Cricket 1900

276 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 19, 1900. to-day at Manchester are to be set apart as a benefit for Arthur Mold, who for many years past has rendered the greatest service to Lan­ cashire as a fast bowler. He became qualified in 1889, and played his first match for the county against Middlesex at Lord’s that year. The following are his best performances with the ball for Lancashire:— 1889 v. Sussex, at Manchester, 2 for 4. 1890 v. Notts, at Manchester, 6 for 24. 1890 v. Kent, at Manchester. 7 for 21. 1891 v. Essex, at Leyton, 5 for 13 1891 v. Sussex, at Manchester. 5 for 11. 1892 v. Cheshire, at Manchester. 6 for 20. 1892 v. Notts, at Manchester. 7 for 29. 1893 v Oxford University, at Manchest r, 7 for 28. 1893 v. M i Idlesex. at Lord’s. 3 f >r 3. 1894 v. Sussex, at Brighton. 7 for 2 '. 1S94 v. Derbyshire, at Derby, 9 for 30 1894 v. Sussex, at Manchester, 7 f»r 17. 1894 v. Somersetshire, at M .ncbe'ter. 7 for 10. 1895 v. Notts, at Nottingham. 8 for 20. 1896 v. Surrey, at Manchester, 8 for 33. 1897 v. Hampshire, at Manchester, 4 for 14. 1897 v. Middlesex, at Manchester, 4 for 9. 1898 v. Gloucester, at Manchester, 6 fo’- 2 ’. 1899 v. Warwickshire, at Manchester. 6 for 20. 1899 v. Hants, at Manchester, 3 for 0. 1899 v. Somersetshire, at Manchester, 3 for 8. 1899 v. Derbyshire, at Manchester, 7 for 19. Mold obtained fifteen wickets v. Somerset­ shire, at Taunton, in 1891 : v. Sussex, at Brighton, in 1894 : and v. Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham, in 1895. He obtained nine wickets in an innings v. Yorkshire, at Huddersfield, in 1890 : v. Kent, at Tonbridge, in 1892 : and v. Kent, atManchester, in 1895. Against Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge, in 1895, he obtained four wickets with con­ secutive balls, whilst against Somersetshire, at Manchester, in 1894, he performed the hat trick. Playing against Surrey at the Oval, in 1896, he bowled Lohmann with a ball which sent a bail 65 yards, 6 inches—a record for abail. In all Lancashirematches in which he played up to the end of last season he had sent down 53,676 balls for 21,912 runs and 1,484 wickets, average 14*76. In the same matches he commenced 323 innings, was dismissed 222 times and scored 1,468 runs. He made his highest score (57) against Leicestershire, at Leicester, 1895, on which occasion he helped Albert Ward to add 111 runs for the last wicket. P-S-—In opening my notes last week I credited “ W.G.” with fourteen centuries in Gentlemen v. Players matches. It should of course, have been fifteen. I beg to thank those correspondents who have been kind enough to draw my attention to this fact. E TON v. HARROW. A REMARKABLE FINISH. Played at Lord’son July 13 and 14. Harrow won by a wicket. There have been remarkable endings to this match in days gone by. but it is doubtful whether there has ever been one so full of intense excitement as the present match. The fortunes of the game fluctuated in the most curious mann r on the second day, and when the Eton team began to collapse in the second innings one was prepared for almost anything, but not for such a desperate finish. Harrow bad a little the best of the first day’s cricket, for agair st a total of 291 they had put on 270 for ihe loss of seven wickets. In ordinary teams with a tail the position would have been pretty even, but in these matches some of the men in the tail are a good deal better than tbo«e who go in first. There was plenty of good totting in the Eton innings, batting of a kind with which everybody h farm lar, that is to say mostly o f the sam^ pattern But there were hitters in the team, notably Mr. Buxton and Lord Dalmeny, a son of Lord Rosebery and to the delight of the spectators they came off’ Their partnership was the feature of the innings. Mr. Cookson, who is probably the best bat on the Harrow side, was m splendid form, and his innings was a great pleasure to watch, while others of the team played very sound cricket. A surprise was in store on Saturday mornin?, for the last three Harrow wickets produced 118 runs in an hour and a quarter so that Harrovians were aroused to enthusiasm! This gave Harrow a lead of 94 runs, which proved remarkably useful in the end. One wondered why Mr. Crake was put in tenth, for he showed nearly as pood cricket as anybody on the side. Eton began their