Cricket 1899

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 18, 1899. in England, they fall almost into insig­ nificance b y comparison with the ten wickets for 28 runs by Howell in the Sur­ rey match. It is rare enough in all con­ science for a bowler to take all ten wickets in any match, but to do so in a first match for an Australian team is nothing short of wonderful. Bat one cannot help asking what had happened to all the other bowlers for the time being. It may be added that as Howell took the first two wickets in the Surrey second innings, his record is twelve wickets in succession. W . P. Howell Went on to bowl,* Wh«n Noble (M. A.) had done; He took all ten wickets (Or, as Cockneys say, “ vickets” ); So Trumble and Co. had none. * Local pronunciation. C o m m e n t in g on a certain annual match at Yercaud, “ Tbe Tice ” in the Madras Times says:— “ Now that I am grey headed I cannot recall any cricket played under more jovial conditions than the way they take it at Yer­ caud. There is naught in the world of cricket to touch the overflowing hospitality, the ad­ jacency of the boundary, the utility of a slope to leg at an angle of 45 degrees, the subse­ quent orgie, and last but not least the ‘ scrum’ for eight cbairs thoughtlessly provided by the hon. secretary of the Shevaroys C.C. (who­ ever and whatever he is) for a team of a dozen overdone cricketers. It is 8 to 12 you get a chair, and when you do, if you’re as light as I am, you generally go through it, and if you don’t do that, the means of locomotion make you sorry you were ever bom before you reach the foot of that ghaut.” T h e y know ho-w to take defeat, these Australians of 1899. A fter the Essex match on Saturday, Darling, when called upon to make a speech, said, “ Of course, we wanted to win, but we congratulate Essex on their fine victory, and Y oun g on his effective bow ling ” — a very model of what such a speech should be if it has to be made at all. N ot a word about the wicket. No excuses; nothing to be explained away afterwards. W h e n Notts were playing all they knew to make a drawn game against Worcestershire in the second innings they had three men run out and one lbw. This was not very good business. A c c o r d in g to Mr. Alfred J. Taylor the Sussex County Cricket Club cele­ brated its Diamond Jubilee on March 1st of the present year. Referring to this in the Brighton Gazette Mr. Taylor says :— “ On March 1st, 1899, the Sussex County Cricket Club celebrated its Diamond Jubilee ! ..............But I said celebrated—spare the word ! Did we honour the attainment of her Diamond Jubilee in loyal manner? Was a great meeting called and touching speeches delivered on the merits of Sussex in the days gone by ? Did we even arrange a match in celebration of the event ? Alas, no ! Our committee were silent—were even ignorant of the fact. Could the greensward speak it ■would pour maledictions upon our governing body for their negligence; the promoters would turn in their graves at the insult to which they were subjected. Even our great writers—who are supposed to be infallible— let the matter pass unnoticed. Not a para­ graph, not a word, not a sign that our great cricketing county bad reigned supreme (?) for three score years. But such is fame ! I blush with shame to have to record that, as far as I can ascertain, I was the only person who did not let the event pass unnoticed.” I n the Brighton Argus Mr. Gaston points out that during the week ending last Saturday there were several curious cricket coincidences, as w ill be seen from the follow ing table :— Lancashire, first innings .. 299 Essex, first innings .. .. 199 Yorkshire, first innings .. 499 Australians, first innings .. 144 Essex, second innings.. .. 144 Somerset, second innings .. 73 Australians, second innings .. 73 I n the way of quick scoring the 170 of Mr. J .H . Brain, for Cardiff against Clifton on Saturday, is perhaps the most remark­ able of the present season. Clifton had made 242, with the result that a drawn game seemed almost certain. But in an hour and forty minutes the runs were made. Mr. Brain was out five minutes before the game was won. H e is the old Gloucestershire cricketer and Oxford Uni­ versity captain. The score of the Cardiff innings is appended:— C a r d if f . J. H. Brain, c and b G. C. Beloe ............ 