Cricket 1900

1 4 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 1 7 , 1 9 0 0 . WORCESTERSHIRE v. LOKDON COUNTY. Played at Worcester on May 14 and 15. London County won by three wickets. Dr. Grace was able to take a fairly strong team down to Wor-ester, although on paper his bowlinsr looked remarkably weak. As it happened he and 8antall between them managed t *take nearly all the wickets in both innings; and al.hough Worcester­ shire, when they went in first, ma^e a reaconab'y good score, they collapsed in the second attempt. In their first innings they lost nine wickets for 120, but then Wilson and Bird made an altogether remark­ able stand on a by no means easy wicket, and in five minutes over the hour increased this total by 97 runs, the former hiti ing with the greatest vigour. London County made a most inauspicious start, for, with the total at 23, W . G. Quaife was 1 b.w. to W ilson, who then clean*d bowled Mr. Rol inson and Praund with the two next balls. The Do-tor p'ayed excellent cricket as usual for h s 30, 1ut although Mr. C. Beldam, Mr. Murdoch (who made his reappearance in first-class cricket) and Mr. S. M. Tindall all did well, seven wickets vere down at the call of time for 120 runs. 'Ihis was increased by 40 on Tuesday morning. When Worcestershire went in a second time with a lead of 57 runs*, it was soon seen that runs wou’d have to be fought for. They could do next to nothing with the bowling, and but for some plucky play by the tail they would not have set London County a very hard task. As it was the game was exir-mely well fought out, and a very little mis?ht have turned the scale in favour of Worcestershire. WOBCESTRB'HIBK. First inoirg*. Pearson, lbw, b Santall 7 Bowley (F.), lbw, b Grace... 0 Arnold (E.), b Grace . ... 0 Gethin, run out ................. 37 Borden c Lilley, b Sant ill 24 H. K. Foster, b Grace ... 14 A. W. Isaac. b Grace ... . 13 Hunt, c Braund, b Santall 7 Gaukrodg^r, b Santall ... 7 Bird, not out ... ... 20 W ilson, c Praund, b Quaife 78 B 4, lb 6 ...........10 Total .................217 Sec >nd innings, c Weils, b Grace 2 Ibw, b Grace ... 4 c Lilley, b Santill 36 c Braur.d, b San­ tall .................. cBraund, b Grace c Lilley, b Santall c Wells, b Grace c Lilley. b Santall not o u t ......... ... c Walker, b Grace 18 c Wells, b Santall 23 Leg-bye ... 1 Total...........138 1 ondon C o u n ty . First innicgs. W . G. Grace, b Arnold Quaife (W . G ), lbw, b W ilson................................... 8 F G. Robinfon, b Wilson .. 0 Braund, b Wilson ........... 0 C. Bfldam. b A rnold...........25 Lilley, b W ils o n .................. 0 W . L Murdoch, b Wilson 18 S. M. Tindall, c Foster, b W ilson..................................33 L. Walker, b W ilson..............20 L. H. Wells, st Gaukrodger, b Pearson ... ...................18 Santall, not out .................. 1 B 6, w 1 ................... 7 Second innings. 20 c and b Arnold. not out................ c Hunt, b B ird. c Oaukrodger, Gethin ... . lbw, b W ilson . b Arnold ... . b B ird ................. b Arnold ......... notout................. Lb 2. nb 1 Grace ... Santall Walker Quaife... Total .................. 160 Total (7 wkts) . 196 WrOBCEiTEB8HIRE. First innings. St cond innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. ........... 29 7 91 4 ........... 24 1 4 66 5 ........... 33 6 100 4 ........... 24 6 71 5 . .4 1 12 0 ......... 0*3 0 4 1 ........... Arnold W il«on Pearson L o k d o n C o u n ty . First innings. O. M. R. W . .2 5 5 75 .2 9 6 71 . 4 - 3 1 7 Second innings. O. M. R. W. Bird 16 1 18 3 3 1 1 3 2 20 56 3 62 1 12 0 Gethin 7 2 Hunt 10 4 Pearson delivered a no-ball and Wilson a wide. 25 1 18 0 GLOUCESTERSHIRE v. NOTTS. Played at Bristol on May 14, 15 and 16. Notts won by 80 runs. For this match, which was played under conditions almost as unpleasant as those at Lord’s in the way of weather, both Shrewsbury and Gunn turned out. On the first day’s play Gloucestershire had reason to con­ gratulate themselves, for, with only tw> wickets down, they had scored 132 against the 197 of Notts ; their greatest batsman, Mr. Townsend, being not out 30. The Notts’ inniugs was only remarkable for the delightful cricket played by lkir. A. O. Jones, who in a little more than an hour and a-half put together 73 runs, including eleven 4’s. Mr. J. A. Dixon also did w ell; but none of the others ever really got