Cricket 1898

348 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Aug. 18, 1898. SURREY y . SUSSEX. Played at the Oval on August 11, 12 and 13. Surrey won by 73 runs. Surrey ■won the toss and, as usual, made over three hundred runs in their first innings, not that there was anything remarkable about this, for the wicket was perfect, while Bland, the best Sussex bowler, was absent. Several of the great men in the team failed, but Holland was in splendid form, and made a hun­ dred, while Abel, Mr. Jephson and Mr. Key all playei very fine cricket. When Sussex went in the tail for once did the chief part of the scoring, for with the exception of Mr. Fry and Mr. Smith, who both played finely, the batsmen did very little until Vine and Parris came together. At about this time the Surrey fielding began to be indifferent, and there was very little life in it, while several catches were dropped. But despite this, there was not much chance for eome time that Sussex would save the follow on, but when they began to draw near to the critical number of runs, the Surrey bowlers bowled a few loose ones, probably not beiDg particularly anxious to have to field out to a long second innings by Sussex. As it happened the manoeuvre—if manoeuvre it was—was attended with success, although at one time it appeared very likely indeed that Sussex would pull the match out of the fire. For after a moderate second innings, in which Parris did a splendid performance with the ball, while Mr. Jephson alone kept up his reputation with the bat, Sussex were left to make 305 to win, and began so well, after losing the first wicket, that they seemed within measurable distance of victory. They had the whole of Saturday in which to make the runs, and by lunch-time the game had become very exciting, for Mr. Fry and Mr. Murdoch played so well for the second wicket that they raised the score from 3 to 74 before they were parted, and afterwards Mr. Smith played a great innings. If only Mr. Fry had been able to keep in victory for Sussex would have been almost certain, but after a beautiful inn­ ings of 74 he was caught at the wicket. Mr. Somerset played a very steady game, and the score was gradu­ ally taken to 195 for three wickets. Sussex at this period of the game looked all over a winning team. But anything more remarkable than theutter collapse which followed has seldom been seenwhan the wicket has remained perfect. The two bowlers who had a hand in this collapse were Richardson and Hayes. The formerkept an excellent length, and bowled with great judgment; the latter, with his nominal breaks from the leg, tied up the batsmen in the most astonishing manner. Whether the ball was a half­ volley, a full pitch, or a very short one, there was the same utter inability to cope with it, and the result was a complete triumph for the young bowler, despite the fact that two or three catches were missed off him. Even Mr. Smith, who played Richardson with the confidence of Shrewsbury or Gunn, was timid in his dealings with Hayes. When the wickets began to fall a more experienced batsman would have en­ deavoured to make runs at almost any risk, and might possibly have saved the game, but Mr. Smith is certainly not to be blamed for his want of experience. His innings, taken as a whole, was admirable. S u b b e y . First inning3. Second innings. Abel,.c Butt, b Killick ... 55 b Parris .......... 3 Brockwell, c Tate, b Hum­ phreys ..................................19 b Parris ..32 Holland, c Murdoch,bHum- phreys................................120 c Butt, b Parris 13 Lockwood, b Bean ........... 1c Smith, b Parris 20 Hayward, b Killick ........... 3 b Killick ....................1 D. L. A. Jephson, c Somer­ set, b Tate...........................28 b Killick ..59 Baldwin, b Killick ........... 6 c Butt, b Parris 7 K. J. Key, c Humphreys, b Sm ith..................................60 not ou t...............27 Hayes, st Butt, b Killick ... 16 b Killick ....................4 Wood, b Bean ....................12 c Bean, b Tate ... 11 Richardson, not out ........... 0 b T a te ...............14 B 4, lb 8 .................12 No-ball ... ... 1 Total ................332 S u s s e x . First innings. C. B. Fry, b Richardson ... 45 Killiok,cWood,bRichardson 11 W .L. Murdoch, b Lockwood 4 A.F.Somerset, b Richardson 1 C. L. A. Smith, st Wood, b Jephson ........................81 Bean (J.), c Hayward, b L ockw ood........................ 1 Vine(J.) ,cBaldwin,bJephson 27 Parris, c Hayes, b Lockwood 49 Butt,c Brockwell, b Jephson 14 Tate, not out........................26 Humphreys, jun., b Rich­ ardson ...