Cricket 1899

406 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 14, 1899. has put himself in when his side was in the greatest straits, and, generally by the steadiest of playing, he has saved it from disaster. He is by nature a batsman who makes runs quickly, but he has shown this yep-r that when he considers it necessary to play a stonewall game he can do it to perfection. Occasionally, when hitting has been absolutely required, he has quickly run up a score; It cannot be said that his style of batting is attractive, and when he is playing one of his famous slow games, lettiDg the ball hit the bat and steering it through the slips at long: intervals, it is almost un­ graceful. He seems on the point of being out about twice an over, but he could go ou like this for hours if need be. His prettiest stroke, which is common to all left handers, is the hit behind point. Nobody ever seems to know how it is done, but the ball generally goes for three and may sometimes trickle over the boundary. He hardly ever, nowadays, lifts a ball. When fielding he is as active as anyone in the team, and so keen that one feels that if he could hypnotise a batsman he would do it without mercy. His face leads itself admirably to the caricaturists, and like all other great men, he has had to suffer for this. On the field his face gives no clue whatever to his feelings. Whether his side has just turned the corner and is marching on to victory, or whether it is in a perfectly hopeless position, he is always the same, stern and unbending, the model of a commander who neither gives nor asks for quarter. W . A . BETTE8WORTH. THE HASTINGS WEEK. HOME COUNTIES v. THE REST OF ENGLAND. Played at Hastings on September 7, 8, and 9. Drawn. The last match of the Hastings Week, which is also generally the last match of the season, is almost certain to produce something remarkable in the way of batting, unless rain makes the wicket impossible, for players who have been overweighted through the year by a sense of their responsibility in county maches are accustomed to let themselves go. LastyearMr. Jephsonplayed aremarkableinn- ings of 143, completely discarding his county manner, and this year Mr. Jessop at the end of the third day, when the light was begin­ ning to wane, gave an exhibition of down­ right bold hitting which was worthy to be compared with anything he has ever done. On the first day the heavy dew made the wicket a little difficult, and the men who went in first took some time to make their runs, but when Prince Ranjitsinhji (who must have wondered where his “ home county” qualification came from) and Jeph­ son came together the bowling was hit about very considerably. The partnership lasted for an hour and twenty-five minutes, and produced 117 runs. Before the match began Mr. Townsend required five wickets to make his hundred, having already scored over two thousand runs. Doubtless with the idea of giving him the opportunity of rivalling his own performance of scoring two thousand and taking a hundred wickets in a season, Dr. Grace kept him bowling for three hours at a stretch, during which time 111 runs were hit off him. But although he was again put on before the end of the day he still wanted a wicket to complete his hundred when stumps were drawn. But on the fol­ lowing morning a kind fate in the shape of Butt gave him the much-deserved wicket, and the innings closed. It was a wretched day, and the game was interrupted by rain and darkness for some time. Nevertheless, the Rest of England found time to score 233 and to get a wicket of the Home Counties for 31. The big innings of the day was played by W . G. Quaife who made 81 in three hours and a