Cricket 1899

A ug . iO, 1899. CRICKET: A WEEKlY ttECOKD OF THE GAME. 329 T H E AU STRAL IAN S . THE HAMPSHIRE MATCH. TW EN TY-SIXTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Southampton on August 3, 4 and 5. Drawn. When tha Australians play an ordinary match of which they do not get much the best, it is a convenient thing to say that they did not take it seriously, but it has the drawback of implying that they never tike a match seriously unless they are winning. This is to do them a great injustice, for they do not like to get the worst of a drawn game any more than their opponents. No one accuses the Hampshire team of being weak in bittin g-th e bowlers on opposing sides have had reason to conclude that Hampshire batting is particularly strong just at present - and it happened that, with the permission of the Austra­ lians, who kept up old traditions, they were enabled to strengthen their side by the inclusion of a new bowler, Llewellyn, the amateur, who came to England to qualify for Hampshire from South Africa with a good reputation as an all-round man. Under these circumstances Hampshire were what is known in sporting circles as “ a hot lot.” Llewellyn made a most successful dibu'. in first-class cricket. He nearly scored a hundred in the first innings, playing all the famous Australian bowlers as easily as if he had been accustomed to their methods and wiles for ages, while with the ball he astonished his own side as well as his opponents. He is left-hand medium, and has learnt all the modem methods just as he has in batting. It will be noticed that he took nearly all the wickets, from which it may easily be gathered that it was just as well that he was playing, other­ wise the Australians might have made a huge score. From first to last Hampshire played an attacking game. They began well and ended well, and the honours of the match decidedly fell to them. A noble stand was made by A . J. L. Hill and Captain Wynyard, who put on 96 for the first wicket in an hour and twenty minutes—an unusual experience for the Australians. Hill, who was out first, had played fine all-round cricket with the utmost confidence. Captain Wynyard began slowly, but was never in difficulties with the bowling. When Major Poore came in he was hardly comfortable for some time, but before the luncheon interval he had settled down to his best form, and at that period of the game the score was 151 for only one wicket. The luncheon interval made all the difference in the world to Hampshire, for Major Poore was bowled immediately afterwards, and three other men, including Captain Wynyard, who had seemed marked out to make a hundred, fell for another 50 runs. Bat the tail did brilliantly, more particularly Llewellyn, who played as good cricket as one could wish to see. The innings closed just before stumps were drawn. On the following day a very fine innings by Trumble was the feature of the morning’s play, but so well did Llewellyn bowl that six wickets fell for 185, when nearly 90 runs were still required to save the follow on. Then the tail once more completely altered the appearance of the game, but at the end of the day Hampshire were 50 runs on with nine wickets m hand. There was thus very little probability that the match would be finished, and as the Hampshire men did not follow the example set by so many other teams by getting out for a small score, they were able to declare. Captain Wynyard again played a beautiful innings, and this time the Major was master of the situation, and like Wynyard on the previous day, seemed bound to make his hundred. WTien the Australians went in again they had no time to make the runs, or to get out, but as they lost three wickets for 90 they had not the best of the draw. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. A. J. L . Hill, c Trumble, b Jones ...................................60 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, b Howell ...........................79 Major R.M . Poore, b Howell 29 Capt.E. R. Bradford, b Jones 0 Barton, c Trumble, b Noble 33 C. Robson, c McLeod, b Trumble ...........................10 G.C.B.Uewellyn, b McLeod 72 C.Heseltine,cHill.b McLeod 24 D. A. Steel, lbw, b Noble ... 