Cricket 1899

240 C r i c 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 . J u n e 29, 1899. nard, who is proving to be an acquisition to the team, hit very prettily for 31, out of 40 for the first wicket, and then the Gloucestershire bowling was probed to its lowest depth by Robson and Stanley. It is at such times as this that a captain can put into practice the lessons which he has learned from the Austra­ lians. and Mr. Troup did what could be done to try to quiet Robson, who hit nearly every ball sent down to him. He w as in splendid form , and in the course of an hour he made 93 out of 131. Of his runs 76 were made by fours. After this excellent beginning Somerset did not falter, and i early everybody made a goot score—it was fortunate for Gloucestershire that W oods did not get going—and towards the end of the innings Gill played a game which would have been worthy of Jessop at his test, making C6 in about three-quarters of an hour. Gloucestershire hid an uphill game to p'ay, but they set about their task with suchfarnestness *ith Wrathall and Troup that the hundred went up and still no wicket was down. W rathall scored the faster, but runs nevtr came slowly. When at last ^ rathall was towled for a very fine 102. which had been put together in two hours and a quarter, the total was 148, ho that Troup had not yet made his 50. But he kept steadily on afterwards with Townsend as a partner, and the Somersetshire bowlers seemed hopelessly out of it. After 81 had been added for the second wicket by Townsend and Troup everything seemed well with the home team, but there was a collapse. This was redeen ed in the follow-on by some excellent batting by W rathall, Townsend, Romans, and W . S. A. Brown, and when the match was ended Gloucester­ shire were in a flattering position, for which they have to thank their captain, Wratball and Townsend, who all very greatly distinguished themselves. A collection was made for W rathall on account of his fine batting in both innings; it realised £18 4s. SOMBPS&TdHIBE. First innings. Second innings. H. T. Stanley, c Board, b T ow n sen d..................... 127 b Roberts ............. 3 C. A. Bernard, c Hale, b T ow n sen d.......................31 b Roberts ............. 3 Robson, c and b Roberts ... 93 c Townsend, b Roberts ... ... 0 W . Trask, b Brown ...........48 cBoard,b Roberta 8 S. M. J. W oods, c Troup, b “ Paish ...............................27 not out.................... 13 Nichols, c and b Townsend 5 Griffin, b Townaend ... 18 not out.................... 6 A . E. Newton, c Hale, b T ow n sen d.......................26 Gill, not o u t ......................... 70 8t Board, b Paish 7 Cranfield,st Board, b Tow n­ send ................................. 5 E. Grant, lbw, b Townsend 8 B 15, w 1, nb 2 .......18 Total... Extras .......... 3 .. 476 Total (5 wkts) 43 G loucestershire . First innings. W rathall, b Griffin ...........102 W . Troup, c Newton, b G riffin...................................71 C. L. Townsend,b Griffin... 81 W . 8. A . Brown, c Nichols, b Cranfleld........................... 0 J. Cranston, c Robson, b Cranfleld ...........................13 Hale, c Newton, b Griffin 9 Board, c Newton, b Griffin 2 A . G. Richardson, not out... 14 G. Romans, c Trask, b Cran- field ................................... 1 Paish, c Gill, b Griffin... ... 0 Second innings, c Cranfleld, b Nichols ...........47 b Griffin ........... 2 c Cranfleld, b Grant ...........114 c Newton, bCran- fie ld ...................82 st Newton, b Grant ........... 0 run out ...........28 lbw, b Cranfleld 9 cNewton.bGriffin 2 Roberts, b Cranfleld Byes ........... not out........... c B e rn a rd , G riffin........... b Robson ... Extras... Total...................308 Total ...303 S omersetshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W . Paish ... ... 45 10 129 1 ... ... 15 7 19 1 Roberts .. ... 25 9 68 1 ... ... 16 7 21 4 Townsend ... 48*2 6 169 7 ... Brown ... .... 17 1 65 1 ... Wrathall .. 6 0 27 0 ... Brown bowled a wide, and Roberts two no-balls. G loucestershire . First inning*. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W . Gill........... ... 29 10 56 0 ... ... 11 2 27 0 Cranfleld 44 1 12 96 4 ... ... 40 12 81 2 N ichols... ... 6 1 16 0 ... ... 15 6 85 1 Grant ... ... 6 1 25 0 ... ... 7 3 1!> 2 Robson... ... 24 IS si 0 ... ... 15*2 6 52 1 Stanley... ... 3 0 20 0 ... W oods ... ... 1 0 6 0 ... ;;; 4 1 10 0 Griffin ... ... 19 4 40 6 ... ... 