quarter, and the liveliest innings was by Jessop, whose 26 were made in twenty- five minutes. Good and lively hatting by Alec Hearne, Mr. Jephson and Mr. Stoddart enabled the Home Counties to declare with six wickets down, leaving the Rest of England two and a-half hours in which to make 311. This was out of the question, and when MacLaren, Quaife, Mitchell and Townsend were all out for a hundred runs, there was a reasonable chance that the Home Counties would win easily. Jessop then joined Tyldesley, and before they were parted the game was to all intents and purposes saved. Both men scored rapidly, and Jessop made boundary hits with frequency. He did not rush wildly down the wicket, but hit with extreme vigour when there was half a chance. With W . G. as a partner he had a race to get his hundred runs, and only attained his object just before time. He made his hundred in sixty-eight minutes. Altogether the match produced some of the most attractive cricket of the season. H om e C ou n tii First inn.ngs. A. J. Turner, c Rhodes, b Townsend ....................28 Abel, b H irst................ Hayward, c Tyldesley, Townsend ................. Hearne (A.), c Jessop, b Towabend ... .......15 F. G. J. Ford, b Hirst ... 22 D. L. A. Jephson, c Hirst, b Townsend ... 77 K. 8. RaDjitsinbji, b Hirst 60 A. E. Stoddart, c Board, b Hirst ............................13 Young, b Jessop ........... 22 Butt, c Rhodes, b Townsend 25 W . M. Bradley, not out ... 8 Byes............................ 13 40 i 13 Second innings, b Jessop .......... 4 b Jessop ..........22 c MacLaren, b Jessop ......... 20 not out.................51 b Jessop ........ 0 cRhodes,bTowns- end .................58 c Mitchell, b Rhodes ..........44 B 8, lb 3, nb 2 13 Total........................331 Total (6wkts)*212 * Innings declared closed. R est of E ngland First innings. A C. MacLaren, c Ford, b Bradley ......................... 0 Qi<aife (VV. G ). b Young... 81 Tyldesley, c and b Jephson 0 F. Mitchell,c Butt,b Bradley 29 C. L. Townsend, b Jephson 6 G. L. Jessop, c Hearne, b Jephson .........................26 W . G. Grace, b Youne ... 15 Hirst, c H*-arne, b Young 9 Cuttell,cHayward,b Bradley 38 Board, not out .................17 Rhodes, c Hearne, b Young 0 B 8, lb ,nb 2 ..........12 Second innings. b Young .......... 4 b Bradley .......... 5 c Butt, b Bradley 70 b Bradley ......... 28 c Butt, b Bradley 22 not out . not out ..ICO .. 21 Bye ................. 1 Townsend Rhodes .. Jessop .Hirst Cuttell .. Total....................... 233 Total (5 wkts)251 H ome C ou nties . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 5-2 10 18 17 13 First innings. O. M. R. W. 54 4 8 163 5 . 17 5 31 0 14 31 0 18 1 35 6 67 6 44 5 24 5 26 1 11 75 4 .......... 2 23 0 ......... MacLaren ... 2 Hirst bowled one and Jessop two no-balls. R e s t op E n g la n d , I 1 4 0 0 0 11 0 First innings. O. M. R. W. Bradley......... 21 Jephson..........22 Young ..........20 Hearne (A.) ... 10 6 77 3 2 94 3 ... 4 45 4 ... 8 5 0 ... Hayward Ford Second innings. O. M. R. W. 1 85 4 20 8 16 5 6 1 0 38 3 60 0 31 0 31 0 5 Young and Hearne each bowled a no-ball. STREATHAM. Matches played, 38; won, 14 ; lost, ?2; drawn, 12. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times of Not Highest •Inns. Out. Runs. Score. Aver. N. Miller .......... E. Field................. H. H. Scott.......... H. 8. Barkworth... L. D. Bailey.......... V. F. Feeny.......... tt. L. Dawson E. S. Bailey.......... H. M. Leaf .......... S. Lloyd-Jones .. E. H. Leaf .......... J. F. W. Hooper... E. P. Pullbrook ... D. O. Kerr ......... Less than eight innings : C. L. Morgan... R. (4. Candy ... R. O. Schwarz E. G. Parton ... E. Shattock ... M. A. Ord H. J. Hoare ... A. Kidd .......... A. B. Voules ... G. Burlingham E. Fraser.......... W. Philpot ... W. T. Harbord CENTURIES FOR. E. 8. Bailey, 103; H. L. Dawson. 