Cricket 1898

382 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 1, 1898. THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. YORKSHIRE v. M.C.C. AND GROUND. Played at Scarborough on August 25, 26 &27. Abandoned. As far as the first day of the Festival was concerned the weather was all that could he desired, although the summer had given place to autumn with startling quickness. But on Friday only two and a half hours’ play was possible, while on Saturday the match had to he abandoned. The Yorkshiremen had been tiavelling all night from Brighton, and although Brown and Tunnicliffe for the third time in succession put on over 100 runs for the first wicket, the rest of the team were notin good form. Brown made another hundred ia his best style. Now that their matches in the championship were over, the Yorkshiremen evidently felt the re-action, and their bowling was hardly up to its usual standard, although on the first day the M.C.C. did not make very much progress against it. But on Friday on a wet wicket Mr. C. E. M. Wilson and Mr. H. B. Chinnery played a very fine game, and the latter would have made his hundred if he had not been a little too anxious to score the final three runs. The match was left in a fairly even position when the rain put a stop to it. Y orkshire . Rhodes, c Eoard, b A ttew ell ...................... B irst. not out ............ B aig h , b M ead ............ B airslow , b M ead Byes 4 lb 1 ............ Brown, b M e a d ............. ICO T unnicliffe,bC hinrery 66 F . S Jackson, 0 Board, b A ttew ell .. 23 Denton, c W righ t, b A ttew ell ... ............ 0 W ainw right, b Mead 6 F .W .M illig an ,b M ead 0 Lord H aw ke, b M ead 19 Second innings : Brown, b Mcbd, 7 ; Tunnicliffe, c and b A ttew ell, 7 ; F. S. Jackson, not out, 12.—Total (2 w kts.), 26. M .C.C. Total ... 22 ) MIDDLESEX v. KENT. Played at Lord’s on August 25, 26 and 27. Middlesex won by an innings and 96 runs. This match was originally arranged to take place on July 11, 12 and 13, but on account of the death of Mr. I. D. Walker it was post­ poned. Possibly if the match had taken place on the date which had been fixed the result might have been different, for at that time Middlesex was by no means as strong as it is just at present. The advantage of winning the toss fell to Kent, but the absence of Mr. Burnup and the failure of Mr. Mason and Alec Heaine handicipped the team so con­ siderably that, but for a fine stand by Mr. Carpenter, c Brown, b Moorhouse, b Jackson 2 Rhodes ..................... 10 G. F. Vernon, b Jack ­ C .W .W right, cBro\*n, son .............................. 0 b H irst .....................47 B eard, c Denton, b Gunn, b Rhodes............22 Rhodes ..................... 4 C. E. M. W ilson, b M ead, b Jackson ... 0 Jackson .................... 57 Roche, not out ........... 1 H . B. ( hinnery, llw , B 10, lb 3 ........... 13 b Rhodes ..................... 97 _ A ttew ell, c Brown, b T otal ...........269 Rhodes .....................16 Y orkshire . F irst innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W . O. M. R . W . M ead ... 31 2 11 76 6 ............ 7 2 3 15 1 Roche ... 11 3 48 0 ............ W ilson ... ... 4 0 18 0 ............ A ttew ell... ... 30 14 51 3 ............ 7 3 11 1 Chinnery... . . 6 0 27 1 ............ M .C.C. O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . Rhodes ... 26 7 69 5 W ain * righ t 5 1 23 0 Jackson ... 29 3 7 82 4 M illigan ... 4 1 9 0 H aigh 14 4 33 0 Brown .. 4 0 21 0 H irst... .. 13 6 29 1 Rashleigh and Mr. Day which raised the score from 13 to 87, the total would have been insignificant. As it was it reached to nearly 200 , although on a good wicket this was not at all likely to he enough to give any hopes of success. When Middlesex went in some remarkable batting was shown by Mr. J. Douglas and Mr. Ford. The former play< d very fine cricket, hitting whenever he had a chance, while the latter, after a few overs, gained such a mastery over the bowling that he seemed able to do what he liked with it. When stumps were drawn he had made 93 in a little over an hour. On Friday he again took the bowlers in charge, but was at last out for a splendid innings of 135, which it had only taken him an hour and three- quaiters. His innings included 21 fours. INIr. Douglas had only made about 60 when Mr. Ford was dismissed, but in the later stages of his innings he scored much more quickly and was tot out until he had exceeded Mr. Ford’s score by 16. His fine innings lasted four hours and a half and included 23 fours—four of them off successive balls from Mr. Bradley. Most of tho other latsmen made runs in a more or less lively style. Mr. Cobb however played a very careful innings, and proved that the good opinion which had been formed of him was not mistaken. Kent had to bat in a bad light, and for twenty minuU sthe players retired. The Kent captain did remarkably well, although he was somewhat fortunate, and 60 runs had been made by the end of the day for the loss of one wicket. Kent were then more than 200 runs behind, and on Saturday no one, except Mr. Mason, could do anything with Hearne and Trott, who both bowled very finely throughout the match. K ent . F irst innings. J . R . M ason, c M acGregor, b H earne ............................... 