36 18 67 3 M.C.C. AND GROUND v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Played at Lord’s on June 26, 27, and 28. M.C.C. won by two wickets. From the Cambridge team Moon, Hind, and R. O. Lee, who all played against Surrey, were absent, but the University gave an excellent account of itself. It is curious that the rain, which, to a certain extent, affected the wicket at the Oval, only seemed to make that at Lord’s better than usual, and the result was that Cambridge had the unexpected pleasure of batting first on a perfect pitch. The team, as a whole, was not in the least influenced by the reputa­ tion of Albert Trott, while Roche did not impress them at all. W ilson played another careful innings, Jessop gave a specimen of his liveliest, if not his best, style by scoring 74 in a little over half-an-hour, while Daniell confirmed the good impression which had been formed of him when he made his hundred last week for Somerset against Lancashire. But the chief honour of the innings fell to Day, who had played so well at the Oval. He made a brilliant dibut in first- class cricket, but as so often happens, did not continue to do great things for ever afterwards, and there was a suspicion that he had fallen off, whereas he only happened to be out o f form. Bis innings against Trott and Roche and Rawlin showed conclusively that he has returned to form again, and that he is a batsman who will have to be reckoned with. If only he would blossom forth into another Hill or Trum per! It is certain that neither of the two young Australians could have played much better cricket than was thown in this innings by Day, who received his " blue ” after his fine performance. It is noticeable that four Cambridge men were lbw, three of them in succession. There was nothing remarkable about the M.C.C. batting, although Sewell, Trott, Pilkington, Henderson, and W . B. Stoddart, all played well. The follow-on was just saved, and Cambridge did not begin at all well in their second innings. Indeed, the batting showed a great falling-off, although Stogdon, Taylor, and Blaker played excellent cricket. Jessop was unable to go in, which was a great mis­ fortune for his side. The M.C.C. had to make 318, and by brilliant cricket the runs were hit off, most of the batsmen scoring very quickly; Ford and Pilking­ ton both played very attractive cricket, the former making some fine hits. C ambridge U niversity . First innings. Second innings. G. H. Stogdon, b Trott ... 17 c Henderson, b Roche ...........58 B.R.W ilson, lbw,b Stoddart 49 stBray.bStoddart 24 G. R. W inter, c and b Trott 0 c Bray, b Stoddart 15 S. H. Day, c Sewell,b Trott 138 b T r o tt................. 0 G. L. Jessop, b T ro tt...........74 absent..................... 0 T. L. Taylor, b Rawlin ... 15 lbw, b Trott ... 30 J. Daniell,c Ford,bStoddart 32 b Stoddart...........15 R. N. R. Blaker,lbw,b Stod­ dart ...................................19 c Rawlin, bRoche 33 E. F. Penn, not out ...........24 cStoddart,b Trott 14 A .E .Fem ie,lbw .bStoddart 0 notout................... 8 H. H. R. Hawkins, lbw, b Trott ................................... 8 b Trott................... 3 B 9, lb 5...........................14 B 2, lb 4 ... 6 Total ...................390 M.C.C. First innings. F.G.J.Ford,cWil8on,bFemie 12 C. O. H. Sewell, b Fernie ... 46 C. C. Pilkington, c Winter, b H awkins.......................... 36 Rawlin, c Blaker. b Penn ... 23 A.E.Trott, c Daniell,;b Penn 45 B. Henderson, c Blaker, b F em ie...................................30 King, c and b F em ie........... 4 W . B. Stoddart, b Wilaon 34 E. H. Bray, b Hawkins ... 4 A.F. Somerset, lbw,b W ilson 18 Roche, not out ...................10 B 2, lb 4, w 7, nb 3 ... 16 Total ...206 Second innings, c Daniell,b Haw­ kins ...................74 b Hawkins...........37 c and b W ilson... 54 c sub., b Hawkins 9 c Blake, b Fernie 20 c Daniell, b Penn 25 cW il8on,b Fem ie 40 cTaylor,bW ilson 23 not out...................18 not out................... 1 B 10,lb5,w l,nb2 18 Total ...................278 Total (8 wkts) 319 C ambridge U niversity . Trott Rawlin . Roche King Stoddart First innings. O. M. R . W . ...........41*3 9 141 5 . .......... 24 11 26 1 . ........... 19 5 69 0 . 15 4 52 0 . 22 3 88 4 . Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 214 1 67 4 3 2 11 0 15 4 18 5 42 2 1 11 0 3 69 3 M.C.C. and G round. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Jessop ........... 8 0 83 0 ........... Fernie ........... 21 5 53 4 .............. 24 1 88 2 Hawkins ... 21 6 56 2 .............. 29 4 10 80 3 W ils o n ........... 24-3 6 692 .............. 24 3 86 2 Penn ........... 17 6 512 .............. 