Cricket 1898

324 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 4 1898. SUSSEX v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bristol on August 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. In this match Sussex had still a weak team, but Gloucestershire was almost at its strongest. It seemed a great piece of good fortune for Gloucester­ shire when W. G. won the toss, buthis side can hardly be said to have made the most of its opportunities, for a score of 241 against Sussex bowling can hardly be said to be awe-striking when the wicket is in perfect order. On the whole the batting was disappointing, although several men made fair t>cores. The best innings was played by Mr. Bice, who is, at present, one of the most valuable members of the team. Board, as in the Lancashire match, went in last, and again greatly disi inguished himself; if he makes many more forties he will probably be pro­ moted to hia old place. In the hour-and-a-half that remained for playing Sussex did so well that with all their wickets in hand they were only 143 runs behind. Mr. Murdoch went in first, and. with Mr. Fry, put on 101 runs by very attractive ciicket; each naj just reached his fifty when the day’s play ended, the odd run belonging to Mr. Fry. It was not until the total was 132 that the first wicket fell, Mr. Murdoch being out for a very fine innings of 60, made in an hour-and-three-quarters. About half-an-liour afterwards Mr. Fry followed him, only failing to reach his hundred by seven; he had played a great game. As it happened there was not a collapHe, for Marlow played an innings which was like one of those of former days, and Mr. Fisher, who seems to have a penchant for getting his l>g in front of the wicket, made a very useful 29. At the clote of play on Tuesday Gloucestershire, with nine wicVets in hand, were still 45 runs behind, but Mr. Sewell, who had played a finegame on Monday evening, continued to bat well on Tuesday, while the Doctor played wonderfully well, and is once more himself again. Moreover, Mr. Rice played excellent cricket for 67, and most of the tail mude runs. G LOUCESTERSHIRE. W. G. Grace, b Bland......... 14 not out ........... 93 W. Troup, b Bland ... 28 b Tate.................. 2 C. L. Townsend, b Bland ... 4 b Parris ...........33 C. O. H. Sewell, c Butt, b Tate ...............................22 c aid b Bland ... 67 F. H. B. Champain, c Butt, b Bland ........................11 R. W. Rice, run out ......... 61 G. L. Jessop, b Humphreys 30 W. G. Grace, jun., b Hum­ phreys ............................... 4 Wrathall, c Killick, b Hum­ phreys ............................... 0 W. S. A. Brown, b Hum­ phreys ...............................15 Board, not out .................47 B 7, lb 1........................ 8 c Fisher, b Hum­ phreys ..........19 c Fry, b Bland ... 63 c Bland, b Parris 0 c sub., b Hum­ phreys .......... 2 not ou t................28 b Humphreys ... 2o Extras ... 10 Total ............... 241 Total (8 wkts.)*341 *Inning8 declared closed. S u s s e x . C. B. Fry, b Brown ... 93 W. L. Murdoch, c Brown, b Townsend 60 Killick, c Board, b Brown .................14 Marlow, b Jessop ... 77 C. D. Fisher, lbw, b ... 29 Parris, run o u t........... 7 Butt, c Sewell,bBrown 24 Tate, b Jessop ........27 Bland, not out ........... 7 Humphreys, jun., run out ......................... 2 B 9, lb 3, w 1 ... 13 Townsend C.L.A.Smith, c Town- Total............... 364 send, b Brown ... 11 Second innings.—C. B. Fry, not out, 6; W. L. Murdoch, not out. 10; byes, 4.—Total (no wicket), 20. G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bland ... . .. 38 10 97 4 .. ... 33 11 83 2 Humphreys . .. 34 5 94 4 ..,. ... 21 5 8 ) 3 Tate.............. .. 14 2 27 1 .. . ... 44 16 98 1 Parris ... . . . 6 1 12 0 .............18 5 32 2 Killick ........ .. 3-2 2 6 0 .. . ... 6 1 0 27 0 Smith 5 2 12 0 Bland bowled a wide. S u s s e x . Grace, sen. ... 46 15 90 0 *........... Brown .......... 38 9 100 4 ........... 5 Jessop ..........26 4 8 65 2 ........... Townsend ... 52 24 96 2 ........... 