Cricket 1899

THE FINEST BAT THE WOfiLD PRODUCES. A ug . 31, 1899. CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 375 BUSSEY’S CO LxJ « J o fcl & CO •J J W £ 03 s J w CO 00 ,_ Q 3 £ 2 | h - S 5 ® CD A •±j a _ CO CO M CM « 8 CO CO w 03 B p « * S M o w CD | C O g , CO I ^ 3 J ■■■V C|H S3 § £ BUSSEY’S A T T H E S IG N O F T H E W I C K E T . Er F. S. A shley -C oopek . Those who were present at the Trent Bridge ground on Friday last were for­ tunate enough to witness one of the brightest batting displays ever given on that ground. Mr. C. M . Wells is always delightful to watch, for he is not a be­ liever in allowing the ball to hit the bat, but one who can hit as hard when he pleases as anyone. Against Somerset­ shire last year at Taunton, it will be re­ membered, he went in ninth and carried out his bat for a hundred and one, made in a hour and a half. Last week he did not score at so great a rate, but he was at the creases for nearly six hours, during which time his runs were made at the rate of over forty an hour. His clean and vigorous hitting was obviously appre­ ciated by the spectators, the feature of the innings being his beautiful off-driving. His large score of two hundred and forty- four is both the largest made for Middle­ sex and the largest hit against Notting­ hamshire bowling. A t Huddersfield in 1887 Mr. A . J. Webbe carried his bat through the innings against Yorkshire for two hundred and forty-three; five years later Mr. S. W . Scott made two hundred and twenty-four against Glou­ cestershire, at Lord’s; in 1871 the late Mr. W . H . Hadow compiled two hundred and seventeen against the Marylebone Club (the first 200 score hit in a great match at Lord’s since Mr. William Ward’ s memorable two hundred and seventy- eight as far back as 1820); in 1891 Mr. Stoddart made 215 against Lancashire at Manchester, carrying his bat through the innings, and in 1895 Sir T. C. O’Brien notched 202 against Sussex at Brighton. From this it will be seen that Mr. Wells’ score is the sixth over two hundred hit for the “ County of the Walkers.” On the other hand, it is the second hit against Nottinghamshire bowling, the other score being Abel’ s 215 for Surrey at the Oval in 1897. As a matter of record it may be mentioned that Mr. Wells was battiag five hours and three-quarters, and that his chief strokes were two fives and twenty-seven fours. Mr. G. E . Bromley-Martin is likely to remember for some time his visit to Southampton, as he only received two balls, both delivered by Mr. C. Heseltine, and was twice dismissed. Mr. Heseltine, who is a very fast bowler, treated Abel in an almost similar manner in 1897 and 1898, by sending him four balls and dis­ missing him three times. Last week he must have been bowling at a very great pace, for in disposing of M r. E . G. Bromley-Martin, he sent the off-bail the wonderful distance of fifty-four yards. This, however, is not a record for first- class cricket, as for Lancashire v. Surrey, at the Oval, in 1896, Mold sent a bail sixty-three yards six inches, whilst on the same ground in the previous year Richardson sent one fifty-five yards when bowling Mr. W . L . Murdoch in the Surrey v. Sussex match. A correspondent writes:— “ Accord­ ing to Cricket itself, Mr. K . O. Goldie is not the only schoolboy who has scored a hundred in each in n iD g s of a match. I have not my back numbers at hand, but I distinctly remember seeing in one of the July or August weekly numbers of Cricket, last year, the statement that Mr. S. H . Day accomplished this feat in a house match at Malvern. I notice, however, that Wisden, for 1899, does not include Mr. D^y’s name in the list of scores of two centuries in a match.” M y correspondent is correct, Mr. S. H . Day having made two separate hundreds in a house match at Malvern College at the end of June, 1898. R . A . A . Beres­ ford, I may add, made 102 not out and 307 not out for School House v. Laxton House, at Oandle, May 28, 29, 1888. As the score of the match in which M r. Day distinguished himself was not published in any of the sporting papers, I reproduce it now for the benefit of those who take an interest in cricket records. At Malvern College, end of June, 1898. S w a n n ’ s (N o . 2). First innings. Second innings. R. S. Everitt, b S. Day ... 4 b S. Day .......... H. T. Gunn, lbw, b Blake... 47 c Gray, b Blake .. 7 W. W. Llewellyn, st Smith, b 8. Day ........ . .......... 3 c Clarke, b Blake 46 C. P. Barton, b Blake.......... 7 b Warner ..........€8 C. H. Alison, b G ray..........21 absent... ... ... 0 H.D.Moffat,oS.Day,bBlake 47 notout.................60 A. T. Powell, c 8. Day, b N. Day ............................... 31 b Blake K. Whetstone, st S. Day, b B la k e ............................... 23 c Warner,bS.Day 1 J. Foy, e Blake, b Gray ... 5 c N.Day,b S. Day 1 C.J. Jones, cClarke, bBlake 10 e Kempson, b 8. D a y ................. 9 J. T. N. Wright, not out ... 12 lbw, b Gray ... 5 Extras ........................ 20 Extras............21 19 2 Total .................240 Total ...239 ...115 2 17 L y o n ’ s (No. 7). First innings. Second innings. 8. H. Day,c Wright, bPowelU63 not out.................r G. Gray, c Gunn, b Everitt 5 b Powell .......... G. P. Blake, c andbGunn... 11 c Jones, b Llew­ ellyn ................31 N. Day, b Everitt.............. 20 notout.. C. H. Smith, c Everitt, b Powell............................... 42 S. A. Warner, b Llewellyn 22 A. A. Barnes, c Gunn, b Llew ellyn........................ 11 E.C. Kempson, b Llewellyn 1 V. Shaen-Carter, c Jones, b Powell............................... 5 H, T. Clarke, not ou t..........12 E. C. Pennefather, b Whetstone........................13 Extras ..................20 Total .................315 T otal..........165 Lyon’s winning by eight wickets. Whilst dealing with scorers of two separate centuries in one match, may I ask whether there is any truth in the statements that F. Alleyne made 106 and 105 not out for E . C. Leigh’s X I . v. Rev. B. Hale’s X I ., at Eton College, in July, 1871, and E . B . Stewart 141 and 121 not out for Civil Service v. Devonshire, at Exmouth, in August, 1876 ? These per­ formances, which were recorded at the time in Bell's Life, are not mentioned in Scores and Biographies. In the seventies, however, the scores appeared in the sporting papers of many matches which had never taken place. The displays given by Braund, the old Richmond and Surrey player, against the Australians this season have been excel­ lent. In the match at Truro he made sixty-three and a fortnight later played the highest innings of his life, as far as first-class cricket is concerned, by scoring a hundrsd and twenty-five for Dr. W . G.