Cricket 1899

J une 29, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 235 M I D D L E S E X v . N O T T S . FIKST DEFEAT OF M IDDLESEX THIS SEASON. P la yed a t L o rd ’ s on Ju n e 22, 23, and 25. N otts w on b y 52 runs. After the first day’s play in this match it was pretty clear that either Notts or Middlesex, who had hitherto been unbeaten, would have to admit defeat for the first time—there was very little chance that the game would result in a draw. The rain had affected, the wicket very considerably. Hearne, who has been sadly off colour of la^e, was again unsuccessful for Middle­ sex, but the two Australians in the team gave a good account of themselves, while Rawlin came with a rush at the finish. The Notts first innings would have been very disappointing if it had not been for the splendid batting of Shrewsbury, who also in the second innings rose to the occasion. In addition to him Mason and A. O. Jones did well. The Middlesex \ atting was very even in the first innings, but Dr. Thornton’s 43 was particularly valuable, as he made his runs when there seemed likely to be a breakdown. Up to the beginning of their second innings Middle­ sex always seemed to have a little in hand, and when they went in with only 120 runs to make no one thought of a startling collapse. As it happened the wicket suited J. Gunn to a nicety, and Middlesex gave almost a repetition of their performance against Kent a week or two ago, when the tesm was saved from a failure by the vigorous batting of R . W . Nicholls and Roche. Against Notts Mr. Nicholls again came to the re*cue of his side when matters were very critical, but the Notts men did not make mistakes in the field like the Kent team, and there was no brilliant stand for the tenth wicket. NOTT8. First innings. A. O. Jones, b T r o t t ...........21 Shrewsbury, b Rawlin .. 69 W . Gunn, b Rawlin ........... 4 J. A. Dixon, b Roche........... 7 W . Attewell. b Roche........... 0 Mason, c and b T rott........15 J. Gunn, c and b Trott ... 5 Bottom, b T r o t t ................... 7 Guttridge, run out ........... 3 Oates, not out ................... 2 Waas, c MacGregor, b Trott 0 Byes 3, lb 8, w 1 ... 12 Total ........ 145 M iddlesex First innings. P. F. Warner, b Wass ...2 2 H.B.Hayman,lbw,bBottom 21 H . B. Chinnery, b J. Gunn 31 F. J. G. Ford, b J. Gunn... 12 Rawlin, c Jones, b Wass ... 0 A. E. Trott, b Wass .. . . 1 5 R. W . Nicholls, c Oates, b W ass ...................................28 G. MacGregor, c Oates, b J. Gunn ........................... 0 Dr. G. Thornton, c and b J. Gunn .................................. 43 Roche, c Dixon, b J. Gunn 5 J. T. Hearne, not o u t......... 0 Bye 1, lb 2 ................... 3 Total ...........180 N otts . First innings. O. M. R . W . Hearne ... 8 3 25 0 .. T rott........... 31 16 48 5 .. Rawlin ... 25 12 34 2 Roche........... 11 3 26 2 Second ir nings. c Rawlin. b Trott 21 c and b Rawlin.. 44 b Rawlin ...........20 b Rawlin ........... 0 b Trott ...........17 b T ro tt.................33 st MacGregor, b Trott ........... 0 b T ro tt................. 0 b Rawlin ........... 0 b Trott...................11 not out... B 6, lb 4, w 1 .. 11 Total ...154 Second innings. b J. G u n n ........... b J. Gunn ........... b W a s s ................. c Wass, b J.Gunn b J. G u n n ........... b J. G u n n ........... notout...................33 c Oates,bW ass... 9 c Dixon, b Wass 0 c Wass,bBottom 10 run out ........... 1 Byes 5, w 1... 6 Total.......... 67 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . ... 12 4 25 0 . ... 21*3 6 59 6 . ... 22 7 44 4 4 1 15 0 Rawlin and Trott bowled one wide each. Wass ... Bottom ... Attewell J. Gunn... Dixon ... M id d l e s e x . First innings. O. M. R. W . .2 5 7 60 4 ... . 12 2 88 1 ... .1 2 4 27 0 ... . 202 3 50 5 ... . 1 0 2 0 ........... Gunn bowled one wide. Second innings. O. M. R. W. . 1 2 3 36 3 . 5 2 5 1 . 2 1 4 0 . 