second innings remarkably well with Mr. Tod and Mr. H. K . Longman, of whom the latter seems likely to be almost as good a cricketer as his famous father. The runs were nearly knocked off before a wicket fell, but from 88 for no wicket to 92 for two wickets was a startling change. This was the state of affairs at lunch time. In the afternoon Mr. Tod and Mr. W ormald added 90 runs in a little over three quarters of an hour, and at one time Eton with two wickets down had a lead of 88 runs, and a drawn game seemed as certain as anything can be in the game o f cricket. But then came a rapid change over the scene. Mr. Carlisle, a slow right hand bowler, went on at the pavilion end, and brought destruction on the heads of the Etonians. His analysis was ten overs and a ball, five maidens, fifteen runs, five wickets. The collapse was absolutely astonishing, although the bowler found assistance from the wicket, which was a little worn in one or two places, though no fault of the groundman. Directly Mr. Carlisle went on Mr. Tod was missed off him, but a minute or two later he had the pleasure of bowling him, and thus got rid of a batsman who had obtained a mastery over the bowling and was nearing his hundredth run. Mr. Tod had played splendid cricket. The upshot of the collapse was that Harrow had to go in to make only 125 to win, with a certainty that there would be time to get the runs, as it had been agreed as usual to play the match to a finish, if there was a chance of a finish. The task set to Harrow did not seem at all difficult. A good beginning was made, 36 runs being put on in the first twenty minutes. But then another of the startling changes for which the game was remarkable brought about a decided alteration in the state of affairs. Four wickets suddenly fell at this total, Mr. Whately dismissing Messrs. Eyre, Kaye and Bewicke with successive balls. The crowd was excited to an extraordinary degree; no one could make out what was happening. Half the side were out for 55, and it was obvious that Harrow would have all their work cut out if they were to win. Another wicket fell at 89, a fine partnership by Mr. W ilson and Mr. Carlisle having greatly raised the hopes of the Harrovians. But the seventh wicket went at 97 and the ninth at 118. Meanwhile Mr. Crake had been playing exceedingly well and with as much coolness as if nothing of importance were at stake. When the last man, Mr. Buxton, came in 7 runs were still required and he had about as unenviable a position as could be suggested. Eton seemed to have the best chance just now, but Mr. Buxton was not to be disposed of, and a couple of singles, one to each man, made things look a little bit better for Harrow. A t this stage of the proceedings one of the Eton bowlers was unfortunate enough to give Mr. Crake a full pitch to leg, and the game was promptly made a tie by the batsman, who never lost an opportunity of scoring. Mr. Crake then made another four, and the match was over. It was a long time before the excitement quieted down. E ton . First innings. Second innings. A. A . Tod, c Eyre, b McCor­ quodale .......................... 33 b Carlisle .......96 H. K. Longman, b W ilson 36 c and b Buxton... 40 D. J. Cassavetti, b Buxton 20 c McCorquodale, b B u xton ......... 1 J. Wormald, c Crake, b W ilson.................................. 29 c Crake, b Kaye 46 E. G. Whately, c Eyre, b Kaye ...................................13 b Kaye.................... 0 C. E. Lambert, c Bewicke, b Wilson .......................... 46 c Crake, b Buxton 4 Lord Dalmeny, c Mann, b Kaye ................................. 52 b Carlisle ....... 1 Hon. G. W . Lyttleton, c Kaye, b McCorquodale .. 0 b Carlisle ........... 5 G. M. Buxton, c Lyon, b W ilson... .................. 45 b Carlisle ....... 4 W . Payne-Gallwey, b Mc­ Corquodale .......................... 8 b Carlisle ....... 5 A. C. Bernard, not out ... 6 n o to u t................. 4 I Lb 4, nb 2 ................... 6 B7,lb2,wl,nb2 12 Total........... ..294 H arrow . G. Cookson, b Bernard ... 88 E. W , Mann, c Dalmeny, b Payne-Gallwey.................. 4 C. H. Eyre, c Cassavetti, b Payne-Gallwey......... ... 9 H. S. Kaye, b Bernard ... 60 C. B*-wicke, b Whately ... 42 K. M. Carlisle, ft Lyttleton, b W h ately........................... 16 F. B. W ilson, run out........... 79 E. G. McCorquodale, b Payne-Gallwey................... 