Cricket 1899

J une 8 , 1899. CRTCfcfcT : A WEEKLY REC0R±) OF TfrE GAM i. 1 8 ? TH E AUSTRALIANS. THE M.C.C MATCH. NINTH O f THE TOUR. Played at Lord’s on June 5, 6, and 7. Australians won by eight wickets. It cannot be said that the batting of the M.C.C. team, who went in flr«t on Monday, was calculated to make the heart of ihe nation leap up like that of the poet when he saw a rainbow. It was on the whole so timid and uncertain that a spectator could seldom get the idea out of his head that each ball was going to be fatal. Fortunately there were two or three men who were not impressed either by the obvious difficulty experienced by others in playing the 1owling or the reputations of the bowlers, and thanks to th^m the total was fairly good, though the runs were made slowly enough. W. G. was, of course, indifferent to the fame of the various bowlers who were opposed to him, but he was fortunate in being missed twice before he had got his eye in ; otherwise his innings was worthy of very high praise. The rest of the team did not get much encouragement from the way in which the innings opened, for Mr. Warner, who was not comfortable with the two or three balls which he received, went for 0, and W . G. and Gunn were both very slow to settle down. At last, however, they seemed to have taken the measure of the bowling, although the short ones often sent down by Jones got up in a very dangerous manner. The second wicket put on 72 runs, and when W . G. went ju»t after completing his fifty the prospects of the home team seemed very good indeed. The third wicket put on 40, and then Gunn was bowled after batting for about two hours for 42. After this, disaster followed disaster, until seven wickets were down for 152. Not in the least dismayed by this, the two Gloucestershire professionals, Board and Wrathall, began to give an illustration of what can sometimes be done by men who know their own minds and act upon their knowledge. After Wrathall had given his share in the exhibition Attewell came in and allowed Board to make runs, and in the end the last three wickets added nearly a hundred to the total. W ith the recollection of what Heame and Albert Trott had done at Lord’s this year on wicke's good and bad, the spectators settled themselves d©*n with the expectation of seeing the Australians struggling hard to maintain their ground. But nothing of the kind happened. It is true that Iredale —always a bad beginner—was out for 0, as Warner had been in the M.C.C. innings, but after his depar­ ture Hill and Darling played the bowling with con­ summate ease. Instead, moreover, of following the lead of the first half-dozen men on the M C.C. side they took Board and Wrathall as their examples, and made runs with a quickness which was a pleasure to see. Both men batted in perfect style, and soon got a complete command over the bowling. W hen stumps were drawn the total was 110, Hill being not out 60 and Darling not out 60. Thus everything pointed to a big score on Tuesday, and when the game was resumed the two not outs at once began to make runs quickly. But when in a quarter of an hour they had increased the total by 20, Darling’s brilliant innings ended, and the bowlers began to hold their own fairly well with everyone except Hill, who continued to play delightful cricket, never being at a loss to know what to do with a ball, and scoring from everything which offered the slightest chance. Worrall played himself in with the utmost care, and then suddenly commenced to h it; he made three 4’s off the first three balls of an over from Trott. and was getting very lively when he was out l.b.w. Noble played the barn-door game, and was not seen at his best; he was in for about an hour for 17. Trumper seemed likely to make one of his big scores, but W . G., who went on with the total at 243 for four wickets, managed to dispose of him -in time t * prevent him from doing much mischief. But W , G.’s success did not end here. He bowled Kelly before he scored, and then, to his very obvious delight, got Hill caught in the slips for a perfect innings of 132, made in four hours. The tail did not very greatly add to the score, but the M.C.C. had to go in with a balance of 107 against them. By the end of the day the M.C.C. were apparently out of the running, but on the morning of yesterday 8. M. J. W oods and Townsend showed some of the best cricket in the match. W hile they were together the bowlers for once found their masters, and it seemed