Cricket 1899

Aua. 31, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 37? TH E AUSTRALIANS. THE SOMERSET MATCH. TH IRTY-SECON D OP THE TOUR. Played at Taunton on August 24, 25 and 26. Drawn. Although the Somersetshire men have not fre­ quently astonished the world of late years by doing brilliant things in county matches, they nearly always do well against the Australians, and once more they have shown theirability to do themselves justice when a county match was not in question. In accordance with invariable custom, Braund, although he is not yet qualified to take his place in the Somerset team, was allowed to play, and he followed up his success another splendid innings in partnership with Bernard, the young cricketer who has done so well for Somer­ set in this his first season. The two batsmen made the bowling look easy enough, and were not separated until they had put on 162 for the first wicket. They were both together at the luncheon interval, and but for the break in the proceedings they might have gone on together for hours. They both showed a very great command over the ball. After their dismissal there was another long partnership for the fourth wicket, Woods and Robson alternately making runs at a very great pace- while one was hitting the other kept quiet. They came together with the score at 191 for three wickets, and in the course of only eightyminutes th*y had brought it to 325. At this moment the Austra­ lians were in about as unsatisfactory a position as they had been at any time during the tour, for with only three wickets down, and two men going strongly for their hundred, things were looking very bad indeed. Then came one of those unnecessary mistakes which so often spoil a side’s prospects—an impossible run was attempted, and Robson was run out,to be followed by his partner a few minutes afterwards. Thus five wickets were down. For the rest of the time the bowlers were masters of the situation, and although the tail were not all out by the time that stumps were drawn, there were nine wickets down for 376, a total which was not increased on the following morning. The Australians were at the wickets all day on Friday, except for the minute or two which was spent in dis­ posing of the the last Somerset batsman, and when play ended they had scored 398 for the loss of five wickets, so that not even their worst enemies could accuse them of playing a slow game. They were chiefly indebted for this pleasing state of affairs to Laver and Trumble, who at the commencement of the innings played steady cricket and wore out what little bowling there was. Afterwards Laver played his best game of the tour, cutting well at times, but making most of his runs by drives and pulls. Although his batting, by reason of his awkward style, can never be attractive, it was interesting to watch because of his powerful strokes. Trumper also played a brilliant game, and as the Somersetshire team was not at all well placed for him he was practically unfettered. Towards the close of the day Iredale and Darling began a partnership which promised to rival their partnership against Middlesex on the previous three days, but with the difference that Darling played his natural game. When stumpa were drawn Darling was not out 79 and Iredale not out 38. The former just failed to reach his hundred on Saturday, having batted for two hours and a-half in his best form. At the end of the innings Jones and Kelly put on 69runs in twenty-two minutes. Somersetshirewere 156 runs behind, and for a time they stood a fine chance of being defeated in an innings. |But this calamity was avoided by excellent play by Bernard, Woods and Daniell. The crisis came when Hedley and Daniell were together, but they played safe cricket for half an hour, and the danger was over. When the only possible result was a draw, Darling gave some of his amateur bowlers a chance of distinguish­ ing themselves, and even went on himself. He and Gregory were not successful in taking a wickeit, but Trumper and Iredale who managed to secure their first victim of the tour danced a breakdown in their delight at their success. S om erset . First innings. Second innings. C. A. Bernard, c Kelly, b McLeod ........................94 c and b Jones ...56 Braund, c Iredale, b Jones 82 b Jones ........... 