0 H. F. Lyon, b Bernard ... 25 R. H. Crake, c Bernard, b Whately ................................47 A. Buxton, not out ........... 1 B 10, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 ... 17 Total ...218 b B ernard...........19 c Dalmeny, b W hately...........16 b W hately........... 6 b W hately... ... 0 lbw, b Whately... 0 lbw, b Bernard.. 24 runout..................24 lbw. b Bernard .. 5 c Lyttleton, b W h ately........... 3 not out... not out... Byes ... 21 ... 1 Total..........................388 Total( 9wkts)128 E ton . First innings. O. M. R. W . McCorquodale 25 4 117 3 ... Buxton .......... 17 1 60 1 ... Wilson .2 7 11 55 4 .. Carlisle .......... 11 1 31 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W . .. 19 4 f0 0 ... 17 3 64 3 ... 15 5 25 0 . 10*1 6 15 5 4 42 2 Kaye.................. 9 1 20 2 ............ 12 L yon ................. 1 0 5 0 McCorquodale delivered two no-balls, Buxton one no­ ball, and Wilso \a no-ball and a wide. H arrow . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Bernard...........i7 4 93 3... .. 21 4 60 3 Payne-Gallwey 24 3 92 3 T o d .................. 13 1 45 0 W hately.........161 1 66 3 ............24 3 8 69 5 Lambert.......... 5 0 34 0 Dalmeny . . . . 4 0 24 0 Lyttleton ... 2 0 13 0 Longman ... 1 0 4 0 Payne-Gallwey delivered a wide and a no-ball, and Bernard a no-ball. H A M P S H IR E v. Y O R K S H I R E . P layed at P ortsm ou th o n J u ly 12, 13 and 14. Y ork sh ire w on b y six w ickets. Although Captain Wynyard reappeared in the Hampshire team and played a splendid first innings of 54, and although Mr. Hill, Mr. Raikes, W ebb and Mr. Robson made a brilliant effort to save the game in the second innings, the Yorkshiremen were too strong all round, and won pretty easily. Neverthe­ less, the southern county is to be greatly congratulated on making tuch an excellent fight, seeing how it suffers from the absence of so many good men at the front. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. C. Robson, b Hir t ........... 0 c Hunter, b Hirst 31 A . J. L. Hill, c Tunnicliffe, b Brown, jun....................... 6 c Hirst, b Wilson 70 Lieut.E. M. tiprot, c Oyston, b Haigh .........................19 c Oyston, b Birst 12 Rev. G .B. Raikes, b Oyston10 lbw, b Haigh . 77 Webb, b Hirst .................12 c sub, b Hirst ... 47 Capt. E G. Wynyard, c Taylor, b Hirst.................54 c Tunnicliffe, b Haigh ........... 6 Barton, c Tunnicliffe, b Oyston.................................28 b Haigh ............ 0 E. C. Lee, b Haigh .........14 b Baigh .......... 7 L. H. Gay, not out ... 34 c Haigh, b Hirst 19 D. A. Steele, c Tunnicliffe, b Brown, jun.........................14 c Tunnicliffe, b Haigh ...........15 Baldwin, b Oyston ........... 0 not out.................... 1 B 5, lb 4, nb 2 ........11 B 3, lb 6, w l,n b 4 14 Total .....................202 Total ............299 Y orkshire . First innings. Second innings. Lord Hawke, b Raikes . 25 b B aldw in............ 45 Tunnicliffe, c Wynyard, b Baldwin ........................138 c Sprot, b Barton 12 Brown, sen., c Hill, b Steele 37 b Baldw in............ l Denton, b Baldwin ........... 1 c B a ld w in , b Steele ... ... 48 Hirst, c Hill, b Baldwin ... 15 notout ............23 T. L. Taylor, c Gay, b Steele 64 not out ............ l E. R. Wilson, c Robson, b Baldwin ........................... 1 Haigh, b R a ik es.................55 Hunter, b Baldwin ........... 4 Brown, jun., c Robson, b Baldwin ........................... 0 Oyston, not out .................13 B 16, lb 2, w 1 .............. 19 B 2, lb 1 .. 3 Total First innings. ................872 Total (4 wkts) 133 H ampshire . O. M R. W . Hirst ... ... 20 4 40 3 Brown, jun ... 19 6 48 2 Haigh ... ... 18 10 80 2 Oy&ton ... ... 21*4 4 52 3 Brown, sen. ... 4 0 20 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 41 11 114 4 2 24 0 2 59 0 9 6 3 12 0 4 17 1 2 0 Wilson Denton ... i u z Hirst, Brown, jun. and Wilson each bowled two no-balls, and Brown, jun. a wide Y orkshire . Raikes ... Barton ... First innings. O. M. R. W . ... 21 20 1 110 2 ........... „ 9 27 0 ........... 10 Baldw in........... 41 15 87 6 .. Steele ........... 18 4 59 2 ... H ill................... 17 1 52 0 ... Sprot ........... 4 0 18 0 ... Second innings. O. M h. W. 1 11 0 1 29 I 17*4 5 69 2 0 21 1 Steele bowled a wide.