Cricket 1898

300 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. JtJi/s 28, 1898. YORKSHIRE y. SOMERSETSHIRE. Played at Scarborough on July 21, 22 and 23. Yorkshire won by six wickets. It was hardly within the bounds of probability that Somerset would beat Yorkshire, and although they made a brilliant attempt on the third day of the match to get level with their opponents, they cannot have been surprised at their defeat. Possibly if they had been able to put Yorkshire in to make about a hundred, instead of about fifty, they might have pulled the match out of the fire, for the famous northern team found a difficulty in making runs. At the end of the first day’s play Yorkshire had a decided advantage, for with seven wickets still in hand they were only 62 behind their opponents. Mr. Jackson, moreover, was one of the not outs, and as he is in splendid form just now, it was on the cards t' at he would make a big score. The batting of the Somerset men was very even, but the scores made were not large enough to promise success. With Tunnicliffe, Brown and Mr. Jackson all in form, the Somerset bowling was soon shown to be inadequate, and when the game was resumed on Friday it was mastered, although three wickets fell somewhat quickly. When Mr. Milligan joined Mr. Jackson the bowlers were completely at a loss to know what to do, and although Mr. Milligan hardly made his runs as quickly as usual, on account of a sprain, his partner hit very hard indeed. While the two men were together they put on 140 in an hour and a half. Mr. Jackson was decidedly favoured by fortune, for he was missed several times, but despite this, his innings of 189, which was made in three hours, was a brilliant display of batting. Yorkshire had a lead of 189, and at close of play Somerset seemed to be quite out of the running, being 104 runs behind with only five wickets in hand, Mr. Woods not out 16. On Saturday morning Mr. Woods took the Yorkshire bowling in charge, and as he found useful partners in Mr. Fowler and Mr. Daniell, there was a reasonable chance that Yorkshire might have to make a good many runs. Unfortunately for his side, Mr. Woods was out just before he had reached the hundred. He had played a perfect innings, and thanks to’him, Yorkshire had to make 64 to win. S om erset . First innings. Second innings. L. C. H. Palairet, c Hirst, b H aigh ............................... 27 c Hawke,b Haigh 9 H. T. Stanley, b Brown ... 23 c Hunter,b Hirst 8 W.Trask,cHunter,bJackson 89 lbw, b Haigh ...11 Robson,c Milligan,bJackson 80 c Haigh, b Hirst 4 Nicholls, b Rhodes .......... 6 b Rhodes ..........27 S. M. J. Woods, c Hirst, b Jackson ........................ 5 G. Fowler, c Haigh, b Hirst 24 J. Daniell, c Haigh, b Hirst 18 Tyler, not out .................24 Gill, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 0 Rev.A.P.Wickham.bHaigh 13 Leg-byes ................. 5 c Hawke,b Wain­ wright .......... b Jackson.......... b Rhodes .......... c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes .......... not out................. c Hunter, b Hirst B 8,lb 6,nb 1... Total ..208 Y orksh ire . Total........242 first innings. Second innings. Tunnicliffe,cPalairet,bTyler 65 c and b Daniell... 16 Brown, c Tyler, b Woods ... 86 cWickham,bGill 6 F. S. Jackson, b Nichols ...189 Denton, c Robson, b Gill ... 4 b Robson .......... 1 Wainwright, b Wcods ... 10 cStanley,bBotson 17 Hirst, c Robson, b Woods... 9 notout.................10 F. W Milligan, c Nichols, b Woods ................. €0 not ou t................ 4 LordHawke,cPalairet,b Gill 19 Haigh, c Palairet, b Gill ... 22 Rhodes, not out .......... ... 13 Hunter, c Palairet, b Gill... 3 B 25, lb 3 ................. Rhodes Milligan Haigh Jackson Brown Hirst... Total ................397 S om erset . First innings. O. M. R. W. ... 21 7 ... 13 4 ... 112 5 ... 26 11 47 3 . 0 50 1 22 0 ... 25 2 ... No-ball .......... 1 Total (4 wkts) 54 Second innings. O. M. R. W. , 21 6 19 11 45 3 0 18 0 4 59 2 1 21 1 ... 9 3 30 3 . Wainwright 12 3 Haigh bowled one no-ball. Y o rksh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Fowler................. 7 1 33 0 ......... Tyler ................. 24 1 105 1 ........ W oods................. 38 5 115 4 ......... Robson................. 