5 0 9 0 Brown bowled a wide. 7 0 HAMPSHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. F O U R IN D IV ID U A L H U N D R E D S IN AN IN N IN G S . Played at Derby on August 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. The splendid prac'ice which the Derbyshire men had obtained in their match against Yorkshire last week was not without its results, and against the extremely weak bowling of Hampshire they had a tremendous time. On Bank Holiday they made the remarkable score of 477 for the loss of only four wickets. Towards this total Mr. Wright, Storer, and Chatterton each contributed a hundred, while Mr. Evershed was well over 50, and George Davidson well on his way to the same score. It was a hopeless look­ out for Hampshire. Needless to say there was no slow scoring during the day. Mr. Wright’s 134 was made in three hours and a-quarter; Storer’s hundred in two hours and a-quarter, and Chatterton’s 103 not out in a few minutes over two hours. The runs came as quickly as ever on Tuesday, and while Walter Sugg was in 68 were scored in half an hour. A fourth hundred waR added to the big score of Monday, Davidson making 108in two hours and three-quarters. The entire innings cf £45 only lasted for seven hours. It was hardly to be be expected that the Hampshire men would Khow to advantage after such a severe strain in the field, >ut the collapse in the batting at first was somewhat surprising. At lunch time two wickets had fallen for 28, and presently three more were down with the total at only 47. After this there was a vast improvement. Major Poore played a grand uphill game, a.nd met with great assistance from Mr. Lee, and thanks almost entirely to the fine cricket played by the two amateurs the total was good, although it was some hundreds behind that of Derbyshire. At the close of the day Hampshire had made seven runs in their second iDnings without loss. It seemed hardly likely that they would be able to last out the whole of the next day, but thanks to a little rain and the stubborn defence of Captain Quin­ ton and Webb the desired result was attained. The two men are indeed to be congratulated ; although it was hard for Derbyshire after making such a big score in such a little time, not to be able to reap their reward. D e r b y s h ir e . E. M. Ashcroft, c Webb,b Quinton... 10 A. Charlesworth, c Poore, b Lee ... 5 Davidson (F.), not out .......... ......... 0 Hancock, c Bennett, b Quinton ........ 0 B 11, lb 10,w 1, nb 5 27 Total ...645 L.G.Wright, c Barrett, b Webb .................. 134 S.H.Evershed,b Steele 67 Bagshaw, c Barton, b Steele...........................19 S’orer, c Bennett, b Martin ..................100 Chatterton, c and b Quinton ......... ...142 Davidson (G.),c Steele, b Q rinton.................108 Sugg (W.), c Martin, b Quinton................... 33 H ampshire . First imiings. Second innings. Barton, b G. Davidson ... 5 c Storer, b F. Davidson........ 2 E. M. Barrett, c Storer, b G. Davidson .................18 Webb, c Chatterton, b G. Davidson ........................ 5 lbw, b Davidson 51 Capt. F. W. Quinton, c Evershel, b G. Davidson 0 not out ........ 101 Major R. Poore, not out ...121 b F. Davidson ... 15 E. A. English, c Chatterton, b G. Davidsm ................. 0 notout ..........14 E. C. Lee, b F. Dividson ... 44 D. A. Steele, b Chatterton 17 R. A. Bennett, b Chatterton 4 b G. Davidson ... 16 Tate, c Evershed, b Storer 15 Martin, c F. Davidson, b G. Davidson ........................ 3 B 6, lb 2........................ 8 B 26,lb3,wl,nb3 33 Total .. 240 Total (4 wkts) 232 Tate Martin . Steele . Lee D e r b y s h i r e . O. M.R. W. . 39 7 118 0 , 83 6 109 1 . 37 8 109 2 21 4 58 1 Quinton 21 O. M R. W. Webb English Barton . 4 91 1 16 0 24 Lee bowled a wide, and Martin five no-balls. H a m f s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Davidson (G.) 31*4 14 42 6 ........... 42 19 73 1 Davidson (F.) 31 12 68 1 .......... 36 20 42 3 Storer .......... 19 0 77 1 ........... 5 0 16 o ’ Hancock........ 6 0 23 0 .......... 14 1 36 0 Chatterton ... 7 2 22 2 ........... S u gg......... 10 1 £6 0 Bagshaw ... 