Cricket 1900

A ug . 16, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 341 ESSEX v. LANCASHIRE. Played at Leyton on August 9, 10, and 11. Drawn. There was no play on Thursday, and on Friday veiy little progress coaid be made with the match. Essex went in first at about twenty minutes to five, and when stumps were drawn had scored 61 for the lojs of four wickets. The commencement of the innings was slow in the extreme, only three runs be ng put on in the first half-hour, while the first three wickets fell for one run. On Saturday the bowlers always held the upper hand, and very few batsmen could do more than keep the ball out of their wicket. Chief among the successful ones was Mr. MacLaren, who made most of his runs on the on-side by well-judged batting; his 60 was put together in an hour and a quart* r. Mr. Eccles also p ayed a very valuable innings. On the Essex side Mr. Lucas once more showed that, however bad the wicket may be, and however much difficulty the rest of his side may find in the bowling, he can keep up bis end and make a fair proportion of the runs. There was never any chance that the match could be finished in the day. E ssex . First innings. Second innings. H. G. Owen, b Briggs............ 0 lbw, b Briggs ... 0 Carpenter, b Webb ............ 1 b Briggs .......... 6 P. Perrin, b Webb ............ 0 c MacLaren, b Webb ......... 7 C. McGahey, b W ebb..........16 c MacLaren, b Ward .........33 A. P. Lucas, b W ebb............29 st Pennington, b Briggs .........23 F .L . Fane, cWard,!) Briggs 22 c MacLaren, b Ward ......... 4 C. J . Kortright, c Penning­ ton, b Webb ....................10 Ibw, b Ward ... 6 Reeves, c MacLaren, b Briggs ............................. 1 c Pennington, b Ward ......... 6 Russell, c Huddleston, b B riggs.....................................14 Ibw, b Ward .. 2 Mead, b Webb ....................13 not o u t............11 F. G. Bull, not out ............ 0 not out................ 4 B 6 ,lb 1 ................... 6 B 2, lb 1,w 1. .. 4 Total... ................I ll L ancashire . Total (9 wkts) 106 Sharp, not o u t ........... Huddleston, b Kort­ right ........................... Pennington, b Kort­ right ........................... W ebb, b M e a d ........... B 6, lb 8................... Total Ward, lbw, b Bull ... 11 H. Cudworth, c Lucas, b Mead ................... 4 Tyldesley, c Perrin, b M ead........................... 4 A . Eccles, b Mead ... 34 A. C. MacLaren, b K ortrig h t.................60 Hallows, b Kortright 0 Briggs, b M e a d ...........18 E ssex . First innings. O. M. R. W . Briggs ........... 37 16 60 4 . W ebb................... 36 16 66 6 . Sharp... 6 W ard... 10 Sharp bowled a wide. L ancashire . O. M. R. W . Bull ...........10 1 36 I I Carpenter M ead........... 20 8 66 6 Kortright Reeves ... 4 0 12 0 0 0 . 8 ..148 Second innings. O. M. R. W . . 27 12 33 3 11 2 0 0 21 22 25 O. M. R .W . 2 0 7 0 8 1 81 4 Somerset would have fared badly in their second in­ nings but for the splendidly correct innings of Mr. Palairet, and a det-rmined stand, not far removed from the “ barndoor” pattern, of Mr. Woods and Gill, when, but for their steady resistance to the bowling, there would have been time for Su-tex to win. Mr. Woods was at the wickets for an hour and thirty-five minutes for bis 58, which, though it would not have been slow scoring for most men, was dis­ tinctly slow for him. Mr. Palairet’s altogether admirable innings of 96 lasted for two'hours and twenty-five minutes. SUSSEX v. SOMERSET. Played at Taunton on August 9, 10, and 11. Drawn. On Thursday there was no play, but on Friday nearly an innings each was played, Sussex leaving off with much the best of the game. This was chiefly due to the wonderful batting of Ranjitsinhji on a wicket very much in favour of the bowlers. When Mr. Fry, Relf, Killick, and Mr. Goldie, all failed, he set himself the task of trying to put a much better appearance on the game, and bv the boldest of cricket he soon began to raise the total. He was ably assis­ ted by Butt, who adopted the methods of his captain. During the partnership 88 runs were put on in fifty minutes. No one