Cricket 1900

310 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TSE GAME. A ug . 2, 1900. DERBYSHIRE v. LEICESTERSHIRE. Played at Derby on July 26, 27 and 28. Drawn. Owing to somewhat slow scoring there was very little chance on Friday night that this mateh could be finished, for two complete innings each had not yet been played, while ther* was nothing in the game to point to either side having any very great advan­ tage when the second innings was begun. The feature of the first day’s cricket was the very fine innings of Mr. Lawton, who made 124 in an hour and twenty- five minutes out of a total of 175 while he was at the wickets. He hit four 6*s and fourteen 4’s ; in an over from Geeson he hit two 6’s and a 4 off consecu­ tive balls, and during his pirtner*hip with Young 108 runs were put on in three-quarters of an hour. The Leicestershire men. who overnight had made 22 for the loss of two wickets, took all the next day in scoring about the same number of runs as Derbyshire, King and Mr. W ood playing very steadily, and Whitehead making runs pretty fast. At; the close of the day Mr. Wood, who had been at the wickets for four hours and tlree-quarters, was still not out, while two wickets were still in hand. His complete innings of 116 not out lasted for five hours. Derby­ shire had to knock off 36 runs before drawing level, but the ground was soft from rain in the nigbt, and no play took place until after luucheon, and the match lost all its interest. D er b y sh ir e . First innings. L . G. W right, b Geeson ... 11 Bagshaw, st Whiteside, b Geeson.................................. 33 Storer, b G eeson................... 7 Chatierton, lbw, b Geeson 21 E. M. Ashcroft, b Geeson .. 19 8. H W ood, c Geeson, b Woodcock ... ...........35 A. E. Lawton, b Burgess ...124 Hulme, b Geeson................... 1 Young (J.), c J. Brown, b Burgess ...........................42 Humphries,c King, b Geeson 2 Second innings, c W ood, b King 21 c King, b Geeson 3 c Geeson, b Coe 42 c King, b W ood­ cock ...................20 not out...................32 c L., b J. Brown. 1 b Woodcock ... 13 Bestwick, not out . B 12, lb 7, nb 5 c W oodcock, b J. Brown ........... 0 b Whitehead 3 B 7, lb 1, w 1 9 Total .. 33o Total (8 wkts) 144 L e ic e ste r sh ir e . Brown (J.), c Storer, b Bestwick .......... 4 Brown (L.), c Chatter­ ton, b Bestwick 31 Whiteside, b Bestwick 0 King (J. tL), b Storerl2l Knight, c Chatterton,b B estw ick.................. 3 C. J. B. Wood, not out 116 Whitehead, b Lawton 61 Geeson, c Wright, b Lawton ................... 1 H. Burgess, lbw, b Bagshaw ................... 9 Woodcock, c Lawton, b Bagshaw ........... 0 B 16, lb 4, nb 5, w 1 26 Coe, b Storer. ................... 0 D er b ysh ir e . Total ...........372 First innings. Second innings O. Al. K. W. U. iVL. K. W. W oodcock . 23 2 93 1 .. .. 10 1 35 2 Geeson ... ..3 8 6 107 7 ... 6 3 3 1 King 10 2 49 0 l i 6 18 1 Coe ........... . 7 2 17 0 . . 5 1 16 1 Burgess .. .. 12 1 49 2 Brown (J.) 5 3 6 2 Knight 1 0 7 0 Whitehead o - i o o l Woodcock and K u g each delivered a no-ball, and Knight, a wide. L eiceste r sh ir e . Chatterton 8 Ashcroft., a Lawton ... 10 W ood ... 3 O M . R. W. O. M. R. W. Bestwick.. 47 18 77 4 Hulme ... 3 1 3 0 Young 4 0 18 0 Bagshaw.. 34 7 92 2 titorer ... 27 3 83 2 Young bowled a wide, Storer four no-balls, and Bestwick one nu-oall. 4 20 0 0 16 0 5 15 2 0 22 0 LANCASHIRE v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. FIRST DEFEAT OF LANCASHIRE THIS SEA80N. Played at Manchester on July 26, 27 and 28. Gloucestershire won by three wickets. After their spleudid struggle with Yorkshire, which very nearly resulted in a victory, G oucestershire ended up their northern tour in a blaze of triumph. For it was nothing less than a triumph to beat Lanca­ shire a-.d to run Yorkshire into the most awkward corner in which they have found themselves this year. Although th-: bloucestershire men gave a fine all­ round display of cricket during the Lancashire match, all their efforts would have been unavailing but for the fireworks of their captain, who made 66 in the first innings in about an hour when runs were wanted, and 47 in the second in thirty-five