Cricket 1899

148 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 25, 1899. 122, W . "Ward (97 not out), and N. Dodds (36), Tasmania v. Victoria, at Hobart, January 26, 27, 28, 30, 1899. I ll, M. A . Noble (153 not out), and W . Howell (48), New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney, January 23, 25, 26, 27, 28,1897. 109, W . Howell (95), and A. Newell (68 not out), New South Wales v. England, at Sydney, February 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1898. 100, G. E. Palmer (76 not out), and W . H. Cooper (29), Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney, February 10,11,12,13,1882. There has just reached me a copy of the second edition of the “ History of the Derby­ shire Comity Cricket Club,” compiled by Mr. W . J. Piper, jun. The book, which consists of 390 pages, contains full scores of all matches played by the county since 1871, and is published by Bacon and Hudson, of Colyead Street, Derby, at the remarkably low price of one shilling. To all who take an interest in Derbyshire cricket the compila­ tion will prove very acceptable. The first part of what promises to be an extremely interesting article dealing with Surrey cricket appears in the May number of The Surrey Magazine, which is published at one penny by Andrews and Son, of High Street, Epsom. Some excellent articles, too, from the pen of Mr. Alfred D. Taylor, dealing with the history of the game in Sussex, are now appearing in the Brighton Gazette and the 1love Gazette. The Cricket Calendar for 1899 has just made its appearance. It is compiled by Mr. J. N. Pentelow, and pub­ lished at 25, Temple Chambers, the price being sixpence. It was unfortunate for Wilfrid Flowers that the match set apart for his benefit.should have been finished in one day. So good a cricketer deserved a regular “ bumper,” but it is to be feared that he will not derive much assistance from the match. The duration of play was only three hours and five minutes, during which time 30 wickets realised but 165 runs. The famous match at Lord’s in 1878 between the Australians and the M.C.C. lasted four hours and a-half, but only yielded 105 runs for the loss of 31 wickets. The wicket on Tuesday last was all in favour of the bowlers, as is shown by the fact that Heame and Trott bowled unchanged through both innings of Somersetshire, the former obtaining eight wickets for 44 runs and the latter eleven for 31. There were 14 “ ducks” in the match and four players scored “ spec­ tacles.” Prodigious ! Gloucestershire’s victory over Sussex was in a great measure due to Paish, who obtained ten wickets in the match at a cost of 104 runs. He is a very hardworking cricketer, who gives every promise of being of great assistance to his county. His doings in future matches will certainly be watched with great interest. GOLDSM ITHS’ INSTITUTE (2) V. OLD CH AEL- TON (2).—Played at New Cross on May 13. G o ldsm ith s ’ (2). J. A . T. Good, b L am bert................... 5 R. R. Henty, not out 12 E.J. Lander, bLeaney 0 B 3, lb 2, wb 1 ... 6 Total (6 wkts) *124 W . F. Dray, b Leaney 16 E. M. Medway, c Hale, b Manning ........... 0 H. Mayo, not out ... 10 A. E. Mist, c Leaney, b Penstone ...........46 J. C. Green, c and b Penstone ...................29 E. B. Tolley, E. M, Thompson, and W . A. Stanton not bat. • Innings declared closed. O ld C h arlton (2 ). J. Lambert, c Trolley, b Medway ... . 9 J. 8. Houghton, b Henty ................... 3 A. H. Manning, not out T. G. Leaney, b Henty 0 E. S. Gates, b Henty 14 C .G .P p n ston e,b Green 14 C L. Clough, c Tolley, b Henty ...................45 G ^purr, run out ... 0 T. Bell, b Green........... 0 J. H aK b Henty ... 0 R. J. Petch, b Henty... 