Cricket 1899

384 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 31, 1899. V. T. Hill, who practically settled matters. It was a great day for Somerset, and especially for their captain and Mr. Phillips. G lou cestersh ire . First inniDgs. Second innings. Wrathall,cNewton,b Woods 2 c Bernard, b Woods ..........41 R. W . Rice, lbw, b Tyler ... 1 run out .......... 4 C. L. Townsend,c Newton, b Hedley............................... 9 c Phillips, b Tyler 46 W . Troup, c Woods, b Tyler 25 cRobson,bWoods 15 G. L. Jessop, c Robson, b Hedley................ ......... 24 c Gill, b Woods 31 Board, lbw, b Hedley..........37 lbw, b Woods ... 0 W . McG. Hemingway, c Daniell, b Hedley ..........29 cChallen,bWoods 0 W .8.A. Brown, lbw, b Tyler 33 lbw, b Tyler ... 0 H. S. Goodwin, c Tyler, b Hedley ........................ 46 stNewton,b Tyler 4 Paish, not out ................. 0 cRobson,bHedley 11 Pepall, c Bernard, b Hedley 3 not out................. 0 B 1, nb 2 ........................ 3 B 4, w 1 ... 5 Total ...215 Total... ...157 st Board, b Paish 4 not out ..........34 c Pepall, b Paish 25 c Paish, b Brown 69 not out................. 8 run out ... 70 c Townsend, b Paish .......... 1 S o m erset . . A. Bernard, run out ... 9 V. T. Hill, c Board, b Jessop 8 Robson, c Board, b Jessop 10 F.A.Phillips,cRic°,b Jessop 1 J. Daniell, run out .......13 S. M. J. Woods, c Townsend, b Jessop .....................34 J. B. Challen, c Townsend, b Paish.............................. 6 Capt.W.C. Hedley,st Board, b Townsend ..............32 A. E. Newton, c Board, b Jessop.............................. 0 Gill, b Paish.....................20 Tyler, not out ..............38 Nb 3, w 2 ................ 5 B 1, lb 5, nb 1 7 Total.156 Total (5 wkts) 218 G lou cestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Tyler.................25 1 88 3 .......... 8.4 1 41 3 Woods ......... 7 3 17 1 ................ 20 5 62 5 Hedley ........ 22'2 9 57 6 ........... 19 6 49 1 Robson ........... 4 0 17 0 ................ Challen ...........3 0 11 0 ................ Gill ................. 4 0 22 0 ................ Tyler delivered two no-balls and Woods bowled one wide. Jessop Townsend ... 9 Paish.................21 S om erset. 0. M. R. W« 8 79 5 ... 3 15 1 ... 6 57 2 ... Pepall ... Brown O. M. R. W. 23.1 5 75 0 8 1 32 0 ,23 5 62 3 , 4 0 15 0 7 1 27 1 Paish bowled two wides, and Jessop four no-balls. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE RETURN LANCASHIRE MATCH. T H IR T Y -T H IR D OF THE TOUR. Played at Aigburth on August 28, 29 and 30. Drawn. The Australians must indeed have been reminded of their own land during their tour this season, and for months they have rejoiced in weather which would not have done discredit to Sydney or Melbourne. At last the change seems to have come, but in England you can never tell what effect rain will have on wickets which have become hardened by months of dry weather. It may absolutely ruin them or merely freshen them up. At Liverpool, on the first day, the wicket played slowly but easily, and the Australians, who again lost the toss, did not make much headway in the course of the two hours and a half available for play. For an hour and three- quarters, indeed, they made no headway at all, Ward and Spooner playing the Australian game with plenty of confidence. Spooner, who after his dibuta.t Lord’s played some poor innings, showed no nervousness against the Australians, but on the other hand proved that he has defence as well as hitting powers. He was the first to go. Ward and Tyldesley raised the score to about a hundred when the former was bowled. 