Cricket 1900

278 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 19, 1900. d u riD g the afternoon. When stumps were drawn the total was 428, the two batsmen having then put on 231 runs in partnership—Knight 147, and Whitehead 108. It was evident that unless the game underwent some extraordinary change, Leicestershire could not fce defeated; and on Friday Mr. de Trafford was able to declare at 609 for eight wickets. The partnership between Whitehead and Knight produced 256 runs in two hdmrs and three quarters. W ith nothing to hope f r except a drawn game, Sussex gave a remark­ ably good account of themselves on Friday afternoon, and wh*n p’ay ended they had scored 248 for the loss of only two wickets, not y*-t quite in such a good position es Leicestershire had been on the previous evening, tu t the two great batsmen in the team were still not out, Mr. Fry with 104 and Ran- j itsinhji with 70, both having played brilliant cricket. W hen play began on Saturday morning a very great deal depended on what one or both of these men would do. Either of them was c pable of keeping in for hours if he cou'd get any useful paitners, whereas if both fell qu ckly it was possible that the innings might not last for long. As it happened Ranjusinbji was the man of the day. Mr. Fry was \ owled Iy Geeson wben he had made 135, an invalu tble innings which had iasted for four h<urs and twenty minutes, 1is partneisbio with his captain having produced 194 iu a* out tw i h< urs. But Kanji e-inhji still wtnt on, and nothing could move him. Receiving the greatest assistance frcm Mr. Collins, he batted as he alone can bat, never making any mistakes. Gradually it legan to dawn on ihe home team th»t he was seriously trying to make as ma> y runs as he c »uJd. instead of being content with about a bundled and fifty, and as be showed hardly any signs of I eing tired even the one hope which bowlers have when he is firm y set was denied to them. When the position was absolutely secure, and when he had >eaten bis own record he was at last caught at the wicket for 275, a magnificent in i ings, made when runs were badly wanted, which only lasted for five hours. Mr. Collins played a much m re lively game than usual la’ e in the afternoon, wben his teice could not possibly be beaten. It was an altogether remarkable match, in which both sides showed to immense advantage. L e ic e ste r sh ir e . Brown (L.), c Belf, b F ry ................................ Geese n, not ou t........... G. E. Rudd, c Collins, b Tate ................... E x tia s................. C. E. de Trafford, b Bland .................. 34 C. J. B. W ood, c Butt, b Bland ..................92 King, c Butt, b Bland 39 Knight,cMarlow,bKry 18^ Whitehead.c & b Tate 116 Coe, c Belf, b Ranjit­ sinhji.......................... 68 H. Burgess and Marlow did not bat. declared closed. S u ssex . 13 Total (8wkts) *609 * Innings C. B. Fry, b Geeson ...135 Relf, b W ood ...........46 Killick,c Coe, b Geeson 21 K. 8. Ranjitsiuhji, c Whitehead, b Coe...275 Marlow, run <ut .. 18 G. brann,cW ood,bKing 7 and b 11. Collins, Gtet-on ...................98 Vine, b G eeson...........40 Buit. not out ........... 8 B 1 3, lb 10, w 3, nb 2 88 Total (8 wkts).. 686 'late and Bland did not bat. LEICE8TEBSHIRF. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W . Bland ... 40 5 165 3 Rnjilsinbji 27 7 99 1 Killick ... 17 1 83 0 Brann ... 13 0 48 0 T ate... ... 26*4 9 47 2 Vine........... 1 0 1 0 Fry ... 21 3 €6 2 B utt.......... 4 1 5 0 Collins ... 9 2 34 0 Marlow ... 2 0 iO 0 Relf ... ... 6 1 29 0 Bland delivered a i o ball and a wide, Ranjitsinhji two wides, Fry and brann each a wide. S u ssex . O. M. R. W . O M. R. W . Burgess ... 32 5 116 0 Geeson ... 39*4 8 llo 4 King ... . 43 14 105 1 <o e ............ 15 4 35 1 W ood ...21 4 77 1 M arlow ... ‘ 9 4 91 0 R u dd........... 19 0 105 0 Brown ... 2 0 9 0 Burgess, Coe, and Rudd each bowled a wide, King and W ood each a no-1 all. SURREY v. ESSEX. Played at Leyton on July 1‘2, 13 and 14. Surrey won by 261 runs. Neather of these counties is in the immediate run­ ning for the championship, but their petition in the tab e did not in the very slightest degree affect the vast interest which is alwby- taken in the matches between them. In the match at the Oval aft r a desperate finish Essex was victorious, and everyl ody knew that Surrey would fight like demons before giving way a second time. Th*re is always a possi­ bility thut lhe wicket at Le\ ton, without I eing at all bad, will Rive the low ltis lust that little assistance