0 H earne (A .), c MacGregor, b H earne ...............................14 S.H .D ay. c W ells, b H earne 47 Bev. W . Rashleigh, c F «ley, b H earne ..............................3 \ B . D. Bannon, c J . D ouglas, b H earne ..............................24 R .N .R. B laker, lbw, b Trott 4 G. J . Y . W eigall, not o u t... 27 M artin, b H earne..................... 4 W righ t, b Trott ..................... 0 H uish, c M acGregor, b H earne .. ..............................12 Second innings. c M acGregor, b Cunliffe ............70 c R . D ouglas, b Trott..................... 8 c Ford, b H earne 16 c M acGregor, b H earne ............13 st MacGregor, b Trott ............19 not out.....................17 b T ro tt................... 6 c R aw lin, b Trott 0 c C u n lif f e , b Hearne ............ 1 LANCASHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Old Trafford on August 25, 26 & 27. Abandoned. Nothing but rain saved Derbyshire from a defeat which would have been almost as severe as that which they received at the hands of Yorkshire. On the other hand, rain on Thursday night gave the Lancashire bowlers such an enormous advantage that Derbyshire had absolutely no chance of putting on anything like a good score against the big total made by their opponents, chiefly on a splendid wicket. The batting on Thurs­ day was remarkable for the excellent cricket played by Tyldesley, who in four hours made 200 runs, the highest total he has ever made for his county. But although his innings stood out prominently above all others, there was some very fine batting by Cuttell, Baker, and Frank Sugg, who all made the Derby­ shire bowling look very easy. The total at the end of the day was no less than 464 for the loss of seven wickets, so that Derbyshire once more had nothing to hope for but a visionary draw. The rain on Thursday night gave the bowlers a chance, but the visitors were tired by their exertions on the previous |day, and the Lancashire innings was increased ; by nearly a hundred, Briggs playing fine cricket. By the time that Derbyshire went in the wicket had become so difficult that batsmen had hardly any chance of dis­ tinguishing themselves. Storer alone played up to his reputation. On Saturday there was no possibility of continuing the game owing to rain. L ancashire . W ard (A), c H ancock, I B allow s, b Bestwick 18 b Bestwick ............ 11 ! B riggs, not o u t............57 C uttell, b Storer............ 57 Tyldesley, c W alker, b Storer...........................200 B aker, c W righ t, b Storer............................. 61 A . Eccles, c W ood, b Storer.............................. 5 Sugg (F .), c Ashcroft, b B agshaw ............ 64 W . M . B radley, b Trott B 13,1b 7, w 1 ... c MacGregor, H earne ... b H earne ... B 4, lb 4 Total ..................187 M iddlesex . T otal ...165 J . D ouglas, c Rash­ leigh, b Mason ...153 R . N. D ouglas, c W eigall, b Mason ... 13 F. G. J . Ford, c H uish, b M ason ......................135 C. P. Foley, c H eam e, b Maeon ... ............. 0 R aw lin, c H uish, b W righ t ..................... 31 C. M . W ells, c H uish, b B radley......................... 11 H. H. Cobb, not o ut... 32 Trott (A.E.), c B .ad - ley, b B earn e ............29 G. MacGregor, c B radley, b M ason ... 7 F. H . E. Cunliffe, c Huish, b M ason ... 5 Hearne (J.T .), b Brad­ ley ..............................24 B 3, lb 4, nb 1 ... 8 Total .. 448 H eam e (J.T .) T r o tt............ Cunliffe W ells . K ent . F irst innings. O. M . R . W . 45 27 65 7 .. 48 3 20 75 3 .. 7 3 24 0 .. 2 2 0 . Second innings. O. M .R . W . . 3<> 9 62 6 .. 31 11 75 4 ... 16 9 20 1 0 0 Cunliffe bowled one wide. M iddlesex . O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . W rig h t... 17 5 47 1 M artin ... 17 3 61 0 M ason ... 44 1014 i 6 H tarne(A .)26 7 79 1 B radley... 30*4 4 111 2 M ason delivered one no-ball. Sm ith, c (h atterto n , b B<stw ick ............ 5 A . N. H ornby, c W iig h t, b Bestwick 27 M old, b fc ancock ... 14 E xtras.................... 27 T otal 546 D erbyshire . L . G. W right, c Hornby, b Cuttell ... 2 B agshaw, c Hornby, b C uttell ......................17 Storer, lbw , b B riggs 30 Chatterton, b B riggs... 5 D a v id s o n , lb w , b E rigga .....................10 E M . Ashcroft, c H ornby, b Cuttell ... 1 L ancashire . Ol M . R . W . W alker ..3 0 7 105 0 B estw ick 51 11 163 4 22.4 8 54 1 29 3 121 4 Sugg (W ). c W ard, b (. uttell ..................... S. H . W ood, not out G. G. W alker, c Tyldesley, b Cuttell Bestwick, not out ... Hancock did not bat E xtras...................... Sugg... A shcroft... T otal (8 w kts) 77 O, M . R . W . 10 2 36 1 5 0 30 0 4 1 10 0 Hancock Storer W alk er and Hancock howled four wides and Storer a no-ball. D erbyshire . O. M . R . W . O. M . R .W . 28 13 48 5 |B riggs ... 27 12 27 3 C uttell bowled a wide. C uttell HAMPSHIRE v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at Southampton on Aug. 25, 26 & 27. Abandoned. Once more Hampshire took the field without several of their best men, and under the circumstances it was most fori unate for them that rain put a stop to play after Friday night. Against the weak Hampshire bowling, Warwickshire had no difficulty in making runs. The two Quaifes, Kinneir, and Mr. Glover were in great form. Hamp­ shire in a bad light and on a difficult wicket fared so badly that they had nothing to hope for except that heavy rain might fall and