Cricket 1899

M a y 25 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 149 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. YORK­ SHIRE. REM ARKABLE INNINGS BY M R. JESSOP. Played at Cambridge on May 18, 19 and 20. Yorkshire won by an innings and 182 runs. One o f the most remarkable exhibitions of hitting in modern times was given by the Cambridge captain in the first innings of the University. W hile all the rest of his men, with the exception of Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Wilson, were in difficulties with the bowlers, although the wicket was in good order, he was in no way inconvenienced by them ; on the contrary he treated them as if they were hardly up to the standard of third rate London club bowlers. He went in with the score at 40 for three wickets, was batting for an hour and three-quarters only, and was still hitting hard when the innings closed for 246; he had made 171 runs out of 206 while he was at the wickets—an altogether wonderful proportion. His score was made up of twenty-seven 4’s, six 3’s, four­ teen 2’s, and seventeen singles. During his innings he only gave a couple of chances, which was again remarkable in such a performance. Mr. Sullivan proved an excellent foil to him, and Mr. Taylor kept up his end steadily for a long time. A t the close of the day Yorkshire had got within 77 of the Cambridge x)tal for the loss of only one wicket. Brown (ma.) and Tunnicliffe put on 99 for the first wicket, and the former and Air. Jackson then played out time, Brown (ma.) being not out 93 when stumps were drawn. These two famous batsmen gave the Cam- biidge bowlers some very fine practice on Friday morning, and were not parted until they had put on 194 runs for the second wicket. Brown (ma.) seemed comfortably set for his hundred; his innings of 168 was made in three hours and three-quarters, and his cricket, more particularly his cutting, was of the best. Mr. Jackson’s 133 was put on in three hours and fifty m inutes; he was in splendid form. The remaining wickets fell more quickly than was antici­ pated, but the total was large enough to give York­ shire a very good chance of winning pretty easily. When stumps were drawn Cambridge, with all their wickets in hand, were still 154 runs behind, and as rain came down and stopped play at half-past four, it was evident that runs would be difficult to make on the morrow. When play was resumed on Satur­ day the bowlers at once began to get the best of matters, and the University could not make much heading against them. Rhodes had a good analysis. C am bridge U n iv e r sity . First innings. L. J. Moon, c Bairstow, b Brown, jun.......................... 9 A.M . Sullivan,c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........................... 3 J. H. Stogdon, run out ... 0 E. R. W ilson, b Rhodes ... 24 G. L . Jessop, not o u t...........171 T. L. Taylor, b H irst...........14 S.H.Day,c Bairstow, b Hirst 1 G. E. W inter, b Hirst........... 8 E. F. Penn, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes .................. ... 3 A. E. Hind, c Bairstow, b Hirst .................................. 0 H .H . B. Hawkins, b Jackson 6 B 1,1b 6 ................... 7 Total ..........246 Y o rk sh ire . Second innings. b Rhodes ...........15 b Jackson ...........19 st Bairstow, b Rhodes ...........10 b Jack son ...........12 c Wainwright, b Jack son ........... 2 c Bairstow, b Rhodes .......... 3 c Bairstow, b Jackson ........... 4 c Bairstow, b Rhodes ...........22 lbw, b Jackson... 11 not out................... 0 b Jackson............ 0 Leg-byes........... 2 T o ta l...........100 Brown,ma., c Sullivan, b Hawkins ...........163 Tunnicliffe,b Hawkins 42 F. S. Jackson, c Moon, b W ils o n ...................133 F.Mitchell,c Hawkins, b Penn ................... 0 Denton, c Sullivan, b P en n........................... 5 Wainwright, c Stog­ don, b Penn ..............11 Hirst, c Day, b Wilson 10 Lord Hawke,not out... 38 Rhodes, c Taylor, b Wilson ................... 1 Brown, mi., b Jessop 0 Bairstow, b Jessop ... 1 B ll,lb 5 , w2,nb 2... 20 Total . ...429 C am bridge U n iv e r sity . Second innings. O. M. R. W . First innings. O. M. R. W . _______ _____ H irst................... 24 10 69 4 ............. 