Cricket 1898

292 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J toy 2H 1898. GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. THE GREAT MATCH OF THE SEASON. Played at Lord’s on July 18, 19 and 20. Players won by 137 runs. Asa compliment to Dr. Grace, it was arranged that this match should be commenced upon his fiftieth birthday, and in order to make sure that the best men should be available, it was determined that no other first-class match should take place at the time. In every respect this idea was admirable, for it enabled’ cricketers from all counties to go to Lord’s to do honour to the most famous of all cricketers, and it ensured the pretence of a vast number of spectators, besides making the match stand out as different from any other played during the season. Pine weather was the only thing necessary to ensure success. The first cay, Monday, was perfect from every point of view, and although it rained hard in the eany hours of Tuesday, there was a full day’s cricket, and the batting was not to any great extent affected by tue downpour. Wednesday was also fine. The teams were fully representative, and if exception might have bten taken to one or two of the choices of the M.C.C. Committee, it was admitted on all sides that they had chosen as well as any body of mortals could be expected to choose. The omission which occasioned the most surprise was the name of Tyldesley, the highest, and the most consis­ tent scorer of the season, from the lanks of the Players. A crowd which was at least as big as Lord’s couid hold comfortably, watched The cricket on all the three days, and watch d it with the deepest interest. People went to see the cricket, and the fact that their passions were not aroused by partisanship did not in the slighest degree prevent them from enjoying the game to the full. On Monday, the Players were batting from morning until eveniDg. The play was singularly devoid of incident, and in truth it was not always of the most fascinating quality, for many of the batsmen seemed to be overweighted by the sei.se of their responsibility. Each batsmanwhen hecame to the wicket proceeded to play himself in with such deliberation that the cricket was at times very, very slow, but on the other hand, when any man succeeded in getting well set he gave a beautiful exhibition of sound batting. Above all his companions, Gunn stood out prominently. He began his innings when one wicket was down for 25, set to work in his usual methodical way, and, hardly ever making the slightest mistake, made the highest score ever put up by a Player in the match at Lord’s. When he was out the total was 311, and he was at the wickets a little longer than four hours. He was not happy at first with Mr. Kortright, but when he had once got his eye in nothing troubled him, although the excellence of the Gentlemen’s bowling was such that he was never able to take it in charge. With the exception of Storer and Brockwell, the other members of the team made but small scores. Most of them were out at the critical period when, if a man is allowed to go on, he will generally make a very big score. There were m an/fairly long partnerships which the spectators were sorry to see broken, but none more so than that between Gunn and Brockwell, for the Surrey player, who had not taken as long as the rest of the side to get settled, was playing the most attractive cricket when he was disposed of. Throughout the day the fielding of the Gentlemen was excellent, and if Mr. MacLaren showed up some­ what more prominently than the others, it was that he, perhaps, had more opportunities of distinguishing I himself. The rain on Tuesday morning pointed to a difficulty in making runs during the day, but, fortu­ nately,the Gentlemenwere nearlyall inform, although none of them made a score approaching at all nearly to that of Gunn. One wicket of the Players had to be taken before the Gentlemen could bat, and before it fell it was obvious that the bowlers would have some assistance from the ground. The innings was soon over, and then, amid a stoim of applause, W.G. and Mr. Stoddart walked to the wickets. It would have been a very great disappointment to everybody on the ground—or, for the matter of that, away from it -if W.G. had failed to make a good score, and it must be confessed that the commencement of his innings was calculated to make onlookers very anxious for his safety. But after being missed, and after two or three narrow escapes of being bowled, he began to show himself in his best form. He made some splen­ did hits, and