Cricket 1900

368 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 23, 1900. imagination, have fancied that they were taking part in club cricket. The innings came to a somewhat abrupt conclusion on Friday, and then Notts played a most disappointing game against Mr. W ells and Trott. They none of them venture-i to try to knock off the former, who was allowed to bowl his most tempting balls with impunity, and the result was that he took six wickets for :-7 runs. In the follow-on, 394 behind, Notts did better, and thanks to good inn­ ings by Gunn and Mr. A. O. Jones, and very patient batting by Shrewsbury, they had put on 100 runs for the loss of two wickets before the day’s play endtd. Quite early on Saturday morning it became almost certain that Notts could not play out time, for Shrewsbury, after tatting for three hours for 65. was caught off his wrist, and tbe one hope of Notts was gone. As long as Shrewsbury held out there was a chance that the game might be draw n-not much of a chance it is true, but still a chance. M iddlesex . P.F. Warner, st Carlin, bJones ....................134 J. Douglas, b Dixon .. 37 R.N.Douglas,bJ.Gunn 8 C. M. Wells, c Shrews­ bury. b Dixon . ... 82 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Dench, b Waas ... 53 W . P. Robertson, st Carlin, b Dench .. 62 Trott, c Shrewsbury, b Dench ......................74 N otts . First innings. A . O. Jones, cTrott, bW ells 0 Shrewsbury, c Trott, bWells 16 Gunn (W .)f c Boeanquet, b W e lls .................................. 30 J. A. D ixon,lbw , b Trott ... 6 G. J. Groves, not o u t...........12 Dench, c and b Wells .. .. 14 Gunn (J.), st Robertson, b Trott ................................... 7 Carlin, c J. Douglas. bW e'Is 3 Iremonger, c Robertson, b Wells ........................... 7 Wass, b Trott ................... 1 Maso/i, absent hurt ........... 0 Rawlin, b Dench T. A . D. Eevington, b Dench ................... Hearne (J.T.), not out W . Williams, c Jones, b Dench B 10, lb 2, nb 6 .. 18 Total . 498 Second innings. c Trott, b Hearne 21 c J. Douglas, b Trott................55 st Robertson, b Bosanquet ... 28 b T rott.................... 0 b T r o t t.................. 0 lbw, b Bosanquet 5 st Robertson, Trott not out . B 8, lb 2 . Total ... . ... 10 ...104 lbw, b W illiams 40 b Trott ... 7 st Robertson, b T ro tt................. 10 B 10, nb 1 ... 11 Total .. 224 Wa*«a Gunn (J.) 26 Dixon ... 31 M iddlesex . O. M. R. W . 47 13 139 I I Mason . 3 98 1 Jones . 2 124 2 I Dtnch . O. M. R. W . 6 1 29 0 10 0 88 1 18 3 4 52 6 Gunn delivered four no-balls and Wass two no-balls. Trott .. W ells .. Hearne N otts . First innings. O. M. R. W . ... 23 2 7 52 3 ... ... 24 Second innings. 1 10 37 6 ! 0 6 0 .. 0 . M R. w . 41*1 16 81 6 28 11 48 0 22 11 23 1 12 7 16 2 14 4 25 1 4 2 6 0 6 1 15 0 W illiams R aw lin... Bevington Bevington bowled a no-ball. SURREY v. LANCASHIRE, Played at the Oval on August 16, 17 and 18. Surrey won by an innings and 99 runs. For once the Lancashire men were completely out­ played. Until the en'i o f the first over after luncheon they had their hour of triumph ; afterwards they were never in the running. The commencement of the match was most disastrous for Surrey. Abel was bowled by Mold at 4, Brockwell was caught at point at 29, and at 34 Hayes, who had made four 4’s in his 17, was bowled by M old. The next wicket fell at 73, and at lunch time the total was only 110 for four wickets. This was pretty bad, but in the first over after lunch it was worse, for Holland was stumped and five wickets were down. A t this unpromising moment Mr. V . F. 8. Crawford came to the assistance of Hayward, who had then been play­ ing patient cricket for 35. Mr. Crawford did not show any signs of hesitation in dealing with th- bowling ; he played his natural game, and got Surrey out of one o f the worst com ers in which the county has been placed this season. He found Ward very much to his liking, but fortunately for him aud for Surrey he occasionally hit a ball in the air in such a way that if it had been hit somewhere else a catch might have been made, and as nobody else seemed to make the slightest impression on him, Mr. MacLaren thought it wise to keep Ward on for a long time. It is hardly necessary to say that bayward adopted the wise course of letting his partner do most of the scoring, and wben at last the partnership was broken the wicket had produced 83 runs in a little over an \ hour. Mr. Crawford having scoied 66 o f them Hayward was the first to go, having played a most valuable innings. .