Cricket 1899

A ug . 17, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Clifton on August 10, 11 and 12. Middlesex won by nine wickets. A splendid innings by Mr. F. G. J. Ford was the feature of this match, which was otherwise only remarkable for the fine batting of Mr. Warner, Trott and Mr. Troup, and the bowling of Trott and Mr. Townsend. M iddlesex . 0. M. Wells, c Brown, b Townsend ...........24 E. H. Br<*y, c Bird, b Townsend ........... 0 Roche, not o u t ...........21 Hearne (J. T.), st Board, b Townsend 12 B 6, lb (5, w 1, nb 4 17 P.F.Warner, b Roberts 89 J. Douglas, b Jessop .. lu R. N. Douglas, b Roberts ... .. .. 5 L. J. Moon, c Paish, b Townsend ............................................ ....... .............15 Rawlin, c Board, b Roberts ......................................................................... 6 F. G. J .Ford, b Towns­ end .................................................................................15GTotal ........................406 Trott, b Townsend ... 61 Second innings: P. F. Warner, st Board, b Paish, 10; J. Douglas not out, 21; R. N. Douglas, not out, 8 ; Bye, 1—Total (1 wkt), 40. G l o u c e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. R. W . Rice, c Rawlin, b Trott .................................,. 19 Wrathall, c Wells, b Rawlin 9 C. L. Townsend, c J. Doug­ las, b Trott.......................... 35 G. L. Jessop, c J. Douglas, b T rott.................................21 W . Troup, c Rawlin, b Trott .................................. 2 F. N. Bird, c Bray, b Trott 13 W . S. A . Brown, c Rawlin, b Trott.................................. 4 Board, b H earne.......................18 C. J. Taylor, b T r o tt ............ 9 Paish, lbw, b Wells ...............16 Roberts, not o u t ..................... 7 B 5, lb 3 ............................ 8 Total... ...162 c Rawlin, b Roche 23 c and b Roche ... 43 st Bray, b Roche 4 c Bray, b Trott... 47 c Trott, b Hearne 57 c Rawlin, b Trott 0 cHearne,bRawlin 33 b Hearne ........... 5 c Trott, b Hearne 25 c Warner, b Trott 8 not o u t ................. 5 B 23, lb 3, w 1 27 Total .282 M id d le s e x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Jessop ... ... 35 6 106 1 Paish ... 28 8 81 0 ... ... 44 0 20 1 Townsend ... 421 6 101 6 ... ... 5 1 19 0 Roberts ... ... 20 5 73 3 ... Taylor ... ... 3 1 11 0 ... Brown ... ... 2 0 17 0 ... Townsend bowled a wide and a no-ball, and Roberts bowled three no-balls. G lo u c e s t e r s h i r e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Rawlin ... ... 18 11 27 1 ...........15 6 85 1 Trott ... ... 32 13 43 7 ...........37 13 80 3 Hearne ... ... 82 10 69 1 ...........34 14 74 3 Wells ... 8 1 15 1 ...........14 5 31 0 • Roche 22 8 45 3 he does not take long to get into form—it is only a week or two since he returned to England—while Mr. Marriott’s hundred was a very fine in n iD g s. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Capt. E. R. Bradford, b Ueeson..................................21 Barton, c Joyce, b Geeson . 21 Major R. M. Poore, b Woodl57 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, c Gee­ son, b Pougher................. 46 Webb, b Agar .................. 21 C. Heseltine,c W ood,b Agar 5 E. C. Lee, c Joyce, b W ood 0 D. A . Steele, c Whiteside, b Geeson..................................33 Baldwin, b Geeson ...........11 C. E. C. Kendle, c W ood, b Geeson..................................10 Sutherland, not out ........... 0 B yes.................................. 6 Second innings. c Fowke,bGeesonl02 c Whiteside, b Pougher .......... 1 st Whiteside, b b Pougher ... 