Cricket 1899

J u n e 29, 1899. C R IC K E T : A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G A M E . 239 R e s u l t s o f m a tc h e s b e t w e e n D e r b y ­ sh ire a n d A u s tr a lia :— 1880. Australians won by eight wickets. 1882. Australians won by an innings and 109 runs. 1884. Australians w on by an innings and 40 runs. 1886. Australians won by six wickets. 1888. Australians w on by an innings and 79 runs. 1890. D raw n. 1893. Australians w on by an innings and 71 runs. 1896. D raw n. 1899. Australians w on by an innings and 219 runs. Or Dine altogether. The Australians have won seven matches and Derbyshire none. The remaining two have been left unfinished. THE EVE OF THE BATTLE OF LEEDS. Alarums. Enter MacLaren, Hawke, Warwick , Gloster , and bowlers with their analyses. MacLaren : And you, good bowlers, Whose style was made in England, show us here The mettle of your training ; let us swear That you are worth the playing; which I do doubt; But there is none of you so commonplaco, That hath not something decent in your pitch. I see you stand like Lohmann did of old, Anxious to try your luck. The game begins: Follow your captain ; and, upon this match Cry—“ Good for Archie ! England ! and Saint George ! 11 [Exeunt to bowl out the Australians. The following are some of the latest hundreds:— JUNE. 12. W . W . GiU, Grecians v. M r. L . 8. W ill’s X I. 17. H . C. Preston, H am pstead v. St. M ary’s H ospital ................................................................. 21. C. O . H . Sewell, Incogniti v. Crystal Palace 22. S. M . J. W ood s, Som erset v. L an cash ire 22. J. L . D a n ie lls , Som erset v. L a n cash ire 22. J. W o r r a ll, A u s tra lia n s v. L e ic e ste r . 22. A bkl , S urrey v . C ambbidoe U niversity ... 23 Rev. P. 8. W addy, O xford Authentics v. L u d jjrove................................................................. 23. F. P. K n ox , O x fo rd U n iv e rsity v. Sussex 24. A . B . V oules, Incogniti v .C . M. Tuke’s X I . 24. J . L . Tate. Clapton v. Paddington ............ 27. H . C. Pilkington, O xford University v. W . G. Grace’s X I .................................................... 24. E. E . Barrett, Richm ond v. W anderers ... 24. W .J.C ooper, London Scottish v. K ensington 24. H . H . Perry, Ealing v. N on descripts............ 24. C. H ogg, B rixton W ands, v. Old Olavians 24. H . C. Pretty, W anderers v. Richm ond 24. H .E . M . Stutfleld, Leatherhead v. Streatham 26. 8. H . D a y ,C ambridge U niversity v.M .C.C. 26. H . T . S tanley , S omerset v . G loucester 26. A . C. M ac L aren , L ancashire v . Y orks .... 27. K . S. R anjitsinhji , S ussex v . S urrey 27. J. R . M ason , K ent v . N otts ..................... 27. H earnb (A .), K ent v . N otts ..................... 27. M . A . N oble , A ustralians v . D erbyshire 27. J. J . D arling , A ustraliansv . D erbyshire 27. W rath all , G loucestershire v . S omerset 27. H . T ri mbi . e , A ustralians v . D erbyshire 28. G. B rann , S ussex v . S urrey .............................. 28. P. P errin , E ssex v . H am psh ire ..................... 28. C. L . T ow n send, G lo u c e ste rs h ir e v. S om erset ................................................................. • Signifies not out. 102* 101* 145 146 107 100* 100 130 106 130 124* 122 119 118* 115 109* 104* 103 138 1*7 126 197 181* 162* 156 134* 102 100 157 168* 114 RICHMOND v. W ANDERERS.—Played at Rich­ mond on June 24. R ichmond . E.E .Barrett,cJephson, b Bicknell.................. I ll G. W . Beldam, lbw, b Jephson ...................17 F.W .Jam es,b Jephson 44 P.E.Podangton,c Petty b Jephson................... 5 J .A. Ealing, c Jephson, b Bull... ... ......... 17 Paget and A . S. Bull did not bat. W a n d e r e r s . D .L .A . Jephson, c and I E. H . Fischer, notout 82 b W illiams ...........26 i Byes ..................... 9 H. C. Pretty, not out 104 — G. E. Bicknell, c Pod- ; Total (2wkts) 173 angton, b Williams 2 | A . B. Ciprian, A . W . Boultbee, 8. Colman, H. 8. Ladell, H. F. Bull, A . B. Leane, and Capt.Fleming did not bat. 8 P. T . Wrigley, c Bick­ nell, b Boultbee ... 22 W . Williams, not out 21 H .P. Denham, notout 20 Byes ................... 