Cricket 1900

300 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 26, 1900. have changed the appearance of the game as quickly as he did. In a few minutes he had scored 18 in an over from Rhodes, two of his drives soing over the football pavilion. He reached his 50 in twenty-five minutes, and his hundred—his second hun Ired in th -* match—in less than an hour No bowler could lo 'k at him and keep a respectable average. Meanwh le Mr. Sewell had been dismissed and Mr Ohampain was nobly helping hi* captain. The to r e had lisen to 235 for six wickets, and with Jessop h >d h;im- pain fairly fixed it was not at all unlikely that the runs would be knocked off without f uriber loss, but the end was in sight. At this total, 235, Hhod^s had another try to keep down the runs. Mr. .lessop cut his first ball for four, drove the next over the football pavilion, hit the fourth over the rope-, and th^ fifth into the football field. Thea canne revenge; off tbe last ball of the over he was finely caught in the long fi-ld, and the most wonderful inningsi f the yej>r (f r it made under such remirk'tble circumstances) w *8 brought to a conclusion. Mr. Je sop had enly been in for an hour and ?5 minutes, but he h id scored 1S9 runs, and hit seven sixes. all off Rhodes, and fourteen fou;8, and very nearly pulled the mat< h out of the fire. He is never likely to forget his reeepion from the crowd when he returned to the pavilion. The gam* was not yet over, for there were still three wickets to fall and about seventy runs to make; but it was now long odds on Yorkshire. The e ghth wicket fell at 272, and then Gloucestershire’s last hope went, Mr. ( hampain being out for an exceed­ ingly good 53, which was made in a most tryii g time. It w .8 a memorable match, and the losers deserve as much credit as the winners. Y obk 8 hirk . First innings. Second innings. Lord Hawke, c board, b Roterts ...........................32 c Paish.b Ro’ erts 6 Tunnicliffe, b Townsend ... *.5 b toberts ... 0 Denton,cTownsend,bJessop 85 c W rathall, b Roberts ... 19 T.L.Taylor,lbw,bTownsend 64 c Town-end, b Fargus .. 35 Birst, c Jessop, b Paish ...111 c Townsend, b Fargus .......92 Wainwright, c Champ 1 in b F a rg u s.............. ... 19 runout................... 4 Washington, b Paish...........16 c Jessop, b Town­ send ................ 8 Haigh, c Taish, b Faigus... 2 c Paish, b Town­ send ........ 8 Rhodes, not cut ... ....23 n otou t.. ... 11 Hunter, c and b Paish ... 11 c Paisb, bTown­ send ......... 0 Oyston, c Jessop, b PaLh... 0 c Jessop, b Town­ send ................. 2 B 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 6 ...2 1 Lb 1, w 1 ... 2 Total ...409 Total . ...187 G lou cestersh ire . Firet innings. Second innings. W . S. Brown, c Hunter, b Rhodes.................................... 0 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ............. 3 C. O. Sewell, c Hawke, b Rhodes..........................................4 lbw, b Rhodes ...10 N. O. Tagart, c Hunter, b Oyston.. ........................... 25 cHunter,bH aigh 4 Board, c Oyston, b Rhodes 4 b Haigh ............ 10 C. L. Townsend, b Haigh ... 42 b Haigh .............22 W rathall, c Wainwright, b R hodes.....................................42 c Haigh,b Rhodes 31 G. L . Jessop, c Hawke, b Rhodes....................................104 c Tunniciiffe, b Rhodes ............ 139 F. H. B. Champain, c Hun­ ter, b Rhodes ......................22 cTaylor,b Rhodes 53 A . H C. Fargus, st Hunter, b Rhodes ................... ... 8 c Wainwright, b Haigh ............ 5 Paish, c Denton, bRhodes 8 b Rhodes ........... 3 Roberts, not o u t ................ 0 not out.................... 2 B 4, lb 1, w 4, nb 1 ...10 Extras ............... 5 Total........... Total ...........287 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 7 2 20 0 ... 114 27 1 ... 133 44 2 ... 110 58 4 ... 5 0 20 0 10 5 16 2 Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. O. M R. W . Jessop................... 13 5 29 0 ... Paish .................. 37*3 4 154 4 .. Roberts.................. 20 5 55 2 .. Townsend .......... 10 0 39 2 .. B row n ................... 11 4 30 0 .. Fargus................... 19 4 81 2 .. Fargus delivered five no-balls, Roberts one no-ball and one wide, and Townsend one wide. G lou cestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R. W H ir s t ................... 