Cricket 1898

A c g . 4, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S25 ESSEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on August 1, 2 and 3. Essex won lay an innings and 71 runs. Although Essex were without Mr. Lucas and Mr. Turner they gave a splendid exhibition of batting on Bank Holiday. After Mr. Owen, who was able to take his place in the team again, had beeneasily got rid of, Mr. Perrin and Carpenter collared the Leicester­ shire bowling, and laid the foundation of the very big score which followed. The first wicket fell at 160, when Mr. Perrin was out for an excellent innings of 77, made in much more attractive style than has been usual with him in recent matches. Mr. McGahey made another long stand with Carpenter, who played one of the best innings of his life, and 108 runs were put on for this wicket. Mr. McGahey hit brilliantly. After this there was a succession of good innings. Mr. Fane and Reeves both played well, and Mr. Kortright made the very best of his opportunity of running up a score against worn-out bowling; he did not by any means let the grass grow under his feet. Carpenter’s innings of 133 lasted for three hours and three-quarters, and was without a mistake of any kind. At the close of the day Leicestershire had to contemplate a score of 413 for seven wickets. Mr. Kortright, who was not out 60, made hay on Tues­ day while the sun shone; his fine innings of 112 lasted for two hours and twenty-five minutes. Mr. Bull hit hard at the end of the innings, which closed for the very formidable total of 515. Leicester­ shire entered upon their heavy task with determina­ tion, and the first wicket produced 81 runs, Mr. Wood and Knight both having played a splendid game. Brown, Mr. Marriott and Coe also did so well that the total nearly reached 300, but in the follow on, only Knight, Mr. Marriott and Mr. de Trafford could do anything to stem the tide of disaster. Mr. Kortright was in great form with the ball. E ss e x . H. G. Owen, c Agar, b W oodcock................ 6 Carpenter, c de Traf­ ford, b Coe ..........133 P. Perrin, c Whiteside, b Woodcock ..........77 C. McGahey, c de Traf­ ford, b Coe ..........58 F. L. Lane, b Agar ... 38 Russell, cand b Brown 4 C. J. Koitright,cCob- ley, b Coe ......112 Reeves, lbw, b Coe ... 27 Mead, c Knight, b Woodcock ........ 6 F. G. Bull, c White­ side, b Stocks...... 38 Young, not out........ 4 Byes 5, lb 7.. ... 12 Total ...515 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . Knight, st Russell, b Bull... 33 c Russell, bKort­ right ..........48 C. J. B. Wood, c Russell, b Mead ........................... 50lbw, b Reeves ... 3 Brown,cRussell,bKortright 37 b B u ll................ 1 H. H. Marriott, c^Perrin, b Reeves..............................73 b Kortright ... 36 Coe, b Reeves .................50 b Kortright ... 4 Agar, b B ull........................ 0 st Russell, b Bull 12 Cobley, run out ................. 2 st Russell, b Bull 2 C. E. de Trafford, c Russell, b Kortright ................. 3 b Kortright ... 34 F. W. Stocks, b Mead ... 16 notout................11 Woodcock, b Reeves......... 15 b Kortright ... 2 Whiteside, not out .......... 0 b Kortiight ... 1 Extras ...................... 9 Extras .............. 2 Total.. .288 Total... 156 E ss e x . O . M. B. W. O. M. R. W . Woodcock .4 5 12 140 3 Wood .. 2 0 21 0 Coe ... .4 4 17 91 4 Cobley ..10 1 37* 0 Agar ... . 25 3 72 1 Brown ..18 5 42 1 Stocks... ..25-2 2 100 1 L eicestersh ire . O . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kortright 30 5 101 2 ... . . 15 3 41 6 B ull......... 54 24 104 2 ... . . 19 'J 60 3 Mead 25 14 38 1 ..... 6 1 11 0 Young ... 9 4 24 0 ... . .' 15 Reeves ... 9*3 6 12 4 ........... 6 30 1 McGahey 1 1 0 ... . . 3 1 12 0 •SURREY v. NOTTS. 8 P L E N D ID P L A Y B Y W . G U N N . Played at the Oval on August 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. The Notts match at the Oval has lost none of its popularity, and the usual enormous crowd assembled on Bank Holiday to see what the fates might have in store for them. As luck would have it Surrey were batting, and battiog well, during the whole of the day, except for twenty minutes before stumps were drawn, during which Notts made a bad beginning of what turned out on the morrow to be a very poor innings. There was no Surrey batsman who stood out prominently above all the rest, but what was of more importance in the opinion of the spectators, several of the favourite batsmen were in great form During