Cricket 1899

234 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME J u n e ‘ 29 , 1899. SUSSEX v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Played at Brighton on June 22, 23 and 24. Drawn. The extreme south of England was not visited by the rain which spoiled all the other matches, and these two teams had the pleasure of playing on a good wicket. The University gave an excellent account of itself, while on the other band Sussex men had no reason to be dissatisfied with the performance of their team, which was weakened by the absence of Fry. Although Oxford put on over 250 in their first inn­ ings, their greatest batsmen did not distinguish themselves ; it was left to K nox, who was originally played for his bowling, and Bosanquet, another bowler, to give Sussex the most trouble, while the tail came to the rescue o f their side at the right time. In point of style neither K nox nor Bosanquet has taken L. C. H. Palairet for his model. K nox has a great deal to learn before he can make runs all round the wicket, and at present he avoids the on side as a thing not to be trusted. But he showed sound defence, and after he had settled down his strokes on the off side were generally well judged. Bosanquet was by no means particular as to how his hits were likely to look from the sanctity of the pavilion, but, in the words of the song writer, “ he gets there all the same,” which is, after all, the m ost important thing. When stumps were drawn Sussex were in a satisfac­ tory position, having made 41 runs without loss. Brann and Marlow put on 104 for the first wicket, both playing the sort of cricket which is delightful to watch, and as Ranjitsinhji was in great form and made runs quickly in his inimitable style, things went well with the home team The third wicket fell at 11)2 and the fourth at 232. This was of course the critical time, for it was now that the tail had to begin its labours, but on this occasion it was not to be trifled with. Ranjitsinhji just missed his hundred—his 85 took him an hour and a half to make—but Smith, Vine and Tate all did themselves justice, Vine playing particularly well. When the innings closed Sussex had a lead of nearly a hundred, which was however considerably lessened by the end of the day, for after the Oxford captain had been missed at point he showed brilliant form, and was well backed up by Dashwood. On Saturday there was never much chance that the match would be played out, for it was evident that Oxford would not make sufficient runs to be able to declare in time to have any good pros­ pect of disposing of Sussex on a good wicket. K nox again played a most valuable innings, showing great improvement on his batting o f Thursday, and was justly rewarded by receiving his “ blue” after the match was over. Dashwood, Martyn and Hollins all deserved well of their side. It may be said that Bland was too unwell to bowl more than an over or two, so that Ranjitsinhji, who was captaining the Sussex team, had a good chance of displaying his generalship. Oxford declared two hours before time, and although Brann ran himself out, Marlow and Ranjitsinhji played such fine cricket that they practi­ cally made the game safe. OxroBD U n iv e r s ity . First innings. Second innings. O xfo rd U n iv e r sit y . First innings. F. H. Champain, c Fox, b B la n d ...................................10 T. H. K.Dashwood, b Vine 13 F. P. K nox, c Newham, b P a rris .................................. 62 R. E. Foster, b Bland...........15 A. M . Hollins, b Parris ... 14 A . Eccles, b Farris ...........23 E. C. Lee, b Tate................... 6 H .Martyn, cParris,b Killick 17 B. J. T. Bo-<anquet, c New­ ham, b Vine ....................71 E. C. W right, not out...........20 F. W . Stocks, b V in e ........... 0 B 2, lb 2, w 3, nb 1 ... 8 Second innings. b T a te ...................40 st Fox, b Brann... 70 b T a te.................. run out ... . c Fox, b Vine ., b T a te ................ b T a te ................ c and b K illick. b T a te................ not out................ B 9, nb 3.. .106 .. 18 .. 39 .. 0 .. 1 .. 58 17 ... 8 ... 12 Total ...................259 * Innings declared S u s s e x . First innings. O. Brann, b Knox ...........48 Marlow, c sub., b Knox ... 59 K. S. Ranjitflinhji, c Stocks, b Bosanquet ................. 85 K illick, c Lee, b Stocks ... 27 W . Newham, b Bosanquet 8 Total (9 wkts) *3t9 closed. Second innings. run out ........... 5 cM artyn,bBosan- q u e t...................44 n otou t...................58 c Champain, b Bosanquet ... 