Cricket 1899

282 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 . J uly 20, 1899. LANCASHIRE v. DERBYSHIRE. Played at Glossop on July 13, 14 and 15. Lancashire won hy 269 runs. Something had gone wrong with the preparation of the wicket at Glossop, and in the first day's play twenty-one wi kets fell for 2‘20 runs, the Derbyshire men collapsing in a remarkable manner against the bowling of Mold and Webb after Lancashire had done moderately well. As far as appearances went the wichet was perfect, but the bowlers derived a great deal of assistance from it. When stumps were drawn Lancashire were 1C8 runs on with nine wickets in hand. The batsmen on Friday had a much tetter chance of distinguishing themselves, and several of the Lancashire t» am were seen to great advantage, notably Ward, Tyldesley, Mr. Hartley, Cuttell, and Mr. Ecc es. A*hen the innings closed the visitors had much the best of matters, for they had set Derbyshire the task of making 4i6 runs. A most disheartening beginning was made by Derbyshire, and at the end of the day the invincible Mold had taken two wickets, while Bagshaw had been run out. The total was then 43 for three wickets. Storer and Mr. Kenward made a fine effort to put a better appearance in the game on Saturday, but the rest of the batsmen completely broke down before Ward, whose skill as a bowler is so little thought of by his own team that he has very seldom been called upon to try his hand with the ball. L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. Ward (A.), c Chatterton, b Bestwick ...........................12 A . H. Hornby, b Bestwick 31 Tyldesley,cWright,bHulme 27 C. R. Hartley, b Hulme 0 Cuttell,c Ken ward,bHulme 12 A . Eccles, c and b Hulme 11 Sharp, c Kenward, b Hulme 12 Baker, c Berwick, b Hulme 3 Smith,c Berwick,b Bestwick 13 W ebb, c Storer, b Bestwick 2 M old, not o u t ......................... 3 B 5, lb 1 ........................... 6 Second innings. b Berwick ...........39 cWard,bBestwick l c Ellis, b Bestwick 74 b Bestwick...........69 c W right, b Best­ wick ...................35 stW right,b Storer 57 c Vi ood, b Storer 21 c W right,b Storer 17 b Storer ......... l c and b Storer ... 14 not o u t ................. 8 Lb 2, nb 1 ... 3 Total ...........132 Total............ D e r b y s h ir e , First innings. R. G. Kenward, c Cuttell, b Mold ................................... 1 L. G. Wright, c Hornby, b Mold ................................... 8 Storer, b Mold ................... 1 Bagshaw, b Mold................. 12 Chatterton, b Mold ...........12 Ellis, b M o ld ......................... 4 Rev. L. F. Ward, bM old ... 0 S. H. W ood, b W eb b ........... 0 Berwick, c Smith, b M old... 0 Hulme, c E (des, b W ebb ... 10 Bestwick, not out................... 0 B 4, nb 4 ................... 8 Total 66 Second innings. c Webb, b Ward 37 b M old................... l c Hartley, bWard 42 run out ........... l b Mold...................13 c Sharp, b Mold 12 b Ward ........... 0 not out................. 19 c Hartley, bW ard 3 c H artley,bM old 7 b Ward ........... 5 B 3 , lb 1, w 2 6 Total...146 L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 44 12 107 0 34 9 100 4 9 2 20 0 189 4 69 5 Hulme ...........59 9 60 6 ... Peetwick........... 22 3 3 69 4 ... E llis................... 6 2 17 0 ... Storer Berwick... 23 10 60 1 Bestwick bowled a no-ball. D e r bysh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Cuttell ........... 15 10 18 0 .......... 13 8 20 0 M old................... 21 8 19 7 ........... 32 8 72 3 Webb ........... 61 2 11 3 .................... 113 190 W ard ... 12'3 329 6 Mold bowled two wddes. SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on July 13 and 14. Surrey won by nine wickets. On their own ground the Essex team is so difficult to beat that no county, however powerful or however greatly in luck’s way, can take the field without some misgivings. A very great deal o f interest was attached to the match against burrey, for the latter, after being in diffic. lties at the Oval, ? layed such a splen­ did second innings that they came off with flying colours, although the game was drawn. Great satis­ faction was felt by Essex men when it was known that Mr. Owen had won thetos?, for it is often a very great advan. age to go in first at Leyton. But a startlii g surprise was in store for everybody on the ground. It was disquieting when Brockwell made the ball kit k considerably in the