Cricket 1899

IwJ' "u- J • A u g . 3 , 1 8 9 9 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 313 T H E AU STRAL IANS . THE SUSSEX MATCH. TW EN TY-FO U RTH OF TH E TOUR. A SCORE OF 300, NOT OUT, BY TRUM PER. Played at Brighton on July 27, 28 and 29. Drawn. After the first day’s play in this match cricketers made up their minds that the result would be a draw, as Sussex had made 389 for six wickets, and it did not occur to anyone that the Australians were at all likely tofcmake runs quickly enough to have any chance of winning, while against the Sussex bowling they could hardly be defeated. As things turned out they s2ored even more rapidly than the county. T t i was due to the fact that Worrall a id Trumble boLv. came off, whereas the slower scorers did not do any­ thing very remarkable. There can be no question that the 181 made by Fry was the best cricket in ths match, for although Trumper played f tultless cricket in putting together his wonderful inniogs of 300. he had a very different sort of bowling with which to contend. The Australians themselves must have felt pretty sure that sooner or later Fry would run up a very big score against them, so that they cannot have been startled when he took charge of their bowl­ ing and almost reached the second hundred, but it may be safely said that it did not enter into their calculations that Killick would also make a hundred — not to mention fifty in the second innings—by the most attractive cricket. If the Sussex tail had acted up to the reputation which it has gained in the last few matches, the score of their side would have very easily beaten the record made against the present team, but after the first half-dozen men, with the exception of Ranjitsinhji, had all distinguished them­ selves, there was a collapse. On the whole the Australian bowling did not show to advantage, but McLeod and Trumble did very good work indeed The partnership between Fry and Killick produced ‘209 runs ia two hours and twenty m inutes-both batsmen were missed early in their innings. As the wicket continued good when the Australians went in they soon mastered the bowling, and eventually it I ecamc a mere matter of chance whether anybody got out or not. Worrall and Trumper put on 178 iu partnership in an hour and 50 minutes, both of them playing cricket of a kind which could not be improved upon from any p o k t of view ; it was a striking contrast to some of the recent cricket played by the team. When stumps were drawn on the second day the Australians, with two wickets down, were only 26 runs behind. On Saturday Trumper continued to sbow brilliant cricket, and in course of time he pissed the highest score ever made by an Australian in England— he 286 not out by W. L Murdoch against Sussex. As soon as he had brought his score to Sou D irliug closed the innings, leaving Sussex a couple of hours* batting Trumper’s 300 took him six hours and a-quarter to make. W ith nothing to look forward to except a draw, the Sussex men, tired with their long outing in the field, did not distinguish themselves when they went in again, but they acjom - plished their object without any difficulty, wuich was all that was required. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. C. B. Fry, c Trumble, b McLeod .........................181 c and b Jones ... 10 G.Brann, b M cLeod ...........24 b Jones .......... 0 K.S. Ranjitsinbj i, b McLeo I 5 c Darling,b Jones 15 Killick, b M cLeod ...........106 b Hill .................57 Marlow, c Trumper, b Trumble ......................... 34 not out.................20 A. Collins, not out ...........35 not out.................31 Vine, b T rum ble................... 4 Parris, c Noble, b Jones ... 9 Tate, c Trumble, b McLeod 1 Butt, c Kelly, b Trumble ... 5 Bland, c Laver, b Trumble 0 L eg-tyes ...................10 B 6, lb 4 ... 10 S ussex . First innings. Second inning i. O M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Jones ... ... 44 9 147 1 ........... 17 4 30 3 Noble ... ... 21 9 31 0 ........... 3 1 11 0 Trumble ... 32-4 6 75 4 ............ 18 7 53 0 McLeod ... 48 20 91 5 ........... 6 3 7 0 Laver ... ... 5 0 26 0 ......... 1 1 0 0 Worrall .. ... 4 1 15 0 ......... Gregory... ... 4 1 19 0 ......... Hill .. 5 0 16 1 Kelly .. 3 0 16 0 A ustralians . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Tate 35 6 113 0 Killick 28 6 80 2 Bland 38 4 170 1 Brann 29 5 70 1 Parris 23 6 69 0 Vine .. 14 3 52 0 Ranjit8inhj 8 1 29 0 Collins 8 2 28 0 Bland delivered four no-balls. Total ...........414 Total (4 wkts)143 A u str a lia n s . H. Trumble, b Bland 26 J. Worrall, c Brann, b Killick ................ 128 V . Trumper, not out...300 S.E.Gregory, st Butt, b Killick ......................73 C. H ill, c Butt, b Brann ...................28 J. Darling (captain), not out ...................56 B 9, nb 4 ......... 13 Total (4 wkts)*624 M. A. Noble, F. Laver, J. J. Kelly, C. E. McLeod and E. Jones did not bat. *Innings declared closed. YORKSHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Huddersfield on July 27 and 28. Yorkshire won by seven wickets. It has frequently happened that bowlers have distinguished themselves at Hudd rsfleld when the wicket has been, presumably, in good order, and on Thursday and Frilay last tie batsman were generally ia difficulties. Brown (of Driffield) and Jessop, the two fastest bowlrrs, were in fiae feather, for the wicket helped them very considerably, and between them they accounted for about two-thirds of the wickets which fell. Yorkshire were in a bad position when each side had played an innings, but Gloucesteri»hire crumpled up in such a remarkable way when they we it in a second time that the home teim had very little difficulty in winning. Mr. Jackson played a fine sec »nd innings, while Denton and Mitcheil also distinguished themselves. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. F. H. B. Champain,c Tunni­ cliffe, b Hirst .................. 9 Wrathall, b Brown, jun ... 6 C. L. Townsend, c Rhodes, b H irst.................................10 W. Troup, lbw, b Rhodes .. 26 G. L. Jessop, c Hawke, b Brown, jun ...................24 W.S.A.Brown,b Brown, jun 10 Hale, b J a ck son .................. 27 Board, lbw, b Jackson ... 9 G. Romans,c Hunter,b Hirst 13 Paish, not out .................. 20 Roberts, cMitchell,b Brown, jun .................................. 10 B 1, lb 8, nb 1 ...........10 Second innings, c Haigh, b Brown j u n ................... 0 b Brown, jun .. 0 b Hirst................... b Brown, j un ... c Mitchell, b Brown, jun ... c Mitchell, b Brown, jun ... not out................... b Brown, jun ... c Jackson, b Rhodes ........... b Brown, j un ... c and b Brown, jun ................... B 4, lbl,nb2,w l T o ta l...........173 T otal..................91 Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. F. S. Jackson, c Brown, b Jessop.......................... 20 b Jessop ............68 Tunnicliffe, c Wrathall, b Paish ................... 3 c Board,b Roberts 7 Denton,c WrathalJ, b Jessop 21 cPaish.bWrathall 35 F. Mitchell, b Jessop........... 0 not out................... 37 Waiawright, c Paish, b Roberts .........................45 not o u t ............... .1 0 Hirst, c Board, b Jessop ... 0 Haigh, c Brown, b Jessop... 1 Lord Hawke, c Jessop, b Roberts .......................... 0 Brown, jun, c Champain, b Jessop.................................. 4 Rhodes, c Brown, b Jessop 2 Hunter, not out .............. 5 No-ball .......................... 1 B 1, lb 1, nb 4 6 Total .................. 102 Total(3 wkts) 163 G lou cestersh ire . First ionings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W . Brown,jun .. 25*3 9 69 4 .................................... 19 8 40 8 H irst... .......... 14 5 48 3 ............ 18 7 39 1 Haigh ............ 9 4 20 0 ............ Rhodes .............. 4 1 15 9 ............ 1 1 0 1 Jackson .............. 6 1 11 2 ............ 1 0 4 0 Brown delivered a no-ball and a wide, and Hirst two no-balls. Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . ...........181 4 61 7 .. ... 20 4 79 1 ............6 1 12 1 .. ... 4 1 1 14 0 ............12 3 *8 2 .. ... 10 0 39 1 Wrathall .. ... 2 1 6 1 Brown......... ... 