17 1 80 0 ...... 9 1 44 0 Rhodes .......... 20’5 6 72 8 ............. 24'4 5 120 6 Oyston.................. 10 0 45 1 ...... 2 0 3 0 H aig h .................. 18 3 62 1 ....... 27 4 114 4 Hirst delivered two no-balls, Rhodes bowled four wides, Haigh bowled four wides and one no-ball, and Hirst delivered one no-ball. LEICESTERSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Leicester on July 23, 24 and 25. Drawn. Leicestershire, from being a county which was generally considered as pretty certain of a beating, is now regarded as a formidable opponent, even by tLe stronge't team. Ihcy have several first-class batsm-n in thpir team, their bowling is not to *e despised, and their fielding if not as g >od as it might be. is n->t by any means as bad as that of some oth*-r counties Knight played another very fine innings on Monday, although he was « little more than four hours ir_ making his 110. He received some verv useful assistance but it did not seem that the total of 255 was likely to be laige enough to give Lancashire a run. 'Ihe innings took up nearly the whole of the first day. Lancishire having only five minutes’ 1attxng. in which they scored five without loss But the lig ba‘s on the Lancashire side did not, except Ward, ve<y greatly distinguish them­ selves, nn l it looked as if Leicestershire would have a lead on the first innings. Mr. C. R. Hartley, however, upset all calculations. While Ward kept steadily on at the rate of about 22 runs an hour, the amateur made excellent use of his time, the partner­ ship producing 150. When Mr. Hartley had made 76, he proceeded to tring his score to a hundred by hitt.ng six consecu ive four« off Marlow. Thanks to this opportune st^nd Lancashire had a lead of 67 runs, and as Mr. De Trafford and Whiteside were dismis^d by Sharp in his first over, things looked bad for Lei ester^hire. who at the end of the day were still 45 runs t ehind wiih eight wickets in hand. Yesterday they set themselves steadily to play for a draw, K? ight and K iD g both playing invaluable innings; the former very nearly made his second hundred in the match. At times it seemed likely that after all Lancashire would be able to win, but Mr. Wood and Gee>on Iecame partners at a somewhat critical time, and when the game ended there was very little to choose between the teams. It was a fiue up-hill fight on the part of Leicestershire. L eicestersbu First innings. C. E. De I’rafford, c Briggs, b Sharp .......................... 5 C. J. B Wood, c Ward, b Cuttell..................................17 King, c Hallows, b W ard... 15 Knight, c and b Ward ...110 Whitehead, c Hartley, b Ward .................................. 8 Coe, c MacLaren, b Sharp .. 24 Brown (L.), b S harp...........S3 Geeson, c Smith, b Briggs .. 18 1urgess, st Smith, b briggs 20 Whi.eside, not out ........... 1 Marlow, b W a rd .................. 4 W ide.......................... 1 Total... . 266 Second innings. c MacLaren, b Sharp ........... 4 c Briggs, b Smith 55 c Smith, b Mold 52 b Briggs ......... 60 b M old.................. 2 b Briggs ...........14 c Mold, b Ward.. 7 notout.................. 71 notout.................. 8 c Smith, b Sharp 0 B 10, lb 5, w 2 17 Total (8 wkts) 310 Smith, b Geeson .. Briggs, c Whiteside, b burgess ................... A . C. MacLaren, b Marlow ................... Ward, not out ........... Tyldesley, c Geeson, b K in g .......................... A. Eccles, b Geeson ... Cuttell, b Geeson L an cash ire . Hallows, c Marlow, b Geeson ................... 2 C.R.Hartley, c White­ head, b Burgess ...104 Sharp, c Brown, b Geeson ................. 4 Mold.cWhiteside.bCoe 15 B 8, lb 12 ...........20 Total L eicestersh ire . O. M. R. W . O. Mold ... ... 16 5 32 0 ... ... 18 Sharp ... 25 6 52 3 ... ... 22 Cuttell ... ... 16 6 42 1 ... ... 15 Ward .. 25 5 3 70 4 ... ... 22 Briggs ... ... 25 13 33 2 ... ... 25 Hallows ... ... 10 3 20 0 ... ... 7 MacLaren ... 3 1 16 0 ... ... 7 ..333 M. R. W. 6 42 2 6 52 2 8 21 0 52 12 31 2 H artley. Tyldesley. Smith ... 13 17 1 5 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 1 17 1 Briggs, MacLaren, and Tyldesley each bowled a wide. L a n c a sh ir e . O. M. R. W.i O. M. R. W . Burgess ... 28 4 83 2 Marlow... 13 4 45 1 Geeson . . 46 10 105 5 LCoe............ 11*3 3 31 1 King........... 22 6 43 1 |Brown .. 