which makes scoring m oie difficult than it is on some of the wickets of the present time. When, therefore, on what looked like a perfect wicket, Surrey were all out for 253, few people ventuied to prorhesy that Buch a small score (as things go nowadays) would l^ad to defeat. The great innings on the Surrey side was that of Hayward, who, no matter what condition the wicket is in. is a? likely to make runs as any man in the world. He played one of the best of his very best games, and although we do not agree that as a rule it is hard lines when a man just fails to reach his hundred, it was certainly bard lines in tbe case of Haywaid, for his last partner was run out in trying to bring off the one run needed to enable him to reach the three figures. The innings of Brcckwell and Lees were also fine fpecimens of what may be done by determined batsmen when the bowlers have the best *f things. Essex lost four of their best men for 92 before stumps were drawn, they had only made 16 runs between them—so that when play ended, Surrey were in a very satisfactory position. Carpenter alone was a le to <ffer any prolonged resis- tance to the bow’iog ; he played a great innings, and was not out 62. On Friday morning he was promptly bowled by Mr. Jephsnn, and, thereafter, things went pretty badly for Essex, owing to the excellent Dowling o f Richardson, w bo.he’ped a little ly the wicket, was almost irresistible. i*>r. Kortright, Reeves and Russell however mad*1fine efforts to I ring about bet­ ter things for their side. W ith a very useful lead of 66. Surrey did nobly in tbeir second innings, and when stumps were drawn were 40 i on, with three wickets i-i hand. Every man. who went in scored doul le figures, but only i ees and Abel gained a com­ plete mastery over the bowling. Abel’s innings was a masterpiece. To suit the condition of the wicket, he sligh ly altered his style, and hit very much more freely than usual, scoring 137 runs in three hours. 1y cricket which might have been shown by a rapid scorer like Mr. Fry or Ranjit- sinbji. It was one cf the best of the many great innings which he has played, and was none the worse for beirg made at a time when failure would have very like y me mt disaster for bis side. On Saturday Mr Jephson declared at 367 fcr the loss of eight wickets, Lees carrying his l at for 75, a very fine effort indeed. The Essex innings was a great disappoint­ ment. Richardson w&s in his element, and the only postil le hope that tbe batsmen could have had was to try to knock him off ly determined cricket. Mr. Owen and Mr. McGahey made the attempt, and if fortune had been favourable it might have succeeded; they both played a great game. After their partner­ ship Richardson again got the upper hand, and there was no holding him. u e took eight wickets for 90 runs, and has hardly bowled better in his life. S u r r e y . First innings. Second innings. Abel, b Kortright................. 12 cRus8ell,bReeve8l37 Brockwell, c and b Young... S7 b Kortright ... 19 Lockwood ,c Fane,b Bucke n- bam ...................................26 b r eeves ............25 D. L. A Jephson, b Young .. 0 b Reeves ............22 Hayward,not out ...........99 b Carpenter ...2 0 Hoi!and,cKortright,bYoung 1 c Mead, b Car­ penter .............20 Hayes.cCaipenter, b Young 2 c Mead, b Young 29 Lees,c Carpenter, b Mead... £8 not o u t ................. 75 Nice, c Carpenter, b Mead... 5 b Young ......... 0 Fichardson, b Koitright ... 15 notout................... 6 Stedman, run out.................. 13 Byes ........................... 5 B 12, lb 2 ...1 4 Total.........................253 * Innings declared EfSEX. H.G. Owen,c Stedman,tFLees 6 Carpenter, b Jephson...........62 Buckenbam, c Hayes, b Richards n .......................... 5 C. McGahey, c Stedman, b Richardson.......................... 2 A. P. I ucas, b Richardson . 3 F. L. Fane, b Richardson ... 10 C. J. Kortright, b Nice .. 31 Reeves, c Stecman, b Richardson..........................22 Russell.c Nice,b Richardson 30 Young, b Nice ................... 5 Mead, not out .................. 5 B 2, nb 4 ................... 6 Total ... ... ...187 SURBBY. First innings. O. M. R. W . c Stedman, b Richardson ... 60 c Hayward, b Richardson ... 5 c Stedman, b Richardson ... 13 b Richardson ... 34 b Richardson ... 6 b Lees........... ... 27 b Richardson ... 0 b Richardson ... lbw, b Lees .. ... 0 b Richardson ... 11 not o u t......... ... 0 Total (8 wkts) *367 closed. Krrtright... M e a d ............. Young .. 16 ...19 18 3 91 2 ... Buckenham ..15 Reeves 43 2 . 