Cricket 1899

442 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O ct . 26 , 1899. RANJITSINHJI’S TEAM IN AMERICA. THE PHILADELPHIA COLTS MATCH (XXII). FIRST OF THE TOCK. Played at Elmwood, Philadelphia, on Sep­ tember 25, 26 and 27. Drawn. Owing to the inclemency of theweather and the damp state of the wicket this match was ruined from almost every point of view. The Englishmen were cold, and had not recovered fromthe effects of their sea voyage, while the Colts could not possibly do themselves justice. Realising that to bat against twenty-two men would make his team of amateurs— mostly hitters—look like bam-door bats­ men, Ranjitsinhji suggested that only fourteen men should be in the field, although the whole twenty-two batted. This suggestion was at once agreed to. The home team batted first and gave a very satisfactory exposition of the game, although none of them stood out at all prominently. They were all more or less inconvenienced by Llewellyn’s bowling, which, on the difficult wicket, took a lot of playing. At the end of the day fifteen wickets were down for 180. In the night it rained so heavily that the wicket was under water, and when play was resumed late in the afternoon the bowlers could not get a foothold. The twenty-two were soon disposed of, and in the short time which remained before stumps were drawn the visitors lost MacLaren, Towns­ end, and Brann for 36, so that they were certainly not in a winning position. Ranjitsinhji, although he hates cold, played very well on the third day; but nobody did anything of note until Bosan­ quet came in and scored at a great pace, especially on the off. The innings closed 20 runs behind. The second innings of the Colts, or as much of it as was played, was only remarkable for the really fine cricket shown by W. W. Justice. P h ila d e l ph ia C o lts . First innings. Second innings. W . E. Goodman, jun., c Ranjitsinhji, b Woods ... 17 b Llewellyn ... 11 W .S. Hinchman, st Robson, b Llewellyn ...................16 F. C. Sharpless, run out ... 1 A . W . Jones, b Llewellyn... 0 W .L . Freeland, b Llewellyn 3 K . 8 . R an jitbin h ji ' s T e am . G. R. White, c Robertson, b Townsend...........................21 C. C. Morris, b Llewellyn... 0 W . P. Seymour, b Jessop ... 11 T.C. Jordan, c Ranjitsinhji, b Woods ...........................27 C. H. Howson, c Robson, b Brann........... ..................19 W.W.Justice, lbw, b Woods 0 G. M. Wolfe, b Woods ... 6 W . P. O’Neill, c Townsend, b Stoddart........................... 6 b Llewellyn b Llewellyn c Bosanquet, Llewellyn c Ranjitsinhji, b Stoddart........... C. J. Allen, lbw, b Llewellyn 20 H . P. Statzell, b Brann ... 4 notout... S. W . Mifflin, b Llewellyn 0 H. A. Haines, c Llewellyn, b Stoddart...........................17 b Bosanquet ... 35 lbw, b Bosanquet 6 c Robertson, b Robson ........... 7 L .W .D eM otte, bStoddart 0 W . H. Sayen, not out.......... 4 F. A. Green, b Stoddart ... 0 S. G. Climenson, c Jessop, b Llewellyn ................... 2 F. L. Altemus, b Stoddart... 2 B 20, lb 6, nb 2, w 1 ... 29 Total ...................205 b Llewellyn B 7, lb 2 ... A. C. MacLaren, c De Motte, b O’Neill ...16 G. Brann, b Climenson 10 C. L. Townsend, b Climenson ........... 3 K. S. Ranjitsinhji, b Green.........................42 A.E.Stoddart,cHinch- man, b O’Neill ... 7 S.M.J.Woods,c Jones, b O’N eill................... 0 G. JL». Jessop, c Allen, b O’Neill................... 12 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Hinchman, b Haines 56 G. C. B. Llewellyn, c Goodman, b O’Neill 13 C. Robson, not out ... 13 J. Robertson, c De Motte, b Climenson 2 A. Priestley, b O’Neill 4 B 1, lb 4, nb 2 ... 7 Total. ...185 P h ila d e lph ia C olts . First innings. Woods Llewellyn... Stoddart ... Bosanquet Jessop Townsend... Ranjitsinhji Brann O. M. R. W . 25 . 34 17 . 29 17 10 7 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 19 10 19 ,13 6 24 16 1 , 0 ... . 5 2 . . . . MacLaren , Robson 5 0 7 1 6 3 11 Bosanquet bowled one wide. K . S. R an jitsin h ji ’ s T eam . O. M. R. W . O.M. R. W . Climenson 25 10 53 3 1De Motte.. 3 0 16 0 O’Neill ... 35 8 70 6 Hakes ... 4 0 10 1 Green ... 