minutes, wh-n a failure would have meant disaster, while in addition he took six wickets for 25 in the Lancashire second innings. The Lancashire total in the first innings was by no means as large as was anticipated when they won the toss and batted on a first-class wicket, but this was chiefly due to the good fortune of G oucestershire in getting rid of both Mr. MacLaren and Tyldesley very quickly. Ward played a chara teristic innings of 107, which lasted for four hours anrt three-quarters; it was beyond all question most valuable to his side, but as he was three hours and thirty-fiV'* minutes in reaching his fifty the souls of the spectators were not greitly cheerel. All the tail made a few runs Gloucestershire made 26 with­ out loss overnight, and as Mr. C. L. Townsend, Mr. Champiin, Mr. Brown and Wrathall batted well— more especially Mr. Townsend—there was a great prospect that the Lancashire total would be left far behind. But afier Mr. Jessop had made 66 in an hour nothing was done, and Lancashire had a lead of 20. As Boa>d had injured his h ft hand in the Lan­ cashire first in ings, Mr. Frank Townsend kept wicket when Lancashire W rnt in again, aod dis­ tinguished himself. Koberts was also injured, and, like Hoard, had to have a Hu^stitute to field for him —a state of affairs which was n >t very promising for Gloucestershire. But at the close of the day they had got down four wicke's for 110, Mr. MacLaren being not out 25 and Cuttell not out 28, and so far there was nothing to show that Gloucestershire had any chance of winning. An astonishing change came over the game on o lturday morning. It had rained heavily during the nig .t, and it was not until half­ past one that any cricket was possible. The batting completely broke down before the bowling of Mr. Jes-*op, and the last t>ix wickets only produced 34 runs. This left Gloucestershire to make 165. and as the Lancashire team had codapsed so badly it was pretty clear that runs w. uld le very difficult to obtain, but after Mr. Sewell and Wrathall had i>ut on 45 for the first wicket. Mr. Jessop hit up 47 in a little over half an hour, being dismissed at 116 . Mr. Champain played very fine cricket, and when he was out the total w is 132 for four wickets. This lo »ked all right for Gloucestershire, but Mr. l'ownsen 1, who had wisely been kept back for emergencies, did not come off, and was out at 145, so that 20 runs were still required, with all the best men out. Board too failed, and Mr. Brown only made 6, but then the runs were knocked off without further los*. L an cash ire . First innings. A. C. MacLaren, c Cham­ pain, b Jessop ... 15 Ward, c Jessop, b Fargus...107 Second innings. Tyldesley, c Champain, b Jessop.................................. 8 Hibbert, c Townsend, b Fargus..................................21 Cuttell, c Champain, b Fargus.......................... 39 A. Eccles, c C .L . Townsend, b Brown ......... . ......... 31 C. R. Hartley, c C. L . Town­ send, b B row n ...................22 Briggs, b B row n .................. 19 Sharp, b Brown ................. 20 Smi h, c Board, b Brown ... 16 Webb, not out ...................10 B 21, lb 1, w 6. nb 2 ... 30 c Sewell, b Jessop 28 c F.N. Townsend, b B row n........... 1 c F. N Townsend, b Jet?8op......... 35 cF.N . Townsead, b Fargus........... 4 c PdisL* b Jessop 33 c C.L. Townsend, b Fargus...........11 c Paish, b C. L. Townsend ... 23 c C. L. Townsend, b Jessop........... 0 b Jessop ........... 0 c Champain, b Jesaop ........... 3 not out.................. 0 B 4, nb 2 ......... 6 Total... Total ...144 G lou cestersh ire . First innings. W . S. A . brown, b Briggs 28 C. L. Townsend, c Smitn, b Sharp ..................................87 Wrathall,c Hibbert, b Sharp 46 F. H. B. Champain, c Hartley, b Cuttell ... 42 F. N. Townsend, bCuttell 7 G. L. Jessop, oCuttell ... 66 C. O. H. 8ewell, run out ... 18 Board, c Eccles, b Sharp ... 1 A. 0 . C. Fargus, not out ... 16 Pai-*h, b Briggs .................. 1 Roberts, absent, hurt........... 0 B yes................................... 6 Total......................318 Second innings, b 'harp ........... 