Cricket 1898

356 CRICKET : A WEEKLY &ECOKD OP THE GAME. A ug . 18 1898. SURREY y . KENT. Played at tho Oval on August 15, 16 and 17. Surrey won by an innings and 345 runs. If it had not been for the thunderstorm on Monday night the total of the Surrey first innings would, perhaps, have mounted to -whatever the batsmen chose to make it, for when stumps were drawn only three wickets were down for 363, with Abel and Lockwood not out. The rain, however, helped the Kent bowlers a little on Tuesday morning, and the inniogs ended at lunch time. Nearly every man on the side made a good score, but all the other innings ■were small by comparison with Abel’s 219, which was made in two hours and a-half by the soundest of cricket, with a few possible chances. He and Lock­ wood (whose 84 was a very fine innings) were out shortly after p'ay began on Tuesday morning. The other innings which stood out rather prominently was the 74 of Brockwell, which was, as usual, very attractive indeed. The collapse of the Kent batsmen was altogether surprising. If the bowlers had been able to get any work on the ball, there would have been no occasion for surprise ; as a matter of fact, the ball did nothing except to occasionally keep low. The collapse was very similar to that of Yorkshire at the Oval, on an equally good wicket, and was brought about by splendid bowling. Neither Mr. Mason nor Alec Hearne made any difficulty of the bowling while they were in, but the rest of the team showed a hesitation, to which they are, as a rule, strangers. The follow-on, hopelessly in the rear, eeemed to promise better things, for Mr. Burnup shap‘ d exceedingly well and made some very pretty strokes, but when Hayes went on at the pavilion end with his leg-breaks—which were leg-breaks only by courtesy, for the ball went straight except when it came in a little from the off, if it came in at all—no one, not even Mr. Mason, who played the other bowlers with great confidence, seemed to know what to make of him. Towards the end of the day he bowled slower and slower, but only on two occasions did anyone try to “ g o ” for him. Even Mr. Rash­ leigh, boldest of batsmen, was content to play him with scrupulous care. Lockwood was in great form. When stumps were drawn, four wickets were down for 63, Mr. Mason not out 29. On Wednesday the innings was soon concluded, Lockwood being quite irresistible. S u r r e y . Abel, b M artin......... 219 Brockwell, b Bradley 74 Holland, c Huish, b Mason .................17 Lockwood, b Heame 84 Hayward, c Huish, b Mason .................37 D. L. A. Jephson, b Wright .................31 K. J. Key, c Day, b Mason .................26 K e n t . First innings. C. J. Burnup, c Hayes, b Richardson ................. 0 Hearne (Alec.),bRichardson 11 J. R. Mason, b Lockwood .. 24 W . H. Patterson, b Richard- 8. H. Day, b Lockwood ... 16 Rev.W.Ra8hleigh,cBraund, b Lockwood ................. 7 B. D. Eannon, c Abel, b Lockwood ........................ 0 Martin, c Wood, b Richard­ son........................- .......... 5 Wright, b Lockwood.......... 2 Huish, not out ................. 0 W.M.Bradley, b Richardson 6 B 4, w 1, nb 1 .......... 6 Hayes, c Hearne, b Bradl«y .................23 Braund, not out.......... 5 Wood, c Mason, b Bradley ................. 5 Richardson, b Bradley 0 B 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 3 13 Total ..534 Second innings. lbw, b Hayes ... 16 c Wood, b Lock­ wood................. 5 cHolland,bLock­ wood.......... ... 29 c Wood, b Lock­ wood................. 3 b Hayes .... 1 c Brockwell, b Lockwood ... 32 b Lockwood ... 13 c Wood, b Lock­ wood................ 2 notout................ 3 b Lockwood ... 0 b Lockwood ... 4 E xtras........ 2 Total.. , 79 Total .. 110 Bradley W right.. Heame .. Mason .. S u r r e y O. M. R. W. | 34 4 5 143 4 25 3 84 1 36 15 70 1 35 16 75 3 Martin .. Patterson Burnup .. O. M. R. W. 46 11 112 1 3 0 26 0 4 1 11 0 Second Innings. O. M. R. W. ... 11 2 33 0 ... 23 1 6 53 8 ... 