Cricket 1899

150 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 25, 18 99. M.C.O. AND GROUND y. DERBY­ SHIRE. Played at Lord’s on May 18 and 19. Derbyshire won by two wickets. The most noticeable points in this match were the batting of Storer and Chatterton in the second innings of Derbyshire, the bowling of Martin in both innings of Derbyshire, and the close finish. Martin had the excellent record for the match of eleven •w ickets for 89 runs, his bowling in the first innings being remarkably good. He also made two very use­ ful scores. Among the other batsmen who did credit to themselves were Pougher and Mr. L. G. W right, who both scored well in each innings. There did not seem much chance that Derbyshire would win when they entered on their second innings, but such a good beginning was made by Mr. W right, Chatterton and Storer that the third wicket fell with the total at 123. From this time, however, the bowlers began to get the upper hand, and but for the determined play of Storer the county must have had victory snatched from its grasp once more. Storer’s 71 was made in two hours. M.C.C. First innings. C. E. de Trafford, c Chester, b Hulme ... ........... 0 H. B. Hayman, b Bestwick 6 Pougher, b Higson ...........28 Second innings, c Higson, b Best­ wick .................. 6 c Storer,b Chester 22 cW rightjbHigson 36 b Hulme ...........17 c Hancock, b Hulme ...........13 King, lbw, b Hulme ........... 7 A. G. Archer, lbw, b Hulme 2 A /C . S. Glover, c Higson, b Hancock .......................... 7 b Higson Major S. F. Charles, c Chat­ terton, b Hancock ......... 8 W hitehead (Lees),bHancock 0 Roche, b H ig so n ................... 4 Martin, not out ...................21 W oodcock, run out ...........18 B 8 , lb 2 ...................10 12 Total ...................I ll D erbysh ire First innings. L. G. Wright, b Roche ... 25 W . S. Eadie, b Roche........... 1 Bagshaw,cKing,bWoodcock 25 Chatterton, b Martin ... 8 Storer,cW hitehead,bMartin 13 T. A. Higson, b Roche ... 0 W . Sugg, b Roche ...........15 Chester,st Charles, b Martin 0 Hulme, b M artin.................. 4 Hancock, not ou t................... 1 Bestwick, b Martin ........... 0 B 5, lb 5 ...................10 Total ... Hulme .., Bestwick .. Hancock .. Higson .......102 M.C.C. First innings. O. M. R. W . 20 3 10 26 3 .. 21 12 30 1 9 3 20 2 25 2 cSugg,b Hancock 11 b Storer ...........20 not o u t ................. 10 cW right,b Hulme 35 c Eadie, b Hulme 6 B 17, lb 2...........19 T ota l.........206 Second innings, lbw, b Martin ... 34 b Martin ........... 4 b Martin ...........18 c King, b Martin 50 b Martin ...........71 b Roche ...........13 ru n o u t................. 1 b Martin ........... 0 not out................... 10 not out................... 6 B9, lb 1, nb 1... 11 Total (8 wkts) 218 Second innings. O. M. R. W . .. 21-4 3 64 4 .. 17 7 31 1 5 15 1 4 39 2 1 9 1 3 29 1 10 . 16 Chester... 5 Storer ... 11 D e rbysh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . R oche................... 20 7 48 4 ............ 30'3 W oodcock...........11 2 31 1 ............10 Martin................... 9 2 4 13 5 ............ 32 K in g.......... 9 Whitehead 1 Martin delivered a no-ball. 1 0 9 76 6 2 81 1 34 5 13 0 3 SUSSEX v. ESSEX. A CLOSE FIN ISH . Played at Leyton on May 18, 19 and 20. Essex won by one wicket. By this time the Essex team must have become quite used to exciting finishes, which are said by many critics to take years off a man’s life. There was interest in all the stages of the Sussex match at Leyton, for the game was never much more in favour of the one side than of the other. Moreover the various showers and storms, while they spoiled the wicktt, gave innumerable opportunities for prophesy­ ing, which are always dear to the heart of a cricketer. In the first day’s cricket Essex had an advantage, thanks to two or three opportune showers at the end of the day, which gave the Sussex bowlers a wet ball when they were beginning to have matters too much their own way. The Sussex innings was remarkable for the batting of Mr. Brann, who in his steady manner made 43 in an hour and