Cricket 1899

J une 1, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 173 TH E AUSTRALIANS. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MATCH. SEVENTH OP THE TOUR. Played on Christ Church Ground on May 29, 30 and 31. Drawn. For some reason or other the Oxford match was regarded by all the world as a nice little preliminary canter for the Australians, although both the Universities have shown in previous Australian matches that they are a hard nut to crack. As things turned out, Oxford not only made a draw but a very honourable one indeed. Although the wicket was in first-rate order, the Australians began badly, losing Worrall, Hill and Gregory for 60, of which the three great batsmen h id only made 20 between them Meanwhile, Iredale had become remarkably well t-e , and when he was joined by Noble, the Oxford captain had to exercise all his ingenuity in changing his bowling. A t lunch time the score had b jen increased by 61, and afterwards the two Australians soon got into such good working order that they seemed capable of anything in the way of big scoring. But at 153 Bosanquet, who had been bowling very well indeed, got rid of Iredale for an excellent inniugs of 77; and although other members of the team batted well, the bowling was never again fairly mastered. Noble made 86, the highest score of the bile, and played remarkably good cricket for his runs. Darling, who has not been doing well during the tour, put himself in late, with the result that, althjugh he never got really going, he has probably played him­ self into form again in time for the big match The redoubtable Trumper and Laver made the g*me very lively while .they were in, for by sound cricket and occisional hard hitting they put on 63 in forty minutes. Bosanquet finished off the innings in great style, and came out with as good analysis. With half-an-hour’s batting before them, the Oxonians lost a wicket through the “ run out” epidemic, and ended the day with a score o f 36 for one wicket. There was a surprise in store for the Australians on Tuesday, for the Oxonians did not se m at all im­ pressed by the bowling, and scored as fast as their opponents had done on the previous day, although this was faster than has been usual with the Australians. Champain vet a splendid example to his men, which they were not slow to follow. After Collins was out at 106 for a patient 39, which had helped to pave the way for others, Champain and Foster may be said almost to have mistered the bowling, goodas it was. After he had been at the wicket for two hours and twenty miuutes.Chimpain reached his hundred - he is the first batsman to perfoim the feat during the tour. Eventually, with the total at 190, he was out f^r 12J, which had taken him two hours and a half to put together. It was a great innings. There was no collapse after he went, for Eccles played good cricket, and helped Foster to raise the oOtal by 5». Just when the Australians were beginning to reconcile themselves to the probability that they would have a couple of hundreds scored against them in the innings, Foster was bowled for a splendid 80. which was almost without fault. The tail did nobly, especially Bosanquet, who will be able to look upon the match with a great deal of pleasure. To head the Australians score by 8 runs was a feather in the cap of the University, but if ever they had any thoughts of further successes in the match they were s ton undeceived. The Australians showed them very plainly in the second innings that their bowling had not much strength on a good wicket, and runs were made with freedom. Dariing succeeded in playing himself into fine form b fore the approach of time caused the game to be drawn, and Noble, who did not score very fast, was invincible. If the game had lasted for another day or two. as in Australia, the Oxonians might possibly have had enough of it by the time it was finished. On the other hand they might not. A u str a lia n s . First inning'<. Second innings J. Worrall, c Stocks, b c Bosanquet, b Bosanquet........................... 3 Stocks ........... F. Iredale, b Bosanquet ...7 7 bH um phrejs ... C. Hill, c Martyn, b Bosan­ quet ........................................11b Bosanquet S. K. Gregory, c Martyn, b K n jx .................................... 6 b Stocks ........... M. A. Noble, c Martyn, b Stocks................................... 86 not out... Darling, c Pilkington, b Knox ................... ... ... 35 n o to u t. V. Trumper, b Stocks............... 26 F Laver, b Bosanquet ... 37 H. Trumble, not o u t ..............11 W . Howell, b Bosanquet ... 3 A. E. Johns, c Martyn, b Bos inquec......................... 0 B 2, ID 6, nb 2 ............. 