Cricket 1898

316 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 4, 1398 SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at the Oval on July 28, 29 and 30. Surrey won by five wickets. In tb9 most unpleasant of weather Essex, who had won the first match between the two counties this season, batted on a wicket which the rain of the previous niaht had made exceedingly difficult. 1 hree times during the day rain stopped play, and finally it became so dark that stumps were drawn at a quarter to six. The result of the day’s cricket was decidedly unfavourable to Essex, who began so badly that a plucky stand by the tail could not great y mend matters. Carpenter was bowled by Richardson with the total at 1. At the same total Mr. Perrin was caught at the wicket off Richardson, and two of the best wickets were down. Another disaster occurred when eleven runs had been added to the score, the victim this time being Mr. McGahey, Richardson a?ain being the fortunate bowler. After this Essex did a little better, but nevertheless six wickets were down for 61 at lunch time. A shower made the vi'-k^t a little easier when the game was resumed, and the tail took advantage of this to make runs as quick y as they convenieotly could. Thanks to their efforts the total of the innings was not very bad. For a time it seemed likely that the Surrey team would collapse, Brockwell, Holland and Lockwood having all been dis­ posed of when the score was 48. Then came the stand of the day, between Abel aid Fayward, which very greatly improved the prospects of Surrey. Mr. Kort­ right, who could not get a hold on the turf, could only bowl four overs. "When stumps were drawn Abel was not out 58, Hayward not out ‘23, and the score 91 for three wickets. On Friday, in wintry weather, Abel and Hayward continued to play fine cricket, and by the time th*t they were parted the bowling had be-n fairly mastered. Hayward was the first to go, with the score at 214. of which he had made 67 by very good cricket. Mr. Jephson was in great form, and .Baldwin played well. Abel’s long and splendid inn­ ings came to a close with the total at 243, of which he claimed no less than 148. His innings only lasted for three hours and ten minutes, and he showed plainly enough, as he has done before, that when occasion requires he can play as brilliant an innings as need be. without taking much time over it. With the large balance of 167 against them, E-sex began theirsecond innings in excellent style. Mr. Fane played good cricket for 31, Mr. McGahey was well set when he was out, and Mr. Perrin and Mr. rJurner carried their bats for useful scores. On Saturday Mr. Turner was soon out, and then some remarkably good cricket was f-hown by Mr. Lucas, who, in partnership with Mr. Perrin, slowly - very slowly—wore down the bowling, until nearly 250 was up for three wickets, and Essex seemed ceitain to make an honourable draw. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Key put Lockwood on at the pavilion end, with results which were astonish­ ing. The famous bowler took si* of the seven remaining wickets for 19 runs, and thus may be said to have won the match for Surrey. Both Mr. Perrin and Mr. Lucas, who had been together for about three hours, fell to him, and the tail did next to nothing. Mr. Perrin’s innings was distractingly slow from the point of view of a spectator—he made 76inabout four hours—but as the only thing which his side could hope for was a draw, he undoubtedly'did the right thing to take no risks whatever. Mr. Lucas’s 89 was an nnings worthy of any cricketer—worthy of himself when in his prime many years ago. Surrey had very little difficulty in making the 124 runs which were required to win, and there was plenty of time to get them. Abel again made his runs quickly, and batted in the most attractive way, and Brockwell, who was hit on the head by a short-pitched fast ball, was in such good form that it was on the cards that the runs would le knocked off without the loss of a wicket. Before Surrey was able to claim a victory there was a momentary scare when two or three wickets fell, but Lockwood came in and be^an his innings by making two fives and a four, and in the end carried bis bat for 26. E s s e x . First innings. Second innings. F. L. Fane, c Hayward, b Lockw ood........................16 b Hayward.........3L Carpenter, b Richardson ... 1b Bichardson ... 19 P. Perrin, c Wood, b Rich­ ardson ............................... 0 b Lockwood ... 76 C. McGahey, b Richardson 6 st Wood, b Lock­ wood...............22 A. J. Turner, b Richardson 25 b Richardson ... 