0 Robson, run o u t .................76 b Jones ............. 28 F. A. Phillips, e McLeod, b Jones ............................... 4 S. M. J.Woods, c Howell, b Trumble ........................68 run out ............. 41 V. T. Hill, c Jones, b Trumble ........................13 c Jones, b Howell 0 J. Daniell, c Kelly, b Jones 11 not out.................37 Capt.W. C. Hedley, b Laver 2 c Howell, b Laver 17 A. E. Newton, run out ... 17 b Trumper.......... 4 Gill, not o u t ......................... 6 b Iredale ... ... 5 Tyler, c Trumble, b Jones 0 not out.................. 7 B 1, lb 1 , nb 1 . 3 B 9, lb 2, nb 1 12 376 Total (9wkts)232 A u stralian s . H. Trumble, b Braund 40 C. E. McLeod, st New­ ton, by T yler............15 F. Laver, c Bernard, b Hill .........................143 M. A. Noble, b Woods 12 Y. Trumper, c Tyler, b Hedley ................... 51 J. Darling, b Tyler ... 96 F. A. Ireaale, st New­ ton, b Tyler ............53 S. E. Grfgory, b Tyler 14 J. J. Kelly, c and b Woods .................44 E. Jones, not out ... 34 W. P. Howell, c Braund, b Woods... 0 B 19, lb 9, w 2 ... 30 Total ...532 S om erset . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Jones . ... 33’4 5 95 4 ..........27 13 50 3 Noble . ... 17 4 65 0 .......... 12 6 13 1 Trumble . ... 28 9 8 C 2 .......... 7 2 14 0 McLeod . . ... 24 6 82 1 ..........19 7 51 0 Howell . . ... 5 1 9 0 .......... 10 4 28 1 Laver . ... 15 4 42 1 .......... 5 2 9 1 Gregory 7 1 ‘24 0 Iredale 5 1 11 1 Trumper 2 0 10 1 Darling 3 0 10 0 Trumble and Iredale each delivered a no-ball. A u str a lia n s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Tyler . 48 10 150 4 Hedley... 26 10 74 1 G ill......... . 32 9 68 0 Robson 6 1 22 0 Woods .. 254 7 73 3 Hill ... 8 2 28 1 Braund . . 22 3 81 1 Phillips 1 0 6 0 Gill and Phillips each bowled one wide. c Trumper, Noble ... run out Total SURREY v. LANCASHIRE. TOM RICHARDSON’ S BENEFIT MATCH. Played at the Oval on August 24, 25 and 26. Surrey won by an innings and 121 runs. As the weather at the beginning of this match was perfect, it was hoped that a very large crowd would appear at the Oval to do honour to the famous Surrey bowler, who although he has not been himself during the past two seasons, has done an immenseamount of work for the last ten years, and has been the chief means of winning match after match for his side. If ever a man has thoroughly deserved a magnificent benefit it is Richardson. It is sincerely to be hoped that many people who were not able to be at the ground will send in their subscriptions—it is not too late to do so now. At first eight it does not seem easy to see why the number of spectators was not larger, for Surrey men are not usually forgetful of their favourites, but the fact of ;the matter is that the Lancashire team during recent matches has seemed to lose its old attractiveness—it may be that the regretted absence of Briggs has taken some of the “ go ” out of the team, and it is certain that its recent performances have not been such as to command great admiration, so that a well contested match was hardly to be looked for. Be all this as it may, the spectators on Monday and Tuesday had the oppor­ tunity of seeing some brilliant cricket by their own team, and the only drawback to complete satisfaction was the failure of Hayward, who after playing a long series of splendid innings has suddenly lost his good luck in the last two matches. On the other hand Abel, despite his supposed incapability to make runs against fast bowling, was never in any diffi­ culties, and played a perfect innings which veiy nearly reached the second hundred, while Lockwood was in his best form, and Jephson hit up 100 in a couple of hours in his club cricket style, which is so very much more attractive than that which he usually adopts for the purposes of county cricket. Abel’s partner­ ship with Lockwood began with the total at 83 for four wickets—it was not a very promising outlook for Surrey at this period of the game—was incompleted at the end of the day, when Abel was 161 and Lock­ wood 104, and ended at 370, having produced 287 runs in four hours and a half. It will thus be seen that Lockwood did not score at his usual rate. It may be said that out of a total of 522 runs from the bat Abel, Lockwood and Jephson made 409 between them. Lancashire had a very bad time at the commencement