Lockwood, st Hunter, b Rhodes............................... 2 Lees, b Wainwright ..........18 Wood, not out ................. 8 Richardson, c Denton, b Rhodes............................... 0 Leg-bye ........................ 1 Total Second innings. c Jackson, b Rhodes .......... 6 lbw,bWainwright 5 b Wainwright ... 2 b Wainwright ... cBrown,b Rhodes not out................. st Hunter, b Rhodes .......... cHunter,bRhodes st Hunter, b Rhodes .......... st Hunter, b cHunter,bRhodes 9 Extras.......... 3 Total ... 37 Y orkshire . Brown, b Lockwood ... 0 Tunnicliflfe, run ou t... 21 F. S. Jackson, c Wood, b Lockwood .......... 3 Denton, b Lockwood... 11 Wainwright, lbw, b Richardson .......... 5 Hirst, not out ......... 130 Moorhouse, o Hay­ ward, b Lockwood 12 Hunter did not bat. * Lord Hawke, b Lees 5 Rhodes, c Jephson, b Richardson ..........13 Haigh. c Abel, b Brockwell ..........85 Extras.................12 •Total (9wkts)297 Innings declared closed. S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Haigh ... 13 3 28 0 .......... Jackson ... 16 6 21 0 .......... Rhodes ... 30 3 12 46 5 .......... Wainwright 27 11 43 5 .......... Wainwright 20 14 10 3 Rhodes ... 19*1 9 24 7 Y orkshire . Lockwood. 41 18 74 Hayward.. 13 Richardson 29 Lees.......... 8 3 7 64 8 41 Jephson ... 8 0 Brockwell.. 6-2 1 A bel........... 4 1 Street......... 5 0 Lockwood delivered three no-balls, Less one, and Richardson tiro wides.