Cricket 1899

328 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME A ug , 10, 1899. 1898 and 198 in 1899. Matches between Cheltenham and Haileybury have only taken place during the past few years—in fact, the first between the two colleges was as recent as 1893. All the matches, with the exception of the one played last week, have taken place at Lord’s, Haileybury winning three and Cheltenham one. In 1896, A. B. Skinner scored 108 not out for Cheltenham, last year, C. B. Smith made 100 not out forHaileybury, and in this year’s match S. Phillips compiled 118, also for Haileybury. When the match at the Oval last week between Surrey and Middlesex was half over everything pointed to a victory for Surrey. But once again, as has so often happened, the glorious uncertainty of the game manifested itself, and when stumps were drawn on the last day Middlesex had succeeded in making the game a draw. For this state of things they had principally to thank Messrs. Ford and MacGregor, who both played valuable innings for theirside. It was agreat perform­ ance on the part of Middlesex to score over four hundred after foliowing-on, and the draw they secured was thoroughly deserved. On the first day of the match Hayward made a huge off-drive for six off Mr. C. M. Wells, the ball being hit right out of the ground. It was a noteworthy hit, as the wickets were pitched in the centre of the ground. How many other batsmen couldmake such a stroke? People do not seem to hit nearly so hard now as in days gone by. It would be interesting to know how many times the ball has been sent out of the Oval in a first-class match. I can only recall the following instances, but I have no list by me at time of writing:— Carpenter, for the Players v. Gentlemen, in 1860; John Lillywhite, for Middlesex v. Surrey, in 186*2; Southerton, for F. Caesar’s >»’ew All-England Eleven v. T. Sherman’s New England Eleven, in 1862; Mr. I. D. Walker, for Middlesex v. Surrey, in 1865 ; Mr. W . H. Game, for Surrey v. Australia, in 1878; Mr. K. J. Key, for Surrey v. Kent, in 1887 ; and Hayward, for Surrey v. Middle­ sex, in 1899. In minor matches the feat has been performed over and over again, Pooley alone having done it about ten times. A few seasons ago, in asecond eleven match, Holland hit out of the ground as the Prince of Wales was driving past, the ball going over the carriage. Less than three weeks ago Mr. N. Miller made his debut for Surrey, against Sussex, at Brighton, and scored 124. His example has been followed by Mr. H. C. Pretty, who has recently been making large scores for the Wanderers. Mr. Pretty’sfirst appearance for the county was on Monday last, against Nottinghamshire, at the Oval. He was inthe field nearly all the first day, rendering his side great service by his brilliant work, and when his turn came to bat played a beautiful innings of 124—curiously enough exactly the same number as made by Mr. Miller against Sussex. Surrey at the present time possess a great number of really fine young batsmen, but their great want is a first-class bowler, and until they are fortunate enough to unearth one we cannot well expect to see the championship come southof theThamesagain. The season of 1899 will probably go down to posterity as a great run-getting one. During the past few years it has not beon considered a very wonderful performance for a batsman to score over a thousand runs during the season, so hard and true have the wickets been. In fact, many “ drawing­ room” batsmen—that is, batsmen who are perfectly helpless on a difficult wicket—fre­ quently perform the feat. So prolific has run-getting been of late years, and so easy a task, that the time will doubtless soon arrive when batsmen will score