19 c Stocks,b Bosan­ quet ................... 2 C. L. A . Smith, c Martyn, b B osanquet.........................22 notout................. 3 Vine, b Knox ................. 68 Parris, c Foster, b Stocks ... 11 Tate, c Foster, b Stocks ... 21 Bland, not out ................... 2 R. W . Fox, c Martyn, b Bosanquet........................... 0 B 3, w 2 ........................... 5 B 2, W 1 .............. 3 T otal.............356 Total(4 wkta) 184 O. M . R. W . O. M. R. W . Bland ... 36 6 107 2 ... ... 9 1 25 0 Tate ........... ... 24 8 49 1 ... ... 44 16 99 5 V in e ........... ... 6 3 2 16 3 ... ... 18 4 64 1 Killick ... 12 3 33 1 ... ... 1 7 2 1 57 1 Parris ... 22 5 39 3 ... ... 16 2 40 0 Brann ... 3 0 7 0 . . ... 8 1 22 1 Ranjitsinhj ... 12 3 27 0 Newham ... 3 0 16 0 Marlow ... . . . 2 0 7 0 Bland, Tate, Killick and Newham each bowled a no­ ball. Parris bowled two wides and Brann one. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Stocks........... ... 50 18 83 3 .. ... 10 2 32 1 Bosanquet ... 40*3 8 113 4 . ... 18 4 59 3 K n o x ........... ... 31 3 97 3 .. ... 6 1 12 0 Hollins .. . 8 2 20 0 .. ... 7 1 28 0 Champain... ... 2 0 17 0 .. Lee ........... ... 7 1 16 0 .. Bosanquet bowled two wides and Knox one wide. SOMERSET v. LANCASHIRE. FIRST SOMERSET VICTORY OF THE 8B A 80X . Played at Taunton on June 22, 23 and 24. Somerset won by ten wickets. W ith five defeats and two drawn games as the result of their season, the Somersetshire team would probably have taken a defeat from Lancashire as a thing to be expected, and it was therefore all the more pleasing to them when neither time, nor rain, nor any accident deprived them of a well-earned victory. It was the brilliant batting o f W oods and Daniell on the first day, and the bowling of Tyler, who was able to make his reappearance in the team after his accident, that enabled Somerset to place a point to their credit in the championship table, but, in addition to this, the team as a whole did ciedit to itself. When Somerset went in on Thursday morning there seemed a likelihood that they were in for another beating, for four wickets were down with the total at 78, and after some good batting by W oods and Nichols, five were down for 158. Then came the turning point of the innings. W oods and Daniell wore down the bowling, and by most attractive cricket, brought the score to 332, thus putting on 174 for the sixth wicket. W oods made his 147 in three hours and-a-half, and Daniells his 107 in two hours and forty minutes. There was little fault indeed to be found with the battirg of either of them. Just before tbe end of the day the innings came to a close. Briggs bowled with success, but the rest of the bowlers could do nothing. Friday’ s play was all in favour of the home team, and when stumps were drawn Lancashire was only 29 runs on with six wickets in hand, so that they had all their work before them if they wanted to save the match. The beginning of the first innings pointed to a much larger score than was made, for Hartley, Ward, and Tyldesley were all in good form, and at 167 only two wickets were down. But the rest of the team gave a poor account of themselves, and Lancashire had to follow on 167 runs in arrears. A shockingly bad start was made, Hartley and Ward being both out at 29. Somerset now began to do all that was possible to throw away their chances of winning by making mistakes in the field, for which they suffered severely, Baker and Frank Sugg getting a masteiy over the bowling and putting up 127 in eight minutes less than the hour. T in hitting was very determined; off one over Sugg made five boundary hits, while off another Baker made two sixes and two fours. Nevertheless, by the end of the day Somerset had, to a great extent, recovered their ground. Whatever chances Lan­ cashire may have had of making a draw were dis­ counted on Saturday morning, when Frank Sugg was run out after adding five to his overnight score of 90. He played the w m e which wasrequired, and risks were a part of i t ; ne was at the wicket for an hour and three-quarters, and 64 of his runs were made by boundary bits. After his dismissal the batting broke down, but Hornby showed once more that he has not forgotten how to play cricket. When Somerset went in to knock off the runs, Bernard played beautiful cricket. S o m erset . H.T. Stanley, c Smith, b Hallows ................................................................. 6 C A . Bernard, b Briggs 24 Robson, b Briggs ; ... 