Cricket 1898

Aug. 25, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY^REOORD OP THE GAME. 371 of next week, nobody can tell, of course. But, in any case, the record of the Surrey eleven on their own ground this season w ill be a remarkable one. In their first match against Derbyshire on May 19, 20 and 21, rain prevented the delivery of a ball. The other eleven, up- to-date, have produced the follow ing totals:— M ay 26, 27, 28—y. Gloucestershire June 23. 24, 25—y. M iddlesex ... June 27, 28, 29 —v. {Somersetshire Ju ly 14, 15,16—y. Leicestershire Ju ly 21, 22, 23—v. H am pshire ... Ju ly 28, 29, c0—v. Essex ............ A ugust 1, 2, 3—y. Notts ............ A ugust 4, 5, 6—y. Y oikshire A ugust 1 1 , 12 ,1 3 —v. Sussex A ugust 15,16, 17—v. K tnt .. A ugust 18,19, 20—v. Lancashire * D eclared. A grand total of 5,277 runs for 120 wickets, or an average of just under 44 runs a wicket. Of the eleven matches, seven were won and four drawn. H a y w a r d and Brown have made the small list of scores of 300 in an innings in first-class matches a little larger. It is now as follows :— 1st. 2nd Inns. inns.T tl. .. 500* 500 4 wkts. .. 468 468 .. 3.5 153 4t8 1 w kt. .. 409 409 .. 437 437 .. 314 124 438 5 wkts. .. 329 329 .. 536 536 .. 332 192 524 .. 534 534 ... 631 634 424 A . C. M acLaren... 344 W . G. Grace 338 W . W . Read ... 321 W . L . M urdoch... 318* W . G. Grace 315* H ayw ard (T .) ... 311 Brown (J. T.) ... 301 W . G. Grace ... 300 Brown (J . T.) ... Lancashire v. Somerset M .C.C. v. K ent ............ Surrey v. Oxford U niv. N .S. W ales v. V ictoria Gloucester v. Yorkshire Surrey v. Lancashire ... Y orkshire v. Sussex ... Gloucester v. Sussex ... Y orkshire v. D erby ... 1895 1876 1876 1898 1897 1896 1898 T he match between Surrey and Lanca­ shire, finished on Saturday, it may be mentioned, is the fourth in which the aggregate has exceeded a thousand at the Oval this season. In first-class county cricket there have been three, as fo llow s:— Runs. W kts. Ju ly 21, 22, 23—Surrey v. H ants ... 1,003 ... 25 A ugust 1, 2. 3—Surrey v. N otts............ 1,033 ... 29 A ugust 18,19,20— Surrey v. Lancs. ... 1,017 ... 24 The fourth occasion was the match between Surrey’s Second Eleven and Wiltshire, on July 11 and 12. In the two days, 1,038 runs were scored for thirty-three wickets. The follow ing are tome of the latest hundreds:— JU L Y . N. Z. G raves, Germantown v. Philadelphia... 126 F. G. Pearson. Germ’tn. Colts, v. Baltim ore 107* H.C. T hayer, Merion Summ er v.Geim ’tn.Zin. 110 W . J . C hattell, Plaistow v. H orley ............ 117 T. E. Hodgton, Plaistow v. H orley ............ 154 * AUGUST. B rown , Y orkshire v . D ekbysbire ............ 300 T unniclibfe , Y orkshire v . D erbyshire ... 243 W . G. G race , G loucestershire v . S omerset 109 W . T roup , G loucestershire v . S omerset 127 H ayw ard , S urrey v . L ancashire ............315* P . H . L atham , S ussex v . H am pshire ............ 117 F . G. J. F ord , M iddlesex v . N otts ............102 B rown . Y orkshire v . 