* r. Jephson came in. He, too, allowed hi* partner to knock the bowling about until at ’ast, when he had made 1(1 in seventy-five minutes, Mr. Crawford was caught at cover point— but n »t off Ward. His fine innings, which bad so completely altered the appe ranee of the gam included two 6’s (overthrow** from a two and a single) and fifteen 4’s. His runs were made out of a total of I 133 while he was at the wickets. Ihere were now seven wickets down for 243. But Lancashire were still a long way from bring ng the innings to an end. Mr. Jephson, who had been up to this time almost a sleeping partner in the bus1ness of rungetting, began to wake up, and with the active assistance of Lees runs came with some quickness, although the rate of scoring seemed slow by comparison with what had preceded it. Lees went at 325 a -d Richardson almost directly afterwards, and then when Stedman came in Mold gave place to Cuttell, the idea of the change apparently being that the 8uirey wicket­ keeper would be caught from one of Cuttell’s off balls, which, however, he left severely alone. Mr. Jephson was now making an energetic attempt to reach his hundred, aud, contriving to get nearly all the bowling, made runs as quickly as possible, until finding that his partner was able t > take care of himself he set about the work steadily, and in the last <ver of the cay had the satisfaction of reaching the hundred. The score was now 398 for nine wickets, the last two batsmen having added bfi to the total in forty minutes. On Friday morning they kept together for about thirty-five minutes longer »nd increased the score by 65, the total of the entire partnership being 131. lklr. Jephson’s inniogs of 138 lasted for three hours and five minutes, and in its way was as good as Mr Crawford’s, which is saying a great deal. Mold had a remarkable analysis for such a long innings. The Lancashire men, tired with their fielding, never got going. Hallows played a fine innings ana Mr. Mael>aren was nearly at his best, but Lockwood and Lees were in great form and the innings ended 246 behind just before the time for drawing stumps, un Saturday i. ancashire had to keep in nearly all day if they were to escape defeat, but nothing could stay the hand of Lees and Brockwell, who went on after Uichardson and Lockwood had made a commencement. There was never any period when there seemed much chance that a big stand would be made, and for once everything went in favour of Surrey. L ancashire . First innings O. M. R. W . Second innings. O. M. R. W. S urrey . 0 Abel, b M old ........... Brockwell, c Eccles, b M o ld ..............................16 Hayes, b Mold ....... 17 Lockwood, b Mold .. 22 Hayward, c and b Cuttell ..................... 66 Holland, st Smith, b W ard ...................... 20 V . F. S. Crawfoid, c Briggs, b Sharp ...101 L ancashire . First innings. Hallows, b Lees ...................52 Ward, b Lees.......................... 13 D. L. A. Jephson, not out ........................138 Lees, b Mold .........33 hichardson, c Tyldes­ ley, b B rig g s........... 6 Stedman, b Mold ... 50 B 4, w 1................... 6 Total . ...463 Tyldesley, b Lees................... 2 A. C. MacLaren, c Holland, b L e e s.................................. 61 Cuttell, c Stedman, b Lock­ wood ...................................12 C. R. Hartley, b Lockwood 32 Briggs, b Lockwood ........... A. Eccles, c Brockwell, b L ock w ood ...........................10 Sharp, not out ...................10 Smith, c Hayes, b Lockwood 0 Mold, b L ees........................... 0 B 23, w 1, nb 6 Total ........... Second innings, c Holland, b Lees 21 c Hayward, b L ees.................... 3 c sub., b Richard­ son ................18 c Holland, b Brockwell ... 29 c Lockwood, b Brockwell ... 21 cAbel,bBrockwell 0 c Holland, b Brockwell ... 0 c Lockwood, b L ees.................... 4 c Crawford, b L ees................14 not o u t ...............19 c Abel, b Brock­ well ................12 B 4, lb 1, w 1... 