Cricket 1899

A u g . 24, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 36? 18. 18. 18. 18. 18. 19. 19. 19. 21. 21. G . B rom ley -M a r tin , W o rcestersh ire v . D e r b ysh ir e .....................................................................129 H .K.F0STER,W 0BCE8TER8HIREV.D e RBY8HIRE162 W .W .L o w e ,W o r c e s te r s h ir e y .D erb ysh ire1 0 2 * C.L. T o w n sen d , G lo u c e s te b v. A u stra lia n s 1 3 5 H a y w a b d , S u bbey v . S om erset .................158 L o c k w o o d , S u bbey v. S o m e b s e t ................129 J. H. Stevens, Denbigh v. Isthmian ........ 101* G. Tosetti, Woodford Wells v. Lr. Clapton 113 K . S. B a n jits in h ji, S u ssex v. E s se x ...............161 B r o c k w b ll, S u b b ey v . G lo u c e s te r s h ir e ... 167 R. Foster, Worcestershire v. London County 123 F. A . I r e d a le , A u s tr a lia n s v . M id d le s e x 111 J. D a r lin g , A u s tr a lia n s v . M id d le s e x ... Ill C . J. B u rn u p , K e n t v . Y o r k s h ir e .............17i K . S . R a n jits in h ji, S u ssex v . L a n c a s h ir e 102 P. H. L a th a m , S u ssex v . L a n c a s h ir e ... 103 D e v e y , W a r w ic k s h ib e v. H am p sh ire ... 154 W . Q u a ife , W a r w ic k s h ir e v . H am psh ibe 123* W a in w r ig h t, Y o r k s h ir e v . K e n t ..........100 H.K.Foster, Worcestershire v. Lond. County 107 * Signifies not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W . W . C r o c k fo r d a n d “ A n g lo -C o lo n ia l.” — “ Very many thanks, which ought to have been given last week.” MR. C. B. FRY. E d ito r of “ T he B ook o f C ricket .” [“ Having invited several cricketing friends to write his text therein, aiid having received many pro­ mises but not a single line, is compelled to resort to his own pen.” —“ The Book of Cricket,” partx, page 146.] Protest by a Member of the Sussex County Cricket Club. Editor of “ Cricket Book ” Endless care and trouble took, A ll the cricketers of fame To applaud and to acclaim. Every week did Sussex men Look for something from the pen Of another, who could tell All Fry’s merits, known so well. Things have surely gone awry, When our hero, C. B. Fry, Cannot find, among his friends, One who readily attends To his wish, expressed so oft, In persuasive language soft, That some comrade would indite What himself he could not write. Having waited long in vain— For no aid could he obtain— Ever generous and kind, He his readers bore in mind ; Lest they disappointment felt, His compunctions all should melt, He himself would use his pen, To appease the Sussex men. Then with modesty too great, His career he did relate, All his faults he brought to light, Hid his real self from our sight; Of his failings made a mark, Left his merits in the dark ; But each true-born Sussexite, Fain would set the matter right. So if none will tell his praise, Let us all our voices raise ; Men of Sussex know his worth— Of such players feel the dearth. He can bat with strength and ease, Style so brilliant, all must please ; While in bowling, well we know, Best of form he’ll often show. Though unbeaten in the field, Yet to one he’d choose to yield ; For he owns a master, since He has played beside the Prince. Ranjitsinhji, scoring high, Partner still with C. B. Fry, Sussex cheers them long and loud, Of their batsmen justly proud. -F .B .N . T H E AUSTRAL IANS . THE MIDDLESEX MATCH. BENEFIT MATCH OF J. P H ILLIP8. T H IR TY -FIR ST OF THE TOUR. TH E CROWD IN REBELLION. Played at Lord’s on August 21, 22 and 23. Australians won by an innings and 230 runs. This match will always be remembered as the first in which an English crowd lost its temper while an Australian team was battiDg. There have been previous occasions when members of a crowd ex­ pressed their opinion that the Australians were not hurrying themselves in the matter of scoring, but on Monday, when