8 ussex ....................150 C. B . F ry , S ussex v . Y orkshire .....................179 C arpenter , E ssex v . K ent .............................103 D. W . Carr, Eastbourne v. Plaistow ............100* F . de L . Solbe, Plaistow v. Eastbourne ... 110 W . L . K nowles, Plaistow v. Eastbourne ... 101 W . L . Knowles, Plaistow v. Devonshire Park 132 G .F.Vernon,Houghton H allv . R aynham H all 115* W .G . H easm an, G arth’s X I. v. Scots’ Guards 116 H . J . B. Sworder,Buckhurst H ill v. Colverton 110 M ajor C. C. Orman, Incogniti v. Bournem’th 100 A. C. 8. Glover, Incogniti v. Bournem outh 118 N. M iller, Streatham v. S u rb ito n .....................195 R . S. B aiss, Lessness P k. v. K ensington P k. 100* 16. 23. 18. 18. 18. 18. IS. 18. 19. 22 . 23. 23. 1 . 2 . 11 . 17. 18 18. 20 . SO. 20. F. L . Fane, Brentwood v. K ensington P ark 116 20. H. Brick, Southgate v. H am pstead ............152* 20. N. E. T. Bosanquet, T edditgton v. W . H erts 145* 20. V.F.S.Crawford,K ensington v.Littleham pton 151 20. H . M artyn, Cornwall v. G lam organshire ... 105 20. H . Burton, Honor P ark v. Brixton W and. 107* 20. H . E ttinger, M arl B lues, v. C rystal P alace 130* iO. W .E . Holfold, Honor Oak v. B rixton W and. 128* * Signifies not out. T H E F IR S T -C L A S S A V E R A G E S . For the benefit of our foreign and colonial readers we give another instalment of the averages, up to August 20 :— BATTING. (15 innings.) No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. Quaife (W .G .) ... ... 23 ... 7 .. . 984 ...157*.. . 61*50 Abel ... ............ ... oQ ... 3 .. .1798 ...219 .. . 54*48 C. B. Fry .................. .. 33 ... 3 ....1503 ...133 ..., 50*10 A. E. Stoddart ... ,... 24 ... 3 .. .1031 .. 157 .. . 49*09 Gunn ( W .) ..................,.. 32 ... 5 .. .1312 .. 236*.. . 48*55 Storer ( W .) ..................,. 33 .. 4 ....1385 ...109 .... 47*75 Shrewsbury (A .)... ... 32 ... 7 .. .1187 ...154*... 47-48 W. G. Grace, sen. .... 35 ... 5 .1372 ...168 .. . 45 73 H ayw ard ..................... 29 ... 2 .. .1203 ...315*.. . 44*55 F. S. Jackson ... .... 35 ... 3 ..,.1365 ...160 .... 42*65 L . C. H . P alairet ... 24 ... 2 .. . 921 ...179*.. . 41-86 Tunnicliffe ............ ,... 41 ... 4 .. .1522 ...243 .. . 41*13 J . R . M ason............ ... 32 .. 1 .. .1259 ...152 .. . 40 61 Brockwell ............ ... 37 ... 2 .. .138*2 .. 135 .. . 39*48 W . Troup ............ ... 28 ... 4 .. . 914 ..180 .. . 38*08 P. P en in ..................... 31 ... 5 .. . 967 ...106*.. . 3719 C. M cG ahey............ ... 29 ... 2 .. . 991 ..145 .. . 36*70 C. L . Townsend ... ... 31 ... 0 .. .1120 .. 159 .. . 36*12 W .H . Patterson... ... 19 ... 3 ... 576 ...117 .. . 36-00 T yldesley ............ ... 45 .. 0 .. .1617 ...127 .. . 35 93 C. O. H . Sewell ... ... 34 ... 3 .. .1106 ..111 .. . 35*67 H olland (Surrey) ... 26 ... 1 .. . 888 ...126 .. . 35-52 F . G .J. Ford ... ... 25 ... 1 .. . 852 ...127 .. . 35-50 S. M . J . Woods ... ... 27 ... 0 .. . 