Cricket 1899

140 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 16, 1899. TH E AUSTRALIANS. THE SURREY MATCH. THIRD OF THE TOUR. TEN WICKETS IN AN INNINGS BY HOWELL. Played at the Oval on May 15, 16 and 17. Australians won l>y an innings and 71 runs. After the victory of Essex the friends of the Aus­ tralians must have been very anxious as to the result of the Surrey match. A great deal depended on it. Surrey has nearly always been a hard nut for the Australians to crack—sometimes it has done the cracking itself—and if another defeat followed immediately after the first it would take at least a victory over England before the prestige o f the team was assured. Under these circumstances it was disheartening to find that the weather was going to take a very deiermined hand in the game. Rain on Sunday night, and again on Monday moroing pointed to the glorification o f bowlers, and au altogether unsatisfactory match. For the third time in succession Darling lost the toss, although by the time that his team’s first innings was over he could not have regretted it. For a time the wicket seemed fairly easy, and Brockwell and A c el made a reasonably good start. The turning point of the innings came when Howell took the place of Noble, and bowled Abel with his first ball. But at first there seemed no signs that the scjring would dwindle away to next to nohing, for when it was about time for lunch the total was 59 for one wicket. 'Iheu Howell bowled Hayes. It was not loDg before he took three more wickets—five for 99. This was bad, but much worse was to follow, and the last five wickets only made 16 runs between them, the whole of them falling to the irresistible Howell, who thus made a startling d6but in England. Never before has a member of an Australian team accomplished the feat of taking all ten wickets in a match in England. On such a wicket, a total of 114 was not, after all, so very bad. But unhappily for Surrey. Lockwood was resting on account of a sprain, and in his abtence the bowling was not of the strongest. Darling went in first with W orrall. Neither bats­ man attempted to play a very bold game, but each of them made runs. Darling did not seem quite comfortable with Clode, a slow left-hand bowler, who has played in the second eleven with some success, and with the score at 26 he was bowled by him. W orrall went at 44, and then Gregory and Hill rapidly increased the score to 90 by very good cricket indeed. Hill was then out, and Gregory followed him just before the Surrey total was passed. A t close of play four wickets were down for 122, so that the prospects of an Australian victory were good. On Tuesday there were hailstones and thunderstorms, and very little progress could be made with the match. The bowlers, with a wet ball, could do next to nothing, and only one more wicket fell. When p'ay was abandoned for the day Iredale was in the middle of what promised to be a long innings ; he was not out 40. Five wickets were then down for 163. Yesterday a bold game was the order of the day as far as the Australians were conccrned, and in this Kelly especially distinguished him self; his 50 not out included some very hard hits. The determination of the Australians to make runs quickly, instead of waiting on the chance that they would turn up, resulted in 86 being added to the Tuesday evening’s total. This left Surrey in a pretty desperate position, which became alarming when Abel, Brocuwell and D. L. A. Jephson were all out with the total at 12. Howell, by taking the fiist two wickets, brought his total to twelve in succes­ sion. The rest of the Surrey team, with the single exception of Hayes, came sadly to grief. Hayes showed a bold front to the bowling, and played pretty cricket. It was a great and well-earned triumph for the Australians. S u rrey . First innings. Abel, b Howell ...................22 Brockwell, b H o w e ll...........5t9 Hayes, b Howell ... ... ... 12 D. L. A. Jephson, c Darling, b Howell ..........................16 Hayward, b Howell ...........16 H. B. Richardson, b Howell 6 Holland, c and b Howell .. 2 K . J. Key, not out ........... 4 Clode, b Howell .................. 0 T. Richardson, b Howell ... 2 Marshall, b Howell ........... 0 Byes .......................... 6 Second innings. b Howell ........... 0 c Darling, b Howell ........... 