would dream of describing Ranjit­ sinhji as a good-wicket batsman only, for he has so often made runs when nobody else could look at the bowling, that bowlers fear him on any wicket what­ ever ; but it is a question whether he has ever played a more useful innings than this. It may not have been remarkable for purity of style, but what was wanted was not style, but runs, and the Sussex cap­ tain knew what he was about in his methods of making them. He was at the wickets for seventy minutes for his 89. Nor must Butt's 62, nor Vine’s 21 not out be forgotten; each in its way was a cricketer’s innings. Sussex, with three wickets in hand, were 61 runs on when stumps were drawn. On Saturday the total was increased to 289—a lead of 87. SOMKBSBT. First innings. C. A . Bernard, b Tate ... 15 Robson, b Vine ................... 6 Lewis, c Butt, b Vine .. ... 9 S. M. J. Woods, b Tate ... 27 C. E. Dunlop, b T ate........... 9 J. Daniell, c Vine, b Tate.. 39 L. C. H. Palairet, b Tate . 20 Gill, c Fry, b Bland . ... 4 G. Fowler, b Tate ........... 2 A. E. Newton, not out ... 6 Tyler, b Tate............................ 6 B 4, lb 6 ...............................10 Total........... C. B. Fry, c Daniel1, b T yler........................... Relf, lbw, b Robson .. Killick, b Robson K. S. Ranjitsinhji, c Fowler, b Palairet .. K. O. Goldie, b Tyler B ’itt, c Bernard, b T yler........................... Vine, b R obson........... Bland Tate... Vine... ..........152 S ussex . Second innings, c Butt, b Bland .. c Vine, b Goldie b T a te................... c and b Relf c and b Vine c Butt, b Goldie b Goldie ........... c Tate, b Relf . not out................... 9 c Tate, b Ranjit- einhji ............. 1 c Ranjitsinhji, b R e lf................... 8 B 15, lbl,n b 2 18 Total ...247 G. Rrann, c Woods, b T yler........................... Marlow, not out Bland, c Palairet, b Robson ................... Tate, lbw, b Robson... Leg-byes ........... Total ...........! Tyler Robson . Lewis SOMEBSET. st innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. ... 15 5 27 1 .......... 14 5 18 1 ... 27 1 7 6€ 7 ........... 19 8 42 1 ... 13 2 49 2 ........... 20 6 62 1 Relf .......... 52 0 31 3 Goldie......... 20 8 60 3 Ranjitsinhji 5 Bland bowled two no-balls. S ussex . 0 26 1 O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W 26 6 74 4 Palairet 6 2 12 1 33 15 86 5 4 1 22 0 GUI ... 13 3 38 0 H ampshibb . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Woodcock 14 6 27 3 I 8tocks ... 12 4 :0 4 K in g...........14'5 3 41 2 I Geeson 9 1 19 1 Stocks bowled two no balls. LEICESTERSHIRE v. HAMPSHIRE. Played at Leicester on August 9, 10 and 11. Drawn. On the first two days o f this match there was no play owing to the wet, and there was never the least chance that the game would be finished on the Saturday. Mr. de Trafford in the course of an hour’s brilliant cricket made it almost certain that Leicester­ shire would not be beaten, and as the Hampshire men did not go out with a rush when their turn came, there was never any question of a brilliant coup by their opponents. In the course of his innings Mr. de Trafford was given out caught, but when the umpire found that the fieldsman had overstepped the boundary he reversed his decision. L bicestebshibe . C. E. de Trafford, c Y O R K S H I R E v. W A R W IC K S H I R E . P lay ed at E d gbaston on A u gu st 9, 10 and 11. D ra w n . Th°re was no play in this match on the first two days owiog to the wet. On the Saturday Yorkshire, thanks to the enormous bowling strength of the team on a queer wicket, and the ability of some of its batsmen to make runs under the most difficult circumstances, came within sight of victory. But if the Yorkshiremen are powerful, their Warwickshire opponents are gifted with great skill in self-defence, and h II the efforts of Rhodes, Haigh, and Mr. Ernest Smith «ere unavailable. From the state of the score one might judge that Warwickshire only escaped defeat by a hair's breadth, but » hen a side is playing for a draw it adopts its own m thods, and only aims at accomplishing its object, runs being to most teams of no consideration at