Cricket 1900

A ug . 23, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECOltD OF THE GAME. 363 21. C.L T ow n s e n d , G lo u c e s t e r v . E sse x ... 123 21. P.F. W a r n e r , M id d le s e x v . S u r r e y ......100 21. W a in w r ig h t, Y o r k s h ir e v . S o m e rse t ... 1C9 13. A . A . Baker, Beckenham v. Marlb. Blues . 100 13. J. A. Gibb, Iacogoiti v. Seaton ....123* 16. P. 8 . Rostran, Col. Ward's X I. v. Mar.Blues 133* 16. R. O. Schwarz, Incogniti v. Sidmouth ... :.. 118 17. L.C.W .Thring, Marl. Bluesv. 8 .Lawrence 200 18. W . T. H. Danby, Hampstead v. 8 outhgate .. 120* • Signifies not out. A W A IL FROM W A RW IC K SH IR E . W e ’re a most unlucky county, And, although we play the game And strive our very hardest, Yet it always seems the same. No matter when a match be played, In August, May, or June, W e always find it raining To a most persistent tune. Sometimes a win is certain, When rain comes dropping in, But often o’er the “ takings ” The Weather Clerk must grin. More happy counties struggle The Championship to gain, But the history of our season Is— Warwickshire v. Rain. E. B on d . SURREY v. M IDD L E SE X . Played at Lord’s on August 20, 21, and 22. Middlesex won by 8 wickets. Whatever may be the position i f these two counties in the Championship table, tneir in itches always attract a vast amount of interest, cl>i-fly. no doubt, because of tbe ancient rivalry tetueen hem, but partly because something out of the c >mm n generally happens in them. In the first m itch this season Middlesex pulled through by a wicket at the Oval after a particularly plucny stand for the last wicket, and it was quite certain that each member of the two teams would do his very utm rat at Lord’s.to bring about success for his side. Possibly the players were - some of them, at any rate—a little too anxious to distinguish themselves, for the number of catches missed was somewhat startling. It was considered a fine thing for Surrey when they won the t ss, and as Abel was in great form, while Brockwell, Hayes, and Lockwood all made useful scores, and Hayward apparently set for hours, everything pointed to a bi& total. A t a quarter past four, with only three wickets down, Surrey had Bcored 230, with Abel and Haywaid playing the bowling with ease. At this part of the game it occurred to the Middlesex capiain to give Hearne another chance at the pavilion end, no tbat he can have hoped much from the move, for H e«m e had been as harmless as a lub bowler when he was on before. Tne result was astonishing. The wicket had evidently been waiting for the new bowler, who began to look difficult, fie presently dismissed Hay­ ward, and after 31 runs more had been put on and the five o’clock tea had been disposed of, he proceeded to get rid of the remaining four wickets in half an hour, during which 34 more runs were put on. Mr. Crawford, who might perhaps have repeated his splendid performance last week at the Uval if he had found anyone to stop with him, had no chance of distinguishiog himself, and had to be content with cairying his lat for 11 runs. Unhappily for Surrey A tei had been caught in the slips before Mr. Craw­ ford ame in, after playing a splendid innings of 13> in four hours, during which he always showed c m- plete command over the bowling. Midd esex had a few minutes batting and managed to escape losing a wicket, Mr. MacGregor and Mr. Wells playing out time. They were both in tine form on Tuesday morning, and scoring at the rate of a run a minute, brought the total to 79 before the former was bowled for a capital 40. Mr. Wells stayed a little longer. He had played a very useful but uncommonly lucky innings of 62. A t lunch the score was 137 for four. Rain now fell heavily, and play was not resumed at the proper time. The game now began to take a decided turn in favour of Surrey, and if only Mr. W arner had made a mistake or two the innings migbt have ended very abruptly, for no one else could do anything with the bowling. But he steadi y kept on his course, playing beautiful cricket, and Anally