106*; N. F. Druce, 106; N. Miller, 109,* 181, 112, 102*; C. L. Morgan, 129 ; H. H. Scott, 149.* * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. 23 ... 4 ...1150 ..181 ... 60 52 12 ... 5 ... 261 ... 79*.. . 37*28 20 ... 5 ... 494 .. 149*.. . 32 93 21 ... 0 ... 582 ... 97 .. . 27-71 9 ... 4 ... 135 ... 69*.. . 27 16 ... 5 ... *77 ... 45 ... 25-18 19 ... 3 ... 400 ...106*... 25 8 ... 0 ... 193 ...103 ... 24-12 8 ... 0 ... 187 ... 94 ... 23-37 18 ..., 1 ... 350 ... 98 ... 20 58 12 ... 1 ... 180 ... 40 .. . 16 36 19 ... 3 ... 250 ... 37*.. . 1562 14 ... 5 ... 138 ... 48 .. . 15-33 15 ... 2 ... 154 ... 37 .. . 11 84 i a — .. 7 ... 0 ... 337 ...129 ... 48-14 5 ... 1 ... 116 ... 61 .. . 29 .. 7 ... 1 ... 158 ... 64 ... 26.33 5 ... 3 ... 46 ... 23 ... 23 . 4 ... 2 ... 44 ... 28*... 22 .. 6 ... 0 ... 116 ... 60 ... 19*33 .. 4 ... 0 ... 65 ... 36 ... 1625 .. 4 ... 0 ... 62 ... 42 ... 15-5 .. 5 ... 0 ... 77 ... 49 ... 15-4 .. 4 ... 0 ... 58 ... 31 ... 145 .. 7 ... , 0 . .. 53 ... 17 ... 7-57 .. 6 ... 0 . .. 41 ... 14 ... 683 . 4 ... 0 27 ... 20 .. . 6.75 Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. H. J. Hoare ... . 1181 ... 61 .. 653 .. 49 .. 13 32 N. Miller .......... ..1297 ... 37 .. 882 .. 54 .. 1633 « . L. Dawson ... .1512 ... 75 .. 794 .. 39 20-35 E. Field ......... .. 3*9 .. 13 . . 183 .. 8 .. 22-62 V. F. Feeny ... .. 415 ... 17 . . 261 .. 11 .. 23-72 J. F. W. Hooper ..1847 ... 93 .1104 .. 42 .. 26-28 H. H. Scott ... .. 255 ... 6 .. 224 .. 8 .. 28 H .M . Leaf ... .. 210 ... 0 .. 198 .. 6 .. 33 Less than eight innings :— H. H. E. Sutton ... 346 ... 20 .. 171 .. 14 ... 12.21 J. A. Rimmington ... *.85 ... 10 .. 181 .. 12 .. 15.08 C. L. Morgan ... .. 812 ... 47 .. 378 .. 21 ... 18 00 E. P. Pullbrook .. 110 ... 3 .. 118 .. 5 .. 23 60 R. O. Schwarz ... ... 597 ... 25 .. 351 .. 8 .. 43 87 GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE v. NEWLANDS PARK.—Played at New Cross on September 9. G old sm ith s (1). W. Falkner, b Firth . 2 W. B. Leaver, b Firth 5 R. R. Henty, c and b F irih ........ * ... 30 W. S. Murrell, c Bees- ton. b Lifton.......... 6 R. Windtjbank.cBees- ton. b L ifton .......... 0 H. Mayo, b Lifton ... 22 W. F. Dray, did not bat. N e w la n d s P a rk . J. E. Holmes, b Firth 16 A. Holmes, b Humuiel 22 S. J. Holmes, not out 27 C. Botten, c Beeston, b H umm el................. 0 B 5, lb 2, wb 1 ... 8 Total (9 wkts) ...1£8 M.Goldsinith.b Henty 13 Hummel, c Dray, b Henty ................ 15 Lifion, b A Holmej... 4 Woodhams, b Henty 5 K.Wiltshire,bMurrell 2 Vorley, not out..........10 Beeston, bS. J. Holmes Crowden, b A. Holmes Odmond, b A. Holmes 8. Edwards, not out... B 11, lb 1................. Total (8 wkts) ... Fir.h did not bat. GOLD8MIT HV INSTITUTE (2) v. SOUTH­ EASTERN RAILWAY.-Played at New Eltham on September 9. S outh E astern R a il w a y . B. Bethell, st Best, b Baldwin ................. 2 G. Ellson, c and b Baldwin .................12 G. Hains, c Best, b Joanes .................16 M. Pryce, c Green, b Baldwin ................. 4 Gibbons, b Medway ... 4 G o ld sm ith s’ A. Baldwin, b EKson 34 A. Mouncher, bCramp 14 W. H. Joanes, b Ellson 44 8. R. Best, b Ellson ... 17 J. C. Green, b Ellson 13 Cramp, b Green Barnes, not out.......... Hughes, run out Davies, b Joanes Doyle, b Joanes......... Marok, c Medway ... Leg-byes .......... Total .......... I n s t it u t e (2). E. M. Medway, not out ........................ B 2, lb 1 .......... Total (5 wkts)127 J. A. T. Good, 11. L. Whitesione, W . D. Welfoid, E. J. Lander, and S. T. Dibts did not bat.