Cricket 1900

S e p t . 6 , 1 9 0 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. L A N C A S H IR E v. L E IC E S T E R S H IR E . P lay ed at O ld T rafford on A u g . 29, 30 an d 31. L ancashire w on b y 216 runs. It was in the nature of things that, Lancashire being one of the strongest of counties and Leicester­ shire one of the weakest, the weather should enable the former to finish off the match comfortably instead of causing it to be abandoned as in all other county matches on the same day. The feature of the three day's cricket was the remarkable second inn'ngs of Mr. MacLaren. It was advisable to make runs quickly, and although it was a difficult thing to do so. he hit magnificently. There was no playing himself in. and he scared ten off the flr*t over from W ood­ cock, sixteen off the second, and eight <ff the third;; he was at the wickets for an hour pnd flftv-flve minutes, making twenty-three 4’s io his 145. Tyldesley also played a fine innings of a m oie se ate kir d. In tbeflr8t innings the hero was Ward, who took about four and a-haif hours to put together his very useful score of 120. Paul, who made his re aprearance in the team in the place of Mr. Eccles, distinguished himself. Leicestershire were plajing an uphill game from the first. Under ordinary circumstances they might have come out of it with credit, hut before play began on Saturday it rained very hard indeed, and it wan next to impossible to do anything in the way of batting on the ruined wicket. The result whs that the players were tumbled out very quickly. L ancashire . First innings. Second innings. A.C.MacLaren,b Wocdcock 13 cSto ks, b Wood- c o c k ................145 Ward, c Stocks, b Geeson .121 b K in g................... 1 Tyldesley, b Woodcock ... 46 c Stocks, bW ood 46 B . G. Garnett, bWoodcock0 lbw, b W ood...8 C. R. Hartley, st V\hiteside, b Geeson ........................15 rot out..................... 0 Paul,b R u d d ......................47 not o u t .................... 0 Cuttell, c W hiteside, b King 20 Briggs, not out ..................... 36 Smith, run out ....................... 1 Webb, b G eeson ...................... 2 Mold, b K in g ............................. 0 B 8, lb 6, w 2, nb 1 ...17 B 12, lb 2, w 1... 15 Total ...................... 317 Total (4 wkts) *215 * Innings declared closed. L eicestershire . C. J. B. W ood, b Webb ... 0 lbw, b Briggs ... 12 Knight, c Smith, b W ebb... 15 c Webb, b Briggs 17 King, c MacLaren, b Mold 44 c and b Webb .. 5 H. H. Marriott, b Briggs ... 9 st Smith,b Briggs 34 Whitehead, b Webb ...........17 c Tyldesley, D Briggs ..........£6 Coe, b Briggs.......................... 18 c 'Jyldesley, b Cuttell ... ... 9 Geeson, c Smith, b Mold ... 45 cCuttell. b Briggs 0 G. E. hudd, b Mold ................ 20b Cuttell ............ 0 F.W . Stocks, c Paul, b Mold 17 notout ... 8 Woodcock, b Webb ........... 0 st Smith, b Briggs 3 Whiteside, not out .....................0b Cuttell........... 4 B 6, lb 5 .........................11 Leg-byes........... 2 Total ... .. 196 T o ta l...........120 L a n c a s h ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . o . M. R. W . W oodcock ........... 22 5 6S 3 ............8 1 42 1 Stocks ................... 10 1 270 .. ... 4 1 27 0 Geeson ................... 32 9 68 3 ........... 4 0 19 0 King .................. 26-4 6 48 2 ........... 9 5 31 1 C o e .......................... 19 6 50 0 ............ 5 0 £8 0 Rudd ................... 11 0 37 1 ............ 3 0 21 0 W ood .................. 6 0 14 0 ............ 5 1 22 2 W ood bowled three wides and Geeson one no-ball. L p IC K.8TKRSHI hE. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . W ebb................... 22 4 67 4 ............ 9 0 37 1 Briggs ........... 27 10 41 2 ............ 23 8 49 6 M o ld .................. 2Z-3 4 f l 4 . .. Cuttell ............ 4 0 16 0 ............ 14 2 3 32 3 LONDON COUNTY v. UPPER TOOTING.— Played at the Crystal Palace on August 29. L o n d o n C o u n t y . A . B Cipriani, not out 35 D r.W . F. Umney, run out .........................20 G. Cosftns, b Thomas 22 P. T. Lucas, not out 2 B 10, lb 5 ...........15 Total (7 wkt8)221 E. H. Lulham, b Pol­ lard ........................... 7 P. Barry, c Pollard, b Parez.......................... 