nearly the whole of the day the rate of run- getting was fairly fast; at times it was exhilarating. Abel did not add another to his many triumphs, although he played a good innings; tut Brockwell was seen at his best. Holland played asound innings, Lockwood was brilliant, andMr. Jephson as scientific as usual. Perhaps the most interesting partnership was that between Holland and Brockwell, who put on 96 runs in ten minutes over the hour. The end of the innings was a little disappointing. Mr. Crawford, who is probably destined sooner or later to make a great name for himself, has not been in luck’s way since his brilliant innings soon after his dtfbut, but very many batsmen who have become famous have at first altogether disappointed their friends. Notts were unfortunate enough to have to go through the ordeal of playing for the terrible quarter of an hour before time, and lost Mr. Dixon with the total at only two runs. This was the prelude to a disastrous morning’s batting on Tuesday. In the old days of Notts the first two batsmen went in first always, whether there was a whole day before them or five minutes, or two runs only to win ; and the plan answered bplendidly. In the present match, where the best men were kept back, the plan did not ansv er, and three wickets fell promptly. Ihe rest of the team did not recover from the bad start, and with the exception of Shrewsbury and Guttridge. two men whom no amount of disasters would affect in the least, there was a general failure. Everything pointed to an easy victory for Surrey, more especially when Shrewsbury was bowled by Richardson for a single run. But here the good fortune of Surrey m*y be said to have ended. For the rest cf the day the batsmen had much the best of it, and when stumps were drawn Notts were 31 runs on with seven wickets in hand. This, however, was not a very promising situation, and no one would have been surprised if the match had been over before lunch on Wednesday. The batsmen who had played so well were Gunn, Guttridge, and Mr. Jones. When stumps were drawn, Gunn was not out 74, and Guttridge (who had hit with great power) notout 62. The long partner­ ship between the two professionals was broken on Wednesday morning, and it looked as if this might be the beginning of the end. And so it might perhaps have been if Guon could have been induced to mane a mistake. But he went steadily on, playing the most perfect cricket—absolute master of the situation. Bis brother and Dench helped him splendidly, each partnership producing about a hundred runs. The bowling was collared and worn out., and still Gunn went on. Nothing disturbed his equanimity, and when at last time was up, he had the proud distinction of having not only saved his side from defeat, but placed it in an excellent position. More­ over, he had beaten his own record, and had made the highest score of the season. It was a splendid and dramatic feat. The greatest enthusiasm was shewn by the spectators, few of whom can have ever seen an uphill fight carried out with such brilliant success. S u b b e y . Abel, c Shrewsbury, b Jones........................23 Brockwell) b J. Gunn.. 71 Holland, b Jones ...46 Lockwood, b Daft ... 74 Hayward, c Oates, b Jones........................ 0 D. L. A. Jephs^n, c W. Gunn, b Attewell 54 Baldwin, c Oates, b Attewell.................13 K. J. Key, run out ... 12 V. F. S. Crawford,run out ........................ 3 Wood, not o u t ..........17 Richardson, c and b Henson ................. 5 B 2, lb 3, w 1 ... 6 Total ...S29 N o t t s . J. A. Dixon, b Lockwood... 2 Dench, b Richardson......... 4 Gunn (J.), b Jephson ... Wood, 14 b Brockwell ... 11 c Baldwin,b Hay­ ward................ 49 c Crawford, b Hayward ... 47 Shrewsbury, Lockw ood....................... 30 b Richardson Gunn (W .), c Holland, b Bichardson........................ 4 A. O. Jones, b Lockwood... 16 Attewell,c Abel,bLockwood 0 Daft, lbw, b Lockwood ... 16 Guttridge, not out ......... 43 Oates, st Wood, b Jephson 18 Henson, c and b Jephson ... 3 B 2, nb 5 ................. 7 Total .. not out.................236 c Wood, b Brock­ well .................52 b Brockwell ... 16 b Biockwell ... 7 cJephson,b Lock­ wood ............... 79 lbw, b Hayward 0 not ou t................35 B 7, lb 4, nb 4 15 Total (9wkts)518 ........157 * S u r r e y . O. M. R. W | O. M. R. W. Attewell... 46 19 87 2 I Henson 13'2 4 36 1 Gunn (J.) 19 Jones ... 25 Lockwood Richardbon Jephson... Brockwell Hayward bowled three no-balls and Lockwood six. 5 42 1 Guttridge 5 0 25 0 5 73 3 Daft .. 