Cricket 1900

J u n e 28, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 2 9 T H E TONBR IDGE WEEK. KENT v. MIDDLESEX. Played at Tonbridge on June 21, 22 and 23. Kent won by 152 runs. Although Tonbridge was not favoured *ith fine weather during the week, Kent had no reason to be dissatisfied with their cricket, for th •weither saved them from what looked like being a severe defeat at the hands of Sussex, while it came to their assistance in the Middlesex m itch and enable1 them to win w.th e i e. This desirable result would not have been brought about but for some very determined hitting by Mr. Masin and Mr. Stewart in the firs'; innings, for after heivy rain, which had prevent-.d anvp'ayon Thursday, the M idllesex bowlers were cirrying averythiog before them when the two amateurs camj toger.her with the score at 16 for three wickets. Realising that the wisest game was to hit out, they did their best to make runs quickly, and were com ­ pletely successful, their partnership of an hour an i a quarter realising 130 runs. They were once or twice helped by a Wit wicket, but they always played the rig it game and took advantage of their opportuiities. The tail curled up. Middlesex be ran well enough with Mr. Warner (who was making his re-appearance in the teim after a long absence from a strain) and Mr. Hayman, but Blythe and Mr. Mason afterwards dismissed batsman after batsman for a small score, and Kent had a lead of 70 runs, which was increase I to 8) without further loss before stumps were drawn, On Saturday Mr. Bumup, Alec Hearne, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Mason and Mr. Rashleigh all batted so well that the captain was able to declare with the score at 202 for five wickets. This was not a little due to some effective hitting by himself and Mr. Rashleigh, who for the fifth wicket put on 82 runs in a little over half an hour. Middlesex had to bat on a wicket which had been sufficiently driei by the sun to make it ex­ tremely difficult, and no one was surprised when they failed to play out time. K ent . First innings. Second inniogs. C. J. Burnup, c Roche, b H earne................................. 8 b T rott..................28 Hearne (A.), c Williams, b Trott ................................... 6 b W illiam s......... 40 H . C. Stewart, c Nicholls, b H earne.................................68 B. D. Bannon, b Trott ... 0 J. It. Mason, b T rott...........72 Rev.W . Rashleigh, b Hearne 1 G. J. V. Weigall, b T rott... 5 Humphreys, c Trott, b Hearne.......... ................... 3 Huish, c Hale, b Trott ... 7 Blythe, not out ................... 0 W . M. Bradley, c Nicholls, b T ro tt................................. 0 B 9, lb 1 ............................ 10 B 6, lb 4...9 c and b Williams 27 b T ro tt................. 5 not out...................43 c Hale, b Hearne 46 not out................... 1 Total............................18) * Innings declared M iddlesex . First innings. P. F. Warner, c Hearne, b B lythe...................................... 31 H.B.Hayman, lbw, b Blythe 21 R. W. Nicholls, c Hearne, b M ason.................................... 6 G. W. Beldam, run out ... 6 Trott, b Mason .................... 9 P. W . Hale, b B lythe............ 3 Total (5 wkts) *202 closed. Second innings. b Hearne ........... 0 b Mason ........... 4 Rawlin, b B lythe.................. 6 W . P. Robertson, b Blythe 5 W . Williams, c Bannon, b M ason................................ 13 Roche, not out ................... 9 Hearne (J. T.), b Mason ... 0 Leg-bye .......................... 1 Total... b Masin lbw, b Mason b Mason c Rashleigh, Blythe ... b Mason b Mason ,.. 15 ... 11 ... 0 b ... 26 ... 11 ... 0 ...........110 K ent . First innings. O. M. R. W . Hearne (J. T.) 19 4 66 4 .. Trott .........20 4 5 60 6 ... Roche ......... 8 0 31 0 ... W illiams ... 6 1 10 0 ... M iddlesex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Hearne (A.) ... 9 0 40 0 ... Blythe ........... 24 6 46 6 ... Mason ...........15‘5 6 23 4 ... cWeigall,bBlythe 39 not out................... 6 c fluish,b Hearne 3 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 Total ...120 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 6 62 1 3 72 2 0 33 0 4 26 2 24 17 5 14 Second innings. O. M. R. W . .. 20 5 4 51 2 . . 7 1 30 2 .. 