Cricket 1898

362 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 25, 1898. seldom indeed that he has ever seriously hurt a batsman; in fact, the accident to Moorhouse last year atCanterburyis about the only one which can be laid to his account. Possibly the reason for this is, that he does not exercise the privilege, which so many fast bowlers claim as a right, of bow ling short in order to make the batsman feel uncomfortable. His best performance with the ball was to take six wickets for 31 against Gloucester­ shire at Cheltenham; he is nearly always fatal to Mr. Townsend, who generally succumbs to him before he has got any runs to speak of. It is not often that he is very severely handled by batsmen, and as a rule he does not find it necessary to have a man in the lon g field, but he has vivid recollections of being hit by Mr. W oods at Tonbridge this year for 37 iuns in three overs, nearly all the runs being made b y hard drives. His place in the field in first-class cricket is usuilly at point, where he very seldom misses any­ thing. He is unable to go in the long field because of his inability to throw in from a distance on account of an accident to his arm. As a heavy and determined forward he has played a good deal of Rugby football for Catford Bridge. He is a colour- sergeant in the Firbt Surrey Rifles. Mr. Bradley was not always a fa9t bowler. “ When I was at the A lleyn’s School, Dulwich— the lower school of the college,” he said, “ I used to bow l at quite a medium pace, without any method except that of trying to bowl straight. I was in the eleven for two years, in the second of which I was captain. I remember that I took a lot of wickets and was head of the bow ling averages.” “ What club did you play for after you left school P” “ For L loyd’s Register— the house club at L loyd’s. 1 played regularly for them for five years, always as a bowler, for I never could make a run. When I began to play for the county, I joined the Forest H ill Cricket Club, not that I was tired of the Register, but simply because I thought I must try to get better cricket, for up to that time I had no opportunity of trying my strength against powerful batsman. A t Forest H ill I have much better opportunities for practice, as we play against the strongest clubs in the neighbourhood.” “ D id any particular performance of yours lead to your playing for Kent ? ” “ Just before I was asked to play for the county, I was taking part in a match at Mitcham,— against the Tillage second eleven—for Lloyd’s Register, and happened to take six wickets with successive balls. Mr. MacAlpine wrote to me from Maidstone, asking me to go down there to play for Mote Park against the M.C.C. I went, and took nine wickets in the two innings for about 70 runs. Shortly after this, Mr. Marchant called on me and asked me to play for the County, at Blackheath, against Somerset.” “ What sort of a debut did you make P” “ A shockingly bad one. T o begin with, I made a pair of spectacles, and moreover I only took one wicket. But they did not turn me out of the team because of this, and I played for the rest of the season. It is a curious thing that I have never bowled in a county match— I believe I may say in any match— without taking a wicket. I am not absolutely cer.ain, however, about club matches.” “ Did you teach yourself to bow l F” “ Yes. S jon after I left school I began to really try to b iw l. I had always been very fond of bowling, and always tried to bow