32 b Pougher ... lbw, b Wood c Whiteside, Pougher .. b Agar........... b Geeson ... not out........... Rawlin bowled one wide. LEICESTERSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. A REMAltKARLE FINISH. Played at Leicester on August 10, 11 and 12. Drawn. When, after a very even game, Leicestershire went in for the fourth innings of the match to make 237 to win in two hours and forty minutes, the Hampshire team did not feel too confident that they could prevent the runs from being obtained, for Leicester­ shire have once or twice shown considerable ability in the way of scoring against time. But when Mr. de Trafford went at 21, the home team seemed to give up the idea of making the runs until it was a little too late. A very fine stand was made by Knight and Mr. H. H. Marriott, but when they had got complete command of the bowling they did not score quickly enough to have much chance of winning, and evea at the last, when Knight was out, Geeson made no attempt to hit at everything, although, with only two wickets down, the most desperate efforts seemed desirable. It was a lost opportunity of winning a match. Several men on both sides played very fine cricket, but the batting of Major Poore dwarfed that of everybody else. Captain Bradford showed that Total ...331 c Geeson, b Agar 6 lbw, b Geeson ... 0 B 2,1b 2,w l,n b l 6 Total ...........284 L e ic e s t e r s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. R. Joyce, b Heseltine........... 0 G. H. S. Fowke, b Wynyard 16 Whiteside, c Bradford, b Heseltine .........................50 Knight, b Wynyard ...........73c Steele,b Suther­ land ...................69 C. J. B. W ood, c Kendle, b S teele..................................78 H. H. Marriott, b Wynyard 23 not out...................101 Pougher, b W ynyard........... 0 C. E. de Trafford, c Steele, c Kendle, b Bald- b B radford......................... 9 win ..................... 6 Geeson, b Wyayard ...........58 not out ...............23 King, not out ...................24 Agar, st Kendle, b Wynyard 27 B 20, nb 1 ...................21 Total First innings. ...379 H a m p s h ir e . Extras .......... 4 Total (2 wkts)203 Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Geeson ...34 11 80 5 ... ... 20 4 09 3 A g a r........... .. 24 9 76 2 ... ... 2) 4 68 2 W ood........... ...26 4 76 2 ... ... 14 4 47 1 K in g........... ..13 5 39 0 ... Pougher ... ... 7 2 19 1 ... 22 5 64 4 Fowke ... 7 1 35 0 ... ... 4 0 2 ' 0 Marriott ... ... 1 0 8 0 Agar bowled one wide and delivered one no-ball. L e i c e s t e r s h ir e . Heseltine... Bradford ... Wynyard ... Sutherland Baldwin ... Steele... Webb... First innings. O. M. R. W. ...25 5 85 2 . ...36 8 95 1 . ...35-4 12 63 6 . ...12 5 ...15 ...14 11 17 53 Second O. 19 . 11 . 10 . 12 . 19 innings. M. R. W. 1 69 0 1 14 0 1 27 0 1 40 1 3 49 1 Baldwin delivered a no-ball. X I. LE MAYS v. MR. GEO. ANGUS’ X L — Played at Lamberhurst on August 10. M r . A n g u s ’ X I. Second innings. First innings. Stanbridge, b H .H . LeM ay 9 c H , W .,b R. S." Le May Noakes, b H. W . Le May... Barton, b H. W . Le May ... b R. S. Le May... c T. D., b H. Le May ........... not out................... Bull, c H., b H. H. Le May Kenward, b H. H. Le May 19 not out................. Dangett, c P. K , b H, H. Le May ... ................... 0 Huggins, bH. W . Le May 0 Angus, ht wkt, b H. W. Le M a y .............................. I Clarke,c and b H. H.Le May 1 Harrison, b H. H. Le May 1 Avard, not out .................. 0 b T.D.Le May.. Extras .................. 