all. The feature of the batting on Saturday was the brilliant batiing of Mr. Taylor, who is the most valuable recruit that Yorkshire has had for years, and Denton. If Yorkshire was to have a chance of winning, it was imperatively necessary that runs t-hould be made quickly, and a good many of them. The two Yurkshiremen accord­ ingly treated the bowliDg with very greit seveiity, and withal batted with sound judgment. Lord Bawke, thanks to their efforts, was able to declare when only two wickets were down Warwickshire started on their task of playing out time in a characteristic manner, only one byebei< gthe result of the first half- hour’s batting, and eventually their steadiness and care proved successful. W abwickshibe . First innings. Second innings. Devey, b Ha'gh ...................36 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ........... 0 T. S. Fishwick, st Hunter, b Rhodes................................. 7 c and b Rhodes .. 0 Kinneir, c Smith, b Rhodes 1..c and b Wain­ wright ........... 9 Quaife (W . G.), c Haigh, b Rhodes.................................. 6 lbw, b Haigh ... 0 Lilley, c Brown, b Haigh ... 3 b Rhodes .......... 8 Quaife ( W .), lbw, b Rhodes 14 b Haigh ......... 16 Diver, st Hunter, b Rhodes 0 b Haigh .......... 0 H. W . Bainbridge, not out 8 n otou t.................. 5 Whitehead, b Haigh ........... 1 Hargreave, c Taylor, b B a ig h .................................. 0 Field, st Hunter, b Rhodes 4 B 2, lb 2 ........................... 4 B 1, lb 4 ... 5 W ebb, b W ootton... 67 C. J. B.W ood, c Webb, b Baldwin.................. 5 H. H. Marriott, c Briggs, b Baldwin... 3 Coe, c Newton, b W o o tto n ................... 9 Knight, c Quinton, b Total (7 wkts)*176 W ootton ...................10 Woodcock and Whiteside did not bat, • Innings declared close1. H ampshire . King, retired hurt ... 0 Whitehead, c Lee, b W ootton ...................64 Geeson, b Baldwin ...31 F. W. Stocks, not out ........................... 0 B 5, nb 2 ........... 7 Capt. Quinton, b E. C. Lees, c and b W oodcock................. 19 K in g......... 19 Barton, c Marriott, b C. Robson, b Stocks... 1 Stocks ... ... ... 20 D. A. Steele, c King, E. J. Newton, b W oodb Stocks . 10 cock ........................... 9 W ootton, c and b Rev. C. E. Briggs, b Stocks .. 7 Geeson ................... 0 Baldwin, not out 0 W ebb, c and b King... L. V. Lodge, c White­ 30 B 14,lb 5, nb 2 ... 21 — side, b Woodcock ... 2 Total ..................138 Total...........................84 Y obkshibe . Tunnicliffe, b W hite­ head ...........................21 Brown (J. T.). sen , c Bainbridge, b Har­ greave ................... 0 Total(7 wkts) 43 Denton, not out...........86 T. L. Taylor, not out 60 Byes ................... 2 Total! 2 wkts)*168 Rhodes Haigh Smith O. Hargreave 15 Whitehead 15 * Innings declared clo?ei. W abw iceshirb . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. ........... 29 6 11 47 6 ............ 12 7 ........... 22 9 22 4 ........... 10 2 4 ........... 7 3 11 0 ............ 4 1 Wainwright 4 3 Y orkshire . M . R. W.l O. 3 65 1 Field ... 7 3 52 1 Kinneir 1 13 3 15 3 8 0 2 1 M. R. W 1 39 0 0 10 0 PANTHER v, DULWICH. August 11. -Played at Dulwich on P antheb . W .A.Standi8h,notout 18 B 8, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 11 Total (2 wkts) *202 A. Wallers, c and b Whitehurst ...........79 A . E. D . Lewis, c Bush, b Moore ... 27 R. L. Allport, not out 67 S. F. Prior, E. W . Mantle, K. St. A . Nixon, W Standish. B. W . Green, H. Adshead, and F. G Marley did not bat. * Innings declared closed. D ulwich . L eickstebshibe . O. M. R. W . O. M. R.W . Baldwin ... 28 7 75 3 I Barton ... 3 1 7 0 Wootton ... 27*2 6 86 4 |Steele.....2 0 1 0 W ootton bowled two no-balls. F. Warren, b Prior ... 8.Pulbrook, c Wallers, b Prior ................... C. W . Whitehurst, b Lewis ................... J. W . Moore, b Prior G. W . Russell, c Mar­ ley, b Prior ........... G. E. Bush, b Prior ... W . M. Frizell, b Prior 1 C. J. H. Sheame, c Lewis, b Prior........... 2 T. W . Ellis, b Wallers 12 J. S. Shey, not out . 1 6 H. J. Lighton, b Prior 1 B 21, lb 2, w 1 ... 24 Total . 8