Cricket 1899

36 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a r c h 23, 1899. the ’Varsity and School contingent were able to take their places in the team. The ex-soldier has never quite fulfilled in first-class cricket the promise of great things which his b ig scores (continued in 1898) in club matches at Canterbury and elsewhere have seemed to fore­ shadow. Perhaps he will yet do so. Abel, Brock well, and Gunn were all plants o f slow growth. Huish got through a trying season with great credit. He kept wicket in every match, and, although, of course, he made mistakes sometimes, his dexterity accounted for over 50 of the 315 wickets which fell before the Kent attack in 1898. Of the others who played in the Kent team during the season there is not a great deal to say. E . A. C. Druce and C. E. Worthington, two candidates for the Cambridge eleven, were given places in a match or two, but as they were not good enough for a Cambri Ige team, which was distinctly below the average, it is fair to infer that they were hardly class enough for Kent. But Druce is a useful all-round man who may train on into something better, and Worthington, (an old Tonbridge boy) batted well enough in two or three matches at Cambridge to put him in the running for a place in the Light Blue team, though he failed at tbe pinch. W. L. Knowles reappeared, but only played in two matches. H e batted well enough at Gravesend to cause one to think that he might have been played oftener. Another old hand in J. LeFlem ing, famous for his speed over hurdles, also appeared in two matches with no appreciable succ ss. His younger brother, L. J., of whom a good deal was hoped, was given a really good trial, but did nothing great, his best innings being 32 v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield. There is still plenty of time for him to prove his worth. H . C. Stewart, who did really fiue work for the county in 1897, was very seldom able to play. Last year he scared nearly 900 runs with an average of over 27. This year his three innings realised 11 runs. E . N. II. Blaker, a Westminster boy, played in the last two matches, and showed good form against the very best bow ling at L ord’s. E. A. Willson, a youngster who has been doing big things in club cricket Sittiagbourne way, played at Nottingham without any particular amount of success. The Hon. J. S. E. Tufcon was only given a place in one coun'y match, and did not get an inn­ ings then. H e s o re d 33, n it out, for the M C.C. v. Yoikshire, at Lord’s, how­ ever, and might have been a very welcome addition to the couuty team in less prosperous days. Neither G. J. M or- daunt nor E. O’H . Livesay once appeared for Kent, though the latter was asked to play, and the former played in a couple of games for the M .C.C., scoring 48, not out, v. the Cantabs, at Lord’s. E . B. Shine was also an absentee throughout the season, and N. F. Druce did not make his promised debut for the county. It is sincerely to be hoped that so fine a batsman is not to be entirely lost to first- class cricket. J.N .P. L O R D H A W K E 'S T E A M I N S O U T H A F R I C A . ( Continued from page 22). T H E G R I Q U A L A N D M A T C H (X V .) TWELFTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. P layed at K im b erley on F eb ru ary 21 and 2*2. Lord H a w k e’ s team w o a b y an in n in gs and 25 runs. T h e fifte e n d e s e rv e g r e a t c r e d it f o r th e fin e s ta n d m a d e a g a in s t t h e p o w e r fu l b o w lia g o f t h e v is ito r s , b u t s u ch a lo n g p a r tn e r s h ip fo llo w e d b e tw e e n M it c h e ll a n d W a r n e r w h e n L o r d H a w k e ’ s te a m w e n t in , th a t t h e b a c k o f t h e b o w lin g w a s b r o k e n . T h e h o m e te a m c o u ’ d m a k e n o t h in g o f T r o t t in th e s e c o n d in n in g s . G riqualand W est XV. First innings. Second innings. E. Weatherby,lbw. b Haigh 5 b Trott................... 0 J. Powell, c Haigb, b D aven port.........................22 b Trott..................... 0 H. Tabuteau, b Haigh ... 0 cTyldesley,b rrott 0 W. 8h ilders, c Trott, b Wiiaon.......................... ... 76 b Cuttell ...........12 Geo. Glover (cap*;.), c W il- s >n, b Haigh ................... 2 c Cuttell, b Trott 3 G. Hampson, c Archer, b Trott .................................. 9 c Davenport, b T rott................. 0 F. Glover, b Trott ........... 0 c Trott, b Cuttell 0 C. Carroll, c Archer, b H a ig h .................................. 8 b M illigan...........14 B. Powell, b Ha;gh ...........29 c and b Trott ... 13 M. Til lard, c Trott, b Cut­ tell..........................................14 c and b Tyldesley 8 A. A . George, b Cuttell ... 11 c Davenport, b Tyldesley ... 0 J. Backm inn, not o u t .........29 cCuttell,bWarner 23 C. Dickens, c Milligan, b D.ivenport........... . ... 3 cM illigan.bTrott 2 B. Harvey, lbw, b Trott ... 0 b L>rd Hawke .. 13 G. Verheyen, c Haigh, b Trott .................................. 0 not ou1:................... 2 Extras ..........................28 Extras ............. 