170 R. B. Sweet-Escott, b Palmer ......................13 H. B. Letcher, not out 57 J. Cadogan, not out... 1 Extras ................... 5 Total (2 wkts.) ...246 O u r racing correspondent, who believes in dreams and coincidences and other things which, we understand, go to make up the complete sportsman, informs us that 3 is the lucky number of the Austra­ lians. H e writes :— I haven’t time to go into the thing thoroughly, but I will just point out one or two things. At Leyton in the first innings Trumble went on when the Essex total was 33 ; he howled 33 overs, and what did he do ? —why, he upset the Essex show. At the Oval, on Monday, Howell went on at 39— mark you, 9 is three 3’s. He bowled 23 overs, and what did he do? Why, he outed the whole Surrey team ! And in the second inn­ ings he bowled 15 overs—a multiple of 3. So when Darling wants to change his bowling let him watch the 3’s on the scoring board. The Australian total against Surrey was 249, another multiple of 3. I n the Kent v. Notts match at Catford Bridge, the first four Kent batsmen who were out were all caught at the wicket by Oates They were A l(c Hearne, C. J. Burnup, W . Hutchings, and J. Le Fleming. A t the end of the first day’s cricket in the match at Brighton between Worcester­ shire and Sussex, the former county was almost in the same position as Surrey against the Australians. Surrey had made 114 and had got rid of four of the Australians for 122; the Worcestershire score was 129, while Sussex had lost four wickets for 132. T h e r e is only one other instance of a bowler taking ten wickets in an im irg s in matches played by Australian teams in England. On September 2nd, 1879, Barratt, the old Suirey sluw left-hand bowler, got rid of all the Australians at the Oval for the Plajers. Barratt’s performance was even better than it looks on paper, because he was playing for a side from which many of the best pro­ fessionals of the day were absent. The two analyses are as follows :— O. M. R. w . B arratt................... 29 11 43 10 H o w e ll................... 23-2 14 28 10 I t may be interesting to compare Ihe above with W oodcock’s analysis in the second innings of M.C.C. against Leices­ tershire yesterday :— O. M. R. W . W ood cock ................... 22 11 28 9 A t the Saffron’s, Eastbourne, on M on­ day, Mr. J. H . Kelsey and Mr. H . M. Braybrooke put on 403 runs w ithout being parted, for the first wicket of Blue Mantles against Eastbourne College. The scores are appended :— B lue M an tles . J. H. Kelsey, not out ................. 136 H. M. Braybrooke, not cu t.........256 Extras..............................................11 *Total (no wkts) ......... 403 * Innings declared closed. Eastbourne College 53 and 89 for seven wickets. T h e list of men who were “ lbw ” and “ run out ” during the last week is again very long. It is as follows :— L.B .W .—Chatterton, Storer, Storer (same match), G. R. Bardswell, W . E. C. Hutchings, E. F. Penn, H. H. B. Hawkins, P. Perrin, K. J. Key, Dench, Geeson, K. S. Ranjit­ sinhji, Hancock, Huish, G. Brann, D. L. A. Jephson. Run out.—Ward, Hon. J. R. Tufton, Easby, M. A. Noble, F. S. Jackeon, H. T. Stanley, Oates, W . B. Goodacre, Shrewsbury, Killick, Barton, A. V. Page, Wieldon, C. R. Hartley. B e l o w will be found the results of all matches between Surrey and the Australians:— 1878 Australiar s won by 5 wickets. 1882 Australians won by 6 wickets. 1884 Australians won by 8 wickets. jgg6 j Surrey won \ y 3 wickets. ( Surrey won by an innings and 209 runs. ( Australians won by an innings and 164 runs. 1888 k Drawn. ( Australians won I y 34 runs. u QA \ Auhti alians won by 8 wickets. ltyu f Drawn. 18c3 i Surrey won ky 58 runs. ( Surrey won by 2 wickets. iqoc ) Australians won by 7 wickets. ]896 j Drawn. 1899 Australians won by an innings and 71 runs. B y this it will be seen that fifteen matches have been played, of which number the Australians have won eight, Surrey four, and the remaining three have been left unfinished. T h e Essex matches against the Austra­ lians have resulted as follow s:— 1893 Drawn. 1896 Australians won by 7 wickets. 1899 Esaex won by 126 runs.