Cricket 1900

M at 31, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 165 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. F. H. B. Champain, b Tate 0 b Bland .. 9 H.C.Pilkington,lbw,bBland 23 b T a te................ .. 10 F. P. Knox, b Tate ........... 3 b Cox ... ... 16 R. E. Foster, b T a t e ........... 0 lbw, b Cox .. ... 39 H. J. W yld, b Tate ........... 4 b C o x ................ .. 0 E. ( Lee, b Tate................... 0 b T a t e .............. .. 15 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Tate 11 b T a te................... 20 J. W . Crawfurd, c Ranjit­ sinhji. b Bland... 5 b C o x ................... 3 H. Martyn, c Fox, b Tate.. 0 c Vine, b Cox ... 2 F. Humphrys, not out 6 c Ranjitsinhji, b C o x ................ ... 0 H. White, b Bland ........... 4 n o to u t......... ... 0 B 9, lb 2 .................. 11 B 6, lb 3, nb 1... 10 Total ................... 67 Total ... ,..124 S u ssex . First innings. Eelf, b Bosanquet ......... 3 A . Collins, c & b Humphrys 28 Killick, lbw, b Bosanquet... 7 K . S. Ranjitsinbji, c Cham- paio, b H um phrys...........31 Vine, cMartyn, b Bosanquet 4 C. D. Fi8her,b Bosanquet... 0 Bean (J.), b Bosanquet ... 0 Cox, b Humphrys.................... 3 B. Fox, not out .................... 9 Tate, b Ro^anquet ............ 6 Bland, b Humphrys ........... 5 B 1, nb 1 .................... 2 Total ......................96 Second innings, lbw, b Bosanquet 0 b Bosanquet ... 24 cMartyn,b Bosan­ quet ................... 9 c Foster, b Bosan- > qu et...................15 b Bosanquet ... 7 lbw, b White ...11 c Champain, b Bosanquet ... 0 b Bosanquet ... 9 lbw, b Bosanquet 1 lbw, b Bosanquet 0 not o u t................. 0 B 6, lb 2 ........... 8 Total . , 84 O xfo rd U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second inniogs. O. M. R. W . O. M. R W. Tate ................... 19 8 30 7 ............ 26 7 64 3 Bland ...................14 2 9 19 3 ............ 6 1 17 1 Cox ................... 4 1 7 0 ............ 21 6 33 6 Tate delivered a no-ball. S u ssex . First innings. Second innings. R. W . O . M.R. W . 31 6 11 0 Bosanquet.. White .. ... Champain... H n o x ........... Humphrys O. 24 5 M. 10 1 2 12*2 24 12 19 9 L an cash ire , First innings. A. C. MacLaren, b Arnold 12 Ward, b W ilson .................. 13 Tyldesley, c Isaac, b Bird .. 79 C. R. Hartley, c Bannister, b W ilson .......................... 0 Cuttell, b W ilson.................. 4 Briggs, b W ilson......... ... 33 A. Ecclt-s, b Arnold ...........10 Sharp, nut out ...................35 Hallam. b Bird . ........... 2 Radcliffe, b W ilson ........... 6 Mold, b W ilson ............................................................... 0 B 8, lb 3 ...................11 B 4,w 1,1b 1nb 2 8 Total .................. 205 Total (5 wkts) 156 WORCISTERBHIRE. Second innings. Second innings. b Arnold ........... 7 c Bird, b Arnold 5 not out.................71 b Arnold ... 9 c Shaw, b W ilson 3 b W ilson ...........14 not o u t .................39 First innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. K. W. Flallam 10 5 16 0 ... .... 2 0 10 0 Brigga........... 28 5 7 55 :0 ... ... 30 3 14 62 3 Cuttell........... 9 3 14 0 ... ... 33 11 72 4 Mold ........... 10 3 17 0 .. . Ward. .. 22 .. 11 7 3 56 2 43 1 L an cash ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Wilson 254 7 63 6 ... ... 23 3 70 2 Arnold 27 8 80 2 ... .. 21*4 4 66 3 Bird ........... 3 0 17 2 ... ,... 1 0 12 0 Bannister ... 3 0 15 0 ... . Burrows ... 6 0 19 0 ... Humphrys delivered a no-ball. LANCASHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. TEN W ICKETS IN AN INNINGS BY B RIG G S. Played at Old Trafford on May 24, 25 and 26. Lancashire won by five wickets. A remarkable performanea in the first innings of Worcestershire by Briggs was perhaps the chief cause of the success of his county in this match. In 28 overs and five balls he took the whole of the Worcestershire wickets fur 55 runs, a fe it which ia almost as good as anything that he has done in the course of his long career. He followed up his fine bowling by bat'ing in excellent form for 33. But the feature of the Lancashire batting was the two fine innings of 79 and 71 not out by Tyldesley, who hardly made a mistake. In the first innings of Worcester­ shire Mr. H. K . Foster made a splendid attempt to pull the match out of the fire ; he scored 103 out of 168 in two hours and a-half, his innings including fourteen 4’s. Thanks chiefly to him, Lancashire had to make 155 to win, and \ ossibly if a catch had been taken, given by Tyldesley brfore anything had been scored on Saturday momi g, when 73 runs were still required, with only fivg wickets in hand, the task might have been too difficult. W orcestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. H. K . Foster, b Briggs ... 