some ten thousand people were at Lord’s, there was for some time a decided restlessness while McLeod and Gregory were in together. Darling came in and settled down to play a remarkably slow game, as he had a perfect right to do if he liked, taking about seventy minutes to make his first ten runs and three hours to make 38. It was during his innings that the restlessness of the crowd could no longer be controlled. Some musical genius began to whistle the “ Dead March ” in Saul. His example was followed by thousands of people, and for the time being Lord’s was turned into a Drury Lane on Boxing Night. Other musical airs followed, among them being “ Poor old Joe ” and “ We won’t go home till morning.” The music was interspersed with remarks of a more or less personal character, and when at last Darling, after a long period of inactivity, made a cut to the boundary, the crowd broke out into such pro­ longed cheering that the game was stopped for some minutes. Policemen were sent round to request the spectators to moderate their enthusiasm, and the remainder of Monday’s play passed by without special comment. It was unfortunate that this outbreak should have occurred at Lord’s, of all places in the world, but a crowd seems to be pretty much the same all the world over. Unhappily, the incident is very likely to have far-reaching effects, which can only at present be imagined. The match was played for the benefit of James Phillips, but instead of receiving the proceeds of the gate as in ordinary benefit matches, Phillips was awarded a lump sum, half of which was pre­ sented by Middlesex and half by the Australians. For the second time inthe last eleven matches Darling managed to win the toss. For a little while it looked as if Trott was at last to have his day against the Australians, but although he has been doing re­ markable things with the ball of late, he once more found the Australians to be his masters. He had a short period of success and took three wickets for a few runs, but afterwards he could make very little impression on the batsmen. Gregory and McLeod played carefully, as was natural when two wickets had fallen for 45 runs, but as when lunch time arrived the score was 101, which had been made in an hour and fifty minutes, it cannot be said that the play was very slow on the whole. McLeod seemed to have a verygood chanceof making his firsthundredof thetour when Gregory ran him out. It was after lunch, when Darling and Trumper were together, that the crowd began to get restive. It was all very unfortunate. Trumper has been very decidedly “ off colour” of late, and was of course anxious to make runs, so that he hardly played in his usual attractive style, while Darling, who seemed to te lame, was not in a scoring mood. There can be little doubt that the behaviour of the crowd caused him to continue his steady play longer than he would have done under ordinary cir­ cumstances—it was but human nature to do so. At the end of the day the score had been taken to 320 for five wickets, Darling being not out 78 and Iredale not out 76. On Tuesday the rate of scoring ^as increased very considerably, for the Australians were now in such a position that they could not very well lose. Darling was, moreover, not so lame as on the previous day, and the rate of scoring was in very marked contrast to that of the previous day. Tne partnership came to an end when it had produced 201 runs, Darling being then out after being at the wickets for about four hours and a half, his last 70 runs being made in about ninety minutes by attrac­ tive cricketsuch as noone canplay better thanhimself. Iredale was not very long in following him, having Uiede the same total; he had batted for three hours and a quarter, and had all the time played splendid cricket. The innings then soon came to an end. The Middlesex batting needs no description. Warner played a graceful innings, and as far as his batting was concerned there seemed nothing particularly difficult about the bowling, but to the rest of the batsmen it was prodigiously good. Jones and McLeod were unchanged throughout both innings. The upshot of the whole thing was that the Austral­ ians had a couple of men who could do something on the wicket while Middlesex had not. A u str a lia n s . H. Trumble, c Mac­ Gregor, b Trott ... 