Cricket 1900

2 9 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 26, 1900. YORKSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. ARTHUR MOLD’ S BENEFIT MATCH. Played at Old Trafford on July 19, 20 and 21. Drawn. Immense interest was taken in this match by the men of Yorkshire and Lancashire, for the two counties had for a long time scored 100 per cent, each in the championship table. As things turned out the weather, hs usuil in benefit matches, left the position exactly the same as before, and as the first match between the two teams this year was drawn, the question of which is the better can still be argued to the satisfaction of both sides. Although the wicket was excellent on the first day, the batsmen and bowlers all seemed to be so impressed with the im­ portance of the occasioa that tu u s were as difficult to obtain as they used to be in the o’d days in matches between Notts and Yorkshire. The fieldsmen worked their hardest, while the batsmen, even the boldest hitters among them, would take no risks. There was not much excitement until the close of the day, when four Lancashire wickets were tumbled down after some exceedingly slow play for 63 runs. Thus Lan­ cashire left off with much the worst of the game on paper. But Mr. MacLaren was still in, with 28 to his credit, so that things were not quite as bad as they sesmed. Unfortunately there was no play after lunch on Friday, owing to several heavy showers, and there was very little chance that th<i game would be finished unless the bowlers had their own way so greatly on Saturday that nobody could make any runs. Mr. MacLaren played a very sound innings, and Cuttell followed his example, and when the game was abandoned for the day the total was 18> for sevei wickets, so that there was nothing to choose between the teams. There was some very slow cricket on Saturday. Yorkshire seemed in a very bad wav at one tim?, for with a lead of only 7 runs they lost five wickets for 47.Wainwright, who often does well when the bowlers are carrying everything before them, played the innings of the day, and probably saved his side from a severe defeat. Y o rksh ire First innings. Tunnicliffe, c Ward, b Cut­ te ll.........................................51 Brown, sen., c Cuttell, b Sh i r p ................................... 0 Denton, b B riggs.................38 T. L. Taylor, c Sharp, b B riggs..................................29 Hunter, run o u t ................... 9 Hirst, b Sharp ...................59 E. Smith, c Eccles, b Cuttell 12 Wainwright, c Smith, b B riggs.................................. 3 Lord Hawke, not o u t..........15 Haigh, c Cuttell, b Sharp ... 4 Rhodes, c Cuttell, b Hallows 8 B 3, lb 4 ........................... 7 Second innings. b Cuttell ...........15 c Eccles, b Cuttell 6 c and b Sharp ... 12 c Eccles, b 8harp 12 c MacLaren, b Cuttell ........... 3 c and b C u t'ell... 0 c Cuttell, b Sharp 11 cEccles.bHallows 50 c MacLaren, b Sharp ...........12 b Cuttell ...........19 not o u t ................. 2 B 2, lb 3 ... 5 Total..........................235 L an c a sh ir e . Total ...146 2 A . Eccles, b Haigh ... 27 Cuttell, b H irst...........63 C. R. Hartley, not out 24 Sharp, b Hirst ........... 5 Smith (C.), b Haigh... 7 Wides ................... 7 W ard, b S m ith ........... Hibbert, b Rhodes ... Tyld^sley, c Tunni­ cliffe, b Rhodes ... Briggs, c Hunter, b Haigh ................... A . C. MacLaren, c Wainwright,bHaigh 52 Hallows, b flaierh ... 17 Second innings : Hilbert, c Wainwright, b Tunni­ cliffe, 10; Smith, b Smith, 0 ; Briggs, not out, 10.— Total (two wickets), 20. Y o rk sh ire . First innings. ~ R. M. W . Total ...228 O. Sharp ... ... 16 3 60 3 ......... Cuttell ... . .. 22 8 54 2 ... . Briggs ... ... 29 13 64 3 ... . Hallows ... ... 16*2 6 34 1 ... . Hibbert ... . . . 6 I 15 0 ... . Ward ... ... 1 0 1 0 L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W . Rhodes ... ...3 3 9 72 2 Haigh ... ... 26 5 6 69 5 Hirst ... ... 24 11 44 2 Smith ... ... 17 5 46 1 ... . Tunnicliffe Second innings. O. R. M. W. 31 12 51 4 47 26 51 8 2 16 7 0 14*2 2 5 0 17 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 0 12 1 2 8 1 Rhoies bowled five, and Smith two wides. P ORTRAIT M EDALLION 8 OF POPULAR CRICKETERS.— W. G. Grace, K . S. Ranjit- Hinhji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A. C. MacLaren, A. k. 8t;ddart, J. R. Mason, G. L . Jessop, Abel, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Brockwell, Heame (Alec.), Browu (J. T.).