20 A. P. Lucas, b Lockwood ..10 c Hayward, b Lockwood ... 89 Russell, c Jephson, b Brock­ well ... ....................21 c Wood, b Lock­ wood ................. 4 C. J. Kortright, c Wood, b Lockw ood.....................34 c Holland ^Lock­ wood.................. 7 Mead, b Brockwell ......... 4 b Lockwood ... 0 F. G. Bull, b Brockwell ...16 c Crawford, b Lockwood ... 0 Young, not out ..............12 not out................... 4 W ides........................ 2 B 17, lb 1 ...18 Total ...147 T o ta l..........290 S u r r e y . First inning*. Abel, c Kortright, b Young 148 Brockwell,cRusselI, b Koit- right ............................... 1 Holland, b Young ......... 9 D.L A. Jephson.b McGahey 46 Hayward, b McGahey........ 67 Lockwood,cTurner.bYoung 0 Baldwin, c Fane, b Me*ad ... 20 V.F.S.Trawford.c&bYoung 0 K. J. Key. not out ... . 18 Wood, st Russell, b Bull ... 0 Richardson,stRussell,b Bull 1 Byes ........................ 4 Second innings. cK.rtright,bBull 53 c and b Young ... 29 cRu8sell,b Young 10 b Kortright ... 3 b Kortright ... 0 not out.................26 not ou t............... 2 Leg-bye . Total ................ 314 To!al (5 wkts) 124 E ssex . Firot innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Lockwood . ... 28 8 513 .......... 39 12 88 7 Richardson ... ‘.6 5 57 4 .......... 47 16 77 2 Hayward ......... 2 0 5 0 .......... 20 4 51 1 Brockwell ........ 33 0 30 3 .......... 16 9 17 0 Crawford . . 6 0 15 0 Jephson . . 1 2 2 24 0 Richardson bowled two wides. S urrey . First innings. Se’ond innings. O. M. R. W. O. M R. W. Korlright........ 4 0 22 1 ........... 11 2 1 54 2 M ead............... 34 11 78 1 ........... 5 1 19 0 Young .......... 35 11 94 4 ........... 9 2 18 2 Bull ..........- ... 31*1 11 t9 2 ........... 9 ‘2 24 1 Turner .......... 3 1 12 0 ........... 4 0 8 0 Carpenter......... 4 1 13 0 ........... McGahey ... . 9 4 22 2 ........... WARWICKSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on July 28, 29 and 30. Drawn. After a day on which no cricket was played owing to rain. Hampshire lost nine wickets for 113, Barton and Capt. Quinton alone offering any resis’auce to the bowling. The “ lunch score” was 124 for nine wickets, and afterwards Light and Tate made such a stubborn stand tiiat they put on 82 in an hour and a half. Warwickshire, at the close pf the day, had got to within 85 of the Hampshire total, and had only lost three wickets. Walter Quaifebatted in excellent style. On Saturday, W . G. Quaife, who was not out 17 on the previous evening, proved to be in splendid foim, and as he received valuable aid from Lilley, Mr. Glover, and especially Kinneir, enough runs were made to enable the Captain to declare. The unbroken partnership between Kinneir and W. G. Quaife, pro­ duced 165runs, and lasted two hours and ten minutes. There was plenty of time for Hampshire to get out, but fortunately for the team a very fin« stand was made for the second wicket by Capt. Quinton and M»jor Poore, who put on nearly a hundred runs in a little over an hour. After they were part'd theic seemed a change that Warwickshire would win, for wickets fell rapidly. But Webb kept up his end, and when the game was brought to a conclusion, Hamp­ shire were 26 runs on with two wickets to fall. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. A. J. L. Hill, run out.., .. 16 Capt. F. W. Quinton, c Diver, b Field ... .........25 Webb, b Field ................. 5 Maj. R. M. Poore, b Dickens 16 E. C. Lee, b Santall .......... 0 E. J. M. Barrett, b Santall 0 Barton, c Plover, b Dickers 42 Second innings, c Kinneir, b Field I b Field... not out... c and b Devey . b Santall b Santall c W . G. C b Field b Field .. D. A. Steele, b Dickens ... 3 C. Dobson, c Field, b Santall 4 Light, b Dickson.41 b Dickens Tate, not out..................... 34 B 5, lb 4 ......................... 9 aife, Total ...195 B 4, lb 6 ... 10 Total (8 wkts)173 W a r w ic k s h ir e . Quaife (W.), b 8teele 61 A. C. S. Glover, b ---------v ttsu « ■ Steele.......................................... 25 Kinneir, not out....... 78 B 1, lb 1, w 2,nb 3 7 Devey, c Light, b Hill 9 J. F. Byrne, c Steel, b Hill ........................ 6 Quaife (W.G.),notoutll7 Lilley, c Webb, b Hill 27 Total (6 wkts.)*333 Diver, c Barton, b T a te ................ 3 Santall, Field and Dickens did not bat. *Innings declared closed. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Santall ... ,... 34 11 69 3 ... ... 21 10 37 2 Dickens ... , 20*2 6 99 4 ... ... 12-4 3 29 1 Field ... .... 24 11 43 2 ... ... 23 9 54 4 Kinneir ... ... 