Cricket 1899

320 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 3, 1899. T H E AU STRA L IAN S . THE M.C.C. RETURN MATCH. T W E N T Y -F IF T H MATCH OF THB TOUR. Played at Lord’s on July 31 and August 1 and 2. Australians won by nine wickets. The great success of Albert Trott with the ball against the Surrey team led to the expectation that he would at last do something remarkable against the Australians, -who have hitherto treated his bowl­ ing with indifference, while they have not allowed him to make any runs when he has played against them. When stumps were drawn on Monday night it seemed that his day had at last come, for although after W on all, Trumble and Victor Trumper had f illen to him for next to nothing a little btaud was made, he had made a brilliant beginning and was evidently very difficult to play. On the following morning he uearly bowled Noble with his first ball, and nearly had him caught aud bowled immediately nfterwards, so that he seemed to be on the point of making up for his previous failures against his own countrymen. But his success ended as suddenly as it had begun, and for the rest of the innings he was h rmless. It is certainly very odd that he snould always be unlucky against the Australians, for he is undoubtedly one of thefintst bowlers of the day. He is not likely to have many more chances of creating au impression on them, but one cannot help thinking that if ne ever really gets going against them, either wi h oat or ball, they will remember the match for some time. It cannot be said that the M.C.C. team covered itself with glory in the first innings. Once more it was Jones who did all the m ischief; the other bowlers met with very little success The innings was remarkable for the batting of Ranjitsinhji and Albert Trott—nothing more. KanjitsinJbji hardly played witu his usual freedom, partly because the field was placed very cleverly for him and partly beoause he was anxious to make a gocd score, having on several occasions been unfortunate in Australian matches. Despite this his innings was a masterpiece, and really showed his ability more than if tne fielding had been so slipshod as to enable him to make runs where he liked; if he was prevented from making strokes in one place he made them in another. Trott’s batt'ng was altogether interesting after he had steadily played himself in, for he set forth to make big hits with a determination which was very refreshing. W ith each hit he seemed to acquire greater strength, and presently he drove a ball which pitched on the seats in the top gallery of the pavilion —a veiy big hit. But a minute or two afterwards he hit Nooie straight over the top of the pavilion, a feat which had never been accomplished at Lord’s. It was with a feeling of intense regret that the spec­ tators saw his innings closed by a catch from a ball which he skied to third man. So badly did the Australians shape against Trott that at the end of the day they had only made 54 for four wickets. After some uninteresting play on Tuesday morning they lost Noble for an additional 56 runs, and then they began to take the upper hand. Darling was batting in splendid style, and was, moreover, playing very atiractive cricket. Hill was getting very dangerous when he was bowled by a good ball from Mead, and McLeod, after playing himself in for twenty minutes without making a run, kept Darling company until the latter went for what was perhaps his best innings of the tour; his 128 was made in three hours and a half. The partnership between Darling and McLeod produced 112 runs in 110 minutes. Jones made things very lively when he was in, and had the plea­ sure of making another 50. But for him and Noble the M.C.C. total wouid hardly have been equalled; as it was it was exceeded by 61 runs. The second innings of the M.C.C. was most disappointing, but it was redeemed from absolute failure ty the splendid batting of Townsend. The Australians made the necessary runs easily enough, and their batting was in marked contrast to that of the home team. M.C.C. AND First innings. W . G. Grace, c Jones, b N o b le .................................. P. F. Warner, b Jones C. L. Townsend, c Howell,b Trumble ........................... K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, c W or­ rall, b Jones ................... F. G. J. Ford, b Jones Trott (A. E.), c Darling, b N o b le .................................. W . B. Stoddart, run out ... Board, c Trumble, b Jones Young, not out ................. Roche, b Jones ................... Mead, b Howell ................... B 10,lb 7 ................... G r o u n d . Second innings. 