3 1 6 0 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. R. J a m e s .— Many thanks for the cutting. W e do not, however, see how we can interfere. There are, of course, no such rules. HAMPSHIRE y. SOMERSET. Played at Southampton on July 23, 24, and 25. Somerset won by an innings and 6 runs. This match not unfrequently produces some big scores, and as the Somersetshire team just now is steadily improving, no one wis very greatly sur­ prised when they put up a very big score against the weak bowling which Hampshire brought against them. Mr. Palairet began elowlv, but when he had once played himself in. he batted as he used to bat a few years ago, when one invariab’y looked for a good score from him. His strokes were varied and graceful and he showed all his old command of the bowling. Three other fine innings were played by Somersetshire men, viz , by Mr. Bernard, Mr. W oods and Mr. Daniell. When the two latter were together the bow ing was hit all over the field. Mr. Woods made his 107 in an hour and a quarter and was then finely caught close to the pavilion rails by Mr. E. C. Lee. At the end of the day the total was 483 for six wickets, and. as was anticipated, the Somersetshire t-*il di I not make extravagant efforts to keep in long on the following morning. Against this big score Hampshire did not make such a good start as had been hoped, but Barton played a fine innings. As they were nearly 300 runs behind they were put in again, and when stumps were drawn still required 155 runs, with six wickets in hand, to save the inning* defeat. Barton, who overnight was not out 63. continued to play very fine cricket, but in playing for his hundredth run he was caught. It was obvious, after his dismissal, that the end must soon come. S om erset . L.C.H.Palairet, c Rob­ son b raldw in...........161 Rotson, b Barton ... 11 Lewis, c Robson, b Barton ............ 0 C.A. Bernard,cNewton, b Baldw in..................122 S.M.J. Woods, c Lee, b Baldwin . .. 107 J.Daniell,cSprot,bSoar 6J H am pshire First innings. Barton, c Palairet, b G ill... 61 W . Trask, c Webb, b Baldwin ... ........... 8 Gill, b Baldwin...........21 A.E.Newton,bBaldwin 4 Tyler, c Barton, b B ild w in ................... 4 Cranfield, not out ... 0 B 4, lb 3 ........... 7 Total , ...503 Webb, b R obson................ E M. Sprot, c Bernard, Palairet ........................ 23 E. Newton, Palairet E. C. Lee, b Gill Newton, b Second innings, cBernard, b Cranfield.......... 99 c Newton, b Gill. 2 c Palairet, b Robson ...........46 10 lbw, b Cranfield.. 0 1 c Robson, b P a lairet...........30 A.H.Delme Radcliffe, b Gill 10 b Robson .....13 P. J. Bird, b G ill................... 9 c Newton, b Gill. 28 8oar, c Daniell, b Cranfleld. 36 not out................ 23 D .A. Steele, lbw, b Palairet 3 C. Robson, not out B Idwin, run ou t... B 19, lb 1 ... Total.......... 24 c Lewis, b Cran­ fleld ................... 5 c Daniell,b Cran­ fleld ................... 4 b Robson ...........11 B16,nb2... 18 Total ...279 S om erset . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Baldwin ..433 5 154 7 Webb .. . 6 0 31 0 Barton ..34 7 109 2 Sprot . . 3 0 27 0 Soar ... ..25 4 84 1 Lee . . 5 0 21 0 Steele .. 7 1 37 0 Robson . . 4 0 33 0 H am psh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Cranfield ... ...16 4 41 1 ... ... 24 9 82 4 Woods .. 8 0 80 0 ... ... 3 0 15 0 Robson ... ...11.2 6 18 1 ... ... 9*5 2 37 3 T yler........... ... 6 0 24 0 ... ... 4 0 25 0 Gill ... . ...16 5 39 4 ... .. 19 6 42 2 Palairet ... ...14 2 46 3 ... ... 11 1 60 1 Gill bowled two no-balls. SURREY y. KENT. Played at the Oval on July 23, 24 and 25. Drawn. In the first three-quarters of an hour in this match Kent lost Mr. Burnup, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Knowles for 23 runs, and everybody began to wonder what was the matter with the wicket—as usual when something goes w roD g. But when Mr. Mason and Mr. Day came togeth er and played the bowling easily, and made a lot of runs, it was seen that it was the bats­ men who were at fault at first. The two amateurs played beautiful cricket and put on 145 runs while together. When they were parted there was another turn in Fortune's wheel, and seven wickets were down for 225. Murrell put a better aspect on the position of affairs by boldly hitting nearly every ball he received, and eventually the total came to 300,