0 c and b Cuttell ...113 Arnold,cMacLaren,b Briggs 1 Bowley, c Eccles, b Briggs ... 5 Wheldon.cRadcliffe.bbriggs 25 12 W . H. H ill, b Briggs ... A. W. Isaac, c MacLaren, B riggs................................... 3 Bird, b 1riggs ................32 W ilson, lbw, b Briggs ... 0 Burrows, b Briggs ......... 17 Bannister, c MacLaren, b B riggs.................................. 0 Shaw, not out.......................... 7 B 3, lb 1 .................. 4 T o ta l................1C6 b Briggs b Mold b Cuttell b Ward c Tyldesley, b Cuttell ........... 7 c Radcliffe, b Cuttell 8 c Cuttell, b Briggs 31 c Sharp, b Mold 8 st Radcliffe, b Briggs ...........12 n o to u t................. 3 B 8, lb 2 ... 10 Total ......... 253 A. Arnold delivered one wide and two no-balls. SURREY v. ESSEX. A REM ARKABLE FIN ISH . Played at the Oval on May 24, 25 and 26. Essex won by five runs. The return of Mr. Kortright to the Essex team, and the splendid form of Mr. Perrin, Carpenter, and Mead, tended to make the Surrey match of even greater interest than usual. To quoie the words with which we have become so familiar since the newspaper critics began to speculate on the probable movements of our generals in South Africa, every­ body was asking “ W hat will Essex do I W ill they outmanoeuvre burrey I * When it was realised that the match would in all probability have to be played on a tricky pitch, owing to heavy rain, the iuterest taken in the match was increased, for both teams are by universal consent regarded as being essentially hard wicket teams, and consequently anything might happen when the tuif was soft. When Essex won the toss and went in there were not wanting good judges of the game to say that a mistake had i een made, since the Oval wicket is notoriously quick in drying. The match was a match of surprises. After an alarming bit cf bowling by Lockwood, who took the first two Essex wickets before the spectators had been able to settle themselves comfortably down, Mr. Perrin proceeded to upset all the ideas which had been formed of him as a cricke'er. If ever there was a batsman who was known to all the world as a fast- wicket player it is Mr. Perrin. True, he has at times made runs when the wicket has been bad, but practi­ cally a l his big scor«s have teeu made when the bowlers have received no assistance from the pitch. But on Thursday on a wicket on which Lockwood was bowling magnificently, he played a game which for variety and boldness has not often •een equalled ; he to jk his chances and at times made mistakes as every man must do under similar circumstances. But he played a wonderful game, and in the course of two hours »nd a-half attained to within f >ur runs of his hundred. But for him the total might have been almo>t ignominious, for although he received some help from Mr. McGahey, E. Russell, and Mr. Kort­ right, he scored more than two thirds of the runs. When stumps were drawn Essex had made 150 for the loss of eight wickets. It was not much if the wicket had improved. Naturally the iuterest in the situation was very great when piay began on Friday morning. The Esse* total was increased by 37, Mr. Owen playing so well that everybody thought that the wicket must have considerably improved. Lock­ wood bow lei splendidly, taking all the first nine vsickets. Surrey went to the wickets. In a few minutes there was consternation am mg the crowd, for Mr. Crawford, Loc^wool, Hayts, and Hayward were all out for 37, and Essex looked all over a winning team. But Abel still survivtd—Abel, the batsmin who, according to his detractors, can only make runs when the wicket is like a billiard-tabl“. But, like Mr. P=rrin, he has sometimes come to the front in a remarkable manner when all others have failed, and on Friday he gave an exhibition of skilful and unwearying defenc; which was worthy of his r- putation as one of the tiuest bats of the period. Theoretically he is supposr d to be a certain