3 b Howell ........... 10 b Howell ........... not out... 92 b Noble ........... 3 9 c Johns, b Noble 7 41 c Hill, b Trumble 12 6 b Noble ... 13 19 b Noble ........... 0 25 b Trum ble........... 0 3 c Bill, b Howell 34 1 b Howell ........... 0 17 Extras ...........10 Total......... ..258 Total .........151 A u s t r a l ia n s . J. Worrall, c Grace, b T r o tt.......................... 0 H. Trumble, lbw, b T r o tt.......................... 6 V . Trumper, b Trott... 4 S. G. Gregory, run out 14 M. A Noble, c Ford, b Stoddart .. ... ... 27 J. Darling, c Board, b Townsend.................. 128 Total ...........319 Second i n n i n g s J . Worrall, not out, 45; H. Trumble, b Roche, 37; C. Hill, not out, 8; extras, 2.— Total (one wicket), 92. M.C.C. a n d G r o u n d . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . C. F ill, b M ead...........20 C. McLeod, c Ford, b Mead...........................43 E. Jones, b Mead .. 51 W . Howell, c Town­ send, b M ead... . 0 A. E. Johns, not out 1 B 10, lb 11, w 1 ... 22 Jones ... 41 7 98 5 ......... ltt 9 27 0 Noble ... 28 10 63 2 ......... 9 11 53 4 McLeod ... ... 6 1 26 0 .......... Howell ... ... 7-3 3 16 1 ........... 10-2 1 35 4 Trum ble... ... 14 3 38 1 ........... 11 3 26 2 Howell bowled a wide. A u s t r a l ia n s . Young ... .. 31 12 66 0 . .. 4 1 18 c Trott........... ... 43 13 10J 3 ........... Stoddart.. ... 10 2 30 1 ........... M.<ad ... 17 7 31 4 ......... T 1 18 0 Townsend ... 10 1 40 1 . ... 3 0 I 0 Kocoe ... 2 0 8 0 ........... 8 4 V 1 Uiace . 3 0 13 0 Ranjitsinhji ■-2 1 c0 0 Mead bowled a wide. S U R R E Y v. K E N T . Played at the Oval on July 31, Aug. 1 and 2. Surrey won by 45 runs. After their severe defeat by Middlesex at Lord’s the Surrey men began so badly against Kent at the Oval on Monday that they seemed likely to experience another beating. It was then that Hayward once more showed what a wondeiful batsmen he is when his side is in a hole. While other men could do nothing with Bradley, he played him with ease, and by steadily keeping up his end enabled his county to emerge from an almost desperate position to one which was fairly satisfactory. It is a pity that he was run out, for he might have made a good many more iuns, but running has not been a strong point with the Surrey team for the last two or three years. The Kent batsmen made the Surrey total look very small before stumps were drawn, for Burnup was iu splendid form, while Day and Patterson distinguished themselves. A t the end of the d*y Kent were only 6S rur 8 behind with 7 wickets in hand. But on Tuesday everything went wrong with the team, and, with the exception of Burnup, nobody could look at Brockwe l 'Ihe innings, which began with so much promise, was brought to an abrupt conclusion in about an hour, Burnup carry ing his bat right through. Thus, after all, Surrey only had a balance against them of 3 runs, and they soon began to forge ahead, Abel, who is often supposed to be useless against fast bowling, being in something like his best form, and Hayes backing him up splendidly. Lockwood and Hayward also played very fine cricket, the latter being out in trying to play a lob whicn was sent high in the air, to the openly-expressed disgust of the crowd. At the end of tbe day Surrey were in a very good position, for they were 304 runs on with two wickets in hand, 'ihe last two wickets added 22 runs, and Kent were left to make 327 to win, with practically the whole day before them. They began in a methodical manner, and took an hour to make the first 43 runs, but soon afterwards they had lost three wickets. The turning point of the innings came when Day and Mason came together. They gradually wore down the Surrey bowling and then hit out boldly ; in fact they did so well that there was a possibility that the runs might be made without further loss. But at 168 Day was out for a very pietty but lucky innings, and thereafter Surrey always had a little in hand. Mason continued to bat very finely and reached his hundred after being at the wicnet for a couple of hours. Despite his efforts the good bowling of Lockwood and Richardson had its effect, and Surrey had the match in hand after six wickets had fallen. S u r r e y . Abel,c Patterson, b Bradley 9 c Huish, b Law­ rence...................91 Brockwell,cHuish,bBradley 13 b Humphreys ... 