reasonable to suppose that the Australians would have to get a good many runs in their second innings before they could claim the victory. But when Mr. W oods was l.b.w. to a ball which would have gone at least a foot over the wicket, Jones finished off the innings in great style. Mr. Townsend was bowled off his body by a ball which got up and hit him about on a level with the shoulder, and the rest o f the team appeared altogether at sea. Board, whose head nearly g t in the way of a full-pitch from Jones, attempted to play a barn-door game without any success. It may be said that the partnership between Woods and Townsend produced 98 runs. The Australians had no difficulty in making the 124 runs required to win, W o m ll and Darling, by brilliant play, knocking off 92 of them for the first wicket. M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Grace, c Hill, b Trumble .......................... 60 c Kelly, b J^nes 7 P. F. Warner, c Kelly, b Jones .................................. 0 clredale.b Howell 39 Gunn (W .), b Jones ...........42 lbw, b Howell .. 11 C. L. Townsend, ran out ... 37 b Jones ......... 73 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, lbw, b Jones . ........... 0 c and b Noble . 17 8. M. J. W ood8, cTrumper, b M c L e o d .......................... 20 lbw, b McLeod .. 49 Trott (A. B.), b McLeod ... 0 b Jones ........... 2 Wrathall, c and b Jones ...1 4 b Jones ........... 0 Board, c and b Jones...........69 b Jones ... 7 Attewell,c Noble, b McLeod 16 cK elly,bM cLeod 5 Heame (J. T.), not out ... 4 n otou t.................. 0 Leg-byes ................... 3 B 6, lb 9, nb 1 15 Total T ota l.. ..245 A u s tr a lia n s . F. A . Iredale, c Board, b Heame ........................... 0 J. J. Darling, b Heame ...7 1 stBoard.bTowns- end .................. 53 C. H ill, c H eam e,bG race...132 c Warner, b Townsend ... 2 J. Worrall, lbw, b Trott ... 28 not out..................52 M. A. Noble, lbw b Hearae 17 not out..................10 V. Trumper, b G race......... 29 J. J. Kelly, b Grace ........... 0 H. Tramble, c Townsend, b Attewell .......................... 33 C. McLeod, b Trott ...........27 E. Jones, not o u t................... 5 W. P. Howell, c Wynyard, b T ro tt................................. 5 B 4, lb 1........................... 5 Extras ... 8 Total ...................352 Total (2 wkts.) 125 M.C.C. a n d G rou n d . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jones ... .. 32 7 72 5 .......... 29 8 65 5 H ow ell... .. 26 6 70 O .......... 21 4 80 2 Noble ... .. 23 8 43 0 ......... 11 3 to 1 Trumble .. 9 2 18 1 .......... McLeod .. 14 3 39 3 .......... A u str a lia n s . 22*3 6 40 2 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. H eam e... .. 66 22 108 3 .......... 8 1 26 0 Trott ... .. 25*4 7 80 3 .......... 6 1 26 0 Townsend .. 10 0 44 0 .......... 42 0 24 2 W oods ... .. 4 1 23 0 .......... Attewell .. 29 13 50 1 .......... 10 2 20 0 brace ... . 18 7 42 3 .......... Wynyard 3 0 21 0 L E IC E S T E R S H I R E v . W O R C E S T E R ­ S H IR E . Played at Leicester on June 5, 6, and 7. Leicestershire won by eight wickets. When play ended on Tuesday, Leicestershire were in a very satisfactory position, for, with only two wickets down, they were within 121 of their oppo­ nents’ total. Except for a brilliant innings of 76 by Mr. H. K . Foster, who up to the present has been one of the most consistent batsmen playing in first-class cricket, there was nothing very attractive in the play of the Worcestershire team, eight of whom fell victims to Mr. Stocks, who bowled in wonderful form on a good wicket. When stumps were drawn Pougher and Whitehead had put on about 80 in partnership, and were still not out. But the batting broke down in an unexpected manner, and if it had not been for a determined innings of 65 by Mr. de Trafford, Worces­ tershire would have had a good lead. As it was, they had to begin their second innings 20 runs to the bad. Arnold batted finely in the second innings, but there were not enough runs made to give Leicestershire a very difficult task. W orcestershire . First innings. Second innings. E.Bromley-Martin, b Stocks 39 b Stocks ........... 0 W . L. Foster, b W ood ... 13 run out ...........12 H. K . Foster, c Geeson, b S tock s...................................75 c Pougher, b Stocks ... ... 3 Arnold, c Whitehead, b Stocks.................................. 4 run out ...........62 Wheldon, b Stocks ...........22 c Whitehead, b W ood ........... 