7 4 12 0 Brown, mi. ... 12 4 33 1 ............. 7 3 17 0 Rhodes ........... 20 6 80 3 ............ 15 5 18 4 Jackson ........1C'2 3 48 1 ................ 144 4 51 6 Brown, sen. ... 2 1 9 0 ........... Y orksh ire . H ind......... 22 8 49 0 1W ilson ... 34 5 103 3 Penn......... 35 4 122 3 Hawkins... 25 6 63 2 Jessop ... 18*4 3 57 2 I W inter ... 3 0 15 0 Hawkins bowled two wides, and Jessop andWilson one no-ball each. SURREY v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 18, 19 and 20. Drawn. The week ending May 20th was not a happy one for Suirey. They gave a very disappointing display against the Australians in the earlier part of the week, and on Friday and Saturday they did not show to any advantage against Gloucestershire. Even on Thursday, when they made a lot of runs, most of.the men on whom the county chiefly relies seemed to be unable to bat with any approach to their old skill. There was no collapse, and there never seemed any chance that there would be one, but the criiket was disappointing until V. F. S. Crawford and K. J. Key came together. Then, indeed, for about half-an- hour, the spectators were able to give free play to their enthusiasm, for during the partnership the game became so exceedingly lively that 65 runs were put on. Crawford’s batting was the feature of the innings. He was at the wickets for sixty-five minutes, during which he made 60 runs by the prettiest cricket. There was nothing in the total to give dissatisfaction to friends of the county, for 299 runs take a lot of getting, but after the sudden downfall of W. G. for a duck’s egg, the Gloucestershire batsmen steadily began to prove clearly that what is very badly wanted in Surrey just now is bowlers. Every man made double figures except the Doctor, and for the most part the runs seemed to be made with ease, although until the partnership for the last wicket, Hemingway was the only man who scored rapidly; his innings of 50 was made in forty minutes. When Board came in to join Wrathall for the last wicket the total was one run less than that of Surrey, and there was then the prospect of a very close fight. But the stand for the last wicket was memorable. After trying their level best to be run out, Wrathall and Board proceeded to hit the bowling all over the field until in seventy minutes they had added 106 to the total. This was somewhat disconcerting to Surrey, and when in the second innings the home team lost Abel and Brockwell for very few runs, the outlook was ominously bad. But Hayes and V. F. S. Crawford rose to the occasion, and by the time that stumps were drawn Surrey were only ten runs behind with seven wickets in hand. Hayes played a capital innings. On Saturday, on a wet wicket, Crawford and Hayward made such an invaluable stand that eventually the captain was able to declare. Craw­ ford did not hit as hard and often as in the first innings, but he played very fine cricket. Glouces­ tershire had the chance of getting out in 50 minutes. Board and Wrathall began the innings, apparently with the idea of adopting the same tactics as in the first innings, with the result that Board was promptly run out. Wrathall played excellent cricket after this, and although a few wickets fell there was never any prospect of finishing the match. S u r r e y . First innings. Abel, st Board, b Paish ...2 3 Brockwell, b Grace ...........61 Hayes, b Grace ...................13 Lockwood, b Paish ........... 4 Hayward, c Thomas, b Grace ..................................46 D. L. A . Jephson, c and b Paish ..................................15 H. B. Richardson, b Grace 1 V. F. S. Crawford, st Board, b Townsend ...................60 K . J. Key, b Grace ...........37 Marshall, not out.................. 21 Richardson (T.), st Board, b T ow nsend.......................... 10 B 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 ... 8 Second innings. b Paish ........... 5 c Wrathall, b Paish ...........19 c and b Paish ... 54 not out.................. 4 c Thomas, b Paish ...........41 lbw, b Paish not out........... candb Townsend 53 c Board, b Paish 0 B 8, nb I Total.......................... 299 Total (7 wkts) *206 * Innings declared closed. G lo u c e ste r sh ir e First innings. W . G. Grace,b Lockwood... 