first over, and when Lockwood called for sawdust at the other end eveiy- one wondered. In an hour and a quarter the inniDgs was over for the lowest total ever made by Estex since it became a first-class county. Nothing whatever could be done to either Brockwell or Lockwood, and only a team which is notoriously good at making runs on difficult wickets could have hoped to make anything of a score. It would seem that too much water had been used in the preparation of the wicket. The Surrey men began well, and had nearly reached the total made bv Essex when the first man was out, but afterwards there was a breakdown in the batting and seven wickets fell for 81. Then Mr. Key and Mr. Richardson came together, and by missing no chance o f scoring added 15 in half an hour, and seemed to have mastered the bowling when Mr. Bull was put on for the first time with the happiest results. The innings came to an abrupt conclusion. The wicket had improved a little, but it was almost too much to hope that Essex would make much headway with the heavy ba ance of 109 runs against them, and by the end of the day it was pretty certain that they would lose the game, for despite some good play by Mr. McGahey, Mr. W . M. Turner and Buckenham. they were still 26 runs behind with only four wickets in hand. On Friday morning the two not outs, Bucken­ ham and Turner, played very fine cricket indeed, and their partnership provided 96 runs for the seventh wicket in an hour and ten minutes, and as Bull made a stand, Surrey had to go in to make 68. There was nevermuch doubt that they would make the runs easily, and after Abel, who has lately “ struck a bad patch,” was out for 11. Knox and Brockwell slowly knocked off the runs. One of the most noticeable points about the match was the bowling of Lockwood in both innings ; he seems to have got back much of his pace and devil. E sse x . First innings. Second innings. H. G. Owen, c Lee?,b Brock- c W ood, b Lock- well .................................. 10 w ood ................... 8 Carpenter, b Brockwell ... 2 cKey,bLockwood 11 P."Perrin, c H. B. Richard­ son, b Brockwell ........... 7 C. McGahey,c Wood,b Lock­ wood .................................. 9 A . P. Lucas, c Knox,b Lock­ wood ........... . . ........... 1 W . M. Turner, b Lockwood 0 Russell, b B rockw ell........... Buckenham, b Lockwood ... F. G. Bull, c Knox, Lock­ wood ................................... Young, not out ................... Mead, c Brockwell, b Lock­ wood ................................... Extras ........................... b Lockwood... c Lees, b Richardson c W ood, b Richardson c Hayward, Lockwood b Lockwood c Wood, b Richardson 15 , 65 T. cBrockwell,bLee8 13 run out ........... 4 not out........... B 5, lb 1 Total ... Total ...176 S u r r e y . Brockwell, c Lucas, b M e a d .........................19 Abel, b Young ...........10 F. P. K nox, b Young 11 D .L.A .Jephson,runout 18 Hayward, run out 6 Lockwood, c Mead, b Young ................... 0 H. B. Richardson, c T otal...................146 Carpenter, b B u ll... Second innings : Brockwell, not out, 23; Abel, c Turner, b Young, 11; F. P. Knox, not out, 29 ; B 4, lb 3, 7. Total (1 wkt), 70. E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Brockwell ... 11 5 19 4 ... Lockwood ... 10’3 3 18 W ood, c Russell, b Young ................... 8 K. J. Key, st Russell, b Bull ...........................29 Lees, not out .......... 0 Richardson (T.), b Bull 3 Byes ................... 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W . Young Buckenham M ead........... Bull........... Richardson Jephson... Lees........... Knox S u r r e y . First innings. O. M. R. W . 26 8 64 4 ... 8 1 25 0 ... 20 7 42 1 ... 2-4 0 12 3 ... 9 23 . 21 2 4.4 3 2 27 0 2 70 5 5 38 3 0 11 0 1 10 1 0 14 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 8 2 0 22 1 . 1 0 10 0 . 7 3 21 0 . 