three thousand runs a season as frequently as they obtained one thousand twenty years ago. Still, praise must be given to those who make large scores. During the last few weeks the most consistent batsmen in the country have been Mr. C. L. Townsend, Mr. P. Perrin, and Denton. The first-named is in wonderful form this year with the bat, and should certainly play for England on Monday next at the Oval, although he appears to have lost a great deal of his bowling skill. Mr. Perrin has played better this year than ever before, and is worth a place in any eleven on his present form. His long partnership with Mr. Fane on Tuesday against Leicestershire was the foundation of the large score eventu­ ally made by Essex. It is rather curious that upon the previous occasion that Essex scored over six hundred in an innings one of the batsmen should have been dismissed when only one short of his hundred. This week the unfortunate player was Mr. McGahey; in 1895 it was Russell. Congratulations to Mr. Fane for his large score, and to Butt for his brilliant wicket-keeping against Gloucestershire. STREA.THAM v. CHELMSFORD.—Played Chelmsford on August 5. C h e l m sf o r d . W . Hilliard, c 8cott, b Dawson ................. 2 J. L . Martin, b Hoare 0 A. 8. Blew, b Dawson 10 E. 8head, c Hoare, b Dawson ................... 0 R. L. Whittaker, c Field, b Dawson ... 0 H.W .Newton, bH o re 3 W . Collins, st Kerr, b Hoare ... ... ... H. Crozier, lbw, b Hoare ................. E. B. Gray, b Hoare F. Lucas, b Hoare ... Nie, not out ........... B 4, lb 2, w l,nb2 Total ...84 S t r e a t iia m . E. Field, lbw, b Nie ... 11 H. 8. Barkworth, c Hilliard, b Crozier... 16 H. H. Scott, not out 149 N. Miller, c Lucas, b B le w ........... ... .. 65 D. O. Kerr, c Collins, b Hilliard ..................37 H L. Dawson, c Gray, b Hilliard ........... 8 V. F. Feeny, c Martin, b Crozier..................33 E. P. Pulbrook, b Nie 0 Byes ...................13 Total (7wkts)372 H. Hoare, E. H. Leaf, and Freeman did not bat. Second innings. MR. W . H. LAVERTON’S LEIGHTON X I. v. INCOGNITI.—Played at Westbury on August 4 and 5. I n c o g n it i . First innin?s. H. T. Stanley, hit wkt, b Dean .............................. 52 st Brain,b Braund 8 H. Bond, c fchorland, b Braund .......................... 27 c Brain, b Braund 9 H. A . Francis, st Brain, b c Shorland, b Braund ... .. .. 36 Braund ...........18 J. A.Gibb. b F.W . Laverton 66 c sub, b Morgan ..63 H. C. Prichard, c Braund, b Dean ................... ... 3b Braund .............. 3 A. H. Delm6-Radcliffe, b Braund .........................21 b Braund ............10 A. P. Neame, c Erskine, b Braund .................. 19 c Brain, b Braund 13 G. E. W . Meney, st Brain, c Shorland, b b Braund ......................... 0 Braund ........... 0 H. G. Barlow, c Dean, b Braund ......................... 4 c and b Braund 25 A F. C. Luxmore.b Braund 2 c and b Shorland. 20 W. P. Carpmael, not out ... 0not o u t .................... 6 E xtras..........................23 Extras ... 7 Total ... L e ig h t o n . 14 ... 1 D. D. Pontifex, c Carp m ael,b Money ... F.W .Laverton, c Carp­ mael, b Money...........24 E. T. Shorland, c Lux­ more, b Money ... 6 Braund, b Money ...125 N. i ee*e, b Francis ... 40 J. Dean, lbw,b Gibb... 28 W . H. Brain, b Stanley 3 Second innings:—F. W . .Laverton, not out, 43; Braund. c Carpmael, b Money, 22; Leese. not out, 17 ; extras, 14 —Total (1 wkt), 96. W . Morgan, b Money 18 J.Erskine.c Carpmael, b M on ey........... Newman, not out W. H. Lav- rton, Money, b Francis Extras GRANVILLE (Lee) v. LESSNESS P A R K .-P layed at Lee on August 7. L essn eb 8 P a r k . Total ...182 Total ...325 Capt Phipps, c Moore, b P a te......................... 5 D. Collard, b Wood ... 