Cricket 1899

F e b . 23, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 21 follows P. F. Warner, 33 ; F. Mitchell, 40 ; Tyldesley, 44 ; C. E. M. Wilson, 14 ; Cattell, 28 ; Haigh, 44; Board, 36 ; F. W . Milligan, 17; Lord Hawke, 3 ; H. R. Brom ley-Davenport, 32; Archer, not out, 1 ; Extras 10. Total 309. The home team made one of the most dis­ heartening innings on record, for in the very first ever Mr. M illigan took three wickets, two of them with successive balls. Another wicket fell before stumps were drawn, with the total at 41. It was not to be expected that the fifteen would do anything very brilliant after such a bad start, and under the circum­ stances their total of 136, of which no less than 64 were claimed by Solomon, may be considered good. There was a fair probability that they would be beaten in an innings, but although they were 173 runs behind they did so well that at the close o f play they had only lost eight wickets and were 48 runs on. The chief scorers were Sinclair, 56 ; Beves, 45 and Slatem, 35. The bow ling honours in the two innings were shared by M illigan 10 for 80; Haigh, 5 for 51. In the first innings M illigan had the excellent analy­ sis of 10 for 64. THE TRANSVAAL MATCH. NINTH MATCH OP THE TOUK. flayed at Johannesburg on February 4th, 6th, and 7th. Lord Hawke’s team won by an innings and 203 runs. It was anticipated that the Transvaal men would make the Englishmen go all the way, but although they won the toss they did not make the best use of their advantage, although their score of 211 cannot be considered by any means bad. Solomon, who batted well in the previous match, again played a good innings, scoring 52 iu excellent style. Trott was the most successful bowler, taking stven wickets for 74. The Englishmen made a bad start, but after Warner had been disposed of for a duck, Mitchell and Tylde.-ley took charge of the bow ling, and at the close of the first day’s play were still together, the former with 26 and the latter with 52. The Transvaal had a terribly bad time of it when the game was resumed, for the two batsmen could not be separated until Tyldesley had made 114. Over a hundred was put on in the morning in the first hour. Wilson came in and played steadily, while Mitchell made runs fairly quickly until he was out, after batting for fours and a-half for 162. Cuttell and Trott made a good many runs together, and when stump j were drawn Trott was not out with 47. The total was then 427 for only five wickets. On the third day, Milligan did very little, but when Lord Hawke joined Trott the bow ling was again mastered. Nothing that the Transvaal captain could devise in the way of chang­ ing his attack was c f the slightest use, and with four wickets still in hand Lord Hawke was able to declare his innings. Trott hit well in making his 101 not out, and twice drove the ball out of the ground. In their second innings the Transvaal, discouraged by the hopeless state of the game in which they were placed, only put up 125, Cuttell taking four wickets for 18, Trott four for 65, and Milligan two for 34. T bansvaal , First innings. Second innings. S in cla ir.................................. 1 3 .....................................19 V. Tancred .......................... 2 7 ..................................... 8 Townsend .......................... 1 5 ..................................... 7 Shepstone .......................... 2 5 ........................................87 Solom on... .......................... 52 ... ... ...................... 6 A. Tancred ........................... 1 ..................................... 12 Dickinson .......................... 3 4 ...................................... 4 Bevis .................................. 0 ..................................... 12 Hathorne .......................... 1 3 ...................................... 4 John son.................................. 5 ................................... 0 Parkin .................................. 1 4 ........................................11 Extras ...........................12 Extras............. 5 Total .. L obd H aw ke 1 0 . 211 Total T eam . ..123 P. F. Warner, c Parkin b Tancred _ ........... F. Mitchell, c and b Parkin .................162 Tylde*ley, c Parkin, b B ev is.........................114 C. E. M. W ilson, c and b Johnson....................29 Cuttell, c ...............43 A . Trott, no*, out ...101 F. W . Milligan, b Sinclair ................. 8 Lord Hawke, not out 31 E xtras...............51 T o ta l...........