~ ........................ 0 B 8, lb 2, w 1 ..........11 Total .................. $20 Total..........192 Second innings, c Wood, b Brock­ well .................74 b Richardson ... 0 stWood,bJephson 42 b Hayes ... 7 . 78 not out.......... lbw, b Hayes b Richardson b Richardson c and b Hayes c and b Hayes c Bichardson, b Hayes .......... 1 B 4, lb 5, nb 1 10 Total ...........231 First innings. S u b b e y . Second innings. O. M. R. W. Tate .......... ... 23 11 47 1 ... ... 8 3 18 2 Humphreys ... 21 5 86 2 ... Parris.......... ... 25 7 56 0 ... !!! 24 5 50 5 Bean .......... ... 16-4 5 41 2 ... Killick ... 32 4 90 4 ... 20 2 101 3 Smith.......... ... 1 1 0 1 ... ... 7 0 22 0 Parris bowled a no-tall. S u sse x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Richardson.......... 21*2 8 50 4 .......... 32 8 78 3 Lockwood .......... 29 6 83 4 ........... 22 4 67 0 Brockwell ......... 8 3 17 0 ........... 8 3 18 1 Jephson ......... 13 2 48 3 ........... 12 0 20 1 Hayward ......... 3 0 11 0 ........... 3 0 16 0 Hayes... 13 4 22 5 Lockwood bowled a no-ball. LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. b a k e r ’ s B E N E F IT M A TC H . Played at Old Trafford on August 11 and 12. Yorkshire won by 10 wickets. It was unfortunate for Baker that the weatherbefore the match was such as to considerably damage the wicket, and thus cause the game to ead on the .iecond d«»y ; o i the other hand it was most fortunate for him that both the days were so fine lhat a very large crowd assembled. The fiist day’s play was all in favour of the bowlers, and when stumps were drawn neither side could claim any particular advantage. The batting was on the whole quite unequal to the bowling, but for the first wicket on each side a fine stand was made. The innings of the day was the 47 of Mr. MacLaren, who, when the wicket was at its easiest—not that it was ever anything but difficult— showed a great command of the bowling. Second only to this innings were the displays of Ward. Brown and Tunnicliffe. At the end of the day Yorkshire were 14 runs behind with a wicket in hand. This last wicket put on 16runs, so that Lancashire began their second innings with a balance of two runs against them. From beginning to end the bowlers held the upper hand entirely, partly perhaps because the heavy roller seemed to have made the pitch more difficult. Against the bowling of Mr. Smith, Mr. Jackson and Rhodes the Lancastrians could do nothing, and York­ shire had to make 63 to win—a task which was by no means as easy as it looks on paper. But a light roller over the wicket had beneficial i esults, and some very fine batting by Tunnicliffe and Brown brought about a victory without loss. Mold was again unable to play for Lancashire, which made a vast difference to his side. On the other hand, Mr. Ernest Smith made his first appearance for Yorkshire, and met with marked succ 2 ss in both innings wi‘h the ball. L a n c a s h ib e . First innings. Second innings. A. C. MacLaren, b Rhodes 47 cHunter,bRhodes 2 Ward (A.), b Smith ......... 3) c Hunter,b Haigh 19 Tyldesley.cBrown.bJackson 1 cRhodes,bJacfe son 4 Sugg (F ),c Hirst, b Jackson 2 b Jackson .......... 6 Baker, b Haigh ................. 7 b J ackeon .......... 1 C.R.Hartley,cHirat,b Smith 9 c Haigh,b Rhodes 8 Cuttell, b Jackson .......... 1 run ou t................11 Lancaster,c Brown, b Smith 2 b Smith............... 2 Briggs, not out .................10 b Smith ............ 0 W . B. Stoddart, b Haigh .. 1 not out................. 0 Radcliffe,hit wkt, b Rhodes 0 b Smith .......... 4 Byes ........................ 2 Leg-byes.......... 7 Total ... ..........112 Y o b k s h ib e . Total..........64 Brown, b Cuttell ... 22 Tunnicliffe, b Cuttell 30 Denton.c&b Lancaster 0 F. W . Milligan, c and b Lancaster .......... 3 F. S. Jackson, c and b Cuttell ................. E. Smith, c Tyldesley, b Lancaster .......... 10 Lord Hawke, b Cuttell 12 Rhodes, lbw, b Briggs 3 Hirst, st Radcliffe, b Brig*rs ................. 0 Haigh, not out ..........19 Hunter, c Radcliffe, b Briggs ................. 7 B 2, lb 2 .......... 4 Total ......... 114 Second innings :—Brown, not out, 32; Tunnicliffe, not out, 28; b 2, lb 1.—Total (no wicket), 63. L a n c a s h ib e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Rhodes Haigh... Jackson Hirst ... Smith... ... 