Cricket 1900

1 2 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 1 0 , 1 9 0 0 . M.C.C. AND GROUND v. LEICESTER­ SHIRE. Played at Lord’s under the experimental rules of the M.C.C. on May 7 and 8. M.C.C. won by nine wickets. It was not to be expected for a moment that the M.C C. would be deterred by adverse criticism from continuing their experiment, and the ground was surrounded by nets as in the Notts match. As usual, on all grounds at this time of the year, the wickets were not pitched in the centre of the ground. There was nothing very remarkable about the Leicestershire batting, although J. Brown played very well indeed for 53. Nor did the M.C.C. batsmen do anything worthy of note until, with the score at 47 for four wickets, Mr. A. P. Lucas and Mr. K. J. Key came together. They played altogether remark­ able cricket. Neither of them can be said to excel as a sprinter, nor are they in the first blush of youth, while their united weight must be considerable. But they both revelled in the new system. The necessity of running everything out was so far from abating their energy that they put on 199 runs in partner­ ship in less than two hours, and a good many of the out-side must have thanked their stars that they had not to deal with two young men—Ranjitsinhji and Mr. MacLaren for example. Their partnership showed even more clearly than that of Air. Jones and Mr. Groves last week that the system will be very severe on the fielding side when two batsmen who know their business get really going in partnership. Just before stumps were drawn Mr. Key completed his hundred, but Mr. Lucas, a little too anxious to be level with him, lost his wicket. His very fine innings of 95 included four 5’s. When stumps were drawn the total was 248 for five wickets. Nothing was done by the M.C.C. team on Tuesday morning, Mr. Key being out at once, and the tail promptly following his example. Mr. Key’s innings included three 5 ’8. With a balance of 104 runs against them, Leicestershire put on 111 runs before lunch for the loss of three wickets after a bad start. Mr. Wood played a fine innings, but the tail did nothing until the last two men got together. Of course the M.C.C. soon knocked off the runs. L eic e ste r sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. C. J. B. W ood, e Page, b Hearne ........................... 9 c Relf, b Hearne 73 Brown (L .),c Gay,b He-irne 31 b Roche .......... 23 Pougher, c Hearne, b Mead 15 st Huish, b Mead VO Whitehead (H .), c Huish, b Hearne .......................... 0 b M ead.................. 0 Brown (J.), not out .......... 53 c Trott, b Hearne 17 King (J. H .), st Huish, b Trott ... .......................... 0 b Hearne ........... 0 C. E. de fl rafford, b Hearae 18 c Trott, b Hearne 0 Geeson, b Trott ...................15 notout..................... 15 Dixon, st Huish, b Roche... 6 c Roche, b Mead 0 Woodcock, b Tro t ........... 4 run out ........... 3 Whiteside, c Gay, b T ro tt.. 1 b Trott ...........24 B 14, lb 8 ...................22 B 5, lb 3 ... 8 Total ...174 Total ...183 M.C.C. C. B. Fry, lbw, b Gee­ son ...........................18 Relf, b D ixon ......... 12 Trott (A. E .),c White­ head. b D ixon...........13 L. H. Gay, b Geeson .. 0 A. P. Lucas, c Geeson, b P o u g h e r................95 K. J. Key, b WoodcocklOl A. Page, not o u t......... 21 Hearne (J. T.), c L. Brown, b Pougher Roche, c Woodcock, b Pougher Mead, c J. Brown, b W oodcock ........... Huish, c Whiteside, b Pougher ... B 11, lb 2 ... 13 Total ...........278 Second innings: C. B. Fry, not out, 33; Relf, b Dixon, 13; Trott (A. E.), not out, 32; Leg-byes, 3. Total (one wicket), 81 L e ic e ste r sh ir e . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Heame (J. T.) 19454 4 ..... 