18 6 32 0 .. .. G ill..................... 221 6 55 4 ......... Nichols................. 10 2 29 1 ......... Stanley .. Daniell .. Gill bowled one no-ball, 18*4 4 53 3 31 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 1 25 2 2 18 1 1 0 0 4 0 SURREY Y. HAMPSHIRE. FINE INNINGS BY MR. A. J. L. HILL. Played at the Oval on July 21, 22 and 23. Drawn. Referring to this match on Wednesday last, a specu­ lative critic wrote “ Hampshire will no doubt get the usual hiding from Surrey at the Oval,” and the prophecy seemed as safe as anything could possibly be in the way of cricket. But a wonderfully good innings by Mr. A. J. L. Hill altogether upset calcu­ lations, and although, despite his efforts, Hampshire seemed on Saturday afternoon to be doing their best to lose, a brilliant stand by Mr. English and Webb left them in a very satisfactory position when the match was concluded. There were several ups and downs in this match, not the least noticeable being the sudden change in the prospects of Hampshire in the first innings when Lockwood went on to bowl with the total at over 300 for five wickets. The Surrey bowler took the next five wickets for 25 runs. There was nothing remarkable about the batting of the Hampshire men, with the exception of Mr. Lees and Mr. Hill, but for the most part everybody made runs. Mr. Hill’s great innings lasted for four hours and forty minutes; it was as near perfection as need be. Mr. Lee’s 52, a finely hit innings, included nine 4’s. Owing to the success which attended the bowling of Lockwood against the tail, the Hampshire total was not as large as it seemed likely to be, and Surrey managed to exceed it by 56 runs. Rain interrupted play on the Friday, and at the end of the day Surrey were 99 runs behind with six wickets still m hand, Abel having made his hundred. Holland played very good cricket for C6. On Saturday Lockwood was in great form ; his 109 was made by brilliant cricket. When Hampshire went in again they made a terribly poor beginning. Major Poore, after being hurt by Richardson, was bowled with the total at 2, and at 21 no less than four men were out, including Mr. Hill and Mr. Lee. Lockwood was responsible for three of the wickets. Then came the remarkable stand by Mr. English and Webb, and aided by some poor fielding the two Hampshire men, by splendid cricket, gradually wore down the bowling, and not only saved their side from defeat, but placed it in a very fair position. H am pshire . First innings. Second innings. Major Poore, c Brockwell, b Lockw ood...................... 13 bRichardson .. 0 A. J. L. Hill, c Wood, b Lockwood.......................199 Soar, lbw, b Hayes ............ 21 E. I. M. Barrett, c Wood, b Richardson .................21 E. C. Lee, b Brockwell ... 52 Webb* c Wood, b Lees ... 8 E. A. English, b Lockwood 23 D. A. Steele, c Wood, b Lockw ood........................ Baldwin, b Lockwood C. Robson, not out ........ Tate, b Lockwood .......... B 4, lb 6, nb 2 ......... c Wood, b Lock­ wood................ b Lockwood c Holland, Lockwoed not out.......... c Hayward, Richardson . 98 0 7 23 2 12 B 9, lb 2, nb 2, w 1 14 Total ................381 Total (5wkts) 185 S u rrey . Hayes, c Lee, bTate... 38 BrOckwell, c Lee, b Steele.........................18 Abel, c Webb, b Bald­ win ...................... Ill Holland,cPoore,b Hill 66 Lockwood, o Poore, b T a te .........................109 Hayward, c English, b Hill ...........................29 Baldwin, c Steele, b T a te ........................< K. J.Key, b HiU ... Lees, c Lee, b Tate Wood, c Poore, b Hill Bichardson, not out... W 3, nb 1 .......... Total ..........41 H am pshire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R .W . Richardson ... 25 4 Lockwood Hayward ... Lees .......... Hayes Brockwell... A b e l.......... , 32 3 4 101 6 . 1 .......... 22 1 8 45 2 0 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 2 11 0 ... 3 23 2 48 12 80 3 0 0 0 0 0 Holland . . 2 1 1 0 Lockwood bowled three no-balls and two wides. S u rrey . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Soar ... 27 6 86 0 Baldwin ... 26 6 55 1 Tate ... 27 3 13 115 4 Lee ... ... 16 3 31 0 Steele ... 8 1 42 1 English Webb ... 