Cricket 1899

A r o . 17, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 3^5 T THE CANTERBURY WEEK. T H E AUSTRAL I ANS . TWENTY-EIGHTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Canterbury on Aug. 10, 11 and 12. Kent won by two wickets. There are many times durii g a season when the Kent eleven is but a shadow of its proper self, but at Canterbury, as the Aubtralians have often had occa­ sion to remember, it is invariably almost at full strength. This year Kent has rejoiced in the posses­ sion of a really good fast bowler throughout the season in the person of Mr. Bradley, who in previous years has only been able to put in a fitful appearance for his county, with the result that he had never been able to do himBelf complete justice. All things con­ sidered, the match with the Australians was regarded as likely to produce a fairly even contest, which would probably end in a draw if the Australians were getting a little the worst of it. It was not a high scoring match by any means, and it was particularly remarkable for the success of two bowlers, one of whom has not greatly distinguished himself during the season, while the other had practically not bowled at all this year until the beginning of the W eek; McLeod, who did so well against Mr. Stoddart’s team in Australia, bowled in remarkable form, while Burnup astonished the world by beating Australian after Australian. As far as the first innings of each side is concerned, the Australians were in a very satisfactory position when they went in again, for although their lead for a good wicket was almost nominal, it was long odds that by the time their second innings ended—if it were not declared—they would be able to regard the result of the match with equanimity ; that is to say, they seemed likely to be in such a position that they could not lose, while they might possibly win. But when their second innings was concluded they looked like having about as diffi­ cult a task before them as any which has fallen to their lot duiing the season. For Kent, with alltheir wickets in hand, had to make only 138runs. On paper the task seemed easy, but the wicket at one end had been helping the bowlers, and the players themselves recognised that a severe fight was imminent. The breakdown in the batting of the Australians in their second innings was almost as decided as it was in the second innings of the Essex match, and, as at I eyton, it was due to the bowJing of a man who was unknown to them. Mr. Bumup has done many very fine things as a batsman—among other things he was one of the only three batsmen who made a hundred against the Aus­ tralian team of 1896—but there cannot be much doubt that bis success with the ball in both innings against the Australians at Canterbury will live as long as any of his feats, for it was a wonderful thing for a man who has hardly ever bowled in first-class cricket for years to take eight wickets for 48 runs in such a match. The Australians have shown on several occasions during their tour that they are not at their best when they meet a new man, and as they have so few men who can make a bold effort to knock the new man off, they are sometimes in surprising difficulties with him. It had been arranged that in view of the forthcoming match at the Oval between England and Australia the Kent captain should not over bowl Bradley, and in the first innings he rested him with great judgm ent; in the second Bradley and Bumup between them rendered any rest quite unnecessary. The crux of the battle came on Saturday morning, when Kent, with an overnight score of 0 for no wicket, continued their innings. Bradley and Huish, who had gone in on Friday evening to play out time, did nobly by making 11 and 13 runs, and so far the game went in favour of Kent. But the fortunes of the game fluctuated considerably, and there is no telling what might have happened if the Australian fielding had been up to its usual standard. Aided by a few missed chances, the Kent men made 64 for thiee wickets, and with seven wickets in hand they at one time only required 47 to win. The game looked over. But a fourth wicket fell, and when Day went in to partner Alec Hearne only 41 runs were required with six wicketsin hand. A few minutes later they were botn out, and there were only four wickets in hand with 33 runs to make. This was an entirely unex­ pected state of affairs, and the rest of the game was watched in the most intense excitement. But there were still left three such sound batsmen as Mason, Patterson and Weigall among the four men who had to