958 ...144 .. . 35-48 C. J . Bum up ... 36 ... 3 .. .1147 ...131 .. . 34-75 D. L . A . Jephson ... 28 ... 4 .. . 829 ...166*. . 34-54 H earne (Alec) ... ... 35 ... 4 .., 1055 ....117 .. . 34-03 L illey ..................... ... 26 ... 1 .. . 834 ...112 .. . 33-36 Brown (J. T.) ... 41 ... 2 1291 ...300 .. . 33*10 Lord H aw ke............ ... 32 ... 6 ..,. 844 ...134 .. . 32-46 Lockwood ............ ... 30 ... 5 .. . 811 ...109 .. . 32-44 S. H . Everahed ... ... 24 ... 1 .. . 743 ...153 .. . 32 30 J . A . D ix o n ............ ... 26 ... 4 .. . 693 ...165 ... 31*50 K. J . K ey ............ ... 24 ... 5 .. . 596 ... 85 .. . 31*36 A. J . L . H ill ... 24 ... 3 .. . 656 ...199 .. . 31*23 P. F . W arner ... 29 ... 3 .. . 806 ... 88 .. . 31 00 Chatterton ............ ... 31 ... 3 .. . 867 ...142 .. . 30 96 W ard (A.) ............ ... 45 ... 4 .. .1248 ...135 .. . 30*43 G. B rann .................. .. 25 .. 0 .. . 760 ...118 .... 30 40 Devey ..................... ... 23 ... 3 ... 607 ... 93 .. . 30-35 A. P. L u c a s............ ... 19 ... 3 .. . 472 ... 89 .. . *9 60 A . O. Jo n e s ............ ... 30 ... 2 .. . 817 ... 70 .. . 29*17 A . J . Turner ... ... 17 ... 3 .... 404 ...102*.. . 28-85 H. H . M arriott ... ... 15 ... 0 .. . 432 ..103 .. . 28*80 M ajor R . M . Poore ,... 28 ... 2 .. . 735 ..121*.. . 28 26 Carpenter ..................... 34 ... 1 .. . 919 ...133 .. . 27-84 Rev. W . R ashleigh ... 15 ... 1 .. . 389 ...105 .. . 27*78 Cuttell ... ..................... 39 ... 7 .. . 869 ... 85*.. . 27*15 Brown (L .) (Leics.) ... 26 ... 2 .. . 646 ...110 .. . 26 91 B aker ........................... 37 ... 4 .. . 877 ... 70 .. . 26*57 C. R . H artley ... .... 33 ... 1 .. . 843 ... 88 ..., 26 34 H . G. O wen..................... 29 ... 1 .. . 734 ... 92 ..., 26*21 A. Eccles ............ ... 26 ... 2 .. . 621 ...139 .... 25*87 Sugg (F. H .) ... ... 39 .. 1 .. . 978 ...169 ..,. 25 73 Quaife (W alter)... .... 24 ... 0 .. 605 ..109 , 25-20 W ain w righ t..................... 33 ... 4 .. . 721 ... 92 ..., 24 86 L . G. W righ t ... ... 26 .. 1 .... 620 . ..134 ... 24-80 W . L . M urdoch ... .... 44 .. 3 .. ,1085 .,,.121*.. , 21-68 Davidson (G.) ... . 28 ... 1 .. . 648 ...108 .... 24-00 C. J . B. Wood ... . 30 ... 2 .... 663 ... 80 ... 23-67 K n ig h t........................... .. 29 ... 3 ..., 615 ... 93 ... 23 66 F. H . E. Cunliffe .. 23 ... 6 ..., 398 .,.. 70 ... 2341 B agshaw .................. .. 21 .... 1 ... 464 .. .100*... 2320 H. B . H aym an ... .... 22 ... 2 .... 463 .. 66 ... 23*16 C oe.................................... .. 24 ... 2 ... 493 .... 61 ... 22*40 G. L . Jessop.................. .. 34 ... 3 ... 689 .. . 65 ... 22 22 A. C. S . Glover ... ... 20 .. 1 ... 420 .,.. 73 ... 22*10 W . S. A. Brown ... ... 27 ... 6 ... 463 .,,106 ... 22 04 F. M archant.................. .. 16 ... 0 ... 349 ., . 49 ... 21*81 D en to n ........................... .. 39 ... 1 ... 816 .. . 99 ... 21*47 V. T. H ill .................. .. 16 ... 0 ..., 343 ., .116 ... 