3 1 6 0 Hill.......... 34 3 83 4 ... 6 2 16 0 Soar bowled one no-ball, Hill two wides, and Steele one wide. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. W. G. IN GREAT FORM. Played at Trent Bridge on July 21, 22 and 23. Drawn. After a match in which the rate of scoring cannot be said to have teen excessively fast, Notls made another draw, which was about as even as could possibly be desired. The chief feature of the cricket was the batting of W.G., who has certainly entered uponhis fifty-first year with a flourish of tiumpets. He was at the wickets during the whole of Thursday last, making 143 in five hours and twenty minutes, and on Friday he stayed in for about an hour and a quarter?adding another 25 runs to his score. Needless to say his cricket was very sound and very painstaking. It practically placed his side in safety. He was greatly handicapped by and injury to his knee. It was just as well for Gloucestershire that the veteran was able to keep up his wicket for so long, inasmuch as, with the exception of Mr. Sewell and Mr. Troup, the members of the team were not able to do much with the bowl­ ing. When stumps were drawn on Friday night, a drawn game seemed almost a certainty, for Notts had, by careful cricket, put cn 103 runs for two wickets, so that unless something extraordinary happened, they were sure to save the follow on. Shrewsbury was unfortunate, lut Gunn and Mr. Jones were both in great form. Satuiday’s cricket was not very interesting, for although Notts did not make as big a score as was anticipated from their go< d beginning, it was evident that they must saAe the follow on. During the match only 654runs were made. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. W.G.Grace,c Oates,b Jones 168 W.Troup,c Jones, b Henson 37 C. L. Townsend, c Oates, b Henson ....................... 7 C. O. H. Sewell, b Henson... 33 F.H.B.Champain, b Henson 0 G. L. Jessop, lbw, b Attewell 21 W. McG. Hemingway, c Jones, b Attewell ..13 C. Wreford-Brown, b Atte­ well ................. ... 0 Wrathall, c and b Attewell 12 W. S. A. Brown, not out...9 cOates, b Jones... 13 Board, c Attewell, b Jones 4 Lb 2, w l ................ 3 Fecond innings, not out......... ... { c Dixon, b Daft... b D aft................. c Jon s, b Daft... 2 Total Byes Total (4 ^kt^) 56 Daft, st Wrathall, b Townsend............... 21 Guttridge,b Townsend 23 Gunn (J.), c Wrathall, b Townsend ......... 12 Oates, st Wrathall, b Townsend ......... 2 Henson, not out......... 11 B 16, lb 2, w 2, nb 4 23 Total .. 291 > ..807 N otts . A. O. Jones, c Troup, b Townsend ................! Shrewsbury, c Sewell, b Townsend ..........16 Gunn (W.),bWreford- Brown .................74 Dench, lbw, b Wre- ford-Bruwn ................ \ Attewell, c Wreford- Brown, b W . S. A. Brown ................. 0 J. A. Dixon, b Town­ send ........................43 G lou cestersh ire . First innings. 0. M.R. W. ... 74 83108 4 . ... 12 329 0 . ... 11-2 2 26 2 , ... 55 2382 4 . ... 24 1035 0 . ... 9 229 0 . r Gunn (J.) bowled a wide. N otts . O. M.R. W . O. M.R. W. Townsend48 4 14 130 7 1W.S.Brown 40 19 06 1 Jessop ...28 13 41 0 Wrathall... 4 1 9 0 Grace ... 6 1 6 0 1W.-Brown 16 6 26 2 Townsend and W. S. A. Brown each bowled a wide, and Jepsop four no-balls. Attewell ... Guttridge... Jones........ Henson ... Gunn (J.)... D a ft.......... Second innings. O. M. R. W . . . . 8 4 7 0 4 14 2-3 1 BOWDEN HOUSE SCHOOL (Harrow) v. MEL­ VILLE HALL.—Played at Harrow on July 13. B ow d en H ouse . G. C. Churchill, Walker ................. 2 H. O. Wanton, run out 14 E. A. Breithaupt, b Walker ................. 0 N.G.Darnell.b Lawson 12 S. W. Filsell,b Walker 6 C.E.W^kins, b Walker 2 G.F.WaJker, cLawson, b Walker ... .......... 0 M elv ille H a ll . L. B. Plumbly, c Law­ son, b Walker C.E.Walker,b Walker R. Y. de Halpert, b Lawson ................. G. Lee, not o u t... ... Extras................. Total .......... Walker i, b Fib ell ... 3 Taylor, lbw, b Brei­ thaupt ................. 0 Lawson,c andbDarnell 13 Lucy i, b Filsell.......... 7 Kenneday, b Filsell ... 2 Saunders, b Darnell ... 1 Starting, lun out ... 0 Lucy ii, b Darnell Harrison, b Filsell Marten, not out... Feevor, run out .. Extras......... Total ... , 1 0 2 1 , 12