The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-25 00:00:00

" To beard the lion in hie den,
The Doug lam in his hell ;"

Or, to use more prosaic loguege, to play the Steurbridge
team oil the mood that they were moet accustomed to.
"Fortune favours the brave," is an old and true adage,
cud it leas erupt) verified on reaterday last. for, after
.1a
sreli•coutested mates. the Broniegrove oceeeded In
gaining a complete and decisive victory over their oppo-
nents; thus affording anutor illustration of the glom.
one Uncertainty" of cricket. Ibe Stourbralge elub
evidently eutertareed the highest respect for their oppo•
note, for they not only had several tittle improvement•
on the ground such as new flags, &c : hit, alma, engaged
Via services of an excellent baud to relieve the monotony
of the proceediuge by pla)ing selections of Operatic and
other music, at intervms. Ihe company present to wit-
ness the match was hardly an numerous as could have
been wished; but amongst timers present were several
ladies, why seemed to (re considerably interested in the
p•oceednngs. and it le probabie that toady pairs of gloves
were transferred to fair owners as nrernen.oes of the
victory of the Bromsgrove, as the latter team was de-
cronly the favourite throughout the day The Stoar-
b do won the to, and in accordance with their usual
p scree, scut in their opponeuts. It. P. S. Higgs and tl.
rd. r • tory were the first to bat for Brumssrove ; the two
t•owlei, being Messrs. W. 0. Webb and C. W. Oates.
The former'a first over was • "maiden ;" bat Stinker
" broke the spell" by making I run from the second ball
in the tarot over. buns were obtained but slowly, the
bowling being exceptionably good, and the fielding toler-
ably close. Higgs had just succeeded in making one
run from the third bell, when he was clean bowled by the
not bail from the some bowler. The first wicket down
fur seven runs. U. tit. George then joined Sankey, and
commenced operations by making a run for leg-bye off
Oates. sankey ehortly afterwards made • nice hit for
three; Sr George also ranking • similar number, and the
score toss steadily run up by 3's, 2'a, and Vs, mail it
reached 33. when tit. George was bowled by Oates, after
he had pl c id 11 to the credit of (lie school. Strawbridge
x 1 went in, and he was no, long at the wickets before be
made • good but, for whitai five runs Were obtained,
dankcy also kept steadily scoring, ache made two from •
tool of &Wee in the next Over; but shortly afterwards
hit his wicket whilet attempting to play • bad from W.
U Webb. His score amounted to 21, coueistiug of two
3*e, five 24, and the remainder singles. W. H. Smith
neat went in, and the two batsmen hit away in excellent
style, adding rapidly bib. score, until an adjournment
wo made for dinner. During the dinner hour the band
p.ated the following selection of music :—March,
haute;" Overture " %Imps ;" Valee, " D•nulse ;" Renti-
ni soma of Verdi, with solos for the principal perfor-
Mero ; Glee," The Winds Whistle Cold; Quedrille, "La
Fine de Madame Angst ." Air, "Cairo Anirmans."—Upon
resuming play Sr. J. Webb went on to bowl, and was
fortunate enough to take Strawbridge's wicket with his
drat ball. There were thus four out for 45. The Hon.
W.J. Hewitt next took the bat, but he was not long at
she wickets before he was nicely caught by Milleard off
•b.lby W. 0. Webb, before he had scored. .r. 1.. Poi-
son, nla atleeerwW, was however snore fortunate, for h•
a a Smith made runs rapidly, notwithstanding that the
bottler, were Osage(' frequenely, and they were not se
pa•
rated until the latter had scored 38, when he was bowled
by Robinson. Six wickets down for 120. H. A. C. Praser
made 12 by ome very pretty baLieg, bdore Ire was
mled try one of W. fLelordson's "stow.," P. A. C.
KMo roads i 6, sod D. Armstrong 2; the whole being out
for 171. Otourbrulge then commenced the task of epoa,.
lag to "rub out" the above, by sending in us bat W. G.
and J. Webb, to tee bowliug of Higgs and Smith. Both
men batted away in fine form. nuts. 36 rune were tele-
[implied, when J. %ebb was bowled by Smith for 16,
wloce vierepnade up by one 5, one 3, three and two
stogies. K Clifton hod only scored six. whea be was
stumped by Strawbriege. C. W. Oates was but long at
toe wickets, before M. 'esi csaght by Elris J. W. Parkes
was Inb next men in, and who ly afterwards through some
miiinude.stan rieg between himself and W. 0. Webb, tins
latter wee unfortunately run oat, when be bad scored U.
the only two others to make anything like a stead were
W. Davies, who made 20, and A. K. Mdlesard, who 'Gored
13 (not out). The former was only coglat out 5 minutes
before the tine for drawing the stumps, err that the
metal was very nearly ending in a draw. AN it was, the
Brumsgrove achieved a very clever victory, defeating
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(i. St. Geerge, b Oates .. • 11
R. P. 8. /Loa. b Oates ..
M. Sankey, bW. 0. Webb .. 21
W A Strawbridge, bJ. Webb .. 20
W. K. Smith, b Robinson 38
Hon. W. J. Hewitt, cMllwd, b
W 0 Webb
J. R. Poison, c Green, b W. O.
Webb
M. A C. Fraser. b Richardson .. 12
F. A C. Ellis, c J. Webb, b Rielt•
stilton .. • • • • .. 16
S D. rmktrong, b Richardson ..
T. F. W. Crawhall, noi, out ..
Extras .. • • • • .. 15

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WO. Webb, run out .. • • ..
Clifton. at Strawbridge, Smith 6
3 Webb, b Smith 16
C W. Oates, c Ellis. b Higgs.. • .
W. Palkee, c St. George. b Higgs 3
W. Richardson, c Fraser, b Poison 7
W. On•rn, b Poison .. • • .. 0
W. Davies. c Mlii, b Smith .....40
.7. Dimas, c St George, b Higgs ..
F. Robinson, I. Riggs . • .. 1
A. K. Stlilward. not oat .• 171
xtras . • • . 9
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