10 H. Stafford * ebber, st Kerr, b Pollard 15 J. D. C» aig, st Kerr, b Sandilands ...........50 C. B. Grace, b Sandi­ lands .........................45 B. C. Covell and G. W . Ledebore did not bat . U pp er T o o t in g . D. H . Butcher. notoutll2 I L. O H a rp e r, not out 47 R . R. Sandilands, c Byes .................. 2 Cosens, b Lulham... 0 — Total (1 wkt) 161 C. R. Lucas, W . B. Thomas, A. H. Partz, A . M . Pollard, R. F. Bull, D. O. Kerr, H. Tanner, and H. W . Hawking did not bat. THE SCARBOROUGH FESTIVAL. GENTLEM EN v . PLAYERS. Played on August 29, 30 and 31. The Players won by an innings and 22 runs. Invalided home from the war in South Africa, Mr. Jackson made his first appearance this season in first- class cricket in Gentlemen v. Players at Scarborough. He played a wonderful innines, which aroused the spectators to enthusiasm. The all conquering York­ shire howlers had no terrors for him ; he showed all his old cor fidence and all his old skill, and while other men with Vig reputations were doing all they knew merely to k-pp in, he was batting with ease. At the beginning of the match Young, who curled in the air considerably, m^t with remarkable success, and chiefly through him five wickets were down for 34. Things were in this alarming position when Mr. 8. M. J. W oods joined Mr. Jackson. For some minutes it looked as if Mr. Woods must join the men who had preceded him, hut a'though he was obviously very uncomfortable at first, he soon began to make his presence felt, and before long was playing almost as \«ell as Mr. Jackson. Both men bit hard, especi­ ally in front of the wicket. It was not until the partnership had produced 145 runs that Mr. Woods vas disposed of. Afterwards Mr. Ernest 8mith played an attractive innings, but no one else did any­ thing. Mr. Jackson seemed very tired—naturally enough—at the end of his fine innings, which lasted for two hours and fifty minutes. The Players made 91 for three wickets before stumps were drawn. On Friday, against the weak bowling of the Gentlemen, they made a lot of runs, the most important innings being that of Thompson, which lasted for a little over three hours. fl is batting was much more attractive than usual. The Players finished their innings 198 ahead, and as the light was very bad stumps were drawn. The Gentlemen, 198 runs behind, did not very greatly distinguish themselves in their second innings, >ut Mr. Jackson again played fine cricket, and Lord Hawke and Mr. Taylor nearly saved tbe innings defeat between them. G e n t l e m e n . Fir.-t innings. Second ionings. H D. G. Leveson-Gower, b Y ou rg.. ... 5 n o to u t...................19 W L. Foster, c Hunter, b Y ou n g................................. 5 cYoung,b Rhodes 18 F. 8. Jackson, c Tunnicliffe, b Haigh ...............134 cCarpenter,bHirst 42 T. L. Taylor, b Young ... 0 c Brown, b Hirst 87 Lord Bawke, c Brown, b Rhodes.................................. 3 b Hirst..................38 G. L. Jessop, st Hunter, b R hodes............................. 10 cBrown,b Rhodes 5 S. M. J. Woods, c Hirst, b Gunn ..................................52 b Hirst.................. 0 E.Smith, c Hunter, b Haigh 21 c Gunn, b Hirst .. 2 G.J.V.Weigall,lbw,b Haigh 4 cCarpenter,bHirst 0 W . F. Whitwell, b Gunn ... 0 b Hirst.................. 1 A . H. C. Fargus, not out ... 5 b H irst................. 0 B10, lb 9, n b l ...........20 B 7, lb2,nb 5... 14 Total ...................259 T o ta l..........176 P l a y Carpenter, c Foster, b Jessop ................... 6 Tunnicliffe, c Whit­ well, b Leveson- Gower ......................55 Brown, c Taylor, b W oods ....................32 Hirst, c Whitwell, b W oods ... ......... 14 Thompson, c Jackeon, b Smith .................125 ERS. Gunn (J.), run out ... 68 Board, Ibw, b W oods 0 Haigh, b Jessop.......... 41 Rhodes, c Jessop, b Sm ith.........................40 Hunter, c Fargus, b Smith ...................19 Young, not o u t......... 34 B 15, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 23 Total .. 457 G e n t l e m e n . F irst innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. B. w . Rhodes ........... 23 3 68 2 .. .. 22 5 55 2 Y oung.................. 23 6 47 3 .......... H aigh.................. 10 4 0 49 3 .......... 9 1 36 0 Thompson........... 5 0 18 0 ... ... 5 0 22 0 Brown.................. 3 1 7 0 ............. G u n n .................. 8 1 50 2 . ... 4 0 14 0 Hirst . 13 4 5 35 8 Gunn delivered three no-balls, Haigh two no-balls, and Birst one no-ball. P l a y e r s . O. M. R.W . Jessop ... 