—Price 2d. each, post free 3d., or the set of 15, po3t free, 2s. 6d.— M e r r itt and H a tc h e r , L td ., 168, Upper Thames Street, London. NOTTS v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Trent Bridge on July 19, 20 & 21. Drawn. If they had had another half hour in which to bat in their second innings, Gloucestershire would in all probability have gained a very easy victory. But having to make 122 in less than an hour, they lost several wickets in trying to accomplish the feat, which with such a team was quite within the bounds of accomplishment. A t any rate t*iey were wise men to have a shot at winning, for they ran very little risk of losing all their wickets in the short time available. The feature of the Notts batting was the excellent cricket shown by W i liam Gunn, who is at the present m >ment almost in as good form as he ever was. His display was all the more noticeable because nobody else on his side could make anything of the bowling for long. At the close of the first day’s play Glouces­ tershire had the best of matters, for they had scored 131 for the loss of two wickets against 211 by Notts, Mr. Townsand being not out 48 and Mr. Champain not out 29. while Wrathall had played good cricket for 47. Unfortunately the ground was flooded by he ivy storms on Friday, and it was only possible to play befora lunch and for ten minutes afterwards. In that time Mr. Townsend, Mr. Champain and Mr. Jessop played splendid cricket, the latter, in partner­ ship with Mr. (Jhampain. putting on 110 in an hour, and when the game was abandoned for the day the total was 325 for nine wickets. This was only in­ creased by two on Saturday. Notts, with a balance of 116 against them, lost Shrewsbury, Dench and Mr. Goodacre for 21, and things were in a very awkward position until Mr. Groves and William Gunn came to the rescue of their side and stopped the collapse entirely. Gradually it began to be evident that Notts had an excellent chance o f saving the match, and when their innings closed, leaving Gloucestershire 122 to get in less than an hour, it was practically certain that the game would be drawn unless Mr. Jessop came off. N o t ts . First innings. Shrewsbury, run o u t ...........16 A . O. Jones, c Fargus, b Paish ................................. 9 Gunn (W .), c Board, b Robarts ...........................73 W . B. Goodacre, c Paish, b T ow nsend...........................33 G. J. Groves, c Paish, b Roberts ...........................30 Gunn (J.), lbw, b Roberts .. 3 J. A . Dixon, c Brown, b Paish ................................... 3 Dench, not out ...................18 Iremonger, c Wrathall, b Roberts ........................... 0 Carlin, c Board, b Paish ... 11 Wass, b Townsend ... ... 4 B 1, lb 2, w 7, n b l... 11 Total... ...211 Second innings. cBoard, b Roberts 1 c Brown, b Paish 0 c Champain, b Roberta ...........94 cTagart,bRoberts 3 lbw, b Paish ... 38 c Board, b Paish. 16 c Brown, b Paish 19 c Champain, b Paish ........... 7 cBoard,b Roberta 12 not out................. 32 c and b Jessop ... 6 B 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 3 9 Total ...........237 G lou cestersh ir E. First innings. C. L. Townsend, c Carlin, b D ix o n ..................................79 Wrathall, c J. Gunn, b D ix o n ..................................... 47 C. O. H. Sewell, c Carlin, b Wass ................................... 5 F. H. B. Champain, b Good­ acre ..................................... 85 G. L. Jessop, b Dixon .. 71 Board, c Carlin, b Dixon ... 3 W . S. A. Brown, c Shrews­ bury, b Wass .................... 7 N. O. Tagart, b Wass... ... 6 A. H. C. Fargus, c Dixon, b Wass .. ......................... 5 Paish, c Car.in, b Wass ... 3 Roberts, not out .................. 2 B 6. lb 6, w 2 ..............14 Second innings. not o u t ..................11 cGroves,bJ.Gunn 21 cCarlin,bJ.Gunn 80 c Iremonger, b J. Gunn ........... 0 cJ.Gunn, b Dixon 4 cW .Gunn,b Wass 11 c Jones, b Wass.. 4 not out.................. 1 W ide ........... 1 Total..........................327 Total (6 wkts.). 83 N otts . First innings. O. M . R. W . Second innings. O. M. R .W . .3 9 8 108 5 18 53 4 2 5 0 , 34 4 Paish ........... 33 11 63 3 . . R ob erts........... 26 7 81 4 ... Fargus ........... 6 1 22 0 ... Brown ........... 4 0 17 0 ... Townsend ... 5*3 1 16 2 .......... 8 2 37 0 Jessop ........... 1 0 1 0 .......... 