although he was greatly handicapped by an inj ury to his foot, he declined to have a man to run for him. Mr. Stoddart, who played a good game also, was the first to go. The bowling of Haigh kicked considerably, and the batsmen were knocked about a little. For a time it seemed that the score made by the Gentlemen would be small, for Mr. Btoddart, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Townsend were all out when the total was 85. Mr. Jackson’s innings was the best of the day, which is saying much. But every man on the side was a good bat, aud they all came out of the ordeal with credit. It was hoped that the Doctor and Mr. MacLaren—the veteranand the greatestbats- man of the younger school—would have been in to­ gether, but the Doctor was caught at the wicket j ust before he had made his 50. It was Mr. MacLaren’s first appearance this season, but, after a very slow beginning, he shaped as if he had been playing in first-class cricket all the year with regularity, and he played a beautiful innings — one of the best of the day. Mr. Mason broke the run of bad luck which has lately attended him, and all the rest of the team made double figures. It was sur­ prising that on a difficult wicket the Gentlemen should have so nearly made as many runs as the Players, but the team was exceedingly strong in bat­ ting. In their second innings the Players began badly. Abel, for the second time in the match, was bowled neck and crop by Mr. Kortr ght, and Shrews­ bury was also unfortunate. Tunnicliffe and Storer played out time. On Wednesday some of the Gentle­ men seemed a little tired after their exertions on the previous day. Tunnicliffe and Storer were both in such good form that they brought the total to 127, the partnership producing 106. The rest of the Players, with the exception of Gunn, did nothing remarkable, but the famous Notts batsman gave another splendid exhibition of sound play. The Gentlemen had to make 2o6 to win. The beginning was bad, for Mr. Stoddart was out at once. Mr. MacLaren and Mr. Jackson seemed likely to make a big stand, but at 41 the former played on. Then an unmistakable rot set in. Mr. Woods was bowled at 55. At the same total Captain Wynyard was bowled, and at 56 Mason and Mr. Jackson were both out. Thus four of the best bats in England went in a body. The rot did not end yet, for Mr. Dixon only made 4andMr. MacGregor 1. Mr. Townsend did better, but was out when he seemed very well set. It was not until W.G. came in, with a bad foot, that the collapse was stopped. Mr. Kortright made a splendid effort with him to save the game, but as it had besn arranged to play on after half-past six the innings was brought to an end. It was a great saticfaction to everyone that W.G. carried his bat. In both innings J. T. Hearne and Lockwood bowled exceedingly well. P la ye r s . First innings. Shrewsbury, c Kortright, b Townsend................. Abel, b Kortright Gunn, b Woods .......... Storer, c Woods, b Mason. Tunnicliffe, c MacGregor, b G race............................... Brockwell, c Wood, b Town­ send ............................... Alec Heame, b Woods Lilley, not out ................ Lockwood, b Townsend .. Haigh, lbw, b Townsend .. J. T. Hearne, b Woods .. Second innings. B 1, lb 7 Total 18 b Woods ... .. 11 7 b Kortright .. 5 139 c MacGregor, b Mason ... 56 59 c sub, bTownsend 73 9 c sub, b Mason ... 44 47 c and b Woods ... 5 17 c MacGregor, b Mason ... 11 17 c Stoddart, b Mason ... ... 10 4 b Kortright ... 6 9 not out.......... ... 12 1 c Stoddart, b Woods ... ... 13 8 B 9, lb 8 ... ... 17 .335 Total ... .. 263 G entlem en . W . G. Grace, c Lilley, b Lockw ood........................43 notout. A. E. Stoddart, c A. Hearne, b Lockwood .................21 F. S. Jackson, c Lilley, b J. T. Hearne .................48 C. L. Townsend, c and b Lockwood........................ 2 c Tunnicliffe, b Lockwood ... 4 b J. T. Heame... 33 c Tunnicliffe, b J. T. Heame ... 17 A. C. MacLaren, c Abel, b Haigh...............................50 J. R. Mason, c Tunnicliffe, b J. T. Heame.................35 J. A. Dixon, c Storer, b Lockwood........................31 S.M.J.Woods,b J.T.Hearne 13 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Brockwell, b J. T. Heame 12 b J. T. Heame G. MacGregor, c Lilley, b J. T. Hearne .................16 C. J. Kortright, not out ... 17 b J. T. Heame . b Lockwood b Haigh ... , b J. T. Heame . B 11, lb 4 35 b J. T. Heame... 1 c Haigh, b Lock­ wood ..........46 B 2, lb 1 .......... Total ...............303 Total ...15 8 P layers . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Korlright........ 