18 9 34 6 SUSSEX v. ESSEX. Played at Eastbourne on June 21, 22 and 23. Drawn. It was a very bold move ol Mr. Lucas, the Essex captain, to declare his first innings on Saturday morn­ ing when his side was only leading by 52 runs, for the Sussex batsmen are always likely to make a good score nowadays even on the very worst of wickets. But there was m q u ’stion about the wicket being in such a sta*e that ouly with the very best of luck could a batsman hope t> score more than a very few run*, and the end at ont time seemed likely to justify the means. There was no p ay on Thursday. On Friday Mr. Luc is won the toss, but decided to put Sussex in first, a policy which at first met with success, for at the end of the day’s play Essex had scorei 113 for fi*e wickets against U8 t>y Susset. For this they had to thank Mr. Perrin, Mr. Mc9-ahey and the captiiu. who with no bowler like Mead against, them managed to keep up their wickets. On Saturday Mr. Lucas increased his own score to 44—a very go:>d iunings indeei—and w.th the total at 160 declared. Me id found a wicket which might have been m ide expressly for him, s >suit *d was it to his bowling and aUho jgh Mr. Fry was not to be beaten for a long time, Sussex were soon in a hopeless situa ion, five wickets falling f »r 14run3. Marlow then came in and helped Mr. Fry nobly, but when the latter was out at 74 the game looked almost over. Mr. Fry’s innings was admirable in every way, and was the best in the match. Mr. Brann, however came t) the asssistanci of Marlow, and things began to loik a little better, but eventuilly the innings closed at eighteen minutes past five for 120. This left Essex with 69 to make in half an hour, and in a few minutes they were thanking their stars that the time was not longer. Bland and Tate were irresistible, and when stumps were driwnfive wickets were down for 31, and Sussex men could congratulate themselves on getting out of an awkward situation with the very greatest credit; it would have taken the Essex tail all it knew to make the remaining 33 runs on sue1! a wicket. S ussex . First innings. C. B. Fry, st Russell, b Mead .................................. 16 A Collins, c Lucas, b Kort­ right .................................. 29 Killick, b Mead ................... 6 K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, b Mead 14 Vine, lbw, b Mead ........... 0 Second innings. Marlow, b Young ...........12 G. Brann, c and b Young ... 7 Relf, b M ead........................... 7 Butt, b Me id ...........................11 Bland, c Reeves, b Mead ... 1 Tate, not ou t........................... 0 B 3, lb 2 ................... 5 Total.......................... 108 E ssex . First innings. Rissell (E.), c Ranjitsinhji, b T a te .................................. 2 Carpenter, c and b Ranjit­ sinhji ...................................16 P. Perrin, lbw, b Killick ... 42 C. McGahey, lbw, b Tate ... 22 A. P. Lucas, b Bland...........44 Reeves, st Butt, b Killick .. 0 F. L. Fane, not out ...........17 C. J. Kortright, c Butt, b Tate .................................. 5 B 7, lb 5 ...................12 Total (7 wkts) ...*160 Total (5 wkts) 31 Young, Buckenham, and Mead did n it bat. * Innings declared closed. S ussex . First innings. O. M. R. W . c Kortright, b Mead ........... 43 b Mead ........... 0 b Mead ........... 2 b Mead ........... 0 c Buckenham, b Mead ........... 5 b Reeves ........... 30 b Young ........... 15 b Reeves ........... 5 c Reeves, b Mead 4 b Koriright 1 not o u t ................. 7 B 5, lb 3 ... 8 Total ...........1 JO Seconl innings b Bland ........... 0 b T a te................... 8 b T a te................... 5 b Blaud ........... 6 b T a te .................. 2 not o u t ................. 0 Byes ........... 10 Mead ... . Young... Kortnght . 37 21 28 11 8 3 5 3 2 1 1 Carpenter ... E ssex . First innings. O. R. M. W . 32*3 15 47 3 . Second inniogs O. M. R. W . 8 33 6 8 40 1 1 14 1 0 25 2 2) 21 5 7 T a te ........... B land......... Ranjitsinhji Relf .......... Killick ... 21 19 5 , 4 Second innings. O. R. M. W . ... 9 6 13 3 ... 8*4 4 8 2 T H E W E S T INDIAN TEAM. THE MATCH AGAINST GENTLEMEN OF THE M.C.C. FOURTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Lord’s on June 21, 22 and 23. M.C.C. won by five wickets. For the fourth time in succession the visitors lost the toss, and although this gave the M.C.C. an immense advantage, the match was very well fought out. The M.C.C. were particularly weak in bowling, having only Vr. Stod 'art and W .G. to relj upon, but as the wi' ket was vtry difficult for batsmen during most of the tinn that the West Indians were at the wicket, the boilin g proved to be strong enough in the «nd For the fir^t time during th ; tour one of the visitors made a huni red. 