Cricket 1898

208 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 14, 1898. tab’ e, except the Australians, and even of them, Lyons had two wet seasons (1888 and 1890) here, and Gregory one. W .G .’e 126, v. Essex, the other day, was his one hundred and sixteenth century in first-class cricket. No one else has made as many as 50 ; the hest of the others being, Shrewsbury (48), W . W . Head (38), Abel and Gunn (eacn 34), A. E. Stoddart (23), K. S. Ranjitsinhji (22), Barnes (21), Albert Ward (19), A. N. Hornby, A. C. MacLaren and Ulyett (each 18), G. Giffen and W. Newham (each 17), W . L. Murdoch and G. Brann (each 16), J. T. Brown and Frank Sugg (each 15), Tom Hayward the younger, F. S. Jackson and A. J. Webbe (each 14), and Brockwell 13. One or two of the players of an earlier day (Jupp, possibly, for one) may also have made more than a dozen, but I do not think any present-day player besides those I have mentioned has done so. But W.G. has not only made more runs than any other batsman ; he has taken more wickets than any other bowler. His full record to date is 2,601, and no one comes within 400 of him. I am not quite sure as to Alfred Shaw’s exact number, but if it ex­ ceeded 2,100 it did not reach 2,200. These two and Johnny Briggs have alone taken over 2,000, and of Johnny the statement could not have been made a month ago.. Attewell is well on the way to join them ; but the next two on the list which follows, Lohmann and Peel, are both to be numbered among the giants of the past. I have not given the full figures in this table, partly because I have not the time to work them out (it would require at least a fortnight’s hard work), but chiefly because I make no claim for W.G. that he was the greatest bowler of his age, only that he has done more work than any other. Of the fifteen other bowlers who have taken over 1.000 wickets, probably there is not one whose average per wicket is less than two runs smaller than W .G .’s ; there may be half-a- score among the forty-two whose names are given as having taken over 400 wickets whose wickets costs more than his, but scarcely more than half-a-score. But the wonderful thing is that any man should have taken so many wickets, especially a man who was Jar ahead of all others at the making of runs. Only one of the other fifteen takers of 1.000 wickets had a batling average of 20 overhis whole career—Wilfred Flowers —and his was just over 20. Only four of the forty- two others (George Giffen, A. G. Steel, F. S. Jackson and (J. T. Studd) are among my thirty batsmen, though Barnes’ batting average is somewhere about 25, I fancy, and Barlow, Ulyett, Wainwright, Sam Woods, Alec Hearne, Davidson, Hirst, C. L. Towns­ end, and Harry Trott, would all figure at over 20 per innings. NUMBER OP 'WICKETS TAKEN BY SOME REPRESENTATIVE FIRST-CLASS BOWLERS. Bowler. Years. Wkts. taken. W . G. Grace ... ... 1865-’98 ... ... 2601 Shaw (A .)................. 1864-’97 ... ... 2100* Briggs (J.k.. ... ., Attewell (W.) ... . .. 1879-’98 ... ... 2028 .. 1881-’98 ... ... 1883 Lohmann (G. A.) ... lb84-’96 ... ... 1793 Peel (R.) .......... .. 1882-’97 ... ... 1747 Emmett (T.) ........ . 1865-’88 ... ... 1530* Hearne (J. T .)... .,,. lh88-’98 ... ... 1471 Watson (A.) ... ... 3871-’93 ... ... 14*0* Richardson (T.) . 1892-’98 ... ... 1392 Mold (A .) .............. .. 1889-’98 ... ... 13-5 Morley (F).............. .. 1872-’83 ... ... 1250* Martin (F.) ... ... 1885-’98 ... ... 1235 Flowers (W.) ... . C. T. B. Turner .. 1877-*96 ... ... 1177 .. 1888-’P6 ... ... 1060 Peate (E .).............. ... 1879-’87 ... ... 1054 * Approximate figures. The following have taken 900 wickets but under 1000 :— Barlow (R. G,), Barnes (W.). G. Giffen, F. R. Spofforth. Wainwright (E.), 8. M. J. Woods, Wright (W.) 800, but under 900 : — Barratt (E.). Bates (W), J. J. Ferris, Mycroft (W.) 700, but under 800 :— Hearne (A.). Humphreys (W. A.), Lockwood (W. H.), A. G. Steel, Tyler (E. J.), Woof (W. A), Wooton (J.). 600, but under 700 :— Burton (G.), Davidson (G.). Fearne (G. G.), Hill (Allen), Hirst (G. H.), G. E. Palmer, Rawlin (J. T.), Roberts (F. G.), Ulyett (G.). 500, but under 600 :— F. S. Jackson. McIntyre (W.), Mead (W.), Tate (F. W .),H . Trumble. 