38 ... 14 ... 32 ... 2 ... 9 Y o b k s h ib e . First innings. O. M. R. W . ~~ 9 47 4 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. .. 17 9 19 2 . 4 2 3 1 .. 15 8 27 3 !! 5*4 2 8 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 19 0 U U tte ll ................. 28 9 47 B riggs.................14 3 2 33 3 ......... 6 2 11 0 Lancaster .......... 13 2 30 3 ......... 8 4 7 0 Stoddart.. 8'4 1 23 0 T H E C H E L T E N H A M W E E K . GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. WARW ICK ­ SHIRE. Playei at Cheltenham on August 11, 12 & 13. Gloucestershire won by five wickets. Notwithstanding that the Doctor was not in his very best form, the younger members of his team gave such an excellent <1splay that he must have been more thansati fied with the result of the match. Mr. Brown and Mr. Sewell showfdup veryprominently in batting, while with the ball Mr. Townsend almost surpassed himself. In the first innings he took no less than nine wickets, and as he followed this up by taking six in the second, he will have reason to remember the match, although in batting he was unsuccessful. The redoubtable W . G. Quaife did not continue his series of not out innings; he twice fell a victim to W.G.’s cleverness at point. There was, however, some extremely good cricket p’ayed by various mem­ bers of the Warwickshire team, Devey, Lilley, Mr. Glover and Santall particularly distinguishing them- sslves. W a b w ic k s h ib k . Fir>t innings. Second innings. Quaife (W .), c and b Town­ send ............................... 6 cand b Townsend 1 Devey, c Board, b Townsend 68 b Jessop .......... 1 Kinneir, c Sewell, b Jeesop 29 c Sewell, b Jessop 14 Quaife (W. G.), c Grace, b Townsend........................ 3 c Grace, b Town­ send .................20 Lilley, b TownseDd 1.........50 c Hemingway, b Townsend ... 48 J. F. Byrne,lbw,bTownsend 1 b Jessop .......... 2 Diver, c Board, b Townsend 9 c Jessop,b Town­ send .................10 A. C. S. Glover, b Townsend 55 c Grace, b Town­ send .................32 Santall, c Champain, b Townst n d ........................57 lbw, b Townsend 3 Whit-head, net out ..........11 n otout.................. 9 Field, c Frown, b Townsend 0 b Jessop .......... 1 B 7, lb 2, nb 2 ..........11 B10, nb 2 ...1 2 Total £90 Total........153 G louc E8TEBSHIRE. First innings. Second innings. R. W. Rice, b B yin e..........18 not out.................. 5 W. S. A. Brown, c Lilley, b Whitehead........................57 b Byrne ........... 14 F. H. B. Coampain, c and b Kinneir ..................... 33 cSantall,bWhite­ head .................23 C.L.Townsend,b Whitehead 4 c Lilley, b Byrne 5 C. O. H. Sewell, c Byrne, b D evey...............................71 not out.................. 1 W. G. Urace, c W. Quaife, b M liitthead ............. 31 W. Troup, not out ......31 b Devey .......... 39 G. L. Jessop, c Santall, b Whitehead..................... 26 W. McG. Hemingway, c sub., b W. G. Quaife ... 24 c W .G. Quaife,b Whitehead .. 7 Board.c W.Quaife, b White­ head ........................... 17 Wrathall, c Byrne, b Field 7 Byes ........................14 B 2, w 2, nbl... 5 Total .................316 Total (5wkts) 99 W arwickshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W\ Townsend.......... 46 4 8 128 9 .......... 31 4 77 6 Jessop................. 17 4 65 1 .......... 23 1 5 39 4 Grace................. 20 4 39 0 .......... Wrathall .......... 4 1 12 0 ........... Brown................ 19 8 35 0 ........... 7 2 25 0 Jessop bowled four no-balls. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Field................ 28 4 5 76 1 .......... 3 1 6 0 Whitehead ... 40 10 107 5 ........... 14 3 44 2 Santall .......... 32 12 71 0 ........... 9 3 17 0 Kinneir .......... 7 4 14 1 .......... 1 0 5 0 Byrne .......... 8 0 34 1 .......... 5 0 14 2 Devey .......... 4 1 11 1 ........... 14 0 8 1 Quaife (W. G.) 3 0 19 1 ........... Whitehead and Field each bowled one wide, and Devey one no-ball. MIDDLESEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Lord’s on August 11, 12 and 13. Middlesex won by an innings and 119 runs. Against the weak Leicestershire bowling the Middlesex batsmen were seen to very great advantage on Thursday, when in the space of four hours and ttree-quarters th»y put on 476 runs, an average of 100 runs per hour. From the first runs came quickly, Mr. Warner and Mr. J. Douglas putting on 68 for the