l as hard as I could, but while I was at school I had been content to simply lump them down, trusting entirely to the pace to get wickets. In those days I had no break, but in course of time a break came, although I never knew how I got it or why it comes off. When the ball breaks back it teems to do it of its own accord.” “ Are you fond of batting F” “ I like it very much when the bowlers give me a chance—which isn’t very often. I never had any opportunity of gettiug practice at the nets until it was too late to begin, and now I don’t get time. The only time in my life that I ever made anything like a score, as far as I can remember, was last year at Canter­ bury, when by the most extraordinary good fortune, I knocked up 67, not out— you cin imagine that I am not likely to forget the exact score. I was missed off the second or third ball at point, and after that the runs seemed to come of themselves. I believe that I may claim the distinction of being the very worst batsman playing in first-cl»ss cricket.” W. A . B e t t e s w o r t h . GRANVILLE (Lee) v. PLAISTOW.-Played at Plaistow on August 20. G r a n v il le . J.P.Clarkson, b Stuart 11 L J.Turner, b Chattell 0 J. C. Stone, c Solbe, b 12 L. R. Havers, c and b Chattel .................37 J.Wilson,c Simmonds, b Stuart ................. 5 W. S. Pate, b Chatteil 0 W. Edwards, c .Earn­ shaw, b Chatte’.l ... 0 P la i S. A. Smith, c Havers, b Turner................ 0 F. de L. Bolt6, c Havers. b Turner ... 1 W.J.Chattell,b Turner 29 W. Phillips, b Turner 4 A. E. Earnshaw, c Hackney, b Havers. 31 F. W. Simmonds, st Helder, b Havers ... 7 H, R.Hackney,bStuart E. L. Grant, b Chattel 1 H. Le May, run ou t... 10 A. Helder, not out ... 10 B 1, lb 2, w 4 ... 7 Total ......... 95 J. Phillips, b Turner 0 W.W. Capes, c Helder, b Havers................. 0 E. H. Stenning, c Pate, b Turner................. l R. Stuart, not out ... 3 C. M. Treadwell, c Edward-*, b Havers 10 B 9, lb 2 ..........11 Total 97 STREATHAM v. SURBITON—Played at Streatham on August 20. S up . b iton . C.A. Trouncer, b Scott 24 P. Castle, b Scott H. B. Richardson, c Scott, b Cow .......... 5 R. P. Sewell, c Cow, b Sco4t ........................28 FitzLiebenro:d,b Mil­ ler ........................46 J. A. E. Hickson, lbw, b Miller ................ 75 G. Tireman, st K«rr, b Miller ................. G. F. A'len,.c Cow, b Hooper ................. G. Pinkerton, b Mi'ler H. Margetson, c Scott, b Hooper................. L. G. Clayton, not out B 3, lb 1 .......... Total... S tr e a th a m . . 203 N. Miller, st Hicxson, b Richardson...........193 E. P. Pulbrook, b Clayton ..................18 H. W. Scott, b Rich­ ardson ................... 73 H. S. Barkworth, not out ................. ... 19 C. J. Parton, not out 6 B 12, lb 5, w 3 .. 20 Total (3 wkts ) 331 E. H. Leaf, D. O. Kerr, C. A. L’.oyd-Jones, C. S. Cow, F. F. Hooper and V. P. Veeney did not bat. HAMPSTEAD v. ELTHAM.—Played at Hampstead on August 29. E lth am . AS.Johnston.bGibbon 0 F. H. Pitts, b Marsden 4 J. C. Wood, b Marsden 4 N. Ppicer, c and b Marsden ................. 4 Haywood, b Marsden 48 J. L. tSpicer, b Trimen 44 Extras ... H. 8. Mullins, c Har­ vey, b Trimen.......... 4 Total H am pstead . R. C. Mullins, b Mars­ den ........................ 1 W. Young, b Gibbon 25 H. E. Perrin, c and b Trimen ................. 4 C. R. Stampe, not out 7 . 21 .. 166 J. Gibbon, c Johnston, b N. Spicer .......... 1 R. A. Hill, c Perrin, b N. Spicer................. 