3 1 8 0 ... Lilley ... . 5 0 13 0 ... Byrne ... .. . 5 2 5 0 ... 4 0 19 0 Devey ... ... 3 1 9 0 ... ... 8 1 24 1 W a r w ic k s h ir e . O. Light Tate Hill... Steele ... 28 Lee... Hill and Steele each bowled a wide, Steele bowled two no-balls, and Light one. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. , 15 3 32 0 Quinton..,, 3 0 14 0 . 55 2) 81 1 Barton ... 3 0 16 ♦0 . 33 7 88 3 Webb ... 2 0 6 0 . 9 54 2 Poore ... 2 0 13 0 . 6 0 19 o 1 G L O U C E ST E R SH IR E v. L A N C A SH IR E . Played at Old Trafford on July 28, 29 and 30. Lancashire w on by otj runs. On Friday night the Gloucestershire men were apparently in a hopeless position, for they bad lost four wickets in their second innings for 68, and still required 310 runs to win the match. Their first innings had been a fiasco, for they had batted on a sticky wicket and had been quite unable to withstand the bowling of Cuttell and Mold. If it had notbeen for the fine cricket played by Tyldesley and Ward, Lancashire in their first innings would have done aboutasbadly asGl ucestershire; indeed,the lastseven wiclre s only produced 26 runs. It was not by much that Gloucestershire saved the follow on, although their opponents only made 148. In the second innings of Lancashire, half-a-dozen batsmen played an ex­ cellent game;more particularlyFrank Sugg, Bakerand Briggs, and Glourestershire had to make no less than 378to win. TheDoctor, Mr. Troup and Mr. Sewell all failed for the second time in the match. Mr. Jessop made 29 quickly, and Mr. Townsend was not out 42 at the close of the day’s play. Mr. Townsend was soon out on Saturday, and five wickets were down for 82. It seemed the question of another h>ur. But then followed a splendid stand by Mr. Rice and Mr. Champain, who brought the game to 178 for six wickets. At 181 Mr. Hemingway was o u t; seven wickets down. The next wicket put on 52, of which Wrathall made 32. At the same total, 233, Mr. Brown was caught, and the game seemed over. But Board was in fine form, and as Mr. Champain showed not the least sign of getting out. the score mounted until there seemed quite a possibility that Gloucestershire might win after all. The last wicket produced 78 runs. Mr. Champoin carried his bat for an almost perfect innings of li3. L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. Ward, c Rice, b Jessop ... 34 lbw, b Grace ... 18 C. R. Hartley, c Eoard, b Jessop............................... 1 c Board, b Brown 26 Tylde*ley,c Troup, b Jessop 72 c Troup, b Brown 14 Sugg (K.), c Hemingway, b b Jessop ... . ..........15 b Grace ........... 45 A. Etc’es, b Jessop .......... 0 c Board, b Brown 34 Baker, c Hemingway, b B row n ............................. 0 c Sewell, b Grace 59 Cuttell, c Rice, b Jessop ... 8 bBrown .......... 7 W. B. Stoddart, c Board, b Jessop............................... 0 c Grace, b Brown 9 Briggs, run out ................. 1 c Board, b Brown 47 Smith, not out ................. 7 not out................. 3 Mold, c Champain, b Jessop 1 c Grace, b Town­ send ............... 3 B 5, nb 4 ......................... 9 B4,lbl,wl,nb2. 8 Total...................... 148 Total ...273 G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. W.G.GrAce,cBaker,bCuttell 1 b Cuttell ......... 5 W . Troup, c Smith, b Mold 4 c Eccles, b Cuttell 0 C. L. Townsend, c sub., b Cuttell............................... 6 b M old............... 25 C. O. H. Sewell, c Stoddart, b Mold............................... 2 b Cut'ell .......... 0 R.W.Bice, c Baker, b Cuttell 0 c Smith, b Cuttell 51 F. H. B. Chanipain, c and b Mold............................... 4 notout............... 113 G.L Jessop, c Kccles,b Mold 2 stSmith, b Cuttell 29 W. McG. Hemingway, c Ward, b Cuttell .......... 9 c Sugg, b Cuttell 1 Wra'hall, not out .......... 2 c Mold, b Cuttell 32 W . S. A. Brown, c Briggs, b Mold....................... ...10 c Meld, b Cuttell 0 Board, c Hartley, b Mold ... 0 c Tyldesley, b Briggs ..........43 Leg-byes........................ 4 B 9, lb 3 ... 12 Total.......... .............44 Total ...311 L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jessop ..........242 7 54 8 ........... 10 0 41 0 Townsend ... 11 3 30 0 .... 22 3 4 93 1 Grace ........... 16 9 24 0 ........... 28 6 75 3 Brown ........... 9 3 31 1 ........... 37 19 56 6 Jessop delivered six no-balls and Brownbowled a wide G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O.M. R. W. Cuttell .......... 15 9 18 4 .......... 4012 105 8 M o ld ................. 14-3 4 22 6 .......... 41 7 108 1 Briggs ... 17 6 51 1 Stoddart 6 1 26 0 Baker ... 3 1 10 0