7 Total(6 wkts)271 LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Sheffield on June 26, 27 and 28. Lancashire won by 59 runs. A n altogether remarkable display of cricket by A . C. MacLaren saved Lancashire from disaster on Monday. The wicket was somewhat in favour of the bowlers, and the majority of the Lancashire batsmen found Rhodes, Haigh and Hirst very difficult to play. MacLaren, however, batted in superb form from the first moment o f his innings, hitting very hard at times and never making the slightest mistake. In the course of his innings of 125, which lasted for three hours, he made eighteen boundary hits. When Yorkshire went in, Brown never seemed likely to stay, and after twice being missed in the slips off Mold he was splendidly taken in the same place by MacLaren low down with the left hand. Denton was unable to break through his spell of bad luck ; he was out to a very clever catch at the wicket on the leg side. W hile Yorkshire were in a spectator attracted some attention by picking up a ball which had gone to the boundary and returning it straight into Smith’s hands in a manner which reminded the spectators of Frank Sugg. At the end of the day Yorkshire seemed in a satisfactory position, for they had made 6i for the loss of two wickets, Tunnicliffe having batted well. But on Tue*day such a startling collapse took place that the whole side was out for the addition of 54 runs, Mitchell and Hirst alone making any resistance. Lord Hawke was out to a remarkable catch at point, Baker throwing himself forward, and holding the ball a few inches from the ground while lying at full length. W hen Lancashire went in again, 88 runs to the good, MacLaren began so well that it was on the cards that he would make another hundred, but he went, after playing very sound cricket, for 30, and the bowlers began to get the best of matters. Tyldesley and Briggs played well, but most of the team failed. Brown met with remarkable success against the tail. Yorkshire had to make 246 to win, a task which was regarded as being very diffi­ cult. They began badly, and although Tunnicliffe, Wainwright, and Hirst strove vigorously to stave off defeat, Lancashire always had a little in hand. L ancashire , First innings. A . C. MacLaren c Mitchell, b Rhodes .......................... 126 W ard, hit wkt, b Rhodes ... 7 Tyldesley, b Haigh ...........11 Sugg (F.), lbw, b flaigh ... 9 Cuttell, b Hirst ...................18 Hallows,cMitchell,b Rhodes 4 Baker, c Mitchell, b Haigh 2 Briggs,c Tunnicliffe, b Birst 17 Smith,cWhitehead,bRhodes 4 J. L. Ainsworth, b Hirst ... 1 Mold, not out ................... 0 B 1, lb 1, nb 2 ........... 4 Total... .. 203 Second innings. c Tunnicliffe, b Baigh ...........30 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ...........17 b Rhodes ...........23 c lunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........... 0 c Mitchell, b Rhodes ...........12 b Hirst...................13 c Hunter, b Birst 2 cDenton,b Brown 40 hit wkt, b Brown 9 b Brown ........... 0 not out................... 2 B 6, lb 3 ... 9 Total ...157 Y ork sh ire. First innings. Brown, sen., c MacLaren, b B riggs...................................17 Tunmciiffe, b Mold ...........28 Denton, c Smith, b Briggs... 0 F. Mitchell, c Sugg, b Mold 31 Wainwright, c Smith, b B riggs.................. ... ... 0 Hirst, c Smith, b M old ... 21 Haigh, c Sugg, b Ainsworth 0 Lord Hawke, c Baker, b Ainsw orth........................... 0 Whitehead, b Ainsworth ... 7 Rhodes, b Mold ................... 3 Hunter, not out ................... 0 033: B 6, lb 2 ........................... 8 Second innings. b Briggs ...........17 b Briggs ...........41 c Smith, b Briggs 9 c MacLaren, b Briggs ...........13 b M old...................29 n o to u t................ 53 lbw, b Briggs ... 10 c Smith, b Briggs 1 b Ainsworth ... 8 c and b Briggs ... 3 lbw, b Ainsworth 1 Extra ... ,.. 1 Total ...186 Total...........................115 LANCASHIRE. First innings. Second innings. O. Haigh ... 28 Rhodes ... 31 H irst........... 15.4 Wainwright 5 M. R. W . 11 70 3 2 91 4 7 2 O. 26 8 0 Brown... 3 4 1 Hirst bowled two no-balls. Y o r k s h ir e . M. R. W. 10 58 1 16 50 4 11 25 2 12 0 3 3 First innings. Sccond innings. O. M. R. w . O. M. R. W . Briggs ... 32 16 M o ld ........... 34 15 48 3 .. .. 39 12 76 7 44 4 ... ... 33 19 47 1 Cuttell ... 4 1 4 0 ... ... 13 5 24 0 Ainsworth.. 6.2 2 11 3 .. ... 