Cricket 1898

284 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 21, 1898. 206, 2nd, F. S. Jackson and Tunnicliffe, Yorkshire v. Lancashire, Sheffield, July 12-13, 3h. 236, 2nd, C. L. Townsend and W . Troup, Gloucester v. Somerset, Bristol, July 14, Sh. 5m. 107, 8th, Agar and F. W . Stocks, Leicestershire v. Surrey, Oval, July 14, lh. 20m. 169, 3rd, Sugg and Tyldesley, Lancashire v. Essex, Manchester, July 14, 2h. 45m. 126, 7th, G. Fowler and L. C. H. Palairet, Somerset v. Gloucestershire, Bristol, July 15, lh. 30m. 113, 4th, F. G. J. Ford and Rawlin, Middlesex v. Sussex, Lord’s, July 15, lh. 25m. 191, 3rd, C. McGahey and P. Perrin, Essex v. Lanca­ shire, Manchester, July 16, 2h. 35m. J.N.P. SURREY v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on July 14, 15 and 16. Surrey won by an innings and 43 runs. The chief features of this match were the splendid all-round cricket of Lockwood and the unexpected stand made for Leicestershire by Mr. Stocks and Agar for the eighth wicket in the first innings. Mr. de Trafford has not yet quite got back all his old brilliancy, but by his two innings of 33 and 26, made in something like his style of a couple of years ago, he has shown that his return to his best form may come at any moment. King played a very valuable game for Leicestershire in the first innings, but a very bad rot had set in when Agar and Mr. Stocks came together, and seven wickets were down for 119. The two young cricketers took charge of the bowliDg and mastered it. While they were in partnership they put on 107 runs, and made the total of their side look quite promising. They were both out at the same total, and without another run being added the next two wickets fell, whichwas discouraging. Surrey had put up 156 for theloss of At el, Brockwell and Holland before stumps were drawn, Lockwood being not out 52 and Hayward not out 26. The latter was soon dispofed of <n Friday, but Lockwood and Mr. Jephson made runs very quickly, and soon the Leicestershire total was passed. After this the bowling fell to pieces, and the rest of the Surrey men had an enjoy­ able time. Lockwood’s pretty innings of 100 was made in two hours and ten minutes ; his cricket was as good as any he has ever shown. The total came to over 400, nearly all the tail distinguishing themselves. The match was almost finished by Friday night, for only Mr. de Trafford and Knight made any stand against the Surrey bowlers. The latter played a remarkably good game. Richardson bowled very well in this innings. L eicestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. C.E. de Trafford, b Richard- cWood,b Richard­ son ...............................33 C. J. B. Wood, b Jephson... 26 Knight, b Lockwood.......... 0 King, c Wood, b Lockwood. 50 son ................. candbRichardson not out................. run out ... ... c Baldwin, b Hayward.......... b Brockwell b Hayward.......... Brown, st Wood, b Jephson Pougher, c Wood, b Lock­ wood ............................... 6 R.Joyce,cWood,bLockwood 0 Agar, c Brockwell, b Lock­ wood ...............................48 b Hayward... F. W. Stocks, c Brockwell, b Jephson........................58 b Richardson Woodcock, b Jephson......... 0 b Richardson Whiteside, not out .......... 0 b Richardson B 1, lb 3, nb 1 .......... 5 B 10, lb 1 Total Total..........140 S u r r e y . Abel, c Whiteside, b Woodcock... ... 11 Brockwell,b Woodcock 22 Holland, b Agar......39 Lockwood, c and b K in g ....................100 Hayward, c Stocks, b Woodcock............. 32 D. L. A. Jephson, b Stocks ..............60 Baldwin, not out ... 51 K.J. Key,b Woodcock 42 Lees, c Brown, b Pougher.................23 Wood, lbw, b King ... 11 Richardson, b King.. 1 B 8, lb 5, w 1, nb 3 17 Total ...409 L eic e ste r sh ir e . Lockwood Hayward ... Richardson Jephson ... Brockwell.. First innings. O. M. R. W. 24 5 63 5 6 13 18*1 6 6 Second innings. O. M. R.W. 1 24 0 . 1 . 44 4 . 24 0 . 2 53 6 0 3 13 0 . ... 13 ... 163 ... 6 ... 8 12 Lockwood delivered a no-ball. 1 13 7 21 2 55 0 19 5 3 6 18 S u rrey . M. R. W . O. M. R. W. 10 131 4 |Agar ... 14 2 58 1 4 61 1 King ...18‘1 6 43 3 5 76 1 IBrown ... 3 0 23 0 Woodcock delivered a wide, and Stocks three no-balls. Woodcock 47 Poupher... 17 Stocks ... 