Cricket 1900

J uly 26, 1900. CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 293 KENT y. SOMERSET. Played at Blackheath on July 19, 20 and 21. Kent won by 221 runs. For their defeat in this match the Somerset men have to thank their poor fielding. They began badly in the field and never recovered in the course of the match. For a few minutes fortune smiled on them. This was at the beginning of the match, when Kent lost their first three wickets for 18 runs. Mr. Mason, who came next, was missed first ball, and then Somerset could do nothing right. They never had another chance, and from that moment seemed a beaten team. Mr. Mason put on 132 in an hour and three-quarters in partnership with Mr. Bumup, both playing brilliant cricket, and later in the day the same total was produced by a partnership between Mr. Knowles and Mr. Blaker, the former being missed until he seemed to bear a ch^rm^d life. The Kent total reached 377, and as Somerset managed to lose Mr. Bernard and Lewis, two of their safest bats, in the course of half an hour’s play before stumps were drawn, their position was anything but pleasant. Robson, Mr. Woods and Gill made splendid attempts to stop the collapse which set in badly on Friday, but when the innings closed their side was 137 runs behind. Kent did not begin very well in their second innings, but a stand was made at a critical time by Mr. Day and Mr. Mason, and at the close of play Kent were 312 runs on with four wickets in hand. Mr. Blaker and Mr. Bradley both hit hard on Satur­ day, and the innings closed for 250, or 387 runs on. There was just a chance as long as Mr. Bernard and Lewis were together that Somersetshire might save the match, but after they were separated their team was always hopelessly out of it. K e n t . First innings. C. J. Burnup, c Newton, b Gill ...................................... 74 Hearne (A..), b Woods ... 8 P. C. Baker, b Woods ... 0 S. H. Day, b W oods ........... 4 J. R. Mason, c Trask, b W o o d s ......................... ... 7*2 W . L. Knowles, b Woods 127 C. H. B. Marsham, c New­ ton, b W oods ... .......... 9 R. N. R. Blaker, b Gill ...44 Murrell, b Gill .................... 0 blythe, b Gill............................ 0 W . M. Bradley, not out ... 16 B 18, w 4, nb 1 ...............23 otal............................ 377 S om erset . First innings. C. A . Bernard, c Murrell, b Bradley ............................ 8 Robson, c Murrell, b Hearne 77 Lewis, b Bradley.................... 0 Second innings. c Grant, b Robson 0 c Newton, b Tyler 10 c Newton, b Rob­ son ...................17 run o u t.................43 c and b Tyler ... 85 c and b Tyler ... 0 c Bernard, b Tyler 12 not o u t.................45 cCranfield,bTyler 8 c Cranfield, b Gill 0 c Tra^k, b Tyler 17 B 7, lb 1, w 4, nb 1 13 Total .. 250 Second innings. runout...................33 c Murrell, b Bradley ........... 0 c Knowles, b Blythe ...........52 cBlythe,bBradley 9 lbw, b Mason ... 0 c and b Blythe .. 14 J. Daniell, b Blythe ........... 5 W . Trask, c and b Blythe... 8 S. M. J. Woods, b Blythe .. 40 A . E. Newton, c Murrell, b Bradley ..........................11 b Bradley .. Cranfield, c Marsham, b Bradley .......................... 2 Gill, not o u t ...........................47 Tyler, b Blythe .................... 18 E. Grant, c and bMason ... 14 B 2, lb 4, nb 4 ............. 10 Total........................... 240 not out.......... c Marsham, Hearne ... b Bradley ... c Murrell, Bradley ... B 5, lb 1 Total ... 0 ... 10 b ... 29 ... 0 b ... 13 ... 6 First innings K en t . O. M . R. W . O. W oods ... ... 23-4 2 110 6 Tyler ... 18 1 63 0 ... ... 27*5 Robson ... ... 7 1 24 0 ... ... 16 Cranfield... ... 16 1 59 0 ... ... 8 Lewis ... 5 0 19 0 ... ... 3 G ill........... ... 24 4 79 4 ... ... 20 M. R. W . 4 93 6 3 54 2 1 13 0 0 21 0 4 56 1 W oods delivered four wides, and Gill four wides and two no-balls. S om erset . First innings. O. M. R. W. B radley........... 34 10 90 4 . Mason ........... 11*2 2 29 1 . Blythe ........... 28 9 85 4 . Heame ........... 10 4 26 1 . Bradley delivere 1 two no-balls, and Mason and Blythe one each. Second innings. O. M.R. W . 