400, but under 500 :— Beaumont (J.), H. F. Boyle, T. W. Garrett, Hide (A.), Hide (J.), Pougher (A. D.), Shacklock (F.), C. T. Studd, C. L. Townsend, G. H. S. Trott. J. N. P. SUNNINGDALE SCHOOL v. DALEBOYS. -Played at Sunningdale tfchool on July 2. SlTNNINGDALE SCHOOL. J. C. W . Damant, c John8ton,bGalliford 31 P. P. W . Andrews, c and b Barker ........33 C.A.L Pavne.c Pearce, b Galliford ...30 D. Grabame. b King... 17 V. D. S. Williams, c Thorne, b Gilliford J4 A. G. Culme-Seymour, c Barker, b Galliford 0 R. B. Walker, b Galli­ ford ........................13 J. S. Strange, not out 18 J. L. R. Fane, not out 3 B 9, lb 2, w 9 ... 20 Total (7wkts) *179 M. Kemp-Welch and G. H. Bi?hop did not bat. * Innings declared closed. D a l e b o y b . First innings. R. Galliford, c Payne, b Grahame ........................ 0 < A. King, c Damant, b Gra­ hame ............................... 4 T, Barker, b Fane .......... 3 Second innings. Payne, b Wil­ liams................. 4 J.Thorne c Grahame.b Fane H. Pearce, c and b Grahame F. Laws, c Williams, b Gra­ hame ............................... A. Johnst n, b Fane.......... R. Doxley, not out .......... A. N. Other, b Grahame ... E. Thome, b Grahame H. Hinds, b Grahame......... B 5, lb 1 ................. Total ................. b Damant ... c Grahame, Williams... b Williams .. b Williams .. ... 0 b ... 0 ... 3 ... 14 cPayne,bDamant 2 run out................. 0 cPayne,bDamant 4 not out.................12 c Damant, b W il­ liams .......... b Damant.......... Wide .......... Total..........45 SUSNINGDALE SCHOOLv. ST.NEOT’SSCHO j L. —Played at Eversley on July 6. Sr. N e o t ’ s Firs*-. innings. E.W.Hubbard, c Walker, b Grahame ........................ P. A. Kennedy, b Grahame A L. Kennedy, c Payne, b Grahame ........................ G. A. Phelips. b Grahame... A. W. Chapman, b Fane ... F. Peymour, b Fane ...... T G.A.MilesJbw.bGra^am-i H. C. rl hornton, b Giahame J. F. Gore, not out .......... T. F. Sandemail, b Gnhame F. V. Holt, b Grahame Extras ........................ S c h o o l . Second innings. 0 bFa.ne... 1 bFane... 27 c Andrews,bF*ne 0 8 b Fane................ 20 1 b Fane... 0 b Fane............... 0 0 c Strange, b Fane 5 0 b Damant ......... 2 3 b Damant......... 0 0 not out................ 0 0 b Fane.............. 0 0 B 3, lb 3 ... 6 Tolal .................40 S u n n in g d a l e S c h o o l . Total ... 42 J. C. W. Damant, c Seymour, b A. L. Kennedy ................30 P. P. W. Andrews, b H o lt .......... .......... 6 C. A. L. Payne, run out ........................ 9 D. Grahame, c Miles, b Phelips.................14 G. F. Conuat Rowan, b Phelips................ 3 V. D. S. Williams, c P. A. Kennedy, b A. L. Kennedy .......... 0 A. G. Culme-Seymour, b Pcelips................ R. B. Walker, c Hub­ bard, b A. L. Ken­ nedy ........................ J. S. Strange, c Chap­ man, b A. L. Ken­ nedy ........................ J.L.R. Fane.bPheiips M. Kemp-Welch, not out ........................ B 8, w 3 .......... Total .......... E TON v. HARROW. Played at Lord’s on July 8 and 9. Harrow won by nine wickets. For the first time for many years this match was not drawn, although it was only by playing until a quarter past seven on Saturday that the usual fiasco was obviated. It was a pretty close thing even then. On the form shown by the teams in their trial matches Eton seemed somewhat the stronger; on the oth*r hand Eton only had two of last year’s team, while Harrow had nine, and experience was likely to count for a good deal in a match of this importance. As usual, all Society went to Lord’s, not necessarily to see the cricket; and as the weather kept fine, though not very bright, there were no catastrophes in the shape of ruined dresses and hours of monotonous waiting till the clouds rolled by. There was a con­ siderable difference between the innings of Harrow on the first day and that of Cambridge in the match in the previous week, for the Harrovians nearly all played an attractive game, and were by no means content to merely let the ball hit the bat. After a wicket had fallen for 11, a series of more or less pro­ longed stands commenced. The first was by Studd and Medlicott, who put on 48 for