three-quarters. Ranjitsinhji was somewhat disappointing, for although he made 27, he was not like the Ranjitsinhji of old. Towards the end of the innings Marlow made a useful stand. Essex began badly, but when the showers came Mr. McGahey and Mr. Turner made an invaluable stand, and when stumps were drawn their side was only 28 runs behind with six wickets in hand. But, with the weather very uncertain, nobody could look with confidence to the morrow. The wicket was very slow on Friday, and the scoring was by no means large. Mr. McGahey, who was not out 45 on the previous evening, carried his score to 75by patient cricket, of a kind which was somewhat foreign to him, and was still not out when the innings dosed with a lead of 49; he was batting for two hours and a-half. The feature of the morning’s cricket was the hitting of Russell, who scored 32 out of 40 in twenty minutes. In the Sussex second innings Mr. Fry played a great game, but Ranjitsinhji and Mr. Brann were not very successful, and but for a stand by the tail there would not have been much hope of making a fight of it. Rain again interrupted play. When stumps were drawn Essex had lost Carpenter and still required 117 to win. The Sussex bowlers were considerably handicapped by a wet ball when it was possible to begin play on Saturday at a quarter past three, but they worked nobly. Everything pointed to a close finish when Mr. Owen, Mr. Perrin and Mr. McGahey were all out with the total at 40, but a much wanted stand by Ayres and Mr. Perrin doubled this score. After this the rest of the game was full of excitement. When seven wickets were down 19 runs were still required. Mead was soon out, and then Mr. Turner, who had played splendid cricket, was bowled by Bland for 48 when only four more runs lay between victory and defeat with the last two men in. Mr. Bull made one of the four runs, and then Young won the game by getting a ball to leg for three. S u ssex . First innings. C. B. Fry, c Bull, b Mead... 1 G.Brann, c Russell,b Young 43 K . S. Ranjitsinhji, c Bull, b Mead .................................. W . L. Murdoch, b Bull ... Killick, b Mead ................... Marlow, not o u t ................... C. L. A . Smith, b Mead ... Cox, b M ead........... ... ... Parris, b Mead .................. Butt, lbw, b Mead ........... Bland, b B u ll......................... B10, lb 4 .................. Second innings. b Mead ...........47 lbw, b Bull........... 5 27 cCarpenter,b Bull 17 9 c and b Young ... 10 2 c Ayres, b Young 18 23 b Young ........... 0 6 b Young ........... 2 10 st Russell.bMead 25 0 cBull, b Reeves 25 4 lbw, b Mead ... 16 3 not out.................. 11 14 B 3, lb 1 ........... 4 Total ... ...142 E sse x . T o ta l.......... 180 Second innings, c and b Cox ... 5 c Butt, b Bland... 0 c Brann, b Cox... 18 c Brann, b Cox ... 3 b Bland ...........48 c and b Bland ... 18 c Smith, b Bland 6 b Bland ...........14 lbw, b Bland ... 4 not o u t................. 2 not out.................. 3 B 7 , lb3, w l ... 11 First innings. H. G. Owen, b Cox ....... 17 Carpenter, b Bland .......... 2 P. Perrin, lbw, b Bland ... 2 C. McGahey, not o u t........75 A. J. Turner, b Cox ........31 Ayres, b C ox........... .......... 1 Russell,c Ranjitsinhji b Cox 32 Reeves, c Smith, b Cox ... 5 Mead, b C o x ......................... 5 F. G. Bull, c Butt, b Bland 1 Young, b Cox ................. 1 B 7, w 2 .................. 9 Total ..............191 Total (9 wkts) 132 S ussex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W .O. M. R. W . Mead.................. 33 15 34 7 ............ 27’2 8 60 3 Young ........... 18 6 44 1 ........... 30 14 53 4 B u ll................... 13 2 45 2 ............ 15 3 45 2 Reeves ........... 5 2 5 0 ............ 5 0 18 1 E ssex . First innings. Second innings. O, M. R. W .O. M. R. W . Bland ........... 35 7 83 3 ........... 29 6 60 6 C o x ...................40 4 15 64 7 ............ 36 14 59 3 Killick ........... 6 2 16 0 ............ Parris ........... 6 2 16 0 ............ 7 5 2 0 Ranjitainhji ... 3 2 3 0 ............ Killick bowled two wides and Bland one. HONOR OAK (2) Leyton on May 13. H onor O a k (2). LEYTON ( 2 ).