9*4 2 25 1 Roberts delivered six wides and two no-balls,Fargus one wide, Paish two no-balls, and Townsend one wide. G lou cestersh ire First innings. Second innin •s. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . W ass........... ... 32 2 8 100 5 ... ... 8 0 45 2 Gunn (J.)... ... 24 4 84 0 ... ... 5 0 19 3 Dixon ... ... 27 5 70 4 ... ... 3 0 18 1 Jones.......... ... 3 0 24 0 ... Dench ... 5 0 27 0 ... Goodacre ... ... 1 0 8 1 ... Dixon bowled two wides and J. Gunn one. ESSEX v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Leyton on July 19, 20 and 21. Essex won by 206 runs. With most of their best men still away, Hampshire had very little chancs of beating Essex, and by the time that each side had completed an innings their fate was pretty nearly sealed. The feature of the cricket shown iu the match was the batting of Mr. Owen in the Es'ex first innings. In partnership with Carpenter, who made another fine display, he put on 9i for the first wicket in an hour and a-half, and with Mr. McGahey 111 for the third wicket in an hour and thirty-five minutes. His batting, slow enough at first until he had got his eye in, was afterwards brilliant. Mis innings of 134, which is his highest score in first- class cricket, was without a fault, and was put together in a little over three hours. Mr. McGahey afterwards played very fine cr.cket, and when stumps were drawn the total was 352 for seven wickets. Reeves hit well on Friday, his cutting being especially fine, and thanks to him and Mead, who also made runs quickly, the total came to 453. The Hampshire men could not approach this, although Barton, Mr. Steele and Mr. Page all played admirable cricket, and when the innings ended they were 214 runs behind. Mr. Owen decided to fro in again, and when stumps were drawn Essex had scored 9 without loss. The great question on Saturday was whether enough runs could be made and time enough left in which to get Hampshire out The innings was declared at 152 for three wickets, and Hampshire had to make 367 with all the afternoon before them. Barton played ex­ cellent cricket, but received very little assistance, and by about five o’clock the innings was over. Second innings, c Lee, b Barton .. 29 First innings. H. G. Owen, c Tate, b Bar­ ton............................................134 Carpenter, b Page ..............55 P. Perrin, lbw, b Page ... 10 C. McGahey, b Tate ...............87 W . T. Garrett, lbw. b Page 12 C. J. Kortright, b Page ... Buckenham, c Northam, b Baldwin .......................... Reeves, b W e b b ................... Russell, c Page, b Barton .. Mead, st Northam, b Bald­ win .................................. Young, not out ................... B yes.......................... c Tate, b Barton. 50 not out................. 3) 8 not out.................. 22 2 c Page, b Barton 20 19 9 Total..........................458 * Innings declared H am psh ire . C. Robson, c Russell, b Mead 21 W ebb, c Kortright, b Mead 27 C. G. Ward, run out ...........18 Barton, c Young, b Reeves. 46 ~ ~ ' • - • • • • 0 b .. 35 .. 61 10 E. C. Lee, b Kortright D. A. Steele, c Russell, Buckenham ........... T. H . Page, not out ... Baldwin, b Young ........... F. H. Northam, c Kortright, b M ead................................. 6 Tate,c,Buckenham, b Young 7 Bull, absent ........................... 0 No-ball ... 1 Total (3 wkts)*152 closed. b Kortright ... 13 c Russell, b Mead 14 c Kortright, b Reeves ...........19 c and b Young ... 50 b Kortright ... 10 19 1 0 B 9, lb 4 13 T otal.........................244 lbw, b Reeves b Kortright b Kortright c Young, b Reeves 7 not o u t ................. 12 c Kortright, b Reeves ...........10 B 1, lb 3, w 1 5 Total ...........160 O. M. R. W . 0 . M. R. W. Barton ... 37 8 87 2 ... ... 18 3 08 3 Baldwin ... ... 44 3 10 107 2 ... ... 15 5 46 0 Tate ........... ... 9 0 42 1 ... ... 4 0 30 0 Steele.......... ... 6 0 38 0 ... P a g e ........... ... 25 0 115 4 ... !" 4 0 22 0 W ebb.......... ... 9 0 27 1 ... Robson ... ... 6 0 17 0 ... W ard.......... ... 5 1 14 0 ... Lee ........... ... 1 0 4 0 ... Barton delivered one no-ball. H am psh ire . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . K ortright......... 19 3 69 1 ............ 22 4 69 4 Young ...........21'2 4 56 2 ............ 6 2 20 1 M ead.................. 18 3 30 3 ............ 12 3 39 1 Buckenham ... 9 1 28 1 ............ Reeves ......... . 12 3 48 1 ............ 9 5 2 27 4 Reeves bowled a wide.