3 0 10 0 NO'ITS V . SUSSEX. Played at Trent Bridge on July 13,14 and 15. Drawn. Although Bland was able to take his place in the Sussex team again, the absenceof Ranjitsinbji, owing to a sprained wrist, was ve»y greatly felt. From the first the Notts men were too good for the bowlers, so that although he scoring was anything but rapid, 298 runs had been put on at. the end of the day for the loss o f four wickets, and already it was odds on a drawn game. Another veiy fine innings was played by A . O. Jones, who is in good form just now. and, asu8ual, his batting wasextrtmely attractive. Shrews­ bury was hardly in nis best form, tut he was as safe as ever; he was at the wickets for three hours and ten minutes in making his 63. Gunn began his innings very slowly indeed, and was nearly an hour in making his first half-dozen runs. Another example of careful play was seen when Dench was batting; he made 61 in three hours and five minutes. The innings came to a conclusion in the course of the afternoon of Friday, and when Sussex went in about threeo’clock, it was pretty certain that the match would not be finished. In the tbree hours and a-half at their disposal Sussex made 223 for the loss of five wickets, Brann, Vine, and Killick playing beautiful cricket, although Vine had not watched the Nottinghamshire batting for nothing. On Saturday morning the tail did well, thanks chiefly to a good innings by Tate, and the follow-on was saved. The Notts batting in the second innings was of a variety not often shown by members of the home team at Trent Bridge. After Attewell and Mason had been disposed of for 36 runs, Dixon came in, and the two amateurs set about the task of making enough runs to declare. In an hour and twenty minutes from the commencement of the innings the total reached 147, and then in a truly sportsmanlike manner Dixon declared, leaving Sussex to make *20 with a couple of hours before them. The success which attended his move in the match against the Australians may have had something to do with his declaring when it was quite possible for the Sussex men to make the runs, and if Ranjitsinhji had been playing it wooldhave been a risky manoeuvre. But Sussex did not accept the challenge and con­ tented themselves with playing for a draw. N o tts . Gunn (J.), c Bland, b V in e...........................42 Iremonger, not o u t... 5 Oates,c Butt,b Killick 8 Wass, c and b Killick 7 B 7, lb 14, w 1, nb 3 25 A. O. Jones, b Bland... 86 Shrewsbury,c Killick, b Brann.......................... 63 Gunn (W .), c Brann, b T a t e ...........................57 J. A. Dixon, c Butt, b Collins ...................18 Dench,c Collins, b Tate 61 Total ............... 410 Mason, b B land.......... 34 Attewell,cButt,bBland 4 Second innings: A. O. Jones, not out, 6 9 ; J. A. Dixon, b Bland, 4 9 ; Mason, b Tate, 2 1 ; Attewell, c Brann, b Bland, 4 ; b 5, lb 1 , nb 2, 8.—Total (three wickets), *147. * Innings declared closed. 8 u s s e x . First innings. C. B. Fry, b Attewell ... 24 G. Brann, c Dixon, b Wass 45 Marlow, lbw, b Jones...........19 Vine, c Iremonger, b Dixon 75 Killick, b Jones ...................73 W .Newham,cOate8,bDixon 3 A. Collins, b J. Gunn............ 1 Tate, c Jones, b Wass ... 58 Butt, c and b D ix o n .............. 12 Humphreys, not o u t ...............14 Bland, b Wass .................... 2 B 10, w 1, nb 1 ...............12 Total ....................338 Second innings, lbw, b Jones ... 13 c Dench, b Wass 12 c Oates, b Wass 39 c Oates,b J . Gunn 6 c Gunn, b Ire­ monger ........... 8 not out................... 4 not out................... 2 First innings. N o tts . Bland Humphreys Tate........... Killick ... Vine........... Brann ... F r y ........... Collins ... O. .45 M. R. W . 10 99 3 ... ...20 2 75 0 ... .. 56 23 79 2 ... ...24-1 12 45 2 ... Leg-byes ... 5 Total(5 wkts) 89 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 10 2 1 49 2 14 34 1 22 0 16 0 18 0 .17 5 32 1 ............ 2 ...19 7 30 1 ........... 3 ... 2 1 2 0 .............. ...13 6 23 1 ............ Fry bowled a wide, Bland four no-balls, and Killick one no-ball. W aas......... Gunn (J.)... Dench Attewell ... Jones........... Iremonger Dixon S u ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W . ...83 3 7 88 3 , .23 ...21 ...30 .. 22 ...10 ...21 11 37 7 39 0 ... 18 35 1 ... 6 52 2 ... 4 20 0 ... 4 55 3 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W . 36 2 18 8 8 3 0 4 9 3 21 4 10 Wass bowled a no-ball and Attewell a wide. WARWICKSHIRE v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Birmingham on July 13, 14 and 15. Yorkshire won by 10 wickets. The Warwickshire men were quite outplayed in this match, although, by a very fine second innings (after a follow-on], they did all that was possible to make up for a bad beginning. Nearly all the York­ shiremen scored, an <> nearly all played attractive cricket. Just before Lord Hawke was out he made flve successive 4’s off Field. The most noticeable points in the match were the innings of 102 bjr Devey