Cricket 1899

J uly 20, 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 . 281 TH E AUSTRALIANS. THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE MATCH. T W E N T IE T H O F T H E T O U R . Played at Bristol on July 13, 14 and 15. Australians won by six wickets. For the first time since Gloucestershire began to play the Australians Dr. Grace did not appear in the county team, which was otherwise at full strength. Jessop, Champain and C. O. H. Sewell, who had not previously played for Gloucestershire this season were able to take their places in the team, although Jessop, owing to his strain, was not able to bowl. The Aus­ tralians gave Noble his first rest of the season, while Hill and Worrall were still absent. As the wicket was perfect when play began, and the bowling not at all strong, the large score made by the Australians was not remarkable—it would have been remarkable if they had madt only a few runs. The only notice­ able points about the innings were the splendid innings of Victor Trumper, the failure of McLeod to break through his run of ill luck, and the good batting of Laver. Trumper was at the wickets for two hours and three-quarters, during which time he showed a complete command over the bowling, and an accuracy in making his favourite strokes which could not but be admired. He was missed very early in his innings. A t the end of the day Gloucestershire had to go to the wickets for ten minutes, and were fortunate enough to lose nothing by it. On the morning of Friday there was some rain, which, although its effects were not at first apparent, was the cause o f Gloucester­ shire’s undoing. A remarkably good start was made by Rice and Wrathall, the former as usual playing a very careful game, the latter making the bowling look simple. It was not until the total was 85 that Wrathall was out to a brilliant catch off McLeod at third man by Trum per; he had been batting for an hour and a half and had shown no signs o f weakness. Directly afterwards Rice was bowled. 8o far there was nothing in the game which pointed to the success of either side, but when Townsend and Sewell became partners the Dowling was mastered, and the Glouces­ tershire score rose so quickly that a big score seemed on the cards. At 180 there were still only two wickets down, but a few minutes later, without the addition of another run, two more had fallen. This very con­ siderably altered the appearance of the game, although there seemed no particular reason why the Australian score should not be at least equalled. But the effect of the rain began to tell, and as the bowling was excellent and the batting somewhat timid, except during the short time while Jessop was in, the end came much sooner than was anticipated, rendering necessary a follow-on—137 runs behind. Such a position is generally regarded by the side which has to follow-on as by no means hopeless, for the field are already somewhat tired after their work in the first innings, and it often happens that a large score is made in the follow-on. But by the end of the day Gloucestershire were out of the running, for with six wickets down they were still 36 runs benind. Cham­ pain and Troup played splendid cricket, putting on 74 in about an hour for the fifth w icket; but, except while they were in, the bowlers had everything their own way. On Saturday the tail played up nobly, thanks chiefly to Jessop, who made 39 very quickly, but the Australians had only 28 to get to win, so that a ten wickets victory was anticipated. As things turned out it was perhaps as well that they had not to make many more runs, for they found the bowling so difficult that they were at the wickets nearly three- quarters of an hour before they could make the winning hit, and lost four of their best batsmen. Gloucestershire, who had all the worot of the luck in this match, may be congratulated on a good per­ formance. G lou cestersh ire . A u str a lia n s . First innings. H. Trumble, c Rice, b Town- Second innings. 27 0. E. M cLsod, b Roberts ... 1 V . Trumper, b Roberts ... 101 S. E. Gregory, lbw, b Town­ send ........................... J. Darling, c Sewell, b Roberts .......................... 42 F. A. Iredale, b Roberts ... 39 J. J. K elly,c Brown, b Paish 0 F. A . Laver, c and b Paish 77 E. Jones,c Wrathall, b Paish 20 W .P.H owell, c Rice, b Paish 18 A. E. Johns, not o u t ............ 