go in, while Stewart was still at the wicket. But with the score at 114 both Mason and Patterson were out. Thus 24 runs lay between victory or defeat, with two wickets to be disposed of. The excitement lasted until the last ball was bowled, for an accident might at any moment have meant a win for the Australians, but Stewart held on while Weigall rapidly put on his runs, and Kent won a remarkable victory by a couple of wickets. Stewart has every reason to congratulate himself on his play in this match, lor not only did he keep up his end when everything depended on his steadiness, but he also made 71—the highest score in the match—in the first innings. A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings. J. Worrall, c Burnup, b Heame... .......................36 cHearne,bBurnup 10 M. A . Noble, c Huish, b Bradley .......................49 cMason.b Burnup 1 V. Trumper, c Huish, b Du c Mbson, b Brad- Boulay..................................60 ley .....................13 S. E. Gregory, b Ms son ... 3 c Bradley, b Bur­ nup ................... 8 J. Darling, c Hearne, b Bradley .................. ... 16 b Bradley ............ 4 F. A . Jredale, c Hearne, b Eurnnp .......................37 c Huish,b Burnup 0 J. J. Kelly, c Bradley, b Burnup .......................26 b Burnup ............ 1 F. A. Laver, c Huish, b Bradley ......................... 1 c Bradley,bMason 20 C. E. McLeod, c Mason, b Burnup ........................ 0 b Bradley ............ 0 E. Jones, c Huish, b Bradley 1 c Day, b Bradley. 29 W . P. Howell, not out ... 0 notout.................... 0 B 7, lb 1 ................... 8 B 6, lb 1, w 1 8 Total ..................227 K e n t . Total...........94 Second innings. First innings C. J. Burnup, c Howell, b McLeod .............................25 cNoble,b McLeod 24 fl. C. Stewart, c Howell, b McLeod ......................... 71 notout....................35 Hearne (A.), c Kelly, b Howell..................................20 c Kelly, b Howell 17 S. H. Day, b H ow ell........... 4 cKelly, b McLeod 5 W . H. Patter8on,c Worrall, c Howell, b b M cL e o d .......................... 7 McLeod ........... J. R. Mason, c Howell, b McLeod .......................... 0 b Howell ............ 6 A . H. Du Boulay, c Noble, b M cL e o d .......................... 33 b Jones....................27 G. J. Y. Weigall, c Howell, b M cL e o d ........................... 0 not out....................12 Huish, c Worrall, b McLeod 11 lbw, b Noble ...1 3 Humphreys, b N oble..............13 W . M. Bradley, not ........... 0 b Noble ... ...11 Extras ........... 0 B 6, lb 3 ... Total . 184 Total(8 wkt8)141 A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Bradley ......... 23*1 10 39 4 ............ 22 3 11 42 4 Mason ......... 21 7 55 1 ............ 1 1 0 1 Hearne ......... 20 6 30 1 ............ Humphreys ...15 5 42 0 ........... Patterson........... 5 2 13 0 ........... Du Boulay ...10 4 S3 1 .................. Burnup ........... 4 1 7 3 ... ... 21 9 44 5 Burnup bowled a wide. K e n t . First innings. Second innings. Jones................. 24 8 52 0 ............ 15 5 29 1 Howell .........20 5 45 2 ............ 22 8 36 2 McLeod ......... 36 9 87 7 ............ 19 7 41 3 N oble................. 02 0 0 1 ........... 12 4 26 2 SURREY v. YORKSHIRE. PARTNERSHIPS OF 340 AND 448. AN ALTOGETHER REMARKABLE MATCH. Played at the Oval on August 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. Last year Surrey, having won the toss, made 536 against Yorkshire in the Oval match, and disposed of their opponents easily enough for scores of 78 and 186 This year the tables were turned, as far as the first innings was concerned, for Yorkshire beat the 1898 Surrey score by nearly two hundred runs. But when it came to getting Surrey out twice it was alto­ gether another story. The Notts team had shown the Yorkshiremen in the Bank Holiday match that the Surrey bowling might be “ knocked into a cocked hat” on a good wicket, and although the Yorkt-bire score was far bigger than was anticipated by either side, nobody would have been surprised if it had teen about four hundred or five hundred. There was nothing very remarkable about the Yorkshire innings until Hirst and Wainwright got together. It is true that Tunnicliffe and Denton had each scored about fifty and that Mr. Mitchell had nearly made his hun­ dred, but the two latter have been in such remarkably good form of late that there was no particular reason why they should not have each made a hundred. But with all the sting taken out of the bowling, Hirst came in at just the right time. It