8 F.P.Knox,cH uish,bM ason 18 bM ason ...........18 Hayes, b Lawrence ...........32 b Mason .............62 Bayward, runout ...........68 htwkt,bPatterson 37 Lockwood, c Bumup, b Bradley ...........................14 b Humphreys ... 41 H. B. Richardson, c Huish, c Mason, b Law- b Hearne ........................... 10 rence..................... 21 K.J.Key,cH uish,bBradley 6 notout... ...........*26 Lees, c Huish, b Mason ... 12 cHuish,bBradley 17 Stedman, b Bradley ...........10 c Patterson, b Mason ........... 1 Richardson (T.), not out ... 15 b Bradley ........... 7 B 8, w 1........................... y Extras ........... 10 Total ................206 Total ...329 K ent . First innings. C. J. Burnup, not out............103 Hearne (A.), b Brockwell... 4 S. H. Day, b Brockwell ... 33 W . H. Patterson, c Hayes, b L e e s..................................... 29 Huish, b Brockwell ..............11 J. R. Mason, b Brockwell... 0 R.O’H.Livesay, c Stedman, b Richardson .................... 8 Humphreys, c Stedman, b Brockwell ........................... 0 R. N. Blaker. b Brockwell 0 H .M . Lawrence, c stedman, b Richardson ..................... 1 W . M. Bradley, c Key, b Richardson..............................13 B 5, lb 2 ..................... 7 Total .....................2,9 S urrey . First innings. O. M. . W . 30 4 4 100 6 Second innings, c Hayes, b Rich­ ardson ... ... 20 c Stedman, b Richardson ... 18 c Stedman, b Brockwell ... 56 c Stedman, b Richardson ... 6 b Brockwell ... 8 b Lockwood ...126 c Lockwood, b Richardson ... 10 run out................... 5 b Richaidson ... li b Lockwood . 9 B4, lb 2, w 2, nb 3 11 Bradley... Hearne .. Mason ... Lawrence Total ...281 Second innings. O. M K. W . ... 30 3 6 87 2 ... 19 7 35 1 . ... 19 ... 18 5 44 2 ..... 25 ... 7 2 18 1 ... ... 15 Humphreys 26 Burnup 2 Patterson... 4 Bradley bowled two wides. K e n t . 60 0 66 3 O. M. R. W . O. M. R W. Bro^kwell ... 29 11 71 6 . . .. 26 10 56 2 Richardson ... 26-2 6 72 3 . . ... 86 6 84 6 Lockwood ... 5 1 17 0 . . . 18 1 4 6« 2 Le s . . 5 2 15 1 . . . . 7 0 33 0 Hayward . . 5 1 15 0 . . ... 6 3 23 0 Knox ... . . 3 0 12 0 Abel 7 3 13 0 Richardson bowled two wides Lrckwood two no- balls, and Hayward one no-ball. J. C. LOVELL’S X I. v. BARNES —Played at Tulse Hill on July 22. J. C. L o v e l l ’ s X I. J. P. <~ andler, c Poole, b DoU .......................... 92 H.Hockley,lbw,bWood 8 West, c Doll, b Frith 42 C.H Mountain, b Frith 23 A.Meller. c and b Frith 4 Capt Oakes, b Frith... 0 W.U.Golds,bEarnshaw 4 H, West and H . Tidy did not bat. * Innings declared closed, B a r n e s . E.G.Langton, not out 21 E. D. Lovell, c W ood, b Bensted .......... 8 Byes ...................33 Total (8wkts)*235 A. P. Poole, c Lar gton, b Candler ... J. G. M. Kobertson, b Candler ................... P.R.Earnshaw,c Lang­ ton, b Candler........... W .F.L. Frith, b Meller R. H. Wood, b Candler F.W . Bensted, not out 35 E. H. Doll, run out 0 A . R’ ddell, st Moun­ tain, b Meller........... 0 0. E. Ratcliff, notout 7 B 5 , l b l ........... 6 Total (7 wkts) 68 J. C. LOVELL’ S X I. v. HOME AND COLONIAL. —Played at Tulse Hill on July 29. J. C. L o v e l l ’ s X I. First innings. Second innings. E. D. Lovell, b Rendell ... 0 b Ford....................11 S. H. Flindt, b F o r d .........11 b F ord................... 0 J. P. Candler, b Ford.........28 K. Robinson, c Edwards, b Ford ................................20 not o u t ..................22 L. Lovell, c Mitchell, b Ford 3 b JTord... A. Meller, not out ......... “ ........... L. Dashwood, b Ford........... J. S. Lovell, c and b Ford.. H. Tidy, b F o r d ................. J. C. Ix>vell, b Ford ......... C. Marshall, b Ford ... Extras......................... c Elliott, b Ford not out................... B 13, lb 3 ... 16 Total ...................74 Total(4wkts) 82 H o m e a n d C o l o n ia l . V. Kent, c L. Lovell, b Candler .................. Mawbey, b Candler ... Rendeli, b Candler ... Ford, b Candler........... Elliott, b Candler Edward8,c J. C., b J.S. Lovell.................. ... Joyce, lbw, b J. S. Lovell.......................... 13 Mitchell, b Robinson 2 Wells, c and b Flindt 11 Thomas, not out ... 4 Alawson, c Meller, b J. S. Lovell ........... 6 B 11, lb 6 ...........17 Total.........91