3 B 8, lb 7, w 1, nb 5 ...21 c Champain, Paish ... . not out................ c and b Paish . 25 lbw, b Roberts . not o u t ............... lbw, b Roberts . No-ball ... 1 First innings. R. W . Rice, b Jones ...........33 Wrathall, c Trumper, b McLeod ......................... 52 C. L. Townsend, c Jones, b Trumble ..........................50 C. O. H. Sewell, b Howell 41 W . Troup, c Trumble, b Howell......... ................. 17 F. H. B. Champain, c M c­ Leod, b Trumble ........... 11 G. L . Jessop, c Iredale, b Trumble ...........................20 W . D. A. Brown, c I aver, b Trumble ........................... 4 Board, c and b Trumble ... 6 Paish, b T rum ble................. 0 Roberts, not out .................. 2 Lb 3, nb 1 ..................... 4 Total... .. 240 Second innings. cJohns,b M cLeod 1 b Jones ........... 7 b Jones ........... 5 c Laver, b Jones 0 c Howell, b Laver 28 b T ru m b le......... 46 b Trum ble...........39 b Howell ........... 5 lbw, b Trumble .. 9 n o to u t.. . ... 14 c Kelly, b Howell 3 B 3, lb 2, w l,n b 1 7 Total ...164 A u s t r a l ia n s . O. M. R. W . O. M. Roberts ,.. 34 8 84 4 ... ... 7*1 0 Paish ... ... 34 4 10 100 4 ... ... 7 4 Brown ... 23 3 79 0 Townsend ... 21 2 64 2 Wrathall ... 5 0 17 0 Champain ... 2 0 12 0 Roberts delivered four no-balls, Paish two no-balls and a wide. G lou cestersh ire . Second innings. 0 . M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W. Trumble .. ... 38 11 81 6 ... ... 17 6 80 .3 Howell ... ... 43 4 20 81 2 ... . 13-1 3 88 2 Jones ... 12 4 19 1 ... ... 13 4 22 3 McLeod ... ... 17 8 40 1 ... ... 23 12 31 1 Laver ... 4 0 14 0 ... ... 19 9 32 1 Trumble and Laver each delivered a no-ball, and M cLeod a wide. Total... ...377 Total (4 wkts) 28 ETON v. HARROW. ANOTHER DRAWN GAME. Played at Lord’s on July 14 and 15. Drawn. Although many attempts have been made to have three days apportioned for this match, it is still limited to two days, and the very fact that play on both days lasts for a very long time tends to make drawn games frequent, because the players, being only boys, get very tired. After the first innings of Eton was over there was not much chance that the match would be finished, and except for a few minutes during the time that Harrow were playing for a draw, the interest in the cricket ^ as not excessive. As usual the general public paid very little attention to the match, but as a society function it still seems to have its old attractions. Ihere did not seem to be much devil in the Harrow bow.ing on either day, and unless Dowson comes on very much in later years it ia unlikely that the present school team will be celebrated in the annals of the game for having introduced an embryo Noble or Trumble to the world of cricket. Nor was the Eton bowling remark­ able, although both Martin and Smith have a very good idea of what they are about. The first day’s play was very even. When stumps were drawn Harrow, with six wickets down, were 74 runs behind, and a good deal depended on whether their tail was of more than ordinary merit. On the second day the batting was on the whole far superior to the bowling, the Etonians being seen to very great advantage. Several I atsmen on both sides showed that they were much better than average schoolboys. Dowson plays as if he had enjoyed years of experience in county cricket, and if in future years he can keep his head as well as he does at present he will be just the man fcr an England team, in which nervousness has so often been seen of late with such fatal results. Another very promising young player is H. K . Longman, a son of the famous old Cambridge Blue Mr. G. H. Long­ man. W ithout at present possessing the brilliancy of his father, he shows signs of developing into a very fine bat in the course of a few years, for he has some pretty strokes and knows how to make use of them. In addition to these two young cricketers, H. J. W yld, F. O. Grenfell and O. C. S. Gil iat impressed connoisseurs very favourably, and it is greatly to be hope! that one at least of the five bat*men will turn out to be a Trumper or a Hill. There was nothing very remarkable in the batting during the first inn­ ings of Eton. Nearly everybody scored, and the bowlers very seldom having the best of the situation, and the greatly feared Dowson did not meet with much success until the tail were delivered into his hands. Harrow began so well that 80 were up for the first wicket, and all the