34 Straw, lbw, b S tock s........... 0 lbw, b W ood ... 6 G. Bromley-Martin, b Stocks 7 c Knight, b King 32 Bird, not out...........................21 c Whitehead, b Stocks ........... 10 Bowley,cWhiteside,b Stocks 21 b Stocks ........... 7 Burrows, c Whitehead, b Stocks.................................. 13 not out..................... 11 Wilson, c Coe, b King ... 12 cKnight bS’ ocks 0 L e g -b y e ........................... 1 B 4, lb 1 .......... 6 Total . ..228 Total .........172 L eiceste r sh ir e . Coe, c Arnold, b B u rrow s................... 7 F.W . Stocks. bW il^oa 1 Geeson. c Bowley, b Arnold ...................23 Whiteside, not out ... 5 B 1, lb 3 ................... 4 Knight, b Wilson ... 17 Brown, b Arnold ... 9 Pougher, b Wilson ... 42 Whitehead, c Straw, b Arnold ...................39 King, c Straw, b Burrows ...................20 C. J. B. W ood, b Bird 16 C.E. De Trafford, c W. Foster, b Arnold ... 65 8econd innings Knight, bW ils m, 33; Bro»n, c Straw, b Burrows, 52 ; Pougher. not out, 4u ; Wl ite- head, not out, 18; extras 10.—Total (2 wkts) 153. W o rcestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Total 248 ... 18 ... 19 41 0 , Geeson W ood .. K in g ................... 14*3 4 32 1 Pougher ........... 10 4 26 0 ... Coe ................... 6 2 22 0 ... Stocks................... 29 9 56 8 ... 8 3 18 0 50 1 ........... 15 6 28 2 13 6 5 5 28 1 2 15 0 0 14 0 ,.. 31 11 64 5 L e ic e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W . Wi'pon ............ 30 7 81 3 ............ 20 3 55 1 Arnold .......29 3 5 55 4 ............ 15 4 39 0 Bird ..................... 14 3 45 1 ............ 5 1 11 0 Burrows ......... 20 6 52 2 ........... 10 2 26 1 E. P.-Martin . 3 0 11 0 ............ 6 0 12 0 PRIVATE BANKS v FOREST H IL L .-P layed at Catford on May 27. P r iv a t e B a n k s . H. R. Swatman, b Bradley ................... 1 J. O. Davidson, c Gibbon,b Welchman 36 T. Farquhar Smith, b Batchelor.................. 32 J. H. Mason, run out 20 A. M. Iogles, c and b W illia m s.................. 32 F. B. Fairhead, b Bradley .................. 21 F. Haslam did not bat. A. W . Harpur, not out J. H. Hilton, c Pierce, b W elch m an......... F.A.Tapson.b Bradley A . Taylor, not out ... Extras ........... F o rest H il l . Total (8 wkts) *165 1Innings declared closed. E. G. Hill, b Smith B. Batchelor, lbw, b Smith......................... 3 W . R. Williams, c Inglis, b Smith ...51 W.L. Pierce, c flaslam, b Smith ................. 5 C. F. Phillips,b Harpur 0 L. O. Cockell, c Smith, b H arpur................. 5 P. Gibbon and L. Selfe did not bat. W . M. Bradley, b Smith ................... F. W oodman, not out C. G. Welchman, not out ........................... Extras................... Total (7 wkts) ... : LONDON & WESTM INSTER BANK v. LONDON & ttOUTH-WESTERN BANK.—Played at Den­ mark Hill on May 29, 30 and 31. L ondon an d W estm inster B a n k . W. G. Hale, b Simpson 31 R. J. Burlington, c Pitt- brook, b Podmore .. 8 L. Lee, b Simpson ... 2 8.W.Mossop,bSimpson 0 W . W. Opperman, c Bradbery,b Podmore 5 W .J. Way,c Podmore,b Simpson ................... 0 C. B. Wood, b Wilson 41 L. H. Salmon, ran out 4 F. Goodall, not o u t... 49 F. R. Newcash, c Willson, b Bradbery 0 A.W .Colbeck,run out 0 B 13, lb 3...........16 156 L ondon an d S ou th - W estern B a n k . C. 8. J. Douglas, b Goodall ................... 2 E.A.Will8on,b Goodall 30 W . Hradbery, b Mossop 6 C. J. Bowman, not out 77 H. O. Manfield, c Way, b G oodall...................21 J. M. Allcock, J. Bradbery, C. C. Simpson and A. Podmore did not bat. A. J. Gough, c Hale, b B urlington............. 22 L. Pittbrook, not out 11 B y e s ................... 9 Total............178 HONOR OAK v. CLAPTON .-Played at Honor Oak on May 27. H onor O a k . C. W . Marsh, b Cooper 8 i F. Wilkie, c Roddick, G.Harrison,stDouglas, j b Tate ............... 24 b N olloth ......... . ...103 Byes ................... 2 A . Jones, c Goodwin, j — b Brown .................. 23 Total (4 wkts) 198 V . Critchly, not out ... 38 | 8. Dickson, E. Chapman, H. Mattingly, C. Yapp, A . Noakes and J. Johnson did not bat. C lapto n . J. Tate, b Harrison ... 35 J. Douglas, b Harrison 7 G. Brown, c Yapp, b H arrison ................... 0 N. Nolloth, b Critchly 18 H. Trafford, b Mat­ tingly ........................... 6 A. Nelson, F. Roddick and W. Cooper did not bat* H. Boyton, not out ... 35 A.Goodwin, b Critchly 15 C. Nelson, not out .. 1 B 2,16 5................... 7 Total .. 124