Cricket 1898

J uly 14, 1898. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 269 fielding, made a few runshere and there. Martin was missed in the long field now and then, but this was not a time to be too particular in choosing the ball to hit. Thanks tothis fine stand made for thelast;wicket, Har­ row had to make 53 runs in 50 minutes—it had previ­ ously been arranged th it if there wasachance of finish­ ing the match play should be prolonged until half-past seven. For a time the Harrovians did not make much headway, but they soon began to make score quickly, and a-quarterof anhourbeforetimethematch waswon. There was nothing remarkable about the Eton bowling in either innings, but Dowson bowled exceedingly well for Harrow. H a r r o w . F. W. A. Rattigan, c Loraine, b Smith ... 69 A. 8. Drew, cPilking- ton, b Smith ..........59 J. F. Wilkes, c Find­ lay, b Loraine ... 21 S. F. A. A. Hurt, b Smith ................. 0 C. R. Kennaway, not out ........................ 1 B 1, lb 5 ......... 6 E. B. T. Studd, Findlay, b Martin .. 34 G. Cookson, b Martin 8 W.8. Medlicott, c Mar- sham, b Loraine ... 87 W . P. Robertson, c Macnaghten, b Pil- kington .................26 E. M. Doweon, c Long­ man, b Martin ... 47 H. J. Wild, c Loraine, b Martin .................27 Total ........ .385 Second inningR:—E. B. T. Studd, b Loraine, 26; H. J. Wyld, not out, 9; F. W . A. Battigan, not out, 18.-T otal (1 wicket), 53. E ton First innings. Second innings. H. C. Pilkington, b Dowson 17 b Wyld ..........58 C. H. B. Marsham, b Rattigan ........................53 b H urt..................31 Lord Francis Scott, lbw, b Dowfon ........................ N. E. T. Bosanquet, lbw, b Dowson ........................ W. Findlay, c Wilkes, b Hurt ...............................£0 H. K. Longman, b Dowson 9 S.M. Macnaghten,b Dowson 13 b Dowson C. V. Rowe, c Kennaway, b Dowson ........................22 P. Loraine, b Hurt .......... 1 G. Howard-Smith, b Hurt 49 lbw, b Dowson E. G. Martin, not ou t........ 4 b Wyld ......... B 5, lb 4, w 1 ..........10 B4,lb 2, nb 1.. 2 notout... . 2 b Rattigan ., b Wyld run out b Dowson b Hurt... Total .................222 H a r r o w . Total ........ 215 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Scott .........., 45 19 98 0 .......... 7 2 21 0 Martin.......... 43 8 114 4 .......... 9 1 19 0 Loraine 31 3 10 72 2 .......... 1-2 0 13 1 H.-Smith . 19 5 61 3 . Pilkington ... 12 4 22 1 . Bosanquet ... 2 0 12 0 . E t o n . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R .W . O. M. R. W. Dowson , 45*3 30 51 6 .......... 41 18 73 3 Kennaway . 19 7 40 0 . ......... 10 2 19 0 Wyld .......... 19 10 32 0 . ........ 222 10 40 3 Rattigan . 21 12 31 1 . ......... 12 4 29 1 Hurt ......... . 20 9 46 3 .......... 20 6 47 2 Drew ......... . 2 0 6 0 . Studd ........ . 2 1 4 0 . Rattigan delivered a wide and Kennaway a no-ball. ESSEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A N E X C IT IN G F IN IS H . W .G . IN G R E A T F O R M . Played at Leyton on July 7, 8 and 9. Gloucestershire won by one wicket. The difficulty which is nearly always found bybats­ men in W.G.’s bowling, when they are opposed to it for the first time, was exemplified in a remarkable manner during the first innings of Essex at Leyton. Very few of the men can ever have had to play W.G.’s bowling before, and the team failed in a most decided manner as soon as he went on—whih was very early in the innings. It was the first appearance of Gloucestershire at Leyton, and the second appearance of W.G., who had previously played there in an un­ important match. The spectators were unpleasantly surprised when they saw their representatives, who have of late been scoring largely, disposed of one after the other by W.G.’s insidious slows, but despite their disappointment they could not but be charmed with the fine innings played by the veteran when Glouces­ tershire’s turn to bat arrived. He received very little assistance from the rest of the team, except Mr. Townsend, who was in with him for an hour and three quarters, during which 131 runs were put on. The batsmen, as a rule, were not at all comfortable with Mr. Kortxight’s bowling, which indeed is not alto­ gether surprising, for the ball frequently got up in a very lively manner. W.G. was out fifth for an innings of 126, whieh lasted for three hours and a quarter. No fault whatever could be found with his cricket, and