26 7 65 5 11 4 12 1 195 6 47 2 9 3 36 1 "TW ENTY YEARS OF KEN T CRICKET.—Full Z scores of 331 Matches, and also Averages. Price la., postage 3d.— M ar sh a ll , Benenden, Cranbrook. MIDDLESEX v. LEICESTERSHIRE. TWO SEPARATE HUNDREDS BY MR. B. J. T. BOSANQUET. Played at Lord’s on July 19, 20 and 21. Middlesex won by five wickets. After having much the worse of the game on the first day, Leicestershire, by the time that stumps were drawn on Fridty night were in such a good position that they teemed to have a very fair chance of winning. Only one man stood in their way. This was Mr. B. J. T. Bosanquet, a fine hard-hitting cricketer, who has made some good scores in his career without ever quite coming up to the expectations which had been formed of him. In this match, when his companions could do next to nothiDg with the Leicestershire bowling, he seemed absolutely at home, get ing his runs in front of the wicket by hard and well-placed drives. His scoring was rapid. When he was joined by Mr. Wyld, the old Harrovian, his score was 41, and it was almost a hundred before his partner had broken his duck’s egg—which, indeed, he never succeeded in doing, though he was at the wickets for twenty minutes, during which he batted entirely with his pads, never once making use of his bat. Just before Mr. Bosanquet reached his hundredth run he had an interesting ex­ perience. In attempting to make the much desired single he left his ground, but escaped at the hands of the wicket-keeper; he then called for an impossible run, Trott, who is a sportsman by nature, giving up his wicket for his sake; and then ran out to Geeson, again escaping disaster. He then proceeded to hit the bowling all over the field, and finally was out for 136, which he had put together in an hour and thres- quarters—an admirable innings on the whole. Thanks to him Middlesex had a lead o f 40 runs, an advantage which they soon lost, for nearly all the Leicestershire men played excellent cricket in their second inniogs, Coe and Brown being the heroes of the afternoon. When stumps ware drawn on Friday night Middlesex, with a wicket down and the possibility before them that Mr. Hayman would not be able to bat owing to a sprain which he received on the Thursday, were 287 runs behind. Mr. Warner gave a most attractive ex­ hibition of batting on Saturday morning, and his innings of 61 greatly helped towards the victory of Middlesex, which was rendered nearly certain during the partnership of Rawlin and Mr. Bosanquet, who in an hour and a-half put on 145 runs, Mr. Bosanquet doing nearly all the scoring, as in the first innings. When there was a chance that he might make his second hundred in the match he played with more care, but when he had once attained the goal he hit with the greatest vigour. His total of 139was put on in two hours and fifty minutes. Long before he was out a victory for Middlesex was nearly assured. The Middlesex team contained several new men. L eicestershire . First innings. Second innings. C. E. de Trafford, c Hay­ man, b Trott ................... 7 c Bosanquet, b Hearne .........31 C. J. B. W ood, st Robert­ son, b Trott ...................14 b Trott..................... 2 King (J. H .), lbw,b Hearne 0 c and b Trott ... 41 Knight, b Trott ........... *..62 c W a r n e r , b Hearne ............ 5 Whitehead, c Rawlin, b Hearne.................................. 0 c Trott, b Hearne 38 Coe, c Bevington, b W il­ liams .................................. 20 st Robertson, b Bosanquet ... 98 Brown (L.), run out ...........10 c Bosanquet, b T rott...............65 G. E. Rudd, c Williams, b Hearne..................................36 b T ro tt................31 H. Burgess, c Robertson, b Trott ................................... 6 c Robertson, b Trott.................... 2 Geeson, not out ...................16 run out ..........12 Jarvis, b H earne................... 0 not o u t................! 0 B yes................. ... 13 B 11, lb 5, w i 17 L eicestersh ire . T otal.. ...184 Total . 342 ...136 ... 0 Second innings, lbw, b Geeson ... 