61 4 43 1 10 0 . B 6, lb 2, nb 3 11 Total.......... 172 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 1 0 2 0 3 ... 20 ... 17 ... 10 ... 21 0 56 4 58 2 61 1 39 2 Carpenter 11 3 50 2 ES s e x . Lees ................. 18 5 39 1 ............ 12 8 26 2 Richardson . 28’3 4 95 6 ........... 21*3 3 90 8 Jephson .............. 9 2 18 1 ............ 8 1 11 0 Brockw ell........... 5 1 12 0 ............ 5 3 12 0 N ic e .................... 7 1 17 2 ............ 6 1 22 0 Richardson delivered six no-balls, and Lees one. TB E ABBT5Y SCHOOL, BECKENHAM v. QUERNMORE SCHOOL.—Played at Eeckentam on June 30. Q uernmore S chool . Firet innings. Second innings. B.Tucker,cWimble,bPowell 12 b Phillips ..... 9 R. Covil, b H urst................. 0 cCornabo,bWim­ ble ................... 1 G. D. Carpenter, c Craig, b H u r s t.................................. 3 cFerguson,bWim- ble ................... 0 F. Patricks^n, b Hurst ... 2 b Wimble ......... 7 J. Zinn^mann, run out ... 2 b W imble ......... 1 H. Metcaff, b Hurst ... 0 cW imble,b Hurst 0 F. P. Klinkh^at, not out ... 13 b Hurst ......... 0 C. W . Neely, b Phillips 1 notout . 4 A. Meier, c Craig, b Powell 0 not out ......... 4 E. H. Hector, b W imble ... 0 W . J.W ight.c Craig, bW im­ ble.......................................... 1 B ll, lb 1, n b l, w l 14 B l ,w 1........ 2 Total ........... 41 Total (7 wkts) 28 T he A bbey S chool . H.J Prest,bPatrickson J. MeA. Craig, b Pat­ rickson ................... E.C. Beid, c Metcaff, b Carpenter................... C. G. Burst, c and b Tucker ................. T. Phillips, run out ... H . R. W imble, notout 18 W . A.Powell,bPatrick- son ........... ........... 0 M. Ferguson, not out 6 P. A . Brown, c and b Patrickson ........... 0 Extras ........... 0 Total...........154 A . B. Cornabe and K. H. M. McAlaster did not bat. THE ABBEY SCHOOL, BECKENHAM , v. SIDCUP C« LLEGE (under 15). — Played at Beckenham on July 4. A b bey S chool . H.J.Prest,bW.Henley 3 W . A . Powell, b E. G. A. B. Cornab£, b W . Henley ...................10 E. C. Reid, c Shapley, b H enley................... 0 C.S.Hurst.bW.Henley 82 G. C. Phillips, b E. G. Henley .. ...........34 H. R. Wimble, run B. Traver did not bat. Smcup C o lleg e . Henley M. Ferguson, b E. G. Henley ...................10 K. H. Macalaster, not out ... ...................18 P. J. Aste, not out ... 3 B 5, lb 1, w 4, nb 1 11 Total (8 wkts) 179 First innings. E. G. Henley, b W imble ... C. Shapley, run out W . Lorentezen. b Wimble A . Hall, c Powell, b Phillips J. Turner, b W im ble........... G. Parkinson, not out........... W . Henley, b Phillips . A. Archardson, c Ferguson, b W imble .......................... F. Ridley, b W im b le........... E. Beaumont, b W imble ... S. Lodge, b Wimbe ........... B 7, w 1, nb 2 ........... Second innings. 3 st Cornabe'*, d W imblt ...........17 5 b Hurst ........... 0 b Hurst c Hurst,bWimble 3 b Wimble 0 b A ste... 0 b Aste ... 0 b A ste........... 0 b Aate........... 3 run out 0 not out 10 B 4, lb 1 Total ... 24 Total ... 37 THE ABT-EY SCHOOL, BECKBNHAM, v. ELSTREE SCHOOL.—Played at Elstree on July 11. A b b ey S c h o o l. J.V cA. Craig, b Thorp A. B. ComabC*, c H al- liday, b Thorp .. M. Ferguson, c Thorp, b Joubert.................33 K . H. Macalaster, b Clariss ................... 5 P. A . Brown, not out 38 P.J.Aste,lbw,bPurvis 14 B 11, lb 4, w 8 ... 23 E. C. Reid, b Thorp... 0 C. S. Hurst, c Smith, b^horp ... ... .2 9 G. C. Phillips, c Smith, b Thorp ................... 6 H .R.W im ble, b Thorp 0 Total ...........180 H. J Prest, c Joubert, b Thorp ................. 25 Second innings : J. McA. Craig, b Thorp, 0 ; A. B. fornabe, b Halliday, 2 ; E. C. Reid, not out, 4 ; H. R. Wimble, not out, 20 ; P. J. Aste, b Thorp, 12; Byes, 5—Total (three wickets), 43. E lstr r e S chool . H . Purvis, b W imble A . Fisher, c Macala­ ster. b Hurst ........... C. Halliday. b Wimble P. Claris, b Hurtt ... S. Smith, b Burst ... C.R.T. Thorp, b Hurst S. Crisp, c and b Hurst H. M. Sprot,b Wimble 4 E. Blagrove, not out 0 P. B. Joubert, b Hurst 15 P. B. Boyle, b Hurst 0 B 6, lb 5 ...........11 Total . 66 P O RTRAIT M EDALLION 8 OF POPULAR CRICKETERS.— W. G. Grace, K . S. Ranjit- sinhji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A. C. MacLaren, A. E. Stoddart, J. R. Mason, G. L. Jessop, Abel, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Brockwell, Hearne (Alec.), Brown (J. T.).—Price 2d. each, post free 3d., or the set of 15. post free, 2s. 6d.— M e r r itt and H a tc h e r , L td., 168, Upper Thames Street, London