15 5 38 2 THE AUSTRALIANS THE DERBYSHIRE MATCH. F I F T E E N T H O F T H E T O U R . Played at Derby on June 26, 27 and 28. Australians won by an innings and 249 runs. In the absence of Chatterton and Hulme, the Derbyshire eleven was so weak as to make the result of a match against the Australians a foregone con­ clusion and of very little interest. A little rain had fallen in the night, and when Derbyshire batted the wicket afforded some assistance to the bowlers— which is the same thing as saying that the Austra­ lians made use of the opportunity. Kenward played a capital innings, but nothing else was done worthy of note. Needless to say that the Australians, on a wicket which was now excellent, had a royal time, as they had hardly any first-clars bowling to contend with. Fortunately for the home team Worrall was not given a chance of making another hundrtd, but a forecast of what was likely to happen was given when Trumble, who. for this occasion only, went in first, found the bowling very much to his liking, and in the course of a couple of hours scored 100 -which is, per­ haps, the first hundred that he has ever made. Meanwhile, Noble had been steadily batting, showing not the slightest signs of ever getiing out. At the end of Monday’s play he had made €4, and the total was 203 for the loss of two wickets. Noble kept calmly on his course on Tuesday morning, never hurrying and never making a mistake, until he seemed comfortably settled for his second hundred. A bit of good fortune came in the way of Derbyshire when Storer went on to bowl for he at once got lid of Gregory' and Trumper, l.b.w. Eventually there seemed a fair chance that the innings would be brought to a conclusion before the end of the day, which could hardly have been hoped for by the Derby­ shire captain when be surveyed the bowlers who were at his disposal. Darling played a brilliant innings, and Jones had a happy half-nour’s batting. A t the end of the innings Derbyshire had lost two wickets for 20, and yesterday Storer and Hancock were the only men who distinguished themselves against the bowling of McLeod and Laver. Thus once more the great strength of the bowling, which Darling has at his disposal, was amply shown. D erbyshire . First innings. S. H. Evershed, b Noble ... 3 L. G. W right, b Noble ... 19 Bagshaw, b Jones ........... 9 Storer, lbw, b N o b le ........... 5 R. Kenward, c M cLeod, b Howell ........... ........... Sugg (W .), c Trumper, b N o b le ...................................12 W ilmot, not out ...................14 T. A . Higson, b Trumble ... 0 Berwick, b Trumble ........... 3 Hancock, lbw. b Trumble... 0 Bestwick, b Howell ........... 2 Lb 1, w 4, nb 3 ........... 8 Second innings. b McLeod ........... 0 b Laver ...........35 b McLeod ........... 9 not out...................54 48 lbw, b Laver retired huit ... 1 cNoble.bM cLeod 0 lbw, b Laver ... 12 c Noble ,b McLeod 11 b M cL e o d ...........29 c and b McLeod 5 Extras........... 5 Total ......... 123 Total ...161 A ustralians . J. W orrall, c Storer, b B estw ick ................... 9 H . Trumble, b HigsonlOO M. A . Noble, c Sugg, b B agsh aw ...................156 8. E. Giegory, lbw, b Storer... ...................45 Y. Trumper, lbw, b Storer...........................11 J.J. Darling, not out...134 D erb ysh ire. First innings. O. M. R. W . Jones...................14 2 34 1 ... N oble.................. 16 6 42 4 . T ru m ble...........12 7 Howell F. Laver, b Bagshaw 0 C. McLeod, b Berwick 4 E. Jones, c W ilmot, b Storer ...................55 W .P. Howell, b Storer 6 A.E.Johns, c Wilmot, b Hancock ........... 3 B 5, w 1, nb 4 ... 10 Total .. 533 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 21 3 9 3 3 18 2 ..... 11 4 22 0 M cLeod... 27.2 5 89 6 Lavar 16 4 45 3 Trumble delivered three no-balls, and Noble four wides. A u s t r a l ia n s . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Berwick ...49 12 117 2 I Storer ...30 3 112 4 Bestwick ...30 3 96 0 Bancock ..31*2 6 66 1 Higson ..22 3 66 1 |Bagshaw .16 1 66 2 Storer delivered four no-balls and Bigson a wide. Mold bowled one wide. GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. SOMERSET. Played at Gloucester on June 26, 27 and 28. Drawn. No longer without a reputation to keep up—for they won a match the other dav—the Somerse.shire men showed that they realised the sense of their new responsibility by making a very large total. They began their innings well and ended it nobly. Ber-