he has seldom played a better game, even in his very best days. At the close of the day Gloucester­ shire had made 230 for eight wickets, and were thus 102 runs on. The last two men did nothing. Some­ what iired with his exertions, W.G. did not bowl much in the Essex second innings. A splendid stand cf 93 runs was made by Carpenter and Mr. Pen in. The former played beautiful cricket, but the latter was somewhat fortunate, and was hardly seen at his best. The turning point of the innings came when, with tfce total at 175 for three wickets. W.G. gave Mr. E. C. Wiight the ball, for the Oxonian met with almost as much success as his captain had done on the previous day. As a result of this fortunate change in the bowling, the Essex inninss came to a conclusion far sooner than had seemed likely. Gloucestershire only had to make 148 to win, but as the wicket was not perfect it was generally felt that the task would be difficult. The start was most disastrous. In the first over W.G. scored a siogle off Mr. Kortright, Board was bowled neck and crop, and Mr. Troup was lbw. Then Mr. Sewell made an invaluable stand with his captain, and although be also was out to Mr. Kort­ right just before stumps were drawn, he had helped to put his county in a very much better position, for of the 148 required, 81 had been made by the close of the day. The task of getting the remaining 67 runs nearly provedtoo much for the visitors. Mr. Kortright was in irresistible form, but good cricket by W.G., Mr. Townsend and Mr. Champain brought their county to within 19 of of victory with four wickets s' ill to fall. The game seemed practically over. Mr. Jessop—a splendid hand at a crisis—made 7 off an over of Mead’s, and the score mounted until only four runs more were wanted. As there were still four wickets to fall, the chances that Essex might yet make a match of it seemed infinitesimal. But the unexpected happened. Wrathall was caught in the slips. With two runs wanted, Mr. Brown wasbowled by Kortright andMr. Wright lbw to the same bowler. Roberts, the hero of a hundred fights, came in to step the rot. Meanwhile Mr. Jessop had been doing what he could to make runs, and he is not exactly the sort of man to miss an opportunity. But the runs would not come. Roberts made a single, and the game was a tie. Jessop could not score off the last ball of the over, and Roberts survived an over from Mead with­ out finding in it the one run required. Mr. Kortright had now to bowl to Mr. Jessop, and there was no more doubt, for the first ball went to the boundary, and Gloucestershire had won a remarkable match. First innings. H. G. Owen, b Grace ... Carpenter, b Jessop ... E ss e x . P. Perrin, c and b Grace ... 7 C. McGahey, b Grace.......... 0 A.J.Turner,8tBoard,bGrace 9 A.P.Lucas,cBoard,b Jessop 31 Russell, c Board, b Roberts 0 C. J. Kortright, lbw, b Grace 2 Mead, c Champain, b Grace 34 F. G. Bull, st Board, b Grace 14 Young, not out ................. 2 B4, lb l ................. 5 Total .................128 Second innings, b Townsend ... 0 cBrown,bWrath­ all .................54 c Grace,b Wright 81 b Brown .......... 1 lbw, b Townsend 39 c Board, b Brown 22 stBoard.bWright 10 cBrown,b Wright 4 cJessop, bWright 12 not out................. 7 b Jessop .........11 B 6,1b l,w 1, nb 1 9 Total........250 G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . W. G. Grace,cRussell,bBull126 b Kortright ...49 Wrathall, c Russell, b Kort­ right ............................... 0 cCarpenter,bMead 4 W.Troup,cKortright,bMead 3 b Kortright ... 0 C. O. H. Sewell, c Russell, b Mead ............................... 5 C. L. Townsend, b Mead ... 51 F. H. B. Champain, c and b Kortright ........................13 G. L. Jessop, b Kortright .. 10 W. S. A. Brown,b Kortright 5 Board, not out ................. 1 E. C. Wright, b Kortright .. 0 Roberts, b Bull ................. 0 B 13, lb 3, nb 1..........17 c Lucas, b Kort­ right.................34 b Kortright ... 15 c Russell,b Mead 24 not out.................14 b Kortright ... 1 b Kortright ... 0 lbw, b KortrigLt 0 not out................. 1 B8, l b l .......... 9 Jessop... Townsend Grace ... Roberts Total .................231 E s s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W. ,.. 16 3 37 2 .. 6 1 18 ... 16-1 4 44 24 1 ... Brown Wrathall Wright Total (9 wkts) 151 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 13 2 2 41 1 ... 