the second wicket in three quarters of an hour, the great majority of the runs falling to Studd, who shows promise of coming up to the standard set by so many other members of his family. During the next partnership Medlicott, for a change, did nearly all the scoring, although his partner, Robertson, was by no means idle. This partnership produced 77 in an hour. When Dowion, the Harrow captain, came in he was in no hurry to score, but plodded on in a methodical manner which is likely to serve him in good stead in after years. Nothing seems to disturb him. He will not be hurried, but he never misses a chance of scoring. Medlicott’s innings came to an end with the total at 176. He had played very good ciicket for 87 out of 165 made while he was at the wickets. The long partnerships began to seem monotonous to the Etonians, butthey were by no means finished, for Wyld, Rattigan, Drew and Wilkes all made a good many runs in an attractive style. Perhaps the most interesting batting of the day was seen when Rattigan and Drew were together, for they completely took charge of the worn-out bowling, and by cricket which was not confined to the two or three strokes known to most school bats­ men, they put on 101 runs in five minutes over the hour. Not until the eighth wicket had fallen did the bowlers begin to get the upper hand, but they very quickly showed their superiority over the last two Harrow men. When the innings enied there was still an hour and thirty-five minutes left for play— stumps were, as usual in this match, drawn at seven o’clock. The Etonians seem to have made up their mind from the firbt that they would play for a draw. Consequently the cricket was not very exciting. C. H. B. Marsham was at the wickets duricg the whule time for 14 runs, an effort worthy of a S^otton. It is probable that if the Eton captain, Pilkington, had got going he would have made things lively, but he was bowltd when he seemed to have got well set. Towards the end of the day D*»wson took three wickets, two of them lbw, and when stumps were drawn Eton were in the unpleasant position of being 330 runs behind with only seven wickets in hand. On Saturday morning Marsham continued to play a strictly defensive game, and when he was at last out for 53 he had been at the wickets for three hours and a quarter, thus scoring at the rate of 16 30 per hour. Nevertheless his innings, tedious as it was, helped his side a good deal. Except that Loraine played good cricket and Rowe did well, there was nothing to en­ courage the Etonians until Howard-Smith, the tenth man, came in. He is a hitter of the prood old school. There is no hesitation about h m, and if be is not dis­ posed of immediately, he begins to cause a pinic among the bowlers. Like all hiiters, bad and good, he made weak strokes at times, but he woke up his side considerably, and their batting was mu<-h more lively when they followed on, 163 runs in arrear. So finely did Pilkington bat in the second innings that when he was out 85 had been put on for the first wicket, of which he claimed no less than 58. He made 39 runs before his partner, Marsham, scored, and his cricket was almost perfect; it was certainly the finest seen during the match. Marsham. as in the first innings, kept steadily on, so steadily that his side seemed almost certain to make a draw with great ease. Bosanquet helped him so greatly that at half­ past five Eton were only v3 runs behind with six wickets still in hand. MaTsham was batting an hour and fifty minutes for 31. At this period of the game a rot began to set in badly. It began when Longman ran himself out at 140. In a few minutes three more wickets had fallen for an additional 16 run?, and Harrow seemed to have the match in hand. As soon as they found that they had a chanca of winning they worked with extreme energy, but at a very trying time Lord Francis Scott kept perfectly cool, am did bis best to save the gime. The niuth wicket, how­ ever, fell when Eton were only 14 runs on. The game seemed over. Then Martin appeared on the scene. He was by no means dismayed by the position of his side,andproceededtohitthe Harrow bowlerswithgreat freedom,whilehispartner, whohadsplithishand while