—Played at C. D. Hayes, b Bowles T. Gracey, b F. Lake J. Pendress, c Pringle, b E. Lake.................. W . Fraser, c F. Lake, b E. Lake................... C. Campbell, c Bowles, b E. L*ke.................. J. Daly, b E. Lake ... C. Metcalf, b E Lake T. W oodfall, c and b Bowles .................. G. Cooper, b Bowles C. Thomas, b Bowles A. W ilson, not out ... B 5, lb 1 ........... Total T. Cooper, b Thomas W .Williams,b Thomas C. Maynard, b ' ooper H . Richards, c Camp­ bell, b Cooper........... E. Lake, b Thomas ... A . Farmer, b Cooper T. Silcock, b Thomas L eyton (2). A. Bowles, b Thomas E. Bowles, b Cooper T. Pringle, c and b Thomas ................... F. Lake, not out B 3, nb 1 ........... Total 15 ©ovresfponOtncc. AN UMPIRE’S DECISION. To the Editor of C r ic k e t . D ear S ir , —I want to put you in possession of the true state of affairs as to my decision, as I am made to appear as not understanding the rules of cricket in your paper. You are not to blame, but whoever gave you the information, or if you copied it, it was wrong, and I had it altered in our papers out here. The match was between St. Kilda and University of the Victorian Cricket Associa­ tion, for the pennant. The University were batting. Mr. Quick was the batsman, and an appeal was made to the umpire at bowler’s end, and everyone understood him to say “ out,” including the batsman, who imme­ diately left his crease. The fieldsmen began to throw the ball to one another, which would trap a man to believe he was given out. But when he was almost down the crease, the other umpire said, “ I said ‘ not out.’ ” There was a general cry to run him out. I must tell you that the ofi bail was off and the leg bail on. The ball was thrown in, and removed the leg bail. An appeal was made to me to give the batsman out, but I said, “ What for ? ” I contend it was unfair, and I as an umpire wish to keep the game as it should be, free from all suspicions of unfair­ ness. Of course, my ruling is open to a lot of comment, and a good many argue I am wrong, and others I am right, but in the rules there is nothing laid down hard and fast as to what is unfair, so we have to use our own judgment as to the circumstances. I may also state to you I am a Victorian umpire, and have been umpiring the game as amateur and professional since 1870, the last ten or twelve years for V.C.A. D o me the honour of putting in the exact ruling I gave, as what ever decision I give I am willing to be com­ mented on.—I remain, yours truly, E. B a r r a s s . c/o Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. CATFORD v. FOREST H IL L.—Hayed at Perry Hill on May 13. C a tf o r d . Rev. P. C. Joy, run out 1 T. G. Cannon, b Hand 34 R. L. Allport, c and b Hand.......................... 9 E. Yercoe, b Hand ... 1 C. Sabin, notout ... 22 A . King, b Batchelor 6 E xtras................... 8 C. O. Lee, b Batchelor C. Ingersoll, c Batche­ lor, b Welchman ... 5 E. C. Page, b Welch­ man .......................... 0 A. Blake, c and b Hand 33 Total E. S. Barry, b Welch­ man .......................... 14 F orest H il l . H. A. Hooker, b Sabin 53 E. G. Hill, c King, b In gersoll.................. 30 B. Batchelor, b Barry 4 L. O. Cockell, c Can­ non, b Ingersoll ... 2 Total C. Phillips, c Blake, b Joy .......................... 64 W . L. Pierce, C. G. Welchman, and E. H. Hand did not bat. ...133 E. H. Saberton, b Joy 6 F. Woodman, not out 13 P. Gibbon, not out ... 5 E x tras................... 3 ...180 J. C. LOVELL’ S X I. v. LEATHERHEAD.—Played at Leatherhead on May 20 . J. C. L o vell ’ s X L C. H. Mountain, c Ut- terton, b Sturt ... 8 E. G. Langton, run out 0 J. S. Lovell, st God­ son, b Allcock.......... 1 H. Thompson, c and b Allcock ..................14 J. P. Candler, c All­ cock, b Sturt .......... 27 D. V. Hassard, not out 68 LBATHERIIEAD. Did not bat, rain preventing further play. E. D. Lovell, run out 0 H. West, b Sturt ... 12 G. A . Ring, lbw, b Sturt.......................... 0 S. Rendell, c Utter- ton, b Nelson... H. Tidy, b Sturt B 9, lb 2 ... Total .. ... 2 ... 6 ... 11