13 3 29 2 9 25 0 1 20 0 8 52 2 0 32 1 3 32 4 , 20 7 26 15 Jessop delivered a nc-ball and Wright a wide. G l o u c e st e r sh ir e . O. M. R. W. Kortright Bull ... Mead ... Young ... McGaiey Carpenter Turner ... O. M. R. W. .24 8 41 5 .. .. 16 ,.. 21 ... 14 47 2 . 45 3 . 38 0 . 20 0 , 12 0 . . 20-3 5 67 14 4 49 .10 3 23 . 6 1 13 ......... 5 .......... 5 2 11 0 . Carpenter delivered a no-ball. SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at the United Service Ground at Portsmouth on July 7 and 8. Surrey won by seven wickets. In the absence of Captain Wynyard and Mr. A. J. L. Hill, Hampshire did at least as well as could have been expected against Surrey, and possibly if an easy chance given by Brockwell early in his innings had been taken, the game might have be?n even closer. Most of the Hampshire men made a few runs, but only Mr. Lee, who was making his debut , Mr. Steele and Mr. Robson could put up any score of import­ ance Surrey lost both Ac el and Holland for next to nothing, but Brockwell was in splendid foim. and made his fourth hundred of the season, while Lock­ wood, Hayward and Mr. Jephson all played excellent cricket. In the second Hampshire innings three men made good scores—Captain Quinton, Mr. Robson and Colonel Spens—but on the whole the tatting was weak. Surrey had to make 96. Abel did not go in again to “ bustle for specs.,” but Brockwell and Lockwood soon knocked up most of the runs required to win. Richardson, Lees, Mr. Heseltine ana Mr. Steele bowled exceedingly well. H a m psh ir e First innings. Ma j orR.M.Poore,cHolland, b Richardson ....................14 Webb, c Brockwell, b Rich­ ardson ................................ 1 Col. Spens, b Richardson ... 16 Capt. F. D. Quinton,bLock- wood ..................................18 E. C. Lee, c Holland, b Richardson......................... 45 D. A. Steele,c Abel,b Brock- well ........................ 34 Baldwin,cWood,bBrockwell 13 C. Robson, run out .............21 C. Heseltine, c Holland, b Richardson......................... 8 Barton, not out .................. 2 Tate, b Richardson Lb 1, w 1 ... Total ... 0 Second innings. lbw, b Jephson... 19 cWood,bRichard­ son ... ..........11 c Abel, b Lees ... 28 c Abel, b Lees ... 48 b Richardson ... 0 cAbel,bBrockwell 8 c & b Richardson 0 c Abel, b Lees ... 37 cBrockwell,bLees 6 c Abel,b Richard­ son ................. 6 notout................ 6 No-ball.......... 1 ...174 S u r r e y . First innings. Abel, c Lee, b Heseltine ... 0 Brockwell, b Heseltine ...109 Holland, c Lee, b Heseltine 2 Lockwood, b Quinton ... 30 Hayward, c Spens, b Tate... 22 D. L A. Jephson, c Robson, b Steele ........................41 Baldwin, run out................. 7 K. J. Key, b Heseltine ... 19 Lees,bStee’e ...................... 8 Wood, not out ................. 2 Richardson,cRobson,bSteele 2 B 6, lb 1 ................. 7 Total .................249 H a m ps h ir e . First innings. O. M.R. W. 13 3 34 1 . 21 3 76 6 .. 4 0 24 0 .. 3 0 13 0 .. Total •17 a Lockwood Richardson Jepheon Hayward Brockwell 9 3 25 Second innings. c Barton,b Hesel­ tine .................42 c Robson, b Steele 14 not out.................28 not out................. 2 c Steele, b Hesel- tin e ................. 7 B 2, lb l ......... 3 Total (3wkts) 96 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 0 4 1 ... 11 4 19 ... 22 6 61 ... 7 2 22 11 5 Lees ... 11*3 2 Lockwood delivered one wide and one no-ball. Heseltine Tate Lee Steele ... Barton ... Quinton S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R .W . ... 21 ... 16 ... 19 _ ... 10*1 1 ... 4 1 ... 10 3 7 61 6 40 5 49 38 20 34 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 11 1 29 2 1 0 4 ... 4 ... 2 ... 12 14 14 23 3 0 13 0 LANCASHIRE v. SUSSEX., Played at Old Trafford on July 7, 8 and 9. Lancashire won by five wickets. This was a match in which Fortune inclined from time to time to either side in the most fickle manner, finally deciding on Saturday to favour Lancashire. Rain Hal so affected the wicket that on the first two days of the match the bowlers had much the best of matters, but by Saturday morning the wicket had recovered so considerably that batting was not diffi­ cult. Few of the Sussex men could do anything with Briggs in their first innings, but Mr. Fry and Mr. Newham made a very useful stand indeed. When Lancashire went in, Bland and Tate were both found to be so hard to play that Baker alone succeeded in