17 7 47 1 Femie bowled three wides and three no-balls, Penn four wides, Hawkins one no-ball, and W ilssn one no-ball. SURREY y. SUSSEX. A P A R T N E R S H IP O P 325 F O R T H E S E C O N D 'W IC K E T . Played at the Oval on June 26, 27 and 28. Drawn. It was not an unmixed blessing to win the toss at the Oval on Monday, for as it turned out the shower which had fallen in the night made the ball behave in an awkward manner occasionally, and Richardson came off with flying colours when Sussex went in. Perhaps it would be as well not to jum p too hastily to the conclusion that the great Surrey bowler has returned to his old form, for it takes more than one swallow to make a summer. It is unnecessary to enter into details o f the Sussex first innings, for, with the exception of Ranjitsinhji, all the batsmen failed to do themselves justice. The Surrey men soon shewed that a score of 128 was not likely to go far towards winning the match, and although no big scores were made before stumps were drawn, except 61 not out by Abel, the Sussex total was passed for the loss of 4 wickets, and no other wicket nad fallen when play ended with the total at 188. Both Abel and Lockwood played brilliant cricket on Tuesday morning, treating the bowlers with such severity that Fry tried his hand with the ball for the first time this season. Brann also experimented on the batsmen, and with such success, that he got rid of both Abel and Lockwood at the interesting period of their innings when they were beginning to approach their hundred ; they had put on 161 runs in partnership in less than two hours. Brann’s success did not end here, for although the rate of scoring was not diminished, and all the batsmen made good scores, he added three more to his list of victims, and came out with a very fine analysis. One can never under­ stand why he has not met with more success with the ball, for in his younger days he gave great promise as a bowler. It will be noticed that all the Surrey men made double figures, that the highest score was 88 and the lowest 20, while there were only three scores above 60. Mr. Key made some very pretty hits in his innings. Sussex had to go in again with a millstone round their necks in the shape or a balance of 329 against them, and by the way in which they started one was reminded of some remarkable second innings which they have played at the Oval in former times. It is true that Fry, who has not been himself of late, only made a few runs, but after his dismissal Ranjitsinhji and Brann took charge of the bowling, and each made about a hun­ dred beiore stumps were drawn. Brann still wanted four runs, while Ranjitsinhji had made 109. Yester­ day they soon settled down to work, and without exciting themselves put on ten after ten, playing per­ fect cricket, until the partnership had produced 325 runs, when the Prince was out, just as he seemed certain to reach his second hundred. Brann soon followed him. One cannot too highly praise the per­ formance of the two Sussex men, who had brought their tide from a wretched position to a state of safety. Ranjitsinhji was batting for four hours and Brann for five hours and ten minutes. For a few minutes after their dismissal there was a chance that the tail would collapse, but good cricket by Tate, C. L. Smith, and Vine prevented all danger, and Surrey made a most honourable draw. S ussex . First innings. Second innings. G. Brann, b T. Richardson 12 c W ood, b Lock­ w ood.....................167 C. B. Fry, b T. Richardson... 7 c W ood, b Lock­ w ood................20 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Brock­ well ...................................40 c andb Abel ...197 Killick, b Lees ................... 4 c W ood, b Richardson ... 5 Marlow, c Jephson, b T. Richardson.......................... 21 b Lockwood ... 0 A . Collins, c Hayward, b B rockw ell........................... 0 b Lockwood ... 4 C. L . A . Smith, c W ood, b T. R ichardson................... 7 b Brockwell ... 61 Vine, c Hayward, b T. Richardson......................... 9 b Hayward...............39 Tate, n otou t...........................21 b Brockwell ...6 2 Butt, run out........................... 0 c Gower, b Brock­ well ............ 7 Bland, c Leveson-Gower, b T. Richardson................... 7 not out..................... 6 Extras........................... 0 Extras ., Total ...........128 S urrey . Total ... 23 ...561 D . L. A . Jephson, c K . J, Key, c Butt, b Brann, b Bland ... 28 Brann..... £3 Brockweil.b Killick... 24 Lees,cMariow,bBrann 86 Hayward, b Killick... 21 W ood, not out ...........30 H.G.Leveeon-Gower, Richardson (T.), c c Butt, b Tate ... 25 Bland, b Brann ... 20 Abel, c Butt, b Brann 88 B 6, lb 4, w 1,nb 2 13 Lockwood, bBrann... 88 — H. B. Richardson, c Total ...........467 Butt, b T a te ...........31