1 B 6, lb 3... Total THE AUSTRALIANS. THE EASTBOURNE MATCH. FOURTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Eastbourne on May 18, 19 and 20. Australians won by 172 runs. So greatly did the weather interfere with this match that as a test of the relative strength of the teams it proved nothing at all. The failure of the England team in the second innings was a foregone conclusion, for the wicket was so much in favour of the bowlers that it would have been a remarkable thing if a team had been able to hold out upon it for over three hours against such bowling as Howell and Trumble. On paper the England team was distinctly strong, even in bowling, but Albert Trott was not in form and J. T. Heame was not on his own ground—a fact which generally makes a lot of difference to him. For the first time during the tour the Australians won the toss. A slight fall of rain in the morning affected the wicket for some time, and the Australians were not fortunate in the early part of their innings. Hill was run out when he seemed well set; he stepped out of his ground to play Trott, touched the ball, and found the wicket promptly put down by Lilley. Four wickets fell for 87 and six for 94. So far the England team was in high fetther. The beginning of its misfortunes came when Trumble and Laver were missed in the slips ; from that time the batsmen were masters of the situation. The next vicket fell at 122, and then Ernest Jones came in and gave an exhibition of batting which delighted the not too numerous spectators, and bewildered the bowlers. From the point of view of a stickler for etiquette, Jones’ inn­ ings would not perhaps be regarded with favour, and the last person in the world who knew where the ball was going after it left his hand was the bowler. Jones was particularly severe on Albert Trott, who, however, always seemed to be on the point of bowling him about twice in an over. In such a case as this it is tempting the fates to keep a bowler on, bowl he never bo finely. Jones had half-an-hour’s batting, during which time the score was taken from 122 to 188, so that he claimed e4 out of the 66 runs put on during his partnership with Laver; his score in­ cluded eight fours. When he went the innings was by no means* ended, for Howell and Johns hit away in a pleasing manner. Before stumps were drawn the England team had lost Shrewsbury, A. O. Jones, and C. J. Burnup for 73—when the third wicket fell the total was only 41. This was a fairly satisfactory beginning, but on Friday morning the batting broke down, although W . Gunn and Alec Hearne played good cricket. Gunn's innings of 52, not out, was quite worthy of his reputation. He and Alec Heame were the only two men who showed any confidence against the bowling. W ith a lead of 51 runs the Australians did not begin very well in their second innings, for they lost Darling. Iredale, Hill and Noble for 84 runs—in the first inniDg* they lost four for 87. When Trumper and Laver came together the bowling was collared, and when the latter was out Trumble came in and made runs, so that at the close of the day the score was 214 for six wickets—265 runs on. Trumper’s innings gave f?reat pleasure to the on­ lookers ; his cricket was of a kind which cannot be played unless a batsman has comDlete confidence in himself. On Friday night rain fell heavily and ruined the wicket. The Australians soon declared, and the England team entered upon an almost impossible task. Shrewsbury showed that he is still a great cricketer, but there was nothing in the batting of the rest of the team to excite much admiration. Trumble bowled admirably. A u stralian s . Second innings, and b Trott ... 15 First innings. J. J. Darling, c and b Trott 22 F. A. Jredale, c Gunn, b Heame (J. T . '.................. 17 C. Hill, run out ... .......... 19 S. E. Gregory, lbw, b Jones 16 M. A . Noble, b Attewell ... 9 V . Trumper, run o u t ........... 