men who went in before stumps were drawn, with the exception of Kaye, did fairly well, Dowson carrying his bat for 47. The tail helped Dowson on Saturday morning just long enough to enable him to get within easy reach of his hundred and to pass the total of the Etonians. Dowson’s innings of 87 was perhaps the best in the match ; he was batting for two hours and forty minutes at a critical time for his side and never made the slightest mistake. Any hope that the Harrovians may have had of getting Eton out quickly in the second innings and then knocking off the runs in time met with a sad disappointment, for Longman and Grenfell almost from the first moment took charge of the bowling. They continued to play so brilliantly that when at last Longman was bowled the total was 167, which is one of the best perform­ ances for the first wicket ever seen in the Eton and Harrow match. A few minutes afterwaids Grenfell followed him, both men having scored 81 in about two hours and a quarter. Thanks to this excellent beginning the only other two Etonians who batted, Denison and Gilliat, found the bowling ready to their hand, and with the idea of enabling their captain to declare they made haste to make runs. In forty minutes they increased the score by 83 runs by the most attractive cricket seen during the match, and Harrow, with two hours before them—or two hours anc'. a half if there was a possibility of bringing the match to a conclusion—had to m'ike 253 runs if they wanted to win. No attempt was made by the Har­ rovians to hit off the runs. But the school is not seen at its best when trying to spin out time, and although W yld, after taking some time to get settltd, gave a fine exhibition of bold cricket, the batting was on the whole dispiriting. Just before time there was a startling surprise such as is often seen in these matches. Wyld was bowled by Martin, and Smith got rid of Carlisle and Wilson in one oyer. As there were now five wickets down there was just a chance that Eton might win if the game were prolonged, as is usual in these matches when there is a possibility o f avoiding a draw, play was continued after seven o’clock. But Dowson and Kaye settled down so calmly to play the bowling that at a quarter-past seven the stumps were pulled up. E t o n . H. K . Longman, c Cookson, b Black ... 44 F. O. Grenfell, run out 28 E.B.Denison.bDowson 4 J.W orm ald,b Black... 43 O. C. 8. Gilliat, c and b Dowson...................53 C.E. Lambert, b Black 40 A , A . Tod, b Dowson 9 E.G.Martin, b Dowson 19 W. Mndlay, not out . 16 G.Howard Smith,lbw, b Dowson ... . 8 A. C. Bernard, lbw, b Dowson ................... 4 B 1,1b 3, w l,n b 2 7 Total .274 Second innings :—H . K. Longman, b W yld, 81; F. O. Grenfell, b Wyld, 81; E. B. Denison, not out, 30; O. C. 8. Gilliat, not out, 54; b 13, lb 3, w 2.—Total (two wickets), *264. * Innings declared closed. H a rro w . First innings. G Cookson, b S m ith .......... 40 E. W . Mann, b Smith...........44 H . J. W yld, c and b Smith... 24 K . M. Carlisle, c Martin, b Tod ...................................12 E. M. Dowson, not out ... 87 F. B. Wilson, b Martin ... 27 H . S. Kaye, c Findlay, b Martin,................................... 0 notout... C. P. Gocdden, c and b Tod 26 E.G.McCorquodale, c Find­ lay, b Martin .................. 11 W . D. Black, b 8mith ... 0 P C. F. Paravicini, c Ber­ nard, b Martin ... .. 1 B 1, w 1, nb 9 ...........11 Second innings, c Gilliat, b Martin 22 c Denison, b Ber­ nard ................. 8 b Martin .......57 cBernard,b Smith 18 not out................. 6 b Smith ......... u ... 11 B 4, lb l,n b 7... 12 Total ...................283 Total (5 wktsj 133 D obson........... McCorquodale W ils o n ........... W yld ........... Black .......... Mann .......... E ton . First innings. O. M. R. W . 48 13 108 6 .. 9 25 8 22 3 33 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 34 13 70 0 8 3 19 6 25 9 7 2 Dowson bowled a wide and a no-ball, Black a no-ball, and W yld and Wilson a wide each. H a r r o w . First innings. O. M. R. W . Mai tin ........... 40 1 24 61 4 .. Bernard ...........S9 6 93 0 .. Tod ................... 16 1 47 2 .. Sm ith................... 26 6 64 4 .. G illiat................. 5 2 17 0 .. Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... i8 16 34 2 ... 20 4 38 1 ... 6 1 13 0 ... 9 2 36 Martin bowled seven no-balle and a wide, Bernard five no-balls, and Tod four no-balls.