'lh s was Mr. Constantine, who. goiug in when the ma ch seemed over in the second tunings, sp e ily to>k th j measure of what bowling there was and in the brief sp ice of an hour and a half a -orel 11 i runs. his innings including a ft a-d seven­ teen 4’s. Hi - hit',ing was hard and Irs timing go >d. He received the most v*lu tble assistance fi om Burton, w hi eventual y curieJ h s bit. after ►howing f*omi very determined play. The only o'-her batsman who gr-atly dis i iguished himse f was Mr. Leirm ond, who in the first innings se: a brilliant example to his .-ide. For the M. .0. L >rd Harris made an appear­ ance ; he played v ry fine and very attractive ciicket For a time it did not se m likely that the M.C.C. woald m ike a big scire iu the first innings, but the tail, who on paper did not appear good for many runs, gave a pirticulirly fine account of them­ selves, Mr S jmerset scoring 118 in about two hours and a-half by very br ght cricket. Until his p irtier- ship with Mr. A . B Reynolds, which produced 83 runs in less than three-quarters of an hour, the bowling had not beei mistered. There was no play at all on the first day owing to rain. M.C.C. First innings. S e o u l innings. W. G. G r a c c Ollivierre, b W oo i s ................................. 11 b Burton ............. 3 A E.Stodd irt,c Ol ivierre, b W oods...................................30 c Cox,b Woods .. 18 J. Gilmin. b Burton ...........33 lbw, b Woods ... 6 Lord Harris, c Burton, b W o id s.................................. 35 E. C. Mordaunt, b Burt >n .. 31 A. Page, b Burton ........... 0 A. F. Somers *t, b Ollivie :rel 18 A. B. Reynolds, b Woods ... 37 M. M Barker, b Goodman 26 E. R. de L;ttle, b Goodman 0 A. Montague, n it out......... 32 B 17, lb 9 ...................26 c Sp:o3toi, W o .ids ... not o u t ......... run out n it o u t.......... ... 3 .. 51 .. 22 .. 0 B 1, lb J ... 4 Total ...........379 Tot il (5 wkts) 107 W est I ndians . 8 ;c3nd innings. First iinings. C.A.O Jivierre, lbw, bG rice 21 b Stoddart G. C. Learmond,b de Little 52 b Stoddart S. W. Sproston, b Grace ... 14 c and b Grace P. I. Cox, b Graoe ...........17 ... 32 P. A Goodman,c andb Grace W. B >wring, b Grace........... A. Warner, c Gillman, b de Little ................................... L. S. D ’Ade, run o u t .......... L. Constantine, n it out ... Burton, b Stoddart ...........18 Woods,st Reynolds,b H vris 0 B 17, lb 1 ...................18 b 8toddart ... b Stoddart... b Stoddart... b S toidart... b Stodlart... st Reynolds, Grace not o u t......... b Montigue B 17,lb 6 ... 6 ... 7 ... 3 ... 2 b ...113 ... 64 ... 0 ... 23 T otil ...193 First Burt >n ... . Woods ... . Ollivierre C o x ................ Goodman Spr iston .. . M.C.C. innings. O. M. R. W. .. 37 6 118 3 ... .. 41 8 109 ..13 5 2 55 .. 3 0 18 0 ... .. 11 0 4) 2 ... . . 1 0 4 4 ... 1 Stoddart Mordaunt Grace De Little Harris ... 0 ... . W est I ndians . t innings. O. M. R .W . ... 10 2 32 30 0 ... 5 ... 2 ... 1 ... Montague ... 3 53 3 46 3 0 Total ...295 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 17 5 39 1 . 19 18 47 3 2 0 17 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 3 2 6 92 7 . 21 5 87 2 . 8 2 39 0 7 0 £9 0 . 43 1 15 1 SOMERSET V. LANCASHIRE. Played at Taunton on June 21, 22 and 23. Lancashire won by an innings and 17 runs. No play took place in this match on Thursday owing to rain On Friday Mr. W oods, on w iining the toss, decided to go in first; he must have wished an hour or two afterwards that he had given the oppirtunity to Lancashire, for after a brillim t com ­ mencement of the innings by Mr. Palairet and Mr. Bernard, who put on 104 for the first wicket, no one could make anything of the Lancashire bowling. When Lancashire went in W a r! was biwled first ball by Robson, but before the next wicket fell the Somerset total had bee i beaten by 4 runs Mr. Mac- Lwen and Tyldesley were together for an hour and twenty-five minutes only. They both played splendid cricket, although if two chances given by Mr. Mae- Laren had been taken the result of the match might have been different. As it was the bowling had lost