of their innings, losing Spooner, who has not done anything since his brilliant debut at Lord’s, Ward and Tyldesley for 40. MacLaren and Eccles put a better appearance on tke game, but MacLaren went at 63, and, although Eccles and Hartley did well, the bowling was never collared. At the end of the day the total was 17Cfor seven wickets, so that Lancashire were in the hopeless position of being383 runs behind, with Lockwood held in reserve to be fresh to bowl them out on Saturday. The innings was soon brought to a conclusion on Saturday. In the follow-on MacLaren and Ward did nothing, and this had a very great deal to do with the ultimate success of Surrey, who very gradually obtained the mastery, and were always a little ahead of time. Eccles and Hartley again played fine cricket, and Baker and Cuttell also did well. There were two or three times when it seemed possible that Lancashire would after all succeed in making a draw, but in the end the match was over at half-past four. S u r r e y . Abel, c Eccles, b Bamesl78 Brockwell, b Mold ... 8 Hayes, run out .......... 3 H. C. Pretty, b Ward 21 Hayward, b Ward ... 11 Lockwood, b Cuttell ...131 D. L. A. Jephson, b Barnes ..................100 Lees, c Mold, b Baker 38 K. J. Key, b Barnes 28 Wood, b W ard.......... 2 Richardson (T.), not out ........................ 2 B 26, lb 7, w 1 ... 34 Total ..556 L a n ca s h ir e . First innings. R. H. Spooner, b Richardson 1 Ward, b Jephson.................12 Tyldealey, c Key, b Jephson 9 A.C. MacLaren, b Brockwell 27 A. Eccles, b Brockwell ... 43 C. R. Hartley, b Richardson 49 Baker, st Wood, b Jephson 26 Cuttell, not out .................12 Barnes, b Richardson.......... 5 Smith, c Wood, b Brockwell 9 Mold, b Richardson .......... 1 B 4, lb 1 ........................ 5 Second innings. b Lees.................17 cWood,bRichard- son ................. l c Wood, b Brock­ well ................. b Jephson .......... b Lockwood b Brockwell b Richardson ... not out................. c Wood, b Lock­ wood.................. 2 run out ........... 0 b Lockwood ... 6 B 2, w 1 ... 3 Total... ...199 Total ...236 S u rrey . O. M. R. W . O. M old........... 333 98 II Spooner ... 6 Ward........... 64 13 171 3 Baker ...17 Barnes .. 44 15 99 3 |Cuttell ...34 Ward bowled a wide. L an c a sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. Richardson ...33’3 16 75 4 ... Jephson ......... 28 8 57 3 ... Brockwell ...20 8 49 3 ... L e e s .................. 7 3 13 0 ... Lockwood ... Richardson bowled one wide. M. R. W. 2 18 0 3 48 1 8 88 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20 9 49 2 ... 13 1 27 1 ... 25 7 73 2 ... 7 1 36 1 ... 16-2 5 48 3 GRECIAN v. A. C. LLOYD’S X I .- Played at Crown Lane, Streatham, on Aug. 24. A. C. L lo y d ’s XI. Ashton, c Williams, b Wells........................ 4 Lees, not out ..........24 Martin, c Pope, b Hooton ................. 3 Shortlands, b Hooton 22 Smithers, b Hooton ... 5 Baker, lbw, b Hooton 7 Daniells, c Hooton, b Eastwool................. l King, b Hooton . ... 0 Robinson,b Hooton... 19 Lloyd, b W ells....... 19 Young, b Wells.......19 Extras ... Total 11 ..139 G r e c ia n . H. O. Wells, c Baker, b Lees ................. G. Coles, b Shortlands M. C. Pope, b Lloyd... W. Hooton, b Ashton J. Eastwood, b Ashton H. Williams, b Martin C. Masson, b Martin... C. C. Percy, c Ashton, b Martin................. Paton, b Lees .......... Manning,b Shortlands C. Eastwood, not ont Extras................. Total ...134 GRECIAN v. NORTHERN ASSURANCE.—Played at Crown Lane, Streatham, on Saturday, August 26th. N orth ern A ssurance . Allen, b Wells ..........22 Balkwill, cand b Toul­ min ........................ 22 F. E. Clarke, b Wells 0 Whitehouse, b Wells... 15 Westland, b Wells ... 1 Peters, not out .......... 1 Total Beveridge,c andbWells 0 G re c ia n . W.R .Holman,bWhite- house........................ 4 H.O.Wells,bWestland 59 E.M Toulmin, b West­ land ... ................. 1 M. C. Pope, c White­ house, b W estland... 5 C. Percy, bWhitehouse 0 W . W . Gill, b Clark... 41 Bird, b Toulmin Air, c and b Wells ... Ferrie, c and b Wells Legg, b Wells .......... Extras ................. A. C. Lloyd, b Peters J. Eastwood, b Peters H. R. Lilley, not out J. E. Oakley, b Peters C. Eastwood, b West­ land ........................ Extras................. Total... ...160