23 9 61 4 Trott ........... 22 1 7 53 4 .......... 11*2 4 35 1 Mead ...........11 6 19 1 ............ 23 11 51 3 Roche ........... 4 0 26 1 ............ 6 1 21 1 R e l f ........... 1 0 7 0 M.C.C. 0. M. R. W . Dixon .. 18 2 79 2 Woodcock .. 18 2 65 2 Geeson ... .. 16 4 47 2 King .. 4 1 15 0 Wood .. 4 0 21 0 Brown (J.) .. 5 0 25 0 Pougher.,. .. 9 6 13 4 O. M. R. W . 6 0 32 1 6'5 0 46 0 SURREY v. WARWICKSHIRE. Played at the Oval on May 7th, 8th and 9th. Abandoned. There was apparently no particular reason why, when this match began on Monday, the bowlers should not have a fairly satis­ factory time of it, for a good deal of rain had fallen. But the ground soon dried in the wind and dried well, so that the batsmen were not placed at any great disadvantage. Nevertheless, a score of 267 by Warwick­ shire was a fine performance. The feature of the innings was the brilliant batting of the Warwickshire wicket-keeper, who never seemtd to find the bowling in the least difficult and timed the ball extremely well; he was at the wickets for two hours and twenty-five minutes for his 112. He was ably assisted by W. G. Quaife and Santall, while Hargreave made a particularly useful 30 at the end of the innings. Surrey began so badly, losing Brockwell, Holland and Hayes for 27 runs, that it began to look as if the services of Abel, who was not fit to play on account of an injured hand, would be very greatly missed. But Lockwood and Hayward stopped the rot, and although the former was out just when he seemed well set, the total was 102 for four wickets when stumps were drawn, Hayward being not out 44 and Mr. Crawford not out 11. The latter has still to make a beginning, for he was very soon out l.b.w. on Tuesday morn­ ing. Hayward, however, *as not to be disposed of by any trick of the bowling, and, finding a very useful partner in Lees, he continued to make runs by beautiful cricket. While the partnership lasted the prospects of Surrey were distinctly good, but after Lees was out for a very good innings of 45, no other big stand was made, and Surrey only led by 4 runs, so that everything pointed to a good finish. Hayward was batting for three hours and a quarter. Practically a single innings match had now to be played. When W. Quaife and Mr. Fishwick were both out the total was only 44, which did not look at all well for the visitors. But matters now took another turn, and Surrey men had to see their bowling slowly worn down and then collared for the rest of the day ; it was a painful experience for them so early in the season. For three hours the partnership lasted, during which 199 runs were put on by excellent cricket by W. G. Quaife and Kinneir, and when play ended the two bats­ men were still at the wickets, Warwickshire having a lead of 239, with eight wickets in hand. Owing to rain, there was no play yesterday. W a r w ic k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Kinneir, c Holland, b Richardson......................... 5 not out.................98 Diver, lbw, b Lockwood .. 1 T. 8. Fishwick, b Lockwood 20b Lockwood ... 12 Quaife (W .G .),c Hayward, b Jttrockwell ...................31 n otou t...............124 Lilley, c Jephson, b Brock- well ................... *... .. 112 Quaife (W .), b Brockwell . 5 b Stoner .......... 8 H . W .Bainbi idge,b Richard­ son ........................................ 6 8antall, b Stoner...................52 Charlesworth, b Brockwell 0 Hargreave, not out ...........30 Field, b Stoner ................... 0 Extras ........... 5 Extra .............. 1 Total ...267Total (2 wkts) 243 S u r r e y . Brockwell, b Santall .. 8 Holland, c Diver, b Santall ................... 2 Hayes, c Lilley, b Santall .................. 