31 Baldwin, c Howell, b Jones 29 Sutherland, not out ...........15 B 4, lb 6, nb 1 ...........11 Second innings. b Trum ble...........37 b Howell ...........51 lbw, b Howell ... 71 not out.................. 6 c and b Trumble 9 b Trum ble........... 9 c Jones, b Howell 21 B 4, lb 2, nb 2 8 Total .........393 Total(6wkts)*212 * Innings declared closed. A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings. J. Worrall, c Wynyard, b Llewellyn .......................... 3 run out .......... 6 H. Trumble, c Baldwin, b Llewellyn .......................... 83 b B aldw in..........27 M. A . Noble, b Llewellyn .. 20 b Bradford......... I S. E. Gregory, b Llewellyn 4 not out.................36 J. Darling, c Barton, b Llewellyn .......................... 48 notout ..........17 C.Hill.cRobson.b Llewellyn 15 F. A. Iredale, b Bradford .. 69 C.McLeod,lbw,b Sutherland 32 J. J. Keliy, not out ...........40 W. P. Howell, c Hill, b Llewellyn .......................... 2 E.Jones,c Steele,bLlewellyn 26 B 9, lb 7, w 1, nb 1 ... 18 T o ta l...........360 H a m p s h ir e . B 4, nb 1 ... 5 Total(3 wkts)92 O. M. R. W . O. M. K. W. Jones ... 24 1 10 53 3 ... ... 16 4 48 0 Howell ... ... 34 8 87 2 ... ... 221 9 52 3 Noble ... ... 22 3 85 2 ... ... 7 2 14 0 Trumble... ... 26 5 79 1 ... ... 30 10 72 3 McLeod ... ... 18 2 75 2 ... ... 5 2 18 0 Noble delivered one and Trumble two no-balls. A u s t r a lia n s . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Heseltine ... 13 2 47 0 ... Llewellyn ... 40 7 132 8 ... 16 4 27 0 Sutherland ... 9 2 24 1 ... ... 3 0 11 0 Baldwin ... ... 15 4 28 0 ... ... 7 6 1 1 H ill........... ... 17 4 60 0 ... ... 5 1 20 0 Steele ... 3 0 10 0 ... ... 1 0 4 0 Wynyard ... 7 2 20 0 ... ... 2 0 6 0 Bradford... ... 11 2 31 1 ... ... 10 4 18 1 Bradford delivered two no-balls and Steele a wide. MARLBOROUGH BLUES v. ESHER.—Played at Esher on August 5. M a r l b o r o u g h B l u b s . H. Etlinger, c C. K. Smith, b Clark... . 19 M. R. Dickson, b Clark 17 H.C.B.Gibson, e Petty, b Trouncer .......... 67 W . H. Lindsay, c Clark, b Trouncer ...........53 E. Thompson, c Stut- fleld, b Clark ........... z7 H . A. Hildebrand, b Clark.......................... 6 W . G. Druce, b Clark 19 C.D.Pawle,lbw,bClark 12 J.P . C. Coas j, b Claris 16 H. Coles, not out ... 5 G. C. Manders, b Clark 0 B 10, lb 14 ...........24 Total ..265 E sh e r . C. K. Smith, b Dickson 27 C.A.Trouncer, c Pawle, b Gibson .................. 3 R. P. Sewell, b Gibson 10 P. Barker, c Pawle, b Gibson .................. 51 F, C. Smith, b Coast... 1 E. C. Smith,c Manders, b Gibson .................. 10 C. C. Barker, b Coast 41 E. Clark, c Thompson, b G ibson .................. 4 C. W. Crawley, run out 13 H. E. M. tituttield, run out ...................16 Petty, not out ........... 2 B 10, lb 4 ...........14 Total ...192 UPPER TOOTING v. INCOGNITI.—Played at Balham on July 31 and August 1. Upper T o o t in g . D.H.Butcher,cNeame, Rev. H. C. L. Tindall, b Fleming ............208 b Fleming ................. 0 E.M.Frith, c Berridge, A . A. Allen, b Fleming0 b Bond ................. 26 C. R. Lucas, run out... 4 B.M.Carroll,cFleming, F.,H. Lindsay, c Bond, b Felton ....................101 b Fleming ................. 0 S.A.Attlee,c&bThorae 68 H. G. Franks, not out 2 R . M. Harvey, c Bond, Extras...................28 b Fleming ...........19 — W .Y . Butcher,cFlem- Total ...........465 ing, b Thom e........... 9 I n c o g n it i . First innings. Second innings. F. H. S. Berridge, b Attlee 45 b Carroll ................... 4 H. S. Barkworth, b Lindsay 70 c and b Carroll... 14 F. D. Browne, b Lindsay ... 2 b Carroll ...........12 Capt. Fleming, c Allen, b Harvey................................. 45 b L in dsay............ 86 W . P. Carpmael, b Carroll 10 F. G. Thorne, c Allen, b Lindsay ... ..................... 0 b L in d sa y ............35 A . Neame, b Lindsay.............. 1 c Franks, b Lind­ say ...................44 C. S. Skarratt, c & b Carroll 6 c and b Lindsay 21 E. C. Felton, b Lindsay ... 0 not out.................... 9 H. Bond, b Carroll .............. 0 not out....................18 H. B. Holland, not out ... 4 cAttlee,bLindsay 64 Extras..........................16 Extras .............23 Total ............... 