*539 * Innings declared closed. THE PRETORIA MATCH (XV.). TENTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Pretoria on February 10 and 11. Lord Hawke’s Team won by 9 wickets. Thanks to good cricket by A. B. Tancred (35), Vincent Tancred (37), and Braund (41), the lccal fifteen ran up a total of 207. Brom ley-Davenport was the most successful bowler with five for 58. With the exception of Warner and Cuttell the Englishmen batted but poorly, and, although Warner made nearly a hundred and Cuttell 62. the total only came to 230, which was 27 runs on. The scores were as fo llow s : Warner 92, M itchell 5, Tyldesley 0. Wilson 17, Cuttell 62, Trott 1, Milligan 0, Lord Hawke 12, Board, not out, 21, Brom ley- Davenport 4, Archer 1 ; extras, 15; total, 230. S d far the South Africans had reason to be perfectly satisfied with their doings, but in their second innings they crumpled up before the bow ling of Trott, who took no less than ten wickets for 22, and their total only came to 85. This left the visitors with 63 to make, and the runs were practically hit cff before Mitchell, who went in with Lord Hawke, was out for 34. L ord Hawke carried his bat for 30. THE &RGON1) MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. ELEVENTH MATCH OF THE TOUK. Played at Johannesburg on February 14, 15 and 16. Lord Hawke’s team won by 32 runs. In this match the visitors b y no means had things all their own way, and a very little in the way of good luck might have given the South Africans the victoiy. Yery little could be done with the bow l­ ing when the Englishmen went in, and except that Warner scored 21, Mitchell 28, and Board 29, the batting was a failure. Middleton, Graham, Rowe, and Llewellyn all bow led well. A t the close o f the first day’splay, the visitors had much the worst of the game, for against their total of 145 the South Africans had pub on no fewer than 86 for the loss of only three wickets, Sinclair, who went in first, carryirg his bat for 33. Tauc-ed and Bisset also played good cricket. Tae good beginning was kept up to a certain extent, Siac'air being in great form ; he seemed almost safe for his hundred when he was run out. The fail acquitted themselves nobly, especially L'ewellyn and Middleton. The innings closed for 251, the South Africans thus being 106 runs on— a very satisfactory position. Trott was the most successful bowler. A g a n , the Englishmen, as a whole, did very badly on the second d a y ; but they were saved from disaster by the splendid batting of Warner, who, at the close of the day, was not out with only three runs rfquired to complete his hundred. But for him the total would indeed have been small, for at the close of the day it was 172 for seven wickets. This was only 66 runs on, so that the Sjuth Africans were still playing a winning game, and if they could have disposed of the remaining three wickets quickly, or if they had taken a chance which Warner gave off the first ball when the game was resumed, they m ight have walked in as easy winners. But Warner still kept on and received a certain amount of help from the tail, and when the innings closed the total was 237—Warner c ariied his bat right through the innings for a very fine 132. It was not a very big task that the home team had to perform, but although Francis, Bissett, and Middleton batted very well, the majority of the players found the bow ling of Lord Hawke’s team too good for them, Trott being, as usual, in great form. It was not until nearly the end of the game that the chance of the South Africans was gone. Bissett kept at the wickets for two hours for his 21, an innings which, under happier cir­ cumstances, m ight have turned the scale in favour of his side. L obd H aw ke ’ s T eam . First icnings. Second innings. P. F. Warner ................... 21 not o u t.......... ...132 F. Mitchell ........................... 2 8 ........................... ... 1 Tyldesley ......................... . 1 7 .......................... ... 17 C. E. M. W ilso n ................. . 8 ........................... ... 18 Cuttell ................................. . 1 9 .......................... ... 21 A. T r o tt ................................. . 0 .................... ... 6 F. W . Milligan ................... 1 1 ........................... ... 4 Lord H awke......................... . 0 .................... ... 5 Board ................................. . 2 9 ........................... ... 17 H. K. Broml iy-Davenport... 4 ........................... ... 0 Haigb, not out ................. . 2 ........................... ... 1 Extras......................... . 4 Extras ... ... 7 T o ta l........................ .145 Total ... .. 23; S outh A frica . First innings. Sinclair, run o u t ...................86 V. Tancred, b H a ig h ......... 18 Francis, lbw, b T r o t t ......... 7 Dower, b Trott ................... 0 Bi?s ?tt, b H a ig h ...................36 Solomon, c Tyldesley, b H a ig h .................................. 2 Shepstone, b Cuttell ........... 8 Llewellyn, at Board, b Trott 28 Graham, c Hoard, b Cuttell 4 Middleton, c Mitchell, b Trott ...................................22 Second inniogs. c Cuttell,b Haigh 4 c Board, b Haigh 7 b Cuttell .......... 29 c Cuttell, b Trott 9 not out.................. 21 b Cuttell ........... 2 lbw, b Cuttell ... 0 b Trott ........... 0 c Tyldesley, b Trott.................. 0 Rowe, not out Extras... Total. ..251 c Davenport, Trott........... b Trott........... Extras ... Total ... 14 0 13