141 7 16 5 its effect on the wicket, so that the batting of the Cambridge men was very creditable. The chief honours fell to Winter, who played unorthodox cricket with a great deal of methoa in it ; he hit very hard all round the wicket and knew what he was going to do, although there can be no doubt that his proceed­ ings were at times somewhat risky. In the first innings, when there was a very fair chance that his side would collapse, he made 83 runs in fifty-five minutes while Wilson was making five. Wilson played a very sensible game. While W inter was hitting he simply kept up his w icket; at the end of the day, with a prospect of an improved wicket on the morrow, he still made runs very slowly, never making a hit unless it were absolutely safe. On the following morning he scored much more quickly. Again in the second innings he kept up his wicket wbile other men were getting out and made a draw a certainty. Another man who distinguished himself with the bat was Day, who showed at the beginning of his innings that he possessed sound defence, and at the end of it that he can play very attractive cricket. Moon and 8togdon played very pretty cricket while they were together, but the latter was very nervous at first. The Surrey batting was chiefly re­ markable for the good cricket played by Abel and Lees in the first inningB and Brockwell in the second. Abel made very few mistakes, and on a slow wicket did not hesitate to lift the ball at times. Lees batted in a very taking manner, very steadily at the com­ mencement of bis innings, ana aggressively towards the end of it. The latter part of brockwell’s 86 was remarkably attractive, but he took much longer to play himBelf in than usual, and for a time was not seen at his best. Hind marked himself out as the best of the Cambridge bow lers; he has more method and more accuracy than the other bowlers, but he might cultivate a fast yorker with prospects of success. He had a spot - apparently made by a foot­ mark—in the second innings, but it was a few inches too short, so that although when he pitched the ball upon it the batsman was invariably in difficulties, he could not make any use of his advantage—it would have been interesting to see what would happen if Lee, the fast left-hand bowler of the team, haa been put on at the same end, for [to him the spot would probably have been most serviceable. W ilson has very good ideas in bowling, and varies his pace a good deal. But he does not make use of his height, while his slow ball is too slow, and his fast one too obvious. Jessop only went on himself for a few overs, having strained himself during the previous week. W hen his side had to go in on Saturday afternoon with an hour and a half before them, he put in the batsmen to whom he wanted to give a further trial, and although this resulted in wickets falling fast, there was no danger of defeat. S u r r e y . First innings. Abel, b Penn.......................... 100 Brockwell,cStogdon,bHind 34 Lockwood, c Moon, b Hind 0 H. G. Leveson-Gower, b Lee 16 H. B. Richardson, c and b W ilson................................... 0 Stoner, c and b W ilson ... 2 K . J. Key. b W ils o n ........... 1 K . E. M. Barker, c Moon, b W ilson................................... 0 Lees, not o u t...........................64 Marshall, b H ind................... 6 Richard8on(T.),cLee,bPenn 0 B 7, lb 8, nb 1 ...........16 B 12, lb 4 C am bridge U n iv e r sity . Second innings, c Blaker, b Lee .. 16 b Penn...................86 b L e e ................... 2 b Wilson ...........33 not out., b Penn . b Hind... Total......................... 239 Total (6wkts) #181 • Innings declared closed. C am bridge U n iv e r sity . SURREY v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Played at the Oral on June 22, 23 and 24. Drawn. *For this University trial match 8urrey put a much weaker eleven than usual in the field, several of their best men being given a rest in view of the hard work before them in tne immediate futyre. On the whole Cambridge had reason to congratulate themselves on their play, for although a reference to the scores would lead to the conclusion that they were only able to stave off defeat by a little, there was never any prospect that Surrey could win. The Surrey bowling was not strong, but on the other hand the rain had t irst innings. L. J. Moon, b Brockwell ... 25 J. H. Stogdon, b Brockwell 23 G. E. W inter, b L ees...........84 E. R. W ilson, c Marshall, b Lees ... ...........................46 b Stoner G. L. Jessop, c H. B. Rich­ ardson, b L e e s ...................21 T. L. Taylor, b Lockwood... 