200 Total (8wkts) 280 SUSSEX v. WORCESTERSHIRE. AN EXCITIN G FIN ISH . Played at Worcester on August 3, 4 and 5. Drawn. The ending of this match was full of excitement. Sussex had to make 428 to win in four hour* and a half, which was practically an impossible task, even if all the big guns had been in their most aggressive form. But so strong is the team just at present, and so well did the first few men play—with the exception of Brann—that it would not have been so very sur­ prising if they had pulled the match off. As it was they made no fewer than 340 runs in the time, which in itself wai a greit feat for the fourth innings of a match, and although it seemed until the very last moment that their efforts would be after all in vain, they managed to play out time with one wicket in hand. This was all the more remarkable because in the first innings the team as a whole failed badly against the bowling of Wilson, Arnold and Burrows, the only batsman who was quite himself being Ran­ jitsinhji. He, however, was never at a loss, and in both innings he played perfect cricket. Killick in the second innings was in great form, but Mr. Fry did not get going, but all the efforts of Ranjitsinhji and Killick would have been unavailing to save the match had it not been for the plucky stand made by Mr. Collins and Mr. Newham at a most critical time. When they came together the game looked over; when they were separated after apartnership of 70runs a draw seemed certain. But the tail could not play Arnold and Wilson, and it was then that the deter­ mination of Mr. Collins was so valuable. Bland came in when five minutes remained for play. In the two innings of Worcestershire the batting was good throughout the team. Mr. W . L. Foster played brilliant cricket in the second innings, while Arnold and Wheldon greatly distinguished tnemselves. One of the most interesting points in the match was the return to form of Mr. Fry as a bowler. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. W.L.Foster, c Fry, b Killick 2 G. E. Bromley-Martin, b B ran n ..................................48 Arnold, b B la n d ...................67 EL K . Foster, c Butt, b Fry 44 tt. E. Foster, st Butt, b Fry 16 W . Greenstock, b Fry...........11 Wheldon, lbw, b Fry ... W . W . Lowe, run out Burrows, c Tate, b Bland Straw, not out ........... Wilson, b Fry ........... B 11, lb 1, w 1 Total........... Second innings, c Bland, b Fry ...116 c Butt, b Fry ... 21 lbw, b Bland ... 5 c Butt, b Killick 43 c Butt, b Frv ... 34 c Bland, b Killick 13 not out...................74 lbw, b Killick ... 0 b Bland ........... 6 c Tate, b Vine ... 21 c Newham,b Vine 0 B 13, lb 6, w 2 21 Total..............354 S u s s e x . First innings. C. B. Fry, b W ilson .......... 8 G. Brann, c R. E. Foster, b A rnold................................. 3 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Straw, b W ilson ........................80 Killick, c W . L. Foster, b Arnold............................... 12 A . Collins, c R. E. Foster, b B urrow s......................... 3 W . Newham, b W ilson ... 4 Vine, b W ilson ................. 8 C. L. A . Smith, lbw, b Lowe 0 Tate, b B u rrow s...............18 Butt, not out.......................17 Bland, c Lowe, b Burrows 4 B 12, lb 9, w 1 ........22 Total... Second innings, b H. K . Foster... 33 b W ilson ........... 0 b Lowe...................78 c Lowe, b Arnold 78 not o u t................. 72 c Greenstock, b Wilson ...........43 lbw, b W ilson ... 0 c Wheldon, b Arnold ........... 7 b Wilson ........... 1 b Arnold ... ... 7 not out................... 0 B7, lb ll, w l,n b 2 21 ..........179 Total (9 wkts)340 W o r c e s t e r s h ir e . Bland........... Killick ... Brann ... T a t e ........... Fry ........... Ranjitsinhji First innings. O. M. R. W . ...29 6 73 2 . ...13 1 ...11 5 ...11 2 ...22.3 8 46 ... 7 2 21 53 18 28 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 6 104 2 Vine Collins , 37 24 4 13 , 19 , 4 11*4 10 1 5 5 1 5 3 28 61 3 13 0 23 0 71 3 19 0 14 2 Brann, Fry, and Ranjitsinhji each bowled a wide. W ilson Arnold Low e... Burrows S u s s b x . First innings. O. M. R. W . ...........29 10 47 4 .. .......... 26 3 66 2 ., .......... 9 2 29 1 .. . 4*3 2 15 3 ., H . Foster ., R. Foster ., , 56 Second innings. O. M. R. W, 17 123 4 13 58 3 1 67 1 7 55 0 1 10 1 1 6 0 17 . 21 . 2 . 5 Lowe bowled two wides, and Arnold two no-ball*.