9 B 9, nb 1 O xford U n iv e r sity . F. H. B. Champain, c Trumper, b Worrall.120 H. C. Pilkington, run out ........................... 4 L. P.Collins, c Darling, b Noble .................. 39 R. E. Foster, b Laver.. 80 F.H.Hollin8,cTrumble, b Noble ................... 0 A. Eccl««, b Laver ... 22 H Martyn, c Iredale, b L aver.......................... 2 ..100 ...106 10 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Noble ...................51 F. Knox, not out ... 12 F. H. Humphreys, b Noble ................. 0 F. W.8tocks, c Howell, b Noble ................... 2 B7, w l, n b l ... 9 Total ...341 A u s t r a lia n s . First innings. 8tocks Bosanquet... K n o x ........... Humphreys O. M. R W . .. 37 6 105 2 . .. 40 3 7 83 6 ...28 3 4 ..11 Total......................303 Total(4 wkt8)360 8 > 2 ... 26 0 ... Hollins Champain Eccles... Foster .. Stocks and Bosanquet each delivered a no-ball, and Humphreys one no-ball. O xford U n iv e r sit y . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 31 9 77 2 27 4 72 1 14 1 59 0 17 5 47 1 12 1 48 0 4 2 10 0 4 0 17 0 5 1 20 0 Howell ...32 11 68 Trumble ...33 12 71 Noble ..22 1 6 70 Worrall ...18 0 59 L iver... 24 11 50 3 Trumper.. 4 1 Trumble delivered a no-ball and wide. YORKSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Lord’s on May 29, 30 and 31. Middlesex won by an innings and 2 runs. The astonishing success of J. T. Hearne and Albert Trott with the ball at Lord’s on the slow wickets which have been the rule this season, and the all­ round excellence of the hitherto invincible Yorkshire team, produced an amount of interest in this match which was altogether uuusual. There were those who piophesied that on their own ground liearne and Trott would treat the Yorkshiremen in the same way as they had treated their other opponents, while others were convinced that when they met a splendid all­ round team they would find their masters. But the clerk of the weather by arranging for a dry and fast wicket upset all calculations. On the first day’s play the Middlesex team had nothing with which to reproach itself. The two bowlers on whom the county re.ies had distinguished themselves on the fast wicket, the Yorkshiremen, ju»t as ia their match against Worcestershire, not being able to accommodate them­ selves very quickly to the change in the state of the tuif. Middlesex had also done fairly well in batt­ ing, and with four wickets down were but 82 runs behind. The Yorkshire batting was. on the whole, disappointing, for although Mr. Jackson and J. T. Brown (ma.J played tine cricket, no one became really well set except Mr. Mitchell, who, being missed once or twice, made the most of his opportunities and played a first-class game for 68. A good start was made by Mr. Warner and Mr. Hayman for the first Middlesex wicket, which produced 49 runs. After this the bowlers gained the upper hand until Mr. Foley joined Mr. Warner, and played out time. These two batsmen gave a splendid exhibition of cricket on Tuesday morning, after the first few minutes, during which Mr. Foley was a little uncomfortable. They had brought the total to 202 when Mr. Foley was out for an admirable innings of 52. W ith Middlesex only one behind their own total, and only five wickets down, the Yorkshiremen, nevertheless, were not likely to be in a very bad position if they could only dispose of Trott with promptitude. This desirable result was within a very little of being attained, for Mr. Jackson very nearly brought off an impossible catch before the Australian had scored. Trott then settled down to p'ay the most careful of cricket, while Mr. Warner kept steadily on at the rate of 30 runs an h jur—with just as much certainty as Abel was show­ ing at the Oval. The bowlers were not discouraged, but still worked exceedingly hard to get a wicket, while the fielding left nothing to be desired. At last Mr. Warner was pretiily stumped. He had been batting for five hours for his 150, and his innings was an example of the very best of defensive cricket, and to his side it was invaluable. When Trott had been in for about an hour and a- quarter for 30, he seemed to realise that if he wanted to score a hundred or two he had better make hay while the sun was shining. For the rest o f his inn­ ings he made the Yorkshire bowling look simple in extreme. His drives were hard and frequent; it was itnpo^ible to do anything with him. W hen his inn­ ings closed he had been batting for two hours and fifty minutes, so that his last hundred runs were made at a great pace. The Yorkshiremen had now an up­ hill task, for they were 285 runs behind. They set to work with determination, and when stumps were drawn they had knocked off ihe odd number without l^iug a wicket’. Yesterday, Brown and Tunnicliffe continued to bat so well that everything pointed to a drawn game. They soon took the measure of the bowling, and seemed to have settled down for the day. But at 150 Brown was taken at the wicket, and from this moment Mid llesex, thanks to their importa­ tions, began to play a winning game. Tunnicliffe survived for some little time longer, and his innings was worthy of him at his best, but never afterwards did Yorkshire look like m iking a draw. Roche and Trott bowled uncommonly well. Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Tunnicliffe, c and b Heame 5 Brown (J. T .),st MacGregor, b Trott.................................. 22 F. 8. Jackson, c Cobb, b Hearne..................................21 F. Mitchell, b Hearne ... 68 Denton, c Rawlin, b Trott 13 Wainwright, b T ro tt........... 0 Hirst, c MacGregor, b Trott 4 Haigh, c Foley, b Hearne... 25 Lord Hawke, c MacGregor, b Hearne ...........................10 Rhodes, not out ... ... 18 Hunter, c Cobb, b Trott ... 11 B 5, lb 1 ................... 6 Second innings. run out ...........85 c MacGregor, b Trott ...........80 c Cobb, b Roche 5 c Rawlin, b Roche 18 c Lucas, b Roche 0 c Ford, b Trott... 15 lbw, b Trott ... 25 b Trott................... 8 b Roche ...........11 b Roche ...........13 not out................... 2 B 14, lb 5, nb 2 21 Total ...........203 M id d l e s e x . Total ...283 P.F.Warner.stHunter, b R h od es...................150 H.B.Haymin.bRhodes 23 H. H. Cobb, b Rhodes 8 F. G. J. Ford, b Hirst 9 Rawlin, b Jackson ... 7 C. P. Foley, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Rhodes .. 52 Trott,c Hirst, b Rhodesl64 Y o r k s h ir e . First innings. O. M.R. W . Hearne ... 36 13 79 5 ... Trott .......... 35 8 98 5 ... R och e......... 10 4 20 0 G.MacGreg.)r,bWain- wright ...................27 R. 8. Lucas, lbw, b Rhodes ...................21 Hearne(J.T.),bRhodes 0 Roche, not o u t ........... 5 B 9, lb 13 ...........22 Total ...488 Second innings. O. M .R. W . ... 30 17 39 0 ... 46 14 130 4 ... 44 4 14 93 5 Rhodes Haigh Hirst M id d l e s e x . O. M. r . w . o . m . r . w . . 65 1 21 147 7 I Jackson ... 25 3 76 1 .34 8 86 0 Brown ... 11 0 44 0 .41 15 63 1 | WaiuwrightlO 2 50 1 SURREY v. SOMERSETSHIRE. A SCORE OF 357 NOT OUT BY ABE L. Played at the Oval on May 29, 30 and 31. The inability of Tyler to play for Somerset, on account of a strain, metnt even more to his county than the loss of l»ck w ood’8 bowling means to Surrey. As the wicket was in perfect order, it must have been patent to the Somersetshire men that they were in for a lively time when they lost the toss, for whatever Surrey may do on a slow wicket they can be relied on to try the patience of the bow.ers to the utm wt on a dry one— however good those bowlers may be. But the Somersetshire men could not produce anythiug special in the way of bowling, and they, therefore, suffered severely. For a moment their hopes were raised when a catch at the wicket disposed of Brockwell for 11, thus effectually disposing of the nightmare of a possible record for the first wicket. But with this the success of the visitors ended. Hayes and A lel took all the sting out of the bowling before the second wicket fell, and although Mr. Jephson did not make a long stiy, Hayward and Abel completed the discomfiture of the visitors. Change liis bowling as he w oull, the captain was not able to make the slightest impression on the two great 8urrey batsmtn. Not until the score h a i been raised from 143 to 477 in three hours and a ha’f —the partnership thus pro­ ducing 334 runs—was Hayward at last disposed of. Although his cricket was very fine at times, his innings was not one of his very best efforts. Abel still went steadily on, scoiing at the rate of 40 runs an hour with a ce.taiuty which must have been extremely disconcerting to the bowlers. When stumps were drawn the total had reacaed 495 for the loss of five wickets. A el was then not out 227, and Mr. Crawford not out 13. The rate of scoring was much quiek-r on Tuesday morning while Mr. Craw­ ford was making his runs—always in partnership with Abel. The amateur evidently saw that he had a good thing on. and he certainly made the most of it, putting together 129 out of 212 in two hours by cr.cket which was almost free from fault. » y this time Abel had reached 300, and from the way in which he was batting he might have bea'.e i all records if the tail had decided to go for records in a leaily methodical manner. When at last Kichardson was bowled, Abel was still g jing as strong as ever. He had beaten all records for the Oval, and no man in the world could have played better cricket All things come to an end, and eventua ly the fielders were able to take a weil earned rest in the pavilion.