going. W ben Gloucestershire went in. W rathall gave a fine exhibition of free hitting, bis 63 being made in an hour. Mr. N. O. Tagart. the Cambridge fresh­ man, made a very successful d£hut. On Tuesday morning Mr. Townsend did not stay long, and ex­ cept that Mr. Je sop m-ide 31 in twenly minutes, ihe battiD g was disappointing, Gunn meeting with great success with the ball. Thus the promise of a large totd fizzled away to a lead of on]y three runs. Notts began very well indeed in their second innings, and at lunch time had scored 61 without loss. Shrewsbury was nearly at his best, and in partnership with Mr. Jones put on 69 runs in seventy minutes for the first wicket. He continued to play most delightful cricket, but did not receive much aid from anyone else. Nevertheless, enough runs were made t >give Notts a reasonable chance of winning, and as the wicket was a little in favour of the bowlers, and as a rot set in among the Gloucestershire men after a fair beginning, the result was an easy \ictory for the visitors. Mr' Jessop made a fine effort to s’.em the tide of dis *ster N otts First ianings. A O Jow s, c Paish, b Town­ send .......... ................... 7 Shrewsbury, c Townsend, b Jessop .......................... Gunn (W .), c Townsend, b Paish ............................... 16 J. A. Di on, c Board, b T ow n sen d....................... 31 Gunn (J ), c Paish, b Jessop 14 Dec ch. b Jessop ............... 12 Carlin, b Jessop .......... ... 1 Iremonger. lbw, b Paish ... 14 Guttridge, b Paish ......... 16 Mason, c and b Paish........ 5 Wass, not out ................. 1 B 4, lb 5, nb 1 .......10 Second innings, c Board,bWeaver 41 c Paish, b Weaver 90 Townsend, Pofcerts 23 c Jes*op. b Paish 2 1 c Wrathall, b Weaver ... ... 2 c Board, b Paish 17 b Weaver ... 10 not o u t ................. 9 b Weaver ........... 1 run out ........... 2 lbw, b Paish ... 4 B 5, lb 7, nb 1 13 Total ...197 G lo u c e s te b b h ib e . Total . 235 N O. Tagart, b Dixon ...2 8 Wrathall, run out ...........63 c Jones.b J.Gunn 15 Shrewsbury, b ...........39 C. L. Townsend, st Carlin, b J. ^unn ........................ 46 b Wass ...... 0 Hale, c and b Wass ............ 7 b J. G u n n .......... 8 G. L. Jessop, c Dixon, b J. Gunn ................................31 c Jones, bWass 59 P. L. Thomas, b J. Gunn ... 1 b J. G u n n .......... 0 F. N. Bird, b J. Gunn ... 6 b J. G u n n .......... 1 Boa'd, c Carlin, b J. Gunn 10c Shrewsbury, b J. G u n n ......... 9 Paish, b Wass .................. 0 run out ...... 2 V. C. Weaver, not out ... 0 b J.G unn ...... 4 Roberts, b W a s s ................... 0 not o u t.......... 0 B 3, lb 1, nb 5 ............... 9 B 1, w 1, nb 2 4 Paish Jessop Roberts Townsend Total First innings. O. 35 .. .. 201 N o t ts . M. R. W . 6 95 4 ., Total .141 , 30 10 60 4 . 9 . 4 Second innings. O. M. R. W . .. 34 3 6 78 3 5 2 17 0 15 7 37 1 14 0 27 0 4 21 0 . 0 11 2 . Weaver 29 7 63 5 Roberts atd Paish each bowled one no-ball. G lo u c e s te b s h ib e . O.M. R. W . O.M. R. W . W ass................... 18*2 2 69 3 ............ 18 5 3 73 3 Punn (J.)........... 26 7 68 5 ............ 18 4 64 6 Dench ...........10 1 39 0 Dixon ........... 9 3 16 1 Gunn (J.) bowled seven no-balls, and Waes bowled one wide. M.C.C. v. YORKSHIRE. Played at Lord’s under the revised experi­ mental rules of the M.C.C. on May 14, 15 and 16. M.C.C. won by 182 runs. Although the sun was shining on Monday a bitterly cold north-east wind made players as well as spectators at Lord’s miseravle in the extreme. The bowlers could not feel the ball, the fie'dsmen could not hold it. But as a consequence 01 this any lucky batsman who managed to become set bad a fine opportunity of making a big score, and, aided by the net, several batsmen made runs with great quickness. In the first hour 89 were put up by Carpenter and C. L. “ Lewes,” of whom the latter is an amateur who played a good deal of excellent cricket two or three years ago. The 100 vent up for the loss of Alec Hearne s wicket, and the Yorkshiremen seemed in for a very trying time. Carpenter who, if form goes for anything, ought to be one of the very best bats of the day, made runs much more quickly than usual, bein^ at the wicket for less than three hours for his excellent 125, which included two 6’s and five 5’s. Mr. “ Lewes ” was out when he was getting particu­ larly dangerous. The beginning of the end seemed in sight wben Carpenter, Alec Hearne and Mr. “ Lewe-»” were all out. but Mr. Warner played a very fine innings indeed, scoring at about his usual pace; he made his 83 in about two hours and a half, and hit a 7 and a 5. The third hundred went up with on'y five wickets down, but the turn of the Yorkshiremen tlen came, Rhodes going on again and getting rid of the remaining 1atsmen in eight overs and five balls, off which 33 runs were made. It was a curious change in the fortunes of the game. The Yorkshire team, which for this occasion was com­ posed entirely of professionals — there were again eight professionals on the side of the M.C.C.