21*43 Dench ........................... .. 22 .... 2 ... 421 ..,. 70 ... 21*05 Trott (A. E.) ... ... 21 .... 1 ... 419 ..,. 77 ... 20*95 B. D. Bannon ... ... 32 ... 1 ... 647 .. . 78 ... 20*87 Easby ............................... 16 ... 3 ... 271 .. . 59*... 20*84 Baldw in (Surrey) .. 25 ... 3 ... 453 .,,. 53 ... 20 59 R ussell (T. M .) ... ... 24 ... 4 ... 402 .. .1 2*... 20*10 G uttiidge .................. .. 19 .. 2 ... 340 .... 79 ... 1000 R h o d es........................... .. 32 .... 8 ... 479 .. . 78 ... 19 95 R a w lin ........................... .. 24 ... 1 ... 453 ..,. 61 ... 1969 F. W . M illigan ... ... 30 .... 2 ... 546 .. 65 ... I960 F. H . B. Cham pain . .. 29 ... 2 ... 522 . .113*... 19 33 M arlo w ........................... .. 22 , .. 0 .. 425 ,112 ... 19-31 No. Times Most of not T olal in an inns. out. runs. inns. A ver. F. L . Fane ............ ... 27 ... 2 ... 481 .. . 42*..,. 19 24 G. J . V . W e ig a ll... ... 17 ... 2 ..., 281 ... 86 .. 1873 W . T rask ............ ... 15 ... 2 ... 240 ... 60 .. . 18*46 G. Fowler ............ ... 25 ... 1 ... , 4°8 ... 83*.. . 18 25 K illick ..................... ... 27 ... 2 ... 454 ... 76*.. . 18 16 H. T. Stanley ... ... 23 ... 1 ... 393 ... 43 .. . 17 86 Barton (V .)............ ... 27 ... 1 .. 463 ...110 ... 17*80 P arris ..................... ... 32 ... 4 ..., 498 ... 77 .. . 17*78 W rath all ............ ... 28 ... 7 ... 369 ... 52*.. . 17*57 W . N ewham ............ ... 23 ... 1 ... . 38*2 . . 52 .... 17*36 A ttew ell (W .) ... ... 22 ... 2 .... 338 ... 80 ..„ 16 90 S a n t a ll..................... ... 19 ... 1 ... . 298 ... 64 .. . 16*55 C. J . K ortright ... ... 26 ... 2 391 .. 112 .. . 16 37 A. T. C oode............ ... 18 ... 2 ..., 260 ... 38 .. . 16*25 Sugg (W .) ............ ... 23 ... 1 .... 354 ... 50 ... 16 09 H aigh ..................... ... 34 ... 6 ... 450 ... 85 .. . 1607 Diver .................... ... 23 ... 1 ... 317 ... 60 ... 15*77 T yler ..................... ... 27 ... 5 .... 345 ... 59 .. . 1568 M artin ..................... ... 26 ... 4 ..., 341 ... 56 .. . 15*50 F . G. B u ll ............ ... 24 ... 7 .. . 260 ... 38 ..,. 1529 Gunn (J.) ............. ... 17 .. 5 .. . 183 ... 47 .. . 15*25 *Signifies not out. BOWLING. (30 w ickets.) Rhodes Roche ..................... W ainw right ........... F. S. Jackso n ............ H earne (J . T.) Davidson (G.) Baldw in (H ants) .. Lockwood ........... Trott (A. E .) ............ H aigh .................... Geeson .................... C. J . K ortright A . E. H ind ........... M ead............................. B. J . T. Bosanquet M artin ..................... A. J . L . H i l l ........... D. L . A. Jephson .. M old ............................. C. L . Townsend .. Richardson ........... G. L. Jessop ... Cuttell ............ G ill ...................... F. G. B u ll ... Santall ... ... A ttew ell (W .)... W . B. Stoddart F. H. E. Cunliffe H earne (Alec) T y le r..................... J . R . M ason ... Brockwell Overs. ...1037-2. 