1’Anson soon followed him, and at close of play the score was 116 for three wickets. The game was not resumed until past three o’clock, when McLeod and Trumble bowled in splendid style, Hartley alone being able to offer any resistance. Hartley made liis 40 in three-quarters of an hour out of 52. There was a succession of ducks’ eggs when the tail wentin. It was notto be expected thattheAustralians would be able to accommodate themselves to such a sudden change from wickets like their own at home to a slow one, and with the exception of Darling they did not distinguish themselves with the bat. Darling, how­ ever, played a great game—in fact, just the right game for the wicket. I’Anson met with such success with the ball that the total was 44 behind that of Lancashire. In their second innings Lancashire were able to declare without losing a wicket, thanks to splendid Dlay by Ward and Spooner. The latter greatly impressed good judges of the game by the ease with which he played the Australian bowling. It was an excellent move of the Lancashire captain to declare, for although he could not expect to get the Australians out, he ended with his side in a splendid position, whereas if he had gone on with the innings it might possibly have happened that there was a collapse, which would not have looked so well. L a n ca s h ire . R. H. Spooner, c Kelly, b Laver ................. Ward, b N oble.......... Tyldesley, c Howell, b Trumble ................. I ’Anson, b Noble A. Eccles, c Laver, b McLeod ................ Cuttell, c Trumper, McLeod .......... C.R.Hartley,cMcLeod, b Trumble.................40 Second innings : R. H. Ward, not out, 31; extras. 18 Garnett, b McLeod ... Huddleston, c Kelly,b McLeod ................. Smith, not o u t .......... Webb, c Trumper, b Trumble................. Byes ................ Total Spooner, not 5—Total, 67.* ..184 out, 31: H. Trumble, b Cuttell 17 J. Darling, b I’Anson V. Trumper, c Ward, b Webb........................ M. A. Noble, c Hud­ dleston, b I*Anson... F. Iredale, b F Anson J. Worrall, c Huddle­ ston, b I’Anson ... J. Kelly, c Webb, b I*Anson * Innings declared elosed. A u s tr a lia n s . 10 F. Laver, c Garrett, b I*Anson ......... ... 15 C. McLeod, c Huddle­ ston, b Cuttell ... 7 E. Jones, c Cuttell, b I’Anson ................. 8 W. P. Howell, not out ........................ 0 E xtras................. 3 Total ...140 Second innings:—H. Trumble, c Hartley, b Cuttell, 2 2 ; J. Darling, not out, 4; F. Iredale, not out, 9 ; extra, 1.—-Total (one wicket), 36. L an c a sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Trumble . 36 12 84 3 ... . .. 5 1 15 1 Jones ........ . 4 1 11 0 ... . McLeod . 25 15 ‘28 4 ... . 7 1 29 0 H owell......... . 7 4 7 0 . . . . .. 7 5 10 0 Laver ........ . 12 4 29 1 ... . Noble ......... . 11 4 19 2 ... . A u stralian s . !! 6 4 8 01 O. M. R . W. 0 . M. R. W. Cuttell ... ., 80 15 64 2 ... ... 7 3 14 1 Webb ........ 13 4 43 1 ... Huddleston . , 5 2 9 0 ... I*Anson........ 14 6 31 7 ... ... 7 4 21 0 MIDDLESEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Leicester on August 28, 29, & 30. Drawn. Partly owing to rain and partly to the very bad light, there was only an hour and twenty-minutes’ play in this match on Monday. In that time Middle­ sex lost five wickets for 77, the only innings of note being the 32 by Mr. J. Douglas. On Tuesday Mr. Ford made a remarkably useful 35, and the innings closed for what was, under the circumstances, a fair total. When Leicestershire went in, Trott and Hearne began to carry everything before them until Mr. Wood, Pougher, and Geeson prevented a further collapse. Thanks to their fine play the total was only two behind that of Middlesex. Mr. Warner, Mr. Douglas, and Mr. Moon all played very fine cricket in the second innings, and the captain was able to declare. Leicestershire looked very likely to be beaten, for four wickets fell very quickly, but a splendid stand by Mr. Ward and Geeson prevented further disaster. M iddlesex . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, c Fowke, b c Geeson, bWood- W oodcock......................... 0 cock.................. 53 J. Douglas, st Whiteside, b c Whitehead, b Geeson.................................. 32 Marriott........... 43 L. J. Moon, c Whitehead, b c McDonald, b W oodcock......................... 0 Geeson ........... 86 R. N. Douglas, cWhitehead, b Woodcock ................. 3 not out ........... 26 Trott, b Woodcock .......... 14 b Woodcock ... 20 Rawlin, b Geeson................. 14 notout... ...1 7 F. G. J. Ford, c Knight, b Geeson................. .......... 35 b Geeson ........... 14 C. M. Wells, not o u t .......... 24 b Geeson ... ... 2 E. H. Bray, b Pougher ... 1 Roche, c Whitehead, b W oodcock........................... 10 Heame, (J.T.), c Whiteside, b Woodcock .................... 22 Extras........................ 6 Extras ... 