25 7 60 1 ttewell bowled one wide. N o t t s . 30 13 51 5 ... ... 37 8 120 1 27 9 57 2 ... ... 38 8 120 1 123 2 32 3 ... ... 23 3 €8 0 5 3 10 0 ... ... 28 7 66 4 Hayward Crawf rd ... 31 ... 11 5 4 88 22 3 0 Holland ... 6 3 14 0 Baldwin ... 14 1 41 0 Key ... ... 2 1 1 0 WARWICKSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Edgbaston on August 1, 2 and 3. Drawn. Everybody knows that Warwickshire has a team which may at any time prove too good for its opponents, but it was hardly thought good enorgh to be able to make Yorkshire work very hard. But for a change the Yorkshiremen had a great deal of fielding, and on the first day only got rid of 7 Warwickshire men for 338, a state of affairs which, at the very best, meant an up-hill game for the visitors. The chief credit of the big score made by Warwickshire belongs to W. G. Quaife, who going in with the score at 72 was not out at the close of the day for a perfect 130, the highest inoings played by any one man against Yorkshire this season. But others of the team deserved we'l of their county. Mr. Byrne, who made h » first appearance this year, nut up 32, Dcvey made 35, and Kinneir showtd that his fine innings against Hampshire was not a fluke by scoring 69 in fine style. On Tuesday, W. G. Quaife still continued to keep up his wicket, although he made runs very slowly, and as the tail did extremely well, Yorkshire had to go in against a very large total. Quaife carried his bat for 157, an innings which had lasted for a little over five hours. A startling surprise was in store when Yorkshire went in. It was nothing that a single wicket should fall without a run being scored, but wh°n Mr. Jack­ son went before he had got set matters began to look serious. For a time after this, Tunnicliffe and Denton revived the hopes of their side, but neither of them made a really bit? score. It soon became a very doubtful question whether the follow-on would be saved, but before long the great strength of the team began to assert itself, and by the close of the day Yorkshire had none the worst of the game. Wainwright and Lord Hawke played a magnificent up-hill game, and both nearly made their hundreds. Lord Hawke, moreover, was not out, and on Wednes­ day he continued to play remarkably well, finally ending his splendid innings for 134. ^s a result of the floe play of the tail, the Warwickshire score was headed by 42. A temporary collapse when War­ wickshire went in again pointed to a victory for Yorkshire, but rain came down and interrupted play. Afterwards Warwickshire easily played out time. W a r w ic k s h ir e . First innings. Quaife (W .), c Hunter, b H aigh.............................. 6 J. F. Byrne, lbw, b Brown 32 Devey, b Hirst .................35 Quaife (W.G.), not out ...157 Lilley, c Hirst, b Brown ... 15 Kinneir, c Tunnic!iffe, b Hirst .... ........................69 Diver, b Hirst ................. 0 A. C. S. Glover, b Hirnt ... 7 Santall. c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes .. ........................33 Dickins, b H aigh............... 21 Field, c and b Jackson ... 13 Extras .................18 Second innings. c and b Wain­ wright .......... b Wainwright ... b Wainwright .. not out................ c Hunter, b Jack­ son .......... not ou t............... Extras........ 5 Total ......... 406 Total (4 wkts) 102 Y o r k s h ir e . Brown, b Santall ... 0 Tunnicliffe, c Kinneir, bField .................32 F.8.Jackson.b Santall 14 Denton, c Lilley, b Santall .................32 Wainwright,c Dickens, b Kinneir.................92 Hirst, lbw, b Dickens 13 F. W. Milligan, c Lilley, b Devey ... 18 Lord Hawke, b Lilleyl34 Rhodes, c Lilley, b Santall .................36 Haigh,st Lilley,b Field 41 Hunter, not out......... 5 Extras.................31 Total ...448 W a r w ic k s iiib e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Rhodes ... Haigh Hirst.......... Jackson ... Brown Milligan ... Wainwright . 40 18 65 .30 9 78 2 . 44 20 85 4 29.310 63 1 . 13 2 41 2 . 18 3 . 12 3 45 21 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 9 0 0 0 13 0 38 1 ... 25 11 37 3 Hirst bowled two no-balls, and Haigh a wide. Santall Field Dick-ms Dev*y Quaife (W .G.) 5 Y o r k s h ir e . O. M. R. W . 48 15 120 4 Bryne 35 4 3 111 21 3 63 9 0 33 Kinneir . Glover Lilley O. M. R.W. 11 2 39 0 . 5 1 21 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 20 1 1 10 0 Dickens bowled two widts and Byrne and Lilley oue cach.