4 1 6 0 George Davidson bowled three no-balls and Frank Davidson a wide. T H E C A N T E R B U R Y W E E K . KENT v. LANCASHIRE. A LEC IIE A R N E ’S B E N E F IT . Played at Canterbury on August 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. A beautiful day, the presence of the Lancashire men, more especially Mr. Macl«reu, who was play­ ing his first county match of the season, the good form shown by the home team of late, and the fact tbat the match was played for the benefit of Alec Hearne, all combined to offer irresistible attractions to spectators, with the result that on Monday the attendance was a rerord for Canterhury. On the first day’s play. Kent cannot be said to have done badly, despite the downfall of Mr. Burnup for a duck ; it was no inconsiderable feat to get rid of the powerful Lancashire eleven on a good and hard wicket for 252 runs. There was nothing very remarkable about the Lancashire batting. It was, on the whole, distinctly good, but no one ever succeeded in mastering the bowling except Tyldesley, who had the extreme good fortune to be twice missed before he had made four runs. After his escapes he settled down to play perfect cricket. Mr. MacLaren showed all his old skill whi.e he was at the wicket for an hour and ten minutes ; and the Kent men must have be^n very thankful when he was out, for he had just reached the interesting period when he was as likely as not to begin to set forth on an innings of a oouple of hundred. Kent had twenty minutes before them after the Lancashire innings had closed, and a sad misfortune befel them before time was up, Mr. Burnup being caught at the wicket for a duck from a ball which he skied. A second wicket fell quickly on Tuesdaymorning, Wright, who had been sent in to play out time overnight, only making 6. After tbis, however, the county’s star shone brightly. Mr. Patterson and Mr. Bannon took charge of the bowling, and put on 118 during their partnership, by the safest of cricket. Afterwards, Alec Hearne, unlike most professionals who play in their own benefitmatch, was in splendid form, and thingsseemed to be going most happily for the county. But the tail did not make their presence greatly felt, and when the innings closed there w»s very little difference between the two totals. It soon became pretty clear that if the weather held up the result of the match would be a draw. Mr. MacLaren showed that he had lost none of his skill. Tyldesley played another beautiful innings of 127, and finally a good stand by Mr. Hartley and Mr. Eccles enabled the Lancashire captain to close the inniDgs, although there was not much chance that Kent would be dis­ posed of. Mr. Burnup only made a few runs, but Alec Hearne and Mr. Mason soon settled the question of playing out time. It was a splendid thing for Alec to play two such fine innings in his benefit match, and he will receive the congratulations of all cricketers. Mr. Stoddart bowled exceedingly well for Lancashire in the first innings. Mold had to retire owing to a bad knee. L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. A. C. MacLaren, c Mason, b Wright ........................39 b Bradley ........76 Ward( A.),cHuish.b Hearne 38 cHearne,bWright 0 Tyldesley,cMason, bWright 66 b Bradley ........127 Sugg (F.),c Huish,b Bradley 5 cHeame,bWright 37 C. R. Hartley, c Rashleigh, b Martin ........................13 not o u t .............53 A. Eccles, lbw, b Hearne ... 21 not out...............27 Cuttell, b Wright ..........30 W. B. Stoddart, c Bradley, « b Mason.........................25 Briggs, b Hearne................ 3 Smith, c Burnup, b Mason 7 Mold, not out ................. 0 Extras........................ 0 Byes .......... 4 Total .................252 Total (4 wkt.) #324 * InniDgs declared closed. K ent . First innings. Second innings. C. J. Burnup, c Smith, b Stoddwt ........................ 0 c Eccles, b Briggs 4 B. I). Bannon, c Smith, b Stoddart ........................78 Wrisht, b Mold ................. 6 W. H. Patterson, cStoddart, b Cuttell ........................52 not ou t..................10 Hearne (A.), not ou t......... 80 not out...................74 J. R. Mason, b Stoddart ... 18 c Smith, b Ward 76 Rev. W . Bashleigh, b Briggs 16 F. Marchant, c Ward, b Stoddart ........................15 Martin, b Stoddart .......... 1 Huish, c Sugg, b Stoddart... 7 W. M. Bradley, b Cuttell... 0 Byes ........................ 2 B 6, lb 2 ... 8 Total ................ 275 Total (2 wkts.) 172 6 91 2 4 49 0 2 37 0 8 53 2 9 90 0 L an cash ire . First innings. Second O. M. R. W. O. Bradley........ . 34 10 74 1 ... ... 28 Hearne......... . 30 15 43 3 ... ... 17 Martin........ . 17 . 4 30 1 ... ... 17 Wright........ . 19 7 50 2 ... ... 26 M ason........ . 22 5 55 3 ... ... 31 K en t . First innings. Second O. M. R. W. o . : Stoddart . 52 14 121 6 ... ... 10 Mold ........ . 20 8 32 1 .. B riggs........ . 18 4 56 1 ... 21 Cuttell........ . 29*2 8 64 2 ... ... 10 MacLaren ... 6 Ward ... ... 7 4 46 0 10 44 1 37