152*4. . 446 3. 773-3. ...1536 4 ... 956-4. . 430 3. 838-2 812 . 291-3. 589-4. 365 1 911-2. 250 . 706-2 ... 331-2. . 246 1 . 836 3. .1004 3 . 981-4. ... 620 2. ... 12002 . ... 341-3 ... 834 . ... 655 3 ... 986 3 ... 304-1 ... 499-4. ... 722 2 ... 674-2. ... 611-2. 376-3. Mdns. ...411 . .. 48 . ..165 . ..326 . . 672 . ..458 . ..141 . . 285 . . 288 . .281 . .. 82 . ..159 . . 145 . T ate(F .W .) (Sussex) 791*2 B riggs ..................... 888-3. Robson (Somerset) 327*2. B land .....................766 Woodcock ... ... 507*4 Raw lin ..................... 421 , F. W . S to ck s............ 526 ., W . M . B radley ... 349*4. W . G. Grace, ten .... 465-3., Davidson (F .) ... 410*4. A . O. Jones ............ 282*2. Tate (E.) (H ants)... 422 W righ t (W .) P arris G. Fowler W . S. A. Brown W ass (T.) ... 553*4 742*1 389 1. 519-4.. 445*4 ... 42 . 284 .209 ..270 ..177 ..484 . 110 ..251 231 .463 . 65 ..160 293 .143 .223 . .126 . 254 .312 ..ioe .. 216 .134 ..161 ..186 . 85 ..163 .148 .. 46 .. 127 .194 . 237 ..132 191 ..137 . Runs. ..1800 .. 421 .. 845 ..1348 . 2582 ..1403 .. 880 . 2142 , ..1967 .1694 .. 650 .1510 .. 627 ..1786 .. 561 1359 , .. 794 .. 662 ..1730 ..2672 .2499 ..1678 , ..2133 .. 910 ..1912 ..1260 ..1479 .. 841 . .1182 . ..1288 , ..1861 ,.1367 . .. 943 . .1664 ,.1850 , .. 828 ..1863 ,.1402 . ,. 793 . ,.1196 , ..1016 . .. 902 , .. 844 ,. 818 , .. 978 . 1164 .1526 , ,. 958 , . 1008 . 969 . W kts. ..132 .. .. 30 .. .. 60 .. .. 93 .. ..174 .. .. 91 .. .. 56 .. .128 .. ..114 .. .. 98 .. .. 37 .. .. 85 .. .. 35 .. .. 92 .. .. 30 .. .. 70 .. .. 40 .. .. 33 .. .. 86 .. ..128 .. ..118 .. .. 64 .. . 58 . . 68 . . 37 . 52 . . 56 . . 79 . , 58 . , 40 . . 70 . . 76 . . 34 . . 76 . , 57 . 32 . . 48 . . 40 . . 35 . . 32 . . 30 . . 35 . . 41 . . 51 . . 32 . Aver. . 13*63 . 14*03 . 1408 . 14*49 . 14*83 . 15-41 . 15*71 . 16*73 . 17*25 . 17*28 . 17*56 . 17 76 , 17*91 . 18*04 , 1870 , 19*41 . 19*85 . 20 06 . 20*11 . 20'87 . 21*17 , 21*53 . 21 54 . 21*€6 . 21*72 . 21*72 . 21*75 . 22*72 22*73 2300 . 23*55 2356 23-57 . 23 77 24 34 , 24-35 . 24-51 24 59 , 24-78 24-91 . 25*40 . 25*77 . 26*37 27*26 . 27*94 . 28 39 . 29*92 , 29 93 , 30*54 31*25 HONOR OAK v. BRIXTON W A N D E R E R S.- Played a t E ast Dulwich on A ugust 20. H onor O ak . W .E .H olford, not out 128 G. Cooper, b H eppell .. 19 T. Raven, b Spragge 3 W . Fraser, b Spragge 0 T. B. W oodfall, c Con- standuros, b Spragge 2 C. Y app, not out E xtras ... 45 11 Total (4 wkts) *208 W . G rey, C. W . Law der, E. Goddard, C. Thomas and A . B rierley did not b at. * Innings declared. B rixton W anderers . C.W .Phillips.bThom as 15 G. Hudson, b Cooper 0 R .J.B urlington, c Tho­ m as, b Cooper............16 Farm er, b Y ap p ............27 C. B rym er, c Lawder, b Grey .................... 3 R . J . H arris, b Y app 5 A . Constanduros, not out ..............................19 A . H arbert, b Cooper 0 W . H . Spragge, b Thomas ..................... 4 E xtras ............ 4 Total (8 wkts) 93 A . W . Heppell and J. Menziea did not bat