6 b Geeson ...........3 M id d l e s e x . First innings. P. F. Warner, b Burgess Rawlin, b King ... B. J. T. Bosanquet, Knight, b Coe ........... H . J. Wyld, b Burgess Trott, run out ................... J. C. Bevington, st Jarvis, b Geeson.................................. 6 b Geeson W . P. Robertson, c Coe, b K ing .................................. lbw, b Geeson not o u t ......... not o u t ......... .139 ... 6 ... 22 31 c Jarvis, b Bur- W .W illiams, c De Trafford, b Geeson ........................... Roche, not out ................... Hearne (J. T.), c Geeson, b Burgess ........................... H . B. Hayman, c Geeson, b K ing .................................. B 6 ,lb 4 ................... Total... ................: B 9, lb 1, w 3 13 Total (5 wkts) 304 First inning's. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M . R. W. Hearne ... 25 2 13 37 4 ......... . 29 6 83 3 T rott........... ... 20 2 67 4 ......... . 32 5 111 5 Williams ... ... 9 1 34 1 .......... . S 1 45 0 R och e......... ... 2 0 26 0 .......... Kawlin 2 0 7 0 ......... .’ 12 3 36 0 Bosanquet.,. 12 0 47 1 W yld .. .. . 3 1 3 0 Trott bowled a wide. M id d le se x . First innings. O. M. R. W . B urgess.......... 22 3 106 3 . K in g ......... ... 22-4 9 49 3 ... Geeson ........... 14 5 26 2 ... C o e ................... 6 0 33 1 Fecond innings. O. M. R. W. 16 3 3 47 1 5 79 0 ... 43 10 1 8 4 3 29 0 0 14 0 0 14 0 ... 19 . 11 Wood. 3 Rudd 4 Geoson bowled two wides and W ood one. T H E WE S T INDIAN TEAM. THE DERBYSHIRE MATCH. ELEVENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Derby on July 19, 20 and 21. Drawn. Once more the West Indians lost the toss, but when each side had played an innings they had much the best of the game. For this they had to thank Mr. Goodman, who in the course of two hours and a-half made 101 not out by very attractive batting. The run-getting on the whole was not very fast, and chiefly to this cause the West Indians were deprived of what seemed a certain victory. D erbysh ire . First innings. Second innings. L. G. Wright, c Constantine, b C o x .................................. 58 Dearnaley, c W oods, b B urton..................................17 lbw, b Mignon ... 26 Bagshaw,c Woods, b Burton 10 c Constantine, b W oods ........... 9 Storer, c Goodman, b Cox .. 65 not out.................. 57 A. E. Lawton, c Constan­ tine, b C ox............................ 0 b Burton ........... 32 Slater, b C o x ......................... 0 b Mignon ........... 6 F. A . Barrs, b Cox ... 32 runout ........... 0 Cadman, c Burton, b M ig­ non ................................... 0 b Burton ............21 Hulme, not out .................. 41 b Woods ........... 0 Humphries, b Burton . . . 2 not o u t ..................16 Bestwick, c Bowring, b Burton................................... 0 B 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 ... 9 B 8 ,lb 4 ,w 2 ,n b l 15 Total..........................234 Total (7 wkts)*182 * Innings declared closed. W est I n d ian s . C. A . Ollivierre, c Humphries.b Hulme 3 P. J. Cox, b Hulme ... 31 L. S. D ’Ade, c Hulme, b Slater ... ...........19 L. Constantine, c Storer, b Slater ... 62 S. W . Sproston, lbw, b Hulme ........... 17 Goodman, not out ...104 Hinds, c Cadman, b Bagshaw ...................11 Second innings :—Bowring, b Storer, 2 ; Ollivierre, not out, 23; Burton, st Humphries, b Storer, 0 ; Hinds, not out, 17 ; extras 3.—Total (2 wkts) 45. W . Bowring, c Slater, b Eiulme................... 8 Burton, c Bagshiw, b Hulme ...................15 Woods, b Hulme ... 15 W . H. Mignon, c Humphries, b Slater 1 B 8, lb 1, nb 2 ...1 1 Total... ... 300 Burton Woods Mignon Cox D erbysh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W . . 29 2 7 , 15 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W . ... 20 ... 20 4 40 3 61 17 63 2 45 Hinds... 3 W oods delivered three no-balls, and Mignon bowled three wides. W est I ndians . First innings. O. H u lm e ................41 M. 12 R. W . 77 6 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. Bestwick ... ... 12 2 42 0 ... Bagshaw ... ... 20 8 48 1 ... !” 4 0 12 0 Slater ........... ... 16 1 3 50 3 ... Storer ........... ... 11 0 68 0 ... 5 1 17 2 B a rrs........... ... 3 0 14 0 ... Cadman... 2 0 13 0 Storer delivered five no-balls.