10 C. E. McLeod, run out 48 M. A. Noble, c R. N. Douglas, b Trott ... 14 S. E. Gregory, c Mac­ Gregor, b Trott ... 10 V. Trumper, c Mac­ Gregor, b Trott ... 62 J. Darling (capt.), lbw, b Wells .................Ill F. A. Iredale, c Raw­ lin, b Hearne...........Ill J. J. Kelly, c Ford, b Heame ....................10 F. Laver, not out ... 29 E. Jones, b Wells ... W. P. Howell, cWells, b Hearne....................10 B 12, lb 10 .............22 Total ...445 M id d le s e x . First innings. P. F. Warner, c Darling, b McLeod ........................39 J. Douglas, b Jones .......... 0 L. J. Moon, c Howell, b McLeod ................ ... 17 R. N. Douglas, c Darling, b McLeod ........................12 Rawlin, c Trumble, b Mc­ Leod ............ ... ... ... 11 0 8 7 F. G. J..Ford, b McLeod Trott, c Howell, b McLeod C. M. Wells, b McLeod ... G. MacGregor (capt.), c Laver, b Jones................. 1 Roche, not out ................. 5 Hearne (J. T.), c Howell, b Jones ............................... 1 Byes ........................ 4 Second innings. b Jones .......... 5 c Kelly,b McLsod 7 c Kelly, b Jones 0 b Jones ..........13 b Jones .......... 4 c Kelly, b Jones 0 cNoble,b McLeod 43 c Kelly,bMcLeod 30 b Jones .......... 4 c Kelly, b Jones not out.......... Lb 1, nb 1 Total... ...105 Total .............110 Trott Hearne . Ford Rawlin ., A u s tr a lia n s . O. M. R. W. . 49 15 107 4 . 49-2 20 87 3 .1 4 7 30 0 . 16 6 41 0 Wells Boche Warner O. M. R. W. 42 9 82 2 22 8 66 0 , 1 0 10 0 M id d le se x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. It. W. J on es................. 20*2 5 44 3 .......... 20*1 5 40 7 McLeod .......... 20 4 57 7 .......... 20 7 68 3 Jones delivered a no-ball. INCOGNITI v. SIDMOUTH.-Played at Sidmouth on August 18 and 19. S idm outh . N. Leese, c Conway Rees, b Hoare..........t>u E. W. Mann, b Banka 23 S. Brutton, c Jones, b Hoare........................29 B. H. M. Smith, b Banks........................31 A. T. B. Dunn, c Bar- low, b Banks ..........84 Rev. E. B. Brutton, c Conway Rees,bBanks 13 C. M. Leese, b Con­ way Rees.................32 J. F. Orchard, hit wkt, b Schwarz ............46 C. W. L. Fernandes, c Schwarz,b t arpmael 18 H. W . Wallen, lbw, b Banka .................11 H. S. Potbury, not out 4 Extras .................28 T otal................. 379 Second innings. I n cogniti . First innings. A. H. Delme Radcliffe, b Sm ith............................... 24 cDunn,bOrchard 39 O. L. C. West, cS. Brutton, b Smith ........................ 1 c C. M. Leese, b Orchard............. 11 M. L. Banks, c Fernandes, b Sm ith................................ 4 b Orchard........... 2 H. G. Barlow, b Smith ... 9 b Smith ........... 15 F. A. Jones, bE. B. Brutton 4 c Fernandes, b Orchard.............19 R. O. Schwarz, b Smith ... 16 c Fernandes, b Orchard........... 4 J. Conway Rees, b Dunn ... 21 c Dunn, b Smith 6 A. P. Neame, b Dunn ... 6 b Dunn ........... 5 G. R. Murray, b Dunn ... 0 c and b E. B. Brutton .............15 W. P. Carpmael, not out ... 2 not ou t.................. 0 H. J. Hoare, c C. M. Lees, b Dunn............................... 4 cMann,b Orchard 59 Extras........................ 9 Extras ........... 6 Total... ...100 Total 181 A shirt has been invented by Richard Poore, 82, Aldersgate Street, E.C., which would seem to be the best thing possible for boys at school, and others who have to practise cricket in their ordinary attire. It entirely does away with braces over the shoulder.