12 Extras ................. Total .................59 X I. L e M a y s . Total (4 wkts) 15 © o rresfpon tience. The Editor does not hold himself responsible Jor tin opinions of his correspondents. T H E D E A D B A L L . To the Editor of Cricket. Sir,—At a time such as this you will probably have your space far too confined for anything like dissertation on the above, though it must be admitted that the extract printed from the Sydney Mail in the current issue of Cricket is strongly provocative. Some other time, perhaps, with your permission, I will refer to tbis most interesting topic again; for the present it is sufficient to point out that the writer in the Sydney Mail supplies himself with the very information he desires; at any rate, in the particular case he quotes. He says : “ I have never yet been able to discover at what time the ball shall be dead when in the wicket­ keeper’s hands, except, etc.” And presumably this inability of his to discover the exact time is extended to the bowler. For he tells us he all the same believes he was out when the ball was as dead as cold mutton, by his own most conclusive showing ! “ The running had left me breathless. Regaining my wind, I unconsciously wandered off my crease. The bowler, who had been toying with the ball after it had been returned to him, etc.” Is it conceivable for anything— in this case at any rate—to be clearer as to the exact moment of the ball’s decease ? One second the bowler began his “ toying.” You can no more toy with a live ball than you can with a live tiger!— Yours truly, KING WILLOW . P. K . Le May, b Bull 8 Ernest Le May, b Noakes .................. 19 Edward Le May, not out .......................... 5 S. Le May, not out ... 7 Extras...................14 C. W . Le May, c Bull, b N oa k es...................0 H.W .LeM ay,c Barton, b Noakes .................95 H. H. Le May, lbw, b Noakes .................. 3 T. D. Le May, c Ken­ ward, b Barton ... 3 R. S. Le May, c Stan- Total(7 wkts) 172 bridge, b B u ll..............18 H. Le May and C. Le May did not bat. LONDON SCOTTISH v. HORNSEY.- Brondesbury on August 12. H o r n s e y . -Played at E.W.Manning, b Wass 36 A.E.Tuberville,b Pope 10 A. E. Flower, run out 13 E. A . Nicholls, b D enniston................. 2 G. Hart, lbw,b Dennis­ ton ......................... 1 Grimsdell,b Denniston 2 H. R.Young,c Lamont, b Pope ................... 5 E. Robins, c and b W ass........................... R. Allison, c Kinross, b Wass ................... W . Hutton, c Wass, b Pope ................... L. C. Bacon, not out B 6, lb 4, w 1 ... Total 1 2 11 88 L o n d o n S c o t t is h . F.H.Dunkley,bAUison 22 A. F. Denniston, b Allison ...................34 J. D. Forbes, b Allison 5 F. J. Wass,c Allison, b Flowers .................. 9 C. Orgies, b Allison... 7 E. Lacey, b Allison ... 6 H. J. R. Pope, not out 54 J. Lamont, b Flowers 9 N.G. Anderson,c A lli­ son, b Hanning ... 17 F. R. Connell, not out 0 A. Kinross, c Allison, b Flowers ........... 4 B 9, lb 1 ...........10 Total ...177 KENSINGTON PARK v. UPPER TOOTING.— Played at Upper Tooting on August 12. U p p e r T o o t in g . D.H.Butcher, b Abney 44 A.M . Pollard, b W ood 4 Dr. Tanner, c Gibson, b C u rrey...................18 B M. Carroll, st Nich­ olas, b Currey.........70 S. A. Attlee, c Currey, b W ood .................. 15 F. G. Thorne, not out 61 W . W . Melville, W ood.......................... 9 C. R. Lucas, b W ood .. 0 G. S. Addison, not out 8 E x tras................. 27 Total (7 wkts) *257 D. C. Bartley and J. Strode did not bat. * Innings declared closed. K e n s in g t o n P a r k . M.A.Nicholas, not out 6 Extras...................26 C.Macdonald.c Attlee, b Th orne.................. 55 R. Davies, c and b Carroll ................... 0 Total (2 wkts) 161 A. W. Watson, not out 64 L. E. G. Abney, J. C. W ood, H. W . Currey, H. L. Scott, A. R. Davis, G. J. Gibson and O. A . Wood- bridge did not bat.