had the great sq isfaction cf making a hundred. But for his tin inuings his side would have fared very badly. As it was the total was only 29 behind that of Surrey. There was a Btartling commencement of the second innings of Surrey, Abel—the safest of batsmen—and Holland both making a ducks-egg, and one after another the bats­ men came in and made but a short stay at the wickets It never rains but ic pours, and 8 urrey men cannot have been astonished that Hayward was unable to bat When nine wickets had fallen f>r 61 , there were still seven minutes left for play, and Mr. MacGregor offered to allow Hayward to b ito n the morrow, if he were well enough. Of course, Mr. Jephson could not accept this sporting offer. Mid­ dlesex therefore had to make 94 t ) win, aad, aided by a few convenient showers, found no difficulty in their task. Mr. Warner again played a fine innings. S u r r e y . First innings. Abel, c Troit, b Hearne ...135 Brockwell, b Bosanquet ... 25 Hayes, c Robertson, b Bo­ sanquet ...........................17 Lockwood, b Trott ...........34 Hayward,c R%wlin,b Hearne 39 Holland, c R . N. Douglas, b Trott .................................. 20 V. F. 8 . Crawford, not out 11 D L. A. Jephson, b Hearne 3 Lees, lbw, b Hearne ........... 0 Richardson, b Hearne ... 8 Stedman, c MacGregor, b H eam e................. ........... 3 B 4, lb 3, w 1 ................... 8 Second innings. b Hearne ........... run out ........... c Williams, b Hearne ........... b Trott ......... absent................... c J. Douglas, b T rott................. c and b Hearne... b Trott.................. b T ro tt................ not o u t .................. c R. N. Douglas, b Trott ........... Byes ........... Total............................303 Total ... 64 M id d l e s e x . First innings. Second innings. G. MacGrtgor, b Lockwood 40 C. M. Wells, c Abel, b Lees 62 not o u t ................. 9 P. F. Warner, c Richardson, b J e p h so a ............................ 103 J. Douglas, b Richardson .. 7 st Stedmin, Jephson ... c Stedman, Richardson R. N. Douglas, b Richardson 1 not out B. J. T. B. satquet, c Sted­ man. b Richardson ... 6 W . P. Robertson, c Richard­ son, b Brockwell ...........13 Trott, c Abel, b Brockwell 2 Rawlin, b Jephsoa ...........26 Hearne, c and b Jephsoa ... 4 W. Williams, not out........... 0 B 10, nb 3 ...................13 T o ta l- First innings. Trott Wells Bosanquet Hearne ... Williams .. Rawlin O. . 29 . 19 21 . 29.5 . 4 . 3 ...274 S u r r e y . M. R. W . 3 97 2 ... 3 55 0 ... 2 77 2 ... 9 54 6 ... 2 7 0 ... 2 5 0 ... Extras ........... 2 Total (2 wkts) 94 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 13.1 3 27 5 14 6 Lo 2 kwood Lees uockwell Richardson Jephson Trott bowled a wide. M id d le s e x . First innings. M. R. W. 7 70 1 ........... 14 76 1 ........... 25 34 . 13 27 2.1 3 46 2 ... 9 60 3 ... 0 9 3 ... Second innings. O M. K. vV. 50 20 0 41 12 0 10.5 4 32 1 10 X 28 1 Lockwood delivered three no-balls. K EN T v. HAM PSH IRE . Played at Tonbridge on August 20, 21, and 22. Kent won by 111 runs. For this match Hampshire, anxious to do the best that is possible in order to strengthen the side, enlisted the servi.es of Walter Humphreys, the old Sussex bowler, who played under a birth qualifica­ tion. He was altogether unsuccessful at first, but came with a rush at the end of the Kent innings, which, although it opened badly, was promising to result in a very large total, iiumphreys took the last five wickets in a few overs. His first six overs yielued 43 runs, which is not altogether surprising, for though Humphreys is not the sort of man to feel nervous or bashful, he was perhaps a little too anxious when he first went on to show that he was siill a good bowler, and accordingly could not get his pitch. It was a very interesting experiment to try him, and there is just a possibility that, at a time when first-class players are unaccustomed to bowling of his variety, he may get a good many wicket*. There are lob bowlers still, but they are few and far between, and with the exception of Mr. Jephson, can hardly be said to treat the thing seriously. Mr. E. W. Dillon made his second appearance for Kent, and obtained 59 runs in excellent style, while Mr. Blaker and Mr. Burnup also played fine cricket. But the innings of tbe day was that of Mr. Mason, who scored 137 in two hours and a quarter in his very best style, t atup.