7 c Darling, b Howell ...........43 A u str a lia n s . Total lbw, b Trumblo .. c Kelly, b Howe 1 c and b Trumble b Trum ble........... b Trum ble........... b Howell ........... b Trum ble........... not out................... Bye ........... Total ... J. Worrall, b T. Richardson ......22 J. J. Darling,b Clode 10 C.Hill, cT.Hichardsoo, b Hayes ...............29 S. E. Gregory, b T. Richardson ... . 36 M.A.Nohle, c Holland, b T. Richardson ... 16 F. A. Iredale, c Abel, b Clode ...............47 S u r r e y . V.TrumperbHayward 13 C. E. McLeod, c Key, b Hayward ........... 4 J. J. Kelly, notout . 50 H. Trum lle, b Hayes 11 W .Howell.b Hayward 6 B 1,1b 3, nb 1 ... 5 Total .. 249 First innings. Second innin?s. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. N o b le .........., 7 1 25 0 Howell 232 14 28 1 0 .......... 15 6 29 5 Trumble .. . 22 8 44 0 ...........14*1 4 34 5 McLeod . 8 4 11 0 A u str a lia n s . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Richardsoa 29 9 (2 3 1Hayward. 18 1 62 3 Clode 26 7 6S 2 Hayes ... 7 1 2< 2 Brockwell.. 12 4 23 o 1Jephson .. 2 0 3 0 M.C.C. &GROUND v. LEICESTERSHIRE. REMARKABLE BOWLING. Played at Lord’s on May 15, 16 and 17. M.C.C. and Ground won by 92 runs. Rain took a very promiaent part in this match. After a bad stait the M.«:.C did very well indeed, thanks chiefly to good batting by Moorhouse, Mr. A. F. Somerset, ana Mr. Bathurst. The prettiest bat­ ting was shown by Mr. Somerset, who made Lis 55 rues in an hour and ten minutes out of a total of 86 scored while he was in. Woodcock went on as third change and bowled with great success. Half an hour remained f -r batting when Leicestershire went in. Mead got rid of Knight and Mr. W ood before stumps were drawn. Lord’s was not visited by any rain before luncheon on Tuesday, and much progress was mtde with the game. Thanks to fine crickec by King and Pougher, Leicestershire did as well as could have been expected, for the wicket was very difficult, and Mead and Trott are not bowlers to be despised in such a case. When the M.C.C. went in W oodcock took three of their wickets in eight balls, but a slight stand was then made, and when play was abandoned for the day the total had reached 33 without further loss. Yesterday the cricket at Lord’s was of a remarkable nature. Woodcock only missed by a hair’s breadth equalling the performance of Howell, in takiDg all ten wickets of the M.C.C., and when Leicestershire went in, Trott and Mead could no be looked at. M.C.C. and G round . First innings. H. B. Hayman, b K ing ... 1 Carpenter, c Pougher, b King 0 Moorhouse, b W oodcock ... 34 Trott (A. E .), b Agar...........15 A. F. Somerset, b W oodcock 65 L. C. V. Bathurst, not out 41 Hon. J. S. R. Tufton, b W oodcock.......................... 4 Russell (T.), b K in g ...........12 Mead, b King ........... ... 19 Young, c Geeson, b W ood­ cock ................................... 9 Cranfield, b Woodcock ... 0 B yes.................................. 2 Second innings, b Woodcock ... 4 b Woodcock ... 9 b Woodcock ... 0 b Woodcock ... 8 not out .. ..j ... 26 c and b King ... 1 b Woodcock ... 5 candb Woodcock 0 b Woodcock ... 1 b W oodcock ... 1 b Woodcock ... 0 Extras........... 2 Total ...192 L e ic e ste r sh ir e . Total ... 57 b Mead ........... b Mead ......... b Mead ........... bT rott ... ... c Bathurs^, b Trott ........... b 'Jrott ........... not out ........... b Trott ........... b Mead ........... st Russell, b Trott b T rott................. Knight, b M e a d ................... 2 Brown (L.), b Trott ...........18 C. J. B. W ood, b Mead ... 0 Pougher, b M ead...................29 King, not out ...................46 C. E. de Trafford, b Trott 9 Coe, b T r o tt........................... 0 Agar, b Trott ................... 1 Geeson, lbw, b M e a d .......... 2 Woodcock, b Mead ........... 7 Whiteside, b Mead ........... 0 B 5, lb 7, w 1...................13 Total .................. 127 Total ... 30 M.C.C. and G round . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M , R. W . Agar ........... 11 2 271 .............. King ........... 26 6 614 .............. 21 8 27 1 Pougher........... 5 0 240 ............. C o e ................... 11 5 250 .............. Woodcock ... 17 5 445 ............ 52 11 28 9 Geeson ........... 6 2 9 0 .............. W ood ........... 1 1 0 0 ........... Young Mead Trott L e ic e ste r sh ir e . O. M. R. W . 7 1 12 0 ............ .23 6 54 6 ............. 18 2 48 4 ... ... Young bowled a wide. O. M. R. W . 