4 W . J. Paynter, c Lin­ coln, b Wood ........... 0 J. Shuter, c and b Pate 0 C, Aubrey Smith, c Mason, b W ood ... 9 G. Foxbery, b Pate ... 19 Capt. Cooper, b Pate .. 10 G r a n v il l e . C. G. Beesley, b Pate C. F. Cumberlege, c and b Pate ........... H. Lovemore, b Absolom ... 13 A.E.Veillard, notout 15 B 5, lb 1, w 1 Total 84 C. H. Mason, lbw, b Paynter ...................14 J. C. Stone, c Collard, b Phipps ...................77 F. E. Lander, c Smith, b Phipps ................... 7 J. P. Clarkson, cSmith, b Veillard..................64 W.S.Pate.candbSmith 0 C. H. Moore,b Veillard 18 J. R. Hollingworth, lbw, b Lovemore ... 0 R. H. Absolom, c Lovemore,bFoxbery 32 P.P.Lincoln,bCollardl07 J.C. W ood, b Foxbery 5 A.R. f ayman, not out 7 B 13, lb 4, w 5 ... 22 Total ......... 353- KENSINGTON v. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. —Played at W ood Lane on August 5. K e n s in g t o n . C. E. Bloomer, b Page 54 V. F. S. Crawford, c Terry, b Phrimpton 73 W.L.Murdoch, notout 64 C. E. Currie, c Morris, b W rig h t...................43 B 24, lb 1, wb 1 26 Total(3 wkts) *260 L. de Montezuma, A. Damian, O. J. Damian, I. M. Collyns, N. Damian. A. English and H. Smith did not bat. * Innings declared closed. L o n d o n C o u n t y C o u n c il . L.8. Jackson, b Monte­ zuma ..........................16 A. Fox, b Montezuma 27 A Schonthiel, b Monte­ zuma ..........................10 W . V . Morris, c Craw­ ford, b Montezuma 6 A. E. Ferry, c and b Currie ...................13 H. Storold, b Monte­ zuma .......................... 11 A . Jones did not bat. J. W right, lbw, b Currie .................. 0 A.Page, b Montezuma 4 P. W . Goodchild, not out ...........................16 N. Shrimpton, not out 6 B 5, lb 1, wb 1 ... 1 Total(8wkts) lie STREATHAM v. THE VILLAGE. — Played at Streatham on August 5. T h e V il l a g e . H. Wilks, c Druce, b Morgan ...................24 W. Home, b Morgan 1 Woollett, c L.Bailey, b Morgan ...................12 Stringer, c and b Druce 14 Watts, b Morgan .. 10 Caffarey, c Morgan, b Hooper ...................27 Hazell, c Druce, b Morgan ...................10 S t r r a t h a m . West, not out ........... Corps, c Druce, b Hooper ................... Yeoman,lbw,bHooper Derrigan, c A. Kidd, b Hooper .................. B 9 ,lb 6 ........... Total , ...133 A. S. Bailey, b W ilks 22 N .F. Druce, c Stringer, b Watts ................... 106 J. F. W . Hooper, b Stringer ......................17 C. L . Morgan, run out 90 S.Lloyd-Jones,runout 98 L. D. Bai ey, not out 69 E.A. Shattock, not out 28 B 6, lb 2 ........... 8 Total(5 wtks)438 W . Philpot, W . T. Harbord, A . Kidd and A . H. Margetson did not bat. CATERHAM v. UPPER TOOTING.—Played at Caterham cn August 5. U p p e r T o o t in g . S. A . Attlee, b F. Cook 1 A.M . Pollard.b F.Cook 2 E. F. Whistler, b F. C o o k .......................... 14 J. A . Lyon, c A. Cook, b F. C ook................. 13 R. Collyer, b F. Cook 0 F. C. Ryde, c and b C. F. Drake ...........11 Dr. H. Tanner, c Blount, b Bailey ... 31 F. J. Thorne, b Bailey ......................23 W . W . Melville, lbw, b G. G ill......................18 J. F. More, not o u t... 2» G. P. Russell, b G. Gill ............................ Q B 19, lb 2, w l ...2 2 Total ...160 G. Gill, b Pollard ... 5 H. B. Drake, retired h u r t ...........................17 F. Cook, b Po’.lard ... 0 A. C. Cook, b Thorne 46 M. Gill, c Thorne, b Pollard ................ 4 G. White, c Thorne, b Pollard .................. 47 C. F. Drake, c Pollard, b Whistler ...........16 C a t e r s a m . G. Barley, b Whistler 4 E. blount, b Whistler 2 E. Burnand, not out 10 Rev. F. J. Roe, b Pollaid ................. 0 B 11, lb 1, nb 1 ... 13 Total ...168