16 Total .......................... 236 Total ...........106 L ord H awke ’ s T eam . A . E. Trott, b Pack- m ann......................... 16 H. R. Biomley-Daven- port, c Tillard, b H am pson.................. 0 A. G. Archer, b Hack- m a n n ......................... 1 Lord Hawke, not out 2 E x tra s ...................25 Total ..367 P. F. W a»ner,cW eath- erby, b Verheyen ... 75 F. Mite nell.cSh ilders, b G. G1 >ver ... ... 82 J. T. Tyldesley, c Til­ lard, b G. Glover ... 24 C. E. M. Wilson, lbw, b Sampson .......... 51 W R. Cuttell, c B. Powell, b Bickmann 65 F. W . Milligan, b Back oainn ...........15 S. Uaigh, c F. Glover, b Backmann ...........11 Griqualand W e st XV. First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W . O. M. K. W. Trott ........... 31 4 9 72 4 ............ 21 8 44 7 Milligan........... 16 7 31 0 ............ 5 3 4 1 Haigh ............ 21 9 53 5 ................... Cutt-11 ............ 19 11 20 2 ............ 15 9 14 2 B. - Davenport 5 2 9 2 ................... Wilson ............ 7 2 20 1 ............. 4 3 1 0 Tyldesley ... 4 0 11 2 Archer............... 3 1 6 0 Warner ... 5 3 6 1 Lord Hawke 2'2 0 4 1 L ord H awke ’ s T eam . O. M. R. W . O. M.R. W . Powell ... 13 2 40 0 I H aim son 21 8 68 2 G. G lover... 23 5 79 2 Shalders 17 4 53 0 Kackmann 13*22 40 5 F. G1 jver 8 4 16 0 Harvey ... 7 4 9 0 Verheyen ... 22 6 47 1 THE BULAWAYO MATCH (XVIII.) THIRTEENTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Bulawayo on March 3 and 4. Lord Hawke’s team won by 10 wickets. The scores made by L ird Hawke’s team in the first innings were as follows : —Milligan 5, Brom ley-Davenport 13, Trott 5, Cuttell 5, Haigh 52, Tyldesley 51, Board, 0, Archer 0, Wilson 3, Warner, not out, 11, Mitchell 9, Lord Hawke 8 ; extras 10.—Total 172. The home team scored 123 and 180. The runs were knocked off easily, Warner carrying his bat for 54, and Tyldesley for 24. The only man who was out was Mitchell with a score of 45. The total, including 12 extras, was 135. As usual, Trott had a fiue b iwling analysis. THE RHODESIA MATCH (XV.) FOURTEENTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Cape Town on March 7 and 8. Lord Hawke’s team won by an innings and 65 runs. The sc >re made by the home team was 121 (H . H illward 52) and 89. Against this, the Eoglismen put up 275, as follows : —Mitchell 5, Warner 80, T yl­ desley, 71, Wilson 32, Cuttell 16, Haigh 27, Trott 1, Milligan 5, Brom ley-Daven- port 2, B jard 17, Archer, not out, 1 ; extras 18.—Total 275. In the course of the match, Haigh took 13 wickets for 44 runs, and Trott 8 for 66 THE RETURN GRIQUALAND MATCH (XV.) FIFTEENTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Kentucky on March 11 and 15. The Englishmen, wh >lo'.t nine wick-'ts for 51 , m td« a total of 126, thanks io a tine stand by Mdligan and Archer. The scores were as follows: Warner 4, Bromley - Davenport 0, T)lde.4ey 18, M itchell 0, Lord Hawke 0, Wilson 12, Haigh 11, Trott 0. Milligan 46. Board 0, Archer 24 ; extras 11.—Total 126. When stumps were drawn the home team had made 131 for six wickets. Owing to rain the match was not continued until March 15th, when the home team increased their so ire to 200. Haigh took nine wickets tor 44 runs, and did the hat trick. Toe visitors had lost Mitchell with the total at 16, and raiu then stopped play. THE MATJESFONTEIN MATCH (XX II.) SIXTESNTH MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Matje-sfontein on March 19 and 20. The home team went in first and made 242. On the follow ing day Lord Hawke’s team put up 196, the scores being as f dlows : Warner 3, M itchell 6, Tyldesley 37, Wilsoa 3, Outtell 29, Trott 17, Haigh 9, Milligan 17, Drom ley-Davenport 36, Board, not out, 23, L ird Hawke 3 ; extras 11.—Total 196. Tbe following comple'e scores had not reached us in lime for our last issue :— THE BORDER MATCH (XV.) SEVENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Kiag \V illiam’s Town on Jan. 25 and 26 . Lord Hawke’s team won by an innings and 62 runs. B order X V . First innings. Second innin gs. Prince, c Archer, b Milligan 18 b Wilson ............ 5 Gerady, c Warner, b Trott... 2 b Haigh .............16 Col.ii>s, lbw, b Trott ......... 5 b Haigh ............. 5 King, b Trott..........................10 b T rott................... 1 tJuohe, c and b T r o tt .......... 13 c and b Haigh ... 1 Warren b Trott ................... 2 b T rott................... 3 Weir, b Haigh .................. 1 b Haigh ............. 0 S. Bayley, b Haigh ........... 0 c V\arner, b Davenport ... 20 Giddy, b Haigh ................... 6 c Davenport, b Trott ........ 66 Cummins, b Trott...................14 b Trott ............. 8 Mullin, b Haigh .................. 0 b M illigan............ 1 Barnai d, b T rott................... 0 b M illigan ............ 8 tteid, run o u t ........................ 1 c Board, b Trott 0 Kyau, b Trott ................... 0 not out...................... 0 L. Bayley, not out ........... 0 st Board, b Trott 0 Extras ................... ... 12 Extras ...........13 Total ...........................84 Total ............. 147