6 ...147 ... 80 . 217 Total S urrey . O. M. fi.W . O. M. R. W . Briggs ... 23 6 80 1 ICuttell ... 29 6 98 1 M old...... 31-1 8 99 6 Sbarp ...1 9 1 68 1 Ward ...2 5 31 0 1 |Hallows ... 6 0 23 0 Cuttell bowled a wide. Richardson .. 21 6 46 0 ... . . 7 3 13 1 Jephson ... 4 0 8 0 ... . Lockw ood.. ... 21 4 55 5 ! 10 2 F6 0 Brockwell . . ... 9 3 27 0 . . . 16 8 21 5 Lees ... . . ... 22 4 10 60 5 ... . . \7 8 71 4 Hayes .. . ... 1 0 1 0 ... . Richardson delivered two wides and a no ball, and Lockwood five no-balJs. HAMPSHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bournemouth on Aug. 16, 17 & 18. Worcestershire won by 151 runs. When they h'ld got rid of five Worcest- rshire bats­ men, including Mr. R. E. and Mr. H. K. Foster, for 149 runs on a good wicket Hampshire seemed to have done decidedly well. But ih-ir success ended here. Mr. Lowe and Wheldon became partners, and in­ creased the total \ y 186 ia two hours and a-quarter, each man scoring a hundred. The tail collapsed but the total had reached nearly four hundred when ►tumps were drawn. On Friday only one more run was added before the innings was over. The Hamp-hire batting was most uneven. W ebb and Mr. Sprot both played beautiful cricket, but with the exception of Mr. Steele all the rest of the team made single figures. W oices- tersbire were 221 to the good, but preferred to go in again themselves, and when the day’s play ecdea had increased their lead by 190 for the loss of five wickets. They then declared, leaving Hampshire to make 412 on Saturday. This time Hampshire did better, and it was not until late in the afternoon that they were a'l out. Mr. Newton and Mr. b ill both played very fine cricket. WoRCESTERSB First innings. G. Bromley-Martin, c and b Hill ...........................F8 Bowley, c Sprot, b Baldwin 73 Arnold, b Baldwin K. E. Foster, b Steele .. ire . Second innings, c Badwin, b Wootton ... 11 c Webb, b W oot­ ton ...................58 n o to u t................. 41 c Barton, b Bald­ win ................... 25 H. K. Foster, c Hill, b Baldwin ...........................12 b Steele W . W . 1 owe, c Robson, b Baldwin ......................... .120 c and b Steele W heldon, c Gay, b Hill ...100 n otou t........... Bird, b Sprot . ................... 2 Bannister, c Hill, b Barton 9 Straw, not out ................... 4 W ilson,c Newton,b Wootton 7 B 1, lb 1, nb 1 ........... 3 T o ta l........................387 * Innings declared H ampshire . First innings. C. Robson, c R E. Foster, b Wilson ......................... 1 E. J. Newton, c Straw, b A rn old ................................ 7 A. J. L. Hill, b Arnold ... 2 W ebb, c H .K .,b R. Foster 64 Barton, b Arnold................. 0 E. M. Hprot, c H. K . Foster, b Bannister........... ......... 62 D. A. Steele, c Bannister, b W ilson..............................29 Rev. C. E. Briggs, b W ilson 2 L. H. Gay, b Arnold ......... 4 Baldwin, not o u t ................. 0 Wootton, c Straw, b Ban­ nister ................................. 0 Lb 3, nb 2 ................. 6 Total......................166 B 6, nb 2 ... 7 Total (6 wkts)*190 closed. Second innings, c Bromley-Martin, b Arnold........... 9 c Bird,bH.Foster 64 c Bird, b Wilson 67 c Straw, b Lowe 11 b Lowe ...........21 b Arnold ... b Arnold ... c Wheldon, Arnold ... b Wilson ... b W ilson ... 12 28 2 18 not out . ...........11 B 7, lb 4, n b l... 12 W orcestershire . First innings. Total Second innings. O. M. R W . O. M. R. W. W ootton........... 21 6 1 71 I ........... 8 0 65 2 Baldw in........... ‘/7 9 70 4 ........... 14 4 42 1 Barton ........... 16 4 60 1 ........... 6 1 28 0 Steele ........... 9 1 40 1 ........... 6 0 39 2 H ill................... 26 1 96 2 ........... 9 3 19 0. W ebb ........... 4 0 23 0 ........... Sprot ........... 4 0 34 1 ........... W ootton delivered one and Barton two no-balls. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . W ileon .......... 26 5 20 72 3 ........... 28 6 70 8 Arnoid ......... 26 11 61 4 ........... 80 4i 6 100 4 Bannister...........10 4 18 2 ........... 19 9 36 0 R. E. Foster .. 6 2 10 1 ........... Bird 3 1 12 0 H. K. Foster 4 0 11 1 L o w e ........... 88 19 2 Arnold delivered three no-balls.