17 5 22 2 YORKSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Leeds on August 15 and 16. Middlesex won by 8 wickets. Although the Middlesex team is stronger just now than it has been a'l the season, its ability to beat Yorkshire was hardly dreamed of. But on a wicket worked upon by rain, the southern county had the best of the play both on Monday and on Tuesday. On the first day they put up 108 for 5 wickets against 142 by Yorkshire, the highest individual total being 30 by Brown. After heavy rain during the night, the innings was brought to a very abrupt conclusion by Mr. Jackson, who took four of the last five wickets for two rims apiece. Thus, to the general surprise, Yorkshire after all led by 14 on the first innings. But if the collapse of the Middljsex tail was decided, it was no worse than that of the whole Yorkshire team in the second in n iD g s . Trott was irresistible on the very difficult wicket, and no one even began to play him, except Tunnicliffe, who with 31 made the highest score of the match. The score which approached nearest to his was 5 by Brown. Middlesex, with only 60 to get to win, easily accom­ plished their task. Theirs was a victory on which they may be greatly congratulated. Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. Tunnicliffe, c Bray, b Trott 8 run out ..........31 Brown, c Trott, b Heame... SO c Bray, b Trott... 5 F. S. Jackson, b Heame ... 3 c Ford, b Trott... 1 Denton, b Hearne ..........22 c and b Hearne... 1 E. Smith, c Ford, b Trott... 16 b Trott............... 3 F. W. Milligan, c Warner, b Cunliffe ........................ 1 Rhodes, c Trott, b Cunliffe 20 Lord Hawke, b Hearne ... 24 Haigh, c and b Trott.......... 6 Hirst, lbw, b Trott .......... 1 Hunter, not out ................. 0 B 6, lb 5 .................11 Total........................142 M id d l e s e x . c Bray, b Trott... 0 b Trott................. 0 b Trott................. 0 c Bray, b Hearne 0 notout................ 2 b Trott................. 0 B 1, lb 1 ... 2 Total ... 45 Trott, lbw, b Jackson F. H. E. Cunliffe, not out ........................ E. H. Bray, b Jackson Heame (J. T.), b Jackson ................. B 3, lb 2 .......... Total ..........1 J. Douglas, b Smith... 7 P. F. Warner, lbw, b Jackson .................24 A. E. Stoddart, c and b Jackson............... 26 F. G. J. Ford, b Haigh 1 Rawlin, b Jackson ... 27 R. N. Douglas, c Hunter, b Jackson .. 9 C. M. Wells, c Hirst, b Rhodes.................15 Second innings:—J. Douglas, b Jackson, 13; P. F. Warner, c Brown, b Rhodes, 13; A. E. Stoddait, not out, 7 ; F. G. J. Ford, not out, 29.—Total (2wickets), 62. Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . Heaine..........33 3 16 43 4 .. Trott .......... 30 12 70 4 .. Cunliffe......... 9 4 18 2 .......... M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Rhodes.......... 23 3 52 1 ........... 7*4 2 24 1 Smith .......... 10 5 12.1 ........... 3 0 12 0 Jackson......... 24’3 11 42 7 ............ 9 3 19 1 Haigh .......... 12 4 17 1 ............ 2 0 7 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. .15 5 30 2 . 14-1 8 13 7 Mason bowled two no-balls and two wides, and Martih one no-ball. K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W. Richardson ... 15 4 46 5 ... Lockwood.......... 14 4 27 5 ... Hayes ... Lockwood bowled one wide and three no-balls. SUSSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Brighton on August 15, 16 and 17. Sussex won by nine wickets. At the end of Tuesday’s play Sussex found themselves in such a position that nothing short of an overwhelming catastrophe could prevent them from winning their second match of the season. On Monday they played an innings of 220, which, although it does not look very great on paper, was not at all a bad performance, for tte wicket, though bad, was somewhat fiery. It was a fine thing for the team that Mr. P. H. Latham made his first appearance for Sussex in this match, for after Mr. Fry, the mainstay of the team, had fallen for only 13 runs, the new­ comer took his placp as the highest scorer on the side. His 93 was a very fine innings indeed. Nor was Mr. Murdoch’s 55 inferior to it in any way, for the Sussex captain was in his best