victim to fast b jwling, but he p:ayed Mr. Kortright well enough to please auybody. He nearly saw the innings through, his stay at the wickets lasting for two hours and fifty minutes. Holland, Mr. Jephson, and Lees gave him useful assist ince, and in the eud Essex only had a lead of twelve runs. In their second innings Essex began well enough, but as soon as the effect of the roller had worn off a startling change came over the game, Brockwell, going on at 37 for one wicket, disposing at once of Mr. Perrin and Mr. Fane, who had apparently taken the measure of the bowling. Then Essex collapsed before him and Lockwood, and when Surrey, with twenty minufcs batting before them, went in for the fourth innings of the match they had only 81 runs to make. That twenty minutes did the mischief. It was a difficu.t position for a captain to know whom to send in to try to play out tim e; he might easily lose a good man or two, or he might easily lose three or four wickets if he put in the tail. Mr. Jephson went in with Smith, and in a bad light was promptly bowled by Mead, while Mr. Kortright almost as promptly bowled Smith. It was a shocking start. To play out time Mr. Crawford was sent in, a man who, if he had been saved for the morrow, would have been linely enough to hit up twenty or thirty runs quick y. It was tempting Providence, and it resulted in the loss of a third wicket. When play ended Surrey, with seven wickets in hand, still wanted 65 runs to win. Nine people out of ten must have felt that the runs would be made, although they might have to be fought for; but disasters soon came thick and fast. Holland was out before another run had been scored, and four wickets were down for 19. Abel followed him at 25, and in a few minutes Hayes and Hayward were both out. Seven wickets for 34, and fifty runs still required. In this desperate situation the Surrey men played a steady game. Brockwell and Lees so nearly pulled the match out of the fire that with eight wickets down they brought the totalto 78 and were both still going strong. Mead then suddenly brought the match to a conclusion by bowling Lees with a yorker and Wood with the following ball. All through the match he bowled with the utmost steadiness, and was always exceedingly difficult to play; in the second innings he divided the honours equally with Mr. K ortiight; in the first he had them to himself. E sse x . First innings. Second innings. F .L . Fane, b Lockwood ... 2 b Brockwell ... 17 Carpenter, c Brockwell, b L ock w ood ........................... 1 b Lockwood ... 4 P. Perrin, c W ood, b Lock­ wood ................................ 93 c and bBrock well 22 C. McGahey, b Lockw ood... 15 b Lockwood ... 2 Russell, (E.), c Crawford, b Lockwood ....................... 10 b Lockwood ... 5 C. J. Kortright, c Wood, b Lockwood H . G. Owen, not out ... . Russell (T.), c Abel, L ock w ood ........................ Young, b Lockwood ... . F. G. Bull, c Hayward, Lockwood ... ................ Mead, c Abel, b Smith B 1, no 2 ................ Total . ...18/ b Lockwood b Brockwell c W ood, b Brock­ well ................... b L jckwood b Lockwood notout.. ........... No-balls ... Total SudREY. First innings. Abel c and b Bull .......... 68 V.F.S.Crawford,b Kortright 10 Hayes, c Fane, b Mead . 2 Loc<wood, c Kortright, b 0 6 Hayward, b M ead......... Holland, c Kortri^ht, b Young ................................. Brockwell. b Mead ........... L>. L. A Jephsm, c Russell (T.), b Mead ................... Lees, b M e a d ......................... Smith, not out ... ......... W ood, c Russell (T.), b Mead .................................. B 12, lb 2, nb 1 .......... Second inniogs b Kortright c Perrio, b Kort- rigbt ........... b Mead ...........] b Ko tright lbw, b Mead c Ru sell (T.), b Koriright not out........... h Mead b M ead b Kortright b M ead......... B 2, nb 1 2 , 28 T o‘ al . First innings. U. L 1ckwood ... 40 Brockwell . . 8 Smith ........... 21 Lees................... 6 Bay ward ... 5 .........172 EfcSKX. Total 9 1 34 0 5 0 M. R. W 12 94 9 3 19 0 6 31 1 0 26 0 1 14 0 ........... Lockwood delivered four no-t alls. S u r r e y . First innings Second innings. O M. R. w . Kortright Mead ... Young ... Bull ... O. M. R. W . 16 2 64 27 I 9 62 J2 3 25 2 0 6 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 18 6 3H 5 .. 1**4 5 34 5 Mead delivered two no-balls.