2 Total ..................161 Total (5 wkts)*213 *.Innings declared closed. L eicestersh ire . First innings. P.H.8.Fowke,c Bray,bTrott 0 Knight, b Trott ................. 9 H. H. Marriott, b Hearne... 17 R. McDonald, b Heame ... 1 C. J. B.Wood, c R. Douglas, b Wells ........................33 C. E. de Trafford, b Trott... 8 Pougher, lbw, b Wells ... 32 Geeson, c Douglas, b Wells 23 Whitehead, run out .......... 9 Woodcock, c and b Trott ... 11 Whiteside, not out .......... 0 Byes 12, lb 4 ..........16 Second innings, c Wells, b Heame 0 b Hearne .......... 4 b Trott .......... 1 c Bray, b Rawlin 11 not out................ c Bray, b T rott. not out................ 17 Extras ... 14 Total... ...159 Total (5 wkts.) 83 M id d le se x . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Woodcock ... 31*1 11 63 6 .......... 21 2 73 2 Geeson .......... 32 5 80 3 .............. 20 3 52 3 Pougher ... 4 1 7 1 .............. 10 2 28 0 Fow ke.......... 2 1 5 0 ................ W ood........... 6 0 20 0 Marriott ... 5 1 29 1 Woodcock delivered a no-ball. L eicestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Trott .......... 36 16 59 4 ........... 27 15 29 2 Hearne ....... 19 7 33 2 ........... 15 11 17 2 Wells ....... 19*4 4 42 3 .......... 9 4 14 0 Roche .......... 3 1 9 0 .......... 4 1 7 0 Rawlin ... 5 2 7 1 Ford ... 8 3 14 0 Trott andFord each bowled a wide. SUSSEX v. HAMPSHIRE. THREE THOUSANDTH RUN B Y RAN JITSIN H JI. Playedat Portsmouth onAugust 28,29 and 30. Sussex won by an innings and 16 runs. In the morning, on Monday, there seemed a great probability that the day would be very wet, but the rain stopped in time to allow a commencement to be made at about one o’clock, when Hampshire began batting on a wicket which, for anything they could tell, might be considerably damaged by the wet. As it happened, the rain which had fallen seemed to have done very little harm, and after the first half- hour the wicket played very well indeed. Sussex were fortunate enough to get rid of Captain Wynyard, Barton, and Mr. Robson for very few, and if they had not missed Webb when his score was about thirty, they might have disposed of the whole side very cheaply. Even as it was they did well enough under the circumstances, and no one, except Webb, who is in excellent form just at present, made a big score. Sussex had to bat for three-quarters-of-an- hour before stumps were drawn, and lost a wicket for thirty-three runs, none of the great batsmen having had to go in. On the whole, their position was not particularly promising, for if any more rain fell the wicket was likely to deteriorate. But although rain fell at various times during the following day, it only served to make the wicket easier. Mr. Fry took advantage of this and played one of his very finest innings, while his partner (Mr. Collins), kept up his end steadily. At the end of the day Fry was not out 131, while Collins was not out 46, and the total 206 for two wickets. This was indeed a promising state of affaisr, and yesterday Sussex were enabled to declare when 151 runs on, with an innings still to play. Fry only added 26 to his overnight total, but he had done enough for his side; he was batting three hours and twenty-five minutes. The next question was whether Ranjitsinhji would reach his three thousand runs. He not only did this, but was well on his way to a hun red when he declared the innings closed. On a difficult wicket, Hampshire made a good fight, but could not quite save the inniDgs defeat. H am pshire . First innings. Second innings. C. Robson, b Tate .......... 0 c Killick, b Ranji 20 Barton, c Ranji, b Tate ...1 6 b Bland .......... 84 Capt.Wynyard, lbw, b Tate 13 b T a te.............. . 18 Webb, notout ................. 78 c Fry, b Tate 0 Col. Spens, c Bland, b Ranji 22 cMarlow, b Bland 81 D.A.Steele, hit wkt, b Ranji 14 lbw, b Bland ... 2 Rev.Leveson-Gower, c Butt, b Ranji ................. ...1 8 c Butt, b Tate ... 4 C. Heseltine, b Bland.......... 13 c Brann, bTate... 0 E. C. Lee, b Tate... ............. 4 b Tate..................... ................... Baldwin, b Bland................. 0 c Bland, b Tate... 8 Sutherland, c Butt, b Ranji 8 not out................. 5 B 3, lb 8 ................. 11 B 12, lb 2 ... 14 Total 53 ..197 Total ...135