12 9 9 4 11-3 7 21 6 SUSSEX v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Brighton on May 15, 16 and 17. Sussex won by five wickets. At the end of the first day’s cricket Worcestershire had much the worst of the gam*1, for with six wickets in hand Sussex were three runs to the good. There was nothing very intfresting about the Worcester­ shire batting, except when Burrow s was in ; he hit very hard for about three-quarters *f an hour. Mr. Fry and K. S. .Ranjitsinhji made a fioe stand for the second Sussex wicket, both p'aying remarka‘ ly good cricket, and putting on 102 runs while together, Mr. Fry makiDg about two runs to his partner’s one. Ranjitsinhji was l.b.w. for the s«cond time this season. On Tuesday morning Sussex obtained a good lead, thanks to a very us ful innings \ y Killick, who at times hit finely. Wore*stershire had an uphill ta»-k in their second innings. Although most of lhem who went iu duriogthe afternoon made double figures. Mr. W . L. Foster alone lasted for long; his batting was brilliant,. Thanks to him Worcestershire had a possible chance of victory when stump * were drawn for the day, being 76 rims on with four wickets in hand. Mr. Foster was not out 83, Hut yesterday he was bowled without increasing his score, and 1 he innings was soon brought to a close. Although Sussex did not win without a struggle, a good stand by Mr. Brann and Ranjitsinhji practi­ cally decided the issue. W o rcestersh ire . First innings. W . L. Foster, b Bland Bowley. b Bland................... H. K. Foster, b Bla* d Arnold, b 1 ate ......... Wheldon, c Brann, b Bland G. Simpson-Hayward, b B la n d .................................. E. Bromley-Martin, c and b bland .................................. Bird, b T a te .......................... W ils in, b Tate ................... Burrows, not out Second innings. L0 b T a te..............83 4 b T a te................ 4 26 c Butt, b Tate ... 11 12 b T a te ................ 4 2 run out ......19 6 c Fry, bKillick... 21 2 0 0 45 Straw,cRanjitsinbji.bParris 11 B 10, lb 1.......................... 11 T ota l.........................129 S u sse x . First innings. C. B. Fry, b Burrows...........69 G. Brann, b Wilson ........... 1 K. S. Ranjiteinhji, lbw, b Burrows ... ... 34 W . L. Murdoch, c Bowley, b Burrow s..........................12 Marlow, c H. Foster, b A rn old ................................ 12 C. L. A. Smith, b Martin .. 16 Killick. run o u t ...................60 Parris, c Arnold, b Martin 6 Butt, b Burrow s................... 0 Tate, cW . Foster,b Burrows 6 Bland, not out ................... 3 B 7, lb 5, w 1 ...................13 b Ranjitsinbji . b T a te................ b T a te........... . b T a te................ not o u t......... Extras... 10 16 16 T ota l......... 200 Second innings, b W ilson ... ... 8 lbw, b Arnold ... 29 not out... b Arnold ... 44 ... 2 c and b Arnold ... 6 c Straw, b Arnold 4 not out...................14 Extrae ... Total .. 222 Tolal (5 wkts) 109 W o rcestersh ire . Tate Bland . Parris . Killick . First innings. O. M. R. W . 25 27 7*3 4 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 14 35 3 ........... 27-2 12 62 7 10 57 6 ............ 27 6 75 0 0 13 1 ............ 9 3 23 0 1 13 0 ............ 12 3 30 1 Ranjitsinhji 10 3 16 1 Tate bowled one no-ball. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. W ilson ......... . 38 1 16 62 1 ... ... 28-4 10 44 1 Bird ......... . 5 1 16 0 ... A rn old ......... 15 4 47 1 ... !” 23 10 35 4 Burrows .2 8 12 63 6 ... ... 6 0 23 0 B.-Martin .. . 8 4 19 2 ... ... 1 0 5 0 Burrows bowled one wide. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE Played at Bristol on May 15, 16 and 17. Yorkshire won by an innings and 196 runs. A heavy storm limited the time for play on Monday to an hour and a-half before lunch. In this tima Yorkshire put on 87 for a couple of wickets, Tunnicliffe being not out 33, after being missed several times. Brown played an excellent innings. The Gloucestershire bowlers could do nothing with their opponents when the game was resumed at about a quarter to one on Tuesday, and several of the York­ shiremen greatly distinguished themselves, notably Mr. Mitchell. While Mr. Mitchell was in partner­ ship with Denton 86 runs were put on in five minutes under the hour; bis score of 100 was made in two hours and ten minutes. When Gloucestershire went in they collapsed before Haigh in the most decided maimer, on a difficult wicket. Yesterday they had