26 5 fO 21L.-Gower . Whitwell 19 4 83 0 |Jackson .. Smith ... 26*2 2 107 3 1Fargus Woods ... 24 5 97 3 | Fargus delivered two no-balls and one wide. P O RTRAIT MEDALLION 8 OF POPULAR CRICKETER8.— vv. G. Grace, K . S. Ranjit­ sinhji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A . C. MacLaren, A. E. Stoddart, J. R. Mason, G. L. Jessop, Abel, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Hearne (Alec.), Brown (J. T.).—Price 2d. each, post free 3d., or the of 14, post free, 2s. 4d.— M e r r it t a n d H a t o h e r , L t d ., 168, Upper Thames Street, London. O. M. R. W . 7 0 22 1 4 1 18 0 19 4 47 0 TO K . S. RAN JITSINH JI. Of mighty scores a master builder, Breaker of records at the wicket, W hose wondrous art and skill bewilder The orthodox old rules of cricket— That start to see a straight ball gliding To leg, or as you will obeying Your bat’s inimitable guiding, It is a treat to watch you playing. O Ranjitsinhji, whom the million Salute as Ranji, once again, Sir, W ith cheers from benches and pavilion And admiration still intenser We hail you as the Prince, who, wielding A willow sceptre, gaily scatters The best of bowling and of fielding— A veritable prince of batters. Bold, brilliant, fearless, perfect master Of every stroke, if you could only Teach some performers to score faster One looker-on would feel less lonely And sad as he surveys slow-going, Stonewalling tactics, and drawn matches- Which, by the way, are sometimes owing To faulty fielding and missed catches. We know, of course, that talents differ, And that on them performance hinges , Some joints are supple, others stiffer— Men cannot all be Ranj itsinhji’s. That first-class bowling must be treated W ith due respect there’s no denying ; Yet tame and sticky play repeated Too long, we also know, is trying. Long may you flourish, Sir, to brighten Thro’ your example’s lively medium The glorious game which serves to lighten The cares of life, its gloom and tedium, To thousands who beneath an awning, Or in the open keen on cricket, Desire to be preserved from yawning When county batsmen hold the wicket. G. H . T ., in the Sussex Evening Times. W ANDERERS. Matches played, 26; won, 10 ; lost, 11; drawn, 5. BATTING AYERAGE8. No. Times Most of not Total in an Inns. Out. Runs. Inns. Aver. C. A . Beldam ........... 12 ... 0 ... 467 ... 110*... 42*45 K . E M. Barker ... 10 ... 2 . 362 ... 118*... 36 20 S. Colman .................. 26 ... 5 ... 713 ... 145 ... 34'00 R. T. Crawford...........12 .. 1 ... 246 ... 62 .. 22 36 E. A. Fischer ........... 19 ... 2 ... 338 ... 4) ... 19*81 R. B. Brooks ........... 15 ... 0 ... 278 ... 65 ... 18 53 A. J. Fleming ........... 12 ... 1 ... 208 ... 83*... 18*90 T. A. Darke ........... 11 ... 1 ... 189 ... 55* .. 18*90 G. E. Bicknell ......... 14 ... 1 ... 2*27 ... 40*... 17*46 J. E. G. Hsdath ... 14 ... 3 ... 130 ... 27 ... 12*72 F. W . Christian......... 18 ... 5 ... 153 ... 48 ... 11*76 The following played less than eight innings :—L. Walker, 5 for 141 ; D. L. A. Jephson, 3 for 276; E. E. Barnett, 6 for 269 ; E. A. Beldam, 6 (twice not out) for 187 ; V. T. 8. Collier, 6 for 45 ; J. W . Gillespie, 5 for 21; O. Taylor, 6 for 19; P. P. Lincoln, 3 for 123 R. Powell Williams, 4 for 66 ; H. C. Pretty, 2 for 8 H. W . Wheeler, 1 for 15; A. N Behrend, 4 for 46 T. B. Marshall, 3 for 26; Sir C. Moon, 2 for 26 G. P. Wilson, 2 for 38; A. R Tryman, 2 for 39 N . Y . Norman, 3 for 24. * Signifies not out. The following made ce n tu r ie s S . Colman, 145, 103 not out, and 110 (retired, hurt) ; D. L. A . Jephson, 226; K . E. M. Barker, 118 not out; C. A . Beldam, 110 not out. BOW LING ANALYSI8. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. AAer. R .T . Crawford ... 153 ... 41 ... 406 ... 41 ... 9*87 (J. A. Beldam ... 206 ... 47 ... 582 ... 38 ... 15*31 F. W . Christian ... 213 ... 41 ... 589 .. 31 ... 19 00 E. H. Fischer ... 92 ... 9 ... 366 .. 17 ... 21*52 S. Colman ........... 132 3 ... 19 ... 458 ... 21 ... 21*0S K. E. M. Barker . 112 ... 16 ... 530 ... 21 ... 21*23 Y . T. S. Collier ... 91 ... 13 ... 307 . 13 ... 23*21 The following took less than ten wicketa :—O. Tay­ lor, 8 for 173; D. L. A. Jephson, 8 for 183; G. P. W ilson, 5 for 46; A . J. Clarke, 1 for 84; N. V. Norman, 2 for 34 ; R. W . Williams, 4 for 94; L. Walker, 1 for 139; A . R. Trimen, 2 for 48; G. E. Bicknell, 3 for 172.