9 1 29 1 Total(9wkte) 95 THE GENTLEMENOFPHILADELPHIA MATCH. SECOND MATCH OF THE TOUR. Played at Hayerford on September 29, 30, and October 2. Ranjitsinhji’s teamwon by an innings and 173 runs. In perfect weather the home team batted first on a wicket which looked excellent, although it turned out to be slow and not particularly good. The start was alarming for the Americans, for King, after missing Jessop’s first ball, was bowled by the second, and with the next ball Jessopbowled Thayer. An invaluable standwas then made by N. Z. Graves and A. M. Wood, the former making most of his runs by a very pretty stroke behind point; he scored much the faster. When he was out the total was 63 for three wickets, but at the same total F. H. Bates fell to a fine one-handed catch by Brann. After this batsman after batsman failed, until Clark and Cregar enlivened the proceedings by some good hitting. The Englishmen began very much in the same manner as the Americans, for in a queer light Brann was bowled first ball by a full pitch. Townsend and MacLaren then brought up the total to 70 without being parted, and stumps were drawn. On the following morningTownsend soon went, but Ranjitsinhji and MacLaren were both in great form and scored very rapidly, both making a lot of runs by pulls. They were not separateduntil the wicket had added 121 to the score. Mac- Laren was at last caught at the wicket after being in for three hours and twenty minutes for 149 — an almost perfect innings. Stoddart played good and care­ ful cricket, while Jessop gave the spectators a chance of seeing him in his much aggressive mood. At one time he made 49 runs while Stoddart made one; in thirty-five minutes, he brought his total to 64when in trying to make a base­ ball hit he was bowled by King. The order was now given to the rest of the team to hit, and they had acted upon instructions without the least hesitation. The innings closed 279 to the good. Only a little time remained for play, but the Philadelphians were unfortunate enough to lose King and Thayer for 16 runs. The bowlers had matters all their own way on the next day, Graves alone offering any resistance to them. Stoddart was in great form with the ball. Owing to a severe cold Ranjitsinhji was obliged to remain in bed. The Americans, strange to say, did not field half as well as their visitors. G ejttlemen o f P h ila d e l ph ia . First innings. J. B. King, b Jessop ........... 0 A. M. Wood, c Stoddart, b H . C. Thayer, b Jessop N. Z. Graves, jun., c and Woods........................... F. H. Bates, b Woods J. E. C. Morton, c Brann, Woods.......................... J. H. Mason, c Robson, Jessop.......................... P. H. Clark, b Woods E. M. Cregar, b Jessop ... 0 b .. 43 ,.. 0 b ... 4 b ... 8 ... 22 ... 16 W . P. O’Neill, c Bosanquet, b Jessop ........................... 4 J. H. Scattergood, not out 8 B 9, w 1, nb 2 ...........12 Total ... ...1C6 Second innings. cRobson,b Jessop 11 c Townsend, b Stoddart........... 6 b Jessop ........... 0 b Stoddart... b Llewellyn b Woods ... b Stoddart... run out c MacLaren, Woods ... not out........... b Stoddart... B 9, nb 1... Total ... 15 , 0 17 0 10 K . S. R a n jits in h ji's T eam . A.C.MacLaren,c Scat­ tergood, b Clark ...149 G. Brann, b Clark ... 0 C. L. Townsend, c Mason, b Clark .. 28 K . S. Ranjitsinhji, c Clark, b Cregar ...57 A. E. Stoddart, c Woods, b Morton... 56 S. M. J. Woods, c Graves, b Clark ... 7 G. L. Jessop, bKing... 61 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Thayer, b Cregar .. 42 G. C. B. Llewellyn, b Cregar ................... 6 C. Robson, not out ... 0 J.Robertson,c O’Neill, b Cregar .................. 0 B 23, w 2, nb 1 ... 26 Total ...435 G entlem en of P h il a d e l ph ia . Jessop......... Llewellyn ... Woods Bosanquet... First innings. O. M. R. W . 27 13 52 6 .., Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 9 £0 5 3 22 6 53 0 ... . 4 ... . 17 0 ... , Stoddart , 8 . 2 22 2 5 1 43 2 141 7 18 4 Woods bowled one wide and Jessop three no-balls. K. S. R a n jits in h ji’ s T eam . O.M. R. W . O. M.R. W . 30 7 102 I I Cregar .. 13 3 47 1 37 9 104 4 Bates ... 10 1 46 0 20 3 62 1 | O’Neill ... 13 0 48 0 Cregar bowled two wides and Clark one no-ball. King ... Clark... Morton THE NEW YORK MATCH (XIV.). TH IR D OF THE TOUK. Played at Staten Island on October 4 and 5. Drawn. A splendid start was made for the Americans by Cobb and Curran, who by excellent cricket put on 109 for the first wicket. Unfortunately, the rest of the teamdid next to nothing. Some remark­ able cricket was seen when the English­ men went in. Brann played a fine innings, and was not out 69 at the end of the day, while Robson made 41 in twenty-five minutes, and Jessop 36 not out in a quarter of an hour. More big hitting was seenon the followingmorning, and the innings was closed for the loss of eight wickets. Brann’s fine innings of 137 was made in three hours and sixteen minutes. With only two hours and a