37 13 90 1 ... ... 36 8 83 2 Jackson ... . . 28 12 48 0 ... ... 9 4 21 0 Townsend... . . 25 8 58 4 ... ... 15 4 33 1 Grace.............. . 12 2 34 1 ... Woods ........ 20 1 4 49 3 ... 26 9 62 3 Mason.............. . 11 3 30 1 ... ... 17 8 47 4 Dixon.............. . 5 0 18 0 ... G e n t l e m e n . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W J. T. Hearne.. 33 10 87 5 ... .. 27 10 65 6 Lockwood ... 32 4 9 82 4 ... .. 20 3 6 3!) 3 Haigh .......... 31 12 64 1 ... .. 10 1 21 1 Alec Heame... 11 2 36 0 ... .. 4 1 9 0 Brockwell ... 6 1 19 0 ... .. 6 3 7 0 Storer .. 2 0 10 0 Abel .. 2 1 1 0 F. Perrin, b Nolloth J. Bastow, b Asser ... D. G. Payne, lbw, b Nolloth ................. W. Bawley, c Boyton, b Nolloth................. G.D.Roberts, b Bishop H. Burton, b Bishop... H. Sturt, b Nolloth ... J. H. Douglas, b Brad­ shaw ........................ 0 W. Goodwin, c and b Bradshaw................. 2 F. A. Bishop, b Brad­ shaw ........................ 4 H. Chichester, b Payne 2 H. Boyton, c and b Payne...................... 48 W.H.Nolloth, b Payne 3 CLAPTON v. TOTTENHAM.—Played at Totten­ ham on July 16. T otten h am . W . Pool, c Dyke, b Brown ................. H. B. Wooldridge, b Beynolds................. W.G.Messum, b Dyke W . Baker, b Dyke ... C. Jull, bDyke ... CLAPTON v. TOTTENHAM.—Played at Clapton on July 16. T o ttenham . Dr. J. L. Sykes, not out ........................26 A. F. Rodda, run out 5 C. H. .Bradshaw, c Renals, b Nolloth .. 2 C. Thomas, b Britten 13 B 3, lb 2, nb 2 ... 7 Total C lapto n . H. F. Britten, c Bas­ tow, b 8yk<=s......... 42 S.A.A88er,lbw.bSykes 7 J.H.Renals, cThomas, b Payne .................29 S. Genders, not out ... 1 Dr.Ladell,bBradshaw 0 B 8, lb 4, nb 1 ... 13 Total .. 151 C. W. Sheffield and P.F C lapto n . A. W . Renals, b Jull 80 Brown, b Brady..........20 S. Reynolds, b Jull ... 1 R. H. Walbancke, not out ....................... 16 H. P. Brady, c sub., b Reynolds ......... 32 E. D. Cooke, not on t.. 41 T.8.Gibson,b Reynolds 0 H.W.Tomkins, notout 16 B 11, w bl, nb 7... 19 Total (6 wkts.)201 . Mapleston did not bat. A. J. Chapman, not out ........................16 Leg-byes .......... 3 Total (3 wkts.)136 E. J. Richardson, J. J. Wiggett, A. J. Dyke and A. Dodson did not bat. MILTON PARK v. INCOGNITI. — Played Egham on July 15 and 16. I ncogniti . A.G. Bell, c deRobeck, b Roebuck ..........37 C.S.Cobbold,cBrother- hood, b Roebuck ... 13 W . J. Seton, not out.. 6 L. E. G. Abney, c and b Roebuck .......... 0 B 21, lb 1, w 2 ... 24 P.F. Hadow, cBrother­ hood, b de Robeck... 40 C. E. Higginbotham, b Morton ..............14 A.C.S.Glover,bMowatt 23 P. B, Yanderbyl, c de Worms, b Roebuck . 62 E. D. YouDg, b Gray... 12 SirWm.Russell,c Mor­ ton, b Gray ........ 2 G. E. B. Pritchett, b Morton ............... 0 Second in n in g s A . C. S. Glover, not out, 67 G. Bell, not out, 27 ; b 3, lb 3, w 1.—Total, 101. M ilton P a r k . A. J. Duncan, not outl64 C. Disney-Roebuck, c Young, bAtney Total .233 A. A.H. Heath,c Glover,b Vanderbyl .......... CommanderdeRobeck, b Russell................. D.W.Duncan,cGlover, b Abney ................. P. H, Morton, c Vanderbyl, b Youcg J.G.Gray, stPritchett, b Russell...............11 S. S. Schultz, b Glover 42 S. Brotherhood, b Young ...............10 C. R. J, Mowatt, b Abney ................. 0 Baron P. de Worms, absent ................ 0 B 21, lb 5, w1 .. 27 Total .420 HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE v. INCOGNITI.—Played at Burton Court on July 13. H ousehold Capt. Wentworth, c Kussell, b Ford ... 49 Capt. Heyworth, b Cobbold ................. 0 ; H. W . Studd, c Ford, b Cobbold.................18 ' N. R. Wilkinson, b | F o rd ........................ 0 Lord N. Butler,b Ju?- Hon. C. Willoughby, b F o rd ......................... 0 B rig ad e . J. H. Cuthbert, b Ford 7 A. N. Other, c HadOw, b Ford .............. . o Hon. Gordon-Lennox, not out .................11 Pte. Jones, c Vander­ byl, b Ford .......... 0 Pte.Langton, b Justice 4 B 4, lb 2, w 1 ... 7 Total ..105 I ncogniti . F. G. J. Ford, c Went­ worth, b Studd ...121 P. F. Hadow, b Went­ worth........................88 G. E. B. Pritchett, c Butler,b Wentworth 14 H. P. Justice, c Butler, b Wentworth..........11 Capt.Fleming,bWent- worth... .................16 A. E. Ridsdale, c and b Cuthbert .......... 9 Sir William Russell, b Wentworth......... 2 H.F.Bawtree, b Went­ worth .................34 W. B. Vanderbyl, not out ................. ... 68 C. 8. Cobbold, b Studd 38 G. Campbell, b Went­ worth ... .......... 8 Extras.................54 Total ...413