-hire did moderately well before stumps were drawn with the total at 92, three wickets being then down, Webb not out 41 and Barton not out 22. Both men were, however, soon dismissed on Tuesday morning, and things were not going very well f or the visitors, but Mr. Steele made 66 at an opportune tim°, and Wootton played a useful innings of 26 not out. With a lead ^)f 94 Kent began very well, Mr. Burnup again playing a fine innings and Mr. Baker being in great form. By the end of the day Hamp­ shire seemed once more in a tight corner, from which there was no escape. Mr. Dillon played a splendid innings for Kent. The Hampshire men played up nobly against the big total which they had to face but of course they were not quite equal to the task. K e n t . First innings. P. C. Baker, b Baldwin ... 10 H. C. Stewart, b W ootton .. 0 Hearne (A .), b W ootton 0 C. J. Burnup, c Newton, b Barton.......................... ... 61 J. R. Mason, c English, b W a r d .................................137 E. W . Dillon, c andb Hum­ phreys ................................. 59 R. N. R. Blaker, st Robson, b Humphreys ...................52 Second innings, c Briggs, b Bald­ win ...................73 c Briggs, b Ward 22 not out................... 2 b B aldw in...........49 c Barton, b Bald- 3 T. N. Perkins, not out Huish, b Humphreys........... 0 Blythe, c Robson, b Hum­ phreys ... ... ........... 0 W .M .Budley.b Humphreys 0 B 7, lb 2, nb 1 ...........10 16 st Robson,bHum- phreys ...........90 c Newton,b Hum­ phreys ... .1 9 stRobson,b Hum­ phreys ...........13 B 1, lb 2, nb 1 4 Total......................... 332 Total (7 wkts)*288 * Innings declared closed. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. C. Robson, c Mason, b Brad­ ley... ......................... 10 C. G. Ward, lbw. b Blythe.. 0 Webb, lbw, b B lythe...........47 E. J. Newton, b Bradley ... 10 Barton, b B lyth e.................34 D. A. Steele, b Pradley ... 63 E. A. English, st Huish, b B lythe.................................. 15 Rev. C E. Briggs, c Dillon, b Blythe ........................... 4 Wootton, not out................... 25 Humphreys, b Bradley ... 1 Baldwin, c Dillon, b Bradley 0 B 14, lb 11, nb 1 ... 26 Second innings. b Mas >n ...........31 c Huish, b Mason 30 c Ma«on,b Blythe 43 b Blythe ...........36 c Blythe, b Mason 7 c Mason, b Blythe 14 not o u t. 37 Total... ...238 W oot on ... Baldwin ... Humphreys Steele......... Barton Ward........... K e n t . First innings. O. M. R. W . .. 22 .. 21 ..1 2 5 ... 1 ...12 ... 5 1 ... 5 ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 ... b Mason ...........12 b Mason ........... 0 c Huish, b Mason 1 b Bradley ...........24 Extras ... 36 Total ...271 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ,.8 1 33 0 .1 4 3 80 3 . 14 10 105 3 0 23 0 0 43 1 W ootton delivered two no-balls. H a m p s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. w. O. M. R. W . Bradley ... ..2 4 4 5 81 5 ... .. 19 2 91 1 Blythe ...25 10 62 6 ... ... 23 6 65 3 Maeon ... 8 0 88 0 ... .. 212 5 68 6 Hearne ... ... 6 1 20 0 ... ... 6 1 11 0 Burnup ... ... 4 1 6 0 ... billon ... . 2 1 5 0 ... Mason delivered two no-balls and I radley one. YO RK SH IR E v. SOMERSET. Played at Taunton on August 20, 21 and 22. Yorkshire won by an innings and 120 runs. Yorkshire cannot, we believe, be disposed from the first place in the champions!: ip table this year, although by a chapter of accidents Lancashire might end the season with equal points, and there is Lot much likelihood that Somersetshire would be able to beat the strong northern team. Somerset won the toss but hardly made the best use of the wicket, Robson alone playing a big innings. A t the close of play on Monday, Yorkshire had put on 76 for the loss