27 MIDDLESEX v. SUSSEX. Played at Lord’s on July 14, 15 and 16. Middlesex won by 235 runs. If ever a team had a pronounced tail it was Sussex in this match, and as only two or three of the side are in anything like form just atthe presentmoment, it is not surprising that the defeat at the hands of Middle­ sex was very heavy. The match was chiefly noticeable for the very fine cricket played by Mr. Fry, for Trott’a return to form as a bowler, and for the utter collapse of the Sussex tail in both innings. The batting of Sussex was most disappointing. Mr. Brann is off colour, and the loss of the valuable aid which he has so often given makes all the difference in the world to his side. In the second innings the captain and Marlow made a fine effort to put a better appearance on the game, but with such a tail to follow it was not of very much use to make about 40each. On the other hand, Middlesex, against the weak bowling opposed to them, showed up exceedingly well, more especially in the second innings. Sir T. C. O’Brien showed plainly enough that he is still a very useful man to have in the team, and Mr. Stoddart played steady cricket. Rawlin was in form in both innings, and Mr. Ford’s 79 was worthy of him. Mr. Hayman and Mr. Warner also did well. But the innings of the match was unquestionably Mr. Fry’s 104 not out. M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, run out ... 38 b Bland .......... 7 H. B. Hayman, b Bland ...20 c Fox, b Bland... 59 A.E.Stoddart,cFox,b Bland CO c Bean, b Killick 25 F. G. J. Ford, b Bland ... 5 Rawlin, b B lin d ......... ... 45 Sir T. C. O’Brien, b Bland 8 Trott (A. E.), b Bland ... 13 R. W . Nicholls, c Killick, b B la n d ...............................19 b Tate . F. H. E. Cunliffe, st Fox, b Killick............................ 8 not out E. H. Bray, c Tate, b Killick 22 Hearne (J. T.), not out ... 0 B 16, lb 4 .................20 b Bean... run out b Brann c and b Tate 14 c Killick, b Brann 23 B 15, lb 17, nb 3 35 Total .................258 Total (9 wkts)*377 * Innings declared closed. S u ssex . G.Brann,cStoddart,bRawlin 1 C. B. Fry. not out................104 W . L. Murdoch, c O’Brien, b Rawlin ........................ 9 Marlow, b Cunliffe ..........11 Killick, lbw, b Cunliffe ... 20 Vine, b Heame ... ..........18 Bean(J.),c Stoddart, b Trott 10 Cox, lbw, b Trott................ 0 Tate, b Trott....................... 3 Bland, b Trott ................. 0 R. W . Fox, b Trott .......... 0 B 18, lb 2, nb 1 ..........21 c Stoddart, b Cunliffe ..........27 b Trott................. 0 b Heame ..........42 b Trott................ 45 b Hearne ..........17 cNicholla,b Trott 11 b Trott... c and b Trdtt .. c Bray, b Trott . b Heame ........ notout... Total ...197 Total , lb 1, nb 3 34 . 203 M id d le se x . First innings. O. M. R. W . Second innirgs. O. M. R. W. 7 117 2 0 50 3 4 0 2 Tate ................. 17 7 44 0 ........... 34 Killick .......... 25*2 7 62 2 ...........12 Cox ................. 19 8 32 0 ........... 13 26 Bland................ 34 5 100 7 .......... 26 72 Fry 5 24 Bean ... 13 44 Brann... 52 2 9 Bland, Fry and Bean each bowled a no-ball. S u ssex . First innings. Hearne .......... 27 8 62 1 Rawlin .......... 10 2 31 2 Cunliffe .......... 17 3 47 Second innings. Trott... 113 3 36 5 . Cunliffe bowled four no-balls. 8 1 9 56 3 .20 8 41 1 26 7 72 6 ESSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on July 14,15 and 16. Essex won by four wickets. Before the match with Lancashire there was just a suspicion that the Essex team had begun to take a downward path, but the splendid way in which they pulled this game out of the fire is satisfactory evidence t^iat they are as strong as ever. To go in to make nearly three hundred and fifty runs and yet to win with ease, is a feat which is altogether out of the common. On Thursday afternoon last the prospects of Lancashire seemed very bright indeed, for with only two wickets down the two hundred went up, and anything was possible in the way of a big score. But towards this formidable total only two batsmen had contributed many runs—Sugg and Tyldesley. They came together with the score at 37, and were not separated until at 206 Mr. Lucas, with a lob, was fortunate enough to dispose of Sugg for a wonderful innings of 1C4. Tyldesley followed him not long afterwards, having once more by beautiful cricket made within about a dozen of his hundred. Then came one of the surprises of the season. Mr. Kort­ right and Mr. Bull, who had seemed quite harmless during the partnership of the two famous