was not very long before he and Wainwright had Surrey more or less a their mercy, and they loth went the pate. On Thursday night tbe score was 478 for four wickets, so that no one could grumble that the cricket had been slow. Yorkshire thus began the second days cricket with the ctrtainty th&t they could not lose, although it was long odds that they would not win. The two not outs still continued to make runs very rapidly, and the end of the partnership did not come until the total was 624- when Hirst went in it was 284 for four wickets, the partnership had lasted for three hours and forty minutes. Wainwright was the first to go. hie had gone well into his second hundred, and his in n iD g s had lasted five hours and a-half. Hirst just missed his second hundred. Surrey went in at twenty minutes to four o’clock on Friday afternoon, so that they had a definite task set them of keeping at the wickets for about a day and a-third. 'l'Ley began badly enough, and it looked as if they were going to emulate the peiformance of Yorkshire in 1898. litlt, with the score at 56 for the loss of Mr. Pretiy, Hayes, and Biockwell, the Yorkshiremen btgan what turned out to be a mo;-t unpleasant experience for them. At the end of the day Hayward and Abel were still to­ gether, with the score at 169 for three wickets, the former being 75 and the latter 42. When only about an hour remained for play on Satur­ day they were still together, all question of a defeat having been put aside for hours. There was no necessity for them to make runs, and if ihey had chosen they could have been content to keep up their wickets, and let the score increase at the rate of about thirty an hour—they tad to play for a draw, and they could have pointed to plenty of examples of s ow scoring under such conditions. But their rate of scoring was anything but slow, and during their part­ nership of 448 they made runs at at out seventy-four an hour. Like Wainwright, Hayward easily passed bis second hundred, and like Hirst, A tel just failed to do so. It did not matter what happened after they were parted, for the otject aimed at had been ac( omplished. It was a great performance in every way. Y o r k s h ir e . E. Smith, c Jephson, b Lockwood ........... 8 F. S. Jackson, c Rich­ ardson, b Broekwell 18 Tunnicliffe, c Hayes, b Bichardson ...........50 Denton, c Pretty, b Brockwell...................47 F. Mitchell, b Jephson 87 ainwright, c H ay­ ward, b Lockwood 2‘.8 Hirst, b Richardson ...186 Haigh, not out ... ... 21 Lord Hawke, b Rich­ ardson ...................13 Rhodes, b Richardson 8 Hunter, b Richardson 0 B 25, lb7, w 2, nb 1 35 Total ...704 SORLEY. Brockwell, c Mitchell, b Smith ......................29 H. C. Pretty, ht wkt, b Smith..............................15 Hayes, c Mitchell, b Smith............................ 6 Abel, c Smith, b Jack­ son ............................193 Hayward, c Hunter, b Total (7 wkts)551 Jackson ................. 273 H . G. Leveson-Gower, Richardson (T.), and Sted­ man did not bat. Y o r k s h ir e . D. L. A. Jephson, c Tunnicliffe, b Jack­ son ... ...................23 Lockwood, c sub., b Jackson ................... 4 K. J. Key, not out ... 4 W 2, nb 2 ............ 4 O. M. R. W . Lockwood 39 9 146 2 Richardson 53*1 15 152 5 Brockwell 49 12 144 2 Hayward 14 4 56 0 O. Jephson 25 Abel ... 10 Pretty... 4 Hayes ... 4 M . R. W . 1 97 1 2 42 0 1 15 0 0 17 0 Lockwood and Richardson each bowled a wide, and Hayward a no-ball. S u r r e y . Rhodes . Smith . Jackson . Hirst O. M. R. W . , 28 11 51 0 55 16 141 3 472 15 101 4 22 5 63 0 O. W ’wright31 H aigh... 31 Denton 6 Tunnicliffe2 M. R. W . 7 100 0 8 61 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 Hirst and Rhodes each delivered a no-ball, and Jack­ son and Wainwright each bowled a wide. J. C. LO VELL’S X I. v. B.W .C.C.—Played at Tulse Bill on August 12. J. C. L o v e l l ’ s X I. W . H. Golds, not out 34 B 9, nb 1 ...........10 Total (3 wkts)*240 C. H. Mountain, b M >rgan ...................22 J. S. Lovell, b Finedon 4 K . Rotinson, not outl29 A. Meller, c Hart, b Guntrip ...................41 E. Cox, E. G. Langton, E. D. Lovell, J. Baxter, W . M. Yetts, and S. H. Flindt did not bat. * Innings declared closed. BW .C .C . Jones,c Golds, b Meller 15 Guntrip, c Robinson, b J. S. Lovell ...........14 Hart, c and b Robinson 32 Lee, b J. S. Lovell ... 5 W right, b Robinson ... 0 Morgan, b Robinson.. 0 Whalley, b Robinson 3 Finedon, b Robinson 3 Filer, b Meller ...........12 Humphreys,bRobin8on 0 Wenham, not out ... 3 B 5, lb 5 ...........10 Total ............... »