3 0 19 0 MIDDLESEX v. SURREY. REM ARKABLE BOW LING BY TROTT. Played at Lord’s on July 27, 28 and 29. Middlesex won by eight wickets. Although Middlesex had all the best of the luck in this mafcn, the Surrey men as a whole played a dis­ appointing game, and their bowlers were unable to take advantage of their opportunities in the same way as Trott and Hearne. The experiment was made of leaving Richardson out of the team and trying Mr. Dolbey, an old Dulwich College boy, who has gained a sound reputation in the second eleven matches as a very fast bowler. He was unsuccessful, and so erratic as to give one the impression that he was too nervous to do his best—a fault which would soon be obliterated after a little experience. The three most noticeable points about the match were, first, the success which attended the bowling of T rott; second, the innings by which Rawlin made the highest score of his life in first-class cricket ; and third, the splendid stand made by Haywar J, when his companions were falling like stocks in time o f panic. Trott was in remark­ able form. He began in what may be described as his unmethodical manner; that is to say, in his anxiety to get all the wickets at once, he forgot to moderate his pace or to vary it, but as soon as he had mastered his excitement, he bowled in a style which was almost irresistible In the first innings (after he had settled down) Hayward played him as Hayward plays any bowler on earth just at the present time, but not another man in the team could make any headway against him. As a result of this, a follow- on was necessary, and from that time Surrey were a beaten teim , although Brockwell, Hayes, and Mr. Jephson all playei beautiful cricket. Trott again bowled in remarkable form, and Hearne was some­ thing like the Heame of a coup’e of months ago. For once Rawlin did not play a carefully calculated and methodical innings in making his hundred; on the contrary he hit often and hard, and was only batting for two hours and a-half. He found a most useful partner in Moon, who by cricket which reminded one of his innings against the Australians at Cambridge, put on 73 runs at a most convenient time. M id d le se x . P. F.Warner, b Brock­ well ........... ........... 5 H. B. Hayman, run out ........................... 0 L. J. Moon, c W ood bLees......... . ... ... 73 F. G. J. Ford, b Lock­ wood .......................... 3 Rawlin, b Hayward ...100 R. Nicholls, b Dolbey 2 A. E. Trott, c W ood, b Brockwell ...........19 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Hayward ...........36 G. MacGregor, b Lees 22 Roche, not o u t ........... 8 Hearne (J. T.), b Lees 0 B 4,lb 7, w 5, n b l... 17 Total.. ...285 Second in n in g s P . F. Warner, b Lockwood, 2 ; H. B. Hayman, not out, 64; L . J. Moon, c Brock­ well, b Jephson, 46; F. G. J. Ford, not out, 13; B 6, lb 2, nb 2; Total (2 wkts) 125. S u r r e y . First innings. Brockwell, b Trott .........17 Abel, b Bosanquet .........28 F. P. Knox, b Heame ... 6 Hayes, c Hayman, b Trott 0 Hayward, c MacGregor, b Trott ................................ 64 Lockwood, c and b Trott ... 9 D. L. A. Jephson, c Mac­ Gregor, b T rott................. 4 b Trott... K . J. Key, c Hayman, b R o3 h e................................... 8 Lees, b T rott........................... 0 W ood, c Roche, b Trott ... 6 H. O. Dolbey, not out ... 0 B 11, lb 8...........................19 Seond innings. b Trott ...........20 lbw, b Trott ... 52 c Ford, b Trott... 9 lbw, b Trott ... 53 lbw, b Hearne .. 10 cRawlin,bHearae 0 47 c Roche, b Hearne 12 cNicholls,bHearne 9 not out...................14 b T rott................. 1 B 14, lb 6, w 1 ... 21 Jessop delivered four no-balls and Roberts one. Totel ...........................161 Total ........... 248 M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Brockw ell........... 18 2 59 2 ............ 7 3 19 0 L ockw ood........... 13 2 51 1 ............ 9 2 25 1 D olbey................... 13 2 43 1 ............ 5 1 23 0 Jephson ........... 13 2 39 0 ............ 8 4 12 1 K nox..................... 3 0 16 0 ........... Lees ................... 11*3 3 20 3 ............ 4 1 9 0 Hayward ............ 10 1 40 2 ............ 7*1 2 19 0 Hayes ... 2 0 8 0 Dolbey bowled five wides, and Hayward delivered one no-ball and Lockwood two no-balls. S urrey . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Trott........... ... 38 23 51 7 ........... 45 4 21 89 6 Heame ........... 23 8 62 1 ............S8 8 65 4 Bosanquet ... 8 2 17 1 ............ 13 2 41 0 Rawlin .......... 1 0 5 0 ............ 6 2 14 0 Roche ........... 8 5 7 1 ............ 9 3 27 0 Ford ... 1 0 1 0 Bosanquet bowled one wide.