Lancashire professionals, again took up the running, and in a very short time disposed of the rest of the team for an addition of less than fifty runs. It was a fine per­ formance of the two bowlers. Essex had about an hour and a half’s batting, and thanks to a good innings of 38 by Carpenter and 25 not out by Mr. McGahey, had put up 93 for the loss of four wickets by the end of the day—by no means a winning position. The cricket on Friday was almost entirely in favour of Lancashire. Except that Mr. McUahey increased his 25 to 48, the Essex men were unable to cope with Mold and Cuttell, and at one time they seemed almost certainto have to follow-on—a disaster which was averted by plucky cricket by Mr. McGahey and Mead. Nevertheless, they were 85 runs behind. In their second innings Lancash re again looked like running up a very big score, for after a valuable partnership by Mr Hartley and Tyldesley 114 went up with the loss of only two wickets, and then Sugg played another excellent innings. On their present form there are not two better batsmen in England than Tyldesley and Sugg. Despite a somewhat ignominious display by the tail, who. as in the first innings, did badly (with the exception of Cuttell), Lancashire had the formidable lead of 335. In the forty minutes which remained for play Mr. Owen and Carpenter knocked off 34 of these, to that Essex began the morning of Saturday with a full innings before them and 3u2 runs still to make. It was most decidedly a very uphill task. But the two not outs played such good cricket that they put on 88 for the first wicket, which meant something like 250 for the other nine wickets—a very different state of affairs. There was very soon another wicket down, but th-n Mr. Perrin and Mr. McGahey got together, and before they were parted victory was within easy reach. Ihey put on 191 runs together, and when Mr. Perrin was out for a splendid 61 the total was 279. Thus only 57 rims more weie required. For a moment there was a possibility that a rot might set in at this critical moment, for Mr. Turner was out for a duck, and four wickets were down. But Mr. Lucas, who followed, is such an oldhand that nothing disturbs his equanimity, and before he had been in long the game was to all ntents and purposes over. Mr. McGahey did not succeed in carrying his bat, but his innings of 145 was worthy of the very highest praise ; it practically won the match for his side. L an cash ire . First innings. C.R.Hartley,stRuf8ell,bBull 20 Ward,c Russell, b Kortright 1 Tyldesley, c Russell, b Bull 85 8ugg(F.),cM.cGahey,bLucasl04 A. Eccles, c Russell, b Kortright ........................ 8 Baker, c Russell, b Bull ... 7 Cuttell, st Russell, b Bull... 2 Briggs, b Koriright .......... 8 Ellis, b Kortright..i ... 0 Mold, c Lucas, b Bull......... 12 Radcliffe, not out .......... 0 B 5, lb 2 ................. 7 Total......... 1 ..254 H.G.Owen, c Briggs, bMold 13 Carpenter, c Tyldesley, b Cuttell...............................38 P. Perrin, b Mold................. 7 C. McGahey, c Tyldesley, b Cuttell........................ ... 48 A. J. Turner, b Mold.......... 5 A. P. Lucas, b M old ..........15 F. L. Fane, b Cuttell.......... 4 Russell, b Cuttell................. 0 C. J. Kortright, c Tyldesley, b Mold ........................ 7 Mead, c Briggs, b Cuttell... 19 .. 12 .. 1 Second innings, b Turner ... . lbw, b Bull... . c Owen, b Bull. c McGahey, Kortright 61 12 61 70 b Kortright ... 1 c Mead, b Bull ... 4 c Kortright, b Turner ..........21 lbw, b Turner ... 9 b Kortright ... 2 c Turner, b Kort­ right .......... 2 not ou t. .......... 1 B5, lb l ... 6 Total b Cuttell b Briggs .. b Cuttell ... c Sugg, b Ellis c R a d c liffe , Cuttell ... not out.......... b Cuttell ... not ou t......... ..250 ... 44 ... 34 ... 61 . 145 b .. 0 .. 23 .. 4 .. 4 F. G. Bull, not out Leg-bye Total. First Kortright... Bull .......... Mead Carpenter ... Turner Perrin Lucas.......... ..........169 L an cash ire . innings. O. M. R. W . ... 28 8 74 4 .. ... 30-1 3 88 5 ... 19 9 19 0 ... 4 0 16 0 ... 3 9 2 2 28 B 15, lb 9 ... 24 Total (6wkts.)3C9 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 26 10 56 4 6 91 3 2 60 0 35 . 15 Cuttell Mold ... Br ggs Ellis ... O. 17 1 .. E sse x . M. R. W. 23*3 4 92 5 . , 28 . 5 . 1 7 75 5 , 5 0 0 ... 0 1 0 . . . Baker Sugg 11 1 47 3 O. M. R. W . . 44 16 69 4 . 42 13 81 0 .32 7 70 1 . 18 4 2 47 1 0 2 9 0