0 W . Troup, c Jephson, b Abel ... ...........................47 C. L. Townsend, c Brock­ well, b Richardson...........34 W . M. Hemingway, c Craw­ ford, b Abel ...................51 G. H. Beloe, b Jephson ... 22 W . S. Brown, b Brockwell 30 E. L. Thomas, b Hayward 39 Hale, st Marshall, b Hay­ ward ..................................49 Paish, lbw, b Hayward ...1 3 Wrathall, not o u t................. 53 Board, b Hayward ...........50 B 11, lb 4, nb 1 ...........16 Second innings. c Hayes, b Hay­ ward .................. 1 c Hayes, b Hay­ ward................... 0 b Hayward........... 0 notout................... 2 c Key, b Hayward 1 not out ...........32 run out ........... 0 B 8, lb l,n b l 10 S u rrey . First innings. O. M. R. W . Townsend ... 21’4 2 98 2 .. Brown ........... 6 2 18 0 .. Paish ........... 46 14 89 3 .. Grace .......... 52 7 86 Paish bowled a no-ball. Second innings. O. M. R. W. 3 40 1 0 35 7 102 3 20 0 , 11 10 G lou cestersh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W Lockwood .. 11 1 33 1 Richardson . . 30 4 72 1 Jephson... . . 17 2 59 1 Brockwell . . 26 6 6 68 1 Abel ... . . 19 6 84 2 Hayward . 174 0 79 4 Hayes ... . . 6 0 80 0 Crawford . 3 1 8 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 9 2 28 0 Hayward bowled a no-ball. O X F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y v. S O M E R S E T ­ S H IR E . P la y e d at O x fo rd on M a y 18, 19 an d 20. O x ford w on b y 83 runs. The excellent batting of Mr. Trask stood out in strong contrast to th'it of the rest of the side. For Oxford. (Mr. Champain, Mr. Hollins and Mr. Foster were all in great form. O xford U niversity -. First innings. Second innings. F. H. B. Champain, c W ick­ ham. b Portman ...........90 c and b Robson .. 8 H. C. Pilkington, c Braund, b H ill ..................................... 23 not out....................27 L. P. Collins, c Braund, b Portman ... ...................20 c Portman, b Gill 7 R. E. Foster, c Braund, b Gill ..................................50 c Gill, b Robson 14 A . M. Hollins, c and b Braund ..........................63 cWoods,b Nichols 23 A. Eccles, c Wickham, b Tyler .................................. 20 H.Martyn, cTyler,b Braund 13 C. D. Fisher, b Braund ... 0 E. C. Lee, st Wickham, b Tyler .................................... 1 B. J. T. Bosanquet, lbw, b Tyler ................................... 0 T. B. Knox, not out ............ 0 F. W . Stocks, c Stanley, b Tyler ................................... 4 B 9, lb 3, w 2 .........14 Byes................... 2 Total ...................298 Total (4 wkts)*81 * Innings declared closed. S omerset . First innings. Second innings. W . Trask, c Martin, b Bosanquet............................. 76 b Bosanquet ... 32 H. T. Stanley, c Champain, b K nox ........................ 4c Foster, b Stocks 5 Robson, c Lee, b Stocks ... 3c Lee, b Stocks ... 14 Nichols, c Stocks, b Lee ... 18 b Knox ........... 6 Braund, c Martin, b Bosan­ quet .................................. C. S. Hickley, c Stocks, b Bosanquet.......................... S. M. J. Woods, c Eccles, b Bosanquet........................... Total.......................... 404 Total (5wkts) 46 c and b Knox ... c Foster, b Knox 1 c Champain, Stocks ... 8 c Champain, Stocks ... 24 c Lee, b Knox Tyler, b Bosanquet ........... Gill, not out ... ........... F. J. Portman. c Eccles, b Stocks.................................. 8 n o to u t.. .. Rev. A. P. Wickham, c Stocks, b Bosanquet ... 0 b Bosanquet V . T. Hill, absent hurt ... 0 absent........ B 4, lb 2 nb 1 ........... 7 B 2, n b l.. 23 13 Tyler .. Gill ... Braund.. H ill .. Portman Nichols . Total ...................187 O xfo rd . First innings. O. M. R. W . ........ 88 4 11 93 4 ......... 20 3 76 1 .......... 17 34 14 10 Total ...109 45 3 7 1 38 2 25 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . ... 1 0 2 0 . ... 11 4 32 1 Stocks Bosanquet... K n o x ......... Lee ......... F isher......... Hollins ........ 1 0 1 1 Robson 12 2 44 2 Hill and Portman each bowled a wide. S om erset . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . ... 40 26 42 2 ............. 28 12 43 4 38 12 75 6 ............ 11 5 15 2 1 ........... 18 2 48 4 11 7 2 5 30 1 21 1 1 3 0 9 0 Stocks bowled two no-balls.