—did not begin well, and. despite some very fine cricket by J. T. Brown, they left off when stumps were drawn ‘251 runs behind with three of their best men out—all disposed of by J. T. Hearne. It nny be stated that the wicket was very close indeed to one side of the ground, so that it was difficult to see what precisely was the use of the nets as a test. On Tuesday morn­ ing Brown was out »fter increasing his score ly 5 runs, and as only Bir.-t and Rhodes of the remaining batsmen succeeded in making good scores, the York- shiremcn were 159 runs behind. The day was not as co’ d as the Monday, tut the weather was not at all suitable for cricket. The M.C.C?. captain exercised his righ^. to fend his own side in again under the new fullow-on rule, and all interest was taken out of the match. By lunch time it was evident that by nothing short of a miracle could the Yorkshiremen win, f.-r they were then more than 200 runs behind, and had on'y succeeded in dismissing one of their opponent. “ Lew es” and Warner played very fine cricket afterwards, but all interest in the game was gone. The Yoikshiremen, hopelessly behind, played up well. M.C.C. an d G bou n d . First innings. Second innings. Carpenter, c Denton, b Brown, sen.........................125 b Rhodes ... Hearne (A.), low, b Rhodes 6 c Whitehead, C. L. “ Lewes,” b Haigh . btorer, c Washington, b H a ig h ..................................] P. F. Warner, b Rhodes ... t Trott (A. E ), c Wain­ wright, b Brown, sen. ... 5 Thompson, b Rhodes........... A. Page, not o u t ................. Young (H.), c Hunter, b Rhodes.................................. Hearne (J. T.), c Denton, b R hodes................................. Mead, c Brown, jun., b Rhodes................................. B 17,lb 2............................. Total . 40 Hirst b Rhodes .. 23 b .. 34 ... 87 run out ........... c Wainwright, b Brown, jun. ... < c Hunter, b Whitehead not out................ lbw, b Rhodes c Wainwright, Hirst ... . c Hunter, Brown, jun. . 8 96 2 .346 Y o b k sh ib e Brown, sen.,b J. T. Hearne 67 Tunnicliffe, c Storer, b J. T. H earne............................. 0 Denton, c Carpenter, b J. T. H earne...............................12 Wainwright, c A ., b J. T. Hearne......................................15 Hirst, b Young .......................48 Washington, lbw, b J. T. Hearne.................................... 0 Haigh, b J. T. Hearne ... 0 Rhodes, c Storer, b J. T. Hearne...................................... 24 Whitehead (Lees), c Trott, b J. T. H earne.................... 0 Brown, jun., c “ Lewes,” b J. T. Hearne .......................10 Hur ter, not out .................... 3 B 6, lb 2 ............................ 8 b Brown, jun. ... 24 B9,lb4, w 2,nbl 16 Total ...312 b Mead ...........40 c Storer, b Young 41 c Hearne,bYoung 71 b Young ........... 0 b Mead ...........48 c Thompson, b Young ...........17 c Storer, b Mead 9 b Young ...........16 run out ...........12 b Young ...........21 not out................... 5 Extras........... 9 Total .................. 187 M.C.C. a n d G bou n d . Total ...289 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Rhodes ... ... 26 5 6 76 6 ... ... 29 7 85 3 Hirst ... ... 14 4 57 0 ... ... 16 4 41 2 Haigh ... ... 22 7 69 2 ... ... 22 7 53 0 Brown, jun. ... 14 2 66 0 ... ... 132 1 55 3 Brown, sen. ... 15 3 81 2 ... ... 2 0 7 0 Whitehead ... 11 4 25 0 ... ... 12 5 32 1 Wainwright 4 0 23 0 Brown, jun., delivered two wides, aLd Birst a no-tall. Y o b k sh ib e . M. R. W . O. Hearne (J. T.) 20 Trott ......... 14 Young ........... 5 Mead ........... 1 4 71 J) , 0 70 o 0 29 1 0 9 0 ........... Thompson Heame (A.) 2 0 Young bowled one no-ball. O. 16 14 32*2 7 23 5 5 M. R .W . 2 46 0 3 48 0 77 6 79 3 1 22 0 8 0