2 E. L. Marsden, c Hay­ wood, b W ood........ 64 W. T. H. Dauby, c R. Mullins, b Wood. ... 25 H. B. Hayman. c J. Spicer, b Wood ... 13 R. Leigli Tbbs, c John­ ston, b N. Spicer ... 0 H. C. Preston, b N. Spicer ................. 5 A. R. Trimen, not out ........................20 E. F. S. Harvey, run out ........................ 4 F. Y. Selfe, b Hay­ wood ........................ 4 F. C. Wheeler, not out 0 Extras.................11 Total (9 wkts.)149 PRESCOTT DIMSDALES v. GLYN MILLS.- Played at Catford Bridge on August 15 and 16. P r e s c o t t D im sd a les. G. Brown, b SedgfMd 7 F. E. Hills, b Fairhead 19 W. H. Coppinger, b l o v e ........................14 L. G. Ilsley, c Sedg- flt-ld, b Love .......... 2 H. Brown, c Batty, b Sedgfield................. 6 H. E Harris, b Love 3 F. J. Vaughan, b Love 11 A. G. Denton, c Brown, b Love ... 6 C. Ledger, b Love ... 0 C. Reei, b Hoe,......... 22 L. H. Brewett, not out 0 B9, lb 3 ......... 12 Total , 92 A. S. Hoe, b Hills ... 19 T B. Fairhead, b Hills 19 W. L. Legden, c Brewitt, b Ilsley ... 36 C. H. Batty, c and b V au/han.................12 GLYN M l LL8. S. Biown. b Vaughan 22 W. Sedgfield, not out 15 P. R. Case, not out ... 0 B 5, lb 3; w 1 ... 9 Total (5 wkts.) 132 J. N. Pints, H. Love, J. G. Coulson and E. L. Powne did not bat. DULWICH v. SOUTH HAMPSTEAD.—Played at Burbage Road on August 20. D u lw ich . H. G. Cryer, b Brown 18 E. H. Heasman, not T. C. Stafford, b P. Gilliard .................. 0 L. Phillips, o Couch- man, b Brown . ... 0 J. F. Colyer, c Gilliard, h Brown .................. 7 C. P. Tregallas,run out 0 H. Darby, c Gregory, b Houghton.............. 39 R. Longley, st Whelan, b Brown ...............59 out S. E. Huntley, c Gregory, b Brown O. Jones, c Orgias, b Brown ................. P. Light, run out ... B 9, lb 2 .......... 18 Total .. 4 .. 0 ,. 11 . 158 S outh H am pstead . A. J. Houghton, c Darby, b Heasman .. 38 E. Gregory, b Coly r... 26 H. W. Brooman, c Hunt’ey, b Coljer ... 27 W. Hanwell, c Darby, b Colyer .......... ... 0 T. B. Orgias, b Colyer 0 W. Couchman, b Darby 7 South Hampstead P. B. Gilliard, c Jones, b Colyer ................. 7 W. J. Whelan, b Cryer .. ... .......... 1 P. Brown, not out ... 0 B 3, lb 7 ..........10 Total ... batted two short. ...116 HAMPSTEAD v. WEST HERTS CLUB AND GROUND.—Played at Hampstead on August 17. H am pstead . H. B. Hayman, b M illar...................... 70 H. Gr<iig, c Harford, b W hite....................... 4 J. Gibbon, b White ... 9 H. Wcodall, b Woods 19 E.L MaTsden. b Potttr 14 C. D D. McMillin.lbw, b White .................20 D. MacGregor, c Sedg­ wick, b W hite.......... 7 G. L. Jeffrey, c Potter, b W h ite................. 0 R.Leigh-Ibbs. notout 22 H. (i. Price-Williams, b White ................. 0 R. Matthews, lbw, b Golding .................ll Extras ..........18 Total ... .194 W est H erts C lub and G round . 3 Potter, b Marsden ... C. C. H. Millar, b Woodall ... ... ... 15 E. A. Varley,b Wood- Golding, b Marsden ... H. M. Harford, b Woodill ................. 0 White, b Woodall ... 1 F. E. BurroW8, c Mars­ den, b Woodall ... 9 G. E. Green, b Wood­ all............................,. 2 J. Woods, b Marsden 0 H. Sedgwick, b Mars- d n ........................ 0 Second innings: - Golding, b Gibbon. 1; H. M. Har­ ford, not out, 23; F. E. Burrows, st McMillan, b Gibbon, 14; G. E. Green, c and b Gibbon, 8: J. Woods, c Hayman, b Gibbon, 47 ; extras, 8.—Total (4 wkts.) 101 . all C. H. Little, not out... Extras .......... T otal..........