form. When Lancashire went in there was only half-an-hour left for play. At the time for drawing stumps, three wickets were down for but 19 runs. The batsmen who had been dismissed were Mr. MacLaren. Ward and Frank Sugg —a splendid haul. The rain during the night, which was so welcome to agriculturists, gave Sussex an even greater advantage than they had gained on Monday evening. The Lancashire teim collapsed, chiefly owing to the bowling of Tate. In the follow- on a fine attempt was made to pull the match out of the fire. Tyldesley and Baker played brilliantly, but at the close of the day Sussex only wanted 34 runs to win, with nine wickets in hand. Mr. Fry was out, but Mr. Latham was still in with 15 to his credit. No catastrophe happened on Wednesday, and Sussex won easily. S u sse x . Yine, c and b Cuttell 7 C. B. Fry, b Briggs ... 13 P.H Latham, c Briggs, Parris, b Cuttell.. b Cuttell.................93 Butt, not out W . L. Murdoch, st Tate, b Briggs ... Radcliffe, b Cuttell 55 Humphreys, jun., C. L. A. Smitri, c and Briggs .......... b Briggs ................. 1 B 2, lb 4, w 2 Killick, lbw, b Cuttell 0 Bean (J.), c Radcliffe, Total b Cuttell................. 0 Second innings: C. B. Fry, b Baker,13; P. H. Latham, not out, 29 ; Tate, not out, 22 ; extras, 5,— Total (one wicket), 69. L a n c a s h ir e . 28 , 11 4 ..220 First innings. Second inning3. A. C. MacLaren, b Tate 1 b Tate .............. . 15 Ward (A.), lbw, b Parris 1 c Bean, b Killick . . 4 Tyldesley, c Killick, b Tate 25 b Bean .............. . 44 Sugg (F.), b Parris.......... 1 b Tate .............. . 12 C. H. Hartley, b Parris... 4 c and b Bern ... . . 15 Baker, c Fry, b Tate 0 st Butt, b Tate . 63 A. Eccles, st Butt, b Parris ........................ 7 run out .......... .. 3 Cuttell, b T a te ................. 17 c Parris, b Tate . . 15 Briggs, b Tate ................. 3 b Humphreys . 22 Payne, c Fry, b Tate 0 c Killick, b Tate . . 0 Radcliffe, not out .......... 1 not o u t .............. . 4 Byes 4 B 22, lb 3, nb 1 26 Total ................. 64 Total ... . .223 S u sse x . First innings. O. M.R. W. Cuttell .......... 45 22 90 6 .. Briggs .......... 50*2 26 81 4 .. Payne .......... 15 8 22 0 .. 3 14 0 Baker Ward 1 5 0 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 17 4 27 0 2 0 6 0 ,. 12 3 26 0 . 2 1 5 1 Briggs bowled two wides. L a n c a s h ir e . First inning O. Farris Tate......... Humphreys M. R. W. 8 27 4 ... 31 6 ... 2 0 ... Smith Killick Bean Bean bowled a no-ball, Second innings. O. M. R. W . , 22 . 21*3 11 , 1 0 10 35*4 2 3 18 12 Second innings. b Stebbing..........59 b Aston ..........12 PLYMOUTH GARRISON v. INCOGNITI.— Played at Plymouth on Aug 12 and 13. I ncogniti . First innings. Capt. H. C. Pritchard, b A ston ...............................54 c Aston, b Vivian 70 R. H. Lushington, retired hurt ...............................29 H. Buck, c Astcn, b Vivian 14 H. A. Francis, c Aston, b Vivian...............................15 stGarde,b Vivian 2 T. A. Higson, b Vivian ... 5 A. G. Bell, b Aston .......... 3 R.B.Gibson,cGarde.bVivian 0 A. J. P. Miller, b Vivian ... 0 E. G. A. Beckwith, not out 0 Rev. H. E. Wace, b Vivian 1 E. M. Dawson-Thomas, st Garde, b Vivian .......... 0 B 2, lb 3 ........................ 5 b Stebbicg ... runout lbw, b Willes b Aston notout lbw, b Aston b Aston ..........22 B 10, lb 2, w 1 13 Total ...126 P ly m o u th G a r r is o n . First innings. Mr. Laggett, c Lushiogton, b Bigson ........................12 Capt. Phillips, c Dawson- Thomas, b H igson.......... 2 Mr. Remold, run ou t..........33 Mr. Willes, b Bigson.......... 0 Capt. Crowther, retired hurt 60 Mr.Garde,c Miller, b Higson 0 Capt Robinson, b Pritchard 33 Mr. Vivian, b Pritchard ... 0 Total ...253 Second innings. b Higson .......... 9 b Higson ......... 17 c Bell, b Miller ... 5 run out ......... 52 Capt. Monro, b Miller ... 8 Rev. Stebbing, b Miller...... 12 Aston (pro), not o u t .......... 8 B 14, nb 2 .................16 , 20 . 0 Total ..184 not out b Higson ... o Beckwith, Miller ... not out......... b Higson ... B 13, lb 2,w2,nb 2 19 Total(9wkts)129