2 R.C.N Palairet,run out 21 S.M.J.Woods,bBrigg8146 Nichols, c Sharp, b Baker ...........................................................................44 J. L. Daniell, c and b Briggs .........................................................................107 Second innings H. T. Stanley, not out, 23; C. A Bernard, not out, 60; b 1.—Total (no wicket), 84. L a n c a s h ir e , First innings. C. R. Hartley, c Gill, b Stanley ...........................51 Ward, b Tyler ...................82 Tyldesley, b Tyler ...........34 Baker, b Tyler ................... 0 Sugg, b Tyler...........................24 Hallows, b Gill ...................10 Sharp, c Wo^ds, b Tyler ... 8 Briggs, b Gill........................... 0 A . N. Hornby, not out ... 20 Smith, c sub., b Gill ........... 7 Mold, b Tyler ................... 0 B 1,1b 2 ................... 3 Total Second innings. b G i l l ................... 0 b G i l l ................... 9 cTyler,bCranfield 36 cCranfield,bTyler 48 run out ...........95 c sub., b Tyler ... 13 c W oods, b Tyler 1 c Robson, b G ill.. 3 not out......................31 c Robson, Tyler 9 c and b Tyler ... 0 Leg-byes........... 4 Tyler, b B riggs........... 5 Gill, lbw, b baker . 20 Cranfield, c Smith, b Briggs ...................10 Rev. A. P. Wickham, not out ................... 4 B 5, lb 12 .......... 17 .406 Total .................. 239 Total .. ...249 S om erset . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Briggs ... .. 4 8 3 12 109 6 ... ... 15 5 24 0 Mold ... ..3 5 5 102 0 ... Hallows ... ..3 0 9 67 1 ... !*.! 3 1 3 0 Ward ..1 4 2 36 0 ... ... 3 3 0 1 i 0 Sharp . . 4 0 25 0 ... ... 5 0 38 0 Baker ... ..1 9 2 50 2 ... ... 16 8 26 0 L a n cash ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M R. W . Gill ........... ... 28 6 71 3 .. ... 21 5 77 3 T y le r ........... ... 41'3 10 82 6 .. ... 26 5 138 5 Robson ... 21 8 46 0 .. ... 8 6 7 0 Woods . .. 6 0 21 0 .. Cranfield ... ... 5 1 6 0 . . 11 1 23 1 Stanley ... 8 1 5 1 . . Bernard ... ... 1 0 5 0 . . ETON v. WINCHESTER. Played at Eton on June 23 and 24. Eton won by one wicket. W in c h e s te r . First innings. R. S. Darling, lbw, b Martin 5 M.Bonham-Carter.bBernard 1 H. C. McDonnell, b Bernard 3 S.M.Mackenzie, b Lyttelton 57 A.C.Pawson,candbBernard 21 R. W . Awdry, c Denison, b Bernard ........................... 4 R. G. Pidcook, st Findlay, b Martin ...........................12 F. W . Comber, b Bernard... 8 F. D. H. Joy, b Bernard ... 2 K. O. Hunter, b Lyttelton 1 G. J. Bruce, not out ...........12 B 1, lb 4, w 2, nb 2 ... 9 Second innings, c Howard Smith, b Bernard ... 65 b B ernard........... 2 b Martin ........... 4 cFindlay,bMartin 0 c and b Bernard 18 b Martin 3 Total ...135 E ton . b Martin ...........26 c Gilliat, b Martin 40 c Denison, b B ernard........... 6 not out................... 6 b Martin ...........40 B 4,1b l,w 3,nb2 10 Total ...220 lirst innings. H. K. Longman, c Pidcock, b Bruce ........................... 8 E.B.Denison,cand b Hunter 24 D.P.Cassavetti, c Pidcock, b Hunter...................................13 J. Wormald, c Hunter, b Bruce ...................................40 O. C. S. Gilliat, c Darling, b Joy ...................................52 C. E. Lambert, c Bonham- Carter, b Darling ...........13 G.Howard-bmith,c Hunter, b Joy ................................... 5 W . Findlay, b Darling ... 1 E. G. Martin, not out..... 8 Hon.J.C,Lyttelton,bHunter 3 A . C. Bernard, b Bruce ... 0 B 18, lb 1, w 2, nb 1 ... 22 Total...........................189 W in c h e s te r . First Innings. O. M. R. W . Martin ........... 20 13 24 2 ... B ernard............ 21 9 46 6 ... Lyttelton ... 9 1 2 35 2 H.-Smith ... 5 Second innings. c Bruce,b Hunter 18 b Bruce ...........21 c Hunter, b Joy 7 cAwdry,b Hunter 14 b Bruce ...........34 c Comber, b Dar­ ling ................... 1 c Hunter, b Joy... 2 c Bruce, b Joy ... 5 c Bonham-Carter b Hunter...........23 n otou t...................13 not out................... 1 B 14,lb 12, w 2 28 Total ...167 Second innings. O. M.R. W . . 31*1 16 45 6 ,.2 5 8 66 4 .1 4 2 45 0 8 1 20 0 1 21 0 . Gilliat 9 0 34 0 Bernard bowled four wides and two no-balls. Martin bowled two no-balls, and Howard-Smith one wide. Bruce J o y ........... Hunter ... B.-Carter Mackenzie Darling ... E ton . First innings. O. M . R. W . ............. 36-3 15 52 3 ............. 21 5 39 2 29 10 4 9 13 37 3 18 2 9 2 12 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 35 20 38 2 17 6 38 3 27'2 12 41 3 5 1 13 0 3 2 4 0 7 5 5 1 Bruce bowled a wide and Darling two no-balls.