5 F. Laver, not ou t.................. 32 H . Trumble, b T r o tt...........16 E. Jones, c Jones, b Hearne (J. T . ) ..................................54 W . P. Howell, c Braybrooke, b A ttew ell...........................15 A. E. Johns, c Lilley, b Hearne (J. T . ) .................. 12 Lb .................................. 5 A n E n gland First innings. Shrewsbury, b J o n e s...........11 A. O. Jones, lbw, b Howell 20 Gunn, not out ...................52 C. J. Bumup, b Jones ... 2 Trott, b Noble ...................17 Hearne (A.), c Howell, b Trumble ..........................24 Lilley, c Johns, b Howell ... 10 F. G. J. Ford, c Trumper, b Trumble .......................... 3 H. M. Braybrooke, b Howell 0 Attewell, c and b Trnmble 5 Hearne (J. T.), b Trumble 7 B 8, lb 12..........................20 X I. Second innings. b Trum ble...........11 c Hill, b Trumble 31 c Laver, b Noble 18 cDarling,bHowell 0 c Hill, b Trumble 9 c Hill, b Trumble c and b Trumble not out ........... b Trum ble........... b Howell ........... b Trum ble........... B10, lb 2, nb 2 ... Total ...171 Total ...........106 A u str a lia n s . First innings. O. M. R W . Hearne (J. T.) 27.3 13 48 3 ... . Trott ........... 30 6 105 2 ... . Attew ell............ 27 12 48 2 ... . Jones ............ 7 2 16 1 ....... Heame (A. Second innings. O. M. R. W . .. 35.3 14 68 2 ... 18 4 63 1 ... 23 10 48 4 ... 4 1 16 0 14 6 29 1 A n E ngland X I. First innings. Second innings. b A ttew ell...........27 c Shrewsbury, b Attew ell...........32 not out................... 0 b Heame (J. T.) 9 c Braybrooke, b Attew ell...........64 c Trott, b Heame ( A .) ...................39 c Lilley, b Atte­ well ...................25 c Braybrooke, b Heame (J. T.) 13 B 2, lb 1 ... 3 Jones Howell ... Trum ble... Noble O. M. R. W . 18 4 57 2 ... . , 32 14 48 3 ... . . 17.3 2 35 4 ... . 7 2 11 1 ... . Laver . O. M . R. W . 19.2 8 37 7 2 16 1 3 4 0 Trumble bowled two no-balls. SCOTLAND y. LANCASHIRE. Played at Edinburgh on May 18, 19 and 20. Abandoned. Only an hour’s play was possible in this match T. Johnston (Grange), not out .................. 16 Hailes (Sterling Coun­ ty), b W ebb ........... 2 Capt. Cunningham (West of Scotland), not out ...................17 E x tras................... 3 Total (1 wkt) 38 Stevenson (Edinburgh Academicals). R. H. John­ son (Grange), Pryde (Langholm), Miller (W est of Scotland), Cairns (Caledonian), Jupp and McLaurin (Carlton), Forbes (Stirling County) did not bat. The Lancashire team was as follow s: A. N. Hornby and G. R. Bardswell, A. Ward, Briggs, Baker, Tyldesley, Cuttell, Mold, Radcliffe, W ebo, and Paul. ESSEX CLUB & GROUND v. GRANVILLE (Lee). —Played at Leyton on May 17. E ssex C lub an d G round . Total .......................... 222 Total (8 wkts)*227 * Innings declared closed. J. Bastow, b Bull ... 11 Reeves, b Turnei ...4 2 Innes, c Lincoln, b Turner .................. 38 C. McGahey, not out 71 D. M. Goodall, b Bull 12 T. C. D. Bevington, b Turner .................. 0 Buckenham,cLayman, b Bull.......................... 0 G r a n v ille . First innings. P. P. Lincoln, c Bastow, b Buckenham ................... 4 F. E. Lander, b Buckenham 6 F. G. Bull, b R eeves........... J. P. Clarkson, c Bastow, b Reeves.................................. W . S. Pate, b Reeves........... H. Le May, b Reeves........... D. Mustard, b Buckenham H. R. Hackney, c Lobb, b Reeves.................. ........... J.Rae, e Scanlon, b Bucken­ ham .................................. L. J. Turner, not out........... A. R. Layman, b Bucken­ ham .................................. Extras ........................... J. Korper-Scanlon, b P a te ........................... J. Edwards, c Lincoln, b Pate ................... G. H. Lobb, b Pate ... O.R. Borrodaile, cand b Turner................... Extras.................... Total Second innings. b McGahey... ... 6 c McGahey, b Innes ... 4 b Innes........... ... 1 not out........... ... 18 not out ... 19 Extras Total ................39 Total (3wkt8)