6 c MacLaren, b Cuttell ...........18 c MacLaren, b Sharp ...........31 c MacLaren, b Cuttell ...........25 not out................. 15 b Sharp ...........47 c Sharp, b W ebb 19 c Hiobert, b Cuttell ........... 0 not o u t................. 3 B 1, lb 1 ........... 2 Total (7 wkts) 166 Roberts Paish............ Jessop... C. Townsend Fargus Brown.......... L an cash ire . First innings. O 2 , 35 , 14 . 17 . 22 . ,2*2 0 12 64 R. W . 7 0 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 56 3 ... 87 5 . 4 16 1 11 2 0 25 6 5 1 26 54 12 Wrathall... Fargus delivered four no-balls and three wides, and Jesaop, Townsend and Brown one wide each. G loocestersh ire . Sharp ... W ebb ... Briggs ... Cutt 11 ... Ward ... First innings. O. M. R. W . 27 2 111 15 2 44 0 . 21 26 5 Secord innings. O. M. R. W . 7 44 5 94 0 19 0 , 9 0 3 2 19*1 4 ESSEX v. KENT. Played at Leyton on July 26, 27 and 28. Drawn. The heavy thu derstorm on Friday, which spoiled the wicket and made batting very difficult for the Kent eleven, was not altogether a disadvantage to them, for it curtailed play so much that there » as not enough time for Essex to get them out. The Essex innings was remarkable for the batting of Mr. Perrin and Mr. McGah^y, who came together with the score at 116 for two wickets (Carpenter having played a fine innings of 59), and were not out at close of play, when the total was 380. Mr. Perrin’s score was 170 and Mr. McGahey’a 117. They were not parted until they had put on 323 for the third wicket in four hours and a quarter, when Mr. Perrin was caught in the long field for about the best innings, as it was the highest, of his caretr. He was at the wickets for five hours and three-quarters, making most of his iuns in front of the wicket, like his partner. Both bats­ men played splendid cricket, and neither of them gave anything like a chance. The innings came to an end just before lunch. Kent had now nothing to hope for but a draw, but just as th^-y had begun their inni gs and had made 5 runs the rain came down and stopped play for the day. On a wicket which was somewhat difficult they fought hard on Saturday for a draw, and had the satihfaction of accomplishing their object easily, although the tail did so badly in the first innings that a great deal depended on what the first few men did in the second innings, iv r. Burnup and Mr. Day had a great deal to do with taviug the match, and both played a first-class game under great difficulties. E sse x . H. G. Owen, c Blaker, b Bradley........... 15 Carpenter, c Blaker, b Bradley........... 59 P. Perrin, c D*y, b Mason .................... 205 C. McGahey, c Mar­ sham, b Mason ...142 C. J. Kortri^ht, run out ............................ 1 Reeves, c Burnup, b Mason ................... 24 A P. Lucas, c Blaker, b Mason .......... BuL-kenham, b Mason Russell, c Weigall, b Mason ........... Mead, c Murrell, b b Bradley.................. Young, not out ... B 21, lb 4, w 2, nb 2 29 Total .. 551 C. J. Bumup, c Owen, b Mead ....................53 C. H. B. Marsham, c Carpenter, b Reeves 17 P. C. t^aker, c Reeves, b Mead .. ........... 5 S. H. Day, not out ... 50 J. R. Mason, c Car­ penter, b Young . R. N. R. Blaker, b Young .................... 8 K e n t . G. J. Y . Weigall, b M ead................. Murrell, c Russell, b M ead.......................... Fielder, b Mead........... Blythe, c Kortright, b M ead.............................. W . M. Bradley, c Rus­ sell, b Young . ... B 3, nb 1 ........... 19 Total ...161 O. 22 6 M. R. W . 2 69 0 1 34 0 2 12 0 Second innings : C. J. Burnup, c Reeves, b Mead, 28 ; C. H. B. Mai sham, not out, 4 ; P. C. Baker, not out, 18; S. H. Day, st Russell, b Mead, 46; Byes, 8. —Total (two wickets), 104. E8SEX. O. M. R. W . Bradley... 453 6 148 3 Bumup Blythe ... 39 8 103 0 Murrell Mason ... 30 4 116 6 Day Fielder ..2 0 8 40 0 J Mason and burnup each bowled a wide, and Bradley and Day each delivered a no-ball. K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Mead ........... 28 11 65 6 ............ 22 11 43 2 Young ........... 18-5 8 40 3 ........... 5 3 1 0 Reeves ........... 5 1 26 1 ........... 9 6 10 0 Carpenter ... 6 1 26 0 ........... 5 2 14 0 Buckenham 13 7 25 0 Carpenter delivered a no-ball. Second innings.