9 Lockwood, c Kinneir, b Hargreave ...........22 Hayward, not out ...131 Y. F. S. Crawford, lbw, b Santall .................15 D. L. A. Jephson, c Fishwick, b Santall 0 Lees, b Santall..............45 Stoner, run o u t ............ 9 W ood, c Bainbridge, b Kinneir ......................17 Richardson, c Lilley, b Kinneir .................... 0 Extras ..............13 Total .. 271 Richardson Lockwood Brockwell Hayward Jephson ... L°es Stoner W a & w ic k sh ir e . First Innings. Second i nnings. O. M. R W . O. M . R. W . 17 24 20 6 3 3 5 3 2 63 1*3 1 2 .. 78 2 .. 4 .. 0 .. 0 .. 0 .. 2 2 52 8 47 Lockwood bowled two no-balls. S u r r e y . O. M. R. W . O. M . R .W . Santall ... 3! 7 99 6 [Charlesworth 7 2 31 0 Hargreave 30 3 104 1 Kinneir ... 1*4 0 4 2 Field ... 7 2 20 0 NORTHBROOK v. ADDISCOMBE.—Playel at Addiscoimbe on May 5. N o rth broo k . C. O. Springthorpe, b Purser ................. 4 H. D. Butler, run out 1 D. M. Goodall, c Per­ rin, b Purser ........... 2 J. W . West, b Purser 7 W. J. Symon, b Purser 18 H.O.Goodall, b Purser 9 F. H. W illis,c Roberts, b Purser .................. 12 H. O. Willis, c and b A lle n ......................... P.E.Goodall, b Purser G. S. Sanderson, not out ........................... G. Cutler, c Dyer, b Purser ................... Extras ........... Total A. Wiltshire, c West! b D. M. Goodall ... 41 P. Allen, b F. H. W illis......................... 0 E. Wiltshire, st West, b Symon .................. 41 R. L. Turner, c Willis, b Symon .................. 31 E. F. Dyer, c West, b F. H. Willis ... . 15 C. Kenward A ddiscom be . J. H. Purser, run out H. G. Roberts, lbw, b Symon ................... H . E. Dyer, st West, b S ym on................... F. Perrin, not out ... S. E. Purser, not out Extras ........... Total (8 wkts.)...178 did not bat. J. C. LOVELL’S X I. v. NORBURY PA RK .— Played at Norbury on May 5. N orbu ry P a b k . J.S.Simpson,c Thomp­ son, b Robinson ... 9 P.S.Graeme, c Thomp­ son, b J . S. Lovell 20 H. R. Jordan, c Robin­ son, b Cnndler ... 20 H. H. Crawford, b Parsons ... ...........37 F. Holmes, b Parsons 18 W .E .Hobbs,stMount- ain, b L. Lovell ... 18 S.B »wditch,b Parsons 6 H. E. Plum^r, not out 12 J.J. Macaldin, not oat 5 Byes ........... 5 Total (7 wkts) *150 F. C. Dright and J. A . Beare did not bat. * Innings declared closed. J. C. L o v r ll ’ s X L K. Robin son, c Simp­ son, b Holmes ... 6 J. P. Candler, c Hobbs, b H olm es................... 6 H. West, c Hobbs, b Holmes .................. 12 W . J. Parsons, c Craw­ ford, b Jordan........... 5 C. H. Mountain, Holmes ...................12 H. Thompson, not out 17 R. Selby, c B jwditch, b H o b b s ................... 5 J. S. Lovell, not out... 1 B 8, lb 2 ...........10 Total (6 wkts) 73 SOUTBGATE v. M r . A . B. CIPRIAN I’S X L — Played at Southgate on May 5. S o u th g a te . L.W .Smith,cR.Darke, b W ells ................... 7 A.S.Harris,c Franks, b W ells.......................... 10 T. A .D .Bevington,lbw, b Wells ...................21 J.C. Bevington, c Tur­ ner, b Wells ........... 9 R. E. Paige, b Turner 2 Total , F. S. Lewis, b Marsden 25 M r . A . B. C ip ria n i’ s X I. R. T. Barker, b Wells 12 H. G. Rowley, not out 26 R. S. Dickson, b Mars­ den ........................... 7 G.B. Adams, b Turner 2 E. White, b Turner... 0 B 2, lb 3, wb 2 ... 7 ...128 H. Colegrave, c Smith, b Lewis ...................14 L S.Wells,c Dickson, b T. B evington...........19 R. H. Dillon, not out 36 H. L. Turner, b T. Bevington ........... 3 R. A . Hill, c Smith, b Lewis ................. 2 E.L. Marsden,run out 7 T.A. Darke, cWhite, b Rowley ...................22 Extras ........... 0 T o ta l...........103 D. Elliott Lockhart, D. P. C. Franks, R. H.^Darke and A.IB. Cipriani did not bat.