0 b 8toner 8. H. Day, c T. Richardson, b L e e s................... E. F. Penn, b Lees R. N. R. Blaker,b Brockwell A . E. Hind, not out .. R. O. Lee, b Brockwell B 4 ,lb 1 .................. First innings. O. M. R. W . Lees................... 24 * 70 Richardson, T. 13 2 35 Stoner ............ 16 3 54 Brockwell ... 14.1 5 36 Lockwood ... 17 7 43 Abel 8 2 26 Second innings. O. M . R . W . 2 9 0 6 18 1 2 16 4 3 26 1 4 14 RIPLE Y COURT v. BRANKSOME.—Played at Ripley on Saturday, June 10. B ban ksom e . Young, c Andrews, b Bowker ........... 5 Smith(ma.).bArdrews 4 Deane, c Bowker, b Andrew s................... 0 Manson(mi ).bAndrews 5 Cobb, b B ow les........... 2 Tripp, b Andrews ... 3 Manson (ma.), not out 43 Pigg (ma.), b Andrews 12 Griffiths, b Andrews... 0 Extras . Pigg (m i.), c Grice, b Andrews . ........... 0 Total Sainsbury, b Bowles ... 11 Second in n in g sM a n son (mi.), not out, 26; Cobb, b Bowles, 4; Tripp, b Andrews, 0; Man^on (ma.), not out, 3 .— Total (2 wkts.), 33. Second innings. not out................... 4 st Marshall, b Stoner ........... 2 51 10 4 0 0 5 B 8, lb 1 b T. Richardson 13 not out ........... 6 b Brockwell ... 5 b Stoner ........... 4 Total... S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W . Hind ........... 15 8 24 3 ... Penn ... ... 19.4 3 78 2 ... Lee ........... 5 0 20 1 ... W ilson ... 23 7 67 4 ... Jessop........... 15 2 34 0 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 20.2 11 27 13 2 37 23 2 69 15 4 42 R ip l e y Bowker, b Pigg (m i.)... 35 Divies, b Pigg (mi.) .. 2 Bowles, c Pigg (ma.), b Manson (ma.) ... 0 Grice, b Manson (ma.) 3 Andrews, hit wkt., b Manson (m a .)........... 0 Semon ,c M anson (ma.), b Pigg (mi.) ........... 9 Brookman, c and b Manson (m a.)........... 1 C o u rt . Ommaney, b Manson (m a.)........... ........... Sutton ,bManson (ma.) Knott, cManson (ma.) b Pigg (mi.) ........... Hoishrugh, not o u t ... E xtras................... Total ........... BRANKSOME June 1. v. CHURCH B IL L .—Played on B rakk som e . Tripp, run out ........... 1 Manson (mi), bGordon 18 Manson (ma), b Mark- wick ........................... 4 Pifrg (m a),b Gordon .. 1 Cobb, b Gordon ... 2 Pigg (mi),lbw,b Gordon 0 Sainsbury, b Markwick 1 Baynham, c and b Gordon ................... 0 Deane, b Markwick... 0 Griffiths, b Markwick 8 Younp, not o u t...........18 B 1, w 4 ........... 5 Total 58 Se'ond innings :—Tripp, b Gordon, 3; Manson (mi), b Markwick, 2 ; Pigg (m a),not out, 28; Manson (ma), not out, 1 1 ; Byes, 1.—Total (2 wkts), 45. C hurch H il l . Le Bass, lbw, b Pigg (mi) ........................... Pease, b Pigg (mi) Markwick, not out ... Taylor, b Piggr (mi) ... Willson, c Griffiths, b Pig* (m i)................... Daniell, b Manson (ma) Thomson, c Pigg (ma), b Pigg (mi) ........... Gordon, b Pigg (mi)... Hayes, b Manson(ma) Barrett, run out Joseph, c Tripp, b Bigg (m i)................... B5, w l ........... Total .. 269 Total (6 wktn) 78 Jesaop delivered a no-ball. A R K L E Y v. KENSINGTON P A R K .-P layed Arkley on June 19. A r k lb y . 1 at D. Womersley ,c Lloyd, b W y n n e .................. 41 Howard Williams, c Elliott, b Lloyd ... 63 Ernest Smith, lbw, b Tindall .................. 47 W . H. Robson, retired 42 G. W . Hammond, c Stork, b Tindall ... 0 A. S. Farmer, b Tindall ................... 5 G. A . 8. Hickson, run out ........................... 8 J. H. Robson, not out 26 H. K. Gow, n o to u t... 14 B 13, nb 1 ...........14 Total... *250 J. Scanlon and L. Josling did not bat. 9 InningB declared closed. K ensington P a r k . First innings. S. M. Tindall,b E. Smith... 3 C. Macdonald, b E. Smith... 0 C. 8. T. Lloyd,b Hammond 12 A . A. Surtees, b E. Smith 10 R. E. A . Elliott, b E. Smith 0 W . F. Dew.cW. H. Robson, b Hammond ................... 4 P. G. Andrews, c Williams, b E. Smith........................... 3 W . J. Wynne, b E. Smith Rev. H. J. Stock,bE. Smith P. Robinson, c Womersley, b E. Smith........................... C. H. Fletcher, not out ... B 4, wb 1 ................... Total ... 46 Second innings. c J. H. Robson, b H ick son ........... 0 cSmith.b Scanlon 0 c W . H. Robson, b Bickson ... 16 c J. H. Robson, b H ick son ........... 2 not out................... 8 not o u t..................12 B 2, lb 1, wb 1 4 Total... 42